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tial.” Complaints were tuea in May
by coalitions of community organiza
tions, clergy, non-profit housing pro
vid'-s and minority business people
woi ng to increase lending in low
income and minority neighborhoods.
The Raleigh Community Invest
ment Committee and the Durham
Community Investment Committee
have, separately, asked federal
regulators to deny lenders’ plans for
bank takeovers on the basis that they
have not been lending in minority and
low-income neighborhoods. Com
munity groups say the two lenders
are in violation of the Community
Reinvestment Act, a federal law re
quiring financial institutions to invest
in all communities from which they
draw deposits—including credit
starved low-income and minority
areas.
Analyses of the lending data
reveal:
•Over five years, Home S&L loan
ed just seven percent of their dollars
to homebuyers living in low- and
moderate-income neighborhoods that
make up 38 percent of Durham Coun
ty’s population.
• Race was a factor regardless of
income. Over five years, Home S&L
has made rfearly seven times as
many loans (and loaned more than 10
times the dollars) into white
moderate-income areas as into black
neighborhoods with the same income
level. Raleigh Federal made more
than four times the loans (and seven
times the dollars) into white
moderate-income areas.
•Over five years, Raleigh Federal
made just 16 loans, totaling $698,000,
to the low-income census tracts in
Wake County.
•Both lenders have not par
ticipated in most federal, state and
local programs targeted toward low
and moderate-income people for
home purposes and home improve
ment.
On Sept. 19, the Durham communi
ty coalition will hold an oral argu
ment with Home Savings and Rhode
Island-based Old Stone Corp. Home
Savings and Loan is trying to sell
itself to Old Stone.
On Sept. 20, the Raleigh group will
hold oral argument with Raleigh
Federal. Raleigh Federal is trying to
buy First Federal Savings and Loan
(Sanford) and Builders Federal SAv
ings and Loan (Rocky Mount). Com
munity groups want Raleigh Federal
and Old Stone, the buyers, to
demonstrate that they will remedy
past problems before any new pur
chases take place. Once more infor
mation is gathered, regulators can
approve or deny the applications or
they can condition the approval on
steps to improve lending.
The Durham CRC has been
negotiating since April with Old Stone
to assure that the new owner im
proves lending practices in low
moderate income areas. “We have
made progress in our negotiations
with Old Stone,” said Darryl Smith,
chairman of the Economic Commit
tee of the Durham Committee on the
Affairs of Balck People. “We have
agreed on lending programs that will
help more moderate-income people !
become homeowners, but have not [
yet achieved lending that would !
benefit underserved low-income
neighborhoods.”
Raleigh Federal has refused to con
tinue hearings with the Raleigh Com
munity Reinvestment Committee.
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pointea out uut u*v 6cnci ai amnesty
should not only apply to Namibian
refugees but to all Namibians at
. home, in Jail or abroad.
All the discriminatory laws based
on race have not been repealed as
agreed upon, “leaving dangerous and
key pieces of legislation still in
■. (dace.” South Africa, he said, should
attend to these anomalies instead of
addressing the false alarms about
SWAPO’s threats. He added that the
Security Council should stop the
> regime’s gross violations of key
aspects of Resolution 435. And he
reaffirmed that the election in
X November should not only be free and
fair, but must manifestly be seen to
X-. be so. Koevoet and other
paramilitary murder gangs should be
disbanded and deported. No in
terference with UNTAG personnel
should be tolerated.
Yes, the Namibian independence
>',< process must be kept on track. South
Africa cannot be both culprit and ad
:’l; ministrator. UNTAG Should take
X:; over complete control, and South
Africa must move out of Namibia.
And Namibia must be led to its
sovereignty and democratic govern
meat, ending colonialism and white
domination once and for all time in
Africa.
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countries.
Hie annul CBC banquet closed
with a mnltkqedia and persons!
tribute toltap. Mickey Leland
(D-tesadX. awl Ills IS colleagues
who were M|M in Ethiopia while
seeking to aid the millions of
refugees In Africa.
