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with Janet CuUibertaaa An open letter to the black athlete: Dear Black Athlete: vVft ■ ''AarneXRSn'jEut- 1 j . -•*; «j •/ .4 -W. ^ The NCAA has mandated that by 1988, no matter whether 2?» ?nteri*8 a Divi«on I or a Division II institution, you will have to have a 2.0 average and an SAT of 700 or above to be eligible to play sport* your freshman year. Some of you have reacted negatively to this and have ac cused the NCAA of being racist or prejudice because some of yeubelieve that you cannot achieve the minimum stan Agl/lfcik* no mistake, they are minimum. Most of you B* practice, some interest, some desire, some dedica snd some determination could easily master those standards. v- V, '■ The problem is that you have been treated as a demagogue ' *"d 016 adjustment period is what you fear. Atoot Write^ readin® about athlete8 who cannot read and Everyone cannot be a professional. For some/the ticket to play sports in college includes an education and the chance toprepare to be a useful part of society. t V*® d®*ree should be the ultimate and not a professional Somewhete along the way, you have lost your bearing on what school is about School is a necessity for survival in this world. Athletics is an extracurricular activity that you could survive without It is ftin and school would be the same without it, but when the American public education system began in the 1700b, the only extracurricular activities were a little rope jumping and ball throwing for exercise. Black Athlete, White Athlete, Red Athlete, Blue Athlete and Green Athlete, you must all return to the basics-reading, writing and arithmetic-and master the skills necessary to score well on the SAT and to maintain at least a 2.0 in hieh school. ^ I applaud the NCAA and I challenge the black athlete to show that the faces will be the same after a minor adjust ment period. x Y,0U: for*fatheT® survived slavery, a much more difficult task than Proposition 48. ■ * You can do it • ' ‘. • V l:> My hopes and heart is with you. Show everyone that you can become model students and good athletes at the same time. ■ v- • -vlvi 8^";.' 5m1 . «j f if .. : . ■ V . METROPOLITAN RANKINGS; BOY8 *• North.M«kI.»bur«- - Bobby Moor, it «fiutan<lih*?H. i. the leading contender far player of the year honors in Meck lenburg County. Moore is averaging 20 plus points per • ganie. The Vikings also have Kenneth Wylie, an outstand ing junior forward. 2. Myers Park -1 saw Lany Crowder play against Bast Mecklenburg and he is undoubtedly one of the best guards around. He is outstanding. He has more moves than a chess game. Terry Massey is not bad. 2. Garinger - The Wildcats are tough. They lost two close ones but have bounced back. Juan Mason and J.R. Mcll < waine are both tough. 4. Independence - The Patriots of Dave Christenbuiy lost a close one at Garinger, but still are in the running. 5. Bast Gaston - When the Warriors beat Wait Charlotte, they served notice that the Lions' claim to the state champi onship may be over. ■ Edst Mecklenburg - Maurice Flowers, Antoine Teasely and Anthony Truesdale are three of the best players around. The Eagles will have a tough time beating Myers Park out for the Southwestern 4A championship. * 7. West Charlotte - The Lions have some talent, but the football players must blend for them to be tough down the road. 8. Providence Day - Reggie Clark is the star hers. The Chargers gave Dave Price his 400th win recently. 8. Hunter Hues - Hues is still looking for the answer. As soon as they And it they will be tough. 10. Aahbrook * Rodney Patterson and Steve Alexander lead the Green Wave. / 11. Charlotte Catholic, 12. South Mecklenburg, 18. Chris tian, 14. Charlotte Latin, 15. Country Day, 16. West Meck lenburg, 17. Harding, 18. Crest, 19. Olympic, 20. Gaston Day. ‘ ' • . 1 METROPOLITAN RANKINGS* GIRLS 1. North Mecklenburg, 2. West Charlotte, 8. Myers Park, 4. South Mecklenburg, 6. Gastonia Aehbrook, 6. Gastonia. Hunter Hubs, 7. Crest, 8. West Mecklenburg, 9. Olympic, 10. East Gaston, 11. Independence, 18. East Mecklenburg, 14. Charlotte Catholic, 15. Charlotte Christian, 16. Country Day, 17. Charlotte Latin, 18. Providence Day, 19. Gaston Day, 20. Oaringer. I_ WPCQ Airs Home Shopping WPCQ-TV, ChauuMl.S6, ia now airing VALUETELEVISION (VTV) Monday through Friday at 3 pm. VALUETELEVISION ia a now, innovative, nationally syndicat ed talk/home shopping ahow, hosted by Alex Trebek and Mere dith MacRae. VALUETELEVI SION will combine the entertain ment and consumer information of a talk ahow with the conven ience of homo shopping. VALUETELEVISION will present a hill spectrum of top quality, reasonably-priced mer i • chandise selected by an expert buying staff and coordinated by the Hanover Companies, Ameri ca's finest direct mail operation. The format of VALUETE LEVI 8ION will also feature product tests by top-flight, nationally known experts, and live demon strations in which celebrity *«*«ts and members of the studio audisnce participate. Following the demonstrations, VALUETEL EVISION .will explain to viewers that they may place orders for the merchandise shown, by calling a toll-free number. Orders will then be processed, packaged, and sent on their way, by the end of the following day. Purchases may be charged on major credit cards. VALUBTELEVISION is a joint venture of Lorimar-Telepictures, Pox Television Stations and The “Fifty Yean Of Ta* Heel Q^thatl . Three former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill basketball team captains will highlight an evening of socialis ing, reminiscing and talking Tar Heel sports during the Union County Alumni Chapter meeting Thursday, February 12, in Mon roe. "Fifty Years of Tar Heel Bas ketball- The Way it was Back Then" also, will examine the sim ilarities and contrasts in trail ing and coaching techniques, game rules and strategies, coach es' involvemsnt, playing facili ties and players' physical charac teristics. Featured speakers will include Earl Ruth, captain of the 1938 Tar Heel squad; Danny Lots, captain of the I960 team; and Bobby Jones, former Philadelphia 76er and ' captain of the 1974 UNC cagers. The meeting, to be held at Rol ling Hills Country Club, will be gin at 8:30 p.ra. with a social hour. Dinner will be served at 7s80 p.m. The Tar Heel basket ball program will follow. Tickets for the event are $11 per person. Checks - payable to UNC Alumni Chapter - should be mailed to Lee Potter, 114 N. Church St., Monroe, N.C. 38110, by Saturday, February 7. Reservations will be acoepted on a first-come, flret-eerved basis with members of the UNC Oener- . al Alumni Association, Tar Heel alumni and graduates of the UNC Executive Program and Young Executives Institute reoeiving priority. OAA individual annual ' membership dues are $20 and WHERE THEY PLAY HIGH SCHOOL 30 at Garlnger at Crest Gaston Myers Park at ?jflndependenc#at Carolina Couples dues are $26. Admission tickets will be held at the door. For more information, call Pot ter at 288-8189 (days) or Ed Niven Jr., chapter president, 289-3326. mma U,iuu^nuw tnp special reeling you had as a soldier. Sharing work, teaming up with people helped**™6 good friends. Helping them, being Those same friends probably aren’t in the nearby Army Reserve unit. But people very mudl. , like them are. So one weekend a month and frfendsh' 2* *' ClVlfc u*M * checking y-. . t1. aauw WIN! WIN! WIN! WIN!
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