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THE VOIi^E'
^YETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
VOLUME 24 NUMBER 8
FAYETTEVILLE. N.C.
MARCH 20. 1971
Students help in disaster
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Panoramic view of recent tornadoeF,’ destructive force which left many Fayette-
villians homeless. F.S.U. students, under the direction of Counselor William
McNair, devoted a day to assisting the needy in every way possible. Above, ten
students view the rubble.
Large Numbers Pressured Away
ARE BLACKS BECOMING
EXTINCT AT FSU
There seems to be an
FSU administrative con
spiracy to eliminate
Black employees. Take
a look at some instances
and make your own eval
uation.
Three black Ph. D’s
have been replaced. Dr.
Hunter in science, was
replaced by Dr. Murthy.
Dr. Uzzell s spot in so
ciology is occupied by
Miss Blossom. Dr. Bi
shop was replaced by
Dr. Liu and Dr. Lorenza
Battle was driven a-
way.
FSU has no foreign
students. Why, the influx
of foreign teachers?FSU
has white students, so
why not employ compe
tent white instructors?
Why is it happening this
way? Does Dr. Lyons wish
to create legions of in
visible Blacks?
The community has
asked more FSU facul
ty participation in its
problems. Take a peek at
what happened to some
who did. Former Dean of
Women, AnnShepard, was
on the Fayetteville Board
of Education. Where is
she now. Former Dean of
the College, Dr. Uzzell
is treasurer of black
Unity. Where is he now?
Dr. Bishop is chairman
of the 16th precinct,
on the State Executive
Committee for the House
of Representatives, and
treasurer for the North
Carolina movement for
more participation for
Black people. Where is
he now?
FSU personnel don’t
seem to realize that Dr.
Bishop’s firing means
anyone can get fired
without a reason or hear
ing. Bishop was accused
by the Board of Trust
ees of inciting students
to riot. How about the true
story for a change. An
SGA official told Dr.
Bishop that he had heard
there was some diffi
culty between the faculty
and administration.Dr.
Bishop told him, “We do
not want students to be
come involved between
faculty and administra
tion.”
To which the official
replied, "We still have
our complaints against
Lyons”. Lyons took the
case to the dormitories at
which he called Bishop’s
name several times and
said that only “a small
group of teachers was
against me.”
The SGA official then
told Bishop, “Since
Lyons gave us his point
of view, we want the
other point of view. Since
you are the president of
the Faculty assembly,
will you give us its point
of view?
Dr. Bishop answered,
“I could only appear as
president of the Faculty
Assembly, not as an in
dividual faculty member.
Bishop said the students
knew about the Faculty
Assembly’s grievance
list because it appeared
in the VOICE. The list
was sent to the Trustees,
not to Lyons. Lyons had
been told of them all along
and did nothing.
Bishop explained the
purpose of the Faculty
Assembly and the griev
ances that appeared in the
VOICE. In reply to Lyons’
accusation tliat Bishop
suggested to the students
to boycott classes and to
demonstrate the former
chairman of the History
and Political Science De
partment said he appear
ed before the students be
cause they askedhim what
could they do.
Bishop told them, "No
faculty member couldad-
vise them of what to do;
if he did, he could be char
ged with inciting to riot.”
If you recall. Dean Uz
zell never explained his
reason for resigning,
just as I wouldn’t be
cause it might incite a
riot.” He said that he
could prove by these same
students that he never
suggested a boycott, that
he “would never have
consented to appear be
fore the students if Lyons
had not taken his case to
the students first. Bishop
added, “My only purpose
was to provide an objec
tive point of view as
elected President of the
Faculty Assembly.
The SGA official said
of Lyons’ dormitory ex
cursions, “Students ob
jected to Lyons from the
first day, so there was
no emergency for Bi
shop's dismissal. There
was no threat of a boycott
at any time. It would
appear from this that
Lyons, himself, caused
the boycott, the “sick-
in”. It would also ap
pear that dissatisfaction
among the faculty, alum
ni, and the community
stems from Lyons; in
other words, Uke the old
Appian Way led to Rome-
All roads at FSU lead to
Lyons.
SMl/ST WE FEAR
THE
ADMINISTRATION
An unpleasant atmos
phere of fear and dis
trust has settled on the
FSU campus since the
close of the recent
demonstrations. Suspi
cion is rapidly becoming
a way of life for the uni
versity community. The
time has come to air
those feelings and to deal
with them.
It would be foolish
to assume that we have
no cause for concern.
It is true that these
feelings are of a conta
gious nature, but they do
not simply crystalize out
of nothing and implant
themselves in people’s
minds.
We returned to classes
with the administration’s
assurance that it would
request that faculty
members not take actions
of reprisal against stu
dents who were absent
from their classrooms.
That assurance is little
comfort. The admini
stration was the target of
our protest, and it has
offered no such assur
ance. Added to this is the
administration’s direc
tive to the faculty that
each student’s absences
for each course must be
submitted, and that no in-
completes may be sub
mitted in lieu of mid-
term grades. Why did ttie
administration empha-
size its desire for this
information?
There have been spec
ulations from several a
reas that some sort of
individual reprisal tac
tics could be expect
ed. Lyon’s letter to
our parents concerning
the protest protrayed a
real tone of hostility to
wards those of us who
dared to publically ques
tion his motives and ac
tions. Are we to sup
pose that all is forgiven
and forgotten and that we
are reunited into one big
happy university family
again? His past record
does not suggest that
his memory is that short.
What forms of indivi
dual intimidation and re
prisal might be practi
cal, once public interest
in our problems at FSU
begins to iie away? Will
they fall on random stu
dents or on our leaders?
Have they perhaps al
ready begun?
THE VOICE is the voice
of the FSU student body.
When the body is threat
ened, it must defend it
self. An injury to one
FSU student is an injury
to us all. Any action that
has the appearance of an
effort to unreasonably
restrain the activities
of any student, or any
action that could be in
terpreted as reprisal
or punishment for past
campus protest activi-
ties, should toe irnrned-
lately reported to THE
voice’s office. Unity Is
our strongest defense
(Continued on page 12)
National Library Week -
April 18-24
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Don't blow it.
Special Featu res:
Library Pictorial, page 6
Book Reviews, page 7
Experiments in Style, pages 8&10
Into Poetry, page 9
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Mrs, Nathalene R. Smith, Head Librarian, seems never
too busy to render her services to individual students.
This issue of THE VOICE is devoted to our librarians
in honor of National Library Week, April 18-24. See
page 6.