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NAACP
Decries
NCAA Rring
Special To The Past
..Greensboro The
NAACP State Office ex
pressed outrage over the
passage of Proposal 48 by
the National Collegiate
Athletic Association in Its
recent meeting in San
Diego, QtfMhraia. Proposal
48 rsgalrre a . minimum
score of 700 of a possible
1,600 on the Scholastic Ap
titude Teat, or a score of 15
of 96 on the American
Collage Testing examin
ation and a 2.0 average on a
core ourriculum of 11 aca
demic subjects in high
school, including three to
English and two each in
math, social sciences and
natural sciences, as a pre
atioo
Hrac
nade
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regarding the new require
ment.
Catina Funderburk
" ...“LGveiy little doll”
Catina Funderburk
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Past Managing Editor
Without hesitation, our
little beauty, Catina Fun
derburk, win express her
enjoyments of the simple
pleasures of life... like fish
ing.
“My great grandmother,
WUheminia Adams, takes
me fishing. I like to catch s
lot of fish. One thn» I
caught more fish than my
great grandmother!" Mim
Funderburk gleamed.
So far she has caught
bass and brims. “The only
thing,” she remembers
with the smile leaving, “is
that I had to clean them.”
Miss Funderburk, daugh
ter of Valerie Funderburk,
has two brothers, Opfaagon
and Ricco.
A fourth grader at Chan
tilly Elementary School,
our beauty also enjoys bike
riding, swimming and
skating. “I also enjoy
watching J.J. on ‘Good
times.’I think he is funny.”
At Chantilly Min Fun
derburk’s most enjoyable
subject is mathematics.
The course, she explains is
“easier than the other
subjects” and her favorite
instructor is Mr. Sadoff.
Even though Miss Fun
derburk scores well on her
math teats her ambition is
to become an actress. Re
cently she appeared in
Chantilly's play "Paul
Bunion.” But it's not Just
the glamour and the wealth
associated with being a
movie star Mm Funder
burk expects. She explains
that she also enjoys putting
on makeup.
There have been many
who have influenced Miss
Funderburk’s life. Her
grandmother, Lois Funder
burk, has taught her
-how to cook and how to
bake cakes.
“And of course my
grandmother who takes me
fishing,’’ our beauty pro
nounced, “and my mother
wM Is my'Jkyorfte per
So far Miss Funderburk’s
opinions about many
issues have not been
formed. But she does know
about God from her experi
ences as a member of the
House of Prayer For All
People and she knows that
crime is one aspect of life
she wishes would cease.
Here again we have a
special young lady.'One Of
dashing character .. a pre
cious young lady who is
already a budding star in
many respects.
Joe Black s Visit
Rescheduled For
February 19
Gerald Johnson, presi
dent of the Hidden Valley
Optimist Club, announced
the organization’s third an
niversary banquet has
been rescheduled for Satur
day, February it, 7 p.m.
The banquet, which will
feature Joe Black, will be
held in the Teamsters’
Union Hall on North
Try on Street.
Are Often Fragmented
Selects Atlant
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Workshop
Briefs JCSU
Alumni
The administrators and
staff of Johnson C. Smith
University recently spon
sored an alumni workshop
on the campus.
According to a spokes
person for the university,
“it is hoped that with the
information reviewed and
discussed at the workshop,
the alumni will be able to
plan, implement and repre
sent the University at
College Day programs
which the staff will be un
able to attend. The work
shop also served to broaden
the University’s recruiting
base and make Johnson C.
Smith more visible as well
as viable across the
nation.”
ine workshop familiar
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country with an overview
of the University which will
assist them in helping the
Office of Admissions with
their recruitment efforts.
Dr. Limone C. Collins
presided over the opening
of the workshop at a buffet
luncheon. Presentations
were given by Ray Davis,
Vice President of Develop
ment; Ranee Jackson,
Director of Financial Aid;
and Dr. William Greene,
Director of Career Counsel
ing and Placement.
me office of Admissions
staff also gave a present
ation. It included an
“Admissions Bowl” which
allowed members of the
Ambassadors Club, an or
ganization consisting of
honor and scholarship stu
dents, to answer questions
most likely to be asked by
students interested in
JCSU at College Day
programs.
The questions related to
the admissions process,
academic programs and
other opportunities avail
able at the college. Mack L.
