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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]. VOL 7, NO. 1 MINORITY JOURNALISM WORKSHOP, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, BOWLING GREEN, KY. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1990 Couple face struggle to help children overcome tragedies

By FARA H SHAFI prejudice a nd political pressures from Bowling Green High School community residents. "There are a lot of people that support Georgie Porgy, pudding and pie. us," Sandy Tucker said. "But there are Kissed the girls and made them cry. When also a lot of people that are ignorant and the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgy uneducated that vote to keep him in ran away. office. It's politically motivated." LIBERTY, Ky. - Children who each According to Johnson, the water line day tackle their personal tragedies and runs three miles from the Galilean Home. setbacks with renewed spirit and love, He denies that any of his decisions arc such as the group of joyful chitdren racially motivated. swinging on the front porch to nursery "Mr. and Mrs. Tucker should realize rhymes, are evident everywhere at the that they live away from modem conven i­ Galilean Home in rural Casey County. ences," Johnson said. "What they are Galilean Home Ministries, run by requesting is very expensive." Jerry and Sandy Tucker, caters to the Larry Martin, East Casey County physical and educational needs of 70 Water Di strict manager, said, "The water abused or disabled children from all over li ne runs a fraction over three mites from the world. Yet its racial diversity may be their property. Basically, we like to serve the very element that threatens to close everyone in the water business. We're not the home. prejudiced. We like to have a lot of The home may 'Iose its license if it customers." cannot obtain city water. The Environ­ 'I1H~ Tuckers do not believe this. mental Protection Agency has con­ They have written to Gov. Wallace demned the home's spring and well water Wilkinson's wife Martha in hopes of as being un pure. settling the matter on a higher level. The Tuckers now buy water every They hope that Wilkinson will offer some other day from the local fire department help. at$75 a load, adding up to $13,000 a year. "They can't just ignore the water In addition, the state fire marshal's problem," Sandy Tucker said. "If the office has insisted the Tuckers install a people in the state knew the governor costly fire-sprinkler system in their would let 51 workers go and send all these home. kids to foster care, they wouldn't be very Obtaining a city water line would happy." drastically reduce the water expenses, Evidently, this is not the first time the and the Tuckers believe the line is less Tuckers have run into problems wit.h city than a mile from the home. hall. Earlier this year, the Tuckers tried However, problems with Casey County to get a road paved so that visitors C{luld Bobby JobnsonINort/l Hardin Judge Executive David H. Johnson are have access to the Galilean Home. Brought to the Galilean Home for cleft palate and lip surgeries, 18-month-old Eliceo hindaring progress on the issue, the Santay from Guatemala has stolen the hearts of everyone there. Both the Tuckers Tuckers said. They believe that John­ and another woman who works at the home want to adopt Eliceo. son's reluctance to help stems from racial See COUPLE, Page 16 Western must up minority enrollment

By HIJMA AHSAN North Carolina showed that even though He said the university is also recruit­ Percentage of blacks Werren Centllli High School elementary and secondary schools were ing in the inner cities of Oruo, Indiana 10 in Kentucky intergregrated, some state colleges in the and Tennessee, stressing black social life South remain segregrated. and other activities in fraternities and universities Western Kentucky University has Bailey cited the University of Ken­ sororities. 8 been given until 1994 to raise the tucky which, in fi ve years, increased its As Marianne Handbrick, a Jefferson­ percentage of minority students and black enrollment from 625 toonly 670 out town High School senior, put it, "I'm increase its minority faculty. of 23,000 students. going to go to the school thatofTers me the According to the Council on Higher Railey said the University of Louisville most money." 6 Education, Western's minority enrolle­ has 2,000 blacks out of 23,000, Eastern Bailey a ttributes the low minority ment must equal 9 pen::ent in four years. Kentucky University has 800 blacks out percentage to subtle racism, although he Current minority enrollment represents of 14,300 and Northern Kentucky Uni­ did not elabornr.e. Part of the solution, he 4 6 percent of the total student population. versity has 150 blacks out of 10,000. Last said, is to "e liminate fac ul ty who are If the university doesn't reach the goal, spring Western had 850 blacks out of racist." "the Council on Higher Education could 13,786 students. Failure to have an adequate number of 2 cut state funds to Western; said Howard Because the minority rate is low, minorities is not just a minority problem, Bailey, dean of student life. Western must offer more incentives, he said. "We are not only depriving the CHE set guidelines after the 1983 Bailey said, and that means more minor- minority students, we are also depriving 0 Supreme Court ruling in Adams vs. ity scholarships. . the white students too," he added. U< NOfIhern Eastern Western U 0/ I standaJd 2 Minority Journa li sm Wo rkshop, June 28, 1990 Earnece gives shoes Walker glow

By DIVA HAFIZ Dunbar High Sc: hool she couldn't find in Bowling in the'Shop fro m bc.r children but "I haven't done anything spe­ Green. no more. One is in the Marines cial," Earnece "Nece" Wa lker So Walker went to the Charles and the other is in college. said as she bent down to give a Smith School of Shoeology in But she said she hopes to get customer's shoe the "Walker Missouri, and she now shines somebody else to help her so that glow." 40·60 pairs a week. she "can have someone to leave it Walker, who owns the Bowl­ She said she loves to help to, but I'm not worrying about ing Green Shoe Shine Parlor, others. For example she has had that right now." moved here eight years ago shine-a-thons to raise money for Lawye rs, doctors, politicians when her husba nd was trans­ missing and exploited ch ildren and everyday folks go to Walk­ ferred by General Motors from and for members of her church er's shop, It's like one customer St. Lo uis, Mo., to work in the who are seriously ill. said, "Everyone goes to Nece's." new Corvette Assembly Plant . Bernie Cox, a weekly cus­ Sid Ware, city publ ic relations Walker said she deci ded she tomer and Bowli ng Green Police officer, said that "Nece is like wanted to open a business, but Department fire arms instruc­ fam ily, always there to listen she didn't know wh at ki nd. She tor, said the service is great. and lend a helping hand." looked for something the com­ 'Cox insists on getting his The m iddle-aged woman munity di dn't already have. shoes shined while wearing blus hed as h er cu stomers She said she and her husband them. "You get a foot massage, praised her work, just one indi­ reme mbered tha t all their Nece is great company, and you cation of the pride she takes in feel important sitting in the high friends in St. Louis used to get what she does and perhaps an Shining shoes, 40 to 60 pairs a week, often helps Earnece I their shoes shined, and that a chair," he said. indication that her business will help others. She often holds shine-a-thons to raise money for shoe shine parlor was somethi ng Walker used to get lots of help survive for some time to come. memb8(5 of her church who are seriously ill . Western gets bonus Civil rights role started early with Halcomb twins By TIFFANY WILLIAMSON drafted hi m. In the service, he ram, he was hired as a reporter By ERICA PATTERSON Fnanklln .Slmp50n High Sehool m.Jny people. Jaek50n CantnlJ Meny High Sc: hool taught himself how to draw. for bl ack communities, and in "I enjoy meeting different and There aren't many people who After returning to Louisville 1985, he became associate edi­ fri endly people, ~ Danny said. "I graduated from college at the to work for other factories, a (0,. UWhen Dad dy a nd Mom li ke it (working at Western) age of 18 and walked with the friend infonned him of a job Although he still holds that received me a nd my brother, it because it gives me the big Rev. Ma rti n Luth er King opening in the art department of position, he has been actively had to have been a miracle," experience of working in a J r.from Selma to Montgomery, The Courier-J ournal. Aubespin involved in civil rights. Danny Halcomb said. UThey got cafeteria and dealing with a lot Ala. applied and was hired as a staff He went to West Africa to two in one." of people. 1 like to be around a lot Merv Aubespin, associate edi- artist. evaluate the d amage th a I. Danny and his identical twin of people." tor for development at The After Ki ng was assassinated, droughts had been causing and brother, Donald, grew up in Donald enjoys his work, too. Courier-J ournal, did both and racial tension arose between to see how the offici als were Bowling Green. Married with two children, he is mo re. blacks and pol icemen due to going to resolve it. Now the 33-year-olds work at uncertain- how much longer he "1 marched wi th Dr. King reports of police brutali ty. A He was later invited back by Western. will work at Westem. when 1 was a teenager during community meeting was held to the president of Senegal to take Danny, the youngest, works Danny is also uncertain of hi s the Montgomery bus boycott," resolve the problem, and a riot part of a ceremony honori ng in food services at· the Carrett career at Western. Eventually Aubespin said . "On weekends, 1 broke oUl black slaves who lost their lives Confere nce Center . He h as he would like to go into the helped him with the civil rights Although Aubespin worked in on their way to America. worked there for 11 months, in contracting business. "I know movement." the art department, he was He is the fonner president of addition to his job as a contrac­ where I've been, and I know Aubespin majored in educa- asked to accompany a white the Na tion al Association of tor for the Federal Building in where I'm going," he said. tion at Tuskeegee University. reporter to cover the story. He Black Journalists, and a mem­

Bowling Green. o Like most twins, Danny and Upon graduation, he sought a thought it would be dangerous ber of the American Society of Donald pe forms custodia l Donald have a characteri stic teach ing job without much suc- for him (the wh ite reporter) to do Newspaper Editors, in which he duties a nd works in the cafeteria that makes them different from cess. the story, so he volunteered to is the chairperson of the Minori­ at the Downing University Cen­ everyone else. In their case, it is "No one wanted to hire me as a cover the story h imself. ties Committee. ter. He has worked at the univer­ nicknames that pertain to food. regular teacher, so they hired "I was the only person cover­ "This is the group th at plans sity center for 10 months. Danny's nickname is "Pop­ me as a substitute teacher,~ ing that story for 48 ho u rs,~ progra ms for m i noritie s," Fate may have been responsi­ corn." The name came from a Aubespin said. Aubespin said. Aubespin said. ble for the twins landing jobs at football coach who said that he During his teaching career, he The newspaper commended He also is the winner of the the same place. But neither twin popped the ball into the air. taught Muhammad Ali, the for- Aubespin on his writing skills Ida B. Wells Award, which is would give all the credit to fate. Donald's nickname is "P'nut". mer world heavyweight boxing and suggested th at he become a given for leadership in integrat­ Both said that working at West­ This name came about when he champion. journalist. They sent him to a ing the newsrooms of America. em ~ i s a blessing from Cod." would go around sayin g, Aubespin moved to Louisville program at Columbia Univer­ He will receive the award in One aspect of thi s blessing is "There's a big delight in every and began working for various sity to be trained as a journalist. April at the next NABJ conven­ that the twins are able to meet bite." factories. Later, the army After completing the prog- tion. Western professor wants role in setting policy

