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SAT., FEERUWY 27. 1S32 THE CAKCLCMTIIS -3
taw School Solves , Profolems , Money BtM a Headache
By Donald Alderman
Charles Daye, dean of '
the NCCU Law School,
the school's lS-member '
faculty and it's 252
students, can now con-:
centrate almost ex
clusively on academic ex
cellence, an advantage
not enjoyed by most of
their predecessors at the
42-year-old law school.
"For the first time in
its history, the North
Carolina Central Univer
sity School of Law has '
the real opportunity to
focus exclusively, on its,
educational program",'
said Daye, who is ending
his second year as dean
of the school." "Before
1980, the ' school was
hindered by overwhelm
ing Inadequacies." .
Inadequacies included
cramped quarters, insuf
ficient , volumes .of law
books in the library, and
also poor equipment for
both teaching a learning
law; Today, law school
officials say the school is
still not up-to-par with
matiy.. white schools
because it does not have
some things that are
common : to most law
schools, such as com
puters, word processors
and video display ter- v
minals; But in Spite of"
these shortcoming!!, the
school's new u $4.2
million, 73,000 square
foot building which
opened in September,
1980 goes a long way
in improving the school's
ability to turn out good
lawyers.
But the struggle for
improvement is far from
over because, according
to Daye, many students
;ire strapped by money
shortages that force
them to work to survive,
and holding a parttime
job is not conducive to
successful law studies.
To illustrate this
point, Daye notes that ".
. . .Of the 22 students
receiving financial aid,
19, or 86 per cent, passed
the bar (in 1981). In con
trast, a total of 14
students who received no
aid took the bar, and .
eight or ftfffflffipt fail
ed.
Both Daye and other
law school .instructors
point out that these
financial shortages and
the need for more stu
dent aid create a number
of serious repercussions
for the school that could
have long range effects
hard to pinpoint right
now.
"We lawyers "know
how much time adequate
law study requires,"
Daye said, "and a law
student simply cannot do
his or her best work fac
ing dire financial need or
spending excessive time
it an outside job."
So while some long
term problems have been
corrected at . the law
school that was
chartered in 1939 after
some Durham blacks
threatened to begin in
tegration efforts at the
"minority
program, but
UNC law school, ade
quate financing for the
school is still a major
headache.
Adequate financing,
according to Daye,
would include money for
a fulltime placement '
director and more books
in the library.
But if finances for ad
ditional improvements at
the school appear to be
short, the question of ad
ditional student aid has
taken a rather paradox
ical twist. -
."Financial aid is hard
to get, so many students
have to work," said Tom
Hodges, Jr., a third-year
student and president of
the Student Bar Associa
tion. "Access to finan
cial aid in some form is
needed. I know it makes .
a difference."
But because of a
higher than allowable
default rate for Central
students, law school '
students can't get Na
tional Direct Student
loans, and other state
financial aid programs
have limited money..
Paradoxically, the law
school gets about
$40,000 from the state
through a
presence "
the biggest chunk of that
money goes to white
studehts who T are the
"minorities" at
predominantly black
NCCU.
"Most whites here
that need help can get it,
but there are blacks here
that need help but can't j
get it because they are '
not minorities," said
Daniel G. Sampson, a
NCCU law school pro
fessor. "If we can get the
resources so students
won't have to work, I'm
sure there will be a
significant difference in
our bar results."
Daye developed an
eight-point plan shortly
after taking office that
may help, ease the finan
cial struggle. The five
year program seeks to
tap all potential sources
to secure funds for in
stUMtipnal1deyeo;RtRe,nt It includes iseeiungjiCQfliD
tributions from the
school's 700-plus alum
ni, developing "200
Friends of the School"
persons, particularly
in the business communi
ty to act similar to a
sport's booster club; tap
ping state and national
foundations and other
grant sources and seek
ing additional state and
federal government sup
port. The Board of Visitors,
Daye said, wilhalso be
asked to step up its role.
The Board is 37 persons
from legal and business
communities who are ac
tive supporters of the
school and its mission.
Beside the major
financial problems,
students and faculty
have other concerns.
These include the fact
that forty per cent of the
law school student body
"1
STUDKNTS SAY Dean Daye'ofien engages in informal dialogue to en
courage a positive working environment. Standing (l-r) arc Reginald Scott,
Dean Daye and Robert Chambers. Sealed are Ms. Deidra Whitted (I) and Ms.
