Chelsea Burwell Staff RepoRteR [email protected]Approximately 550 students are expected to graduate from Winston-Salem State this fall. This marks the second year the University has not held a for- mal commencement ceremony in December. The WSSU administration decided to cancel the fall com- mencement ceremony after con- sidering several factors, includ- ing fiscal advantages. According to Nancy Young, director of public relations, the cost of commencement ceremo- nies vary from year to year. However, the most important determining factor for canceling was the timing of the ceremony. “Because of the academic cal- endar, there was no way that the commencement could take place,” Young said. “The ceremony would interfere with the Christmas holiday, and in addition to that, stu- dents would have no time to appeal or question a grade.” Young explained that if a student had to appeal a grade, the process would not be com- plete until after graduation. And if the student’s grade is appealed, there is a chance that the stu- dent could miss graduation and would have to wait an extra semester to be recognized. Young said that the unpredictable winter weather played a minor role in the University‘s decision as well. “One year {2009] there was a large snow storm that shut down the roads, so we were forced to cancel the commencement,” Young said. “Many families from out of state were upset after having to cancel hotel reservations.” The University has encouraged the three schools and the College of Arts and Sciences to host mid-year celebrations for their students who have fulfilled the academic requirements, according to Letitia Cornish, assistant provost for administration and planning. The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a celebratory for its graduates Dec. 13 in the McNeil Banquet Hall. About 150 graduates will be recognized by their respective department chairs. Interim Dean Carolynn Berry will preside, and selected graduates will give reflections about their experiences. Similarly, the School of Education and Human Performance will hold its seventh annual mid-year celebration Dec. 11 in K.R. Williams Auditorium. Jessica Bailey, dean of the School of Business and Economics, said her school is having a din- ner where outstanding students will be honored. “My personal opinion is that Winston-Salem State University is not out of step with many other schools in eliminating the winter com- mencement,” Bailey said. “It is a costly undertaking.” Bailey said while the mid-year celebrations will be hosted in December across campus, all fall graduates are welcome to participate in the traditional spring commencement ceremony. Fall commencement at WSSU, a thing of the past Schools, college to host own graduation celebra- DaYona McLean Staff RepoRteR [email protected]Words of caution to Winston-Salem students: Check the sanitation score of your favorite fast food restaurant before ordering. The five most popular restaurants frequented by WSSU students are Bojangles, Burger King, McDonald’s, Church’s Chicken and No. 1 Chinese Restaurant. Environmental health specialist, Tony Williams, is assigned to inspect all of these eating places. According to Forsyth County’s Department of Public Health, food service establishments including res- taurants and fast food businesses are inspected at a frequency determined by menu complexity and the population served. “When we inspect we look for differ- ent aspects like making sure employees that are preparing foods are washing their hands,” Williams said. “We look at employee health; the overall cleaning of the facility; any damages that need to be repaired; equipment functioning; and food tem- peratures. “We do our visits unannounced, so when we walk into a restaurant that’s our opportunity to see them in opera- tion.” Williams said inspectors want to set a good example when they enter restau- rants. So he introduces himself first and then washes his hands. There are four risk categories with a corresponding inspection frequency. Risk Category I establishments are inspected once per year and do not serve potentially hazardous foods. These are most often bars or coffee shops that use reusable cups or drink- ing glasses. Risk Category II establishments are inspected twice per year and have lim- ited menus with simple food prepara- tion procedures. Risk Category III establishments are inspected three times a year and have more complex menus. They refrigerate foods to be reheated and served at a later time. Risk Category IV establishments are inspected four times a year and have the most complex menus that involve cooking, cooling and reheating of sev- eral foods. Points assigned for health violations are deducted from 100 to give a percent- age score. A 2-point education credit may be added to the score, if a full-time employee has completed a food safety training class. The Bojangles fast food restaurant on New Walkertown Road is a Risk Category III establishment. That restaurant was inspected twice this year; March 16 it was scored 93.5 and July 24 it was scored 90.5, a 3-point deduction within four months. According to the March inspection report, a manager was not wearing a hair net, utensils needed additional cleaning, cups were unprotected and the towel dispenser was not working properly. Bojangles satisfied these requirements prior to the July inspection. However, Williams reported new violations during the July inspection. The hot water temperature fluctuated between 100 and 125 F; hot water is required to be maintained to 130 F. Photo by Daniel Braswell The annual tree lighting ceremony was Nov. 27 in the Thompson Center lobby. On the tree stand is a sign commemorating Winston-Salem State’s “120” years. Fast-food haunts get low grades from Health Sanitation Infractions continued on Page 6 “It [winter commencement ceremony] is a costly undertaking.” — Jessica Bailey,dean School of Business and Economics Campus Holiday Tree Lit
Approximately 550 students are expected to graduate from Winston-Salem State this fall.
This marks the second year the University has not held a for-mal commencement ceremony in December.
The WSSU administration decided to cancel the fall com-mencement ceremony after con-sidering several factors, includ-ing fiscal advantages.
According to Nancy Young, director of public relations, the cost of commencement ceremo-nies vary from year to year. However, the most important determining factor for canceling was the timing of the ceremony.
“Because of the academic cal-endar, there was no way that the commencement could take place,” Young said.
“The ceremony would interfere with the Christmas holiday, and in addition to that, stu-dents would have no time to appeal or question a grade.”
