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Bronco News2 The Voice, For Students, By Students September 13, 2012

Courtesy of uncfsu.edu/SHS/

By Shirley TownsendStudent health insurance costs have

nearly doubled this year as a result of the new federal requirements of the Affordable Care Act . The increase, which has already taken effect, applies to all 17 institutions in the University of North Carolina system, including Fayetteville State.

Students who do not sign a waiver by Sept.15 stating that they do not want the university -sponsored insur-ance and show proof of other cover-age, will be charged on their tuition bill.

The new fee schedule is $709 per semester, up from the previous $451 for the fall semester, and $375 for the spring semester.

Over the past two years, only 30 percent UNC students were covered under the university-sponsored plan, according to Joni Worthington, vice president for communications for the

University of North Carolina of Cha-pel Hill. The other 70 percent were covered under another plan.

Although this increase [in cost] is substantial, the student sponsored plan continues to provide quality coverage at competitive rates,” Worthington said.

The insurance fee policy was put in order to provide access to affordable health care for those students who need coverage in the open market.

The insurance fee will cover many services including but not limited to checkups, STD testing, pregnancy tests, blood pressure screenings, and more.

Students who are covered under another plan can waive the insurance online only at www.studentinsurance.com.

For further information or ques-tions, call (910) 672-1259 or (910) 672-2164.

Fayetteville State University Students Earn HighBy Brian Ashley Nance

Fayetteville State University students displayed growth “well above expected” on an test of higher order reasoning competencies, according to a report by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE) released July 13.

The test, The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), is a tool for higher education institutions to gauge the affect they have on students’ development of critical thinking and writing skills. The CLA varies from other tools because it compares the actual test scores of seniors to their expected scores based on their incoming academic abilities as freshmen. Students are evaluated as “well below”, “below”, “at”, “above”, or “well above” the expected outcomes.

Rather than multiple-choice questions, students are given scenarios and must choose a standpoint to sup-port, similar to an arbitrator's responsibility. They are also asked to critique arguments based on logistics.

John Brooks III, Associate Professor of History and Dean of University College, finds the test to be very practical in its methods.

“What I like about the CLA is it’s more like a real world situation. It is more like the problem solving that [students] would do as citizens and professionals”, Brooks said.

Seniors in 2012 were the first group of students to complete the four-year CLA assessment. FSU se-niors, on average, scored “well above” expected, based on the test's scoring scale.

The Council for Aid to Education estimates this level of growth to be in the 90 to 99th percentile, mean-ing FSU’s gains were greater than 90 to 99 percent of institutions that participated in the CLA nationally.

“We are very proud of our evaluations and students should be too,” said John Brooks III, Dean of Uni-versity College.

In order to receive the student health insurance students are required to meet the following three criteria:

n Must be enrolled in six or more credit hours on the main campusn Must be eligible to pay the student health feen Must be enrolled in a degree-seeking program at FSU

Students under the Home Study programs, online classes and television courses do not need to fulfill the same eligibility requirements as traditional students.

No Freshman Left BehindBy Annissa George

Welcome Dr. Tyson Beale, the new Associate Dean for University College. Beale will oversee the Freshman Center and Learning Center programs, which offer a variety of services including academic advisement, seminar courses, lit-eracy and math support. Continuing in the role of University College to prepare students and provide the foundation to transition into college, Beale will strive to propel Fayetteville State’s goal of retaining and graduating students.

Collaborating with departments on campus, and along with the Freshman Center and Learning Center, the associate dean hopes to encourage students toward resources that are already available to them, rather than implementing new programs at this time. Dr. Beale says that he wants to push and motivate the students in the direction that they desire.

“I am here to hold you accountable for what it is you said you wanted to ob-tain.” says Dr. Beale.

Beale earned his Bachelor of Science and MBA from Radford University in Virginia, and Doctoral Degree in Higher Education at Morgan State University. As an undergraduate at Radford University, Dr. Beale was never one to sit and wait for opportunities. He sought opportunities where he could gain more and has worked with/for a variety of student positions while at Radford & Morgan State Universities. After hearing Oprah ask “If you could do something you love for free, what would it be”, Beale decided to give back to students. He is very possionate about helping students.

“I will push every student until I can push [no]more”

Courtesy of wpblog.uncfsu.eduDr. Tyson Beale, Associate Dean Universtiy College

Bronco News September 13, 2012 Take Note The Voice, For Students, By Students 3 September 13, 2012

Chesnutt Bites an Apple®By Barron Jamel Green Some Fayetteville State University students will get a chance to take a bite out of an Apple® this semester. The Charles Chestnut library has kicked off this new academic year by hosting a contest called PILE-ON (Promoting Information Literacy in Education Observing the Need). Nine lucky students will have unlimited access to an iPad2 for research purposes throughout the fall 2012 semester. The basis for the competition is "to emphasize how much we cannot function with-out finding information especially in today’s generation," said Robert Foster, Inter Library Loan Coordinator.

