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Pg.3 January, 31 2008 THE VOICE Spotlight; Lamont Sparrow L’Asia B. Brown Online Editor State has admirable citizens. Lamont is a grat example. Lamont of Colerain, North Caro- currently resides in Fayette- is currently attending school at Fayetteville State pursuing a Master of Arts in English. He is also attend ing Troy University pursuing a Master of Postsecondary Education with a concentration in Adult Education. As an undergraduate student , the proud alumni was involved in vari ous campus organizations. Lamont served as the choir manager for the FSU Concert Choir and Chamber Sing ers student director of the FSU Gospel Choir. Sparrow is a founding member of the FSU Male Quartet, Vice Presi dent of the Future Alumni Association and administrative resident assistant. Sparrow was actively involved in the community as well as on cam pus. Lamont served as a volunteer and tutor at Luther "Nick" Jeralds Elemen tary School (currently Middle School), Ramsey Street Alternative School, and E. E. Smith High School for the special education and music department. Despite rendering hundreds of hours to the community, he performed well in college. Sparrow was an All- American Scholar, Four-year Chancel lor Scholar (2000 Scholar of the Year), In every issue, The Voice tries to find an alumni that is doing positive things in the community and being a great role model for future Bronco Alumni. As a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, he sings with the Praise Team, C. E. B. Mass Choir, and Taber nacle Choir. Mr. Sparrow is a member of Cumberland County Alumni Chapter of Fayetteville State University, Advisor for Illusions Modeling Club, Co-advi- sor for Xclusive Gentlemen Society, As sistant Coach for FSU Cheerleaders, a general member of the NAACP, on ac tive member of Kappa Delta Pi Interna tional Education Honor Society, and a 100 New Stars Volunteer. Link's Scholar, a member of the National Dean's List Association, served as Mr. B. O. M. B. Squad, and was crowned Mr. Fayetteville State Uni versity 1999-2000. Mr. Sparrow also appeared in the opera Ahmal and the Night Visi tors as King Kasper and scored a star ring role in the musical Chicago, at the Cape Fear Regional Theater in Fayette ville, NC, where the multi-talented alum bedazzled the audience os Mary Sun shine while singing in high octaves. Mr. Sparrow is employed with Fayetteville State University as a Test ing Specialist and Fayetteville Technical Community College os an English Ad junct Instructor. The Voice was priveleged fo sit down with Sparrow in a one on one inter view. Mr. FSU: Positive Role Model Shaunte’ D. Elliot Staff Writer On Coronation 2007, Junior Regionald K. Scriven was crowned the Mr. Fayetteville State University for 2007-2008 year. The Voice wanted to know what it was like holding a title of such, as well as the future plans of the astute leader during his one year tenure. The Voice was able to sit down one on one with Reginald Scriven and talk about a little bit about his goals and aspirations. The Voice: What mode you decide to run for Mr. Fayetteville State University? Scriven: Being that Fayetteville Stote is an HBCU, I felt like it was important for a positive black male figure to represent the university. Also because I saw the influence Mr. FSU had my freshman year. The Voice: In your own words define a Bronce Man? Scriven: A Bronce Man to me is someone who is responsible, con fident but in a silent way, educated, respectful, and also someone who is innovative. The Voice: What do you plan on doing while serving as Mr. FSU? Scriven: I plan on being a positive example, so that I can let others learn from me while I'm serving. The Voice: The Being that you are Fayetteville native, what made you choose to attend college in your hometown? Scriven: 1 choose Fayetteville State because while I was still in high school I heard a girl ask where Faytteville State was. She didn't know that the school was in Fayetteville even though she lived in Fayetteville. I knew then, that 1 wanted to attend so that I can help make a defference while Fayetteville State is growning. The Voice: What events do you haved planned as Mr.FSU? Scriven: On February 22, I'll be having an event at the Special Axe. Muesum called the Black Caucus, and later the I will have the Presentation of the Black Man where 1 will talk with the men and women on campus. The Voice: When it is all said and done, how do you wont your term as serving Mr.FSU 2007-2008 to be remembered? Scriven: I want my term as Mr. FSU to be remembered os me being a man of character, and I wasn't just a man that got a title and never put it to use. And I will know if me serving as Mr. FSU was success ful if, during the next competition there are 6 or 7 guys running just because of me, and lastly me serving my term, helped someone's life to be changed. Will the paper fade away, when we graduate? It will if more people don’t get involved with The Voice Write for us. Email News @fsuvoice. com High