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Vol. XIII, No. 5
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY, WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
February 14, 1975
Part of Black History Week
Fuller Speaks on Black Perspective
On Wednesday, February 12,
Howard Fuller, also known as
Owusu Sadaukai, delivered the
keynote address for Black
History Week. Brother Sadaukai
is the Former President and
founder of Malcolm X University
which was located in Greensboro,
North Carolina. He also served as
the National Chairman of the
African Liberation Support
Committee. Presently, he is a
labor union organizer in Durham,
North Carolina.
The theme of Sadaukai’s
address was built around the
theme of the week- Tactics for
Survival from a Black
Perspective. Brother Sadaukai
pointed out that survival without
cultural development would lead
to doom. He further explained the
dialectics of culture; the spiritual
and the material. The vital
necessity for change was
emphasized also as he quoted
Frante Fanon, Wretched of the
Earth.
In discussing the black
perspective, Sadaukai
remembered when he was once
discouraged from speaking about
Blackness on this campus in 1967.
He went on to say that the black
power age did much to discard
the feelings of inferiority and
helped raise the level of
awareness of Black people.
However, the revolutionary spirit
was bought and redefined by the
white power. He concluded the
discussion on perspective by
saying that black is necessary
but not sufficient.
Sadaukai stressed the need for
change which he explained
levolved around two types:
jrevolutionary movements and
reformist movements. The
reformer believes in a political
economic system which can be
changed with destruction.
However, the revolutionary
assumes conditions call for the
destroying of what exists and a
transfer of power.
Sadaukai advised students to
study more than in the
classroom. They should read
more works of revolutionaries
such as Marx, I^enon and Fanon.
In addition, they should become
more involved in helping to
deviate black oppression and
victimization, such as in the case
of Joann Little. The time spent
“getting high” could be cut in
half, he further advised as it only
makes people instruments of
oppression.
Jordan Explains New
Financial Aid Procedures
On February 3, applications for
the 197&-76 school term became
available in the Student Aid
Office for all returning or
continuing students.
Announcements have been
placed on bulletin boards
throughout the campus. Consult
your Student Handbook if
additional information is desired
concerning the availability of
applications for aid.
New procedures will be
implemented in the financial aid
process for the 1975-76 school
year. W.S.S.U. will begin to
utilize the two major needs
analysis systems that are
available to the financial aid
community on a national basis.
All continuing or returning
students are required to submit
the following documents to
support their request for
financial aid:
1. the financial aid form.
2. the American College
Testing system (ACT).
Family Financial Statement
(FFS)
3. Rising sophomores and
juniors that are eligible for the
Basic Educational Opportunity
Grant, should submit the BEOG
application form.
New students entering WSSU
will be required to submit an
institutional application form and
the BEOG application form.
However, they may submit either
the FFS, ACT or the Parent’s
Confidential Statement (PCS) of
the College Scholarship Service.
Continuing students must
acquire all the necessary forms
directly from the Student Aid
Office. New students may
acquire the necessary forms
from their high school
counselors, the WSSU admissions
office, the financial aid office or
from special recruiters
representing the University.
In this connection, we must
emphasize that continuing
students must acquire their
applications directly from the
Student Aid Office because of
problems created when the
application is secured from
sources intended for new
students.
In the past we have
experienced instances where
students have submitted two and
three applications which results
in duplication of aid. In order that
you should have a more complete
understanding of the
determination of financial need,
we shall outline the steps in the
precedure:
(1.) The student must submit to
the ACT a Family Financial
Statement.
(2) ACT will process the
statement according to the
information provided, determine
the family’s ability to contribute
towards the student’s total cost
and send the students Financial
Analysis report to the Student Aid
Office.
When the school receives the
financial analysis report, we
compare the estimated family
contribution with the cost for
attending WSSU. If the expected
family contribution is equal to or
greater than the cost of attending
WSSU, the student is determined
to have no financial need. If the
cost of attendance is greater than
the expected family contribution,
the student has a financial need
and qualifies for financial
assistance. The Student Aid
Personnel will then prepare a
financial aid package to meet this
need if adequate funds are
available.
If a student has applied for a
BEOG and received an ^sw6r
from the BEOG officer, he must
submit the Student Eligibility
Report to the Student Aid Officer
before a financial aid package
can be made for him.
It is expected that every
student will be able to make a
contribution towards his
educational cost from his
summer work earnings. At WSSU
the average expected
contribution from summer work
is $300 for a freshman student and
$400 from all other classes.
Special consideration is given to
students working under the
P.A.C.E. Program. The detail of
this program were explained to
interested students Feb. 6, 1975.
If others are interested in this
program there is still time to
apply. You may contact the
Student Aid Office for
applications.