By HUMA AHSAN was 9 years old, she met the Rev. restaurants for se.veral reasons, cites the recent controversies because I am what my husband Warnn CenJI'1IJ HJgh Sc: hool Martin Luther Ki ng at a church incl uding wearing the Bl ack over fl ag burning and 2 Live calls a 'horizontal person,'" dinner in Raleigh, N.C., and that Panther arm band. Crew as examples of wha t Ardrey said. "'I have to have Her office is a sea of political same year her family partici­ In the 1988 presidential cam­ closed-minded people can do. several things to do atone time." buttons, books, logos and bu m­ pated in the march on Washing­ paign, Ardrey was a consultant "I don't give a crap about fl ag Ardrey would like to see per stickers. In the center of this ton in which King gave his to the Rev. J esse Jackson in his burning when people are starv­ herself in a adminstrative posi­ little bit of utopia ia Saundra famous "I Have a Dream '" quest for a Democratic nomina­ in g,~ Ardrey said. tion in 20 years because "thafs Ardrey. speech. tion. where the real power is and I Ardrey has been involved in During her teenage years, she Today her main concern is "I get scared during the sum­ wouldn't have to react to policy," politics all her life. When she was thrown out of school s and closed-minded people. Ardrey mer when there is nothing to do she said. "I would be making it." Minority Journalism Workshop, June 28, 1990 3

TV technology

Students get inside view at broadcasting business

By FARAH SHAFI Students also toured the =Bo=w=ljnc,'-.:Gc~=·c":..:.:H""ChcS=<=h"~;:::.I___ newsroom where the news com- puters and AP wire is located. Students in the Minority Beth Tucker, the news director/ J ournalism Workshop got a anchor for WBKO, talked about fi rsthand glimpse at technology her job and answered questions behind television during a tour about broadcast journalism. ofWBKO-TV. She stressed the im portance Bill Oldham, WBKO producer of on-the-job exper ience as s-,;:;;;,;o;;g;u.;;;;;; County and director, explained the bas­ opposed to cl assroom learning. "I believe that yo u learn the Before an appearance on Community Calendar, WBKO-TV morning news anchor Beverly Kirk prac­ ics behind television, using most th rough intern sh i p s,~ she tices her script. monitors and various switches in the master contt'ol room. He said. also demonstrated how the .sta­ Tucker ha d interned for tion corrects the screen image so WBKO whil e in college and Reporter decides early on TV career that the color is correct. believes that it helped her get In the control room, Oldha m her job. She also believes that explained the role of advertising working for smaller stations By ALLONOA SPAULDING education wi ll help broadcasting work and professionalism. Kirk allowed her to get more experi­ Union County High School in television. He also demon­ students. said Gumbel only talked to her strated the use of monitors in ence in broadcasting. The road to WBKO was not an about fi ve minutes, but they viewing and editing commer­ Many students believed that easy one, Kirk said. She were fi ve minutes she would cials. "Television broadcasting is touring the station was worth­ When she was 12-years-old , described an experience in her never fo rget becau se s he a business," he said . while beca use it allowed them to Beverl y Ki r k decided she junior year in college when a admires him for his ability. The next stop on the tour was see behind the scenes. wanted to become a weather professor took her to WSM radio From September of 1988 to the news and "Midday" show Allonda Spauldi ng, who plans person. In het: junior year in in Nashville to apply for an June 1989, Kirk worked at the sets. Oldham expl ained how the to major in broadcasting produc­ high school, she asked the libra­ internship. Sun Belt Conference offi ce in anchors used the teleprompter, tion next year a t Western, said, ri an at Cumberland County The news director of the radio Tampa, Fla., as an intern fo r the a machine that enlarges typed "I liked to uring the station. It High School to critique her station told her that she wasn't public relations department. news stories so they can be read confirmed my belief that I English paper, and the librarian any good, Ki rk said, but this In June 1989, she returned to off a mirrored screen under­ wa nted to go into broadcast told her she should consider a experience only sparked her Bowli ng Green to work at the neath the cameras. journalism. It kind of put the top career in journalism. determination. public radio station on campus, A few students got to join in on the bottle, so to speak." Ki rk, a nat ive of Burkesville, After she graduated from and in December, WBKO-TV the fun of being on TV by Leslie J arrett, who will be a took t he librarian's advice and Western in May 1988, she offered her a position. standing in front of the green freshman majori ng in print jour­ attended Western on a full interned for the Today Show at Now she anchors and pro­ chroma key wall used for nali sm next year at Western, academic scholarship. NBC by doing basically what duces AM Kentucky at 6:45 a.m. weather reports. said, ~ I think the tour hel ped ~Ge t a very broad and liberal was needed to be done. There, Ki rk said she would like to To the amusement of the people majoring in broadcast education," said the WBKO-TV she met her mentors, Connie work at a Nashville station as a students, some of their clothing journalism, but not print jour­ morning news anchor and pro­ Chu ng and Bryant Gumbel. series reporter and eventually was invisible on the television nali sm. If I do a nything in ducer, because a liberal arts She admires Chung for her I\S an anchor. set because of the color of the broadcasting, it would be behind clothing. the scenes, not reporting." Cold floor, steel doors greet Warren Jail visitors

By JIMMEDDA TOWNES jail her home for two months. were 215 inmates housed there. As the workshoppers walked any visitors except parents and Wagganer High School Latham is charged with two Sixty-nine are men waiting to go the long, narrow conidor, they grandparents, Les Conover, counts of conspiracy and fraud. to prison. "There's just not heard a distressed and drunk deputy jailer, said. A cold, dark a nd gray floor of Latham said she believes the enough room in prison for th e m , ~ wom an banging on the door and "We treat the children like our concrete meets a steel door a nd a women are being discriminated corrections guard Clodene Finn screaming obscenities at the own as long as they follow the thick glas'S partition. The sound against. said. guard to let her out so she could three C's, courtesy, cleanliness of the closing doors sucks air "We can't get dressed if we Some prisoners with short get some cigarettes. and confidence," Conover said. fro m the body. don't have our privacy," Barbara sentences spend their entire "Let her bang herself to death; Juvenile Court Judge Tom Schambon said. Schambon has terms in jaiJ and never make it to she will get tired," Deputy J ailer Lewis has a very strict rule when It is a sound that makes an been convicted of more than 50 the penitentiary. Terrell Talley said. it comes to truants, he said. "For inm ate shudder, a sound that counts of child abuse. Fi nn checks the male quar­ Persons under 18 years old every hour of school you cut, you lets an inm ate know he is locked On the other hand, the men's ters every 15 minutes, just to are housed in the juvenile sec­ spend a day in jail." in tight. cell s have natural light; the make sure that nothing goes tion of the jail , and workshop­ Assessing the jail , wo rkshop­ The pl ace is 'the Warren windows are not fogged. Th ey wrong. Inmates' names a re pers came face to face with the per Vianca Brown said it was County J ail , where windows in can see in and out. listed on a color-coded marker reality of this situation. sad to see another one of Ameri­ They watched as a Union the women's cellblock have are The men also have recreation board, red for felonies and green ca's yo uth washing his life down opagued to prevent su nlight periods in jail. They are allowed for misdemeanors. Coun ty juvenile was booked for the drain by being charged wi th from coming through. There is tlI lin weights, play basketball or People arrested for bei ng attempted murder and placed in attempted murder. only artifical light. use the library three times a drunk, driving their cars dru nk a cell. • All one can do is hope that he week for 30 minutes. or being under the influence of J uveniles, most of whom are realizes what he has done and "J ail , sweet jail," said inmate When the Mi nority Work­ drugs spend their first five hours runaways, truants or beyond make a change for the better," Kelly Latham, who has made the shoppers toured the jail, there in jail in the drunk tank. parental control, are not allowed she added. 4 Minority Journalism Workshop, June 28, 1990 Opinion '. Freedom of speech getting a bad rap Rap music is ghetto machismo album "As Nasty As They Wanna from trashy lyrics of groups like 2 big problem. And they can't be you can dance to. I f the singerisn't Be" have been described as Live Crew. traced back to one group's picking a fight with imaginary raunchy, gutter/ghetto music, There is also a fear of this music immoral lyrics. police, he's coming on like a demeaning to women, promoting because it was supposedly deve­ Whatever happened to the dou­ bulldozer to any girl in the neigh­ sexual deviance and street talk loped to cater to the young, black ble standard? While 2 Live Crew's borhood. piled thick and spat on. male, but the white audience is music is being banned in some At least that's the assessment Incidentally, the majority of keeping it alive. states and band members are of Richard Corliss, a Time maga­ those offended by these lyrics are The 2 Live Crew has been being arrested, the group's coun­ zine writer who appeared to trying to push the entire rap around for years and their style terpart in the comedy world, stereotype all such music as industry into an early grave. hasn't changed. Initially, their Andrew Dice Clay, gets little and obscene. The style and lyrics of the 2 listeners were young, black teena­ sometimes no attention. "The reduction ad obsceni­ Live Crew should not be defended. gers, and no one protested. With aU the uproar over 2 Live tatem (reduction to obscenity) of Instead what's important is However, since the music has Crew, the group is gaining power this attitude can be found in the that their rights W1der the first spread to the white conunW1ity, because their record sales are lyrics of the Miami quartet, the 2 amendment to the U.S. Constitu­ the problem has been blown out of skyrocketing. Only when the ·Live Crew," he wrote. tion be protected. proportion with multiple arrests group is ignored, will the problem Unfortunately, Corliss tarred Some say that the first amend­ of members of the group, arrests begin to disappear. the entire rap industry with one ment doesn't include obscenity, of record store owners and what America should focus on much brush. but where in the Constitution seems like a campaign to annihi­ more pressing problems, and the It is also offensive that the does it say this? late the rap industry. courts should not try to infringe whole black cultural experience is The guardians of morality The music has been blamed for upon one of the most sacred of being associated with the style shouldn't be in the courts; that all kinds of problems like an human rights in this nation, and performances of the 2 Live responsibility rests with individu­ increase in the teenage pregnancy freedom of speech. Crew. Why does this group set the als in their own homes. It is the rate, but realistically the music standard? responsibility of the parents, not can't be blamed because teenage Na'Taki Osborne The lyrics of the 2 Live Crew's the government to protect minors .pregnancies have always been a Franklin County High School

