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LAKENYA DON'TERRI GASKIN
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School Is “Very Special” To Our
Beauty, LaKenya Don’terri Gaskin
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
b Seven year old LaKenya
: Don’terri Gaskin doesn’t mind go
ing back to school this fall to begin
second grade'..
U “I like school," she claims.
; LaKenya hag already received two
certificates for perfect attendance in
kindergarten and first grade. She
attends Hidden Valley Elementary
School.
School is special for this little lady
g because, she says, "I have a lot of
| friends there.” She also has a
st' favorite teacher, Miss LindenhaJl.
' This summer LaKenya had time
, to explore some of her other in
F teresta She enjoys riding her bike,
reading, drawing and going out to
McCrorey Branch
YMCA Offer* Fall
l*rogram For All
Registration for the first fall ses
sion of programs at McCrorey
YMCA will be held through the 31st.
Tennis, Karate and Swimming
. classes are available for both
Pl$Sical fitness (exercise,
aerobies and weight traln
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; program (Fun Club) begins ope
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eat. "1 like to wear pretty clothes
especially dresses. I like to meet
new people and I like to be nice to
people," she assures.
Two favorite activities for LaKenya
are spending the night with her
grandmother, Nanny; “I have fun
over there,” she claims; and
visiting her cousins in Birmingham,
Ala. “1 spent three nights down
there and they spent the night here,"
she explains.
The daughter of Michael and
Janice Gaskin, LaKenya has one
brother, LaMychael, who’s two
years old. LaMychael, LaKenya
tells, loves to dance and recently
boogied away with a five dollar first
prise in break dancing at a family
reunion. Comments LaKenya about
her little brother, "He's nice. I like
him and I love him.”
Other young men who have cap
tured her admiration are super
stars Michael Jackson and Prince.
It's Jackson’s singing and dancing
that LaKenya finds attractive and
Prince’s new movie, "Purple Rain,”
was a big hit for this week's young
beauty.
LaKenya attends Greenville Me
morial’s Day Care Center now unfir
school starts. It’s a pretty exciting
place for her. "We go bowling,
swimming and to the movies," she
explains.
LaKenya is involved in many
activities that keep her busy. She is
also a cheerleader for the Bandit
Bears, a football team with the
Charlotte Youth Athletic Club
She attends Salem Baptist Church
and sings on the children's choir.
Asked what she wants to be when
she grows up, LaKenya responds
with certainty she wants to be a
cheerleader. However, LaKenya
adds, "I want te be a doctor too. I
like to help people when they are
sick.”
Is Music Hazardous
To Your Well-being?
wt»iv radio personality Marsha
Burton surmised a light-hearted
definition of music in a recent in
terview. “As an advantage music
can be used as an escape-it can
make you forget your problems -
much of music talks about fantasy ."
The problem crops up, however,
when individuals can't establish the
end of fantasy and the beginning of
reality. Has music become detri
mental to our health - especially our
youth? Various people involved with
music, including personalities, from
WGIV, WPEG and WQCC radio
stations, express their opinions
about today’s music.
Many referred to the music of
Prince and Kurtis Blow as having
either negative or positive influenc
es depending on the frame of mind of
the individual.
As with varying personalities the
opinions differ. But their comments
are ones to think about in deter
mining if today's music is really
what you want to hear.
On AM radio there.is WQCC which
provides gospel music. Wayne Ham
mond, general manager at the
station, feels gospel music appeals
to the spirit of man. “Gospel mu
sic is based on the teachings of the
Bible,” Hammond maintained.
“And the Bible is what this country
was founded upon, but now, this
country has gotten away from this.
Gospel music does not exalt indi
vidual or humanistic values. It
emphasizes that there is no power in
self and that our answers are not in
society but in Jesus."
Hammond feels that music has a
profound effect upon individuals
especially the young. “We assume
sometimes that-children can dis
tinguish between fantasy and reality
and that is not always the case."
The environment has an influence
on any child and since music is part
of that environment it also has
influence Hammond deduced. “It’s
just like advertisements which are
often absorbed on the subconscious
levels The same can, and is being
done with music, and there are
certain values being set."
Ultimately, Hammond concluded,
parents should teach moral values
to their children and place certain
restrictions upon the music their
offspring listen to. “It’s the parents’
responsibility to monitor and to
Prince
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place some type of restrictions on
the music. It's something we can't
take lightly."
.Ted Martin,- Minister- of-Music, at
Second Calvary Baptist Church,
director of the Interdenominational
Choir and owner of Ted’s Robes and
Uniform Apparel, agrees that the
R&B and soul songs of today have
more negative tones. "The words
really have no message in it there's
no message for the youth of today I
would say that the music used to
have something positive in the 50's
and even in the early 70's."
