Broncos Voicc i—i
March 1996 /
Religion at FSU
La’Tysha Bolden, a freshman student at
FSU, is the new editor of the Broncos’
Voice “Religion ” section.
We Need a Name!
The religion section of the Broncos’
Voice needs a name. We need FSU
students to help decide a name for the
section that will represent the many
different religious beliefs of students
here at our university. The student with
the best idea will receive a picture and
write-up in the Religion section of our
next edition. Come by or call the office
(486-1357) or contact La’Tysha
Bolden at 307-3219. GET THINKING!
Bridging the Gap
The purpose behind pro
viding a religion section in The
Voice is to broaden the hori
zons of the campus and to con
tinue to bring focus to all
walks of people. Religion
plays a large part in many
people’s lives. It is the basis
of motivation, the embodi
ment of hope, one’s securer,
keeper, or provider. Each re
ligion is different and unique
in its own way. The goal of
this section is not to compare,
contrast, criticize, promote nor
demote any particular religion.
The goal is to enlighten,
broaden, and expand the
knowledge of every reader
about different religions. I will
not begin to name religions;
for there are so many and
within that many, so much
variety. My hopes are that you
would, through this section,
help to break down any stereo
typical views about different
religions. You are encouraged
to submit articles, dates of
events, inspirational verses,
etc. This is your voice, this is
your proclaimer. I would ask
that all religious organizations
submit something or contact
me at (910) 307-3219. Invite
your community churches and
organizations to get involved
with the campus b^ submitting
articles to the paper. We have
a gap to bridge, and here, we
have the means to do just that;
we now need the workers.
Call For Religious Organizations
There are many religious organizations on the FSU campus. We need to know what they are
for them to receive fair representation in the Religion section. Here are the organizations we
are currently familiar with:
New Generations Campus Ministry
Students Against a Godless Society
United Voices of Praise: FSU Gospel Choir
Dance Ministry
Baptist Student Union
If there are anu other religious organizations at FSU, please let us know. Contact La’Tysha
Bolden (3219).
A Bed of Roses: Dead or Alive
by Shaneice Miller
“Do not allow yourself to be
upset by people, places, or cir
cumstances. They have not
power. Your reaction is their
only power.”
Life is too short for us to
fall apart every time some
thing goes wrong. We must
take the good with the bad.
Life is not going to be a bed
of roses-sometimes you will
experience thorns. As a flower
blooms, so will your life. You
will grow, mature, go through
rain, sleet, and snow, but after
a while, the sun comes out.
Sometimes you feel like
giving up, but there is always
light at the end of the tunnel.
That is where God steps in.
We are not on this earth to be
burdened down, that is why
Jesus died for our sins. When
you have God in your life, you
know that you know that you
know things will work out.
Faith is believing not^seeing.
We as Blacks need to re
member what has brought us
through the most trying times
in our life-God. There is noth
ing wrong with R&B music,
but that is not what they used
to sing in the heat of the day
in cotton field. God has been
the heart of sow of African-
Americans for quite a long
time and the days we live in
are no easier than they were
then. So why should we turn
our backs on the one who has
been with us when nobody
else was.
God’s grace and mercy is
taken for granted everyday.
There are many of us who
don’t give a second thought to
waking up in the mornings a
preparing for class. We fail to
realize that there are many
who awaken and wish they
could get out of bed ore those
who open their eyes and wish
they could see.
Christians, non-Christians,
see “Bed, ” pg. 12
Twenty Years
by La 'Tysha Bolden
The Fayetteville State Uni
versity Gospel Choir, United
Voices of Praise,
did just that on February 24,
1996: United their Voices to
Praise God for twenty
years of ministry. Seabrook
Auditorium was filled with
beautiful music and high
praise on Saturday night.
Choirs from all over came to
support and help FSU’s
Gospel choir send up praise.
The Gospel Choir of FSU
was organized by Rev. Rob
ert Covington in
the 1960’s. Choirs that joined
in with the choir in Saturday
included groups such as:
Williams Chapel Young Adult
Choir—Spring Lake, NC
Reid Park Youth Choir--Char-
lotte, NC
Winston Salem State Univer
sity Gospel Choir—Winston
Salem, NC
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte—Charlotte, NC
Campbell University Gospel
Choir—Buies Creek, NC
Alumni Gospel Choir of FSU
East Carolina University Gos
pel Choir (Special Guest)—
Greenville, NC
Good Hope Inspirational Gos
pel Choir-Fayetteville, NC
Desi Campbell and Friends-
Charlotte, NC
New Vision Ensemble--
Clinton, NC
The FSU Gospel Choir is
under the direction of Miss
LaWanda Carter,
a Junior and a Criminal Jus-
lice Major. Miss Carter is the
first female directress in the
history of the choir. The Choir
presently has 37 member on
roll. They practice
every Tuesday and Thursday
at Seven PM in the choir room
in the Rosenthal
Building. Devotion starts at
six - thirty.
How did it begin?
by La ’Tysha N. Bolden
When it comes to the
teaching of Creationism ver
sus Evolution in any Science
course, why is the idea of Evo
lution more applicable to
teach? Which takes prece
dence over the other? What are
the details that makes one any
better than the other? This is
my sole point.
School officials say Cre
ationism is not appropriate be
cause it goes against some
people’s
beliefs;
not ev
eryone is
a Chris-
t i a n .
This
point is
well
taken.
However, my question is why
should those of us who are
Christians be the ones made to
learn something against our
beliefs? Why is everyone else
respected and not taught
something against their be
liefs, yet Christians and other
religions are not respected
enough to receive the same
treatment.
Evolution has been said to
be more applicable because it
is supported.by scientific facts.
However, those very facts are
[They] say Cjreationism
...goes against some
people’sbetie^ not ev
eryone is a Christian.
themselves debated, contra
dictory and disputed by the
very scientists who perport to
their validity. Books and ref
erences support this claim
even as scientists decry that
life began or evolved from a
single molecule or atom (what
they call the Big Bang
Theory). Evolution is a belief
just as Creationism or any
other idea or theory about how
life originated. The fact is no
one was there in the beginning
of time, so no one knows ex
actly what happened.
I also question Evolution
just as
much as
others
question
Creation-
i s m .
Where did
that single
molecule
or atom
come from? What made the
molecule or atom start to
change? How did a single
molecule or atom evolve into
trees, flowers, water, earth,
soil, ants, fishes, dogs, bacte
ria, gases, humans or any other
organism or matter?