'1"1-\( '2- L; C. AN ' T Be: As No" n Ignoring Clay's ignorance As Tl,ey ·..-IAN N A protects everybody's rights Remember what your mother only good for sex. used to tell you? If you can't say Clay's sexual references - "So I something nice, don't say any­ say to the bi tch, lose the bra -or I'll trung at alL cut ya" - strip women of their Andrew Dice Clay apparently dignity. doesn't listen to his mother: Many women are offended by Clay's obscene sexual references. One of the most controversial Two well-known protesters of and successful comedians aroW1d, Clay's act are entertainers Nora Clay's shows are filled with offen­ Dunn and Sinead O'Connor. ·Both sive jokes about women, women boycotted the Saturday homosexuals and minorities. Night Live show Clay hosted by In other words, he insults refusing to share the stage with everyone who is not a white him. heterosexual male. The ironic thing about Clay is "The man is a hatemonger," jokes. He insults every race and As long as women, homosexu­ that he isn't funny. Clay's record, Dunn said, and criticized Satur­ religion from black to Jewish. als and minorities put up with "The Days of Laughter Died," has day Night Live for providing him Anyone who refers to an ethnic people like Clay, they'll have to a warning label that says "con­ with a legitimate arena. group as "urine-colored people take his abuse. Those offended by tains filthy language and no The night of the show Clay wi th towels on their heads" has no Clay should raise heck. jokes." promised the audience he WQuld respect for anyone beside himself. While there is a lot of con­ The ironic thing about his watch his mouth. Clay quickly broke his promise. 'What do I Comedians like Clay should not troversy over freedom of speech success is that his audjences are be tolerated. Women who sit and Clay has the right to say what not solely composed of white need - more PR?" he asked. "I couldn't get more PR if I took out through his "performances" show he wants, people shouldn't let rum heterosexual males. my ... and wrapped it around a great ignoranC'::' ; it gives people slip by untouched. They don't Boys and young men are get­ microphone. " the impression that his behavior have to listen. And they shouldn't. ting their attitudes about women is acceptable. Being a good sport is Let's ignore his ignorance. from comedians like Clay. They '1'0 his fans, Clay's show would one thing; taking abuse is Vianca Brown are given the idea that women are not be the same without his racist another. . Northwest High School · >.,

Minority Journalism Workshop, June 28, 1990 5 Blacks must cooperate to make a diffe(ence

By HELENA HARTSFIELD they seem to get upset,..and as always the Bruceton Centt.1 High SChool question is why. They believe that lighter Afro-Ameri­ Afro-Americans today have atone time cans a're trying to be something that they or another been discriminated against by are not. Inside, they think the person has the majority. an edge because they feel that the lighter An elderly lady once told me that Afro- Afro-American is closer to the white race. Americans have come a long way but Another answer to the question is that have a longer way to go. Afro-Americans , the darker Afro-American is jealous. today have a better opportunity to do The~ don't understand or do n't want to anything that they set their mind.,s to. understand that the lighter Afro-Ameri- Yet, there is another side to the color can had nothing to do with their color; problem. they are who they are. I: "'Colors,"is a song that made millions ' Where did they find this ridiculous for the rap star Ice-T. Ice used the song to grudge? At home. Parents do not teach ,.r .1 tell about the gang violence that occurred them to appreciate their color and that and is still occurring in California and they can not change it. other places today. So, if you feel this way, stop. You are Gang members are identified by the just as beautiful as any light or dark color of bandannas that they wear. Red Afro-American. and blue are the bandannas mostly used. Be proud of who you are and love "'Colors" is a problem that dwells yourself, because you are not going to within the Afro-American race, also. The change anytime soon. Just thank God Racism causes fear, hate skin tone of Afro-Americans not only that you are big enough and good enough intimidates some caucasians, but also to make a difference in this color-marked Minorities are movmg into W other blacks. world. transit worker, was beaten Often some Afro-Americans have a Afro-Americans are slowly separating I ~::~~rr~~~~~~ white areas and death by a mob of whites shouting "fantasy," the fa ntasy of being the major­ into factions designated by differences in I; taking a back seat any racial slurs. In 1984, Bernard ity instead of the mi nority. In other skin tones. The only way Afro-Americans lIorlger .. But in some places, they Goetz wounded four young blacks words, they want to be white. can be equal is to work together. also moving out. he said were threatening him on When a few darker Afro-Americans see Working together is the only way to In Jefferson County, racial the subway. a lighter complectioned Afro-American, make a difference. recently caused a black In 1986, a white mob in the to give up its home. The Howard Beach section of Queens was forced to leave because attacked several blacks, one of whites in the neighborhood whom fled in panic onto a high­ Black prejudice against prejudiced. way and was killed by a passing While this family chose not to car. the hatred, other black And in 1989, a 28--year-<>ld whites no-win situation jruneric,.n,s are standing up for executive was beaten and raped in By LAVrT A BOARD Where does this bad attitude get civil rights. Central Park by a pack of black Owensboro High School people? What do they get out of it? At Harvard Law School, a black teenagers out on a hell-raising The fact is, it does nothing but increase said he would take a spree that added the word wilding What's the problem with black atti- the volume of unnecessary conflicts. tudes? There are many instances when blacks of absence until the law to the lexicon of urban fear. So ma ny minorities, especia ll y blacks, are treated as inferiors by whites. Some 1 s::~:,~1 added a tenured "woman of This hatred occurs because are forever complaining about subtle white people may try to hide it by If' to the faculty. people are not willing to open discrimination. On the one hand, some expressing their prejudices in a small , The May 7 edition of Time their minds and or their hearts to blacks are too quick to jump to negative but obvious way. Others are outspoken I~,~~~~;,n~ quoted the professor, one another. conclusions. On the other hand, can they about their prejudices and don't care. II Bell, as saying, "I cannot be blamed for their reactions? But why should blacks and other Raci sm causes fear. Fear leads Many blacks walk around with a chip minorities have bad attitudes toward all Icorltircue to urge students to take to hate, and hate yields destruc­ on their shoulders just waiting to find white people instead of just the bigots? for what they believe if I do tion for both blacks and whites. something wrong with what the next Believe it or not, there are probably practice my own precepts." In destruction, there are no white person says or does. more white people who are willing to help earns about $1 00,000 a year. winners. Blacks might think they're steadily blacks than there are blacks who arc During the last decade, inci­ "dogging" white people out, or often brag willing to help their own people. about how they cursed this or that white So why not skip the negative attitudes I d:~:~t:like the one in Jefferson person. But they're wasting their time and wake up to reality. Being prejudiced IC are legion. Allo nda Spa ulding and the time of anybody who listens to toward all white people will not get a In 1982, 'Yillie Tilrks, a black Union County High School them. black person anywhere. Ugly ducklings face discrimination, some become swan Children are told the story of percent of the population is not allowed in the miltary ser- tors. One of the major factors the ugly duckling and how the homosexual. Here at Western it's vices, today homosexuals are not leading to intolerance of gays is other ducklings never accepted about 10 percent, said to Kevin allowed in the armed services. the AIDS epidemic, said Howard him. Charles, health services director. Homosexuals also face job dis- Bailey, dean of student life. Ugly ducklings have existed And just like any minority crimination. Blacks in the past At Western, the problem of throughout history. Most have group, homosexuals have encoun- were di scrimnated against acceptance is not getting better. been as minorities. But today the tered the same prejudice. The because of their color. Today "If people knew I was gay," said a ugly duckling story continues wo.rd "nigger" has been used in the homosexuals in the job market gay Western student who wished with the discrimnation against a past as an insult to blacks. Today, face discrimination because of to be unidentified, "1 wouJd get my new minority, homosexuals. homosexu als are verbally their sexual preference. head smashed in or something." Homosexuals can be classified insulted with the word "fag." The acceptance of homosexuals - Hurna Ahsan as a minority because about two Just as women in the past were is being delayed by several fac- Warren Central High School 6 Minority Journalism Workshop, June 28. 199;O~~~~~~ Caring .. Woman travels around world to help children get treatment By HELENA HARTSFIELD for them when they arrive. Often Many teenagers brought to Bruceton Centrel High School she opens her own home until the United States don't want to foster homes for the children can go home, she said. "The teens be found. Americanize so quickly." For most women, taking care She said the program is based "Something else that is frus­ of six children is more than on three standards: the medical trating is when you have so enough. But that's not the case program, education and aocial many children that need help," for Judy Schwa nk, organizer of services. she said . Children of the Americas/of the Schwank and her husband, "You take the worst and then World. Dr. Bill Schwank, a Bowling the ones you thought were a bit Schwank, 42, brings more Green neurosurgeon, have six better off seem to die," Schwank than 150 children from 14 coun­ children, ranging in age from 3 said. tries to America each year to get to 25. When Schwank and members desperately needed medical Schwank said she receives at of her medical team visit foreign attention. least 30 calls a day from countries, about 200 people line Schwank had two still born Guatemala to Miami about up to see them. Parents are children, and that's when she helping children with all types of afraid the doctors and nurses decided she wanted to try to medical problems. will not get a chance to see their prevent other children from Wha.t she sees most are those child. dying. with c1en lip pallets which leave "If you leave the door open a A graduate of Western with openings in the face. She also minute you will have 40 people majors in nursing and biology, sees a lot of children with in your office," Schwank said. she also graduated from law malnutrition. While it would seem she gets sc hool a nd t he n went to Children are most likely born little support for her efforts, Guatemala on 1976 as a nurse's with cleft lip defonnity in June, that's not the case. aide. July and August, she said. "I am Hospitals give her equipment She encoun tered children convinced that itis something in that they don't use anymore, and with the most difficult medical the enviroment." she makes use of it where it is problems and decided to do For Schwank, this has been a needed. something about it. hard year. Her father has been The good feeling of reading "Those children are dying diagnosed with lung cancer and letters from thankful families all right and left," she said. "I don't she said she has "some decisions over the world, seeing the fami­ know; one day you want to give to make." li es' faces when she returns up and then the next day yo u get "I never know which way I'm children makes her feel that her a phone call" to help someone goi n g,~ she said. "1 don't know work is no way useless. else. whetheror not to stay here in the "Some Americans believe if Schwank brings the ch ildren states or go to other count. ries they don't ever go to other to the United States, and some­ and push for changes in public countries and see the dying times she takes medical and policies." chil dren, the problem doesn't Brought to Bowling Green to recuperate from an operation to surgical teams to the children. Schwank deals with children exist," Schwank said. "I couldn't make her legs the same length, 6-year-old Marcia is active The chil dren often require from poverty stricken homes. a nd don't think this way, despite the brace on her leg. Judy Schwank brings children from prolonged medical treatment, children with one eyeorchildren although 1 realize now that 1 around the world to her home to get medical attention they cannot and she said she provides homes with one leg or ann. can't solve all problems." receive in their countries. Veteran officer proud Tennessean makes big impression he's never pulled gun By LESLI JARRETT pers asked if it might cost some major competition in the future By CHARLOTTE TURNER Whites Creek High School employees their jobs. Ciarimboli may be the telephone company," Fu lton City High School The average consumer spends said that the technology "doesn't Ciarimboli said. "But the biggest great personality." half an hour reading a news­ destroy jobs; it just changes threat in the 21st century will be In the 21 years Hugh Healer Suzie Har din, j ourna li sm paper. During that time, the jobs." the post office. It has no competi­ has been a policema n at West­ department secretary, described presses at The Tennessean can Ciarimboli said, "You have to tion and gets all of its funds from ern, he hus never pulled his gun. him as the kind of man who print 22,000 copies of a four-sec­ understand newspapering is a the federal government." One of two black policemen on "could give you a ticket and tion paper. business." As a busi ness, The While waiting to start a tour the force, Healer said his life as a make you thank him for it; he's The Tennessean's new $75 Tennesean has decided to think of the facility, the workshoppers police officer has been rather so nice." million press, recently pur­ of its employees first by making were introduced to Tiffany uneventful. He has never faced Heater has seven children, chased by its parent company their job site a better place to Anderson, an intern at The what he considers a dangerous three boys and four girls. None of Gannett, extends 42 feet at its work. Tennessean. Anderson, a sopho­ situation, other than burglaries them wants to be policemen or tallest point and longer than a The Tennessean has 600 full­ more at Memphis State Univer­ and some drug problems. policewomen. football field, Mike Ciarimboli time employees and 1800 part­ sity and former Western work­ He said he woul d rather be a One of the boys considered it, said. t ime employees, Ciarimboli shopper. received a $1,000 Dow campus police officer than a city Heater said, but "he changed his Cia rimboli, Tennessean said. "The biggest threat to Jones Newspaper Fund Inc. policeman who wor ks the mind fast." director of planning special pro­ employment is lack of revenue; if scholarship. streets, but he added that he is Heater's hobbies include jects, said the new press will we can't sell or make money we Anderson told the workshop­ sometimes called upon to help fi shing, gardening and singing create a cleaner work environ­ can't keep jobs." pers to keep in contact with their officers who work the streets. gospel. He likes to sing in mentand produce papers faster. Ciarimboli said The Tennes­ workshop instructors and to As a campus police officer he churches and on radi o. He sings The printing plant was recen­ sean is "the most modem news­ learn all they can. makes about 25 arrests a year. in the 11th Street Brotherhoods tly visited by members of West­ paper in North America." He Na'Taki Osborne of Franklin "He's one of the best (police­ and the Boys of Nashville. ern's Minority Journalism said t.hat with "the new technol­ County High School, one of the men) that we have, and when Heater said he plans to retire Workshop. ogy The Tennessean would workshoppers on the trip, said, he's around you know it," said sometime between 1991 a nd After ,~eei ng the new technol­ become second only to the New "It was interesting because we Jim Kelly, a clerk at Downing 1994, and "1 don't believe I will .ogy duriog their tour of The York Time}," _ _ . got tQ . s~ how Q.ewspapeTfJ are University, gery~r. "Hl!g,h has a miss it." . , .. Tennessean. sev~ral W:OrJs.SJlOP- '?'.he , pewspt\p'er- illdQs ,try'~ produc~d." Minority Journalism Workshop, June 28, 1990 7 Workshop '90

