March 31, 1994 (The Famuan: October 2, 1986
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MARCH 31, 1994 The Voice of Florida A&M university - Tallahassee, Fla. Vol.79- No.11 S QquNew candidates, no Smore controversy By Jacqueline Love school's national prominence." Khan said. "FAMU should recruit students FAMUAN Assistant News Editor for gradu- " ate programs the same way presidential After more than a month of controver- scholars are recruited now." sy, the Student Government Association Diciplinary charges against Tait were presidential elections will dropped March 15. The be held on Tuesday. See more0 onthe elections charges, which stemmed Due to conflict involv- On Page 6 from Tait's involvement ing the disciplinary hearing with Thoughts, a contro- of Thoughts Magazine Publisher Larry versial student publication, had previously Tait, FAMU Vice President for Student kept him from running, administrators Affairs Richard Flamer moved the presi- said. dential elections from March 8 to Tuesday "I feel with all the work it took to and extended the declaration of candidacy make the elections fair, students should period until March 18. participate," said Tait, a senior African- ., "" _ . In addition to presidential hopefuls American Studies major from Washington, Gregory Anderson, who is currently SGA D.C. "It doesn't matter who you vote for, - : vice president, and Tait, one new ticket just as long as you vote." .: . , _. was added to the presidential ballot. Anderson, a junior agricultural busi- : .. Rahman Khan, a graduate counseling ness major from Tallahassee, said it is : .:. -- -. education major from Washington, D.C. good the elections were postponed to give and W. Cecyl Hobbs, a senior accounting everyone a chance to run. major from Tallahassee, announced their "But, the way fate has gone," he con- candidacy for president and vice president. tinued, "in some ways it has put a dark "I felt I owed it to the school to offer cloud over the elections. You work to get my leadership and experience," said Kahn to a point, but then a twist of fate makes who has been an associate justice on the everything you did seem in vain." student supreme court for two years. Former SGA Senator Cedric Mobley Hobbs. former president of the junior decided not to pursue action to change his class and student senate president pro-tem- eligibility status to run for SGA president. pore, is Khan s running mate. "It wasnt feasible at the moment, Khan has said that one of the more Mobley said. "Sometimes you fight city important issues to him is expansion and hall and it just takes too long." improvement of FAMU's graduate pro- Mobley was found guilty of violating Photoby LaNova Meuse grams. the no interroom visitation rule in October. The columns infront of the architecture building were designed and built by FAMU "The quality of a university's graduate The conviction is a major charge. therefore architecture students using Mark West's technique of fabric form to mold the columns. programs is a major factor affecting the banning Mobley from the race Engineering students will meet with college officials "I'm looking for the meeting to be posi- policies reflecting the goals. the graduates at the graduate and under- By Ingrid Middleton tive," he said. Ingram said that since the protest. graduate levels being minorities and/or FAMUAN Staff Writer Addison also said he thinks the more students have become interested in women. protest was successful because it got the issues the Defense Force addressed. Ingram said the program has been dis- of the engineering students As a result immediate attention and resulted in the He said many FAMU students have been criminatory because FSU entered the protest over inequity at the FAMU/FSU hiring of a black professor. He said if the supportive. Engineering faculty have gen- field, claiming that it was giving opportu- of Engineering, representatives of College council does not sufficiently address the erally not been supportive, he said. "They nities to women, but the university even- the protesters will have a two-hour meet- students' concerns, then they will protest think we destroyed the integrity of the col- tually gained control and proceeded to ing April 19 with the Joint Management again. lege.' focus on graduating white males. the body which controls the col- Council, Addison said many of the white engi- According to Ingram, too much of the Ingram also sees a problem with the finances, to discuss FAMU students lege's neering students and faculty do not think protest seemed to focus on the hiring of different philosophies of FAMU and FSU. problems with the school black students have legitimate complaints. Foreman, which diverted attention from "FSU wants to be a prestigious university, Twenty-eight FAMU students, called "Some of them