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This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. -Limited Edition- VOL. 8, NO.1 MINORITY JOURNALISM WORKSHOP, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, BOWLING GREEN, KY. JUNE 27,1991 Minority retention too low at Western, CHE charges
By LASHAFfA CUNNINGHAM Of the 554 faculty members at the Bosse High School university. only 14 are black. At one time blacks made up 10 LO II percent of Ihe Because of a lack of black faculty student lxxly. Now they comprise only 6.5 members and a low black student percent of the student population. enrollment, Western Kentucky University Alexander noted that as the school has has been criticized by the Council on grown over the years, the number of blacks Higher Education. on campus has not. CHE representatives, along with some Phyllis Gatewocxl.. black student retention legislators. visited Western two weeks ago coordinator, said, "We need to be more to tell university administrators they arc competitive in terms of scholarships to unhappy with the university 's progress hlack students." toward meeting affirmative action goals. Journalism department head Jo-Ann Albers, who attended one meeting with the delegation. said, ''The group was distressed thaI the numbers were poor and did nOI seem to be improving." We, as an" institution, The council c ited the university for retaining a smaller percentage of black are taking a rather students than while students. Annually. the council reviews each of distorted view of the __ -:K~c~n¥tucky's slate-supported institutions to problem. .... cv al~a te whether money provided for minority recruilment and retention programs is being properly used. Howard Bailey. dean of student life, said Howard Bailey. Dean" of Student Life the money has been used. but the commitment to retain minority students has to be moved farther up the budgetary Gatewood has devised several strategies priority list. to retain minority students. including ones "We. as an institution. arc taking a rather which involve o·utreac h . better By DeWayne Grant/DuPont Manual distorted view of the problem." recruitment and new plans for admissions. Foster grandmother Carrie Veals provides a helping hand for Shay Cox, 6, Finances, according to Dr. Livingston Bailey said administrators needed to at the Bowling Green Girls Club. A lexander, associate vice president for find ways to gel more money instead of academic affairs, arc the reason why black pointing the finger and trying to find enrollment is declining. someone to blame for the problem. Children receive love and hugs Alexander said college is expensive. and the rmancial aid is not really sufficient. SEE PROGRAMS, HACK PAGE from caring foster grandparents By LAKISHA GREEN kids. Some of the children have never Students anticipate little Whites Creek High School heard someone say 'I love you.'" Barnell said. The midday sunshine pours down on the Barnell has one child but has no change despite CHE visit dozens of children playing in the grass at grandchildren of her own. The program. the Girls Club of Bowling Green. she said, has given her the opportunity to Sounds of laughler and childhood have that experience. By ANNECIA DONlGAN that they have made." said Deanna Mills, a chattering and singing fill a typical day. She is regularly a foster grandmother at Hunters Lane High School public relations major from Glasgow. The energetic youngsters slow down just High Street Head Start, but works at the For Ihe last five years. CHE ha<; provided long enough to enjoy a game of bingo and Girls Club during the summer. Despite the fact that the Council on $190,000 annually to Western to improve a story reading. The foster grandparents often develop Higher Education came down hard on its percentages of black faculty and staff Foster grandparents Beatrice Barnett, special relationships with the children. Western for failing to meet affirmative and to recruit and retain black students. Carrie Veals and Elizabeth Dunn serve as "You can't keep from loving them," action guidelines, black student leaders "The CHE was a big help in our cause role models for the girls. Barnett said. expect little immediate change. because it is a large and important The program. sponsored by Southern Foster grandmother Carrie Veals, 65. has Council members visited Western about organization." said Shannon Floyd, a Community Action Agency, trains senior been in the program for a year. She is the two weeks ago and informed the university Louisville recreation major who helped citizens over 60 10 counsel and tutor grandmother of two boys in Shreveport, that its progress in recruiting black faculty organize a sit-in last spring to protest a lack youngsters. La. and staff and retaining black students was of progress in solving minority problems. Foster grandmother Barnett. 75. has been Veals said she believes that this program inadequate. " "The idea of having a sit-in came about in the program for 10 years and says it fills the void of not having her own "It seemed as though something was when students compared what was going gives her a sense of importance. Some of grandChildren living ncar her. "I've going 10 change when the CHE came, but I the children call her grandmother. can't really say that 1 can see any changes SEE STUDENTS, BACK PAGE 'The most rewarding thing is helping the SEE FOSTER, BACK PAGE 2 Minority Journalism Workshop, June 27. 199 1 Journalism family tradition for Merv, Eleska Aubespin By ANTRIECE SIMS Ihal story for 48 hours," Merv Waggener High School said. , He was commended on the story He graduated from Tuskegee and the publisher of the paper University when he was 18 years thought he would be o f more old. walked from Selma to value as a reponer, so he sent him Montgomery, Ala., wilh the Rev. 10 Columbia Univers ity to be Martin Luther King and was the trained as a journalist. He came only black reporter to cover the rac ial rialS in Louisville. She graduated from Western Kentucky University a little more tha n a year ago and is taking her " flfS t steps as a reporter at The Fort I was raised in Wayne (Ind.) Joumal·Gazelle. Merv Aubespi n, associate edi tor the news room. for development at The Courier Journal, remembers the obstacles That's all I knew he faced early in his writing and all I wanted. career a'i he watches his daughter. Eleska , achieve in journa lism wi tho ut facing those same , Jaban HIIVHume·t"ogg AcaaemlC OOrricrs. Although he concentrates on Cornelius Martin remembers where he came from and gives back to the community recruiting and supervising and she " because he cares about people who have helped him become successful. Eleska Aubespin. reponer works on news and has a strong background in features, they share a common bond in their work . Commitment, dedication, hard work .. It abSolutely delights me to see back to Ihe CJ as a reporter for the my daughter in her first ventures black communities on civil ri ghls. make automobile dealership successful of joumalism become successful," Eles.ka graduated wi th a degree way." he said. By KAREN D. BROWN dealership. And it is still growing. Eleska often seeks her father's in journalism and a mi nor in Bowling Green High School Soon Martin will open a Saturn Ronald E. Coxsom, an advice. He gladly offers it. English literature. dealership in Dayton. Ohio. employee of Martin AulOmotive, And Merv's experience' is " I was raised in the news Being brought up o n a farm To better his business, Martin said, "He puts money back into varied. room," she said. "That's all I teaches a perSO Il to work ha rd, said he foc uses on improving the com munity. and he cares He recalls goin g to visit his knew and all I wanted." says Comeli us Martin, owner of "people skills." He said yo u have aboul the people and the roomate's aunt, who was Martin Eleska is Creole, a combination Marti n O ldsmo bile, Cadillac, to train your personnel to improve community. your service. Along with being a successful L u th er Ki n g's secr etar y. of Indian. Black, French, White Subaru. Isuzu and Dodge car dealership in Bowling Green. "There is always someone who businessman, Martin said he tries " She made a good meal away and Spani sh, and she values her from campus:' Manin said he used this type of can run fa ster or jump hi gher," to display values to his employees black heritage. lifestyle to become one of Martin said. He said he keeps thi s and fa mily. Hi s values include She info rmed him and his " If the newspaper tends to lack roomate about the bus boycott Kentucky's most successful allilude to stay successful. But commitmenl. dedication, hard in informal ion about Ihe black going on in Montgomery, Ala. minority businessmen. being successful doesn' t always work and accepting challenges. communily, I speak up." she said. where he walked with Dr. King. But Martin said that when he mean yo u will be the beSt, Manin With his honesty. Martin' s "Leadership is nothing wilhout ." really enjoy my job. I wouldn't started his fltSt car dealership. the