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Issue 38
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Sept. 23,1994
SGA elects
new officers,
holds Rrst
meeting
By Echo staff
September 13 marked the
election of Freshman class officers
and congress members for the
1994-95 academic year, and NCCU
Student Government held its first
congressional meeting Monday,
September 19.
Congressional members voted
on presidential nominees for
cabinet positions. The following
nominees were confirmed:
Business Manager
Cedric Gaithers
Community Service
Chairperson
Michele Geathers
Fundraiser Committee
Chairman
Raychelle Jones
Alumni Affairs Chairperson
Eric Mays
Attorney General of SGA
Leslie Boyd
Security Chairperson
Sharrod Basnight
SGA Office Manager
Tanya Tillery
Administrative Asst, to the
President
Monica Smith
Cultural Affairs
Chairperson
Olga Lloyde
Campus Affairs
Chairperson
Reginald “Bom” Glenn
Public Relations
Chairperson
Roslyn Allison
Social Affairs Chairperson
Sekou Gargonnu
Family Weekend
begins Sept. 30
Music, socials, talent show planned
By James H. Smith
Nothing changes
Students gather outside Alfonso Elder Student Union
during 10:40 hour. The year—1989.
SGA upcoming events
The following is a brief calendar
September 30
of planned events for the
Family Weekend begins on
upcoming two weeks:
NCCU campus
October 1
September 23-25
NCCU vs. Elizabeth City State
Student Union sponsors
Univ.
overnight trip
Game starts at 1:30 p.m.
to NCCU vs. Bethune-Cookman
October 2
College football game and
Parents Weekend Ends
Daytona Beach tour.
October 4
Game starts at 4 p.m.
Angela Terry Student Leaders
September 28
Dinner
Installation of newly elected
5:30-7:30 p.m.
SGA members.
October 6
B. N. Duke Auditorium
Dean Townes Reception
6:30 p.m.
Student Union
September 29
October 7
Homecoming tickets go on sale
Black College Day
This year. Family Weekend has
replaced Parents’ Weekend as the
university recognizes that students
are supported by more than just
their parents.
Planned events include: an ice
cream/dessert social with the
NCCU Jazz Combo and Jazz Vo
cals; a university fair, which is
being coordinated by the univer
sity Faculty Senate; a “tail-gate”
party for family members before
the Oct. 1, football game against
Elizabeth City State University; an
after-game reception; a faculty-
staff-student talent show; and con
cludes with a Sunday-morning
prayer breakfast.
Chancellor Julius L. Chambers
and the division of Student Affairs
are inviting families and relatives
of students to the Campus on Fri
day, Sept. 30.
“Families United,” the theme
for the event, incorporates two
goals: acquainting parents and rela
tives with NCCU; and building
strong relations between the school
and the community.
Many students are independent,
and some even have families of
their own,” said Constance B.
Roberson, chair of the activities
planning committee, explaining the
new focus on family.
Invitations were mailed in Au
gust to parents and family mem
bers at the permanent home ad
dresses of the University’s 5,700
students.
The Family Weekend will be
gin in the Student Union lounge at
noon Friday, Sept. 30, with regis
tration, which will continue until 8
N.C. Central University:
83 Years of History
1909 The college was
founded by James E Shepard.
1948 Alfonso Elder
becames president.
1963 Dr. Samuel P. Massie
became the third president.
1966 Albert N. Whiting
was named fourth president.
1983 LeRoy T. Walker
became interim chancellor.
Feb. 1986 LeRoy was
declared chancellor
1986 Tyronza R. Rich
mond, succeeded Walker.
1991 Richmond resigned
and was replaced by interim
chancellor Donna J. Benson.
1992 An NCCU alumnus
and director-counsel of the
NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund Inc., was
elected chancellor.
1993 Chambers took
office.
p.m. Registration will also take
place Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon.
Pre-registrations are being ac
cepted by Roberson at the Alfonso
Elder Student Union. Those inter
ested can call (919) 560-6486 or
6316.
The ice cream/desert social and
the Jazz Combo and Jazz vocals
concert, headed by Ira Wiggins,
will be on Friday from 7:30 p.m.—
9 p.m.
The University Fair kicks-off
Saturday, Oct. 1, in the
McLendon-McDougald Gymna-
See "Family Weekend"
on Page 2
Campus Police vFork hard to keep campus safe
By Christopher Richburg
Staff Reporter
“They don’t do their jobs.”
“I don’t feel secure.”
“Some of the officers have real
bad attitudes.”
“I don’t like how they ticket
everybody.”
These are just some of the feel
ings expressed by students about
the Campus Police.
The truth is, says Lt. Renee
Lynch, many students have the
wrong idea about Campus Police.
Lynch, NCCU’s crime preven
tion officer, says that students per
ceive Campus Police to be the bad
guys, but they’re really not: “I think
the attitude is wrong toward us,
because they (students) think we’re
here to get them. We’re not here to
get them; we only deal with them
when they get into trouble. Our job
is to protect them.”
As another officer, Sgt. Victor
Egbonye, put it: “Some students
don’t understand who we are and
what we do. We are here to secure
their center for them to go to school,
do whatever they are sent here to
do in safety and peace.”
Sgt. Egbonye also said that once
students understand what Campus
Police do and who they are, every
one will begin to function as a
team.
Another popular misconception
among students is that Campus
Police and Campus Security syn
onymous.
They are, in fact, two distinct
groups, though they share a com
mon goal, to protect the students.
Campus Police, who wear grey
and red uniforms, supervise and
assist Campus Security, who wear
navy blue uniforms.
Campus Security, which is a
subdivision of the Campus Police,
monitors and provides security for
dorms as well as social functions,
while Campus Police patrol the
entire University.
Campus Police have the same
arrest powers as those of the city
police, and they enforce state and
federal laws as well as University
policy.
Campus Security, on the other