Student Personnel Assistants Serve
The SPA's under the au
spices of the University Coun
seling Center began the year
with a fall workshop entitled
'Reach Out and Touch Some
body ' s Hand' which was con
ducted by Ms. Jean Ann Har
ris, Director of Special Pro
grams, Wayne Community
College, Goldsboro, North Ca
rolina.
After active involvement in
freshman and new student ori
entation - rgistration, Student
PhMOnnel Assistants have
settled in their respective
dorms to carry out their as
signed roles and to implement
exercises learned during their
inservice training hdd in Au
gust.
Student Personnel Assis
tants are para{«ofessional
upperclsmen who are avail
able to assist new students as
well as continuing students in
adjusting more readily to co
llege life.
These individuals are stu
dents who live and work in our
residence halls. They also
work with commuter stu
dents from an office located
in the Student Union.
Your SPA's assist the
Counselings Staff in a variety
of ways including team-
teaching topics of interest to
students enrolled in Orienta
tion classes, and conducting
periodic floor Rap Sessions in
the dormitwies, holding tutor
ial sessions, and dissemina
ting urgent information to stu
dents.
It is felt that the Student
Personnel assistants have
touched the life of most fresh
man and new students enter
ing the University via adjust
ment, assisting with registra
tion, student counseling and
referral, etc.
The officers for the 1978-79
academic year are as follows:
President - Harrison Porter,
Vice President - Beverly Hes
ter, Secretary - Marlene
Drummond, Assistant Sec
retary - Rhonda Richards,
Treasurer - Frederidc Hamp
ton, Program Director - Gloria
Hatcher, Miss SPA - Gloria
Hatcher, Mr. SPA - Allen
Black, and Chaplain - Luke
Torian.
Get to know the SPA's in
your dormitory and in the Stu
dent Union. They ate willing
to serve and can be of in
valuable service to you.
Circle K Embraces Humanity
The Circle K Club is in the
process of beginning it’s first
year on the campus of Win
ston-Salem State University.
This organization has been
sponsored by the Twin City
Kiwanis Club since I960.
Mr?. Manderline Scales is the
University Advisor for the
organization. When inter
viewed, she expressed enthus
iasm for the club, and talked
about it’s Central Theme
which is “Embrace Human-
Alinough the Circle K Club is
still in the organizational stag
es, on this campus there has
been a great deal of student
interest expressed in it.
Approximately 50 students
have sought membership in
the Qub, and Mrs. Scales
hopes that many more stu
dents will want to participate
in the club’s projects.
The purpose of the club is to
provide service to the com
munity, the college, and the
individual. Each member
donates a portion of his/her
time to help those less fortun
ate. The time that each
member donates is beneficial
both to those who receive it
and to the member.
THE NEWS ARGUS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ASSIGNMENT EDITOR
REPORTERS:
SHARA BURT
NINETTA CROCKETT
CICIL HILLIARD
JAMES MCCREA
MYRON WILLIAMS
WILLIAM FULTON
VIVECA THOMASON
DEBRA FORIEST
REGINA HAIEY
DEBRA MCCLAM
SHEILA MONROE
JAMES WILKINS
TYPISTS:
FAYE VERNON ROBIN HOWARD
SYVILLA LIVINGSTON
CARTOONIST
PHOTOGRAPHER
FACULTY ADVISOR
STAFF CONSULTANT
EL PATTERSON
RONEY L. WILLIAMS
JESSE E. HUFF
CHARISSE FOUNTAIN
Peer Counseling/
Tutoring Available
The main areas of concern for
the 1978-79 year will be:
Multiple Sclerosis, The March
of Dimes, The Circle K Gift of
Life Project, Save-A-Life Pro
gram on Hypertension, Men
tal Illness, Automobile Acci
dents, Bicycle Accidents,
Highway Hazards, Fire Safety
and Water Safety.
Persons joining the Circle K
Qub should meet the follow
ing requirements: 1) Have a
good Attitude, 2) Participate
100% and 3) Be committed.