said. Martin's goal is to have employees said he has proven to himself and the communily that fo ll owers ,~ he said when asked want to do an ything else." people in Bowling Green didn't sales of S 100 million. wh y he partic ipated in the Her father continues to work in give him much of a chance. Being successful lakes support. he is a winner. boycott. " He needed all the he lp c ivil righls. He went to West " I rise to the challenge:' Manin and Martin has strong suppo rt He sa id he has looked past he could get:' Africa to evaluate the damage said, something he has done for from the community. peoples' prejudices and taken Merv majored in education and done by droughts and the way it the pas t five years. "You can' t forget where you advantage of the opportunities as He began his dealership with come from ." Martin said. "' You a minority. sought a teachi ng job after he was going to be resolved. little money and turned his must give back 10 the people and Said Coxsom: " He's a hell of a graduated from college. "No one The president of Senegal invited business into a $25 million the organizations that paved the man. wanted to hire me as a regular him back to lake part in a teacher, so the y hired me as a ceremony honoring black slaves substitute teacher." he sa id. who lost their lives en route to Denning contributes by serving community Later he was drafted into the America. Anny and there he laught himself By KAREN D. BROWN Kentucky Stale Police offi cer, a He is a strong advocaie for the to draw. He is the fanner president of the Bowling Green High School Bowling Green school board education of minorities. He said When he returned home in 1968 Nalional Association of Black member and now a candidate for minorities must oc well qualified from me Anny, a friend told him Journalists and a member of the Joe Denning, one of Bowling cily commissioner. and well prepared in today's of a job o pening in the art American Society of Newspaper Green's leading minorily cilizcns, Because the community plays society, and he believes strongly department of The Courier Editors of whic h he is the has dedicated himself 10 helping an imponam role in Denning's that if minorilies arc well Jo urna l. Aubespin applied and chairperson of the Minorities the community. life. he wants other minorilies to prepared they can go an ywhere in was hired. Committee. The life-long residen( of be in vo lved in the political corpomte America. Following the assassinat ion of Aubespin received the Ida B, Bowli ng Gree n feels that process by regislering to vote, so Denning hopes that because he Dr. King. race rials broke out in Well s Award lasl year fo r individuals should give back 10 their views and needs are no t has been involved in Ihe community he has made Ihings a Louisville, which Aubcspin calls leadersh ip in in lcgraling the lhecomm unit y. overlooked. "civil disturbances." "' I a lways wanted to be a For the community to prosper little easier for minorities, which newsrooms of America. He volunteered 10 cover the participant in Ihe communit y ,~ everybody has to be concerned may encoumge them to gel more For the Aubespins. journalism is story because he thought il would Denning said. He has participated with each other's needs. "A involved. family affair. be dangerous for a white reporter. a by being Ihe firsl black police person has to be a ble to "We have to be prepared for the " I was the on ly person covering Like.falher, like dau ghte~. officer in .Bowling Green. a communicate wilh all people." challenges lhat lie ahead," he said. Minority Journalism Workshop, lune 27. 1991 3 Class meets class at Corvette Assembly Plant
By APRIL ALLEN The only difference in Ihe L· Bolivar Hi gh School 98 and ZR·l is body style and horsepower. Th .... L·98 goes Most peoplc who v isit Ihe considerably slower with a top General Motors Corvetle speed of 150· 158 mph. Assembl y Plant in Bowling "The Corvelle is a safe car," Green walk from place to place Millea said. It comes with a as the lour guide e~p l ains how drivers side air bag and fou r· the car is put logelher and how wheel disk brakes. and even a many are assembled an hour. warning li ght for underinnated But not workshoppcr AOIriece lires. Sims who gOi an opponunity 10 At the same time. Millea said start a Corvette while it was still it has a Delco Bose S te reo on the assembly line. System complete with a compaci " I was surprised and honored disc player. to be the first person to test out a Millea said the car comes in new Corvetle:' said Sims. who 10 colors. and mos t have a was hande d the keys and leather inte rior. S ix coats o f escorted to the car by one of the paint goes on the car. employees. Sims. other workshoppers and instructors toured Ihe plant as part of Weste rn's Minorit y lournalism Workshop. Not to be outdone. two OIher " workshoppers. 1ason Alexander The Corvette is and Brad Ewing. rode around in a class of its the parking lot in one of the new Tamara PU lley/Union County models. own. Quinn Davis. Dunbar High School, focuses on a subject while other workshoppers look at "It was smOOlh as ice." Ewing said. " I felt like I was floating Corvette literature, The group posed in front of the only plant where Corvettes are made. on the road," A l e~a nd e r added. of the work turned out by the General Motors began people who work the re. assemblin g Corvettes here in Jennifer Millea." tour guide About 900 people work in the _ 1981 . and the first car rolled off plant plus 60 robots which do the line in June of that year, said mostly welding and some Jennifer Millea. a Western Even a spons car is sometimes painting. Ten percent o f the cooperative education student not with out its share of employees are women. and 15 who works as a tour guide. problems. Millea said GM percent are black. Millea said the Corvette is the produced no Corvelles in 1983 Between 20 .000 and 25.000 only American made sports car, because the fiberglass pieces did cars are produced a year, Millea and 96 of Ihe m roll orr Ihe not fit together. But in 1984, a said. but no t a s ing le car is assembly line eac h day, five new body style was created. and made until the plan t has an days a week. Corvelle .... on the 1984 Motor order for it. The most popular model is the Trend Car of the Year award. Once a dealer gels an order L·98 coupe which sells a s a "The Corvelle is in a class of for a car. that order is hardtop for $34.000 and as a its own:' Millea said. forwarded 10 GM . and that conv ertible for $39.000. The While GM is taking ad vamage spec ific car goes into most ex pe ns ive is the ZR· 1 of some Japanese manufacturing production, she sa id . coupe which has a top speed of production techniques. including The 1992 production model 180 mph and a 565.000 price the use of robotics. Millea said will begin rolling off the line in tag. the key to the car is the quality July. AIMS program gives minorities a shot at success
By BRAD G. EWING "help minorities and put them on a to give minorities a sense of their satisfied that she can make some complaints about reverse Stratford Hi gh School straight path." history:' Gatewood said. Some of impact on the lives of the kids in discrim inalioo . she replied, ··Yes." "The program is pUlling career the students do not know anything her program. "Bul you arc going to get thai While Kentucky'S black ideas into their heads." Gatewood about their ancestors and Ihe The AIMS program provides from everywhere. Our race is in population is increasing. some said. "'t was intended for kids accomplishmems of African· tutoring, career planning. test b'ouble and we must do everything blac k studenlS in some schoo l who wan t 10 do something wilh Americans around the world. taking skill s. self·development we can to save our race. A 101 of districts find themselves their life, kids who are ha rd· "Bul it is up to us to teach them workshops, campus visits. career people out there need to wake up undereducated and dropouts. working." what we know, and what we have days, cultural and social events. and stop be ing ignorant:' she said. In response to this problem. She said it steers stud ents learned." Gatewood said. "Kids The goal for the program is to Education in Gatewood's Western Kentucky University toward knowledge, self-pride and are gettin g killed al incredibly make young black studenls aware opinion seems to be the upmost minority recruiter Phyllis a sense of the future. high rates. They have drugs. they of the bene fits and values of concern in shaping the future for Gatewood has a solution. "Stay in AIMS begins al the seventh and have gangs and they have each college by developing a model tomorrow's leaders. sc hool" and get involved in her eighth grade levels and focuses on other:' program that will provide '" It 's an investment for the AIMS program. she said. Wanen and surrounding counties, Gatewood said she is well aware encouragement, special auention future." she said. " Most of the Gatewood founded the AIMS suc h as Simpson, Todd a nd of the social problems of African and reinforcement fo r the kids who participated in the program (Acti vatin g Jmerest in Christian counties. American youth. and even though participants 10 stay in school. progmm in the past are in college. Minority Students) as ·a way to "The program was also designed she cannot help everyone, she is Asked if she 'd ever ha ve any making their dreams come true." 4 Minority Journalism WorkShop·, June 27, 1991 Opinion
