The Register, 1983-07-01

              because her recommenda tions were finally enacted various safety measures were put in place and community fears were alleviated police department after countersuing the prosecutor major henry went ahead with her efforts to organize tenants she was sued by the town prosecutor for calling the complex major nancy henry of franklin ' township new jersey came under fire recently for trying to end a three-year series of rapes against black women at a local apartment in its july issue essence features the comments of six black women mayors as they describe the most difficult challenges they have faced while in office their jurisdic tion range from 500 to over 63,000 in population and their problems have been just as varied of whom were governing cities with 100,000 - plus popula tions according to the na tional information bank on women in public office at rutgers university's center for the american woman & politics as of 1980 there are 1,333 female mayors in the u.s 13 recent events in the news have focused new attention on black mayors it is not widely known however that of the 224 blacks that currently preside over city halls throughout the country 32 of them are women for a free list of rules and prizes write world of poetry 2431 stocton blvd dept m sacramento calif 95817 a 1,000 grand prize will be offered in a special poetry competition sponsored by the world of poetry newsletter there are an additional 199 prizes total ing more than 20,000 a concerned aggie sincerely thank you and please don't hesitate to call my office if you have any questions sincerely robin britt member of congress 919 378-5005 you will be referred to someone in your area eager to help this service is free confidential university receives developmental grant if you are unemployed and want someone to talk to call congressman britt's office at in conjunction with the of fice of congressman robin britt area clergy are offering free short term counseling for unemployed men and women living in guilford alamance and davidson counties editor of the register aggies in the news a chief of a food management team directorate of food service allen was previously assigned the u.s army quartermaster school fort lee allen and his wife juanita live in fort lee tsa manages and operates commissaries and provides technical guidance and procedures for other troop support activities such as food service and clothing maj james d allen a graduate of a&t has been assigned to the u.s army troop support agency control data corporation is a minneapolis-based computer and financial services company with operations in 47 countries positions we need to find and recruit students with technical skills who can come to control data contribute to our business programs and move into management positions our relationship with a&t is a vital link in helping us identify students to fill our technical the funds are to be used to help minority students obtain technology oriented educations a&t has received a $ 2,500 scholarship grant from control data corporation the eight coll eges that received the grants including a&t were alabama a&m university florida a&m headquarters for the computer and financial services firm dr samuel white chairman of the department of electrical engineering and leon warren d i rector of placement were presented the grant at a dinner banquet june 13 in minneapolis the grants were given as part of control data's effort to help minority colleges provide education for students who need financial assistance if you look at the current demographics in the united states you'll find that we have significant shortages of technically qualified people said frank dawe vice president of personnel and administration for control data gramoling howard state university,southern university tennessee state university and tuskegee university university institute cam us ha the council of presidents will meet 5:30 p.m august 23 in the commons area of williams cafeteria legislative and other materials will be distributed and council officers will be elected « wjp people m power ffity prevent ™ defects support march of dimes winners are selected at each college by a faculty scholarship committee on the basis of their scholastic record leadership character ambition in agriculture and eligibility for financial assistance the ralston purina scholarship amounts to 750 . it is awarded each year to an outstanding junior or senior in the state universities and land-grant col leges in each of the 50 states and in three canadian agricultural colleges and in puerto rico semester blanchie michelle stevens a senior food science major from smithfield has been selected to receive the ralston purina scholarship award for the 83 fall page 6 the a&t register friday july 1,1983 girls/roaches occupy dorm black mayors media focus whenever i am in my room i see roaches every few mintues i usually wake up at 7 a.m to prepare for the days work from mornings when i am get ting ready to leave for work i estimate that i kill atleast 5-8 roaches before i leave company does come to spray it seems they only use a dab because the roaches still come out from hiding but when the exterminating the list he said the quality control exterminating company if i am correct has the contract for a&t they can only spray the rooms that are signed on the dormitory held a residential meeting a few weeks ago and that was one problem discussed i asked questions about the roach pro blem to dr judge kornegay director of housing the reason why i say stay in the roach motel is that i occupy a room along with my roommate on the fifth floor of zoe barbee hall bet ter known to some as high rise i seem to feel that i do not live in a dormitory namely zoe barbee hall for the first session of summer school i feel i live in the roach motel at a&t but have you ever heard of the roach motel this summer it is here on campus places to stay as far as hotel/motel accommodations these are some of the nicer howard johnson holiday inn ramada inn the quest quarters and the hilton inn the downtowner motor inn travel lodge motel days inn and econ lodge motel editor of the register the counselors place a list at the front desk of the dor mitory for residents to sign if they want their room spayed exterminated i have done that i have been at a&t for three years i am a rising senior at this institution and i have resided in vanstory hall for the past three years where i have never seen that many roaches amounting to those i've seen in high rise if high rise is not infested with roaches i think my room is along with other rooms frankly i feel every inch of zoe barbee hall needs to be exterminated if quality control cannot fill the bill i think the administration should at-least someone who can get the iob done unemployed counseling services offered i think they should call on the long time friend and reliable orkin exterminating company this company says we get the job done call orkin and there is no charge for estimates essence which celebrated its 13th anniversary in may is one of the fastest growing women's magazines in the u.s it has a monthly circula tion of 700,000 and over 2.7 million readers its parent company essence com munications inc eci also co-produces the new television show essence and has recently announced a licensing agreement with wundies inc to introduce a line of lingerie for women and children bear ing the essence name in the july up front seg ment essence explores through the experiences of one man the reasons why fathers leave their children this seg ment is included in a four part feature called who's sup porting the kids which ex amines the three sides of a child-support story how en ding a marriage affects a mother father and child