This contest highlights the definition and importance of information literacy and how to strengthen Fayetteville State University students' use of technology as a tool. The contest questionnaire asked students to write an essay defining the word information literacy, explaining the value of being an information literate person, and describing the benefits information literate people possess.

Foster, who is also the head of the reference department, said his definition of infor-mation literary is "lifelong learning."

Winners will be announced September 14.

Courtesy of loctory-apps.com

By Jasmine Caldwell

Campus po l i ce urge students to prac-tice safety precau-tions at all times, af-ter a series of student robberies have taken place already this se-mester.

Campus polices suggested that stu-dents should use the buddy system when traveling, especially at night, and never walk alone. Be ob-servant when out and pay special attention to one’s surroundings or suspicious activi-ties. In the event that suspicious behavior is witnessed, please notify campus police. There are emergency boxes placed around campus to alert au-thorities in the event that a cell phone is unavailable.

Regarding the re-cent robberies in August, the crimes occurred in the same a rea and have a

similar description. The first robbery oc-curred at 1:30 am and the later at 3:30 p.m. Both victims were robbed at gun-point near Seabrook Park for their cell phones, shoes, and pocket items. The suspects were noted as having the follow-ing physical descrip-tion:

Suspect 1: Stocky, black male, wearing a grey toboggan hat, 18-20 years of age, and 200-215 lbs

Suspect 2: Black male, shoulder length dreads, 18-20 years of age, and 160 lbs

Suspect 3: Slen-der black male, short hair, 5’8, 17-18 years of age, 140-150 lbs

The students’ well-being and safety are a priority at FSU so we urge all students to practice safe hab-its. Be alert! Be safe! Be smart!

Take note:

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Be Smart.

Be Safe!

By Francena Turner

The surviving members of the “Wilmington 10” want Governor Beverly Purdue to issue them a pardon of inno-cence and they need your help!

On September 5, 2012, FSU’s Technology Assisted Legal Instruction and Servic-es Center (TALIAS) allowed both FSU students and people in the surrounding community to be a part of a web roundta-ble on the topic based at North Carolina Central University, and including students from Elizabeth City State Univer-sity, Winston Salem State Uni-versity, and Fayetteville State University. The panel includ-ed host Attorney Irving Joyner, Reverend Benjamin Chavis, Rev. Kojo Nantambu, Judy Mack (daughter of Anne Shep-pard Turner, the only woman

and the only white member of the Wilmington 10), and Attor-ney James Ferguson.

The Wilmington 10, consist-ing of nine young black men and one white woman, were a group of activists who were imprisoned after being con-victed of setting a Wilmington, NC grocery store on fire in 1971 and conspiring to shoot at police officers.

“Two years prior (1968-69) they closed down the black high school and made the black students attend one of the two white high schools. The students were angry. There were few black teachers or counselors. They made it hard for black student athletes to play [sports]. There was no black history taught. Students protested for equitable repre-sentation. The school refused

to hear us. We decided to not go to school [in protest],” Nan-tambu stated. Nantambu was one of the organizers of the protest and was not jailed with the young people involved in the pardon request.

Chavis, who is now the President and CEO of the Hip Hop Action Summit, says that he was a “veteran in the civil rights movement” at the time and went to Wilmington on February 1, 1971 to assist the protesters at the request of the United Church of Christ Com-mission on Racial Justice.

While organizing the pro-testers and contacting various authorities to try to garner pro-tection for the students, Chavis said the violence increased. Several students were shot or verbally attacked. When white students decided not to attend school either, the violence hit a fever pitch.

“They didn’t do it in support of our efforts, they said if the [blacks] weren’t going to go, they weren’t either” Nantambu recalled. That weekend result-ed in several fires, shootings, and fire bombings.

The following year, 16 young people were arrested and eventually 10, the Wilm-ington 10, were tried for the bombing of Mike's Grocery Store.

In a series of questionable trials, all 10 were convicted, sentenced to a sum total of 242 years, and served prison time. In 1977, Amnesty International declared them “political pris-oners of consciousness”. This was significant because it had never happened in the United States. By 1980, the convic-tions were overturned and they were released from prison.

On May 17, 2012, the re-maining members of the Wilmington 10 (four are de-ceased) petitioned Governor Bev Purdue to grant them pardons of innocence. Ac-cording to the North Carolina Department of Corrections, a pardon of innocence is granted when an individual has been convicted and the criminal charges are subsequently dis-missed. Application for this type of Pardon allows an indi-vidual to petition the Governor for a declaration of innocence when the individual has been erroneously convicted and im-prisoned and later determined to be innocent. In such cases where this Pardon is granted, an individual is allowed to seek compensation from the state.

