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THURSDAY, November 20, 2008
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Graduating from a Life of Crime
Dick Gregory
encorages former
drug-dealers, addicts
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Activist and comedian
Dick Gregory was in town on
Sunday to speak at a gradua
tion.
The graduates had not
finished their studies at
schools like Wake Forest or
Winston-Salem State
University. One could say
they got their education at
the School of Hard Knocks;
their majors were things like
drug-dealing, pimping, pros
titution and gang-banging.
But Sunday's graduation
was a symbolic end to their
lives of crime and self
destruction. The ceremony
marked the end of Union
Baptist Church's Fifth
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Drug Dealers & Street Life
Conference, a three-day
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WFU Photos by Nick Babladelis
Dean Blake Morant speaks during last week's opening.
Downtown law center
promises to be a resource '
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
"Pro humanitate in action."
That's how Wake Forest Law School
Alumnus Murray Greason
cnaracierizea me
Community Law and
Business Clinic (CL&BC)
during its Opening
Ceremony last Thursday
night.
The clinic, a program
of the Wake Forest School
of Law, is a perfect exam
ple of the university's real
ization of its motto, which
means "for humanity," he
asserted.
"This clinic will pro
duce a new generation of
business people and busi
ness lawyers," Greason
said in his remarks. "These
professional students will learn tne
importance of serving this community
and the genuine satisfaction it can
bring."
The clinic is housed in the Historic
Wachovia Building on the corner of
Main and Third streets. Its central
downtown location makes its readily
Murray Greason
accessible to people from all areas of
the city, officials say. And its existence
is a sign of the university's objective of
bringing positive change to the city dur
ing tough economic times, according to
Provost Jill Tiefenthaler.
ine clinic represents
an investment of Wake
Forest resources in our
economy ... and commu
nity. (It is) an example of
the type of partnership
Wake Forest is committed
to building," Tiefenthaler
said. "In these (tough eco
nomic) timestj)artnerships
like this one are particular
ly vital to creating a better
future."
The clinic, which
began operating as a pilot
program last summer, will
be staffed by students
from the WFU School of
Law and Babcock Graduate School ot
Management. It will officially up and
running beginning with the 2009 Spring
semester.
"We really wanted to look at legal
education in a more inventive way,"
See WFU Center on AI3
Photo by Lavla Fanner
Panelist Rev. Willa Reid
makes a point.
CHANGE
tackles
school
discipline
Group says current
system is bias
against minorities
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Officials from the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County School system met
with members of CHANGE
(Communities Helping All
Neighbors Gain
Empowerment) to discuss
discipli
nary poli
cies that
many
believe are
unjustly
harsh to
black
males.
The
meeting
was part of
a day-long
Martin
summit Monday at the
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Winston
Salem, one of the 49 organi
zations, churches and com
munity associations that
make up CHANGE.
Superintendent Don Martin
and Assistant Superintendent
Kenneth Simington joined
community leaders, school
officials and local clergy
members for the summit.
A key concern is that
minority students, especially,
black males are dispropor
tionately represented in sus
pensions, expulsions and
other disciplinary actions,
although they only make up a
See CHANGE on A12
Bennett President: Unshackle your mind!
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Dr. Julianne Malveaux believes that
"can't" is a word that African
Americans have lost the right to use in
the wake of the historic election of
Barack Obama, who will become the
nation's first black president in
January.
"This is the No-Excuse Era," the
Bennett College president told the con
gregation at St. Paul United Methodist
Church. "Don't tell me it's your gen
der! Don't tell me it's your race!"
Pastor Donald Jenkins handed over
his pulpit Sunday to Malveaux, who
just began her second year as leader of
the Greensboro-based school for
women. A MIT-educated economist,
Malveaux had already established a
national reputation as an author and
commentator before she was chosen to
Dr. Julianne Malveaux chats with a
church member after the service.
fill the shoes of legendary Dr. Johnnetta
B. Cole at Bennett. Malveaux alluded
to her no-holds-barred reputation as she
began her remarks Sunday - telling the
congregation that she is always meas
ured when she speaks at churches.
"Every now and then, I get so close
to the line, and in the Lord's house you
don't want to cross it," she said.
Still, Malveaux's brand of intellec
tual sass was in full effect, especially
while expressing her frustrations. On
the topic of Michelle Obama's
wardrobe choices, Malveaux said:
"She is the First Lady of the United
States, she can wear whatever she
wants to wear!"
And she is no fan of Gov. Sarah
Palin.
"I think it was treasonous for (John
McCain) to pick that empty-headed
See Malveaux on A 14
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Instead of marching in the recent Winston-Salem State
Homecoming Parade with other members of the South
Fork Panthers Organization, this little fellow rode in a
van that slowly ushered the group along the route.
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