Young explained that if a student had to appeal a grade, the process would not be com-plete until after graduation. And if the student’s grade is appealed, there is a chance that the stu-dent could miss graduation and would have to wait an extra semester to be recognized.
Young said that the unpredictable winter weather played a minor role in the University‘s decision as well.
“One year {2009] there was a large snow storm
that shut down the roads, so we were forced to cancel the commencement,” Young said.
“Many families from out of state were upset after having to cancel hotel reservations.”
The University has encouraged the three schools and the College of Arts and Sciences to host mid-year celebrations for their students who have fulfilled the academic requirements, according to Letitia Cornish, assistant provost for administration and planning.
The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a celebratory for its graduates Dec. 13 in the McNeil Banquet Hall. About 150 graduates will be recognized by their respective department chairs. Interim Dean Carolynn Berry will preside, and selected graduates will give reflections about their experiences.
Similarly, the School of Education and Human Performance will hold its seventh annual mid-year celebration Dec. 11 in K.R. Williams Auditorium.
Jessica Bailey, dean of the School of Business and Economics, said her school is having a din-ner where outstanding students will be honored.
“My personal opinion is that Winston-Salem State University is not out of step with many other schools in eliminating the winter com-mencement,” Bailey said.
“It is a costly undertaking.”Bailey said while the mid-year celebrations
will be hosted in December across campus, all fall graduates are welcome to participate in the traditional spring commencement ceremony.
Words of caution to Winston-Salem students: Check the sanitation score of your favorite fast food restaurant before ordering.
The five most popular restaurants frequented by WSSU students are Bojangles, Burger King, McDonald’s, Church’s Chicken and No. 1 Chinese Restaurant.
Environmental health specialist, Tony Williams, is assigned to inspect all of these eating places.
According to Forsyth County’s Department of Public Health, food service establishments including res-taurants and fast food businesses are inspected at a frequency determined by menu complexity and the population served.
“When we inspect we look for differ-ent aspects like making sure employees that are preparing foods are washing their hands,” Williams said.
“We look at employee health; the overall cleaning of the facility; any damages that need to be repaired; equipment functioning; and food tem-peratures.
“We do our visits unannounced, so when we walk into a restaurant that’s our opportunity to see them in opera-tion.”
Williams said inspectors want to set a good example when they enter restau-rants. So he introduces himself first and then washes his hands.
There are four risk categories with a corresponding inspection frequency.
Risk Category I establishments are inspected once per year and do not serve potentially hazardous foods. These are most often bars or coffee
shops that use reusable cups or drink-ing glasses.
Risk Category II establishments are inspected twice per year and have lim-ited menus with simple food prepara-tion procedures.
Risk Category III establishments are inspected three times a year and have more complex menus. They refrigerate foods to be reheated and served at a later time.
Risk Category IV establishments are inspected four times a year and have the most complex menus that involve cooking, cooling and reheating of sev-eral foods.
Points assigned for health violations are deducted from 100 to give a percent-age score. A 2-point education credit may be added to the score, if a full-time employee has completed a food safety training class.
The Bojangles fast food restaurant
on New Walkertown Road is a Risk Category III establishment.
That restaurant was inspected twice this year; March 16 it was scored 93.5 and July 24 it was scored 90.5, a 3-point deduction within four months.
According to the March inspection report, a manager was not wearing a hair net, utensils needed additional cleaning, cups were unprotected and the towel dispenser was not working properly.
Bojangles satisfied these requirements prior to the July inspection.
However, Williams reported new violations during the July inspection. The hot water temperature fluctuated between 100 and 125 F; hot water is required to be maintained to 130 F.
Photo by Daniel BraswellThe annual tree lighting ceremony was Nov. 27 in the Thompson Center lobby. On the tree stand is a sign commemorating Winston-Salem State’s “120” years.
Retired faculty member the Rev. Cedric Sydney Rodney died Nov. 20; he was 88.
The Rev. Rodney worked at Winston-Salem State for more than 40 years as a professor of religion and ethics, and as program coordinator for the annual James A. Gray Lecture Series.
Although he was retired, Rodney worked part-time at the University until July.
Rodney was the first recipient of the University’s Distinguished Service Award named in his honor.
“He was a gentleman, a very compassionate man, very wise and always got along with us,” said colleague Ike Okonta, associate professor of philoso-phy.
“He was an example to other faculty.”
Rodney was also a role model and counselor for many
WSSU students.Daisie Blue, Miss WSSU
1971, and student of Rodney, said he had an “exuberant personality and a zest for life and learning,” that he always wanted to share with others.
“He was very passionate in his work and passionate about his students,” Blue said.
“He could bring life to the subject matter in a way that no one else could.”
Blue said Rodney’s impact on the University was tremen-dous and he will always be remembered.
“He leaves [a legacy) that I cannot begin to capture it from my perspective,” she said.
“He was ‘cool’ even back in the day. Not the kind of cool in a negative way — but a very smart, confident kind of cool. To compare him to a present day individual, it would be like President Obama.”
Rodney joined the Moravian Church after immigrating to the United States from Guyana.
He spent 27 years as pas-tor in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the St. Phillips Moravian Church in Old Salem.
While being active in the church, Rodney was a strong supporter of WSSU athletics. He led the football team and crowd in prayer before games.
