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Vol. XXXVIII No. 3
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, September 15, 2011
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Right: Twin sis
ters Wanielle and
Danielle Greene,
both students at
WSSU, prepare
to deliver meals
to local senior
citizens.
Below: WSSU
studen Malikah
Planas (below)
also lent a hand
at Senior
Services last
week.
Students commemorate
9/11 through service
LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
A handful of current and former Winston
Salem State University students paid hom
age to the memory of the thousands of lives
lost in the Sept. II attacks by reaching out
to seniors in need.
Malikah Planas. Paige Wat's and twin
sisters Danielle and Wanielle Gr?ene volun
teered for Senior Services" On Wheels
program last Friday morning, two days
before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11
attacks. The students delivered nearly two
dozen meals to local seniors.
'Today's going to be a great experience,"
Meals On Wheels Volunteer Coordinator
Leslie Smith told the group. "What you all
bring to them today might be the only food
that they eat all day, and you might be the
only person that they see all day. so they're
going to be really happy to see you."
One of the oldest in the Southeast.
Forsyth County's Meals On Wheels program
serves 1.200 residents daily Monday through
Friday, according to Smith. In order to be
eligible to receive the service, the clients
must be over the age of 60. homebound and
unable to prepare their own meals. There are
currently more than 30 seniors on the pro
gram's waiting list, and the agency will soon
be launching a campaign to recruit 100 new
volunteers to fill that need. Smith said. She
is hopeful that some of Friday's volunteers
will be in that number.
"I hope that they get a lot out of it and
that they really take the time to think about
the difference that they're making in these
clients' lives," the High Point University
alumna said of the volunteers. "And 1 hope
that we'll see them again."
Planas. 21, a member of the school's
Campus Life Marketing Committee, organ
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WSSU faculty
pen book on
modern business
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE ?? ' .
A group of faculty members from the Winston-Salem
State University's School of Business and Economics cele
brated Tuesday the launch of a book that many of them con
tributed to.
Nearly a dozen faculty members, including book editors
Vi Photo by I .i? y I a Farmer
Allan Younger (left) with his
professor, Dr. Zagros Madjd
Sadjadi, one of the hook's edi
tors.
Jessica Bailey, dean
of the School of
Business and
Economics, and Dr.
Nikolaos Karagiannis
and Dr. Zagros
Madjd-Sadjadi. con
tributed to the book,
titled "Modern
Competitiveness in
the Twenty-First
Century: Global
Experiences.
Claudette Chin-Loy
of Nova
Southeastern
University in Florida
also served as an edi
tor, and the foreword
was penned by
WSSU Chancellor
Donald Reaves.
"We are proud of this book," Bailey told those who gath
ered in the building's auditorium lobby for the launch. "It is
the first book produced by our school and to have so many
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Remembering
Photo hy Todd l uck
Winston-Salem Stale University Chancellor
Donald Reaves stands in front of the school's
Clock Tower as he speaks at a ceremony com
memorating the 10th anniversary of 9141. Read
more on page Rl.
Students from
Africa arrive
for learning trip
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Two student government leaders from the University of
Liberia (UL) received a warm welcome last Sunday as they
attended the morning worship service at Goler Memorial
A.M.E. Zion Church.
Jacob Jallah, 26, president of the UL Student Government
Association, and 27-year-old Joe Wilson, the association's
secretary gener
al. are visiting
Winston-Salem
for three weeks,
courtesy of
Wake Forest
University.
They'll be stay
ing on campus,
meeting with
university and
stucJent leaders
and attending
classes. Both
men will also
attend a two
day WFU
6oler Memorial
AB.'iL^ion Church
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Joe Wilson and Jacob Jallah
President's
Leadership Conference in Virginia later this month, where
they'll participate in sessions and panels with WFU student
leaders.
The two students were made to feel right at home at
Goler. which has many Liberian natives among its congrega
tion. Goler Pastor Dr. Seth O. Lartey is also a native of the
West African nation. After the service, they were treated to
lunch at the Goler Cafe in the adjacent Goler Family
Enrichment Center.
"I thought I was in Liberia," said Wilson of his visit to
Goler.
They arrived in the United States on Saturday, flying into
the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport on separate
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Photos by Lay la Farmer
Dr. Carlton Eversley addresses the crowd as Rev.
Kelly Carpenter looks on.
Vigils fail to
sway lawmakers
on gay marriage
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
City residents Monica
Clark andTika Douthit are in
love and, alter six
years together, the
couple dreams of
taking their rela
tionship to the
next level.
"We want to
get married and we
want it to count."
declared Douthit.
36, an RJ
Reynolds High
School alumna and adjunct
professor al Winston-Salem
State University.
As a same-sex couple in
Henedetti
North Carolina, marriage is
not a legal option for them,
and the NC House of
Representatives and Senate
have increased the likelihood
that their relation
ship won't be recog
nized here anytime
soon.
Both chambers
of the Republican
controlled General
Assembly have
Ok'ed an amend
ment to the state
constitution "to
provide that mar
riage between one man and
one women is the only
domestic legal union that
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