The Register, 1972-11-03

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VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 11      NORTH CAROUNA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY. GREENSBORO      NOVEMBER 3, 1972
Reorgan iza t ion
of Student Court
Slated by Rivers
A Record Crowd Joins Janice Morgan in Cheering Aggies to a 16-13 Victory over Morgan.
Shaw President Urges Full
Participation In Today's Society
The president of Shaw
University Sunday urged that
blacks fully participate in the
larger society, but said they
should not imitate  that society.
"Blacks must inject a different,
kind of perspective," said Dr. J.
Archie Hargraves in the annual
alumni sermon here.
"If there is a genuine black
perspective," said Hargraves, a
native of Greensboro, "it is to be
creative, not imitative."
He said any black
contributions to society should
not be based on scorn or hate.
"We are going into a new kind
of world," said Hargraves,
"because there is a crisis in each
social institution that we have."
Pointing to recent gains
mady by blacks, he said., "We
have come a long way. We are
almost to the Promised Land,
but we are not there; Where we
are now means that it is
potentially poss'ble not to be
treated with contempt: and that
black people have discovered
their roots."
"The     new    society,"    said
Hargraves," must not replace the
white-over.-black idea with black-
over-white. We must make a new
way."
"We must first remember
where we have been, then forge
a history," he said. "But it is not
enough to just go back. We must
look ahead to where we are
going."
Hargraves said the very
contours of the world are
changing, economically,
politically, and socially . "We've
come a long way," he said again,
"but we must begin to own,
control and manage."
By Cassandra Wynn
The system in which students
are to be judged by their peers is
undergoing total reorganization,
according to Robert Rivers,
student body Attorney General.
"Due    to    inefficiencies   which
occurred last year between the
attorney general and students in
regard to infractions, the
student Court is in the process of
total     reorganization."     Rivers
pointed out that these
inefficiencies included
"ambiguities and a lack of
communication about penalties
involving infractions of
university rules."
Rivers also made note of the
School Of Agriculture
Wins 1st Place Float
By Blannie Bowen
''The
Will=Success'
this    year's
Homecoming
Need, The
was the theme of
first - place A&T
float   which   was
sponsored   by    the    School   of
Argiculture.
Blue and gold were the basic
colors which predominated in
the     color    scheme.    Connie
Dowdy Seeks Approval of Plan
To Affect Entering Students
The Board of Trustees of A&T
last Wednesday was asked to
approve plans that will allow the
university to grant advanced
standing to entering students
who score high on a series of
standardized tests.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy,
chancellor of A&T, said the new
program will not dilute existing
programs in any way, but will
allow students with special skills
and experiences to move rapidly
ahead in college.
Other requests included
$1,527,000 for a social science
building, $1,500,000 for an
art-humanities center and
$442,000 for renovation of
Murphy Hall.
Dowdy said he noticed a slight
decrease  in out-of-state student
enrollment at A&T. "I believe it
( the enrollment decrease) can be
traced to the increase in out-of»
state tuition," he said.
The university's enrollment of
4,510 fulltime students is anv
increase over last year's, but
Dowdy expressed his belief that
each of the universities should
make it as easy as possible to
attract students from across the
nation and overseas.
He said he expects the Board
of Governors to reverse the
recent decision to increase
tuition for non-North
Carolinians.
Dowdy also told the trustees
he is hoping someone will ask
the Southern regional education
Board to investigate the
feasibilty    of    "some    sort    of
reciprocity"  in  each  of the  17
states represented.
Dowdy also informed the
board that A&T is seeking more
than $12 million dollars in capital
improvements from the
forthcoming General Assembly .
The request for capital
improvements is now in the
hands of the Board of Governors
which is submitting its total
budget request to the Advisory
Budget Commission "without
identifying institutions."
Dowdy said top priority was
given three new buildings,
"needed immediately," a natural
science building to cost
$2,830,000, a pre-school
laboratory to cost $569,000. and
renovation of Scott Hall, to cost
$1,115,000.
Baggett, senior Agriculture
Education major and president
of the Agriculture Education
Association, designed the
complete pattern and color
scheme.
The queen, Joyce Clark, and
her attendants, Cassandra
McCrae and Millicent Brister, sat
on the front of the float. A green
velvet cloth representing the
green of growing crops was
provided for the attendants to sit
upon. Blue and gold were the
colors of the queen's seat.
A revolving globe was above a
pyramid on the back of the float.
The globe was sky blue and
forest green. Freedom, peace and
unity were on three sides of the
pyramid. Dr. Martin Luther King
and Dr. George Washington
Carver were on the back of the
pyramid as a symbol of peace,
willingness to work, and unity.
"The need and the will of
everybody are to live a successful
life in this world while having
freedom, peace and unity. This is
exactly what we tried to portray
with our blue and gold colors
and our theme," said Baggett in
describing his first-place float.
A $25 prize was presented to
the School of Agriculture for
its accomplishment. This
money will be spent for the
spring cook- out which is held
annually at the A&T Farm by
the agriculture departments.
problem that he called "some
minute cases that reach the
courts that should not be there."
He feels that "there should be
other means of settlinrr such
cases. Once the case hits the
courts, it's on the records,"
Rivers stated.
In response to whether or not
there existed a power conflict
between the University Tribunal,
Rivers cautiously replied, "If
there is a conflict, the conflict is
centered around the area of
jurisdiction - who has say so on
what."
Rivers is a student who has
more power, according to the
SGA constitution, than most
students are aware of. Appointed
by the president of the SGA with
the approval of two thirds of the
student legislature, he serves us
the chief prosecutor for all
alleged infractions of dormitory
rules and alleged violations of
general campus rules. The
attorney general has access to
information pertaining to these
infractions from the Dean of
Student Affairs, the Dean of Men
and Women and the residence
hall directors. He has power to
make formal charges against the
accused at every level of the
student court system. He or his
agent acts as chief prosecutor in
all cases before any student
court. Upon receipt of
information, the Attorney
General has the power to make
any additional investigation
pertaining to alleged
infractions.
Instead of being labeled as
chief prosecutor, Rivers made it
clear that he prefers a "more
conciliatory position in order to
clarify the rights of those
accused of alleged infractions.
Such right for the accused
include the right to be provided
defense council by the courts or
to secure his own and the right
to a preliminary conference
where the accused is informed of
charges at least seventy-two
hours before the case is brought
to trial.
Rivers foresees that the
student court system will
become "a functioning and
viable organization in the very
near future. He added, "I hope
this year students will take a
workable part in making the
court system more viable because^
if they don't, in some cases they
will be the victim of
consequences."