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THE CAMPUS ECHO EXCELLENCE WITHOUT EXCUSE ISSUE 15 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 29,1992: Clinton And Gore Promise More Effective Government To Patient Crowd In Bowl Bill Clinton and Al Gore Candidates Address Diverse Audience By MAURICE CROCKER and GREG LEWIS STAFF WRITERS People from across the Triangle came to show their support and listen to Bill Qinton and other Democratic hopefuls speak in the Shepard Library Bowl Monday. If Qinton had a chance to meet his audience before the buses whisked him away toward Kinston and the other stops on his tour, he would have found his audience to be a diverse group with many dif ferent views on the issues. Alan and Thelma Hicks, for in stance, said they were drawn to the rally because they were interested in hearing Qinton’s views on so cial security and because they thought Qinton would make an excellent president. Gail Alasheo said she supported Clinton for his position on Ameri cans with disabilities: “Qinton is the only way to go and there is no other choice. He -feels that there is not a person to waste, so at least I know we wiU be looked out now and asked how we feel instead of just sitting at home drawing SSI (Social Security Insurance).” Teresa Vincient, athird-yearlaw student, said that Qinton was the candidate most concerned with African-American issues: “I feel that he has appealed to African- Americans by saying he will con sider the needs of the African- American community.” PhyUis Jeffers, president of the Student Government Association, Who officially welcomed Clinton and the other speakers to the cam pus, also gave her support to Clinton, but she was not so posi tive: “The African-American stu dents are going to have to vote for the lesser of two evils. Qinton is not an African-American; there fore he cannot sympathize with our struggle, but he does support better education. Therefore we must vote for the candidate who represents the biggest part of our struggle.” Jeffers said the rally would help students by giving the University positive coverage in the press. By JASON WILLIAMS EDITOR Bill Clinton said Monday that decided to become a presidential candidate because he couldn’t near seeing people woridng less and the young generation doing worse Jian their parents^ He told 5,000 supporters on campus Monday that the Cliiton- Gore campaign was about chaige. “I don’t want bigger govemmtnt,” he said. “I want more effective government.” Clinton’s proposed policie; in clude a national health care plan and educational plan that would permit all students could be able to attend college. Qinton’s proposal would aL„„ students to repay their loans either bytax returns or by national ser vice. Qinton also said that he’d make a few mistakes, but he’ll try to make progress and not miracles. He also said he envisioned about an America with color as no boundaries. “I’m sick and tired of the kins of division I ’ve seen in this country in the last year,” he said. He referred to swastikas on synagogues and slurs at groups of people. “We have to to decide we need each other, that we care for each other and that we are going up or down together,” he said. Clinton and his 14-bus entou rage arrived 2 1/2 hours late be cause of several unscheduled stops on his bus tour. Vice-Presidential candidate, Al Gore, said that the bus tour was slowed because of the overwhelm ing response and the sentiment given by voters. “Give us eight miunutes and we’ll give you eight years.” Gore also said that this election may negate 13 new African- Americans congressmen and con gresswomen in the Congress from the South. Gore said it was time for change and a new leadership in America. He called President Bush’s record “the worst economic performance since the Great Depressioa” Gore also said that Bush’s terms could be at least two movies: “Honey, I Shrunk the Economy” and its sequel, “Hoeny, I Blew Up the Deficit.” Gore also told the crowd to ig nore Bush request four more years. “Its sounds more like a threat than a promise,” he said. Gore further criticized Bush’s “tricke-down and voodoo eco nomic policies. Bush has no backbone, he said, and one shouldn’t put a wishbone where a backnbone should be. However, while waiting for the Qinton-Gore presidential hopefuls to arrive the crowd was entertained by the NCCU Jazz and Marching Band and also were riled up by the NCCU cheerleaders. Several local and state democratic candidates where also in attendance including senatorial candidate Terry Sanford, governor candidate Jim Hunt and current Speaker of the House and NCCU alum Dan Blue. Eagles Share Their Platelets For Red Cross Blood Drive omecoming Show On; afeteria Open Longer By JASON WILUAMS EDITOR Despite persisent rumors of no Homecoming show, SG A leaders said Tuesday that the Nov. 7 con cert would feature Ice Cube, Rare Essence, and E Hype. “I glad we have a show,”' said NCCU student body president Riyllis Jeffers, “considering all we’ve been through so far,” Jeffers was referring to the protests and the student concerns that have been addressed since she’s been in office. Three com cems dealt with the expansion of the operational hours in the caf eteria, Shepard library, and the finicial aid office. Currently, the cafeteria stoy: open for dinner until seven durinj the week and the finicial aid ofiia opens at 8 instead of 10 a.m.. There is also a plan to expanc the library hours during final exan week, but that issue is still beinj discussed, Jeffers said. “I feel that it shows the powe that students have if they just asser themselves,” JeOTers said. “Stu dents just can’t sit and compl^t they have to take action.” “We will continue to strive fo cultural