Three more prank bombsthreats occurred on campusMonday, bringing the totalnumber of false threats toeight this school year.

Students and faculty inCrosby and Barnes Hallsevacuated the buildings at10:08 a.m. after UniversityPolice received a call from ananonymous person

According to a report byOfficer C.H. Jenkins, thecaller sounded like a Blackmale, who stated, "This is abomb threat for Crosby andBarnes Halls." The caller saidthe reason the other bomb didnot go off (posssibly referringthe the bomb threat that oc-curred last Wednesday) wasbecause his girlfriend was inthe building.

dent; James A. Burney,secretary; Eric Bernard Grif-fin, treasurer; and Patty JeanCyrus, Miss Senior.

Students running for SGApresident are Hebrew L. Dix-on, James P. Tharrington, Jr.and Curtis E. Williams.

Candidates for vice presi-dent of external affairs areThomas B. Horton, DamonC. Robinson and Jodi FeliseWalston.

yearCampaign speeches for class

candidates will be held Mon-day and for SGA candidatesTuesday in HarrisonAuditorium at 7 p.m.

Students seeking sophomoreclass offices and runningrnoppossed are Beverly ElaineThreatt, president; RoslinMaddox, vice president;

'ardiss Colli

for excellenceStudents strive

Candidates for senior classoffices, running unopposedare Craig M. Joseph, presi-dent; Milton Shaw, vice presi-

James Hill, III, treasurer; andXaren Branham, MissSophomore. The office ofsecretary 's vacant.

Candidates running unop-posed for junior class officesare Curtis Lee Richardson,secretary; Kevin Todd Corley,treasurer. Vacant officers arepresident, vice president andMiss Junior

"I think students haverealized that bomb threatsaren't funny," said Williams."They don't want classes in-terrupted.

"We will make a suggestionto the faculty and ask them topass it on to students to con-tinue class outside, in anotherbuilding, or reschedule classesfor another day.

He said the department alsoplans to take other actionsconcerning the false bombthreats.

reportBut, at 10:54 a.m., Officer

Jenkins received a call fromanother person, who soundedlike a white male and statedthat a bomb was set to explode

VOLUME LVI NUMBER 21 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO Friday, March 22, 1985

& mamBy FRANCES WARD

' News EditorBRENDA POOLE

Special to the RegisterStudents should strive for

academic excellence in orderto get jobs and be competive,said Cardiss Collins, U.S.representative of the SeventhCongressional DistrictChicago, 111

The

"Job opportunities arelimited because technology hasreplaced far too many jobs,"she told about 500 students,

six-term con-gresswoman delivered the ad-dress at Honors Day Convoca-tion Wednesday in HarrisonAuditorium.

"The United States turnsout 60,000 new engineers ayear and Japan is graduatingjust as many," she said."Many foreign students areenrolled in engineering pro-grams at schools in the U.S."

Although technology haslimited job opportunties,

f (See convocation, page 2)

The American industry isfacing a new kind of com-petiveness - foreign competi-tion and students must beready for this change, saidCollins.

faculty and Greensbororesidents. "In the next decade,some 15 million Americanswill seek jobs."

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and other marchers cross the historic Edmund Peitus Bridge at thebeginning of the 20th anniversary inarch from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. See commentary onpage 3.(Photo by Cameron Moody).

wwm Mm>w aiiiitia"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT"

is:;:;.;/.

Campusof threebomb threats

moretarget

(See elections on page 8)

University Gospel Choir tune up Thursday night beforegmiig'lonr this weekend. (Photo by Jay Hall).

Students vie for offices

in Gibbs Hall, according to areport by Officer B. Tucker.

Officers evacuated and sear-ched the building but did notfind the alleged bomb. Classesresumed at 11:50 a.m.

In an interview Thursday,Chief of Police John O.Williams said the Departmentis taking precautionary stepswith the telephone company incase the pranksters call again.

Williams said he could notrelease detailed informationabout the precautions.

"The bomb threats arebecoming a nuisance to thedepartment, faculty andstudents," he said. "Precau-tions had to be taken." Thirty-eight students are vy-

ing for class and studentgovernment association posi-tions for the 1985-86 school

Two A&T officers and threeGreensboro police evacuatedand searched thebuildings butdid not find any incendiarydevices, according to the

By FRANCES WARDNews Editor

Annual conferencewill addresscommunity concerns

The theme of this year'sconference is "SurvivalStrategies: What Must WeDo to Succeed?"

A wide range of communi-ty concerns will be addressedduring the day by visitingconsultants, students andfaculty members andcitizens.

Other consultants will in-

. Keynote speaker for theconference luncheon will beBishop John Hurst Adams,presiding prelate of theSecond Episcopal District ofthe AME Church of Wash-ington, D.C.

The annual A&T UrbanAffairs Conference will beheld on Wednesday, March27, in Room 123, GibbsHall.

IE students citedfor achievements

What areas does Raines feelshe has made the least andmost accomplishments? "Isee my biggest shortcoming inthe area of fundraising. Now}attention will have to be turn-ed to that immediately. I thinkthe thing that is most impor-tant to me is the impact wehave had on the students".

