Welcome Class of ’89
The Campus Echo
Number One
Wednesday Sept. 25, 1985
IT’S A PARTY I NCCU students show off that Eagle spirit at O’Kelly Stadium.
United Way sets goals for campaign
By G.M. Taylor
“If we all pull our weight, we can reach our
goal,’’ said Dr. P.E. Murray, chairman of fun
draising for the North Carolina Central Univer
sity chapter of the United Way, concerning this
year’s campaign.
On Sept. 17, a campus kickoff was held in
the Alphonso Elder Student Union.
Throughout this semester 50 solicitors, made
up of students, faculty, and staff members, will
be helping to raise this year’s campus goal of
$22,000. The goal for Durham County is $2.1
million.
“In comparison with other chapters this is a
very small amount, but every bit helps,’’ Mur
ray said.
The United Way is a non-profit organization
that provides human and financial services for
other organizations in and around the com
munity. In Durham, such organizations as the
American Red Cross, Lincoln Community
Health Center, Avery Boy’s Club, and Mothers
Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) are spon
sored by the United. Way Many United Way
members serve on the executive boards of these
agencies meet various financial needs.
This year’s theme is “Care Enough to
share,’’ and anyone who feels led to do so may
contact Dr. P.E. Murray in the history depart
ment or Mrs. Sarah Bell-Lucas in the
Alexander/Dunn building
Durham life evaluated by students
Compiled by Antonio C. Stephens
from reports by Quentin Sinclair,
Terri Teelucksingh, and Muriel Sims
Friday. You are ready to have some fun after
a week stockpiled wkh tests and worries. You
ask yourself, “What is there to do?’’
Can you have a good time on the weekend in
Durham? N.C. Central University students
were asked that question at random.
Terry Lewis, a junior public administration
major from Greenville, said, “Durham is pretty
good because it has its share of movie theatres,
discos, and shopping centers in which a person
may have a very enjoyable afternoon.’’
Ronnie Winstead, a senior physical educa
tion major from Rocky Mount, added,
“Durham is good for me because my weekends
consist of visiting tourist attractions, such as
Duke Chapel or a museum, and fine restaurants
See Life, page 2
Walker says
student aid
woes linked
to past abuse
by students
Edited from Reports
By Ronnie Hopkins
Fall registration, scheduled to end on Aug. 24, extended
several weeks because of many student conflicts with financial
aid.
Chancellor LeRoy T. Walker explained that certain current
problems are the result of past abuses by students.
Walker said a year and a half ago in a letter to The Campus
Echo that the university could not survive by repeated infrac
tions of students failing to pay their bills.
The institution, he explained, continuously postponed
students who refused to repay. But many students ignored the
warning and continued to abuse the system. Such actions led to
Walker mandating that all postponments be accompanied by a
“documentation of capability to pay.’’
This process was “intended to eliminate problems for the
students and in turn ensure repayment of investments,” said the
chancellor.
Contrary to the objectives of the process, less than 50 percent
of work-study students failed to comply with the terms of their
agreements and refused to pay their postponed bills. “Student
actions forced the administration to disallow postponements for
work-study grants,” said Walker.
“(This year) registration was an absolute disaster,” Walker
said. However, he added, some cases could have been avoided
had students responded appropriately to previously announced
registration procedures.
The current payment procedure at NCCU will allow the
university to overcome massive student debts. In 1982, the stu
dent debt was approximately $1.3 million. Since then the debt
has been reduced to $60,000.
Walker says he intends to “clear the slate.”
The Reagan tax plan:
What does it mean
to you?
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