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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1992 ? WINSTON-SALEM STATE CELEBRATES 100 YEARS 30 PAGES THIS WEEK ? ? ? r 1 ? ?? mtam 75 Cents j "The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly" VOL. XIX, No. 4 . 1 ? ,'?,* ? Go for itl Athletes of all sizes Winston-Salem last Hoop-it-Up weekend. In Defense sets tone Rams square off against Broncos in Saturday's Homecoming game. MMS1 ? ,pm NEWS BR #; ? V k v r.%#- ' Feels good MIAMI, Fla. ? Former U.S. District Judge Alcee Hastings laughs during a news conference fast week after a federal judge ruled the U.S. Senate acted improperly when it impeached him on bribery and perjury charges in 1989. Hastings, who is in a runoff for Friday s 23rd congressional district, said he's been vindicated by the unprece dented U.S. District court ruling. The woman at right is Patricia Williams, his attorney. Sunday best HOMESTEAD, Fla. ? Bernard Oxidas, 8, holds a bouquet of flowers following a service at the South Dade Haitian Mission United Metho dist Church, last week in Homestead, Fla. Boxes of flowers were donated to the church; many of the congrega tion are victims of Hur ricane Andrew.'' A health official spoke after the service, urging those still living in unsafe homes to move to tent cities. ; * i If j\sv. * i IB.; & * WSk > Mi * m i J Show of support WASHINGTON ? Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry is surrounded by supporters as he makes his way to a rally follow ing his victory in the Democratic party primary for the city's Ward B City Council seat Tuesday night in Washington. Barry, who served six months in jail for cocaine possession, is virtually assured victory in the November election after defeating the incumbent by a 3-1 margin. -r ^f V ?? *-* Weekend TV: Patti LaBelle Patti LaBelle plays a night club owner who takes two young men under her wing in the new tele vision series Out All Night. Miss LaBelle, shown during a tap ing of the show in August, plays a for mer singing star who now runs a night club in Los Angeles. Child support goes unpaid CHARLOTTE (AP) ? North Carolina's child support enforcement program is handling far more cases than ever, but it is falling short, a children's advocate says. The state's child sup port enforcement program handled 353,000 cases in fiscal 1992, up 75 percent in five years. News Briefs Compiled from staff and AP reports 100 years of 'Bearing the lest' A Exhibit shows WSSU's struggles, contributions By SHERIDAN HILL Managing Editor Standing on the sprawling freshly-land scaped campus of Winston-Salem State Uni versity, you must close your eyes to picture the single building that founded the school 100 years ago. Simon Green Atkins, just a few years out of college himself, started classes with one teacher and 25 pupils. But you don't need to imagine the cam pus as it was then ? you need only step, into Diggs Gallery to travel back in time. Please see page A3 "I am convinced that the teaching forces of my race must be elevated , and I think it is the duty of our higher institutions to make this demand." - S.G. Atkins Simon Green Atkins Ol?ona P*gram Atkins Spike Lee joins UNC student protest By TIFFANY DRAUGHN Special to the Chronicle Filmmaker Spike Lee criticized professional ath letes for Failing to support more causes, but he praised the football players at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for join ing the coalition demanding a free standing black cultural center. Lee spoke at the coalition's 10 p.m. rally at the University Fri day, which drew about 5,000 people. Referring to col lege athletes, Lee said, "What the athletes*do here, you could shame the pro-athletes. They make millions and they can't even get it together." About two hours before Lee spoke, people started to gather for the event including student from North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State Uni Splke La# offers support to UNC student protest Please see page A11 ^ ? ? ? ? A? ? ? ? . , Almost 5,000 people came out to rally for a Black Cultural Center at UNC-CH. Congressional Black Caucus to add 12 members BIRMINGHAM, Ala. CAP) ? The Congressional Black Caucus looks to add at least a dozen-members in the Nov. 3 election, with the winner of Alabama's 7th District likely to be among those giving it a stronger Southern voice. State Sen. Earl Hilliard, a Birming ham Democrat, is favored to defeat Republican nominee Kervin Jones of Tuscaloosa, who also is black, and two minor candidates, in the majority-black district. The 26-member caucus, which tacks legislation aimed at helping blacks and other minorities, is expected to pick up at least 12 new members, said Amelia Parker, executive director of the caucus. That would mean nearly 10 percent of the U.S. House membership next year. There are currently 268 Democrats among the 435 Hbuse members, which gives them control of the House agenda. If Democrats lose 20 to 30 seats as some are predicting, about one in six Democrats in the House would be black. "This will be a very important and powerful bloc," said three-term caucus member Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a native of Troy. "Many votes and issues are decided by five or 10 votes and if you have the black caucus voting togeth er on certain issues, it can help pass or defeat a piece of legislation." The caucus was organized in 1970 by 1 3 black members of the House try ing to strengthen their lobbying efforts. Redisricting has created 12 U.S. House districts in which a majority of the voting-age populations are black. Alabama's 7th District, which from Birmingham bends through west-cftntrtl counties into Montgomery, has i 63.5 Please see page A11 S SPECIAL EDUCATION REPORT CJ Black students score lowest on SAT tests By TRAVIS MITCHELL Chronicle Staff Writer [ The fourth in a series of reports] The focus of Special Education Reports presented by the Chronicle, has been on the achievement differences between black stu dents and white students on standardized tests, particularly the CAT. The same gap in achievement that exists for the CAT also exists for the SAT, but Winston Salem/Forsyth county school officials are buzzing with excitement over last month's revelation that Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores for the system are at an all-time high. Most black leaders agree that the SAT scores are a constant reminder of the closing door of opportunity for black students. For instance, in 1992 only 24% of the students Please see page A2 1991-92 SAT RESULTS BY SCHOOL AND RACE (WS/FC High Schools) School Enrollment (%blk) % Seniors (tooted) * Carvar East QfttfM ;'V Mt. Tabor North Parfctand Reynolds West 1089 (?J%) 1486(29.5%) ii mmm* 1270 (35.9%) 1 53? (38.4%) 1070 (42J%) 1285(33 0%) 1 431 (19 2%) Source Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools Explanation: 1) Lowest possible total score (verbal + math) li 400; high? > is 1800. An i 850 (by black students) w i usualy satisfy moat oolege admMora uHum, 2) The high schools w?h the largest black enrolmente hava tm towMl mutl of SAT paffcferikn 3) Only 24% of the students taking the SAT are black. TO SUBSCRIBE. CALL 722-8624. JUST DO IT!
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