"They have let us know theystand ready to assist in whatever ways possible" she said"Wehad a lot ofgood supportand assistance and it has takenall of it."

According to Raines, alum-ni group and other alumni ofthe school lent supportwith monies for extra learningexperiences and recognitionprograms for the students.

"This was not a one womanshow. It took all of us workingtogether and I applaud.; that,"she said.

She said the school alsoreceived support andassistance from A&T students,faculty and administrators.

"Instead of going to theboard apprehensive they(students) are telling us theyare ready and so far they haveproven they are," she said.

"to

Raines said the students dida lot of studying and hardwork, improved their moraledeveloped a great deal of prideand a determinationuphold it all"

In addition the staff concen-trated in areas to help studentsprepare for exams.

took the position, I didn't feelI had the time to get into that.

When asked what causedthe school's difficulty, Rainesanswered, Frankly when I

Raines left an early retire-ment as a consultant with the.N.C. Board ofNursing to takethe position at A&T. She saidher first tasks' were making acomplete assessment bt theprogram, setting priorities anddeveloping strategy.

"A new person can come inand move forward on solidfooting now," said Raines. "Isee no reason why it can't beupwards and onward at thispoint. That's why I feel it'stime to get back to some of thethings I've promised myself."

tion by N.C. Board,of Nuising and the NationalLeague of Nursing. It is cur-rently fully accredited by bothorganizations.

In 1981, the school was indanger of losing its accredita-

MarietcaiRaines, acting deanof nursing since July, 1981, isretiring at the end of thissemester. During her four yeartenure as dean, the number ofnursing students passing thestate board exams rose from16 percent to 88 percent.

havechoice but meet them."provements you

"The faculty worked con-sistently hard," said Raines."We were kept busy manytimes way into the night butwe worked our way out of dif-ficulty with both agencies.With deadlines for im-

she said

We looked at suggestionsfrom the two accreditationagencies and strengthenedareas that showed weaknesses,

staff members and two othershired in 1981. Thfcy set a strictadmission's policy and criteriafor graduation and made cur-riculum changes.

When Raines came to A&T,she worked with 14 existing

We didn't look at "how did ithappen" but at "how can werectify it". We set prioritiesfirmly to salvage the school."

our program here at A&T

"Winning both of the tophonors of this conference is atribute to the students and to

A native of Durham, Clarkis a member of the Engineer-ing School Advisory Commit-tee and theNational Society ofBlack Engineers.

Also at the conference, Lin-da Clark, a senior, and presi-dent of theA&T chapter oftheInstitute of IndustrialEngineers, received a plaquefor leading the largest delega-tion to the conference.

the National Society of BlackEngineers and a NationalAlumni Scholar.Hamilton, a native of Spr-

ingfield, Va., is a member of

Riley Hamilton, a junior,was honored for presentingthe best technical paper at theconference. He was alsoselected to present his paper atthe IIE's international con-ference inLos Angeles in May.Other contestants were fromNorth Carolina State Universi-ty, Georgia Tech, the Univer-sityof South Carolina, FloridaState University and theVirginia Polytechnic Institute.Hamilton's paper was entitled"Avoiding Collisions DuringRobot Operations."

Two A&T industrialengineering majors were sitedduring the recent SoutheasternRegional Student Conferenceof the Institute of IndustrialEngineers (HE) in Miami, Fla.

operations, household ap

students can benefit from it,Collins noted.

Collins cited] severaltechnological advances in-cluding air travel, telephone

en-"Wejoy and appreciate whattechnology does," she said.

from page 1 j

society."Collins

"You have to continueacademic excellence," shesaid. "You must excel to bea part of the productivity of

change

Convocationference."

Collins said there are manychanges in society, but theneed for excellence does not

On April 2, a seminar on"The Entrepreneur ofthe 80'swill feature Dr. Joan Gritz-macher, Ohio State Universityspecialist in entrepreneuraltheory, and a panel of youngBlack entrepreneurs from theTriad who will discuss the pro-blems of going into business at7 p.m. in Merrick HallAuditorium.

on "Developing the CorporateImage" which will present theunwritten keys to corporatesuccess from interview to firstyear on the job.

On April 3 more than 20recruiters from the Triad willrecruit home economics andbusiness majors for full andpart-time job opportunities inBenbow Hall from 9 a.m. to 4

The program opens with aluncheon on March 30 honqr-

sponsorweek of enriching activities inhome economics and businessduring its 1985 Spring WeekProgram, March 30 -April 4.

The Home EconomicsDepartment will

ing the academic and serviceachievements of the HomeEconomics majors. On April1, Henry Richardson, vice-president, of Service SystemsCorporation, will be thekeynote at a seminar at 7 p.m.in Merrick Hall Auditorium

idE uresh Chandra, dean

es everything we do,"

7 p.m., Harrisonshe said. "Having a voice inthe decisions made by thegovernment will make a dif-

information may be obtainedby calling the office of theDepartment of HomeEconomics at 379-7850. Auditorium

Campaign Speeches, March 25 andTransportation

Operations. She also chairs theHouse Sub-Committee onGovernment Activities and

Page 2 The A&T Register Friday, March 22,1985

Marietta Raines

Dean of Nursing retiringBy MARDELL GRIFFIN

Special to the RegisterA&T's School of Nursing is

losing the woman responsiblefor steering its program out ofan academic decline and put-ting it back on a steady course.

