The Register, 1997-10-30

              economic growth set a climate conducive to business and economic development in east greensboro also the owners of businesses in the district should reflect the racial makeup of the community stop the landfill expansion and stop eroding the quality of life for residents of district 2 stop the white street landfill neighborhood schools fight for fair and equitable funding for schools in all neighborhoods classes and extracurricular activi ties states the detroit native senior brad pazant who has re ceived parking tickets says the parking officers are definitely do ing their job pazant who is a few years older than the average stu dent adds while the officers are not rude they can be cold according to williams to be a campus policeman takes a rather thick-skinned person who does not respond to every comment thrown at them doing enforcement on a campus is different from the general popu lation you are dealing with a group that is basically between the ages of 17 and 25 very very vocal and en ergetic states williams he adds that a&t's officers are not antagonistic or hostile and they try to approach people in a positive manner sophomore darvin williams has an evening class that meets 3 nights a week and feels he does not need a sticker i am only on campus for an hour says williams like a lot of other aggies williams also said he got the impression that no en forcement for reserved parking af ter 5 p.m also meant those without a sticker would not be ticketed andrea cummings a senior and a trainer with a&t's athletic depart ment also feels that evening park ing should be unrestricted i don't think that they should be issuing tickets after 5 for students with stricter parking enforcement after hours is not good news for some aggies i don't think they should ticket after 5 states junior brenda mcgibboney administration hours are from 8 to 5 that leaves a number of vacant spaces there is not an overabundance of evening classes that the campus police should ticket send comments to clarkm@ncat.edu paid for by keith bryant for city council university names new administrators faculty finally 1st lt richard a greenlee has been named as assistant professor aerospace studies with air force rotc detachment 605 a&t's army rotc detachment welcomes capt john f durham and capt kenneth j fields as assistant professors of military science at f.d bluford library margaret markham has been named as assistant professor/collection de velopment librarian new faculty in the school of technology are dr dewayne brown assistant professor in the depart ment of electronics and computer technology dr cynthia gillespie assistant professor in the de partment of graphic communication systems and manufacturing systems the school of education welcomes dr david breithaupt assistant professor in the department of curriculum and instruction in the college of engineering new faculty mem bers are vernal alford adjunct assistant professor in the department of architectural engineering dr salman azhar adjunct associate professor in the department of computer science dr kenneth l roberts assistant professor in the department of chemical engineering and dr igor safonov ad junct associate professor in the department of computer science north carolina a&t state university has sev eral new faces and new assignments for the 1997 98 academic year including 11 new administra tors and 19 new full-time faculty members the appointments were announced by dr edward b fort a&t chancellor the new administrators are dr robert r jennings vice chancellor for development and university relations stephen l mcdaniel acting associate vice chancellor for development and university relations dr melvin johnson interim associate vice chancellor and dean of graduate studies dr ronald smith associate vice chan cellor of continuing education and summer school dr charles williams associate vice chan cellor of undergraduate studies dr ethel f tay lor interim dean of the college of arts and sci ences dr l milton glisson interim chairman of the department of business administration and dr fredrick ferguson director of the nasa cen ter for aerospace research there are also several new appointments in key staff positions they are tommy ellis budget di rector kim sowell treasurer lesley renwrick assistant legal counsel harriet davis director of development tory ward physical plant director todd johnson director of auxiliary services d the new faculty faces in the college of business and economics are dr richard d mautz jr as sociate in the department of accounting and dr kimberly ray adjunct assistant professor in the department of business administration the school of arts and sciences welcomes dr kojo fosu a fulbright scholar in the department of history the new faculty appointments for the school of agriculture are dr karen w bennett assistant professor in the department of human environ ment and family services peter d callahan as sistant professor in the department of natural resources and environmental design and dr otto doering visiting professor in the department of agricultural education economics and rural sociology cherie lofton program/music director wnaa 90.1 fm joya wesley university staff writer dr clifford lowery director of minority affairs kay harris assistant director of counseling services charles jackson director of intramural sports yvonne mitchell acting manager of student col lections renee martin director of administrative information systems and mary mims-correll director of enrollment services and policy devel opment safety from page 2 city council district 2 keith bryant barricading laurel street is a tem porary solution chief john will iams and welborne say there is a long-term plan to permanently block the street that cannot be done right now because a&t encircles a community and the university is in the process of buying the land to do some improvements to the campus another reason the street cannot be permanently blocked yet is a question of access for fire trucks or ambulances both welborne and williams say that the issue of emer gency vehicles getting where they need to go on campus is a top pri ority emergency services getting through is a major concern of mine the classroom side of campus to the library now is longer for commut ers public transportation increase hours of operation that complement local merchant business hours increased frequency of buses to better serve commuters build shelters in key areas along bus routes he says he feels that a&t stu dents should be able to congregate without being harassed this is their campus we are here to make it safe and not restrict them send comments to clarkm@ncat.edu williams says he adds that when the gates were installed on mitchell drive he talked to emergency medi cal service and fire department of ficials about it consequently it was put in writing that if an emergency arises and the gates are locked both these services have permission to run over the grass or do whatever it takes to get through chief williams adds that in gen eral the problem of crime such as carrying weapons and assault on the campus are committed more of ten by nonstudents parking from page 2 safe families and neighborhoods greater community involvement in structuring polic ing policies and identifying high crime traffic areas