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Honoring The Rev Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr

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2000 Census'Missed Some " fullest advantage, " said Clay, ing up with people who did not _cate people to the proper neigh-
1 Million Black, Latino D-Mo. The newly released data return a. form encounter more "_ borhoods because the formula is
Children was based on bureau research difficulty getting into locked city _ less accurate on the local level.
: done through March 2001. apartment buildings, where "_"Any estimates of population or Id
Washington (AP)...... Preston Jay Waite, an associate © more minorities tend to live. funding will be useless and as '
Black and Hispanic children, census director, said more study People who live in apartments _ fatally flawed as the numbers are
particularly those in'urban areas, done since then shows the tend also to be younger, have themselves," said Rep. Dave
make up a disproportionately national net undercount may young children and move more _ Weldon, R-Fla., chairman of the
high percentage: oofthe: 1.1 been reduced to less than one- often. ~ "- Rural households get House Government T Reform
million kids-missed bythe 2000 tenth of 1%. Waite said they missed because it may be diffi- Committee's cénsus _ panel.
census, according to! newly re- have not completed their addi- cult to find the home. Some Nearly 29% of the children
leased government-estimates, . tional research, though it may be | undocumented immigrants may missed were black, a dispropor-
Those children aecount for about " released in the future. choose not to fill out their form, __tionately high figure since blacks
half the undercount, but made up "The fact that the census was so _ "- even, though the census does not make up only 15% of all kids.
only about one-third of all US accurate and the adjusted data ask about legal status. ___, Hispanics were about 20% of
children. Los Angeles County had serious flaws " make the | People who are counted twice the child undercount, slightly
and Cook County, Ill, which adjusted data useless, Waite said. include college students and higher than the 17% of the
includes Chicago, were among "We envision no official use of people with two homes. overall child population that
the places with..the highest _ this file." Democrats, big-city politicians they constitute.
minority undercounts of children The government takes a census and civil rights groups have Nationally, about 45% of those
and adults. Sparesly populated every 10 years. The bureau charged that many communities children missed were white, less
rural counties across the West sends census takers and ques- are being shortchanged govern- . than their 60% share the total \
and Midwest also had some of _ tionnaires to every U.S. house- mént funding because of large o population of children. There
the highest rates of people holds, though not every one numbers of their residents were was also a slight overcount of
missed. responds. missed in the original count. Asian children. State and local
_ The data, released by the Census The bureau tabulates the results ° Larry Jones, assistant executive lawmakers may---if their laws
Bureau under T court order, and sends them to federal social director of the US Conference of _allow----use the adjusted data to
showed that about 3.3 million service agencies, which usethem Mayors, had not seen all the data redraw municipal political dis-
people were missed nationwide, to determine how to allocate but said he was not surprised _ tricts or to reallocate billions in
or about 1.2% of the entire billions of federal dollars to each that urban areas had the biggest _ government dollars controlled by
population. state for Medicaid, foster care undercounts. "We will see if states for things such as school
California, the most populous and other social service pro- this is a valid, good assessment construction and social services.
state, had the largest "under- grams. " of the undercount and take into The Census Bureau in March
count", 509,012, while Alaska The census also redllocates U.S. . account what the bureau said 2001 estimated there was a net
had the highest percentage of House seats based on population about its flaws. ? Jones said. undercount of about 1.2% of the
people missed, 2.4%. or 15,136 changes. After the 2000 count, © Opponents of adjusted data, total population. It oalso said
residents, . Rep. William Lacy the Census Bureau used mathe- | mainly Republicans, have said then that undercounts were more
Clay, who supported the data matical formulas to estimate the complicated statistical meth- prevalent among _ blacks,
release, said Americans "deserve how people were missed, a ods used'to determine the under- "_ Hispanics, Native American and
to have the most accurate census population termed the "under- count would add more error into Pacific Islanders, than among
data available." count". A 1999 US Supreme a census that the bureau deemed _ whites and Asians.
"It was unfortunate that we had Court ruling bars the use of to have one of the lowest
fight. -80.. he et this Jhcee adiusted ibers.fr reap- national undercount rates ee ener cer ee oll

, adjustment counts may fot allo-

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I came to see for the first time that |
the Christian doctrine of love, op-
erating through the Gandhian
method of nonviolence, is oné of
the most potent weapons avail-
able to an oppressed people in

their struggle for freedom.
Martin Luther King Jr, |

The Pitt County Chapter of the SCLC will be hosting its annual
celebration honoring the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. , Sunday, January 19, 2003 and Monday January
20, 2003 at Philippi Church of Christ , 1610 Farmville Bivd.,
Greenville, NC. The celebration will begin with the Theme
-Address on Sunday at 6 pm and conclude on Monday with a Peace
March/Rally at 10 am, the Youth Talent Showcases at 1 pm, and
| the MLK Feast at 4 pm. Youths do not need to pre-register for the
Talent Showcase, just come prepared to perform. All events are
free and open to the public. For more information contact the Pitt
County Chapter of the SCLC at 905 Cherry Street, Greenville or
call them at 252.757,1599.

ECU Plans Events to Recognize Work of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A civil rights activist who led sit-ins at a lunch counter in a
Greensboro department store in 1960 will be among the speakers
participating in programs at ECU on Jan. 15 & 20 to
recognize the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Franklin E. McCain of Charlotte was among the original four
black students from North Carolina A & T College who were
refused service at a Woolworth's department store lunch counter on -
Feb. 1, 1960. The store's lunch counter provided food service only
to white customers and not to blacks.

McCain, a retired textile chemist, will discuss his experiences
with civil rights on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 7 pm, in Mendenhall
Student Center's Hendrix Theatre. The program is free and the
public is invited.

Dr. Lawrence M. Clark will give the second Martin Luther Kin
presentation on Jan. 20 at 7 pm, in the Great Room in Mendenhal
Student Center. Clark is a former associate provost and
mathematics professor at North Carolina State University. He
helped to establish NCSU's West Africa Initiative that promotes
collaborative research and study between NC State and three
universities in Ghana.

Dr. David Dennard, an ECU history professor and the chairman
of the ECU MLK Committee, said the speakers will offer their
perspectives on milestones in civil rights during the 1950's and
60's and on developments that have taken place since.

A candlelight vigil in remembrance of King will be held before.
the Jan. 20 presentation. The vigil will start at 6pm at the top of
College Hill Drive on the ECU campus. Participants will march
rom College Hill to the student center fot the MLK Day address
by Clark, -

The sit-in at the Greensboro department store lunch counter is
considered one of the most important events in civil rights history
because if spawned a national movement that ultimately brought
down segregation in the South . McCain, along with Joseph
MeNeil, David Richmond and Ezell Blair, Jr., were students at NC

A & T and lived in the same residence hall when they defied the
whites-only policy at Woolworth's. Other downtown restaurants in
Greensboro had similar policies. Oo

McCain emerged as the organizer of the demonstration. He
was quoted in the Greensboro News and Record on the first day of
the sit-in as saying, "We like to.spend our money here, but we | ,
want to spend it at the lunch counter as well as the counter next to
it. ? .

After six months of protests, the store integrated its lunch
_| counter on July 25. The original faded Formica lunch counter and
four '50s -era stools went on display in the Smithsonian in 1995.
ECU holds programs annually in observance of the birthday of

"C.M. Eppes Alumni Gathering......" a
Shown above are members of the C. M. Eppes Alumni; which was
the all black high school here in Greenville, NC. If you can name the..
above members, you could win a CD compliments of WOOW Joy
1340 & YOU MIGHT !! Win a trip to the Bahamas......(ha ha ha).
Staff Photo: J. Rouse

NO RIDERS TODAY

There comes a time when .
people get tired of being -

trampled by the iron ~
feet of oppression.

