r f '? f' I. Unbending: Students continue boycott of mall | ?jr DAMON PUD , ' Kamry Corp. is J spying sBsgalinai that security officers at the Four Sea sons Town Centre diecriutiaaic inieit student* from North Carolina AAT State University The courtesy code at Four Seasons is designed to ensure that the mall is a tafe, pieora, not jnst AJtT. The only school not receiving any correspondence from the mall m Ben nett College, an African American AAT students claim they were being approached, harassed and asked to leave by mall security officers for no jus Ufbble reasons The students also said the mall unfairly targeted them by dis tributing its shopping courtesy code on M?l) official* ifthiHed the policy ia bebrsury 1996. Loilenog, yelling, play ing radios and threatening other people Accordina to wit rct?rcls siiehilv matt than half of those stopped by mall security are block. This ia not the first time African American youth have pointed the finger at major retailers for discriminatory acta f See ?l)'fh on AH ?? ii ii i ????? Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point vol. xxv no. is The Chronicle 81060?" The Choice for African American News and Information e-mail address: wschron&netunlimifed.net __ NFOCR3RYWMC?TY , ^ I WINSTON SALEM " Conscientious crafter Photo# by T. Korin Walker Over thm past 90 yMff/ Both Pmmmstmr has spant hours creating ornamonts tar har unique Christmas tram. Thm lacerations arm made tram scraps mt tahrk and Is^tacts. P^tls tftscirj slut ct^tdctct ^smeiaseists modi^t tr^tns ^tnsjptl^ttl ^ttttt s^s^tttsj ^s^pfp^tr rl^^ttt$ Local woman turns scraps into treasures By T.KEVIN WALKER TWOBOWM Roiic Feemster has seen the rigors that some people go through to decorate their homes for the holiday season. ' The ladders that are erected so that yards of multi-colored lights can be rigged on rooftop and chimneys. The mammoth wreaths that are placed in every window and on every door. The elaborate, electric nativity scenes, com plete with the Star of Bethlehem and life-sized replicas of Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus. Feemster has nothing against other people's grandeur, it's just not her style. Instead, Feemster throws a great amount of energy and all of her holiday spirit into her almost six-foot tall Christ mas tree. For more than a decade now, the beautifully-crafted, intricate ornaments that hang from the tree have been designed and hand-made by Feemster herself. "I can do this by myself," Feemster said, pointing to her tree. "If I did some thing outside, I would need some help." There was a time when Feemster was like the rest of us, buying fragile bulbs and glittery tinsel from department stores, and then piling them on her tree. But she wanted to break the monotony. "I just wanted to do something dif ferent, " she said. Feemster's innovative approach to ornament making starts with household scraps. Discarded pieces of lace, old strings of ribbon and outdated beads have all made their way onto the tree in some form or another. Like most, shortly after the Thanks giving holiday, she dusts off her tree and clears a space in her living room. She says it takes her almost an entire day to decorate it and even longer if she has new additions for the tree. But she says she doesn't mind. Deco rating the tree gets her in a festive mood "This is my Christmas before Christ mas," she said. And for the short period of time between Thanksgiving and New Year's, the tree becomes the focal point of Feemster's cozy living room. Feemster - who is in her 70s and semi-retired - tries to make at least one or two new ornaments every year. She says when she gets an idea, she quickly SwItwaurM on AIO Almost cool: Freshman prepares for exams This article is part of an ongoing series about Brian Graham, a freshman at North Carolina Agricultural and Tech nical State University. The Chronicle will follow Brian through his first year as he settles into life at the historically black university. By DAMON FORD THE CHRONICLE Final exams. A time for studying and burning the midnight oil for the average College stu dent. While many students are sweating bullets while studying for as many as six tests over the next 10 days, Brian Gra ham, a freshman at N.C. Agriculture and Technical State University was cool and calm last weekend as he prepared for his first finals week. "I'll be up all night studying for these two," he said sheepishly Sunday evening. "I'm looking forward to going home and seeing my friends." The Hickory native was exempt from a math exam because of his 110 average and two others classes didn't have finals, which makes exam week a little less stressful, he says. Looking back over the past Ave months Graham has gone through a few rough times as an Aggie but says he doesn't regret anything. One of his toughest challenges was when he had to change roommates. Graham moved down the hall to bunk with fellow freshman Justin Blackwell, a native of Yanceyville who is majoring in mechanical engineering. Graham switched rooms with Black well's roommate. Graham says he never had a conflict with his old roommate, a childhood friend from Hickory. Their schedules just didn't click. "Me and Justin are similgr," Graham said. "At eight we're up going to class and meetings. But they still come down here and we still go down there." Graham's also had to adjust to a rig orous college schedule. Most 18-year olds are used to taking six test during a grading period in high school but in col lege Graham says the rules change. "You could go a whole month with one test and if you don't do good on it you're messed up." he said. He made a few mistakes but learned some valuable lessons about handling his studies. "Don't wait until the last minute to do stuff," he said. "Go ahead and get it out of the way. Get to know your pro SVi Orahom