Raines'

Home Ec. Dept. holds Soring Week

Clark

can

ho is a native orashion show Fashion Fan

p.mOn April 4, an outstanding

The Urban Affairs Con-ference grew out of an ideafirst expressed in a sociologyclass at A&T. Studentsplayed a major role in planning and initiating the con-ference.

elude Dr. Alma Adams, firstBlack woman elected to theGreensboro School Board;Greensboro Councilman,Earl Jones; the Rev. LeonWhite, director of the Com-mission on Racial Justice;and Brother K. Wanzi of theAmerican Friends Services.

"This year's conferencepromises an outstanding pro-gram in terms of discussionon some of the major con-cerns of the day," said Dr.James Johnson, one of thechairpersons.

Urban Affairs

A letter

a D.C.written

Every world citizen isguaranteed at birth freedom ofspeech, religion, and full par-ticipation in world affairs.Who, I ask, but God, has theright to limit the world citizensa right to live and breath free-

Dear Honorable Magistrates:Beyond the necessity

ipolitics, there is a moral

responsible

obligation by every politicianor duly elected representativeto represent his constituency.But the moral imperativebeyond his constituency is torepresent the world communi-ty for which he is so duly

So what is reality?The reality is we are here in

jail symbolizing the pain andsuffering felt by the nativeSouth Africans who for mostpractical purposes are beingenslaved in a country thatlocks itself behind the steelbars of hatred, segregation,and racism all of which irriateBlack America's spine.

South Africa is ademocracy. Democracies ofthe world guarantee one man,one vote. Unfortunately the 24million Blacks in South Africaare considered three-fourthhuman. The governmentmaintains the belief that

(See Jail, page 5)

I ponder, here with mybrother, Jonathan and fatherlocked behind steel bars aboutthe practicality and reality oflimited freedom. A toilet, asink, two steel bunks - thatonly conduct cold breezes thatirritate my spine — are the on-ly items in my cell. There areno mattresses, piiiows orcarpets in jail. Here there is nosense of time. And yet, NelsonMandella has been imprisonedin South Africa in this samesituation for 21 years just foropposing the Apartheid formof government. I said tomyself, if indeed option isfreedom then limited option isslavery.

Friday, March 22, 1985 The A&T Register Page 3

Jesse Jackson Jr

Commentary

party

Where do we go from here?It is no enough for therejectedto go from the protest topolitics. We must go from pro-test to politics to parity. Pari-ty, not merely participation isthe goal of the renegotiatedrelationship with ourand with America

We must make democracyreal and accessible foreveryone. Thus, we need a lawthat will deputize registrarsand make them availableeverywhere there is a con-gregation of people. We wantour fair share of represen-tatives and we are not going towait until the year 2205.

to 50,000 short of our shareWe marched from Selmato

Montgomery 20 years later todramatize the unfinishedbusiness and unenforced sec-tions ofthe Voting Rights Act.The VRA in its present state isunenforced or simply but am

Indian treaty. The present ad-rministrator's Justice Depart-ment is inactive, but thedemocratic party to who weare so blindly loyal and itsleadership are silent relative tothe unenforced sections of theVRA. For Black both inactivi-ty and silence are unaccep-table. Delay is the deadliestform of denial; therefore,justice delayed is justicedenied

stitutional amendments andthe Enforcement Act of 1870.Then a plan by whites employ-ing violence, terror and themanipulation of voting lawswas adopted throughout theSouth that succeeded in takingaway from Blacks their abilityto vote although their abstractlegal right was maintained.One hundred year later, whites

Selma toOne hundred years ago,

white Democrats and whiteRepublicans conspired to denyBlack Americans the ability toregister and vote. The legalright had been gained duringReconstruction through con-

While most of the nationsattention has been centered onhow far Blacks have comepolitically during the last 20years since the voting RightsAct-400 public officials toabout 5200-virtually no atten-tion has been focused on howfar we have to go to achieveparity. There are 500,OOCelected officials in the UnitedStates and 5200 is about onepercent of 500,000. ThereforeBlacks are making progress ata rate of one percent every 20years and because we are 12percent of the DODulation Itwill take us 220year to achieveparity. That simply means,since we are 12 percent of thepopulation, we are still 45,000

enforcing these lawsMontgomery Again!

Old forms of voting rightsdenial (poll taxes, propertytaxes, literacy test, grand-father clause, and violence)

have been replaced with newforms of denial that deny theimpact of the Black votethrough at-large elections, andgerrymandering. The provi-sion in sections 2 and 5 of theVoting Rights Act were

designed to step "these illegalactions.rhe Justice departmenthas been negligent in itsresponsibilities with regard to

(sometimes called Democratsand sometimes calledRepublicans) are again conspir-ing against Blacks, but thistime for the purpose ofdiluting the impact of the —Black vote

jail

It is not unlike running a race; justwhen it seems as if all of one's strengthis gone and one cannot take another

But, somehow, there always seems tobe something extra given to those whohold on until the finish.