"Bountiful Christian Gift Shop..Tarboro.." x
__ Shown above is Sister Rogers, who owns the Bountiful Christian
Gift Shop in: Tarboro, North Carolina. Sister Rogers gave the M'Voice '

Newspaper a tour of her lovely Oe, an = can Bet all your gift
ristian Gift Shop is

; _ ; and church supplies. Bountifu :
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street in the dovistown area of Tarboro. -Sister and "
| -| An MLK Observance Committee, the Ledonia Wright Cultural invites all her friends from the community to stop by and visit Th
Center, the Office of Intercultural Student Affairs, the Student ; » iney

have everything from bibles, Gospel CDs, cassettes, and videos,
Staff Photo: J. Rouse

Union Cultural Awareness Committee and the Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity sponsor the progres: .

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| Here Ts hoping the new arena won't

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be another Pyramid or worse

ity and County officials are all
in a dither about whether the
University of Memphis will exit
its agreement to use the Pyra-
~ mid to play its home basketball
games. Members of both the City Council
and the Shelby County Commission have
expressed a commitment to ofight to the
death ? to force the Tigers to continue 'play-
ing there should they attempt to move to the
new FedEx Forum. One can hardly blame
the university for at least giving more than
st passing consideration to abandoning a
never completed ? building with sever.
thousand obad ? seats.

This same City Council and County
Commission oversaw the construction of
this multi-million dollar otax-payer ripoff ?
_ under the direction of Sidney oSchiester ?
Slinker. os . °

But that was nothing really new. We on-
ly have to look at the ill-fated Mud Island,
oSix Flags Over Orange Mound ? (Liberty
Land) and another orip-off ? known as the
Liberty Bowl Expansion (Remember those
otoo expensive ? sky boxes that later cost
appreciably more?). These are but a few
examples of the ineptness of our local offi-
cials T competency in terms of major con-

Black history from an evolutionary

Struction oversight. We also could throw

into the mix the new convention and per-
forming arts center that seemingly began
construction during the Great Depression
and had-cost overruns that exceed the na-
tional debt.

The new FedEx Forum is now the focus |

of these political bunglers. They say too .
much decision making control and over-
sight resides with the Grizzlies organiza-
tion. We, logic tells us they probably know
more about basketball arena construction
than do our elected officials. Michael
Heisley and the other Grizzlies owners
have more millions invested in our basket-
ball team than the costs of all the afore-
mentioned construction projects combined.
It stands to reason then that they have the
most to lose in the event something goes
wrong and thus should have the most say-
SO.
We know there are those who will inject
the logic that it Ts the money of the Mem&_,
phis taxpayers that is paying for the arena.
While that is true, an arena that will be at-
tractive for both local and national basket-
ball fans to attend will pay long-term resid-
ual benefits that will far exceed the expen-
diture we are making for the construction.

perspective is much needed "

- ext month we will conduct the
annual month-long observance
known as African-American
tistory Month. We will talk

about Black inventors and the
great kings of Africa. We will boast that

Alexander Dumas (who penned The Fhree

Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo)

_ Was a man of color. We will talk about the
285,000 Black men who fought brav

._ the Union Army during the Civil War and

the legion of others who have fought in

Subsequent wars in order to preserve Ameri-

ca Ts freedoms. And we will recite a litany of

oAfrican-American Firsts. ?

_ These are all things we should reflect up-

on and celebrate during African-American

History Month. Ever since Carter G. Wood-

son initiated what began as Negro History

Week many, many years ago, Our awareness

of the contributions of African Americans to

this great nation Ts growth and development
own.
vat has lagged, however, is the devel-
opment of a thorough understanding of the
socio-economic evolution of African-Amer-
ican men, women and children in America.
Definitive descriptions relative to the spe-

tive prosperity in American while many
more seem to be in relatively worse eco-
nomic straits than were some of their ances-
tors are not adequately addressed. What ef-
fects are an emerging and clearly visible but
intellectually ignored oclass ? structure with-
in the African-American ocommunity ? hav-
ing on the concept of oBlack unity ??

_, Finally, the question " not to African
miriettens cor fi antAtaeficnas
" continues (albeit sublimely). That ques-
tion of what to do with us remains. This
question has persisted since the passage of
the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitu-
tion ended slavery for millions of people "
of color.

African Americans will need to direct fo-
Cus to that question because the philosophy
remains among some in high places that
African Americans exist in this country for
utilitarian purposes rather than as equal as-
pirants to and recipients of the American
dream of oLife, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness ?.

owledge of African-American accom-
plishments is something about which all
segments of America Ts population should be
made aware. An understanding of our evo-

COMMENTS
| would rather see a sermon
than hear one anyday =

4 (4 Td rather

see a ser-

mon than

eS hear one
any day. I Td rather

one should walk with

me than merely show

the way......For I may
misunderstand you -
and the wise advise
you give, but there Ts
no misunderstanding
how you act or how
you live. ?

I often revisit the words of that poem |
first recited at a Sunday School program
many years ago when I was but a small
child. I now internalize them more and
more each time I discover that the words of
some of our leaders are inconsistent with
their actions.

My most recent reminder of those
words came when I read of some com-
ments reportedly made by the deposed
Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott, con-

Arthur L. Webb

cerning his alleged affiliation with the
. Connell of Conservative Citizens: The or- |

ganization grew out of the racist White
Citizen Ts Council that fought desegrega-
tion of schools, neighborhoods and any-
thing else that suggested the mixing of
races during the 1950s and 1960s. Ac-
cording to the report, Lott wrote that he
could never support a group that deni-

ates people because of their race or re-
ligion. He added, oI grew up in a home
where you didn Tt treat people that way,
and you didn Tt stand with anyone foolish
or cruel enough to do so. ? " that was the
sermon we heard.

Now let Ts take a look at the sermon we
can see. When violence erupted over James
Meridith Ts desegregation of the University
of Mississippi in 1962, some calmer White
voices in Mississippi urged moderation.

the now-defunct Pasagoula Chronicle.
Harkey published editorials opposing mob
violence and Gov. Ross Barnett Ts defiant
Opposition to court-ordered desegregation.

Harkey Ts call for moderation resulted in
the windéws of his newspaper being shot
out. He later received a letter from a White
woman who said that if he didn Tt publish
her letter it would prove oyou are truly an.
intergrationist and I hope you not only get a
hole through your office door but thr
your stupid head. ? The letter was si
Iona W. Lott " Trent Lott Ts mother.

Harkey reportedly told a New York Times
reporter, oI called her, asked if she Td sent it
to me, and she said she certainly had sent it
to me and she meant every word. ?

That situation should provide clear evi-
dence that we should take what political
leaders tell us with a grain of salt. Trent
Lott Ts sermon about the way he grew up
said one thing but the evidential sermon
says something strikingly different.

The focus of our caution regarding ooral
sermons ? should not be limited to White.

southern conservative republicans. It should
extend also to oso-called ? liberal democ-

rats, Black activists and oleaders ? and even
to men and women of the cloth. We can ill
afford to follow blindly the ofeel good ? -
mutterings that have served to enhance the
lives of these officials and leaders but often
mislead and even abused those.who have
placed our socio-economic well-being in
their trust.

We must develop the resolve to closely
examine the records of these individuals
who cater to us for our votes and Support.
While we might enjoy and be titillated by
their ooral sermons ?, we need to closely ex-
amine their oliving sermons ?.

