Ollv t Promot . Dlv r Ity Coli g Cultur I o et Mk - Dr. Ken Durga , Olivet College' new multi-cultural service dep rtment director, wor to e e tensions created by a racial brawl that involved 70 tudents I t April. Durgan' po i tion i to upport and coun el minority studen , sponsor racially diverse speakers and films on campus, and create a erne ter exchange programs with blac col­ lege. The college ha taken th other steps to improve the racial climate: It has worked closely with the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Relations Division to find ways to eliminate tensions between Black and white students, college poke­ man, Jerry Rashid aid. Five minority faculty members were hired. Three are African American, one is Hispanic and one' is Native American, Ra hid said. The school previously had no full-time 'minority PI'9 ou gUilds crpat the campus and three dor­ mitories frornd p.m. to 8 a.m., seven days a week. One guard· patrolled the campus last year. Gretchen von Loewe Kreuter was named presI­ dent of the COllege and ex­ pressed commitment to improving the college's at­ mosphere during a recent speech. She replaced Donald Morris, who resigned Aug. 15. Despite the absence of seven Blacks students who chose not to return to Olivet after last spring's racial conflict, the school has 72 minority students com­ pared to 68 minorities last fall. "Running away from the problem doesn't solve any­ thing," says Ladora Smith, a 19-year-old sophomore, "If no one comes back and tries to change things, then things will just remain as they are." t Naw Bahamian I adar After 25 years in office, the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Sir Lynden O. Pindling an d his Progres­ sive Liberal Party, who . 'led this Caribbean island nation to independence from Britain and in recent years have quarreled with the United States, have been swept from pow�r in a Parliamentary election. Plagued since the early 1980's by persistent ac­ cusations that he has taken bribes from cocaine and marijuana traffickers and saddled more recen!­ ly with an economrc decline that has left thousands without jo�s, Sir Lynden's Progressive. Liberal Party was resoundingly defeated by Hubert Ingr aham, a former Pindling protege who broke with the party and now heads the Free National Movement. By ES S THO PSON 'IT P G for him would be pre umptuous wh n th re h been no communication" from Clinton aid . "I'm doing what' important, challenging people to do th ir t. I reall y m not focu ing on the trategy of the camp ign, I'm urging people to vote for who inspires th m. I would tell people to make tough choices and vote your conscience and vote your hope." During the rally, Jac on urged tudents at the historically Blac college to remember acrifices made during the civil rights movement of the 19608. "No one can walk on this campus unregistered and even pretend to be intelligent," he said. "It's a matter of dignity. It's a matter of hope." A Wake County registrar's table was et up in the hallway outside the gymna ium where J ckson spoke to a student assembly. After the assembly, attended by several hundred, stud ts mobbed the tables to register. Jackson planned another voter registration rally Thwsday at North Carolina A&T State University in Marker for first Africans in English America Gre boro. er th t h planned to pe t church rvice commemoratin th de 0 25 chic en plant wor I Hamlet. "For the right to vote, the price on portrayed romantically, J c on aid, but tudents bould understand that they &C re inheriting the victorie made po ible by the blood and pain of th martyrs." GD (AP) - Bill Clinton' pre idential campaign has di tanced itself from traditional Democratic supporters while it trie to win party member who have voted for Republican president , the Rev. Je se J c on said Wedne day. As he has before, Jac on warned that the trategy could hurt Clinton at the poll . "The impact of that di tancing . to discourage voter participation," he aid during a .�w conference after a voter registration rally at S1. Augustine's College. "I would hope the campaign would choo e in tim a big tent trategy in which everybody fits under a big tent," Jackson said "urban America, organized labor and the Rainbow Coalition" had been excluded from the Clinton campaign as it sought to win the votes of Democrats who voted in the past for Republican presidents. ackso said be hadn't been asked to work for Clinton although he upports him. v approximately 20 Africans from the Spanish who had enslaved them. HISTORIANS STILL debate whether 'the English colonists enslaved them or treated them like indentured ervants and freed them after their periods of servitude expired. From this early beginning, the institution of slavery evolved during the 17th century as the Virginia colonis ts extended the length of ervice for Africans from a fixed . term to life. Voter registration 1 he Detroit cOllllion Club will sponsor a Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties Voter Registra­ tion Day, WedneCj�ay, September " 23, from 10:00 a.