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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship NCAT Student Newspapers Digital Collections 11-9-1979 The Register, 1979-11-09 North Carolina Agricutural and Technical State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister Recommended Citation North Carolina Agricutural and Technical State University, "The Register, 1979-11-09" (1979). NCAT Student Newspapers. 826. https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister/826 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collections at Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in NCAT Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THL&.7 REGISTER COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT" VOLUME XLI NUMBER 18 NORTH CAROUNA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY GPaEENSBPPP, NC NOVEMBER 9, 1979 FRI HAY Madison, Speaker For Annual NAACP Conference Joe Madison, national get-out-the-vote campaigns, U.S. by the 1980 presidential don't vote, you don't count, director of the NAACP voter including Philadelphia, election. and elected officials then have education department, will be Cincinnati, and Mississippi. a tendency to turn their the keynote speaker at the The NAACP voter "One of the reasons that attention and concerns to annual North Carolina education department is communities and its people are other resources that do not NAACP state conference currently directing voter under seige in such cities as always have the best interest of freedom fund dinner registration campaigns in Cincinnati where the city their constituency in mind." November 10 at 7:30 in The twenty cities. The department council authorized its police Joe Madison, former Golden Eagle Motor Inn. has also introduced legislation officials to carry 357 magnums Executive Secretary of the Madison has directed authorizing high school with hollow bullets, or Detroit National Association several voter registration and principals as deputy registrars Philadelphia where mayor for the Advancement of Frank Rizzo's police Colored People, (NAACP), department is sued by the and a Detroit City Council Pre-registration Begins justice department for candidate, returned to the excessive police force, is that NAACP as its National Joe Madison more and more people are not Director of Voter Education November 12-16 For Spring on February 1, 1979. Madison in an attempt to register over going to the ballot box." served as understudy to W.C. 3.5 million young adults in the Madison said, "When you All students who plan to procedure, beginning Patton, who retired December attend A&T the Spring Monday, November 12, 1979, 31, 1978 after serving 26 years Semester, 1980 are required to is as follows: Students must as the department's director. pre-register during the week of obtain course cards consistent A&T Instructors To Train Madison's first crucial test November 12-16, 1979. Pre with the trial schedule and was to organize a voter registration materials will be have confirmed by his/her Para-Professionals In Tanzania registration and "Get-Out- available in each academic Department Chairperson. The The-Vote" campaign in department by Friday, Chairperson will confirm and Philadelphia where Mayor November 9, 1979. return to the student the set of A&T State University will Frank Rizzo was the center of Please note that there is a course cards and the step up its agricultural controversy regarding a public change in pre-registration for Registrar's Copy of the trial assistance training programs referendum allowing a mayor the Spring Semester. The schedule. The student will in Tanzania in East Africa to seek more than two take the course card and the beginning the first of next consecutive terms. What Buncum Registrar's Copy of the trail year. followed was a record 200,000 schedule to the Computer Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, new registered voters (50 Commend Terminal Station in the new chancellor of the university, percent were Black and other gymnasium according to the said A&T has signed an minorities) and a massive city- Student Turnout time-table for reporting to the agreement to assist Tanzania wide"Get-Out-The-Vote (See Students Page 2) in increasing its agricultural effort. The result was an 80 percent turn-out of voters and By Trudy Johnson the defeat of the public Kelvin Buncum and Cheryl English Dept. Offers New referendum. Armwood sparkled the audience's attendance with William Reed As director of voter "We are pleased to see as Course In Humanities yields. education, Madison will be many students here, compared Dowdy said the program responsible for formulating the association's political to last time's 230 students." The English Department commented Dr. Williams, will be concerned with adult action, citizenship education The SGA president and will begin offering a new "and each time, it might have education in Tanzania and will and voter registration