Tonia Walker, associate director of athletics, said she enjoyed the time Rodney was able to contribute to the
Athletic Department.“We loved him,” Walker
said.“I can’t remember a football
game until recently not hear-ing Rodney lead that game in prayer. His voice, his pres-ence, his spirit will be sorely missed.”
Athletic Director Bill Hayes, a friend of Rodney, said the two have been friends for more than 40 years.
“We had a long relation-ship and it goes back to about 1969,” Hayes said.
“I ran a leadership program for him with the church where he ministered.”
Hayes, the WSSU football coach from 1976-87, said Rodney was the ideal example of a good person.
“I never saw him angry. He had a perfect spirit,” Hayes said.
“He always had something positive to say.”
Rodney graduated from the School of Religion at Malone College and earned a mas-ter’s degree from John Carroll University.
He was very involved with the community including on the board of directors of the Hospice and Palliative Care Center, the Wachovia Historical Society and the Winston-Salem Rotary.
He is survived by his wife Mae Lipscomb Rodney, O’Kelly Library director and his three children: Elise, Yvette and Cabot.
Edited by DaYona McLean
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Monday, Nov. 12Sexual Assault At 4:08 a.m., a female student reported an
alleged sexual assault in Wilson Hall. The victim said two female students and one male student were in her dorm room visit-ing and when they left the male returned and raped her. The student was referred to counseling. The case is pending further investigation.
Thursday, Nov. 15Possession of MarijuanaAt 8:39 p.m., a security guard reported
that an odor of marijuana was coming from a room in Brown Hall. Officers were dis-patched to the scene where they asked the male student if he had anything in his pock-ets. He handed over a prescription bottle with a green leafy substance consistent with marijuana, along with other paraphernalia. The student was arrested. The case is closed.
Saturday, Nov. 17Possession of MarijuanaAt 4:27 p.m., campus police were dis-
patched to Rams Common to investigate a possible drug violation. The officers detected an odor of marijuana from one of the rooms. After entering the suite, officers spoke with the female who denied smoking any mari-juana in the room. The student was referred to Judicial Affairs. The case is closed.
Tuesday, Nov. 19Communicating ThreatsAt 7:46 a.m., campus police were dis-
patched to Rams Commons in reference to a female student who previously reported her roommate for sending threatening text messages. The student said she had reported her roommate for smoking marijuana. Since sending the report, she said she had received numerous threats via text from her roommate. The student was advised to docu-ment any further negative interaction by her roommate. The case is closed.
Wednesday, Nov. 28Weapon on School PropertyAt 6:14 p.m., campus police received a
report about several individuals pointing handguns at an employee as she walked to her car in lot DD. The victim said she was on her cell phone when a vehicle pulled beside her and the back seat passenger opened the door and pointed a silver handgun at her. She said that while she was unlocking her vehicle door, the driver of the other vehicle told her to get inside her vehicle. The suspect turned his vehicle around in the parking lot and waved a handgun at her. The suspect was arrested the next day in High Point and charged. The case is pending further inves-tigation.
All information provided in the Campus Incident Report was provided verbally by the Campus Police. These were the most updated reports available before The News Argus deadline.
Source: WSSU Department of Police and Public Safety
Compiled by Daniel Braswell
The Campus Incident Report is a concise summary of the up-to-date incidents that affect the Winston-Salem State campus and community. Incidents can lead to News Argus articles.
‘Compassion, wisdom, demeanor’ are Rev. Rodney’s legacy
Photo from a WSSU YearbookThe Rev. Cedric Sydney during one of his classes in the 1970’s.
Anti-war activist and author Ishmael Beah shared his per-sonal story from child soldier to rehabilitated man at “The Real Life Forum” Nov. 15 at K.R. Williams Auditorium.
Beah began his story by telling students that he lived a joyful life before being recruited as a child soldier.
He was born and raised in Sierra Leone. Beah said there was no electricity. Yet, it was a “simple, beautiful and remarkable place,” he said.
He grew up listening to tra-ditional storytellers who were older people in the community that imparted knowledge and wisdom on younger genera-tions. He described the com-munity as one that worked together to make sure all needs were met.
He said everyone ate from the same table.
“No one knew who was poor.”
“At a young age, Beahlearned to speak English
and, after learning the lan-guage, he developed an
interest in American cul-ture.”
One of his first introduc-tions to American culture was hip-hop music. He was introduced to the music of MC Hammer, LL Cool J, and Grand Master Flash.
“This was the era of ‘Yo MTV Raps’,” Beah said.
“I was fascinated by people that looked like us.”
Beah said he imitated American culture by filling his shoes with rocks to resemble the sole of Nike shoes.
He explained the misconcep-tions about African life are not true.
“We are not all poor and homeless,” Beah said.
“The entire continent of Africa is not a jungle.”
After the Sierra Leone Civil War began, Beah lost his parents and his siblings to warfare. He said the war was due to political and economic turmoil.
“My life was devastated by war.”
The war climate was com-pletely opposite of his former life.
Food was scarce, rivers flooded with blood and young people were recruited to kill in the same communities that raised them.
In the same community, where a child would never raise his voice to a parent, children were now forced to kill their parents.
“Children were forced to inflict violence on their own communities,” Beah said.
After he lost everything, Beah was recruited as a child soldier.
“I hadn’t anything to live for.”
As a child soldier, Beah said drugs helped him function.
“I became addicted to Brown-Brown.”
Brown-Brown is a combina-tion of cocaine and gunpow-der.
