Shaw University S(T million in debt
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RALEIGH tAPi - Shaw L'ni\ers'it> is S20 million ill
debt and is ending its relationship with its president of six
years. ? -
The school \aid. that President Clarence Newsome will
take a one-'year. paid sabbatical But *'? v
fh?* rh:nrm:tn of RoarH of ?
Trustees. Willie Gary, said N'ew some
wouldn't return ro the school
Neusome^and the school agreed to
the split Friday. Gary said, one day
before graduation, when about 400
students received their degrees. The
school has about 2.700 Undergraduate
and graduate students
"We wished each other (God's) _
sneed " fiarv -.jid "Even thoueh ue
were going in different directions, we Newtome
both agreed that no one or anyone is ?
bigger than this universitv."
Terms of the agreement are confidential, Gary said. He
promised that an interim president would be appointed with
m 10 days, then the school w ill conduct a nationwide search
for Newsome's replacement. ?
Meanwhile. Gary said each of Shaw's 40 trustees has
pledged to contribute $50,000 to the university, Gary said he
also is asking alumni to contribute as the school plans tough
cuts, perhaps entire departments. .
In December, more than 100 students filled Newsome's
office 'to protest poor dorm conditions, including moldy
bathrooms and toilets that didn't work Some wore duct tape
with the-words "Rats" and "Ants" written on them.
Players sue school district
SPOKANE, Wash. <AP) - Four Richland High School
girls basketball players have filed a civil rights lawsuit
against the school district and therr former coach . contending
they were the victims of racial discrimination or harassment.
__ The four girls and their families contend they suffered the
discrimination in two seasons under former coach Bruce
Robertson, who resigned in April.
A spokesman for the Richland School District said Friday
he had just received the lawsuit and declined to comment.
Robertson could not be immediately located
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Spokane by play
ers Nicole McCowan and Shallynn Jackson; who are both 18.
and players identified as J.M and B.C.. who are still minors,
and their parents. Jackson is black, while B.C is black and
Hispanic. The other two players are white and came to the
defense of their teammates, the lawsuit contends.
"He did not like African-American girts and particularly
did not like girls who complained to their parents about his
abusive coaching," the lawsuit said, alleging the coach retal
iated by denying McCowan . Jackson . J M . . and B.C . practice
and playing time.
McCowan and Jackson were ultimately cut from the team
before their senior season, the lawsuit said
The lawsuit said the parents of the athletes brought their
concerns to the school district, but could not get any help.
They contend the coach's actions "destroyed the girls' self
esteem. and devastated them emotionally and. at.iim.es, phys
ically."' i"
Bevonce,TJ. lead BET nominations
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Beyonce and T.I. have topped
the list of BET
I Awards nomina
tions, with five
each.
Ljl Wayne, T
Pain and Keri
Hilson each have
four nominations for
the awards, spon
I sored by the cable
channel geared to
black viewers.
Other multiple
nominees include
I Jennifer Hudson.
Jazmine Sullivan,
- pr Hi j > Kanye west.
Chart-topper Beyonce. Key shia Cole and
Jamie Foxx. who is
set to host the show on June 28* at the Shrine Auditorium.
Cross burning shocks Oregon woman
ALSEA, Ore. ( AP) - A white woman who moved with
her adopted African-American son to the small Coast
Range town of town of Alsea in Benton County says she's
shocked someone burned a cross on her lawn.
Summer MacLean says she found the 5-foot cross on
her front lawn last weekend.
"I feel terrible, and I feel like I want to leave," she said.
"It's so stupid Prejudice is the height of stupidity."
Her 13-year-old son, Isaiah Cavanagh, told the
Corvallis Gazette -Times it appears somebody wrapped an
old sheet around the wood cross and set it afire.
"They're just proving they're ignorant,"1 Cavanagh
said. "It just means they don't have anything better to do
with their lives."
A black charcoal line across the green grass marks the
spot where the cross burned
MacLean says she moved from Corvallis to Alsea about
a year ago to provide a nice place and good school for her
son .
Shockingly, authorities in the town say because there
weren't any threats or other evidence of prejudice, the
crime is not being classified as a hate crime, he said.
Instead, it is classified as reckless burning.
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Atlanta couple's Buy Black'
experiment becomes a movement
BY ERRIN HAINES
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA - It's been two months
since 2-year-old Con pulled the gold stud
from her left earlobe. and the piercing is
threatening to close as her mother. Maggie
Anderson, hunts for a replacement
It's not that the earring was all that
rare - but finding the right store has
become a quest of quixotic proportions.
Maggie and John Anderson of
Chicago vowed four months ago that for
one year, they would try jo patronize only
black-owned businesses The
"Empowerment Experiment" is the rea
son John had to suffer for hours with a
stomach ache and Maggie no longer gets
that brand-name lather when she washes
her hair. A grocery trip is a 14-mile (22
kilometer) odyssey
"We kind of enjoy the sacrifice
because we get to make the point ... but I
am going w ithout stuff and I am frustrated
on a daily basis," Maggie Anderson said.