(Webb is a noted journalist and an inter-
nationally recognized scholar and lecturer
on the subject of African American history)

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|| may benefit us

Sen. Lott Ts mistake is proving to be a

. bonus for Black Americans. The history of
| the non-violence on our part, the struggle

for civil So is being reviewed.and sup-
ported widely in debate and in print.

Having the President and a host of other _
support to hard-won civil rights laws is hearten-

ing Sen, Lott rust pay a igh price Sor his mis- |

yet he did us a favor for America Ts past.
The Republicans are embarrassed by Sen.
Lott Ts remarks because he let the cat out of

| the bag, We have known all along that the

zal fia! Lincoln was a haven for the anti-
civil rights racists. They lead the fight
against the affirmative action laws.
oTheir claim that the laws represent re-
verse discrimination is but an attempt to
cover their racist agenda. It has always been
democratic presidents that pushed for the
passage of civil rights. =
_ President Bush has not done anything for
Blacks. during the first half of his term.

The Lott crisis just may help to make it eas-

ier to get the nation Ts support for Reparations.

Hollis Chester

Lewis and Halbert
need to go home

Dear Editor; .

Any public officials who conduct public
business in a manner as do Memphis School
Board members Sarali Lewis and her flunky,

Halbert, are an embarrassment to all
civil-minded citizens of Memphis. Superin-

tendent Johnnie B, Watson is to be admired

for having limited his response to Lewis T
tirades to.a formal letter of complaint.

I hope people don Tt stereotype all Black
women as having no more ocooth, ? self-re-
spect and respect for others than these two

ootchie mamma queens. ?

Bessie Hobson

Lott's comments more oracially
? than reported
Dear Editor;

For Sen. Trent Lott to have said that Mis-
sissippi came out to support Strom Thur-

Mond in 1948 is in itself a more racist state-

ment than many might realize. In 1948 Mis-

sissippi might have been a state with a ma-

jority Black population but with one major.
roblem. For the most part, Blacks did not
ave the simple right to vote.

If anyone would read Ann Moody Ts book
about the Freedom Rider Ts work to get
Blacks out to vote, and the opposition they
encountered from both Black and White in
the early 1960s you know it had to have
been worse back in 1948.

Thurmond was supported by WHITE MIS-
SIPPIANS who did not allow the Black person
per as a whole. Lott should not have

any Mississippi election that took
place during that time because it was a sham
" considerably worse than Florida of 2000,
Hopefully, this will awaken Blacks in

Mississippi. We need to get on the phone
when his next election is here and tell our
friends and relatives in that state to get out

lution and an honest assessment of where
we are and why and how we got where we
are, however, is crucial to the planning for

cific residual effects of slavery, Jim Crow-
ism, segregation and discrimination have
yet to be established. Questions as to why

One such voice was Ira Harkey Jr., editor of

have some African Americans attained rela- our individual and collective futures. D d d San Me. ee i
was
addy was a strong, good, | .22: sissiniecs,
. to vote on that land and help vote him out
os s 28 ; | Save of this letter and others like it and
F religious Biack man! gut nd a aes enn
As we approach the month of benefit to all of Greenville, not just the | . get out and vote, There are enough
January, the birth month of a great man, black community. a i . . Blacks and SNS ee in that
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who gave It is the opinion of many, including by Louis Hop T Kendrick _ him his health and strength and he would tt's last term.
his life attempting to unite all people, this writer, that Mr. Craft is indebted to be able to provide for his family as a Keith Kysel
we need to seek ways that we all can offer an apology to Mrs. Glover, Mrs. businessman. Daddy borrowed $100 and oClass ?
'become united, not continuously di- Council and to the black community for he other day, I was doing that bought a truck. That was the beginning _ Glass
vided his display of apathy and arrogance that which I do on a regular basis _ " of a wrucking business that lasted until clash
Yet as we look at Fifth Street, part is night ee wn listening to talk howe. In ms oner ae
. . ; o . : act, it was the day the U.S. can my father saying, oAll fens ]
sill cae Fugit Street ane pan Ie J at we elty acre eee Supreme Court stated it would thin being equal, you can = lish Det Edin; read a th
tela ill a divi Wee Er ng, JT. Comm T, ial nd th N AACP 2am fon hear the affirmative action case at the anything in life. ? He constantly stressed lained why low clase Blacks fel sae
Drive (still a division). even more Commerce and the in an ettort University of Michigan. the importance of education by sa sen y 1 Jain ex Ml,
disturbing was watching a live Bes to bring harmony, Mr. Craft's actions One of the talk show hosts was on na- oYou can Tt take brain power ewan ? oowe oY P ease explain exactly what
of Greenville City Council on Dec. 12 will only continue a division among tional radio and television. He is getting is. I'm not quite sure.

There were four children. M ) ther

people. Mr. Craft, you should realize died in 1953 only lived to see his oldest

; : vee Gt , I grew up in Memphis Housin Authori-
and ne the insensitivity and flagrant overpaid on this issue because he doesn Tt ty's Hurt Jilla P 8

display of apathy and rudeness on the that no council, but rather each of you have the slightest idea what he Ts talking two grandchildren. But he would be » $0 I know that I was
stl toward Mrs. Rose Glover and is merely acer about. He started off reciting his life eg ramenaienr proud because 10 of his vee of wealthy Blacks. I know of
Mrs. Mildred Council, thus toward the You should adopt a philosophy perience in the civil rights movement so. grandchildren graduated from college . nds meee are working very hard to make
black community, especially coming which says, "If I can help somebody as that the listening audience would not be- _and all six of the great grandchildren Could an out there pl a
from Mr, Ray Craft. I travel along this way, then my living " lieve he was bigoted. He then said it is graduated from college. Dad is smiling this term, olow oclans BI o ae explain
The appropriate action to take was to will not be in vain." So what about ridiculous that the University of Michi- and repeating, oYou can Tt take brain , ac Hanus Hiegi
ask with an attitude of genuine concern, helping all people, sir? VJ gan would give students preference be- power away. He " oe or L iggins
"What can be done to save Weed & caus¢ they are Black. Cause not only have they well fi-
Seed?" as oppos isrespectfi . It is my personal belief that this man un- _nancially, but all remembered the impor- °
sttenigting to a adjourn ai oa See ger fortunately represent the views of a sub- _ tance of giving something back. Publisher's ett om Sate!
et | « . stantial segment of the White community. - Too many Americans remain in denial vealed that people consisvenits
pounsitvomen Ayaie has | sul speak The truth of the matter is Blacks,do not de- that have been the beneficiaries of affir- pay more for and go cy of their way
ing, truly a sire to be given anything they don Tt de- mative action ever since the of to find a local news aimed

serve, but should not be denied an portu-

this nation. They have also deve
nity because they are Black. This talk show

Specifically at their ethnic group,
amnesia about the denials of opportunity °

5 even more attractive to our

|
Vife: } ; host does his listening audience a great dis- for Blacks, They have forgotten that we is that each biweekly edition
Life is a short walk from the cradle to the grave and it service. He portrays affirmative afte in. were denied a frst class education, ad- of the Minority Voice contains =e

an undeserving and untruthful light by giv- mission to grad school, decent jobs, and commentary of nationally re-

ing the impression that Blacks are seeking
something they have not earned.

The history of this nation is replete .
with examples of Black men and women
who proved they would not accept or ex-

behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.
| - "Alice Childress

loans, voting rights, mortgages and insur-
ance. We held menial jobs in the military °
and at the corporate level there was glue
on the floor and glass on the ceiling.