Chavis stated the group’s focus is to get their pardon. Compensation is not their fo-cus at this time. Ferguson, the

original attorney for the Wilm-ington 10, emphasized that the pardon request is at Governor Purdue’s discretion. He said, “The process is fluid, it would really help if those familiar with the case and the pardon request contacted the gover-nor’s office and indicated that they support it.” Governor Purdue is not seeking re-elec-tion and will leave office in January 2013. If she does not address the pardon request, the group will have to start the process over again with the next governor.

Nantambu, president of the Charlot te chapter of the NAACP, added that all NAACP chapters have pe-ti t ions available. FSU’s NAACP Pres iden t Tia ra Walker can be reached at twal-ke20@broncos.uncfsu.edu.

Features4 The Voice, For Students, By Students September 13, 2012

“40 Years is Long Enough”

Courtesy of TALIAS

Contact information for Governor Bev Purdue:

Office of the Governor Constituent Services Office116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603Phone: (800) 662-7952 (919) 733-2391 Fax: (919) 733-2120Email: governor.office@nc.govTwitter: @ncgovofficeFacebook: https://www. facebook.com/pages/Bev-Perdue/11552180685

SGA World Wide

By Jalynn Jones

Broncos have touched Indian and Chi-nese soil! After having two executive board members study abroad, Fayetteville State University’s Student Government Association is off to a productive start, and have decided to bring the global mind set back to FSU. SGA Executive Board members consisting of Jermaine Coble, Jessica Norfleet, Tristin Rainey, and April Love traveled to Greenville, North Caro-lina on August 24th through the 26th to collaborate with the 17 members of the UNC school system to implement better planning and service to their respective student bodies. FSU’s SGA will also be meeting North Carolina Central Univer-sity’s Student Government Association at our first Football game of the year on September 1st. SGA Week is readily ap-proaching beginning on September 17th. The next senate meeting is on Wednesday, September 26th at 5 p.m. in the Rudolph Jones Student Center room 236. Feel free to come voice your concerns.

Features The Voice, For Students, By Students 5 September 13, 2012

By Shirley Townsend

OCAP is the Office of College Access Programs, a program offered by Fayetteville State University, that solely focuses on middle and high school students' academic success.

OCAP is comprised of three separate programs Gear Up, Edu-cational Talent Search, and Upward Bound. Each program has their own goals and agendas but are under the umbrella organization OCAP.

Gear Up is a community partner-ship program that is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The Gear Up program provides early college preparation and awareness services through mentoring, tutor-ing, counseling, outreach, and other supportive services for students, educators and parents. Gear Up’s goal is to seek services that can help enhance students' academic skills and involve parents in the education of their children. The Program seeks to significantly increase the number of low-income students enrolling in and completing college. Gear Up hosts a number of events during the year and summer. The students get the opportunity to attend a residential

camp where they attend workshops, academic classes, receive tutoring and connect with student mentors. Nikki Massey is the Program Director for the Upward bound Program and it is also funded by the U.S. Department of Educa-tion to serve students coming from low-income families. The Program provides academic support ser-vices to high school students who meet the federal eligibility crite-ria. Fayetteville State University's Upward Bound Program is designed to serve four targeted high schools in Cumberland, Hoke, and Robeson Counties in North Carolina. Upward Bound currently serves 56 partici-pants who are striving to enroll in college after completing high school. Each student is provided with academic assistance while enrolled. Upward Bound hosts a wide variety of programs for the participants dur-ing the summer and school year. The participants get the opportunity to experience college life by attending residential camps during the summer at FSU as well as informative events held at FSU during the school year. The Educational Talent Search

program is also funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the purpose of providing educational and academic support services to low-income students in middle and high school who reside in Cumber-land, Robeson, and Hoke Coun-ties. Fayetteville State Universities Educational Talent Search program is to prepare students for college. ETS strives to create a close relation-ship with its members and Interim Driector Cheryl Adams assures its progress. The staff is required to do constant checkups on each member and provide them with any assistance needed. ETS also provides numer-ous programs and events during the summer as well as the school year. Events such as “College Readiness Retreat” and STEM Camps are al-ways available to the members along with others.

The Office of College Access Programs at Fayetteville State Uni-versity can be reached in the Helen T. Chick Building, Room 120 Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone: 910-672-1351 Fax: 910-672-1699

By Shirley Townsend

Fayetteville State Univer-sity students were a part of the first AmeriCorps Vista Project this summer. The students used their summer to help support the OCAP programs by serving as AmeriCorps Vista Summer As-sociates. AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service program de-signed specifically to fight pover-ty. The program operates through the service of volunteers.

