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Page 30, AC Phoenix, October 1990
A Letter From W.S.S.U. S.G.A.
Dear Family, Friends, atxl Alumni,
I hope this year's Homecoming festivities finds
each of you in the best of health and spirits. We,
the Student Government Association, would like
to welcome all of yopi here, as we take part in what
always proves to be a highlight of out lives here at
WSSU. The very fact that you are here for our
Homecoming celebration serves as a testament
that you are truly a part of WSSU. We encourage
your continual support and appreciation in helping
WSSU to fulfill its mission as we move onward and
upward into the 90’s.
Those of you that live within the boundaries of
Forsyth County have a definite place and very
significant role in the development and future of
WSSU. Proximity has made our courses meet here
at a crossroads where we must make decisions that
will inevitably affect each of us, whether it be di
rectly or indirectly. I am a firm believer that none of
us are have tally started living until we are able to
look beyond our individualistic concerns to the
broader concerns of the community. So each of us
are charged to take the thesis and the antithesis
and bring the two together into a creative synthe
sis.
another and in order for us all to perform to our
maximum potential no one should be excluded
from the opportunities of an education. Our na
tion’s scientific and technological growth is de
pendent on us all being able to participate in the
academic arena. The Black college has a special
caNing to do what higher education traditionally has
said could not be done-to teach the unreachable,
teach the unteachable, embrace the rejected and
be patient with the late bloomers. I toily believe
that Historically Black Colleges have been able to
distinguish themselves for their capability to trans
form academic potential into scholarly achieve
ment. I would further contend that life probably
would have taken a different course for me, if the
support structure and academic programs of a
Barry Johnson
Much has been taken from us as a
people, but with Black colleges, much
still abides.
Those of you that live within the
boundaries of Forsyth County have a
definite place and very significant role
in the development and future of
W.S.S.U.
As we look around us there are many circum
stances that we as an institution face which require
our undivided attention. As events continue to un
fold we as an institution find it much harder to sur
vive without the assistance of the many of you that
make up the broader “Ram Community." Daigs,
crime, violence, inflation, disenfranchisement,
racism, sexism, deficits, budget cuts, and unem
ployment all continue to plague our communities
and make it continually harder for us to endure
these dismal conditions.
Winston-Salem Stale University, and particularly
predominantly Black institutions have a very signif
icant role to play in dealing with these factors that
affect us socially, economically, and politically. You
as an individual also play a very significant role in
assisting us to deal with these factors. As parents,
most want their kids to grow up and obtain the
“American Dream." As parents you need to stress
to your kids that there are many ways to tail and
only a few ways to excel. Parents should be
stressing to their kids while in high school, the
stringency of qualifications needed to enter col
lege and about the effort that must be put forth to
gain a quality education.
Those of you that are not parents also have a
role to play as well, by holding your congressmen
accountable and your General Assembly, espe
cially in the area of education. We as a community
and as a people with similar interest must be aware
of the things that effect us and the impact these
things have in Winston-Salem State and other
predominantly Black colleges. I am repetively
stressing Historically Black Colleges because of
the very necessity they hold for us as a nation.
Whether you are African American or Caucasion,
you need to understand that these colieges and
universities are essential to us all as a nation and as
a people. We live here interdependently of one
Black institution had not been available. It has
been my determination to succeed, to bring pride
to my people, to my college and to my family. I seek
to be superior in whatever I do, not only tor me, but
for those who will come after me, and Winston-
Salem State University has given me the opportu
nity to do so.
We must never let our Black institutions’ candles
flicker away. Much has been taken from us as a
people but, with Black colleges, much still abides.
They represent excellence and they are our fu
ture. So with tempered hopes and determined
faith, we can continue to emerge as a new order
despite the circumstances that we find ourselves
amist. Let us together strive to maintain the vi
brancy and viability oL Winston-Salem State
University. Only with your continual suppport can
we continue to make achievements through excel
lence a reality.
Barry M. Johnson, President
Student Government Association
NAACP Endorses Bond Package
Greensboro’s $50.9
million bond package,
which goes before city
voters Nov. 6, got a big
boost Tuesday night
when leaders of the
city’s NAACP chapter
agreed to support the
entire package, includ
ing the beleaguered
coliseum bonds.
The group also
agreed to support
Guilford County’s $18.5
million bond issue for
expansion of Guilford
Technical Community
College.
Greensboro’s electorate
is about a third black,
NAACP support for the
bonds is considered
caicial for their passage.
David Dansby, presi
dent of the tHACP’s
Greensboro chapter,
announced the execu
tive committee’s deci
sion following a closed
door session at Mount
Zion Baptist Church
Tuesday night. He de
clined to comment fol
lowing the committee’s
decision Tuesday night.
Dansby said the
group will discuss its
support for the bonds
during an 11 a.m. press
conference today at
NAACP headquarters.
meeting both said they
had been asked by fel
low committee members
not to comment until to
day’s press conference.
norities. Group mem
bers were particularly
concerned about minor
ity hiring and promotion
city-wide and in the coli
seum complex; the
city’s use of black-
owned banks; and hir
ing a black public rela
tions consultant by the
bond steering commit
tee.
Mike Solomon, who
co-chairs the bond pro
motion steering commit
tee, said he was
pleased with the
NAACP’s decision.
The city’s two black
council members - Earl
Jones and Alma Adams
- were among the ap
proximately 30 execu
tive committee mem
bers at Tuesday’s
meeting. Following the
“More than anything
we’re pleased that the
procedure of address
ing the questions of the
NAACP and other
groups is under way,”
he said.
NAACP support for
the bonds had been
uncertain because the
group questioned the
city’s commitment to mi
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