games and listeni ng to music. Her psychiatry. Williamson, a junior at J ack­ highly in journalism. favorite types of music are rap, pop and son Central Merry High School, said she Though Spaulding is different from rhythm and blues. loves to help people and may be able to teenagers whodo not have defini te career Christina became interested in jour­ keep someone out of prison or even from plans, she would like to earn a lot of Lavita nalism while taking a communication bei ng killed. money. "I want to be well off, but money class in high school where she was Her major goal is to choose between is n't everything." introduced to radio broadcasting, print psychiatry and journalism. Even though she would like to make journalism and television. Christina "I was a little nervous about comi ng enough money to eat on, she wants to wants to attend Kent State University because of my lack of experience, but I obtain more outof broadc'asting thanjust and study communication. After college know that before I leave here I will have money. "What I really want out of it are Lavita Board's interest is she would like to write scripts for T.V. or learned a lot." fame and glory." business." motion pictures. -Vianca Brown In her spare time she enjoys dancing, -EriCll Patterson Strictly Business is a teen group which skating, reading, singing and "of course, Franklin-Simpson Hi~h &h')~)l Northwest High School her mother started in Owensboro in writing!" - DaShunda Gore February 1989 to keep teenagers out of Mayfield High School trouble and give them something positive to do with their time. "When you see a change in one person, it's worth the trouble," said Lavita, a Na'Taki senior at Owensboro High School and Jimmedda president of the group. Lavita said the group held dances to Melissa raise moncy to fund their projects. "",.,1 In J uly, the group has a "pump it up" . ~LI , rap and dance contest which attracts Not expecting to win the Miss Black competitors fro m all over Kentucky. The Jimmedda Townes makes money sell­ Frankfort Pageant, N a'Taki Osborne of contestants compete for a plaque and ing bows, but in her heart is a raging (i re Frankfort said she was excited when she prizes. of someone who feels the need for speed­ Melissa Parales knows that good heard her name announced. In her spare time, Lavita writes the speed of a jet pilot. friends are hard to come by, but she "It gave me a feeling of achievement thinks she has found one. poems and short stories a nd reads. The 16-year-old Louisville Central and pride," said the 17-year-old. "1 j ust Lavi ta plans to attend Western Ken­ High School senior is in the hair bow Pamles, a Western High School gradu­ felt like I had succeeded. " tucky University next year and maj or in making business, something she learned ate, said finding a best friend she can "Taki" gives her parents all the credit trust is the "happiest thing that ever journalism. from her aunt. for her success. She believes that because -.1immedda Townes She earns about $150 a month selling happened" to her. of their encouragement and commitment, Parales has received a four-year scho­ WaEGcncr High School bows to department stores, including she could go after anything. Bacons, J .e. Penny Co. Inc., and other larship to attend the University of Taki will be senior cl ass vice president child ren's shops. Lo uisville and study communications. when she returns to Franklin County But when she grows up, she said, "I Although she is not a n athlete, she High School in the fall. She is also the really want to be a commercial airline loves to watch football, especially her editor of the yearbook, the Flyer. pilot." favorite team, the Denver Broncos. Taki's hobbies include dancing, writ­ Christina To reach her objective, she plans to join "I like the Broncos because they are the ing, poetry and writing articles for her the Anny Reserves after high school underdogs," she said. local newspaper, The State Journal. graduation, then go to college and major She also likes to listen to all kinds of After leaving the workshop, Taki will in chemistry. music, but she said she likes rock the attend the Governor's School for the Arts In the meantime, Jimmedda has a best. She thinks rap is pretty good also. in Louisville and a summer computer patent on one of her designer bows which Journey is her favorite rock group, and science and telecommunications technol­ When people think of summer they she usually sens in bundles of 30 each. M. C. Hammer is her favorite rapper, she ogy program for black students at think of fun, parties and spending time She said she gets no help with the bows said. Auburn University. with friends, But that's not what Christ­ because no one else in her family knows "The one thing I want to do before I die Taki plans to attend a historically ina Baldon thinks about. how to make them. is visit Los Angeles, Cali f., just to see if black college after she graduates fro m The DuPont Manual senior is sacrific­ Whatever she decides to do with her it's really like it is on the movies," she high school, possibly Hampton, Howard, ing many of these activities to help needy career, if it doesn't work out, the bow added. -Charlotte Turncr North Carolina A&M or Florida A&M. children in her community, She will be making business will at least give her Fultoo City High School She wants to study either journalism or working in Louisville this summer at the something to fall back on. chemical engineering. Home of the Innocent, a place where _Lavita Board - Lesli Jarrett troubled teens and children can come for Owensboro High School Whites Creek High School support. Christina said she thought she could help these children by just being around to li sten to their problems. Allonda Christina is concerned with the envi­ ronment and believes that communites need to be more aware of the condi tion of Tiffany Helena the enviornment. "I think everyone should recycle, it's an easy way to do our fair share for the enviornment." Christ- J Many teenagers do not know wh at they ina said she recycles glass, metal and ' I _ -,.-''-'', wantto do after high school. In fact, many think that graduation is enough to deal plastic. Tiffany Williamson writes fi ct ion Only 2 percent of the students in Another of her concerns is racism, an because it helps her create worlds that with for a while. Helena Leigh Hartsfi eld's school are issue she said must be confronted and are not possible otherwise. But William­ A1 londa Spaulding, however, knows minorities, but the Hollow Rock, Tenn. , overcome. son has been spending the past two weeks what she "{ants to do - major in senior knows what it means to comeouta "I don't want my children to be faced learning to write "just the facts." broadcasting at Western Kentucky Uni­ winner. with racism," Christina said. Christina Williamson, a 15-year-old from J ack­ versity and work in a production-related "If you keep your mind to it you can do said education is the key to overcoming son, Tenn., said she is attending the area. "I know that it (broadcasting as a it," said Hartsfield, 16, who was elected racism. workshop to learn more about journal- career choice) can change at any time, but studcntgoverment president this spring. One of Christina's heroes is actor, ism, a career she is considering. I'm hoping it will stick." She described her week-long election The 17-year-old 1990 graduate of producer and director Spike Lee because "I feel that attending this wo rkshop I campaign as intimidating, and said his films confro nt the issue of r acism. might be able to learn and may be able to Union County High School in Morgan­ Christina's interests are writI ng short teach others:" ~ : . .. . . fie ld, chose Western "because it has its stories, watching basketball nrid football '·" Another field' sne is interested in 'is ow n' television station" and it ranks Continued on Pag'e 8 ' 8 Minority Journalism Workshop, June 28, 1990 having only one poster up didn't help her cultures on Culture Night and how those earrings," Farah said. "I think my talent In high school, Lesli played on the confidence much. cultures related to livi ng in America, she is unique." . softball team and belonged to a dance But she said she was determined as said. They read poems, sang and taught She got started making jewelry as a group that performed at school basket­ she gave out buttons and promised ifshe songs, and started understanding them­ school project and really doesn't consider ball games. She was a member of the won there would be lots of "fun, fun, fun." selves and each other. what she does a hobby. She has other Student Government Association a nd It just blew everyone away when Brian "A lot of different cultures came hobbies like watching movies an d listen­ was a reporter for her school newspaper. Thorne, whom she described as "only the together to unite as one," she said, "and ing to music. Lesli enjoys bow ling, attending par­ cutcst and most popular guy at Central ~they (camp organizers) taught us how to "I basically listen to a ll types of music," ties, painting the town red with her High" read her nomination speech. bring that community into our commun­ she said. "My favorite movie is the Dead friends a nd cheering on her favorite She is good friends with both Cooper ity." Poets Society," and her favorite color is basketball player, Karl "The Mailman" and Thome. Now that she's won she said At her school Diya does not have any black. Malone of the Utah Jazz. she is determined to make sure that "best friends. I'd rather become friends Farah believes that she has emotional Lesli plans to .attend Western this fall everyone in school is involved, not just with everyone." strong points. "I think I'm pretty m ature where she will major [n journalism or the popuiar crowd, the way it has been in She wants to attend Clark or Howard and original in some ways," she said. comm unications. the past. University. "One of my weak points is that I'm not "The WKU Minority Jounalism Work­ Hartsfield, who is very friendly, said -Helena Hartsfield that outgoing, a nd I'm not too sure of my shop has been very beneficial to me as a she gets along with everyone, but has no Bruccton Central High School goals for the future." future writer and a journalism major specific best friends. She has been known There are things that turn her off such here at Western because it has taught me to have closer relationships with boys as acting snobbish or always being loud. in a short time that I'm not as a good a than girls, probably because she has four At the same time, Farah enjoys the writer as I thought and I've got a lot to brothers, ranging from 8 to 21 years old. same food s as most teenagers. "I don't eat learn," Jarrett said. - Diya Hafiz pizza 000 often though because its just too For inspiration, Lesli looks to her Dunbar High School DaShunda greasy," she said. mother and aunts as strong, ambitious Because she seems to like herself as a women and has strived for excellence person, Farah has the potential to go a ny with the extra push they give her. One of direction she wants. Lesli's goals is to own a television station -Corey Taylor and to work behind the cameras. "It may be hard, but nothing can hold Some people sit on the s idelines. Some Woodward Camas High School Huma me back from capturing my dreams," people jump in the game. Lesli said. DaShunda Gore likes football. Unlike Na'Taki Osborne othergiris, however, she doesn't li mit her Franklin County High School interest to watching the game. "Football is my life ," Gcre said. "My Huma Ahsan a lready sees as freshman year of high school, I tried out an individual rather than a member of a for the football team and I made it." Deirdre group, but the l7-year-old Warren Cen­ But a band class, lack of room in her tral High School senior wants to "do itall" schedule and the requirement that she Robert as she gets older. take the mandatory physical examina­ Huma defines doing it all as getting a tion with the boys forced her to quit the ,Ji degree in journalism at Western Ken­ team. "Birds are not as different from tucky University, getting a degree in law, Some of her other interests include humans as most pe

