,
A E tern ichiga
Univer ity fr ternity
upended indefinitely
Thursd y until it develop
pro to ci
itivity. The Chi pI
on two years' prob tion I t
wee folIo ing a r cially
motivated fight at ovember
temity party. In pI cing
Theta Chi on pro 0 univer-
ity offic found the group
guilty of disaimination and dis­
crlmiDatory ptacti
A group of about 100 b c
. studen g thered on camp
Wednesday and marched bout
one block to The Chi' frater-
nity bo to protest proba-
tion. The group called the
probation U lap on the wri t"
and called for Theta Chi'
pension.
WHITE YACHT
CLUB GETS 1-A­
YEAR ACKINAC IS�
LAND LEA E
The state is 1 ing prime
public laDd on Mackinac Island
to an all-white, private y cht
club for $1 a year, a Detroit
New review of commercial
leases on the • land bas found.
The Mackinac land State Par
Commi ion gave the Mac -
inac Island Yacht Cub, which
has no black members, the low
rate part of a 2O-year lease
signed in 1990, the newspaper
reported Tb\J.rsday. The club
owns its three-story, 3,SOO-
quare foot Victorian clubho
and pays $1 a year to lease the
75-by-325 foot lot overlooking
the harbor. The lot is worth an
estimated S213,000, based on
men of similar property
on Main Street. The 238-
member dub restric its mem­
belShip to those·invited to join
by current members.
ENGLER CON­
SIDERS CH�NGES
IN WELFARE
Gov. John Engler is con­
sidering changes in the state's
welfare system, including
denying mothers extra benefits
for extra children.
New Jersey recently became
the filSt state to deny extra
benefits for an extra child. The
American Civil Uberties Union
bas filed uit to overturn the
New Jersey" policy.
LOTTERY SALES
DROP'
Overall tidtet ale for the
Michigan Stale Lottery for fis­
cal 1991 dropped 5 percent
from the previous year. Earn­
ings for Oct 1 through Dec. 31
. - the first quarter of fiscal year
1992 - edged up two percent
over the same period a year ear­
lier.
There are Iotterie in 33
states and the District of
Columbia, and acoording to the
North American Association of
Slate and Provincial Lotteries,
11 reported decl.ini.ng tiCR
sales in 1991, and seven other
registe� virtually no growth.
CIVIL RIGHTS
cnv T AR E TED
The Rev. Loyce Lester, civil
right activist and pastor of
Original New Grace Mission­
ary Cburch ln Detroit w ar­
rested 1 te last week after
allegtdly an iDfo11D8llt
to first murder, aod tben break
the lep of his foImer brother­
in-law.
According to reports, Lester
had1)een upset with.remarks �
former brother-in-law made
about him during a custody �
pUSC 0 • �'s child.
It toDvided on the felony
charp, Lester could receive up
to 5 yem in prison or a S5,000
fine.
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end or uro-COl;U
lionally
in igbt on
oe .
In the
Ho ould require a oman to
. t 24 ho before undergoin an
abortion. The bill' imilar to a 1
in Pennsylv nia th t ill be
decided in the U.s. Supreme Court
by late J early July.
M r y Lon , director of
, Planned Parenthood Am1J of
ichigan, aid the Supreme
Court's . on rule on the Pen-
nsyl a that ould trict a
woman's ac:cas to bortion oould
de1eriora the 1973 decision that
m abortion Ie •
If the Pennsylvani la j
upheld by the court, it ould insist
women wait 24 hours after consult­
ing with doctor, before having an
bortion.
e t
po ible to m e their deci ion
on the truth, "be . d. "The
reality 0 it i , the e te bill
introduced to give women all the
infolDl lion they need."
When examinin the Michl
bill and th Pennsylvania I w, there
are noted di ere . The Pen-
ylvani law only requi doc-
tor to 0 er ho ing pictures 0 a
fetus, here in Michigan, the
doc r ould be requited to do .
THEY WOULD AlSO be re­
quired to receive information about
abortion risks, and view pictures of
developing fetuses.
Married women would have to
inform tbeir husband about the
abortion before it could be per­
formed. MinoIS, under 18, would
need p�ntal consent or judicial
"THE INFORMATION is not
infonnec1 cersent, " she • d. "That
principal means unbiased infqpna­
tion. It tries to dissuade women
from having bortlons by con­
centrating only on the riska."
Long contended that tbclc DO
medical reason for allowing a pic­
ture of developing fetuI.
Ed Rivet, legislati director of
Right to IJ.fe of Michi
ucm AID
compromise i made, the initial bill
ould be eliminated. Th ne
comproml ould probabl y pro­
vide t a woman be given infor­
mation on the ri of an bortion
during her pregnancy t if she
ere unsure about eeplng the
baby, he ·d.
"This would actually give the
woman more than 24 hOUlS to think
about an abortion," he said.
The connection between the two
bill is the 24-hour waiting period;
otherwise the Pennsylvania law .
broader than Michigan' bill.
SenateBlll141 ould probably not
reduce the number of abortio in
Michigan; it probably ould just
make the proces more ditlicu1t.
'82 GALLERY OF OREA TS - Miller BreWing Company unveiled It. 1 H2 Oallery of Oreat. program
which .alut Afrlcan-Am .... can mayo,. at a r ceptlon In W hlngton. D.C. The Honorable
aynard Jack n, Mayor of the City of Atlanta (.econd from right) Joined Noel Hankin (left) Miller'.
director of marketing r latlon. nd Nell Oro .. , a Thurgood M rehall echolar from Bowie State
Unlv r.lty, at a ree pllon co-hoeted by Miller and the U.S. Confer,nce of Mayor... A portion of the
proc d. from the .. Ie of 0 II ry of Or.at material. ben �. the Thurgood Mar.han Schlar.hlp
Fund.