So when White America and a handful o "

te journalists,
are numerous popular locations

te area where consumers
regularly pick up their copy at no

Annual events & celebrations spon-

ct something for nothing. One was my _of colored Amiericans expouse that
" a icine father, Milton Kendrick Sr My father to Blacks seek something sti because they COMMUNICATT Ns IM | ROUSE
us was the greatest man who ever lived, are Black, its obvious that they choose THE MIN oVOICE
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Pele id believe that gery of Blacks will la Lp i eee positive role models, odence and self " men like my ond Sales ent and experience
den additicoalh bale rcelstnn etl al Spasawa rest and Pitsbursha are me ihn to the daddy, a strong, good, religious Black Successful and cost effective your
. Car : T tsburgh area. In the uring the = man.
advertisements that mirror this region. We endeavor to market those products | |] Great Depression years, he made adeci- | abe
|] that are of concern to the minority community. Since 1981, The Minority Voice | || sion that would impact his family. He (Kendrick is a frequent contributor to today! Youre.
newspaper has been the best print medium to deliver your message into the homes said to my mother that God had given the Commentary ) advertising with
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- January 10 - 17, 2003

D, after you've done all

| you can, you just stand,
| It is

no secret that Jesus is

Gaieicnsuamentt

Apostle George Hawkins

JUST STAND
Greetings:
We are approaching a time in

life where we are looking for
a sign. Consider the teac

| Soon. to come although we
o don't know the day of the

_ and lift

hour of HIS return we know
the time based on the serif
te and all fips to say is,
n these t begin to
oCéme to pass, then look up,
your heads; for
your redemption drawth
nigh. We must not fear
because the Bible says men's

hing earts shall fail them because

ind. whoso readeth the prophecy
; of Daniel, let him understand |

ose tures, should labor to under- | | jm

earch that it is.to have its accom: || __

¢ are plishment now shortly in the |(()
mes desolations of Jerusalem. |/\/i-
id Those that read the serip- | "

stand the scriptures, else | |

_ their reading is to little pur- | |
pose; we cannot use that |
which we do not understand. |°
John 5:39. states T that we |
should "Search the scrip-
tures; for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: . nd they |
are they which testify of me." |
and Acts 8:30 states

If you want to say

| was a drum major, say "
that I was a drum
_ for justice;

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that I |

major

"Understand thou what
thou readest?"

_ The angel that delivered this
prophecy to Daniel, stirred
him up to know and under:
stand,

GASTON MONK

of Jesus in Matthew 24:3-8, " of fear. Rely on the oracles of Dan.9:25. And we must not

cope, and they did what i

/ And as he sat upon the mount
of Olives, the disciples came
unto him privately, saying,
Tell us, when shall these
things be? and what shall be
the sign of thy coming, and of
the end of the world?, And
Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man
deceive you. For many shall
come in:my name, saying, I
am Christ; and shall deceive
many. And ye shall hear of
wars and rumors of wars: see
that ye be not troubled: for
all these things must come to
ss, but the end is not yet.
or nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be
famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places.
All these are the beginning of
sorrows.
In the year of 2003 we are
searching for a sign of the
times and yet we have them
right in front of us. We hear
of wars, we have been in

Im

Faith Moy
ANGELS, DEPRESSION,
AND GIDEON:

During the holiday season,

many people suffer with de- .

pression. Because of this,

thaps this ia excerpt
from oAngeis All Around ?
written by Minister Marilyn

Hickey will uplift your spirits
and renew your strength.
Are angels just for ospecial
people ?? Do you think that
angels minister to other peo-
ple but that they somehow
pass you by? Angels aren't
reserved for the mighty in
ith or for those who are
oholy ? and orighteous. ?
Angels are for anyone in
need! One such person was
Gideon is found in Judges
6-8. Israel was in serious
trouble with a large tribe of

nomads called - the
Midianites. The Israelites
_had deserted God's laws and

-commandments. Because of
their sin, the Israelites were
i heavily. The

o paying
idianites had oppressed

them for seven years-
furiously riding through the
Hebrew villages, burning the
Israelites T crops, and crush-
ing their hopes of peace.
The oppression of the

Midianites became so fierce
and cruel that the Hebrews
were forced to live in caves in
the high rocky hills. Some
dug underground hiding
laces for their food an
amilies.. Because of the
cowardice of the Hebrews,
others such as__ the
Amalekites joined in the for-

_ aging. In the harvesttimes,

the Midianites, Amalekites,
and related tribes would:
come in such vast numbers
that not only to Tsteal but they
also wanted to destroy the
land. The Hebrews were
without sheep, feats and
oxen for th long since
been stolen by the
Mmnagine the depreseion that
. ne the depression

set ae ther Israelites!
The situation looked abso-
lutely hopeless. Finally the
Hebrews came to the place
where they could no longer

and I should do when we

u
nd
ourgelves in the depths of

despair: they cried out to the

FT Wy

|, lives. D

God and He will reveal to
those that are His the thing to

» come and if you are not His

it's time for you to become.
His. Repent and be con- -
verted that your sins may be
blotted out. Accept Jesus
Christ oas your personal
Savior confess with your
mouth and believe in your
heart that Jesus is Lord and
He was crucified, died and
was buried, but He rose up on
the third day and now He sits
at the right hand of the
Father making intercession
for us (Rom _ 10;9-10).
Because in this coming year I
don't see you making it with-
out a relationship with Jesus
Christ, who is the hope of
glory. .
Let us study and understand
the prophecy of Daniel, which
is commonly dark and diffi-

cult to understand, Christ it is too late. :

inserts this message, " Whoso
readeth, let him understand;

1)

Repent! Depression is a sin;
yes, a sin. en were
depressed, what were really
saying is that God is no
longer in: control of our lives

_or the events that impact our -

| sion is thetoad

of - tf an $8 4 ; ih Our . firme tee.
; hearts,, ?"There pind Cod

Notice antidote for depres- .

to athe

sion that the praphet admin-

* istered; he said in so many~
~ words, oRemember God's re-

ality in your past. ? For the

Israelites, the Lord's reality}
was seen I the way they were II}

delivered from t, deliv-
ered: from the tians,
brought into the Promised

Land, and their triumph over

look at God's goodness in
the past, and you'll find your
faith restored.

Repentance brings in the
Peers of the Lord. After
srael repented, the Lord sent
an angel to change their

. popsless situation: (Judges
Normally we think that God
sends His angels to those
who are ospiritual. ? Isn't that
right? Haven't you thought,
Tlf never get any help from
an angel; that's for other
ple. ? Wrong! Angels are
or everyone in the household
of faith, and that means you
if you're a Christian.
ideon was the least likely
candidate for. an angelic
visit-if we were to judge on
the basis of ospirituality. ?
Every time Gideon opened
his mouth, out popped such
words of inferiority that it was
obvious to sée why Gideon
had an angel assigned to
him-this guy needed help

The name Gideon means

owarrior. ? When we first
read about Gideon, he was
not living up to his name. He

was iding from the]
Midianites and secretly
threshing barley. -It must

have been very shocking for
Gideon to look up to see an
angel sitting under an oak
tree. T Angels always appear
so calm, and isn't that just
what T we need when were
depressed and worried?
Angels look at those they
minister to through the eyes
of God's Word. In other
words, angels see us with a
oom ae caine was
anything but a omighty man
of valor ?

en we're depressed, our
reasoning goes out the win-
dow! God had not delivered.
the Israelites into the hands
of the Midianites; the.
Israelites, by their own dis-
obedience to
had delivered themselves

Mer kaye
oar

all their enemies in the new]]
land. If looking at the future}
makes you depressed, then}

God's Word, |]

say that I was a drum
major for peace, I was a
drum major for

ve up of understanding
even dark prophecies; the
great New Testament proph-
ecy is called a revelation, not
a secret. Now things re-

vealed belong to .us, and
therefore must be humbly and
diligently searched into. Or,

righteousness ......... CALVIN HENDERSON

let us understand, not only
the scriptures which speak of
those things, but by the scrip-
tures let us understand the
times, 1 Chr. 12:32 .

