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Vol. II, No. 3
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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'Saturday September 20, 1975
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Mrs. Rucker congratulates her daughter, Vanessa, during
WSSU Capping Ceremonies earlier this week. Seven other
Winston-Salem students were also capped.
WSSU Caps Largest
Nursing Class Ever
WelfareMothers
Claim Working
Hurts Recipients
by Shedrick Adams
The largest class of
sophomore nursing students
at Winston-Salem State Uni
versity (WSSU) received their
caps in formal ceremonies on
the campus Sept. 15, 1975.
The capping ceremonies
1 mean that the student nurses
may officially begin clinical
practice in health care
settings, said Miss Sheryll
Woods, President of the
[Student Nurses Association.
Miss Woods said that there
is much work and dedication
[necessary before their nursing
Icareers actually begin. “The
jcapping is an exciting and
jmeaningful beginning,” she
(said.
There are two men in this
lyears class and the SNA
jPresident said that the men
jare well accepted and seem to
|feel comfortable.
The WSSU School of
iNursing now approximates
1250 Nursing students, three of
jwhom are men. Mrs. Mary
jlsom. Dean of the School
laddressed the Student Nurses
Urging “respect for the
[tradition of excellent Health
Services that is the vital
listory of the WSSU School of
Nursing.”
Dr. Kenneth R. Williams,
WSSU Chancellor, was pre
sent to say that the capping
ceremonies are one of the
finest annual programs on
campus.
There were eight students
from Winston-Salem who
were capped: Misses Carolyn
D. Baker, Sharon L. Haney,
Cynthia E. Mack, Lana J.
Martin, Cassandra G. Neal,
Jacqueline D. Redd, Vanessa
D. Rucker, and Andrea P.
Scales.
Researcher Says
Many young women on
welfare don’t work because
they don’t stand to gain
anything. This is the feeling of
two young mothers who have
had their welfare aid reduced
after taking jobs.
Miss Kempie Weaks and
Miss Eartha Owens both feel
that the system of reducing
the checks of working welfare
recipiants dfscourages these
people from working.
However Mike Hoosier,
Director of the work incentive
program for the department of
Social Services says this is not
the case in general. “This
depends on each individuals
circumstances,” Hoosier said,
“Each .person has a different
situation. Its up to the
individual to determine whe
ther its good for the family
situation.”
Miss Owens charged that
the welfare department wants
to keep young we./arc mothers
dependant. “They want you to
stay down. If you get a job
they cut your benefits down
until you're not gaining
anything by working,” she
says.
Miss Weaks agreed and
gave her situation as an
example. The young mother of
two said that since she has
been working her monthly
check has been reduced from
$183.00 per month to $101.00
per month. She now pays
$110.00 for $128.00 worth of
food stamps where before
starting work she paid only
$30.00 for the same amount of
stamps. “I only gain about
$100.00 per month by working
and 1 have to pay a baby sitter
and transportation costs out of
that.”
Miss Owens also says she
has been penalized for
working. “Before my baby
was born 1 received $180.00
per month social security from
my fathers death for my
tuition and books. 1 attended
Winston Salem State. When I
got pregnant and ask for help
for the baby I was told 1
couldn’t get welfare because 1
received social security,” she
recounts. Miss Owens added
that after her baby was born
and she couldn’t return to
Sec WELFARE Page 11
Alcohol Destroys Brain Cells
Ur. Uilliard
by Joy Hewett
UNC News Bureau
Many people believe alcohol
destroys brain cells.
Although this is not a
proven scientific fact, accord
ing to Dr. John Ewing,
director of the Center for
Alcohol Studies, at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, there is evidence
to support the theory that
alcohol could have damaging
effects on the brain. Alcohol,
he said, has long term and
gradual effects on the body
which often are not detected
until a person has been
drinking for many years.
Both Dr. Ewing and the
State Medical Examiner Page
Hudson agree “The chronic
alcoholic often has brain
damage.” But, they said, it is
uncertain whether the damage
is a direct effect of alcohol or
the results of frequent falls
and poor nutrition associated
with long-time alcoholics.
There is no proof it kills
brain cells, they said.
However, one study indicates
that with high levels of alcohol
in the body, the blood slows
down as it goes through the
ves.sels of the eye.
“The same thing may be
happening to the brain,” Dr.
Ewing said.
If blood is slowing down in
the blood vessels, he said, the
brain may be denied oxygen
which would kill brain cells.
According to Dr. Ewing,
alcohol doesn’t require the
body breaking it down into a
See ALCOHOL Page 5
Well-Known
Professor
Dead at 71
Dr. James A. Dillard, 71, of
2525 Kirkwood Avenue, world
renowned music director died
Monday morning Sept. 15 at
Baptist Hospital.
Dr. Dillard retired as head
of the music department at
Winston Salem State Univer
sity in 1970 because of illness.
He taught at the school for 25
years.
See DILLARD Page 5
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