Winston-Salem State University
November 1982
Judge Erwin
Students Audition
For On Air Positions
20 WSSU Students
Help Elderly
By Gail Bohannon
About 20 Winston-Salem State
University students have been
spending several hours on Satur
days to improve homes and living
conditions for elderly residents in
Winston-Salem.
The members of the In
terdenominational Youth for
Christ Fellowship were joined by
students from Wake Forest
University and Salem College to
paint, patch walls and perform
other minor repairs on the
Watkins Street houses.
Christopher Smith, president of
the organization described the
project as being a self-satisfying
one. “They like to help and they
like to make us feel at home by
providing refreshemtns. Their
facial expressions show their
gratitude and I guess they are
grateful because they’re basical
ly unable to make the repairs
themselves.”
Although Eddie Robinson,
former president of the organiza
tion graduated in May, he has
also spent several hours on the
project this semester. “Aside
from the very friendly surroun
dings and atmosphere, the pro
ject has offered an educational
experience as well. I hope the
project will be continued in the
future.”
Although November 20 is the
last day for the project for the
semester. Smith hopes that the
United Way will provide funds for
this type of project for next
semester.
See:
Students Speak Out p.3
Organizational Notes... p.4
Sports PP.6&8
Entertainment p. 9
Editorials p. 10
Housing Foundation Establishes
Scholarship Fund
Vol. XX, No. 3
Agency
Provides
Jobs
James Simpson, music instruc
tor and the voice of the Marching
Rams, decided this past summer
that he wanted to help students
with tuition difficulties. The
result of this decision is
WEKARE, a personal service
and rent-a-helper agency, that
gives students a chance to make
extra money.
Simpson and Verlee Fowler
founded this service near the end
of September. The helper agency
located at 106 Popular Street,
Winston-Salem, is a temporary
placement agency. Students who
want a job must fill out an ap
plication and be interviewed. The
service also ensures that the
employer and the employee are
compatible with each other; by
setting up a meeting between the
two.
The applications are then plac
ed in a file and when positions
become open the students ar^
contacted for placement.
Students are paid minimum wage
and hours are kept, by the agency
or employer, on ^a timecard.
Employers are charged a fee bas
ed on the services they seek.
About an estimate of 15 to 20
students have applied or have
been placed. WEKARE does not
cater only to WSSU students, ad
vanced high school students and
other from the community are
also eligible to participate.
"We are able to provide a ser
vice to the community that can
help find babysitters, tutors, yard
workers and helpers with any odd
jobs, said Simpson.
Still, he says he hopes to ex
pand his business and maybe
open another service. "But” says
Simpson, "that is long term plan
ning. First we have to get through
the first couple of months."
"Business has been promis
ing," said Simpson, "but it is too
early to tell how siiocessful.”
Simpson said its very difficult
to juggle his academic duties at
WSSU, the job as director of his
own quintet, being a member of
the Ebony Music Co., (a local
musical group) and his new
business venture.
Approximately 50 students
auditioned on air personnal for
the campus radio station, WSNC,
on Saturday, November 6.
Twenty-four students passed the
tests.
For the air tests, students read
a one-rninute presentation of
their choice. This material was
prepared in advance. Another air
test was an unrehearsed perfor
mance. Students were also re
quired to ad-lib for 30 to 60
seconds.
The Air Screening Board; Dr.
F’red Eady. Dr. James Dervin.
and Mr. Clarence Thomas,
selected students on the basis of
grammar, pronunciation, and
overall voice quality.
The following students passed
the tests for the on air positions,
Percy Johnson, Jenifer Baggett,
and Dwight Jones. Other students
who were selected are: Michael
Hampton, Loretta Leak, Darrell
Jefferies, Arthur Johnson,
Yvonne Lewis, Calvin Easter,
Ellen Harris, Maurice Rouse,
Marian A.'nderson, Isiatte
McArn, Gail Bohannon, Audrey
Manuel, Beth Day, Victoria
Graves, Eve Richardson, and
Steve Owens.
These students will also be re
quired to take a technical test at a
later date.
The Winston-Salem Housing
Foundation, a private non profit
development corporation, is in
the process of establishing a
$20,000 scholarship fund at
Winston-Salem State for students
interested in housing manage
ment.
The foundation has pledged
$10,000 to the fund and plans to
help raise the other $10,000.
The purpose of the housing
foundation is to improve housing
in Winston-Salem and Forsyth
County. The foundation has had a
working relationship with
Winston-Salem State for years
and hopes to encourage the
university to expand its concen
tration in housing management
according to Ferry C. Craven,
consultant to the housing founda
tion. This scholarship will serve
to reward students interested in
housing management.
The foundation not only wishes
to encourage an expansion of the
housing management program
but hopes to develop a profes
sional residency in housing
management using University
Place. University Place is a 96
apartment complex which houses
the elderly and physically han
dicapped. The foundation feels
that University Place would be
an ideal training ground for hous
ing management students
because it would test the
knowledge of both business skills
and social skills.
The scholarship fund will pro
bably be operating by 1985 and
the scholarship will be an annual
award
Housing management is a con
centration which comes under
business administration. The
housing management program at
WSSU began in 1975 from a HUD
grant. Winston-Salem State is one
of five undergraduate schools in
the county which offers a degreee
with a housing management
specialization. There are approx
imately 40 students currently
enrolled in the housing manage
ment program. These students
are juniors and seniors who have
exited general studies. The con
centration in housing manage
ment is to provide the graduate
with qualifications for employ
ment as a public or private hous
ing manager. According to the
university catalog, job oppor
tunities at entry level across the
nation remain good. All housing
management students are re
quired to complete a lab training
which is worth three semester
hours.
According to Mrs. Gladys
Oldham, housing management
coordinator, the business depart
ment has not yet had the oppor
tunity to draft a plan for expan
sion of the housing management
program.
Financial Aid
Requirements Tighten
The federal government is
planning more stringent
eligibility requirements for
student financial aid according to
Financial Aid Director, Willard
C. Jordan.
Jordan says legislation now
before the Senate will require
students to maintain a “C”
average or better each semester
to be eligible for federal aid. If
the bill passes, standard WSSU
students must satisfy to be
considered for financial aid, the
university would no longer
determine the academic
progress.
Student financial aid officers
may expect their duties to
include verifying that male
students have registered for the
mihtary draft, Jordan said.