Authorized in 1964 by Presi-dent John F. Kennedy, and founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, VISTA was incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993.

VISTA has been on the front lines in the fight against poverty in America for more than 45 years.

The AmeriCorps Vista Project's summer associates helped assist academic programs, events, and also served as mentors and tutors. By serving through VISTA, the summer associates had the oppor-tunity to gain new skills, friends, and experiences as well as help youth in the community. Dur-ing their service, they received a modest living allowance, health care, and other benefits. Each summer associate demonstrated a passion for giving back and helping youth in the community.

Courtesy of AmeriCorps Vista

Left: AmeriCorps Vista Summer 2012 Associates Richard Wall, Troy Pickens, Appiffany D. Joiner, Tyson McDowell, Daivd Antoine, Danareyn Hamlett, Hydeia Hayes, Trea D. Landry and Shirley Townsend

The AmeriCorps Vista Project

What is OCAP?

Golfing in the Fight Against Cancer

By Barron Jamel Green

Lauringburg - A loud pinging sound silenced the geese flopping over the first hole of the Cypress Creek Golf Links course during the opening of the relay for golf tournament Sept. 8.

This golf tournament, organized by the Butler Manufacturing/BlueScope Building teams, was one of several teams of local businesses and organizations in Lauringburg, that are holding fundraising events leading up to the city’s relay for life on Sept. 21 at Scotland High School .

The American Cancer Relay for life is national phenomenon in which com-munities gather together and walk laps around tracks to raise money and aware-ness, as well as honor those who have suffered from cancer. Relay for life also reaches across the globe with 4 million people in more than 20 countries partici-pating, according to the American Can-cer Society (ACS) website.

Proceeds from the event were raised through the $200 entry fee per four -man team, advertising and donations from businesses.

In total, 12 teams showed up with the intentions of battling, but not with one another or the challenges of the course, but cancer, which will kill nearly 600,000 in 2012 alone, according to the ACS website.

The tournament kicked off at 9 a.m. with the crackling of hundreds of clubs that banged together in a motorcade of golf carts speeding to the opening hole.

Nearly 50 men and woman played the 18-hole course that presented differ-ent obstacles to overcome, including the captain’s choice, lingo for a method of playing golf and utilizing the teammate’s golf ball in the four man team that has the best position after every shot.

Charles Haywood, BlueScope’s qual-ity manager, orchestrated the event to include first, second, and third place trophies, door prizes, and lunch follow-ing the tournament. Players sat down to steak dinners with all the trimmings to conclude their long day of golf.

Mr. Haywood said that this year’s tournament was a success. Every year that the tournament was held the number of participants have increased. The But-ler Manufacturing/BlueScope team has organized four events but not consecu-tively. The last tournament was 2008 and raised $7,000, according to Laurinburg exchange.com . “The economy has ev-eryone in a financial crunch,” he said. But, Mr. Haywood expressed that he “can’t wait till next year to play again”.

For more information about cancer facts or area relay for life events go to the American Cancer Society’s webpage relayforlife.org.

Fashion6 The Voice, For Students, By Students September 13, 2012

By Cimmeon Q.Terry

Thought Michael Jordan’s Nike sneaker, Air Jordan would put a hole in your pocket? The buzz over the debut of LeBron James’ new sneaker “The LeBron X” is not about the metallic gold Nike check, but the dent it will put in your checking account. The p roposed s t a r t ing price of the Lebron’s could be as much as $315, far sur-passing any of Jordan’s original price releases. Compared to ma-jority the of stu-dents income, it will be a choice of paying rent or hav-ing fresh feet.

According to espn.go.com, the sneaker will, in fact, not be that expensive. This could be a valid statement as support from Nike spokesman Brian Strong said the discussed price is inaccurate.

“The LeBron X will be launched in the fall at a suggested retail price of $180," Strong said, in a statement.

"The initial introduction of the LeBron X will be the red, white and blue Nike+ enabled version and that price is still being set, but will be at a

higher price to reflect the Nike+ technology em-bedded in the shoes."

By Nike+ Technology it refers to Nike Plus system, Zoom Max cushioning and Hyperfuse

materials of the shoe. Zoom Max cush-ioning is the lightweight durable

padding, and foam, which al-low the wearer to jump high-

er. The shoe is made of all Hyperfuse[d] materials,

which are supposed to be most the inde-structable materials. The real deal is the Nike Plus Basketball technology; a chip imbedded in the sole,

which monitors move-ment and speed.That’s right, it tells

you how fast you ran, and even tracks your stats, which

you can sync in a mobile app. Feeling like a superstar already?

