Dean Flack excited
that new nursing
building is ready for
students
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Ray Romano and
Ice-T will develop a
new comedy series
about their lives
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Students travel to
Charlotte to take
part in Petty Driving
Experience
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The News Argus
Winston-Salem State University
E-mail: newzargus@yahoo.com
February 2003
President Bush addresses key issues during visit
Argus photo by James Jones Jr.
President Bush tells the
audience at Joel Coliseum
about his plan for the
U.S.A. Freedom Corps.
By James Jones Jr.
ARGUS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
President George W.
Bush put the city of Win-
ston-Salem in the national
spotlight when he spoke
Jan. 30 at Joel Coliseum.
Thousands of Bush sup
porters and guests from
various locations lined up
outside the coliseum,
hoping to catch a glimpse
of the president, though
many were turned away
due to lack of seating.
Before the President's
arrival, Winston-Salem
State University's choir
and band entertained
those in attendance by
singing and playing sev
eral songs including the
black national anthem ti
tled "Lift Every Voice and
Sing."
After the performances.
President Bush arrived to
a standing ovation and
began speaking about
how the administration is
dealing with terrorism.
"We're after them," he
said. "But the good news
to report for our side, and
the bad news for the evil,
is that we're patient, and
we're determined, and we
will not stop until we
achieve our objective."
The president also
picked up from where he
left off from the previous
night's State of the Union
address by re-emphasiz
ing the importance of
homeland security. He
said that the administra
tion's recently submitted
budget would increase fi
nances for homeland se
curity.
"We'll keep a closer eye
on our border. We want to
make sure we understand
who's coming in and
who's going out," Bush
Argus photo by Jerry Watkins
Work has begun on Rams Commons, which will house about 112 students in each of its four buildings.
Rams Commons
Construction begins on four-building complex
By Nicole Ferguson
ARGUS NEWS EDITOR
Rams Commons is officially
under construction. The four-
building dorm complex behind
Wilson Hall is highly anticipated.
Developments in the progress
of the dorm have recently been
uncovered. In recent months, the
Office of Housing and Residence
Life gave Winston-Salem State
University the option of having
input on the interior color scheme
of Rams Commons. Only 93 stu
dents chose to express their opin
ions.
"The community center will be
decorated in red and white," said
Linda Innman, housing director.
"The remainder of the dorm
was voted to have color schemes
similar to Wilson."
The Buffalo-based design firm
in charge of interior design for
Rams Commons will display the
choices that students made in
terms of color schemes. "They
(the firm) should be back on cam
pus in about a month," said Inn
man.
So what about furniture? "Fur
niture has not officially been de
cided upon yet," Innman said.
"We'll utilize the most feasible
and durable selections."
However, students will be
pleased to know that the beds
will be full-size instead of twin
and will be in single rooms.
According to blueprints, the
Ahmans (community) center is
the structure being constructed in
front of Wilson. The remainder of
the complex, which will house
about 112 students per building,
is being built behind Wilson. One
of those buildings is reserved for
the Honors College.
A parking lot will also be locat
ed here. The Office of Housing
and Residence Life is in the
process of interviewing candi
dates for the position of general
manager for Rams Commons.
The process lasts two days, and
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said. "We want to do
everything we can to se
cure America, to secure
our nation."
President Bush also
talked about improving
the quality of education
and creating more jobs for
American citizens, but he
mainly focused on rally
ing support for the U.S.A.
Freedom Corps.
"I hope and ask that
you serve your communi
ty you live in and your
nation by two years of
service, 4,000 hours of
service over your life
time," he said.
Forsyth County Sheriff
Ron Barker said that the
president's visit was a
positive step for Winston-
Salem, especially after de
livering his State of the
Union address the night
before.
"It is an honor that Pres
ident Bush picked Win-
ston-Salem as the first city
after his State of the
Union address," he said.
Afriika O'Daniels, the
student body vice presi
dent of Livingstone Col
lege and a Barbara Dole
intern, said that the presi
dent offered solutions to
problems facing America.
Students
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In a recent News Argus survey of Winston-Salem
State University students, more than half said that the
university does not meet the needs of physically hand
icapped students.
c3ut of the 24 students who participated in the sur
vey, 17 said there were several problems with facilities
on campus. Some noted the lack of seating for wheel
chair-bound students in classrooms, especially where
the chairs are bolted to the floor.
As far as housing is concerned, freshman Mark
Robinson, who lives in Brown Hall, said, "There aren't
any ramps at Brown or any stalls in the bathrooms
that would meet my needs if I were handicapped in
some way."
Journeying across the street to Wilson Hall, WSSU
football player Roderick Pitt felt that although most
buildings on campus provided wheelchair ramps,
"they don't all have elevators."
"The area around the Thompson Center and the
plots would be hard to maneuver through without a
power wheelchair," said Camilla Stanley of Pegram
Hall. However, one of the most striking problems in
troduced was the plausibility of physically disabled
students going back and forth across the street from
the main campus to the Anderson Center or Wilson
Hall.
Questions centered around the idea that, depending
on the severity of the handicap, one might be forced to
stay only on the main campus and never enjoy the lux
ury of living in Wilson Hall or the dormitory that is
soon to come.
Others felt that as long as the student possessed his
own means of transportation, the situation could
work.
Reasons given by students who agreed that the cam
pus was fairly handicapped accessible ranged from
the wheelchair ramps that are present at halls such as
Carolina and Coltrane, elevator access in the majority
of the buildings, and the automatic doors at the back
of the Thompson Center and Atkins Hall. Sophomore
Alecisha Smith said, "I think that the Thompson Cen
ter is the most accessible to the [physically] disabled
because it has elevators, Braille writing on the signs of
the offices and, of course, an automatic door at the
back." Dillard Hall resident LaToya Person said, "A lot
of the places are capable of meeting the needs of the
physically challenged because the one person I know
[who is disabled] has no problem getting around on
campus."
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