At age 13, Beah became a member of the military.
Three years later, Beah said he was removed by UNICEF and was placed in a recov-ery facility for eight months. While at the facility, Beah ended his drug addiction and insomnia.
“I am extremely lucky,” he said.
Beah’s opportunity to come to the United States came in the form of a written competi-tion.
He entered a contest to tell his story as a former child sol-dier. Winners were given the opportunity to come to New York and tell their story. After winning the contest, Beah was confronted with American embassy rules.
“When I tried to obtain an American visa, the man at the American embassy required that I have two forms of documentation such as a bank statement and proof of land ownership.
“This was to ensure my return to Sierra Leone,” he said.
At this point he realized how little the outside world knew about war.
“When you’re faced with being gunned down, you’re not thinking about bank state-ments,” Beah said.
“You’re in fear for your life and nothing more.”
Once Beah arrived in New York, he said he found the cul-ture and climate foreign.
He was used to a climate that did not drop below 60 degrees.
“I thought to myself, ‘this is the most uncomfortable place in the world’,” he said.
He expected New York to look like the music videos. He said he was overwhelmed by the number of white people.
“I saw that whites came in woman versions and children versions too.”
Beforehand, he only knew of white men.
Beah said the food was
unlike any food he had tasted.“It was nasty.”After living in America for
several years, he has adopted some American practices.
“I am a Sierra Leonean with some American tendencies.”
However, Beah said he is committed to changing the perceptions of Africa and war.
“The human spirit is strong enough to recover and tri-umph.”
With his platform, he has tried to empower Africans to be at the forefront of change.
“The West isn’t the only source of freedom; look inward.”
Students said they were moved by Beah’s story.
“The lecture reinforced for me that people are people everywhere you go and should be treated as such,”
said Tia Wheeler, a junior social work major from Charlotte.
“Being in America can sometimes blind us to the real-ity that even though someone is different; they are not so far removed.”
[The lecture] “was an eye-opening experience on how capable and adaptable human beings are to violence but also to love, peace and change,” said Gerrod Williamson, a senior political science major from Baltimore.
Beah encouraged students to be empowered by their educa-tion.
“Education is the one thing that can’t be taken from you.
The event was sponsored by the Office of Student Activities.
Various academic programs and departments in the College of Arts and Sciences have either joined other departments or become independent units effective fall 2012.
These changes will give these majors an opportunity to establish and pur-sue their own interests and to better serve students, said Brenda Allen, pro-vost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs.
“The real reason we did this [separate or add to departments] was to give the academic programs a greater voice,” said Carolynn Berry, interim dean for the College of Arts and Sciences.
After more than 30 years serving as one academic unit, the former Department of English and Foreign Languages is now two academic departments: the English Department and the World Languages and Cultures Department.
In addition, the speech minor
was removed from the English Department to the Department of Mass Communications.
The interim chair of the English Department is Audrey Forrest-Carter. She was the interim chair of English and Foreign Languages Department as well. Michael Brookshaw, professor of Spanish, is the new chair of the World Languages Department.
“It was a realization that in order to meet the needs, demands and reali-ties of the 21st century, the [Foreign Languages] department had to be able to operate by themselves and not under another umbrella,” Brookshaw said.
Uchenna Vasser, an associate profes-sor of Spanish, said she is excited for the new department to take on more responsibilities and possibly adding Chinese to the curriculum.
The number of student majors in the departments was not a deciding factor for the modifications.
Berry said as a part of the UNC sys-tem, the University keeps an eye on
“low producing” programs. She said across the campus math-
ematics, English and sometimes art and music have a small number of majors.
“You don’t form departments over the number of majors you have; it’s around the curriculum that they’re offering to the campus,” Berry said.
“We respond every two years, and we look to see how essential the pro-gram is. Are they growing or getting smaller…. how essential they are to what we do. There are lots of places on campus where we have programs that don’t have a lot of majors such as com-puter science and education, but these departments are just not offering major courses they are also offering service courses,” she said.
Psychology, gerontology, social work and sociology majors were offered in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social work. Psychology and Sociology had more than 200 majors. Therefore the Department of Psychological Sciences (psychology) was developed and Gary Bond became the chair.
According to Psychological Science website, WSSU is the first historically black college or university to establish a Department of Psychological Sciences, instead of a Department of Psychology. Lynn Harvey, associate professor of sociology, is the interim chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social work.
The Department of Fine Arts which included music, art and visual stud-ies majors is now the Department of Arts and Visual Studies, with Alison Fleming, associate professor of art his-tory, as chair.
The interim chair of the new Music Department is Michael McGruder, pro-fessor of music and the band director.
According to the 2011 University Fact Book, the largest program was nursing with approximately 550 majors and the smallest was English educa-tion and motorsport management with approximately one major.
Edited by Pachia Lee
New departments added to Arts and Sciences
Since President Barack Obama’s remarkable achieve-ment of being re-elected, I have been stunned at the dis-respect that has been shown to our nation’s leader. When it was announced that Obama won, petitions for states to secede from the United States began circulating through-out the country.
Whoever started these petitions clearly doesn’t under-stand the meaning of the words “United States.” That’s
like a person wanting to leave his or her own family. If you get in an argument with your mother, you can’t just say to her, “We are not related anymore.”
If a state were to secede, how would it survive without our country’s resources?
