NjC. primary elections
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Photo by Tevin Stinson
Former President Bill
Clinton discusses college
affordability during a
rally held at Wake
Forest University on
Sunday, March 13.
President Bill Clinton visits Wake Forest, stumps for wife
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
?j Last Sunday former
President Bill Clinton
made a stop in the Twin
City to campaign for
Hillary Clinton's 2016
presidential bid. Hundreds
of people packed into a
medium-size room inside
the university's law school
while nearly another 100
listened from outside.
During his spirited 50
minute address, Clinton
addressed jobs, gun con
trol, college affordability,
and socioeconomic equali
ty. He also discussed his
wife's lifelong record of
breaking down barriers that
hold people back and histo
ry of delivering real results.
"This is a pivotal
moment in our country's
history. You have a choice
of voting for answers rather
than anger," said President
Clinton. 'This is a moment
of opportunity."
President Clinton urged
the crowd of mostly stu
dents to vote for answers
and progress instead of
protest. He said his wife
has the best plan to build on
what President Barack
Obama already has in
place.
"Nobody likes what's
happened. But we have to
think about what's best for
the future."
Following his speech,
President Clinton took time
to address the students out
side who didn't make it
inside and had to listen to
the speech from a loud
speaker. Many of the stu
dents said having a former
president come to their
school shows how impor
tant their votes really are.
"A lot of young people
don't usually see the
importan.ee in voting,"
Marion Burgess said.
'Today proves how impor
tant our votes really are."
East Winston precincts deal with issues
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Although much was at
stake on Tuesday when
voters across the state sub
mitted ballots for the pri
mary election, precincts in
the eastern portion of
Winston-Salem did not see
a big turnout.
An election official at
the precinct voting at
Carver High School, Gray
Brendle, said there were
times when they saw a
steady flow of voters but,
for the majority of the day.
they were not busy.
"After hearing from
other precincts, 1 just don't
think there is as much
excitement in predominate
ly Democrat precincts, "
Brendle said.
Brendle said he
believes Republican
precincts had a better
turnout because many reg
istered Republicans are try
ing to either stop Donald
Trump from earning the
nomination or help him
win. #
According to Brendle,
the Democratic voters don't
seem to have the same
sense of urgency.
Aside from a low
turnout rate, precincts in
East Winston also had to
deal with a number of vot
ers going to the wrong vot
ing sites. Brendle, who was
at the precinct from open to
.close, mentioned he had to
turn several voters away.
"I feel bad for those
people," Brendle contin
ued. "It can be dishearten
ing to get all the way to the
poll and be told that you
can't vote."
According to poll
worker Roger Hayes, the
precinct at the 14th Street
RecreationCenter saw
some of the same issues.
"People who have
voted for 20 to 30 years are
going to vote and being
told they are at the wrong
place," said Hayes. "The
voters are becoming frus
trated and just giving up."
Hayes said he also had
a number of issues with the
new voter ID requirement.
In order to cast a ballot,
voters had to show a state
issued photo ID. It is the
first time the state's voter
voting process and under
standing the importance of
primary elections.
"Many African
Americans don't believe
these elections have any
thing to do with us," he
continued. "I had someone
tell me today that they were
going to wait until it really
counts to vote."
"We have to wake up
and realize that every vote
counts. That's something
we as a community don't
really understand."
ID requirement has been
implemented. i
According to Hayes, a ]
number of the voters who
showed up to the polls had
IDs that were expired. He i
also mentioned that the ID i
requirement is also a rea- i
son precincts in East i
Winston had such a low
turnout rate, even though <
voters without a state
issued ID can still cast a
provisional ballot. i
Hayes said the African
American community has
to do a better job of being
knowledgeable about the
WSSU participates in
$30 Million NCAA
DOD concussion study
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem State University is
among nine new schools and the only
Historically Black College or University
(HBCU) to participate to the largest-ever
study of concussion in sports, it was
announced recently at the World Congress
on Brain Injury meeting in Hague,
Netherlands.
The $30 million NCAA-U.S.
Department of Defense Concussion
Assessment (DOD) Research and
Education Consortium study enters its
third year this summer and now includes
30 institutions across the country. More
than 170 schools have inquired about tak
ing part in the study. WSSU as well as the
other new schools will begin baseline
screening for all their student-athletes this
summer.
"It's not often that opportunities like
these are captured at the NCAA Division II
level. So in fact, this is not only a win for
Winston-Salem State University, but also
for the CIAA and HBCUs around the
country," said Tonia Walker, WSSU direc
tor of athletics.
"This type of engagement simply
strengthens our existing relationship with
Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and forges
additional partnership opportunities
. between WSSU and Wake Forest
University Athletics. I'm ecstatic that we
were selected because this is pretty signif
icant in the grand scheme of organized
i
sports with the recent studies around con
cussions and their long-term affect on stu
dent-athletes' health and well being. The
study also ties directly into the WSSU's
strategic plan as it embraces collaboration
and demonstrates the innovation that we
are seeing throughout the Campus."
All student-athletes at each of the par
ticipating institutions receive a compre
hensive preseason evaluation for concus
sion and will be monitored in the event of
an injury. Data collected at each school are
evaluated by a team of researchers led by
Steven Broglio, director of the University
of Michigan's NeuroTrauma Research
Laboratory; Michael McCrea, director of
brain injury research at the Medical
College of Wisconsin; and Tom
McAllister, chair of the Indiana University
School of Medicine Department of
Psychiatry.
The researchers have collected more
than 25 million data points from 16,000
student-athletCs at the 21 institutions
already participating. After adding the
nine new testing sites /researchers estimate
that more than 25000 student-athletes will
take part over the course of the three-year
study.
The NCAA and DOD have dedicated
$30 million to the concussion study and an
initiative to spur culture change regarding
concussion. Participating schools receive a
portion of that funding to cover the cost of
carrying out the research.
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