News Argus, May 2001
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High-achieving students
honored at convocation
By Candace Jeffers
Argus Reporter
On April 8, Winston-
Salem State celebrated
academic excellence.
The Honor's Convo
cation was held at 3 p.m.
in K.R.Williams Auditor
ium. The program is held
to acknowledge students
who have achieved high
academic achievement.
The program included
students on the dean's
list, honors list and stu
dents who have achieved
high honors. Students
who have the highest
grade point averages in
their respective majors
were also recognized.
The program was high
lighted with a keynote
address by D. Hector
McEachern. McEachern is
the executive vice presi
dent of Wachovia Bank.
He is also chief diversity
officer and manager of
Corporate Human
Resources. He spoke
about students taking
their futures into their
own hands and shaping
the world through hard
work and dedication.
"I thought that the pro
gram was great. It is good
that WSSU has an event
to honor those who
achieve," said Stephanie
Mitchell, a participant in
convocation.
The program also con
tained two musical selec
tions by Dorothy Childs,
an alumnus of WSSU.
Convocation was full of
students, faculty and most
of all parents who came to
watch many students
People often develop
eating disorders to
cope with their stress
By Melde Rutledge
Argus Editor-in-Chief
According to the
National Association of
Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated Disorders
(ANAD), more than 8
million Americans suf
fer from eating disor
ders.
The ANAD estimates
that 10 percent of all
college students are
struggling with some
type of eating disorder,
with women account
ing for the vast majori
ty of those affected.
Though many eating
disorders start before a
student enters college,
the situations students
face on campus may
exacerbate the existing
problem or create a
new one.
College life is stress
ful. Leaving home,
family and friends and
being placed into a
land of unknowns can
lead to insecurity.
"Just who will turn
to food as relief from
stress is difficult to
determine," said Vivian
Meehan, the founder
and president of
ANAD. "But people
use food exactly as they
use drugs and alcohol,
as a way of escape. By
focusing on food, or
lack of food, you avoid
life's problems."
Founded in 1976,
ANAD is the oldest
national nonprofit orga
nization that helps eat
ing disorder victims
and their families. In
addition to its free hot
line counseling, ANAD
operates an internation
al network of support
groups for sufferers
and families and offers
referrals to health care
professionals who treat
eating disorders across
the U.S. and in 15 other
countries.
"Dieting has become
a national pastime.
WTio do we know who
hasn't been on a diet?
"When the need to
lose weight becomes an
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Photo by Kim Hickman
Juniors Stephanie Mitchell
and Eboni Howell at the con
vocation.
receive awards. The pro
gram ended with the
singing of the alma mater
and was followed by a
reception in the lobby of
the auditorium.
Don't let graduation;
exams stress you out
By Keisha Satterwhite
Argus Reporter
Are you a tense per
son who worries about
everything? Are you
the one who says that
there isn't enough time
in the day to complete
what you need to have
done?
If you are, then you
could really be doing
yourself a grave diser-
vice. Dr. Ervin Hastins
from Webmd.com says
everyday stress is
killing you.
There is a difference
between "good" stress
and "bad" stress. It's
the "bad" stress that
kills. A simple head
ache can lead to a
migrane, stomach pains
and ulcers, and pre
existing conditions can
become worse with
"bad" stress.
It's OK to worry
about what to wear to a
club or who will ask
you out on a date. That
is "good" stress. But
don't overdo it.
For students who are
embarking on final
exams week. Dr.
Hastins suggests get
ting plenty of rest the
night before so you will
be relaxed and rested.
And after the exam
treat yourself to some
thing that you always
wanted.
Everyone stresses out
from time to time, but
don't let yourself get
caught up in the wor
ries or everyday life ...
that might kill you one
day.
RAPTIVIST
Blacks must use education
to help people. Souljah says
By Melde Rutledge
Argus editor-in-chief
When Sister Souljah
receives an invitation
from college students to
speak at their university,
she feels that it's extreme
ly important.
For her, it's another
step closer to her goal for
the betterment of African-
American people.
"I'm hoping that your
approach to your educa
tion is to achieve excel
lence, because you should
understand that there is a
need for you to return to
your community," said
Souljah during a speech at
Winston-Salem State
University on April 17.
As a graduate from
Rutgers University in
New Brunswick, N.J.,
Souljah knows the value
of higher learning.
She tells students to
always take advantage of
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SISTER SOULJAH
EVERS
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slain civil rights activist to
a community in her own
right. While working
toward her sociology
degree at Pomona College
in Claremont, Calif., she
wrote a book about her
husband titled For Us, the
Living and made several
personal appearances on
behalf of the National
Associa-tion for the
Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP). After
graduating from Pomona
College, Evers-Williams
became assistant director
of planning and develop
ment for the Claremont
College system.
She later took a posi
tion with the Atlantic
Richfield Company and
moved to Los Angeles. In
June 1988, she was
appointed by Mayor Tom
Bradley to the five-mem
ber Board of Public
Works, which managed a
nearly billion-dollar bud
get and staff of 5,000
employees. She was the
first African-American
woman to hold a seat on
that board.
In 1995, the same year
her second husband,
Walter Williams, died,
Evers-Williams made his
tory when she became the
first woman to chair the
NAACP
Four years later, her
memoir, titled Watch Me
Fly: What I Learned on
the Way to Becoming the
Woman I Was Meant to
Be was published, an
extraordinary account of
the life of an extraordi
nary woman.