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D ecember 7, 1 9 9 4 • T he P ortland O bserver
Decision To Affect African-American Colleges
The state officials o f M ississippi
are supposed to render their decision
this month on the Ayers case This
case came about as a result o f the
lawsuit by Jack Ayers o f the State of
Mississippi for not funding the A fri
can-American colleges and universi
ties the same way as they have the
Caucasian schools.
If you are a per
son who graduated
from an A fric a n -
American college or
u n iv e rs ity ,
you
should be aware of
the fact that your alma
mater is being threat
ened w ith closure or it may be merged
with some Caucasian college or uni
versity. Is this good news, or is this
bad news? You be the judge o f this
situation.
The reason for all o f this is that
these schools are not receiving the
financial support other institutions
do within the states were they are
located, especially if they are state
schools.
For example, the Supreme Court
ruled against the State o f Mississippi
and stated in its ruling that there was
a discrepancy in the state funding o f
African-American institutions. The
court ordered the state to remedy this
situation. What some states are com
ing up with is
that they have
made plans to
merge most o f
these schools.
In other words,
th e y w ill do
away w ith these
institutions as we know them
The people that will be hurt the
most, if this takes place, are the poor
young black males and females. Es-
pec ially those that are from the South
ern region o f the country .
When the U.S. Justice Depart
ment says that the states are discrim-
inating in their funding policies
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against A frican-A m erican institu
tions, there must really be something
overt going on It is quite unusual for
the Justice Department to come right
out and agree with African-Ameri
cans that they are being discrim inat
ed against, and to go so far as the file
a com plaint against a state With this
kind o f action from this agency, you
know that there must be something
really wrong.
If you are a graduate o f one o f
these colleges or universities you
might w ant to contact the Black Cau
cus in W ashington, D C. to make
sure that they stay abreast o f what is
happening in all o f these states as far
as the schools are concerned.
The reason why this issues is so
important is that there is a need for
African-American colleges and uni
versities in this country . If they did
not exist there would be thousands o f
people who would never have gone
to undergraduate or graduate school.
In other words, they probably would
not have earned a college degree.
With education comes power, if
it is property applied. With this you
can have control o f your life. With
education comes economic, and po
litical power, with this you can change
things for the better, so always keep
this in mind.
Some African-American colleg
es and universities will not be affected
by this court case. Nevertheless, some
states are saying that the reason why
they are opposed to all black colleges
is that it is reverse discrimination and
there should no, be discrimination in
the educational system.
I do n ’t know what your opinion
is about this, but I would say all o f
this sounds pretty fantastic. Are they
really being pragmatic about this sit
uation? 1 think not. All you have to do
is look at some o f the schools in the
inner-cities throughout the country.
Perhaps you can then draw your own
conclusions about the state educa
tion system.
Clothing Donations Needed For
Holiday Clothing Drive
The central Northeast Neigh
bor’s Association is requesting do
nations ofadult and children’s cloth
ing in good condition, for low-in
come residents o f Northeast Port
la n d ’s C ully neighborhood. The
clothing will be distributed during
the second annual Cully Neighborood
C hildren’s Christmas Party on Dec.
15.
T his y e a r ’s C h ristm a s p arty
is e x p e c te d to d o u b le in size over
last y e a r ’s, draw in g 1000 low -
incom e c h ild re n and th e ir p a r
ents. T he d o n ated c lo th in g w ill
be d istrib u te d d u rin g the c e le
bration along with C h ristm a s p re
sen ts and food.
C loth ing donations wi 11 be grate-
fully accepted during regular busi
ness hours at the Community C on
tact Office in Villa de Clara Vista,
located at 6706 NE Killingsworth,
on th e c o rn e r o f C u lly and
Killingsworth. The donations are tax
dedcutible.
The Cully Neighborhood C hil
dren’s Christmas Party is organized
by Hacienda Community D evelop
ment Corporation and the Cully As
sociation o f Neighbors, in conjunc
tion with more than 15 public and
private agencies, local churches,
merchants, the Portland Police Bu
reau’s Sunshine Division, and the
National Guard. The Dec. 15 event is
open to families living in the Villa de
Clara Vista Aparments.
