* <~ * r * «*♦”* r n r-W"» * ♦ ♦ • ♦ ♦ < O V ' Y V W V V » « <r « 1 '♦’♦•♦■♦ <t«r « ttr« ' S o n i c s S t a y A l i v e in S e r ie s Volume XXI, Number 18 The Eyes and Ears o f The Community" Nordstrom Names Charles Dudley Vice President Of Human Resources Guest Editorial by Senator William McCoy I PAGE 2 The New Wave of Ministry by Billy Don Moore PAGE 3 - , Davis and Cooper: Old Timers by Ullysses Tïicker, Jr. PAGE 4 Nordstrom, one o f the nation’s lead ment, employ men t, prom otion and cus ing fashion specialty retailers, named tomer interaction,” said Nordstrom. Charles L . Dudley as vice president o f “ Both by his own example and by Human Resources. the policies he has implemented com “ Charles is an outstanding prod panywide, Charles Dudley has taken a uct o f the Nordstrom system,” said leadership role in developing Nord- Nordstrom Co-Chairman Bruce A . Nordstrom . “ This Vice Presidency recognizes both his in d i vidual and our company’s com m itm ent to equal em ployment opportunity and cultural diversity in our business.” Dudley is currently corporate human resource director at the Seattle- based company. He served in a sim ilar capacity fo r the Washington region from 1987 to 1990. A graduate o f the Uni versity o f Washington School o f Business, a fo r mer professional basket ball player w ith the Na tional Basketball Associa tio n ’s (N B A ) Chicago Bulls, Seattle Superson- ics and the 1975 W orld Champion Golden State W arriors, Dudley started w ith the company in 1980 Charles Dudley as a sales person. He earned honors as one o f the com pany’ s strom ’ s Equal Em ployment Opportu top ten sales producers fo r five con nity (EEO) philosophy, making the com secutive years and received company pany better as a place o f opportunity, o f recognition for excellence in customer sensitivity and o f fairness-and those service. are im portant standards in any large “ Charles’ experience on the sell company that caters to the general public ing flo o r w ith customers and fe llo w as ours does,” Nordstrom added. workers, coupled w ith his experiences Dudley pointed w ith pride to the as Human Resource D irector, has d i success Nordstrom has made in creat rected us all to be increasingly sensi ing a wide range o f opportunities for tive to issues o f diversity in recruit- m inorities and non-m inorities alike. “ What is important is the enormous opponunity that exists for all in d ivid u als in the Nordstrom system. We can point w ith pride to a w orkforce that now is more than 26 percent m inority- up five percent from just four years ago. As these employees have moved into the prom otion pipeline, we have achieved an increase in m in ority man agers to 15.7 percent. Such results speak clearly o f Nordstrom ’ s commitment to d iversity,” Dudley added. He praised N ordstrom ’s network o f regional human resource directors who focus on employee an manage ment training, recruitment, career de velopment and com m unity outreach. These directors work w ith top manag ers on setting and tracing EEO goals in every area o f the company. Dudley said the company’ s m inor ity vendor program has yielded more than $2.5 m illio n in contracts to suppli ers o f goods and services in the past two years. This includes an aggressive so licitation o f qualified m in ority con tractors as part o f the company’ s store expansion program, a new advertising program through EBony magazine, and the addition o f the Fashion Fair Cos metic line in selected stores. He said Nordstrom ’s financial support and participation in m in ority organizations, colleges and universi ties and throughout the entire commu nity has increased in all regions o f the company, reflecting “ a desire to put dollars and our manpower behind our words.” “ Being appointed Vice President is personally very gratifying, but it should be seen as both a recognition o f the progress our entire team has made and a signal that the jo b is far from com plete,” Dudley said. President Bush Starts Computer Lessons This Week BY PROFESSOR MCKINLEY BURT Whitney Houston PAGE 7 INDEX News Religion Sports News Entertainment News Classifieds Bids / Sub-bids 4 5-6 7 8-9 10-11 11-12 /Vexf Week News From the African American Festival W hat kept you so long? I started m ine 30 years ago in Los Angels when an IB M computer and tw o underpaid females replaced m y position as inven tory control supervisor over a sta ff o f tw elve in a large discount chain. And the Associated Press d id n ’ t report it. As in your case, ‘ retraining’ for gainful employmentpresented no prob lem, having m iddle class skills and commensurate savings. However, what concerns me, sir, is that your recently announced “ Education Department Strategy M anual” makes no financial provision for the tens o f m illion s o f Am erican workers being dispossessed o f the Am erican dream o f a good life - whether by imports o f goods ‘and’ technicians, by obsolete factories and tools, by racism, by fa ilin g schools, by Fast Track Trade Agreements,’ ’ or by “ Spotted O w ls” , M ost o f the “ dispossessed” w ill have o nly one skill, if, in many cases it may be called that in this w orld o f so phisticated technology. C ertainly, they do not have the funds to enroll in the high tech, high price public or private training institutes that specialize in this type o f workplace preparation. H a lf o f this workforce cannot even afford health insurance, let alone tuition to escalate their s k ill profile. The cities and states arc already in dire economic straits so they are unable to mount massive adult education programs. These adm inistra tions arc hard put to find funds to REP.