Almost every student experiences thiskind of dilemma at the end of everyschool year or semester. How easy itwould be just to quit, to fold one'shands and give up — and, indeed,many do.

By DWAYNE L. PINKNEYTwo research papers are due. Yoi

are on edge, wondering whether or novyou will be selected for the internshipyou applied for. If only those graduateschools would ease the pressure by let-ting you know whether or not you havebeen accepted. And then there is thespectre of summer school to finish upthose few hours you have left.

Pressures begi;n to spring forth fromevery direction one looks. And thereappears to be know relief.

Your hands beg in to sweat and yourheart palpitates when you considerthose finals that are looming over you.

And then there are all of the otherTHE LEAD COLUMN ON THE OPINION PAGEIS WRITTEN BY THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OFTHE A&T REGISTER. IT DOES NOT CARRY ABYLINE. NONE OF THE COLUMNS ON THISPAGE NECESSARILYREFLECTS THE OPINIONQF THE STAFF.

* * * * *

Published weekly during the school year by NorthCarolina Agricultural and Technical State Universitystudents.

To receive The A&T Register, send $9.50 for one year or$17 for two years to The A&T Register, Box E-25, NorthCarolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C. 27411to cover mailing and handling costs.

Justice is define in Webster Dic-tionary as the establishment of rightsaccording to the rule of law or equity. Itseems evident to this writer that there issomething wrong with the Americanjudicial system. Absolute miscarriagesof justice continue in our countryeveryday.

Edftor-in-Chief Doris PersonManaging Editor Dwayne PinkneyNews Editor Frances WardBusiness/Ad Manager .. Derek McLendonHead Typist Sheba HallChief Photographer Jay HallArt Editor Malcolm AaronCirculation Manager Pam DudleyDistribution Manager Phil PowellAdvisors Charlene Middleton and Benjamin Forbes

FOR STUDENTS (CASS)

Represented For National Advertising ByCOMMUNICATION ADVERTISING SERVICES

By Malcolm AaronGuest editorial

now being shuffled from one institutionto another. No one saw WayneWilliams kill anyone, yet he was foundguilty. Now he is serving two lifesentences in the state penitentiary.

Presently, a trial that will really testthis system is the trial of BernhardGoetz, the New York Subway Vigilantewho shot four Black youth. There areinteresting parallels between this trialand the Klan-Nazi Thedefendents in both cases were white andthere victims Black. Both were highlypublicized by the media,whichmanipulated the masses to believe thevictims deserved their fate and build theperpetrators into all American heroes.

One has to hope justice will prevail inthe end.

We go into the prison and courtroomlooking for justicebut what we find isjust us!

In courtrooms, there are mostlyblack cases and in prisons, mostlyBlack but no JUSTICE!

Recently there have been juror selec-tions for the Klan-Nazi trials. For thethird time in seven years this case hasbeen re-opened. Why? Because theevidence is so overwhelming againstdefendents that it almost seemscriminal that these men are not inprison. Actual video tapes andeyewitness accounts of the slayings arediscarded as evidence.

What is also interesting is how theplea of insanity comes into play in thehypocritical system. The country wat-ched in disbelief when John HinckleyJr. shootPresident Reagan on nationaltelevision. With a plea of insanity he is

Have the officials they elected lived up to their pro-mises? And if they haven't, what was the problem?

How much has been accomplished this year thatdid not get accomplished last year by these leaders?

Perhaps some answers to these questions will berevealed when the candidates for the 1985-86 schoolterm deliver their campaign speeches next week.

Students should be making their own agenda ofwhat challenges they would like to see their potentialcampus leaders take on, rather than listening to a lotof rhetoric from vote seekers.

The question students should be asking themselvesnow is what is different on campus this year from lastyear.

Yes, Spring Elections are here again.

Perhaps the cliche is even more evident to electedofficials on the campus, who are about to relinquishtheir seats.

Make yourown agenda

The cliche timeflies has certainly been the case forthis school term as another editor has indicated onthis page.

Waiting for the second wind

If they don't, each year, they will be hearing thesame election speeches and the same promises, whichhave not been fulfilled in the past.

It is evident thatafter a year or two on this campus,that elections can be rather depressing. One reason isthat instead of students seeking candidates to fulfilltheir agenda, candidates are making their own agen-da. Instead of students attending campaign speechesto seek out a candidate who is willing to address theirconcerns, they spend most of the evening laughing orpicking at the candidates.

In many instances, persons have been electedbecause they delivered good speeches not necessarilyin content but in presentation.

It is time for A&T students to get serious about theissues of this campus and the leaders they select to ad-dress them.

Justus

responsibilities that you have takenupon yourself. You ask yourself,"How on earth will I make it?"

One feels sure that at this time ofyear everyone is waiting and hoping forthat second wind.

step something happens — the secondwind takes over and empowers one togo the distance.

272-9833E. Bessemer Ave,

4) Remain by phone afterordering. We maycallbackto confirmthe order.

5) If you live in a dorm, youmustmeet our driverinthelobby ofyour dorm.

6) Havecouponsandmoney withyou whenthe driverarrives.

3) Since our driverscarryless than$20.00, pleasetell us if you havea$20.00 bill.