It's time to get serious • about minority recruiting o~DDD Western has received desegregation money from the state but black students have yet to see any significant changes
Affirmative Action. Q uotas. that purpose. And in the past nine Desegregation. With the recent years that We stern has received actions on the Civil Rights Bill . the desegregation money from the state, issues have become the subject of black students have yet to see any heated debates in the nation- in the significant changes. workplace, on Ca pitol Hill, on Where's the money? Why haven't college campuses-and We stern things been successfu l? "~orry, we have enough." Kentucky U niv ersity IS no It is bad enough that financial exception. incentives and penalties have to be In February, concerned black used to "convince" in stitutions to Admissions Director Che ryl myths and, more importantly, is a students raised questions about accept a usually minute percentage Chambless said lo werin g blatant insult. Western's spending of desegre of minorities-a percentage that requirements is a tool for retaining Western should move rapidly in gation money, wh ic h is vital for each institution often sets itself. But the black population, implying that re·eva lu a~ ing its key mistakes and funding minority sc holarships as to still refuse to foll ow through is black students are not on the same produce positive results before the well as the recruitment of minority beyond inexcusable. intelligence level as white studentli. Council on Higher Education takes students and minority faculty. And on an even more negative Yes, black students need help in matters into its own hands. Scholarships specifically labeled note, We stern degrades its black acquiring opportuni ti es that duly for minorities do not ex ist, with students by lowering requirements belong to them, but that kind of -- K. Aisha Moon money merely being "set aside" for to renew sc ho larships. Office of harmful "heip" perpetuates negative Hume-Fogg Academic Veto of civil rights bill thwarts minority advancement
whites would lose jobs to less college liberal enough to hi re and Those employers who once hired Minorities need opportunities q ualified minorities if the bi ll accept people on the basis of minorities and stopped because of not handouts based on race became law. Believe it or not. there qualifications and not race? bad experiences should be are qualified minorities out there, In the immonal word s of Horney encouraged to give it another try. President George Bush claims to .but corporations and oth ers must the Clown, " I don 't think so." After all , they hire another white be an "advocate" of civil ri ghts; yet, seek them out. And the implication by U.S. Sen. employee if they fire one. he vetoed a bill two weeks ago Opponents of the bill are simpl y Jesse Helms that minorities are less But leadership on thi s issue mu st whic h would have provided racist and are usin g claims of qualified for certain positions than come from the president of the additio nal empl oyment oppor reverse discrimination as an excuse whites is an in sult. Minoriti es are United States, and he needs to give tunities for blac ks and other not to hire minorities. not look in g for handouts bu t it more than lip service. minorities. It seems that as soon as whites opportunities. Bush wasted no time in getting the Is Mr. Bush stalling just to use the start compl aining about discrim The truth is minorit ies have to war started. He sh ould be able to bill as a campaign issue'! Is hi s ination everybody is ready to do fight twice as hard to achieve as deal with thi s problem with the . posi ti on that the bill will si mply something about it But blacks and whites. Preferential hiring and same effectiveness and precision . enforce quota hiring a smokescreen other minorities have been fighting acceptance has been going on fo r The fact is until the business designed to grab additi onal votes for eq uality for hundreds of years years, but now the only di ffe rence is world stops making excuses and from the white majority and thus and nobody was willing to listen. who is preferred. takes the time and money to perpetuate himself in office? The Reagan administration did More than 50 percent of American properly train qualified individuals Both the Democratically nothing for civil rights, and Bush newspapers do not have minorities then mi norities will continue to cont rolled U.S. House of and his aides are foll owing in well on their staff, the excuse being they suffer. Represe ntatives and Senate passed traveled foo tsteps. Maybe if they cannot find qualified people. But Minorities do not need handouts the bill which many beli eve would stop trying to run the world and pay the truth is newspapers have to they need opportunities based on reverse several Supreme Court some attention to what's happen ing spend time and money finding merit, not race. decisions. Bu t the president's veto at home the country wou ldn't be in qualified workers - black or wh ite thwarted minority advancement. such a mess. - and they aren't willing to do so -- LaKisha Green Opponent s of the bi II argued Is every bu si ness and every with minorities. Whites Creek Hi gh School Minority Journalism Workshop, June 27, 1991 5 Workshop '91 Profiles
when I first meet them," Mends-Cole said. writes columns for the church newsletter, a hospital my senior year and make a He said' he is considering journalism as and he is the youth Sunday school decision on that basis." Lakisha a career but is more interested in president. In the columns, he writes Kalayil has been active in her school's architecture. devotionals and interviews members in the chemistry and French clubs, serving as -Anneda Donigan church. vice president of the former and on the Hunters Lane ''I'm planning on majoring in public executive board of the latter. relations and minoring in Spanish and She placed first in Ballard's yearly Lakisha Green. a 17- religious studies," he said. science fair in the environmental science year-old senior who "I want to work for a large company in division and by virtue of her finish was attends Whites Creek Antriece the PR department because I think it will named an intcrnational finalist. She also High School, wants to see African s;Jlisfy me the best in terms of what I want won the Army Award and the Chemical Americans and other ethnic groups to do." Engineers of America Award for the succeed. -Lynnita Henderson project. On the first impression, Green exibits an Sixteen-year-old Owensboro High School She said she got involved in the Minority air of shyness, but once she begins talking, Antriece Sims is Journalism Workshop bccause her her more outspoken side surfaces, activcly trying to get newspaper adviser, Mrs. Jean Coulter, especially on minority issues. rid of racism in her school and abroad. advised her to do so, and she said the "In today's world it is hard for the Sims. a Waggener High School senior, Brad workshop ha s given her an idea "what minority to succeed , ~ Green said, "All is concerned about racism and prejudice. journalism's all about." minorities have been oppressed ever since "It's everywhere, especially in the In hi gh school "we did one or two South. Since racism started in the South. they set foot on this land .... Being different and articles a month," she said. "The workshop it'll stay here for a while," Sims said. After Green graduates she would like to charismatic are a way has been much faster paced .... Sims faced the problem for the first time attend Middle Tennessee State University. of life for Brad G. -Tamara Pulley this year. her junior year in the Louisville She was an active member in the pep club Ewing, a 17·year-old Union County High School school. Sims said the issue incorporates a and Delta Phi Alpha, a minority based senior attending Stratford High School in conOict between "rich white people" and club. She will be a majorette this fall. Nashville. Tenn. minorities along with less financially John Grecn lives in Nashville with her mother Ewing is known to say whatever is on privileged whites. and two brethers. She enjoys dancing, his mind-no matter what it is . The solution, according to Sims, is reading and writing. She also loves to act For instance, " Always carry a bottle of communication. Both, she and her mother, and be active in her community. Listerine with you, because you never Fifteen-year-old Elois Sims, a social worker in Louisville, She said, " J will be the next Oprah know when your breath could be funky." John Brown likes to have attempted to combat the situation by Winfrey." An aspiring writer, Ewing is doing