ler prote tin 0 c:u.
n, currently
publi h d by the
Le ue 1 t month, the group
w rned that if General As i -
ue f r t nee were co mp le tet y
eliminated, recipient could no
Ion er et' oney for sh�lter or
h t nd ould be forced to turn
(the human
7,000 c e
limin tetl, not
only Involve f rni lies, 0 the
number 0 Individual ff ted
..
succe . mind but he ives' me a
Thou h much of the - up- feren W8 o! looking at
port availed to 4- P tudents ' . "Dr. Herman ha hown
ha been predominantly . m 'option th I hould on-
cad em" the men tor i n g ide r I" e I a i n 0 g Ie, "h e
program take retention one doe n ' t try to ch a n ae mv
step further," explains Si ter things. Whatever we di cus ,
M. Martinez Rozek, OMA i feels Iike a conver arion,
director, "Not only will thi not an in erview.'
interaction provide Thi app ro a 'h. through
knowledge· and confidence, ugge tion and overall inter-
but po sibly future ernplo - e t, is what Ogle by like th
ment ccntact after gr dua- mo t about the pr gr m a
non.? well a having a relation hip
with a profes ional person
who i n01 a' parent. peer or
assigned adviser.
Dr. Katie O'Dowd, Com
munication Arts, who will be
acting as mentor for two stu
dents this yeaT,.liked the idea
of the Mentoring program
when he ir t beard about it.
"I think It's important f r
• the e. students tc know, right
fr.omthe beginning, that
someone is in their corner,"
. ay O'Dowd.··' I hope to be
A P rt 0 commitment
to campu - ide retention t
Madonna l le e , Livonia.
tudc nts enrolled under th
Select Stud nt upport er
vice Pro ram (4- P) now
have th benefit of a profe -
ional co idante, c demic
che e r le der and friend all
rolled into one - a mentor.
Created an� funded by me
Off ice ·0 f Min 0 r it Y E qui t y
nr o ug h Michigan Dep arr-"
ment of Educ tion, the 4-SP
ad d r e s th oal of in
creased cce . retention and.
uccess of tudent from-un
de rre pre e nte c gr ups uch
a Black,' Hispanics nc1 Na- ,
tive Americans .
. The newly created mentor
ing program, implemented
through Mad nna's 0 ice of
Mul ticul tural Affairs, (OMA)
aim to further sist 4-SP'
tudent , primarily freshmen
an sophomores, in achiev
i ng pe rso na l and academic
OMO 0 LE nv, of
Detroit a fr . hman inter
ested in a career in law, en
joys discussing education
aths with omeone who
now the in and ou be the
academic world. His mentor,
Dr. William Herman, of th
. E <I.u oa t ion IPs y c hoi 0 g y
department, ha given him a
broader o uu o o k on how
present choices can enhance
his long-term plans. .
" ..
pi ng the loude t. II'
an dvoc te if there is ever a
problem' and a tutor if here
is a que don, but m t m-
portantly, I want to be th re
when thing are goin w 11. I
would like to be th one clap-
t
dup, no I" ltpf'e PfeM�t 'J bllho ou & i J just the
Bu. h on this issue. I am opposed date President George Bush gave
to the declaration of war on Iraq." Iraq to' withdra.w forces from
Smi th agreed' saying most . Iraq, before a military option is
African Americans feel military used.
. service is their only option to
either the streets or jail whe
education has failed them.
"It's the only place where we
ca n go to escape poverty and
I 'am. kill: ," he aid. "The U: S.
ha no pI' blem letting us fight
nd die for the country, but what
a out when we want education,
housing- ... the true 0P'p0r
tunics?"
Smith also said be is arigry be
cau e the Uni ted State i 'heavil y
involved in Kawaus affairs and
seemingly ingoring it domestic
cri is.> ,
.. "Bush cares about oil," Smith
said. "He said he is the education
president when he' ha done more
again t education than Ronald
R gan. H� will defend oil right
and will not help declining
education, the hungry and the &
homeless in the U. S."
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militar.YI. ere ti. g.", ., .pO\V
vacuum.
He .a Iso aid a war will
alie nate Middle Eastern people
against the U.S.
4
ful and d isre pects the sancti ry of
King' legacy
. Not only do both Hines and
mi th oppose the date for th
onset of a war-- they object to
. the war itself.
1a.��m ... lIy 0 pe
the U.S. Gwf -
for e are Black, nd nearly 30
percent of Army force are �m-
po ed of Black males:
Pront lirre unit which will
bear the brunt of casualties in a .
war are 50 percent Black, sa,.
. coali tion spokespeople. .
