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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship NCAT Student Newspapers Digital Collections 4-8-1977 The Register, 1977-04-08 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, 1977-04-08" (1977). NCAT Student Newspapers. 687. https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister/687 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]. THj4\f7 REGISnR "COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT" VOLUME XLVm NUMBER 50 NORTH CAROUNA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO APRIL 8, 1977 <ttwwXZ:*vm&W& •x-ivl-.:.- • Graham Takes Top Office "My first reaction was shock. vice-president. There will be a run-off between India Aikins and I knew I had a good chance of Rosalind Tucker for the position winning, but I didn't really know of Miss Junior. \ I would win," said Tony Graham, after his lopsided There will be a run-off for the victory over Donald Allen in the top position in the sophomore bid for the SGA presidency. class between Steve Lipscomb Graham received 718 votes and and Bobby Henry. Sharon Allen received 164. Newkirk won the "I'd like to thank all the vice-presidential spot, and the students who had direct input secretarial position went to into the campaign," Graham Trenna Ross. Carla Walker was said, "and those on the outside elected treasurer of the class. who pushed meforward.He Carole Carr and Donna Shaw will congratulated all the elected vie for the position of Miss officials and added that he and Sophomore in a run-off. the other officers and Miss A&T Debbie Richardson All run-offs will be held would work together as a team Thursday, April 14. to represent the students. In the race for Miss A&T, Debbie Richardson was the victor with 443 votes. Protest Committee Meets "I didn't expect to win by such a wide margin," she said with tears in her eyes. "No words can express how I feel and I'm With Chancellor Dowdy grateful to everyone who voted By Maxine McNeill Dr. Dowdy told the for me. committee that 1430 spaces for "To the students of A&T, as ''The main thing Photo by Love women are available on campus SGA President-elect, Tony Graham your queen, I'll do my best to accomplished was that we let the and 500 have to be reserved for represent you." administration know that (See Curtis, Page 2) Warren "Toby" Bryant won students are no longer willing to the vice-presidential spot and accept the living conditions A&T Cynthia McMurray was elected forces upon them," said Dorothy At 85th Commencement secretary. Curtis Askew was Whitaker, an organizer of elected treasurer. Tuesday's protest committee. In the senior class, Steve Dorothy was speaking of Jones became the president, and the meeting the protest Former President To Speak the vice presidential spot went to committee held with Chancellor Andrea Wiley. The treasurer of Lewis C. Dowdy Tuesday Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor, The professor of education at Union president is a native of the senior class is Sherry Purvis morning. The group which met former president of A&T will Rutgers University in Brunswick, Norfolk, Virginia, and holds the and Wilhelmina Scott was elected with Dr. Dowdy was composed deliver the keynote address at New Jersey, will address doctorate degree from Boston the senior class queen. of one representative from each the university's 85th approximately 1059 seniors and University. He has also done The top spot in the junior dormitory, SGA President Tony commencement excercises master degree candidates. class went to Lila Washington. Tyson and freshman class Sunday May 8, in the graduate work at the University Wesley Boykin was elected president Bobby Henry. Greensboro Coliseum. Proctor came to A&T in 1960 of Pennsylvania, Crozier from Virginia Union University Theological Seminary and Yale to succeed Dr. Warmoth T. Gibbs, University. then president of A&T. He served as the fifth president of He is the senior minister at A&T for four years before Abyssinian Baptist Church, New resigning in 1964. York, and education professor at Rutgers under the Dr. Martin The former A&T and Virginia Luther King Memorial Chair. College Education Cost Will Go Up Next FaU NEW YORK (AP) - The cost It brings average total costs at of attending college will go up private four-year colleges to again in September, 1977, $4,905 annually for resident according to a nationwide survey students and $4,331 for those by the College Scholarship who Uve at home. Total cost at less expensive public colleges will Service, the financial aid activity of the College Entrance increase to an average $2,500 at two-year colleges and $2,700 at Examination Board. The increase Tony lyson talks with students! during the recent protest on housing. Photo by Love will be 4 per cent, the lowest four-year colleges in the 1977-78 average increase in five years. school year. Page 2 The A&T Register April 8,1977 .- a . a, — World Hunger Week Communion Highlights Drive By Charles L. Perry possible for a problem of hunger people deeper into hunger. The University's ReUgious to become noticeableand still be Helping the hungry is not an end Life Committee. Task Force on left alone. He said that the but a begjnning-a beginning of World Hunger presented its Holy Americani government gives new Ufe. Week Communion Service milUons for foreign aid, but it In his. closing remark, Rev. Thursday night. The Communion often has attached to it a Chambers stated that he would Service ended a week long drive foreign policy ;agreement. like to be a little candle; then he to help the worldwide hunger The ministeri.' urged the could share himself with others problem that last year resulted in audience to be careful not to give' by giving the needed light. over 10 mUUon deaths. relief for hunger and then lock He said that no matter how Guest speaker for the service small you may think you are, was the Reverend Will Chambers, you are still important in the instructor of Bible study at eyes of God. Livingstone College. In his speech, Rev. Chambers reminded everyone that they were there for a communion and expressed that communion means sharing but communion is not an end WEATHER in itself, j Rev. Chambers said, "Hunger is a morale problem when five Extended outlook Saturday per cent of the world population through Monday-Fair and uses' 35 per cent of the total warmer. Highs mostly in the 70's. Overnight lows mostly In world resources. It's a matter of the 40's, except the 30's in the seeing and not seeing." mountains on Saturday. Rev. Chambers feels that it is New N.C. Fellows Officers .seated(l-r) Annie Bullock, secretary, Joanie Lawson.Miss N.C. Fellows, standing(l-r) Sherwood Harris president; Kilvin Buncum, treasurer; J.Wilsonni R. Grandy IV, Student Feels Cheated vice president; Dorwin Howard, parliamentarian Out Of Campaign By Maxine McNeill quaUfications he receivedstatedit ¥)u11 never know is mandatory for him to have "I feel I have been dealt with accumulated 32 hours by May in unjustly because, if a constitution how much good order to seek office. He wUl have is to be what it is, then everyone only 31 hours at the end of this must abide by the guideUnes semester. youcando set," said Kelvin Buncum, a "If I'm supposed to run for an t former candidate for sophomore office, I feel all these class president. qualifications should have been until you do it. According to Buncum, he was given to me before a week and a informed two and one-half weeks half prior to elections," Buncum ago by Dr. Jesse Marshall, vice said. "When I went to sign up, chanceUor for student affairs, the only qualification given to me was that I had to be in good that he was ineligible to run for standing with the university." sophomore class president. Buncum said Dr. Marshall's Buncum said neither the restriction upon him was constitution nor the contrary to the constitution. Curtis May Be Changed To Women's Dormitory (Continued From Page 1) changing Curtis Hall into a female dormitory for this fall. freshmen. Also, he told the The third alternative, Dorothy group that 135 females are said, Dr. Dowdy mentioned was Volunteer Cindy Richard* know how much ROOJ she can do. She's doing it for the children JI J neighborhood day can- center. presently on the waiting list for off-campus living. Presently, rooms on campus. A&T has a nonfunctioning According to Dorothy, Dr. director of off-campus housing. ^ibu can help people. Dowdy said his first alternative One suggestion the committee In fect,there's a crying need for you. to off-campus Uving is to place made to Dr. Dowdy was to ask; the 135 females on the waiting students who live within a 20 \bur skilk^xir training. rc>ur concern. Ust in dormitory rooms. nule radius of A&Tto commute.He There are volunteer organizations in Secondly, Dr. Dowdy said that possibility would be your town hard at work doing things you'd be contends he is thinking of looked into.