"It's like, my people have been here 400
years and we don't even have a Walgreens
(drug store) to show for it."
So far. the Andersons have spent hun
dreds of dollars with black businesses,
from grocery stores to dry cleaners. But
the couple still hasn't found a mortgage
lender, home security system vendor or
toy store. Nonetheless, they're hoping to
expand the endeavor beyond their
Chicago home
Plans are underway to track spending
among supporters nationwide and build a
national database of quality black busi
nesses. The first affiliate chapter has been
launched in Atlanta, and the couple has
established a foundation to raise funds for
black businesses and an annual conven
tion.
"We have the real power to do some
thing. to use the money we spend every
day to solve our problems." Maggie
Anderson said recently at a meet-and
greet in Atlanta. "We have to believe that
black businesses are just as good as every
body else's."
Now. the Andersons are following up
with 4.000 people who signed up for the
experiment on their Web site to gauge
their commitment and set up online
accounts to track their spending.
Hundreds have also joined the experi
ment's Facebook page, Maggie Anderson
said.
Gregory Price, chairman of the eco
nomics department at Morehouse College,
said black visionaries like Booker T.
Washington and Marcus Garvey made
similar calls to action.
"The idea is a sound one, given that
black Americans are still underrepresent
ed in the ranks of the self-employed and
that entrepreneurship is a key component
to wealth," Price said.
There are oge million black business
es in the United States, accounting for
more than $100 billion in annual sales.
. . . - ? ? . APPh.x<vhv *>hri \roi*
Maggie Anderson talks to Michael Hill as they prepare for a presentation of
"The Empowerment Experiment" at the Vino Libro wine bar in Atlanta.
according to the National Black Chamber
of Commerce. The latest U.S. Census
numbers report that blacks have more than
$800 billion in expendable income each
year. African-Americans make up about
12 percent of the U.S. population, accord
ing to ihe Census.
The Andersons track their spending on
their Web site, and estimate about 55 per
cent of their monthly spending is with
black businesses for things like daycare,
groceries, car maintenance and home
improvements.
One of the businesses highlighted by
the Empowerment Experiment is Brenda
Brown's Atlanta wine boutique, a shop
with a growing black clientele. She said
the project can help overcome the prob
lems many black consumers lament.
"When w e were a community of black
folks who could not go to the white stores.
our community of black stores flour
ished." Brown said, referring to
America's history of segregation, espe
cially in the South. "When we were given
the opportunity to go into the white store,
it was like nothing else mattered anymore
and we wanted to go to the white store,
regardless of w hat the black store provid
ed. We could have the same, or better
products if we supported (black business
es) in the same way."
Lewis Peeples. 45. lives in a black
neighborhood in southwest Atlanta but
didn't think to spend his money with
black businesses until a friend told him
about the project.
"So often, we make purchases and
decisions and aren't even mindful that
there is a need to support our own busi
nesses^" >aid Peeples. "Now. I'm reaching
See Buy black oil A9
Ayers, Wright meet to talk Mideast peace
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAK PARK, III. - Two
men who created waves for
President Barack Obama on the
campaign trail have appeared
together at a suburban Chicago
church to promote Mideast
peace.
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Jr. and 1960s radical William
Ayers spoke Sunday at First
United Church of Oak Park,
during a forum on the Israeli
Palestinian conflict. The event
took place the day before
Obama was set to meet with
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
Both Wright and Ayers
urged the hundreds in atten
dance to rethink the conflict,
but both also took the opportu
nity to poke fun at the scrutiny
they received during Obama's
run for the White House.
Organizers of the
Committee for a Just Peace in
Israel and Palestine said Wright
and Ayers were invited because
of their work on the conflict,
not their political fame.
"We can't be squelching
viewpoints because they are
unpopular..." said spokes
woman Caren Levy Van Slyke
Wright, the former head of
Trinity United Church of Christ
in Chicago, was Obama's pas
tor for two decades. But Obama
distanced himself from Wright
after video clips of the pastor's
more incendiary remarks were
widely circulated
Ayers. a co-founder of the
Weather Underground, once
served with Obama on the
board of a Chicago charity.
Ayers also hosted an event for
Obama in the 1990s.
At the event, Ayers. a pro
fessor at the University of
Illinois at Chicago, said a new
curriculum is needed to better
understand the conflict.
He said he felt "support and
. t
Rev. Wright
Ayers
solidarity" with Wright when
his association to Obama
became an issue on the cam
paign trail. He poked fun at
how he \vas labeled a "terror
ist" and that Wright was
referred to as a "fiery preach
er."
Wright made parallels
between Trinity's actions
? 1
opposing apartheid in South
Africa and current efforts for
Mideast peace. He said local
actions calling for peace in the
troubled region would be
heard.
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