feel threatened," he said. other issues they thought were very impor- with research and publishing papers." he Defense Force, barri- the Black College Looking back. Addison said that if tant, including a demand for a hiring said. "They want to make a name for caded themselves in FAMU/FSU College they could have done anything differently, freeze on non African-American profes- themselves." Dean Ching-Jen Chen's of Engineering he thinks the group should have spent sors until 50 percent African-American Ingrain said this is not the goal at an list of eight office Feb.21 asking that their more time getting together and agreeing faculty representation is reached. historically black college. He said he does be met. demands on plans. He said a lot of students were Ingram said that the faculty issue was not think the College of Engineering Two demands were met- Frederick confused and did not know exactly what just "the last straw," and that other issues should try to be a top research institution. was hired and the students were Foreman the plan was. factored into the decision to protest. "What they can be number one in is grad- given amnesty. Jesse Ingram, another protester who The FAMU General Catalog for uating minority students." he said. a senior mechani- Thomas Addison, will meet with the council, said they hope 1993-1995 states, "The mission of the col- Chen was not able to be reached by cal engineering major, is one of the pro- to present the problems to the council, and lege is to provide an innovative academic The FAMUAN's press date. who will meet with the council. testers that it will commit to the students and set program of excellence with 50 percent of Junior Senator Larry No interroom visitation Summer internships C.T. comes out of Sargent resigns policy treats students like increase students' job retirement to pick children opportunities baseball champions Pa9 2 PayP7 Page 0 i mm 2 The Famuan / March 31, 1994 Sargent resigns, shocking student government senat ors By Mardo Roache plaints from students about the food ser- That new challenge, according to dents and administration," Mobley said, the cafeteria by Gourmet Sargent, is completing his computer infor- "directly relates to your commitment as a FAMUAN Staff Water vices provided in Foods, Sargent set out to do a study on the mation systems degree or possibly double senator. You face apathy from the student presented the infor- majoring in business and math. body...or the administration doesn't want Too much to do and too little time and issue. He and Mobley mation to the general manager of Gourmet "I just wanted to take a little time you to do a lot of things." 1996 graduation plans led FAMU junior Foods and now, Sargent said, changes will out," he said. "We just go and go and go FAMU Vice Presideit for Student Senator Larry Sargent to resign from the be made. until we are worn out and become com- Affairs Richard Flamer said problems that Student Government Association, creating Prior to his resignation, Sargent twice placent." sepators;fage often result from the fact that shock among fellow senators. been on leave of absence to work on However, Sargent refused to let his their ideas often cross many agency lines. "It was a surprise to everyone," said had special projects. But the projects placed resignation lull him into complacency. He "When Larry comes to me with an Senate President L. DeWayne Mason, more demands on his time and Sargent remained in Tallahassee during spring idea, I would often like to say, 'Just do who has served on the senate with Sargent said that he now wants to focus on acade- break to begin painting, along with other it,"' Flamer said. "But most of his ideas for nearly three years. mics. students and volunteers, a mural in the impact on physical facilities or manage- "They were perplexed," said Sargent, Lauded as the "Technical Senator," Student Center of the Student Union. ment areas. It makes it hard to do." referring to the other senators' reactions. for his ability to quote the SGA The mural, expected to be finished in According to Mason, it is not unusual "I guess I'm kind of the gung-ho senator." Constitution from memory, Sargent sub- early April, will feature the faces of for senators to resign for reasons such as The senate is expected to name a mitted his resignation March 7, after a FAMU's eight presidents and is a project academics. replacement for Sargent Monday, Mason Senate meeting. It became effective Sargent began planning during his fresh- . Senate Secretary Charlotte Offer said said. Friday. man year. that senior Senator David Taylor, sopho- Sargent was a main player in organiz- Some senators said they understood "He is extremely professional, the more senator Rhonda Richardson, junior ing the mural of FAMU presidents and why he made the decision.