Aspirations: How to Succeed Alexander S. Scott Editor-In-Chief Every student comes to college expecting to gain all of the knowledge necessary to succeed in life. According to a study conducted by the United States Bureau of Labor in 2002, more than 78 % of African American students, in the 10th grade, aspired to attain a four-year de gree. Thus, it is fair for one to assert that three quarters of African American students attend college after high school. But, what happens after the knowledge seekers step foot on one of the more than 2,000 institutions of higher learning in the United States? Are students actually pre pared to succeed in a college atmosphere without mom and dad? The Voice staff has compiled, what it thinks, is the best way for students to master the four years of college. Success in college, most often, is the result of maturity, motivation, develop ing good study habits. Fayetteville State University has many resources that may teach students how to become a success ful learner, motivation is a must. Nobody can motivate you but you! Do not schedule classes back to back. While scheduling classes may seem like good time management, the best timei to study are right before class, and right after. Not only will one be tired, but it will prove effective to review after each class, as soon as possible. Test this method, your retention and recall of the information will dramatically improve. Attend class on a regular basis. It's proven time and time again at Fay etteville State University, the less classes students miss, the higher the grade in the class will be. Choosing in the front of the class may also help students, because the more students that are seated in front of a student, the greater the distractions, and the more diluted the instructor's message will be. Develop a standard time to study for each class. It is recommended for ev ery hour a student spends in class, the stu dent should probably also study at least two hours outside of class. Find a place to study for each class. Moke sure to study at this spot the same time every day to develop continuity. Do all reading assignments, espe cially reading ahead when possible. This practice will help students have greater comprehension and will increase retention of curricula. If readings are particularly complicated, take notes while reading. Always study your hardest sub ject first; putting the problem off until you are in jeopardy only makes the problem worse. Do as much studying in the day time as possible. The human brain be comes fatigued throughout the day, con sequently, what make take one hour for a student to do in the morning may take two, at night. Getting to know faculty members may prove beneficial. If you run into a problem academically never fear your professor, schedule a conference as soon as possible during office hours. Not only can instructors be your most helpful con tacts on campus but, come graduation, instructors may write excellent job recom mendations or references. Hove fun, get involved in extra curricular activities. A study conducted by Professor Richard Light of fHarvard Univer sity concluded that students who are more involved tend to be happier and more suc cessful in the classroom than those who avoid participation. Don't let money take over your life. If a part-time job so overwhelming that, a student is not able to benefit fully from educational opportunities, then it is a bad exchange. Students must learn how to balance academics with work. It is recommended that traditional 18-year-old freshmen try to keep work to an absolute minimum tor the first year to completely ad\ust to the college lifestyle. The final step, get motivated and do what it takes to make the grades and have fun! Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Anthony Melinda K. Coleman Contributing Writer Dr. Anthony is often described as one of the toughest professors students have encountered, yet oddly enough, more often described as a favorite profes sor among students. So The Voice sat down for a chat with Dr. Booker T. Anthony to find out just how he is able to maintain such a good rapport amongst the ever-growing student body here at Fayetteville State Universi- fy- "I give my best, 1 expect the best," says Dr. Anthony. If a student has ever been in one of Dr. Anthony's classes, then its know to be truth and not just some gimmick or catch-phrase. He is an associ ate professor of English, and has taught at FSU for the past twenty-two years. Raised on a form in Scotland Neck, North Caro lina, Dr. Anthony is the youngest of ten 1 by lovinq and he j parents wh hard work and family. children, reared by loving and hard work ing parents who taught him the value of "I learned from my parents a work ethic, and I still get up at 5am every morning just like when I was a child." He continues, "1 learned the value of family from them. The likelihood of my divorcing is slim because I come from a two parent family, so no matter what difficulties we have we would still stay together." Young Booker T. was