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Is the Future of Black Colleges in Jeopardy?
By VERONICA CLEMONS
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With a policy set by the University of
North Carolina Board of Governors to
encourage racial desegregation at each of
the 16 state institutions about to expire, the
? board must now decide whether to extend
that policy, modify it or just let it die.
The policy is an extension of a consent
decree passed by the courts in 1981 that
aims at recruiting and retaining minority
students on predominantly white and black
campuses. The extension expires at the end
of this year.
"The question is do we continue to push
integration, continue minority presence
scholarships and continue to strengthen
black universities?" said Harold H. Webb of
Raleigh, a member of the board of gover
nors and chairman of a spfccial ad hoc com
mittee formed to make recommendations to
the board, "i say we continue to do all of
those things."
The policy encompasses a five-point .
program with 28 pieces. The points involve
/information activities; publications and cata
logues to circulate over the state; a state
wide liaison with state public schools;
undergraduate recruitment; graduate and
other professional schools like pharmacy
and law; and special student financial aid
Some members of the board expressed
concern that the average percentage of
minority presence at predominantly white
universities is onty 8.9 percent since the
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desegregation policy was mandated.
However, historically black universities
have experienced tremendous increases in
the number of white students since the 1981
mandate. The UNG's fall head count enroll
ment report shows that the average number
of white students on black campuses rose
froml2 to 19 percent froml981 to 1993. On
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Nearly 2,000 "Family Members " Turn Out for Frolic, Fun, Food
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The Jones Family was the top winner of several family competitions during Saturday's festivities.
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"We Are Family Day" participants attempt to win various prizes in Bingo , one of several activities at the event.
^Manning, 73 , Has Her
Day At "Family Day"
By VERONICA CLEMONS
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In all her 73 years Catherine
v Manning had never found anything
or won anything ? until Saturday.
Manning was the grand prize
winner during a drawiffg at the Win
ston-Salem Chronicle's "We Are
Family Day." '
In addition to partaking in all
of the free entertainment and food
provided, she walked away with
two round trip tickets from USAir
to any destination in the United
States.
"It's the best thing that ever
happened to me," said Manning.
Manning said she has narrowed
her choices down to upstate New
York and Detroit, two areas where
she has close friends.
The Robinson family, of which
Manning is a member^joined 25
other registered families and anyone
else who wanted to be included in
the day's festivities, which brought
about 2,000 people at Rupert Bell
Park all day Saturday.
The day included music, a
gospel fest, food, contests in tug-of
war, bingo, and volleyball and
activities for children like hot-air
balloon rides, pony rides and face
painting. Each family could register
up to 50 members and a family tent
bearing the family name was pro
vided.
Martha Jones said that in addi
tion to her family members coming
together, they celebrated three birth
days. Participating families said
how much they enjoyed the event
and wanted to know if the Chroni
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Catherine Manning won 2 round-trip tickets to anywhere in United States.
Success, Say Sponsors
By VERONICA CLEMONS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Carol Brooks-Daniel, promo
tions director for the Winston-Salem
Chronicle , said she wants to make a
small change in the "We Are Family
Day" event next year by adding a
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"I would like to see us have an
early parade marching through East
Winston-Salem to the family site,"
she said.
No legitimate complaints could
be made about Saturday's event,
however, which brought close to
1,500 people to Rupert Bell Park to
enjoy food, music, games and fel
lowship.
This was the first year the
Chronicle sponsored such an event,
and organizers and sponsors said it
was nothing short of a success.
"I believe We Are Family Day'
was a resounding success," Chroni
cle Publisher Ernie Pitt said. "It*
brought close to 2,000 people in
attendance from diverse communi
ties and diverse backgrounds, and
demonstrated a desire on the part of
African- American people to come
together as one." *
Roxanne Jacot, who works with
Coca-Cola marketing, said she was
glad her company got involved with
"We Are Family Day" as a sponsor
because the eventVmission linked
with the purpose of the Coca-Cola
Community Connection.
"We are the community con
nection," she said, " and we believe
in what they are trying to promote.
"The event far exceeded my
expectation," she added. "1 was told
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Area Residents Call For Police Sub-Station in NE Ward
By DAVID L. DILLARD
Chronicle Staff Writer
Ralph Russell has lived on Anson Street
for nearly 15 years. He says crime and drugs
is commonplace tirtiis neighborhood:
"It's everywhere," Russell said. "They
really need to stop the drugs and that'll cut
down on some of the crime."
Russell is one of nearly 100 people who
since last week have been signing a petition
for a police substation in the Northeast Ward
The petition is being circulated by a
group called the Coalition for a Better North
east Ward. Rasheed Bey, who gathered 600
votes in hit unsuccessful bid to unseat North
east Ward Alderman Vivian Burke last
November, heads the group.
"These are high crime areas with a lot of
drug dealing going on," Bey said. "When you
have drugs, it tends to breed crime into that
area/ J
According to police records, in 1993a
there were 541 drug arrests in the 200 sector,
the highest of the four sectors and where most
of the Northeast Ward lies. The ward has a
population of 20,061 and more than 14,000
are African- American. The medium yearly
income of the 8,367 households is $23,500.
Bey said residents ? who are taxpayers
? are entitled to better protection, via a
police substation in their neighborhood. He
says having police more visible will help
reduce crime and fear among residents.
"It's a quick response to crime and gives
the residents more hands-on contact with the
police in the community," Bey said. "We
shouldn't have crime prickets forming around
residential neighborhoods. This is something
that's terribly, needed."
Burke, chairman of the public'safety
committee, said residents can pool their
resources and deal with crime, but added that
she is willing to study the issue if presented to
her.
"I would have to look at this thing in
detail first and find out the purpose," she said.
"I'm not opposed to it, but there are so many
other things we could be doing for ourselves
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