4The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, March 20, 1986
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By JENNIFER ESSEN
Staff Writer
A panel of five told a small group of students
Wednesday afternoon about preventive measures being
taken to alleviate teenage pregnancies and the lack of
post-secondary education in low-income areas.
The discussion is part of a week-long program about
women titled "Women: Roles, Responsibilities and
Realities," sponsored by the Executive Committee of the
Campus Y in collaboration with the Women's Forum
Committee.
Michelle Bowen-Spencer of the Lincoln Community
Health Center, said Durham had the fifth highest rate
of teenage pregnancy in the state. The "Teen Link"
program in Durham works with local 10- to 18-year-olds,
she said.
The program strives for the prevention of adolescent
diseases, Bowen-Spencer said, but "disease" is defined as
anything having impact upon the positive development
of teens in Durham.
"We don't turn down anybody," she said. The program .
usually works with low-income families living in housing
developments that are "high-risk areas," Bowen-Spencer
said.
UNC economics Professor William Darity, who called
himself a researcher, not a practitioner, said that the
percentage of black families headed by women in the 1950s
rose from 25 percent in the 1950s to 50 percent in the
1970s.
In the 1950s, 65 percent to 75 percent of the black
mothers in the 1950s were married, while only 35 percent
to 45 percent of them are married now, he said.
Teenage and premarital pregnancy is not a morality
issue, Parity said. The level of premarital sexual activity
among middle-class women may be the same as that
among less wealthy women, but middle-class women are
more likely to have abortions, he said.
The causes of pregnancy are similar for both blacks
and whites, he said, but more black women get pregnant
because of a lower economic background.
"In some sense, there is a relative shortage of black
men," Darity said. There is a significant difference in the
number of black women and eligible black men due to
incarceration, participation in the military, homosexuality
and alcoholism.
Sandy Belfon, counselor and coordinator of the Upward
Bound program on campus, said the organization is
currently struggling, because it will only be funded until
August..
The program works with the Chatham, Orange and
Durham City schools, she said. Students from low-income
families or who will be first generation college graduates
qualify for the program, she said.
Upward Bound is very competitive, because limited
funds provide slots for only 70 students at a time, Belfon
said. There are enough applicants to fill each slot five
or six times, she said.
These programs tutor and counsel students in goal
setting, decision making, problem solving, self-awareness,
communication and social skills, as well as in academic
subjects, she said. "We want to widen their circle in
general," she said.
Upward Bound does deal with teenage pregnancy,
Belfon said, because pregnancy lessens the opportunity
for a post-secondary education. "We try to not let them
fall into that trap," she said. .
Ted Parish, from North Carolina Central University,
said that although all the faces on the panel were black,
teenage pregnancy was not solely a problem among blacks.
The rate of teenage pregnancy is increasing faster in the
white population than in the black population, he said,
but overall it is a greater problem among blacks.
Parish, who was a member of the Advisory Committee
in Raleigh, said a Work Fair Program supported by Jesse
Helms was not successful. It was based on the principle
that if you received a welfare check, you ought to work
for it, he said.
"Those kinds of narrow policies disturbed me," Parish
said. He said he wanted to focus on teens to get them
to' think about what they're doing, he said.
Teens should have role models, such as Kenny Smith,
Parish said. "A young business club" has been formed
to advise a group of 50 teenagers in Durham and 50
in Chapel Hill, he said. One group will work on
rehabilitation and the other will engage in "rap sessions,"
he said.
Marie Torain, a teen director who has worked with
the YWCA for over 20 years, said adolescents are neither
children nor adults.The use of role models is very effective, v
she said.
"During rap sessions, we lay the cards on the table,"
she said. Counselors don't advocate abstinence, Torain
said. They familiarize the older teens with contraceptives,
but they try to delay the sexual activities of the younger
teens, she said.
Parents are the best role models, Torain said, and they
must learn to openly discuss sexual matters with their
children.
By MIKE GUNZENHAUSER
Staff Writer
A break-in at the Dean E. Smith
Student Activities Center was the only
reported campus break-in during spring
break, University police said this week.
