Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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Nursing School 1 Sandy Brashe orders his nursing pin from Leo Sandi- fer 2 Oarlene Strickland looks on as Mrs Noram Plan- chock and Mrs Maxme Johnson show off their school spirit The Northwestern State University College ot Nursing is the outgrowth of long range planning by interested individuals who were aware of the need for improved nursing services and better education opportunities for prospective profes- sional nurses. From 1 949 to 1 958. two programs of study were available to students: the three year diploma program and the four year baccalaureate program The diploma was terminated in 1 958 Due to increasing enrollment, the Department of Nursing began in 1953. Northwestern achieved University status in 1970. and the School of Nursing became a College of Nurs- ing This program was temporarily accredited by the Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs of the National League for Nursing in 1952, with full accreditation in 1974 by National League for Nursing, and is currently approved by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing. The Associate Degree of nursing program was implemented in September of 1972 Facilities for classes are maintained at 1427 Kings Highway in Shreveport The Associate Degree of nursing program of NSU was accredited in 1 974 A Master of Science in Nursing Degree Program was approved by the Louisiana State Board of Education in 1972. The first candidates completing the program graduated in August. 1973. During each semester, activities were planned by WCC SGA for student participation. Events during 1979-80 school year included the annual softball tournament and volleyball tournament along with several dances. Also scheduled was a movie California Suite . TWENTY-EIGHT

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God, also. We just want what is ours. They take issue to the accusa- tion that holding the hostages is an act of terrorism, saying they are well fed, housed and treated. They reiterated official Iranian claims that the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was turned into a spying nest. The Iranians, they say, see the freezing of some $6 billion in Ira- nian assets in the U.S. as salt on the wound, claiming the Shah made off with a fortune in Iranian wealth, including the crown jewels, and discount reports that the Shah is suffering with cancer. He was playing tennis just weeks before, in Mexico, said one. He could have been treated just as well in Mexico. They have the best facilities. We feel sorry for the American people because they don ' t have a trustful mass media, said Asghari. Students said American broad- casts are all distorted compared to the reports they monitor on Ira- nian radio and reports from friends and relatives back home. They said on T.V., American reporters have translated mob chants as death to the American people, when what they are actually saying is down with imperialism. The students also play down the possibility of Iran looking to Russia for support. It ' s not true that if the U.S. will leave us alone that we will go to the lap of the Soviet Union, said one. Asgheri said one reason is the incompatibility of the atheistic Communist ideology with what he calls a religious revolution in Iran. My people in the streets say ' down with Russia, down with America, ' he said. Asgheri said Iran would fall to Communism never-never ever. There is no chance of that just of being inde- pendent. He was critical of the Soviets for their support of anti-Khomeni skir- mishes in the Iranian state of Kir- distan. While the Iranian students insist they are not close to the Tehran sit- uation to predict the outcome, given what-if scenarios, they do believe they have a cause, and they ' re willing to go the limit. I know what our people want, said one of them, and they ' re not going to compromise. They ' re not going to take any orders from any- body. And what of the American hos- tages? Unless it is proven that they ' re innocent, they ' re going to stay there, said one. If American peo- ple are good, and they want to prove that, they better do some- thing about it. It ' s better for the American government to take the rational approach — take the mur- derer and send him back to my people. TWENTY-SEVEN

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1 —— 1 Spectators watch the nurses ' 2 softball game 2 Students take a break between classes TWENTY-NINE