The Register, 1975-10-24

              VOLUME XLVII"   NUMBER 16
"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT'^
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERISTY, GREENSBORO
i_October 24. 1975
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Driver Education Center
To Study Young Drivers
Can young drivers, who
generally cause a
disproportionate number of the
state's auto accidents, be
motivated through their high
school subjects to become better
drivers?
This question will be the
subject of a year-long research
project funded Wednesday for
fhe Driver's and Safety
Education Center at A&T.
The $40,000 grant for the
pilot study in five county and
five city school systems of the
state was awarded by the State
Board of Education.
"What we hope to do, " said
Dr. Isaac Barnett, director of the
A&T project and center, "is to
see if we can use the courses of
the high school curriculum to
contruibute to the vast pool of
knowledge to aid the youthful
driver in making better traffic
decisions."
As an example, Barnett said
traffic safety topics will be
included in assignments in English
classes; physics classes will study
traffic problems such as the laws
of motion and of nature and
their influence on motion as they
relate to car control and fuel
conservation.
A similar approach will be
used in social studies,
mathematics and chemistry
classes.
"If the students are motivated
to like those other courses," said
Barnett, "we feel they will be
motivated to learn to become
safe drivers."
Barnett has selected 30 driver
education teachers in target areas
to participate in the study. The
areas include Rowan, Cabarrus,
Stanley, Anderson and Union
counties, and city systems in
Albermarle, Concord,
Kannapolis, Monroe and
Salisbury.
He said, if successful, the
project could be refunded by the
state.
The teachers in the project
will receive special training for a
semester at A&T.
While   you're looking   at them, they're looking at you. These are the color cameras
University's TV studio, by Channel Eight.
donated to the
Channel 8 Donates Cameras
By Daryl E. Smith
The     television    studio
Oil May Come From New Sources
Oil from coal and nuclear
energy could become important
as alternative energy sources,
according to an MIT economist,
who added that people don't
want to pay the price of
extracting and producing these
sources.
"Alternative energy sources
can be developed," said Dr.
Everett Hagen, professor
emeritus of the Massachusettes
Institute of Technology. "The
United States has coal resources
which contain as much oil as is in
the Middle East, but people cite
the environmental damages
which the mining causes."
"We also ought to have a lot
more nuclear plants," added
Hagen. "They can be relatively
safe, but people are afraid of
radiation, and how can you
guarantee that there won't be
some radiation?"
Hagen, author of Economics
and Social Development,
addressed an assembly at A&T
Tuesday.
He said that oil companies are
beginning to buy up coal fields
and will probably produce oil
from coal if the U.S. will
guarantee the price which the
companies receive for the oil is as
high as it is now.
Hagen said the quadrupling of
oil   prices   by   the   Middle   East
nations, is posing extreme
problems for the low-income
countries. He said oil is costing
these countries $8 billion more
for the same amount of oil.
"Because of the drought in
Russia," he said, "the cost of
food also rose a great deal for
those countries, which have been
unable to increase their own
production.
Crosby Hall has been receiving a
lot of surprises lately, and
Channel 8 has given them
another surprise by donating two
color RCA TK42 cameras.
In inquiring about how the
cameras were acquired, members
of the AV. team replied. "Dean
Frank White told us that the
cameras were available plus some
associated equipmert that went
along with the camera."
Asked what they are going to
do with two new cameras,
members of the A.V. team said,
"What we would like to do is
take the present equipment out
and piace it in a mobile unit and
use  the  new equipment in our
studios."
. Tyrone Miller said, "It was a
surprise to me. I feel that it's a
shame to have gotten the
equipment from a school that
wanted to buy it, and the
chances for the equipment to be
hooked up. I feel are slim."
Anthony Welborne said. "I
think the equipment is very
useful,if we can get the money
to hook it up. It's a chance of a
life time for a university of this
size to get this type of
equipment, if we use it."
Dr. Frank White, dean of Arts
and Sciences, could not be
reached for comment.
A&T Faculty Members
To Help African Nation
Everett Hagen speaks to students on the subject of energy:
Two A&T faculty members
have been selected to participate
in an economic development,
project to assist the African
nation of Niger.
The teachers. Dr. Basil Coley,
professor of economics; and Dr.
David Godfrey, sociologist with
the A&T Extension Service, left
Greensboro Wednesday for their
initial visit, a fact-finding
mission.
The project, another effort by
A&T to increase its involvement
in international development, is
being sponsored by African:, an
independent n on-p ro fit
Washington. D. C. organization,
dodu fiU'il to improving the
quality ol life in African nations
south ol llie Sahara.
"On this visit," said Dr.
Coley, "we hope to examine all
sectors of Niger economy,
including its agriculture, mining,
manfacturing, and construction.
We then will write our report,
making recommendations which
might serve to enhance their
economy."
Coley said that Niger, once a
French colony, is in pretty dire
economic straits. He said the
country's per capita income is
$88 per year, the literacy rate is
only six percent, and the average
life expectancy of the people
is 37 years.
He said the African nation has
few valuable exports, but is
basically an agricultural country,
(See Niger. Page 2)