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People In The News
Graves Takes Leave
From University
By Sam Davis
Clifton Graves, Affirmitive Action Of
ficer at WSSU is currently working on loan
to the United Way. Graves will resume his
duties at Winston-Salem State on
November 7.
At the United Way, Graves will be
responsible for writing proposals and mak
ing presentations to private businesses. He
will oversee several projects to solicit
funds for the non-profit agency.
A native of Winston-Salem, Graves
received his undergraduate degree at
Tufts University, in Medford,
Massachusetts. He went on to receive a
J.D. degree at Georgetown University
Law School in Washington, D.C. Graves is
married and has a daughter.
WSSU Student
Visits China
“Studying Nursing”
Clifton Graves
(photo courtesy of WSSU Public Relations)
ST. LOUIS—The Rev. Jesse L.
Jackson has dropped his call for a
Black boycott of Anheuser-Busch
products because the world’s
largest brewery has pledged
more than $320 million to
minorities in the next five years.
Jackson’s group. Operation
PUSH (People United to Save
Humanity), ended its year-long
battle with Anheuser-Busch over
the brewery’s treatment of
minorities in allocating jobs,
business contracts and beer
distributorships.
Jackson and August A. Busch
ni, president and chairman of
the' brewery, issued a joint state
ment Sept. 9 outlining an agree
ment to improve economic oppor
tunities for minorities.
“We are determined to
strengthen our partnership with
the minority community,” Busch
said. “We are determined,
moreover, that nothing our com
pany does shall contribute to any
divisiveness in the community.”
About 18 percent of the
brewery’s work force is minority,
but Busch has promised to con
tinue hiring Blacks and Hispanics
in proportion to population
figures.
As part of the agreement, the
brewery will set aside at least $23
million for contracts with minori
ty suppliers, $120 million with
minority construction companies
and $8 million in advertising with
minority-owned media.
Minority-owned banks will
receive at least $2 million in cer
tificates of deposit, $6 milUon in
lines of credit and $6 million in
payroll deposits, the statement
announced.
Anheuser-Busch also said it
will increase the number of
minority-owned distributorships
beyond the current three owned
by Blacks and three owned by
Hispanics.
Jackson and Operation PUSH
called for a boycott of Anheuser-
Bxisch products last September
after attacking the brewei^’s
minority policies. Jackson said a
recent meeting with Busch had
convinced him the company was
committed to minorities.
“We recognize that this pro
gram represents a base and we
look forward to future an
nouncements of various new pro
grams designed to build on this
effort,” Jackson said.
By Sam Davis
Linda Hutchins, a senior at WSSU is cur
rently in China as part of a visiting pro
fessors program. Mrs. Hutchins who is
married to Dr. Phillip Hutchins, professor
at Bowman Gray School of Medicine will
spend 2 weeks in the Orient with her hus
band, who is lecturing at the University of
Canton.
Mrs. Hutchins said she is very happy
that her instructors at WSSU allowed her
to take the trip. “I’m beginning to get ex
cited about the trip,” she said before leav
ing September 20. “I’m going in with an
open mind.”
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Reaches Accord With
Anheuser-Busch
Mrs. Hutchins is looking forward to
graduating in December and hopes her
visit will not knock her off course. For this
reason Mrs. Hutchins carried all of her
books, along with course syllabi with her.
She also asked several classmates to take
notes for her while she is away. Upon her
return to WSSU, Mrs. Hutchins will make
a presentation to her instructors on nurs
ing in China. Hopefully the grade she
receives will make up for the time she lost
in class.
Although Mrs. Hutchins speaks no
Chinese at all, she hopes to leam a lot
about the Chinese during her visit. While in
Canton, the Hutchins’ will have a host
family to help make their stay comfor
table.
A Nursing major, Mrs. Hutchins hopes
to learn a lot about nursing in China. She
hopes to find out about the training, cer
tification exams and other requirements of
nursing in China.
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