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F i bri ary 26, 1997 • Tm P oru and O bserver
Anti-smoking groups
take action for teens
A nti-sm oking groups said Tues­
day they w ould inform retailers
about new rules against selling
c ig a re tte s to m in o rs and then
would report violations to health
authorities.
From Feb 28 it will be illegal to
sell cigarettes or smokeless tobacco
to anyone under 18 and businesses
will have to check the photo I D
o f anyone under 27. O ther new
Food and D rug A d m inistration
rules designed to curb teen sm ok­
business. Violators face $250 fines.
States already have such laws
but they are not enforced consis­
tently. A bout 3,000 teenagers star,
sm oking every day
“ Merchants have long thumbed
their noses at state laws prohibiting
the sale o f cigarettes to kids,” ASH
director John Banzhaf said. “Chil­
dren buy more than 250 million
packs a year and ‘sting’ operations
prove that even the youngest kids
have no trouble buying cigarettes."
ing will be phased in through
A ugust 1998
Action on Smoking and Health
(A SH ), jo in ed by health and edu­
cation groups, said it would dis­
tribute inform ation on the new
rules to businesses and then would
report violations to a toll-free FDA
telephone line.
FDA officials have said they
will not fine m erchants based on
those reports but com plaints may
trigger an official check on the
OPEN HOUSE
Teacher: Melody Winn and Employees
Drummer: Jeff Evans
Thursday, Feb 20th 9 a.m. - 1 1 : 3 0 a.m. 2 8 3 -0 1 4 0
Melinda Weatheroy, 6 Board Members
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dj i o n
Reasearch and education
integration awarded
Carnegie Mellon University is
one o f 10 research universities
named recipients o f the National
Science Foundation’s(N SF) newly
established Recognition Awards
for the Integration of Research and
Education (RAIRE).
Each university will be awarded
a three year, $500,000 grant “to
allow considerable flexibility for
institutions to continue innovative
work built upon past achieve­
ments,” according to a statement
released by the NSF.
“C arnegie Mellon has made
cross-disciplinary problem solving
a core activity in the undergradu­
ate curriculum ,” the NSF said. “A
Center for Teaching Excellence
and a Center for Innovation in
Learning encourage and support
faculty efforts to use problem-solv­
ing as a vehicle for learning.
“The university provides sig­
nificant support for undergraduate
research projects and organizes a
student research symposium at which
200 student projects were recently
presented.”
Paul C h ristia n o , provost at
Carnegie Mellon, cited several areas
in which the funds will be directed.
He m entioned expanding the
Mellon College o f Science Fresh­
men Seminar in Science to make it
“a more problem-based active learn­
ing course," expanding the Under­
graduate Research Initiative by
building on the structure o f the Small
Undergraduate Research Grant pro­
gram, and expanding the academic-
year grants program to the summer
months, “allowing students to be­
come fully immersed in the research
projects.”
Christiano also plans to fund a
core o f undergraduate researchers,
who in collaboration with faculty.
Students Honored At Legislature
Continued from Metro
♦
“ When the students realized we
adults c o u ld n ’t sit on the floor,
they realized they were chosen for
“ We w eren’t given enough time
a special purpose,” said Franklin
on the Senate Floor,” complained
High School integration co o rd i­
Larissa EstesofBenson High School.
nator Je ff Brooks, “The vision o f
“ We didn’t hear any bills being ar­
black kids sitting at those desks
gued, but it was an honor.”
was pow erful and I w ant to see
Some students took a moment to
more o f th at!”
reflect on the racial makeup o f the
“This enhances their apprecia­
state legislature.
“There are different thought pro­
tion for the black legislators,” said
cesses,” said Melvin Y oungofG rant
Brooks. “They could do the very
High School, noting that if the racial
same thing.”
mixture were more evenly balanced
The fact that they were frustrated
there would be a “different angle to * once on the floor and unable to exer-
look at things.”
cise their ow n leadership, said
Ford said that the majority makes
Brooks, means they were thinking.
the laws, but should understand the
“ I like it and I want more.” He
views o f minorities — race and age
envisioned several returning to
group.
school and their communities to be­
As the day progressed, several
come stronger leaders as a result o f
students were picking up the mes­
the recognition they received at the
sage that they could accomplish and
state capitol.
be part o f the system, like the three
Students visiting the Senate in­
cluded:
black legislators now serving in the
Oregon Legislature.
