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The Chronicle
Volume39,Number39 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, May 23, 2013
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James
Taylor
Derwin
Montgomery
Vivian
Burke
DD
Adams
Objections
remain as
coliseum
sale passes
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
The Winston-Salem City Council voted Monday to
go forward with the sales of Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum to Wake Forest University and
Bowman Gray Stadium to Winston-Salem State
University.
The Joel Coliseum vote was 5-2. (Council Member
DD Adams was not in attendance due to medical
issues.) The Bowman
Gray vote was unani
mous. The asking
price for the coliseum
is $8 million. WSSU
will fork pv$*-$frl
million for the stadi
um. Neither sale is
automatic. Since Wake
Forest is a private
entity, the LJVM sale
will be open to upset
bidst Once a bid
stands unchallenged
for 10 days, the sale
will be final. WSSU
will have to get
approval from the
state legislature; if
lawmakers give their
approval, the deal
would come back
before the City
Council for final
approval.
Phoo by Todd Lack
Cynthia Joel speaks at the
meeting at Parkland.
The sales have been a source of controversy. Many
object to selling publicly-owned venues, while others
have objected to WFU being able to sell the naming
rights for LJVM, which the university has indicated
will help offset loses it expects to inherit with the prop
erty.
City Council Members James Taylor and Derwin
Montgomery voted against the LJVM sale, hoping to
delay the vote while other alternatives were sought.
"I don't think we've exhausted all our measures to
run the coliseum the way it needs to be run." said
Montgomery, who also opposed changing its name.
Montgomery, a WSSU alumnus, said he supported
the Bowman Gray sale because with only two types of
events held there. WSSU football games and drag rac
ing, it's less of a public venue than LJVM, which in
addition to hosting WFU basketball games is the site of
concerts, religious gatherings and other events.
Wake Forest has agreed to maintain the "Lawrence
Joel Veterans Memorial" language on the facade and
marquee of the coliseum. Under sale terms, the school
will also be required to maintain the property's veter
ans' memorials, which will be renamed the Lawrence
Joel Veterans Memorial Lobby and Plaza.
Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke said it was
enough to ensure that the legacy of Joel, an African
See Joel on A7
Photos by Lay la Gam*
Sandra Miller-Jones (left) and former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun greet Dr. Maya Angelou (right).
Tomorrow's doctors
hear from. A^clou
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Chapter of the Student National Medical Association
honored some of its rising stars Sunday evening.
The 19th Annual SNMA Medical Excellence
Banquet attracted a crowd to the downtown Marriott. It
is an annual send off for graduating muiofcu Medical
School students, who in the months ahead will begin res
idency programs at hospitals across the nation.
Dr. Maya Angelou. a Winston-Salem resident and
Wake Forest University professor, delivered the keynote
address. Prior to her formal remarks, Angelou greeted a
small cadre of students and dignitaries, including former
U.S. Sen. CartJI Moseley Braun. who made history as the
first black female senator in the 1990s when the people
of Illinois elected her.
See SNMA on A10
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Banquet Co-Chairs Jahanett Ramirez (left) and
Jennifer Vdom.
Doctorate for Ifil
WR KOo
Gwendolyn l/ill, moderator and managing
editor of "Washington Week" and senior
correspondent for "PBS NewsHour" smiles
as she receives an Honorary Doctor of
Humane Letters at Wake Forest University
Monday. Read more on page A3.
UMMBC wants to
ease pain of divorce
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
When Spring Hope native Andre Crawley and his wife divorced
in 2010 after two decades of marriage, he was bombarded with a
host of emotions.
The longtime Wells Fargo
employee said there were few
places to turn for help.
"Emotionally, for men. we
don't discuss it," said the
father of two. "We suppress,
we suppress, we suppress and
we deal with it, and it is a time
of extreme emotional discord."
Crawley said he is hoping
to help others who find them
selves in similar situations,
through the DivorceCare min
istry at United Metropolitan
Misssionary Baptist Church.
Crawley, who has been a
member for over a decade. t
will serve as one of four facil- t
itators for the DivorceCare
Pboto by Layla Ganm
Rev. Prince Rivers with Delores
Lassiter and Cornelious Flood.
divorce recovery support group, which is slated to begin Sept. 16.
"It has to come out. You can't keep it bottled up because it's a
See Divorce on A8
Winston-Salem State graduates overcome, excel
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Kathleen
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Banks
overcame
the odds to
graduate
together.
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE '
Among the 1,100 Winston-Salem State University graduates who
heard from famed poet Nikki Giovanni at Saturday's Spring
Commencement was George Banks, who graduated alongside his
wife, Kathleen, after overcoming great challenges.
The 52-year-old earned his business administration degree in less
than four years while running two businesses with his wife and fight
ing cancer. The 33 rounds of radiation treatments and chemotherapy
to battle the tumor on his tongue did not keep him from attending
See WSSU on A2
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