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Portland Observer, December 14, 1983 Page 3 SABRINA’S Hair Boutique - METROPOLITA □lack Studies loses in PSU budget cuts by N alham al Scott Portland State University's Black Studies Department suffered a 0.1 F TE loss in the latest round of bud get cutting decisions. The loss amounts to a $2,000 cut in the De partment budget. In the meantime, the Department began planning the implementation o f two programs. One, a summer school program, which will involve art, music, anthropoloty, literature and history, w ill focus on the cul tures o f Africa, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Am erica. T o be presented on campus in the summer of '84, plans call for the course to be taught in the Caribbean during the summer of 1985. Professor Primus St. John, a poet whose field of expertise is African, Afro-Am erican and C ar ibbean literature, is coordinating the Caribbean section of the course. As sisting in the formulation and holding responsibility for teaching areas are Candice Goucher, art, art history and history; Trevor Purcell, a faculty member of Reed College, in anthropology and social sciences; and Adolphus Turkson, African and Afro-Am erican music. St. John will teach the literature section of the course. The second program is an African Diaspora program, dealing with the movement o f the African people from Africa to the Caribbean and into the United States. Long-range plans for the program call for it to be taught, possibly at summer quarters in Africa. W illiam “ B ill” Little, who will Heat bill help for low income visit some African countries while completing his year o f sabbatical leave, said, " T h e Department al ready has a working relationship with Ghana and Kenya.” According to Darrell M illner, Chairm an of the Black Studies De partment, it is important that people understand that the programs are in the planning stage. No money has been allocated and grants are yet to be submitted. Nevertheless, he, St. John, and Goucher, pleaded the need for such programs. The scenario at PSU, even among Black students, is— why do 1 need Black Studies? How does it fit in with my curriculum requirements? The questions, advanced by some knowledgeable in the field of Black Studies, reflect the narrowness of Black Studies and past concepts of what constitutes Black Studies. Is Black Studies more than song and dance? “ H ell, yes.” Primus St. John said, " I don't think the program (Black Studies at PSU1 is weak; it’s small, but that is simply a matter o f development.” St. John contends that all dis ciplines are interrelated, and, within the confines of Blackness, the inter relatedness or connectedness has to be shown. He added, "Y o u not only have to study races and cultures, but also other cultures, and how they relate to cultures.” Goucher is "very excited" about the plans for both programs. She said. "H o p efu lly, it is the beginning o f a long-term commitment of inter disciplinary studies: viewing African History in a much wider context." The Black Studies Department will hold a Christmas open house, Friday, December 16, from noon until 3:00 p .m ., for students and friends. Refreshments will be served. Broadway Hair W aavara oparatora H attie Porter and Flanard Or la by w ill go on tour aoon to teach thalr perfected art of halrw aavlng. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) Hairweaving taught by Lanita Duke Grossroot News, N. W — On a na tional scale, Hattie Porter, proprie tor and operator o f Broadway Hair Weavers, has received recognition and acclaim for excellence in hair weaving. H air weaving is the process o f lengthening or providing thickness to existing hair. " W e take what is there and add to it. The hair can be curly, kinky or straight." At her solon, located on 7th and N .E . Broadway, the acclaim from her peers hangs on the walls in the form o f awards o f trophies. The rec ognition she receives locally is in the form o f a very successful business she built from the bottom up. Porter remembers, " I started weaving hair in 1969. M y first shop was located on Union Avenue and business got so good I had to find a larger location.” She said her clientele consists of both sexes and all colors. "M e n will come in for a weave when they no tice their hair is thinning. Women will come in when they want the length.” The chemical curls that are cur rently very popular have not a f fected her business. “ I f anything it has boosted business because o f the way people will wear it and many times they would want length to get their curl styled the way they want it ." Porter and co-operator Henard Grisby will close their shop down for a month to go on a tour prom ot ing and teaching the art of hair weaving. "People have heard about hair- weaving and they want to learn. We not only will teach but I plan to give shows with models displaying how a ____A The annual harvest of an entire coffee tree is required for a single pound of ground coffee. The Bank of Vernal, Utah, is the only bank that has been built with bricks that were sent through the mail. It cost less to have them sent through the mail than shipped commercially. • Most female house mice begin to have young when they are about 45 days old. Litters number four to seven. They may give birth every 20 to 30 days. • The largest member of the deer family is the moose, h’s larger than any deer that lived in the past, too. American State B a n k AN INDEPENDENT BANK Heart Ottice 2 7 3 7 N E Union Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 1 2 •• by Robert Lothian Hundreds o f people hoping to gel help wilh their winter utility bills are lining up at the Urban League o f fices at 5329 N .E . Union. But according to coordinator Bob Harris, budget cuts mean there will be less money available this year through the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (L IE A P ). M ore people are applying, he said, and some may be turned away. Harris said that in 1983 the pro gram helped 4,000 low-income Northeast residents with cash grants or utility credits o f up to $200 each. "This year,” he said, " w e ’re going to need to serve more people than that, but I don’t know if we'll have the money.” The first step toward receiving a grant or energy credit is to sign up for an appointment several weeks in advance. During the appointment, applicants must show proof o f in come, a current utility bill and social security card. I f they qualify under low-income guidelines, applicants are awarded up to $225 for oil heat, $240 for electricity, $165 for gas and $210 for wood. " T h e standard amount is not enough to pay people's utility b ills," said Harris. " I t ’s to help with the high cost o f energy.” In most cases, he said, the money is credited to the recipients utility company account. Harris said that money for the L IE A P program comes from the large oil companies through the windfall profits tax. The tax was instituted as a result o f the "gas crisis” o f 1972- 73 when "the oil companies got caught with their hands in the cookie ja r,” he said, and were pen alized by the federal government for raking in too much in profits. “ The idea is to get some o f that money back to the people," said Harris. "People do need this pro gram Each year, more and more people are needing it, and more and more money is being cut. This year, there’s going to be a lot o f frustrat ed people." 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