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Because much of the research on
new drugs is being conducted at
universities, clinical trials are often
set up in a way that excludes poor
people, said Keith Cylar, a clinical
social worker and activist with the
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Powers,
known as ACT UP. Often, services
like transportation and day can are
not considered, he said.
“Don’t put the triala*on Madison
Avenue or at New York University,
put them in Harlem,” he said. ;
As of a month ago, 7,098 people With
AIDS were participating » the
clinical trials sponsored by ll| Mf
tional Institute on Allergy aitfjgjpc
tious Diseases, the chierlAESS
research institute at thellqtjonal*In
stitutes of Health. Among them wetfi
557 blacks, 731 His panics and 427
women.
AIDS activists helped start the
move to community-based testing,
and the federal government is
preparing to distribute |6 million in
the fall to groups that want to expand
or begin such programs.
P. Clay Stephens, an AIDS services
worker from Boston attending the
conference, dismissed the often
heard reasons researchers give for
excluding women and intravenous
drug users, the fastest-growing seg
ment of AIDS cases, from clinical
trials: they are unreliable because
they don’t always show up for
treatments.
“Well, are they not coming in
because they’re at their methadone
clinic? That’s a very valid place for
them to be,” she said. “Did the
woman not come in because her child
was sick?”
“Those concepts of non-compliance
are often covers for our poor design
based on having dealt with other
middle-class people who can plan
ahead and are in control of their lives
in terms of scheduling and
resources,” she said.
Health and Human Services
Secretary Louis Sullivan, whose
department is sponsoring the con
ference, told the opening session that
the government and local com
munities must do a better job
targeting AIDS prevention messages
to minorities.
He said the messages must be
“culturally relevant and sensitive,”
but he added that “community stan
dards must be respected” in
educating about the disease that is
often transmitted through sexual con
tact.
As of July 31, the total number of
Americans diagnosed with AIDS
reached 102,821, of whom 59,391 have
lied since July 1, 1981, according to
lie Centers for Disease Control.
Blacks, who comprise 12 percent of
he U.S. population, represent 26 per
:ent of adult AIDS cases in the United
States and 53 percent of pediatric
rases, he said. Hispanics, who make
ip seven percent of the nation’s
Mpulation, represent 15 percent of
idult cases and 23 percent of
>ediatric cases.
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students taking the test in Virginia,
our next-door neighbor, where the
average score is 902 as compared
with North Carolina’s 836. I am ab
solutely not willing to concede that on
average our students are 66 points
less accomplished than students in
Virginia,” he said.
Etheridge said he will appoint the
excellence task force within 30 days.
He said he hopes to enlist some of
North Carolina’s leading citizens on
the task force and that it will be asked
to work with separata committees of
superintendents and other school ad
ministrators; teachers; parents; and
the Department of Public
Instruction's staff.
“We want the groups to meet
separately, reach separate conclu
sions, then come together before go
ing to the task force,” the superinten
dent said, adding that the department
also will develop ways to involve
students in the study so that it can be
determined what the people actually
t«irtng the teat think.
“We will make this task force our
priority for it will make recommen
dations that will, in my Judgment,
dramatically change our high
schools,” Etheridge said. He said be
is not looking for a “quick fix” and
that, in fact, some of the data the
Department of Public Instruction
now has indicates that next year’s
SAT scores “probably offer little
hope that we can move off the
bottom.”
The superintendent said he will ask
all superintendents in the state to sign
releases allowing the department to
collect 8AT scores on a local unit and
|/wyl basts.
to also case me rssi. ine rsai is
required as the basis for National
Merit Scholars. Students cannot be
considered unless they have taken the
test.
“We had more students than any
other state taking the SAT who had
not taken the PSAT, and it certainly
showed,” Etheridge said. He added
that North Carolina will be the first
state providing funds so that any stu
dent can take the PSAT.
