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to foster union
between UNC
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and South Africa
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
The chronicle
; The University of North Car
olina system entered into an
agreement last week with the five
institution system in Western
Cape, South Africa, that will
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dents to
s't u d y
abroad
and facul
ty to work
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lively on
pressing
educa
tional
issues. Martin
The
UNC system already has similar
agreements with university sys
tems in countries such as Israel.
Sweden and Mexico. Individual
schools in the UNC system also
have agreements with various sys
tems and schools throughout the
world. But the new agreement is
UNC's first system-to-system
partnership with an African coun
try and the first time a university
system in South Africa has ever
partnered with another university
system.
"We are delighted and hon
ored. As far as we know it is the
first agreement of its kind with
South Africa and a state, so this is
really breaking new territory,"
said Steve Flynn, director of the
UNC exchange program.
Under the new agreement,
students in the UNC system will
have the option of studying
abroad at any of the five institu
tions in the Western Cape system,
and South African students can
choose to come to North Carolina
to study at any of the 16 UNC
campuses.
The agreement also allows for
faculty in both systems to travel
aboard and collaborate on
research projects and other educa
tional endeavors.
The agreement comes two
months after Winston-Salem State
University Chancellor Harold
Martin led a delegation of UNC
officials to Western Cape to
See Agreement on A3
Reaching Out and Giving Back
Recreation Center
gives people chance
to win holiday turkey
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE .
The accessory of choice at
Sims Recreation Center Friday
was a 12-pound frozen turkey.
About 130 people came to
Sims for a turkey giveaway that
has become a pre-Thanksgiving
tradition at the center, which is
located itr the heart of the Happy
Hill community.
"This is the eighth year that
we have done this," said Ben Pig
gott, supervisor at Sims Recre
ation Center. "We have people
asking every year about this
event."
People who live in and
around Happy Hill got the
chance to win turkeys by playing
bingo or winning a variety of
free-throw basketball competi
tions. In all. more than 40 turkeys
were given away, birds that were
so large that many of the children
who won had to have assistance
lugging home their prizes.
This year, like in previous
years, the Winston-Salem chap
ter of Links Inc. donated many of
the turkeys. Complete strangers
also gave Piggott turkeys and
money to buy turkeys.
"A lot of people heard about
this project and wanted to con
tribute. We love to do this for the
community. This year, especially,
because of all the job cuts, we
have a lot of families that are in
need," Piggott said.
Winston-Salem Fire Chief
John Gist has also been a long
time friend to the turkey give
away program. For the past sev
eral years he has helped adminis
ter the free-throw competition,
even challenging the kids to a
friendly competition. Happy Hill
has special memories for Gist.
He attended Columbia Heights '
High School, which was located
a hop. skip and jump from the
community, and spent many of
Photos by Kevin Walker
Children hope that their
numbers are called as the
bingo caller prepares to
make her next selection.
Right: Ben Piggott poses with
some of the 40 turkeys that
were handed out.
his afternoons playing sports
with friends who lived in Happy
Hill.
"It is just good for me to
come out and see the kids have
some fun." Gist said. "If I can
inspire these kids by being here,
that is good too."
Gist was available for the
adults to answer questions about
fire safety dtiring the holiday sea
son.
Those who did not have
game tried their hand at the bingo
tables, where players did every
thing from crossing their fingers
to saying audible prayers in
hopes that their magic number
would be called.
Janice Crews' finger crossing
paid off. She had tried winning a
Thanksgiving turkey many times
at the Sims Center in years past
but always left empty-handed.
That changed Friday when the
bingo caller picked Crews' last
number. Crews threw up her
hands, turned to her friends and
screamed "bingo."
"I have been here so many
limes before, so it is good to
leave with a turkey," Crews said.
"This is something worthwhile
for them to do because a turkey is
something that everyone can use.
especially at this time of year."
Subject of book
says he is one of
many successes
Best seller follows
Jennings from
inner-city to Brown
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
TO CHRONICLE .
Cedric Jennings, a young
black man whose story of rising
from the inner city to the Ivy
League became the subject of a
Pulitzer prize-winning series of
articles and a national best seller,
told Wake Forest University stu
dents last week that other black
men are doing the same things
that he did every day. But, he
said, their accomplishments are
not spotlighted by mass media
that instead, choose to portray
young blacks as troublemakers
and predators.
"I challenge each and every
one of you not to consider my
stpry as an anomaly." Jennings
said.
Jennings spoke to a packed
house at Wake last Thursday.
Many of the students in atten
dance recently read "A Hope
Unseen: An American Odyssey
from the Inner City to the Ivy
League" as part of a class assign
ment. The book is by Wall Street
Journal writer Ron Suskind and
tells the
story of
Jennings,
who grew
up in
Anacos
tia. a
southeast
Washing
ton, DC.,
commu
Jennings ^at
has a
dubious reputation for crime and
violence. The book came after a
series of articles on Jennings' life
as an honor student at problem
ridden Ballou High School
appeared in the Wall Street Jour
nal. The articles captured the
attention of the nation, garnering
Sec Jennings on A4 I
Church's outreach effort feeds 400 families
Members of Mt. Olive Baptist Church worlr on an assembly
line to bagging of food for families in need.
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
About 500 people began
lining up
outside
of Mount
Olive
Baptist
Church
Saturday
morning.
Some
came
With
y o u n g r? 1
children Charles Gray
grasped
tightly to their sides: others
came in wheelchairs or with
walking canes.
Crowds gathered outside
the church the Saturday before
Thanksgiving has become a
tradition. At noon for nearly
the past decade, the church has
handed bags full of food to
those who need them most.
Each year the church's food
giveaway has multiplied as
cries from the community have
grown louder.
About 400 bags were given
away Saturday, bags packed so
tightly with things such as a
turkey, rice, fresh rolls and
beans that some of the bags
tore apart as people tried to
cart them away.
"It makes us feel good to
see that we are reaching out,"
the Rev. Charles Gray, pastor
of the church, said. "I am tried
of people saying that the
church never gives back to the
See Mt. Olive on A5
Program creates opportunity for many
Photo by Paul Collins
Charles Wright rings his bell outside J.C. Penney department
itore at Hanes Mall. He is seeking donations for The Salva
tion Army's Christmas assistance program.
BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
Charles Wright said
that being a bell ringer
for The Salvation Army's
Christmas drive is his'
only paid work during the
year. It's a job that lasts
about five weeks, about
31 hours a week.
Wright, 45, of 1221
W. Fourth Street, is draw
ing Social Security
because of a disability he
has. He has sleep apnea, a
condition in which one
stops breathing repeated
ly during sleep, making
sleep very fragmented
and of poor quality. The
sleep problem would
cause him to fall asleep at
work. He previously was
a waiter at a barbecue
restaurant and a waiter
and dining room supervi
sor at a cafeteria.
Wright and his wife.
Nancy Louise Wright,
have three grown chil
dren. Mrs. Wright is a
deli manager at a con
venience store/deli
catessen. Last year. Mrs.
Wright was a bell ringer
for the Salvation Army
too.
Major Dan Proctor,
area commander for The
See Bell Ringers < >n AS |
A World
Away/'
Photo by Kevin Walker
Rob Warfield, coordinator for magnet schools for the city-county sys
tem, points to Mauritania, the African country he will visit next month.
Warfield plans to take money and supplies donated by local students.
To read more, see page A 2.
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