Michael Hawkins, 18,
Michigan Youth Coordinator for.
the coalition, says .be h .. a'
brother in the Gulf and he docsn't
want for his parent . to go to
Washington and see his name on
a wall.
Simba Jahi of· the Malcolm X
Center ays the U.S. should not
go to war when there is a war bore .
in the cine . He cited the use·of
drug " hooting. and the
prevalent poverty in U.S. cities.
Charles Gehe of the .AlI
People Congress said, "Wc'nee-d
to cle !l up at horne before we go
to omeone else house to c1ea'l .
up. '
, The coalition '1oVants the'
government to u e the projected
.30 billion for the Gulf deploy
ment f r ocial problems iR the
lJ .S.· .
A oalition news relea e read.
"Th y; can fe�d 500,000 troo.,.
around the other' ide of tbe
TH PREVALENT questfon wOl1d; why can't they feed
was the role of African, hungry children right here I.
American in the Gulf., t l�he' . Detroit? i' •
mllitary will move to an offen-
· sive stance and force the troop,
out Of the deser, aid Bush
origi nall yin a December 1990
. pres's conference.
Members of several anti-war
groups think the threat of war is
no way .of celebrating the slain
civil rights leader' birthday.
VINCENT
AnA YOM I AZlKIWE of the
Y 1'1 doe n t
Pan African tudent Union says
ove r 300 -buse s have be n
chartered for - t he march,
Aziki�e a' 'lh coalition is
outraged that th deadline is on
Rev. Mar in Luther King, Jr's ..
birthdate. The coalition calls it
A OALITION OF anti-war
groups will participate in.
demonstrations ranging' from a
town meeting at Little Rock Bap
tist Church 01) Saturday Jan. :12
. from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. to Tue day
Jan. 15, King'sbirthday, when a
noon march from Detroit's CHy
County Building to the .old�
Federal Building is .scheduled,
Smith said.
ines said he oppose the
Uni ted States going to. war be
ause 'Of the massive num ers of
African Americans 'on the front
Ii nes.
:'1 opposed t!le war and refuse
to fight in the name of the Un.ited
tate of America," be aid. "I do
not appr veot (he drastic over:'
representation �f Black oldiers
and this m sive military .buil-
want to keep things the way the}
are .i n the Gulf, put emphasized
using a diplomatic. otution.
He does not think Saudi
Arabia ha to be concerned a out
an Iraqi inva ion, ayi ng it ould
have done that after it' too over
Kuwait before U.S. roops ar
rived, but instead took a defen
sive po ilion in Kuwai 1.
. He also sa . there would be no
threat if I raq develop' a nuclear.
capacity. sayin countrie which
have developed nuclear weapon
usually become more conserva
tive in its foreign policy:
"incent say 'comparing
Hu seiri's expl it. with th like
of Adolf Hitler is rni leading; apd
that the conflict between Iraq and
Kuwait dated back to 1918 when
Kuwai t wa "carved out of Iraq,"
denying it a P rsian Gul f port.
The is ue of Kuwait ver
producing od and ero -drillin
i n to IT a q i i J fie Ids was a I 0
. pointed out.
DERRICK HINES OF Power
· Base, an African American group
taking a stand against the war.
said, he believes .Bu h i
dctiberare lv ending the message
that Jan. J 5 i just another day.
"We as member. of Power
Base ta . the Jan. 15--deadline as
an insult to the. memory of Dr.
Martin . ther King Jr.. a man
who dedicated his life to the
. dream of peace-and ha piness for
race's of all people."
Leigh Smi th o.f th Ad Ho
African American Comm4ttee for'
Peace and the Student Call'
Against the War aid the
president's actions are disgrace-
an insult to hi .memory.
. Vj nce n pok on a SUbject
which ha not been thoroughly
articulated during the cri is, and
that i the consequences of a war
with Iraq.
Beside the realities of death,
maiming. and a dis ruprio n of
live on both sides of 'the bat
tlefield. Vincent spoke of long
term in tability 'in the region,
, ,
with the clirlijnation 0 Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein's
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January. 19.
