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THE VOICE
NOVEMBER, 1976
by Colton McKethan
Why Student Apathy ^*SGA”?
BRONCO VICTORY
Fayetteville State University “Broncos”, defeated the
Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University by a score of 13-9 in
regular season play. In a game that went down to the wire, the
Broncos presented themselves as a strong, ready, and well
organized group. The Broncos dominated the first half of play,
and held on to win the game. Phillip Platt saved the day in the last
minutes of the game, punching on a fumble ball thus allowing
Fayetteville State to run the clock out.
Where FSU had been plagued by penalities and errors in past
games, the statistics show a relatively penalty free game. This
was a marked difference to most of the regular season games won
or lost by the Bronco Club. FSU finishes its season with a 7-3 win-
loss record. This mark duplicates last year’s record - 7 wins as
opposed to 3 losses during a season when the Bronco club was
picked as a cellar club.
Fayetteville State proceeded to destroy J.C. Smith’s
homecoming in a similar manner as the Broncos’ homecoming
had been destroyed by Elizabeth City State University. The
Bronco defense presented its usually strong self, gave up only one
touchdown in this game. As a contest of strength, FSU played one
of its better games moving the ball offensively and completely
obstructing most all Golden BuU traffic defensively.
BOOKSTORE
ANNOUJVCES SALE
In its continuing effort to
develop an improved service
to students, the FayetteviUe
State University Bookstore is
seeking suggestions for ad
ditional kinds of merchandise
which students would like to
be sold on the campus.
In addition to seeking
assistance in this area, the
Bookstore Manager, Mr.
William T. Pratt, is beginning
plans for a major sale which
will occur in December.
During the sale, many items
in the Bookstore inventory
will be offered to students at
tremendous reductions.
According to Mr. Pratt,
the sale will precede the
beginning of the book return
process which will run from
December 13 to December 17.
Under the new book rental
plan which was approved by
the Trustees in May of this
year, students will be required
to return all hardback books
so that they may be in
ventoried and preparations
may be begun for the book
disbursal for the second
semester.
Under the plan, each
student pays a non-refundable
$18.00 fee each semester. This
fee entitles the students to all
hardback books required for
any courses which the student
takes.
Students wishing to
purchase hardback books
must do so on a cash basis.
Discounts for hardback books
will be offered based on the
number of times the book has
been used.
For example, a student
wishing to purchase a rental
book which has been used for
three semesters, may do so
for 60 percent of the purchase
price, while new hardbacks
required for a course may be
purchased for 80 percent of
the list price.
Questions and suggestions
regarding the Bookstore can
be directed either to Mr. Pratt
or to Mr. Robert A. Foose,
Interim Operations Manager.
by Colton McKethan
The Executive Staff of the
Student Government
Association as an effective
tool is not being implemented
at this moment. In tiie area of
student affairs and as the
support mechanism for ac
tivities for the student body,
there is a vacant area that
must be fulfilled if student life
is to improve.
The social activities now
provided are inadequate.
Many students are beginning
to wonder if we do have a
Student Government
Association. The
Homecoming activities that
were proported this year, to
this commentator, seemed of
no interest to most students,
and alienated many students.
To get into the dances that
were held, students were
charged a fee of fifty cents.
There were a few instances
when football team members
wanted to come into the dance
but were rebuffed because of
the money involved. I question
this policy. How can we build
morale with things like this
going on? What is the purpose,
I ask, of students paying a
Student Activity fee? If
students aren’t going to
benefit anything in return for
paying this fee, then why pay
it? Take notice SGA officers.
The series of program
supported, and-or established
by the Lyceum Committee
and other organizations on
campus is dynamite, but it
does not offer the diverstiy
that the SGA is supposed to
provide. We need something
to put some pep back into the
student body. But how can we
expect students not to be
apathetic if we aren’t
providing for their social
needs? When and if these
social needs are met or are
adequately fulfilled then there
is participation. I ask, how
can we expect participation if
there is no area provided to
attract participation? This is
a university, in turn we should
exemplify that standard. If
this were a Seminary school,
then the activities now
provided might be adequate;
but since this is not the case,
we must act the role the
situation calls for. The
religious programs, services,
as well as, the activities are
good, but do they meet the
social demands of the
majority of the students
enrolled here at FSU? This is
my major question and the
question I am hoping the SGA
executive staff will answer.
We need to build an effective
social atmosphere here, yet it
must not be destructive in
essence.
There are many things
that must be accomplished if
our institution is to grow.
Student input is vital in this
instance. In saying this I say
we all are going to have to
work together, but it is the job
of the SGA Executive Staff to
initiate socializing programs
that provide for greater
student participation. I
reiterate, “Student
Government Executive Staff
take notice, check the reac
tions of the students around
campus.” Those are the
people to whom you are
responsible, and to who you
owe your jobs.
OCR Reports IfMinority
Increase At Colleges
Data collected by the
Office for Civil Rights in its
own surveys in 1972 and 1974
show that minority enrollment
in colleges and universities
receiving Federal funds in
creased by 11.7 percent bet
ween the two years, the
agency reported this week.
The civil-rights surveys,
conducted separately from
the annual Higher Education
General Information Survey
(HEGIS), collected in
formation only on full-time
students in 1972, and included
some part-time students in
1974. Data from Hawaii and
Alaska were excluded in both
studies.
The agency’s data showed
the following increases in
enrollment for minorities
between the two years:
American Indians, up 2.3
percent; blacks, up 10.2
percent; Asian Americans, up
8.7 percent; Spanish-
surnamed Americans, up 20.8
percent. The agency said
minority students represented
11.9 percent of enrollment in
1972 and 13.1 percent in 1974.
OCR said increases were
reflected for minorities in all
undergraduate institutions,
professional schools and
public and private in
stitutions, but the pattern
varied in graduate schools.
The surveys showed that
the most dramatic increases
in minority enrollment oc
curred in private colleges and
universities.
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