efforts. vice-president specifically course, Topics in the a different topic and be taught be coordinated by Dr. William He will also evaluate and fund commended all attendance. Humanities, English 204, next by a different instructor. The Reed, director of international voter education projects for The approximate number of semester. The focus of the next time it might be on programs for A&T. the 1,700 branches across the students at the 7 p.m. meeting course will be on world something such as Renaissance Reed said A&T's initial country. Other duties include in Harrison Auditorium was mythology and the arts. It will Humanism. We want to have involvement will be the the monitoring of national about 400. be taught by Dr. Michael more elective offerings in our sending of several agricultural legislation, regulations, and With the controversial Greene, associate professor of department, courses that education professors from the guidelines that ensure equal happenings last weekend, English, on MWF 10-11. would be geared toward School of Agriculture to the and easy access to the ballot apparently more students felt "The course will begin with attracting bright students who African nation. They will go box. the need to get more a look at what mythologies would like to pursue ideas that abroad in January. information from SGA and religions around the world they probably did not have Visiting the university The 29 year old director was officials and other city have in common. Then we time enough to deal with in the recently to firm up the recently named by Ebony officials. will discuss the myths of many basic courses." cooperative program was Dr. Magazine (a national monthly The guest speaker, James different cultures - ancient and John E. Mchechu, director of publication) as one of the Wright, director of human modern, Western and non- The English Department the manpower development Nation's 50 Leaders of the relations in Gate City, Western, representing as many will recommend that English division of the Ministry of Future. He serves on the emphasized equal rights, peace societies and ethnic groups as 204 be included in the list of Agriculture in Dar-Es-Salaam boards of several local and for all, and especially possible," said Dr. Greene. courses which will satisfy the in Tanzania. national organizations and was selected in 1976, 1977, and interracial compromises (of This new course represents university's humanities "The development of 1978 as one of America's peace) for Greensboro an attempt to broaden and requirement, but students may manpower is our biggest Noteworthy Community citizens, students, and visitors. diversify the English wish to check with their major concern," said Mchechu, Leaders. Wright raised questions: Department's curriculum, departments to determine "and agriculture in the "Who's responsible for according to Dr. Jimmy whether they will receive credit country is expanding very A Washington University what?" and "How did the Williams, chairman of the toward their humanities rapidly." graduate with a degree in KKK-Workers Viewpoint Department. requirement or whether the Mchechu said Tanzania has urban studies, Madison and Organization confrontation "We want to offer this course would count simply as set as one of its priorities, the his wife, Sherry, live in (See Jackson Page 6) course frequently," elective credit. (See Agricultural Page 2) Detroit. Page 2 The A&T Register Friday, November 9,1979 All Universities Not Created Equal In a Literal Sense By Trudy Johnson Category IIA: Appalachian The American Association State University, North of University Professors, (the Carolina A&T, NC Central AAUP) says, "All universities University, UNC-Charlotte, are not created equal"—in a Western Carolina University, literal sense. Financial and East Carolina University discrepancies are obvious are master's level rated. through the UNC school, Category IIB: Fayetteville system, especially with the State University, UNC- HEW-UNC dispute. Wilmington, UNC-Asheville, For Black university Winston-Salem State compensations, North University, Pembroke State Carolina Central University is University, and Elizabeth City highest paid, whereas North State University are bachelor's Carolina A&T is second. level rated. The differences. What are Compensations range from the determining factors? The $27,000 annually at UNC- AAUP's national rating Chapel Hill to $25,300 Chancellor Lewie C. Dowdy spoke Monday night at the President's Council question and system is the main "label- annually at Winston-Salem answer dinner. (Photo by Love) maker." State University. The categories are Categories 1, 11A, and 11B. Each constitutes different educational levels. The first- doctorate level, the second- Burch Maintains Highest GPA In Class master's level, and the latter rates bachelor's level. Category 1: UNC-Chapel By Fiorina G. Byrd point average, the highest college. Hill, UNC-Greensboro, and Charles Burch, Jr., a average in his class.