create his own style speaking to the office staff at Waggener -John Brown something most people either do as adults when it comes to and Jefferson County Board of Education - North Hardin High School or don't do at all -- he is writing a book. fashion. members. lbc book, "Let Power Be the Prize," was ''I'm a nonconformist," Brown said. Sims, a Detroit. Mich., native. is a inspired by a dream he had one night, Oversized jeans and a print shirt is what he member of the drill team, Future Business Ewing said. wears most often. Saydee Leaders of America. Teachers Mentors The world in Ewing's science fiction He has traveled to several countries group, and Black Achievers. book is filled with economic and racial including Austria, Paris and West For Sims. her future is a little uncertain, prejudice, problems that are very real, and Germany. His mother is a native of but she wants to attend a black college and When Saydee he takes them to an extreme. "I like being Germany, and family tics keep them she said, "Business with a personal touch Mends-Cole was six creative, and at the same time traveling there often. looks promising." years old, he and his informative," he said. "Now that the two Germanys are united. "I want to know more about my history family fled Liberia, Writing and finishing this book are his I will get to see family that I've never and know how to appreciate it," she said. what he called a Hitler-run nalion, for main interests, but he also likes to draw, known," Brown said. He is happy he "I also want to learn more about my safety and a better life in the United States. listen to music and is considering film docsn't have to go through the difficulties culture." Then Liberian President Samuel Doe work. In his usually confident way. he of getting in touch with a relative as he did -Kevin Colon "was a sick individual, and the way he ran said, "Look out for me 'cause I'm on the in the past. Eli:t..abcthtown High School things just wasn't right." Mends-Cole said. rise." Brown's participation in the German The family's initial journey took them to Ewing said that he believes in his dreams Club at North Hardin Hi gh School in Pittsburgh, Pa., but they later moved to and plans to find a way to make them Radcliff has given him the opportunity to Paducah. come true through writing. learn the language and customs he is Now 16 and a senior at Paducah -K, Aisha Moon missing by living in the United States, he Tilghman High School, he is playing Kevin Hume Fogg Academic H.i gh School said. football and basketball and running track, -Lakisha Green but his love of football may come to an Whites Creek end. A better way of Mends-Cole found out during the living and more Ann workshop that he will have to have knee money brought Kevin Colon and his April surgery after the Minority Journalism family from Puerto Rico to Elizabethtown. Workshop to repair damage done during When Colon was eight his family moved Ann Kalayil is just a his freshman year. from a bad economy, high crime mte, and senior at Ballard High She writes and Mends-Cole said the playing injury was vandalism they faced in Puerto Rico. School, but she s peak s thr ee one of the saddest times of his life, and if "We wanted more money and a farm. already has a full languages,but perhaps the surgery is not successful his playing In order to get that, we had to get away." scholarship 10 the University of Louisville that's what someone would expect from a career is over. Successful. talented. and high spirited to major in any field of her choice. person who was selected to attend the His role models are his parents. "My are just some of the qualities Colon "My dad want<; me to be a doctor," she Governor's School for International mother gives good advice while my father posseses. He graduated from said, "but I am not sure." Her father is the Studies at Memphi.~ State University. keeps me in line," he said. Elizabethtown High School ranking 34 out director of a medical and dental research "One of the things that I would like to of 136 graduates. laboratory at U of L, and her mother is a change about me is bow I judge people Colon is also a very spiritual person. He medical technician . "I'm going to work in Pleast turn page and continue reading 6 Minority Journalism Workshop, June 27, 199 J Bri ght. talkative and active describe Thompson had a look of detenninati on ignorance." accomplish a s a teacher. "I hope to Apri l Allen, 18, a graduate of Bolivar High when she said that she pushes herself to be Cunningham said he wants to attend a encourage minorities to fec i that they can School in Boli var, Tenn . her best. "I have to make sure I take care school that will help him to educate others. achieve whatever they wish. while at the April lo ves to trave l and ex perience of myself." "Education is the key." he said. "Once a same time to educate myself." stmnge and new cult ures where she can The seni or a t H ug hes Ce nter High person is educated, it is a cycle of one -Erica T hompson usc her knowledge of Spanish, French and School gave credit to her communications person helping another. Hughes Center Chinese . instructor, Mrs. Calhoun . who introduced " If a person isn' t educated. he takes " I always do my best to achieve because her to Ihe print journalism fi eld" away some of his self value:' Cunn ingham I never se ttle for an yth ing less than the She has worked at Famous Recipe since said. " If a person is leaming, he is gaining best," Allen said. February. She works there with two of self value," Tamara She graduated 10 th in her class and her best friends and her boyfriend and she To :Iccomplish his goals, Cunningham received a scholarshi p to attend Tennessee explained how much of a "big party" it is will take a year off and work at the world Tech in the fall where she will major in to work with friends. headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tamara Pulley h3S pre-med and minor in journalism. At homc she enjoys listeni ng to music of New York. After that. he plans to 3ttend an i n t r i guin g She wo uld eve ntuall y like to study Ih e regg .. e and rap styles. and said she college and major in either journalism or c o m b i n a ti o n o f ~d i atri cs . " I' m very interes((.:d in working likes to go out with her five c1 ose"t friends. architecture. interests in music and with small children, and it will give me Allhough she e njoys traveling, her -Karen Brown journalism. great joy heali ng them," All en said. collegiate choice for the future lies prClly Bowling Green High School She has played the clari net in the band -Q uinn Da vLo; closc to home - thc Un iv ersit y o f for six years,and she has spent two years in Dunbar High School Cincinnati . the pcp and marching bands. But she is -DeWayne M, G ra nt giving tha i up to concentrate on DuPont Manual High School journalism. "Journalism is important to me more Aisha than anything else," she said, "because I have found somethin g new and I want to have a career in this field." Lynnita Henderson, Pulley's interest in music has developed Jabari a 17- year- old senior Ai sha Moon isn' t because of her sel f-motivation. She has a t O wens bo ro Hi go ing to wait for never hOO pri vate lessons and has lcamed School, may find cha nges to happen. everything on her own. Prize-winning picture, the cure for AIDS She's going to do Because o f her She has won numerous awards in solo somethi ng about it. or playing in a symphony orchestra. mother 's job. as and ense mble co mpe ti tions, including no one makes waves. there is no way " I enjoyed chemistry_ biology. anatomy "If h um an resou r ces going to the district band two years. that change can happen," said the 17-year and physiology in high school." Henderson manager with Allstate She would like 10 usc her journalism old graduate of Hume-Fogg Academy in said about her interest in becoming a Insurance, Jaban Hill has lived in different skills for a career in broadcasting and Nashville. medical Ia bomtory technician. "I would sections of the country . and she said she bus in ess manageme nt. possibl y for She thinks that there are too many social like to study cures for diseases." she said. knows the impo rtance o f being television shows. problems and that it takes determination Although medicine is her main ambition independent. She is considerin g the University of and education for a change to happen. "I in life, she also enjoys playing the violi n. 11mt's why the 17-year-old Hume-Fogg Kentuck y o r We stern KentU Ck y th ink jf cveryone lived by these princi ples. something she has done since fourth grade. Acadcmic Academy graduate has decided U niversity with plans to major i n th is would be a perfect world." she said . Her talent may ex tend itself and she may to attend Hampton (Va.) University to comm unications. mi nor in journalism and Moon, like actor-director Spike Lee, go into a career in music. pursue a degree in television journali sm 10 gel a degree in business management. wants to "wake up" ig norant minds and She also enjoys print journalism and is and possibly attend law school. -Ann Kalayil she, too, co nsiders herself to be qui te becoming more interested in phOiography. It's important to be independcTlt , she said Ballard High School contro versial on iss ues she s tron g ly She pl ans to allend either Western or Ihe because "if something h:lppened between be lieves in. Uni versity of Kentucky and major in pre my husband and me, I would have to lake She admires Lee for his courage to Spc:lk med and minor in communications. care of myse lf." up about issues that people tend to shy In addition to her career goal. Henderson Hi ll made Hampto n her first choice, away from. would like to travel as much a'i possible. Quinn thanks in part to her aunt. a graduate of the "He makes movies and talks about th ings -Antriece Sims universit y who told her stories aboul life :lt that people arc ignorant to. He helps 10 W3ggencr Hi gh School Hampton. Hill also visited Hampton :md wake up sleepy. silly minds:' she said. said " I liked what I saw," " It felt like I was on Moon won a scholars hip to the Univer.oity In 10 years, Hill said she will be either a railroad track and a of Tennessee in Knoxville where she will an anchorwoman on the local or national train was appro- ...