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I 4 February 6, 1986 Page A5 Challenger: i Yvonne Truhon is a copy editor for the Chronicle. I was as shocked, horrorstricken and grieved as anyone else in the country when I learned of the space shuttle Challenaer's destruction last Tuesday and later watched it for myself on the many, many news broadcasts that followed. I was even more shocked, horror-stricken and grieved, however, at some of the opinions 1 started hearing after the crash, opinions that perhaps the shuttle - and America's space program - should be scrubbed, not just temporarily for an investigation, bu^fprcver. p?Winston-Sal An independent, loo NCWSROOM: Robin Barksc editor; Karen Hannon, typis copy editor; L.A.A. William* SPORTS: David Bulla, sport PHOTOGRAPHY: James Pa Blue, Joe Daniels. ADVCRTISINO: Julie Perry, Art Blue. OWICI STAFF: Barbara Mil Verisia West. PRODUCTION: Vinson Dew manager; Tim Butner, Vivia Truhon. CIRCULATION: Veronica G Frank McCants, Blandelia f . Point From Page A4 having seminars in our churches and organizations on how to live I with one another without killing one another with words or guns. I attended one such discussion in Chicago last month. The crowd overflowed. The chief spokesperson, a black woman, said that the novel should never have been written or awarded the Pulitzer Prize. It has on both counts. I would urge each American, black or white, to see the movie and I particularly urge Tony Brown. It seems ta me that the all-important message of-"The Color Purple," regardless of its faults, is that we must learn to love one another and be sensitive to the other's needs before we are a destroyed community from within instead of from without. To dismiss this urgent and allimportant point as Alice Walker's self-hatred or hatred of m?/.|r man ic ilt* a^nivolant r\f ISACtVI* IIIVII UIV VV|UJ BIVIII U1 Lot's wife ignoring God's clarion call not to look back. Celie transcends the ugliness of her environment through love, and Brown (as well as all black men and women) must transcend their anger and do something about the real problem "The Color Purple" mirrors. I NAVY I ITS NOT JUST ASNUft ITS AN ADVENTURE. Htbnt Ibbtcco Oiiwpwy tw>#iwii al Culbm CunwwiUm < % ' t THE R V tragic loss TIE QUEST COLUMN By YVONNE H. BICHSEL I heard on a news report that some of the children who witnessed the explosion on television expressed the opinion that perhaps the explosion had occurred because God didn't want us to go into space. That is as ridiculous as saying that, because planes sometimes crash, God doesn't want us to fly in them, or because ships sometimes are lost at sea, God doesn't want us to sail across the oceans. 1 don't pretend to know what the Almighty does or does not em Chronicle r orII v owned newsnaner lale, community news it; .Yvonne Bichsel Truhon, 5. s editor. rker, photo editor; Art advertising manager; 19, I CIIIILC VVeUUICtW, 'berry, production n King, Yvonne Bichsel uions, Harry McCants, AcMoore, Angela Ross. i RT < ,|>M| . * r hJi^i*- ft' K B >_ i * / y-'' ;|: PPLk '<^yn| i t ^ j^fc t a?> > 0*1 MM?a l?yiHi ll - etn pint or mtpte ootor M B Satisfaction guarantmad or your monay back Cif?w. Wo^iiofc antf Co., tM DRUM - and a need* TRUHON . want us to do, but I'm sure that if He didn't want us to go into space, the laws of physics (which He set up) would be such that we couldn't go into space. Other people, with a less theological and more practical interest, opined that we shouldn't continue the space program because it was unsafe - too great a risk for too little gain. What is safe? How safe is safe? Statistically, we are more at risk when driving to work and back An Af\ - ?' imvi JiaiV. TV Llian WC WUUIU DC in flying across the country or goWhite colleg HAMILTON, N.Y. - It was toward the end of the autumn semester late last year. An undergraduate student, a young black woman, was sitting in my office with tears in her eyes. She had asked me to review two term papers written for another class, which was taught by a white professor.^ One paper, which was written by her white friend, had received the grade MB.M The black student's paper, which, upon my close examination, appeared comparable in all respects, had been graded "D" work." Her B[ ^M^>?^ | M ?/ .I HO NOi Burlington, Chartottt, Cone Hickory. High Polnf, Jacktc SCi Columbia, Floronc#. Myrtl* VAt Oanvlllo, Lynchburg, Roanol } WVi Bartoourrrilio. tocfclty. Bim t More opinions, columns and features. id reminder? ing up in a spacecraft. Wc risk death every time we cross a street, get into our cars or perfonri any part of our normal routine. The death rate, to paraphrase Robert Heinlein in 4 Tunnel in the Sky," is the same for astronauts as for anybody else ? one person, one death, sooner or later. At least Ron McNair and his six crewmates died for something greater than themselves - the extension of human knowledge. Not all of us can do that. No matter how impractical or long-term the results of the space program and its attendant Please see page A11 re campuses ( PROM THE ORASSRO By OR. MANNING MARA white professor had given her little guidance or encouragement in the course. The student explained that she had done her best, and that she and her white friend had worked closely in researching their respective papers. Now the black student faced the possibility of academic probation, while the white student had achieved success/? As any teacher knows, grading Starts Wed Storewide L ' SS l m kj ^ r v Ev * Ail * ah HI * Ev ^ m ^ E\1 V ^ All I Ai| H H \\* ^ fl'wLfl>1II > < | ? I WI'-^mI Icl 'I. * ~^Rk99^ c rv I '^L9^9 9 94 i $$|p I ' /!4uK^^^^Km&/ - ' I ^L j ord, Durham, Feywtlevtite, GastonQoidtboro, Qraar nviMa, Rataigh, Roc Icy Mount, Wilmington, Wln?ton~& Batch, Rock Hill *# KVt AaWand iflald, Chartaaton , * -A. l i . w '~i \Kp/v riyv/vj - L 01s0 ~ wt; and the myth ?OTS ^ ,BLE r is hardly an exact science. Various factors are weighed before any final grade is given, and to some extent, the results are subjective. But beyond this incident, and hundreds of similar cases I have seen over my 15 years of teaching, institutional factors always play a role in any group's success or failure in higher education. The majority of white students enter my college with the " assumption that they will not onI., Feb. 5th, e SAVINGS. wck out our baby I top lor saving* on ithtoimi twxir > w '" *} rery crib on sale! H I mattresses, bumper pads chests and dressers I ery playpen f ery high chair! ji our car seats H m our stroliers J j m ?rvTirai fryw pok CUD Oak finished on pina frame. S14.99 l Low Elephants bumpar pad 164.091 Low Bapharta mattaaa *50 OFF Matching ch*st c Choosa oak, mapia or pinafinishad 4-dri 3-drawar drasaar with changing pad. isbofo, OrMnvftte % . i # II': * { >' \ ? immm of equality ly graduate, but that they will do well. At a predominantly white institution, the majority of professors, guidance counselors, administration and staff are white. The curriculum is designed specifically from a perspective which reinforces the dominant values and ideas which exist within White America's economic, political and social systems. Although there are many exceptions, thousands of white professors who encounter a black student in their classrooms consciously or unconsciously Please see page A13 nds Sat. .. Hurry! '<r^ ooh and friends 549 W tog. $7 Mcti hoot your favorttt <Hn. toy oh print quIW 1 ^ i^VIII " Aty. IITt.lt as 139" x dmiir **19" . iwardwttor |^99 * t
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