down," he said. said. "I've seen it on TV a lot and it Corey also enjoys writing fiction. Most interests me a great deal. of his stories involve ordinary guys who Corey may also choose to study psy· end up using their minds over muscle to chology because he enjoys helping others Corey solve problems, he said. with their probleills. Though he takes an avid interest to "Back at school, people are always drawing and writing fi ction , Corey does comi ng up to me and asking my advice not see these as future careers. He has because they seem to think I have a level narrowed down his possible college major head. I hel p other people with their choices to three: journalism, marine problems, but I can hardly takecareofmy The first time Corey Taylor realized he biology and psychology. own ," he said. liked to draw was when he scribqJed in Corey's main purpose in coming to the Along with all his other hobbies, he his mother's encyclopedia after watching minority journalism workshop was to enjoys listening to jazz music - mainly a Star Wars movie. improve his writing style. by Frankie Beverly or Kenny G. He Drawing comes naturally to t.his sofis­ "I think we (workshoppers) are all good li stens toonly a little rap, rendering most poken 17.year.old from Cincinnati, Ohio, writers to begin with, but there's always of it "too noisy." During the journalism who attends t.he CAMAS (Cincinnati room for improvement," he said. workshop, he has a lso been exposed to Academy of Math and Science) Program "1 also wanted to learn how to type," he some of his room mate's "alternative" at his school. added, jokingly. music. "At first I didn't li sten to it nt all, "Whenever I get an idea, 1 grab the Marine biology interests Corey "even but now it sounds okay." nearest piece of paper 1 can find and put it though I've never been to the ocean," he -Farah Shnfi Dowling Green High School

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By TIFFANY WILLIAMSON was interested in photojournal­ Jackson Centrel Merry High Sc:hool ism between his junior and senior years in high school. Not every professional photo­ -rile camera really intrigued grapheris willing to leave hisjob me," Hairlson said. "WKU tried to spend part of his summer to recruit me into their college. teaching high school students They thought that I would be a how to become photojournalists. good photographer, so they However, Gary Hairlson, advised me to contact my local Jackson (Tenn.) Sun photo edi­ newspaper about getting ajob in . tor, doesn't seem to mind. that fie ld." "I enjoy trying to get others He said that most people are interested in what I do and being looking for advancement in their a role model," the 27-year-old careers, especially if the career photographer said. ~r've been is journalism, considering that teaching photography here at journalists don't make much the workshop for a long time, money. and it has turned out to be very "Even though that's true, the enjoyable." fact that I enjoy what I do Hairlson considers himself to compensates for that," Hairlson be both Do photojournalist and said. photo editor, and he is happy to "Gary is a very good photogra­ hold both positions. pher, and he has a lot of faith in "I like being photo editor us," said Corey Taylor, one of the Holding up a page negative at the Park City Daily News, Jim Highland shows the workshoppers what because not only do r like taking workshoppers. "He's not too the finished page will look like. photographs, 1 also like "run­ strict or too easy-going; he's just ning the show," he said. "I also a good person to work with." enjoy the fact that my job allows DaShunda Gore, another me to go many places and do workshopper, said, "He's very Highland guides young reporters more things, while other jour­ funny and crazy. He has taught nalists' jobs are limited." us many things and has had a lot imp<:lrtant." Press and the Bowling Green Hairlson first realized that he of patience with us." By COREY TAYLOR Woodward Camas High Sc::hool This year's workshop consists Daily News. He was also aD of 20 teenagers of four different investigative reporter for the For 22 years, Jim Highland, races. "A student body needs to Charleston Daily News. High­ professor of journalism at West­ be a mix of different cultures land has received nine Kentucky ern Kentucky University, has from every society so everyone Press Association awards for his been teaching young people how could share their ideas. We work. to become good reporters. really make ' a difference by Referring to his stories, Highland is pleased when he bringing minorities into this Highland commented, "I like to hears from fonner student..;;. business," said Highland, the think my specialty w~ to write "When a student calls me in the chairman of the print journal­ about when bad things happen midd le of the night ~ way after ism major. to good people. I wrote the type of he's gotten a job - and says, Highland was raised in Nut­ stories that got people thrown 'Something happened here ter Fort, W. Va., a town of 2,000 out of office because of the wrong tonight, 1 threw away my public people. Reflecting upon his for­ things they did to the public." affairs reporting notes, and I mer home, Highland com­ Highland is active in The need your help,' it all seems mented, "The place had one Society of Professional Journal­ worthwhile." stoplight. I knew everyone in the ists, and has conducted work­ Today one of Highland's main town. I would step out into my shops on investigative reporting concerns is the Minority Jour­ back yard and not see anyone for for the the Arkansas, North n"lism Workshop at Western five miles. I used togo up into the Carolina and Iowa-Nebraska Kentucky University. According forest and be by myself." Press Associations. to Highland, "Dow Jones News­ Highland spent his college Highland said he is commit­ paper Fund saw the lack of years at West Virginia Univer­ ted to the Minority Journalism minority faces in the newsroom sity, then taught at Oklahoma Workshop. "I do the Minority and seven years ago they State University for five years Journalism Workshop because I Telling all he knows about printing, Gary Hairlson critiques the decided to allocate money for a before coming to Western. He really like the students and its workshop at Western. Every­ prints made by Charlotte Turner, Fulton City and Jimmedda was also a former investigative important to professionals that body involved in the workshop Townes, Waggener. reporter and editorial columnist we have people of color in jour­ feel s that what we're doing is for the Stillwater (Okla.) News nalism." Minorities say Adams there when he's needed

By ALLONDA SPAULDING body can ask from you." 1980 1988, writer Tommy George at The School said, "He has a good Union County High Sc::hool From to Adams Adams said he hopes the owned five week1y newspapers New York Times. heart. Ifthere were more people His career in the newspaper students gain something from in Burkesville, Edmonton and 'I\vo of this year's workshop­ like hiTn, we wouldn't have alot business ranges from reporter to theil' experience here. ~Ve hope Smiths Grove in Kentucky and pers said Adams has been a big to worry about in this world." owner to adviser to interim the students will investigate Celina and Crossville, Tenn. help during the"'workshop. "He's Worksh op Director Jim director of Student Publications journalism as a career and Adams said several students always there for you when you Highland also said Adams is at Western. decide if it is really what they who have participated in need him," said Tiffany William­ "unquestionably one of the fin­ Bob Adams, who has been want to do." Minority Journalism Work­ son of Jackson Central Merry est, if not the finest, college involved in the Minority Jour­ A graduate of Western, he shops have gone on to suceed in High School. ~He might be newspaper advisers in the coun­ nalism Workshop for seven started teaching in the English journalism. Some minorities he silent, but he makes his pre­ try. The greatest skill he has is years, urged works hoppers to department in 1966. He taught hns taught at Western also have sence known." working one to one with young "always give your best effort. 1f ·EnglisQ. 'fOf two yearS ana. then gQne on 'to have sucessfl1rcareers .• WorkshoPMr Helemi Harts­ people. He 10ves· them' and the you do the best, tlUlt's 'all nny- journalism as the program'grew. 'h; ' journalism, ' such as sports field of"Br'liceoon ' Ccntnil I-Iigh feeling ·is iriutual.'" Minority Journalism Workshop, June 28, 1990 11 Jones destroys first impression by setting off spark in ~tudent s

BV NA'TAKI OSBORN E ern and is at the l issertation bachelor of science deb'Tee in FrankUn County High School stage of the doctorate in mass biology with minors in chemi­ His gruff voice, the frown in communications at Southern stry, math and religious studies. his brow a nd his uncanny ten­ Illinois University. He also has a master's degree in dency to look emotionless can­ Jones has also served as a science education. viced some Minority Journalism part-time editor at the Tompkin­ J ones has taught science and Workshop students were con­ ville News in Monroe County journalism at various middle vi nced their instructor, Terry and editor of The Fourth Estate, schools and high schools across Lee Jones, was a ruthless man a newsletter for the Society of Kentucky, including Owensboro and a difficult teacher. Professional J ournalis ts at High School and Radcliff J unior However, as the days prog­ Western. High. ressed the works hoppers Jones fi rsCbecame interested The word around the Western decided that their first impress­ in writing while in a ninth grade campus is that Jones is a tough ion of Jones wasn't valid. English class where the teacher teacher, and Jones said, "I want "Mr. Jones seemed a little required students to keep a to be thought of as a good rough at first and I dreaded journal. WIt set off a spark, and teacher. I'm demanding and going to his class," said Lesli I've been hooked ever since," somewhat difficu lt to please, but Jarrett of Whites Creek High Jones said. to me that is a good teacher. School. "He actually gave us a "I was an only child, and I His first loves are teaching ton of homework on the fi rst talked to my diary. I'd write out journalism and spending time night; now I see that he's just a my happy memories, tensions, with his four-year old grandson. good teacher. He's taught me a fears and frustrations. Some­ He enjoys working with yo ung to t about writing news stories times it got so intense that 1 people and doesn't consider that I didn't know before, which wrote up to 50 pages a night." teaching as work because it's fun will help me in college." Suprisingly, journali sm was and gives him a personal satis­ Jones, who teaches part time not his first career choice; he faction to help someone. "I11 in the journalism department at wanted to work in science. probably eventually die in the Western, has a bachelor of arts Prior to getting his degree in classroom, but It'l l be with a degree injoum alism from ...West.. jo urnalism, Jones completed a smile on my face," Jones said .

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Autograph ing copies of his book, "The Great Picture Hu nt,R Dave LaBelle signs a persona! note to DaShunda Gore, Mayfield. The Western photography instructor just finished giving the workshop­ pers journalistic advice.

