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The Voice
April 26, 1984
Fayetteville State University's Insecurity
DEAR EDITOR...
Dear Editor:
The situation in Nicaragua is extremely
critical at this time. The Nicaraguan
economy which depends heavily on only a
few agricultural exports has been under
increasing attack from CIA-backed
counterrevolutionaries. Several hundred
million dollars worth of damage has already
resulted from attacks such as the one against
the vital oil storage facilities at the port of
Corinto last October.
Nicaragua needs a successful coffee
harvest to be able to purchase basic food
stuffs, medicines, spare parts for industry
and transportation, and oil. Because of the
urgent political and military situation, many
Nicaraguans have been mobilized in the
defense of their country and cannot
participate in the December-February
coffee harvest this year.
That is why 1 have chosen to respond to
Nicaragua’s call for international work
brigades to ensure a successful coffee harvest
this year.
In the United States, the National
Network in Solidarity with the Nicaraguan
People (NNSNP) is working to coordinate
volunteer participation. U.S. citizens have a
particular role in this harvest because if it
were not for our government's open
attempts to overthrow the government of
Nicaragua, the Nicaraguans would be free to
develop their own political life and their own
economy in peace.
By participating in the volunteer coffee
harvest, I hope to show that as an American
citizen, I stand with the people of Nicaragua
in their moment of need and that I oppose
the policies of the Reagan administration. I
urge others to support and write to NNSNP
for further information on how to help the
people of Nicaragua and to make donations.
Their address is: NNSNP, 2025 “I” Street
NW, suite 402, Washington, D.C. 20006.
The time has come to give Central
America back to its people!
Sincerely,
David L. Wiltsie
1800 Market Street No. 7
San Francisco, CA 94102
The red tape and the bureaucratic abuse
of security at this University has expanded
beyond the parameters initially intended by
those who established this body as a
framework of the institution. Each year,
students fall prey to “officers of the law”
either because of ignorance of the law or
simply because they don't understand or
aren't informed of the ever-changing policies
that FSU security employs. As a result,
hundreds and hundreds of parking citations
are issued. Perhaps many of these tickets are
warranted. Others, however, are not.
I am perplexed by the increasing
propensity and apparent necessity to issue
parking tickets to University students and
visitors rather than controlling traffic upon
streets of our campus. As I walk across
campus daily, there is no effort by our local
patrol (ha) to control the car congestion that
is always a problem near the “Charles ‘A’
Lyons, Jr. Science Complex.” Rather, we
seldom see security during the daytime
hours unless they are “scouting” for one car
out of place in a parking lot made for
hundreds or looking for that one illegally
parked car in driving range — the one
without the G sticker.
What major purpose does Security
provide to this University that requires
hundreds of dollars.^ atuxuaUy: from the
students herewithin to maintain.
And then there's the weekend. A high
percentage of the University goes home on
the weekends, yet tickets are distributed with
reckless abandon by eager, aspiring young
officers.
In retrospect, what major service does
Security perform to you and me as students
of this University that costs hundreds of
ticket dollars to maintain? I know of none —
not unless you count the non-opening of
traffic patrol booths.
Concerned Student
To the Editor:
The Robinsons, Burns Family, and other
family members (Tornado Victims) from the
Beaver Dam and Cedar Creek Township
wish to thank Fayetteville State University
and the surrounding communities for all
donations received.
Yovonne Robinson
Dear Editor:
Listed below are desirable and
undesirable characteristics of a SGA
President. I hope this information will be
used as a check-list by each student in
evaluating the presidential candidates. This
information is applicable to the vice-
president and business manager candidates,
also.
The desirable characteristics are:
A. Leadership in maintaining an effective
government.
B. Good judgment in selecting staff.
C. Ability to maintain high morale
among students.
D. Facility for making friends for the
institution.
E. General intellectual leadership in
college and community.
F. Respect accorded to him by other
students and leaders.
G. Influence of his moral character on
students.
H. Warmth of personality.
I. Ability to organize and lead.
J. Interest in Student Government (a
philosophy on Student Government).
K. Self-confidence.
L. Democratic attitude and methods.
M. Intellectual ability and scholarship.
N. Objectivity and fairness.
The undesirable characteristics are:
A. Dictatorial, undemocratic attitude.
B. Dishonesty, insincerity.
C. Vacillation in organizing and leading.
D. Poor personality.
E. Bias or favoritism.
Thanks in advance.
Making the Right Choice:
Michael Gaddy
Another Smash
In The Theatre!
After seeing “Short Eyes,”“Purlie,”“Red
Ryder,” and “Dracula,” I thought, “What's
next?...Nothing could be better than those
previous ones.” Well, Elliott Moffitt, you've
done it again, and this time, it left me
speechless.
Whether Moffitt, the Director of the
Drama Division, would admit it or not, his
directed play, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest,” by Dale Waserman, was one of the
best performances since “Purlie.”
Even though the outcome of the play was
so overwhelming, there were some setbacks,
like any other play, that could lead you to
the wrong conclusion. As, for instance, in
the first act; this part was very slow and did
lead the audience to believe that “this was
going to be boring,” but, ironically, the
second act gave the play a new leaf: From
yawning to tears, joy, and laughter.
This smash would not have happened if it
was not for the cast: Cedric Stephenson
(Randle McMurphy), Catherine Graham
(Nurse Ratched), Martin Rayner (Dale
Harding), C.W. Harrison (Billy Bibbit),
Curtis Jefferson (Chief Bromben), Larry
Hilton (Cheswick), David M. Roundtree
(Martini), Lyle Wallace (Scanton), Martin
Ricks (Ruckley), and many others.
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We're especially interested if you have a
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