"Recognized Performer"
RHA Meeting Communitv Challenge
INSIDE
AFRICA
Namibia
BY DANIEL MAROLEN
Special Carraapondrnt
A new D-Day has been fixed for
Namibia's independence. Cuba,
Angola and South Africa have agreed
upon a new date for the long-awaited
Independence of Namibia in accor
dance with United Nations Security
Council Resolution 43 of 1978.
The agreement sets April 1 as the
date for the start of the process of im
plementing Namibian independence
and freeing the former German col
ony from South Africa’s illegal oc
cupation. The United Nations and the
International Court of Justice ter
minated South Africa's Jurisdiction
over Namibia in 1966.
The South West Africa People’s
Organization, the Namibian people’s
liberation movement, was happy to
receive the news of the setting of the
new date of Namibia’s independence
from Brazzaville where the agree
ment was made. The member nations
of the Organization of African Unity
received the news with a pinch of salt.
They wait to see if South Africa will
not again refuse to honor the agree
ment as it did on Nov. 1, to the disap
pointment of mankind. South Africa
must be forced to honor this agree
ment.
SWAPO’8 struggle for Namibia’s
independence has been a protracted
and bloody one. In it thousands of
Namibian lives were lost. Now
SWAPO and all Namibians welcome
the impending implementation of
UNCR 435. Namibians await their
long-denied right of self
determination and statehood in 1989.
But, for 22 long years, racist South
Africa has blocked Namibia’s libera
tion by occupying it illegally and stop
ping the implementation of Resolu
tion 435 for 10 years. Throughout
those long years, South Africa has
raised extraneous excuses to impede
Namibia’s independence with the
presence of Cuban troops in Angola.
Now Cuba, Angola and South Africa
have agreed to withdraw their
respective foreign armies fifcm
Angola as a precondition of
Namibia’s independence.
SWAPO commended Angola and
Cuba for this move. The decisive
military actions of these two nations
created favorable conditions for this
agreement and forced South Africa to
enter the drawn-out, U.S.-sponsored
negotiations.
If no further snags occur and Nami
bian independence is fully achieved,
the Reagan administration will take
its exit this month with pride. No one
has forgotten how the Reagan ad
(See AFRICA, P.121
The Raleigh Housing Authority has computed u suc
reiHful year and la aggreaalvely continuing . Worts to in
create the supply of affordable housing through partner
ship* with the (Tty of Raleigh, the public and private sec
tors and the federal government, act ordinit to Executive
Director Floyd T. Carter.
Carter emphasised this when the riscal year ended
with a number of oustandlng accomplishments. He said
the progressive nature of RHA whs well demonstrated In
IMW and most Important, HUD designated the agency as a
“Recognised Performer” and decontrolled It. permitting
it more local flexibility and decision-making.
RHA was one of only five housing authorities out of
more than SOO In the region to receive a HUD regional
award. Also, again this year. RHA's -Let's Grow for It"
project was recognised by the City of Raleigh and rece|v
cd a 8lr Walter Raleigh Award in the community
category.
The city and RHA are continuing an acquisition pro
gram that will Increase the supply of publicly owned hous
ing units. Currently, the housing authority Is constructing
a 50-unit duplex development in North Raleigh designed
architecturally to fit fnto the neighborhood.
This modernliatio.i program has been progressing ex
tensively with the completion of Chavis Heights and the
Central Maintenance Facility. A recent allocation of 150
moderate rehabilitation units will permit the agency to
work with the private sector to upgrade some older apart
ments in the community that will provide more affordable
housing.
Carter said a great deal of progress has been made
over the years and much remains to be accomplished. The
greatest challenge RHA and the community face is to pro
(See HOUSING, P. 21
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Escape On Foot
Inn Robbers Sought
Suspects
Branish
Shotgun
On Wednesday, Jan. 4, at approx
imately 8:20 p.m., the Friendship Inn
at 3120 New Bern Avenue was robbed
by two black males who used a single
barrel shotgun to take the cash
drawer containing $479.35 from the
night clerk. They left the inn on foot
going toward Calumet Drive, behind
Wakefield Shopping Center.
The suspects are described as one
black male, light skin, 6’1”, 185, and
one black male with dark skin, 5’7”,
145 pounds.
If you have any information on the
robbery or any other crime, you are
urged to call Crime Stoppers at
834-HELP. You do not have to give
your name, the information is con
fidentiai and you- may receive a
reward Of up to $1,000.
Within 30 seconds of receiving the
call about the robbery, the Raleigh
Police Department had the areaseai.
ed off. According to police Sgt. A.L.
Watson, the only way the robbers
could have left the area was on foot
and no vehicle was seen leaving the
area. The two men were last seen
fleeing on foot.