New York Times sportswriter offers some helpful hints to Ton i Mitchell, Gallatin Senior High.

New York sports writer urges students to invest in future By ALLONDA SPAUlDING George witnessed his brother George was a reporter for the landing in Pittsburgh to change York Times to cover the NFL. Union County High School become very down because foot­ college newspaper, the College planes so it would be in the paper "Be a good listener'" and "try to For Tommy George, being a ball had been the most impor­ Heights Herald, for three years. the next day. humanize stories as much as sports writer at The New York tant thing in his life. During the summer of his senior He was president of Kappa possible," George said,. explain ~ Times isn't an accident. George was a senior at Padu­ year, George interned for the Alpha Psi fraternity at Western. ing that he tries to interview the "Invest in your future," and cah Ti lghman High School and Detroit Free Press. He said the fraternity was a pl ayer behind the name. He also "there is no substitute for hard the St. Louis Cardinals were The former Herald sports positive testing ground to tryout said that a reporter should try to work," the 29-year-old Paducah scouting him. It was a decision of editor told the workshoppers of all of the different things he was make the interview mOTe of a native tol d workshoppers Tues­ playing baseball or being a one of his most enlightening learning in college. "It was an conversation because 'Journal­ day night. journalist. experiences when he was still in investment in my future." ism is all about interesting George's career choice came And George decided on jour­ college. At the end of his senior year, people." about when his brother, who had nalism as a career. He always While he. was covering the the Detroit Free Press wanted played in the National Football wanted to travel widely, captur­ NCAA cross coun try champion­ him back. From then until George urged the young jour­ League with the San Francisco ing the world of sports on paper. ships in Bethelehem, Pa., he had February of 1988 George was a nalists to read good stories and 4gers and .New Orleans SajQt;s, .In 197~, Oe.orge. en~re .d West.. to write his .story on the plp.ne, , sports writer for the Free Pres,s. then to try .some of the wri.ting suffered a career-endiD-g injpry. ,ef!}.· as 'l- jourp.alism major. then call it in, to the H~ra l9. after HE: .left t~en to go to .'.I: he New techniques tbey like ~ ,'. .' .'."-'.' ,' ," , ..• ,' .... ' ...., '.~',-. ,' , . 12 Minority Journalism Workshop, June 28, 1990 Workshop gets students to consider careers

By TON I MITCHELL journalism excellence and help­ there are jobs available in jour­ field of Hollow Rock, Tenn. bilty to try to help people, and G.II.t1" High School ing to increase the number of nalism and give them the oppor­ Being in the program has that has nothing to do with minorities entering the field. tunity to see if they want to worked to the advantage of color," Nelson said. For the last eight years, the pursue this career," said Merv many of the students, Some in It is a continual lesson for Tiffany Will iamson had Newspaper Fund and Western Aubespin, Courier-Journal past years who completed the young minority journalists. always wanted to become a have gathered some of this associate editor of development program have alreday done well 'They have to be able to deal with psychiatrist. She dreamed of region's brightest h igh school and minority recruiter. in college, in newspaper summer people and learn to work very going to college and becoming juniors for a two-week crash "The job of the workshop is to internships and as profession­ hard, but in the long run it will the first doctor in her family - course in journalism. let young people know what the als. They understood at the be worth it. until her English teacher told In the secOnd week, the stu­ newspaper business is all workshop the importance of This is exactly what the work­ her about the Minority Journal­ dents publish The Limited Edi­ about," said Linda Nelson, assis­ investing in their future. shoppers did: They awoke at 7 ism Workshop at Western. tion and receive awards for their tant director of the Newspaper Preparing for the future is a.m., they heard speakers, went "When I first came to this work. Their hometown news­ Fund. "It gives them an idea of what the minorities in this on field trips and probably the workshop, I had no intentions of papers help sponsor their parti­ what it will be like working in a year's program u nderstand. most importantly learned how to becoming a writer," Williamson cipation; thus, the workshop is newspaper." They seem to realize that they deal with their peers. And at said. "1 felt I didn't have enough free for the students. During the workshop, the can, indeed, be the next genera­ times they worked late, often experience to be any good. But Minorities comprise only 7.8 tion of journalists and change until 11 p.m. students were challenged to with the help of the counselors percent of the newspaper work the 7.8 statistics. It won't be an easy task, but display confidence and aggres­ and advisers here, I am now force. The industry was once Yet, before achieving this they siveness. Afterward, they are minorities can become a major considering journalism as a slow to hire them, but now it have to understand what being a influence in the media's future. encouraged to return to school career." continues to make room for all journali st is all about, what Aubespin sums up his, the and utilize the writing tools they The attitude T iffany now races, colors and creeds to better their role of reporting news to program's and the student's have learned, and they are shows toward journalism is represent its readers and the the world encompases. Minori­ dreams. encouraged to enroll in college shared by the other 19 minori­ world. ties have to be certain they "In the future," he said, "when and study journalism, ties attending the program. The key for minorities today is understand that being a jour­ I go into a newspaper room, I And that is great news for the to become prepared and aggres­ "This program taught me that nalist is not only about color or would like to see the number of chief sponsor of the workshop. sive. I could do anything I want to do background, but more about minorities i n journa lism the Newspaper Fund, a subsidi­ "We need to help our young ifT work hard and believe in my character and principles. increase to represent the num­ ary of Dow Jones committed to people become more aware that abilities," said Helena Harts- "All people have a responsi- ber of minorities in America." New Herald editor doesn't fit stereotype Women find support at center By ROBERT JOHNSON She finds it difficult to reread By DEIRDRE WILSON North Hllrdin High School her own stories now, because Harrison High School even though she was a copy Were it not for the pro-life editor, she can't be as objective posters on the wall and the Picture the gruff, cigar­ about her own stories. messy computer desk to the smoking editor shouting assign­ "You can report on subjecf3 right of the entrance, people ments to his reporters and mak­ but you can seldom go back and would think they were in some­ ing life miserable for everyone. edit it from the editor's point of one's living room, not a center for Then rip up the picture, view," Carter said. pregnancy counseling. Now picture Darla Carter, the Carter has been a beat repor­ A comfortable couch with a soft-spoken editor of the award­ ler, features editor and manag­ coffee table in front of it sits winning College Heights Herald ing editor since joining the against the wall near two for the 1990 fall semester at Herald statT as a sophomore, upholstered chairs, Visitors are Western. "All the jobS' on the paper I asked to sign in a guest book. Even though she holds the have had gave me the essential "The reason why the center is most important position on the skills that a good journalist in a home-like setting is because papel" Carter, who will be the needs," she said. a lot of girls are scared a nd this firstblackeditoroftheHerald, is Carter interned at The Cour­ makes it easier for them to be modest about her achievements ier-Journal last summer. She comfortable with themselves," OaShllOOa GoreJMayrl9ld "Have confidence in yourself was a general assignment repor­ Don Fricks. Pregnancy Support and your ability," Carter said, ter for the Neighborhoods sec­ Center director, said, Pregnant girls and women can go to the Pregnancy Support "and the rest will soon follow." tion that appears every Wednes­ The center at 1032 Kentucky Center for help. Besides clothing, the center offers pre- and post­ But Carter said she was day in the Louisville metropoli­ St., has been in operation for natal education, surprised at being chosen editor. tan area. three years. ~e are funded by However, some past and present Carter first became interested churches, company contribu­ and include pregnancy tests, the mother can educate het:!c!lf members of the Herald statT said in journalism during her sopho­ tions and donations," said center which are 99 percent accurate, by watching videos about pre­ Carter was chosen because she more year in high school when counselor Melinda Holloway, pregnancy counseling, educa­ gnancy, reading pa mphlets was the most qualified person she worked on the school paper All 14 of the employees are tion, econom ic assistance, free abou t br east feeding an d for the job. and the yearbook. "Ever since volunteers, The only paid person maternity and baby clothes, healthy babies, and the counse­ Carter's talents didn't go then I've just been hooked." is the director, Don Fricks. referrals, and transportation lors will answer any of the unnoticed by Herald adviser Bob Outside of journalism, the "It was started through a assistance for medical care and a mother's questions about her Adams either. Adams said he 21-year-old doesn't have much collaboration of local people who network of shepard homes, baby. time for a social life. But she does decided that the center was which are set up by families knew from the start that Carter 'l'he counselors are trained find time to occasionally go on needed," Fricks said. willing to adopt a pregnant would someday be editor, duri ng a five-day program by a dates or to the movies. She also Pregnancy is not just a prob­ teenager throughout her pre­ Carter, an intern in the Cin­ certified counselor with Christ­ cinnati Enquirer's features enjoys listening to jazz and lem only blacks have; it's a gnancy. ian Action Council curriculum. department, said she believes reading. problem for everyone, "Most of tHe clothes we have Also they are supervised by a there am a lot ofresponsibilities Carter said that someday she About 85 percent of the girls are used, with the exception of di rector who is professionally involved in being editor. "You would like to be the editor of a who come to the center on a the newborn's," Holloway said. trained and experienced in the metropolitan newspaper, first-time basis are white; the "The mother is allowed to pick don't only have to edit stories but field. also find the best route in wh ich Carter, a graduate of the other 15 percent are black and out six to eight outfits after the to manage the paper." Minority J ournalism Workshop other races. But about one-third birth. The wo men can keep the The Pregnancy Support Cen­ "It's a lot ditTerent editing at Western, said the experience of the repeat visitors are black clothes or trade them when their ter does not support abortions or stories that belong to others provided her some skills she and two-thirds white. babies get older." give out birth control informa­ than to yourself," Carter said. needed to succeed injournalism. The center's services are free Wi thin pregnancy counseling, tion, Minority Journalism Workshop. June 28, 1990 13 Entertainment Local reaction varies on rap album flap

