News Argus, December 2000
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'No Excuse to Vote' program
aimed to make voting easier
By Joy Roseboro
Argus Reporter
This year's presidential election
was one of the most influential and
most important, and the Forsyth
County Board of Elections took it
very seriously. It wanted to make
sure that ev^eryone had a chance to
vote.
"There is absolutely no excuse
for anyone not to vote," said Cindy
East, the board's secretary.
Consequently, the "No Excuse to
Vote" program began. It designated
absentee voting sites for people to
vote ahead of time.
"This is something that makes
voting convenient for people who
have busy schedules or for students
who go to school and work," said
East.
Many Winston-Salem State stu
dents didn't know about the pro
gram until its last day.
"Now that I know this program,
it would not make sense for me not
to vote," said WSSU senior Sheree
I lall, before the election.
F'or the first time, Forsyth County
residL'nts were able to vote as early
as Oct. 16, and up to Nov'. 3, under
the program at the Anderson
Center on Martin L.uther King Jr.
Dri\e.
"I think that this program was a
good idea, because I plan to vote,
and now I can go ahead and do it
and get it out of the way," said
Vivian Moore, a Wachovia Bank
employee.
However, some felt that the pro
gram had disadvantages.
They wished that the hours
could have been longer, which were
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"It was quite a crowd, the line
was out the door and around the
corner. I wish the hours were
longer because some people don't
get off work until 5 p.m.," said
Arnette Hauser, a nurse at WSSU's
Student Health Center, during the
last day of the program.
Its process also takes more time.
"Since this is a new thing, we
have different guidelines to follow
that makes the process a little
longer," said Cooper.
Many local residents thought
that the program was aimed at
minorities to help increase their
voter turnout rate.
"At this point we are not able to
analyze if the percentage of minori
ty voting has increased, and that is
not what we are looking for. We
just want to make voting a little
easier and more accessible," she
added.
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Though the department
has considered building
more parking lots, the depart
ment needs to further review
the parking situation. Bell
said.
"Before you can increase
and tear and pull down pretty
green grass and put up
asphalt, you need to make
sure you need to do that," he
said.
The department will
assess the effectiveness of the
gated parking lots from
November to January before
moving on to phase two:
installing parking gates in
Hall-Patterson and Colson
Hall parking lots.
"Truly that will cover a
majority of faculty and staff
lots except the infirmary," he
said.
Bell said that the depart
ment notified students of the
operational date of the R. J.
Reynolds gate by generating
memos to students in resi
dence halls and campus build
ings.
Monetary increases of $20,
added on to their $90 parking
fee, came to faculty and staff
who chose to trade-in their
traditional parking decals
for cards used as an entrance
pass to the gates.
Rowland Chidomere, an
associate professor of business,
said that the convenience of
being able to park in the park
ing lot outside of the building
he works in outweighs the
extra parking fee.
Since the gates became
operational, Chidomere said,
"I haven't had a problem
with any places to park," he
said.
Before the gates were
installed, Chidomere said
he sometimes searched up to
20 minutes for a parking
space.
Though faculty and staff see
the gate as a parking assis
tance, some students differ.
"It's an inconvenience to
me if I'm coming to class
(from off-campus) and I
have to walk all the way to
Wilson to park and then come
all the way back over,"
said Keisha Satterwhite, a
senior.
Student LaChia Armstrong,
also a senior, said that the
time when the gates were
installed is a key factor in
her disagreement with the sys
tem.
"They put it into effect in
the middle of the year. Why
couldn't they wait until the
beginning of the year?," she
said.
The parking lot is gated
from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., after
which time it will be open to
students.
SHOW
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m.eetings," said Stephens.
In addition, Stephens said
that KK Psi rehearsed the
same performance in front of
the Fanhellenic Council that,
according to Ray Epps, also a
KK Psi member, agreed to
send the fraternity an apology
for not giving the group
guidelines for the show. It has
not been received.
"You put all those factors in,
and tell me if the punishment
fit the crime," said Stephens,
implying that other organiza
tions have done worse things.
"If we would have known it
would be controversial, we
would not have done it," said
E. Bennetts, KK Psi's president.
KK Psi was not allowed to
step for competition during
the show, only for exhibition.
If they had been allowed to
compete, Stephens said that
another routine would have
been performed.
Though many agree with
the suspension, "It is an unfor
tunate situation, but KK Psi
has done many great things to
“If we would have
known it would be
controversial, we
would not have
done it.”
— E. Bennetts,
KK Psi’s president
support the WSSU band, and
they are great supporters
throughout the community,"
said Emory Jones, KK Psi's
adviser.
"We can't help the band
how we want to during the
suspension," said Stephens. "If
we had to do it again, we
wouldn't have done it."
Art Malloy, the vice chancel
lor for student affairs, said,
"KK Psi is taking the neces
sary steps to demonstrate the
seriousness of their action.
Sound moral judgments
guides my life, and I hope that
it guides the lives of WSSU
students also."