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The Chro ^5 . 42 071405 'FIRM*CAR-FT-LOT* "C022 "AT?NG 30 YEA?S <>* COMMUNITY J()l UN V! ? ADMINISTRATION For Not from FORSYTH CNTY PUB LIB C.C.CX IaT emu wn HURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, Reference . to be taken this library Vol. XXXI No. 1 1 wssu coach Stitt talks about B-ball - See Page B2 Arts event raises funds ' for school - See Page A3 Beloved bus driver is honored - See Pat Groups unite for voting effort -See Page CI Homeless veterans get assistance Photos. by Kevin Walker Above: Peter Moorman speaks at last week's Veter ans Day cere mony at Experiment in Self-Reliance. Right: Veter ans place their hands over their hearts as they sing "God Bless America. " ESR's program for homeless vets is finding success BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE . - Today, ihe nation celebrates Veterans Day. There will be parades, remembrance services and loads of accolades for the men and women who served our country. But all of that will end tomor row. Many area agencies have made each day Vet erans Day as they work to improve the lives of those who worked to protect and defend America. One of those agencies, the Experiment in Self Reliance (ESR). runs a successful program that helps homeless veterans regain their honor and self-sufficiency. Last Thursday - during a noon time celebration at the agency's headquarters on Third Street - ESR honored some of the veterans who have benefited from the program. In a room See Vets on A10 Wake again cited by Black Enterprise BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THECHRONIC1 1 Wake Forest University is one of the best colleges for Atrican Ameri cans, reports Black Enter prise m a g a - zine. The October issue ranks the liberal arts school 31st on its annual list of the 50 Best Colleges for African-Americans. Wake Forest makes the list for the second year in a row. While some people may be surprised that Wake Forest would make the list considering the school has less than 3(X) black See Wake on A9 1 Audience critical of DA, police at second race relations forum BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE ( IlkONk I I The circumstances that led to Darryl Hunt being twice tried and convicted for a murder he did not commit have had many people ask ing "why" and "how" ever since Hunt was released from prison late-last year. Local residents sought answers to those burning questions last Thursday from law enforcement officials at the second forum held by Mayor Allen Joines' Racial Healing Committee. The RTrum was held at Winston Salem State University 's Anderson Center. Attendees wanted to know if the cops who targeted Hunt two decades ago were racist; they wanted to know how Hunt was convicted with no physical evidence and with a circus sideshow of state wit nesses that included a Klans man; and they asked why Hunt remained in prison for I0|(iiore years after it was discovered in 1994 that his Photo by Kevin Walker Human Relations Commission Chairman Juan Suarez makes an appeal to audi' ence members at last week's forum to end racism. DNA did not match samples taken from the crime scene. But with a police chief and district attorney who were not in positions of power when Hunt was tried two decades ago. answers to those questions were not readily offered up. "I don't know what a racist police officer is." Police Chief Pat Norris said in response to an audience question. "We do not tolerate that kind of behavior." Hunt, who is African American, was 1 9 years old when he was arrested and charged with killing a young, white newspaper See Forum on A9 Suit: NCSA employee axed for c . " being vocal Charles McClennahan claims being outspoken on race caused school not to renew his contract BY T. KEVIN WALKHR THE CHRONICLE A local man is seeking upward of $10 million in damages from the N.C. School of Arts after he says the school nixed his teaching contract because he was too outspoken over an alleged racial incident that occurred on the campus. He also alleges that the hostile treatment he received at NCSA led to his wife, who was also employed at the school, committing suicide. Charles McClen nahan filed the suit - which names both the NCSA and School of Filmmaking Pean -"-?? anan Dale Pollock as defen dants - Monday in Superior Court, more than three years after he left NCSA, where he taught in the School of Design and later in the School of Film making. The complaint states that in the beginning of his career at the school, McClennahan received good evaluations and that his teaching contract was renewed twice, first in 1 997 and again in 1 999. But school officials' attitude toward McClennahan changed after he made a series of complaints, the suit alleges. Two of the complaints involved one of See Suit on A1 2 It's Raining Women Females outnumber males at WSSU by 30 percent BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE . ' It is a woman's world at Winston-Salem State University as female students continue their dom inance in the school's student body. Numbers just released by the school show female students out number male students by 30 percent. Females account for 70 percent of the 4,805 students enrolled this fall. Although the university is hav ing an enrollment boom (enrollment is up a record 17 percent this year), the spike in enrollment is drawing more women than men. But a school official said that is not so unusual. "It is not out of the norm for an HBCU (histor ically black colleges and universities) to have a ratio from 6:l_up to 12:1," said Art Malloy. who is associ ate vice chancellor and dean of students at WSSU. The university opened a Women's Center earlier this year, he says, in order to meet the needs of the growing female population on cam pus. Malloy anticipates that as the business and science programs grow at WSSU. so too will the male student population. "I think as we continue to grow the way we are growing you will see more of a balance in the genders. But that takes awhile." Student groups such as Black Men for Change and Women for Change, says Malloy. are also See Women on A10 In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. " Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better " ffiugggll 3 funeral Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support H22 Curl Russell Ave. (at Martin I.uther King Dr.) Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (336) 722-3459 Fax (336) 631-8268 rusfhonic @ bellsouth.net The only
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