The Register, 1991-11-11

              a sister is not only a blood relationship but as defined in the second college edition of the new world dictionary a close friend a female fellow member of the same race creed profession organization a woman of the same kind model a true sister shares a common bond with her fellow sisters and strives to achieve the same goal like making more than 58 cents on the dollar and making sure the anita hill's of the world get the justice they deserve what has happened to our sisters in 1954 rosa parks fought a battle for an entire race of people but as a black woman she had a separate battle to fight it was once upon a time when one sister could call upon another sister for strength hope and guidance it was once upon a time when one sister could call upon another for advice love and support and it was once upon a time when one sister could call upon another sister to cry on lean on and rely on but what has happened to that sister she is not at a&t or any other place where i have looked recently she seems to have disappeared and left those who pretend to know what a real sister is about obviously we seem to need a quick review aggie rride is something that we all talk about and to some degree live with while we are on the yard few people if any will take the time to hear a long speech when they are about to hire you for a job you should maintain an updated list of courses and grades this information will make pre-registration easier for you and your advisor in your senior year you will be required to complete a statment of standing in order to graduate this statment is in effect a complete list of all courses taken during the first three years at the university grades received and must be completed in order for the university to grant you permission to graduate if you have kept a proper outiine the statement will represent a mere formaility knowing whether or not you are on target is as much the student's responsibility as is is the advisors and the university i would hate to see any of the people i've met here at a&t get to the end of their four years and find out that they must take addition classes because they did not uphold their part of the educational bargain finally fellow aggies remember that the world into which you will enter once you leave the yard will neither hold your hand nor keep your records for you nor accept lame excuses for any shortcomings you might have instead the interviewer or whoever will go on to the next candidate it is important for students to be aware of what is necessary for graduation which includes staying abreast of your department curriculum and consulting with your advisor graduation must be the primary goal of every student here at a&t pre-registration for spring semester classes begins november 11 before any student signs up for another class the following questions must be answered are you succeding in your academic progress are you on target to your expected graduation date if you are not then every 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peoples associate news editor b.j evans sports editor serena lowe campus news editor stephanie boonccommunity news editor michelle cato entertainment editor gerard morrison business manager angela pace advertising manager bonne lovelace production manager scottie holloway distribution manager tammie rorie circulation manager letitia wiggins chief reporter keith bryant chief photographer theresa toler head typist derek virgil artist a&t register november 11 1991 on the serious tip our new revolutionaries by lawrence sherrod managing news editor dr death by greg williams editor-in-chief oh i get it if you're a doctor killing a patient that's fine if you're a burglar killing a man trying to defend his neighbor that's murder see the difference both people had the right not to live right the american medical association is up in arms over kevorkian's actions they say that he was morally obligated to adhere to the current standards of the medical profession currently 27 states ban assisted suicide north carolina not included the controversy isn't about a law passed by federal or state government it's about a doctor who turns from saving lives to ending them with no regard for his profession am i the only person who thinks there's something wrong with doctors who are more inter ested in death over life let's look at it realistically a student gets a degree in pre-med goes to medical school and practices for four years to learn how to kill people that's what kevorkian is doing no matter what he says why go through all the trouble when you can be a serial killer no degree necessary kevorkian's supporters argue that slow and painful deaths are unpleasant no kidding they also argue that persons have a last civil right the right not to live as much as they have the right to live what do dr jack kevorkian and derek humphry have in common they have a strange fas cination with suicide that violates moral and professional ethics humphry is the author of the best-selling yet controversial final exit a how-to book on committing suicide so far 509,000 copies have been printed of the book that lists lethal drug doses and other death recipes he is also the founder of the hemlock society a group that advocates euthanasia happy and painless death kevorkian is the detroit doctor who made national headlines when two women died in pontiac mich after using his suicide machine an apparatus that injects a lethal drug at the push of a button he offers this service to terminally ill patients however neither woman suffered from terminal illnesses whatever the answers to these questions are i warn everyone-before you become a revolutionary make sure you believe in the revolution or was our source wrong for implicating a fellow board member in the first place i i did our source have a spinal cord removal operation did our source give us information while he/she was mad and like the incredible hulk returned to a puny heartless wimp when she/he calmed down what happened to our source's burning ambition to exploit injustices in the sga how did the executive board meeting initiate a code of silence how did the topics of such great importance on tuesday night lose all their significance by wednesday controversy surrounded this years homecoming events a forum was held in harrison auditorium after homecoming to express concerns about the homcom ing week's discrepancies and other campus problems following the forum a source close to the sga executive board contacted us with a big story our source gave us an interview on tuesday november 5 and went into detail about allegations aimed at the sga but following an executive board meeting on wednesday november 6 our source called snivel ing and begging us not to run the story or at least not their name ( see page 1 allegations hurled at sga president lately a&t's campus has become the breeding ground for revolutionar ies the student government association seems to be the main target of the attack but some of the revolutionaries have little direction by stephanie boone community news editor sisters today by serena lowe campus news editor focus on the future if we begin to read about black women's heritage and history we may begin to realize where we are falling short paula giddings when and where i enter the impact of black women on race and sex in america may help us to understand that we are one people and not a group of individuals stepping on one another to get nowhere the next time you have the opportunity think about where that hate and envy originates and try to replace it with confidence within yourself and compassion for others and instead of extending your arm to stab a sister in the back extend your arm and give a sister a hand but all hope is not lost we are so paranoid and filled with hate that we would do anything tokeep our fellow sisters down face it we exist in a generation filled with young lost and confused women we are so enveloped in jealousy and our self-esteem is so low that we can not see what we have to offer others through maya angelou's novels and books of poetry her words have moved everyone male and female black and white but she too has a separate battle to fight these were and are true sisters real sisters women that should be commended not for what they accomplished but for understanding and relaying what true sisterhood is all about i observe sisters walk up and down the strip and in and out of classrooms and dorms day after day and wonder what has happened to our sisters we talk behind each other's back and the very first opportunity we have to be straight forward and live up to our words we wimp away like the two-faced gossips we are we set our sights on what our fellow sisters have because we do not have the confidence or backbone to strive for our own 2