Sports Week bellow jacket girls i face vague Kinston ? ? ? ? MEAC tourney too close to call? ^ See B t See A4 See C7 See CI Community Good time had at Saviours' Day ? ? ? ? Sit-in movement celebrated 75 cents Winston-Salem Greensboko High Point Vol. XXVII No. 26 ; Pun r\KTFo'Re,erence HT ifnot betaken JfcL The Choice for African American News rom ,h"> llL,r*'v ??ib Renowned dancer shares AIDS plight at conference Mel Tomlinson, NCSA grad, has lived with disease for several years bv cortney l hill to begin the ceremony. Kevin ing instruments to provide upbeat the chronicle Guy, Kashanna Brown and Brian rhythmic tempos. Biggs, three students from the N.C. Tomlinson. born in Raleigh as The Women ol Vision ot New School of the Arts, began the cere- one of six children, attended the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist mony by performing three African N.C. School of the Arts at the age of Church celebrated Black History and spiritual dance numbers. Fol- 17. Since receipt of his bachelor of Month with lamous dancer and lowing their performance was the fine arts degree from NCSA, he has guest speaker Mel A . Tomlinson, Otesha Creativy^Arts Ensemble, received numerous awards and who spoke last Friday on how the who performed an African dance made many appearances in docu AIDS virus all'ected his life. thai included troupe members play See Dancer on A2 Tomlinson 3-peat state of mind Konnoak students give Rams royal send-off BYT KEVIN WALKER what it is like for the players ?I nr. CHRONICLE before the game starts. ..The whole thing was exciting for Even if the Winston-Salem them." McCoy said. State University Rams don l Each student also received three-peat at this week s CIAA an autographed T-shirt signed basketball tourney, they will by all the players on the team as still be winners in the eyes of a souvenir, students and Staff at Konnoak Assistant coach William Elementary School. McNeil said the Rick Duckett WSSU players have men- |ed WSSU program is a firm tored a group ot Alrican-Amer- believer in building strong com ican male students at the school munity relations through men since last year as part of the toring and other programs. It is system's Victory in Partnership a philosophy that Duckett has Program (VIP), which strives to pushed at many of the schools get parents and the community he has coached at over the intricately involved in the edu- years. McNeil said, cation of youngsters. "We believe in giving back. The school said thank you You never get too big that you to the players earlier this week forget where you come with an informal send-off lun- from....It wasn't too long ago cheon that included visits Irom that these players were in these various classes at the school kids" situation." he said, and faculty members. Being big was all many stu "We wanted to give them dents talked about as they this to tell them good luck and shook players' hands at the lun to tell them how much we cheon. Many had to struggle to appreciate what they do." said extend their hands to meet the Denise McCoy, the school's hands of the 6-foot-plus play. VIP program. ers. Others adjusted their necks McCoy said the players have so that they could peer up at the had a profound effect on the gUyS to say good luck, students they mentor. The stu- Shooting guard Kamal Oliv dents who are mentored have er said the best times he has had not had any suspensions or dis- with the students are moments cipline problems since the men- when he simply talks to them Itoring began. McCoy said. about their home life, grades * One of the high points of an(j favorite things. Though he the students' experiences with must balance practice, school the players came a couple weeks work and a busy playing sched ago when the students were spe- u|e, he said coming -to the Cjal guests of the team as they school each week is well worth faced Fayetteville State Univer- his time: sity at the Joel Coliseum. "I |Qok forward to this. Any ',-Z "(The students) got to go to time you can give back to the Itie dressing (room) and see Phoioby Kevin Walker Rams center Corey Thompson shakes hands with students. community, I think you should. McCoy and other school When 1 was growing up, I had staffers said they have complete mentors come and talk to me, confidence in the Rams as they so now it's reversed in a way," begin their CIAA champi he said. onship quest tonight. McNeil Center Corey Thompson said he also likes the team's was impressed by the send-off chances. He said the players luncheon. It was something he and coaches are a bit concerned said he did not expect. about their competitors, but he "I think it's real nice to do said the competitors should this for