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Established Procedures
Council Stalls On Reappointing Cooper
From CAROLINIAN Staff Reports
In the midst of a growing con
troversy, the Raleigh City Council
delayed the possible reappointment
of Dr. Alan Cooper, former chairman
of the city’s Human Resources and
Human Relations Advisory Commis
sion, after a member resigned “pen
ding the reappointment of Cooper.”
Cooper was removed from the com
mission by the council at a meeting
Sept. 18 unexpectedly. Cooper, who is
also the chairman of the political
science department at St.
Augustine’s College, contends his
ouster from the commission was a
political move revolving around the
Crabtree Valley Mall issue, and has
received support from some
members of the community.
At its Oct. 2 meeting, tit* council
was provided with the opportunity to
reappoint Cooper to the commission
when District C Councilman Ralph
Campbell, Jr. reported that Cash
Micahels, a WLLE-AM radio per
sonality who was a commission
member, had submitted a leter of
resignation from the 15-member
panel “pending the reappointment of
Dr. Cooper to the commission.”
Campbell made a motion to sus
pend the normal nomination and ap
pointment procedures, and in light of
Michaels’ resignation, reappoint Dr.
Cooper. However, Mayor Avery C.
Upchurch, acting as chair of the
council meeting, refused to accept
the motion, saving that the establish
ed procedures for appointments
should be followed and questioning
the veracity of the resignation.
“He [Michaels] is dictating to the
council what they [should] do and not
do,” Upchurch said. He then ruled
Campbell’s motion out of order, but
allowed Campbell to move for a
suspension of the rules to formally
nominate Dr. Cooper to the commis
sion.
As the council proceeded to vote on
that motion, Upchurch allowed
Councilwoman-at-large Ann Franklin
to interrupt the procedure, express
ing doubt about voting on either the
resignation or the appointment.
“I just can’t think that it is in our in
terests to address this at this point,’’
she said. Ms. Franklin’s comments
served to further fuel debate between
Mayor Upchurch and Councilman
Campbell about' the sincerity of
Michaels’ resignation letter.
“This is only a set if he actually
(See ALAN COOPER, P. 2)
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BOND
Gov. Jim Martin officially
launched this week a statewide
effort to promote passage of a
|200 millin’* prison construction
hood referendum on the Nov. 6
ballot. He also announced the
creation of “Citizens for a Safer
North Carolina,” a group of
private citizens to help build
public support for passage of the
measure.
TEACHERS GET
TRAINING
Vocational education teachers
at each high school will receive
training in a national pilot project
initiated by the DuPont Corp. in
Wake County Schools. DuPont
will provide skill training for
woodworking and furniture/cab
tnetmaking teachers in fabrica
tion and installation of Corian
countertop products. »
COME TO SCHOOL
All students at Lockhart will be
encouraged to attend school
through a program called “Cool
Cats Come to School.” Perfect
class attendance will be recognis
ed each week in a display in the
school’s main hallway. The class
which has the best record each
grading period will receive a
special award. Individual
students will be recognized for
perfect attendance at each
grading period and at the end of
the year. -
Saint Augustine’s College Holds
Ceremony For 124th Convocation
Saint Augustine’s College formally
opened its 1990-91 academic year at
convocation ceremonies held Tues
day in the college’^ Emery Gym
nasium. Hie college president, Dr.
Prezell R. Robinson, delivered the
main address to a gathering of more
than 600 students, faculty, staff and
friends.
Although in his comments Dr.
Robinson described some of the pro
blems the college faces, he began his
address on a note of exhiliration and
optimism about St. Augustine’s
general condition—its students,
faculty quality and finances—and its
future. “Clearly,” he said, “this is a
great day in the life of this college as
we enter our 124th year of existence
as an educational institution commit
ted to providing the very best educa
tion possible to young people and,
yes, also to older adults from many
parts of the world.”
Referring to the fact that the col
lege has a wide international ethnic
mixture on its campus, Dr. Robinson
stated, “In many ways, we are a
mini-United Nations. This college has
always been and will continue to be
an intellectual mecca for qualified
faculty, staff, students and all
qualified people without regard to
race, creed, color, religion or na
tional origin.
“Yes, we are indeed upbeat,” he
went on, “and I think we have every
reason to be: we have closed out our
23rd consecutive year with a balanc
ed budget; we have the largest
enrollment—1,900—in the history of
the college; this year’s freshman
class has the highest average enter
ing SAT score of any entering
freshman class in the college’s recent
history; and there are more students
in this freshman class that have in
dicated an interest in taking majors
in the sciences, mathematics,
languages, teacher education and
engineering than at any time in re
cent years."
Dr. Robinson also referred to the
improvement in campus facilities:
the newly-renovated Penick Hall of
Science, “which is one of the finest,
best-equipped facilities to be found on
the campus of any college with
similar demographic characteristics
(See CONVOCATION. P. 2)
Straight Razor
MAN SLASHED DURING ARGUMENT
Assaulted
On Mall
Downtown
Raleigh Police charged Warren
Fowler, SO, of the 800 block of Esat
Martin Street, with assault with a
deadly weapon, after allegedly
slashing Ron Spencer with a straight
razor during a lunchtime argument
on the Fayetteville Street Mall.
Spencer, of the 100 block of Green
Street, was treated at Wake Medical
Center and released, a hospital
spokesman said. Spencer had at least
three cuts, including a four-inch slash
across his forehead, and lacerations
on his head and back, Officer J.E.
