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' ■ ,,, 1'- uo/ECTION “*L"r,.“LSw' 'JNC-CH 27599-3930 UlLSON L rB 3930 CHAPS'- HILL NC n l^roOTHliNBR'^gy Learning About The World At R.N. Harris Moravians’ Katina O’Kelly fi Keisha Roberts are part of je studies at R.N. Harris School, ke story and pictures on page 4. Hoto by Trent Meet the Candidates at the NAACP general monthly meeting Sunday, March 27,4 p.m. at Mount Calvary United Church of Christ ' 1715 Athens Avenue, Durham Candidates for: Sheriff, State Legislature, County Commission and other ofQces. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED. Student Assignments; Johnson Urges Consideration of Other Options Elvin Taylor, Jr. Gets GEM Fellowship jBlvin L. Taylor, Jr., son of Mr. jid Mrs, Elvin Taylor, Sr., of Dur- has been awarded a 1994 ;M Fellowship for graduate Jy. IBM is the National Center for iduate Education for Minorities Engineering and Science, Inc., idquartered in Notre Dame, Indi- For 17 years, the organization - ;ted underrepresented stu- > to graduate study. Seventy- Ijht Fortune 500 companies insor GEM scholarships. Corpo* America uses this method to irsily its work force by provid- Ig talented students with an op- Cftunity to learn in research set- while pursuing advanced de les. Linking the corporate structure d the academic community with talent pool is the mission of the BM Fellowship Programs. This ir, GEM made available to its ^oraie and university members a ftl of over 800 minority ap- canis trained in engineering and sciences at undergraduate in- litions across the United States. Kn this pool of applicants, 267 le chosen as GEM graduate fel l's; 215 M.S. engineering; 24 liD. engineering and 28 Ph.D. Crime Session Focuses Attention On Separation of Powers ELVIN L. TAYLOR, JR. science fellows. These new fellows represent the technical leaders and professors of the future. Their grad uate studies will begin with paid summer internships at Fortune 500 companies and government laboratories. With an 89% graduation rate for GEM masters fellows, over 1200 M.S. graduates and 61 Ph.D. gradu ates have resulted from the pro gram. This year’s pool of minority stu dents have a grade point average of 3.4 with 33% of them with 3.5 or better grade point averages. Taylor expects to graduate from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, in May, 1994, in electrical and computer engineering. He is a 1989 graduate of Hillside High School. Raleigh to Have ’oiling Place For South Africa’s Ill-Race Election iALEIGH (AP) - As many as 5,000 South Africans living in the '■2 States will cast ballots in Raleigh for their nation’s first all-race «‘on next month. » is among 15 U.S. cities where expatriates will be able to ca.si *ntee votes. South Africa’s government is setting up polling place.^ ss the United States because its new election laws have no provision osentee balloting by mail. The election is April 26-28. «ween North and South Carolina, we think there must be a sizable r of South Africans," said Wesley Johanneson, an embassy csman. Because this is an historic election ... we are making a spe ech to make it possible for South Africans to cast their vote." John staff director for the Federal Election Commission, said it’s the S ^Sency has helped a foreign country set up polling places on j'^e County election officials will help diplomats find a polling place, embassy officer will preside over the voting, y outh itfrican at least 18 years old, including permanent residents liltcitizenship, will 6' e to vote by showing a passport or identification papers, assy officials don’t have precise records of how many South Afri- UUnited States, but they estimate that as many as 5,000 “east ballots. le the 1990 census indicated there are 342 South Africans living in •Sste"*’ people will travel from neigh- cities where voters can cast ballots are New York, Boston, Phila- k'iel Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, San le ®nd Phoenix. ^ put iu sealed diplomatic pouches after the polls ^ flown to South Africa for counting. By Dennis Patterson RALEIGH (AP) ~ The constitu- -ion sets up guaranteed tension be- -ween the three branches of state government, and, to a lesser degree, between the state House and state Senate. If anyone suspected that having a Democratic governor and Demo cratic leadership in the Legislature would erase that tension, the spe cial session on crime has proved them wrong. While the state Senate has worked virtually as an extension of Gov. Jim Hunt's office during the session, the House has dug in for six weeks, debating both the cost and the need for some of the 36 measures in Hunt's crime package. House Speaker Dan Blue says the House has just been carrying out its constitutional responsibilities. Ful filling that role, he said, sometimes pits public opinion against public interest. "It’s our job to ask them what . they are doing," he said of the ex ecutive branch. "We’re supposed to ask the fiscal questions, what will it cost. And beyond that, we have to ' ask the policy questions about what is best for the stale. "It is slow; we're a deliberative body. That is the nature of the in stitution," Blue said. "And this ses sion has distorted the roles a little bit because the crime issue is so emotional. But we have done what we had to do." There has been lots of grumbling that Gov. Jim Hunt has used his high-powered campaign organization and per sonal lobbying skills to try to dic tate legislative action on his crime package. Rep. John McLaughlin, D- Mecklcnhurg, last week answered a ’etter from Hunt urging the House to pass tough penally bills. McLaughlin’s letter urged Hunt to negotiate, not dictate, on the crime package. The package of penalty bills worked out last week reflects the core of what Hunt wanted, but with a lot of modifications worked out in House deliberations. The Senate, meanwhile, passed most of Hunt’s crime bills virtually as written. The Senate, too, was far more ready than the House to return to Raleigh for the special session. Senate President Pro Tern Marc Basnight, a longtime Hunt sup porter, said the session had rein forced his support for veto power. "I think the need for veto power has never been more clear," Bas night said. "All the governor can do is beg. Without veto power, he’s just a panhandler, you might say. "I’ve got more power over here than he does. I could gut his entire package if I wanted to," Basnight said. "He calls me on the phone, but I don’t have to return his phone calls. "He’s got nothing to hold over my head," Basnight said. Hunt’s relative influence with the Senate may get a test this-week, when • senators take up a bill ap proved by the House Friday night 'll includes both their original budget bill and tougher penalty bills that Hunt insisted be approved before the Legislature leaves town. The penalty bill provisions were part of an