Well the Nike+ Basketball technol-ogy also measures vertical jumps,

quickness and hustle. Finally, after all your hard work is charted off the court, it can be showcased in a virtual game that matches your personal stats with other LeBron wearers around the globe. So whether you’re an athlete or a dedicated LeBron fan, the LeBron X will be a hefty price to pay!

The LeBron X

Courtesy of msnbc.msn.com

Photos by Alisha Murphy

Antoine Morgan “I’m not looking to monitor my jumps

but the price is reasonable for the

technology.” Blake Utley “Its worth it

because it's 2012 plus, Lebron is the

number one athlete”

Ishmel “KC” Cooper “They are hot, but

too expensive.”

What do you think about the new LoBron X shoes?

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Check It Out!

Looking for a place to hang out with your buddies?

Try the Game room on the lower level of the Student Center. The Game room has

a bowling alley, Billiard tables, chess/checker boards, a dart board, a variety of video games, a Ping-Pong table and a Foosball table. All ready for your enjoyment.

The Game room is open Monday through Sunday from 2 p.m.

to 10 p.m.

Got Game?

Greek Corner

Right: Jasmine Caldwell performs the perfect Kappa wiggle during the wiggle portion of the "Shimmy like a Nupe" contest.

Left: Members of the Epsilon Beta chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi show out at their "Shimmy like a Nupe" contest. FSU students/staff from left to right Garrion Mangum, Ervin Tyrone Brinkley and Chris Howard.

Photos by Antonio Monroe

Courtland White, Rich-ard Davis, and Michael "Austin" Austin playing a card game.

Elisa Ewing tries her hand a bowling.

Julian Crews works on his billiards game.

James Newton, Game room Manager.

Bronco-iRadio presents its first Annual iMUSIC FESTIVAL on Saturday, September 22 from 12-5:30 p.m. on the campus of Fayetteville State University. The iMUSIC FES-TIVAL will feature the talents of FSU students and global independent artists, as well as celebrating one year of programming on the student radio station. It is a free, family friendly event that is open to the public, and will feature many different artists and fun activities for everyone to enjoy.

The iMUSIC FESTIVAL will allow independent artists, and FSU independent artists a chance to showcase their musical talent in a positive community setting.

Proceeds from this event will go towards the continuing operation of the student ra-dio station, Bronco-iRadio.com. Bronco-iRadio.com is the student ran internet-based radio station where FSU students learn about the radio broadcasting industry. It pro-vides on-the-job training for students and volunteers interested in the field of radio broadcasting. Students are given access to state of the art equipment where they learn production, marketing, photography, videography, music, and media design. Proceeds from the iMUSIC FESTIVAL will allow the station to purchase much needed equipment and computer applications that will allow them to train and educate students in the Broadcasting field.

If anyone is interested in being a vendor for the iMUSIC FESTIVAL, please send an email to GM@BRONCO-iRADIO.COM. For more information about the iMUSIC FESTI-VAL go to www.bronco-iradio.com or send an email to GM@BRONCO-iRADIO.COM.

Bronco Life The Voice, For Students, By Students 7 September 13, 2012

By Jerone Gray

The freshmen class is definitely making its presence known this fall semester! In addition to study body increasing, freshmen student-athletes are at an all time high. The Bronco family welcomed 10 new freshmen ladies to the Lady Broncos Softball team. Enthusiastic and confident, the freshmen players can’t wait for their first collegiate game.

Coach Miquel “Coach Who” Jus-tiniano Jr., is expecting an exciting season as well.

“I have learned that these new in-coming players are going to make it a fun ride for [me] and [the] return-ing players. I believe they will make a big impact on the team. This may be the best year ever.”

When talking with some of the new players, "the friendship is are hard not to notice. Pitching jokes and nick-names, the ladies have already bond-ed, a quality necessary for teamwork.

Kristi Bell, a freshmen pitcher from Hubert, NC, and Sharday Smith, a freshmen first baseman from Law-

renceville, GA, are most excited about bonding with their teammates and making lasting friendships. Many of the new players such as Spencer Ember, a transfer junior from Thom-asville, NC, and Haley Wood, a fresh-men short stop from Spring Hope, NC, are hoping to grow into more independent people this year.

With personal goals off the field and in the classroom, the Lady Bron-cos Softball team is headed for a win-ning season. Other freshmen team members include Fallon Brown, an outfielder from Columbus, Ohio; Brittany Nicole Freeman, second baseman from Fayetteville, NC; and Kelsey Urquhart, an outfielder from Sneads Ferry, NC.

