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CYNTHIA FANT
h.North Mecklenburg senior
Cynthia F Matriculate To
'UNC-G To In Business”
By Jalyne Strong
Poet Staff Writer
Eighteen-year-old Cynthia Fant la
a senior at North Mecklenburg
High School. She is a member of the
Honor Society, the Student Council,
and Inroads. She is also vice presi
dent of the Spanish Club and Is a
, school bus driver,
j Of all her activities in school,
Cynthia enjoys working with the
Student Council most. "It gives me a
chance to help improve on things,"
she states. She has also experi
enced that the status of an upper
classman has its benefits. “It’s
great!" Cynthia enthuses.
With only two more months to go,
or rather "37 daysl” exclaims Cyn
thia, this beauty Is definitely look
ing forward to graduation. "I hope to
go to the beach after graduation,"
’ she tells. Her other plans are to work
for the remainder of the summer.
f She says, “I plan to do an in
ternship through Inroads."
Then Cynthia will be off to the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro to major in business.
"To concentrate In marketing, dis
tribution and advertising," she
explains. Her ambition is to own a
business. “Preferably a clothing '
store,” she describes.
"I love clothes,” admits Cynthia.
“I like the latest styles, specific
ally the shorter skirts and long
Jackets.” Cynthia says she tends to
dress in a personal style that re
flects both conservatism and the
newest trends. Or her dress re
flects, intones Cynthia, "How I feel
jn the morning. "
She describes herself as “adven
turous and open-minded with a test
for life. Ten years from now Cyn
thia tees herself as owning her own
& business, driving a jaguar and
having a family. She plans to ac
complish this, she reflects, "By
-i \ keeping my eye on my goals and
f doing everything possible to reach
thma.” Cynthia admits, "1 want
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more than anything to be successful
in my career.”
For now, this attractive young
lady enjoys meeting people and
talking with friends. "We talk about
guys and careers. In that order,”
she laughs Cynthia also likes to
read mystery and romance novels.
She also fancies a good movie now
and then. Box office hit, “Beverly
Hills Cop,” is one of her favorites.
And Cynthia claims that “The Sol
dier’s Story” is the best feature film
she’s seen lately. Cynthia says she
looks for entertainment and sub
stance in movies. “I like a good
story,she states.
She’s the youngest in a family of
six, having one sister, Tonette, 26,
and four brothers: John 34, Paul, 32,
Earl, 30, and Steve, 28. “Being the
youngest has its advantages," says
Cynthia. “I feel I get a few more
opportunities than my older sister
and brothers.”
Her motheS", Mildred, is Cynthia’s
favorite person. “She understands
people and likes to help them,” she
says, “My mother never gets over
excited. She knows how to reason out
problems.”
Cynthia describes her father,
Eber, as wanting the best from all
his children. “He wants all of us to
achieve what we want in life,” she
comments.
This week's beauty’s opinion is:
“I’d like to see more peace and less
prejudice in the world." And she
reveals that the greatest lesson she's
learned to date is smiling faces do
not always make the best friends
Cynthia expounds, “Only true
friends will stick by you regardless
of any situation.”
She attends Second Calvary and is
on the Young Adult Usher Board and
serves as a hostess.
Baucom: Charlotte Needs Youth Revival
By Loretta Manago
Poet Staff Writer
Looking at the number of teenage
suicides, the increase of drug and
alcohol usage among the youth and
the peer pressure that the teen
population has to face, Gerald
Baucom, a member of Faith CME
Church, felt that Charlotte was in
need of a youth revival.
With the cooperation and support
of his church, Baucom has co
ordinated four nights and one Sun
day morning service to help the
youth of today find a positive di
rection In which to chart their paths.
"We hope all of the youth in
Charlotte, especially those in the
black community, will come out and
share in this revival. Our goal is to
address the spiritual, academic and
cultural needs of the youth today
and, hopefully, this will become an
annual affair."
. April 24-20 are the scheduled dates
for the Youth Revival and all ac
tivities will be held at Faith CME
Church, 467 Wallingford.
Beginning at 7:30 Wednesday,
April 34, Dr. Robert Albright,
president of Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity. will Rpeak A native of
Pennsylvania, Dr. Albright received
the A.B. degree from Lincoln Uni
versity, has masters from Ttofts
University and his Ph.D. from Kent
State University. Before coming to
Smith, Dr. Albright ascVed as the
vice chancellor for student affairs at
the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte He is a nationally re
cognized consultant in the areas of
admissions, financial aid and spe
cial prpgt-ams for the educational
ly disadvantaged. A community
Dr. Robert Albright
.Guest speaker
activist, Dr. Albright serves in many
organizations. Following Dr
Albright on the next night will be the
Johnson C. Smith University Choir,
under the direction of professor
Kemp
For Friday's 7 p.m. massage, Rev.
Hank Walker will be the speaker. A
native of Waxhaw, N.C., Rev. Walk
er is pastor of New Town Road
Community Church and has bean for
the past eight years Being God's
Community Leaders
Rally To Support WGIV
By Audrey C. I.odato
Post Staff Writer
Radio station WGIV must be do
ing something right!
That’s the conclusion drawn by
station manager Cal Thornton upon
being advised of the “Salute to
WGIV" to be held at West Char
lotte High School Stadium on
Sunday, April 21, at 3 p m.
Stating that Rev. James E.
Barnett started the ball rolling,
Thornton explained, “They ap
proached us and wanted to have a
day of recognition. We had no
thing to do with it. When a guy says,
‘We want to do this,’ you don’t tell
him no!"
In discussing the salute with
Thornton, one gets the impression
the station manager is slightly em
barrassed, but also pleased. "We
shy away from this sort of thing,” he
maintained, "but recognition from
the commumity is gratifying. It
gives you an indication that some of
the things you’re doing are right.
