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up Continued from page A4 ?massed over $15 million. This money will be used for improving academic programs, provid ing faculty research and development, as well as 10 erect buildings for dormitories and student ser - vices. Furthermore, funds derived from the cam paign will permit the university to purchase addi tional land to house integral parts of the universi ty. WSSU Alumni Association has become more active, and pledged $2 million toward the capital campaign. Chancellor Thompson hasn't expressed admiration for the status quo in what concerns enrollment at WSSU. To this end, enrollment is projected at 3,067 by the year 2000. The devel oped ten-year plan reflects anticipated graduate programs. Certainly, an article of this sort can't ade i- quately articulate the merits of Dr. Thompson's leadership during his tenure at Winston-Salem State University. It's merely an honest attempt to make sure that his positive contribution toward the development of WSSU is not obscured by the latest barrage of negative publicity in the news media. No critic of the Chancellor is such a Saint that he/she is free of weakness or criticism. As one great man put it, let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Above all, let us desist from passing judg ment in the absence of complete details. Besides the long-standing maxim that a person is inno cent until proved guilty, many of us persist to indulge in convicting the innocent. The least we owe ourselves is to be objective, not judgmental, in dealing with allegations, I As responsible citi zens, we must be mindful that the justice system is to protect, not convict the innocent. [ Editor's note: Dr. Maurice Odine is Chair man of the Department of Mass Communications at Winston-Salem Slate University.] Idea whose time has come Continued from page A5 grim unless there's an Urban Marshall Plan to renew our cities fuid help the poor to become pro ducers and consumers. With the exception of politi cal leaders clinging to the status quo, that's obvious to anyone who looks at the awful waste of lives and the terrible deterioration of our cities and their economies. It's only a matter of time before that situation decays to the point where America's capacity to compete disappears. An Urban Marshall Plan can avert that, but we'll have to move fast. ? The clock is ticking, and with each passing moment our cities deteriorate further an^'the vic tims of discrimination and social chaos become trapped deeper in hopelessness and anger. As a British magazine recent ly put it: "The slums in Ameri ca's great cities are shameful. They are a damning indictment or the richest country in the world." The whole world is watching to see if America is prepared to let its reputation *mdjts economy disintegrate rather than do for its own people what it so willingly Carver precinct divided the voting booths would be located yould not be able to accommodate 11500 people at one time. J According to the report, "The from that will house the voting )>ooths is approximately 15 feet wide and 25 feet deep for approxi mately 375 total square feet. jMlowing that tables, chairs, and _ booths would occupy about 75 square feet of the space, the remain ing 300 square feet of room space would allow for about 20 people to }tand in the room. Considering the pntire building is 7,000 square feet, (he unused portion of the building fould accommodate approximately 950-400 people standing." Carver's gymnasium, which is where the voting booths are located ^uring elections, has a capacity of fbout 1000 people. This difference in size, says Burke, would definitely eause a decrease in voter turnout. "It is not right. First of all, you're not going to make people wartOo vote. People will become . very frustrated, and will not come to vote," she said. Burke also feels that this prob lem has been isolated to the pre dominantly black voter precinct, but Board of Elections Chairman Peter Brunstetter disagrees. "The conges tion problem down there ... is no different than many other precincts. And when I look at precincts, I look at all of them the same." He added that ". . . if it seems like it's impor tant to have assistance from a police officer, then we will go ahead and attain that" Money for that police assis tance, however would come from the budget, which in turn, is funded through taxpayers' money, which Carver Precinct Chairperson Selena Nichols says could be used to buy more voting booths, instead of split ting the precinct. / . - "You'd be using taxpayers' money to have a policeman out there . . . and with all these budget cuts and things that you're talking about, you're not spending money wisely." Alderman Burke and Nichols also voiced their disapproval for not having a larger board making the decisions for the entire county. "And with . . . just one, two, three, four on a board, representing the whole Forsyth County, that's not enough to represent Forsyth County, with all of the people here in this city," said Nichols. Alice Hawkins also voiced her disapproval of the split to the board. "There's no mandatory quota as to how many people vote at a precinct, said Hawkins, the former precinct chairman for Carver, who also lives in the Carver Road area, and would like to see the precinct stay as it is. Brunstetter agrees that there is not a mandatory number for each precinct, but he says "we've got a bunch of precincts that are larger than 1500, but 1500 is the best as far as administrators." Board member Jc.v . Cardwell, the only African-American member of the three, hesitantly voted for the proposal onlv because chairman Brunsteuei and secretary Laurie Hutchins voted to pass it, and she said that it %ould be passed anyway, whether she voted for it or not. The proposal to split Carver Contiriued from page A1 and several other precincts came before the board several months ago, in its periodic review of Forsyth County's precincts, and res olutions to the ones that are consid ered too large. Voters who will be affected by the