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Winston-Salem Chronicle _
WSSU trustees
shy away from
endorsement of
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nu rsing prog ram
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronidc Staff Writer
After months of implementing improvements to
the Winston-Salem State University nursing program,
good results are in, but the proverbial jury is still out
about the future of the program. Adding to the worries
of ?he nursing program was the university's Board of
Trustees ambiguous position about its continuation.
Earlier this year, University of North Carolina Sys
tem President C. D. Spangler proposed to the UNC
Board of Governors that the generic nursing compo
nent of the WSSU nursing program be eliminated,
leaving the program open only to registered nurses
seeking a bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). The
generic program enables students to take two years of
general courses before entering the nursing school,
where they can receive a BSN after two more years of
. study.
Spangler cited low enrollment, low passage rate of
the National Council of Licensure Exam (NCLEX),
and high cost per student as reasons to eliminate the
generic nursing option from the WSSU nursing pro
gram.
Sylvia A. Flack, coordinator of the nursing pro
gram. spearheaded the effort to eliminate these reasons.
Outreach programs in Wilkes and Watauga counties
and heavy recruitment of non- traditional students such
as emergency medical technicians and licensed practi
"cal nurses contributed to the rise in enrollment from
149 in 1989 to 267 in 1990.
In WSSU Chancellor Cleon F. Thompson's annual
report at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday, Sept.
6, he said the nursing program was the second most
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African-American crowned Miss
America second straight year
By HENRY STERN
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss
Illinois Marjorie Judith Vincent, a
pianist of Haitian descent who
wants to practice international law,
was crowned Miss America 1991
early Sunday.
Miss Vincent broke into tears and
smiled brightly as she given a sur
prise serenade of "There She Isn by
Bert Parks, who returned to the
pageant 10 years after he was fired
as emcee.
"t couldn't believe it," she said
afterward. "I was just so happy that
I was in the Top 10. I still don't
believe it."
Asked what she would do next,
she said, '1 have no idea. I just want
to see my family."
Miss Vincent, 25, of Oak Park, is
a third-year law student at Duke
University who graduated from
DePaul University in 1988 with a
degree in music.
The dark brown-eyed brunette
played Chopin's "Fantasy Impromp
tu Opus 66" with dramatic flourish
es and a light touch during the tal
ent portion of the competition.
The5-foot-6, 110-pound Miss
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Nap Time!
Photo by L.B. Speas Jr.
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Kenyare Boyd, oblivious lo all the merrymaking, takes time out from the
Street scene action. See ?treetscene story on page A2.
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"I couldn't believe it. I j
was just happy to be
in the top 10."
- Marjorie J. Vincent
Death of Doe
brings no peace
Local Liberian says fighting continues
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
Former Liberian President
Samuel K. Doe may be dead, but
the country is no closer to peace,
according to a Liberian living in
Winston- Salem.
James Hunder Sr., president of
the Liberian Organization of the
Piedmont and chairman of the
state-wide Liberia Crisis Commit
tee, said, "After the capturing of
President Doe that subsequently led
to his death by Prince Johnson and
his men, 1 don't really think that is
the end of everything. The prob
lems have just started."
Sunday, Sept. 9, Doe was shot
In both legs and taken captive by
Prince Johnson's faction. Doe had
been on his way to the West
African force headquarters. The
next day, Doe was reported dead,
his mutilated body supposedly on
display at Johnson s headquarters
outside the Liberian capital of
Monrovia.
On Sunday, Johnson declared
himself president of the nation unul
and interim government could be
installed.
"My fear here is that this is
what Doe said when he overthrew
? the -president (William R.^JTolbert
Tn iysu, Hunaer saicT Doe
promised to be president for a few
months until an election could take
place, but those few months turned
James Hunder
into 10 years, Hunder said.
"He saldihings to win thrpop
ular love and admiration of the
Libcrian people," he said.
"The coup of 1980 was a very
? popular coup simply because peo*
pie felt they were not being given a
fair chance in government (before
the coup)," Hunder said. -Tolbert
had filled his government positions
with Americo-Lrberians, and th^
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Apartment facelift may get city loan
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
The process of renovating the New Bethel Apart
ments seems to be moving along at a snappy pace as
the city's Finance Committee voted to support a
$640, CXX) loan for the improvements. Awarding the
loan would be contingent on certain stipulations set by
the city on the quality of the renovations, but could
enable the apartments to be occupied as early as next
spring.
The 110 apartments in the complex, which has
been vacant for over two years, were bought from the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
by Professional Enterprises Real Estate Corporation, of
Great Neck, N.Y., in an auction June 20.
East Ward Alderman Virginia K. Newell, in whose
ward the apartments are located, said, "The apartments
were allowed to be built substandard, therefore they
became slums before they were paid for." She doesn't
want the renovations to be shoddy either, she said.
The high quality renovations would not make the
rent so high that it would not be affordable, Newell
said, because the apartments will be for section 8 hous
ing.
Newell also said she wonld like resident manage
ment because she had doubts about how much in teres!
a New York firm has in a project so distant geographi
cally. She said there are other examples in Winston
Salem where an out-of-town firm has successfull)
managed an apartment complex here.
Her third concern was that there be adequate
supervision of tenants to protect the property owners
from vandalism.
Newell said she was going to investigate a group
of apartments owned by the same company in Queens
in New York City to see their condition before the
Board of Alderman's meeting on Monday, Sept. 17. At
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