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New Drug Campaign Unveiled HH8 Secretary Louis W. Sullivan has announced a national madia campaign aimed at dispel ling misconception* about alcohol and other drug use among African American youth and at reinforcing the strengths and positive activi ties among these youths. Secretary Sullivan unveiled the campaign at an assembly of stu dents and teachers at Fletcher Johnson Education Center in Washington, D.C. Ho was Joined at the event by Mayor Maynard Jack eon of Atlanta. Atlanta and the District of Co lumbia are two of the 14 target cit ies of the campaign. The others are New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Mem phis, Houston, Philadelphia, Ra leigh, Durham, and Detroit. Titled “By Our Own Hands,” the education campaign has been in development by community groups from these urban areas for many months, in partnership with HHS’ Office for Substance Abuse Pre vention. This partnership' rein forces the prevention objectives in the President’s National Drug Control strategy by promoting positive messages to the inner city youth who are at high risk for drug use. “Even before the recent distur bances in Loe Angeles and many other cities across the United States, wo recognised that the time has come to put an and to the misconceptions about the extent of drug use among black youth,” Sec retary Sullivan said. "Our studies show that contrary to many mis conceptions, these youngsters are (See DRUO, P.16) r wmmmm_sm_-i LAWRENCE A UGBTNER JL. Ughtner Dies Here Lawrence Allen Lightner wii born Dec. 90,1968 in Ra leigh, the eon of Clarence E. and Marguerite M. Lightner. Hia formal education waa re ceived in the elementary and aeoondary aohoola of Raleigh. Higher ednoation came from North Carolina Central University in Durham and the University of Minnesota at Minneapo lis, where ha received a BA degree in mortuary science. (Sea LIGHTNER, P. 16) I;' warn Ml MM|II Mr 2Z7 arror-traa posul days Mch csrrMr dsMvsrsd canfars tan M RaMtgh. Far 30 Hum l.tll pMcas at Mi DtnaarfAwards Caranuny MM at *w. W. Kanr Scott Budding it aMlwr Centos, a at W.I. EaMa t*h kM, raadortng “Winds tamtl My Wtaf*.” j a ataaiai ovation, AnUor MM Tha CAROUMAN aha tings with Mb school and MarlM Strati Baptist Chared Chairs sad aspires M theatrics with tha continuing Mvt at har parents, Mu and Ois Cealna. (Photo by Janus Gilts) Despite New Unit, RHA Needs Land | Strike up yet another accom pliehment for the Raleigh Housing Authority as it recently dedicated ite newest community, Berkshire Village. Twenty duplex buildings on 20 lots were dedicated at 11 p.m. on May 8. The three-bedroom apart ments of brick veneer are not only spacious, but are accommodating as well with two apartments set aside for the physically handi capped and one for the visually and hearing impaired. But even with the new Berk shire Village community, the RHA | finds itself wondering if the glass I is half full or half empty. The (faster the RHA finds affordable housing for people, the faster they find out just how many more people need homes. Berkshire Community RHA Executive Director Floyd Carter realises that there are 18,000 families in Wake County alone that are in need of affordable housing. “We have people in this commu nity who are without housing, who are living with relatives or are be tween housing,” said Carter. "We also have a significant portion of our population who are older, who are paying not just 30 percent, but 50 percent and more of their in come on housing. These are people who are having to make choices on whether they’re going to purchase medicine, pay their rent bill or buy food. These kinds of hard choices are being made in this community every day." According to tho RHA* director of development, Rodney Lorbecher, the number of dwelling unite administered by the RHA now stands at 4,246. While the number of affordable housing units in Raleigh is less than the number of affordable housing unite that are needed, attempts have been made in the past and present to satisfy, to the extent possible, the real need of the dti sens of Raleigh. Lorbecher said that the RHA has more than 6,400 applicants for assisted housing, which is a sure indication that ef forts at procurement of additional sites for housing units with early construction must be made. Speaking of possible sites for procurement, it is important to re alise that tha RHA has gone through a substantial change in its approach -o the selection of sites for public-assisted housing. The RHA utilises a scattered-site concept, which means that units oi public-assisted housing are located in all sections of the Raleigh com munity, as opposed to concentrat ing them in the already jammed downtown area. Units such as Kentwood in Southwest Raleigh, the Oaks in the northern sector, and Stonecrest and Terrace Park to the northwest and northeast, respec tively, provide evidence of the RHA’s intent to provide affordable housing that is located away from the concentrated downtown area. ImK? % m CIVIC PROJECT-The RaMgh Main tho flirts Club si RaMgh with Its Civic Prs)oct at $100. Plcturod Is, Mote AdolaMa Earp prasanted Hon the check to Mr. R. Capps of the Ughtner, a director of the Girls Club and the husband of Mole Marguerite Ughtner. Teens Join Fight Against AIDS To Clarify Untruths About HIV L>o you know someone who is in fected with the AIDS virus or do you know someone who knows someone who is infected? If not, chances are that it will not be long before you do. The number of reported AIDS cases to date in Wake County as well as the number of reported cases in North Carolina are 273 and 2,478, respectively. These numbers are only expected to in crease as time goes on. However, they do not have to. AIDS or acquired immune defi ciency syndrome is a fatal disease caused by a virus, namely HIV. HIV destroys the body’s ability to fight off infections and illnesses, hence its name, human immuno deficiency virus. While AIDS itself does not kill a person, it allows other illnesses and diseases to in vade the body and cause harm and eventually death. AIDS is a very dangerous dis ease which has no cure; neither is there a vaccine. AIDS and HIV in faction may only be diagnosed by a clinician. You cannot look at a per son and determine if they are in fected with HIV. There is a spe cially devised test that is used to determine if a