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FOR Students, by Students
Civil Rights icon packs
Seabrook Auditorium
Large crowd
gathers outside
of J.W. Seabrook
Auditorium to
hear Activist,
Angela Davis,
last Tuesday. Un
fortunately, many
of those who
wanted to attend
were turned away
at the door, due
to seating.
Photo courtesy of Mariam Lee
Angela Davis makes rare appearance^
discusses diverse topics
by Antonio Monroe
Voice Photo Editor
Despite decreasing racial
tensions in the US, discrimi
nation still exists, said Ange
la Davis, social justice activ
ist, the most recent speaker
for the Chancellor’s Distin
guished Speaker Series.
Ms. Davis, who describes
herself as a Communist,
spoke to a full house Jan. 17
at FSU’s Seabrook audito
rium. Her appearance was so
anticipated that security that
more than 400 people were
turned away from the event.
Voice photo by Eldon AJfOfd Jr.
Approximately 1,150 attend
ed Davis’ speech, according
to Jeff Womble, Fayetteville
State University public rela
tions director.
Bom in the time where
African American citizens
did not receive equal rights,
Ms. Davis quickly realized
See DAVIS, page 5
January 25, 2012 • Vol. 3, Issue no. 9
FSU ranks
among top ten
HBCU's
by Chamell Harris
Voice Managing Editor
Fayetteville State University started the
spring semester at the top of the class. The
Huffington Post newspaper rated FSU as
one of the top 10 Historical Black Colleges
and Universities in the country.
What put FSU in the running was its
collaboration with the United States de
partment with Homeland Security and the
Center for Disease Control (CDC).
FSU opened the program in 2009. The
program is geared towards helping the
American society recover from both natu
ral and man-made disasters, such as dam
age from hurricanes and worst case sce
narios, terrorist attacks. The Center for
Defense and Homeland Security depart
ment (CDHS) is an ideal program for stu
dents interested in the disciplines of math
ematics, science and technology.
Programs like these are important be
cause it makes sure that there are resources
available for communities in case of disas
ter. The program will educate students on
how to not only aid other agencies in times
of severe crisis, but how to help communi
ties avoid problems in the first place.
The list compiled by the Huffington Post
was based on positive social, financial and
or academic change. Schools that were se
lected all had done something that made
their school a frontrunner for new and in
novative ways to improve the individual
schools standing.
Some schools on the list earned their
ranking by how well they brought extra fi
nances to the school. Such was the case for
Johnson C. Smith, as it recently received
a $35 million gift from the Duke Endow
ment. According to the article, the gift will
go towards scholarships as well as science
See HBCU, page 5