£. to 8:00 p.m. at The Cotillion Cub 13221 Puritan Ave. at Cheyenne in Detroit. W GTO (AP) - Jesse Jac on, who criticized presidential candidate Bill Clinton for neglecting BI ks and other minoritie , w named Monday to lead a Democratic gr roots voter registration drive. Democratic Party Chairman Ron Brown, in announcing th appointment, aid the effort will be aimed at "people who have been traditionally hut out of the political process." Jackson "inspires millions of Americans," Brown said. 'I Hi record in working for progressive change and empowering and mobilizing people i unmatched.' , J ckson' ppointment was expected, despite the tensions between him and Clinton. La t week, Jac son aid "ur{,an America, organized labor and the Rainoow Coalition" he heads were being excluded from the Clinton campaign as it targets mainly middle-clas whites who have voted Republican in recent national elections. Jac on aid in a statement Monday, "I will be working bard to elect Bill Clinton and AI Gore" and Democratic congressional, state and local candidates. "Democrats must win from the bottom up," he aid. NABJ Di cusses Athletes As Role Models One of the highlights of the 17th annual National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Conv�ntion held r�ently in ,?etroit, was a symposium entitled ·Should Athletes ae Role Models?· which was sponsored by Reebok International Ltd. Wit� a sta�dlng �oom 0�1y crowd of more ,than 1',000 looking on, NABJ sports task force chairman Leon H. Carter (far left) moderated a lIVely olscusslon which included comments from panelists (I to r): Brenda Gatlin, assistant principal of Cass Technical High School in Detroit; former NBA standout Spencer Haywood; Reggie Williams, former linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cinci�nati.City Councilman now general m8:nage� of the World Football League's Ne� York/New Jersey Knights; Charles Grantham, executive director o� the �BA Players Assocla�on, Stedman Graham, formet professional basketball player in the European league and founder and excutive director of Athlete� A�aanst Drugs, and Wor1d Heavyweight Boxing Champion Evander Holyfield. ·The general feeling was that p,arents should be their kids primary role' models,· said Carter in summing up the session. ·Athletes do, however, have a responsibility to the Black community and to themselves to project positive Images: .. r driv GA mayor, with pistol in pants, meets with angry Black residen - .. � ... ,1. .).c.l1U ,l..(., ... 'U� • 1tL� NTON, *. (AP) - he � e \' . dI -Georgia town I wore a .22-caliber pistol in his pants to a confrontation with about 50 Black residents caUing for his resig­ nation. • • When you 've got an uprising • like that. you need to show some kind of defense," Ellenton �yor : EI�in Hart ¥id, adding he had a per- : mit to carry. the weapon. : But Assistant District Attorney : Charles Stines of Southern Judicial : Circuit aid it is a misdemeanor to • carry a weapon to a public gathering. • Monday night's meeting of the all: white Ellenton City Council was called in response to a petition presented tel the mayor and council 1 t week. The 25-signature' petition says "The Black community would like • to retain the good relations always enjoyed by the two races in the past. We would like for the mayor to resign ... to avoid the conflict of a recall election." A new historical marker noting the coming of the first Africans to English North America in August 1619 was dedicated near Jamestown. The historical marker joins 'the 1,500 markers across the Commonwealth of Virginia that present some of the most notable events in Virginia's history. The marker is being sponsored and funded by the Harriett Tubman Historical Society, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware, an organization dedicated to telling the story of the underground railroad and to pre erving African-American historical sites. The marker explains that the first documented Africans in English AIDerica landed near Jame town in August, 1619. A Dutch ship captured CAREY�CKSON, a spokes­ man for the petitioners, 'aid the meeting served no purpose. The petitioners accuse the mayor of withholding city services from Black members of the community. holding secret meetings with council members and failing to properly bi