t., ,
VOL. XV NO. 18 ... 1 If /"'or ""'ei Pcoptc Is A Ft c«: Pcoptc MA H C H :) 1 -27. 1993
I
J n. 18, 1
But the all-whit jury deliber-
t d or about fi e hou Thursday
b fore convicting Fiedler of care-
l , rec or n Ii nt dis-
ch e of ir nn using death.
The charge' am' d meanor
punishable by up to two years in
prison. Fiedl T could ha faced a
15 y r entence on th man-
ficial aid the money was withheld
because of the college' failure to
meet tate audit requirements for
HIGHlAND PA - Vowing re- 1990-91 and 1991-92.
ve at the polls if the politicians However, according to HPCC of-
fo e th m in the fight to keepp ficials, the State Board i using
Highland Park Community College HPCC problems in meeting regula­
open the school's students held a tions as an excuse to d troy the col­
rally in the college auditorium Mon- lege, becaus Governor John Engler
day, March 15. wishes to d troy a college which
ThcMichigan.BoardofEducation. services those who are poor and
recently withheld tate appropriated Black. '
funds to the college. State Board of- Acting President Thorn Lloyd
said Friday March 12, three days be­
fore the rally, that if the state did not
release more aid in the next week, the
college could not meet its payroll,
though he denied it would go out of
business that quickly.
dent of the Highland Park School
Board, am Earl Wh eler, Highland
Park City Ombudsman and head of a
citiz ns committee upporting the
COllege, were al 0 on hand to exp
support for HPCC.
Ron
Iohlp." CltlDn
T dmittcd
n r ponding to
tip t t pected murderer
en in the high-crim area. While
qu tionlng Maben on the seconcl
S GUILTY. 81
co
RS
LED on th
See HPCC, 88
SENATOR VI GIL MITH
told tudents and faculty that he and
Representative David Points ot the
State Board to rel e more of the
tate funds it withheld from HPCC,
enabling th college to I t through­
out the year.
"Thi school will not close,"he
aid. The faculty will be paid."
However, when asked how much
wb
say.
cting HP C resident Thorn
Lloyd said that h received no word
of any money coming, but sugge ted
'word might be coming in the next
few days.
U.S. Congressman John Conyers,
Eugene Oil mer, director of the Board
of the Museum of African American
History, Winona Humphrey, presi-
o vid SI er, Corey G ton, Vemon�W h ngton, Wa er M08 y, M er
.Reect Back row, I-r, itant Coach George Adams, Team Manager
Gloria Meyers, Chris Thomas, B� ndon Johnson, Gareth Warren, Doug
. J ckson, Maxwell Faison, N han Roberts, Damlen Meyers, Head Coach
Alex Gaston. Not pictured player Luis AU.
Detroit Rocki 14-15 year-old hockey �ayers, came In third in the State
riockey Toumam nt M ch 12-13. The Rock ies w re II ed a underdogs
out went on to CN h St. Clair Shores and Ann Arbor. Yet, d p e their
resurgence, the Rockie couldn't pull off nother consecutiv win against
AFI Thunder 01 Woodhave . The Rock s remain proud of their 27·22-2
record. The Rockies are: front to«, l-r, Ohartes Puckett, Gr 9 Adams,
,L 9'i lation allow� unwed dad
for any off pring he has" aid Hor­
ton. "There's a moral obligation
there. We're not just animal out
there siring offspring with no re­
ponsibility -we're human b
ing ."
ponsible
o claim kid
Horton, like Gov. John Engler,
plac a high priority on welfare re­
form. One tep in that direction, be
aid, i making fathers pay for their
children instead of the state.
S e KIDS, B8
. Rep. Jack Horton, R-B lmont,
who introduced part of t p ckage,
aid the current yst m all w too
many fathers to hirk tb ir responsi­
bilities to their children.
"A father ought to be r
A paternity acknowledgment
package has wiftly pas d the
House and is expected to reach the
Senate next week. The. bills w uld
require all Michigan bo pitals who
deliver babies to offer an affidavi t to
both parents at Ul time of birth in
which th y would id nti y them­
selves and each other . th legal
mother and [ather.
By JEFF PARROTT
IAN lNG-A woman pushes,
moans and groans under e cruciat­
ing pain for hours, until finally, nine
months of labor miraculously yield
a tiny infant.
This moment i often referred to
as "the happy hour,"whenfatberand
mother, regardl of their relation­
ship to each other, share a mutual
sense of pride and accompli. hmcnt
in bringing a new person into the
world.
State lawmakers, along with
h alth care and eial service 0 fi­
ciaIs, want to take advantage of that
time to establi h legal paternity for
children born from unwed mothers.
They hope that doing 0 as quickly
as po sible, before the parents' rela­
tionship weakens or deteriorat
over time, will re ult in fewer chil­
dren wi thout legal fath rs.
&
"
chool offic,ial
wary of orplan
Detro t.
admini tration
concerned
over
lack
of' rese r�h.
A R WOULD only be
allowed on the birth certificate if he
acknowledge paternity, and the
mother consents to his claim.
Identifying the legally r ponsi­
ble [ather mor often would make
life easier for children Porn out of
wedlock, m ing them eligible for
child upport, inheritance rigb and
military benefi - to the am de­
gree under the law if the parents
were married. It would also I sen
the burden on stat financial i -
tance programs.
By LEAH SA UEL
Com .pondtlnt
there are three programs for preg­
nant and parenting t ens. Adminis­
trators at all thr express concern
about the use 0 Norplant for very
young women.
"Tbere hasn't b n enough re­
earch of long-term effects on that •
a e group,", aid Dr. Shirley
As a Baltimore school clinic be-
ins providing the Norplant eontra­
ceptive to tudents, D troit school
administrators are xpres ing con­
e m about the implications for ur-
ban ols nationwide.
In the D troit Public hool,
SCHOOL, B8
S
What do you
think of
President
Clinton's
\ .
LASONYA BUCKINES- I
think it will better the economy
and the job situation.
MARLON BARKSDALE­
We will all have to tighten our
belts and go with the flow.
TERRY ROBERSON-I think
he can cut the deficit, but I
think he needs two terms to do
it.
LYN�HA OLlVER� think
its a' good plan, we just have to
give it time to work.
-
economic
"plan?