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President Bush is ready
to lift sanctions against the
apartheid South African
government despite almost
certain congressional disap­
proval.
Aides are quoted s
saying the President is ready
to act by himself if he seems
satisfied the de Klerk
government has met the five
political reforms required
. under the 1986 act of Con­
gr .
Only one requirement
remains, the release of
, political priaoDen. '.
I. • J 0 II political'
• • open to. defiDi-
tion.
Blacks in South Africa
still can not vote.
DI crlmln tlon
av rywh ra
Like life in all of
America, race discrimina­
tion is � and weD in the
world of the dope dealer.
There is a difference be­
tween the White Man's
Rock and the Black Man's
Rock, Detroit narcotics of­
ficers say. Whites ahoppiDg
the Black-run crack houses
set a lousy de&l. "They can
seD him a SS rock for S10,
S1.5, $20. If they tried to sell
that same rock to a Black
man, he'd take their head
off,. Cmdr. RudyTbomaa is
reported u sayiDa.
Suburban trafliciDa is the
same. In Macomb County,
the price may not differ for
Black and white customers,
but the quality and quantity
. of the dope do, the officer
said.
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Population
growth bring
pow rdemand
Blacks in Oakland Coun­
ty want political power com­
mensurate with their
preseace in the population,
the Free Press reports.
The county's Black
population grew 62 percent
&om 1980 to 1990, to a total
of T1,488 with the largest
percentage of African
Americans living in five
communitie : Oak Park,
Pontiac, Royal Oak Twp.,
Southfield and Lathrup Vil­
lage.
The change is not
reflected in the eat of
government and the Oak­
land County NAACP wants
. to chanae that.
None of the 18 mayors or
city council memben in Oak
Park, Southfield or Lathrup
Village is Black althouah
Blaw make up 30 percent
of the population.
Bill Nabers, presideot of
the NAACP said the growth
of political power is in- '
evitable. "It' ometbing
t's 0 ry to make ure
our concerns are ddreued.·
o OJT - ettlement bet een ichi n'
epublic 0 Governor John En ler nd De ocr tic
Ie der in the St te Legi I ture, preventin some
b d et cu ,but 110 in for other , r n into ome
critici Ib on the local level.
M ureen T ylor of Employed nd Unemployed
Wor e , n org niz tion 1 unchin rec Jl c mp i n
g in t Governor Engler, accu ed tho e ho greed to
the compromise of "picking nd cho in who ould
e t nd who hould not. " .
"Politici n 1 y pre ent them elve ch m-
pion of the underdog when it unny nd bright out­
ide, but hen e have difficult time, we he r the poor
can't be helped, the hungry can't be fed, the homele
can't be hou ed," Taylor aid.
Stephen Ser ain, ho i in Charge of pre reI tion
for Democratic Hou e Speaker Lewi Dodak, h been
"a ba tion of support" for ervice nd program pc -
ing out against what he called Engler' "me n pirited
and reckle approach, which h unnece arily hurt
people."
to 110 t
ould b ndon pI to
i t nee for
unemployed
adults ithout
handicap nd
ithout children
until the ne t fi -
r
on eed to ee no
Ser ain tated that
elimination of the General
i ta ce program this fan
could me n that many
employed adult ould be
"thro 0 0 t in t e streets or
put Into prison ."
ever, the Gener I
A i t n c e
ran ould be
cut 13�, hich
T ylor ays
would leave
recipient with
only $177 a
month, and
amount in it elf,
she says is less
than monthly
rent for many
10 income
people.
- The Democr ts agreed not to insi t on General
Assi t nee continuing in the next fi cal year, ensuring
, its elimination thi fall.
CAU 0 T I ,
emph bed that the
Democratl ill ork for
"safety net," creating
educational and trainin
proaram to help them et
jobs. However, he added,
that t re no uarant
in tbe agreement that the
Governor ould support
sucb programs.
He added tbat be did
DO betber people ould
receive any fundi for sur­
vival, hile tbey were
taking the e program.
Serkain dded, ·We have to keep in mind that thete
are no job available."
THE DEMOCRAT have a majority in on one
hou e of the legislature.
