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March 1996 J
Our Voices
Name: Nefertiti Elder
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Number: 27
Favorite Food: Pepperoni Pizza with Pineapples
Hobbies: Listening to music, getting my chill on
Personal belief: “What goes around comes around.”
B-day: July 27 (Leo)
Info: I’m currently a student at Seventy-First Sr. High School.
I will be attending the Fall Session at FSU. I plan to major in
Computer Science. I enjoy shopping and hanging out with the
girls.
The Food Service Dilemma
by LaShanya Richardson
For many residental
students here at
Fayetteville State Univer
sity, the food service has
become a major dilemma.
There is no doubt in the
minds of the student body
that Fayetteville State
University is capable of
providing better food ser
vices for those living
on campus. The stu-
dent body raises the
question whether
Fayetteville State
University’s admin
istration and the uni
versity system are
willing to provide
better and more ad
equate food for the
on-campus student
population.
Each residential stu
dent of Fayetteville State
University automatically
pays $625.00 per semes
ter to dine in the H.L.
Cook Dining Hall. Ob
taining housing from the
University is a choice;
why then is food service
not a choice? Maybe if the
student body were in
volved in lielping to
choose a food service, the
food and the service
would be better. For
years, Shaw Food Ser
vices has not only pro
vided the meals obtained
in the Dining Hall, but has
also given funds for the
School of Business and Eco
nomics. Could this be the rea
son that Shaw’s contract is re
newed year after year, despite
major complaints from the
students?
Any individual who has
ever had the unique opportu
nity of dining in the H.L. Cook
Dining Hall would agree that
... why does this admin
istration ejgyect the stu
dents to consume such
non-bealtby slop day
after day?
the food served there is not at
all worth $625.00 per semes
ter. The food is not always
well cooked and the diet is
high in cholesterol in that the
meats and vegetables are full
of fat and dripping with lard.
The bread, chips, and cereal
are usually stale. Is there any
administrator on this campus
who would JiJce to dine in the
Dining Hail three times a day
everyday? Probably not, due
to the lack of decent food
served there. Therefore, why
does this administration ex
pect the students to consume
such non-healthy slop day af
ter day?
Shaw Food Services’ con
tract is up for renewal at the
end of this semester. It is up
to the residential student popu
lation to decide if they would
like to continue to digest food
that is not satisfying, not
healthy, and certainly not
worth the money they pay. It
is quite obvious that
Fayetteville State University
expects the residential student
population to fund the food
service program. There are
many students living on
campus who do not dine
in the Dining Hall. If a
student chooses not to
dine there, then he or she
should not have to pay for
food that he or she does
not eat. The administra
tion refuses to separate
housing and food ser
vices (although it does
appear separate on our
bill and students at other
state supported universities
are able to receive it sepa
rately). Therefore, if the resi
dential student population has
to eat food that the university
provides, it should certainly be
something worth consuming.
It is quite possible for
Fayetteville State University
to raise the standards of the
food service program. The
students realize the change
will not come overnight. This
does not mean the administra
tion should just sit back and
twiddle its thumbs concerning
this matter. Right now is the
time for change.
2 Be A Queen
by Yolanda Barnes
I’m A Queen For The
Simple Fact That I Act Like
One. How Can You Be A
Queen? By Simply Setting
Standards And Taking Con
trol. I Know I’m A Queen Be
cause I First Set Standards
And Then See If Others Can
Live Up To Them. My Main
Purpose In Writing This Is To
Address The Many Ladies (If
You Can Call Them That!) On
Campus Who Think They
Should Be Treated Like
Queens, But Don’t Act Like
Queens. What Do I Mean?
I’m Talking About Those La
dies Out There Who Flaunt
Their Bodies, Yet Wonder
Why They Keep Attracting
The Kind Of Men They At
tract. I’m Talking About The
Sisters Who Have Had Many
Sexual Partners And Wonder
Why They Can’t Keep A Man.
Let’s Not Forget Those Hard
W orkiitg-GoW -Diggtrs'Who
Are Out To Take A Man For
All He’s Worth. Last But Not
Least There Are Those Girls
Who Are At The Party Always
Wondering Where All The
Good Men Are (“Right In
Front Of Your Face”). IWant
To Tell You Ladies: “Get A
Grip!” Somebody Has To Set
You Straight, Since Your
Mother Didn’t Teach You (Or
You Weren’t Paying Her Any
Attention).
How Many Of You
Can Say That You Have
Certain Standards When
It Comes To The King
You Choose? What, Ex-
actly. Are You Looking
For In A King? If You Don’t
Know, Maybe That’s Why
You Keep Getting Hurt In Re
lationships. Like The Old
Saying Goes: ‘Everything
That Glitters Ain’t Gold.’ So
When That The Smooth Talk
ing, Car Driving, Money Hav
ing, Tommy Hilfiger Wearing
Fine Guy Steps To You With
" Mndi -GameT Aird You Doif’r'
Have Standards To Judge Him
By (Besides The Material),
Then It Makes It Hard To
Separate The Mess From The
Best . Not To Mention The
Fact That Many Women With
No Standards Seem To Throw
Caution To The Wind. I Have
Heard Of Many Situations
Where Women “24 Play”
(Have Sex Within The First 24
Hours Of Meeting Someone)
Everything That (fitters
Ain’t Gold.
This “Fly Guy”. Would A
Queen Compromise Herself
This Way?
Then Again, There Are
Some Women Who Have Low
Standards And Seem All Too
Happy To Have A Man (Any
Man), No Matter How Bad
The Situation Gets. They
Would Rather Let A Man Run
'Th'e'm'Over Than Become
“Concerned Women.” Per
sonally, I’m Concerned For
These Women. They Have
Reached The Point Where
They Are Trying To Tell A
Man How To Be A Man. My
Mom Told Me, “You Can’t
Change A Man.” This Is
True. All You Can Do Is Fig
ure Out Just What You Will
And Will Not Put Up With,
Then Commit It To Memory.
If He Is A “King” He Will
Change Himself To Be
With You. After You Set
Standards, Watch—The
Men Who Appeal To You
_ Will Begin To Change
And Your Outlook On
Yourself And On Relation
ships Will Broaden. Then
You’ll Be A Queen.
I Know I’m A Queen Be
cause I Won’t Settle For Less
Than The Best. For Those Of
You Who Still Don’t Under
stand, I Have Set My Stan
dards In This Way: He Has
To Be Smart, Funny, Hand
some (To Me), Faithful, Open
Minded, And Won’t Settle For
Less Then The Best— That’ll
Be Why He Chooses Me! Un
like A Lot Of Women, I Don’t
Need A Man With A Car Or
Lots Of Money Because I
Know Of Lots Places We Can
Walk And Talk-There Should
Be No Fee On Quality Time.
See, I Have Set My Standards
To Where If My “King”
Doesn’t Measure Up He Can
And Will Be Dis-Missed!
So Ladies, Instead Of Do
ing A Brandy—“Sitting In My
Room,” Take A While And
Think About You (As A
”Queen”) And What You
Want From Your “King.” If
You Take Time To Do This
You Will Find A Lot Of Good
Men--No, Great Men—On
This Campus (Right In Front
Of Your Face) Who Will Treat
You Like The Queen You Are.
But If You Don’t Set Stan
dards Like A Queen, You Can
Not, And Will Not Be
Treated Like One.