us, because they did not also be concerned about the have to," he said, just before Rams. greeting the young man he men- "They better start thinking tors. McCoy read a letter to the about Winston-Salem." McNeil players by a student thanking said with smile. "We h'avc 14 Thompson and the other play- young men eager to play bas ers for inviting him and his ketball "They better be classmates to the game. ready." Control often behind domestic abuse Photo by Paul Collins Scott Logan, a case manager for Family Services, was one of the speakers at the workshop. BY PAUL COLLINS THE CHRONICLE Domestic violence/abuse comes in various forms sexual, physical, psychological/emotional. Tonya Guy, a social wofker for Family Services, said Feb. 24 at a parenting workshop called "Love Doesn't Hurt," sponsored by the Winston-Salem Urban League. Emotional/psychological abuse can be name calling, intimidation, threats, refusing to provide money, anything that makes you feel less of a person, Guy said. "Abuse is about trying to gain power over someone else," she said. "When a lady comes to the shelter, we ask her to take out a protective order. Often the lady is still in love with this person, and she doesn't want to see him in jail," Guy said. What are some of the signs of abuse? Often the abuser will mini mize, deny and blame. "If you would have cooked my dinner. I wouldn't have hit you in the teeth." Guy said, as an example. Often, the abuser feels he is the master of the house and that the woman should take care of the home and children. The abuser may use isolation controlling what she does, who she sees and talks to. what she reads, where she goes, limiting her out side involvement, using jealousy to justify actions. The abuser may use children as pawns making her feel guilty about the children, using the chil dren to give messages, using visita tion as a way to harass her. threat ening to take the children away. The abuser may use intimida tion making her afraid by using s,, Domestic violence nn A5 Police veterans pegged to take on high profile roles Promotion gives city two black assistant police chiefs BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE ' Patricia D. Norris is now a major player in one of the most progressive police departments in the region. Winston-Salem Police Chief Linda Davis promoted Norris to assistant chief last week. With Norris" promotion, both assistant chiefs in the department are African-American and Davis, the city's first female chief, and Nor ris make women the majority at the top of the department's hierarchy. Norris "1 think we have gotten to a point where it doesn't matter what sex a person is as long as they can do the job." Norris said earlier this week. rxorris joineu mc aepartment Z4 years ago, when females on the force were few and far between. A city, native. Norris said she joined the force to counter naysayers who said that she would never make it in the pressure-filled police world. "Everyone told me that I could not do it... I had to prove to myself that 1 could." she said That kind of self-assurance was instilled in Norris by her grandparents, now deceased. She credits them with daring her to dream and praises them for their strictness and for her stern upbringing. Set Promotions^'/; A4 Mixed bag of opinions dominate meeting School Board is considering three different bond proposals by t kevin walker school would prevent African the ciironiCll American students from going to high schools in far-off. most School Board member Victor |y white suburbs. Johnson proclaimed integration The School Board is current a failure as lar as African Amer- jy split over where to build new icans are concerned. He made schools with the proposed $200 the statement during a meeting million bond money. Many on held by the school system at (he board want two schools built Carver High School Monday. jn suburban areas to accommo The meeting was the second ol date projected county growth several meetings that will be patterns. The board' may also held at system high schools to consider a plan to build three get public input on the proposed new high schools - one in the school bond referendum. inner city and the two in the Johnson broached the topic suburbs, of integration to push his con- "The board has not reached tention that a new high school ;l consensus on the high should be built in a largely schools." Superintendent Don African-American area of town. Martin told the crowd at Carver. "We want something attrac- Consensus was also hard to tive in our neighborhood il we find at the forum. Those with are going to foot the bill," John- c(0sc ties to Carver, expressed son said. Johnson said an inner-city so School