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Austin performance benefits scholarship fund
Accompanied by The Burke Singers, Austin performed in K.R Williams Auditorium
on March 24.
Health Center gets certified
WSSU joins four other state universities on list
By Terell Burgess
Contributor
A.H. Ray Student Health
Services Center was recently
certified by the Accreditation
Association for Ambulatory
Health Care.
This accreditation is effective
from February 2009 through
November 2011.
AAAHC it is the highest
form of professional and public
recognition for quality health
care provided. It forces and
supports the delivery of high
quality care and services. This
agency enhances marketing,
branding, and alliance build
ing in the community.
"The benefit of accreditation
allows the student population
to increase," said Nurse Ether
Joe, director of the health cen
ter.
"It paves the way for better
access to care," she said.
"It is important to set high
standards for health care," said
SGA, Royal Court
elections April 1
Michael Isler, a registered
nurse at the health center.
"It makes the department
more accountable to cus
tomers," he said.
"When people come to our
facilities, they will know we
made federal standards for
health care. Now that we are
accredited, our staff feels the
Accreditation
continued on Page 3
By Tomita Ferguson
& Steven J. Gaither
Contributor / Online sports editor
Student Government
Association elections will be
tomorrow, and the candidates
have spent the better part of
this month on the campaign
trail.
Voting will take place online
and last from 8 a.m. on April 1
until 8 a.m. on April 2.
Thirty-eight candidates
began the official 2009-2010
student elections campaign
season, delivering speeches to
the student body in the
Thompson Center on March
16. Students and teachers
packed the Thompson Center
leaving standing room only, as
they listened to the candidates'
arguments.
"The speeches were very
persuasive," said Rudy Jones,
a senior from Dover, Del.
"The candidates were charis
matic, but it really takes more
than just a speech to be a
leader. It should be natural."
This election year, the candi
dates' approaches varied.
Some sang, others presented
slide shows and even encour
aged students to visit their
Web sites.
Slogans like "Check the Box
for jalessa Cox" and "Give
Change a Chance," were a few
of the mottos.
Candidates for the Royal
Court, including Mr. Ram and
Miss WSSU also spoke.
Davril Massey, a candidate
for Mr. Ram, began his speech
with slight humor and wit,
poking fun at his hometown,
Waxsaw, a small town near
Charlotte.
Massey also talked about his
leadership and experience,
including being captain of the
track team and singing in the
university choir.
The roster for Miss WSSU is
loaded with six candidates;
Ebony S. Denman, Courtney
DuBose, Starus Dyson, Jessica
James, Diedra Midgett, and
Shatina Morgan. Each young
woman delivered speeches
about her different qualities to
bring to the university as Miss
WSSU.
"I am here to promote self-
motivation, school pride, self-
confidence and educational
awareness," Dyson said.
James gave spunk and atti
tude in her speech with an
excerpt from the poem
"Phenomenal Woman" by
Maya Angelou.
"The speeches went well,"
said Terri Williams, a senior
marketing major.
"I don't believe anyone
stood out. It will be a close
competition. The people that
stay consistent will win,"
Williams said.
"This is an exciting time for
all students, but we can't vote
by popularity but by who will
Candidates
continued on Page 3
The United Negro College Fund is set to
aid students threatened with not graduating or
being dropped from some HBCUs because
they have run out of money. In an effort to help
students, UNCF, the nation’s largest minority
education organization, started an Emergency
Student Aid Campaign March 1 to raise addi
tional money, especially for seniors set to grad
uate this spring.
Source: chicagodefender.com
Smart or thin? Women still have complex
relationships with their own image according to
a poll released on March 24 that found 25 per
cent of those questioned would rather win the
"America's Next Top Model" TV show than the
Nobel Peace Prize. Seventy-five percent of
women surveyed said they'd be willing to
shave their heads to save the life of a stranger,
if it meant they could be thin.
Source: reuters.com
WSSU Homecoming game kickoff time
has been changed from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
According to a press release by the athletic
department, the reason for the change was to
avoid time conflicts with the other homecoming
games for North Carolina A&T and North
Carolina Central University. The Rams play the
Hampton University Pirates Oct. 31.
Source: WSSU Athletic Department
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