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RALEIGH, N.C., . THURSDAY, / DECEMBER 13,1900' VOL. 49."NO.«. u 'R’c-'-i aO'^ .ucCOPY OK* IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 South African Resistance Musical Against Apartheid Comes To UNC Page 20 Rural Communities Asked To Shoulder Doctor Shortage Burden Page 7 NCCU Program Reprieved Nursing School Given Two Yrs. To‘Shape Up’ C.D. Spangler, president of the University of North Carolina system, proposed in April to close the nursing program at North Carolina Central University In Durham because of low enrollment and low scons on the state's licensing exam. Recently, a University of North Carolina Board of Governors sub committee decided the nursing pro gram should be given two years to shape up, rather than dose. This rseommendation will be weighed by the full bosrd in January. The subcommittee’! plana call for the nursing program, which received (700,000 in atate money laat year, to meet apeciflc enrollment and gradua tion goals by IBM or face the conse quences of termination In IMS. Spangler’s Idea to replace the NCCU nursing program with a new one to be shared by Fayetteville State University and Pembroke State University met opposition from various communities and faculty members. It was questioned whether the [dan meant the system would re tain a nursing program of predominantly minority students. The chance for the program to im prove has been reviwed by leaders and NCCU alumni as a step in the right direction. The school must graduate at least 12s students in 1991-92, and in the fall of 1902, it must have at least 128 students enrolled. Although the requirements are strict, the nursing program supporters say they will be met. NCCU Chancellor Tyronza R. Rich mond said the university, alumni and community leaden had been heard. It was mostly the community’s response that swayed the subcommit tee’s decision, according to chairman Reginald F. McCoy. He said it was the support of alumni, students, trustees and community involved to help NCCU solve their problems. Spangler said ho hopkl the panel’s recommendation would lead to a bet ter perforamnce at NCCU and that if the standards were met In the next two yean it would be beneficial to the university. Marion Gooding, head of the NCCU program, haa atated that the lack of a graduate school was one of the things holding her program back. She said it would be hard to rebuild the pro gram's image. However, the report also recommends that the UNC system wait until 1998 to consider a graduate program in nursing or a separate professional school on the campus. Dr. Gooding also pointed out that black students In predominantly white nursing programs have not fared any better than NCCU graduate* on mining board exam*. Black nuraee fought and won their battle to practice their profession during America's wan, and have long been Important role models in their communities. Even at the close of World War I, the corps was temporarily Integrated to handle a terrible influensa epidemic. In 1945, black nurses successfully ended the armed forcee' segregation policy. N. C. Democratic Head Everett Want Returns Party To The People BV CASH MICHAELS Contributing Writer The 1B88 elections: Bush beats Dukakis for president, and James Martin becomes the first Republican governor in North Carolina history to ever win rs-eiection. In the after math, the North Carolina Democratic Party was perceived to be in com plete disarray. The defeats, both statewide and nationally, were de moralizing. Republican registration shot up dramatically, as had Demo cratic support for GOP candidates. To add insult to injury, Democratic fundraising had dropped drastically, ultimately saddling the party with ap proximately $350,000 in debt by February 1980. Having both a massive debt and defection in the voter ranks was cer tainly no way to prepare for what was clearly going to be an expensive and bruising battle to unseat three-term Republican incumbent Jesse Helms from the U.S. Senate in IBM. And pro minent Democrats who were con sidered likely candidates weren’t ex actly lining up for the privilege. Disorganized, demoralized and despite public pronouncements to the contrary, the future of the N.C. Democratic Party looked dim. But now, two years later, even in the aftermath of a heartfelt loss to Sen. Helms a month ago, the state Democratic Party is showing definitive signs of strength and com eback power. Fundraising has im proved, so much so that not only have previous debts been paid, but for the first time in state Democratic history, the party