~ __~ major in mass communications, news or a partner in a law firm. achin g." said William Davis, a junior at In addition to writing, Moon enjoys Hill has lived in most of the soul hern DeWayne Dunbar High School in LexingtOl}. playing basketbal l. The prowess of No. 42 United States as well as 11I inois. Hill has Davis, 17, who prefers to be called Quinn, has attrJcted Hume-Fogg spectators for the had mi xed emot ions about moving mainly was talking about what it was like to be in an past four years. "The best moment of my because of the fact that she would make earthquake two years ago in Vallejo. Calif. life." she recalled. "is when I hi t a gamc DcWayne Grant . an new friends and then have 10 leave Ihem He has been acti ve in the DARE (Drug winning free throw at Ihe last seconds of 18- year- old graduate just a., quickly as she made them. Abuse Resistance Education) Program for the game. I wa'i so happy'" of DuPo nt Manua l -Jason Alexander seven years and considers it one of his high Now. though. she's looking toward the High School in Louisville. wants to be Bowling Green High a poinlS in his life. futu re when she make :I d ifference as a teacher. "The DARE Program should be in all journalisl. In high school Gnmt was act ive in the public schools around the nation, because it -8rad G, Ewing French and Writers clubs. along with being tc.'Chcs children the value of life and how 10 Stralford High School on the newspaper staff. "Working in the LaShafta say no to drugs and peer pressure ," Davis Wri ters Club was my fa vori te activity." said. Grant writes romant ic plays. poetry and DavLo; is also into sportS. He is a manager short stories. One o f his p ieces was Erica for the WildcalS and the Lady Kats and he LaS hafta published in The Courier· Journal. plays basketball and baseball. He also has Cunningham wants to At the Uni versity of Louisville this fa ll , been a member of the yearbook staff for five S ilt in g face -to-face be s ure th a t peo ple Gr.ml plans to major in English or crc:l ti ve years. with Erica Thompson know how to read. writi ng. He intends to teach one of these Davis said he plans to attend the Univer.oity of C incinnati, Ohio, ''To improve the world. I would promote subjects but fears speaking in front of 3n of Kent ud .,,), :md major in athletic traini ng. there is a sense of literac y:' said C unningham, a 199 1 audience. "I start 10 move my head, strength as she shared gradua te of Bosse High Sc hool in stutler and begin to rush things:' he said. her anticipation of a career in jlo umah S;;'~ Evansv ille, Ind. " I feel lilCracy removes But Grant knows what he wa nts to Please continue reading on next page Minority .Journalism Workshop, June 27.1991 7 Quinn is also interested in social issues and has definite plans to improve society . .. , would have to get olher people involved, because the issues of sociely arc Annecia Jason 100 great fo r one person to handle by Karen himself." Jason Alexan.d er -April Allen As an"only child. wants 10 be a doctor. Bolivar High School A nn ecia Donigan Karen Brown is and Weslern Kentucky fi nds that her dedicated to achieving University just may be greatest asset arc her parents. her goal of becoming a spokes]:X!rson for a his ticket to gelling there. Sandra " , am a sensitive person, but I am large corporation or a government agency. Alex:mder, a 16-year-old Bowling Green always striving to be tbe best that I The 16-year-old Bowling Green High High School senior. has decided to attend School junior said it takes poise and a strong· When Sandra Pabon can." Donigan said, Western because he said it has a higher Donigan, 17. plans to major in will 10 Ix! a public s~aker. graduates from high acceptance rate of its students to medical journalism al Middle Tennessee State "I wan t to be a public s~aker so that maybe school. she knows she school than any other school in the state. Univers ity . Sh e is a gradua te of I can make a difference 10 someone." she said. wants to go to college Alexander became interested in medicine Hun ters Lane Hi g h School 10 She plays the frcnch horn in band and is ai<;o somewhere - as long while seeing a movie. "After watching Nashville, drum major. "I am proud of achieving my as it is in Florida. ' Gross Anatomy,' , was inspired to She said her mother. a cosmetologist goals. and one of my goals was to be drum " 1 will be closer to people of my own become a doctor:' he said. and teacher, has given her a passion for major." she said. culture and get experience with people in a " 1 want to be the best doctor I can be," fa shion and has taught her the morals She is also 00 the mlck team and is an usher different region of Ih e United States. Alexander said. and "coming to Westcrn that will guide her through life. Her and youth choir member al church. which Also. the weather isn't bad," said the 16- will help me to achieve my goal." father instills th e die-hard work ethic. gives her a chance to do something she enjoys year-old senior at Northeast High School Alexander is no stranger to Western. His "They've always bee n th ere when' - working with youngsters. in Clarksville. Tenn . father is associate vice presiden t for needed them." Since she Was:U1 eighth grader, Brown said Pabon plans to major in journalism and acad~mic affairs, and his mother is a Ten years from now she would like she has heen interested in journalism and minor in psychology. counselor in Western's Community to be a fashion writer for a ma gazine. hopes that workshops will prepare ller for a But now, she keeps busy with ROTC. a Collegc. She looks up 10 Oprah Winfrey because position on her school newspaper. special course dealing with the military He is attending lhe Minorily Journalism she re p r esents the tru e American Brown's parents and her former band and the responsibilities of leadership. Workshop to improve his writing and Horatio Alger story. director. Brant Karrick. are among her role "I enjoyed ROTC my sophomore year editin g skills because he will be a copy "You have the power to make a models. "Mr. Karrick pushed me into doing because it has giving me an opportunity to editor on his yearbook next year. difference, and it's up to you. I don 't my be!:>1,"she said. express my leadership abilities and respect Not o nly docs Alexander want to want to be one of those persons wh o In her effons to succeed. Brown said. "I people in a higher command," she said. improve hi s writin g and copy editing partied all through their youth and they dm't want to disappoint myself. I jU!:>1 wan t to She also enjoys playing tennis, shopping skills, but he simpl y "wants to gel just watched th e world go by." be the best at whatever I choose to do:' and ice skating. everything I can out of this program." -Saydee Mends-Cole -LaSharta Cunningham -Quinn Davis -Jabari Hill Paducah Tilghman High School Bosse High School Dunbar High School Hume-Fogg Academic - n Minorities learn all aspects of journalism in workshop
