The Register, 1982-04-20

              let's all work together as a team in the galvanizing of the necessary resources and strategies with respect to and in association with developing the kind of unified pipeline to insure an adequacy of tapping into the vast reservoir that will assist the new chancellor in the acquisition of his respective and rightful academic and administrative place in the sun nevertheless with that in mind here's a challenge to the members of the university family to walk together toward the promised land of collegiate unity schlosser cha'd well fort's about to be inaugurated as the university's seventh chancellor so the piece was by design rather timely he has specially set aside office hours for students 7:30 a.m weekdays operating this university is taxing to say the least and the experts can't do it alone that is why the interaction is so desperately needed schlosser went through great pains the rigors of a recent two-hour interview to describe how optimistic fort's remained since he became chancellor of an institution with enormous financial and academic problems how he's developed far-reaching strategies to solve a&t's financial chaos how lifting a&t from its finincial quagmire remains a top problem and goal how despite a nagging athletic department deficit he hopes to upgrade athletic programs how he had his hands full with the schools finances in a shambles he's been in perpetual motion since sept that's how greensboro news & record staff writer jim schlosser described chancellor edward b fort's eight months at a&t on sunday's commentary front it was not unusual to see tommye brown walking the campus carrying out her duties in sparkling crown and velvet sash with a bright friendly smile on her face instead she handled criticisms in a way that befitted her and a&t as with any person in the limelight miss a&t was criticized yet it appears she did not let that hinder her from her responsibilities tommye brown each may branch off into her own direction but she should remember the path that has been placed before her by this year's miss a&t has paved the way for future miss a&ts to follow at the mid-eastern athletic conference championship game in winston-salem miss a&t led cheers with the pep club motivating students to cheer the basketball team on to victory but this year's miss a&t socialized with students and attended campus activities such as basketball and football games banquets conferences lectures concerts and rallies never saw her on campus in previous years many a&t students complained that they did not know who miss a&t was because they her reign was one of grace beauty and charm hats off to tommye brown miss a&t by nannetta durnell hail to the queen the jeffersons the only unrealistic portrayal left of the black family remains one of the top television series on network televison and it too is sterotyped no matter how negative network television portrays the black family it is still the backbone of our existence this is what white america gives black america to identify with keep the black family alive because if it dies it will be the end of us seemingly enough the black family will not and must not succumb to the constant negative protrayal of our first and foremost institution tony moore % published twice weekly during the school year by sludents north carolina agricultural and technical slate university w % £ to receive the a&t register please send 9.50 for one year j 17 for two years to he a t register box e-25 nca&tsu,j j greensboro north carolina 27411 to cover mailing % handling costs & j % m editor-in-chief michael a fairley managing editor tony moore news editor audrey l williams g business/ad manager deborah sanders % sports editor wade nash manager thomas e harris typist sandra j stewart editor rosalind stinson j is art editor pearless speller manager randall taylor m adviser mrs loreno m marrow \ £ ? 3 represented l or national advertising by \ \ communica tion advertising ser vices \ for students cass % 1633 west central street \ \ evanslon illinois ( 0201 || the black family is the first and foremost institution of any young aspiring black invincible the black family is an important element in all our lives although during enslavement the black family was often separated but it has remained although america has sterotyped the black household as being headed by the woman many of us do have a mother and father in the home one of the earliest black television series julia cast the young attractive but network television has run the fatherless figure in the ground good times gave us florida and james but that was finally put to an end when he was killed off the show page 4 the a&t register tuesday april 20 1982 by audrey l williams walk him up the stairs the black family reditorials \ working mother husbandless to raise her son corey he is apprised of very little on the student level locked away in the ivory tower forgive the schlosserism fort is as best he can attempting to work with the students interest at heart but how can he work in student interest if he doesn't know what those interests are let's help him realize his goals stop by his office and visit