For more information, con
tact Mrs. Manderline Scales,
Kenneth R. Williams Auditor
ium •
Music Frat
Inst ailed
Delta Omicron International
Fraternity for Women in Mu
sic was installed on our
campus in April, 1978. Twelve
women were inducted as char
ter members in Gamma Eta
Chapter of the fratenity.
One of the chief require
ments is scholarship and ad
vancement in the field of
music. Also community and
school involvement play an
important part in the fraterni
ty goals.
This is clearly shown by five
of the D. O’s being accepted in
“Whos Who” on our campus.
These are: Anita Powell,
Annette Hansley, Dorcus Har
per, Debora Simmons, and
Linda Thompson.
WATCH FOR SOME EXCI
TING ACTIVITY SOON
FROM DELTA OMICRON
GAMMA ETA CHAPTER.
Emma B. Mathews
Publicity Reporter
By News Argus Staff
Of the approximately 1,700
students who are enrolled at
Winston-Salem State Univer
sity, 104 are veterans, and
many are concerned not only
with solving and living more
comfortably with their life
problems, but with improving
their human effectiveness and
becoming their true potentials
also.
The Counseling Center
holds the philosphy that stu
dents from educationally im
poverished backgrounds often
record scores on tests that do
not reveal their full potential,
and that most of the students
can learn and progress if more
individualized instruction is
provided for them. The num
ber of students at WSSU
makes it birtually impossible
for each veteran to receive
special attention by faculty
members or by professional
counselors. Financial and per
sonnel limitations prohibit the
expansion of instructional and
counseling activities.
It is well known that in
many instances, students can
better influence other stu
dents than can professional
teachers and counselors. Stu
dent counselors often receive
greater acceptance from coun-
selees than from professional
counselors, and are therefore
able to evoke better retention
and use of information com
municated during counseling
and tutoring.
The Peer Counseling/Tu
toring Program provides addi
tional individual assistance for
veterans through the use of
carefully selected, trained,
and supervised counselor/tu-
tors. • Although peer coun
seling/tutoring will not be
employed to replace the work
of professional counselors, it
is felt that the PCT Program
will provide a practical and
productive addition to the Uni
versity’s counseling program.
Students should be recom
mended by their department
heads or instructors in the
department on the basis of
academic achievement, work
experience, judgmental and
social maturity, and ability to
relate to other people.
Dear Nichole...
Dear Nichole
Dear NiChole: May problem
is that I have been expressing
my feelings to a guy, and he
gives me a “pat on my back”
or a funny little smile. What
should I do? Dreaming
Dear Dreaming: Although it
is good to express your feel
ings to this guy, I feel it is time
for you to wake up. It is best
to remember the old saying
“There’s a lot more fish in the
sea,” and you shouldn’t waste
a good line on a bad worm.
Dear NiChole: I have a
tendency not to go to class. I
feel the instructor does not
like me. What should I do?
Ms. Cut
Dear Ms. Cut; It would be
best to talk with your instruc
tor and stra'ghten things out.
If you feel prejudice is the
problem, there is such a thing
as a drop slip. But maybe this
is not the case at all. Try to
get things together because
you’re only hurting No. 1 by
cutting class, and you may end
up flunking. Don’t take the
chance.
Dear NiChole*: To put it
bluntly, I have several men
after me, and yet I have none
to really call my own. If you
understand my problem,
please give me advice.
Worried
Dear Worried: I feel I do
understand your problem and
feel you should get one man
and settle down. Too many
men may mean “no good”.
Two Students Commissioned
On Tuesday, October 31,
1978 Curtis Moore and Byron
Murrain were commissioned
second lieutenant in the U-
nited States Army in a cere
mony held in M.M. Hauser
Student Union on the campus
of Winston-Salem State Uni
versity.
Major Floyd Griffin,
R.O.T.C. Co-ordinator at WS1
SU, read tehe official orders in
the crowded ballroom. Colo
nel Walters, United States
Army, read the significance of
the awards while Mr. John
Moore, the honorees father,
and Sharon McClary, WSSU
student, pinned the second
lieutenant bars on the honor
ees. Willie Jordan and Nate
Perkins, members of Military
Science IV presented silver
dollars to the two men.