The superintendent also said a way
must be found to steer more students :
into math courses and into the more i
rigorous courses in the secondary i
curriculum. He said he will ask the l
task force to examine methods that i
have worked in other states. I
Etheridge said the department also ]
will use Senate Bill 2, which offers |
greater flexibility to local education <
agencies in the way they spend i
money and develop programs, as a -
prime piece in the fight to improve
student achievement. He said the
department is currently working on
the procedures for implementing that
legislation and that a suggested
schedule will be before the State
Bdifeggof Education at its October
meetliilig.
“I believe our administrators and
teachers know how to improve stu
dent achievement, and we will give
them the right to try some new
methods. At the same time, we will
hold them accountable for the
results,” he said.
“I don’t have all the answers to the
questions I am raising today, but I do
know that answers exist, and I
believe we must find them,” he said.
He said it is not productive to make
excuses for North Crolina’s SAT
averages or to blame the test
makers.
“Our record is awful. We can make
it better. And we need to get on with
the job,” he said.
EDUCATION
(Continued from page 1)
with a service to provide to the com
munity in general and each student in
particular, then teaches usually
teach because they want to teach.
The second: “Have a strong
knowledge base and keep current.
Kids look for that.” Teachers must
know their content. There is no
substitute for being a master at the
substance of the subject matter.
Students know when a teacher has a
solid command of the field. Students
appreciate updated material.
Students feel cheated when content
and materials are stale. Teachers
cannot afford to use last year’s plan
for this year’s effort. Only this year’s
honing of content will succeed with
this year’s students.
The third: “You need to establish
procedures and policies at the very
beginning.” Students have a right to
know what is expected of them from
the very first day of school.
Academic, personal and social expec
tations must be clear, consistent, and
substantive. Students want
parameters. Good teachers know how
to use procedures and policies in such
a way that they free students to
thrive, flourish, and succeed.
The fourth: “Make it exciting. You
have a product to sell.” Students find
subject matter exciting when they
see a connection between themselves
and the subject matter. Effective
teachers are so in tune with the
students that they can inspire
students to see the connections bet
ween themselves and the content.
Students love to learn when good
teachers facilitiate an experience
which is delightful, electrifying, and
exhilirating and which relates to their
lived experiences.
The fifth: “Have respect for your
students. If you do that, you almost
command that they respect you.”
Teachers, like all other professionals,
must earn the respect of their clients.
Respect begets respect. Esteem
begets esteem. Appreciation begets
appreciation. Teachers who respect
the cultures, families and cir
cumstances out of which students
come, will translate that respect to
the students themselves. Respect for
students is the foundation on which
all the other tips rest.
Donna Oliver was named national
teacher of the year by former Presi
dent Reagan. Ms. Oliver, an
Alamance County native, was a Burl
ington biology teacher at the time
that she received her honor. She holds
two master’s degrees: one in educa
tion from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro and the other
in educational administration from
North Carolina AAT State University.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from
Elon College.
Ms. Oliver was born in Durham in
1900. She says that her parents, Annie
and the late Clarence Hill, taught her
“the joys of giving, of loving, and of
respecting myself and other people.”
Ms. Oliver shares that her first ex
of teaching were with her
learned how to be
patient,
Donna Oliver’s goal is to “teach
leasethep
IstudeeataM
_Ms. Oliver conveys that
"every student, regardless of ability,
educational objec
has the right to learn in an at
mospnere inai is tree irom rear ano
prejudice, and is thereby conducive
to learning.” Donna Oliver places a
large responsibility for education on
the teacher when she remarks that
“more than anyone else” the teacher
creates the atmosphere which
enhances learning.
Ms. Oliver began her t—»hing
career after marriage, having a
Family, and giving private piano
lessons to poor children. Her attrac
ion to teaching came in the 1960s
rom her collective life experiences
md her observations of "such educa
ional problems as the movement
oward integration, social promotion,
ocial unrest in schools, and so many
ears about to overpower the young
leople of that day.” Ms. Oliver com
tares her call to teaching to the call!
if other men and women to the!
ninistry of the church.