Officials discovered a hole in the roof
of the SAC about 4 p.m. Sunday, Sgt.
Ned Comar said. Someone had entered
the building through the hole, Comar
said, but apparently nothing inside had
been stolen or vandalized. Damage to
the roof was estimated at $500, he said.
Police are looking for any witnesses
to the break-in, he said, adding that
reward money was available from
Crimestoppers for information leading
to an arrest.
After students left for spring break,
police had received no reports of
dormitory break-ins until Monday
evening, Comar said, when a resident
of fourth floor Ruffin Dorm reported
that someone had stolen her handbag
about 7 p.m.
About $50 in cash was stolen, the
resident said Tuesday, along with a $450
check made out to UNC Year at
Montpelier.
The student, who asked not to be
identified, said she was in the library
at the time of the theft. Her roommate
left the room unlocked for about 10
minutes when the theft occurred, she
said.
The handbag was found in a maid's
closet near her room, the student said,
but her wallet was missing, along with
a bank card and identification cards.
She said her bank cancelled payment
on the stolen check.
A resident on the floor had lost her
wallet about two weeks ago, the student
said, and another resident had lost $20
from her desk recently.
Some of the residents thought that
the same person may have been respon
sible in all three cases, the student said,
and that person could have been
someone that was familiar to residents
and did not arouse suspicion.
Students also reported that two
mopeds were stolen from Hinton James
Dormitory, Comar said. The thefts were
reported Tuesday, although he was
unsure when the mopeds had been taken
or if the thefts were connected.
In one theft reported at 8 a.m., the
moped's lock was left intact, he said,
and in the other theft, reported at 4:30
p.m., all but the front wheel of the
moped was stolen.
Both mopeds had been locked with
Kryptonite locks, Comar said, and he
recommended that students secure
bicycles and mopeds with a device that
has the lock built into a cable.
Thefts are usually common during
spring break, he said, because many
students leave valuables in their dorm
rooms if they aren't going home.
When students are in school, Comar
said, they should lock their unattended
rooms and make special arrangements
for valuables.
"If they would just use a foot locker
to keep this stuff in," he said, "they
wouldn't need to lock their rooms all
the time."
Charlotte 7-Eleven testing home-delivery service
By BRIAN LONG
Staff Writer
Charlotte residents can now have any
of 117 items, including pet supplies,
foods, and health and beauty aids
delivered directly to their homes,
courtesy of the 7-Eleven on East
Boulevard in Charlotte.
The Southland Corporation, owner
of 7-Eleven Foodstores, is presently
testing home delivery services at the
Charlotte store, according to public
relations spokeswoman Linda Ford.
In a telephone interview Wednesday,
Ford said she thought home delivery
would help elderly people who are
unable to go to the stores for personal
needs.
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areas," she said. "There are many
factors involved." Those factors include
customer response and delivery costs,
according to Ford.
Currently, 7-Eleven stocks 117 items
that customers can purchase through
the home delivery, service, excluding
alcoholic beverages. "State ABC regu
lations prohibit us from delivering
alcohol," Ford said. ;
Customers must live within two miles
of the store and order a minimum of
$10 of goods to be eligible for the
service. There is no delivery fee, and
customers can pay for their order by
check, Master Card or Visa, as well as
cash.
Southland Corporation started 7
Eleven's delivery service in February
and have been tracking the results " to
determine ways of improving the service
as well as noting the positive aspects,"
Ford said.
She said that she does not know if
other convenience store chains will
begin to deliver in the future, but one
Fast Fare Convenience Store manager
said that it is a possibility.
"I know that we may eventually
(deliver) in a limited market," said Jim
Deese, manager of the Fast Fare on
Guess Road in Durham. "But there has
been no discussion so far."
Southland Corporation was founded
in 1927 in Dallas, Texas, by Joe C.
Thompson, owner of Southland Ice Co.
Southland now owns 7500 7-Eleven
stores in 41 states, the District of
Columbia and Canada.
Southland also has subsidiary com
panies in the petroleum, chemical, and
dairy products industries.
"Mr. Thompson pioneered the con
venience store business," said Ford. "It
is still a family business run by his sons."
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