Davidson concluded the
banquet with remarks.
Davidson is serving as
Interim President.
Ti J J
at ^Atlanta’s
dent Reagan about defense and welfare
policies during a recent White House
question and answer session held for
atwtents to a government studies pro*
gram called Close Up.
School Students Pose
Tough Questions To Reagan
Special To The Poet
. .Washington, D.C. - Sixty
four high school students
posed some tough ques
tions to President Reagan
last week at a White House
briefing session with stu
dent participation in a citi
zenship education program
called Close Up.
“Are you more con
cerned with defense spend
ing than with the welfare of
the middle class and under
privileged?”
“Are the bureaucrats
who have built axareer in
welfare administration to
blame, at least in part, for
the expansion of the wel
fare program7”
"For troubled nations
like El Salvador, is self
determination a viable op
tion for the
President Reagan fielded
these and other questions
with what most students
agreed as “admirable
candor.”
“He didn’t beat around
the bush,” said Connie
Fisher of La Place, La.,
after the briefing. “He
tried to bring things down
to our level, and he seemed
really honest."
“I don’t know it the Pre
sident was prepared for
the questions we asked,”
.said Alice Hempel of Ros
enberg, Texas. “But he
seemed honest and
candid.”
t Close Up, a non-profit,
non-partisan citizenship
education program spon
sored by R. J. Reynolds
Industries, Inc., brings
more than 10,000 high
school students to Wash
ington each year for an
ln-oeptn look at how our
government operates.
One student from each of
the 64 high schools in
Washington last week for
the Close Up program
participated in the White
House briefing. Prior to the
presidential question and
answer session, the stu
dents met in a similar ses
sion with John Herrington,
assistant secretary of the
Navy.
The presidential question
and answer session, the
first ever for Close Up
participants, was taped
and broadcast later that
afternoon on the Cable
Satellite Public Affairs
Network (C-SPAN) to
more than 2,000 high school
classrooms across the
country.
Other questions posed by
the students covered the
MX missile deployment
plan, the export of agricul
tural products, nuclear
proliferation and making
See Students on Page 7
Convention
To Attract
Thousands
Special To ThePost
. .Chicago - Rev. Jesse L.
Jackson, national presi
dent of Operation PUSH
(People United to Serve
Humanity), has announced
that the national civil
rights organizations 12th
Annual Convention will be
held in Atlanta, July 24-30,
with the Peachtree Plaza,
the world’s tallest hotel, as ,
convention headquarters. ”
other designated conven
tion hotels are the Atlanta
Hyatt Regency, the Atlanta
American, the Atlanta Hil
ton and the New Days Inn.
Thousands of persons
from all across the United
States, Canada, the Carib
bean, Africa and Europe
are expected to attend and
participate in PUSH’S
yearly ' five-day' event, *
chaired by Gary’s Mayor
Richard G. Hatcher, chair
man of the Board of Direc
tors of Operation PUSH.
Major addresses on the
current economic, educa
tional and political crisis
will be given by notable
business, political, civil
rights and religious lead
ers.
nev. Jackson will deliver
his convention keynote ad
dress on Wednesday night,
July 27, "Economic Jus
tice Day." Other daily
themes are "Education,”
"Politics” and “Labor.”
Besides breakfasts and
luncheons, the convention
week will also include a
gigantic Pre-Convention
Gospelfest, an Awards -
Banquet and a Concert.
we are siruciunng a
well thought-out and well
planned convention, a
working convention and a *
serious convention,” Rev.
Jackson states. “There will
be something for every
one - high school and col
lege students- young people
and adults; business own
ers and professional peo
ple; educators and admin
istrators; lawyers and lay
men; medics and the
media; the employed, the
under-employed and the
unemployed; publishers,
politicians and preachers.
The current economic de
pression and the social
crisis that confront Black
people In particular and the
nation in general demand
nothing less!”
Person wishing to parti
cipate in the 12th Annual
Convention should contact
Operation PUSH, Attn;
1963 Convention Coordin
ator. 986 B. 50th St., Chi
cago, IL 60615, 312-973-3386 -
or toll-free 800421-1566.
