The Register, 1994-11-07

              today many blacks think that there is no longer any need to join civil rights organizations and file lawsuits i see many blacks who have become members of the affluent society act and think and have the same type of political ideas that white middle-class people have—they talk like republicans are satisfied with their white collar jobs and see no need to even think about civil rights on black person whom i know graduated from unc-g in business and now has a position in a bank he can quote the value of stocks on the stock market he reads the wall street journal and he votes republican he will never appear in a demonstration or do anything to help less fortunate members of his race—appearing in a three-piece suit to speak at business meetings is where you will see him in the days when the civil rights struggle was going on and there were law suits to be filed in the federal courts so that all americans could win the rights of full citizenship black people saw the need to join the naacp so that the organization could have the money to finance litigation there are many blacks who are letter to the editor greetings greetings fellow students even though the majority of gradu ates from a&t may obtain good position in schools banks corporations and govern ment they should keep in mind that the majority of blacks will never obtain promi nent positions in government business or labor—whites will still continue to get the majority of jobs and the majority of promo tions today even though there is no need to have civil rights lawsuits for the right to sit at lunch counters or for the right to have non-segregated schools there are still ac tions to be taken in the civil rights field that is what it is still necessary for blacks today even though many of them are in three piece suits and have good jobs in corporations to join the naacp so that new civil rights actions can be filed in the courts like my friend from unc-g once they have obtained status in the business world their economic position is all they are con cerned about it can no longer be like this something has got to change seeing as though our class requires the use of fhe machines there is an immediate need for action if the computers can not be repaired they need to be replaced it will take more years of complaining and struggle on behalf of us nobodies before the situation is reversed but right now there are newswriting students who have paid to take a class where they are supposed to be using computers in other labs on campus this problem is non-existent there are computer labs in marteena for math students and computer and typewriter labs in merrick with daily hours of operation for business students and of course in mcnair engineering students touch base with the latest technology and people from across the country this is probably an age-old complaint but it seems that aggie students who are not math science or business majors are horribly neglected our facilities and services are barely or below standard when compared to the universities favorites it's been like thin nothing has changed that's understandable there should be a greater demand before the supply is increased however more than one person should not have to complain to at least get the existing machines repaired the register is a student publication writ ten at north carolina agricultural and technical state university 1601 e mar ket st greensboro nc 27411 910 334-7700 distributed free to all students and faculty editorial advertising and general staff offices are located in the register house on nocho st editoral views expressed in this papar are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the university or of the register faculty advisor advisement art staff micah jones staff artist dameon will iams purity blake chantelle grady kenneth grif fin nneka harris vicynthia mauney erika lewis melissa murdock selita richardson fu'rquan washington volume 69 no 1 north carolina a&t state university october 11 1994 managing editor april dillard advertising manager shawn torry advertising asst manager jeff watts news editor archie clark asst news editor katrina watson sports editor brian holloway photography editor nathan rogers layout/production manager...rondaj white layout/production asst levonne evans distribution manager jonathan douglass arteditor dameon williams entertainment editor rondaj white copy editor mario blanchard register frances ward north carolina agricultural & technical universit the register / our voices november 7 1994 the a&t kegister communications students call for change ronda white production manager mickey colbert board orial edit reporters editorial policy in our class however we can get to class get our assignments and get our assignments but we can't churn them out before the end of class because there aren't enough if any computers working for the entire class to use it's been like this nothing has changed one student from the class took it upon himself to ask dr hay if we could get new computers in the computer lab he reported to the class that dr hay mentioned it as a possibility but said that more than one person would have to complain about it to get anythine done the 11 a.m newswriting class waits for their instructor mr tom steadman it's been like this nothing has changed when he arrives we take our seats everyone weary and frustrated it's been like this nothing has changed before we can even go over the lesson for that day mr steadman gives that familiar call to crank up the computers in hopes that enough of them will be functioning in order for a more productive class that day but as usual all hopes are dashed when only about 3 out of 6 of the macintosh computers are working and of the prehistoric ibms barely two will crank up and that's on a good day it's been like this nothing has changed the purpose of our class is to learn how to write news like the professionals at all the daily papers who go to work get their assignments and churn the stories out that same day before the deadline 4 i am proud to say that in 1990 while i was at unc-g i was a charter member with mr joe white miss tracy grimes miss april gallop and others in forming a chapter of the naacp on the campus i urge all students to join the orga nization which has done so much to win freedoms for all americans