The White House will assess any peti-tion that reaches 25,000 signatures.
According to their website, “It [the petition] will be reviewed by the Administration and we will issue a response.”
As of Nov. 26, eight states had reached that thresh-old: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Texas has more than 100,000 signatures.
They want to make it clear how much they don’t like Obama. Still, no matter how frustrated a person is with our country’s leaders and government, it is important to be respectful. Whether you casted your ballot for him or not, Obama did win the election and will be our leader for another four years. He may not have received your vote, but you should support your nation’s decision.
Nov. 6 Mitt Romney was defeated by Obama but agreed to have lunch with the president Nov. 29. The White House said Romney congratulated Obama on winning the election and wished him well as he continues to lead this country. If Romney is able to show respect to our presi-dent, why can’t we all?
At least we live in a nation where we are allowed to have a voice in politics. We all had an equal say in who won the presidential race – it’s just that the majority voted for Obama. That’s the beauty of living in a democracy. Even if you detest it, you have to deal with it.
This national discussion of individuals wanting their states to leave the United States is pointless.
From the words of our Pledge of Allegiance, we are “one nation under God, INDIVISIBLE (meaning unable to be separated), with liberty and justice for all.”
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WSSU faculty & staff: What are your plans for winter break?
Photos and Interviews by Jada McElrath and LaToya Sifford
TAMIKA BANNERARAMARK RETAIL/POD
WINSTON-SALEMI’m going to relax from work and school because I do attend Forsyth Tech. I also plan to go workout at the YMCA.
RUTHY DUNLAPSTUDENT ACCOUNTS
PHILADELPHIASleep and eat.
SHAKIA MELTONKENNEDY DINING HALL
WINSTON-SALEMJust hang out with my family and relax.
MONEKA REEVESBOOKSTORE
ROANOKE, VA.I’m going to rest, cook break-fast for my children and granddaughter on Christmas, and have my grand baby with me so I can spoil her.
I’m going snowboarding, and probably to Philly.
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Students, faculty, and staff are all gearing up for win-ter break. Most students go home for the holidays to spend time with family and friends.
However, students are not the only ones who look for-ward to winter break, faculty and staff do also.This issue’s Campus Crew asks...
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DR. WILLIAM BOONEENGLISH PROFESSOR
ORANGE, N.J.
DANIEL BRASWELLeditoR in Chief
The Editor’s View
Everyone always has something to say about what needs to be done on our cam-pus, but people don’t want to put in the
work to get it done. Everybody can
come to the party at club Therapy or a probate. But most Winston-Salem State students don’t attend homecoming events, educational programs or sporting events.
During homecom-ing, I heard many stu-dents complain about
the artists and the events. Planning for homecoming activi-
ties starts during the summer break. It involves a lot of preparation and a large sum of money.
We can’t spend $500,000 on Kanye West or Jay-Z. Why? WSSU does not have that kind of money.
If the University increased SGA fees to $2,000 a year, and those funds were used to pay for “better” artists, I am sure stu-dents would complain.
I can hear them now: “We are here for an education and we are already paying too much money.”
You need big money to do big things.
So either pay up or shut up and enjoy the events.
Keep in mind, the students you see around campus are working on these events have classwork -- just like you -- and are not getting paid for their efforts. WSSU, we have to do better.
Most students attend educational events only when they are required by their professors or food is available.
I see it all the time.
This semester, the Office of Student Activities hosted three Real Life forums in K.R. Williams Auditorium. A wide variety of speakers were featured, includ-ing former child solider Ishmael Beah; motivational speaker Eric Thomas; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender activist Charlene Strong. About 70 to 80 people attended each program.
The Ishmael Beah forum was packed because the Greek Life Coordinator and some professors required their students to attend.
WSSU, we have to do better. Each forum should have been well
attended. Remember, you are paying for them with your student fees.
Student participation in International Education week also had a low number of students attending.
Students should have taken advantage of the week and learned about some of the study abroad programs. Scholarships are available for African-American stu-dents to study aboard, but students are unaware because they do not take time to participate in these types of activities.
WSSU, we have to do better. Students should attend as many colle-
giate sporting events and games as possi-ble. We have a lot to choose from -- foot-ball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, track and field, baseball, softball and bowling. All members on the teams are fellow Rams, and they all deserve our support, whether they are winning or not.
WSSU, we have to do better. Our short matriculation period is
between four to five years. While here, we should take advantage of everything WSSU has to offer, and stop complaining about what we don’t have. It’s counter-productive.
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“Also an employee was talking on the phone and went back to handling food without washing hands.”
During that inspection, Williams noted shelves, cabinets, and soda dis-pensers needed cleaning and the out-side storage needed to be organized.
Another favorite eatery among WSSU students is No. 1 Chinese Restaurant on University Parkway. That establish-ment is a Risk Category IV.
Last inspected May 16, No. 1 Chinese Restaurant’s sanitation score was 90.5; up 0.5 from its inspection Jan. 3.
Violations reported during the January inspection included food tongs stored in the same container as a scraper that was being used to remove things stuck on the floor. Those viola-tions were satisfied before the May inspection.
However violations not satisfied included containers without han-dles were stored with dry goods and employees’ personal food containers were not labeled. Egg rolls were in green rusted wire bins. A sanitizer hand bottle was unlabeled and other hand sanitizer bottles were labeled as win-dow cleaner.
