Man wins . TSocial |H^| Reunion Bolton
^ticketsby ^RH ? ? ? |Services planned i? * students'
making offices to for East cafe is
field goal relocate Winston booming
- See Page BI MBMBHBHMBBI -See Page A3 wKKtKtM - See Page A10 -See Page CI
^~or Reference 1?
^SMM ~... ^IlKV/P - - <? mjtu
75 cents > i .. n - s u .. m ? G?icbns IIm.i. I'm.s ,.. ., , Vol. XXX No. 12
Rooney raises eyebrows at A&T
Veteran newsman says he dislikes segregation and term 1 African-American'
BY COURTNEY GA1LLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Andy Rooney thinks integrated
colleges would better prepare
minority students for careers in
journalism. That is what the news
veteran told students at N.C. A&T
State University when asked what
minority journalists need to do to
have more of a presence in news
rooms across the country.
"I go to places and I see two
black faces in the whole crowd and
I'm offended, and I feel the same
way about going to a place where I
see two white faces in a crowd. Why
the hell aren't we all mixed togeth
er? We both need to be (integrated)
badly. I don't really approve of a
place like this (N.C. A&T) that is
so predominantly black," Rooney
said.
Rooney also said he doesn't con
sider blacks to be "African-Ameri
can" any more than he considers
himself to be "Irish-American." In
his opinion, we're all American,
period.
Teresa Styles, chair of the
department of journalism and mass
communications at N.C. A&T, invit
ed the 84-year-old award-winning
writer to speak to students last Fri
day. The two worked together at
CBS many years ago. r
"Students really do need a foun
dation, not only with local journal
ists, but with journalists who have
really made outstanding contribu
tions to the world of journalism,"
said Styles, who was a producer at
CBS during the 1980s.
Rooney's "60 Minutes" seg
ment, "A Few Minutes with Andy
Rooney," has made him a household
name since it became a regular fea
ture of the news program in 1978. A
CBS correspondent, writer and pro
ducer ' for more than 50 years,
Rooney is a nationally syndicated
newspaper columnist, and he has
written several books, including
See Rooney on A10
Phot o by Shelia Whitley
Andy Rooney has spent most of his life as a journalist.
Norris McCoy
Qualified
blacks are
iffy about
chief's job
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
I HI CHRON1C1 l
Five years ago. outgoing Police Chief
Linda Davis found herself in a similar
position to the one that Assistant Police
Chief Mike McCoy finds himself in today.
Davis, then an assis
tani police chief,
was preparing to
retire after serving a
quarter-century in
the Police Depart
ment when then
Police Chief George
Sweat left the
department for a
state job. City Man
ager Bill Stuart
coaxed Davis into
Davis
staying a little longer. She first served as
interim chief until Stuart gave her the per
manent job in February 1999.
Last week, it was announced that
Davis is retiring, for real this time, and as
Stuart again prepares to look for a police
See Chief ort A9
Humiliation
is used by
eityto tackle
prostitution
Pictures of prostitutes, Johns
to air on TV 13 for next month
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Those who indulge in the sq-called
oldest profession in the world, beware.
The city has begun to pse public
humiliation as way to cut down on prosti
tution. Beginning last Thursday following
the "Behind the Badge" show on TV-13,
the pictures and
names of about two
dozen people arrest
ed over the suTTITneiL
for prostitution are
being broadcast.
The pictures of the
prostitutes and the
Johns that keep
them in business
will air for the next
month.
Several cities
already use similar
programs to publicly humiliate those who
partake in prostitution. Winston-Salem
decided to jump on the bandwagon after
the city's Public Safety Committee decid
etf to put its foot down.
% "Hopefully it will deter some of these
people who are openly walking up and
dtywn our streets and being picked up,"
said Mayor Pro Tern Vivian Burke, chair
rf^the Public Safety Committee. "It will
help the neighborhoods feel better that we
are working with them to solve the prob
lem of prostitution."
Lt. Bryan Macy of the Police Depart
Scc TV 13 on A9
Burke
O
Photos by Kevin Walker
Greensboro College player Eddie Montrell answers a question from a student as his teammates listen.
Someone to Look Up to
Greensboro College basketball team
visit kids at elementary school
BY T. KEV1NWALKER
THE CHRONICLE '
James Dunbar invited members of Greensboro
College's basketball team to Kimberley Park Ele
mentary School Friday because he thought the
players would be people the impressionable stu
dents could look up to- literally and figuratively.
The members of team - some who stand at 7
feet tall or close to it - were hard to miss amid a sea
of youngsters who just came to the players' knees.
About 15 players came to the school. The students
created a pep rally-type atmosphere by cheering for
the team as if it were engaged in a heated ballgame.
The players reciprocated the love by signing auto
graphs. doling out high fives and sharing life skills.
Greensboro College is a small but academically
challenging school. The team plays in the Division
III USA South Athletic Conference. Players told
students that if they don't take care of business in
the classroom, they are not allowed to take care of
business on the hardwood.
The school has invited several athletes to Kim
berley Park to talk with students in the Men of
See Player! on A5
P.J. Newman signs an autograph for an eager student.