ftroncos’Voice
Seplember 1994
Its^an W. f/afftgOH
WHAT’S NEW?
"I started the column
because of the open fo
rum given by Dr. Hackley,
held at the gazebo dur
ing the 1993 Fall Semes
ter for commuting stu
dents. I felt that hard
working people like you
and me can really make a
difference in improving
our standards of educa
tion by letting people
know what we like or dis
like. And with that op
timistic attitude, all
faculty, administrators
and students can meet on
middle ground."
During the 1993-94
school year, Lishan W.
Harrison has been ad
dressing issues of the
non-traditional students
in her Non-Traditional
Student column. The is
sues she has been focus
ing on are individual
students, philosophies,
and areas concerning ev
eryday life; such as
problems with our daycare
system. Lishan W.
Harrison, along with the
Broncos' Voice staff are
looking for a new atti
tude. The Broncos' Voice
staff is having a con
test in search of a new
title to the column that
best describes and char
acterizes non-tradi-
tional students.
To help you get a per
spective of what kind of
title we are looking for,
a definition of a non-
traditional students?
They are "all students
not living in University-
owned housing." They
could be of traditional
age (18-21) or returning
adults, live with their
parents or in off-campus
housing, and maintain a
civilian or military
lifestyle. They are all
concerned with balancing
their life on and off
campus, families, jobs,
and how to fit all these
tasks into a twenty-four
hour day.
What makes a "real"
college student is in
fact the motivating force
that helps them pursue
their academic goals.
They may not be involved
in campus activities or
clubs, but they are in
volved in family' rela
tionships, community ser
vice, and job-related
skills .
The purpose of this
column is to get the stu
dents motivated enough to
have a voice on their
university campus. This
column wants to be the
"grapevine" of informa
tion. So, non-traditional
students, this is your
chance to give ideas and
inputs as to how you can
get involved in campus
activities. If you have
a gripe and know of a
better solution to the
problem, your comments
are especially welcome.
We need suggestions, rec
ommendations, and points
of views on issues on how
this campus can be de
signed to fit your needs;
the timing, location, and
format of campus - related
programs.
Lishan W. Harrison was
born in Detroit, Michi
gan and transplanted to
Santa Ana, California.
She served a tour of duty
with her husband, Will
iam, in Frankfurt, Ger
many. They currently re
side in Fayetteville with
their four-year-old son
Bryce and two-year-old
daughter Jocelyn.
NO PEP IN RALLY
How many people knew that
there was a Pep Rally held
on September 3, 1994 at 12
noon to kick off the 1994-
95 football season? The
estimated crowd that at
tended the Rally was about
one hundred and fifty in
dividuals. The one hundred
and fifty individuals in
cluded the drum section of
the marching band, the
cheerleaders, some of the
football team, members of
the AFROTC and a drill team
called the Positive Force
of thirty-five students, a
handful of FSU alumni, a
handful of Non-Traditional
Students, on-campus stu
dents and administrators
(Dr. Young and family). The
planned events were free
food and drinks, a DJ, vol
leyball, three-legged race,
potato relay, water balloon
toss, tug of war. In addi
tion to these events Cds
and mugs were planned as
prizes. There was even in
centives for the younger
children if they wanted to
participate in the fun.
This was a real family af
fair .
Last school year a number
of students complained,
jumped up and down, and some
even protested angrily
about not having enough
school spirit. This school
year the AFROTC made an
effort to promote school
spirit and self-esteem and
nobody and I mean nobody
showed up. What's up with
that? An excuse of bad
weather will not be ac
cepted because it didn't
start raining until about
an hour and a half after
the pep rally started. The
Labor Day weekend and the
A & T and North Carolina
Central football game will
not be accepted as excuses
either. What could be the
excuse of the approximately
four thousand student popu
lation at FSU? If you used
the A & T and North Caro
lina Central football game
as an excuse. Captain
Wilder, organizer of the
pep rally, had this to say,
"Everybody will jump on a
winning ship." We both
agreed that in order for
the FSU Broncos' to become
number one we [the student
body] have to give them our
undivided attention and
support.
What kind of message were
we sending to the Positive
Force drill team? The Posi
tive Force drill team is
comprised of students that
range in ages six to six
teen. These students come
from broken and under
privelegded homes through
out Cumberland County. The
program is designed to keep
these troubled youth from
off the streets and into
the schools throughout the
county. According to Jaime
Cruz-Morales, a member of
AFROTC and the Broncos'
Voice, "Their performance
was outstanding, consider
ing they only had two days
practice." Were we [FSU]
setting an example of
pride, self-esteem, and
team spirit in our univer
sity?
I am sure everyone around
campus has sometime or an
other either complained or
heard someone else complain
about FSU. But yet every
day these same students
seem to find their way to
class. If this school is
so bad, why do they feel
the need to attend class?
Each individual a specific
reason of why they attend
FSU. Some say tuition cost,
the location of the school,
the quality of instruction,
friends, and the availabil
ity of a job are just to
name a few. Welcome to the
real world. In the real
world you might have to go
to a job you hate because
you have to satisfy those
essential needs, like put
ting food on your table and
a roof over your head. One
day you complain to the
wrong person about how much
you hate your job. This is
their reply, "You either
get a new job or learn to
like your job. And one way
to this is to make a list
of things you like and do
not like about your job.
If the things you like out
weigh the things you hate,
my advice to you is to stick
with the j ob."
How many students have
actually gone out to visit
other historically black
colleges and universities
in the area? Have you vis
ited North Carolina Central
or Johnson C. Smith? I chal
lenge you go out and visit
these other institutions.
Then tell explain to other
students, faculty, staff,
and the community why you
are crying with "two loaves
of bread under your arms."