The Risk Category II fast food res-taurant, Burger King, on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive was inspected Aug. 2. One reason it was scored 90 was that the small walk-in freezer was leaking and dripping condensation on covered biscuits.
The inspection report noted flies and storage items on the kitchen floor. It also reported that a thermometer was not present to check food temperatures; plastic lids, soda nozzles and lettuce spinners needed additional cleaning. And one of the employees involved in food preparation was not wearing a hair net.
Church’s Chicken on New Walkertown Road, a Risk Category III establishment, was inspected twice this year. It scored 94 in April and 94.5 in
August. The violations reported during April
inspection and not satisfied prior to the August inspection included the ice and soda machine bin needed additional cleaning; a damaged cabinet, cracked floor tiles and damaged baseboards.
Roaches were found near a sink, an unclean ice scooper was stored in a cup and the women’s toilet was clogged. Another violation Williams noted was that an employee obtained water from the utensil washing area to make bis-cuits.
The McDonald’s, about one mile from campus on MLK Jr. Drive, is a Risk Category II restaurant. It was given a 96 score during the March 3 inspection and 93.5 on its Nov. 12 report.
The March report included, dirty dishes were stored on the air drying racks for clean dishes; unclean refriger-ation units, utensils and paper holders. A hand sink in the women’s bathroom
was not working. These violations were repaired;
however, new ones were cited in the November inspection. Soap was not available at the hand sink in the employee dish room; tomatoes were found uncovered in a small refrigerator;
an employees’ food was stored above food for customers; and the employee health policy was not implemented.
Factors that influence an inspector’s decision to deduct a full point from a total score is the severity of the viola-tion or if it had been deducted on pre-vious inspections.“Using the standard-ized inspection form, I mark the viola-tions restaurants have and determine if the full point value or half of the point value will be deducted from the total score,” Williams said.
“So if on the previous inspection I marked a violation for some issue such as dish cleaning and then the next time I come in and the dish cleaning hasn’t
really improved much, then the viola-tion would be weighted more.” Letter grades are determined by the numeric score and are based on a 10-point scale. Facilities with an A have a score between 90 and 102; B grades have a score between 80 and 89.5; and C grades have a score between 70 and 79.5. If a facility is scored 70 and below, its permit is temporarily “revoked” and the facility is closed until repairs are made. When permits are revoked, facilities must submit another permit application.
“After facilities are closed we can come in and check out the condition to see if they can reopen,” Williams said.
“Critical violations need to be fixed on the spot, meaning while we’re there,” he said. “An example of a criti-cal violation would be if a facility was supposed to keep foods hot [maintain-ing a temperature of 135 F]. And I did my temperature check and it was 112 F then it’s falling below the temperature they are required to have it at,” he said. “The longer food is sitting out is what we call the ‘danger zone’ and the more likely it is to make customers sick.”
Re-inspections are made for facili-ties with a letter grade less than an A. When a grade less than an A is posted, the operator of the facility may request a re-inspection after the violations have been corrected.
Tyler Tillman, senior math major from West Palm Beach, Fla., said he eats at McDonald’s, Bojangles, Burger King, frequently. “Sometimes I look at the sanitation grades, depends on how hungry I am,” he said.
Williams said people may file com-plaints about a condition or something they feel that the Forsyth County’s Department of Public Health should know about.
“We do investigate these complaints,” Williams said.
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*These are the sanitation scores from May-November for restaurants located near Winston-Salem State. Church’s Chicken, McDonald’s, Bojangles, No. 1 Chinese and Burger King are the most frequented restaurants by WSSU students.
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*Source: Forsyth County Department of Public Health report by: Tony Williams, environmental health specialist
In 2010, Marissa Terry chopped off all of her hair and went natural for the second time.
Terry, a senior nursing major from Washington, D.C., had been natural for a year before she was pressured into chemically straightening her hair with a relaxer.
“I totally regretted it,” Terry said.“My hair was too thin and it would
fall out.”After becoming fed up with the
consequences of relaxed hair, Terry grabbed a pair of scissors, stood in front of the mirror in her Rams Commons dorm room and put an end to her relaxed locks, going natural for the second time.
By definition, natural hair as it applies to African-American women is hair that is not chemically altered.
In the 2009 documentary “Good Hair,” comedian Chris Rock discusses the ideologies surrounding the hair of African-American women.
The film features celebrities such as Solange Knowles and Janelle Monae embracing and promoting the natural
hair look.This rise in acceptance prompted
Design Essentials, an African-American hair-care company, to con-duct a study to measure the popularity of natural hair.
The study revealed a surprising result: The number of Black women who indicated they do not use prod-ucts to chemically straighten or alter their hair jumped from 26 percent in 2010 to 36 percent in 2011.
According to Mintel, a consumer spending and market research firm, sales of relaxer kits dropped by 17 per-cent between 2006 and 2011.
A natural hair movement made its way to Winston-Salem State Sept. 12, 2011 in the form of My Natural, an organization “designed to help college women understand how to treat their mind, body and soul using natural products and techniques.”
Since being founded, My Natural has hosted events with professional hair stylists, salon owners and motivational speakers.
The organization is planning a hair show and expo for the upcoming year said, Tyler Kendrick, sophomore, finance major from Washington, D.C.
and vice president of My Natural. “We want different salons and
schools to be involved,” Kendrick said.She said the organization also plans
to be involved with The Clothesline Project. That program addresses vio-lence against women through express-ing emotions on a decorated T-shirt and hanging it on a public clothesline.