HOWTO ORDER1) Know what you want

before ordering(size ofpizza, number,what youwanton it, any Coke) ?).

2)Know the phone numberandaddress of theresidence from which youare calling.

© 1984Domino's Pizza, Inc.

Between the hours of 4p.m.and 6 p.m., 86 students receiv-ed blood pressure checks.

According to Craig Joseph,a member of Alpha Phi AlphaFraternity, high bloodpressure is more commonamong blacks than whites.

High blood pressure, whichis also called the "silent killer"can be prevented with regularcheckups, he said.

A blood pressure clinicsponsored by Chi Eta Phi, anursing society, and Alpha PhiAlpha Fraternity, Inc. washeld Monday, March 18 in thelobby of Williams Cafeteria.

The objective of the pro-gram was to help educatedstudents and make them awareof the effects of high bloodpressure.

WednesdayNight Live

g¥% Jk $1 00off anv P izza•«l | ■ ■ One couponper pizza,I AJKJ ExPires: 4/7/85Fast, FreeDeliveryE. BessemerAve.Phone: 272-9833

0/\ min a Ifyourpizza doesn'tOw ITllllillO arrive within30 mins.,m lorontaa present this coupon foryUaraniwV $300offyour pizza.

Fast, FreeDeliveryAve.

March 27, 1985Harrison Auditorium7:30 p.m.Muscical guest: Covacus

Friday, March 22, 1985 The A&T Register Page 5

CAROWINDS. Sponsored by SGA "Men of CooperHall", and the Political Science Society. Cost:$20/make payments in Cooper Hall Office. Initialpayment begins Monday, March 25. No deposits.Final payment:April 19. This trip includes tickets andrefreshments on bus. For more information contactCurtis Williams or members ofRegistration Commit-tee - 379-7919.

BLUE AND GOLD GAME is coming soon. Ticketsare $4 and may be purchased from the StudentUnion, any football player or coach.

ATLANTA, GA. SGA, "Men of Cooper Hall", andPolitical Science Society are sponsoring a trip to to:Atlanta, Ga. Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21.Cost: $60, make payments in Cooper Hall Office.Minimal deposit: $20. Final payment: Wednesday,April 3 by 7 p.m. This trip includes hotel reservations,meals at Morehouse, Six Flags tickets, tour of A.U.Center, MLK Center. For more information contactCurtis Williams or member of Registration Commit-tee -379-7919. KNIGHT PUBLISHING COMPANY will be

recruiting on campus April 11 from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. in 101 Murphy Hall. All interestedsophomores or juniors who would like to obtain workn the Charlotte Observer circulation department,nay register with the Placement Center and requestin interview prior to April 11.COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS will have a meeting

Tuesday , March 26 at 4:30 p.m. in Murphy HallAuditorium.

�NEXT EDITION of the A&T Register is Friday,March 29

POSITIONS AVAILABLE for the 1985-1986 A&TRegister staff. Persons interested should stop by theRegister House for more details. Our office is locatedacross from Graham Hall.U.C.F. GOSPEL CHOIR will have a Spring Concert

March 30 at 6 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium.

Jail(continued from page 3)

Magistrates, we must realizethe need of the many outweighthe need of the few.

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Blacks are not even citizens ofSouth Africa, but of stark, ar-tificial homelands that beenset up across the country.

The solution to the SouthAfrica crisis will not bepeaceful. Frederick Douglasssaid along time ago, "Withoutstruggle there will be nochange? Nelson Mandel said,"What we want from thisgovernment, we must take."The Rev. Jesse Jackson said,"If we stand up, we will fallour back."

Blood Pressureclinic held

Hours:11:00am-1:00 am Sun.-Thurs.11:00am-2:00 amCri. &Sat.

Our driverscarry lessthan$20.00.Limited deliveryarea.

DOMINO'SPIZZADELIVERS.™

Outstanding. That was theword used most often whenveteran North Carolina A&Tfootball coach Mo Forteassessed the potential of his1985 recruits.

"I'm extremely happy withour recruiting year thus far,"Forte said. "I think we'verecruited an outstandinggroup of young talent that willdevelop into some fine athletesbefore they graduate fromA&T."

BY DREXEL BALLSports Information Director defensive backs. The offensive

signees included two runningbacks and one wide receiver.

Continuing a pattern of re-cent years, A&T recruitedheavily in the state. Forte andhis coaching staff will greet nofewer than 11 newcomers fromNorth Carolina in the fall. Theremaining recruits will comefrom Virginia, Maryland,Connecticut, and Washington,D.C.

Forte made good on his ef-forts to sign local talent. Thethree local players who will beattending A&T in the fall arecoming from traditionallywinning programs

Southern Guilford was amajor contender for the Triad

3-A Conference title lastseason and Forte grabbed twoplayers from its ranks. Theyinclude running back JeromeCrawford (6-foot-2, 205pounds) and defensive tackleJimmy Fennell (6-0, 220). Thelocal product is 6-1,175-pound wide receiverReginald Rambert, who prep-ped at Dudley High School.