According to Serbin, the ettlement would involve
an increase of $184.3 million to deal with underfund­
ing of current program for the year of 1991 - 1992, but
goe along with a $1'78.9 million cut in other current
program.
Under the compromi e:
, - Governor Engler would top plans to transfer
tunities in human services, public
relations, education, community
development and urban plannl •
well jobs that involve intercultural
or intergroup relations.
STUDE ALSO CAN con"
tinue with gr8d�te 'tudJel in the
hum,nJtfe , social and behavioral
sciences or pursue profellional
programs in law, mediCine, bus
and journalism.
Students currently enrolled in the
co-major program will be given tbe
option of completing the co-major or
converting to the proposed new
major or the minor in Africana
studies.
Admission requirements' for the
College of Uberal AnI are aad.afled
by the university' requireme for
undergraduate admiuiom.
According to the National Coun­
cil for BI ck Studies, there are about
300 Africana studiea/Black tucUes
programs and depanmenll otferina
majors, minors and/or eeniftcalel on
American college camp
WSU establishes major
in Africana studies
A recommendation to eatabHsh a
major in Africana studies leading to
the bachelor of arts degree in the
department of Africana ltudles in
Wayne State University'S College of
Uberal Arts w approved by the
Board of Gov mo earlier this
-mont etJcctive for the laenn.
The board alIO approved the ter­
mination of the co-major in Black
studies whicb will be replaced by the
department's new major.
The new major acknowledges the'
change in programmatic emphasis
that has occurred in recent years
regarding the field of Black
studies/Africana studies and capital­
izea on recent intellectual and em­
pirical approaches to study in this
area .
.. �lt:1lttlii_!IIIIIIMI�Tbe major will cross-list 16
- rae offering from political
science, sociology, ambropotogy,
Bngli h, history, psychology,
criminal-justice, the Weekend Col­
lege Program, social' work and law.
The interd'isciplinary major will
prepare ltudents for wide range of
profeSSional and career oppor-
BENEFIT DRAWS CELEBIUTIES - Martha Reeves, Detroit's Deputy Mayor Adam Sbakoor aad n ...
Moore recently tbered for an evenlne of fun and fundralllDa to ODor the late Jackie WIIIoo. (p oto by
D. C�lp)
National Coalition of 100
Black Women form's
Gr ea te r Lansing Chapter
LANSINO. MICH. - Fifty-three C8D...-ulnerican people."
Greater Lansing area Afric·tLD.o ....... ---
American women will be inducted as AS AN ADVOCACY organiza­
members of the National Coalition tion, NCBW seeks to empower
of 100 Black Women, Friday, June African-American women to pro-
28, at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing. vide effective networks and establish
The National Coalition of 100 links between the Coalition and cor­
Black Woman (NCBW) is a non- porate and political sectors in the
profit, voluntary organization dedi- Greater Lansing community; stress
cated to communi ty service, leadership development; make
leadership development and political African-American women a visible
and economic empowerment. force in the socio-economic and
Founded in 1970, the Coalition, political arenas In Lansing; ustain
today, is headqpartered in New York. new career opportunities; utilize the
It consists of more than 6000 women tools of role modeling, mentoring
in 17 tate and the District of and succession planning to provide
Columbia. meaningful guidance to young
The Greater Lansing Area chapter women; and recognize the historic
will become the second NCBW and current achievements of
chapter in Michigan. It' charter African-American women in the
membership represents women from Greater Lansing area.
diverse socio-economic back- NCBW National President Bar­
ground living in Lansing, Ea t b..,a DeBaptiste of Waterbwy, a.,
Lansing, Okemos and Haslen who will Induct the Lansing chapter in a
are committed to acting upon· ues ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. in the
tbat concern African-American Radisson�s Capitol Ballroom. AA
women and the African-American founder and president of the Connec-
community,atlarge. The fi�st licut Olapters of NCBW, sbe pear-
Michigan chapter was chartered in headed the development of 11
Detroit in 1983. Coalition chapters in Connecticut
"Many people may ask why Laos- and others on regional and national
ing needs another Black OlJaniza- level. DeBaptiste will address the
tion, " id Julia R. Miller, cOnvener i \.Ie of "Coalition Building to Effect
and charter president of the Greater Positive Change."