We can all support these la-dies on their journey to the CIAA Championship and Division 2 World Series by attending their fall softball games, beginning Sept. 5. Scrimmages will be held ev-ery weekend until mid October. ATTITUDE CHECK……BRONCO PRIDE!!!!!

Sports8 The Voice, For Students, By Students September 13, 2012

New Year, New Players

Reigned on by Braves

Photo by Rasheed McLain

Photo by Richy Dickens2012-2013 Lady Broncos Softball Team

Photo by Shakieviea Gilchrist

Fayetteville State University Broncos, Anthony Duran (5- Wide Receiver), returns a punt during the Two Rivers Classic against of North Carolina University at Pembroke while being guard by teammates Simeon Marshall (21- Cornerback) and Michael Sykes (28- Free Safety) from University of North Carolina at Pemberok players Quentin Pate (6- Defense Back) and Matt Turner (92- Defense Lineman) on Saturday night in Lumberton, NC

By Ti'Aira Southerland

The Lady Broncos defeated the Lady Panthers (Claflin University) Volleyball team Season-opener over Claflin 3-1. The game began with a strong serve by #3 of the Lady Panthers, however, the Lady Bron-cos took the first set by four points. FSU's Chaquita Jackson and Joylene Thompson both had three kills and one block each. Lady Broncos also

took the 2nd set 25-11 over Claflin. Pre-Season All-CIAA Joi Emanuel & Ifeyinwa Nwokolo , captains, had four kills in set two leading to a vic-tory of the 25-11. The Lady Panther started off rough but stole set three with a 25-23 win, breaking the win-ning strike by the Broncos for the best of five series 2-1. The Lady Broncos won the game by taking set four 25-20 over the Lady Panthers.

Broncos Serve Claflin

Courtesy of Candis JohnsonFayetteville State University Lady Broncos serve against the Lady Panthers of Claflin University during the Sept.. 5 season opener.

Fayetteville State University Bron-cos, Chauncey Concepcion (15- Quarterback), prepares to throw

while University of North Carolina at Pembroke Defensive players

Devante Bush (52- Defense Line-men), Ryan Stiles (76- Defense Linemen), Joshua Gooding (95- Defense Linemen) and Quentin

Pate (6- Defense Back) try to prevent the throw during the Two

Rivers Classic.

By Jennifer Lucas, Editor-in-Chief

The Broncos took on the rain only to lose to the UNC Pembroke Braves on Sat-urday night at the fourth annual Two Riv-ers Classic.

Both teams fought hard for the win, which was claimed by the Braves with a final score of 31 to 21. The Broncos are now 0-2 for the 2012 season. The next game will be against the Panthers of Vir-ginia Union University at home Sept. 15. The game is set to kickoff at 6 p.m.

Sports The Voice, For Students, By Students 9 September 13, 2012

By Adrian Ferguson, Sports Information Director

The Fayetteville State Broncos opened its 2012 football season with a 54-31 loss to the Division I - FCS North Carolina Central Eagles in front of 9,077 fans on Saturday evening at O'Kelly-Riddick Sta-dium.

The Broncos fall to 24-9 in the all-time series with the Eagles, and traveled to UNC Pembroke on Sept. 8 for the Fourth Annual Two Rivers Classic at Grace P. Johnson Stadium.

FSU (0-1) used a two-quarterback system in the opener as Andreas Hud-son started the contest before Chauncey Concepcion replaced him in the second quarter. Hudson made his first start for the Broncos since the 2010 season opener against UNC Pembroke, but would lat-er suffer an injury later in the year that forced him to miss both the remainder of the 2010 campaign and the entire 2011 season.

"I thought Andreas threw the ball well tonight, and Chauncey did some good things with the football," said head coach Kenny Phillips. "Chauncey threw the in-terception, but other than that I thought we played well as a football team. I told the team before the game the thing we can't do is turn the football over; and we come out and turn the football over four times. You can't do that and win football games. To me, that's the difference in this football game is those four turnovers."

The FSU defense and special teams set the tone early in the opening quarter as NCCU (1-0) was forced to punt in its first two possessions, and the second punt put the Broncos ahead 7-0 as Joseph McLean blocked an Oleg Parent punt and Chris Person recovered it and rank eight yards for the first touchdown of the season.

The Eagles' special teams responded a few minutes later as Geovonie Irvine re-turned an Antonio Mayo punt 31 yards for the game-tying touchdown, but Mayo put Fayetteville State back in front 10-7 with a 38-yard field goal. The field goal by Mayo was the second of his career on his second collegiate attempt, and capped an 11-play 56-yard drive that was aided by two 15-yard penalties by NCCU.