In other events: Attorney General
Lacy H. Thornburg announced last
week that four North Carolina bakery
companies have agreed to pay more
(See ROBBERY. P- 2)
ADDRESSING CITY COUNCIL-Joe Alston, appeared before the Raleigh City
CouncH to disclose the concerns and grievances of many Mack drivers who
operate CAT buses. Approximately 40 drivers attended the public hearing. (Phote
by Tallb Sabir-Calloway)
Voters Support Tuxes
For Education In N.C.
North Carolina voters Deneve uie
state should spend more money on
education—even if it means higher
taxes.
At least, that is what a poll con
ducted by North Carolina State
Innovative Project
Students On Right Track
BY 8I8TER MARIE FAUBERT
Special To TO* CAROLINIAN
North Carolina State University
will collaborate with the community
in an innovative .education project
over the next three years. "Getting
on the Right Track” was initiated and
will be headed by Dr. Don C. Locke.
Dr. Locke is professor and chairper
son of the Counselor Education
Department of the College of Educa
tion and Psychology at NCSU.
This collaboration between NCSU
and the community will address the
special needs of rural African
American youth. Its purpose is to in
crease their numbers in college and
Improve their success in college once
they get there. The proposal, which
was submitted by Dr. Locke, is fund
ed by BellSouth Foundation.
Dr. Locke savs that African
American youth are fewer in institu
tions of higher learning than Just a
few years ago. The National Center
for Educational Statistics, which Dr.
Locke quotes in his proposal to the
BellSouth Foundation, reports that
"The number of blacks who enroll in
college remained about the same
[during the last half of the 1970s], in
spite of the fact that the number of
black high school graduates increas
ed by almost 20 percent.” A matter of
concern to the African-American
commounity are the numbers
reported by the American Council on
Education that "Between i960 and
1984, black enrollments tin colleges
and universities] decreased 3.3 per
cent overall with a loss of 3.3 percent
at four-year institutions and 3.2 per
cent at two-year institutions."
Dr. Locke points out that a I960 Col
CMMMtor Education D^rtnoot of tho Codoyo <
NCW ha* initialed an InnovKIvo project to lauol
Tin m Track" (Photo hy Talk SaWr-Caloway)
lege Board publication estimated tnat
"black, non-Hispanic" enrollment
fell 9.8 percent In the period 1962-84.
The African-American community
la aware of the lack of preparedness
of a significant number of its next
generation for college and leader
ship. Dr. Locke’s proposal for col
laboration between NCSU and the
community plans to model strategies
to prepare the next generation of
African-American youth for college
and leadership by increasing the par
tlcipation of rural African-American
youths in colleges and universities.
Dr. Locke plans to set up a model
which can be duplicated across the
nation.
Dr. Locke indicates that middle
and upper middle class youth are
overrepresented in academical!
gifted tracks and lower-middle-class
and economically poor youth are
underrepresented in academically
gifted tracks. ‘‘Some have
concluded," Dr. Locke states, “that
tracking is an institutionalized an un
just form of discrimination which ef
fectively excludes poor children from
an important means of social mobili
ty."
New ways are needed for identify
ing promising youth for academicallj
gifted programs. "Getting on tiu
Eight Track” wili uncover some ol
these new ways of including a greatei
number of African-American, rura
youth in academically gifted pro
grams.
"Getting on the Right Track" wil
work with parents, school ad
minietrators, counselors, teachert
and students to Improve placemen
and counseing of African-Americai
rural students. The purpose is to in
crease the available pool of qualify
students for success at NCSU am
other universities and colleges
Teacher expectations will be raised
A difference model will replace i
deficiency model for evaluate
African-American youth. African
(See RIGHT TRACK, P.2)
University recently nas determined.
In the first North Carolina State
University poll, the researchers
surveyed 842 citizens by telephone.
The poll was part of a project design
ed to profile the attitudes and percep
tions of North Carolinians toward im
portant state and national issues.
‘‘North Carolinians clearly see the
importance of education to the state’s
continued economic growth and pro
sperity. They also recognize thal
quality education costs money and
are willing to pay for it in the form ol
taxes," said Dr. Michael L. Vasu
NCSU associate professor of political
science and public administratior
and director of the poll.
-The scientific poll found that 65.1
percent of those sampled agree wit!
the proposition that North Carolim
should increase spending on educa
tion even if it means higher taxes
There was no statistically significan
difference on this issue amonf
Republicans, Democrats and in
dependents.
There were 56 problems identified
However, 25.9 percent of th(
respondents indicated that educatioi
was the state’s most Important pro
blem. Education was followed in se
W1NDLEV
COPELAND
LEWIS
" HAWKINS
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HIB System Takes
Upswings Growing
Strong Financially
BY KEITH O. HILTON
CiuitrllMtlnx Writer
An Amlynh
One can see that the state of finan
cial affairs in most of the historically
and predominantly black institutions
is taking an upswing.
