The Famuan September 12, 1996 The Voice of Florida A&M University - Tallahassee, Fla. Vbt.. 4, No. 1 Policy transfers cost of excess hours to students BY NIAMBI BROWN I or example, a student in a 120-hour the incoming freshmen but are now being extra credit charge leaves very little room Staff Writer Policy degree program can earn up to 138 occupied by students taking too many for student discovery. But he said the ben- hours before being penalized. Any classes excess hours. efits should be worth the end result. Florida's state universities no longer including those withdrawn from. failed or This also means students have virtu- "Ithink it's going to put pressure on will loot the entire bill for students taking repeated will be factored into the 138 ally no room to double major, or take students to make decisions and it should an excess amount of credit hours. hours. courses that may interest them but are not make academic advisement more critical," Instead, first-time freshmen and But on the 139th hour, there will be course requirements. Lockamy said. transfer students not holding Florida asso- an extra credit hour charge. The charge - "This is really not to stop some one "We, as faculty, have to now make ciate degrees will pay 33 percent of the $38.90 per credit hour - will pay for pro- from discovering themselves in college, it sure you don't take a course three more cost of teaching those excess hours. lessor salaries and building maintenance is to help them exercise some type of times because it's costing both you - the Information has been sent to parents costs. responsibility," he said. students - as well as the university," he of students attending this summer's orien- Alan Stoncipher, director of public Sid Credle, director of academic pro- said. tation program and seminars will be pre- relations for the Board of Regents, said the grams, agrees. Rachel Wade, a freshman from sented today and Monday in Lee Hall new rule is designed to make students fig- "This policy was meant to help raise Jacksonville, said she intends to live up to Auditorium. ure out what they want before they come the standard of the university, improve the responsibilities of college, but she Under the new excess credit hour to college. upon the students performance and clean doesn't see a need to make a policy to charge policy students entering this year "This was passed in hopes that it out all the frustrations by making the rule enforce something that 'simple'. are allowed to take up to 115 percent of would encourage students to take more consistent for everyone," Credle said. "When you make a decision to come their degree requirements. hours and to get on a good track in the "Students can now become more academ- to a university you should have some Any extra hours taken over that beginning," he said. ically focused and can play to win." inkling that you have to buckle down," she amount will be subject to a per-credit-hour Stoncipher said the policy is meant Archie Lockamy, vice-president for said. "I look at it like this: You come to penalty. to help free seats that should be empty for academic programs, admits the excess college correct or don't come at all." I ICs set Time! 1VIU mourns gospel choir founder, 4 sociate dean at engineering college BY JAMES COLE BY ARETHA FRISON Siaff Writer Correspondent - FAMI " eI rVI ospei Dr. J. Willard Toliver, 57, associ- Choir founder and ate dean in the FAMU/FSU College of Jona' D. Olds aliser Engineering, died this summer in died Sept. 3. He was Houston. Toliver served as the associate A neighbor department chair and professor of electri- noticed Olds car hadn't cal engineering at the FAMU/FSU College mosed in a while and of Engineering in 1987. He also was direc- called Tallahassee tor of the Minority Engineering Program police. He was found from 1988-1993. dead in his home. Olds worked for FAMU At the college of engineering, Toliver was responsible for the admission since 1960 and was director of fiscal and recruitment of all minority students affairs for the College of Pharmacy and and was part of the office of administra- Pharmaceutical Sciences for the last25 tion for student Services, Placement, Pre- years. He is widely known for establishing Oteman Sampson plays for his friend, College Programs and the minority engi- the First Renowned FAMU Gospel Choir, neering program. He oversaw the success as well as for a championship season the first black collegiate choir in the coun- of the Engineering Concept Institute, a try. summer bridge program for the enrich- EBY MICHAEL LEE That's how ecdo it,Home team!" Family and friends remembered Olds ment and retention of incoming freshman Staff Writer Sampson