Lansing chapter of NCBW. "But, I The elected officers of tbe
think we all recognize tbat the needs Greater Lansiq area chapter will
of our community, pecifically the allo be installed during the
, African-American community, are ceremony by S4-A District Court
great that it requi DOt only one Judge, Beverley Nettles-Nlckenon.
but many organizations working Those omcers include: Julla R.
,rd the common good of Miller, president, dean, MSU Col-
lege of Human Ecology; \truce L.
Peek, president-elect. director of
development, MSU College of Arts
and letters and Libraries: Marian B.
Bryant, tre urer, istant business
manager, Greater Lansing Conven­
tion/Exhibition Authority; Karen J ..
Cummings, com:aponding secretary,
instructor, MSC College of Human
Ecology; Karen Keys-Turner,
recording secretary, human resour­
ces pecialist, Ingham Intermediate
Scbool District; Rita M. Motley,
n .. ncial secretary, senior industrial
engineer, General Motors, B.O.C�
Lansing Fabrications.
Other elected officers include:
Karen Munden, parliamentarian,
specialist and academic advisor,
MSU College of Human Ecology;
Blonnie Monk, archivist, retired
educator/reading pecialist, Lansing
Public Schools; Sylvia A Bule, his­
torian, educator/coordinator, But
Lasing Public Schools; Delois WhIt­
taker Caldwell: member-at-Iarge,
director of field policy and opera­
tions administration, Michigan
'Department of Social SerVices;
Evelyn Hardy, member-at-Iarge,
edUcation consultant, Ingham Inter­
mediate School District; Ma!jorie L.
Keys, member-at-Large, istant to
the dean, MSU College of Social
Science
For more in/ormation on 1M
G1V!Qter Lansing Area chapter 0/ the
NatiolUJl Coalition 0/ 100 Blade
Women, write P.O. Box 27582, Lans­
bag, Ml 48909"()582
The Arts in Michigan:·
Engler claims he cares
By DENNIS L. SANDERS
Capital News Service
LAN�JNO -While, many
people may think Gov. John
Engler doesn't care about the
arts community in Michigan, the
governor contend otherwise.
Engler, peaking to Capital
News Service correspondents,
said tbe main issue is the state'
future role with the arts.
"Arts are very important to
Michigan," Engler said.
Engler. said at this point the
arts have received a 9.2 percent
'cut. His admini tration ha
recommended further cuts, per­
haps eliminating some grants en­
tirely.
The governor said that issue is
being debated in the Legi lature
and that there will be some com­
promise. Engler aid it wa un­
realistic to think th t funding to
the arts would not be but at a
time when the government is cut­
ti�g programs that may affect
families and children. .
"I JUST THOUGHT it w
unfair for the arts community to
argue they should be exempt
from cut ," Engler said.
Engler aid for the state to be
able to ttract job , it ha to
focu better on I human invest­
men . The �ovemor aid the in­
ve tment he has focused on is
education, hich mea t at
J
other programs will have to com­
pete for meager re ources.
Many in the arts communi ty
in Michigan believe the state
will be hurt by the cuts. The es­
ecutive director for the Michigan
Council for the Arts said tbe cuts
to the arts will make 'it appear
that the ' tate doe n't want to
support a cul tutll environmen�.
Barbara Goldman believel it
would be bad for economic
development, saying ihe bUli­
ne s community would not move
into an area that had no cultural
environment.
While Goldman bas charged
that the cuts would hurt
Michigan's economy, Engler'.
poke man ee it differently.
John Truscott aid that tbe bot­
tom .line for busines i the co t
of doing busine s in the state i�-
tead of the cuI tural environment
when choo ing to come or stay in
Michigan. Tru cott said hile
the cultural environment may be
considered, it i not a decidio
factor for bu inesle .
Tru colt aid there ill be
funding for thi fiscal year
though it will be reduced. No
money ha been propoled for
next fi cal year, but Truscott Id
the admini tration ould b
illing to 100 at proposal. by
the Legi lature.
