From Page One
From the Editor
Rid yourself of
'toxic' people
Ever had someone you thought was your
friend stab you in the back? How about a
"clique" you thought was down for you, but
instead downed you for all you were worth?
Well, i'm sure you do, because we all have
experienced those kinds of people before.
But what makes us fall into the traps of
befriending such negative people?
Dana Suggs, the CEO of
Kwanzaa Ornaments, spoke
to an advertising class about
these kinds of people and
labled them "toxic" during
her lecture. 1 commend her
for saying that because I
think that the label fits per
fectly. Let's think about the
Cortney Hill word toxic; toxic means poi
sonous and when something
poisonus gets into your system it eats away
your insides and slowly kills you. That's
what hanging around toxic people will do to
you. Their toxic ways and behavior will
begin to seep into your soul, then take over
and slowly kill the 'real' you, and form a
'toxic' you. Yes, it sounds like a disease.
If you hang with toxic people how can you
say that you do not do the things they do?
Don't you know that the crowd you hang
with defines who you are? Well, it's true. If
you hang with a clique that is known for gos
siping or spreading rumors, you, too, will be
looked upon as a gossiper who spreads
rumors. Besides, if you hang with people
that talk about others, most likely they will
talk about you.
I'm sure you all heard the song by Erykah
Badu called "Apple Tree." Well, in the song
she gives advice on how to pick your friends.
She says to "pick your friends like you pick
your fruit..." That's how we all should pick
and choose our friends.
"Toxic" people are out for many things,
and the one thing they are out for is to pull
you down. Then, they try to defame you by
spreading rumors. I will never understand
how people find pleasure in spreading lies.
But the people that listen and believe the
rumors are feeding into their silly little
games. So to stop the spread of lies and
rumors, just do not listen to it. You must
realize that toxic people do not want you to
do better than them, be better than them, or
even act better than them. They would
rather see you fall and find joy in it, than see
you succeed.
Want to get away from them, simply disas
sociate yourself from them. Fill your sched
ule up so much that you won't even have
time to even think their name. Besides, the
people that work so hard to down you and
talk bad about you will sooner or later find
themselves by themselves. So remember,
keep your head up, strive for excellence, and
realize who's for you and who's against you
because toxic people are every where. And
to the toxic people at WSSU and across the
world: get a life and grow up!
WITHERSPOON, from page 1
will not be flagged."
Witherspoon also discussed the attitude of
the staff along with the appearance of a staff
shortage.
"The staff has gone through customer-ser-
vice training to better assist students.
Students should be treated like customers
and our staff is presently going through some
other training. "
The shortage of staff may be the reason
why some support offices on campus may
close earlier than the posted hours.
Witherspoon said that although the offices
are expanding hours, still they are not sup
posed to close earlier than the posted ones.
"We are also expanding the hours to accom
modate the needs of our evening students."
Witherspoon said that he will continue
looking more closely into these matters.
SACS, from page 1
tion," Berry said.
WSSU will receive a preliminary report from the visit
ing team in early summer, and then it will begin address
ing some of the recommendations. WSSU won't receive
its final recommendations and notice of its reaffirmation
status unhl SACS meets in December.
"The average number of recommendations a university
typically receives is 30. We were happy to be below the
average," Berry said. "Overall, I feel that we had a good
team and a very good team chair. I feel good about the
visit."
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Cortney L. Hill
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