More than 100,000 students will
enroll in credit courses this year at
O regon’s four-year colleges. About
59,000 students w ere enrol led in reg
ular campus credit courses this fall
term.
The number o f students are about
the same as last year, according to a
report by the Oregon System o f High
er Education.
The enrollm ent for the fourth
week o f fall classes was 59,416, com
pared with 59,545 at the same time
last year, About 7,000 additional stu
dents are expected to enroll in ex
tended cam pus credit courses, such
as continuing education.
The colleges also serve an addi
tional 100,000 O regonians through
non-credit courses, such as those of
fered by the Extension Service and
under contract with businesses.
“ In spite o f m ajor budget cuts,
the state’s public colleges and uni
versities have found a way to main
tain enrollment at the prior year’s
levels,” said Larry Large, the sys
tem ’s vice chancellor for public af
fairs.
“The Oregon Legislature will
face one more round o f reductions in
funding for statewide program s as
they deal with the final phase o f
M easure 5,” said Large. “ We are
pleased that we have been able to
reduce adm inistrative and support
service costs and that the Legislature
and the G overnor were w illing to
provide some extra support to sus
tain enrollment levels at the end o f
the 1993-1995 session. Those ac
tions enabled us to sustain enroll
ment even in the face o f reduced
funding caused by the first two phas
es o f M easure 5.”
“ I am p ro u d o f w h at th e sy s
tem , the fa c u lty , the s ta f f and
m ost o f a ll, th e s tu d e n ts have
been ab le to do to p ic k up th e
sla c k and k eep as m any stu d e n ts
e n ro lle d as p o s s ib le , ev en in th e
face o f in c re a se s in tu itio n ,” said
C h a n c e llo r Jo se p h C ox.
“Now, we must prepare to carry
our budget to the 1995 Legislature
and to do all we can to strengthen
access to quality higher education
for O regon’s students in the future,”
said Cox.
T h e e n d o f f o u r th w eek e n ro ll
m ents by in stitu tio n w ere p ro v id
ed as follows:
• E a ste rn O re g o n S ta te C ol
lege: 1,931, up 1.8 percent.
•O re g o n H ealth Sciences U ni
versity: 1,396, up 1.6 percent.
• S o u th e rn O re g o n S ta te C ol
lege: 4,535, up .5 percent.
• U niversity o fO re g o n : 16,680,
up .5 percent.
• Oregon State University:
14,131, up .2 percent.
• P o rtla n d S ta te U niversity:
14,428, down .4 percent.
• W estern O re g o n S ta te C ol
lege: 3,871, down 3.2 percent.
•O re g o n In stitu te o fT e c h n o l-
ogy: 2,444, dow n 5.4 percent
‘Tis The Season For Holiday Snacks
TheNabisco Biscuit Com pany’s
introducesalineupofholiday-themed
versions o f its most popular brands
for the 1994 season.
The company will rollout holi
day items, for a limited engagement,
beginning in December 1. They in
clude:
Chocolate Dipped Ritz Crack-
ers--N abisco’s ritziest Ritz ever.
Enrobed in pure dark chocolate, the
product will be sold in 4.5-ounce
boxes at the suggested retail price o f
$2.29.
White Fudge Covered O re o -
Back by popular demand, Oreo cook
ies covered in white fudge have sold
out each year on the market. The
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product comes in a 14-ounce pack
age at the suggested retail price o f
$2.69.
Hoi iday Sprinkled Chips A hoy!-
-Chips Ahoy!, A m erica’s leading
chocolate chip cookie, gets sprin
kled red, green and white for the
holidays. These colorful cookies are
available in 14.5-ounce packages at
the suggested retail price o f $2.39.
Teddy Grahams Holiday Bears-
-’’Beary merry” cookies, in choco- |
late and vanilla flavors, will come in
six seasonal shapes including Santa
Bear, Little Drummer Bear, Bear-in-
a-=Stocking and Sleigh Bear. Sug
gested retail price for the 10-ounce
limited edition box is $ 1.89.
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