Portland Obaarvar July 1. IMO Paga •
Education ticket to adventure
Burnside agencies protest
B y M ichael R ichardson
“ O n e c r itic is m th a t I have o f
Blacks in P o rtla n d is that they do
not u tilize the media e ffe ctive ly. The
media m olds m in d , shape th o u g h t
p a tte rn s , and cre a te fa d s . I f the
Blacks d o n ’ t play a role in the media
they w ill be lost in the s h u ttle .”
Ullysses T u c k e r J r ., B lack host
fo r "D ia lo g u e , ” a weekly ta lk show
on P o rtla n d ’ s K P T V -C h a n n e l 12,
answers his ow n personal c ritic is m
w ith personal involvem ent.
T u c k e r p o in ts to th e la c k o f
p ro p e r fe e d b a ck fr o m the B la ck
c o m m u n ity to v a rio u s fo r m s o f
media. “ The Western w o rld is b u ilt
upon the w ritte n w o rd , Blacks w ill
to become aware o f feedback chan­
nels a n d h o w to w r ite le tte rs to
stations and let the media know that
we are o u t there, b la cks have to
demand q u a lity pro g ra m m in g . I f we
d o n ’ t com plain about the bad things
we see on T .V ., the people w ho con­
t r o l th e m e d ia w ill assum e th a t
everything is cool.
“ F o r e x a m p le ch e c k o u t th e
m ovies lik e B uck R ogers, B a ttle -
S ta r G a la tic a , S ta r W a rs, o r any
program fo r that m atter. H o w m any
B lacks do yo u see? D o th e y have
plans fo r us? This is a te ll-ta le sign
o f th e fu tu r e , because a ll o f his
science fic tio n comes true. It is not
that I am being pessimistic, but 1 am
try in g to be logical, and I realize this
is a r e a c tio n a ry s ta te m e n t. O ne
th in g that really bothers me is that
B la c k s are a s k in g “ W h a ts h a p ­
p e n in g " and i t ’ s because n o b o d y
knows. This is 1980 and in 20 years
we w ill have reached the year 2000.
“ M asters” student explains how ne
received a start at K P T V . “ A t the
U n iv e r s ity o f P o r tla n d , a th re e
cre d it in te rn sh ip is re q u ire d , a fte r
c h e c k in g w ith v a rio u s s ta tio n s
C hannel 12 agreed to accept me.
A fte r the in te rn sh ip in tro d u ce d me
to d iffe r e n t d e p a rtm e n ts o f th e
sta tio n . I decided that I w o u ld like
to w o rk in e ith e r p u b lic a ffa ir s ,
p ro m o tio n , o r news. U ltim a te ly I
was hired in p u b lic a ffa ir s .”
W hen questioned ab o u t how he
received his jo b as a ta lk show host
so q u ic k ly , w hy he was chosen, and
w h a t he re a c tio n s w e re . T u c k e r
cam e s tra ig h t to th e p o in t. “ The
re a so n I was h ire d to be th e
producer o f the show is that K P T V
needed B lack p ro g ra m m in g at the
tim e . S everal p e o p le had trie d to
im plem ent a show but e ffo rts failed.
1 was the firs t one to stick it o u t. I
was in the rig h t place at the rig h t
tim e .
KPTV
w a n te d
to
do
som ething about th e ir lack o f Black
p ro g ra m m in g and they chose me fo r
th e
jo b
because
of
my
q u a lific a tio n s , a ttitu d e , and d rive .
W hen 1 was h ired fo r the show it
The picket was called to protest
the recent denial o f a $50,000 grant
to th e B u rn s id e C o n s o r tiu m , an
u m b r e lla p la n n in g , fu n d in g a n d
a d m in istra tive agency fo r the B u rn ­
side area. The g ra n t, i f appro ve d ,
w o u ld have been d is trib u te d to a
num ber
of
B u rn s id e -s e rv in g
agencies. U n ite d W ay o ffic ia ls were
scheduled to meet w ith the Burnside
C o n so rtiu m on M o n d a y, June 30th
to explain why the grant request was
turned dow n.
M ic h a e l S to o p s , B .C .C . b o a rd
m em ber, calls the recent denial o f
fu n d s fo r B u rn s id e in d ic a tiv e o f
h o w U n ite d W a y d o lla rs are
g e n e ra lly a llo c a te d . “ T h e poorest
OKED HAM
Oregon Chief
OW Fashioned
Bone-In, Whole
12 to 17 R>s
BAKERY DEFT.
HAMBURGER or
HOT DOG BUHS
Ullyases Tucker, Jr., talks with
was lik e m a k in g me a lin k to the
Black co m m u n ity.
P rio r to his com ing to the U n iv e r­
s ity o f P o rtla n d , T u c k e r a tte n d e d
S o u th e a s te rn n e b ra s k a J u n io r
C o lle g e w h e re he a c q u ire d an
associate o f a rts degree in j o u r ­
nalism in 1977.
T u c k e r was a b a s k e tb a ll p la y e r
d u rin g his days at S .E . N ebraska
and when asked about his basketball
skills, he replied, ” 1 always wanted
to p la y p ro fe s s io n a l b a s k e tb a ll, I
s till haven't got it out o f m y system
yet. But a fte r I saw that I c o u ld n ’ t
play on that level, I realized thdKJ
had to channel m y energies in a d if ­
fe re n t d ir e c tio n . In th e fu t u r e I
w o u ld like to be a professional spor­
tscaster fo r the N .B .A .”
