Bush Won’t Address NVl Next Week DETROir, Mich. (AP)-Vice President George Bush’s decision against addressing the National Ur ban League next week is a “serious miscalculation” that could hurt Mm among black voters, the president of the group said Friday. “I believe it is a critical error on the part of the Bush campaign to not come and address this group,” John E. Jacob said. “We did not offer the invitation because we needed so meone to come fill up a slot. We can get speakers to come to the Urban League.” The 5,000 largely middle-class and affluent blacks gathering for the league’s annual conference will hear from Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis on Monday night and from Jesse Jackson on Wednesday. New York Congressman Jack Kemp, who sought the GOP nomina tion until Bush pulled away from the field during the primaries, is part of a Tuesday night panel discussion on the 1968 election. “I would not care to characterize it as an Insult,” Jacob said of the Bush campaign’s action. “We believe it is important to anyone who in 1968 believes that he will occupy the White House to recognize that the black vote is critical to that. Obviously the peo ple who were advising the vice presi dent and the vice president himself disagree with that.” Sheila Tate, a spokeswoman for Bush’s campaign in Washington, did not return two phone calls seeking comment. Jacob said the profile of the average league member—charac terized as a 34-to-54-year-old college educated black, earning at least $30,000 a year—made the league a good forum for a GOP candidate. The league itself is non-partisan, partisan. “You’ve got to appreciate the pro file because if there are any black folks in America who just might be sensitive to giving an audience to the vice president, it would be a group with this profile,” Jacob said. “The fact that they do not have an ap preciation for this profile not only sends a message to this group but it sends even a greater message to the group that doesn’t fit that profile. “It’s in his best interest to present his case to black America,” Jacob said. “The fact that be obviously feels he can get elected without it I think is ' a serious miscalculation on his part.” the population. It was not uncommon to see white farmers holding aloft signs for Jesse at the some time as Hlspanics, women and blacks. (Photo by Tallb Sabir-CaHoway) wwaerstty 9jmtmm Requirement* Amk Three Specific Mathematics Courses North Carolina’s state univer sities—the 16 campuses of the Univer sity of North Carolina system—con sider mathematics a basic skill for university students. Newly-imposed requirements for admission to any of the universities demand that all entering freshmen have high school credits for three specific mathematics courses—two courses in algebra and one in geometry. The emphasis on mathematics—more courses are re quired in that area than in any area other than English—is under standable to Dr. Mattie E. Ross, associate dean of North Carolina Cen tral University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the university’s coor dinator of teacher training programs in mathematics. mauiemancs has applications to many areas; in almost every area you can find a use for mathematics in some way. I think it is for this reason that we require students to take these three courses in high school. “The geometry focuses on logical, deductive reasoning quite a bit, something you can apply anywhere. “And now the focus is on the ap plication of mathematics—if you’re in the social sciences, how can you use mathematics to help you do cer tain things*" Dr. Moss said the emphasis on pro blem solving common to today’s mathematics courses does increase student interest in mathematics.' When the student sees mathematics applied to problems which are of per sonal interest, its value becomes more apparent. “In teaching mathematics, one of the questions I was asked most fre quently was, ‘What can I ever do with this?’’’ says Dr. Moss. “And in past years, students were simply taught the rules and procedures, with very little emphasis on the problem solving and applications aspects. This has changed now, so that students are being shown what they can do with mathematics.” Dr. Moss says high school students now learn how they can use mathematics to determine how much profit a business can anticipate, or in the social sciences how to predict the behavior of a population. Mathematics can be used to make predictions from poker to politics, from the stock market to the weather. ,—/YWV0 frown awl»M»tio... • SeOsonty VoJvoe • Stocks only Volvo parts • Services onh/Volvos eaver Bros Tolv° m — bkm m—«i«i— Housing Resource Board Holds Workshop Here . The Housing Resource Board of Wake County, Inc., held an orienta tion workshoip for minorities in terested in real estate sales and pro perty management recently. The workshop was highlighted by presentations on the advantages and disadvantages of a real estate sales career and on getting started in pro perty management. The 23 par ticipants attending the workshop were also treated to anecdotes by Robert A. Royal, a local businessman, who spoke on his ex periences as a successful part-time real estate agent. Xavier Wortham, a minority property manager with the Phoenix Management Co., gave the audience a minority’s viewpoint of working in an area majority-owned property management firm. The headlining speakers, Susan Holbrook of Howard, Perry and Walston, Realtors, and Steve Tart of Lincoln Developers, were charged with giving the audience a thorough orientation to the real estate sales and rental management industry. The group interacted well with the speakers, showing a great deal of curiosity and interest in both real estate brokerage operations and pro perty management. The objective here was to screen out those par ticipants whose considerations align mnre with the disadvantages. While no one was perceptibly disinterested, several participants were clearly beyond the scope of the meeting. Those participants feelings that th' advantages outweigh the disadvan tages will be offered additional train ing through CHRB sponsored workshops. The first of these workshops, to be held Tuesday, Aug. 9, will discuss the many avenues of securing suitable mortgage financing for homebuying clients. Again, this workshop will be hied in the offices of the Raleigh Board of Realtors, 1301 Annapolis Drive. Because of the high degree of in terest in the property management field, the CHRB is planning a more in depth workshop to deal exclusively with this field. Details will be made available as plans are finalized. In the works also is a workshop on real estate math. In its effort to increase minority participation in the housing industry in Wake County, the CHRB will be of fering these workshops to assist the minorities who decide to enter the in dustry to be more successful. Skirt lengths will range from above the knee to the ankle this fall, so choose your most attractive lenath. 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