Industries such as AT&T, Bristol
Myers and IBM, to name a few, have
corporate grants divisions set up to
assist colleges and universities. Often
these funding grants are awarded on
the condition that technical/training
programs and departments are in
itiated which also benefit that in
dustry’s particular needs. It is up to
the foresight of these institution’s
CEOs and immediate cabinet to turn
these ventures into longterm gains.
This leads me to point out that there
are at least two other important com
ponents to this financial puzzle,
namely direct international investing
on the part of the HBIs and, second,
freshman year financial
planning/counseling.
For example, why shouldn’t a
Virginia Union University or Saint
Paul’s College (Va.) invest a portion
of its money in the safe, but growing,
Taiwan textile industry or with any
number of the Japanese automobile
giants? If this is being done, great. If
it hasn’t been explored, well, that’s
another issue.
Shaw University has already
received a tremendous financial
boost from Japan. Are others to
follow suit?
Why shouldn’t a Delaware State
College (a public school) contract
with the Nigerian government to
build a West African Cultural Wing to
its M.L. King Memorial Center? This
kind of creative financing saves the
state monev and frees uo the college
to use more of its development money
on other projects. Also, just imagine
the cultural benefits. If this is being
explored, great, but if not, why not?
Approaching the matter of improv
ing an institution’s financial integrity
from a global perspective has
become as important as going the
traditional route of soliciting
Kinston Man
DiesErom
Gunshot Wounds
KINSTON-A fight between three
black men and a white man turned to
gunfire and left Joseph Wayne
Coston, 28, of Kinston Rt. 1, fatally
wounded last week.
The Kinston Police Department
received a call advising officers that
a white male had been shot by a black
male after a fight between the white
male and the three black males en
sued in front of 719 Thompson St.
When police arrived at the scene,
Coston was lying on the ground in a
I large pool of blood near the driver’s
' side door of a tan van. He had been
shot once in the left temple with what
detectives believe was a large han
, dgun. Detectives also found three
J bullet holes in the van, and the front
windshield of the van had been beaten
. in.
(See GUNSHOT, P. 2)
municipal, state and federal funds.
Alumni and patrons’ contributions
also continue to be invaluable.
The crucial point I am making is
that until as many options as possible
are explored, we will continue to run'
the risk of institutional financial
stagnation or worse—default.
It seems that one of the keys to the:
HBIs’ success will be the meshing of .
their development efforts on both the
national and international levels. '
There would appear to be few if any
conflicts between the two, and it goes
without saying that investments with
companies doing business with South
Africa should be minimized, and
(See HBI SYSTEM, P. 2)
Anniversary
Of "Freedom "
Group Honors
BY CATHY J. ROSENTHAL
Special To The CAROLINIAN
An Analyita *
Recently, a small group gathered
in Raleigh to celebrate the birthday
of the Bill of Rights. The first 10
amendments to the U.S. Constitution
have provided a lasting set of prin
ciples that has made our American
heritage unique. These rights, first
proposed almost 200 years ago, can
be found in no other compact between
the governed and government. Our
citizens have been afforded rights
that cannot be abridged by govern
ment intrusion.
I was struck by the diversity of
those who came together to honor the
blessings of freedom. Public officials,
religious leaders and even those less
fortunate all applauded with great
sincerity as the speakers trumpeted
the words of each amendment.
This celebration comes at a time
when certain guarantees of the Bill of
Rights have been subject to attack
during the last eight years. Although
the freedom to think, speak, worship
and learn has blossomed in our short
200-year history, they have been
challenged by those with narrow
political agendas. We must be wary
of any governmental action which
seeks to limit our pursuit of the truth,
the opportunity to act on our own
beliefs, to express our opinions and to
have a voice in our own governance.
During the last eight years, the
Reagan administration has shown a
willingness to ignore the First
Amendment if it interfered with its
political agenda. The administration
has exercised power of the executive
branch to weaken and ignore our
First Amendment liberties.
For example, the United States In
formation Agency blacklisted 84
politicians, former government of
ficials and journalists, including
Walter Cronkite and Coretta Scott
King, placing them on a list of
speakers not to be selected for official
speaking engagements abroad. Their
First Amendment rights were ig
nored.
The State Department and the Im
migration and Naturalization Service
blocked foreign authors, artists,
(See FREEDOM. P. 21
! SlllllT SUPPORT-Perry Price, left, and ether CAT but
driven lit In a meeting ebeut problems encountered by Meek
employees mb es suspensions, brings, promotions and
pwtrl banmawat by pravtaat CAT minayaiatnt. (Phato
by Talb Sabir-Crtaway)