agreement that restarted stalled budget talks last week. Rep. George Miller, who has sponsored all of Hunt’s crime pack age in the House, said Friday night that Hunt endorses the penalty measures just as written in the House bill. House budget negotiators said they wanted the penalty bills linked with the budget so they could find out just what issues were being negotiated. They had complained that negotiations on money issues were being complicated by discus sions on the separate penalty bills. Given the Senate’s previous sup port for Hunt’s proposals, the pen alty bills should fly through. But if not, senators may be get ting a taste of Hunt’s intense lobby ing efforts. Harris C. Johnson, Sr., executive director and CEO of Project Ex cellence, urges the Durham Public Schools Board of Education to draw redistricting lines now for 1994-1995 and "put an end to the games ■ people are playing with the lives of children." Thanking the board and administiation "for their efforts thus far by placing student assignment on the table for consideration," Johnson urged that the board consider three options in addition to the three sub mitted by the administration. Johnson’s memorandum to the board, dated March 21, 1994, points out that "the options presented by the administration have too many choices which may be used to avoid integrating our schools through reassign ment." He noted that the alternate options had been forwarded to Dr. Pearson on March 18, 1994. Recommended are: "1. That elementary schools not he paired and, that students in grades Pre-K through 5 remain in the respective schools currently assigned. That attendance lines be redrawn to reflect the racial and economic balance as established by the board. This may require drawing attendance lines across neighborhoods. "That middle school attendance lines be redrawn without pairing or the infusion of the magnet school concept as outlined in the three options presented by administration. That lines be drawn across neighborhoods, if necessary. "That attendance zones for high schools be redrawn as traditional, high schools, not as magnet schools with the exception being Durham High School which should continue as a combination traditional/magnel school. "2. The Educational Park, Concept; The educational park concept which should utilize all schools and pro grams as they are with additional programs to upgrade the facilities and resources in each school. The concept of educational parks would not in clude magnet school concepts as the primary focus but would include in novations system wide that may include some magnet school concepts. "3. Consider the following realignments of grades rather than the cur rent configuration: A. Elementary Schools: Grades Pre-K - Six (6). B. Junior High: Seven (7) - Nine (9). C. Senior High: Ten (10) - Twelve (12). "'The three possibilities as outlined would allow for year-round schools as outlined by administration for grades K-5. However, the programs should be phased in over a period of time and would not preclude reas signing students in the 1994-1995 school year." Johnson contends that the adoption of the Montessori School concept in Durham Public Schools "would be tragic for our children." He Served on the board of directors of a Montessori School for several years and says he is aware of the "possibilities and limitations in the concept." Further, he said it would be "unreasonable" to require teachers to become ac credited in its methods. Johnson sayj consideration of any options should not delay the drawing' of lines in time for next school year. "It is my considered impression.that-- to delay student reassignment to allow more time to ‘study’ curriculum (Continued On Page 5) Improving Young Children’s Curricula Key to More Federal Grants at Colleges By Randall Chase (AP) - Efforts to help historically black universities and colleges improve their curricula and obtain more federal grants need to extend down to elementary schools, a black college leader said Monday. Many black students apply to college only to learn that they don’t meet the minimum requirements for admission, said Vic Hackley, chancellor of Fayet teville State University. "We’ve got to pay attention to what’s happening to the kids in the pipeline," said JIackley, one of several black university leaders attending a grants forum at North Carolina Central University. Hackley said FSU helps shepherd elementary school students onto the college path, making sure they take the right courses through their public school years and guaranteeing scholarships for those who make the grade. Bernard Franklin, chancellor of Livingstone Col lege, echoed Hackley’s call for an investment in young students. "Lots of people say we must save the whales, save the trees, save everything," Franklin said. "There’s very little discussion about saving our children." U.S. Reps. Mel Watt and Eva Clayton sponsored Mon day’s forum to give black educators the opportunity to meet with representatives of federal agencies that award grants and contracts. President Clinton signed an executive order in No vember establishing a program to help black institu tions expand their educational offerings and increase their share of federal benefits. The order requires federal agency heads to establish annual goals for the awarding of grants and contracts to historically black colleges and universities. The agencies also are required to provide help and in formation in grant applications and proposals. "We have the broad-based framework, we now have to engage in the nitty-gritty work that is re quired to incorporate the mandate," said Catherine LeBIanc, appointed by Clinton to head the initiative. LeBlanc, a graduate of Duke University, was the . featured speaker at the forum. She said black schools ■ need to focus on cooperation and on improving ' marketing and strategic planning. Her assistant, Edward Hayes, noted that tliC federal government provided $22 billion to American col leges and universities in fiscal 1992. Only $1 biliiort of that money went to predominantly black institu tions, he said. "There’s something wrong with the figures," said Edward Fort, chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. NCCU chancellor Julius Chambers said it was criti cal for historically black institutions to obtain the ■ equipment and resources required to attract federally- . funded research. Improving those resources can be as simple as hiring an assistant, said Beverly Jones, a history professor at NCCU and director of the school’s In stitute on Minority Issues. Many professors at black institutions face heavier teaching loads and more time constraints than their counterparts at larger schools, Jones said. Finding the time to develop grant proposals, locate resources and wade through the necessary paperwork can be dif ficult, she said.
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