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N.C. STATE LIERAR ACQUISITIONS DEPT 109 E, JONES ST. RALEIGH NC 27611 RALEIGH, N. C VOL. 49. NO. 21 TUESDAY f FEBRUARY 6,1990 V N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY QC IN RALEIGH ^30 ELSEWHERE 300 Management Style Martin Street Church Fires Pastor From CAROLINIAN Staff Reports Members of Martin Street Baptist Church fired its pastor, the Rev. David Forbes, saying his manage ment style was like a dictatorship that could not be tolerated any longer. About 160 members of the con gregation met at the church last Thursday and voted to immediately terminate Forbes as pastor. The church has yet to work out a severance package. Rev. Forbes would not return telephone cols to The CAROLINIAN and members of the congregation refused to comment on what brought about the decision to fire Forbes. A member of the congregation who asked not to be identified said they need to employ a minister who understands baptist policy and a minister who is willing to work for the congregation. Forbes did not meet that requirement, church members said. Forbes’ firing, however, was not a knee-jerk reaction. Forbes was hired about six years ago, and two years after that he was approached by members o the church for what they called an unmoving management style that did not allow free expres sion from the congregation in the areas of finance and church business. Last Fall, the church voted to fire Forbes, but the vote was not carried out because church members were split 334-299. Forbes, did, however, receive warning. Since that time, church members said they saw no improvement in Forbes' style or his relationship with the congregation. At last Tliursday’s meeting, church members voted to change the church policy from re quiring a two-third’s vote to a majori ty vote. As a result, Forbes was ousted. Operation Eagle Troopers Make Record Arrests Interstate Enforcement Crack Down The North Carolina Highway Patrol made 50,776 arrests for driving while impaired in 1969, the most in the history of the patrol. The previous high total was recorded during 1962, when 50,710 DWI arrests were made. “This is just another indication of our commitment to get the impaired driver off the road,” said Joseph W. Dean, secretary of crime control and public safety. “We will be making an even bigger effort in 1990.” Of the 1969 total, 924 charges were the result of Operation Eagle. The combined enforcement effort was conducted in nine locations across North Carolina during 1969. “The fact that the patrol has charg ed a record number of drivers with DWI indto9tes we are doing a better job with the manpower we have,” said Col. W.D. Teem, commander of the Highway Patrol. “We have had to find more innovative ways to crack down on the impaired driver, without substantial increases in the number of troopers on the highways." In 1989, the Highway Patrol created the Special Interstate Enforcement (SeeDWI.P, 2) Inside Africa BY DANIEL MAROLEN WPA News Service In Dickensian language, the decade of the 1980s for black South Africans was “the best of times, and the worst of times.” Best, because the decade brought together all the world’s na tions to give their unanimous and maximum pressure against South Africa’s system of apartheid, forcing that most racist country and its Pharaoh-hearted President P.W. Botha to squirm, “Apartheid is out dated. We must change, or perish.” Botha’s yielding to world pressure went farther, and forced him precipitously to give South Africa a semblance of change and a new con stitution of sorts. But, unfortunately, that “best of times” of the decade turned into the “worst of times” for the blacks of South Africa and adja cent black-ruled territories of thee INSIDE AFRICA, P.2) SIT M-Whee leer freshmen at North CaraSna AST State Unlvorslty refused to leave Waelwertti stare lunch counter 30 years age, their sIMe touched ell similar pretests aemae the Seeth, Joseph McMod, Jlhreel Khoren (formerly Ena Blair, Jr.). Frankln McCain and David Richmond ra anactad tlwir sit-in at tha Braantabar hmch cauntar last waak, calabrating tha histaric avant BY DR. ALBERT JABS A* Analysis No human being can really know the past and no human being can ultimately predict the future—but we make efforts. The megatrends, ac cording to John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene, will involve globalization of markets, welfare state issues, biotechnological debates, religious questions, individual/corporate values, and minority-women leader ship roles. The authors were probably short sighted in slighting environmental issues and the “sense” of lostness of countless numbers of people caught in involuntary roles of ambiguity and complexity without a moral compass. The addictions of our society can not be ignored. The swelling of our prison populations, the disintegration of home/marriage, and growing numbers of the dispossessed in the streets are signs that an information society should learn to be a more car ing society. Jack Kemp, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Boston University President John Silber, may talk about the dispossessed, but they should do more. For starters they should set an example, and give up one night a year and spend it in a homeless shelter. They should also set an example to all the faculty, pro fessionals, and bureaucrats in their organizations to visit the ghettos and poor areas, to share their time, and to provide expertise to the dropouts and unemployed. Action always speaks louder than words. Servant leader ship is something the Kemps, Silbers and Trumps of our society should do and our inner-city problems could be diminished. Inner cities should not be a scapegoat of a society. Instead of blaming, let us move toward a par ticipatory democracy with healthy role models. This is a solid antidote to crime, teen pregnancy, and welfare (See LIFE IN 1990s, K 2) Making A Difference Church members said they need a minister who understands he has total freedom to deliver a message, but not freedom to govern finances and other areas of the church. “Our pastor over a period of years refuses to follow approved church