r N W YO -A recent study revealed that most school boards operate so inef­ ciently that they hinder their own effort to improve schools. The tudy, "Governing Public Sdlools: New Times, New Requirement ", ex­ arni�d 15,350 of the nation' local chool boards. Problems cited included unfocused management; turn­ over of chool board mem­ bers; and a lack of tate legislation defining their role. Michael W. Kirst, a school­ reform expert at Stanford University and co-author of tbe study, said of the schodl boards, "They are trying to oversee everything, and they are so pressed for time that they don't do (anything) well." A re ult of this i that boards acro the country have have been pressed by teachers and the public. The study recommends state lawmakers to pass legislation that specifi­ cally outlines dutie of the chool board, concentrating on policy. SCLC· , continued from Page 1 around conducting a 'Who looks more like HaIry Truman contest," Lowery helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the national civil rights group 35 years ago. Low­ ery has headed the SCLC since 1971. He told the Albuquerque audi­ ence of about 175 they can create charige by applying their faith to po­ litical, social and economic prob­ lems. "Singing the Lord's song is doing tberight thing," he said .. "It is being ethical and moral and just in our decisions in life." Lowery said society is violent in part because people have aban­ doned spirituality for greed. "When materialism am greed connect, they produce some ugly offspring:' including racism, sex­ ism, corruption and violence, he said. The Rev. Charles W. Poole, Albuquerque chapter president, said the luncheon at the Albuquerque Convention Center was intended to introduce the SCLC to New Mexico. "There are educational needs, economic needs --and some preju­ dices among people still exist:' Poole said. "We need to teach peo­ ple what brotherhood means. Our group hopes to be a basis for that H Poole said there are about 75 SCLC chapters nationwide. He said the new Albuquerque chapter, with about 150 members, is the only one in New Mexico. YJ be accepted, however we are making some in-roads." ouljah: ay no oClinton i By JULIE PIERCE C.ptlal Nrn Swvlc. u.nora Fulanl appointment with a Black PubllsheIS group because Fulani was on the panel. Clinton also "profited from apart­ heid", Fulani said, with his invest­ ments in DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Ltd., a cornerstone of the South African economy. According to his tax returns, Clinton earned $4,000 from the investment. "THIS YEAR, going indo­ pendent is the most reasonable thing for Black voters to do," Fulani said in a tatement released to the press. "It' how the Black comunity and its friends am pol tical allies -the Lat­ im community, feminists, gays am lesbians, environmentalists, rank­ am-file labor, progressive whites­ can gain real leverage in-the Demo­ cratic Party. Even more importantly, it' how we can have a voice in the new independent political move­ ment that .bas erupted like a volcam this year will, between now the year 2000, undoubtedly solidify into a ml:i0r new political party." "Bven if you don't like a judge," Boyle said, "you can not show it in the courtroom." UPPO OF ICHIGA AACP-Ronald E. Smiley {left), corporate affair central region manager for Anheuser-Busch Com­ panies, accepts an award from Carl L. Breedi ng, presi­ dent of the Michigan Branche of the NAACP, in recognition of the brewer's support of the civil-rights or­ ganization. In addition to its financial support to local NAACP chapters across the state, the company also sup­ ports th organization's an­ nual conference, which was held recently in Romulus. -.� I � 10 EMU's Greg Peoples works for ��Ii.�ellts· minorities on campus, but to provide programming to the university at large on different cultures, YPSILANTI - Associate Dean of Students Greg Peoples has a full schedule and a packed agenda, but he said the main goal and reward of this position is making an impact on individual students at Ea tern Michigan University. "My overall effectiveness is determined by how I can provide a positive difference in the lives of individual students," he said. As associate dean, Peoples' primary duty is to assist students through administrative processes at the University and to offer solutions when snags occur. "Primarily I assist students through the red-tape process, which is not necessarily a negative situa­ tion, but sometimes it's helpful to have an administrator work on the .students' behalf to help solve a par­ ticular problem," he said. HOUSING, ACCOUNTING, judicial and personal problems all pass through his office, and Peoples wants to make an impact in all those areas. ' In addition to his responsibilities as associate dean, Peoples has been, in effect, serving as coordinator of Multicul tural Center while the coor­ dinator position in that office is vacant. He admi ts that it carries wi th it an additional workload, but the value of the experience he has received working with different student groups on campus has more than repaid the effort. "For me, I've learned a lot this year, particularly from working closely with other minority groups on campus. I've learned a 10,t from the Latino community and the tive American community just in terms of helping them plan their ac­ tivities," he said. Peoples noted that the goal of the center not only is to provide programming and sup.port for IN ADDITION TO his work with the Multicultural Center, Peoples has been spending time wi th Greek organizations and also working to t' tablish a gay/bisexual/lesbian ��sollrce cen- ter on campus.' , "The University, recognizes that we have a number of gay, bisexual and lesbian students on campus who have various �eeUngs ,abqut their sexual orientation. There is a grow­ ing need to provide some type of services for those students," he said, explaining that the resource center would serve to provide information, but would not function as a student organization. The number of' activities that Peoples oversees makes demands on his time, and he said he warned. his wife. of the demands when he accepted the posi tion. "When I took this job I told my Wife that she had to understand that part of thi responsibility is working with the Greek organizations (and the Multicultural Center) and that a lot of that would have to do with attending functions in the evening. But tho e are things. I've always liked 10 do," he said. .. People said that besides his busy family life with his wife and three daughters, he i involved in the com­ munity is several way. "I AM 4 CRET ARY of Wit- LANSING-Lady Justice is on the move in the state-literally. Her in­ fluence is visible in the courtrooms and on the judicial campaign trial. This year marks a unique moment in Michigan's judicial system. It is the first time two women have run against each other for a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court. Judge Marilyn Kelly of Bloom- J field Hills, nominated by the t •• v • ....u.,) .. �.