Massive defensive tackleSteve Williams (6-2, 245) istypical of the defensivelinemen the A&T coachingstaff sought. A product ofTerry Sanford High School ofFayetteville, N.C, Williamsearned all-state and all-conference honors. He also

(See recruits on page 7)

Toward that end, A&T sign-ed seven linebackers, threedefensive tackles, and two

Battling major collegepowers for the services ofsome of the nation's leadinghigh school seniors, A&T sign-ed 15 players on the nationalsigning date. While thatnumber is expected to increasebefore recruiting ends, A&Thas already claimed a numberof players with all-conference,all-state and regional honors.

Forte said recruiting effortscentered on defense.

"We felt we were weakeston defense last season," Fortesaid. "We tried to get the bestindividuals available to shoreup our defense."

Aggie tennis nets matchesA&T's Tennis team produc-

ed several impressive wins dur-ing its first two season mat-ches, in spite of its 0-2 overallrecord.

The veteran Aggies took onthe University of NorthCarolina at Greensboro atOaker T. Hester park in theirfirst match of the season,resulting in a 6-3 match lossfor the team.

Aggie player Darryl Thomp-son netted a win against hiscompetitor, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 inthe men's single. TeammateKevin Cosby defeated his op-ponent, 6-4, 6-3.

Kelvin Bryant and KennethFenner served a commanding

win against the Spartans indoubles play, 6-3, 6-3.

The seven-man Aggie tennisteam continued its secondteam match against AverettCollege in Danville, Va. TheAggies dropped a close matchof 5-4.

The men's single matches,placed two Aggie netters in thewin column. Kenneth Fennerdefeated his opponent 6-3, 6-1and Kelvin Bryant routed hiscompetition, 6-2, 6-1.

Two Aggie: doubles part-ners gained wins. Drew Berryand Darryl Thompson won 1their match 6-4, 6-3. KelvinBryant and Mack Butler took

their match 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.The tennis team returns with

an all-veteran squad and onefreshman. The players areKevin Cosby, the only senior;Darryl Thompson, DrewBerry, Kenneth Fenner, KelvinBryant, Perera Gihan, juniors;and Mack Butler, freshman.

Coach Bynum expects theteam's performance to im-prove as the season continues.

"I'm very satisfied withteam's progress. We are takingthe first few matches to settleinto the season," he said."We hope to make a com-petitive showing at the MEACconference championships."

The A&T Baseball team losta 9-1 contest to the Universityof North Carolina at Charlottelast Wednesday, dropping itsseason's record to 2-6.

The Aggies scored their onlyrun in the first inning by Clif-ford Lee off a Donald Shawsingle

The 49ers took control ofthe game after tying the scorein the first inning and poun-ding in four runs at thebottomthird inning.

The 1984 Sunbelt Con-ference champs placed thegame out of reachfor the Ag-gies in' the bottom of th«eighth inning by batting in 4more runs

Aggie freshman pitcherMark Chavis threw 8 inningsbeing! relieved Iby -AlphonsoBradley. Both pitcherscredited two strike outs.Chavis was the losing pitcher.

The Aggies dropped theirfourth game in a row after a2-2 start of the season.

Senior captains Donald

aseball team dropsfour in a row

Freshman players are KeithHarris (2B), Mark Chavis (P),Eric Owens (LF), Charles Mit-chell (P), Charles Brpoks (P),Andrew Snipes (RF), HenrySingletary (C), Peter Gilchrist(CF), Micheal Williams (C),Thurman Simpson(C).

Shaw and Alphonso Bradleyheads the 22-man roster forthe 1985 Aggie Baseballseason. Returning membersinclude Allan Scott (CF-So),Rodney White (LF-So), Clif-ford Lee (lB-Jr), MauriceStokes (SS-Jr), Rourke Wright(P-Sr), Keith Woods (LF-Jr),Travis Mangum (SS, CF-Sr),Chris Hollis (P-So), HenryWooten (lB-Jr), Alvin Grier(SS, OP-Sr), James Hooks(lB-Jr), Gary Gray (3B-Jr).

The team is led* by CoachMel Groomes.

The Aggies play their firstconference game at homeagainst Maryland E. S. onSaturday and Elon on Sundayin the Memorial Stadium at 1p.m.

Page 6 The A&T Register Friday March 22,1985

Outdoor track seasonopens with a dashCorbett praises team's performance

"Eric and Jimmy gave usthat inside-outside combina-tion and both have an ex-cellent opportunity to playprofessional basketball."

Corbett feels that A&T willhave a strong nucleus comingback next year with steadypoint guard Thomas Griffis,forwards Claude Williams andGeorge Cale, but someone willneed to pick up the scoringslack left by the two seniors.

Corbett has no regrets aboutplaying the Sooners, but is notin favor of the bid system,"All the smaller teams got the15th or 16th bid in the tourna-ment because that is how thesystem is arranged."

"When we came out in the se-

"In the first half, we triedtoconcentrate on containingTisdale, but Tim McAllisterand Darryl Kennedy took upthe slack," said Corbett.

Staff WiiterBY ANTHONY JEFFRIES

Even though the Aggies lostto the top seeded OklahomaSooners by a margin of 13points, Coach Don Corbettwas not disappointed, in theway his team played againstone of the best basketballteams in the country.