T u c k e r, th e o ld e s t o f seven
c h ild re n , advice to young people is,
“ get y o u r sch o o lin g , develop y o u r
t h . B!.ck Educational C an«., |phoW;
w ritin g and speaking skills and ca rry
w ith y o u A r it o t a lia n lo g ic and
w estern th o u g h ts , because believe
me the m a jo rity ru le s.”
I f n o one k n o w s w h a t is h a p ­
pening by no w , then it seems th a t
they are d e fin a te ly in tro u b le , the
space age is c o m in g and we m ust
prepare o u r ch ild re n a lso .”
T u c k e r feels th a t “ the biggest
p roblem in P o rtla n d lies in the root
o f th e e d u c a tio n a l s y s te m .” T h e
average B la ck goes to sch o o l 9.6
years, w hich puts him at the fresh­
m an level in high school. I f there
was in c e n tiv e he p ro b a b ly w o u ld
c o n tin u e , otherw ise he usually ends
up in ja il o r in the streets. Once you
have an education, yo u r avenues are
m uch clearer, y o u ’ ve got to have to
get.
Does T u c k e r s u p p o rt the B lack
Freshie
8 Rath
sound like a c o n tra d ic tio n ; 1 used to
pray to get bussed because I atten­
ded p o o r p u b lic schools. A fte r a ll
the w hites le ft W a sh in g to n , D .C .,
fo r the suburbs and private schools,
the q u a lity o f the inner city schools
went dow n. A ll I wanted to do was
be aro u n d q u a lity education •- the
system here could im prove greatly i f
you upgrade the teachers and the
q u a lity o f e d u ca tio n in the B lack
n e ig h b o rh o o d .” T u c k e r feels th a t
housing is also a problem in P o rt­
land. “ W ith the price o f gas as it is,
m any people are sta rtin g to move in-
to w a rd s the c ity in tu rn p u ttin g a
squeeze on the B lack p o p u la tio n .
R e n o v a tio n o f o ld e r houses are
ra is in g
th e p ric e s o f th e m ,
e c o n o m ic a lly p la c in g lo w in co m e
Blacks out o f the p ic tu re .”
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B y K a th ry n H . Bogle
necessary.
“ The body o f nuclear engineers
gathered at Las Vegas gave evidence
th a t th e y th in k h ig h ly o f o u r
p r o p o s a l,”
sta te d
C h a tm a n .
“ Agreement was reached as the the
m ethods we may use in in s titu tin g
and im plem enting the project on a
n a tio n a l le v e l."
g
U n ite d F ro n t? “ W h o le h e a rte d ly ,
but on the other hand and th is may
Chatman addresses engineers
S om e 1800 n u c le a r E n g in e e rs ,
and others involved in the fie ld o f
n uclear en g ine e rin g , listened w ith
approval when V ernon C hatm an o f
th e P o r tla n d U rb a n Le a g u e a d ­
dressed
th e m
re c e n tly .
The
engineers were in Las Vegas fo r a
n a tio n a l N uclear E ngineering c o n ­
ference, and C hatm an had the rare
d is tin c tio n , as a non-engineer to ad­
dress the group.
C h a tm a n ’ s message, co n ce rn in g
the
m in o r it y
w o rk s h o p
in
E n g in e e rin g , c a rrie d p la n s fo r a
p o w e r fu l th r u s t fo r a ttr a c tin g
p o te n tia l e n g in e e rs fr o m a m o n g
m in o r ity s tu d e n ts a ro u n d the
n a tio n . C h a tm a n , in o u ts ta n d in g
plans, could draw upon his personal
experience to w a rd this e ffo rt.
C h a tm a n and D r. Lee P e ttico rd
o f th e S c h o o l o f E n g in e e rin g at
O re g o n S ta te U n iv e r s ity have
w o rke d together in O regon several
m onths ago in the o rig in a l venture
under the sponsorship o f the P o rt­
la n d G e n e ra l E le c tric C o m p a n y .
P a c ific N o rth w e st B ell T ele p h o n e
com pany was a co-sponsor o f this
successful firs t e ffo rt, the a ffa ir, an
a ll- d a y s y y m p o s iu m , served to
a c q u a in t
h ig h
school
s e n io r
m in o rity students w ith the exciting
and re w a rd in g ca re e rs a w a itin g
them in engineering. E q u a lly im p o r­
ta n t, the students were to ld how to
atta in these careers w ith well direc­
ted study but w ith little o r no cash
n e ig h b o rh o o d in th e state ca n n o t
seem to get U nited W ay dollars to
h e lp th e p o o re s t p e o p le m o st in
need. U nited W ay is a m iddle class
in s t it u t io n fu n d in g m id d le class
p ro je cts,” says Stoops.
“ B u rsid e -se rvin g agencies have
been try in g to get tied in to U nited
W ay fo r years. One Burnside agency
has been try in g fo r a lm o st seven
years. T h e y a p p lie d last year and
were rejected on the grounds th a t
U nited W ay w ould prefer to channel
m o n e y in to th e n e ig h b o rh o o d
thro u g h the new ly-form ed Burnside
C o n s o rtiu m , the C o n s o rtiu m a p ­
plies and is also re je c te d . U n ite d
W ay tells the C o n so rtiu m to apply
again next year,” says Stoops.
" T h e tro u b le w ith this co n tin u a l
ru n around is that the neighborhood
is never sure that we w ill ever get
any money fro m U n ite d W a y .”
The Burnside C o m m u n ity C o u n ­
cil called fo r a picket o f the U n ite d
W a y C o lu m b ia W illa m e tte agency
at th e ir headquarters,
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