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November 1996 The News Argus - Page 14
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Baker State
University:
A Series
It’s 9 a.m. and the campus is pretty
as a picturc or at least that’s how it looks
to Sharriff Parks, as he approached
Baker State University’s campus in his
shiny black jeep. He never thought he
v/ould be a student at a historically
black college.
Today, is the first day of school and
his first class is at 11 a.m. (At his
previous school the rules were a little
different, you didn’t have to attend the
first day of class.)
As Sharriff pulls up to the student
union, he noticed that the union at the
college he transferred from was much
larger than Baker State’s. As he
walked slowly into the union he began
to smile as he looked at all of the
^autiful African paintings and pictures
of African-American achievers on the
walls. It made him feel like he had
stepped into a history book.
In all of the excitement, Sharriff
bumped into a beautiful, cocoa- brown
skinned “sista.” “Excuse me miss,”
said Sharritf. “That’s okay! Are you
new here?,” she asked. “ 1 am a transfer
student from New York. My name is
Sharriff Parks, and your name?” “My
name is Chenzy. It’s African like your
name,” she .said. Sharriff had no idea
of the significance of his name or its
background. Hopefully, Chenzy, his
new friend will help him
The last thought on Kevin Smith's
mind, a North Carolinian’s, mind was
coming to college. On- the-other hand,
since he slays in trouble, going to jail
would have been the first. Sitting in the
passenger seat of his mother’s 1992
Cadillac, he has a frown on his face.
Enrolling at Baker Slate University
became a reality when Kevin managed
to cam his General Education Diploma
(GED) during the summer. Making this
deal wiih his mother and Officer
Johnson was not the real deal. Officer
Johnson of Tingle County, a very close
friend of Kevin, had known him since
he was young and from his slays at
detention centers. If he continued his
education, Johnson would stay off of his
case. Now Kevin must be good and
keep hmiself out of u-ouble.
See "State U,” page 16
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