Rosalind Baker. poiohJ sMMyrid
tured the curriculum, re
quiring basic writing
courses a weak area
for many students re
quiring mandatory class
attendance and en-
is white; the problems
that blacks , have
historically in passing the
bar, and student and
faculty confidence and
morale.
ed, blacks and women. It
is significant that these
groups perceive the
judicial process as in
clusive, that is, women'
and black lawyers, peo-
Walter Jones, v vice
: president of the third
year class, had similar
thoughts, vi "It ; (con
j fidence) has improved
dramatically. "The
students have moire pride
in themselves and what
they represent. Dean
.(Daye) has an open door
'policy. He's a great ad
' ministrator, but more
importantly, he takes a '
human f interest in
students. So, I ' expect
our bar passage rate to
continue to climb," he
commented.
Reginald Scott; presi
dent of the first year
class, said he thought on
the whole the first year
class is "optimistic and
enthusiastic," although
he was personally
"shocked" by the
percentage of white
students.
Dean Daye seems to
sum up the state of the
law school this way:
"The School of Law
has often faced multiple
. crises simultaneously.
Yesterday's School of
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Of the 252 students in - pie that can identify with couraging informal - " r"J"
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the law school day
and evening programs
148, or about 60, are
black. At UNC-Chapel
Hill, by ' comparison,
there are 45 blacks out of
a total enrollment of 697
lose confidence in the
system," Sampson said.
Daye pointed out that
while the percentage of
blacks has decreased, the
actual number has in-
said, should increase the
success of blacks taking
the bar exam.
Mark Morris, a third
year student and editor
of the NCCU Law Jour-
MRS. ANN MORRISON; of Cook Road, was
recently crowned Queen of the Stewardess Board of
Ihe Kmmanuel AMK Church on Riddle Road. An
amputee and 77 years old, Mrs. Morrison attends
her church every Sunday, works diligently there and
al home. -. sMrnrM
about a seven per cent creased. Today's
black student popula- black students represent
tion.
Since the admission of
the first white student in
1965, Central's law
school has .become
thoroughly integrated,
perhaps the most in
tegrated law school in
the country, according to
Daye. The increased in
tegration is partly the
result of state and
federal laws' which pro
hibit discrimination bas
ed solely on race, an in
flux of white applicants
(some of whom were
denied admission at
white schools), black
students' financial han
dicaps and the influx of
black students to white
law schools.
Despite the forty per
a record.
The school's total
population in 1968 was
86 and was at no time
previously higher. Bet
ween 1940 and 1968, on
ly 120 students had
graduated from the pro
gram. Enrollment began
to climb thereafter and
today graduates total
over 700.
Students insist that
other issues must be ad
dressed to put black
enrollment into perspec
tive. Michael C.
Wallace, a second year
student, explains:. "In
my class, 75 per cent of
the blacks were
eliminated after the first
year for academic
reasons while 99 per cent
plan comprehensively
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147 na, said "I'm confident 'ulur an ,l
nt tht thP watinn w u "develop a thoughtful
educational program.
stabilize an institution.
. .Today's School of '
XiSi'&N.C. Tornado Awareness
ongoing operation, to
Week lo tie unserved
that the education here is
'as good as anywhere else
mainly because of an ex
cellent faculty. But so
much of studying law is
what the individual
does," he said.
We are ready to meet
new challenges, to
achieve new horizons, to
fulfill the promise of op
portunity, to strive for
excellence."
March 1-8
By FJson Armstrong, Jr. . small "tornadoes, there
North Carolina' have been maxi-
Governor Jim Hunt, in tornadoes recorded in
cooperation with the Na- this state. One ' hit
tional Weather Service. Greensboro on April 2,
has proclaimed March 1936 causing wide spread
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is the same as always
We will not neglect Cen
tralVhistoric mission of
providing for and offer
ing opportunities to
those who, by reasons of
life's circumstances , do
not possess formal
credentials."
He said risks are taken
on students whose
numbers barely meet
standards, but
"unreasonable f risks"
are not taken.
"Bar results have
created a move to tighten
admissions standards,"
Daye said, and "just
what effect it has had on
racial balance, I don't
know."
Daye said that many
factors are involved and
it is Jiard to say exactly
the reason for the forty
per cent white enroll
ment. He said it may be
resources.