said, nodding his head and as a proud and dedicated member of admitted to FAMU. Slaughing. Triumph The Church and Kingdom of Shelly Robinson, 21, an electrical Shortl after OTEMAN He seemed to reminisce God in Christ athis funeral engineering student, said Toliver was more leading FAMU to SAMPSON about the time they spent service held than just the dean of the school, a depart- its first victory of together playing Sept. 7 at Bethel A.M.E. Church. Olds was sandlot ment chair and a professor - he was a the season, junior football. active in his church holding such positions shooting hoops friend. q uarter-back at the park as shepherd, presiding elder and national or hanging "I just felt comfortable talking to Oteman Sampson out at neighborhood par- superintendent of the Advanced School of him. He always gave me advice on my col- stepped out of the ties. Barnes Wisdom . a religous and training school. But lege career and education," said Robinson. locker room wear- Sampson grew up he is best known for his work with the "He was very interested in help- ing a baseball cap The-together in the rough FAMU gospel choir. ing students," said 25-year-old Tongela with the number 56 -nFamuan/ The stitched in orange . h..Miami Liberty City He saw the choir travel the country,. Davis. who was Toliver's office assistant. titched in orange DEREK J. housing community. c. participate in a Coca-Cola commercial. "They [students] would come to him with green.hnd eDODD Scott-Carver projects. open concerts for artists such as Shirley personal problems, and he would help S With little Memories of Barnes are Caesar, James Cleveland and Vicki them academically and personally." motion. Sampson answered questions all Sampson can cling to. Last April, ii Winans and release its first CD. Toliver also served as pastor of about an impressive Rattler debut in which Barnes' life was cut short after he was "The the Innovation Baptist Church where he S'he blitzed the Tigers for three touchdowns beaten to death in a dispute at his UM Choir and J.D. Olds is synony- had a membership of more than 200 peo- aand 303 passing yards. But when he campus apartment. mous. You just can't think of one without ple. He was ordained in 1978 by lescribed the reaction his good friend, for- Sampson. 21, heard about his friend's the other." said Frances Stallworth. a Brentwood Baptist Church and the ner University of Miami Hurricane line- death one week after edging FAMU English professor. She was one out senior of Houston Missionary Baptist Association backer Marlon Barnes would have about quarterback Damian the first Slaughter in spring members of the gospel choir. in Houston. hisperformance. Sampson's cool monoto- practice. "1957 was the year I finished at "He was a very special person, ie changed. "Here I am, about to earn the FAMU and that was the year the choir was and no one can replace Dr. Toliver," Davis "He would've said. 'Way to go. said. "I'll just miss Dr. Toliver, period." PLEASE SEE SAMPSON/12 PLEASE SEE OLDS/2 2 The Famuan/September 12, 1996 FAMU grad charged in assault Wsindhoma alieedis londled het BY LEON M.TUCKER Pt easts genital area and buttocks, and later Contributing Editor drosve her home- A\ lAMU era-- In the days fol low~inrg the alleged uate and dean of the assault, the girl said Windhorm repeatedls Second Chance alterna- made sexually suggestive phone calls t use school on Plant her home. prompting her to file a Stieet has been arrested swith Tallahassee police. in connection 'a ith a Polic said \\indhom called her sexual assault on a 14- the report waas tiled, and asked her to meet~ sear-old female student. him at the Winn Dixie store on South F[ r r o0 I Monroe to plan a trip to Jacksonv ile or Windhom vWindhorn, a27-sear-old Panama Cits. Tatllahasseceiresident At the meeting. insvestigators said they and LAN'slelementary education gradu- recorded Windhom saving he wsanred to ate. wxas jailed August 30) and charged have sex with the minor. When police with sexual batters. arrested Windhom, he denied making the I .4 Windhom waas arrested after the girl statements. reported the alleged incident to police. Second Chance's principal Tom Dunn Police said Windhom had gisen the female declined to comment, citing that the case MY DEGREE GOT ME THE INTERVIEW. student, and several male students from is still under investigation by police and Second Chance, a ride home because ot the Leon Counts school hoard. ARMY ROTC GOT ME THE JOB. school bus delays. The girl told police Windhom waas being held in the Leon responsibility, self-disci- Windhom took the male students home County Jail on 5100,000) bail, although a Things got pretty competitie for taught me this job.