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Streets fiompageAl posed the initiative. "That's what we plan to do: strive for excellence at Kensington Village," said Johnson. Kensington certainly could use some inspiration. Before the units were com pletely renovated, they were known as Forest Ridge, a crime-ridden, eye sore of a community. The City contracted with Florida-based The Finch Group to revamp the apart ment community. So com plete is the transformation that not even the street names remain the same. Lucas, Redd and Wilson were honored last Friday afternoon during the formal unveiling of the streets in Kensington, which sits on Old Greensboro Road across from the new Atkins High School. 0 The site is not far from the Winston Lake Family YMCA, where Lucas is a fixture. Shawan Gabriel, the Y's new executive director, praised Lucas for his more than 50 years of service to the Y and the community. Gabriel said it is hard to measure the amount of respect that Lucas has in the community. " When I go out and give my spiel on the good work that we're doing at Winston Lake ... (people) they sit there and they listen, and after I finish they say 'How's Mo?'" said Gabriel. A modest Lucas thanked the city for the honor but said his greatest honors come when he encounters the countless people that he has mentored over the years. "I have fine young men with a Ph.D. degree come back and say 'Thank you, Moses.' I had ... ministers come back and said 'Thank you Moses." This is my goal. This was my life," said Lucas. Redd also expressed his ~ gratitude for the honor. Many of the African American police officers who patrol Winston-Salem Photos by Todd Luck Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke, left, and Council Members Joycelyn Johnson and Dan Besse take part in the renaming ceremony. today, credit Redd for being a strong role model. He spent 32 years wearing the uniform of the city's police force and says he loved every minute of it. "I had a wonderful time out there being a police (officer)," said Redd with a smile. "1 enjoyed myself." Lynette Wilson, Louise Wilson's daughter, spoke on behalf of the family. Her mother died in 1987, after leading ESR, an agency that works to lift up the city's poorest residents, for nearly 20 years. Lynette Wilson is pleased that generations to come will know the name Louise Wilson. "It's something to remind the community of all the efforts that she put in to try to get the community togeth er and get people to be self reliant," said Wilson. The road named after her mother, Louise Wilson Lane, leads into the complex, intersecting with Old Greensboro Road. It also connects to the other two roads, Moses Lucas Court and George Big Redd Court. New residents at Kensington, which opened its first phase on Aug. 1 , also attended the ceremony and praised the benefits of their new community. Steven Reinhardt said he was glad to see the names of those who did great service to the community grace his new home and hopes that residents there can live up to that legacy. He applied to Kensington Village shortly after he arrived in Winston Salem and moved into the complex in August, which he described as "beautiful." He thanked all those who played a part in transforming the former Forest Ridge. "Everyone who made this happen ... I just want to thank you because I am one of the people that you're helping," said Reinhardt. Reinhardt isn't alone. Of the 40 available units in the first phase of the complex, 28 are already leased. The tenants include teachers from Atkins and neighboring Petree Elementary School. Due to a dormitory shortage, Winston-Salem State University students are also living in the complex. Kensington is still a work in progress with lots of con struction going on. When it's all done, the complex will have 142 units. The apart ments are still aimed towards being affordable, but residents are now put through credit and criminal background checks. Finch Group Chairman Wesley Finch said the staff at Kensington is doing every thing they can to ensure the safety of residents, including installing new security cam era^. "We know what we once were and we know we have to constantly fight that per ception that we're going to become it again," said Finch. NC ft 8,1 Homecoming - October 5-12. 