I challenge all of my
Christian brothers and sisters
to read and understand the
prophecy of Daniel and the
book of Revelation, This will

help you to know the times in
which we are quickly. ap- | of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls
proaching. I urge you to of those committed to it...............

witness to this dying world
like never before and compel

MLK, Jr
them to come to Christ before

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school programs, elementary and middle schools, and discipline and behavior. The success o

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We feel appropriate dress and a positive climate are suitable directions to reach this goal.
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| For the past two years Pitt County Schools has held a series of Study Circles on topics dealing with high

! and di these study cir-
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_ key stakeholders in our community. Because of that involvement by citizens of Pitt County, the Board of
Education has launched a set of goals that will enable the school system to give all students of Pitt County the

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. Faculty." We believe for students to be
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- Friday, January 17th
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Tour C. M. Eppes (Cultural Center) Nash & Fourth St (2pm)
- oUnvelling of the Greenville-Pitt County African American Website (2pm)
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Ole, T School-Today's School Symppsium, C. M. Eppes MS (10am-2pm)
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*Vendors on site at C. M. Eppes MS, Elm Street (l0am-2pm)
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| *Martin Luther King, Jr. "Community nity " Breakfast, (8am-10am
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Jamuary 2, 2003 "

NAACP PRESIDENT MESSAGE

My goals as president of Pitt C ounty Branch NAACP for the next two years is to see
that the flames of freedom burn even brighter by ever remaining focus on the goals
that are before us. Yes, the strugple does continue and sometimes it seem that we have 5
just began to fight. We ended 2002 with some successes and have enter 2003 facing
greater challenges. We must strive to make our organization more effective by making
Sure our voices are heared by Sharpening our focus on social injustices.

We must emerge in 2003 with a heighten concentration on Sighting the disease of
racism instead of merely addressing symptoms. Despite significant advances bigotr,
and racism continue to limit life chances Sor African Americans, especially many of
our youth. Thereby casting a shadow over their future.

We must increase our oversight of pubic and private sector services, employment,

_and spending, guaranteering people of color their fair share. In health care, education,
the justice system, business and labor, we intend to continue as guardian of right und
enemies of wrong.

We will increase our efforts at coalition building. Just as we demand fair
representation from public officials, we must insist on it in our own ranks. We can no
longer draw our membership and leadership only from a single ch urch, or fraternity or
lodge, neglecting and rejecting those who skills, talents and energies could make a
strong NAACP even stronger. NAACP is not about one or two people, It is about
people working together ta fight for social justice. In the NAACP we beleive that

_ Colored people come in all colors; there is no barriers to membership and participation
in our organization. All who share our values are welcome and are needed.

| will challenge you as members and supporter of NAACP to let us work even
harder than before to see that all eligible citizens are register and most important that
they are educated to the point that they will race to vote as if their very life depended
on it. | will proudly for the next two. years remain focus on the NAACP ninety year old
goals of Voter Registration, Anti-Discrimination, Economic Empowerment and Youth
Development.

In coming months we will be mounting aggressive efforts tv encourage all of Pin
County to become partners with the nation oldest, largest, strongest and most effective
Civil Right organization. Our prolonged agitation Sor peaceful change has been felt in T
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progress. "The Struggle Continues",

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HAITIAN REFUGEES
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Into the water they jumped
as the world watched.
Abandoning their badly over-
loaded boat, 225 desperate
Haitians splashed 20 oyards
toward shore and swarmied
onto the teeming causeway
near Key Biscayne, Florida.
Men tried to hop into pickup
trucks fora .
ride to the shining buildings

of Miami, just a mile. away,

Women blew kisses to gapin
joggers. Dripping-wet chil-
n, some. wearing their

Sunday best, clutched: teddy

or other precious toys.
Braving death, they: had all
crossed the sea_to escape T
Haiti, the poorest nation in

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the Western Hemisphere.
And instead of being

welcomed, they T were lock
up. The peat display of
umanity in Floric ns png
this coi shameful dou-
ble standard on immigration:

The Bus administration, wor- :

tied that Haiti's implodin
economy will flood us with
eed ae ae
gees, order yec

all such gote-crashers _be
jailed and sent back. Had
they been Cuban, they would
have automatically " gotten
political asylum. Haitians,
unfortunately, don't live in a
communist dictatorship, but
a United States-engineered
odemocracy ? where 80 per.
cent of the population lives
on less than a dollar a day.
Apparently, othis kind of per-
secution doesn't count ?.

_ Some feel that President
Bush should not be blamed
for Haiti's problem but feel
the blame should be put on
the Congressional Black
Caucus and others who
urged former President Bill
Clinton to restore President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide to
power in 1994. Aristide Ts
tenure has been a political
and economic disaster, rife
with human-rights abuses;

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corruption, and shrinking life
In response, Bush has

wisely. blocked $500 million
oin. loans. and

Aristide's defenders, notably
the Black Caucus, continue

to praise this tin-pot dictator

while criticizing Bush and his
brother Jeb, Florida's gover-
nor, for their su inhu-
manity toward Haiti. The

timing of the. refugee crisis,

just bei Eléction , is
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etty suspicious. Back in
une, Aristide predicted pre-

cisely this sort of mass exo-
dus

oGov. Bush wouldn't -

wont that in an election
sel he warned. Clearly

istide is using the boat
people to. embarrass the
ush brothers. °

This sad spectacle is swept
up .in an emotional torrent,
but . regardless of what
caused it,.we must face a

brutal truth: The U.S. simply
° ,

can't accept everyone

yearns to:breathe free. The
more we try, the more likely
Mes are to explode = ale
ployment, poverty, an e
other evils these huddled
masses are seeking to es-
cape. To remain a country to
which people want to immi-

grate, we have to balance

charity with wisdom.

' Dr

Chapter President Phillip
these words to live by.......

Higgs believes that Dr.

"I'm concerned about a better world; I'm
about truth. One that is concerned about th
you may murder a murderer
ness; only light can do that...

SCLC Celebrates the Life of
Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luthr King Jr., said it best with

concerned about brotherhood; I'm concerned
violence. Through violence
but you can't establish truth. Darkness cannot put out dark-
-An eye for an eye will eventually leave us all blind."

at can't advocate

Let us not despair. Let us not lose faith i
in God. We must believe that a Brel diced mind can be changed,
od,

and that man, by the grace of
of hate to the nly mountain of love. -
MLK, Jr. . a

Bishop

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Jay-Z always thinking big.
One of the towering names in
hip hop, with seven platinum-
plus albums to his name, he
stands at the center of an empire
that includes Roc-a-Fella
Records and the Rocawear
clothing line ---- a hot young
men's sportwear brand with
sales projected at more than
$300 million in 2002. He and
his team branched out into film,
producing 2000's hip hop docu-
mentary "Backstage" and the
recently opened action flick
"Paid in Full." They even made

a deal to distribute Armadale ,
vodka, a British brand whose 7

promotional material says that
Its strategy is "to be the highest
priced vodka on the market."
So here at rehearsal for
Saturday Night Live, Jay is
launching his new album, The
Blueprint 2: The Gift and the
Curse, with an appearance
that's almost star-studded
enough to make a five-digit
admission price sound reason-
able. He's performing the
record's first single, 03 Bonnie
& Clyde, with Destiny's Child
leader (and his much-rumored

Squeeze) Beyonce T Knowles,
oand Lenny Kravitz and band are

playing behind them.