Terry said she joined My Natural because it was different from the other organizations on campus.
“I never saw one [an organization] that wanted to help college women not only learn about their hair but also gain self-confidence and build self-esteem,” she said.
“A lot of girls on campus want to be natural, but they don’t have the confi-dence.”
Terry has been natural for two years now and she recently made the deci-sion to lock her hair, something she said she had wanted to do for a while.
“I always thought locks were beauti-ful,” Terry said.
Terry said joining My Natural gave her the confidence to start the locking process.
“I like that there is an organization out there that says, ‘It’s okay to be you.
Don’t try to conform. Do what you want to do, and love yourself for who you are,’” she said.
Kendrick joined the organization last year as treasurer.
“I wanted to hear other people’s [natural hair] journeys,” Kendrick said.
Kendrick, who has been natural her entire life, said her story set her apart from other members who had begun transitioning or weren’t natural at all.
According to Kendrick, one of the biggest preconceived notions about My Natural is that the organization is solely focused on hair.
“We’re more than just hair,” Kendrick said.
“We’re about accepting who you are as a woman, being confident, under-standing that if you have relaxed hair, you’re still beautiful, if you have that crazy wave pattern, you’re still beauti-ful, if you’ve got a little bit of extra kinks, you’re still beautiful.”
My Natural is open to women with all hair types, whether they are natu-ral, transitioning or relaxed.
“It’s about accepting you and your natural you,” Kendrick said.
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News & FeaturesTuesday, December 4, 2012
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Head Coach A.G. Hall of the Winston-Salem State Lady Rams basketball team chose Keyrra Gillespie as the recipi-ent of this issue’s Game Ball.
“Keyrra is our leader right now,” Hall said.
“She’s distributing the ball well, she’s looking for her scoring opportunities and she’s playing good defense.”
Gillespie, a 5-5 junior guard from Statesville, N.C., is in the midst of her first season at WSSU. She transferred after spending the first two seasons at Gulf Coast State College and Clemson University respectively.
Gillespie is leading her team in assists (4.2) and steals (2.4) per game, and is third on the team in points per game (6.6).
“She’s our leader on the floor and our most experi-enced player,” Hall said.
“She’s the one that’s really helping us stay together until we can get everybody else on board.”
Q: Does being chosen for the Game Ball give you any added confidence or motiva-tion for the rest of the sea-son?
Gillespie: Not really. I take the same approach to every game. I just go into every game prepared and ready to help us win as a team.
Q: What type of leader do you try to be on and off the court? What do you do to get your team motivated?
Gillespie: I try to be a posi-tive leader, especially on the court. We definitely need [a leader] at a time like this because we’re going through a rough stretch. I’ve been trying to pick my teammates up by giving them positive words and not getting down on them.
Q: How do you feel your team has done to this point? What are your expectations going forward?
Gillespie: We’re getting better as we play. It gets frus-trating at times because we’re getting beat by teams that we should be beating. Our goal is to win the [CIAA Conference Championship] this year, and I think we do have the team to do it. We just have to put the pieces together.
Q: You’re leading the team in assists and steals, and you’re third on the team in scoring. What’s been the key to your success?
Gillespie: I always try to stay focused and stay hum-ble. You can never be satis-fied.
Q: What WNBA or NBA player do you model your game after?
Gillespie: I’d have to go with an NBA player and that’s Dwayne Wade (Miami
Heat guard). I’m a huge Heat fan and I like him.
Q: What are your plans after WSSU?
Gillespie: I’m actually majoring in physical educa-tion, and after I leave WSSU I want to go overseas and build up some money to start my own program. I want to start my own recreation [cen-ter] doing basketball summer camps for kids, especially low-income kids.
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spOrts
Dec. 8Football
West Texas A&M vs. WSSU
6:30 p.m., Winston-Salem
Dec. 12Women’s BasketballAnderson vs. WSSU
6 p.m., Winston-Salem
Dec. 14-15Women’s BasketballHerb Sims Classic.Bluefield, W. Va,
Dec. 15Men’s Basketball
Anderson vs. WSSU6 p.m., Winston-Salem
Dec. 17Women’s Basketball
Lenoir-Rhyne vs. WSSU6 p.m., Winston-Salem
Dec. 18Men’s Basketball
WSSU vs. Virginia Union6 p.m., Richmond
COACH’SGAME BALL
By Matt ParmesanoContributor
Ram Sports
Preview
Photo courtesy of WSSU Media RelationsKeyrra Gillespie is leading the Lady Rams in assists and steals per game.
Winston-Salem State’s wom-en’s basketball coach A.G. Hall said his team is continuing to improve and that he is look-ing forward to the rest of the campaign.
“I feel good,” Hall said.“We’ve made progress from
when I first took over a couple of months ago. We have a lot of young players, so there’s been a lot of teaching and a lot of learning but we’ve definitely made progress.”
The Lady Rams started the season with a 1-4 record, play-ing four of their first five games away from the C.E. Gaines Center.
WSSU opened the season at home Nov. 12 with a 62-48 win against Mars Hill but has lost its last four games, all on the road.
Coach Hall said he is pleased
with his team’s effort on the defensive end but is looking for improvement on the offen-sive end to gain a winning balance.