"Knowing that we wereplaying the Sooners in Tulsa,Oklahoma, the fellows couldhave easily played scared,"said Corbett, "but they show-ed a lot of pride and guts,especially after we were downby 14 points at halftime."

Oklahoma, led by All-America Wayman Tisdale,who scored 27 points, took ad-vantage of the Aggies' lack ofa center and scored inside thelane at will, but Corbett realiz-ed that the Sooners are not aone- man team. "There has been a lot of

talented guards that haveplayed at A&T, but Eric andJimmy are the best two guardsin combination thathave comethrough here in a long time,"said Corbett.

Brown and Boyd, whoplayed in their last collegiategame.drew nothing but praisefrom Corbett.

The Aggies held their ownagainst the Sooners and playedbetter than anyone expected.Eventhough A&T waspredicted to lose by 25 points,the Sooners could not shakethe pesky Aggies until the lastfive minutes of the game.

Led by the inside moves ofJimmy Brown and the outsideshooting of George Cale andEric Boyd, A&T kept pacewith the best offensive team inthe country.

cond half, we played: McAllister and Kennedytighter, but that opened up theinside for Tisdale. Oklahomais a well-balanced team and thepotential to make it to thefinal four."

"I wouldn't mind havinganother division," said Cor-bett, "as long as we wouldhave a chance of winning."

He feels that in three or fouryears the NCAA Division Iwill eventually be broken intotwo divisions to give smallschools such as A&T a chanceto compete for a nationalchampionship. The Aggies took a 1-2 sweep

in the 400-meter dash. DanielFritz and David James racedto a 50.42 and 53.58, respec-tively.

Joe Brown strided to a2:03.15 800-meter run to in-crease another win for the Ag-gie track team.

3000-meters run with a time of4:26.81 and 9:27.56, respec-tively. Teammate Ivan T.Mosley placed second in bothevents with a time of 4:42.95(1500) and 9:50.27 (3000).

Harvey Blakely sprinted to ablazing 21.75 seconds to winthe 200-meter dash. MelvinBallard glided to a 23,11seconds 200-meter second inthe event. Ed Smith ran a24.88 to place 7th.

1500 meter-1. Joe Willis(A&T), 4:26.81 2. Ivan Mosley(A&T), 4:42.95.

Results: 3000 meter-1. JoeWillis (A&T) 9:27.56. 2. IvanMosely (A&T), 9:50.27 3. CarlTate (WS), 10:08.69.200 meter-1. Harvey Blakely(A&T), 21.75 2. MelvinBallard (A&T), 23.11 3. TimMcAlister (WS), 23.34 4.Mack (WS), 23.87.800 meter-1. Joe Brown(A&T), 2:03.15 2. MeltonPhil-Potts (WS), 2:04.41 3.Micheal Few (WS) 2:13.99.400 meter-1. Danny Fritz(A&T), 50.47 2. David James(A&T), 53.58 3. Robert Mack(WS), 1:00.44.

Felecia Robinson is thewoman hurdle

The Aggies Track and Fieiu i The combination of Fritz,Outdoor season dashed open Ballard, Blakely, and Brownwith a practice duel meet won the mile relay,against Winston-Salem State The Track and Field Out-last Saturday at Aggie door team will be: Joe BrownStadium. (Sr ->> Daniel Fritz <Sr-)> Ed

The team outdistanced the 'Smith (Jr.), Harvey BlakelyRams with a 98-76 victory on (Jr-), Melvin Ballard (So.),the 400-meter asphalt track. Joe wiUis (So-)» David James

Distance runner Joe Willis (So-)> and Ivan T. Moselydominated the 1500 and (Fr-)-

Recruits spark potential for football team

The force of the Campbellteam battled back in theseventh-inning to tie the score,forcing the Aggies into an ex-tra inning.

Aggie hitter Lenny Darkpowered a two-run homer inthe fourth-inning to put thecontest up 7-3.

The tough Campbell womenteam slammed in two runs inthe third inning to tie the game3-3.

Campbell tipped out infront 1-0 in the first inningbefore the Aggie women teamretaliated with 3 runs in the se-cond inning. Tina Edwardsscored on a single by CherylFelder. Karen Deboiserepeated another score hittingin Kim Thompson from thirdbase.

teamThe Aggie sottballplayed a dramatic first gameperformance to come out ontop 10-7.

Coach Lori Erwin saw hernew coaching job improvingas the Aggie Women Softballteam ,swept" a double-headeragainst Campbell Universityhere last Wednesday.

By JOE BROWNSports Editor

Footballrecruits

(c ontinued from page 6)

"As usual, we don't knowhow good these players are go-ing to be until we get them onthe field," Forte said. "ButI'm very excited about theirpotential I honestly think thisis another group of playerswe'll be proud of."

The Aggies finished with a2-8 record last season. ButForte believes his most recentrecruiting effort will* help

While some of the recruitsmay win starting berths thisfall, Forte is keeping his expec-tations at an even keel.

football and track

But A&T's pick of the littervery well may be 6-foot-4,205-pound linebacker DemontVann. Vann was a two-sportstandout at Bethel HighSchool of Hampton.Va., earn-ing All-America honors in

has been selected to participatein the East-West All-Stargame, a mind-summer foot-ball spectacle that showcasesNorth Carolina's outstandingsenior players.

