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Serial Department Bluford Library *m IHt&J REGISTER "COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT' VOLUME XLVI NUMBER 12 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY. GREENSBORO OCTOBER 4, 1974 SGA Meeting Held To Discuss Immediate Issues By Mary Cropps Then the matter of activity John Kerns and Ronald Penny Review Board. Continuing,Kerns crimes. fees was brought up by Glover. introduced a bill to update the said that the proposals had been The discussion moved on to The second SGA student He said that the SGA had constitution of the university in presented previously but failed Homecoming. Glover outlined body meeting was held proposed to the vice chancellor regard to student courts. Kerns to get any feedback because of the events of the week as Wednesday evening in Harrison of student affairs that class dues stated that there was anexcessive lack of support from the student follows: Monday - free movie Auditorium. The turnout was be included with jthe activity fee number of courts on campus. He body. Tuesday and Thursday night - light. that students pay with their proposed to reduce the number Ronald Penny then explained convocation Bennie Glover, president of tuition instead of paying a set of courts from seven to three. his position as commissioner of Memorial ceremony for the SGA, opened the meeting by amount each year. These three courts would be student rights. He said that his Reggie Strickland introducing the freshman class This proposal will be put the Student Judiciary Council, position is parallel to that of the Wednesday . song festival officers. before the class presidents and the University Tribunal, and the attorney general. His function is Thursday - Coronation of the board of trustees of the Student-Faculty Appellate to defend students accused of (See Tentative, page 2) university. The president then announced u » that the budget of the SGA had I lane You been increased by $10,000, making the total budget $29,000. Retirement Of Dean Regretted According to Glover, this amount was still $19,000 short By Patricia Everett, Like awkward little boys for reasons concerning his health. of the amount originally dressed in men's Sunday's best, "I don't want to go,but the time requested. After the ceremony, Arthur they innocently watched the has come. But I will be coming The meeting moved on to the Headen, better known as retiring man • officially detach back all the time." S discussion of naming various "Country" was surrounded by himself from the anchors of their Asked if there was anything S buildings and streets on campus young men who were lingering Scott Hall lives. And the he wanted to say "Country" that are presently nameless. Lists boyishly around him-who were variously-shaded brown, young said, "May God Bless America -o were distributed to those at the shaking his hands and telling him bodies towered over and around and all the A&T family. "Oh," g meeting with a request that names how much they enjoyed knowing "Country" while their eyes he exclaimed, "please put these Si be submitted and returned to the * him or that they really didn't admiringly followed all of his two words in for me." SGA office. Bennie Glover want him to retire. movements. The words were Someone with his eyes staring "Bon-chance", meaning, "good aimlessly at the floor, passed luck." hurriedly through the maze of Before leaving the Ballroom. those who engulfed the former "Country" was seen with his Scott Hall counselor; pocket knife playfully dashing Fuel Conservation Stressed momentarily, the person looked after one of his young friends. in "Country's" direction and Building is a very old building Asked when the heat will be said, "I love you." which was built when there were turned on in the dormitories In the dull lights of the Due to pressures from only about three buildings on the supervisor stated there was Student Union Ballroom, the environmentalists, A&T's Power campus. not a definite date. Rather, the expression of emotions did not Plant underwent a conversion heat will be turned on when cold "Even though Dudley's seem untimely or out of place. from coal totoil last year. Merrill weather permanently sets in. heating system has been As, if the speaker of those three Watson, supervisor of the plant Soliciting the cooperation of renovated several times, this words had spoken what was stated he recently read Argentina the entire student body, faculty painfully in everybody's mind, will be increasing its taxes on its building was not designed for and staff, Watson wants the no one made any real effort to oil. Argentina is the prime modern day controls and it is University to help in conserving destroy the atmosphere those supplier of 'Number 6 Fuel', the very hard to equalize heat in that the heat as much as possible this sacred words had created. oil on which the Power Plant is building." winter. Seemingly the group silently especially equipped to operate. agreed to let the feelings and the So far, the supervisor said he three words quietly echo has not had any problem in 16 Students Receive throughout the Ballroom. obtaining oil. He cited Egypt and Finally, getting a chance to the U.S.A. as other suppliers of answer some questions, 'Number 6 Fuel'. However, "Country" said he was retiring Arthur "Country" Headen America's production of this fuel Transportation Grants is very small. The Transportation they will also be able to "I do feel, at the present rate Institution of North Carolina participate in many of the of growth and the present rate of A&T State University announced Institute's activities including Enrollment Increases consumption, all Americans must today that grants have been field trips, seminars and take definite steps toward awarded to sixteen students conferences, as well as provide them with the background for In Graduate School conserving our fuel or we will totaling $28,000. employment opportunities with have exhausted all our supplies^" The students were each awarded $1,800 for the 1974-75 mass transit operators, Watson stated. Kim Webb Several innovations have been academic year and will serve as transportation consultants and made in graduate education this Presently, the supervisor said others in the transportion sector. research assistants on projects One would think that year. The Department of Home the supply of coal is more In announcing the awards, the being conducted by the problems of increased Economics has revised its food plentiful than the supply of oil, Transportation Institute. associate director of the out-of-state tuition and the and nutrition major to include a "Right now we have to file a These students are assigned as Transportation Institute, Dr-. energy crisis would have some more flexible approach to the report to the State Enviromental assistants to faculty members Marion R. Blair, said that the effect on the enrollment in the field. But the newest innovation Agency about our total emissions who are conducting grants were awarded the students Graduate School. But this is not will be a nutrition education of contaminations into the air. transportation research or from a number of academic departments based on a the case. Of 2,069 students who approach whereby a student can Even oil does have emissions." training projects. The students will work a minimum of ten competitive application enrolled this year, 685 enrolled concentrate in the field of food When some of the overly- hours per week with faculty procedure. He stated that the for the spring semester; 784, for and nutrition with an education heated offices in Dudley Building members in charge of the Transportation Institute awards the summer semester; and 600, emphasis. were cited as counteraction doubled in number from projects. In addition to the for the fall semester. This is a net This summer, for the first efforts toward conserving fuel, training and education the 1973-74 period as a result of new gain of 524 students for last time, the Department of Watson stated, "The Dudley research assistants will receive. (See Director, page 2) year. (See Graduate, page 2) Page 2 The A&T Register October 4. 1974 Tentative Plans Made For Homecoming Shows (Continued from page I) Searchers and Mass Theory as Miss A&T back up performers. Friday - Homecoming Show Glover mentioned the Linwood Pollard, vice possibility of having A&T's name president of the SGA. said that attached to the Barry White the free movie would be "Sweet show which will be at the Jesus. Preacherman." He hopes Greensboro Coliseum the that two showings of the movies weekend of homecoming. will be possible. The speaker for This way the SGA would convocation is tentatively receive 20 per cent ofthe profit. scheduled to be Dick Gregory. Another show would be Convocation is generally on presented in Moore Gym after Wednesday, so the problem is the coliseum show at nominal changing the date from cost.