awareness and othe changes in student life as a whole,’ she said. By MAURICE CROCKER STAFF WRITER Students from NCCU’s Health Education club participated in a Pheresis platelets Blood Drive on Thursday at the The American RedCross Pheresis Center on Uni versity Drive. “The process of Pheresis is not commonly known to the black community, but affects us dearly” stated Kwain Bryant NCCU HealthEducation Qub president Vice-president Angela McCants adds that only seven percent of the black community donate whole blood, and that less than three percent donate blood for the pro cess of Rieresis. Rieiesis Platlets are the white blood cells that are necessary for the blood to clot. In one pint of blood there ate about one to two tablespoons of platlets, and the average leukemia patients needs about one to ten tablespoons in order for his or her blood to clot, states Alice Young, head nurse over Pheresis dept, and blood collection. During the Process of Pheresis, blood is taken from onearm of the donor through plastic tubing which is connected to a machine where the blood is mixed with an See BLOOD, page 3 Health Education Club officers Kwain Bryant and Ang/ela. McCants donate blood to the Red Cross Pheresis Platelet Center. Chancellor Outlines Security And Computing Improvements Addresses List Of Student Concerns Saying that she understands that recent student complaints are made “out of a context of love,” Chancellor Donna J. Benson and Provost Mickey L. Bumim outlined steps the Uni versity is taking to address stu dent concerns at the annual fall faculty meeting Friday. The University has been working hard to improve campus security, she said. Among the recent orplanned improvements, she said, are a campus lighting plan, an emergency telephone system, increases in the Univer sity Police staff and in the number of adults staying in the dormito ries at night. The University will phase out its use of personnel from the North Carolina Detec tive Agency as new University Police officers are hired. Crime prevention is high on the University agenda. NCCU has joined the Durham Crime Stoppers program and plans to join Neigh borhood Watch, she said. Univer sity Police Lt. Renee S. Lynch will be visiting each department on campus to discuss crime preven tion. A number of outdoor activities, especially those scheduled at night, have been relocated indoors. Bumim said that administrators had met with representatives of the Student Government Association three times and had delivered two lengthy responses to their lists of concerns. Progress has been made on ex tending library hours, Bumim said. “We told them [SGA] we would work with them as diligently as we could to extend the hours,” he said. A committee studying the problem has already recommended ex tending the hours during final exam week. Noting student concern about the number of computers available on campus, Benson said that ac quiring computers is the first pri ority for unrestricted federal funds. One major computer develop ment project is NCCUNET (for merly known as Smart Campus). This multi-year program will es tablish an interactive computer, video and voice netwoik that will connect most computers on cam pus and allow access to external databases. Benson encouraged faculty members to explain to stu dents that the NCCUNET wiring currently being installed is “not just cable television.” Students and faculty also need to be better informed about finan cial aid policy, Benson said, so that they win know what the deadlines are and how soon to expect a re sponse to loan £q)plications. Loan applications cannot begin to be processed, she said, until the Uni versity receives completed federal tax returns from the applicant and the applicant’s parents. Student protests have raised le gitimate issues, Benson said, in regards to the use of facilities for student activities and coeducational visitation policy in the dormitories. Responding to student demands for the dismissal of some adminis trators, Benson said, “Students must know that they are not the only ones that have rights.” Benson and Faculty Senate President Bernice D. Johnson also responded to criticisms in the Ra leigh News & Observer of remarks attributed to Student Body Presi dent Phyllis Jeffers at the Oct. 1 Black College Day observance in Raleigh. Benson criticized the news coverage of the event, noting that the best speech of the day by Wil liam Carter from Winston-Salem State University had not been covered, but that Jeffers’ off-the- cuff remarks had received wide attention. Benson also criticized newspa per coverage of the NCCU student “Racism is a cancer that eats at the core of any institution it attacks,” she said, reading from her address. “We will not discriminate against any student or faculty.” In other business Bumim re ported that the Nursing School had met two of the three targets it had been given by the Board of Gover nors. The passing rate for first-time takers of the state nursing licens ing exam was 94 percent, 100 per cent, and 100 percent the last three times the exam was given, well above the 75 percent rate required by the board. NCCU also met the enrollment targets set by the board, but it did not meet the requirement that it graduate 30 students last year, only 17 graduated. Failure to meet that require ment could mean that the Nursing School will be shut down, but so far the Board of Governors has not acted on the case. Bumim also announced that 44 of 66 first-time takers from NCCU passed the last American Bar Ex amination. This 77 percent pass ing rate was “a notable success” for the Law School, he said. Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today-^MalcolmX
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