200B - It s A Family Reunion ? GosfttSktw 6:00 PM Doom opal 5 00 PM Harrison Auditorium $5 Students $7 Public The Gospel litem will showcase the NC AfcT Fellowship Gospel Choir & celebrity Performers: Jonathan Nelson and Purpose (Bond) Ptf Rally/ 'Motivational *$> 6 PM Corbett Sports Center The Pep Rally signals the official start of festivities for students. Performances include. The Band, the Cheerleaders, Blue Reign, Roll Call of Events Sc ticket giteaways. Motivational speaker: Fonzworth Bentley Comedy Show 8:00 PM Doors open 7:00 PM Corbett Sports Center $10 Student, $15 Public The Comedy Show will feature todays hot comedians: Mike Epps and Friends Talent Explosion Aggies Against the WorU 5 PM Carolina Theatre 55 Students $7 Public Verge features A&T'i Student Entertainers Coronation of Mia A&T 7 PM Cocbett Sports , Center f*S* Pan Hellenic Step Show 7:00 PM Doon open: 6:00 PM^ (ireensboro Coliseum 112.50 Student $17.50 Public $20.00 Day of Event The Royal Reception for former Mia A&Ts 1 1:00 AM Memorial Union Cmctn "The Put On' 7:30pm Doors open: 6:00pm Gneiuboro Coliseum $31.50 $34.50 $39.50 Performers: Young Jeexy featuring T-Pain and Rick Ross, Shawty Lo & PUej Campus Clean-up 8AM Campus- wide The Cleanup will involve students as well as student organizations in conjunction with the Physical Plant. Fall Convocation Harrison Auditorium Campus 10 AM Alumni Reception ?INVITATION ONLY* Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel 6 PM Sponsor: Office of Alumni Affairs Theatre Arts Program "A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller Paul Robeson Theatre 8 PM School of Technology Alumni Breakfast Sheraton Four Seasons Imperial Ballroom EFGH 8 AM -10 AM School of Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Breakfasx Craig Hall Rm. 132 Campus 8 AM- 10 AM 30th Annual Richard E. Moore Memorial Golf Tournament Grandover Resort 8:30 AM Shotgun Stan College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Reunion Breakfast Stallings Ballroom 8:30 AM F.D. Bluford Library Archives Picture Party Bluford Library - Campus 9 AM - 4:30 PM Aggie "NO TAP" Annual Scholarthip Bonding Tournament Gate City Lanes l?f shift 9:30 AW Sponsor: Gate City Chapter NC A8cT Alumni Assoc., Inc. NCA&T State University Ahcmni Welcome Dttk Dak 1 Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel 10 AM- 1 PM School of Agricultut* & Environmental Sciences Alumni Meet & Greet Barbecue Fett Webb Hall Front Lawr 11 AM -2 PM School of Technology Tent luncheon Smith Hall Lawn Campus 11 AM- 3 PM 4th Annual Ron McNair Alumni Homecoming Oftn Home Murphy Hall-Campus 1 1:30 AM- 3:30 PlCf NC A&T Alumni Assoc., Inc. Information Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Desk 1 1 PM - 9 PM School of Business & Economics Soul Food Cookout Merrick Hall Lawn - Campus 2:30 PM - 6:30 PM I School of Education Reumon Reception & I Tour NEW School of Education Bldg 3 PM - 5 PM Biology Alumni & Friendi I Stalling! Ballroom 4 PM - 6 PM GET YOUR Official Aggie Paraphernalia I NC A&T Bookstore I Sheraton Four Seasonj Hotel U PM - 1 1 PM Vending Sponsor: NC A&T I Alumni Assoc., Inc. I Sheraton Four Seasonal Pi* Function Area 6 PM - 12 Midnight ONLY* Sheraton Four Cmmm* UmJ cavoiis nuici 6 PM Mumm Concert spomoted by NC A&T Foundation SXSS Bind and En Vogue' O . . . ,L ? 1 - - - breensooro v_oitseum Special Events Center 8 PM Contact; Darlene Norman NC A&T Foundation (336) 433-5560 School of Nursing TELOCA Brrakftst Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Colony Ballroom BC 7:30 AM - 10 AM WNAArFM, 90.1 A&T Homecmtng SounJttage Parking Lot of War Memorial Stadium on Yanceyville St. Live Bands performing R&B, Gospel, Hip Hop & Go-Go music. Performance* by Achosen Generation, Beautiful Xperience, Faze 2 and New Impressioiu. Stage will also showcase DJ'i and Talent Show. 11AM -6PM * 8 AM t Begins at Murrow Blvd under the Washington St. overpass. Vending sponsored by NC A&T Alumni Assoc., Inc. Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Pre Function Area 9 AM - 12 Midnight School of Technology Alumni Tailgate Aggie Stadium 10 AM -3 PM School of Education HHHR?an|rc - 1 1 AM - I PM (396)334-7749 Theatre Am Program 'A Soldier's Ptay" by Charles Fuller Paul Robeson Theatre 8 PM VtavryOuk Stewmihltip Event "INVITATION ONLY" " Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Imperial Ballroom D 9 PM - 2 AM Ultimate Aggie After Party Alumni Dance Sponsor NCA&T Alumni Association, Featuring "DJ POLO" Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Guilford Ballroom 9 PM - 2 AM Alumni Continental Breakfast Sponsor: Office of Alumni Affairs Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Imperial Ballroom A 8:30 AM- 10:00 AM Affirmation Service Sponsor NC A&T Alumni Assoc., Inc. Richard B. Harrison Auditorium Campus 9:30 AM - 1 1 AM Vending Sponsor: NC A4tT Alumni Assoc., Inc. Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Pre Function Area 8 AM -12 Noon Theatre Arts Program "A Soldier's Pitf by Charles Fuller Paul Robeson Theatre 3 PM Steinem no fan of Palin < BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE One of America's most outspoken and storied femi nists was welcomed to the campus of one of the nation's oldest schools for women Monday. Salem College's Committee on Cultural Events sponsored Author/Activist Gloria Steinem's Sept. 30 visit. The co-convener of the historic 1971 Women's Political Caucus, Steinem founded the Coalition of Labor Union Women and is president of Voters for Choice, the largest independent pro-choice political action committee in the United States. She was also the original publisher of Ms. magazine, launched in the early 1970s. Her Salem College appear ance included question and answer sessions with students in the afternoon and a sold out lecture in the Hanes Auditorium at Salem's Fine Arts Center later in the Photo by Layla Farmer Gloria Steinem at Salem College. "Until the 1970s, the major way a woman got into political office was to marry a man who was in that office and then wait for him to die." She spoke at length about evening. In between, she took time out to talk with members of the local news media. With the ease of someone accus tomed to being in the spotlight, Steinem fielded questions on myri ad issues relating Gov. Palin Sen. John McCain's decision to make Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin his running mate. The governor is inexperienced and wholly unequipped to handle the task of the vice presidency, Steinem asserts. "She was chosen for sexist reasons; to feminism in America. Not surprisingly, politics was a hot topic. Steinem says that women have made great strides in obtaining political office in recent decades. "It has taken a long time to get women into the pipeline to political office," she stated. the standards were lowered in order to choose her by McCain," she declared. "He chose a woman who is not well qualified ... there were many in the Republican Party who were much more qualified." She spoke about the media's handling of Palin. The governor has been chastised for her apparent lack of knowl edge on issues related to for eign and domestic policy. While some in the McCain/Palin camp have been quick to cry sexism, Steinem believes Palin, a mother of five, should be held to the same standards and practices - good or bad - as any male can didate would be. "It's true that the media needs to be aware of the single standard themselves," she said. "If they would not criti cize a man with the same num ber of children ... [some have said Palin should be devoting her time to her family, not her career] they should not criti cize Sarah Palin." By the same token, howev er, Steinem said Palin should be held accountable for the things she does not know and not be given a pass by mem bers of the media. When asked if Palin had a tougher row to hoe as a female candidate than Sen. Barack Obama faces as a black one, Steinem said the two could not be compared. "You have to look at the individual situations," she said. "The point is what they stand for. Barack Obama stands for the majority wishes and needs of this country; Sarah Palin stands against almost every single majority issue..." Though she has long fought for women to hold posi tions of power, Steinem says she feels no pride at the thought that Palin is now in such close proximity to the White House. "To have someone who looks like you and behaves like the adversary is very painful," she declared. "It's worse than having no one." 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