Vol. XXXVI No. 34 660 West Fifth Street j NC 271011 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ?THURSDAY, April 22, 2010 Rams release football schedule See Pane B8 Teen actors prepare to perforin ?See Pane Af) Author V speaks at WSSU event Carolina rtttdrtt' n Countv Public Lihrarv 75 cents .\ebra, i <5 * >; , f/ea/vt y '"nfiv ^ Photo b> Erik CampovThc Sin* MOT Tom Joyner holds the offi cial pardon papers he received on behalf of his uncles on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. Ph?#<> by t-ayl* f armer Below: Paul F i n k e I m a n speaks a I Wake Forest last week. Wake Law probes case of Tom Joyner's executed kin BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHONICLE Legal ttiitpxiap Paul Finkelman visited Wake Forest University last week to talk about a precedent setting ease that brought justice to a South Carolina family nearly a cen tury after the atrocity occurred. Finkelman's discussion. "Guilty Until Posthumously Pardoned: Reversing the South Carolina Murder Convictions." was hosted by the Wake Forest University School of Law's Innocence and Justice Clinic, which was officially launched last spring. "This is a venture that is still pretty new for us ... and by many measures, just a rip roaring success." commented Ronald Wright, executive dean for Academic Affairs and a professor of Law at WFU. "We are very pleased to have the clinic up and running." Sec tirifHns on \6 Community welcomes addition of technology BY TODD I l ( K THi. t HROSICI I * Residents of LaDeara Crest Apartments took time Saturday to celebrate their new free wireless Internet service and the 75 computers that have been donated to them One Economy Corporation, a global nonprofit that uses technology to help low income communi ties. partnered with telecommunication giant AT&T to provide three years of free wireless high speed broadband Internet service to everyone living in the 245 unit affordable housing complex. Winston Salem l orsvth County Schools donated refurbished computers to every family in the complex with school-age child BELFOR Property Restoration See l.aDvurii on A 12 Phi*t> b> T?xkl i.tKk Evan Tspepas and Blanch McCants instruct l.aShonda McCall, seated, on using her new computer. Historically Black, Recently Green WSSU joins the world in celebrating Earth Day BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE Winston-Salem State University celebrated Earth Week from April 12-16 with a series of events designed to promote conservation and sustainability. Earth Week ushered in the worldwide celebration of Larth Day on April 22 While schools like Wake Forest University - which host ed more than 100 vendors on Saturday for its annual Piedmont Earth Day Fair - regularly hold events that tout the importance of protecting the environment, his torically black colleges and uni versities have been slow to adopt such initia tives Winston Salem State has been the excep tion. This marked the second year the school's stu dent- based Campus Life M a r k i n g Committee held events celebrat ing Larth Day. "It's about getting out the word, getting out information, so USSl Bun, A student/model takes part in a fashion show last week at W SSI that used "recy cled clothing." students are aware of ?au to cut down on their energy usage and water usage." said Victor Kirk, a senior who served a* the student coordinator for Earth Week Four days of activities were held during the week each dav followed a different conservation theme. Last Monday the water theme dav students wore blue for outdoor events like a step performance, a "recycled" fashion >how and a speech on conservation. Tuesday focused on energy conser vation. so students were encouraged to turn oil lights, unplug cell phone chargers and walk or ride hikes Wednesday was devoted to recycling with a contest between dorms to see which could collect the most recyclables. The grand finale was the Green Olympics held last Friday in Iront of the Cleon I Thompson Center Students competed in a number ot events. They used a sponge to transfer water from a bucket into another containei Then, following the conservation theme, the water was reused for a game of hot potato with a dripping wet sponge. There wav also "Green Jeopardy." where students were qui//ed on environment 1 Sec (irven <?n \7 This Won't Hurt at All Phoco by Kevin W?lkct A health care professional pricks the finger of Macio Freeman on Saturday in order to conduct a cholesterol test. Freeman was one of dozens who received free i screenings at a weekend health fair. See story on Bl. New Heights Members of the Cawer family to visit Mount Everest BY LAYLA FARMER nil CHRONK I I Seventeen year-old LaQuisha Stone is preparing to emnark on the trip of a life time. Haneshrands. Inc. announced on April 14 that Stone, a junior at Carver High School, and Guidance Counselor Theresa Hamer had been selected to rep resent the school on an excursion to the nation of Nepal. Hamer The trip coincides with Expedition Hanesbrands. where mountaineer Jamie Clarke and his climbing team will attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, which is located in Nepal The companv is sponsoring the expedition as a means of showing off its research and development capa Sci t rip i in \tt Phofc*. hv I j> U tannci l.aQuisha Stone . left , with her mom. l.aShonda Stone. i DON'T 'pass T H E B U C K BUY LOCAL

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