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Vol. XXXV No. 39
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C
THURSDAY, May 28, 2009
New A&T
football
coach
looks ahead
-See Page B7I
Artist uses
stained
glass for
project
See Puue A3
Kids from
around
the world
perform
Nurse wants
mental health
misconceptions
to be eliminated
BY LAYLA FARMER
* THE CHRONICLE
If you want to make Kim Hutchinson
angry, use the word "crazy" in her pres
ence.
Hutchinson, Ed.D., a clinical nurse
specialist at Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center, has dedicated her
career to eradicating the use of the "C
word" and other practices that lead to a
negative perception of people with mental
illnesses.
ivi y
goal is that
( s t a f f
members)
eliminate
completely
the use of
the word
'crazy.'
It's my
issue that
we do not
use dis
paraging
language
like that,"
she said.
"I tell peo
ple (who
Kim Hutchinson
call for consults), 'I'm not walking into
crazy because that could be anything; help
me understand ... what the patient's needs
are."
A native of Queens, N.Y., Hutchinson
says she didn't really choose the disci
pline; it chose her. During her post-grad
uate rotations, she began to notice that she
was always assigned the patients who
were the most difficult to get along with.
At first, she resented it.
"...then the light bulb went on. I had
this affinity for people who weren't able
to make connections. I ... still was able to
connect with them in ways that other peo
ple didn't," she explained. "My back
ground as a minority ... made me develop
this sort of appreciation for the underdog
... this really big heart for people who
suffered, and suffered in ways that further
stigmatized them."
Hutchinson said she learned early in
her career not to judge a book by its cover.
"You don't write off anybody; there's
strengths in every single person," said
Hutchinson, a former instructor at
Winston-Salem State University. "I really
believe if you spend a little time and nur
tured the strengths with some folks ... you
could help people blossom with their own
special kind of gift."
Seeing the value in all of the patients
that come to WFUBMC for mental health
care is not something that comes easily
See Hutchinson on A8
WSSl' Photo by Ganrtt Gaims
Dr. Donald Reaves addresses WSSU alumni and supporters at a recent meeting.
Sticks and Stones
Reaves unfazed by nameless , faceless critics
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE : ? '
The formation of a Web site that states it will "be posting every
day until (WSSU Chancellor) Dr. (Donald) Reaves resigns his posi
tion" has created a buzz among some WSSU alumni and supporters
around town, but the chancellor says it is just the latest trick in the
bag for an unidentified group that wants him out of a job.
The Web site surfaced in early May. It includes a blog by an
anonymous author called, "Concerned Citizen," The first entry
accused Reaves of using racial epithets; questioned his hiring and fir
ing methods; and railed against him for the format of the recent com
munity meeting held at the school's Anderson Center.
"He fires people quite publicly and marches them out under police
escort as if they were common criminals," the blogger wrote. "...He
rules by fear and intimidation and then tries to recruit people who
rule the same way."
The chancellor, who denies all the allegations, says the criticism
comes with the territory.
"I think it has to do with change. It has to do with the threat that
change represents... some people deal with it better than others," said
Reaves, who officially assumed his position less than two years ago.
He succeeded the popular Dr. Harold Martin, who will become the
See Reaves on A10
Memorial Day ceremony celebrates 20th anniversary
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
The audience stood frozen in the atrium of
the Lawrence Joel Veteran's Memorial
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as the deafening sound of
unified gunshots exploded in
the darkening sky beyond the
coliseum. Veterans with
stern expressions saluted as
the shells sprang from the
rifles and clinked onto the
pavement.
At the rear of the room, a
lone trumpeter began to play
the opening chords of
"Taps," the somber melody
washing over the audience before him.
See Ceremony on A9
Photos by Lay la Fanner
Local veterans
handle the
American flag
with care dur
ing Monday's
Memorial Day
program at
the coliseum.
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Antwjuaii
Richards- Jamison/ AP Photo/ Navy Visual
News Service
U.S. Navy Petty Officer
2nd Class Phillip Allen
(center, in light blue
shirt) shares a laugh
with Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai,
right, and fellow sailors.
Allen, who lives in
Winston-Salem, met
Karzai when the presi
dent came aboard the
USS Theodore Roosevelt
when it was in the Gulf
of Oman last December.
Presidential Visit
Residents take frustrations
with schools to commissioners
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
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Commissioners had
their hands full
Tuesday night.
Citizens from seeming
ly every segment of the
community packed the
room for a
Commissioners' budget
meeting.
Supporters from
nonprofits such as Old
Salem Museum and
Gardens, Sciworks and the
Downtown Winston-Salem
Partnership, which typically
receive public money to help offset
costs, were there asking that they
nol ho overlooked durinp
Newell
these harsh economic
times.
But not everyone pres
ent was looking for a buck.
Several residents implored
the Board to scale back on
their spending.
"You'll spend us into
bankruptcy." declared
Gerald Wood. "I haven't
seen a layoff anywhere in
... government; it just
keeps getting bigger, and I'm pay
Sec Commissioners on A9
DON'T
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