We are nowembarldng upon the
holiday n that will mean many
thl to eli erent people. We at
Operation PUSH would like to y,
may 1 men know the love and
good t come with peace and
brotherhood.
A wish for this n and al-
ways ... peace.
Each and everyone of have
great deal to be thankful for, and all
P . due to the almighty creator.
IN 1HE � course of
human events, we must remain
vigilant and protective in our Quest
for absolute freedom and justice on
all fronts orld wide well on
the local and local national scene:
We must DOt expect that the
election of William (Bill) ainton 10
president of the u.s. will be the
. solution to all of America's
problems or the problems in the
Africa American community. Be
sure to contact the president-elect
and remind him that his election
with 90 plus percent of the African
American vote means an urban
agenda at the start of his term.
We must also remind .Mr. ain­
ton that we demand reperadom for
the hundreds of years of slavery and
the 100 plus million of Africans
who lost their lives aossing the
ocean!
Somalia, Africa is a case of the
failure of humanity and the univer­
sal concept that the life of each
human being is sacred. It is hoped
that the UN and the UN troops,
featuring U.S. soldiers as the main
body, will give relief for the hungry
and not grief, an additional death
machine by engaging in warfare to
• subdue the warring factions.
WE PRAY FOR peace, long
term peace and famine relief.
The increase in broken homes
and divorce in America is on the
rise. In the African-American com­
munity we have fewer and fewer
African-American females remar­
rying. For example, in 1975, 75.7
percent of all African-American
females ages fifty to fifty-four
remarried; however, in 1990 only
52 percent of Black females were
remarrying.
This leads to the break down of
the family and the lack of value of
a relationship. According to the
U.S. Census most American
women who Illake more than
S30,<XX> are much less prone to
remarry than ladies who make less.
The data speaks for itself-men
and ladies of America unite.
There is a need for African­
Americans to invest and reinvest in
the cities they live in by buying
products from city stores. ...
TIlE USA-with the world's
highest 'incarceration rate tops
South Africa in Black imprison­
ment
The USA has 426 prisoners per
1oo,<XX> population, followed by
333· in South Africa and 268 in the
Soviet Union.
The incarceration rate for Blacie
males in the USA is four times
South Africa's-3,109 per 1oo,<XX>
population in the USA, compared
with 729 in South Africa. Of the
. one million inmates in U.S. prisons
and jails, nearly 455,<XX> are Black.
Nearly 41 percent of those ar-
re ted in 1989 were Black; but
Blacles make up 12 percent of the
total population and about 15 per­
cent of the dru using population.
111<;tIL.·\ND P .. \RK
child}x)od, m, and fnj ce,
red by the YOWUIIlteli
their performance deUah the
up don L Martin, and the
Group members of·
fered Barber
youngsters words of
wisdom, and
answered a variety of
questions.
udieoce of taff, paren and other
citizeoa.
The tudents participating were
Dawayne Black, Carsena Brown, Mar­
tell Mason, Nechole Miller, Curtis
Johnson, Fallon Williams, Prentice
Davia, Navisha Smith, and Timothy
McPherson.
G OUP MEMBERS offered
Birber yo 11: 0 of wiIdom,
and anaweled a ty of q d
Teacher Janet Stewart'. fourth­
grade Drama Cub Hl8hJml Part'.
Barber ElemenIIry Scbool pracmed
an original poem at.the regular Dec. 8
Highland Park Board of Education
meeting.
Stewart'. original poem, "Malcolm
X: Love of. FamIly," focuaiDa on bit
THEIR INDIVIDUAL
RECITATIONS were part of a
presentation on the Highland Park
School D met's Multicultural Studies
program, by coordinator Deiadra
Downes.
Highland Park public chooJs took Sounds of Blackness members at Barber School December 10th. Barber and Highland Park Community
���:��t,;;��.��ance High School graduate Terrance Frierson is 2nd from right-green/navy striped costume. Photo courtesy
of Highland Park School District.
HPCC
President
resigns despite
thre� year
contract It
By RON EIQI!L
MIchlgM CIfIDn
mGIIIAND rAllK-At a Highland
Park School Board meeting discussion,
Board Member Mamie Cooper, vice
president of the School Board and vice
chair of Highland Park Community
College (HPCC) Board of Trustees,
verified that Community College
President Ow'les MitcheU, Jr. wu
leaving because he resigned his posL
In discussing a labor question in­
volving Mitchell, she said, "He had •
three year contract. We didn't break
that contract. I can't understand having
a settlement, when he 'a going 10 retire
before the contract is up."
School Board Attorney Sam Mc­
Cargo stated that the problem was
giving Dr. Mitchell back vacation days
he was entided to before be left.
Coopers said that his absences on
the vacation days would leave the col­
lege without. president, forcing them
to put a aubordinale in his place to
represent the college, while Dr.
Mitchell was getting paid.
"WE HAVE TO HIRE someone
when be is not bere, " .be said.
McCargo lugeated he could be
compeoaated for not 1akiDl the days be
w entided to.
McCargo said he would review
Mitchell's vacation time.
Previously at the same meeting,
Cooper' expressed' dissatWfaction that
Dr. Mitchell sent a reprasentative to
discuss college items on the agenda
instead of coming himself.
"With all the lOOney we're paying
lUm (Mitchell)"," she said, "he should
be here."
Lack of
Knowledge
is darker
than night.
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When Opportunity
Knocks ...
Open The Door
by Registering .
Early Registration: .
November 23-December 4
Final Registration:
January 5-9
a Begin:
Saturday, January 9
�ona.y,Januaryll
1993 Spring Semester
Final egistration
January 5-9,1993
January 5 , 10:00 a.m.-7:oo p.m.
January 6 10:00 a.m.-7:oo p.m.
January 7 10:00 a.m."7:oo p.m.
January 8 9:00 a.m.-2:oo p.m.
January 9 9:00 a.m.-12:oo noon
• ADDroROP .
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January 20 10:00 a.m.-7:oo p.m.
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January 22 : 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
LAST DAY TO ADDroROP A CLASS
AND RECEIVE FULL REFUND
Students who use the deferred payment and drop some or all
classes after this day will owe full amount of tuition ....
J.nu ry 22, 1993.
Schedule of Spring 1993 CIa
Call 252-0475, Ext. 238
ATURDAY CLASSES BEGIN
Saturday, January 9,1993
, WEEKDAY CLASSES BEGIN
. . January 11, 1993
ARnN LUTHER KING DAY
Holiday .... (No Classes)
Jaouary t8, 1993
FINAL REGISTRAnpN
January 5-9,1993
CLASSES RESUME
January 19,1993
ADDIDROP
January 19-22, 1993
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY CC;>LLEGE
LAST DAY TO ADDIDROP A CLASS
to receive a refund. Students who
use deferred payment 'and drop some
or all classes after this day will owe
full amount of tuition and fees
January 22, 1993
WINTER BREAK
(No Classes) - February 2�-26, 1993
CLASSES RESUME
March 1, 1993
MID-SEMESTER GRADES
March 10, 1993
.
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW .
from a class or from college through
the Registrar's Office. Grade policy
applies thereafter
April 8, 1993
CLASSES DISMISSED FOR
EASTER
(Holiday) - April 9-18, 1993
CLASSES RESUME .
April 19, 1993
FINAL EXAMINAnONS
May 15-18,1993
COMMENCEMENT
May 22,1993
END OF SE ESTER
May 22,1992
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