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Thursday, October 7,1993 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page3A Student Gets Science Award I V m PHOTXVPAUL WILLIAMS IH Kejvan Biggs, a student at Indpendence High School (second from left) recently received a certificate for his academic success In the sciences recenly. Making the presentation were (left to right) Dm Thomas, an Independence science teacher, Kejvan, Charlotte dentist Dr. Spurgeon Webber m and Independence teacherlfilma Leake. News. Arts & Entertainment. Lifestyles. Sports. We Bring It Every Week. Senator Warms Up To Pact ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD, 111. - U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun said Saturday she Is warm ing up to the North American Free Trade Agreement, de spite labor-movement oppo sition. Moseley-Braun, the only black member of the Senate, said NAFTA, which would lift trade barriers between the United States, Mexico and Canada, would increase jobs and trade for Illinois. 'We can have good-paying jobs here," she said. "Part of that is going to depend on our capacity to be competitive in world markets, which means getting rid of trade barriers." Many politicians and work ers - who have been suppor tive of Moseley-Braun - fear the trade agreement could spell job loss to Mexico. "When we've gotten rid of trade barriers in the past, all it's done is increase trade," she said. "As you increase trade, you increase jobs. That's my bottom line." Moseley- Braun also predicted P * httle parti- ^ san bicker- ing among her col leagues dur ing the de bate over President Clinton's health care reform package. She expects Republicans and Democrats to put aside partisanship because every body knows the system in place doesn't work. 'There may be some people who are still in opposition and want the status quo," she said. "But for the people who Moseley- Braun Crack Sentence OK: Court ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge on the ground of racial bias to disparities in sen tencing for the crimes of possessing crack and possessing powder cocaine. The court, without comment, refused to hear an Alabama lawyer's arguments that harsher treatment for crack cocaine convictions amounts to unfair discrimination against blacks. The court's order left intact Regina Chambers' 1991 federal conviction and 12-year prison sentence for possessing and in tending to distribute crack. Chambers, who is black, was a student at Clark College in Atlanta when arrested along a highway in Alabama. Stopped for speeding, she allowed police to search her car's trunk, where the crack cocaine was found. In Chambers' appeal, lawyer Susan James contended that a federal sentencing guideline that equates 50 grams of crack with 5,000 grams of powder cocaine "is purposeful discrimi nation" because Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commis sion knew crack is used primarily by blacks and powder co caine primarily by whites, Lee Does The Right Thing ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Spike Lee, did the right thing Saturday, and married Tanya Lyn- ette Lewis in Manhattan. The 36- year-old di rector of such films as "Malcolm X," "Jungle Fever" and "Do the Right Thing" was married on the outskirts of Harlem in Riverside Church. Lee, who appears in many of the movies he directs, has also appeared in commer cials for Nike with Chicago Bulls basketball player Mi chael Jordan. Stevie Wonder and the Boys Choir of Harlem pro vided some of the music at the ceremony in the church that is the most prominent architectural work along the Hudson River from the George Washington Bridge to midtown Manhattan. Among those In atten dance were sports analyst Ahmad Rashad, his wife, ac tress Phylicia Rashad, actor Denzel Washington, and di rector John Singleton, WNYW-TV reported. The reception was held at the Museum of Natural His tory on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Lee The Charlotte Post ISSN 9655-00 Published Weekly At 1531 Camden Road Charlotte. N.C. 28203 Phone (704) 376-0496 Second class postage paid at Charlotte, N.C. Subscription Rates $21 Yearly $18 Senior Citizens The Publisher is not responsible for the return of unsolicited news, pictures or advertising copy unless necessary postage accompanies said copy. POSTMASTER Send address corrections to P.O. Box 30144 Charlotte, N.C. 28230. want reform, this offers the best hope." Moseley-Braun spoke Sat urday after the dedication of the newly restored Henson Robinson House, where her new Springfield office will be located. The 19th century residences is located near Abraham Lincoln House. i! Kelvin Knows Pain! ' "Been in a Wreck?" 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