UNCF WEEKEND
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All funds generated trom UNCF
Weekend will go to the United Negre
College Fund. Shaw University and
Saint Augustine's College are local
member institutions.
Tickets are on sale at Shaw Univer
sity, St. Augustine’s College and Har
rington Salon. For mere information
call 828-4451 or 755-4935.
Black Student*
Vow To Return
To Va. Beach
Some area black college students
say the way city officials handled the
Labor DAy riots in Virginia Beach is
evidence of racism, and they plan to
go back next year to protest what
they perceive to be the city’s at
tempts to keep them away.
“It’s a matter of principle now,’’
said Wendy Patterson, 21, a Universi
ty of Virginia senior who is vice presi
dent of her sorority, Delta Sigma
rheta. “The principle is that we can
not be treated this way.”
About 100,000 college students
descended on Virginia Beach for
Sreekfest two weekends ago.
rhousands of youths looted more than
LOO stores early Sunday and 43 people,
including 13 police and national
guardsmen, were injured.
Many students said the city created
racial tension by thwarting efforts to
plan activities for visiting students
and giving out tickets for minor in
fractions.
“Everywhere down the strip when
people got together, even if it was just
for dancing, cops would run toward
the group, like they were expecting
something,” said Stanley Osborne,
21, president of Alpha Phi Alpha at
the College of William and Mary. “It
was just a very tense atmosphere.”
Kelly Robinson, a 21-year-old Old
Dominion University student,
agreed.
“I saw black guys who just played
Jieir music loud, and they got a ticket
while white guys playing their music
lust as loud... didn’t get a ticket,” she
said.
“It was like they were trying to
ceep us from doing something we are
mtitled to do,” she said.
Black student leaders have called
nee tings on campuses in recent days
a discuss the Labor Day riots.
“Most people were disgusted with
x>th sides,” Patterson, the U.Va.
senior, said.
“The blacks were not right for do
ng it, and they should be
prosecuted,” said Robinson, a senior
who plans to study criminal justice in
graduate school. “I can’t justify it no
natter how much I want to say they
were pushed into it.”
“As a child, my mom always told
ne you don’t know what prejudice
s, ” Robinson said. “Since I’ve been
it ODU I’ve seen instances of pre
judice and racism, but this topped
t. "
“I think this will remind black
itudents how they are looked at by
werybody else,” said Ronald C. Brin
son, 22, a member of Alpha Phi
Mpha.
Minority & Women
Owned Bus. Group
Sets Sept. Meet
' The Raleigh Minority aiJ
Women-Owned Baalaaat
Assistance Program will held an
Informational aieettag at T p.m.
Thursday, (apt SI, la tha cao
faraaca raaai af tba Raharta Park
Cammaalty Caster, I4M E. Mar
HaM.
Salas of fish packed in oil have
{one up dramatically, because
people think these products are
packed in heart-healthy fish oil. Ac
tually, cottonseed or soybean oil are
used most often. Check the label to
see what you are buying.
TIRED OF STARING AT YOUR OIL PAN? Switch your engine over to a *j*m
that will let yon atop changing your oil for good!
With proper care, you can make
oil changes a thing of the past
What a waste of time changing oil is.
If you keep your car for 100,000 miles
and change oil every 3,000 miles, you’ll
spend almost 11 hours under your car
doing nothing but watching your oil go
drip-drip-drip into the drain pan.
There’s got to be a better way! You
could take your car to a shop and have
someone else watch your oil go drip
drip-drip, but that costs money and
takes even more time. Then again, you
could stop changing your oil al
together.
Sound impossible? It isn’t! And for
the past six years, thousands of cars
have been driving merrily along with
out any oil changes whatsoever.
Keep oil clean
What’s the secret? There is no secret
You do, however, need an oil that
won’t break down from the high tem
peratures and pressures inside your
engine. The chemical structure of some
synthetic oils makes them virtually in
destructible. Kept clean, premium syn
thetic motor oils such as AMSOIL, can
last indefinitely to keep your engine
cool and clean, and reduce friction
and wear.