By CHRISTINA BALOON Members of the Tap band have one and not pull the other," she with this anymore," she added. aspect of the 2 Live Crew issue. Menu.1 High School been arrested in Florida for said, referring to the comedy Musicland, another record Unlike other music stores, allegedly being obscene during album of Andrew Dice Clay. store in the mall, has the clean Musicland does not card minors~ their stage performance, and Her store pulled the 2 Live version of the record but does not the clerk said. Some record stores have what their album has been banned in album from the shelves three have the "dirty" version. Disc Jockey, another mall has been called the "dirty" ver­ several cities. months ago, but she said in her A store clerk declined to say music store, dropped the dirty sion, others have only the clean A clerk at Tracks Record Bar opinion "2 Live Crew got the bad whether they would sell the version and kept the clean one, version. Still others have both. in Greenwood Mall who asked end of the deal." album ifthe store received a new buta clerk said the dirty one was That's the way it's been going not to be identified initially She said some people have supply. the big seller. in Bowling Green since the declined to talk about the issue been rude to her for not having "We have other records with "The store still gets requests controversy began over rap but did so after her manager the album. warning labels on them," she for the dirty version and people group 2 Live Crew's new album, assured her it be okay. "I'm ready for the home office said, but her home office would get upset when told it isn't in "Nasty as They Wanna Be." "I don't think it's fair to pull to tell me we don't have to deal not permit her to discuss any stock," he added. Pretty Woman Melba's back, her soul exposed in new album By NA'TAKI OSBORNE of the song including an a who listen. When relaxation is exemplifies Moore's true colors. has passion, F... nklln COunty High School capella version featuring Moore, desired, the spiritually based, It's the Moore everyone used one with narration by t.he Rev. but soot.hing lyrics can trans­ to know, but improved, bringing After five years in the studios, Jesse Jackson, and another fea­ pose moods. a great deal more to offer to even some love; Melba's back and she's hitting turing performers such as Anita In the song "Lift Every Voice music listeners of all types. the charts harder than ever with Baker, Bobby Brown, Terri Lyne And Sing," the words "let free­ Listening to t.hi s album proves it's worth it her latest album "Melba Moore Carrington, The Clark Sisters, dom ring" echo like bells ringing that it was worth the wait. Soul Exposed." Howard Hewett, Stephanie throughout. hollow valleys, ena­ For each copy of the album or Millions of the first released Mills, Jeffrey Osborne, Take 6, bling the listener to feel and si ngle song versions sold, Moore By DeSHUNDA GORE cut, "Lift Every Voice And Sing," BeBe & CeCe Winans, Stevie understand the message of the will make a contribution to the ~y1leld HIgh School have been sold. Wonder and Lou Gossett Jr. song. United Negro College Fund, the With Moore's amazing talent National Association for Sickle In Pretty Woman, Richard The song is the Bl ack Moore's album is for everyone. as a singer/songwriter and BeBe Cell Disease,Inc., and the Gere and Julia Roberts are like National Anthem with a special The melodic voices coupled with Winans as her producer, the National Association fOT the Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolit­ twist. TheTe are four variations the soft, mellow tones entrap all team has created an album that Advancement of Colored People. tle in My Fair Lady. Roberts plays a prostitute, Vivian, who gives directions to Chapman album boring, depressing, redundant Edward, played by Cere, who is By DEIRDRE WILSON "'rrlson HIgh School mark in the music world as a But her second release in 1989 in Beverly Hills on business. But another cuton the album, versatile singer with heart­ disappointed fans by making a In the beginning the two had Tracy Chapman's second "Be Careful of My Heart" almost warming messages of homeless­ mockery of the subjects that she nothing in common. It was fate albUm, "Crossroads," was a bor­ makes you want to scream and ness, racism and abuse. sang sweetly about in her first that they got along together. ing rambling of depressing and never fall in love again. one. Roberts ends up spending the redundant songs that closely On the fi rst album, you could There should have been a night with Gere who asks her to resemble the style of her first almost feel the pain of the people "Born to Fight" is the best label on the album saying, stay the week with him, until he album, "Tracy Chapman." she sang about. The songs were songon the album. It tells of how "Warning: this album contains goes back to New York. The success of pel' self-titled picturesque and beautiful, fighting for your pride is just as depressing lyrics, so buy the first As the week weaTS on, the debut album helped make her unlike the songs on this album. important as living. one." Murphy film lacks plot Gremlins 2 wastes time

By ALLONDA SPAULDING phy film. By JIMMEDDA TOWNES cast as sweethearts tD save Union County High School Murphy is an actor who W.ggener High School Clamp Enterprises and the deserves to be the star. To make world. In the roles of Buckwheat and a movie work, he must be Gremlins 2, the new baieh is Gremlins was boring enough RICHARD GERE Gumby, Eddie Murphy was a allowed to act as the main some of his room mate's "altern a­ to put its audience to sleep at JULIA R08ERTS riot. He was hilarious in Trading character. The plot revolved more on vide \ ..;assette than at times; yet, it was funny. Places. He was comical in around and was about Nick the movies because it's a waste In the sequel the gremlins had attraction between the two is Beverly Hills Cop I and II. He Nolte. Some parts of the movie of money and time. bet.ter personalities and defined more visible, and their relation­ was magnificant in Harlem were funny and interesting, but The sequel represents the charaterstics that. made them ship becomes more passionate. Nights and enlightening in Raw. did not keep your attention for The two are in love, but they In the sequel to his hit movie long. aren't willing to admit it. 48 HRS., can Murphy pull it am If Murphy doesn't come out The week comes to an end. He It is doubtful. with movies better than this, his tries to keep her from leaving, This movie lacked a fully career will soon be diminished. Gt£MLiNS2 but she wants more than a few developed plot, although it had On a four-star scale, Another nights, and he's not. ready to plenty of action. Another 48 48 HRS. gets one and a half second infestation of these pesky different from the fi rst baieh. make a commitment.. HRS. wasn't a spectacular Mur- stars. creatures and takes place in The movie's t.wo positive The movie is worthwhile see­ Chinatown in Ne)V York City. qualities are that it stayed on ing for something besides the EDDIE NICK A high-rise tower and commu­ track and the creatures are cute passion between the two leading nication center operated by and original. characters. It demonstrates the MURPHY ~M-- MOUE Daniel Clamp, television czar, is But going to the movies costs possibility of bringing people where the gremlins start to money and the trip should be from t.wo different environments multiply. rewarding. A movie should have together for understanding, love Zach Galligan and Phoebe some worthwhile quali ties. This and a lasting relationship. 'IIIIIIS. Cates return from the original one doesn't. Woman beats the odds

By VIANCA BROWN Northwest High Sc:hool parts for them in Bowling Green . The odds of a new small Ro llinson orders the parts by business surviving are at best ma. il , a nd she said she fixes the 50-50, and the chances are machi nes herself. especially slim for someone who "It's do or die," Robinson said . starts a business outside her "When they break down, some­ profession. one has to fix them." They are But Hazel Robinson, a regis­ controlled by a computer. tered nurse, got a little help from "When wc first opened, people her fumily and decided to use her wanted to come in a.nd watch the creativity to make a living in machines operate: she said. Monograms and More at 2945 Robinson mainly deals with Scottc;ville Road. businesses a nd com panies Robinson said she, her hus­ designing logos, but she also band, Samuel, and her son, works with a mail order catalog Derrick, a part-time Western company. student, slarted the business. The business, like all others, "Me and my husband hope has its slow mon ths, usually that our son will carryon the January and February. Vianca BrownlNorthweSI business after we're gone," she "We've been lucky to havea lot Many businesses come to Monograms and More to get company logos stitched on shirts, caps and said. of walk in customers," Robinson other things. Hazel and Samuel Robinson opened the store six months ago. The store has been open six said. She would say it is not luck months and is the only business that brings customers to her Helping students is goal of women fn Ro wling Green that special­ store; it is quality merchandise, izes-m.monogramming. Custom­ quick service and wide variety of By JIMMEDDA TOWNES since the '70s, when it was at its tutorial, retention and support Wllggener High Sehool ers can choose from a wide designs. highest. Stockton said that the group programs. Gatewood said variety of monograms for jack­ She once filled an order for a reason for the decline is because this is why they started AIMS. Phyllis Gatewood and Corne­ ets, hats and even glasses. yo ung man wanting "Hammer the goverment has cut funds for Both women agreed that for lia Stockton have a goal: to help Robinson got started by mak­ ti me" on a hat. "At the time I minority college education . the progTam to succeed they minorities help themselves. fog sweater appliques with a didn't know what "Hammer Phyllis Gatewood, black should start recuiting ata target friend. She rater decided she time" was, but now I do," she Stockton is the black student retention coordinator who has recruitment specialist at West­ grade and get the students' would like to pursue monogram­ said, smiling. been at Western 10 years, said minds focused on college instead ern and director of Activating ming as a career. Robinson along with the help that last year about 800 of of negative things. Interest in Minority Students She bought an embroidery of her family has done some­ Western approximately 14,000 Gatewood and Stockton said (AIMS). machine and the rest is history. thing many other small busines­ students were black. they go to the couselors in Todd, Stockton, who has been at She was given four days training ses have failed to do, survive. Gatewood said one reason Warren, Christian and Simpson by a technican and taught her­ Robinson admitted it was a Western for only six months, there aren't more minority stu­ travels all over Kentucky, in counties to recruit students, self the rest by trial and error. big step for her because odds are dents at Western is because they mostly seventh or eighth grad­ addition to Nashville, Tenn., She said sh e purchased usually against small-business are going into the military and Evansville, Ind., to recruit ers. another machine shortly after success. But not only has she because the goverment will pick At this time the program high school students for West­ opening and later taught her son succeeded she also is consider­ up the tab. doesn't have enough money to do ern. how to operate both machines. ing expansion. Gatewood said to keep more fo llow-ups, but Stockton said The machines they use are She is the first to admit that Minority enrollment at West­ minority students, the gover­ ern has dropped significantly she hopes to have the money expensive, and they can't get she has "beat the odds.~ ment needs to provide money for soon. Corvette provides world-class tour

By DEIRDRE WILSON ized auto assembly plants in the polo green, turquoise and smoke Harrison High Sehool world . gray. In 1991, steel blue will The rumble of the exhaust, Al l through the plant, there replace turquoise. the revving of the engine and the were shiny bumpers, engines, "Bright red is the most popu­ red flare of the taillights of the tires and all of the other ele­ lar color, and California is the polo green Corvette made the ments that go into making a state that buys the most Corvet­ driver feel he was really on the Corvette. tes, with Florida second," John­ highway. But even though the "Corvettes come in three mod­ son said. speedometer registered over 80 els - coupe, convertible and the The car is put lhrough many mph, the car didn't move. ZR-l," said Kimberly Hoffman, tests, such as simulated sun The car was undergoing one of another tour guide. "Due to tests and highway tests that the numerous tests that each popular demand, the convertible cover the whole car. Corvette endures before leaving was brought back in 1986 after a "General Motors strives for the plant for a dealer's sho­ 10-year absence." perfection in all of its cars, wroom. The pla nt employs 1,100 especially the Corvette; that is "General Motors' Corvette workers who work eight-hour the reason why we only produce assembly plant in Bowling shifts, beginning at 6:30 a.m. 14 to 16 cars per hour,~ Ms. Green is the only Corvette pl ant and ending at 2:30 p.m. HotTman said. in the world," tour guide Todd Willia m Morrow, a plant A Corvette coupe will cost Johnson told Minority Work­ worker for 22 years, said he from $37,000 to $45,000, shoppers. "We produce between enjoys his job in the paints and depending on equipment. A ZR- 11 2 and 11 5 cars a day, ~ about repair division. "It is i.n teresting 1 can cost between $57,000 to one-third of which are converti­ to see how the Corvette has $70,000. bles." changed and not changed over "The Corvette is the type of The Corvette was fi rst built in the years." .. car that never goes out of style. 1953 in Detroit, Mich. The com­ Another worker in engi ne Most of the consumers buy the pany remained there for six repair said his job is okay, "but I car as a collector's item rather months then moved to St. Louis. would rather work somewhere than an everyday car. Since The pl ant, which moved to else." Corvettes are made offiberglass, The works hoppers drool over the:::e:~\1:h~';i~~: Bowling Green in 1979, ra nks as Corvettes come in eight colors it is often hard to fix it after it -- one of General Motors' most - brilliant red, bright red, has been in a serious wreck,~Ms. model is the only one in existence because of production problems. modern and highly computer- blazer blue, black, arctic ~hite , Hoffman said. .. . Sports Minority Journ'a'llsm' Workshop, June 28, 1990 15 Today it's no grades, no play