has come out of a major campaign in the black, enough to provide a strong financial base to begin preparations for the 1992 elec tions. Party organization is better, stronger and more effective, 'olunteers during the 1990 primaries and elections numbered in the Jiousands statewide, accounting for he largest field staff working the ounties and congressional districts in the history of the party. As a result, the state Legislature (See EVERETT WARD, P. 2) Blue Tells Plans As N.C.’s House Speaker BY DANIEL A. YOUNG, 8R. Contributing Writer Acknowledlng hi* win as the new Democratic House speaker, suc ceeding Joe L. Mavretic, and in troducing the first woman speaker pro tempore, state Rep. Marie Col ton, Daniel T. Blue, 41, a five-term legislator and Raleigh attorney, told the 79 Democrats attending a recent caucus luncheon, “We must stick together in the coming meeting of each legislative assembly session... This will be an all-inclusive session... there will be debates, and even some fights,” he said. “When we adjourn on Jan. 30 (opening day of the lawmaking body), I want us to feel warmly about each other and our efforts.” Soon to be North Carolina’s first black House speaker, Blue told reporters, “Outside of highway fun ding, education, which consumes __________________ 66-67 percent of our tax dollars, has to be one of the key things we talk about. “I want you to examine the record. I want you to go back and look at the budget established by the House,” said Blue. "Especially the House, because I was serving in the House. Look at the budget that has been adopted by the House for education and you will And that generally those budgets, that were drawn up, were drawn up by Republicans as well as Democrats and I find the statement that Democrats are throwing money at education Inaccurate. "We need to prioritize our spending in the educational budget. Gov. Mar tin has stated that he would try to ‘identify’ some additional revenue. I will wait for the governor’s recom mendation; however, even if I were not in favor it it, it is something that (See DAN BLUE, P. 2) Black Mates Often Victims U.S. Homicide Rate Spirals Re ason For Increase A Question ATLANTA, Ga. (AP)-Homicide among young black males is an American tragedy that's getting worse—rapidly—according to federal health officials. In 1988,2,741 black males from 15 to 24 were slain in homicides in the United States, CDC epidemiologist Dr. Robert Froehlke said. The killings, based on preliminary figures, would translate to a homicide rate of 101.1 for every 100,000 black males 15-94, up 87 percent from the 1984 rate of 60.6. While homicides decreased among young black men in the early 1980s, the rate has skyrocketed since, the CDC said in a new report. Rates for females and white malt* jf that age "have either stayeausen- * tially the same, or in fact decreased a little bit," Froehlke said. "The disparity between black males and other groups has widened even more.” In 1987, the latest year for complete statistics, the homicide rate for young black males was 84.6, some six times higher than the rate for all Americans 15-24, which was 13.8. Overall, the nationwide homicide rate in 1987 was 8.5 Homicides accounted for 42 percent (See BLACK HOMICIDE, P. 2) iroughout tho 10 planning district* of tho elty than m18 osooraohlcaHv lacatad CACt. which an naaanalhla far mrtawino lituat ^™ yp^aaFupn aaguaa^an^aaa w aaaap^aa^aaa ao^TinF^ap ^waaaaaaa piaa aapwyaaaaa^aan^v^a aaaa aapwa^u^naaaaa awvUwCf plant, or futon devolopmonta In thwfr nalghborhooda. Ptcturad: (U.) WHNma WIMarna, RaMgh Hooting Authority FMd Dkroctor; dltcuttlng community dovolopmont plant with Maiorlo WHNami of tho NOrth Central Community CHIzon Advlaory Council chalnd by John Stpkoa. It it Important that cltlzoni toko an actlwo roia In community planning, ar they wM have to Iva with Hanning Dapartmant dovalopmanta. (Photo by Jamoa OMos) >11 BY DR. ALBERT JABS Ai Analysis "You are what you eat” ha? always been true. With sedentary lifestyles, TV watching, junk food availability, our nation would rapidly descend into a land of couch potatoes. A recent report by the Citizens Commission on School Nutrition recommended large-scale reforms m i JUMP and increased federal funding to pro vide the 24 million school children with more nutritious meals. Cardiologists and other leaders on the commission stated that lun chrooms should serve less fat and more fiber. With so many working mothers, the school lunch is more im portant than ever and parents should insist that soft drinks and candy be removed from school buildings. Parents