WINNERS-Kel ha Seals i the 1991 redplent of the
Manufacturers Bank MIDority Scholarship t the UDlverslty of
Detroit Mercy. Pictured wltb M . Seal I Michael T. MODahaD,
PresldeDt of MaDufacturers N tional Bank of Detroit. Seal
tecelved a ODe-year, $7,50 scholar hlp, form MaD facturers
Bank 'where be recently completed aD Intern bip iD the Credit
Depa'rtment. Sbe plan to graduate form tbe Unlnr ity's
College of BusiDe and Admlnl tration ID May 1992 with a major
accouDti_ ••
anquet recog
By DANNY R. COOKS
On Friday, August 23, 1991 from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Douglas Com
munity Association SpoDSO� the
Filst Annual Midnight B kctball
League Banquet at Kalamazoo Val
ley Community College.
Designed to ddrcss the needs of •
-African American men ages 18 to 25,
the Midnight Basketball League
"provided viable alternative to
banging out", a foe for positive
learning of life skills, educational
. and job opportuniti ,and excite
ment and unity.in the community,
according to Steve Dwming, Com-
: missioner of the league and the
Banquet' m ter of ceremony.
; Highlight of the banquet was the
presentation by KVCC om' 0
nineteen two-year scholarships
the players.
Scholarship winners included
· Levam Smith, Terrance Fuller, Bob
: Wasbington, Lamar Blanchard, DJ.
Hayes, Willie D vi ,Clinton Blood
. worth, Otis Wilson, Dlon Ware,
Kevin Fannin, Tom White, 'ler-
renee Carver.
BUSINESS FINANCE
SCHOLARSHIP WI � S -. (Bac Row): Lnara It, T rrance II r, Bob Was I_Ito.,
La ar Blanchard, D.J. aaye , WlUle Davl ,CliDto Bloodwo , aDd Otis Wilson. (Front): Dlo.
Ware, Kevin aDDI, To W Ite, a d Terrence Ca"er. (p to., D. eoob)
14 wodcsbops during t.bc_12 eek
se on.
Wor hop covered topi Uke
job interviewing, the role of the
Black male in the hi tory of the
Blac famiiy, interpersonal relation.
hi ,sexually transmitted eIi'seates
alcohol and dJUI ab
THE PURPOSE 0 midnight
b ketblll goc beyond imple di -
traction. League mem t 64
. partidpID ere requiJcd to lid
low
cono
ro
•
r d
rs aoo c re r
National and � even gready
affected employer recruitment of
graduatina college stuclen in 1990;-
91, and the UCCIC of the fu�
recruiting seuo depends oa how
quickly the U.S. and local eeoeo
adjust to those even .
That w the conel ion reacbed
in the annual recruiting report ucd
recently by Wayne State University
Placement Services offici Is. A tal
ofl,7CT1WSU,studen regi teredfor
placement istalk:e in 1990-91.
. Even atl'ecting the economy ad
versely during the past year included
the Persian Gulf War, severe federal
and tate bud et problema 8Dd con
tinued downsizing of automodve-re
lated manufacturing in outhea t
Michigan. All of these even only
heightened and already "le n and
cautious" attitude mong local
employclI, placement ofDcia y.
Employers' attitudes were
reflected in a lS-pe�nt drop (from
244 to 2(17) in the number of com
panic recruiting at WSU. Also
reflecting those tdtudes w a 20-
percent year-to-year decrease (from
3,401 to 2,714) in the number of
students interviewed by visitina
compani .
GRADUTATES IN SOME
majors fared better than others, how
ever. For example, although mergers
among large national ccountln
firms reduced the number of com
panies from eight to six, intervie
for accounting majors dropped 11
percent from the previous year, a
much mailer decline that pI �ment
offici expected. Additionally, in
tervie for finance majo d Hoed
just 4 percent, a decre thaI also ::;._tI_mc
was maller than expected.
But de pite some promising
igm, the general busines climate
been hit by the war, the reces
sion, waning consumer confidence,
the avings and loan cri i , slower
car and 'home sales and company
cos t-cetting .
The Detroit area, because 0
heavy reliance on the auto industry,
been especially vulnerable to tbe
o economy. Automakers for the
Orst tIme Have found themselv
faced with war, reee ion and con
tinuing market erosion from forcip
automotive manufacturers, all at the
same dmc.