Vinson said.
Fowler was being held in Wake
County Jail on $1,000 bond, according
to court records.
In other news:
According to court records, the
Wake County Department of Social
Services says it has substantiated
cases of child abuse and neglect at
Hilltop Day Care and Nursery School
in Fuquay-Varina, prompting state
officials to order the center to close.
The center, operated by Hilltop
Freewill Baptist Church, remained
open Tuesday, pending a possible ap
peal of the order by church officials.
The department’s finding of neglect
led the state Child Day Care Section,
which monitors and licenses centers,
to issue an order Sept. 27 to close
Hilltop. Its finding on sexual abuse
has been referred to Wake District
Attorney C. Colon Willoughby, Jr.
No criminal charges have been fil
(See CRIME, P. 2)
IMPROVE HOUSING-Mayor ProTem Ralph Campbell
faces the press on housing and the $20 miNon housing
bond issue. Bob Phillips questioned Campbell on improving
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Declining Black Academic Careers
Disturbing Problem In Education
U.S. Colleges and universities
should identify black undergraduate
students with potential for research
careers, beef up minority recruiting
efforts in ail disciplines and address
racism when it is an issue as for
thrightly as possible.
Those are among the suggestions
for reversing the continuing decline
in the number of blacks earning doc
torates and pursuing careers in
academia offered in congressional
testimony recently by Dr. Henry T.
Frierson, associate dean of the
Graduate School and professor of
family medicine at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Excerpts from Dr. Frierson’s
testimony:
The numbers and proportions of
African-Americans gaining Ph.D.s
and entering academe has been con
tinuously declining. This decline is
seen in all fields including education,
particularly educational research.
Given the current decline and coupl
ed with the predominantly white
academic work environments in
which many African-Americans in
educational research and develop
ment find themselves, the situation of
black faculty in education can be best
described as a predicament. This
situation warrants considerable con
cern by those who are concerned
about the common good for American
Ghana Remains
Charming Bond
For Visitors
BY DORIS LARYEA
Special To The CAROLINIAN
This week, we continue with Part II
of a series on Ghana by Dr. Laryea, a
professor at North Carolina State
University.
The Republic of Ghana is a fairly
average-sized West African country,
just 82,100 square miles, approx
imately the size of Illinois and In
diana combined, and about 200 miles
wide and 600 miles long located in the
part of the great western bulge of
Africa just below the vast Sahara
Desert in the center of the countries
along the Gulf of Guinea.
Its capital is Accra (pronounced
Ah-KRAH, accent on the last
syllable), which is 3,300 miles direct
ly south of London and 3,300 miles
directly east of French Guinea, on the
north edge of South America. This
places it in the Tropical Zone, just
north of the Equator.
The country is bordered by three
West African countries: on the east
by the Republic of Togo, on the west
by the Republic of Cote DTvoire or
Ivory Coast, and on the north by the
(See AFRICA. P. 2)
education and who wish to ensure
that equity is advanced at all levels.
This situation, or more accurately,
predicament, needs to be addressed
forthrightly if significant inroads are
to be made to increase the numbers of
black faculty.
By the year 2000, minority groups
will represent a majority of elemen
tary and secondary schools’ student
populations in more than 50 major
cities. These students will undoubted
ly be the subject of numerous (and
possibly the majority of) future
research studies. Thus, the need for
more individuals in educational
research and development who are
sensitive to the needs of ethnic
minorities and the disadvantaged is
clearly urgent. Moreover, with the
projected need for individuals involv
ed in educational research and
development are needed who are not
only sensitive to the needs of
minorities and the disadvantaged but
who are sincerely concerned with
those groups’ educational and social
situations.
(See EDUCATION, P. 2)
BROWN
Ron Brown,
Democratst,
Gantt Meet
Bringing with him a theme, “Mak
ing a Difference in America,”
Democratic National Chairman Ron
Brown came to North Carolina for
two days last week to help boost
Democratic candidates’ chances in
November, encourage efforts of
workers across the state and help
raise money.
Brown started his two-day stay in
the Tar Heel state in Raleigh on Sept.
21, by talking to state Democratic
Party officials and staffers at the
Goodwin House, the home of the state
party.
A reception and rally in Clinton
with party leadership and elected of
ficials in the Third Congressional
District was held the following after
noon, followed by an address to the
Third Congressional District Minori
ty Council in Sampson County.
Speaking to a full house at the
Sampson County Agri-Civic Center,
where Brown was introduced by
Third District Rep. Martin Lan
caster, Brown told an enthusiastic
and mixed audience that most of the
good things that have happened in
America over the past 40 years have
happened only because of dedicated
Democratic leadership.
“We offer America a different set
of values. A different set of priorities,
and we are beginning to bring about
that kind of change again,” said
Brown.
(See RON BROWN, P. 2)
Two Germanys /
Unite, Starting
New World Era
BY DR. ALBERT JABS
An Analyte
German unification is a symbol of
hope for the world. All-German elec
tions set for Dec. 3, the first time
since 1933, provides a lesson in hope,
reconciliation, and vision.
No nation on earth has been so
categorized, caricatured or has been
at the storm-center of so much of 20th
century history. At the beginning of
this century and at the end of this
millenium the German question is
still the center of debate and discus
sion.
For the past four and a half
decades, West Germany has been a
model of an effective market
economy, a modern state of efficient
social organizations, and a leadership
blessed with excellent political
(See TWO GERMANYS, P.2)