Friday, January 30, 1998
CAMPUS NEWS
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TODAY
•7:30 p.m., A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shakespearean
comedy, will be presented at Philliips Middle School, Estes Dr.,
Chapel Hill. $10, $7 students.
SATURDAY
•8 p.m., Koffi Koko, from Benin, West Africa (African
dance). Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill. $18-$10. 962-1449.
MONDAY
•2 p.m.. Chancellor Julius Chambers kicks off NCCU's Black
History Month observance with speech in Moot Court Room of
the Criminal Justice Building.
•7 p.m., Andre Vann, "Collecting Memorabilia on African
American Businesses in Durham." Auditorium, Stanford L.
Warren Library, Fayetteville Street.
TUESDAY
•9:25 a.m.. Lecture: Dr. David W. H. Fellow (professor,
NCCU Modem Foreign Language Department): "Black Nations
of the South Pacific." rm 146A, A.E. Student Union.
WEDNESDAY
•9 a.m.. Panel discussion led by Andrea Harris (president of
NC Institute of Minority Economic Development):
"Understanding the Challenge of Building Wealth in the Black
Community." rm 146A, A.E. Student Union.
THURSDAY
•7 p.m., Cornelia McDonald, poet, dramatist, and performer
will present at the Eva Perry Regional Library.
FEB. 6
•7 p.m.. Panel discussion: Cry for Freedom - local high
school students posing questions to area residents about the
civil rights movement of the 1960's. Barnes and Noble, SE
Maynard Rd., Cary.
FEB. 12
•7 p.m.. Tragedies at Sea: A look at ships and shipwrecks
with a local maritime expert. Barnes and Noble, SE Maynard
Rd., Cary.
FEB. 13
•11 a.m.. Lecture: Colin Palmer (CUNY Graduate Center):
"Passageways: A Re-Interpretation of the Black Experience in
America." Room 146A, A. E. Student Union.
•Last day for seniors to file for graduation.
ONGOING
•NCCU Museum of Art: "Effective Sight: The Paintings of
Juan Logan." Feb. 8-March 29. Tuesday- Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Sunday 2-5 p.m.
•Hayti Heritage Center: "Explore the World" programs every
first Saturday. Fayetteville St., Durham. Free.
•Bames and Noble: Open-mlc readings. Second Thursday of
each month. 9 p.m. New Hope Commons, Durham.
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Chancellor Chambers urges
racial understanding for city
by Evelyn Howell
Staff Writer
Two of Durham’s top academic leaders
were guest speakers at Durham's second
town meeting to promote racial
understanding held Jan. 22 at Jordan High
School.
Julius Chambers, Chancellor of North
Carolina Central University, and Nan
Keohane, president of Duke University,
spoke at the meeting whose theme was
"Let's Talk About It: Racial
Understanding," sponsored by several
groups, including NCCU and Durham
Public Schools.
Dr. Beverly Washington-Jones, a
professor of sociology at NCCU.
Washington-Jones facilitated the meeting.
The meeting was the second of two
sponsored by the Committee on Racial
Understanding (a racially diverse planning
committee spearheaded by Washington-
Jones) to bridge the gap between the races
in Durham.
The committee was formed last June by
Chambers, Keohane and John Hope
Franklin, Professor Emeritus at Duke
University. Franklin heads President
Clinton's Council on Racial Conciliation.
Chambers said he believes that dialogue
is one of the most important links to racial
understanding.
"We need to talk," Chambers said.
"Open dialogue allows us to
get to know one another. It
allows us to take a moment
to appreciate the culture of
each other."
The meeting's leaders
said they were optimistic
about the public coming
together.
"I applaud Durham and
we are ready to talk," said
Washington-Jones.
Keohane said she is
optimistic about future town
meetings set on improving
race relations.
"I look forward to
sharing in that journey," she
said.
During the meeting,
audience members broke
into eight small groups to
discuss topics that emerged
from last October's meeting.
The topics included
"Working Within Our
Neighborhoods," "Working
Within Our Religious Organizations," and
"Working Through the Media."
The group discussions lasted one hour.
Afterwards, the audience reassembled in the
auditorium to comment, ask questions and
voice concerns from their previous group
discussion.
The next town meeting is scheduled for
Chancellor Chambers
March.
Washington-Jones said she hoped to link
efforts in Durham with President Clinton's
efforts to encourage honest discussion about
race relations in this country.
She said she hopes Clinton will schedule
a national town meeting on race relations in
Durham.
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Education Fair brings
employers to campus
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by Shelvia Dancy
Editor-in-Chief
Students at North Carolina Central
University's School of Education can get an
early start on the job hunt through an Education
Fair scheduled 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Feb. 3 in
the L.T. Walker Complex.
The Education Fair, now in its 14th year, is
sponsored by University Career Services.
More than 100 school systems will attend the
Education Fair to interview prospective teachers.
About 70 school systems from other states,
including Missouri, Delaware, and California,
will also attend the Education Fair.
"School systems from across the country will
come and do some pre-interviewing and will
share their knowledge about their school
systems and hiring practices," said Carmen
Dorsey, interim Director of University Career
Services. "We certainly hope to expose
education majors to opportunities available to
them across the country."
She advised students to arrive prepared for
interviews.
"In the past, we have had what they call 'pre
contracts' offered to students right at the event,"
said Dorsey. "Students should come prepared
with anything that will put them in the final
phase of the interviewing process-resumes,
reference letters, test scores if they have them
available," Dorsey said.
She also said the Education Fair is an
excellent opportunity for students to find jobs.
"Teachers are now a premium market,"
Dorsey said. "The systems are somewhat
disappointed because they don't have as many
applicants for the job as they would like to have,
so it's more a seller's market as opposed to a
buyers market. The school systems are here
trying to sell their opportunities to the students
who might be eligible for those jobs."
Dorsey said the Career Services office has
extended invitations to the Education Fair to
neighboring universities.
"We also invite area school systems," Dorsey
said. "This year we will have students from St.
Augustine and Shaw University, which we
customarily invite because they don't have a fair
of their own.
"We'll also have students from Meredith
College, St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, and
St. Paul's in Virginia."
NCCU
rushes to
fix safety
violations
Officials say
correcting all
violations discovered
by the state
Department of Labor
last semester could
take as much as one
year to complete.
by Gaysha Kelley
Staff Writer
North Carolina Central
University's campus in October
have been fixed.
The North Carolina
Department of Labor found 130
safety and health violations on
campus last October after
Chancellor Julius Chambers
invited them to inspect the
campus.
The Department of Labor
had given NCCU until Dec. 19
to fix all violations.
Gen. George Walls, special
assistant to the Chancellor, said
the university has made
progress.
"Nearly all the buildings
have new wiring installed,"he
said. Walls is also NCCU's
liaison with the state
Department of Labor.
But, said Walls, it will take
some time before all the
violations are fixed.
"We are making sure that
employees are receiving health
and safety training," said Walls.
"Also, some buildings need to
be renovated. This may take a
year or more depending on the
State approved process,"
replied Walls.
Walls said it would also take
more money to fix the
remaining violations.
A consulting firm has been
hired to estimate the cost.
"The consulting firm has to
look at each building to
determine how much to spend
in the first phase of the project,"
said Walls.
"We have gone to the UNC
General Administration to
replace the money that has
already been used to fix the
violations," said Chancellor
Chambers.
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