person has been ex posed to the virus. This test is called the HIV antibody test and it can be taken at the Wake County Department of Health. (See AIDS, P. 16) Teachers Unite For Pay Raise, Education Funds Hundreds of NCAE members from counties across the state con verged in Raleigh en masse this week for a frill slate of legislative lobbying activities. On Wednesday, more than 500 NCAE members joined forces in Raleigh for a noon rally in the Mu sic Building at Peace College. The members who came to Raleigh but who felt the pinch of the salary freeze and other budget cuts sent money. That money will be used to help elect friends of education in November. “On the first frill day of the 1992 legislative session, every member of the General Assembly will know what we want," said NCAE presi dent Rose Marie Lowry. “We want the raise that we were promised and the raise that we deserve.” Educators wore buttons, badges and balloons with the theme, “High Expectations in '92." At the rally, NCAE President Lowry out lined the association’s expectations for the 1992 Legislature. “We expect legislators to deliver on their promises to the children ol this state and the educators who serve them,” added Lowry. “W« are going to hold them to theii commitment to salaries' and th< Basic Education Program.” Hie teachers also oppose another proposal by Gov. Jim Martin to scrap next year's $28.0 million installment Addressing the crowd were House Speaker Dan Blue, Senate President Pro Tem Henson Barnos, and Stato Superintendent Bob Etheridge. Former Gov. Jim Hunt and Rep. Dennie Wicker also delivered commente. Before the rally, Lowry said she hoped all 170 members of the Gen eral Assembly would attend to hear what their constituents had to say. "Lawmakers have a respon sibility to listen to the people they represent, and find out how they have suffered due to the salary freeze and other education cuts,” Lowry stated. All legislators were invited to the rally. Educators arrived by the busload at the Music Building at Peace College at noon Wednesday. After the rally, they group left at 1:30 p.m. and walked to the Legis lative Building together to con tinue their lobbying efforts. UNC Education System Report Hits Undergraduate Program North Carolina’s public univer sity system does not provide un dergraduate students with the quality of liberal education they need and deserve, says a new policy report published by the John Locke Foundation. Charles J. Sykes, author of ProfScam: Professors And the De mise of Higher Education and other books on colleges and univer sities, studied the University of North Carolina system for the Locke Foundation and found great potential but also profound prob Top Teens Host Annual Talent Show Top Teens qf America and Top Ladies of Distinction hosted their third annual Talent Show at Enloe High School on May 23. The show was held in the Enloe East Gym and the students who attended are to be commended for their deco rum. The judges had an extremely difficult time choosing the winners because the quality of talent dis played was outstanding. The prize ftmd range had to be expanded so that monetary awards were given for first through fifth place and gift certificates were given for hon orable mention. The winners were: first place, $50, Robin Walker, who sang “One Moment in Time." He tied with Monica Cloud, who recited a mono logue, “Still I Rise.” Second place of $36 went to Jamelia Baylor, who sang "Don’t Cry for Me.” Third place, $26, went to the grotty dark Essence, composed of Nikale Dunn, Clarice Gerald, In dia Williams, and Kim Hines. There was a tie for fourth place between Mitch Butler, who per formed a jazz trombone solo, and the group Higher Level, exposed of Vaster Walker, Jr., Lee Morgan, E.J. Holloway, J.C. Mon Tony Richardson, and David Mallntte. III. They received $20. (Seo TUP TEENS, P. 18) lems in the system’s undergradu ate programs. The report, titled A Tradition at Risk: Undergraduate Education at the University of North Carolina, focuses on the programs and intel lectual atmosphere at UNC Chapel Hill, but also analyzes trends and issues at other state campuses such as North Carolina State University, UNC-Greensboro md UNC-Charlotte. The University of North Caro lina, Sykes writes, is "eminently •alvageable.” “It is one of the few itete universities in the country ;hat can legitimately aspire to be a Public Ivy," he continues. “But UNC suffers from a confhsion of pals. Its tradition of outstanding undergraduate teaching and lil>-' sral education is jeopardised by skewed academic priorities, an in creasingly indiscriminate empha sis on research, and a flight from undergraduate teaching.* Sykes reports the results of nu merous interviews with students and faculty members at UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State. Many basic classes are too large, too in (See UNDERGRADUATE, P. 16) Our customers ire our ju and they say we ire the beet Everyone on oui is dedicated to quality drydeamng and Drive Safely Architect Takes On New Venture With /TO Plan vantage of the Individual Transi tion Option program offered to IBM employees. He' is now able to devote all of his professional time to his practice of architecture with his firm J.H. Yongue, Architect, of Durham. Yongue has worked for IBM at Research Triangle Park as staff architect since 1869. He has been an instrumental part of its archi tectural growth from approxi mately 300,000 square feet of building area to its current occu pancy of more than three million square feet of space. IBM Research Triangle Plaik has included a full range of projects: new building construction, lease building fitup, and special struc tures and areas such as lobbies, cafeterias, credit unions, medical centers, libraries, video conferencing centers, educational complexes, manufacturing centers, warehousing complexes, computer laboratories, executive suites, se curity command centers, etc. IBs efforts helped establish the site’s Interior Daidgn Master Flan (See ARCHITECT, P.18) Let Our iiptrtt Knp YnrCir In T«p Shapai BRAKE REPAIR DRl'MS & ROTOR:! Tl'RXKD TUNE I PS BATTERIES • TIRES COMPUTER BALANCED^ OFFICIAL Licensed Inspection Station! Crodit Cords Monorod TEXACO—EXXON—MASTERCARD—VISA AMERICAN EXPRESS—DISCOVERY DUNN'S TIXACO SIRVICSNTIO Sso Us For Compioto Caro Caro!" eas-sess
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