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Guidance counselors influence few
By KAREN MOORE
&CHERYL WILLIAMS
Many black students at UNC said that the
opinionsof their high school guidance coun
selors were not a final deciding factor in their
decision to attend this university.
According to Donella Croslan, associate
director of UNC's Upward Bound Program
and a former guidance counselor, most of
the black students who attend UNC had
averages above 85.5 in high school. Croslan
said that students with averages between 90
and 99.9 decided what to do with their pa
rents while students with averages between
89.9 and 70.2 needed more development in
their education.
Lavonnie Perry, a sophomore public
health administration major from Wendell,
said that her guidance counselor "really
didn't influence me that much. I knew what I
wanted to do." Perry also said, "Carolina
was a more prestigious school, (than North
Carolina Central University, her other
choice) and coming from Carolina I figured I
would be more apt to get a better job."
North Carolina State University's Upward
Bound Program was a major force in direct
ing Perry through providing college courses
and visits to colleges while she was still in
high school.
Of the guidance counselors at his school,
Hampton Allen, a sophomore drama and
speech communications major from Wades-
boro, said, "I would not go to the black
guidance counselor because he would al
ways try to get everyone to go to NC A&T
State because he went there."
A junior Industrial Relations major from
FHillsboro, Desiree Whitted also came to
UNC because,' "It's a very prestigious
school."
FHarmon Crutchfield, a senior business
administration major from Raleigh, said he
came because UNC was highly regarded
and had one of the best business schools in
the area.
Freshman Joy Paige, a zoology major from
Milbrook High School in Raleigh, said that
her high school counselor did not play a big
role in her decision to attend UNC, but that
he was encouraging.
Paige first heard about UNC from friends.
She attended Project Uplift at UNC during
thespringof her junior year. Her high school
counselor recommended her for the
program.
Cathie Battle, a freshman music major
from Rocky Mount Senior High School in
Rocky Mount, N.C., was offered a partial
scholarship to attend NCCU but she chose
UNC. "I decided to come to UNC because
of the proximity of the campus to my home,"
Battle said. "I wanted to come to UNC also
because I was looking for a college that had a
good music department and also a good
academics department. William Hutch-
isson, my counselor, told meabout whatthis
school had to offer."
"1 really don't try to sell any program,"
Hutchisson said, a guidance counselor from
Rocky Mount. When a representative from
UNC comes to our school, we try to adver
tise to all students. We advertise in the
school bulletin, in homerooms and on bulle
tin boards. What we really try to do is let the
students know what universities are avail
able and allow them to make their choice."
Hutchisson recalls one black student who
graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High
and who received a scholarship from UNC.
That student is freshman Terri Brayant who
received a Joseph E. Pogue Scholarship.
"I would say there are about 75 to 100
students from Senior High presently attend
ing UNC. I would guess about 30 percent are
black," said Hutchisson.
Larry Manning is a freshman history major
from Shelby High School, Shelby, N.C.
Manning said that UNC appealed to him
because of the history program. Manning
also said that his counselor played a part in
his decision to attend UNC.
Don Shull, who was Manning high school
counselor remembers Manning as one black
student who received scholarships.
"I would say that out of the last three
years, Shelby has been sending about two or
three black students per year," said Shull.
Freshman Pamela Gilmore is a sociology
major from Longwood High School on Long
Island, New York. Gilmore said she heard
about UNC from her relative who is a sopho
more at UNC. Gilmore said her guidance
counselor encouraged her to attend UNC
and she told her what to expect.
"We sat down and talked about going to
college and we discussed where I wanted to
go," said Gilmore. "My counselor also told
me it would be tougher on me since I was
and out-of-state student,"
Freshman Richard Lineberger, an
accounting major from East Mecklenburg
High School in Charlotte, N.C., said that his
teachers who are alumni of UNC influenced
his decision toattend UNC. Healsosaid that
his counselor had little to do with his choice
to come to UNC.
"Richard is a good student. If he needed
information, he came by to get it," said high
school counselor Steve Rainwater. "I don't
think enough blacks utilize the counseling
services and if they do it is usually late, like
in their senior year. I think one thing we
haven't done that maybe we should do is
seek those students out because they are not
coming on their own. Many do not have the
qualifications but they have the potential.
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Black students
rally, support
colleges
The News and Observer
Approximately 3,000 black students from
across the state marched through downtown
Raleigh Sept. 28 to show their support for
black colleges.
The march: which began at Memorial Au
ditorium and went up to Wilmington Street,
ended with a two-hour rally at the Capitol,
where speakers criticized the Reagan admi
nistration and the recent desegregation
agreement between the 16-campus UNC
school system and the U.S. Department of
Education.
The students, organized by the North
Carolina Association of Black Student Gov
ernments, expressed concerns that tradi
tionally black institutions were in danger be
cause they were not receiving the same
financial backing as other colleges. They
also said that the federal budget cuts would
hurt black colleges more than others.
Students involved in the rally came from
N.C. Central, N.C. A&T State, Shaw, Win-
ston-Salem State, Fayetteville State, Eli
zabeth City State, and Johnson C. Smith uni
versities, and Barber-Scotia colleges. Police
estimated the crowd numbered about
3,000.
"We are here today to educate black stu
dents and people in the state of North Caroli
na to the economic, political and social
strategies that are used to undermine, cir
cumvent and destroy black colleges," said
Curtis Massey, a senior at NCCU and chair
man of the NCABSG.
Massey said the federal cuts in aid to pub
lic and private education would be felt more
strongly in traditionally black institutions be
cause they already were so far behind other
schools.
Massey said the UNC consent decree was
vague and did not go far enough to help the
predominantly black institutions. He also
criticized the decree because it placed the
responsibility of implementation on UNC's
good faith.
"I'd like to ask (UNC) President (William
C.) Friday where was the good faith when
the veterinary school was placed on the
campus of North Carolina State University
instead of A&T," Massey said.
In a telephone interview, Friday said, "I
have no desire to engage in any response.
(Massey) has a right to criticize the consent
decree and any other issue as he wishes."
Stephen Kirk, student government presi
dent at A&T, said he wanted academic
equality now.
"We're tired of voices telling us to be
cool. We've been cool too long. We want all
rights and privileges afforded to our white
counterparts," he said. "We won't wait 100
years. We won't wait 50 years. We won't
wait a few weeks. We want them now."
In the keynote speech, Benjamin S. Ruf-
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