The Broncos forced the Eagles to punt on the following possession, but fumbled

on the first play of their drive and led to a three-yard touchdown run by Andre Clark on the very next play to go back on top 14-10. It became 20-10 on NCCU’s next possession on Arthur Goforth's 11-yard touchdown run.

Concepcion would enter the game fol-lowing the touchdown and immediately made an impact as he went 4-for-4 pass-ing for 50 yards, including a long of 17, and scored from six-yards out with 31.7 seconds remaining in the half to trim Fay-etteville State's deficit to 20-17.

The Broncos offense opened the second half with a solid drive offensively, led by Concepcion, moving into Eagle territory. NCCU's defense then forced Concepcion into his first mistake of the game as Al-lonte Tuppins intercepted his pass and returned it 69-yards to extend the Eagles lead to 27-17. FSU then fumbled the fol-lowing kick-off, and NCCU made it 34-17 three plays later on a 20-yard touch-down pass from Matt Goggans to Irvine.

The Broncos were not to be denied as Michael Johnson returned the follow-ing kick-off 94 yards for a touchdown to make it a 34-24 contest, but the Eagles scored on their next two possessions on touchdown runs by Clarke and Gary Douglas. NCCU made it a 48-24 contest after those two touchdowns.

Concepcion responded to the two touchdowns by going 5-for-5 for Fayette-ville State through the air for 52 yards, while also rushing for eight, as Tyrel Bry-ant-Dove capped off the drive by running in from 19-yards out and cut the score to 48-31.

Adrian Wilkins would end the game for the Eagles as he returned a Bronco punt 57 yards for a touchdown as time expired to end the game with a 54-31 score.

Concepcion finished the game 14-for-18 through the air for 141 yards, while Hudson went 6-for-7 for 58 yards. Bryant-Dove led the Fayetteville State ground game with 33 yards, and Anto-nio Allen had 68 receiving yards and tied Kasunn Williams with five catches each. Johnson also had a team-high eight tack-les on defense as four Bronco players were in on sacks. Joshua Scales also had an interception for Fayetteville State.

NCCU Wins Season Opener

Photo by Rasheed McLainBroncos Defensive Line tries to stop the Eagles of North Carolina Central University from gaining yards on a play during the Sept. 1 game in Dur-ham, NC.

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n Sept. 15 host Virginia Union kickoff is at 6 p.m. n Sept. 22 host Elizabeth City State kickoff is at 6 p.m.

n Sept 15 vs Virginia Union @ Lincoln, PA game starts at 1 p.m.n Sept. 15 vs Bowie State @ Lincoln, PA game starts at 3 p.m. n Sept. 16 vs Lincoln(Pa.) @ Lincoln, PA game starts at 9 a.m. n Sept. 20 vs Livingstone @ Salisbury, NC game starts at 6 p.m. n Sept. 21 vs USC Aiken @ Charlotte, NC game starts at 1 p.m. n Sept. 21 vs Armstong Atlantic @ Charlotte, NC game starts at 5 p.m. n Sept. 22 vs Johnson C. Smith @ Charlotte, NC game starts at 3 p.m. n Sept. 25 vs Saint Augustine's @ FSU game starts at 6 p.m.

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Softballn Scrimmages every weekend @ FSU's Seabrook Park until mid-October

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By Theresa “Raey” Walker

Are you interested in working to de-fend the U.S. and world against natural and man-made disasters? You may be in luck. On Fayetteville State Universi-ty campus, the Center for Defense and Homeland Security (CDHS), is devel-oping programs to do just that.

CDHS is a cutting edge research fa-cility that is spearheaded by Dr. Curtis Charles, senior associate vice chancel-lor and director of CDHS at FSU. The center is necessary to “prepare the next generation for the workforce specializ-ing in national security and defense,"

Dr. Charles said. "It also helps that Fort Bragg, the Headquarters [staff] of the Army, who work alongside FSU’s CDHS to help prevent and combat these catastrophic and man-made di-sasters, is right in our backyard.” Training tomorrow's leader in STEM

The recent emphasis placed on sci-ence, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) within the last decade is helping students become more engaged in these areas in order to compete within the U.S. and around the world.

Dr. Charles stressed the importance of having K-12 students being ex-posed to STEM because, as cliché as it sounds, these children are the future and if they aren’t able to catch up with innovative science and technology they will be left behind.

“We must prepare the next genera-tion and in order to do that we must impact K-12 first,” said Dr. Charles.

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, for instance there were few, if any correspondents that were able to communicate clearly with the victims of the storm. Some people didn’t understand the culture or lan-guage, therefore communication was dwarfed and getting help to the victims was stalled.