“We’re very happy and pleased
that Barnett and his group made the
decision to do what they’re doing,”
he added.
Community leader Carrie Craves
commented, “We all owe WGIV a
great deal.” She recalled the time
when WGIV was the only station in
Cal Thornton
.Pleased with support
Charlotte where you could hear a
black voice. The Rev. Walter
Cavers expressed the belief that the
salute is “long overdue.”
The salute is slated to include
performances by Robert Wilson and
the Rising Star Singers, the Gospel
Truth, the Highway Spirituals, the
Junior Harmonettes, the Fantastic
Gospel Jewels, the Voices of Faith,
the Stars of Harmony, the House of
Prayer Brand, and the Mighty
Operators, as well as others
WGIV came on the air in 1947 and
changed to black-oriented program
ming in 1951 Thornton's idea of
black programming is more inclu
sive than just music and entertain
ment. He spoke of attacking issues
facing the black community and
added. "Anything important to
black Charlotte is important to our
radio station " He wants the black
community to realize the station is
available to help. "The public is still
not knowledgeable about what
broadcast facilities can or will do,”
he remarked For instance, instead
of sending the station a public
service announcement PSA) for a
radio announcer to read, he said he
prefers organizations to send a
spokesperson to make the announce
ment. “1 don't want Cal Thornton's
trained voice, I want the voices of
the people involved.”
According to the station manager,
WGIV was the most listened to
radio station in the Charlotte area in
the late fifties and sixties While he
wants to be Number 1 in the black
community, Thornton declares, "I
don't care about being Number 1 or
Number 2 I view my radio station
as a vehicle to lie used by the black
community and by advertisers who
want access to that community."
Some Civil Rights Battles Remain
Recent attacks on affirmative ac
tion policies are part of a civil rights
battle that still needs to be fought in
America, says the former director
counsel of the NAACP Legal De
fense and Educational Fund.
Jack Greenberg told participants
in a recent Tulane University con
ference on "Voting Rights and the
Democratic Process: Where Do We
Stand Today?” that there are still
challenges ahead in the fight for
voting rights for blacks.
Greenberg, professor of law at
Columbia University School of Law,
was the conference keynote speaker
Friday morning. He also delivered
the annual George Abel Dreyfous
Lecture on Civil Liberties while at
Tulane.
He said affirmative action pro
grams have "helped advance black
empowerment."
The Justice Department recently
ordered 41 states and local govern
ment departments to make changes
in their affirmative action policies
regarding hiring or laying off of
minorities and women
If those affirmative action pro
grams are abolished, Greenberg
said, “black participation in society,
politics and economics will suffer “
He said American citizens “over
the last five years, notwithstanding
their votes, have had an unshakable
belief" in strides made against
racial inequality, and that concern
was expressed in passage of the 1982
Voting Rights Act, and the horror
demonstrated against granting tax
exempt status to universities that
discriminate
"I urge that we do all we can to dig
our heels into this latest onslaught,
through all the available forums.
That's the only way we can gua
rantee the right to vote.”
Greenberg reviewed the history of
the movement to disempower black
voters, then pointed to various areas
that in subtle ways still cause dis
crimination-among them, educa
tion
messenger compels Ur Walker to be
concerned about the youth, but being
a father of three shows him just how
much young people today need sup
port.
"It’s not easy being a young
person today, there are so many
pressures they have to face. My wife
Emily, and I have a burden for
young people We want to help them
and show them we love them.”
At New Road, Rev. Walker and his
congregation are in the stages of
structuring a summer camp and
have just completed building a
softball field. Before coming to New
Road, Rev. Walker was director
producer for PTL and his wife was
the public relations director there
"I think the message God has
given me can change people and I
am committed to sharing the mes
sage to as many people with which I
come in contact,” concluded Rev
Walker
Bringing the 7 p m message
Saturday will be Anne Williams. An
announcer for WQCC and an evan
gelist, Ms. Williams' words are
bound to be inspiring.
The Youth Choir of Faith will
bring the youth revival to a close
Sunday morning through an uplift
ing concert. The choir, which was
formed eight years ago, is 22 mem
bers strong. They are under the
direction of Gerald Baucom and will
perform all original compositions.
Baucom, a graduate of Smith, is
employed with American National
Life Insurance. He is married to the
former Kathle Carlos and they are
the parents of one daughter, Kim
berley.
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school segregation is fine, and in
many areas “nothing has been done
to improve physical facilities or
appropriations." he said.
“In higher education, student
loans are threatened, so fewer poor
people and fewer blacks will be able
to get degrees. The right to vote is
indispensible, but where will we find
the leaders'* The poor person and the
employed person has less power ’’
The annual conference on voting
rights is presented by the Center for
Legal Studies on Intergovernment
al Relations, of Tulane law School.
Panelists at this year conference
discussed bailout, runoff elections
and alternatives, and special re
gistration and voting problems of
the handicapped and homeless
Gary Hart Urges
Reagan Counter
Soviet Offer
President Gorbachev's mora
torium proposal gives President
Reagan a historic responsibility to
test the Soviet Union’s commitment
to real arms control Instead of
simply dismissing Gorbachev’s
offer as mere propaganda, the Ad
ministration should view this as a
challenge to regain American lead
ership in arms control.
President Reagan should counter
with an offer to engage in a series of
mutual, balanced, moratoria which
would truly serve as a catalyst to
success in Geneva.
By agreeing to a much broadsr
moratorium - on the testing of
ballistic missiles, underground test
ing of nuclear warheads and flight
testing of anti-satellite weapons -
the United States and the Soviet
Union can demonstrate an un
paralleled commitment to feversing
the nuclear amis
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