By APRIL ALLEN directions to beller your writing s kil1 s.~ Bolivar High School Eng leman sa id. '" feel that they (t he workshops) arc working, and minority Saydee Mends-Cole thought his major in student" arc gaining a lot of knowledge and college would be engin eering, before experience. coming to this year's Minority Journalism In addition to findin g out about Workshop. But now. he's not sure. journalism as a career. the workshops are " I am learning a lot about journalism," in tenged to help minority students get a Mends-Cole, a Paducah Tilghman High taste of college life, Engleman said. School senior, said. "but now I'm seriously He said that about 75 percent of the considering journalism." students who attend the workshops are This attitude has began to rub off on the going 10 college and pursuing a career in other students at the workshop. "Ilhink the journalism. workshop provides a good experience," While Dow Jones provides the veh icle workshopper Kevin Colon said. "It has for recruitment, professional journalists in helped me to decide what 1 really want to the field see the workshops as a real benefit specialize in a communications career." in their attempt to recruit minorities into April Altcn/Bolivar The chief sponsor of Western's the newsroom. Dorm Counselor Detrick Wells helps Annecia Donigan work on a story at work~ hop , Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, "The workshop gives students the a computer. All workshoppers had at least one story in Limited Edition. Inc., staned workshops to identify talented opportunity to listen to professional minority high school students and recruit minority journalists and teaches th em them into journal ism as a profession. teamwork," said Merv Aubespin, associate how to conduct interviews, write leads and competitive and any extra experience from "We want to get minorities in journalism editor for developmellt at The Courier put toge ther a newspaper. Their day starts this workshop will put me that much more and let them see what it is all about," Tom Journal. early in the morning and ends late at night. ahead in th e world." said workshop per Engleman. Newspaper Fund execut ive It is a good investment. he said. There is Duri ng the day, the students listen to Jabari Hill. director, said. a need for more minority journalists, "It is guest speakers. take field trips. and work Workshopper An necia Donigan said she Engleman said the National Advisory a good cha nce for our young people to see on writing or photography assignments. feels th e workshop "is very beneficial, Com mission on the Causes and Prevention what it is all about." Students who anended past wor-kshops because it gives me a taste of what it is like of Violence recommended that the media "It is also a good investment, because we have gone to college. majored In to be a journalist. I have also met a 101 of needed to do a beller job hiring minorities want to be able to hire you in a couple of journalism a nd now arc working as wonderful new friends. " and covering news in minority years," Aubespin said. '" think that it is two professional journalist", "I feel that it has given me a lot of communities. weeks well s~ nt. " "I think that by the time I graduate from inform ation in the field of journalism," "Our job is to put you in Ihe right During the workshop, the students learn college. the work field wi ll be very workshopper Lynnita Henderson said, Entertainmment----8 Minority Journalism Worksbop, June 27, 1991 ------Teacherisiearning the culture of rap
By LASHAFTA CUNNING HAM Kcyes mentioned artists such as Bosse High School KRS I, Public Enemy, NWA and X-Clan, who ha ve controversial "My name is D-Nice, of/hough I messages about the history of hale /0 admit il,/aking out you African Americans in their raps. ,mckers and you don 't know how I Females h:l ve also contributed did i/." - D-Nice, easl coast rap to the inereased popularity of rap artis/ music. Keyes cited Yo Yo as a Rhythmic Ame ri can Poetry, positive femal e image of rap known as rap music. has many mus ic. Yo Yo org:lnize d the fan s , but fe w have beco me Coal ition for Intelli gent Black students of the music fonn. Women, a group Ihal promotes Dr. C heryl Keyes, assistant pride in black women. professor of modem language and Olher fema le mppcrs menlioned inlercultural study , has become an by Keyes were Queen Lalifah and av id rap music student and refers M.C, Lyte .• who rap similar to 10 herself as a rap musicologist. men, but ret;tin their femininity. Rap music "draws on African Keyes said she studies rap American cultural expressions," music bec au se of its cultural DeWayne Granl/DuPont Manual Keyes_ said. She also s.'l. id that rap emphasis. She contrasted th is to John Brown, of North Hardin High School, concentrates durin g a newspaper reading arlisls renecl Ihe reality of their some people's :ldmiration of rap lives through Iheir music. simply because it is a popular session. Every morning workshoppers spent a half hour reading The Courier-Journal and Rap music rcaJ ly emerged in the music fonn. The Tennessean. early 1980s, bul Keyes' earliest Although some people claim remembrance of the art form was th at rap music is a fa d, Keyes in church. finds rap music fasci nati ng. She 'New Jack City' intense yet realistic S he recall s her preac her added that its longevily proves so unding sim ilar to some rap Ihat it is not a fad. By SANDRA PABON obsession. Greed and money arc extremely Irue 10 life. artisls. The so und is made by !O wall/ alld go diss a No rtheast Hi gh School motivating factors for members Mario Van Peebles left no contracting the vocal cords. called bro/herman, and you all k,lOw it's of Bro wn's drug rin g. Their stone unlurned in Ihis film . the "beat box ," she said. part of Ihe "lOll, beca use rap New Jack City. directed by addiClion 10 ei ther crack-cocaine, Every attitude and aclion show s Sinee ils beginning. following mlHic i.f ill f u ff demalld, Mario Van Peebles, is a gri ppin g power or hea vy artillery the pain and frustratioll of li vi ng the d isco period, rap music has ImderSland." - Doug E. Fresh, talc abou t a risi ng cocaine eventuall y leads to deslroying in th e ghetto. T he way Ih e been heated wi lh conl roversy. east coast rap arliSI dealer, Nino Brown (pla yed by themselves. characters dealt with d ifferent We sley 'Sn ipes), wh o rises to The protagonisl. or good guy . situat ions tcnded 10 renect their become the "King of Crack" in is played by Ice-T. He is helped disgust with "the system". Washington album New York CiIY. by an ass igned pan ner (Judd The underl ying theme of the Co-slarring with Snipes are Nelson) wi th whom he can ' t get mov ie was destruction. It was black actors lee-T. Chris Rock alo ng. The ir argu men ts and about how obsessions C:ln lurn, a must for romantics and Mari o Van Peebles. New atti tudes toward each other show aga in st a persa ll . In every Jack City' s settings are the slums how whi tes and bl acks displa y inS lance, dea th was the end By K. AISHA MOON sounds like c lll ssic Va nd ross and ghellos of Ne w York City, suspic ion about th e opposite resul t of "addictions." Hume-Fogg Academic wi th Was hin g ton 's spec ial starlin g with the rise and fall of race. The amount of hu mor in the touch. The man sin gs hi s heart Brown's crack kingdom. which From the beginning, New Jack fil m was just righl. Duri ng the The 'SOs was Ihe decade of out on every song, spanned from 1986 to 1990. Cily is violent , aC lion-packed tense momen lS, the small amount synthe sized music and artists Then there is " Kissing You," During the four years covered and brutall y realistic . It s of comedy re li eved the stress wit h liule or no talent. the first smash sin gle relellsed. in the movie, each of the main depiction of New York Cit y's that built up at the mOSI violent The '90s are moving to ward It ha s bee n to uted a s the charac ters is c ha nged by his s lum s and its inh abita nts is times. a n unplugged sound with true ultimate love song - at least art ists and singe rs. r:lIlked hi ghl y. Wel l. another has arrived o n These songs arc sure to create Sensational Spike Lee is back in 'Jungle Fever' the scene. Keith Wa shin gton. or en han ce so me spl'cia l wh ose debut a lbum . " Ma ke moments with th e o ne you By ANTR IECE SIMS Purify) heats up the screen with and happens to meet a while Time For Love," is a treasure love. Waggener High School co-star Annabella Sc iarra woman (Scio rra) where he fo r th ose who love s mooth There arc also the songs ''1" 1\ (Angie Tucci) in a fi lm based on works as an architec!. R& B sung wit h a velvet voice. Be The re" and "Whe n You Movie director Spike Lec is :In interraci:ll couple. "A lot of Ihese relationships Comparable in sl)' le 10 firS I Love Somebody" Ihal are great back at box offi ces all over the " I th ink it 's about how color aren·t based on love , but on the ra te ball adeer Luther Vandross , to li slen 10 wh ile crusin' on a nation a ga in wi th his latesl conscious thi s socielY reaHy is," sexual myths Ihat Ihe whi te WlIs hington si ngs of love and nice day in your car. movie, "Jun gle Fever," his fi ft h Snipes lold Ti me magazine. woman is the epitome of beauty ro mance to a r ic h, full Keith Washin gton is an artist film in six years. Sc ia rra added. " My character and that black males arc sexual orchestra that stirs the soui. 10 defini tely expeci some Lee is known for his realistic just happens 10 meel a black supermen:' Lee said. The first song. "All Night." is beaulifu l music from. If you low budget fil ms that capt ure man. I don't think she goes out Lee shows his talen t in a mid-tempo that has a Spanish invest in on e of his rccords or the audicnce fro m beginning 10 wit h hi m because he 's black:' m inority fi lms . His work is feel 10 il. Next is the lille trac k CDs. you wi ll ge t you r end. In the fi lm . Fl ippe r (Snipes) is overwhelming, and this mov ie is " Make Time Fo r Love." which money's wonh and much more. Wesley Snipes ( Flipper happily married with a daughler a work of art. MinorilY Journalism Workshop, June 27. 1991 9 Ballard gives up TV for print journalism
