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EXCELLENCE WITHOUT EXCUSE
October 12,1996
Issue 59
Monday, September 23, 1996
Summer's song ends with
famililar schooltime theme
By KiHmbo HoUaway
Staff Reporter
It could have been those
back to school sales posted in
almost every department store
you walked into.
Or maybe it was your
parents, suddenly dropping
hints, occasionally asking,
“Are you packed yet?”
If you still did not have a
clue, it’s possible that your
attention should have turned
to your younger siblings who
were discussing future
decoration plans for your
room.
Yes, its true, summer has
ended.
Let the trumpet sound.
North Carolina Central is
charging full speed ahead into
the academic school year.
How about that, not much
has changed since last year.
The line to the financial
aid is extremely long, you were
housed no where near your
classes, and if that wasn’t
enough, due to construction
you haven’t anywhere on
campus to park your car.
Nevertheless, you are
remaining strong, school is
now in session and you’re for
whatever comes your
way...right?
A progressive year in all
areas of academics is the main
objective at North Carolina
Central.
Construction on campus: A sign of good things to come.
“I hope the university will
become as competitive as any
other in the country,” said
Julius L. Chambers, who
serves as chancellor.
Objectives for the
chancellor range from an
increase in money for
scholarships to creating a
diverse atmosphere on'
campus.
Needless to say, the
chancellor has his work cut
out for him, but says that all is
done for the benefit of the
students at NCCU..
Now that students are
settled into dormitory rooms
and classes, finally able to see
financial aid counselors and
the cafeteria is as good as to
be expected, is everyone
readjusted to school?
Junior Monica Crooks
looks at her remaining two
years as a Political Science
major with great optimism.
“I’m already gaining a good
education, but after graduation
I hope to be ready for the
outside world,” says Crooks.
Kecia Thompson, a
freshman from Beaumont,
Texas said she hopes her first
year will go well. ‘ Its a
different experience from
being at home," Thompson
said.
"But I’m enjoying the year
so far.”
NCCU lew ranks high among NC scheek
Echo reports
Law students rank the quality
of student life at North Carolina
Central University higher than
other North Carolina law studoits,
a recent magazine study reveals.
National Juris, a magazine
for and about law school students,
gave the Washington and Lee law
school first place across the na
tion.
Of the North Carolina law
schools. Wake Forest University
ranked 24th overall, Duke Uni
versity 72nd, Campbell Univer
sity 83 rd, NCCU 92nd and UNC-
Chapel Hill 154th.
The survey covered 170 law
schools.
Elements of the quality of life
survey were the existence of a
strong sense of community among
students and equal treatment for
women and minority law students.
NCCU’s score on that scale
was 21.79, Wake Forest's 19.95,
Duke 20.80, Campbelll9.58 and
UNC's 20.23.
The average quality of life
score for the overall top ten law
schools nationally was 24.6
National Juris' study of
women law students last year gave
NCCU a number one ranking.
The other two scales used in
the 1996 law school study were
faculty and facilities.
NCCU students gave a 24.19
rating to their faculty.
Wake Forest students gave
By Kifimbo Holloway
Staff Reporter
Fran leaves rooms in disarray
after unwelcome visit to Baynes
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The wind howled, the
lights flickered, windows
rattled and rooms were so
])adly flooded that Noah’s
Arc was in demand.
Hurricane Fran uprooted
trees, knocked downd
powerlines, and demolished
homes beyond recognition.
The dorms of North Carolina
Central also had a taste of
her wrath.
Baynes dorm suffered
heavy flooding.
However, Hurricane Fran
was not totally to blame for
the destruction
Pipe failure also contrib
uted to room flooding.
Eugena Stemmars, along
with a team of other young
women leading the clean up,
dilligently swept three inches
of water out of rooms into the
hall.
Stemmers shook her head
and her broom from the ac
cumulated water and ap
peared weary from the task.
“Good Lord,” Stemmers said,
“Don’t get me started. This is
ridiculous here.”
She was not the only angry
resident in Baynes who had
questions about water leak-
Students suffering
extensive loss from
Hurricane Fran should
contact FEMA at:
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1-800-462-9029
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age, lack of preparation and
the whereabouts of the ad
ministration.
Karla Nelson, the gradu
ate resident assistant at
Baynes, was totally awed by
a group of residents who re
fused to cooperate.
“It was just a bad night,”
Nelson said.
“One thing I did not like
was that people did not re
spect the position or me
GRA’s and RA’s.”
Once the doors were un
locked at the student union
sometime after 3:30 a.m., the
majority of students followed
Nelson’s advice and entered
the Union.
Kenya Thomas, the GRA
from Eagleson, said organi
zation and preparation was
the main key in helping resi
dents through the storm.
Luckily Baynes was the
only dorm with major dam
age.
their teachers at 24.42 rating,
Campbell students a 23.71 score,
Duke students a 23.15 score and
UNC students a 22.64 score.
NCCU’s students gave their
faculty a 3.21 score for diversity,
third highest in the nation.
The lowest ranking schools on
the diversity question were
Harvard, the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley and the Uni
versity of Chicago.
In the facilities category,
NCCU’s students gave the school
a relatively low 17.95 score.
UNC students also rated fa
cilities toward the low end of the
scale, while Wake Forest's facil
ity ratings totaled 25.31,
Campbell's 21.75 and Duke's
21.71.
Back in the swing of things.
At the beginning of each year, students rush to
the University bookstore to check on required
texts for class. These students athletes wait in
line for book vouchers from the NCCU Student
Store.