P to Well ley Colle where
By JULIE REV 0 OS
Detroit resident
named editor of The
South End at WSU
H � ard Davy, f Dctroi t, is th
new editor-m-chie ofTh South End,
Wayn State University' tudent
n w paper.
Th on -year appointment w
made bv ·he univ rsity ' tudent
New p p r Publication Board, a
nin -rncrnb r Troup with repre-
entation from th tud nt body, f -
ulty, adrniru tration and th print
media.
A enior majorin in journali m,
Davy, 2 i a member of WSU's
Joumali m In titute for Minorities.
He hail from Bro klyn .Y., and
earned an a ociate ' degree in .
graphic arts [rom Virginia lnt rmont
College � re enrol!in in the W U
joumali m pn gmm in th fall of
1991.
Davy ay hi mai n oal f r th
tudent n � spa r ar to eliminate
t hnical errors and to ro d n cover­
ag 0 th neigh ring community.
"I'd like to expand the f us a bit -
loo-, int how the area .urr undin th
univ rsity impact on student who
attend Wayne State," he points out.
Ferris students
support Africa
111GB ND PARK - Stu-
dent and taff at Highland
Park Ferri Elementary
Sch 1 60 Cortland, have con­
tributed 550 to Alricare, an· n­
profit Washington. D.C.-be: ed
organization dedi ated to' im­
proving the quality of hf in ru-
ral ar of Africa.
Collecting pennies and tag­
ing fund-rai e ,Ferri ontrib­
uted to Africare f r the econd
consecutive year. Proj t co r­
dinator at Ferri i reading con-
ultant Paralee Day.
A year a 0, the raised
at the 4 - tudent K- scbool
was used by Africarc to pur­
chs e tree edlm for planting
in th W t African nation of
cncgr I, Iricar on i ial For­
r t P. Branch advi cd.
Matu . dlin are trans-
plant d, and th .n'grow int trees
whi h help build top il for
.rop .servc Iirew duel for
cookin , and help tore the
rainfall cycle. Forested are
tend to ha 'hi rh r rai nfall I -
1.
to hin bri
Jervi Gilliard has been a pedal education tudent in the Education
and Trainin for a Career Program (ETC) at ew Dorp High School.
Throu h ut hi demi life, Jervie h had to deal with th rs' ina -
-.. urat p r ptn rs of hi personality and abiliti .
. Many tud .nts and tea hers who didn't know about Jervie' leamin
di abiliti th u ht he was retard d, but thi didn't deter him. In the ETC
program J rvi has proven to be a g d employee and produ ti e. mem­
ber 0 the ' mmuruty. Due to his excellent work, Jervic whit d at
Bayl S t n He pital as a torcroom h lper.
H at Red Cro - ponsored Fire afety
programs nd at the Ho pita! Bowl.-A-Thon. A1thou h Coo topher
Reev pr ent d Jervie with hi award, the audience knew that Jervie
w the real-life Superman.
Befo . h entered high, school, Shalonda Kin had 10 t her mother
father and great-grandmother. D pite being left to fend for herself,
Shalonda raduatcd ninth in her enior cl s at Washington Irving
Sch 01. Sh was al vice president of the honor society and erved on
the I1C\ pap r. ta l.while carrying a rigorous academi I ad. Shal nda
hea up to 01 ate University next year wh re he i ur t meet with
great ucc
Th ugh hi family life was often complicated by many ob tacles,
D rwin Roca ranked in the top 10 percent in hi cnior cl 'at William
Cullen Bryant Hi h hool, where he i called "a guiding orce" ..
While exc 11m academically, Derwin w active in chool theater
and in ncoura nn students to avoid dru .alcoh I and violen e and opt
f r h althv, 'If-fulfilling hv . Derwin I 0 erv In th City Kids
alinon and h: appeared in anti-violenc �d . He h: b en a .epted
'at the N w York University Ti ch School of the Arts where he wants to
pu sue an.acting ar er.and continu lendin hi' talents to community
activiti s. erwin I. on wh truly know that IVIn h(� Its own n .. '\ arcs.
WhJI' the C youn 1 p iplc rcpre ent only a handlul ot tho e who arc
d .rvin J ot .1\\ ard and r ogmtion, th 'y ar pot nt ym )1' of all \ c
can c ccornpli h de puc ad ersity in our lives. cvv, WUJm, Jcrvic.
halonda an 1 0 twin r mind us f the potential that go untapp d r
b orncs rrusdir cted in 0 many y un 1 people t d y. I thank and
n rutulatc th .rn for in piring W' tb d more,
Marian tVri -ht Edelman is Pr id nt of the hildren' Defense Fund;
a' national voice for children,'
For affordable Initiative Home
Improvement Loans,
talk to us first.
Member of Alpha Kappa Alph Sorrority, Inc., 0 troit gr duate ch pter nd Univer Ity of
Michigan undergr du te chapter w r pi a d with the minar. (photo by Julie Reynold.)
want to learn and will learn. It i our
belief that it tak an entire village to
tak care of a child. It i counterpro­
ductive to pI the blame. Th mo t
affective thing t do i ay'wh re do
we go from here', ", aid Omar.
I n addition to the workshop , there
were di play of African artifacts and
African doll ,information rom Alco­
holic Anonymous, and ub tance
buse prevention. P ters with rnes­
ag pertaining to dru ,education
violence. alcohol and eontraceptiv
were di played in front of the cafeteria
tage,
The tn how it is the
moral bligation [or th entire Black
race to lend a helping hand to educate
Black children.
RDI TO Omar the
them "Partners In Education" repre­
ents a "PIE" made up of parents,
tudents, community and school staff.
Every ingredient must work together,
a unified body in order to pave a
productive future for Black children.
"We want the kids'-to know that the
orors of Alpha Kappa Alpha are on
their ide. We all must come together
with one goal; to remain focused on
the child," aid Omar .
Thi eminar i the beginning of a
y r around commitment to th ca­
dcmic and ocial advancement of the
tuden of Ford elementary chaol.
�.P. MAR P -
n fth AKA gradu­
�e facilitat r of th
he Inilla1i e II< m' lmpr \CIl1 'nt (an
Ir T11 hr t ( t Am ric.t. lilt til C I a IItll'
imtiati\e,
eminar.
Omar i th Dean of Student Serv­
ice at Hi hland Park Community
Colle
Y ung hildr' n must be edu at 'J
by paren , t c rs and th commu­
nity, Ornar . d
"W hold that all children arc fun­
damentally a le to learn, can I rn,
hank .lor hI '.
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