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Minority Student Apprenticeships To Be Offered In School of Medicine AT.. MAY 17,1833 CHAPEL HILL Twelve minority high school students with special interests in science will be able to pursue those interests this sum mer at the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Apprenticeships will be offered in all six basic science departments of the school (anatomy, bacteriology and im munology, biochemistry and nutrition, pathology, pharmacology and physiology), funded by a $24,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, said Dr. Marion Phillips, associate dean for student affairs. Phillips, who is direc ting the program, said each participant will spend eight weeks in June and July working full-time on a specific research project under the guidance of a faculty member or graduate student. The ap prentices will be provided campus housing and will be paid. "We will introduce these young scholars to a basic science research set ting with the hope that they will get a general orientation to one of the six disciplines and learn something specific about one or more research techniques," Phillips said. "We hope to whet their appetites and stimulate long-term interest, perhaps leading to a career in the basic science." The participants will be chosen from across North Carolina. "We are looking for highly motivated minority students who have demonstrated an interest in the sciences through ex tracurricular activities, in dependent projects or par ticipation in science fairs," Phillips said. "We also will seek students recommended by high school science faculty members." He said it is hoped that the group selected will reflect a balance between male and female par ticipants, between the state's predominate minority groups and bet ween students enrolled in public and private schools. Other activities will sup plement the laboratory ex perience. Career counsel ing will be offered, and the students will be able to take advantage of com munity recreational op portunities and resources such as the Morehead Planetarium. The program also will provide role models for the young researchers. Two minority Ph.D. can didates will work as pro ject assistants, Phillips noted, and "will be ex cellent people for the high school students to talk with" about their educa tional experiences and career plans. At the end of the eight weeks, each apprentice will give a brief presenta tion of his or her research to the whole group. But the program won't really . end there. "We want to follow up with these students, both to find out what they are doing and to let them know what has happened to the particular research they were involved in," Phillips said. "We think this program will be a good experience for them and for us." Persons interested in the , program should contact Dr. Marion Phillips, associate dean for student affairs, School of Medicine, 122 MacNider Building 202H, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, (919) 933-8331. Your Child's Sight No child is too young to have a vision problem, or an eye examination. One in every twenty preschool chil dren has some eye disorder, and certain conditions must be discovered in these early years if treatment is to be most effective. You can help protect your child's sight with a do-it-yourself Home Eye Test for Preschoolers, available free from your state Prevent Blindness Society or the National Society to Prevent Blindness, 7 Madison Ave nue, New York, N.Y. 10016. It's not a substitute for an eye doctor's exam, but a useful first step for many. So far, almost seven million copies have been distributed. Instructions for performing the test and judging results are included with it. If the child "fails" the test, make an appointment for a professional eye exam ination right away. You could be saving your child's sight. um i ; : i - nifl.l mil.-. ni . mm ' Mrs. Margaret Walker Alexander at Duke Jlr Tl M '?.ha mmW Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority greet distinguished th Swi,natlon" KC,clainl?d no?.eli$t and pMt' Mrs- Mar9arBt Walker Alexander, author of alll KnnVeJ iub"een H,BrBl ,MrV Alexander tcenter utographs her book for Sorer Clara in ?Land. ut0r CaollnacLaimore. Following a reading of sections from her upcom iiJSi'Jl?ls K Clntury' Aoror Alexander presented gifts by Soror Norma Royal, ll aU?h0,rAlfia etlcmefla ChaP,er with Soror Clara Lawson assisting. Mrs. Alexande Was at thR Rnth f Rnnlr Ctnra on n. n "",lum winw uuun uiuio uii uiinO 9 UdlMUUS. . . l nnnn On the grill or on the rangO f f Onion Bits, Garlic flavored KRAFT Barbecue Sauce u and Onion Bits Hickory Smoke II simmers in tangy snappy n flavored. flavor six ways: Regular flavor, I Lj indoors or outdoors Hot Hickory Smoke flavored, it's the Boss Sauce. II t W MU 2 tablespoons chopped lsfa" F'" fjj II WAvjVSAV- rfnfl 2 cups fresh bread crumbs 1 4 teaspoon salt Stc II y X 1 cup KRAFT Barbecue Sauce Dash of pepper t P ijfwU I I srfrfCi r ' 1 3 Combine all ingredients except H cup barbecue sauce; mix lightly rillir tM a ftmjfflj I I II "V X - X. Shape into loaf in an 1Ux7-inch baking dish. Bake at 350? 1 hour S Z?ff7 fj jttfzfflsl ll Spread with remainin9 sauce: continue baking for 15 minutes 'ift jjj !r jl J I p RAF....MEAMS MORE THAN COOKING. j .T ll THE CATinA VZH 1 J Nortli C:rc!Ina Judg3 n:ccivc$ Nst'l Av;:rd The Honorable dtlbert H. Burnett, Chief District Court Judge of the Fifth Judicial District of North Carolina, was recently honored with the annual Jay Worral Public Official Award for Outstanding Service in Community Criminal Justice. 