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Vol. Xffl, No. 4
Attjioas
April, 1979
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Max Robinson, speaking at A&T University
Careers Offered
By Sheila F. Moore
The following companies
will be interviewing in the
Placement Center during
the month of April: *2nd—
Knight Publishing Compa
ny, and Eckerd Foundation:
•3rd — Prince William
County School Division:
•5th — International Har
vester; 9th — Virginia Dept,
of Correction; •lOth —
Orange County Schools;
11th —Alamance County
Schools: •16th —Sears;
• 17th—Wake County Pub
lic Schools, Winston Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
For further information
concerning the positions
available and time of inter
views, go by the Career
Planning and Placement
Center in Blair Hall—Third
Floor, room 313.
Concert Scheduled
By En^s Greene
The Symphonic Band will
be having a Spring Concert,
April 10, 1979, at the
Kenneth R. Williams Audi
torium. The concert will
start at 8:00 p.m.
The Symphonic Band is
made up of both music and
non-music majors. The stu
dents have been working
very hard this year to
produce a really dynamic
group. Directed under the
leadership of Mr. Simpson
of the music department,
the band will be playing
music composed by Jerry
Bilik, Leland Forsblad,
Korsakof, and others.
Their biggest number,
“They walked in Dark
ness”, a script by Michael
Whorf, will be done with
special light effects.
See Page 2
Max Visits Triad
By Viveca L. Thomason
Assignment Editor
“It was a thrilling education
al experience and Mr. Max Ro
binson was fantastic!” com
mented a WSSU student who
attended A&T State Universi
ty’s Second Annual Mass Me
dia conference on Saturday,
March 24, 1979. The theme for
this workshop was entitled
“Mass Communications; Ano
ther Point of View” and
representatives from all capa
cities in mass communications
were invited to address and
discuss that issue.
The workshop was divided
into six panels which included:
Public Relations and Advertis
ing; Newswriting; The Black
Press; Management and Own
ership; Television; and Radio.
Students were permitted to
freely visit, take notes, ask
questions, and participate in
discussions. Representatives
from newspapers; radio; tele
vision; the FCC; private busi
ness; and large corporations
gave pointers on everything
from, how to get a job, to
showing a toothy smile while
reading the news on television.
The highlight of the confer
ence came during the lunch
eon when anchor man, Max
Robinson of ABC News’ World
News Tonight delivered a
most dynamic and inspiring
keynote speech. He shared
both his fears and funny
moments as the first black
anchor man on national televi
sion. He stressed hard work
and dedication, pointing out
that, “we as black people
must pay back the debts to the
ones who came before us.”
His advice to young aspiring
news commentators and re
porters was; “you’ve got to be
crazy to get into this business
— look at Walter Cronkite.”
Career Day Held
By William S. Fulton
Elditor-in-chief
The WSSU Career Plan
ning and Placement Center
co-sponsored Career Ex
ploration Day along with
the Business-Industry Clus
ter Program.
Career Exploration Day
activities took place on
March 28 thru March 30,
1979 in the C.E. Gaines
Athletic Complex and the
Red Room of Kennedy Din
ing Hall. The first day of
activities featured registra
tion and reception.
Mr. Troy Baker, Jr. stu
dent representative for the
class of ‘79, presided over a
program to welcome parti
cipants of the conference.
The second day of activities
saw interaction among in
terested students, faculty,
staff, administration, and
consultants from various
schools and businesses both
local and as far away as
New York. The third day
was reserved for a Busi-
ness-Industry Cluster meet
ing and luncheon in the Red
Room of Kennedy Dining
Hall.
Some of the major areas
represented were: nursing;
math; science--p.e.; educa
tion; and graduate profes
sional schools.
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WSSU stndents participating bi Career Day