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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship NCAT Student Newspapers Digital Collections 9-23-1980 The Register, 1980-09-23 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, 1980-09-23" (1980). NCAT Student Newspapers. 866. https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister/866 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]. REGISTER # "COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT" VOLUME LII NUMBER 7 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL & TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO, NC Tuesday, September 23, 1980 Dr. Craig Comments On Fiscal Affairs' Standings By Michael Fairley these grants exceed the After assumingthe duties of number of people employed acting vice chancellor for by his office. fiscal affairs, Dr. Quiester Other delays experienced by Craig said operations in the fiscal affairs are due to this office have improved office's attempt to drastically. "We are not at a accommodate faculty and level of efficiency that we'd students who have been like or need to be, but the staff negligent in observing fully has accepted the challenge and communicated regulations and has worked admirably expectations. toward those achievements," Craig said his office would he said assist faculty and students who Craig said he agreed to have fiscal emergencies, but he accept the position because of is very adamant about his commitment to the following the rules and university and his desire to do regulations of the state budget all he could to provide the manual and the office • Aubrey Eatmon, SGA press secretary, university with time to find a delivers a message at Monday's Black College Day '80 operating manual. ratoy.(Photo Tyson) qualified person for the by position. Craig said his office is Craig said accounts and making every effort to reduce ledgers have been updated by the athletic deficit as fast as the CPA firm of Garrett and possible and insure that it does Sullivan, but continued not increase. He also said a improvement is still needed. fiscally successful athletic year Shuttle Program Gains Sponsors According to Craig some of would help to decrease the the fiscal problems that are problem, but he said he will usually read about can be not take a 'win at all cost By Trudy Johnson advancement," explained Dr attributed to a cash flow attitude' to reduce the deficit. last December which Last year's A&T Space Ahrens highlighted the inbalance in the area of Craig said the quality of spring Shuttle Program had three Last year's (and year's) grants. A&T's educational program this contests-the model flying and national sponsors: whereas original sponors experiments Craig said, "if the time must remain paramount. are best contests. this year it has six. This year's Raytheon, TRW, and Owens- between the dispersal of funds Dispelling rumors that he The program has earthly budget has risen from $6,000 Illinois. This year's new on grants and the time the would become the next vice benefits which revolve around to $15,000 according to Dr. sponsors are Digital, RCA grant agency reimburses us is chancellor for fiscal affairs, the weather, land use, Stuart Ahrens, director of the (Radio Corporation of great, it could cause a cash Craig said the chancellor pollution, water program and associate America) resources, flow problem." understands and accepts the and General professor of physics. Electric. geology, oceanography, "If instructors are working fact that his role is interim Next year's sponsorship is The purpose communications, on grant projects we pay them because of his deanship. of the A&T health care, expected to reach $40,000 Space Shuttle Program is to materials and manufacturing, for their expenses," he said. Craig said he will remain along with the addition of new place three mapping/charting. "We get our money from the dedicated to his student and current sponsors, said Dr. Ahrens. experiments aboard a space grant agency, but we cannot position but will not hesitate Early payoffs in the future "One of the main reasons shuttle flight the mid- dictatewhen they pay us." to leave when in revolve around will a qualified for expansion in company 1980's. agriculture, Craig said the university person is found to assume the sponsorships is the completion Student participants environment, receives a significant number position permanently. with "I'm of the new Space Shuttle Lab this program are usually communications, of grants in varied amounts not sketchy about the job," in Marteena Hall, Room 335. engineering, chemistry, oceanography, petroleum with varied stipulations. said Craig. "But I came here Last year's devotion to the biology, and industrial resources, mineral uses, and Because of the faculty's to work with the School of Program consisted of input technology majors, but other other scientific studies. proficiency in getting grant Business and Economics I and from a small office in Cherry majors can become money, Craig said, the fiscal look forward to involved official returning to Hall, but now a new lab is with the program. The National demands involved in handling that position." Aeronautics and devoted to the program's The official start for it was Space Administration consultant for the A&T Space Shuttle Program is Dr. Ronald McNair. He is a 1971 physics History Society Elects 1981 Officers graduate of A&T who obtained his Ph.D in laser physics in 1976 from the By Margaret G. High attended this meeting held Friday, October 10, at 12 spring semester by the Historv Massachusetts New officers for the 1980-81 Newly elected officers are noon in Gibbs Hall, Room Department of A&T Institute school term were elected at the Jamal Williams, president; 329 Technology. "Most people Griot Society's (History Club) year think the Sibon Cherry, vice-president; Officers from last s The new era of space semester meeting History Club just for first held Roger Jeffries, secretary; History Magazine are Regina trans rtation history majors but we P° set for the Friday, September 19, at 12 Jamie Ruff, treasurer; Duren, editor-in-chief; mid welcome all majors to join - 1980's is designed to noon in Gibbs Hall, Room Margaret High, reporter; and Anthony Cochran, managing the Griot Society," said one reduce tne cost of Urease in 329. Annah Shoffner, Ms. Griot editor; Sibon Cherry, business member Returning students who Society manager; and Ms. Sandrea T. effectiveness of using space were members from the New officers for History Williamson, faculty advisor. For students interested in for educational research, previous school and Magazine will be elected at the This publication is joining, membership fees are defense, military, or history faculty members next meeting which will be published annually in the $4-00 Per semester. commerica! uses Page 2 The A&T Register Tuesday September 23, 1980 University Applies To FCC for New Facility By James Lewis former station manager of As a result of this move by of the rumor that permissioi when a respectable figure to WNAA, A&T's FM radio WCLK-FM at Clark College WNAA, UNC-G's radio to construct the radio station's operate a station such as station has been six years in in Atlanta, Georgia. station, WUAG, and the High new 555 ft. antenna tower on VNAA is estimated to be the making. The university Flanigan immediately Point College radio facility, property adjacent the new somewhere in the vicinity of applied to the Federal appraised the status of the WHIH, will be forced to leave A&T football stadium was $100,000 plus, Flanigan Communications Commission project as lacking ample the educational broadcast denied for fear that it would replied, "Black people, in 1974 to change the then foresight. He stated that after band. The status of Guilford take-up parking space, historically, have always campus oriented carry-current January 1, 1980, all 10-watt College's WQFS i; Flanigan commented, employed a tremendous station, WANT, to a 10-watt stations would essentially be undetermined. If the colleges "Obviously, A&T is amount of faith and ingenuity educational FM braodcast "phased out of existence" and affected by WNAA's power committed to having a well to accomplish positive goals faciltiy. that it was imperative that the increase cannot find an exposed football team." Just when confronted with In an April 22, 1975.articl university alter its direction unoccupied broadcast where the antenna tower will negatives, but I am confident appearing' in the A&l regarding the project if it is to frequency in the commerical be located is 'undetermined at that truth shall survive and be Register, James Wright realize a successful radio band, they will have to leave this time. prosperous." faculty advisor of WANT operation. the air-waves or resort to a WNAA received an expressed his belief that th( The equipment on hand at carry-current status. operations budget of FCC would approve A&T': that time, according to Most recently, Flanigan approximately $10,000 for the application despite the fact Flangian, was incompatible received an invitation from current fiscal year 1980-81. Signatures "the FCC is sometimes hard with modern trends and the President Jimmy Carter to Operations for a typical full to work with." studio lacked sufficient attend a symposium at the service public radio station Found On Wright went on to say in the sound proofing White House on include expenditures for a same article that the yearly It was not until March of telecommunications.