THE FUN BEGINS MARCH 29th AT ATHEATRE NEARYOU!bring about a reversal

A&T softball rips double win

Friday, March 22,1985 The A&T Register Page 7

Elect Curtis WilliamsYour SGA President for 1985-86schoolyear. Curtis will bring to this officeleadership, dedication, commitment,finesse, and AGGIE PRIDE! I!

**Coach Erwin feels the team

and . sne ' are still becoming

The Aggies scored all five oftheir winning runs in thefourth-inning. Lenny Darkscored on a single byStephanie Reaves. Vetia Ben-nett bagged another run on asingle by Felecia Worriels.Tina Edwards repeated heroutstanding performance byhitting a two-run homer, br-inging in Evette Estep andStephanie Reaves from 2ndand 3rd base. Their currentrecord is 4-4 overall.

The second game of thedouble-header advanced withCampbell jumping to a 2-0lead in the third inning beforelosing 5-2 to the lady Aggies.

ding the game 10-7

Members of the team areGloria McAlister and LennyDark, seniors; Karen Deboise,Vetia Bennett and CynthiaGreene, juniors; Tina Ed-wards, Stephanie Reaves andEvette Estep, sophomores;Kim Thompson, ShirleyFelder and Felecia Worriels,freshmen.

coach."

"Since it is the beginning ofthe season, the girls were kindof nervous in the openinggames of the season. They arebeginning to have a feel forone another as they play moretogether and I am improvingwith them also as a new

accustomed to one another,but will improve as the seasonprogresses.

���� *Aggies* * * * * *

Slugger Tina Edwards shat-tered all hopes for the Camp-bell's Women Softball teamwhen she connected a homewith two Aggies on base, en-

County Training School andGreene Central High School,and at Suggi; High School andFarmville Central High Schoolin Pitt County.

Statesville and as a teacher ofvocational agriculture atMount Olive High in Morgan-ton. He also worked with theExtension Service.

Pierce was honored for 34years' service. He taught atJohn Chavis in Cherryville,Olive HillHigh inMorganton,Douglass High in Warsaw,Charity High and Wallace- Craven County, and at Green

Redden taught for 36 yearsat Fort Barnwell High, m

Quick was agricultureteacher at Morrison CountyTraining School in RichmondCounty, Oak Ridge High inLumber Bridge and ParkponHigh in Parkpon. He com-pleted 35 years' service.

Rose Hill High in Teachy

class andfor

to vote

*t *1*'3R

SGA offices,|* March 27

Don't forget *■X* -J-j|- iX-»-«X» «d* »&» *A» *Af *X» »X» «A" «d» «±*«t.

*•* *T**T* *T**I* *T* **T**T* *T* *T*»x»

Brown retired as a teacherafter serving 35 years inGeorgia and Pitt County. Heis Mayor Pro Tem of AydenCity.

The honorees included J.J.Brown, Ayden City; WilliamCherry, Robinsonville; Alex-ander Daniels, Clinton;Eugene E. McKoy, Sanford;Hernando F. Palmer,Smithfield; W.L. Pierce,Duplin County; E.S. Quick,Lumber Bridge; LeRoy Red-den, Farmville; and JamesRogers, Enfield.

Nine agricultural educationteachers and leaders with atotal of 316 years' service werehonored recently by theDepartment of AgriculturalEducation and Extension atA&T.

Palmer completed 37 yearsof service as a teacher in theVeteran Farmer Training Pro-gram at the Catawba Rosen-wald High School asd ateacher at Unity High in State

McKoy started his 35-yearcareer in Moore County wherehe taught in the VeteranFarmer Training Program inCarthage. He also taught inthe schools at McCain, atSouth Stokes High and inWalnut Cove, where he work-ed until his retirement.

Daniels had 34 years service,including teachingassignments in SampsonCounty. He started his careeras a veteran farmer trainingteacher in Sampson County.

Cherry was on honored for36 years service at Pitt CountyTraining School, Robinson-ville High School and as ex-ecutive director of the Robin-sonville Housing Authority.

Elections(continued from page 1)

Running unopposed areChristopher Morris, treasurerand Terry Phelps, attorneygeneral.

Competing for Miss A&Tare Sheba Anne Hall, DebaraAnnience Jenkins, Deidre M.Lewis and Demetrius Smith

Students running for stu-dent judiciary council areLucy Felecia Banks, JamesRodney Campbell, ArthurKevin Dees, Ganzie C. Dent,Roy A. Ezell Jr., Bruce A.Faison, Adriane Lowrie,Frank McCain, Jacqueline Y.Simmons, Michael A. Wilker-son and Angela M. Worthy.

Stephanie D. Cousin andCathy Humphrey are cam-paigning for the nominating

Page 8 The A&T Register Friday, March 22,1985

Ag Ed teachers and leaders honored

Rogers, veteran,taught at Ralph J. Bunche inWeldon, at Inborden High inEnfield and at South HalifaxHigh School. All but Cherryare graduates of A&T..