Group hope to end cigarette
and alcohol advertising
been working with simUar organiza- "That image of us is created by
tiolllacrou the country to reduce the the industry," Tinsley-Williams
StI" Writ.,. number of such billboards in poor, responded. "The industry like to
Fonner Wayne County Commis- minority neighborhoods. Tinsley-' feed into the individual's desire to be
sioner Alberta TInsley-Williams got Williams feels that, by dispropor- captain of his own ship, and groups
angry one day. Angry that the tlonately targeting luch areas a like ours are made to look like we're
people of her African-American martetfortbclrprodudl, tbcalcobol infriqi Oft i vidual righ .
community eemed to uffcr from I triea "robb " Adul do ve the d&ht to malct
drU*lIl.'- and 1010 -rei dIJ- a ion about whether or not to
a lot more than otbel'l. drink or moke," she added. "But the
Jlat people eem to begin lmoking advertising often hits people before
and drinking at earlier ages tbcac nDlley- Will I ems has become ac- they have a chance to make a �pon-
day . c\.atome4 to attacks from many who ible decision. The ads are youthful,
What m t angered nDlley-Wll- believe that ber group has DO.reason and theyemp ize thin like fun
IIams, however, that be could to exilt. One ar ument .. ls that independence thi that young
nae a connection be what CABAAT' at �tI to limit or . people 100 ng for.
happening to ber people eUmi infrl on .
amount of bUlboard advertisina for. the adyertiaera' freedom of peech. "I don't kIlo of anyone who
beer vodka and cigarettesexlating in "Commerci I peech Is in a tarted drinldngor mokingafterthe
De�it and other urban a with category by itself," he said. "It' not age of 25. The youth are like an
large minority populations. legitimate for them (advertisers) to insurance policy for the industry-
"When you become cognizant of hide behind the freedom of peech book them when they're young and
the impact of signs in your neigbbor- argument, pedally for commercial you've got a c torner for life."
hood, you become angry." aid procluc that are addied ." -Our main foc I to get the
Tinsley-WlllLama, who il the youth to not start," expl ined
founder of Coalition t ANOTHER CRITICI ha CABAA T' current preSident,
Billboard Advertising of Alcohol been that CABAAT and its later Deborah Omokehinde. "We can't
and Tobacco (CABAAT). aroups in other cities are attempting stand in front of a liquor tore and
to impose non- mokin nd non- stop a grown man from buying beer.
on c . CABAAT'.
By LEAH SAMUEL
INC 1
'Not just another
report, , say aeators
By LEAH UEL
"'" Wrtt!r
"The Black male has been studied
to de.th, " said Michael Cross, Chair­
man of the Detroit City Council
Youth Advisory Comm ion. "TbfI
. latest study not only outUnes what is
happening to the African-American
male, but it lis reaourcet for
action to do omething about it."
C ,along with Detroit City
Councilman Oil Hill and Dr. Rafael
Cortada, Wayne County Community
College president, released a report
addre ing the problems of African­
American males in the U.S.
The report, "The Plight of the
African-American Male," was
released January 29 in a press con­
ference at the City-County Building
in Detroit.
The report findings were based on
a ci ty bearing, "The Plight ot the
African-American Male," which
was held in February 1991. The bear ..
ing was conducteCS in response to a
University of Chicago study that
predicted thai at least 70 percent of
all African-American males will be
on dru , in jail or dead by the year
2000.
"IT'S COMMON knowledge
that African-American males are
struggling, but we wanted to take a
clo e look of our own at the status of
African-American males," said
Cross. "This- is the first time that
African Americans have looked at
themselves, using instiMions, to ex­
amine w�t· happe�ng in OUf own
community .
"W� ant the averap pelIOn to
take a rook at wbere lboy c::as1 t be
a re bUfce 1ft· 01 ina t
problems, " ed. "The rol 0
the individual is very important."
City Council Pro-tern President
Hill ld that the tudy is d igned to
ho may oot
thAt cbOi ."
OMOKEHINDE KNOWS well
the effects of cigarettes. A former
moker, he said that her use of
tobacco grew out of a need to fit the
image put forth by cigarette ds.
"When I wa youn, we all
wanted to be sophi ticafed. We
movie tars ligbting up and we
wanted to be like them," he aid. "I
wanted to impress the boys, nd to do
that you couldn't look like a little
pi.mo to
encourage action.
"I wanted to be part of a new look
at the problem, be said., "I didn't �
want to do yet another study on tho
Black male, then it it on the helf !O
gather dust I'm hoping that this will
lead to something proactive."
THE REPORT INCLUD
ata . tics and analyse. that uppo
coach.io of similar I
in recent put. It , bl:nllreve
Included Ibi 101udo
problema retea('ldMld--ua�1D
ment, dystuncdollll � - __ -_.
problems Jnd Clime amo
maiCi. . f
Among the education solutio
outlined were the creation and mailt.:
tenance of all-male academies for
Black youth, including A.frc?centric·
approaches in the scboolsyatem, and'
giving Black mal education in
parendng reapo ibility as well u·
x education. • .
To sotve the crime problem, the
report s tougher penald �
make criminal activity I aUrae. w
tive, the inclusion of an enbanced
rehabilitation component in tlie'
criminal justice sy tern, and In-"
creased alternalive programs. .: '
ero expre ed concern t�t .
community apathy may ve DC ,­
lively a ected their 0111. ,.
"We (who too part in the repol1)
are being treated like j t another'
European-American group that'a..
looking at us (African Americana),� ..
he stated. "The rcuon the com-,
munity II apathetic II bocaUie tbf,
leaderahfp il apathetic and peasimla-
tic. ., .�,