The Register, 1985-12-10

              main need is money director which is why they do not broadcast news even though the sta tion has increased its wattage from 10 to 10,000 they are still in need of much more to have a successful station the most students may not be aware of it but this university is in jeopardy of losing one of its vital resources — the campus radio station by windy norggins . pamela monroe benjamin forbes carl crews vernon clement sheba hall jay hall windy norggins frances ward ... esther woods marie wheelous anthony jeffries this university should realize what a tremendous recruiting tool wnaa is because of the station many com munication students would want to come here to get on hands experience by channeling money into the station university could increase enrollment burned out being understaffed is the main pro blem for wnaa the station operates under the efforts of two people who do the work of five the station manager and a program director with this han dicap productivity is cut to one-third and those who are working become staff members linda bumpass barbara carter sharon richardson anita tapp christine vincent faye monroe wade nash mardell griffin tyra clymer 1633 w central street students cass represented for national advertising by communication advertising services for evanston il 60201 wnaa does not even have a news a radio station should have spare equipment parts but wnaa doesn't if something was to go wrong with the parts our station would just have to go off the air until they are fixed university family must give to support some aggies have taken on the task of collecting money for the station in order that they may make some needed changes but in order for wnaa to benefit the students more of the page 4 the a&t register tuesday december 10 1985 death in the family where were you ? return as one of her colleagues said if there is one word to describe mrs marrow it would be dedication — she gave so much and never asked anything in even after her retirement mrs marrow returned to the register to advise and edit copy it was only after she became ill that her visits ceased and even then i know she wanted to help at the newspaper mrs marrow was a mainstay she did more than advise she made sure the newspaper staff was organized and looked at each story objectively she dedicated herself to making sure that students on this campus had a voice one day two students actually ran out of class and followed an ambulance she awarded them an a for their agressiveness whenever an emergency vehicle would pass our classroom sounding its siren mrs marrow would tell us that's a story a good reporter would go after it students found these episodes hilarious and many told her she was just old-fashioned males were required to remove their hats before entering class whenever a student would start to read a report mentioning sex she would frown and say don't read that article in my class to read she ran a strict but lively class we were required to read newspapers daily bring the most interesting ar ticles to class and read them aloud however she never allowed students obscene articles mrs marrow had served as register adviser for 33 years before retiring in february 1984 my first encounter with her was as a freshmen in her newswriting course a&t lost one of its most dedicated alumna this week the death of mrs loreno mebane marrow retired english professor of 38 years was a shock to many in the aggie community — especially the a&t register staff on hand for the discussion were dr roland buck vice chancellor for stu some students have talked excessive ly about the unorganization of the sga administration this semester but why didn't these critics attend the forum out of the approximate 5,000 students that attend this university on ly nine were present for the forum maybe you didn't attend the meeting because you didn't see the flyers an nouncing it or prehaps you attended the other events being held on campus that night like the theatrical production or the dating game by esther woods dear aggies did you know the sga had an open forum meeting last tues day night in merrick hall a&t is among the most prestigious black universities in the country today and if this is to remain true we must continuing making it possible one way is to take interest our student govern ment and voice our concerns if not us,then who why continue to blame a few sga officers when it's us the students who make up this great university where were the aggies who could have addressed the concerns of the stu dent body to these top officials dent affairs dr sullivan welborne assistant vice chancellor for student af fairs wanda hendrixs director of housing andre james director of aux iliary services and larry shaw presi dent of shaw food services the lead column on the opinion page is written by the editor in chief of the a&t register it does not carry a byline none of the columns on this page necessarily reflect the opinion of the entire staff wnaa needs help 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 north carolina agricultural and technical state university greensboro nc 27411 to cover mailing and handling costs chief photographer circulation manager adviser editor in chief managing editor news editor business/ad manager sports editor production manager co-production manager head typist published weekly during the school year by students at north carolina agricultural and technical state univer sity