should understand that there is a correlation between school performance and a good lunch of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes. Children and young people already eat and consume too much salt, sugar and saturated fat. In fact, schools should incorporate support, the schools would probably see a spurt in academic and school performance. The long-range results would also show in terms of greater economic productivity, lees drug addiction, greater social discipline and a more satisfying quality of life. The importance of a good diet in the home and in the school cannot be stressed enough. Good mental habits, emotional staying power, and physical resistance to subsequent disease are laid in the foundations of home and school. The tragedy of adolescent AIDS in New York City is not going to be met by the distribution of condoms to Hie high schoolers. Hie AIDS tragedy In fact schools should incorporate good health habits in mental, emotional and physical processes with signs of growing negaholicism or addiction to negativity, and statistics, which show/out of three women battling depression and/out of eight men suffering chemical depression, it behooves the school systems of America to teach both good eating habits and thinking patterns. good health habits in mental, emo tional and physical processes with signs of growing negaholism or addic tion to negativity, and statistics which show one out of three women battling depression and one out of eight men suffering chemical depres sion. It behooves the school systems of America to teach both food eating habits sod thinking patterns. If all of tte above were done, with copious fMHPTof affirmatives and 1 represente a failure of uunceUor Joseph Fernandes, the school system of New York City, and the society in failing to inculate sound morals, habits, and thinking; tigs is the crux of the AIDS crisis—a spiritual deformity. By emnhasizina test scons ami neglecting the weightier matters of healthful living, the educational t aeeliUOD HABlid, P. 2) Crabtree Valley Mall Changing BY CASH MICHAELS CoatriMlag Writer In the woke of a year-old controver ay centered around alleged racial bias, Crabtree Valley Mall manage ment has agreed to hire more African-American security person nel, provide better cultural and pro cedural training for its security, and create a youth task force to review mall security policies and pro cedures. While community leaders hail this as a start, they say much more needs to be done. Dr. Alan Cooper, chairman of the Crabtree Task Force, a subcommit tee of the Raleigh Human Resources and Human Relations Advisory Com mission assigned to resolve tensions between the mail and Raleigh’s African-American community, reported Tuesday that a series of meetings has begun with John B. Grimaldi, executive vice president and manager of the mall, and that some progress has been made. Con troversy erupted last year when members of Raleigh’s African American community charged mall officials with racial Mas, charges that ultimately led to a boycott of the mall primarily by Made teenagers. One of those complaints concerned alleged harassment by white security officers of African-American teenagers. Several community organisations, led by the Concerned Citizens for Educational Equity and the Raleigh-Apex Branch of the NAACP, have criticized mall management for alleged double stan dards In the treatment of white teenagers versus the treatment of blacks. Dr. Cooper says Crabtree has accepted the recommendation of im proving its security force by promis ing to: (See CRABTREE MALL, V. 2) RIEFS JAMAICAN NARCOTICS NEW YORK. N.Y.—Hundreds' of federal and local agents dismantled an "absolutely viciouls” gun-running, murder ing Jamaican narcotics ring- In overnight raids In New York and Texas, the FBI said recently. James M. Fox, head of the FBI New York office, estimated that the gang took In more than ftoo million In the past five years and carried out at least 10 murders on orders of Its leader, Eric Vassell. NORIEGA PROBE MIAMI, Fla.—An investigation into the leak of Manuel A. Noriega's taped prison conversa tions has focused on an individual assisting the Drug Enforcement Administration, a federal source said recently. In darumeuts released recent ly. praaocutars said ltt tapes had been subpoenaed by the DEA in its Investigation of drug trafficking charges against the deposed Panamanian leader. BUIE WINSDEMOCRATS’ backing state tain to become the first black of the House In North i, in (Ser NEWS BRIEFS, pTaT
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