“When we incorporate more minori-ties into the equation they can better

help because they will understand how to communicate," Dr. Charles said. "It is vital that we ensure women and minorities are getting into the STEM fields." However, he added that devel-oping communication devices specific to the needs and training people to use them properly is a vital necessity. What does CDHS offer

Research provided by CDHS is an extra step FSU educators have em-phasized, making competition for jobs in homeland security more realistic for students. The research at CDHS focuses on four main areas: Infra-structure Protection & Disaster Man-agement, Cyber Security Systems, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (or C4ISR), and Chemical and Biological Countermea-sures. Each of these areas translates into research that continuously needs to be conducted and jobs that need to be filled in the near future.

CDHS does not offer a degree. It is a catalyst for STEM, however, it provides opportunities and grants for students to participate in internships at Oakridge National Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). This past summer FSU sent six students to these institutions and al-lowed for students to network within their chosen fields.

The CDHS recognizes that in the

very near future there will be a vacan-cy of jobs within the national security and defense areas due to many retir-ees. FSU hopes to fill those vacancies with some of its students. According to recruit.com, the average mean in-come for an individual in STEM re-lated fields $77,880 and only four of the STEM occupations were below $43,460. In order to to compete in STEM careers, applicants must have a clean police record. In fact, many of the jobs that involve national security require a background check and a se-curity clearance.

Just last week, New Orleans and sur-rounding areas were threatened again with Tropical Storm Isaac. This time, the city, state, and surrounding areas were better prepared because they in-vested in the infrastructure and im-proved communication, which were direct results for CDHS’s research and technologies.

So, the next time you wonder what you can do with a degree in biology, chemistry, computer science, mass communications or any field, stop and think about what CDHS at FSU can do for you. For more information about the Center for Defense and Homeland Security log onto their FSU webpage at http://www.uncfsu.edu/cdhs/cdhs-scholars.htm

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Backpack Give AwayBy Ricky Dickens

Business owner Kevin Brooks, is all about giving back to the community and August 25 marked the fifth year of the annual Backpack Giveaway. Locat-ed in Bronco Square shopping center, Trimmerz barbershop hosted the event, which gave away nearly 500 backpacks.

“I wanted to do something to give back to the community, our community”, said Brooks.

The event has grown from its original 100 backpacks, and each pack in-cludes free school supplies. In addition to the supplies, Trimmerz hosted a cookout with free food and music. The Fayetteville Doggpound motorcycle club was in attendance, along with Ronald McDonald, and other games and activities for the children.

By Cynthia Arroyo

Lately exorcist movies have become a cliché but ‘The Possession’ gives it a twist by stepping out of the Catholic realm. This time we are given the Jewish interpretation of exorcism. It also gives tells a story about a girl going to a yard sale and buying a pretty craved box that turns out to be a bad purchase.

The main source of the paranormal and frightening occurrances is a Jewish inscripted wooden box. The box becomes property of the Brenek family, a family separated by the fast paced life of Clyde (Jeffery Dean Morgan). Clyde tries to form a strong bond with his two daughters Em (Natasha Calis) and Hannah (Madison Davenport) since they live with their mother Stephanie (Kyra Sedgwick). Clyde takes his daughters to a yard sale where Em finds this beautiful engraved box. This box brings about violent and dangerous behaviors in Em when she opens it. Dybbuk an evil Jewish spirit who feeds off the souls of innocent children has possessed Em. Clyde is highly alarmed and stops at nothing to save his daughter from this evil and life-consuming demon.

Possession is definitely a well-crafted horror movie. Sam Raimi and Ole Bornedal really out-did themselves with this film. If you’re in the mood for a good scare as well as suspense ’The Possession’ is a def-inite go see movie. Fandango and I highly recommend this movie.

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Poetry GardenI Jumped

I jumped out of out of your boat into his then

I jumped again just to end up swimming in the ocean (waiting for him)

Guess it is like they say there are more fish in the see but I saw many fish but their was only one kind of my sea

And that was you Know I realize why I jumped out your boat into his

Just to end up where I am Finding out the only reason I did it was because I was

still in love with you and he was my safe zone

So I needed him To fill this empty spot in my heart and to keep my mind

busy be cause too many thoughts run through my head I need

him to fill a void

So he gave me the attention I needed the communication I craved

for and the love and affection I was a fiend for So I am no longer a fiend or crave, need or want anything

from you Because now my best friend has become my homie and turned into

my manAnd I’m feeling like I’m in love all over again expect for

this time it’s real and right

So now you are ghost to my heart and stranger to my thoughts

Because he was there when I needed help and that help for me

turned into like to care to love to head over heels in love with him I jumped

Out of your boat into the ocean so I could be saved by my destiny

And now you are just a fish under our cruise ship where he is the captain and I am the queen

~ Brittany Warren