By SAYDEE MENDS-COLE the children and on o ther Paducah Tilghman High School occasions irs her responsibility. "It docs take some sacrifices," Gloria Ballard thought she she said. wanted 10 be a dentist. bUI then Ballard sees the internship she she got an internship at WTVF se rved earl y in her collegiate TV in Nashville and she was days as be ing the key to her ce rtain she wanted to be a success in getting a job later. broadcast journalist. "People now in newspaper are She would be the fi rst to admit looki ng for people with that as a result of her internship experience. I don't tell people she wasn' t all that impressed thai journalism experience is with the bright lights, but she did necessary, but having experience like journalism and she didn ' t will get you one step in the door see herself as a television Slar. and that's a step in 'he right The Tennessee Slate University direction." graduale gO t 10 know Oprah Ballard brought with her copies Winfrey during her internship at of computerized page dumm y Channel 5, al a lime when bOl h sheets used by The Tennessean, Quilln Davis/Dunbru were j ust gelling Slarted in their and she explained to the students Sam Upshaw, Wilma King, and Hairlson li sten as Courier-lournal reporter Bobbie careers. that most decisions on the pages Gary Ballard applied for a feature she superv ises as weekend editor Harville makes a point. Upshaw, a photographer at The Courier-l ournal, and King, a writing job at The Tennessean are made by Wednesday. teacher at Western, also spoke during the workshop. and ended up doing the It's the nature of the job. she television g rids for the said. and this means that those newspaper. She became a feature same pages arc printed on Friday Reporter works to ensure diversity writer a year later. and she now in time to be inserted into the serves as weekend features Sunday newspaper. By DEW A YNE GRANT creatively. as we ll as report cdilOr. Because Ballard serves as an DuPont Manual Hi gh School o n a variety of events . She .. ~ just kept stepping up from editor. works hoppers said her a lso ge ts 10 do "a lot of in one thing to another," she said. speech tended to bridge the gap Bobbie Harville believes in depth reporting" and "behind Ballard is married. and she and between broadcast new s and di versity in newsroums, and th e-scenes stuff that you her husband have two children, print journalism. she works at it every day. re:lll y don', ha ve the time 10 Anna, 7, and Nathan , 13. " I like the fact that she was Harville. a Ne ighborhoods go into" in other sectio ns. "Sometimes iI's reall y hard 10 very objective in the way that reporter for T he Courier Because photographs play spend time with the childrcn: you she dealt with different issues of J o urn a l, is c ha irman o f the an integral part in developing j ust have to learn to balance broadcast j o urnalism ,~ regional dive rsity committee s tories for the front page of things:' workshopper Sandra Pabon said. fo r the Socie ty of Professional th e Neig hbo rh oods sect io n . "We have to kccp very precise "She was one of the missin g Jo urn a li s ts , a committee she s.tid she has to think now calcnda r s.~ she said , ex plaining pieces of the puzzle that I needed whic h activel y wo rk s toward about what wi l1 make a good that sometimes when she is in to get the full grasp o f getting more blacks and o ther s to r y a nd how it ca n b e meetings her husband picks up journalism.ft minorities into th e newspaper illustrated in color. business. She said some members of As a Ne ig hborho ods th e newspaper staff still think, Moore says internships repO rl e r. s he covers Bullitt " You 're not good enoug h:' or C ount y for her ne ws paper , Tamara PulleyNnion County " Oh, that's why you' re here provide valuable experience and s h e s aid sometimes Courier-lournal reporter ( wo rkin g o n the staff of thc people arc surprised because newspa per) because you're a Bobbie H arville talks about Some of the tips she offered the th ey "jud ged the color of her mino rity." By K. AISHA MOON reporters and photographers Hume-Fogg Academic workshoppers about how to get skin b e fo re me e tin g her in Using the s t udents a s hired as intern include starting to person." working together. ex amp l es, Harvili e Linda Moore's advice to fu ture look for summer opportunities How people tre:lI .wyone as demonstrated how women are journalists is to do ilS many after the holidays, submitting a a repo rter "goes a lot by how pre-judge them." beginning 10 outnumber men int ernships as possible before mistake-free. professional resume. yo u present yourse lf. " s he She said he r job, which she in journ;liis m and re lated graduation. and not being afraid to apply to as said . "Unti l you get to know has held for two years. allows fi eld s, such as broadcastin g or Moore, a business reporter for many places in different types of some body, you really can ' t her to express he r ideas ph o t ograp~y . The Tennessean, told the students media as possible. attending the Minority Workshop "The worst they can do is say il is important to be prepared no. If the y say no. what have you Blacks must be leaders, Goodwin says before goi ng out to find a lost? Nothing." Moore said. By DEWAYNE GRANT Journalists, to ld mino rit y newspapers don'l have minorities newspaper job, "Interning is one She also told the students it was DuPont Manu31 High School jo urnalism worksho ppe rs th ey on staffs. of the most important things for their responsibility to write and should work the mselves in to Goodwin said th at statistics your career," she said. rewrite because the onl y way to David Goodwin sees blacks as positions where Ihey can shape clearly il1ustr.lIc there is a lack of One benefit of an internship is become a beller journalist is to being more than just reponers on "how the news is covered. " " people o f color III thc that it helps the student acquire pmctice. daily newspapers. He says they Minorities make up less than 7 newsroom" whic h means the credentials, Having ex perience is "If you mess up, you are wiping have a responsibility to be leaders. percent of all people work ing in news product is less diversified a bi g advantage, almost essential. o ut the people who come after Goodwin, a reporte r for The the newsrooms, he said. Ninety and predom inately aimed at the to finding work in today's you," she said. Remember, "50 Courier·Journal and president of five percent of people managin g white community. ·competitive job market, Moore percent of all newspapers have Ih e Louisvi lle c hapter of the in the journalism field arc white said. never had a minority." National Association of Black males. and 52 percent of daily Please co ntinu ~ on next page 10 Minority Journalism' Work.lihop, June 27. 1991 Use fork, Pollard values reputation, Goodwin relationship with sources suggests By LYNN ITA HENDERSON by his professor, things changed. Owensboro High School Pollard went home for a year to Cont inued (rom preVtoU5 page SL Paul to work for Insight News. For Kevin Pollard, a staff writer He wrote hard news. business and Considering how under for The Tennessean, the people he sports. He interviewed musicians represented minorities arc in the uses as sources for his news such as Whitney Houston, Freddie media. " iC s ironic that a program stories are the mos t important Jackson and Lulher Yandross. like this (the minority work.<>hop) people in his profcssionallife. " I had a good time, but the most is working:' he said. Keeping a good reputation and im portant thing is get Ihe-ri ght Goodwin gal hi s start in the relationship with hi s sources are facls," Pollard said. This means newSlla~; ' business when he was what makes him an effective staying at the scene of a news live. for mOle than 70 years, his writer, Pollard said. event un til all the information for famil y has owned the Oklahoma He has been with The a story is gathered. Eagle, a newspaper aimed at the Tennessean for 10 months, and he Pollard has served internships at black community in Tulsa. Okla., covers city and county news in the Bosto n G lobe and the and Goodwin delivered two rural counties o utside, Minneapolis Star-Tribune where newspapers. Nashville. Tenn . he covered the drought in 1988. " I look up to Olem (his parents) " It can oc a taskfu l position Pollard conducted a 10-wed: as my hero and she-ro," he said. (covering such a widesprcad area program this year in Nashvi lle for Goodwin said there have been from Nashvil1e),' but .if you' re minorit y s tudents interested in many people who have had an consistent with your sources. it journalism. and he is planning innuence o n hi s career, and he can make the job a lot easier," anolher one next year. tried 10 learn "what you can from Pollard said. He told Weslern 's minority them.