The Broncos ’
VOICE
November 1994
Step In the Arena
by Lesli Sample
The hype and hysterics of Home
coming ’94 are finally over, and it’s
about time to get back to the grind. Ms.
Linda Barden was crowned Home
coming Queen, the
Bulldogs went
back to Bowie with
their tails tucked
between their legs,
and members of
Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority and Alpha
Phi Alpha Frater
nity are still cel
ebrating their step
show victories.
In case you just
happened to miss
the step show, or got there late and
didn’t see everything, I’ve decided to
give you a review of all the happen
ings of that memorable night.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. To
me, their performance was good, but
most of the positive comments I heard
from students pertained to the AKAs’
outfits and not their ability to step.
Come on people, they looked like
Black Barbie Dolls. There is one
thing to have a desire to be uni
form in appearance, but I felt as
Why NC Students Oppose Chapter 321 of the
1993 Session, Section 8, Subsection a & b
as amended by Chapter 769, Section 17.10
1.) “No surcharge shall be imposed on —Fewer students will double
any student who exceeds the degree
credit hour limits within the equiva
lent of four academic years of regular
term enrollment, or within five aca
demic years of regular term enrollment
in a degree program officially desig
nated by the Board of Governors as a
five year program.”
In order to escape the surcharge (in
order to be able to graduate in four
years):
major or achieve academic mi
nors.
—Students from high schools that
do not adequately prepare them
for college will be at a disadvan
tage because they will have to
take preparatory classes that will
put them behind in their chosen
four year program.
—Degree programs will have
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The Maintenance of Memory:
Have you Forgotten?
if I was watching a group of
clones. On top of all that, these
ladies weren’t even from
Fayetteville State University (I
haven’t quite decided yet
whether that’s a plus or a minus).
I can say two positive things
about these young ladies, though:
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by Wayne X (Hodges)
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficient, the Merciful, it should
be stated here that America is ac
commodating a very serious detri
ment—a detriment that is known to
the world, nation, and university as
racism. As we battle everyday
against the entangling vines of in
justice and genocide, the wine of
complacency intoxicates the most
active and revolutionary Black
minds-those of the young student.
Many of our elders have opted
to physically abandon our ongoing
struggle, not because their ardent
concern for the welfare of the op
pressed has lessened any, but rather
because their bodies and minds have
been sprayed with the wearying
mist of fatigue. To construe this
statement in the simplest and plain
est of language: the elders are tired.
They are tired, and they have a le
gitimate right to be tired. For it is
they who have carried the race on
their shoulders, holding the bright
Cattle Call
by Dennis Allman
The following conversation was re
corded at Fayetteville State.
“... knowing that the repairs were
needed LAST summer, and they
didn’t care enough to do them, and
now they’re going to kick us out of
our rooms, and they expect us to go
QUIETLY? Hell No! I won’t go!”
I said, “Calm down, what’s the
problem?”
It seems that Dr. Ghee sent out a
letter telling the students of
Fayetteville State that they would
have to reapply for rooms they al-
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torch of hope and faith, walking
through the dark, musty tunnel of
hopelessness and despair.
During the 1960’s when our
struggle was more visible to the eye,
it was our elders of now who met,
from every direction, severe oppo
sition that tried to extinguish the
flame of the torch, but it was their
hope, faith, and determination that
kept it burning. Now many of them
have grown extremely tired from
running the relay of race and can
not carry the torch anymore. For, the
physical body that houses their
spiritual being is, as I said, tired.
So now, the torch must be passed
to the youth and to the students of
today with profound urgency. How
ever, now that we are in the last lap
of the relay of race, I have to ques
tion young people’s and students’
readiness. Are we young students,
particularly my fellow Broncos,
prepared to stretch out our hands
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