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VOL. XIII, NO. 2
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY, WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER, 1974
SGA Plans Biggest Ever
Homecoming ’74 - Ram Style
Since late July, the SGA has
been making preparations to
insure that this year’s
homecoming will be the biggest
and best in the university’s
history. The SGA has cooperated
with the campus Homecoming
Committee, the Union
Programming Board and other
campus organizations in
coordinating activities during
Homecoming Week, November 3-
9.
It’s hoped that this year’s
calendar of events will have
something of interest for
everyone. Some of the activities
planned are a seminar on job
opportunities hosted by recent
Alumni on Wednesday, the
Coronation Ball in the gym on
Thursday and Red and White Day
sponsored by the Day Student
Organization on Friday. They
have scheduled a mini-parade
and a show in the gym.
The week’s events will be
capped off by two very special
shows on Friday and Saturday
nights. Featured artists for the
two shows include Graham
Central Station, Betty Davis and
an upcoming group. Brute on
Friday. The Commodores,
Ripple, and the Hamilton
Bohannon Band will appear on
Saturday nights show.
Both affairs will be held at the
Winston-Salem Memorial
CoUseum beginning at 10 p.m.
For convenience,, brown bagging
will be allowed. There will also be
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concession stands and bars
opened to serve aU. Admission
prices are $4 in advance and $5
the day of the show. Tickets are
on sale at Reznick’s Thruway and
downtown). Northwestern Bank
(downtown and on campus. Wake
Forest Student Union and the
WSSU business office and the
bookstore.
About the Artists
Larry Graham left Sly and the
Family Stone to form Graham
Central Station, a group which
many critics say is already better
that Sly’s group. Larry writes
most of the material that the
group performs although each
member contributes in some way
to the total sound. Check out their
albums “Graham Central
Station” and “Release
Yourself.”
Betty Davis is the ex-wife of
trumpeter Miles Davis. Her
years of marriage to “the cool
genius” have given her many
directions in regards to her
music. She is hailed as the queen
of the “progressive soul-Rock”
cult. Her performances are
always high-energy. Her two
best-selling albums, “Betty
Davis” and “They say I’m
Different” are interesting
Graham Central Station is one of the main attractions scheduled to appear Homecoming weekend.
Danforth Fellowships I
To Be Awarded I
Inquiries about the Danforth
Fellowships, to be awarded by
the Danforth Foundation of St.
Louis, Missouri in March 1975,
are invited, according to the
Winston Salem State University
campus representative. Dr.
Lafayette Parker - Academic
Dean.
The Fellowships are open to all
qualified persons of any race,
creed, or citizenship, single or
married, who have serious
interest in careers of teaching
and-or administration in colleges
and universities, and who plan to
study for a Ph.D. in any field of
study common to the
undergraduate liberal arts
curriculum in the United States.
Applicants must be under 35
years of age at the time
application papers are filed, and
may not have undertaken any
graduate or professional study
beyond the baccalaureate.
Persons must be nominated by
Liaison Officers of their
undergraduate institutions by
November 20, 1974.
The Danforth Foundation does
not accept direct applications for
the Fellowships. Approximately
100 Fellowships will be awarded
in March 1971
The award is for one year, and
is normally renewable until
completion of the degree or for a
maximum total of four years of
graduate study. Fellowship
stipends are based on individud
need, but may not exceed $2025
for single Fellows and $2200 for
married Fellows for the
academic year, plus dependency
allowances for children and
required tuition and fees. ‘
Other fellowships may be held
concurrently with a Danforth
Fellowship, except for those
administered through other
programs of the Danforth
Foundation. Income from other
awards will be taken into
consideration in determining the
supplementary living expense
stipend if the amount received is
less than the Danforth
Foundation maximum, and if the
agency concerned will allow this.
The Danforth Foundation was
created in 1927 by the late Mr.
and Mrs. William H. Danforth of
St. Louis as a philanthropy
devoted to giving aid and
encouragement to persons, to
emphasizing the humane values
tliat come from a religious and
democratic heritage, and to
strengthening the essential
quality of education.
For further information
contact Dr. Parker at 725-3563,
Ext. 26 or Room 204, Blair Hall,
WSSU campus.
Cooperative
Masters Program
To Begin
A special master’s degree
program in political science for
public administrators will be
offered here as a cooperative
effort of Winston-Salem State
University and Appalachian
State University. The field-based
graduate program will enable
some 40 public administrators in
city, county, state and federal
government to work toward an
advanced degree without
disrupting careers or family life.
The two-year program will be
based at WSSU and it will have a
resident coordinator. Professors
from both schools will serve as
faculty and consultants in the
program.
Students in the program will
spend one or more summer terms
at Appalachian.
The program is scheduled to
begin on November 5. Dr. Richter
H. Moore, Jr., political science
department chairman at
Appalachian, will serve as team
leader and chief advisor in the
special master’s degree
program.
Appalachian and Winston-
Salem also currently are working
together in other programs under
a federal grant to develop a
model relationship between
urban and rural campuses.
listening material.
Completing the November 8
show is Brute, an exciting ten-
member group from Washington,
D.C. In the past, they have
appeared with artists such as
Herbie Hancock, New Birth,
Earth, Wind and Fire and Gil
Scott-Heron.
Motown recording artists, The
Commodores were an opening
act for the Jackson Five until
their recent smash, “Machine
Gun.” Now they are stars in their
own right with their new single,
“I Feel Satisfied” from the
“Machine Gun” album.
Ripple, an Atlanta based group
is perfect for a party. There Afro-
Cuban sound is right to “boo'gie”
and “double bump” by. They are
best known for their singles, “I
Don’t Know What It Is, But It
Sure Is Funky,” “A Funky Song”
and “Willie Pass the Water.”
Bohannon who is a former
Motown bandleader, is now the
leader of a seven man band that
produced such hits as “Stop and
Go,” “Keep on Dancing” and
“South African Man.”
This Homecoming will be an
event that Rams won’t want to
miss so start now to make plans
to attend.
By Jimmy McEachem
Urban-Rural Cooperative
Exchange Begun
The Urban-Rural Cooperative
(U-RC), funded through the U.S.
Department of Health Education
and Welfare’s Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, has as its major goal
the mutual exchange of
experiences between people in
both urban and rural settings.
The project is a cooperative
venture between Winston-Salem
State University, which serves as
the urban component of the
project, and Appalachian State
University, which serves as the
rural component. The program
design of the project is highly
interdisciplinary in nature. The
U-RC will provide exchanges in
areas such as education,
sociology, political science,
psychology and business.
Opportunities will be provided for
internships for students at
Appalachian State University to
spend time in the community of
Winston-Salem. Similarly,
students at Winston-Salem State
University will spend time in
Boone and adjacent rural
settings. The project also
provides opportunities for
exchange of faculty between the
two institutions. Persons within
the communities surrounding
each institution will serve as
resources to students, faculty,
and the U-RC Project.
Additionally, agencies within
these communities will be the
sites for student intern work
experiences. The anticipated
benefit to all who participate in
the U-RC Project will be enriched
learning opportunities more
closely tied to presentday
societal needs and realities.
-News Release
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Back Cicely
Tyson In
‘The
Autobiography
of
Miss Jane
Pittman.”
Sunday,
Nov. 3 - CBS
In This Issue
Homecoming
1
Nursing diary
3
Professors
3
Music news
3
From the Land of
3
Hip City comer
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Fashion
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Student Poetry
5
Genia's Jumbles
5
Starscope
4
Lyceum programs
3
Organizations
6
Sports
8