Durham
man wants
to be next
lieutenant
governor
BY STEVE HARTSOE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH -Thomas Stith.
a candidate for stale lieutenant
governor, espouses traditional
Republi
can Party
themes :
lower
taxes,
s m & 1 1 e r
^overn
m e n t ,
conser
vative
social
views.
B u t
Stith
what's
unusual about the third-term
Durham city councilman is he's
a black man seeking statewide
office on the GOP ticket.
Stith is one of only a hand
ful of N.C. blacks to seek a
place on the Republican ballot,
GOP officials say.
Stith notes in his campaign
brochure that he was told he
couldn't win a City Council
seat in the Democrat stronghold
of Durham because he's a
Republican. He was also told
that Republicans won't support
a black candidate.
"Well, they were wrong,"
the brochure reads. "I led the
ticket with strong Republican
support and the help of thinking
Democrats."
Stith said he believes that
kind of success can translate on
a statewide level, in part
because North Carolina's popu
lation is diverse.
Jim Snyder, a Lexington
attorney, is also seeking the
GOP nod for lieutenant gover
nor. Snyder has been endorsed
by former U.S. Sens. Jesse
Helms. Lauch Faircloth and Jim
Broy hill.
Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, a
Democrat, is expected to seek
another term. The candidate fil
ing period will begin April 26.
Tina Shields wore a special accessory during a recent
church outreach event: a snake. Shields wore the snake
like a bracelet during the recent Blessed Fest sponsored
by Messiah's House.
Sorority head to
speak at Bennett
commencement
SPECIAL IO 1 HI ( HRONK I !
Bennett College for
Women will hold its 74th
commencement exercise May
8 at 4:30 p.m. in the Special
Events Center of the Greens
boro Coliseum. More than 70
students are expected to
receive their degrees. Com
mencement is open to the
public.
Gwendolyn E. Boyd,
national president of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority Inc..
will deliver the commence
ment address. As the sorori
ty's national president, Boyd
is the chief executive officer
of the organization that has
more than 900 chapters in the
United States and other coun
tries.
Boyd is an engineer and
assistant to the director for
development programs at the
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
(APL) in suburban Maryland.
She is also the fund develop
ment officer for the Maryland
MESA (Mathematics, Engi
neering. Science Achieve
ment) Program sponsored by
the laboratory.
Professionally, she is affil
iated with the National Soci
ety of Black Engineers and
the Society of Women Engi
neers. Additionally, Boyd is
vice chair of the board of
directors of the APL Federal
Credit Union. By appoint
ment from the president of
Johns Hopkins University,
she also serves on the univer
sity's Diversity Leadership
Council.
During the commence
ment exercises, honorary
degrees will be bestowed
upon Dr. Shirley Ann Jack
son, Dr. Sheila C. Johnson
and Dr. William H. Gray.
Symphonic Band to perform
SP| < I W fOTHE chronic I I
The WSSU Symphonic
Band will present its spring
concert April 25 at 4 p.m. in
the Kenneth R. Williams
Auditorium.
The concert will feature a
wide range of styles and peri
ods of musical composition -
in keeping with the ensem
ble's focus on diversity. Con
certgoers will hear works by
William Grant Still, Robert
Smith, Wolfgang A. Mozart,
William Latham and Jaime
Texidor. among others.
Musical forms will
include overtures, preludes,
Spanish and Italian marches,
serenades, a tone poem for
concert band, and a medley of
tunes from the popular motion
picture "Pirates of the
Caribbean,"
A highlight of this year's
concert will he a performance
of "Serenade jior Alto Saxo
phone and Band" by Frank
Bencriscutto. Christopher
Jennings, a sophomore major
ing in music education, will
be featured.
The concert is free and
open to the public. Contact
750-2530 for additional infor
mation.
Do you have Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)?
Are you an African-American who has had RA for less than
two years? You may be eligible to participate in an
NIH-sponsored study to help understand the causes of RA.
If you are eligible and choose to participate, you will be
compensated for your time and will receive free physical
exams, joint x-rays, and bone density testing. This study
involves no medication and you would continue to be treated
by your usual physician for your RA.
For more information, contact Lynn Howie at (866) 827-2862.
Thurston Arthritis
Research Center
UNC
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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