The Register, 1971-12-10

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VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 15
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY. GREENSBORO
DECEMBER 10, 1971
Students   Faculty
To   Start Talking
Photo   By   Mike   Braye
President DOWDY And FAMILY Wish The Entire Aggie Family A Merry Christmas
190 Prospective Graduates To
Know Fate By Christmas Vacation
By Janice Smith
The Office of Registration
and Records announced that
there are approximately 190
prospective graduating seniors
for the mid-year. This number is
considerably larger than the 98
graduates at the end of the fall
semester last year. All
prospective graduates will be
notified as to whether they have
completed     all     university
requirements before they leave
for the Christmas vacation.
Concerning registration for
the spring semester, Dr. Rudolph
Scott Surrounded
D. Artis, Director of Registration
•and Records, stated that the
office   is   attempting   to    have
mstructional__sheets available to
the courses they need before
returning after New Year's.
Spring registration begins on
January 6, but Dr. Artis noted
that I.D. card processing will
begin on the fifth and extend
throughout the period of
registration. Students will not be
able to enter the gym to pick up
schedule cards unless they show
their I.D. and charge slip. He also
encourages students to be more
careful in filling out their cards
in   hopes  that   the   number  of
errors will be reduced.
At the end of this semester,
Aggies will notice that the entire
grade form has been changed. A
new ready-mailer type will be
used, straight from the
computer; this will save time by
omitting the need for grade slips
to be put in envelopes.
The form also differs from
past slips by having an additional
sheet which will be sent to the
Office of Financial Aid so as to
reduce delays for students in
receiving financial assistance. If
plans go as scheduled, grades will
be sent home during the
Christmas vacation.
By Patrice Dunn
"I feel that there is more a
closeness (between faculty and
students) now and I hope that
this will grow to the point where
it will produce a much more
productive environment," were
the words' of L. C. Dowdy,
University President, concerning
student     faculty     unity.
Dowdy indicated that the
academic environment was "not
bad but there is always room for
improvement. "
In an effort to improve this
situation, Dowdy stated that
plans have been made so that
faculty members will be eating in
the dining halls, and talking to
them in the dorms. The
president also plans to entertain
small groups of students at ^s
home.
The discussion sessions in
dorms and dining halls are to
include       such      subjects      as
economics, society, and any
other area which the students
feel like giving their views on.
This effort of communication is
an attempt to bring students
from all majors together along
with faculty members to share
their experiences and knowledge.
Dowdy feels that one topic
which should draw great student
interest and participation should
be that of students being able to
vote in the state in which they
attend school. The president
believes that since "a student
pays for a service and he must
work for that service or else not
get it," then he should be treated
as any individual who works in
an area for four years.
When the faculty and students
working in small informal groups
express their feelings on such
ideas, Dowdy feelsconvinced that
faculty-student cooperation and
unity will improve and in doing
so will improve the academic
atmosphere here .
Spring Improvements
On The Drawing Board
Student Sought By G-boro Police
By Betty Miller
John Zeigler, Business
Manager, stated that the
following capital improvements
would be started during the
1971-73 biennium, physical
education and health, physical
plant warehouse, maintenance
building, and heating plant
improvements.
The     improvements    to    be
undertaken fall into two phases:
phase one, the installation of'
underground cable, which has
already been completed, and
phase two which includes the
operation of an underground
primary electrical distribution
system. Plans for complete
renovation lay in store for
Noble Hall in addition to the
installation of air conditioning in
(See IMPROVEMENTS, Page 8)
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By George Johnson
An alleged A&T student is
being sought by the Greensboro
PoUce Department in conjuntion
with the armed robbery and rape
of Miss Jacquelyn Patricia
Rhodes at UNC-G,
The crimes occurred in a room
at Holiday Inn North that was
registered to John Martin
Gomery of Hampton, Va. Miss
Rhodes has indicated that she
was visiting Gomery at the time
of the incident.
According to Wednesday
morning's edition of the
Greensboro Daily News, "She
told detectives the two men
forced their way into the room
by pointing a rifle then took
about $44 from her and
Gomery."
Two   of   the   men   that   are
Greensboro residents have
already been arrested. They are
Kevin Boyd Frazier, 18. of 319
Cumberland Street. He is held
without bond and charged with
rape and armed robbery and also
Nathaniel Nash, 24, of 1407
Wayside Drive. He was held
Tuesday in lieu of $20,000 bond
on robbery charge.
Early Monday morning the
occupants of Scott Hall were
awakened only to find their
dorm had been surrounded by
approximately 50 police cars.
The reason is that one of the
three suspects (the alleged A&T
student) had fled into Scott Hall
while his two accomplices
were apprehended in a car that
was parked in the vicinity of
Scott Hall. These are the two
men that were mentioned earlier
in the article. As of Tuesday
evening     accordingto     MB.
Graeber, Director of A&T
Physical Plant, the third suspect
had not been apprehended. The
Greensboro police detectives
have indicated that they are
anticipating another arrest.
Graeber also indicated that it
was discussed by students in
Tuesday's University Senate
meeting that Black males on this
campus seem to show more
respect to white females
downtown than they do to their
own Aggie sisters. A few isolated
incidents are opening doors and
'the removal of hatsTo this
statement Graeber seriously
added, "Lack of respect isn't a
value to any action."
He also continues to urge law
abiding students to become more
vocal and not to become
victimized by the crowd because
"Education is a process of
self-disclipline."
For Students Only!
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S Due to the limited seating
•^capacity in Moore Gym, officials
fe;at the University have announced
jBthat only A&T students will be
ggranted admission to basketball
j^games played there.
•:^ The announcement issued
SB through the office of Dr. Lewis
jijajC. Dowdy, president of A&T,
S... stated: "In view of the Umited
^seating capacity of the Moore
8 Gymnasium, the Committee on
^Intercollegiate Athletics, a
^student-faculty group, has
^recommended that admission to
§§all basketball games in the gym
:jj:ibe restricted to A&T students.
:§■ The only non-students
:lii.admitted to the games will be
^representatives of the dean of
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student's staff and personnels
necessary for the conduct of the£
game."
"We sincerely regret having to S
exclude the general public andS
members of the Aggie family 8
from our games," said Cal Irvin,88
athletic director; "but in thesJ
interest of safety, we had tog
make this move." The A&T«
gymnasium seats only aboutig
2,500 persons. The current]
student enrollment is 4,400.
Irvin said two additional^
games (January 11 and Januaryg
19) are scheduled to be played in:JJ
the Coliseum. Negotiations areS.;
underway for an additional games
against EUzabeth City State.