p Di 10*1* lmm r-. ** X * 'U 1 Eta2om? fy” MAKkkT CAU. :I7r"*t iary 19'1987 Price: 50c ! i •- L i hr ar ."4 j'■'Tr'l - vV'. .. ■/? • \ . ' -x-■ ■' t? ‘ •: •• - r-.t F i I mricfcwM^" m Shena Falls Feels Her Possibilities Are Limitless By Russell Clark Post Staff Write, “The limit is ths sky," replies Shena Falls when discussing her career possibilities in her UNC-Charlotte dormitory. A senior majoring In business ad ministration, she plans to work her way up the ladder of success. "When I graduate this coming May, I plan to take a entty level position with a company to get my foot in the door and. get some ex {■ perience. With a business de 8T*e. I can do a lot of different things because there are a lot of different career paths that I can turn to. Whether it be on the cor porate level or in human servic •*» the experience is the most im portant thing," mentions the 23 year-oid Virgo A native of Walkertown, (near ; Winston Salem) she is a 1981 graduate of East Forsyth High School where she was a member of the Frehch Club and a Eaglette. Ii» her senior year in high school, the aelf-reliant beauty of the week conducted her own college search program. I did a lot of college research in high school,"she recalls. Tve always wanted to major in business and I applied at UNCC after I found out that it had a busi ness department. Another good thing is that it's only an hour and a half away from home and I didn't want to be in a strain try ing to get home to see my family, relates Shena' who rooms with three young ladies. "My sister is one of my room mates and we get along One. We are also best friends and we've been through a lot together," she inteijects. The daughter of James and Valerie Harris of Walkertown, she has one younger sister, Nata chia 21 who is studying criminal justice at UNCC and a younger brother James, 14. "We have a very cloee-knit family and I try to go home to visit at least Once a month. My mother is very spa See BEAUTY page 8A Constitutional Violations lotte NAACP Elections By Jalyne Strong Post Staff Writer The December 18,1986 Branch election conducted by the Char lotte Branch of the NAACP con sisted of so many NAACP Consti tutional violations, in retrospect the entire election process ap pears to be a travesty. At least that's the implication expressed by James Lamont, the Charlotte Branch's 1986 Election Supervisor, who claims about the election, "There were several things that weren't done proper ly." And it is also the opinion of Paul Recard, one of the presiden tial candidates of the 1986 elec tion, who, following the election, submitted a formal complaint to the NAACP National Office, cit ing, "gross discrepancies in the December 1986 Biennial elec tion" specifically three rule vio lations and one general impro priety. On the other hand, upholding the rightness of the election is the Branch’s past president Kelly Al •**nder Jr., and Mary Clarke, Calling Recard's c^iplatmf^a^ monumental case of sour grapes," Alexander contends, "A number of (Recard's) allegations were false and easily refuted." Clarke maintains, "I have no problems with how the election was handled. I'm not aware of any violations." Clarke adamantly states, "I | have no comment on how things should have been handled. Wil liam Penn handles the violations and if anything was wrong with the election he would have ex plained it." The fact is William Penn, Di rector of Branches and Field Ser vices of the NAACP National Of fice, did not refute nor explain any of the specific allegations brought up in Recard's com plaint. Recard's three rule viola tions concerned charges of im proper notification of the election to Branch members; his exclu sion from an important election eve meeting; and the unavaila bility of a verifiable list of voter eligible Branch members—all of which are accurate Constitutional violations. Penn, however, dismissed Re card's entire complaint on a pro cedure violation, without much investigation into the charges. • Contacted at his office in Balti more, Md., Penn stated, "The Kelly Alexander Jr. Mary Clarke I a til Recard Allegations surrounding the 1966 Charlotte Branch NAACP election crack the surface of the loCal ch,‘»,U>r exposing other questionable practic complaint was not filed under the policies and procedures of the Constitution. We made our deter mination that the complaint was not valid because the number of signatures on it were not in ac cordance with Article V of the Constitution." Penn added he was not con cerned or involved with the mat ter any further. He admitted as far as he was concerned the com plainant had no further recourse. "I’m not going to go into it," Penn abruptly concluded. Penn's refiisal to get involved or refute the points expressed in Recard's complaint has served to fuel a continuing controversy about the 1986 Branch election with Recard claiming his allega tions have merit and that he did file his complaint in accordance with the proper NAACP Constitu tional procedures. At the same time, Alexander argues the alle gations are not substantial and Record in filing the complaint, "simply failed to avail himself of the necessary procedures." The primary point of contention and the one on which the com plaint was dismissed was the fact Recard's complaint petition con tained only 10 signatures when the Constitution states, in event of election controversy, "In Branch es with members exceeding 1,000 such complaints must be signed by at lenst 25 members of the Branch in good standing." Both Alexander and Penn claim the membership of the Charlotte Branch totaled over 1,000 thereby making the complaint immedi ately invalid. Recard, however, points to in formation he received regarding the membership total combined with how the election was held saying these things reflect a membership total of less than 1,000. He holds forth the Eighth Membership Report he says was issued in October nnd November 1986 thnt clearly lists the Brnnch membership total at 933. Since this wus the total given in No verr.lx>r 1986, 30 days prior to the election when according to the Constitution all eligible voters should lx* determined. Recurd ac quired the number of signatures on his petition to coincide with a memliership less than 1,000. Also, the way the election was carried out does not hold with the Constitutional rules set for a Brunch of over 1,000 inemliers. Stated in the Constitution, a Bi nnch of 1,000 or more members should provide voting booths for the casting of votes. The Charlotte brnnch election did not have vot ing booths, rather votes were cast in an open, paper box. This fact is verified by the election supervis or. Then too, stated in the Consti tution, for a membership over 1,000, such booths shall be open See VIOINATIONS page HA Jackson Charges: “Ja pan Is Driving America Off The Road” Saying that Japan ia "driving America off the road' with it* evor incraaeitig ehare of the American car market, the Rev. Jeaae Jfeksoo haa called for a f°rm1Ul“" in th* that America relates economical ly to Japan and for a reetructur inff of prioritioe in the American marketplace. ^ Jackson's com men to came at a 1 |S ' | .» --e w«r« down *Av >' ~ . , • ' iSmil Mi f ill n . Bat . ._ program waa put in ordar to halp “» atirpli*, it non, ... fc,. mult." ; A J ' |jL, f?. ' In addition, Jaekaon eallad for >*v jT ■ * **V I Jfc J/-I ,,,l-' -1 I v Al ”• Y> a new formula to build the Amer ican industrial family so that in dustry, government, workers and consumers have converging interest*, as they do in Japan. "If thie relation ship were different, the American public would be more inclined to buy domestic care over imports because they would be getting more than a car. Y can demand it of any government in the world.” I DO K For The Post’s Salute To JCSU's Era of ^ * Excellence Coming Soon