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Sharon can't explain why llef marks dipped when she started high school. In junior high school hef grades were good and she was sO- cially involved in the school's activ- ities. But things started moving downhill when she entered Girl's High. She believes she was accepted at YVagner almost solely on the recom- mendation of her counsellor and the Mfagner admissions officer who visited the school. Wagner was my first choice among the four colleges I wanted to attend. I was looking for a baccalaureate nursing program at a college with a rural setting, not far from a large city, and not far from my home. Mfagner was all that I wanted. The college pieced together a system of loans, grants, and nursing scholarships to finance Sharonls education. In addition she enrolled in the college work-study program, and worked summers as a nurses' aide. Then, Queen Sharon became Pfc. Sharon when she was accepted in the U.S. Army student nurse pro- gram. The program pays its candi- date's tuition and offers a salary which goes toward room and board. Sharon will be commissioned a sec- ond lieutenant in January of her senior year and serve three years with the Army nurses after her graduation. During those three years she will study towards a mas- ter's degree either in midwifery or psychiatric nursing. As little as a year ago, a black coed would have had little chance in the homecoming queen election, Sharon feels. Today at Wagner there is a greater concern among the students, a greater awareness - more thought is being given to things that could be better. I think it is an outgrowth of the student strike ta week-long, non-violent strike by students in early March 1969 that listed numerous academic and social changesj. People on campus started thinking abgut thingsg they started talking to each other. Probably no one other than sorority members really knew about how to nominate a home- coming queen candidate, for ex- ample. , '47' My 1-,cf .....NX 'w Y . . i 1 -'-ffl-b 'SQ'-' 3.5-P QW! 2 ls N' - -1.-.c - me f QQ! . 1, -S ft. -he gg, .IQ , , se . ...QQ 'Nt i SX? J? 'Q XY? A . . , ., . ,hwy 5 Q. . N - us. .5
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No one could accuse the black students of banding together in a large voting block to push Sharon into royalty. There are only 83 black students at Wagner this year among 2400 undergraduates who were eligible to vote. This increased awareness among all college students has led to the election of several black students to the College Council. The black stu- dents Qmost of whom, like Sharon, are members of Black Concernj are more optimistic this year - they are more successful socially, have more unity, and have found more persons on the campus Willing to help. Sharon is taking part in a pro- gram that the black -students at Wag- ner have coordinated with the col- lege's admissions office. The effort is to recruit more qualified black students from environments much like the one that Sharon was a part of. The visits of admissions officers to these areas are coordinated with the black student's vacation period so that a team might enter where only one went before. Each black student will be an ex- ample to those who are discour- aged but determined to aim at the college career. I'll be returning to Girl's High, Sharon explained. lf you fight hard enough, you can do it. I think my sister learned that from me. She, too, Wants to come to Wagner next year. Sharon's career so far has proved the confidence that she, as well as others, had in her capabilities. She is a resident assistant in the wom- en's dormitory this year and a mem- ber of the Student Nurse Fellow- ship. VVhile not quite a Dean's List student, Sharon has been an honor student in her major. .V .,..,, X
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