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Political
hopeful is
thinking
ahead
Officially kicking off
run for City Hall, Bey
lays out sweeping plan
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
You may say that Rasheed Bey is
a dreamer. He says that he is not the
only one.
People like Booker T. Washington
and Frederick Douglass had big
dreams too. Bey says. He often uses
the words of
people like
Washington
when he
makes points
about modern
day problems.
Bey's love
of history -
black history
actually - led
him to push
the city to
Bey
endorse Pluck History year-round sev
eral years ago. He got the mayor to
listen. Above his desk at at Wireless
Communications is a resolution from
the city, praising Bey for efforts to
keep hope and history alive.
Now Bey has h few resolutions of
his own that he would like to present,
sweeping plans that he says will end
the plight of the black man in the city
and boost the city's overall economic
prospects at the same time.
Bey has put his name in the pot for
the East Ward alderman slot. He will
face fellow Democrat Joycelyn John
son next month in the primary. Bey
has tried to get into City Hall before.
He twice ran against Northeast Alder
woman Vivian Burke. Both times he
lost.
He is in a new ward now, but he
says his desire for change is still the
same. He wants to fight for "econom
ic self-sufficiency" for East Winston
and for the people who he says are
voiceless and hopeless.
Bey officially announced his run
for alderman at a soup kitchen on Pat
terson Avenue last Friday. The site of
his announcement was picked to
reflect his main political platform.
"There is a lot of productive favor
ers that are not being utilized in this
city," Bey said. "(The homeless and
unemployed) will become an amiy of
criminals as hopelessness increas
es....They will wreak havoc on soci
ety. We don't want that to happen."
Bey says as alderman, he will try
to persuade his colleagues to adopt a
plan that he calls New Deal 2001. Pafi--'
terned after President Franklin D.
Set Bey on A9
Photo by Kevin Walker
Nakia Glenn's friend Chris Peoples, far left, tells local Muslims what
happened Sunday morning.
i
Muslims urging calm, calling
for justice in Nakia Glenn case
Sheriff's Department calls in SBI to investigate alleged beating
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
As a 20-year-old African-Ameri
can man tights for his life in a city
hospital, emotions are flaring up in the
neighborhood where many are claim
ing the man was beaten to within an
inch of his life by sheriff's deputies.
Nakia Glenn was in critical condi
tion and hmked to a life-support sys
tem at Forsyth Medical Center as The
Chronicle went to press Tuesday
night. Family members, who have set
up constant prayer vigils in Glenn's
room, said his vital signs were
improving, though.
The Forsyth County Sheriff's
Department has decided to call in the
State Bureau of Investigation to look
into the matter, according to Allen
Gentry, an assistant sheriff who han
dles internal affairs.
Gentry said he made the recom
mendation to Sheriff Ron Barker after
reviewing initial reports about the
incident. The department routinely
does internal reviews whenever offi
cers use force, but cases rarely are
turned over to the SB1.
Reports have been sealed pending
the ongoing investigation.
What is known is that deputies
pulled over a car driven by Glenn near
the comer of Cleveland Avenue and
21st Street during the wee hours of
Sunday morning, apparently because
Glenn was driving erratically.
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Before department officials
became tight-lipped about the case.
Col. Danny Tuttle told the Winston
Salem Journal that after being
stopped, Glenn bit a dog and a deputy
before several officers arrived on the
scene to detain him. The paper also
reported Tuttle saying that emergency
rixtm doctors pulled a plastic bag con
taining cocaine out of Glenn's throat.
Glenn has been charged only with
drunken driving thus far.
Those who witnessed the incident
say the department's comments on the
case are an attempt to camouflage
what they say really happened to
Glenn.
"What they are saying did not
See Glenn on AS
Crash Course
Photo by T. Kevin Walker
Maureen Lyons, a WFU freshman from New York, ploys with a toddler at Happy Hill Day Care Center.
Wake Forest freshmen get unique orientation
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Jessica Ryan and Firus Naji will be
among the more than 900 freshmen who
will begin college life at Wake Forest
University this Wednesday. But Ryan, an
Oklahoman, and Naji. a Pennsylvania
native originally from Syria, have not
spent their precious pre-class days loung
ing on the school's green lawns or search
ing the city for the most happening
places.