- Pollard said that mea ns not workshoppers that il was Pointing out that there is "no telling one source one thing and important for the m to have e::!sy process to writing a story. another source someth ing else. mentors as they ocgin to develop Goodwin talked about the FORK Get 10 know the source but watch their journalism careers. method of story organi ...,.ation: what you say and and how you He mentioned his own mentors use informatjon. he said. including Walter Middlebrook. I. Focus in g o r finding the Po ll ard is originally from $1. Brook lyn bureau chief for ~eme of the story. Paul, Minn .. and he began hi s Newsday; George Curry, New 2. Ordering or org:mizing the journalism career during his York bureau chief for the Chicago story in an inverted pymmid. junior year at Boston University. Tribune; and Luix O verbea, 3. Repetition or repeating a key He s tarted college as an executive producer of Inner City word to estab li s h s mooth Quinn Davis/Dunbar engineering major, but when the Beat . a Bos to n Public Affairs transitions. Pointing out that there is no easy process to writing. David quality of his writing was noticed television show. 4. Kiss-off or cutting whatever Goodwin offers suggestions about organizing stories. might be confusing to the reader "You want to be descriptive in writing. Because of the nature of " I write to inform the public - Advertising, not news. what you talk about." he said. his job, he said he docs not have and part of Omt is e ntertainment," 'Tm always tryin g to Ihink of time to make outlines. but he he S
By JASON ALEXANDER because they came from good, Bowling Green High School structured families and featured positive personaliti es. Imagine being able 10 dribble " 1llOmpson, however, appeared and pass and shoot on Ihe same There were many nights that we to be unaware of many of the court, but being unable to eat in would cry ourselves to sleep. troubles the duo faced. the same restaurants, unable to Because Haski ns and Smith watch movies in the same movie Clem Haskins were two of very few blacks on theater, unable to Slay in the same campus, togethe r th ey exper hotel with your teammates ... and Dwight ienced a lot of hun and pain. still excel and regard yourself as Clem "We became the best of fri ends part of the team. Haskins " Smith from the beginning," Haskins Cle m Haskins knows that thrown for a touchdo wn or a career at Western but was killed turning Western basketball from said, "There were many ni ghts feeling. So did Dwight Smith. baske tball is dunked for the in a car accident before he could a mediocre team into a national that we wou ld cry ourselves to Haskins and Smith were the first winning score, remember that this play his first pro game, contender. Both played a .major sleep," blac ks to receive at hletic year marks the 35th for integmted Western became an integrated role in boostin g ticket sales and Hc said, "There was no way for scholarships to Western . Blacks athletics at Westcrn and the 28th school during the summer o f media interest. us to escape rac ism. We had to had participated in sports at that black athletes have received 1956. Western athletics became Dr. Ke ll y Thompson was endure racial slurs and constant Western before Haski ns and athletic scholarships. integrated along with the school; Western 's presidem in 1956 and degradin g 0 11 almost a dai ly Smith in 1963, but none of them Haskins was the head basketball however, in 1964, Haskins arrived led th e school's integration. basis." had received scho larships. coach at Western during the early from Campbellsville, Smith from Thompson said that there were no "The people loved to come sec Haskins and Smith opened a lot of 80's and is now the head coach at Princeton, serious racial problems between us play in the games as long as we doors and kicked down others for the Uni versity of MinneSOla. Haski ns, a silky-smooth blacks and wh it es. won. When we lost, the blame black athletes at Western . Smith was drafted by the Los forward, a nd Smith, a p lay T hompson also said that was on us before anyone else, This fa U when a fOOlba11 is Angeles Lakers after a sparkling making guard. were pivotal in everyone liked Ha.skins and Smith Please continue on next page Globet~otting Johnson NCAA selects Lady Topper always returns home for committee By SA YDEE ME NDS-COLE hi s roll ercoaster career. He is Paducah Tilghman High School weari ng a cast on his ri ght ankle, By TAMARA PULLEY a ca~ t that is the result of an injury Union County High School As one enters Kannard sustained in what was the best Johnson 's house, the eccentric game of his life, he said, in recent " I 'm very excited to have setting is glaring. Joh nson's action in a European league. That been chosen," said Kell y Smith whi te jersey hangs in a fra me on night he seored 50 points. as she looks forward to serving his wall, the No. 53 in shining " I was on my wa;! to my best o n the Nat io na l Colleg iate green. Battered and tom. the high game ever, or at least I believed Athletic Association Student school j ersey represent s all of so," he said. Advisory Committee. Johnson's hard work that led him How many po ints might Smith, a fo rmer Weste rn to Western basketball and a pro Johnson have seored? Ken tuck y University student career. "I guess we' lI ne ver know," he a thl e te. will serve on th e Along the way there have been said. smiling. committee made up of 16 male many twists and scveralturns. Jo hn son, a power forward. a nd fema le s tuden t ath letes His pro career has in clud ed broke Western's record for rep resent ing geographica l stints with the C le veland dunks, but at one time he wanted reg ions a s we ll a s NCAA Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers no pan of the sport Divisions L II and III. in the NBA and in th e Italian " I didn't like it," he said. "At Her two-year tcrm h {'. ~ in s in League and Gennan pro league, first football was my favorite, My the fall. where he will begin his fifth brothe rs played football a nd The 5-9 guard started playin g season as a pro. fOOlhall was the main span in my basketball at the age of ten. Her Johnson was a star at Taft High li fe, I grcw up playing backyard uncl e was the coach for th e in his hometown of Cinc innati. fo otball, but as time went on, eleme ntary team and he asked Ohio, But it wasn't until his junior C hucky kept pushing mc in her to tryout for the learn . year al Taft that he played basketball I just got: to where I The Lo ndo n. Ky .. nati v e basketball liked it more." started all 29 games two years "My cousin, Chucky Johnson, The support Johnson received ago and was a key performer got me into basketball." he said. from his parents was crucial. on last year's team that lost to "' He spoke of how far he could "She let me be me," Johnson eventual cham pi on Tennessee have gonc in basketball but never said wh ile apprec iating the love in th e qu a rte rfin a ls of th e did. He pushed me to fill his shoes and respect his mother gave him. NCAA lOurnament. and become what he wasn't." " I have three brot hers and two S mith wi ll be st ud ying Johnson's 6-9 muscular frame is sisters. My father always wanted Former Hilltopper Kannard John son has established pharmacy at th e Universit y o f slouched in a chair as he recall s . Please conlinue on next page himself as a top notch player in Europe. Kentucky in the fall. 14 MJ.nol"ity Journalism WOl"kshop, June 27. 1991 Johnson says Haskins made a difference become the time went on , quit it .111 together. Continued from prev ious page be st that you But I still love to listen to jazz and me to be successful. He was a can? Coaches soft music." factory worker. He never lived o ft en say that Johnson has purchased a house with us but he kept tr.x: k of how I when you push in Bowlin g Green and Jives here was doing:' an athlete he during the offseason. Ro land Jo hn son. who grew up poor, responds best. She lto n, o ne of his former now has a joh that pays him It was Clem Western teammates. lives nearby $350.000 a year playing pro Haskins' way. and is .an advertising represen b.1.sketball in Germany. And now Li!'~"J'D" tative for the Campbell Soup Co. There were always hints that J o hn so n Johnson Shelton agrees with Johnson on Johnsoo would succeed. bel ievcs it made a difference. the positive role that Western and "1 was pl ayer of the year my "He pushed me in li fe and in Haskins have pla yed in their lives. junior vear and honor-lble mention basketball ," Johnson said. " He ,·It was a life long experience." ;111 state," he said. "My senior was a brother, father and friend. I said Shelton. "that' would never year I was second team aU-swte. give him credit for who I :un right trade for anything in the world. , We won the cit y championship now. My career is going good. I owe all I have ri ght now to God, game and the league champion would. no doubt. like to play in then my pare nts and my coach. game. My greatest high school Ihe NBA but life after basketb.1.11 C