aitien aives � HAITI HONORED - Booker Rice, vice pre id nt and field diver tty for The Prudential, pre ents a p inting to Dr. M y Angelou, poet lure te of the United State . The financial ervice company held reception honoring Dr. Angelou t the N tional A ociation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) conf rence in Chicago, IL, where Dr. Angelou won the pr stigiou Sprig rn Medal. The painting, titled "Through Thick and Thin, "i the work of Charles Caldwell, an arti t who re ides in Prudential' •• h dqu rters city, Newark N.J. It depicts an African-American :: family gathering. The Spingarn medal is the NAACP's highest :: honor . .• .. � News Brief:,· eds examine it .. WELCH , .. Welch id "But \V a 'errts fight tudent tracking I E(' T{ R(;a t c rd. "It mu t