split in the Carver area will be moved to Solid Rock -Baptist Church based on where they live. "We'll draw the line right down Carver Road. We're required to use a census map. ..when we make the splits and so that means it has to be a major road. It can't be one of the smaller roads. So there's really only one choice if you're going to reduce the size of the Carver precinct," said Brunstettcr. This will not be the first time the Carver precinct has been split. Voters there were transferred to other precincts twice before when the board felt that Carver was too large. * In all, five changes were approved by the board in the last two weeks, in the form of new voter precincts, including Solid Rock Baptist Churph. Those changes included realigning the Clemmons district and adding another precinct, replacing the Kerncrs^illc Fire Sta tion as a precinct, with the Kcrn ersville Town Hall, splitting the Piney Grove Fire Station precinct voters with the Piney Grove Ele mentary School; and replacing the Forest Hill Fire Station precinct with the Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center. Other changes involving annexations were also proposed, but action was not taken on those because the hoard is still working to find alternative voting areas. Success Academy Continued from page A1 also is a time when many students begin thinking about dropping out of school. The program is designed to strengthen a students basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Students may enroll in the program if they are failing any subject because of po^r basic skills; score at or below the 40th percentile on th: California Achievement Test; or ? ik?d personalized help in the three subject areas. "I think what RJR is doing is just fantastic," said Brenda Gentry, program specialist for the Success Academy and the school system's 1990 teacher of the year. "I'm sold on the program ?because I've seen so much come jfirom it in just the seven months its ;been in operation. We have far exceeded our expectations for what we thought would come out of the program in its first year," she said. She said the program was set up initially to accommodate 360 students but grew as other schools tailored the academy design to meet the needs of their student popula tion. Gentry said she felt that with an earlier start in the fait even more students might be served. Parents of students who partici pate in the program are required to attend at least one session each semester with their child, provide input and support as requested by the Academy staff, and to partici pate in program evaluations. Some students in the program wrote their feelings down in a writ ing competition about what the Academy has meant to them. , In this essay, Mark Yarbor ough, a sixth $tade student at Atkins Middle School writes in part, "The RJR Success Academy has helped me a lot in many differ ent ways. One way is that you get individual help. In a regular class, you ask for help, and they help you, but they also have to teach a class at the same time. At RJR Success Academy you ask for help and they help you and still have time to help others. "Another reason it has helped me is I can feel comfortable about asking questions. At RJR I can ask questions without being embarrassed." Hill Middle School seventh grade student Katisha Hairston wrote in a poem ."When you join the RJR Academy for Success, you'll learn to do your best. Although I may be tall, I don't know it all. I'm climbing to the top and I won't stop! I know I'm cool, and I'll stay in school. Believe in success and you know the rest ... In RJR, you can meet the test." In another poctic offering, Ash- . ley Middle School seventh grade student Nakeia Wychc wrote, "I once was failing just like others, and now I owe it all to my brothers. They suggested I go to RJR, they just wanted me to be a star. They said I could be anything I wanted to, but I'd have to pass all my grades to get through. RJR makes you self-confident, failing is what RJR helps to pre- 1 vent. Now that I've been helped I see, the potential that is inside of me. RJR makes you smarter, and you will notice if you try harder. You can have snacks and go on fun trips, and these are just some helpful tips. There are volunteers, tutors, and ieachcrs, and these arc some of the wonderful features. Anu now you know what RJR docs, it helped me be the smart kid I never was." With the grant, RJR contribu tions to the city/county school sys tem now totals more than $2 mil lion, not including the $750^000 from the "RJR Nabisco Foundation made last month to help fund a new downtown elementary school scheduled to open in the fall. Give Another Chance. Give Blood. + American Red Cross g|[j did for others, including former enemies, alter World War II. rwiit zuUiH. Winston-Salem's Ilest Answering Service! 24 Hour, 7 Days A Week Service ? Courteous, professional service ? Prompt notification of calls ? Wakeup/reminder services ? No connect fees "It's just like having your own personal secretary /" BEEPERS AVAILABLE! .?:*? '.ti 723-8400 1215 Link Road Winston-Salem, NC ^ - .Jiiliik-' "I asked Mom to let me keep this in my chest for the summer. She's taking it to Anastasia Furs instead. Mom is always right. HYATT WINSTON-SALEM Storage on Pr?mii?s ? 725-8303 "FAMOUS BRANDS" SAVE UP TO 70% AND MORE! REMEMBER MOTHER'S DAY SUNDAY, MAY 12 ?--4 <2 ? Millinery Dept. LADIES DRESS HATS 20% Off NOW *25?* to ?80?? MANY STYLES AND COLORS TO SELECT FROM Spring N ? Multi - Stripe BLAZERS Reduced $-J Q88 reg. $5000 Sizes N 81018 ^ Ladies Full and Half Slips and Camisoles 20% off NOW ?3* to *6W Sizes r S-M-L and 1X-2X-3X COTTON GOWNS AND PAJAMAS 20% off NOW $888 to $14M r?fl. *14" to ?2000 Sizes ' S - M ? L - XL 1X-2X-3X ftntire Stock of LADIES SPRING Suits REDUCED $3988 TO $5588 Values to *90?? JUNIORS AND MISSES ENTIRE STOCK of SWEATERS AND. SKIRTS 20% off NOW SWEATERS $4M to SKIRTS *6M to *14*s ?17" Juniors, Misses AND 32 to 42 Motke/i Dau/ffde/t Ddwnhwn Bfwgnin BcuPfnPnt a*4HOWt!*~ ^
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