"It might very well be
that more whites and
blacks would be here if
we had the resources that
they (white schools)
have," Sampson said,
adding that he thinks the
mission is a good one.
"The school should be
concerned about the.
poor, the underprivileg-
u.
it appears that a
class can be' enrolled
predominantly black and
graduate predominantly
white.
Daye however said
precise attrition figures
are not available.
But despite the pro
blems, student con
fidence and morale ap
pear to be at an alt-time
high partially at
tributable to the 1981 bar
results which were a con
siderable improvement
over those of years past.
For graduates taking
the exam for the first
time in July, 1981, the
passing rate was 69 per
cenr 25 of 36. This
class was admitted under
Harry Groves' ad
ministration. Groves, the
school's fourth dean,
taking over from LeMar
quis DeJarmon, resigned
in 1980.
May, 1983 will mark
the first graduating class
under Daye's ad
ministration. In 1980,
the passing rate was 32
per cent. The passing
rate for blacks in 1981
was 46 per cent six of
thirteen.
To improve bar exam
showings, Daye restruc-
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1-8 as Tornado
Awareness Week for
1982.
The tornado the
most violent storm in
nature usually ap
pears as a dark funnel
extending downward
from a thunder cloud.
Winds in these funnels
can range from 75 mph
in the mini-tornadoes to
over -500 ' mph in the
maxi-tornadoes.
Tornadoes are usually
the result of a clash of
warm, moist air and
cold, dry air along a
weather from. The air s
then set into a counter-
aesirucuon ana some
deaths. It was the worst
tornado ever recorded in
North Carolina.
On January 4 of this
year, a small tornado
caused some damage just
north of Durham while
another lore through
downtown Oxford.
Tornadoes can also
occur during summer
thunderstorms. One such
slorm hit Redwood in
Eastern Durham County
on August 10, 1980
following a 100" day.
, .Tlw storm was very
1 'friealized. While damage
was heavy in Redwood,
clockwise spinning mo- a lew blocks away
tion that drags parV of ' rhere was no damage at
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Ms. Philpott Named
0YWA For 1981
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Ms. Sandra Elaine
Philpptt, formerly of
Durham, was recently
selected as one of the
Outstanding Young
Women of America for
1981 by the Board of Ad
visors for OYWA.
Ms. Philpott is the
daughter of Mrs. Viola
Philpott of Wintergreen
Place, Durham. She
received her B.S. degree
from Bennett College,
Greensboro, and
master's degree in
counseling at the Univer
sity of North Carolina
Chapel Hill. Ms.
Philpott is currently
employed with the State
of Michigan in Lansing.
The purpose of the
award is to recognize the
many young women who
give their time, talents
and unselfish service to
enrich the quality of
American life. The
OYWA annually
publishes a volume
which presents a com
plete biographical sketch
of each young woman
honored.
Each year leaders
from civic, - religious,
academic and profes
sional circles nominate
young women between
the ages of 21 and 36
who they believe merit
special recognition.
I he earth. Once it
touches the ground, the
tornado rapidly scoops
up diisi and other debris.
Houses, barns and
buildings in I he tornado
path virtually explode
from l lie vacuum created
as the center of the storm
pusses over them.
Automobiles and even
railroad cars can be toss
ed around like so many
toy blocks.
Tornadoes can also
occur over the sea and
even large inland lakes.
When this happens, the
storm is often called a
water spout. These are
usually less destructive
.than their land counter
parts, but they are still
dangerous.
Tornadoes can occur
at any time of year and
all fifty slates have
recorded instances of
tornado touch downs.
But they most often oc
cur between March and
June in the midwestern
United States which
has been dubbed "Tor
nado Alley".
In North Carolina,
spring is the most promi
nent time of year for
these powerful localized
storms. Although Tar
Heels usually have to
contend with the mini or
A rare November Tor
nado surprised jesidenis
of East Raleigh"in (966.
A l least ten peyple were'
injured iiHhal storm.
The weather service
advises people to lake
shelter and listen to
weather .bulletins if
severe weather threatens
your area. A tornado
watch means that condi
tions are favorable for
possible development of
tornadoes. A tornado
warning means a funnel
has been spoiled.
Tornados can he ac
companied by hail,
heavy rains, and high
winds. 1 1 you spot a fun
nel forming, move lo a
safe area and, if a phone
is available, call your
nearest law enforcement
agency and report Ihe
location and movement
of the funnel.
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