“We’ve shown flashes of bril-liance defensively, holding a couple of teams in the 40-point range which is right around our goal,” Hall said.
“Offensively, we’re still learning where to take shots and the type of shots that we need to take in order to win games.”
Taylar Wells, a 5-8 junior guard from Stafford, Va., leads the Lady Rams in scoring with 8.0 points per game. Wells said she feels that her young team is improving but that she and her teammates all need to do more to get to where they want to be by the end of the year.
“We’re getting better,” Wells said.
“We just need to progress a little quicker.”
Wells, like Hall, said she likes the way her team has played defensively, but that she too expects more of herself and the rest of the Lady Rams on offense.
“We’ve executed on defense well and have actually done better than I expected in that regard,” Wells said.
“We’ve just got to put the ball in the basket.”
Hall and his players are on the same page as far as what the team is doing right and what needs to get better.
Hall and Wells both stressed how motivated the team is to win and said that everyone involved with the team is com-mitted to success.
“We need to get some wins,” Wells said.
“We’re getting there.”With 20 games left to play,
WSSU’s team still has time to develop and win more games.
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Winston-Salem State defeated the nation’s top-ranked defense in its 21-17 win against Indiana University of Pennsylvania to advance to the NCAA Division II semifinals.
The Rams won in the quarterfinals for the second straight season.
The Crimson Hawks (12-2) came in to the game allowing just over 250 yards of total offense per game but gave up 338 yards to WSSU.
The Rams (13-0) defense forced two turnovers and limited IUP’s running game to 133 rushing yards, 136 yards less than its season average.
To prove they were worthy of playing in the quarterfinals, the No. 3 seeded Crimson Hawks limited WSSU to its lowest point total of the season.
The No. 1 seeded Rams were also behind in the fourth quarter for the first time since their season opener against UNC Pembroke in September.
“It was what we expected,” said WSSU Head Coach Connell Maynor on the game.
“We were evenly matched. We knew it was going to be a struggle all day and it came down to who turned over the ball the least and who made the most plays.”
The Rams first touchdown came in the second quarter on a drive that started with a 63-yard pass sophomore quarterback Anthony Carrothers threw to senior wide-receiver Jameze Massey. They scored on a 1-yard run by senior fullback Ricky Rozier.
To tie the Rams, Crimson Hawks junior quarterback Mike Box found wide-receiver Terrill Barnes for a 36-yard touchdown with 17 seconds remaining in the first half. Barnes, a 6-foot-3-inch junior, led all receivers
with 160 receiving yards and nine receptions.
To regain momentum before half-time, Carrothers completed a 55-yard touchdown Hail Mary pass to freshman wide-receiver Kenny Patterson with one second remaining.
This gave WSSU a lead 14-7. It was Patterson’s first touchdown reception of the year.
“He [Patterson] is gone be known for that catch,” Maynor said.
“That was a huge play in the football game.”
Carrothers credits timing to him being able to throw the remarkable pass.
“I just wanted to get the ball down the field and give my players a chance,” Carrothers said.
“I had to buy some time by escaping the pocket and [Patterson] came up with a momentum changing catch.”
The first points of the third quar-ter came on 29-yard field goal by the Crimson Hawks sophomore kicker Brett Ullman. IUP would score again in the period after a fumble on a kick return by Massey to make the score 17-14.
Despite allowing their opponent to score 10 points unanswered, Maynor said his team remained confident.
“I don’t think any of our guys believed we were going to lose,” he said.
“We just had to keep on fighting until the game was over.”
The Rams re-energized in the fourth quarter when Maynor and his coaching staff put in senior quarterback Kameron Smith.
Smith, the CIAA Offensive Player of the Year, had not yet played in the play-offs after injuring his shoulder in the conference championship game Nov. 10.
“I felt the team needed a boost,” Maynor said.
“I knew if I put Smith in it would get the crowd back in the game and it would pick everybody up.”
Smith responded by throwing the game-deciding touchdown to Rozier late in the final minutes.
“I knew I could come in and play if I had to,” Smith said.
“I just had to get back used to the speed and flow of the game.”
The Rams victory was secured after a final stop by the defense on 4th and 5 with 34 seconds left.
Wide-receivers Massey and junior Jahuann Butler had a combined 227 receiving yards for WSSU and line-backer Carlos Fields led the defense with 10 tackles and an interception.
Following his team’s difficult loss, the Crimson Hawks Head Coach Curt Cignetti acknowledged the Rams just
wore down his players with their talent.“That was a tough hard fought
game,” Cignetti said.“Winston-Salem State is a great foot-
ball team.”IUP’s quarterback Box finished with
236 passing yards and running back senior De’Antwan Williams rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on 26 car-ries.
Next for the Rams is a matchup at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at home against West Texas A&M. The No. 6 seeded Buffaloes (12-2) are coming off an upset win against No. 1 seeded Colorado-State Pueblo 28-7.
The winner of the game will play either Valdosta State or Minnesota State-Mankato in the national champi-onship Dec. 15 in Florence, Ala. Both are No. 1 seeds in the playoffs.
Rams move closer to national championshipWSSU knocks IUP from playoffs
Photo courtesy of WSSU AthleticsRams quarterback Kameron Smith throws a pass in the fourth quar-ter against an IUP Crimson Hawk defender. This was Smith’s first time playing since his shoulder injury Nov. 10.