This week. Ryan and Naji got lessons
thai probably won't be taught among the
literature, civics and math that await them
next week.
The two sang, colored and played
dress up at the Happy Hill Day Care Cen
ter Monday and Tuesday, all to the delight
of a roomful of toddlers. Ryan. Naji and
about three dozen other WFU freshmen
came to Winston-Salem early to pitch in
at places like day cares, senior centers..
and homeless shelters.
After submitting an application, they
were hand chosen for Students Promoting
Responsibility and Action to the Commu
nity. a program coordinated hy the uni
versity's Office of Volunteer Services to
promote the importance of volunteering
among students.
Many of the freshman participants
already have tons of volunteer work
under their belts. Naji, for example, has
SvWFU on A9
New AD brings
experience to
Rams program
Percy Caldwell has more than 20
years in athletics under his belt
BY SAM DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE ? ? ' ? . ? ... ? .
If there's one word to best describe Winston-Salem
State's new athletic director, it would have to be "versatile."
Dr. Percy "Chico" Caldwell.
who was named to head the Rams
athletic department last week, has an
extensive athletic background that
includes being a head coach, athletic
director, chief athletic fund-raiser
and instructor. That background,
spread out over 20 years, helped him
to the job with WSSU.
Dr. Harold Martin, chancellor at
WSSU, said the hiring of Caldwell
is "very significant" in the develop
ment of the Rams athletic program.
"We are pleased to have Dr.
Caldwell
Caldwell on our team here at Winston-Salem State," Martin
said. "He has more than 20 years of higher education expe
rience as a senior administrator in the areas of athletics,
teaching and fund-raising, and I believe he will serve the
university well in strengthening our athletic programs, our
bonds w ith supporters of athletics and leadership programs
for our student-athletes."
"I ant very excited to be at Winston-Salem State." Cald
well said. 'There is a plan at Winston-Salem State. Dr. Mar
tin has a vision and certain energy and he articulated it to me
so well. I'm not a big talker, and after today I want to be in
the background making things better." Caldwell had very
little time to get settled into his new position before his ser
vices were required to deal w ith some immediate problems.
The first was finding a location for the Rams' game this Sat
urday (Aug. 25) against Carson-Newman. WSSU has sub
sequently moved the site of the game to Deaton-Thompson
Stadium, The next is filling The Rams' women's head bas
ketball coaching vacancy,
j "I know I have to hit the ground running." Caldwell
See AD on A5
Photos courtesy of Hidden Beach
Charles Whitfield greets heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis, left, at
the company's gala launch event last year in Santa Monica, Calif.
Local boy does well
Greensboro native guiding the career of Jill Scott, others
BY St. LYNCH
THE CHRONICLE
During these times when image
appears to be inherently determined
by the BETs and MTVs of the
.world, there are those who defy the
odds and take a risk on real talent
Hidden Beach is a defiant one.
Among a sea of the now famous
names (Jill Scott, who recently per
formed at the Greensboro Colise
um) there are less well-known sol
diers carrying the baton on through
the finished line.
Such a relay member is Charles
Whitfield, better known as "CC."
Speaking via phone from Hid
den Beach's California headquar
ters. Whitfield was c(uite energetic
and excited about what is taking
place on the horizon for the label.
Whitfield is responsible for the
day-to-day operation of one of the
music industry gems being revisit
ed. Total package artistry being
key. the label is reminiscent of
Motown. Stax and I.aFace. just to
mention a few.
Whitfield is an example of how
believing in yourself can propel
you into doing something you love.
Whitfield is a product of North
Carolina in true form. Bom and
raised in Greensboro, a graduate of
Walter Mines Page High School and
N.C. Central I'niversity in Durham,
he is one of the creators of Hidden
Beach Recordings and instrumental
in the success of Jill Scott's debut
album. "Who is Jill Scott? - Word
and Sounds. Vol. I." which has
gone platinum.
According to Whitfield, "hard
work and perseverance have paid
off." He has watched his dreams
come to fruition.
The web of a new life started
when Whitfield assessed the slate
of what he w as doing and realized it
wasn't his calling. What he wanted
required Whitfield to weigh his
options - New York or Los Ange
les?
He ultimately deciding on L A.
Si c Whitfield on A4
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