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could slam dunk a thought like
you could slam dunk a basket
ball."
'You can not make It by study
ing for an hour each night and
make it. You can not blow your
mind on coke and crack and
make it. . ..You live by the conse
quences of your choices," Jack-
son said.
Jackson also asked the crowd
to stand If they knew anyone In
their age group who had died
, from drugs, used drugs. Jailed be
cause of drugs or sold drugs.
There weren't many who stayed
seated.
He also asked those who had
, tried drugs to come forward.
■ There were even fewer people
- who stayed seated. He then lead
them in a prayer-like pledge in
which the students pledge to ex
cel in education, obey their par
ents and stay away from drugs.
Jackson asked all the students
to sign a pledge with Push-Excel
that they would study for at least
2 hours per night with no tv or
radio, abstain from drugs and
alcohol and would not become
or make anyone a teenage par
ent.
At apress conference following the
rally, Jackson said he was not
surprised with the number of
students who came forward.
"I see it everywhere I go, " he
said. "This drug crisis, this use of
drugs to cover up a vacuum in
our souls. Is beginning to grasp
our youth.
"I want youth here in Mecklen-
burgCounty to take the lead and
establish a no first use drug poli
cy. .."
"He said he agrees with the
Bush administrations recent
{xrlicles In the war against drugs
but said they "do not Include
enough money for education in
the formative years or rehabili
tation for the sick."
Jackson was asked also if he
would run for president in 1992.
"It's a bit premature to make
that judgement, " he said. "But
the signs are encouraging."
But he again said he is not
looking to run for mayor of
Washington, D.C.
"1 have no plans to run for the
mayor in Washington, and con
trary to what you've heard, there
is no mayors race in Washington
until November 1990."
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People ainiiated with Garlng-
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smoothly than last season's.
The last time the two, teams
met, four people were wounded
in a shooting that brought into
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In local schools.
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She said concerns about poten
tial security risks caused specu
lation that the game would be
moved, but it can be played on
campus.
"If we were to have the game at
Memorial Stadium we would be
sending the message that our
home games were not safe," she
said. "That's just not true, 1 feel
safe and no one else has indicat
ed to me that this is not a safe
place to be."
Ledford had to decide whether
or not to solicit extra security.
She says there will be 10 police
men in addition to the admlnls-
ratlve staff.
'That's standard procedure for
any game. There is nothing out
of the ordinary about the securi
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Ledford says the only West
Charlotte game that will be
moved to Memorial Stadium is
the one against Harding. The
reason that game is being is to
accomadate the large crowd.
Garinger principal Richard
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ly no cause for alarm because
the incident happened last year.
"No teachers or students have
expressed any reservations about
the game. The whole situation
would die down if the press
would not rehash it. It's been
played and replayed a dozen
times," he said.
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