-MR TH E E D U C A T IO N SY STEM FOR f i » • » m * * « » - i- f r - - i May 1,1991 it A Touch Of Elegance” Janelle Warren Shunta Thomas-Tate Les Femmes has chosen 22 high school seniors to be presented in their 40th Annual Debutante and Cavalier Ball, “ A Touch O f Elegance.” Dedicated to im proving the lives o f African-Am erican youth, w hile pre paring them for life after high school is one goal o f Les Femmes. As a reward for fo llo w in g a strict code o f ethics and a rigorous curriculum , each participant who demonstrates academic success and completes com m unity service w ill be presented in a form al ball at the end o f their senior year. if* ***** -W Jason Goss and M ath and was selected to attend the Rotary Business Camp. He is also a member o f Immaculate Heart Church. Goss w ill study business adm ini stration at either Southern or Louisiana State University. Thomas-Tate is a Health Occupa tions major at Benson Polytechnic High School and is the daughter o f Roy and Dianne Tate. A t Benson she is active in Junior Achievement, Health Occupa tions Students o f America (HOS A) and was an outdoor school counselor for handicapped children. Thomas-Tate was also a member o f Benson’ s 1991 Rose Festival Court. As a member o f Christ M em orial Church o f God In Christ, she is a Sunday School teacher. Youth Ensemble president and helps organize Operation Blessings - a project to feed and cloth the homeless during the h o li days. Thomas-Tate plans to earn a mas ter’ s degree in speech pathology and education. Warren is a senior at Benson Poly technic H igh School and is the daugh ter o f Em m ett and Eloise Warren. A t Benson she is a member o f the National Honor society, M ESA and was appointed to the Portland Public Task Force. Voted “ M ost L ik e ly to Succeed” by her sen ior class, Warren is president and co founder o f Sisters G aining Equality through Excellence (SGE), and was selected to Benson’s 1991 Rose Festi val Court and Portland’s first African- Am erican Court. Warren is a member o f M t. O livet Baptist Church and par ticipates in their youth group, Building Lives Together. She w ill attend either Hampton or Oregon State U niversity and m ajor in education. W arren’ s u lti Each week through June, Les Femmes and the Portland Observer w ill feature three young people who were chosen as 1991 debutantes and cava liers. This week meet Jason DeNell Goss, Shurita Robette Thomas-Tate and Janell Denice Warren. Goss is a senior at Grant High School and is the son o f Adam and K im Richard. A t Grant he has earned varsity letters in baseball and wrestling. Goss’ dream is to play baseball in the major leagues, but his goal is to become a top manager fo r a Fortune 500 company. To prepare for his professional career, Goss is active in Future Business Lead- mate career goal is to become the Port- ers o f Am erica, Institute for Science land Public Schools superintendent SAT Exam Countdown Your parents too are in trouble C H ILD R E N . We find it strange, M r. Bush, when we read headlines, ‘ ‘ Bush Unveils School Reform s” ; strange that you and your spokesperson say that M O N E Y IS NOT TH E PR O B LE M and it w ill not be forthcom ing from the federal govern ment. The 690 m illio n you have asked congress for w ould barely bail out the education system o f C alifornia alone- and tem porarily at that. You say that a good part would be used to develop ‘ m odel’ schools; prototype “ New Am erican Schools” . W hat happened to the w onderfully successful urban schools o f excellence that have been featured on national television the past few years? Haven’ t the competent American (not imported) administra tors o f these institutions already dem onstrated what is necessary and ger mane to prepare students for this ‘ brave new w o rld ’ ? Speaking o f those p itifu l cries from the adm inistration that there were no federal monies to “ throw at the prob lem ” , we note that cable network inter views indicate that 95% o f the A m e ri can public are unaware that we have 50,000 troops in Japan at a cost o f 9 b illio n a year-to defend against what? And then, o f course, there are the P h il ippines, the other h a lf o f the island oc- Continued on page 6 The SAT, taken by more than a m illio n and a h a lf high school juniors and seniors each year, is ju s t around the com er/M ay 4,1991. To help make this crucial test easier to take, the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center, the nation’ s largest test preparation spe cialist, recommends thorough, profes sional review o f both test content and format. Barbara Caplan, adm inistrator o f the Portland, Oregon branch o f the nationwide kaplan chain, recommends the fo llo w in g test tips to reduce your S A T “ anxiety quotient” . Before the test: 1. When you register fo r the test, you receive the Registration B ulletin. Read it carefully, underlining any in form ation o f particular interest to you. 2. Take a practice released test under test conditions a few days before the examination. 3. D O N ’T study the day before the test. Get a good n ig h t’s sleep. 4. D on’ t gorge yourself w ith a ten- course breakfast the morning o f the test. Blood rushes from your head to your stomach, and you’ ll need to think w ith the first, not the second! (You should probably pack an "energy” snack like raisins or cheese for the long test period. On test day: 1. Bring a sharp mind, but not a sharp pencil, to the test! A #2 that’s been sharpened too much can break underpressure. So can you, i f you don’ t give yourself tim e to unwind by arriv ing at the test-site w ith time to spare. 2. Know the directions that pre cede each test questions so you w on’ t have to spend one second rereading them when you could be answering questions.(You can review directions ahead o f time in any S A T booklet with a fu ll practice test.) 3. Fam iliarize yourself w ith the structure o f the exam. Each o f the five test sections is th irty minutes in length. (M any students find it easier to keep track by setting their watches back to the hour mark after each section is be gun.) Continued on page 5 $ <•. I : I