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Campus News
April 1999 • 7
Play Time
Game room
offers break
from stress
BY DARRYL SMITH
Reporter
Pool tables. Laughter. Cards
smacking the tables during a spades
game. The pit and pat of two
competitors battling on the ping pong
table. Where are you? The best place
to be on campus - THE GAME ROOM!
Well, if you want to say, the only place
to be on campus.
The game room is one of the ways
that administration and SGA/CAB has
for the students to relieve stress, meet
people, and have fun. The game room
has a multitude of old and new video
games, card tables, pool tables and a
courteous and helpful staff.
Though there are people above
them, the student managers are usually
the main ones to do all of the “dirty
work”, but they also have work study
students under them. The job of the
student managers is to make sure that
the events inside of the Thompson
Center run smoothly, manage the
student employees in different areas of
the building, accommodate the students,
and ensure the safety of the building
and its occupants.
The student managers believe that
the staff is a “close knit” one so
everything runs smoothly. They feel
that it is also very diverse. The
backgrounds range from regular
students, to nontraditional students, to
military personnel. Being that the staff
is so close they all feel that more work
is being done.
Photo by Darryl Smith
Students can find leisure in the game room located in the union.
“Great job!” exclaimed Orlando
Peterson, Senior majoring in Mass
Communications and student manager.
“It’s good to see the students come in
and mature. I enjoy seeing the first
semester freshmen hang out all the time
and then second semester you don’t see
them again. It never fails.”
Student manager and Computer
Science Junior,William Augustus
Bryant, IV, says, “Being a transfer
student, it has allowed me the
opportunity meet people faster than I
would have with out it, allowing me to
adjust quicker to my surroundings.”
“I enjoy the game room,” says
Octavia L. Josey - double major. Senior
in Physical Education and a Junior in
Occupational therapy. “It gives me the
opportunity to be a part of the on
campus experience. There were a lot of
things that 1 had not been included in
until I worked here and I have been here
for three years.”
The student managers say they like
all that goes on in the gameroom. They
even feel that occupants are “well
mannered” and “some are even
respectful”. Some feel that the students
have a lot to learn about being
responsible for the upkeep of the
student union. One student manager
said, “The students can be more
responsible for what’s theirs. Keep the
building clean and respect it. Treat it
like you would your own home. We
aren’t here to clean up after you and we
shouldn’t have to. Certain students
actually help with the work around the
Student Union, without being coerced.
Do your part and we’ll do ours.”
Though the game room is the only
fun place to be on campus(besides in
your room), it is the best place to be.
With a staff as helpful and
knowledgeable as the ones
aforementioned, everyone should come
and enjoy the game room. Great games,
good friends, and an entourage of
“peepz” helping to make your life at
Winston Salem State University
enjoyable and more memorable(just the
peace and keep it clean).
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International
studies offers
experience
CYNTHIA W|;BB
Reporter
If you are a student and you want to
gain experience and explore carecr
interests in international affairs, then
here’s your perfect opportunity.
The center for strategic and
international Studies (CSIS) is searching
for students wanting to broaden their
horizons by intertialionai studies. A
public policy research instilution in
Washington, D.C., CSIS offers seven
internships each Fall, Spring, and
Summer semester to minority students.
CSIS, founded in 1962, offers
programs in several major areas
including energy and national security,
international business and economics,
international communications, political
and military affairs, domestic policy,
preventive diplomacy, history, and
finance. These specialized fields of study
are offered in Africa, Asia, Europe, the
Americas, the middle East, Russia, and
Eurasia. Special projects in areas such as
the environment and global organized
crime are also available.
International internships have
become an educational and occupational
requirement in our globally-
interdependent world. Students who
participate in international internships
have an advantage over students with
little or no internship experience.
One program, the Russian language
and culture program, also known as
RLCP, offers a seven-week Summer
immersion in Moscow. This program is
designed to offer students the equivalent
of one semester of Russia language at the
elementary or intermediate level and an
additional three semester credit hours in
Russian society and politics. A
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