policies, a church member reported last August in a letter to The CAROLINIAN. “Example: Church conferences not held montmy as required even after the church revoked having quarterly meetings. He has a leadership style that is devisive, dictatorial and not in (See PASTOR, P.2) UK. DAVID FORBES Blacks, Drags* AIDS Link In "White Girl” Drag Abuse Not “Real Problem;” Poor Self-Image If drugs don’t destroy you, AIDS will kill you, said National Television host Tony Brown. “Anywhere there is a large popula tion of drug addicts you’re going to have AIDS, said Brown, who was in Raleigh last week promoting his new movie “The White Girl.” Blacks are disproportionately af fected with the AIDS virus, he said. In North Carolina, Blacks comprise about 50 percent of the reported cases of AIDS. The link, however, is that blacks, are consuming drugs at an alarming rate, therefore inviting the spread of the AIDS virus into the community. According to Tony Brown’s Journal magazine, drugs and lack of self esteem are connected. “The White Girl” shows How. People Use Drugs, Drugs Don’t Use People. Drug abuse is not the real problem; it’s what therapists call the “presenting problem”—what others see and recognize as inap propriate or neurotic behavior. Drug usage is usually just a symp tom of a poor self-image, which comes from deep, perhaps un conscious feelings of being ashamed of what you are. In the case of Blacks, I call this syndrome “racial anxiety.” THE ADDICTION OF SELF-HATRED The poor health of Blacksis due in (See AIDS, DRUGS, P.2) full-length film, which was an the campas of North in* Central University in benefits aside, however, she ft vutaerahle to drug addiction because of family pressorepiaced on h«r to succeed and racial anxiety, - After meeting jtrtHaed student *•> Mama <Tatasak>, Kim seems WiSing to chaage her ways, hot the attempt fa short-lived. % Fuaessn tTeresa Farley), her 'Sew romansate, duam her die :W*y hack to self-hatred amt self -twse.lt hi set until Kim has hit Vocational Education Proaram Works During Vocational Education Week, Feb. 11-17, North Carolina public schools will pay tribute to the contributions vocational education has made to students and to the state’s economy. The theme for this year’s celebration is “It Works.” More than two-thirds of the secon dary school students enroll each year in vocational education courses rang ing from the introductory to the highly technical. In 1868-88, the most recent years for which data are available, 67 percent of the students In grades 7-12—386,662 young people—were enrolled in at least one vocational course. In some school systems, students can take vocational courses in the sixth grade. “The value of vocational education to North Carolina’s future economy cannot be truly measured,” State Superintendent Bob Etheridge said. “But Us value will undoubtedly con tinue to rise as business and industry rely mors and more on technology. During Vocational Education Week, I hope communities will recognise the difference vocational education makes in students’ lives and for our state as a whole." Vocational education programs begin with courses to Introduce students to different occupations and build to general skills courses and high-level technical skills training for which many students may receive community collage credit. Vocational coursework is available In eight areas: agricultural education, business and office education, career exploration, marketing education, home economics education, health iducation, technology and trade and industrial Exploratory or introductory i in vtpationsl education begin seventh grade, with general ’ ning in a specific occupation I in the ninth or 10th grade. 1 skills training is available at the senior high school level. Eighty-one different course se quences and 121 possible classes make up the vocational offerings from which systems are able to select what they will make available. Secondary vocational education in North Carolina prepares students to directly enter the job market or to pursue further education. Vocational education teaches students general knowledge, job skills and work attitudes they can transfer to the workplace, said Clif ton B. Belcher, director of the Divi sion of Vocational Education Services for the Department of Public Instruc tion. For many students, vocational education makes all schooling mean ingful, said Belcher. “Vocational courses are not merely akiiis train ing. They provide an opportunity for hands-on application of the lessons from traditional academic disciplines. Students must demonstrate their reading, writing, speaking, math and science skills to succeed in their vocational pro grams. This helps them realize the importance of all their classes.” Vocational education courses and programs also teach skills needed in the job market, Belcher said. “We count our programs successful only when they match students with employment requirements.” Individual courses as well as entire programs have been redesigned or eliminated because they no longer ad dressed the needs of the marketplace. For example, for the 1968-89 school year in trade and Industrial educa tion, the program sequence “Mechanical Systems Technology” replaced separate programs in air conditioning, refrigeration and plum bing. This change took place because of changes in industry, where air con ditioning contractors are also plumb ing and heating contractors. For many students, the hands-on experiences in vocational programs and development of specific skills needed for a career provide the necessary motivation to complete high school. Special programs and services within vocational education focus additional resources on assistance to at-risk students, mak ing it even more likely these students will be counted among graduates in stead of dropouts. "Tech Prep" programs, now in place in five North Carolina counties (See EDUCATION, P. I) -Wr-' IDVEnNun I AUVISUnT GUUNwL—rtUI iMnpiiii Ml _mi——. —a | HiaH| aa k>aj !«■ AAmi Dausium^ ■ mm ■Wm •• in|R wm m iwm m> A JmImmi I' am MAavamm I^aM IamA iaaaIf YIia aauaaM MTHMy IiHRvA Ml iifiwj IWM Mil WH*« wWllwS
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