The Register, 1977-04-05

              THi^5 REGISTER
"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT''
VOLUME XLVIII NUMBER 49 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICA STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO APRIL 5, 1977
For Desegregation
Judge Pratt Orders New Plan
WASHINGTON    (AP) A
federal district judge ruled
Friday that the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
had violated civil-rights laws by
failing to order adequate racial
desegregation in the colleges and
universities of six southern
states
U.S. District Judge John Pratt
ordered HEW to obtain new
higher-education desegregation
plans from Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Virginia.
Pratt said HEW has continued
"to grant federal aid to public
higher-education systems  which
Isn't she lovely?
SGA Candidate Wants
Students To Participate
The following article is an
interview with one of the
candidates for the office of SGA
president. All candidates were
asked to come to the newspaper
office for an interview but only
one appeared. Elections will be
held April 7.
By Mary E. Cropps
"My main goal is to get the
students together as a total body
and to get them aware of the
SGA," said Tony Graham, one of
the Student Government
Association presidential
candidates.
In describing his goals as SGA
president, Graham said he wants
to let the students know what is
going  on   and to  get  them to
participate with the association.
"I want the students to get
the full benefit of their tuition,"
the Winston-Salem native said.
He cited such benefits as better
dormitory and cafeteria
conditions.
Graham said that, if elected,
he would like to get the
cooperation of all the officers as
well as the legislative and judicial
branches of the government. He
also said he would like to see the
school's administration become
active with the SGA in helping
alleviate some of the problems of
the students and the university.
Graham, an architectural
engineering major, said he
decided to make a bid for the
(See Graham, Page 5)
have not achieved desegregation
or submitted acceptable and
adequate desegregation plans..."
The decision is the latest
action in a dispute dating back to
November 1972, when Pratt first
found 10 states in violation of
the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The other four states-
Louisiana, Mississippi, Maryland
and Pennsylvania- are tied up in
civil-rights litigation elsewhere,
and were exempted trom
Friday's order.
The original suit against HEW
was filed by civil-rights
organizations, including the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund,
In his order, Pratt gave HEW
90 days to set out specific
guidelines under which the six
states could bring themselves
into compliance with the law.
Then, said the judge, the
states may have an additional 60
days to submit detailed plans on
how best to balance the number
of Black and white students in
schools that receive federal
funds.
HEW  will have  120 days to
accept    or    reject    the    states'
desegregation plans.
In his five-page order, Pratt
said Martin Gerry, directbr of
HEWs Office of Civil Rights, had
acknowledged   HEWs   failure   to
come   up   with   "   a   workable
higher-education    desegregation
(See Black. Page 6)
1 went to coUege for this?
Students Protest Laek
Of Housing On Campus
A group of displaced and
disgruntled students met Monday
night in Gibbs Hall to discuss the
lack of rooms on campus for
upperclassmen. Many students,
both       male    and    female,
recent dorm meeting.
discovered Friday that there
were no rooms for them in any
of the dormitories.
Madeline Claggon. president
of Gibbs Hall, said the reason for
the lack of rooms was that 2100
rooms had been alloted for
incoming freshmen.
The students present
protested the fact that freshmen
were given priority. Many of
them wondered why the
university accepted more
students than it , had
accommodations for. Some
students felt there was no need
to pre register for the fall
semester if they had no rooms.
The students mentioned the
fact that they had paid $50 and
still did not get a room.
Tony Tyson, SGA president,
suggested that the students take
their protest to the chancellor,
Dr. Lewis Dowdy.
Other suggestions included a
committee of protest and
involvement of parents and
alumni.
A committee was formed to
take the students' demands to Dr.
Dowdy. Representatives from
the dormitories on campus
comprise the committee.
One student remarked,
"This is not going to start and
stop. We need strong people and
we mean business. We've got to
live here."