How do you keep the oil this clean?
Use the best air and oil filtration avail
able. Dirt is the single major cause of
engine wear. A high-quality air filter
will keep airborne dirt from entering
your engine tnrougn tne caroureior. a
by-pass oil filter, such as the ultra-flat
AMSOIL Spin-On By-Pass Oil Filler,
will continuously Alter dirt and con*
bustion by-products from the engine
oil. This leaves the oil free of virtudfer
all wear-causing particles.
Spotting problems
How can you tell if the oil is “won
out?” By monitoring the oil’s condi
tion with chemical oil analysis. A quali
fied lab can chemically analyze engine
oil and determine if the oil is still suit
able for continued use. Oil analysis can
also uncover problems that might oth
erwise go undetected until major
engine repairs are required.
What do automakers think of tide?
After all, won’t they scream the war
ranty blues if you tell your mechanic
you’re never going to change yam nil
again? No, they won’t, and the feaeon
is the oil analysis. This assume them
that the oil in your engine is stfl^ht
its job. And that is what really uuMMa.
So throw away your oil drain pan and
stop wasting your time. Switch your
engine over to a system that wiU lctynU
stop changing oil for good.
For more information, coolant:
AMSOIL Inc., AMSOIL Bldg., Supe
rior, W1 54880, or call toll nw,
1-800-777-8491
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Week To Begin Observance
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week,
' the first national campaign to combat
the most common cancer in men and
a disease of special concern to black
Americans, will kick off Sept. 24. The.
campaign is supported by the Na
tional Cancer Institute, the National
Cancer Care Foundation, the Pro
state Cancer Education Council, the
National Association of Community
Health Centers, the American Foun
dation for Urologic Disease, and ma
jor medical centers across the coun
try that will offer free exams during
the week.
To encourage men to learn about
the disease, Rocky Bleier, Vietnam
veteran and former Pittsburgh
Steeler, is national spokesperson for
the cause. Rocky battled against
Vietnam injuries and great odds to
rejoin the Steelers’ team that cap
tured four Super Bowl championships
during the 1970s.
Prostate cancer strikes nealry
102,000 men and kills about 28,500
eachyear, making it the second
- leading cancer killer of American
man. One in 11 men will develop the
disease. For unknown reasons, black
Americans have the highest rate in
the world: one in nine. .
“Unfortunately, black males get:
proetate cancer 00 percent more fre-'
quently and are twice as likely to die,
from the disease as non-blacks,” said
'Dr. Frank E. Staggers, immediate;
past president of the National*
Medical Association. "We must make
every effort to encourage black men
age 40 and over' to get a simple test
that can lead to early detection and
effective treatment.”
An important goal of Prostate
Cancer Awareness Week is to en
courage many men to get a free pro
state exam as their first step toward
making the exam part of their
regular medical checkups. During
the week, more than 40 hospitals and
medlealcenters around the country
mill liiiliijwiiiii frm rismn Ttirrr in
elude metnber institutions of the
Association of Community Cancer
Centers and the National Association
of Community Health Centers.
“A rectal exam of the prostate cur
rently is the most accurate and cost
effective way to detect the disease,”
said Dr. E. David Crawford, a
member of the Proetate Cancer
Education Council, the campaign’s
sponsor. “Men need to know that pro
state cancer often can be cured
through early diagnosis and treat
»y*ri
merit. Because the disease
develop with no noticeable
toms, we strongly encourage men I
be examined every year.”
Unfortunately, despite the
health threat posed by
cancer, many men—especial
black Americans—are not taking i
vantage of this simple early c
test. Findings from the 1987 Nat
Health Interview Survey show
only 35 percent of black men
ever had a rectal exam of their [
state for screening purposes, can
pared with 50 percent of white men,
and only 18 percent of black men hai
one in the previous year. Moreover,
black men reported nearly twice as
often as white men that they haver,
had heard of a prostate exant <39 ver
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