1 The award is given annually by the national office of Of fender Aid and Restora tion (OAR), a community based program bringing trained volunteers into the lives of prisoners and ex prisoners of jail. The award was presented to Judge Burnett on April 26, in Bethesda, Maryland dur ing OAR's third annual Delegate Assembly. The audience included delegates from OAR's 22 affiliates from eight states, the national staff and board, and invited guests. Judge Burnett received the award in honor of his commitment to streamlin ing the local justice system, to assuring equal opportunity for justice for all, and for supporting community-based correc tions. Judge Burnett aided in the establishment of the local OAR program in Wilmington, and served , on its board of directors. NAFEO Secretary Speaks To Black College Heads WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Association for Equal Op portunity in Higher Education has pointedly urged the first U.S. Secretary of Education to have her new cabinet level department staff devote more attention "to the needs and concerns of traditional black colleges and universities." Secretary Shirley Hufstedler addressed the organization of some 125 black college presidents during NAFEO's recent annual conference here. Although the educators congratulated the secretary on her "commitment and sen sitiveness" to the need for supporting black institu tions of higher education, one leading NAFEO of ficial publicly told Mrs. Hufstedler "members of your staff apparently lack the awareness and sen sitivity you reflect . . . ." And Dr. Samuel L. Myers, NAFEO's Ex ecutive Director, added that the secretary should "go back and have your staff do what President Carter said" in using "the resources of black colleges to strengthen this nation . He asked that the new Department of Education request the restoration of the $250 million request for Title III funds to pro vide continuing assistance in the development of black colleges in urging greater support for Title III funds. Dr. Myers specifically referred to the work of the Technical Assistance Consortium To Aid College Services, headed by Dr. Van Allen, as absolutely necessary for the development of higher education for more black students who are turned away by predominantly white institutions. Dr. Myers, pointed out that although Title III funds were designed to aid black institutions, most of the funds now go to white universities under U.S. Office of Education guidelines and the TAC TICS, the only funded organization helping black colleges, has been suspended from this pro gram. Speaking after the con ference, Dr. Myers first congratulated Hufstedler on her pledge to serve as "an advocate for hlarlr colleges" by implementing President Carter's memorandum to enhance the traditional black schools. NAFEO officials also commended the secretary for agreeing to ask President Carter to ex tend the life of the Na tional Advisory committee on Blacks in Higher Education and Black Col leges and Universities. "I know that was your deci sion alone," Dr. Myers stated. Secretary " Hufstedler told the presidents and some 1,500 delegates pre sent that she will make greater use of the commit tee. The secretary also proposed that some black colleges begin to adopt high schools in their com munities similar to the "adopt a school" pro gram of many major firms and corporations. She also urged many other joint ventures between the col leges and government and business to provide educa tion and training for black youth for jobs in the future. However, Dr. Myers reflected the mood of the conference when he in sisted on the secretary having her staff back up her words with action. The association has sup ported reauthorization of the Higher Education Act "which constitutes a milestone in the develop ment of the federal com mitment to increase and expand access to higher education opportunities," said a statement issued by the organization. "Since the 1972 Amendments were enacted, black enrollment in higher education has doubled and now includes more than a million students. We see much of this im portant progress as a pro duct of the singular com mitment of historically black colleges to equal educational opportunity. In this regard, historically black college and univer sities have been designated as a national educational resource by the federal government as expressed in President Carter's re cent directive. It is now as imperative as ever that special legislative atten tion be devoted to the pro tection and promotion of the national interest which these institutions serve," the statement said. Secretary Hufstedler's plans for increasing cooperation with the black colleges represented a "trilateral proposal," Dr. Myers said in urging her ; "to go back to your staff with another dimension they have overlooked . . . "We live in a world in which the focal point of power has changed," he declared dramatically at one point. "... .Our adversaries are using blacks (from other na tions) as resources, I'm not advocating it, I am just telling you while in our country we have un tapped resources which could enrich the cities of this nation "In brief, Madarr Secretary, I hope your staff will say what Presi dent Carter has said: 'we have a rich national resource in the black col leges which could strengthen this nation . . . ." the executive concluded. r
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