VOL 1, ISSUE 1
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
OCT 7, 1988
Voter registration
deadline is IVIonday
By Candi Smallwood
STAFF REPORTER
Well, the time is drawing near to cast your
vote for {jresident. And the deadline to register
to vote is Monday.
You must be registered to vote in your
county of residence. For many WSSU stu
dents, Forsyth County is their county of resi
dence. But if your parents live in another
county, chances are you must be registered
there to vote. Laws vary from state to state. If
you are from another state, check with the elec
tions office there.
The Department of Motor Vehicles is one
place many students register because there you
can register for any county. But the deadline
for registration at Motor Vehicles is past.
If you want to register in Forsyth County
or in your home county, you must do so by
Monday.
If you need to register in Forsyth County
Monday, you can do so at any branch of the
public library. There you can also learn at
which location you should vote on Nov. 8.
If you will not be near your coimty of res
idence in order to vote Nov. 8, you can request
an absentee ballot. Simply write the Board of
Elections in the county in which you are regis
tered and say that you will not be in town for
the election. You will be sent an absentee bal
lot.
Requests for absentee ballots must be
made by Nov. 1.
Here are some facts about students and
voting from the National Student Conference
on Voter Registration:
-About 50 percent of the 18-24 age group
voted when the national voting age was low
ered from 21 to 18 in 1972. The percentage
dropped as low as 39 percent in 1980.
-Based on past performance, expert pre
dictions estimate that 15-16 million young peo
ple in the 18-24 age group will not vote in 1988.
sPPiPi
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Graceful Dancers
The Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble opened the Lyceum
Series. The members of the group are Marceline Freeman, Eduar
do Otero and Randy Brooks.
Artists
Coming
To Campus
WSSU PUHl.IC RllLATIONS
The hit gospel musical "Just
Say...Yes, Lord" by Dr. Ja A.
Jahanncs will highlight Winston-
Salem Stale University’s Per
forming Arts Series of Lyceum
Cultural Events.
The season opened last
weekend with the Cleo Parker
Robinson Dance Ensemble.
Roimding out the season's
events arc the National Shake
speare Company's production of
"As You Like it,” the light opera
"Cinderella," and the Winston-
Salem Symphony with pianist
Leon Bates.
All performances will be
at 8 p.m. in Kenneth R. Williams
Auditorium on campus.
Performance dales and ticket
prices are;
—"As You Like It" —Jan. 24;
$5, advance; S7, day of show.
--"Cinderella" —Jan. 24; S5,
advance; $7, day of show
—"Just Say...Yes, Lord" -
March 9; $7, advance; $9, day of
show
—Leon Bates with Winston-
Salem Symphony — April 27; S5,
advance; $7, day of show.
Tickets are on sale at the
Williams Auditorium box office
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.
Is there a fire safety problem at WSSU?
By Jarvis S. Koonce
Vanessa M. Hood, the new director of Housing and
Residence Life, is planning some safe fire tactics that she
hopes will catch fire and blaze into the future of Winston-
Salem State University.
Ms. Hood is no stranger to fire safety. Before she
came to WSSU, she developed a highly regarded plan for
the dormitories of Virginia Union University.
Ms. Hood would like to give a fire drill once a
month, circulate pamphlets among the students and show
films on escape and fire prevention. Ms. Hood is confi
dent that she wUl have the full cooperation of the housing
department, the RA's in the dorms, dorm supervisors, the
fire department, campus police and students. But stu
dents might be a problem.
Many resident students have a relaxed attitude," she
said. "A fire occurs somewhere every day, maybe not on
campus, but still they need to be able to respond."
The attitude of students is the mark of question for
Larry Ahem, director of the physical plant.
"I set one (fire drill alarm ) off in Brown Hall last
year, and people were milling around and so forth," he
said. "They think it is a joke."
Ahem's opinion is backed by some pretty stiff fig
ures. Last year. Brown Hall, for example, had all 10 of its
fire extinguishers discharged needlessly. Destroyed were
six of 15 fire lights, four of the smoke detcctors and two
fire hose nozzles. Two fire doors had to be replaced.
The cost? $4,281.
Desuoying the fire equipment is only part of the
problem in the dorms, he said.
"I'm concerned about the kinds and numbers of
appliances- two radios, refrigerators, TVs, cooking uten
sils, two fans, and so on. It wouldn't be so bad if it was
only one guy," he said, "but when you have three rooms
on one circuit breaker, it can pose a problem. If we do
have a fire, I am confident that they could get out
SEE FIRE SAFETY Page 8