This blend of hip hop, R&B

and rock exemplifies the crazy-
quilt approach Jay took on the
album, a two-disc extravaganza
full of big-name collaborations
and surprising styles. In addi-
tion to Knowles and Kravitz,
guests include Big Boi from
Outkast, the illustrious rapper
Rakim and rising dancehall
Sean Paul,
Producers Dr. Dre, Timbaland,
and the Neptunes --- the th
leading studio wizards in
hop ---- are also on

"We're at a point i ip-hop
where everyone is sodnding like

each other," Jay géys, relaxing
packstage during the endless,
tedious hours of downtime dur-
ing Saturday Night Live's
all-day run-through. "If some-
one doesn't experiment with the
music, it's not going anywhere.

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So as one of the people at the
forefront, | feel like I need to put
out all different types of music,
to show that you could make a
rock song, a reggae song.

You could make a song with
live drums. You can make any
type of music you want, and
you don't have to feel

like you're selling out."

The 25 songs on The
Blueprint 2 could certainly
benefit from some editing. Part
of the power of Jay's best
albums --- his 1996 debut,
Reasonable Doubt, and last
year's The Blueprint --- was in
their concision and consistency.

But here, the sprawl is part
of the point. "Some people
might have to skip over some
tracks," says Jay.

"I'm saying that, and I'm the one
that made 'em !"__ In a year
when it truly felt as though
hip-hop was spinning _ its
wheels, this sort of all inclusive
ambition is a statement in itself.
And Jay-Z, who turns 32 next
month, is nothing if not ambi-

tious. In the past few weeks, as

well as releasing his own
album, he has turned up on the
soundtrack to Eminem's movie
8 Mile and on new. albums by
Missy Elliott and Snoop Dogg.
("Blueprint 2" knocked the
Eminem soundtrack out of the
No. | spot on the charts last
week, selling 545,000 copies its
first week i)

Since the release of The
Blueprint, "he's recorded a
triumphant MTV Unplugged
backed by Philadelphia hip-hop
band The Roots, and released
the massively anticipated, and
ill-fated, Best of Both Worlds
project with R. Kelly. Best,
which seemed like a sure
commercial juggernaut, came

out a few weeks after Kelly's
arrest last June on child pornog-
raphy charges and has sold less

than a million copies. (Over the ©

summer, he told Teen People,
"If (Kelly) is doing something
morally wrong, he should get
help, and I pray for him. | still

think the album is a piece of art

I wanted to do with a creative
person I respect.")

Soft spoken and quick laugh,
Jay-Z (sometimes called Ji
or Jay-Hova or various other
ever-evolving nicknames) sits
forward on a couch in the
Saturday Night T Live lounge

i

area and talks excitedly about
new songs. He travels with no
entourage, just one security
guard. A walking example of
cross-promotion, he sips at an
Armadale and cranberry juice,
and wears a dark Rocawear
jersey. For the show's broad-
cast, he'll change into a Run-

_ DMC T-shirt in tribute to the

group's slain DJ Jam Master
Jay.

Depending on whom you ask,
Jay-Z represents the best or
worst of hip-hop. His effort-
less, conversational delivery
("He flows like a faucet,"
according to The Vibe History
of Hip Hop), innovative slang
and irresistible hooks on singles
such as Hard Knock Life and
Izzo (H.O.V.A.) rank him with
the genre's greatest talents.
"Remarkably, rap's best MC
may be its most popular," wrote
Spin magazine earlier this year.
But his relentless materialism
and obsessive _product-
placement lifestyle --- complete
with multimillion-dollar fantasy
videos, carousing in the
Hamptons and rhymes crammed
with prestigious brand names
and glamorous, high-
maintenance women--:- js
something many in the hip-hop
community have grown tired of.
Jay-Z's 1999 single Big
Pimpin T even created a name for
this sensibility. :

At the same time, his lyrics
often point to the roots of his
fascination with all that glitters,
Filled with references to his
own past and intricate narra-
tives of drug deals and street
crime, they tell a classic rags-
to-riches story. .

- Born Shawn Carter, Jay was
raised in Brooklyn's Marcy
Projects by his mother, a city

worker (he recently met with

his father, who left the family |

when Jay was 11). He dropped
out of high school to tour as
rapper's Big Jaz's sidekick, but
when that didn't work out he
returned to Brooklyn and a life
of dealing crack, he says. After
someone shot at him from close
range in 1995, he decided to get
back into the rap game.
Unhappy with the record
deals being offered to him, Jay

- formed Roc-a-Fella Records for

the release of Reasonable
Doubt. He and his partners
eventually signed a distribution

&

deal with rap powerhouse Def
Jam Records and begun a run of
hits few rappers have ever
matched.

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offstage actions, however, add a

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story. Most notable was his
1999 stabbing of record execu-
tive Lance "Un" Rivera at a
party. Jay pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor assault and re-

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The signature event for Black History Month 2002 at East Carolina University was a celebration to
_ | recognize and honor all African Americans who have been first in a position of employment, scholarship,
| Or achievement since the initial presence of African Americans on the campus. Alumni were in
attendance whose presence on the campus spanned the years 1956- 2002. Over ninety African American |
alumni were recognized as firsts in some area on campus while 17 alumni were recognized as firsts in
Oe achievement in the communities in which they live. Each

some area of :
honoree in at- gaia tenance received a certificate ard a snapshot was taken

for use in a later publication. Family members, friends, community
leaders, stu- - dents, faculty and staff joined in a dinner celebration to

| Congratulate _ the honorees, a .
The " spec feature for this event was a speéch by Herman Boone,
real-life coach whose experiences at T. C. Williams High School in | -

1971 inspired Bi . "the movie, Remember the Titans. Those attending the | _

special dinner - . honoring the firsts joined members from the local
community in ig. a larger auditorium, Hendrix Theatre, to hear the coach | .
deliver a mes- } sage urging everyone to accept individual responsibility

to make an ef- fort to impact the diversity around us so that all humans

receive the dignity and respect due them. Coach Boone was.

presented with | a football helmet from the East Carolina University -
football team wk. § with each player's name engraved on it and an ECU :
Pirates' foot- y ball jersey. . :
An _ exhibit f that featured individual photos and texts of the African 7
American faeen firsts was on display during this event, and it will :
remain on aay . display in the Gallery lounge at the Student Center '
throughout Ms. Neal,Ledonia Wrights di- the month of February. . ;
This event ector,oratorian that she is ?,?x- has received such outstanding reviews that this has .

alread presses for a moment as Laura heen declared an annual event by popular demand. This
sien rests Elliot, aris . Aten was the first such event in the history of East Carolina
| University. iooys on Ms" Leary Elliott is 't WaS indeed a reunion, a celebration, a tribute.
Sponsors T admitted to the Gallery lounge Were the Ledonia Wright Cultural Center and the East
Carolina at the Student Center, Another University Diversity Cross-Cultural Communication

Committee. African First Co-sponsors include Aramark, Brody School of si go lille
Medicine, , College of Arts and Sciences, East Carolina University Se
Alumni Office, East Carolina University Black Alumni faa

Association, School of Allied Health Sciences, School of Art, School of Education, and the Student
Union Cultural T Awareness Committee. Ushers included the East Carolina University ambassadors,
members of student organizations, and the East Carolina University ROTC cadets. |

Greetings! .