Leagu�.·,
Co� tin ued from �age 1 --'- -:- ;-- --'- __
Jacob urged Congress to pa s our workforce," Jacob said. economic social welfare, and
the proposed 1991 Ci�il �ights Ht aid America mu t inve t African American literature.I'-
Act, and said it wa immoral to in the Urban Marshall Plan. "not Dr. Lenneal Henderson, who
:.a k �lack and Hispanic military merely oU,t of mooral imperative, ,prepared "BUdgets, Ta�es, and
: personel to risk their lives in the bout for its own economic self-in- Poli tics: Qptions {or the African-
: Gulf while at the same time refus- terest." American Communi ty, n said
: ing to upport a Civil Right Act iaC[·b also called for the Ad- African Americans are being
� that prQtect their. ri hts when mini ati�o work more close- placed Curtllor behihd in hne f'
: they re-enter civilian life. I wit th� Black co�mu.nity and other priorities. calling 1a t
· Jacob also urged the Ad- omm nI ty orgamzatloDs to V,ea r budget cu ts "fiscal
ministration to implement a "make government a more effe - raci m." hecau e the problems of
domestic agenda that closes the tive force for progre s i·n the the Black community were not
�lass and racial gaps. "that are truggle agaiAst .poverty, dis- addre sed by the budget.
tearing our soc!ety ap�rt." crimina ion, and hop Ie sne . He al 0 indi ated 'regres ive
i(lXCS are di proportionately tar
r. ed against the poor.
•
Prisons -;:--- '---"- -'-- _
R o. e 'r) t Morna', "Managing
Employe DI I r It . An e
ment;" P�ofe or Donald Mc
Henry, "A Changing World
Order: Implicati n f.or Black
America;" Dr. Dianne Pinder
hughes, "The Case of African
erican In the Persian Gulf:
The Inters",�tion ot American
Foreign and Military Policy with
Dome tic Employment Policy in
the UIlited State�;" and Dr. Terr
William. "A Portrait of Youth:
Coming'f gr in Harlem Public
H)U, in '." .
JUlin ple� stat m n1. al-
lTH <1 t h� <1 hor. 'pl' d
theil �. ,'1'( J )'s call
for an Urban Mar hall Plan.
The UL publi. he The Slall!
of BLack Am ,;�a annually.
D tr i I Jroar, I_ '11 ue Pr ident
Charle derson aid copie of
the report are n t yet available.
l.mpri onment and crime."
The Sentenci ng Projec� report
call for ongre to establish a :
national commission on Clime to
xplore why American incarcera- .
,tion rate are so high and to
re ommend program to reduce
th number of prisoner without
affecting public safety.
The tudyal 0 propo e :
-:-Redirecting resources in the
"war on drugs" to emphasize that
drug abu e is primarily public
heal th proQlem, nQt a criminal
ju tic problem;
-Repealing mandatory en
encing law;
-E tablishing nationwid
community and crime prevention
program, with special efforts
focu ed on Black male, and;
-Expandi g the development
and upport of proven alterna
tive to incarcer lion.
ontinue.d from Page 1
p pulation. accor ing to the
AFSC ..
CON ,R • JOH
Conyers aid. "Thi. report il
lu trates the Ion erm effect of
the drac nian criminal ju lice
policies the nited States ha
been 'mplementin ver the pa t
decad, nd I i ndi ea ti ve o'f
policie hat have aIled our
people."
A . i. Ifln Dir ctor of the n-
tencin p,. jecl � Id author of he
roport Mall Mauer, ill'd,
"De, r'te co I h� aim, the s' me
policie that h' \ e helped make u
a world leader in incarcera1ion
have clearl y fa' 1 d to make u� a
/,.. 'lced fun'-
D IF th ,olu
WH
A
T NUL I GAIN calling
for a yearly $50 billion Urban
Marshall Plan u alion and
training programs to fost r
economic gro\Y,ith, and create a
�'world-cla workforce."
"The long term survival of
America depends on its abiiity to
compete in a world where thers
are outproducing and out elling
us.
We're falling behind because
we've disinve ted in the o'Onda
tions of our econom. , a d espe
ciall y in the ed uca i nand
training of the disadv ntaged
minorities who will be the core of
tions in the report will be impl -
men ted, Dr. Derric Bell. who
contribu'ted "The Que t for Ra
cial Ju tice: The Chronicle of
t he Cons titutional Cont rad i -
tion" to the'report. said a
reality and history points to il n
being implemented.
Jacobs tated the NUL cann
implement policy, but it can in
f�rm and e'ducate on the condi
tion of Blac in t e country.
The tate of Bla k merica
1 presents ten pap lS
prepared by e perts in the fields
of housing, law. education,
_ HENDERSO
AL 0 called
for an Urban Marshall Plan, and
aid the re ources to finance it
are available.
The ther authors who con
tri uted to the report were Dr.
FI retta Dukes, "Education
Stl tegie for the '90 ;" Dr. ar
ren Miller. Jr., "Developing UI1'
tapped Talent: A ational Call
for African-American Tech
no ogi ts;" Dr. Gayle Perberton,
"1' lh Thing that Count ,.Or
Reflection on the Le acy of
W .. B. DuB i;" Dr. R.
.'