Portland Observer, December 14, 1983 Page 3
SABRINA’S Hair Boutique
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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
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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.
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Most female house mice begin to have young when
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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."
Harris said that for those who
don't make it into the L IE A P pro
gram, help is available through
Project H E L P , administered by Pa
cific Power and Light Company and
the Salvation Arm y, and through
assistance programs sponsored by
Portland General Electric and
Northwest Natural Gas Company.
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