First let me begin by saying, what follows are the things that
bring questions to my mind about everyday life. You may have
asked yourself questions and just didn't know where to find an
anwser. Hence the title ' In My Spirit". You may not agree with
what I say (We do have freedom of speech in America) and if
by chance you think I am talking about you, don't flater your-
; self. Moving On !

East Carolina's Minority Students sal ;

x i 4 For those of you who have read the accounts given about the ain | ail a
protest of the students at ECU and only have that reference to form an opinion about their situation you : - : ; 7
have a diluted version of what's going on.We often read and look at the media's representation of any Cuba Goodin g, Jr. (ri ght) poses with .
view as law unquestionably. We have to sometimes come. out of our comfort zones and see for . Exclusive Representation: " " a Z
ourselves.If you have any remembrance of the events that took place let me refresh your memory. WOLFMAN PRODUCTIONS Carl Brashear, whose inspirational life «
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SWAT femee neers Story 1s the basis of MEN of HONOR ;
Stephanie Suber, News Editor December 04, 2002 | "
This story was printed from The East Carolinian . . var
Concerned minority students have come together on the ECU campus to raise concerns to the East Carolina University S .
administraton about the treatment of minorites at. ECU. A coalition of people from minority organzations ° . .
and individuals shave: united: undenvtheyname of: Students Working Against Trials and Tribulations African American Firsts "
(SWAT), although they are not creating an official campus organization. | February 1. 2003 6:30 pm n
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According to Teresia Paul, the official spokesperson of SWAT, minority students are forming this . Murphy Center ( Athletic Complex) «

organization to ask the administration to address certain concerns they have. Some of the issues include
a new cultural center and an official statement on diversity from the university. Teresia Paul said there

is already talk of a new cultural center but none of that talk has reached paper yet. Students are also . . _ " .
concerned about the shortage of African American faculty on campus and the failing enrollment of The speaker, Carl Brashear, became the first African American Master Diver despite a

African American students. onling ini : is insnirati oyj
"We have the largest minority population in N.C. schools but the smallest cultural center," saic Paul. crippling injury from which he became an amputee. His inspirational life story is the basis
"We make up 15 percent of the student body and our current cultural center doesn't meet our demands." for the movie, Men of honor.
Students first came together recently at a sit-in held at the Ledonia Wright Cultural Center, and some |
Doser dine tc eerie een the ECU Police Department was called in to end the meeting. ROR RR RRR ROR HOR RO Hk eR Rk Hk hk ke
According to senior Dennis Mitchell, the meeting went longer than expected and students were informed :
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called the page cad responded to the call, waited approximately thirty minutes and then called For more information, contact the ECU Central Ticket Office at 252-328-4788 or
in other officers to end the sit-in.
"The thing that really bothered me about it was that the first cop was there for almost forty minutes but 1-800-328-2787 or I'TY 252-328-4736.
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Mitchell said that the officer would not go in the room despite his assurances that the group of
approximately 60 students was assembled peaceably and would leave if asked.

According to ECUPD Assistant Chief Robert Stroud, the entire situation ended on a good note After the
officers arrived and told the students they were trespassing officers found out that the students had never
Officially been told to leave. After that misunderstanding was cleared up, students ieft the sit-in,
"There were no problems at all, ? said Stroud. "I think the cultural center staff had some disagreement
with the students, but they [the officers] say everything went well. | don! think we even realized it was
a an as such at the time. They [SWAT] had a march not long after that and everything went well
wit t. ?

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Last week, SWAT members also participated in a march after the African American Greek organizations Navy P ublic Affairs Center

on campus held their probate. Students marched with candles from the top of College Hill Dr. to the "America's Eye on the Fleet

Chancellors house. Students stopped at the bushes on campus across the street from Chancellor William 9420 Third Ave.., Set. 200

Muse's house. Mrs. Muse came from the house and was presented with a list of concerns and a poster. Norfolk, Virginia 23511-2127

After the presentation students ended the march. According to Mitchell, students involved with SWAT Sg irginia .

are only trying to get the university to acknowledge their concerns with concrete plans for improvement. . (757) 444-8331 -

"Give us assurance that you're doing something to address the issues," Mitchell said. Paul said that the

group wants to see the university put plans for a new cultural center in the works and they want to see FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

written acknowledgement of the minority issues the university is facing and plans to fix those issues.

"We know things don't change overnight and we're not putting a specific time limit on things, but we SON OF WILSON WOMAN SUPPORTS OPERATION ENDURING F REEDOM

do want these demands met, ? Paul said. _ by Jeruea A. Harris

This writer can be contacted at news@theeastcarolinian.com. . .

Stephanie Suber, News Editor December 04, 2002 ABOARD USS TORTUGA - On Sept. 4, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark announced, "The
Navy was ready on Sept. 11, and it is ready now." Today, the Navy is more than ready, it is actively engaged, :

Now that you are abreast, let's look at the first statement. Concerned students have come together....... et ana ee RC ced is support of @ eee pil a or wie Seaman Phillip

Reading this you would think that this protest has just started. Well, these concerns were given to the Tortuga, a dock landing ship, departed its hom foes Naval ie hibious Base (st co in Virginj

administration about a year ago. Next point is that given of the ECU police were called in and according Beachy Cea Au a nas siemonth deployment with the USS Nassau (LHD-4) osigne

ocr D ipsa aye eee ees Nira ats poepcua ) Garrie Moore, Amphibious Ready Group. While the Navy regularly conducts amphibious deployments, serving in-support

M Moore id that hi hance u if hic A) he ents after the incident. He of Operation Enduring Freedom gives Swinson a stronger appreciation for the importance of his job.

( Mr Moore ) said is doors were hata Open. this were so why after a year of the students My job consists of training Sailorg who are new or who need assistance within the new deck department.

trying to voice their concerns, he didn't know anything about it. After the students informed him about As the leading seaman in my division; | have been delegated that responsibility; said Swinson. " | also

the aggresiveness of the police officers to remove them from the Ledonia Center, Moore stated the help preserve the ship's equipment and assist with major operations such as sea and anchor details,

incident was being investagated. As of yet, to my knowledge, nothing has been done. (In My Spirit ) dropping the anchor, small boat.exercises, driving the ship and standing day and night security watches."

The many black people in position who forget where they came from. Nuff Said Swinson joined the Navy in August of 2000, shortly after graduating from Hunt High School. He describes

" the rewards and challenges of serving on board Tortuga. " My assignment is very unique. The superiors |
work for expect a considerable amount from us, ? said the 20-year-old. As seaman in the deck department,

we have one of the most challenging jobs in the Navy."
j USS Tortuga is equipped with two 25mm MK 38 machine guns, two 20mm Phalanx Close-in Weapons
- System (CIWS) mounts, and six .50 caliber machine guns. Dock landing ships like Tortuga support
| | \ . Landing Craft Air Cushion operations and provide transportation for Marines and their equipment. Their

mission is to participaté in and provide support for amphibious assault operations.

