Page 2, The News Argus, May, 1982
Sutton Comments About Future
By Loretta Leak
Willis Goes To Fort Bragg
When he finishes at WSSU this
month, former SGA President Michael
Sutton plans to attend Southern Il
linois with a major in Higher Educa
tion and Student Affairs. He then
wishes to obtain a doctorate from
Michigan State. After receiving his
degrees, Sutton wishes to return to
WSSU to work as chairperson in the
social science department, or hold a
vice chancellorship. He is definitely in
terested in coming back to Winston-
Salem.
“I love Winston, and the school has
given me so much, I want to give
something back,” Sutton said. He also
said that he would like to congratulate
the student body on the $3.3 million
being spent to rennovate the campus.
He said students are tolerating a lot
now, but will reap the benefits next
year.
“I’ve seen more student awareness
this year,” Sutton stated in regard to
students being concerned about the
SGA and what it is doing. “We’re
here, they have to come to us,” he
commented. He has held seminars in
dormitories, and has been especially in
terested in the freshman class.
“They are the incoming leaders,” he
said.
When asked what advice he had for
his successor, Sutton said that the new
president should be honest with the
students, and let them know what’s
happening, whether it’s good or bad.
He said he should never get so much in
volved with the UNC system that he
forgets about WSSU. It is important,
he said, for him to be himself at all
times. “He’s going to change, but the
student body should support him,”
Sutton explained.
As SGA president, Sutton said his
greatest challenge has been making
sure students’ rights were protected,
heard by faculty, staff and administra
tion, and to make sure that the con
cerns of the faculty, staff and ad
ministration were made known to the
students to make a total interaction
between the two groups.
Sutton believes that because WSSU is
a small university it should be easy for
everyone to be close. “Our university is
one big block. Faculty, staff and
students should be one big family,” he
said. When he returns to his alma
mater, the former SGA president
wants WSSU to still be WSSU, he
wants the WSSU band to still be the
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By Dwight Jones
* Computer Science instructors are
hard to find. Several instructors in
Winston-Salem State University’s
Computer Science Department have
left or are leaving for extended periods.
Mr. Charles Wilis is one of these in
structors. His leave will start May 16,
and will last indefinitely. He is leaving
for personal reasons. He will work for
the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg and enroll
at North Carolina State University’s
Master Computer Science program in
Raleigh, part-time.
Mr. Willis’ leave is not a surprising
situation. While in the U.S. Army,
Willis received his B.S. degree in
Business Administration from
Missouri’s Columbia University. His
military travel has taken him around
the world. When asked to comment on
his military career, Willis stated, “All
of my training and education came
from the military. I spent 26 years
there.” When asked about some of his
exciting Army experiences, Willis com
mented on his Vietnam days. In Viet
nam he was the non-commissioned of
ficer in charge of plans and programs
in the Division of Inventory Control.
His duties consisted of drawdown and
closeout of the Army’s wholesale supp
ly when the U.S. was withdrawing
troops from Vietnam. He also com
mented that from 1972 to 1975, he
served as a Supply System Analyst for
the 28th U.S. Army Reserves, the 108
Units of Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands National Guard. “This was a
very instrumental time because 1 had to
provide instructions and supply pro
cedures for the new logistics system,”
stated Willis.
Willis is familiar with Fort Bragg.
From 1978-80 he worked with the 18th
Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg. During
this time Willis was responsible for the
resolution of problems and conduct for
the entire computer system at Fort
Bragg.
From 1980 through the present, Willis
has taught RPG I and II, Cobol, PL/I,
PLC, Introduction to Operating
Systems, Job Control Language and
Programming Systems at WSSU.
“The Computer Science Department
at WSSU is one of the largest young
programs on campus today,” stated
Willis. He also commented that the
computer industry is one of the coun
try’s most demanding technologies.
For that reason he feels that WSSU is
lucky to have a major in this field. The
computer science major program at
WSSU has existed for two years.
“Our computer science program is
still in its growing pains and once we
get out of these pains, WSSU will have
one of the best computer science pro
grams in the state of North Carolina,”
stated Willis. In order to meet this
criteria, WSSU must have a dedicated
faculty. “We just can’t have instruc
tors who teach, they must be interested
in our students and in what they are
doing in the computer science area,”
said Willis.
“A computer science person or
anyone associated in the computer
business is a certain breed of people,
because we classify ourselves in the
category of doctors,” stated Willis.
There are numerous reference
materials and books that are constantly
referred to again and again, according
to Willis.
The objectives for the Computer
Science Department are being set. The
lack of funding for the necessary
equipment and the lack of space are the
major drawbacks in improving the
department. To flourish, the depart
ment will need additional teaching
aids. These aids consist of more micro
computers and terminals for com
puting, other instructional informa
tion, including lab facilities and lab
technicians.
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Former Queen Discusses Reign
By Cynthia McPhail
Zenobia Nelson, 1981-82 Miss
WSSU, says, “The position of Miss
WSSU is truly an honor but one big
headache.” The 22-year-old nursing
major with a minor in biology and
English comments that the duties of
Miss WSSU as were told to her were to
be an official hostess for activities con
cerning WSSU, and do speeches for
major events on campus and serve as a
member of the Student Government
Association.
When asked what advice she would
?ive to Miss WSSU 1982-83, Debra
Foone, she says, “Be yourself because
10 matter how hard you work you will
3e criticized, but you can succeed if
/ou do not put on airs, and remember
Vliss WSSU is only a title but you are
in individual, a real being who is to be
espected at all times no matter what.”
Although Zenobia runs a busy
schedule she finds time to participate in
ixtra curricular activities. During her
/ears at WSSU she has been recognized
IS “Miss Bickett Hall 1980-81,” a SGA
:lass representative, a residence assis-
ant for two years, a member of the
Vlarching Rams, the WSSU Dance
Troupe, Student Alumni Relations
Association, Circle K, Student Union
Program Board, NAACP, Pep Club,
charlotte Club, SGA and a student
epresentative in the Business Industry
Cluster.
Zenobia believes that a campus queen
Tiust be friendly, a lady at all times,
villing to help fellow students, a leader
md must be a natural lady. “Although
;ach queen has her own individuality,
he qualities that she possesses every
queen should have.”
Miss Nelson comments, “If I ever had
o do it again I wouldn’t! People ex
pect so much of you, but yet, they
lever seem to offer much support. It’s
ike they want you to perform some
ype of miracle to impress them, while
It the same time they fail to realize that
/ou are an individual like them. They
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