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By N.A. ABAlOMI reached on 14 of the 17
Early �day morning. April pro .
23, negotiators for the WSU stu- The Dll important demand
dents tagiDg a protest the of the studen that was agreed
Helen Newberry Joy Ad- upon the conversion of the
ministration Building, an- beleagured Center for Black
nounced that an agreement had Studies' into a full-fledged
been reached in the nearly one • Department of African
week of talks. . Studies.
Both ides spo e optimisti- University officials ex-
. cally about the future prospects pressed their willingness to sub-
for �proving WSU as a resu mit a .proposal to the Board of
of e Studen demonstration. Governors no later than Sep-
OYer 100 African-American tember of 1989, which would al­
students occupied the building locate $472,500 to establish the
beginning on April 12, demand- new department, .
ing that 17 -proposals be Other issues raised in the
adopted by the university ad- proposals such as an official
ministrationrelated to the recognition of King's birthday
status of Black Studies, an in- and Malcolm X's assassination
crease in African-American anniversary were taken off the
faculty, scholorship for table. In regard to the King
Afr_ican-American tudents, of- holiday, which is recognized by
ficia1 recognition of holidays for the federal government, the
.both Dr. Martin Luther Ki university will remain open but
Jr. and Malcolm X and other is- would allow students to be ex­
sues. cased from assignments 'and
Univer .ity official an- lectur� on that day.
nouneed after the conclusion of However, many employees
talks that greement had been already take off King's birthday
\ and the WSU chap er of the
Pan-African Students Union
(P ASU) has, held symposiums
in honor of Malcolm X for the
I last several years during the
month off February.. Couse-
( quently, there will be no major
services 0 the Union on a week- shift in university policy as it re­
ly basis. He said he will be avail- lates to recognition of King and
able every Thursday to talk over Malcolm X.
training with any interested per-
Eal'
DETROrE
Counly,l)· of the
, (WCHU) sponsored ir first
. Career Day April 24, at the
Cass Corridor Drop-In Center,
, YJ27 Cass Avenue.
WCHU President Wayne
Pippin and members of the
Uni n's Support Committee in­
vited a number of technical
training centers willing to par­
ticipate in this pilot program.
Several training schools
turned out to offer their services
to the homeless. A repre­
sentative from each 001 was
available to discu require-
a men and expectations of their
May 1. ' institution. Each chool of­
fered financial aid.
Support Committee Mem­
ber Wdson 0' ea1 said the pur-
• pose of Career D y to lend
inspiration d motivation to
odlerwise hope individuak
who have become home! for
one reason or another, and are
wiIliDg to take a of the
opportunity to return to the
maiDstream of life.
O' eat said home ess t-
tendace in the ogram w
minimal but the flow steady,
and said he t lIWly were
sustKlOUS of t WOW
trying to do. He . he i D fr 12
�rtain the t of people co. contend OtherMse.
• . ·maease with time.
"We started funding the
The participatiDg chools Youth Co in 1983 en we
ere Chauffe r's Training wereinbadeco omic . "an
Scboo� Central Education Cor- aide to Sen. Dou cruee, R­
por tion, Dorsey Bu iness Troy, said. "We're not in bad
Schoo Control Data Corpora- eeonomic ti anymore and
tion, IITR Truck Driving many peop havetcomplained
School, Michigan Career In- that the Youth Co takes away
. and the Lawton School from the job unemployed
....... WFII..I.JIl.I School Represe - people could be ving. We're
tj,e Del Marsh committed JW. competiq with the private seer
p.
Day.
n.
The Lawton School ffers
courses I in Private Security, In­
vestigations, Crime Fighting,
Computer Office Assistance,
Computer Ban ing and
Finance, and Cash Manage­
ment.
One of the homeless, Warren
Harrison said he thought the
program was a good idea and
signed up with many of the
schools, including Lawton. He
said he is trying to help himself
back to being a productive
citizen of the community.
Detroit's City Council Presi­
dent Erma Hendeison and
Council MembFr Clyde
Cleveland appeared at the
Center in support of the project.
Henderson $aid she liked what
she saw and fully intended to re­
late the value of the program to
her ooUegues and req their
financial . tance and input.
FUI1JRE P PEerS
Is ues related to the
propo d department's finan­
ce were essenti I in the
negotiating process. Dr.
CIoyzelie Jones, full professor
of Education at the Universi
of Michigan in Dearborn and
president of the a ion I
Education Association, pointed
out that a meager ,000 pi
would not be sufficient to run a
COMPLICATED NEGOTIA- viable department
. ONS \" "In order to get a decent
Eventhough n an- directororchairyouwouldhave
nouncement was made on Tues- to offer them $70,000 annually.
day April 18, that an Afrieana Two full pr fessors u1d be
Studies De !ment had been $50,000 each. ' That's nearly
agreed to, university offici 40% of your budget there".
and student representatives Other demands calling fo
remained far apart on the the creation of an academic'
amount of fmancing needed for journal on Af ... ican and African­
the newdepartment, With the American Studie plus a
initial student demand fo 1.6 departmental bulletin were
million dollars annual b dget, removed from the negotiating
the administration was n will- table. In addition the demand
ing to offer more than �,()()(). for the removal of the Current
Discus ions broke down intecim director of the Center
several times after Tuesday, for Black Studies w also
primarily centered around the removed from the p ocess,
financial issues. On Friday eve- It also appears that the ad­
ning April �21, student ministrationwillstillberespon-
po person Darrell D Y,' ible for selecting the
called for an emergency meet- department's director. Student
ing of the Unive ·ty's Board of organizatio such as the Pan­
Governors. African Students Union, which
Ma Coleman Young. who has organized numero
vi ited the Newb. rry Ad- Co n do P
w· h deal
ministra· Building on Friday, ,
issued a s tement of support
for the students but stated that
thefUDiversif)' should allocate
$450,000 to the proposed
department
A ter news reports on
Thursday that City Council
President Erma Henderson's
name removed from a lis of
persons slated to speak at a up­
po rally on Wednesday after­
noon, some students felt that
ung's visit and subsequent
support to the tune of $35,000
was politically motivated
No sound explanation could
be found for the incident involv­
ing Ms. Henderson since other
political figures such as Kay
Everett of the De oit School
Board, Paul Hubb d of ew
Detroit, Inc. and repre­
sentatives from Congre man
John Conyers' office had
spoken at previous rallies on
campus in support of the stu-
dents. ....
I
Senatetr m
youth·Corp
to�; that's ab urd. I thinklt Detroit area. We employed
.served its purpose six years ago. 6,Mo people i Detroit last year,
The Youth Corps only operates with S3 million we'll onJx be able
six to eight wee in the ummer, to employ 3,000."
th has DO effect on the un- According to the Howe
emp ymen rate." coalition, the main areas of un-
The Once corner and the employment are f1int, Saginaw,
Senate rascal Agency claim that Southeas Michigan (including
the areas really in need of the Detroit), Muskegon and Grand
money like Detroi Flint and Rapi cis. -rhat doesn't iDclude a
Pontiac will be able to survive on lot of rur areas in the tate,"
S3 million and the r . of the Castanier . d, I
. id h
ney could be put to better CastanJer S81 e pports
the supportive employment
program in the DepartJpent of
Mental Health' budget, 1,u not
in the Department of Labor's •
budget
"Wrong." Bill Castanicr &om
e Department of Labor said
e'll need two or three .
just to COYer costs in the