seldom in trouble as a cnild. High school was a very important time for Dr. Anthony. His innate teaching skills were already recognized by his teachers. "In eleventh grade, my biology teacher from tenth grade gave me a class of my own, a biology class, as a tutor and I actually taught the lessons to those stu dents. I designed their exams and whatev er grade I gave them is what the teacher used. She'd probably get fired today. I'm sure, but she used that to help those students get a passing grade out of the course." Dr. Anthony gave up his lunch hour for that entire year in order to help those students succeed. Most importantly, high school is where young Booker T. An thony fell in love with literature, namely the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Recalling that time, he says, "I had three dynamic high school teachers that showed such a passion for teaching English that I said. 'I want to do this'. Espe cially my elev enth grade teacher. He was just really ■ dynamic and I attribute the I enthusiasm I that I bring I to the class- I room to his I style of teach- I ing. He could ! take the most obscure text and make you feel os if it was just written today." Upon entering college at St. Au gustine's in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Anthony was sure he wanted to teach English. He claims that he was quite radi cal in his days at St. Augustine's College. Modest and unassuming in de meanor, it is difficult to imagine Dr. Book er T. Anthony as a radical in college, but that is the case, nonetheless. "I was radical when it came to good teaching, effective teaching . . . because 1 felt teaching in my bones so I could detect when I was being cheated. So I demanded good performance from my teachers . . . from all my teachers. I would go by a teacher's apartment if that teacher didn't show up for class and find out what happened." Recalling another such instance, he says, "1 had one teacher who said to us 'You cannot bring your books to class. You read your books and you take notes and you bring your notes to class.' And so I challenged him, I said, 'Well then you leave your book at home'." The teacher did indeed leave his book at home upon that challenged and conducted the class under the pl( jiding his teacher's feet to the proverbial fire. Dr. Anthony was sanctioned as the only legal tutor for the university. He also designed the entire Eng lish portion of the university's standard ized Junior examination. He laughingly recalls asking the provost if he still had to take the exam. He did. Dr. Anthony spent six years at Ohio State University, Colum bus, Ohio where he received his master's and Ph.D. degrees in English. Anthony come to FSU in 1986 same re strictions that he placed on his students. In addition to holding and has since deeveeloped the reputation of the notorious professor of Advanced Grammar, a class entered with much fear and trepidation by all English and Educa tion majors. And like all esteemed English professors. Dr. Anthony teaches fresh man and sophomore English Composi tion classes. Anthony enjoys teaching the Bronco Men's class, although he finds the hardened exteriors of today's young men quite remarkable. When asked what changes has he noticed over the years, he remarked, "They [today's students] have not read as much as kids did 20-25 years ago prior to college Their reading skills are not as good. Twenty years ago I could assign 3 novels in an American Literature class without auestion and they would have it all read the next day." Outside of his academic related activities. Dr. Anthony is the Pastor of R.E.F.U.G.E. Community Church, serving in that position for the post nine years. "My church's name R.E.F.U.G.E. stands for Re-establishing Families Using Godly Ethics and that's exactly what we are about." When he is not at home, he is of ten involved through his church with com munity organizations that reach out to young boys and girls. Dr. Anthony and his wife Teresa have two sons - Timothy Mark, a high school senior; and Joshua Caleb, a sev enth grader. His wife is a community social worker. "1 like to see my wife be the best she can be with her potential. She has an ASPIRE program which helps young wom en get back on their feet, perhaps after a pregnancy or something. she also has a leadership pro gram for senior citizens who often feel like there is nothing to do after 60 or 70. So 1 do everything I can to support her in that effort as well." Dr. Booker T. Anthony's eleventh grade teacher and most inspirational role model (outside of his family), James P. Hannon once wrote in young Booker T's year book, "The good life awaits you." When I asked Dr. Anthony if it had indeed been a good life, he very humbly and sincerely replied "I think so - teaching - I just can't think of anything else that I would want to do." He left me with a final thought regarding his message to humanity as a whole. "Give to the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you."
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