Remember; The Key to
receiving financial aid is: Submit
a completed application for
financial aid to the financial aid
office at a reasonably early date
and submit the Family Financial
Statement to the American
College Testing Agency.
Work aid is not cash money
available to a student upon
registration. A given amount of
money has been reserved for the
student to earn. The students are
paid on the 15th of the month
following the end of the work
period. A student should be
prepared to pay his registration
fee in full at registration time
taking into consideration the cash
financial aid made available to
him by the student aid office.
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IN THIS ISSUE
Fuller speaks 1
Black press ^
Financial Aid 1
Student editorial 2
Housing 3
Joann Little 3
Love St. Gang 4
Poetry 5
(ienia's Jumbles 5
Valentine Classifieds 6
Sports 7
Student Caucus Formed
A newly formed and much
talked about organization on
campus is the Student Caucus
(SC). Drawing its membership
from representatives from each
class, Greek and non-Greek
organizations, interested
students from various majors
(mostly political science and
business), SC proposes to
investigate and remedy
violations of students’ rights and
students’ needs.
According to a member of the
steering committee, SC will be
able to demand and implement
activities to get results and
hopefully resolve some of the
problems the SGA cannot and has
not solved by being a “by
product” of the administration.
The instriunent to be employed
for the accomplishment of these
goals will take the form of ad-hoc
committee groups working with
the administration to iron out the
problems.
The success of the SC will
depend largely on student
support. Participation in the non
violent protests and
demonstrations initiated and
organized by the SC when they
are deemed necessary is
essential. Drawing upon the
general response of the students
during the recent incident
between the student body and the
administration over student
rights, the SC feels confident of
student support.
This coriidence remains even
after the immediate reaction of
the student body to the newly
formed group-skepticism. In an
attempt to gain student support,
lists were posted for individuals
who wanted to work to sign.
Instead, the sheets scared away
groups of students who feared
that the lists would be turned in to
the administration.
The SC member interviewed by
this News Argus reporter
emphatically denied accusations
and rumors which throw the
group into an underground,
radical movement category.
The SC feels that the SGA
should be involved in the policy
making of the University;
however, they realize that in
actuality the SGA seems
powerless. “If the president of
the SGA doesn’t have rights, then
the individual doesn’t have
rights’ prevails as a major SC
philosophy. The SC wants to
insiu'e every individual of his or
her rights.
Obviously, the administration
must want to know who’s behind
it and why was it formed. In
addition, the students want to
know if it will be functionable.
The answer to these and many
unspoken questions will be
uncovered in the open meetings
tenatively scheduled to begin
next week. Those wishing to get
in touch with the SC, join the
organization or have questions
are encouraged to address
correspondence to The Student
Caucus -The Student Government
Association. by Rubie Gibson
Pitt Speaks On Press
On Monday, February 10 as a
part of Black History Week, Mr.
Ernest Pitt of The Winston-Salem
Chronicle held a discussion on the
black press. Mr. Pitt, who serves
as editor of the black weekly,
touched on several areas of
major importance in the field of
journalism in relation to black
people.
Mr. Pitt stated that the “job of
serving the black community
does not lie with white papers.”
White newspapers, having many
reporters and wire services at
their disposal, tend to allow black
news to get lost in the shuffle.
These papers are concerned with
the entire community.
The Winston-Salem Chronicle
is the first black weekly paper to
appear in this city in the past
twenty-five years. Although its
first publfcations were not
printed until September, 1974 the
staff had been in the city polling
Valentine’s Issue
and surveying the citizens,since
May of that same year.
According to Mr. Pitt, the small
staff attempts to serve the
community through
“interrelations.” Since the
paper’s manpower is presently
limited and there are not enough
reporters staffed to cover all
newsworthy events, he
encourages the people to cover
events themselves, write the
news and se^d it in. Then, the
staff can edit it.
“Advertising is the main
source of revenue for black
papers,” Mr. Pitt stated. Most
white merchants are skeptical
about placing ads in black
newspapers . such as
The Chronicle, although blacks
spend more than substantial
amounts of money buying in
these same stores. Securing ads
from white businesses has
always been a problem because'
they tend to feel as if they are
making donations.
In an effort to help members of
the black press deal more
effectively with white merchants.
The North Carolina Black
Publishers’ Association, of which
The Chronicle is a member was
formed.
Mr. Pitt stressed the need for
more qualified blacks to come
back to work for black papers
after receiving college
educations, especially those in
English and Journalism.
The News Argus staff would
like to express support for The
Winston-Salem Chronicle and its
outstanding contribution to the
black community. They need the
support of black people and we,
at WSSU can help. Buy a paper
each week for only 20 cents. Then
after reading it, tell the
merchants that you saw them
advertised in The Chronicle. A
little help can go a long way.