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Tribune and WB22 News join in marriage By BONITTA BEST OONSOUDATED MEDIA GROUP The Triangle Tribune and WB22 News At Ten invite their readers and viewers to celebrate a new partner ship that promises to revolution ize the way the African American community is covered. The union, is called, which offi cially starts today, News Link, whereby the two conglomer ates will link up on the major issues and concerns affecting the African American community to give you _ the most in-depth, topical and infor ? mative news around. <? Statistics show that most people get their news from television, yet it's the print media where readers can get the most detailed information. WB22 and The Tribune will cross-promote on some of the major issues that affect the black commu nity. i This is probably one of the greatest partnerships in African American print media in this state," said co-owner Ernie Pitt, who is also publisher of The Chronicle in Win ston-Salem. "It's a relationship that bodes welt for TV, print and the African American community. It will enable us to provide a greater service in linkages from print to the electronic media to the black com munity." The partnership works like this: A major issue is brewing that will greatly impact the African Ameri can community. The Tribune will report the most extensive details, while WB22 will indude the piece on its Thursday night Ten O'clock news with graphics and other visuals to give the feature its full effect. If WB22 News does a five mifuifr* niflnp on a major event first, they then tell their viewers to read more about it in the upcom ing issue of The Tri bune A win win proposi tion for all parties involved. "Partnerships between newspa pers and TV are nothing new," said WB22 news director Jonathan Knopf. "We have a real commit ment in addressing the needs of the African American community, espe daily your [Tribune] readers and felt that it was a good opportunity and a good match." The first collaboration will occur during Blade History Month. The Tribune and WB22 will showcase a series called "Common Threads," in which they highlight African Amer icans who have made a significant contribution in the black communi ty "It [partnership] will help both of us forge the community tie that will do nothing but benefit the Tri angle community," said co-owner Gerald Johnson, who is also the publisher of The Charlotte Post. "The partnership between broad cast is something that gives the view er and reader the best of both worlds: in-depth coverage as well as the visual aspects of the news We're looking forward to working togeth er and making things happen." PHt Johnson Nobel from page At and Harvard. Much of Soyinka's work deals with his own trials and tribulations as an outspoken advocate for human rights in Nigeria. Soyinka was forced to flee the country in 1994 after he cntized the tyrannical reign of dictator Sani Abacha. Guest Column from page AS principals think they need; and guaranteeing every student and adult a mentor/tutor who will visit them once a week for an hour. As the mentors/tutors do their work, they'll be telling the children: first, as a human being you are impor tant; second, your education is vitally important; and third, you are a part of a community and a heritage that embraces you and seeks to inspire you. It is the mentor/tutor guaran tee that is the most important Oiasopc Oyelaran, the coordi nator for international programs at WSSU and a longtime friend of Soyinka, says the school is excited about his visit. The schools have promoted Soyinka's visit via fliers and word of-mouth. Oyelaran says he hopes that city residents will come out in droves to show support and interest for the Nobd Laureate aspect of caucus' work. It elimi nates mere talk about the "good old days," when the whole the black community reared our chil dren, and actually recreate them. It helps us keep our eyes on the prize: Black students graduating from high school with the ability to read, write, speak standard Eng lish, do mathematics and be com puter literate ? to be able to pro duce and compete in the real world. It eliminates black-on black bickering and focuses our attention on the actual adversaries of our agenda who are the majori ty of the Board of Education and the superintendent of schools. Farmers from page A1 will provide a better forum than Monday's court date for black farmers to air their grievances. Farmers will be able to talk individually with .? Friedman. * . '*> > "The judge will undoUbt edly make changes to the decent decree to make it fit or ! he could have the lawyers go back and work on it," Taylor said. ^ Taylor, a former USDA employee, says a court victory against one of the largest gov ernmental agencies wouldn't necessarily equal pay dirt for farmers since the department would most likely appeal the decision. "It could take 15 years to get out of appeals," Taylor said. "Most of these farmers would be dead by that time. These (farmers) are the weak est people financially in oqr nation and they need compen sation now." Grant, Taylor and many other farmers from across the United States plan on being at the hearing in person but at least one important player in the proceedings will not be in attendance. Pigford has recently taken ill and is bed ridden. Pigford, who lost his farm and was one of the first to point out prob lems at the USDA will be missed. Several of his .friends point to the pressure of the suit as the reason for his condition. "I'm sure it's this fight that has brought it on," Grant^aid. "What people don't uhder stand is the stress that this case brought upon farmers." 4- . Senate from page A4 fitnesses help you." The president's lawyers and ?"Democratic allies reacted with a jnixture of scorn and warnings, ^knowing" that public opinion polls favor a swift end to the ?trial and that Clinton's ?acquittal on charges of Iperjury and ^obstruction ;of justice is ?v i r t u a 11 y .assured. ? "The time Uo end the Atrial is now, and the correct number of wit nesses is zero," Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts told reporters in an interview off the Senate floor. From the lectern stationed in the well of the chamber, lead Clinton attorney David Kendall said the House had yet to prove its case. He likened the prosecu tors to a blackjack player bet ting against long odds. "HeTe, they're simply gam bling../.. I think it has no place in the impeachment trial here" when the fate of the president is Session from page Al ? have had to come back year after ; year to make a request anyway." ? Last year, Republicans spear ? headed a drive to rid welfare rolls 1 of, sometimes, the most needy peo ; pie. Among other things, Republi cans made changes to Welfare-to ? Work, an initiative to assist moth ! ers who do not work. The changes included stiffer sanctions, which at stake." The day's events set the stage for a pair of showdown votes, first on a proposal by Democra tic Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia to dismiss all charges and bring the trial to an end, then on the call for depositions. Byrd's proposal is widely expected to fail, by a party-line v^te or more. Democratic offi cials have expressed concern that they may suffer defections from two or three members of their caucus, including Sens. Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, Bob Graham of Florida and possibly John Edwards of North Caroli na, in office less than a month. The second v$te would take place on the calf for subpoenas only, meaning that the Senate will not vote, for the time being at least, on whether to request that Clinton submit to a deposi tion. Majority leader Trent Lott has labored behind the scenes to make sure GOP defections don't doom the proposal for subpoe nas. If the proposal is approved, the Senate still would have to resolve numerous details about the subpoenas, as well as grapple with White House demands for an extensive time to review records not previously made could begin before the* time limit i expired. ' In the longest short session in ] history, which wrapped up in i November instead of July, House 1 Republicans only requested the bare essentials in funding for < HBCUs. While the Democratic majority Senate slated more than i $10 million, the Republican con- < trolled House only originally des- 1 ignated $2 million, which was duly ' available to the president's lawyers. With Republicans professing eagerness to wrap up the trial quickly, Sen. John Chafee, R R.I., circulated proposed ground rules at a closed-door GOP cau cus. They would call for each witness to be deposed for a max lmum of four hours, two hours for the House and two hours for the presi dent's lawyers. Wit nesses could be ques tioned only Jordan about areas of factual dispute. The sessions would be videotaped for sena tors to view. Following the depositions, the Senate would decide whether to approye live testimony in the well of the Senate. Lott's spokesman, John Czwartacki, said the Mississippi Republican hopes the deposi tions can be wrapped up by early next week. At a news conference, Daschle said Democrats would insist that Clinton be treated leeded by North Carolina Central University for a mandatory cam pus safety upgrade. The two feud ing houses eventually agreed on a budget, including meager funds for HBCUs, but not after debating almost through the election. x "With the new Democratic majority, you can expect more attention to be paid to the plight of the HBCUs," Michaux said. 'Hopefully the majority can get fairly. In addition to being entitled to depose the witnesses, Daschle said the White House should have access to 54,000 pages in the record it has yet to see, as well as voluminous documents assembled by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. In addi tion, he said, thi "White House itself may want to call witness es." v Prosecutors want to question Jordan, an attorney and long time Clinton friend, about his efforts to find Ms. Lewinsky a job at the same time she had been subpoenaed in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case against Clinton. Blumenthal, who is close to first lady Hillary Clinton, is one of the White House aides to whom the president falsely denied having had a sexual rela tionship with Ms. Lewinsky. The article of impeachment alleging obstruction of justice says Clin ton lied to his aides so they would pass on the false informa tion to the grand jury. In addition, House prosecu tors also asked permission to introduce three pieces of evi dence that weren't in the official House impeachment record used so far during the trial. operating and capital funding for these schools." According to Michaux, the problem which exists in the state's HBCUs is a catch 22. "I am particularly interested in seeing more operating funds and a new formula put into place to fund these schools. As it stands now, if one HBCU drops enrollment to increase standards, they stand to lose much needed funding." wTWBIW H Quality Tax Service, Inc. a leader in the Tax Preparation Industry Two Locations to Serve YOU: 3011 WaughtownSL 908 East Green Dr. Winston-Salem, NC 27107 High Point, NC 27260 (Located next to Urgent Money at (Located in the Ken Drug the King/Parkview Shopping Center) ' Shopping Center) 788-5661 883-0636 V BHHKramttliiftuu " You discovered the* at Doubletree. 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High baugh will give the next lecture in the James A. Gray Religion and Ethics series on Feb. 4 at 9:45 a.m. in Dillard Auditorium at the Albert H. Anderson Con ference Center. Her topic is .?-? ? ilTn. _ O. _ utiea i ne aio { ries of Our Lives: Teaching Values Through History, Story and Myth." ? * Highbaugh, a native of Chica * go, is chaplain at the Harvard * Divinity School with responsibili ' ties for the program of ministry '-and ministerial studies in the Mas I.ter of Divinity Program. She has l also served as the Associate Uni ;-versity Chaplain at Yale Universi 1^??? Hlghba ugh ty and has been a lecturer at Yale Divinity School. Much of her work in ministry involves advocating for children and youth. She is an author and serves on several national and regional boards and councils relat ed to Christian ministry. She is a published author and serves on numerous national and regional boards and councils related to Christian ministry. She received her bachelor of arts degree in English from Hiram College. Hiram. Ohio and her master of divinity and doctor of divinity degrees from the Clare mont School of Theology at Claremont. Calif. Dr. Cedric S. Rodney is James , A. Gray Professor of Religion and Ethics at WSSU and is the pro gram coordinator. For more infor mation about the lecture series contact Dr. Rodney at (336) 750 2479 or (336) 924-6992. Accredited By AACSB?The International Association For Management Education NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR EVENING MBA PROGRAM AT WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY A program designed for persons working full time who wish to pursue graduate education in business administration CLASSES START FALL 1999 For Information: 356/750*2637 ? 828/262-2922 www.business.aifpatate.edu my Appalachian 1 1 ft TATI UNIVERSITY CThe <T?i ro n iele*s e-m ail add rcss i s: waeh ronC?^net unit m ited . net
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