Adm. Clark has expressed the utmost faith in his sea services. Refergin

F to Sailors like Swinson and his shipmates on board USS, Tortuga he said,

oThe President of the United States said that we're going to keep [the

terrorists] on the run. [The Commandant] and | sent a letter to the

Secretary of Defense that said, "Your answer to that is the United States

Navy and the United States Marine Corps."
; ) ( . ( Jeruea A. Harris is a journalist assigned to the Public Affairs Center in Norfolk, Va. )
on ( i ol j (ih Photo credit - Benjamin Hammond

January 10 - 17, 2003

Ms Beatrice Maye

To the editor- .
What can we do? These young
Black men in trouble. They are
our sons, our brothers, .our
loves, and our future. Large
numbers of Black professional
women are alor® unmarried
and failing to procreate because
of the shrinking pool of eco-
nomically stable or marriage-
able men. Dr. Julia Hare,
co-editor of THE
ENDANGERED BLACK
FAMILY says, "National statis-
tics confirm that one On every
four Black men between 20 - 29
is either in prison, on probation
or on parole". Worse,. out of
anger and frustration, young
Black men are destroying them-
selves in record numbers, dying
needless, violent deaths at each
other's hands. A Black man has
one in 21 chance of being
murdered before he is 25, and
homicide is the leading cause of
death for Black men 15 - 24.
Not cancer. Not heart disease.
Murder. .
What should Black America be
doing to ensure the survival of
our young men? We must make.
them our No. | priority. The
functioning of Black families
and American society cannot be

enhanced until the highest pri-
ority is assigned to ensuring that
Black boys, Black male youths,
Black adult men and Black
fathers are able to fulfill their
responsibilities as productive
members of our society.

We must force politicians to
create policies and programs
that strengthen the Black family.
We must be a mentor, a role

model for Black boys. The T.

absence T of role models in the
classroom is another serious
obstacle. to the education of
Black boys. Black mothers must
commit to teaching their sons

practice.

. Tesponsibility - cooking, Clean-

ing and homework just as they
do their daughters. Black fam-
ily involvement and supporting
each other are essential. Let's
all resolve -to do something
today. This is the zero hour.

Secrets, of Life Every Teens
Needs to Know
By Terry Paulson

I .Don't be a slob! Put things
where they belong.

2. Don't put things of When you
finish it early, you don't have to
cram.

3. Don't take yourself so seri-
ously. A sense of humor is one
of the best assets you can have,

4. Say "No" to drugs, ciga-
rettes, and alcohol. Never be a
slave to chemicals.

5. Don't drink and drive or get
into a car with someone who
has.

6. Live the Golden Rule - treat

mistake to experiment with sex
before you are committed. -

15. If you choose to have sex,
don't have sex without taking
_ precautions. .

16.Learn to save your money,
or you won't have money when
you need it.

17. Pick your friends wisely.
You are known by the friends
you hang around with.

18. Let me know where you
are, so I won't worry. If you

. Change your plans, let me know

19. Be careful when you drive.
A car is a lethal weapon when
not used safely.

20. Do your chores responsibly,
on time, and without being
asked.

21. Don't have anything to do
with hitchhiking. Don't take or
give rides to strangers.

22.Take time to know your
God. Attend services at your

others, as you want to be/ hurch or temple on a regular

treated.

7, Do the best. you can.
Anything worth doing is worth
doing right.

8. Be nice to your enemies. You
have to get along with people,
even those you don't like.

9. Don't talk back to your
parents. Be able to speak up
and express your opinions, but

Show respect to parents, teach-

ers and elders.

10. Take care of your body. Eat
a healthy diet, get your exercise
and sleep, and work at staying
healthy. .

II. Speak the truth so that others
can trust your words.

12.Take time to practice.
Anything worth learning takes

13.Don't give up without -try-
ing. You miss every opportunity
you never take.

14. Save sex for marriage. It's a

basis.

23. Know when to stop pushing
when your parents say "No".
Ask for what you want, but
don't become a nuisance.

24. Limit your time with televi-
sion.

25. Study hard.. Doing well in
school and going to college are
the best ways to get ahead.

26. Borrow and lend responsi-
bly. Don't borrow without ask-

| ing and return things promptly.

27. Be confident in who you
are. Take pride in what you
accomplish don't put yourself
down for mistakes.

28. When you are old enough
to vote, vote proudly. Be a
responsible citizen.

29. Have a positive attitude
about life. Don't be a com-

plainer or moody. XQ

30. Take care of your pet or
don't have one.

31. Use the phone responsibly
and keep your calls a reason-
able length. .

32. Learn appropriate table
manners and social graces. 33.
Don't cheat, Play by the rules
or don't play at all.

34. If you want to be success-
ful, look the part. Good groom-
ing and appropriate dress are
important.

35. Don't take things that don't
belong to you. Stealing is not
acceptable. Earn the money to
by. the thing you want.

36. When you need your par-
ents T help, plan for T it early.

- Parents are not last minute

servants.

37. Be polite. Being courteous
means being concerned about
the feelings and sensitivities of
others.

38. Be on time for stated
curfews and call early when
there is any problem with
meeting your commitments.

39. Don't put down other
people. If you must gossip, keep
it positive gossip. .

40. Don't handle your frustra-
tions or anger with cursing,
swearing, taking God's name in
vain. .

o41. Listen to or read instruc-
tions before you try to do
anything.

42. Keep your room clean and
orderly,

43. Take care of your posses-
sions. When you lose your own
things, don't expect another to
be bought for you.

44. Don't litter or abuse Mother
Nature. Do your part for the
environment.

45. Optional Lectures (Fill
Only If You Are a Teen With A
Brother Or Sister):

46. I'd like you two to get
along. Stop fighting and work
things out by talking.

47. Set a good example for

s Be

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your brother and sister, When

. you aware older, you're ex-
pected to be a model.

OVEREATING
No country in the world eats as
much as we do or struggle so
withlife-threatening disease.
Overeating has become a dan-
gerous epidemic.
Americans are deeply condi-
tioned to overeat. From birth
onward, we 9re presented with
servings of food far in excess of.
our actual needs - at home, in
restaurants, at the sandwich
counter and the supermarkets.
Compounding the problem is
scientific evidence that it's per-
fectly natural for animals con-
fronted with abundant food to
eat themselves silly. -
The only way to lose body fat
is to eat fewer calories than you
expend..

_ Cut calorigsto-tive longer.

Cutting calories could be life-
saving defense against breast
cancer.

Drop pounds - and pressure
cutting

Cutting calories cut your need
for expensive _ medications,
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_ Responsibility VS Blame
Blame assigns guilt.
Responsibility assigns account-

ability. Blame perpetuates a |

victim's stance. Responsibility
stems from the notion that you
are the principal source of
everything that happens in your

life.

The first key to turning your
failure to success is accepting
responsibility for it, no matter
how unfair ofunreasonable it
may seem.

Recognition

The " Sheppar. Memorial
Library presented Mrs...
Beatrice Maye the John G.
Clark, Jr. Memorial Award at
the Board of Trustees meeting,
Wednesday, November 20,
2002 at 5:30 p.m. for reading.
The winner of this award is
presented a copy of Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations and a
plaque in recognition of this
achievement.

Mrs. Mildred Elliott, librarian
at Carver Library nominated
Mrs.Maye , stated Mr. Willie
Nelm, director of Sheppard
Library.

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Mary A. Richardson began writing her autobiogra-
phy at the age of eighty. Her journey takes the reader
through the cotton and tobacco fields where her

arents were sharecroppers in the bygone days of the
aah and buggy, oil lamps, iceboxes, washtubs, and
wood stoves. Through Mary's amazingly vivid
memories, we experience the gathering of neighbors
for hog killings, the fellowship of women doing their
quilting, and the rituals of death and burial in the
early 1900's. Just as many of us have experienced the

"highs and lows" of life, so, too, has Mary
Richardson. She shares with us the joys of her life, as
well as the sorrows - sorrows many of us will never
know. Living through the Great Depression, losing
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being hospitalized could have made her a bitter
woman. They didn't. Despite personal tragedies, she
learned to rise above the obstacles of life. Her
ultimate call to the ministry and her journey of faith

and spiritual courage contain lessons for us all. For

when Mary A. Richardson realized that in the midst

of darkness God was on her side, she knew she was

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