By TONI MITCHELL meet eligibility requirements, "The reason for the universi­ Gallatin High School and as a result, coaches are 'ty's high rate of success is The cheering crowds roared having to be more selective. because they work wi th the with excitement as the All­ "} think players have to sus­ student athletes w ensure they Amcrican basketball star scored tain their grades before they are get a degree," said Dixie Mahu­ the winning basket, but the allowed to play in sports," Paul rin, academic adviser for men's same night he learned that he Sanderford, Western's women's basketball. wouldn't be playing anymore basketball coach, said. This atti­ "An athlete is like any other because of failing grades. tude has produced a successful student; their studies come first Athletes and their grades program, he added. and athletics second," Mahurin have become a vital issue in Western is perhaps a long way said. most colleges, and act:ording to from perfection, but its decision "1 make sure that the players Western Athletic Director to recruit more intelligent ath­ are on track, and if they are Jimmy Feix, ~rt's time fOT athle­ letes has apparently put the struggling, I make arrange­ tic programs to be cleaned up." university ahead of some univer­ ments for them to be tutored," Setting higher standards is sities. she said. the job of the National Collegiate A federal survey of 103 major Getting the help they need is Athletic Association, which has colleges showed that 14 football very important, because if the made scholarship and eligibility and 35 basketball programs had students go through college requirements tougher. graduation rates of less than 20 without really learning any­ The new standards caused percent. thing, and end up not graduat­ many universities and colleges According to ~gistrar Freida ing, they will have a hard time. to change their standards of Eggleton, the graduation rate Feix said he tries "to emphas­ accepting academically deficient for Western athletes who first ize to the athletes how impor­ athletes. entered the university in the fall tant it is to have a degree, Feix said he emphasizes the of 1983 was 50 percen~ up 13 importance of not recruiting percent over the 1982 freshman See NO GRADES, Page 16 players who probably will fail to class. 'Zip' is hip, unique kind of guy By ERICA PATIERSON his chance at professional foot­ "A lot of people at my high Franklin·Simpson High School ball delayed by a leg injury. But school thought I would be a big he hopes to get another chance head. I don't go for that coolness. When he stepped on the foot­ after his leg heals. I'm not the type of person who ball field dressed in the West­ Zanders, however, does not goes 0:1 an ego trip ...every ern's red and white jersey, want to be looked at as a football person is unique in his own Toni MitchelVGaliatin Senior High Roderick ""Zip" Zanders struck player. "Football players have a way Planning activities is one of Western senior Rodney Ross' duties fear in opposing players. bad name," he said. In addition toplaying football, while interning at the Boy's Club. Ross, who played basketball for But off the field, "I try to get The 6-foot, 230-pounder said Zanders played intramural Western for four years, is fin ishing up his recreation degree. along with every person. I want he was "a different person on the basketball and was a buddy for everybody to like me," Zanders field" and that he was responsi­ the Special Olympics. said. ble for "keeping the team calm" Zanders ,said it was hmd to For Ross, degree a must Zanders graduated from when several players wanted to keep up his studies while play­ Western in May, 1990 and is no fight. ing college football. "When you By TONI MITCHELL Gallatin High School The boys seem to respond longer a college football player. ~I smile all the time" and are a football player here, you favorably to Ross. "clown around u lo~" he said. He likes to think of himself as a can't get too involved in activi­ Giving, a determination to "I think he's nice because he nice and helpful person. His hobbies include dancing, ties. To play football, you have to succeed, taking time to help teaches us how to play basket­ Zanders, who transferred rapping, spending time with his be intelligent in some kind of people who might not be able to ball, and how to be nice to each from South Carolina, has had fiancee and meeting people. way... you have to be." help themselves. other," 7-year-old Timothy These are characteristics of Babbs said. 22-year-old Rodney Ross, a for­ "Rodney is all right because mer Western basketball player. he takes us to the library and he Green finds new home at Western Ross who will complete his talks to us about not taking By MELISSA PARALES two consecutive years. of North Carolina-Charlotte in recreation major this fall, said, drugs," added Calvin Tooley, 9. Western High School Although Kentucky is diffe­ February. "I feel the only way to come out of Not only do the kids think rent from Washington, Green Although Green spends most here after working hard for four highly of Ross, but so do the When Tandreia Green came said she is not unhappy. There of her time on the basketball years is to receive a degree." people that work with him. to Western from Washington, are others who may be even court, she said her education is "I can't stress enough how "I think he's a fine, outstand­ D.C., to play basketball, she happier because of her decision, more important. much you need that degree ing young man who's doing an knew her life would be different. including Coach Paul Sander­ "I knew that basketball would because without it you might excellent job," Frank Ragland, What she found was perhaps a ford. be my key to college," the 23- have to settle for working in Boys Club director, said. "Rod­ pleasant surprise. During the '88-'89 season, year-old sociology major said. "I some factory the rest of your ney's a hard worker, and he does The 6-foot women's basketball Green averaged 19 points and 9 love ball, but my education life," Ross said. everything we ask him to do." forward found Bowling Green rebounds per game, was named comes first and ball comes last." Ross some day would like to He's also been known to carry "different from the city. It's a to the All-Sun Belt Conference Being in the spotlight all the work with youngsters. This a boy on his shoulders so the slower pace and you learn to Team and voted "Most Valuable time "makes you feel good," summer he is i'ilterning at the youngster can dunk the balL appreciate things ...the people Player" for the second straight Green said, "but you don't want Boys Club, a place where boys Having a positive effect on the are much friendlier." year. to let anyone down." can go for recreation. boys is exactly what Ross wants Green said she chose Western She continued her leadership After graduation, Green said "The club gives the kids a to do. "I feel this is the time in because at the time she was during her senior year, averag­ she would like to play profes­ chance to have fun and learn their lives where they need making her decision, the ing 16.2 points and 7.1 rebounds sional ball in Italy or Japan, how to work with each other," guidance the most, so I try to women's basketball team had per game, and had a career-high then return to the United States said Ross, whose job is to coordi­ give them the attention they gone to the NCAA Final Four 31 points against the University and get into social work. nate activities for the boys. may not receive at home." An pholoS by Bobby JohnsonINorlh Hardin

(Above)Two boys from the home take a break from their afternoon frolic. (Left) Physical therapy is an important part ·of the kids' day . Tammie Baker works with 15-year-old Ram­ sey Porter. Couple ______

Continued from Page 1 donations for the home. 12-year-old Abel whose arms They said that Johnson did The Galilean Home Mini­ were blowll off by an eiC(;tric not want to ha\'e the TOad paveu stries offers a place for abused or wire he grabbed onto wh ile becf'..use he would be in danger of disabled children to seek shelter climbing a tree. Despite his lusing voters, those who are and treatment. Some of these handicap, Abel continues to lead prejudiced against the children. children suITer from mental the normal life of a child, climb­ But finally, the TOad was paved. retardation, muscular dystro­ ing trees and riding bicycles. He During their 27 years phy and severe limb damage. even draws with his feel. together, Jerry and Sandy The home refers these children Tucker have li ved through a Some of the Gamean home's to various hospitals for treat­ older children volunteer their great deal. Early in their mar­ ment. hel p. Libby Thompson, 17, came riage, they were told that they Many of the foreign children to the home six months ago when couldn't have children. come to the Galilean Home to her teacher suspected that she They .adopted their first son, seek treatment not available in had been abused. Thompson Jeremy, nnd had two children of their countries. Children from helps by taking care of the kids, their own. Then they adopted as far away as Honduras, feeding them and bathing them. seven more. Guatemala, Brazil, Afghanis­ Sixteen yenrs ngo the Tuckers tan, EI Salvador and Korea live Galilean Home Ministries not decided to pack their bags nod at the Galilean Home. on ly offers a 'warm home for their 10 kid s and move from Seeing the children from all underpriviledged children, but Jerry and Sa~dy Tucker moved 10 Kentucky' 6 years ago. Their Detroit to Liberty where they o\'er the world can be compared also allows them to get a good family has sInce grown from 10 children to about 70. adopted a Mennonit.c lifestyle. to watching one ofthosc Save the education. The home uses ACE They started the Galilean Children episodes where sickl y, (Accelerated Christian Educa­ Home Ministries which is a emaciated children appear gra­ tion ) and has special education No grades ___ classes. home and school to 70 children, phically on TV. Only this is real Continued from Page 15 35 of whom ha.ve been adopt.cd life. Joy Calcina, a teacher NCAA rules known as the Prop­ by the Tuckers. For example, five children believes the school is successful: because it's critical that they not osilion 48 and Proposition 42. Jerry and Sandy Tucker, from related families in Hon­ "We have kids take the SAT put all their hopes into making "I feel the tests are racially the pros." referred to as Mom and Dad by duras were diagnosed as having and ACT,~ she said, "'and they and sucially biased because "However, if a player is good the children, believe that all the a rare neuromuscular disease. score on or above the level of inner city black kids don't get enough to go to the pros, and children in Galilean Home are One of the children, Dede, an public school kids." the type of preparation that the decides to leave college early, he their own in one way or another. 18-month-old-girl who looks Although Sandy Tucker whites get," Sanderford said. should make plans to come back "They're just children who younger, is currently awaiting believes that it is difficult to help Feix also thinks that the new tests before treatment of her every child, she doesn't give up. in the summer to finish " standards are good, but they need a home: Sandy Tucker Mahurin said. ' said. "God called us i(lto it." disease can begin. "Children are important to us, could be improved. Another young victim is and we feel they're worth fight­ Making the pros is an ath­ "Other than a few adjust­ 'The Ga lilean Home requires lete's dream, but what if they ments, I think it's a good idea," $70,000 a month to care for its Abdulu, a ·shy 14-year-old from ing for: aren't able to get into college to he added. children. Donations from orga­ Afghanistan whose hands were Georgie Porgy, pudding and try to pursue this dream? uI don't support Proposition nizations and support.crs keep blown away by a bomb planted pie. Kissed the girls and made For many players, especially 42 because it eliminates kids the home open. In fact, the in a toy by Soviets. them cry. When the boys came black athletes, their chances for with low family income from Tuckers had to leave the Menno­ One of the more extraordinary out to play, Georgie Porgy ran a professional sports career are getting into school because of the nite religion in order to accept children in Galilean Home is away. in _jeopardy because of two lack of money," Fcix explained.