AlthoUSh the war is over, the
recession and the eroded American
automotive market share are ex
pected to continue for the foresee
able future. John Crusoe, WSU
placement services director, says fu
ture graduates will fim! it difficult to
land high-quality, high-paying jo
in southeast Michigan.
"Students will have to be more
ilUng to go other places or with
smaller, higher-risk companies,"
Crusoe says.
IN PREPARING FOR the com
ing recrui ting season, placement er
vices are making moves they hope
will at I t panially offset the cur-
WESTERN MICHIGAN
Midni<'
tar
apply tor college financial aid.
Community agencies that
ticipated in the 0 incl
but eren't limited to, the FllDily
Health Center, Gateway, The Upjobn
ti tute, Kalamazoo Valley Com
munity College and Western
Michigan Unive. Ity.
Preference for enrollment in next
year's lea will be given to players
ho have evideoce of vac::atiODal or
educational achie�ment, accordina
to the League' Statement of Pur
pose.
Cons men in Micbi an nd
tbrougout tbe country who purchase
goods from catalogs and direct
marketer may omeday have
another cost dded their bill: a
stat� sale tax.
In a case -that appears
the U.S Supreme Court, orth
Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a
delaware-based mail-order house
mUit collect sal taxes on pure
made in that state. While tbe rulii1a
. currently only applies to orth
Dakota, it will affect all Ita In-
cludln Michigan if the U .s.
Supreme Court upholds the decision.
"Tbe di P te between tate tax
aDd mall-oJder bo has been heat
j up for a hile now," said Stephen
Bpatefn, Coopers & Lybrand t
r in charge of t Retail Group
in the· firm' Detroit office. "Sta
have been bandling the i ue in
dividually. but the Supreme Court'rs
goins to have to ettle the m tter. Jt
It through, it i going to impa t
!be bottom line of both mail-order
bmine and customers. "
MOV buy .nem
wi h
ttl men'
PHILADBLPHIA (AP) -
MOVE membe�a have
used some of the settle
ment money from the 1985
confrontatioa with the city
to buy two new hou es
about two miles from the
scene of that deadly gun
battle and bombing.
Resident have ex-
pressed coacere bout the
presence of the radical
group in their Wett
Phil adelphi neighbor
hood.
MOVE huns modern
convenience and preaches
a back-to-nature
philo opby.
When police tried to
evict t em, a gun battle
erupted, followed by a
dayloag siege.
diates
al
NAACP· C m
pri on job di
. .
ml
BATTLB CRBBK - Taylor time. He w denied the reque t
Jones, P ident of tbe NAACP- and advised to return to work
BC, aiinounced this week that, within the contract period. 25
through the efforts of Legal March 1991, or be terminated.
Redre Chainnan Jiles B. Wit· Fields returned to work on 25
Iiams. the NAACP-BC w able March91,Jone aid, witha tate
to i t in the resolution of a ment from hi phy ieian dated 23
grievance brought to its attention March 91 that he could perform
on March 25. 1991. light duty effective 25 March 9] .
1be grievant, Charles Fields, However, the Coldwater F cility
unfairly d mJased from did not allo him to return to
position food m r- ork. Their reason w that the
visor at the Florence Ctan medic I verification Field
Women'l FacUlty partment of . presented limited him to light .
Correction in Coldwater. duty.·
Mic po. . Their reasonin contllc with •
Fielda, a food em a bealth insurance claim dated 7 .
t the Cold March 1991 which cl ifie hi
lity, bad vera! (1987 dutied as light.
- 1990) of ati factory ratings . Both Williams and Jones met
with excellent commen on hi at tbe Coldwater facility in an at-
performance, Jones laid. tempt at reconciliation with th .
Fields worked under a contract upervi ory taff. Williams fur - •
which guaranteed a limited medi- ther advised Fields of hi legal .
cal leave. He also worked in a job rlghts and other ppropriate tep
which had been cl ified and he could take in hi own behalf.
certified in a igned th claim The NAACP-BC' input
'light in duty', Jo aid.' eventually re ulted in Field • ·
reinstatcment to his old position •
IELD , R an out- and recovery of all wages and •
patient foot operation, ked for bencfi eftective to hi date of .
an extension of his mcdicalleave diami 1.