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The News Argus
Winston-Salem State University
E-mail: newzargus@yahoo.com
December 2001
Room to Move
New residence hall is a much-needed addition at WSSU
By Nicole Ferguson
Argus Reporter
Winston-Salem State
University is preparing to
welcome a highly antici
pated and much needed
addition to its campus-
new residence halls.
According to Housing
Director Linda Innman,
the residence halls, which
will house 448 students,
will be located on the side
of Wilson and will consist
of four units. Features of
the new residence halls
includes 150 square feet of
living room space, 6-foot
closets, two bathrooms
and mini-kitchens.
Perhaps the most
unique features lie in the
bedrooms.
"They [residence halls]
will have four single bed
rooms with two bath
rooms," said Innman.
"Others will have two sin
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Graphic courtesy of Media Relations
This is an artist’s rendering of the new residence hall at Winston-Salem State University.
gle bedrooms, a bathroom
and full kitchens."
The new residence halls
will be more than just dor
mitories. Increased com
munity interaction will be
stressed with features such
as a community center,
meeting rooms, computer
labs, a mini convenient
store and a fitness center.
"It'll [residence hall] be
helpful because the upper
classmen won't feel so
isolated by having to live
off campus," said Sheila
Cromartie, a sophomore.
"They'll be able to mix
and mingle with everyone
else."
Although talk of the
dorm has run rampant
throughout campus, stu
dents seem skeptical of a
August 2002 opening. To
ease the apprehension.
Melvin N. Johnson, the
vice-chancellor of Student
Affairs, assures students
that the residence halls
will be ready to live in
next fall.
"Hold us to the fire,"
said Johnson.
If Johnson's state
ment wasn't enough reas
surance, students were
further convinced of the
new residence halls
becoming a reality on
November 12 when repre
sentatives of the Buffalo
Designer Firm layed out
several furniture and color
schemes for students to
vote on. Choices for car
peting were between
camel and purple schemes,
and the furniture for the
single bedrooms will be
black wrought iron. The
community center will
consist of school colors,
reci, black and white.
"We're also looking at
the possibility to have the
(Ram) logo around the
halls," added Innman.
As the marketing
process continues for
WSSU's latest addition,
students will learn more
about the requirements for
residency and will be con
tinually updated by the
Housing and Residence
Life office on the progress
being made.
WSSU Employees Go
Above and Beyond
for the United Way
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Students should beware
of excessive credit-card use
By Nhy Smith
Argus Reporter
Photo courtesy of Media Relations
Chancellor Harold Martin presents a check recently for
over $25,000 to the United Way’s WSSU State
Employees Combined Campaign in the main dining
room of the Albert H. Anderson Conference Center. The
campaign began Sept. 14 and concluded Nov. 9.
Contributions from WSSU employees surpassed the
goal of $19,000.
The problem that stu
dents have with credit is
that they are not educated
about the certain steps to
maintain credit and not
get into debt. Sometimes
debt cannot be eluded
because certain circum
stances happen.
Patricia Hill, a sopho
more public administra
tion major has a few per
sonal tips in regards to
credit cards and credit.
She is a non-traditional
student who has worked
for Wachovia at the West
End Center for eight
years.
"Try to have only one
or two revolving credit
cards. Having lots of cred
it cards is not a good
thing. It does not improve
your credit rating," said
Hill.
She believes that some
creditors see excessive
numbers of credit cards as
an inclination of future
debt. The consumers must
limit themselves so that
debt will not occur.
However, newly
acquired creditors cannot
deny a person because
they have many credit
cards. Federal law also
protects consumers.
Federal law carefully
regulates how informa
tion about your credit can
be used. The two most
important laws for con
sumers are the Equal
Credit Opportunity Act
and the Fair Credit
Reporting Act.
The ECOA mandates
that every consumer who
applies for credit has an
equal chance to obtain it.
This is not a guarantee
that credit will be grant
ed, but rather that the fac
tors used to determine
whether an application is
accepted or rejected will
be consistent and consis
tently applied for all
applicants.
See DEBT,
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