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Wc^t Charlotte ^ost Coping CHARLES FAULKNER LIFESTYLES 8A THURSDAY September 2, 1993 Mind Can Control Most Situations r > ; Why is it that when a per- ' son begins to yawn, most people watching will yawn also? Or, when a person be gins to scratch himself, most people who observe it begin to itch? Or, as soon as one sits in front of the TV set, he becomes ravlshlngly hun gry? Consider this: If one where to be told that the delicious pudding that he had eaten and enjoyed was actually made of rat eyes, cow spit and crushed cock roaches, he would im mediately become ill. The Illness would be psychologic al - caused by the mind in stead of the pudding which he initially enjoyed when he thought it was vanilla pud ding. These are cases of the most powerful, scientific form of mind control currently used by the advertising media and other legal brainwashers. It Is known as suggestion. The American Medical As sociation recently initiated an extehslve project aimed at discovering the reason that placebos (sugar pills), when given to a patient, can actu ally cause a serious illness to disappear. Patients have been cured of ulcers, headaches, colds, se vere pain, and other serious Illness simply because they thought that they were being given a powerful medicine. It is now known that the mind causes actual physical changes to occur in the body. If one thinks that food eaten will make you ill, it is the be lief (not the food) that actual ly makes you ill; that causes a physiological disturbance in the body. If one thinks that eating a strange food will make a wound heal, the power of be lief actually makes it come true. It appears that the thought process activates a healing process within the body. It causes a very real cellular change to occur. In past years, one was quick to attribute these fac tors to some sort of mystical occurrence. Recently, howev er, science has discovered that these occurrences may be attributed to the amazing powers of the human mind — _3ee MIND Page 9A Kids Get Jump Start Into 21st Century iiiiiiiis -‘SI': ‘I ‘ +V. ^ By Cassandra Wynn THE CHARLOTTE POST Johnsoi C. aadlk) IMvmity ftMailty piepiare to enroU atodents In the Math and Science A|ipient)cesh4> Center. From left. BoniU Bwcfs. actant vice teacadonk Hampton Wilght, ehalipenon of Smltii'a divlaton of matii and natoial aciences and John Adeyeye, math and compntcr science depaitinent head Smith. "We need to mcrease over all the representation of minorities in math and science." T semDllng compuicr cuguiccruig. At the outset. Kiddle Kol- electronlc Every other Saturday dur- lege was designed for boys, circuits, ing the school year. Smith "We started with black building faculty members work with males because at the ele- remote students, teaching, encour- mentary school level, there controls aging and helping to build is not as much encourage- and com- self esteem. The goal is to ment for black boys. They T>iit throimh the nine line may not get as much weight alk of as sembling electronic circuits, building remote controls and com puter engi neering is usually the stuff that students get either in the elitist academically- gifted classes in high school and applied math classes in college. At a special program at Johnson C. Smith Universi ty, children as young as 7 are being exposed to high level math and science con cepts. They are participants m the Math and Science Center established in 1989. The center's purpose is to in crease black representation in science and math fields. Youngsters in the program will not only increase the pool of black scientist but could well be getting a jump start on the 21st century. In its Saturday Academy, children as young as second ^rade learn about the basics of algebra, chemistry, elec tronics, computers and computer engineering. Every other Saturday dur ing the school year. Smith faculty members work with students, teaching, encour aging and helping to build self esteem. The goal is to put through the pipe line more young blacks who are Interested In the sciences. "As a whole there needs to be more emphasis in math Smith. "In the summer camp, kids studied for four weeks and worked on pro jects in computer engmeer- Ing. They built electronic remote control toys. The hands-on experience is very useful." ’’SOME YOUNGSTERS GET INTIMIDATED" Godwin Mbamalu and science," said Bonita Ewers, assistant vice presi dent for academic affairs at time for questions and they are not encouraged to per sist," Ewers said. "My thought is that students are not really turned on in math and science in the ear ly grades when they are nat urally curious. They start to feel that it’s hard." The Math and Science Ap prenticeship Center con sists of three components: elementary (Kiddle Kollege): middle/jumor high school; and senior high/pre college. Last summer, an engineer ing component was added. Magdy Attia, who heads the component, wants to get students In the "pipeline" for the new major m com puter engineering offered at WE BELIEVE IN THEM Officials with the Math and Science Center are gearing to start the program for this academic year. Some 150 students are expected to par ticipate. The only requirements are motivation and inter est, said Ewers. Some stu dents have been participat ing the program has been In existence. And it has made an Impact. "One boy from a nearby neighborhood has been coming for four year," Ew ers said. "I can see the dif ference. He had a chip on his shoulder when he came. Now he has less of a chip. He not in the academically gifted group. He walks over on his own. We look at them as diamonds in the rough. They are bumblebees - not aerodynamically de signed to fly and they do it anyway." The programs are de signed to enhance and en rich what students are al ready doing In classes. And in some cases, students are Introduced to concepts that they may not get at all in school. "Some youngsters get In timidated," said Godwin Mbamalu, director of the Math and Science Appren ticeship Center. "If they don't talk in classes. It's hard to know where he needs help." At Smith, the children are in an environment where the instructors have confidence in their ability to learn. "We believe in them," said Mbamalu. By Day, A Guard; By Night, A Poet By Cassandra E. Wynn THE CHARLOTTE POST By day Tony Ray Hargett Is a helpful, polite security guard at the very upscale up town Carillon Building on West Trade Street. By night, Hargett is a writ er, recording In poetry what he has seen and heard during the day. The 24-year-old se curity guard received an honorable mention from II- llad Press for his poem, "When Will It End?" The awards are granted to writ ers who participated in the summer Illiad Literary Awards competition. Hargett has written about 70 poems since he was 14. His themes deal, heretofore, with his inner conflicts. INSI!]iE "Poetry Is like my therapy. I have a lot on my mmd. If I have problems, I just write and I feel better and I can smile about them." Uptown Charlotte gets his creative juices churning. "I see a lot of interesting peo ple. Richardson Sports (the organization trying to get the National Football League team to Charlotte) is here. A daycare center is here." And the art work, "Cascade" hanging from the celling of the enhance of the CarlUon has given him a reason to write. I sort of day dream a little with my thoughts for poetry," he said. One of his most compelling encounters was with a home less man. "He was complain ing he felt bad," Hargett said. "He said, 'I wish I was never bom.' He said he felt that If he died, he would still suf fer." Like many writers, ideas are precious to Hargett. "I carry a pad in my pocket and when I get an Idea, I'll write down the first twp lines and come back to it," Hargett said. In the middle of the night, if I get an idea. I'll get up and write it. Sometimes when I'm driving. I'll have a pad and write ideas. I've thought about getting a tape recorder." Hargett has a special pen he writes with and uses a spe cial pad for writing poems. "At one time, I didn't let any- bo^ see or touch the pad. But now I'm more comfortable with it. I like critiques. If people don't like them at least I've gotten their atten tion," Hargett said. For a long while, Hargett's themes had to do with death. He admits as a teenager, he contemplated suicide. He likes to leave the readers hanging in his poems and let them make up their own minds about the meaning. "I like stuff that leaves the reader wondering. It's like when Jesus spoke in para bles to his disciples." In his poem, "Afterbirth," Hargett writes, "The day I was bom was the day I start ed dytng/The more I live, the more I die." Not surprisingly, his favorite poet is Edgar Al len Poe. Alice Walker is an other writer he admires. See POET Page 9A Tony Ray Haxgett BELIGION • • • IIA AROUWP CHARLOTTE Hill; •lOA CUUBCH NEWS • • • 14A iiip:
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