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SATURDAY. CCTC2EB 18, 1S32 THE CARSUSSA TiZS-IS Civil Rights Journal interpreting Aptitude Scores ; ; By Dr. Charles E. Cobb Executive Director United Church of Christ Coniinimor. For Racial Justice . If M ii ! t j - NCCU Students Struggle With Budget Cuts Recently the College Board announced that blacks score an average of 100 points .lower on j the Scholastic Aptitude Test which is the stan dardized test for screen-, ing college applicants.; The College Board is a-noh-profit organization of 2500 schools and col leges. These figures have not been made public in previous years in order to prevent a misconcep tion regarding the ability of minority students. ( The psychological data show that .teachers who have been given prior ex pectations of student performance level usually teach at those levels. Apparently the College Board's reason ing for previously withholding this infor mation was to prevent this teacher bias. They have now decid ed to release this infor mation according to the president. George Han ford, in order to "il luminate the cstcrit anf nature of the educational deficit this nation must overcome" . and "demonstrating the need for more affirmative ac tion with respect to ac cess ' to higher education". - I am concerned about these data for two basic rcasons First . the reports looks at external ' characteristics and dif ferences among students without , taking into ac count the test bias. How many., blacks or : other minorities participated in the examination? Secondly, the stated rationale for not having released his information in the past appears to be even more relevant to day. We ' have an ad ministration that has ex plicitly and clearly demonstrated its lack of concern for af firmal i vc action and any other remedy for historic forms of educational discrimination. It has a public sentiment reminis cent of the days of separate but equal facilities. Thus I ques tion the College Board'" rcasoning and judge ment. I assure you that some high ranking education "expert will attempt to use this information' in order to further polaric the black and white com innniiv. l By Shawn Bodrick J Federal money for col lege educations con tinues to dwindle, but more than 2.000 North Carolina Central Univer sity students have bitten the bullet and are strug gling to stay in school, while coping with the money crunch. , AH of .these students are black. ' ' Ironically, Central's white students appear to have an easier financial time of it. There are more than 500 white students among the near- ly 5,000 students at Cen tral this' semester. , ; ; As part of the con troversial "consent decree'! .that got the statewide University of North Carolina system out of federal court on racial . - discrimination charges, NCCU must at tract more - white students. To help them do this, the state has pro vided so-called "minori ty presence" money for eligible white students. According to Central officials, to be eligible for "minority presence" money, - white students simply have to be North Carolina residents and be enrolled in at least two courses per semester. University of ficials say the funding level of this program has not been reduced. Meanwhile, many black students at Central are struggling to cope. "I. am receiving some BEOG (Basic Education Opportunity Grant) money," explained Bridgett Faison, and 18-year-old Cary High School graduate. "But I'm also working part time1 at the Big Star (grocery store) to help with the rest. I'm lucky, too, because I have fami ly here so that will save the cost of living in the dorm." That's the basic story for most students,1 from freshmen to seniors, who are struggling to stay in college. They are getting what they can, work wherever they can' find a job, or jobs and cutting corners as much as possi ble. Families are also helping. For examole. Douslas Mammon, ' biology :najor from Brooklyn, N.Y.. received only $600 in work study funds, and his family is footing the 'balance of his college bill. Vereen David, a New York business ad ministration major, gets grant funds that cover about 25Wt of his 12,344 :oIlege costs for this year. That figure in cludes tuition, room and board. He's got to come up with the balance.' Michelle Crowder, and Englishjournalism (Continued on Page 16) Plain Talk About The Law Door-To-Door Sales Rv North State Legal Services One of the main objec tives of our Community Education Program at North State Legal Ser vices is to prevent legal problems from happen ing. Knowing what to look for in contracts and knowing what the law is. can be yery helpful when ' it comes to door-to-door sales. The Federal Trade Commission's Office of. Consumer Protection has been successful in protecting most door-to-door sales customers. Under an FTC rule, door-to-door customers have three days to change their mind (cool off) about purchases of $25 or more. The door-to-door salesperson must inform you of i your cancellation rights under this "three day cooling off period." The contract ybrji sign must also explain your right to cancel and you must be given two copies of a cancellation. form. Always make sufc the contract or receipt is dated and shows the name and address of the seller. If at any . time within three busincssdays after the door-to-door sale takes place, you change our mind, you should sign and date one copy of the cancellation form. Then mail or hand deliver it to the address given for cancellation before midnight of the third business day after the contract was signed. Keep the other cancella tion form for your records. Proof o( the mailing date and proof that 4hc cancellation form ha" been received are impor tant. Even though it i not required, you may want to send the cancellation form from the post office. There you can have it certified and request a return receipt. If you aren't given a caneliation form required by law. you should write your own cancellation letter and let the Federal Trade Com mission ' khowv"you1:wcre ' not given the forms. You don't have to ex plain why you're cancell ing the contract. Under the law, 'you have a legal right to change your mind. If you do decide to cancel, the merchant must do the following within ten days: cancel and return any papers you signed refund your money and tell you whether any pro duct left with you will be picked up return any trade-in Within twenty days. the merchant must: either pick up the item left with you, or if you agree to send back the items, reim burse you. This important FTC rule applies not only tc sales made in your home, but also to sale agreements madt anywhere other than ttu seller's normal place oi business. The "three da cooling off period" ap plies to consumer pro duct "parties" given, i" private homes and tr sales made out of rented hotel rooms pi restaurants. This rule also applies if you invite a merchant into' your home or into someone else's home, or if you meet on a street corner.1 In all of these cases, you still have your cancella tion rights. , The best thing to do to prevent problems with door-to-door sales is to. take your time and make sure you really want the product being offered to you. ADJACENT TO RTF 3 mint. RTP-7 mini. Durham- 12 mini. Duki Century Osks Apartrcsnts IMMEDIATBCCCUPANCY f.SMTMM FlrapiMN la TmlmNi , Emw EfflcM Fart HTM UataJ laths Jtfljlag Tral ' 10 Apt. Oaatgaad lar naruwocappM WasharDnjar CaaaacttaM Ptat ft Club Homa Prima Pcttalafcaay mm RacqwtbaH FacOlaa TTy MadarFTttyMSarv12-4 . 47t1 E. CarwtSi RaMI I rm 144-1711 IMayt 8 mg. "tar", 0.6 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette by FTC method. 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