THE COMPASS
‘^Together we will find the right direction’’
1ST EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY
1982
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March - National
Social Work Month
He has the right to criticize
# who has the heart to help. ^ ^
--Abraham Lincoln
March, National Social
Work Month, is a time for
sharing, caring, and problem
solving. ECSU’s Social
Science Club, in tribute to this
month, is in the process of
opening the eyes of students,
faculty, and staff to the needs
of people. The club has filled
the display case in Moore
Hall with information dealing
with major social workers,
figures, national problems,
and accomplishments in the
field of social work. They
chose to salute Dr. John B.
Turner, the Dean of N.C.
Chapel Hill’s School of Social
Work, who is black.
Not only are the students in
the Social Science Club
working to create awareness,
the students involved in
fieldwork are doing research
and surveys in the area also.
Students at the Albermarle
Regional Planning Com-
MAY 1ST DEADLINE
May 1st is just another date
to many high school students,
but for others it is the
beginning of what may be the
end of their college dreams.
This date is the deadline for
enrolling in college or losing
eligibility for Social
Securityeducation benefits.
Some students will wait, not
realizing the actual danger
threatening their futures and
as the deadline draws nearer,
panic. The Elizabeth City
State University’s Division of
General Studies is aiding
those who are taking action to
secure their future. Five
students from Northeastern
High School are being aided
by Mr. Bernard Peterson
through a program called the
Early Admissions Program.
It is a program that is new but
very necessary because it
enables these students to get
an early start on their college
careers this spring, thus
keeping their Social Security
benefits continuing.
Some of the high school
students who will be affected
by the new Social Security
programs are the brothers
and sisters of Juniors,
Sophomores, and Seniors who
attend this university. Are
they aware? If they aren’t,
it’s up to their sisters and
brothers to make them
cognizant of the present
situation. Below are facts
that need to be circulated.
Under new federal
guidelines, students will be
able to receive or continue to
receive Social Security
benefits only if they:
-Are enrolled full time in
an institution of higher
education before May, 1982.
"Were on the Social
Security rolls either as a high-
school or college student
before September, 1981.
Children who become eligible
for benefits after that date,
even if they are now enrolled
in college, will receive
payments only until July,
1982.
Eligible students can
continue to draw benefits
until April, 1985, or their
twenty-second birthday-
whichever ,comes first-as
long as they are unmarried
and involved full time.
However, those benefits
will be subject to the
following reductions:
-Students will receive 25
percent less in the academic
year beginning September,
1982, 50 percent less as of
September, 1983, and 45
percent less as of September,
1984. All payments will be
eliminated after April, 1985.
-The annual cost-of-living
increases will be eliminated.
-Benefits will no longer be
paid for the months of May,
June, July, and August.
Make your relatives and
friends aware of the im
pending elimination of a $2.3
billion dollar program by the
Social Security Ad-
ministration. If they are high
school students, there will be
no direct warning about the
elimination of benefits for
those not enrolled in a college
by May 1st. The letters will
come as they did in the past.
five months before their
eighteenth birthdays ac
companied with a request to
report their college plans.
After their reports are
returned, the warning will be
received from the local Social
Security offices-too late.
Become aware through Mr.
Bernard Peterson, coor
dinator of the Early Ad
missions Program at ECSU
and be a carrier-spread the
news!
mission are working in the
area of Geriontology, com
piling pamphlets aiding in
studying problems of aging
persons and how to deal with
them.
All of the students have
been instrumental in coor
dinating a series of activities
that involve social work. Pre-
Social Work students in the
field have also scheduled a
seminar on March 28 at 4 p.m.
at Mount Lebanon, con
cerning career awareness
among Blacks. Consultants
from the Cancer Society, a
doctor, and clinical advisors
will be present to aid the
students in question-
answering and information-
giving.
Classes are now studying
the history of social work to
target in on the repetition of
problems and how they, as
future social workers, can
deal efficiently with them.
Involving the community in
Social Work Month is a
necessity because it has
activities geared towards the
aiding of people, white and
black, who suffer from
hunger in Elizabeth City. The
Food Bank of the Albemarle
gave away cheese, govern
ment surplus, to many needy
people in the community on
March 15 and 16. On Sunday,
March 14, a workshop was
held in the University Center
for student volunteers, to
provide them with ideas on
working with people, in
preparation for the next two
days.
The Social Science Club, in
cooperation with neighboring
social services departments
and others is planning fund
raisers also. They ask for
cooperation from everyone
and appeal to the public that
it become more aware of the
needs of people.
91 YEARS
-A REASON
TO CELEBRATE
The presenting of the colors
by ECSU’s Army ROTC
opened the 91st Founders Day
Program in Moore Hall
Auditorium on Wednesday,
March 3, at 10:00 a.m. The
guest speaker for the
program was Mr. Asa T.
Spaulding, Jr., Vice
President of Administration
of Durham Life Broad
casting, Inc. Spaulding
recapped some of the
progressive factors that have
aided in building a bigger and
better Elizabeth City State
University. “It’s not where
you are, but where you’ve
come from! ” he stated.
After the program, the
annual pilgrimage to the
graves of the “founders”
proceeded as scheduled.