Police’s Approaches To Youth Gang Problems
a comprenenstve com
munity gang control pro
gram would be the pre
ferred wap of dealing with
the nation's myriad Juven
ile gangs, yet each pro
grams are almost non
existent, according to a
preliminary survey re
leased this week-“Police
Handling of Youth Gangs ’’
Tb# federally funded sur
vey said the police depart
ments’ approaches to
Juvenile gang problems are
often fragmented and that
neither centralised re
sponsibility nor written po
licies and procedures are
used widely.
tuted the moat serious pro
blem encountered when
dealing with youth gang
activity.
The preliminary survey
waa conducted to deter
mine if more intensive re
search into youth gang ac
tivity is needed.
The preliminary survey
was carried out by the
American Justice Institute
of Sacramento, California,
under a grant from the
National Institute for Ju
venile Justice and Delin
quency Prevention, Office
of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention.
OJJDP is an agency of the
U.S. Department of
Justice.
The views or opinions
expressed in the current
report ere not necessarily
those of the U S. Depart
ment of Justice or any of its
agencies.
The study was Assigned
to answer, among other
quanta*, the seriousness
of the^outh gang problem,
how police departments
respond to tow-viols ting
. youth gangs and where
youtl. gangs are located.
The study confirmed that
there was a relationship
between City size and
youth gangs, with five of
six population areas of one
million or more reporting
they had such gangs.' Flour
out of ll cities in the
900,000 to 9M,999 population
base reported gangs, and
six of 13 cities in the
quarter million to half min
ion range reported youth
gang presence. In cities of
100.009 to 349,909. 13 out of
31 reported youth gangs as
a law enforcement pro
blem, 7
• Thirteen police depart
ments said the most
serious problems present
ed by youth gangs were
what law enforcement of
ficials categorise as FBI
Part I Index offenses,
which include such felonies
as robbery, aggravated
assault, and larceny. Thir
teen others aid Part II i
Index crimes, mostly mis
demeanors such as vandal
ism and simple assault,
were the most serious.
Oeorgraphically, 87 5
a
percent of the Western
cities sampled reported
youth gang problems com
pared to 40 percent of the
Northeastern cities, 287
percent of the North Cen
tral region, and 28.3 per
cent of the Sooth.
The report said Cali
fornia is a major contri
butor to the national youth
gang problem. Of the 14
Western police depart
ments reporting youth
gang problems, eight (57.1
percent) were in Cali
fornia.
The report Mid police
department* offered three
general forms of special
isation in attempting to
deal with youth gang
problems.
In ascending order of
specialization they an:
The Yaeth Service Pro
gram: Traditional police
unit personnel, most com
monly the youth section or
bureau, are assigned gang
COTKrtjH riwponRiDiiiijr. in*
sonnet are not assigned
exclusively nor principally
to gang control work
The Gang Detail: One or
more officers of a tradi
tional police unit, most
commonly youth or detec
tive units, are assigned
responsibility for the con
trol of gang problems. Of
ficers are typically
assigned exclusively to
gang control work.
The Gang Unit: A police
unit is established solely to
deal with gang problems.
Hie gang unit typically
encompasses a comprehen
sive intelligence function,
and personnel are assigned
exclusively to gang control
work.
Hie study said the larger
the gang problem, the
more specialized is the at
tempt by police to control
the gangs. %
Gantt To Host Hack Business Dinner U
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Mayor Pro-Tem, Harvey
Gantt, will host the first
United Negro College Fund
(UNCF) Black Bwlnees
Dinner February 7, *30
p.m.
According to the univer
sity's UNCF coordinator.
Vanessa Bartley, the
dinner will be free and open
to all blacks who own their
own businesses It will be
held In the campus Student
Union
Gantt stated. “This din
ner will serve to acquaint
the black business com
munity with the impor
tance of the United Negro
Collage Fund, and its rela
1
Harvey Gantt
tionaltlp to Jatioeon U.
Smith Univenity.”
' “There are approximate
ly 900 bUck-owned btwi
naaeee in Charlotte and we
■
want tome of their foot
print* on the JCSU cam
pus/* he continued UNCF ;
represents a consortium
of 42 predominantly black •
college* and universities S
All are private and fuDy
accredited ‘TbeUNCF im !
•titutions provide a quality
education of some V^jWO
Bartley professed!
She added, Tht United '
Negro College Fund b»<
Haves that better, *tm«er j»
educational institutional?
will halp make u* a better £
and stronger nation. It ta
toward this end that the £
UNCF effort* art dedi- Z
cateA"'
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