"Today," Martin continued,
gospel is truly positive There are a
lot of stations with talk shows like
WQCC Kids call in and talk with the
host and this has a positive effect "
1^: _ inted Vice President
Affairs At J.C. Smith
Special To The Post
When Dr. James Lew makes a
current professional decision in his
new position as Vice President for
Academic Affairs at Johnson C.
—kmith-L'nivarsity, academic, legal,
fiscal and psychological consfdera
tions all come into play
“A decision I make now in one
quarter may affect several other
quarters within the institution," the
Baltimore, MD, native stated.
"There is a much greater need for
impact analysis and coordination of
implementing efforts now than when
I was chairman of the Psychology
Department."
In preparation for his new role,
Dr. Law attended the month-long
Harvard Institute for Educational
Management (IEM), an
overview of issues facing
level university admiids|
Eighty administrators
the country focused on ias
volving law and higher
tion, employing high tec!
administration, governme;
labor relations, leadership
meat, macro-economics
impact of academic N
marketing and stress
"After 39 years as a member of
the faculty. I’ve found myself laden
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Dr. Janus Law
.Vetaran administrator
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wun preconceptions," remarked Dr
Law. "Harvard made me acutely
aware of the different mindset
between administration and faculty
and my need to deal with certain
attitude changes."
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/ "There has been a transfer of
business practices to managing
education in today's market,"
noted Dr. Law. "No longer do
schools create new programs with
out first studying the market
- "
Significant changes in higher ertu
cation make better management an
absolute essential, in particular, the
drop in the number of "college
age" prospects; a shift In the ethnic
make up of student bodies, fewer
students going straight through four
year programs by opting for part
time enrollment; an increase in
transfers and an Increase in the age
of students. Severe competition for
top students and faculty call for new
planning. The traditional "liberal
arts" education concept is being
threatened by changes in society.
Liberal arts teaching is now more
likely to be offered within spe
cialized majors rather than a stu
dent taking two years of a wide
assortment of courses before
moving on to specialized majors.
Prtvate industry is also offering
increased competition by offering
educational programs to employees
All of this has implications for
Johnson C. Smith University
"Extensions of the campus into
the community could be further
instituted,” reflected Dr Law
"With computers we can provide
experiences to people at a distance
much like the traditional agricul
tural agents who went out into the
fields with their latest develop
ments. Also untapped segments of
TTT"~voinnmnii'r i niihshrntighl UUhe
campus to take advantage of our
resources."
While night and weekend courses
are likely future offerings along with
additional new academic programs
at Johnson C. Smith University, the
market needs of Charlotte deter
mine which possible projects make
it to the consideration stage
“‘It's crucial to continue our
headway in involving corporations
and the community in our pro
grams if we plan to continue our
emergence from a surviving insti
tution to a thriving one,” noted Dr
Law
Fundraiser For D. G.
The Ninth Congressional District
Young Democrats will sponsor a
fundraiser for D. G. Martin, the
Democratic nominee for Congress.
The event will take place on August
26, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Lake Norman
and is open to the general public
The cost o# the function is $25.
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To weed out the more harsh music
and lyrics Martin suggests that disc
jockeys screen music more closely.
and become more selective, then
the entertainers will become more
selective in what they produce."
Next Week: Interviews with Skip
Murphy of WPEG. -Marsha Burton
and l>on t ody of WGIV, reveal yet
another side of the question: "Is
music hazardous to our health?”
Martin To Support
Rufus Edmisten
For Governor
Steven T Martin, a principal
organizer of H Edward Knox’s
campaign for the Democratic gu
bernatorial nomination, announced
his support for Attorney General
Rufus Edmisten who won the no
mination in the June 5 runoff
primary
Martin, a career Department of
Correction employee, said, "I have
evaluated the positions of each
Party's gubernatorial candidate and
the Democratic nominee for Go
vernor, Rufus Edmisten, has always
been a supporter of career State
employees and progressive, better
government for North Carolina "
As a close personal friend of
Knox's and a worker in all of Knox's
previous campaigns, Martin was
originally responsible for setting up
the candidate's organization in 57
counties, nearly all mRustem Noith—
Carolina
uaier. ne was one ot 11 coor
dinators of multi county regions in
the 57-county area ‘Tve been with
Eddie Knox longer than anybody,”
said Martin who added that Knox
was the best man in his wedding.
Martin said that there was no.
question that most close Knox sup:
porters would be firmly In the
Edmisten camp and cited the back
ing by other coordinators who
helped carry 13 of the 16
won by Knox in the 57-count}
the June runoff primary.
Among those supporting Edmisten
are W Hugh "Buddy” Jones Jr. af
Ahoskie, Samuel Walker at Curri
tuck. Randy S. Gregory of Fay
etteville, Hugh M. Currin Sr. of
Oxford, and Lee Stevens at Lum
ber ton
As one of those coordinators,
Martin was responsible for Wake,
Durham and Orat^e counties.
Knox carried all throe,
4+ mi