• Benson H igh School — Tunde
“This is a part o f history,” ex­
Sobomehen, Larissa Estes and Tanita
claimed Jeremia Broussard o f Port­
Kane.
land Opportunities Industrial Cen­
• Franklin High School — Joshua
ter. "I want to be a part o f this. In the
Clark, Janain Rogers, and Nichole
Mills
m idst!”
PSU Nancy Ryles
Scholarship
available
A pplications for the Nancy
Ryles Scholarship for returning
women undergraduate students
are availab le NOW from the
W omen’sStudies Program at Port­
land State University: (503) 725-
3510.
The Ryles Scholarship was cre­
ated in honor o f the late Nancy
Ryles, a long-time state senator,
formerOregon Public Utility Com­
missioner. and Beaverton school
board member, who worked to
support and encourage education,
especially for those lacking the
opportunity or the means to ac­
quire
This y early , $5,000 scholarship
is renewable and covers the costs
o f tuition, books and fees at PSU,
as well as providing a small sti­
pend for living and school ex­
penses.
Those eligible to apply are
women who wish to work toward
a undergraduate degree at PSU
and who, due to financial need,
current or past family responsi­
bilities. or other personal disabili­
ties have had their schooling in­
terrupted and have been unable to
begin or complete their college
education.
Applications are available from
Carol Schallberger at Portland
State U niversity's Women Stud­
ies Program, PO Box 751, Port­
land, OR 97207. or phone (503)
725-3510.
Completed applications, letters
o f support, and transcripts must
be received in the W om en's Stud­
ies office by April 10 (or post­
marked April 7, 1997).
• G rant H igh Sch o o l — Melvin
Young, Marty Williams, and Darryl
Kelley.
• Lincoln High School— Marchello
Bassey, Rasheen C. Hudson, and
Alexander B. Clay.
• M adison High S c h o o l— Clifford
White, Bruce Carter, and Catrece
Craig.
• Also, Counteract — Robert Ford;
Salvation A rm y Green H ouse —
Sarah Duffus; McCoy Academ y —
Cory Wallace. M onroe High School
— Rose Ervin; M ultnom ah Learn­
ing Center — Michelle Vosika Coo­
per; O pen M eadow — M ichael
Adams; M adison Focus Program -
- Albert Windon; Portland Oppor­
tunities Industrial C enter— Jeremia
Broussard; Vocational Village —
Anri Todd; and Youth Em ploym ent
Institute (Private Industry C oun­
cil) — Marrel Hannon.
Students visiting the house and
the representatives they sat with
included:
• Cleveland High School — Allan
Peterson (Frank Shields), Ashantia
C h e n a u lt (G e o rg e E ig h m ey ),
Shevette Hudson (Dan Gardner).
• Jefferson High School — Alisha
Oregon youth receive
awards, recognition
Moreland (Chris Beck), Robert I ho-
mas (Bob Montgomery), Naaman
Y arbrough (Carolyn Oakley), Stacey
Harvey (Eighmey), Saeeda Wright
(Margaret Carter).
• M arshall High School — Aiyana
C am p b ell (L.onnie R o b e rts),
Georvohn Lambertl (Lee Beyer),
Kieshawn Lewis (Tony Corcoran).
• Roosevelt High School — Crystal
Roberts (Mike Fahey), Chris Young
(Peter C ourtney), Jelani Liburd
(Ryan Deckert).
• W ilson High S ch o o l — Laura
W ood
(A n itra
R a sm u sse n ),
Dannielle Morris (Jackie Taylor),
Christian Dashiell (Tim Josi).
• Also, A lbion Youth Opportunity
S c h o o l — Wendy Braker (Kitty
Piercy); C hristian W om en Against
C rim e -- Atiyea Taylor (Barbara
Ross); M cCoy Academ y — Crystal
Bordeaux (John M innis); /Sight
High - C haz Tolbert (Bob Repine);
PCC GED — Laurie Tucker (Judy
Uherbelau); Portland Street A cad­
em y — Rossalon Floyd (Cynthia
Wooten); Portland Youth Builders
— D errick H aynes II (R an d y
Edwards), and PCC High — Sam
O ’Brien (JoAnn Bowman).
Two Oregon students, Megan
O strem ,9, from Evergreen Jr. High
in H illsb o ro and
M organ
Mackies, 18. from Lakeridge High
Schobl in Lake Oswego today were
named the state’s top two youth
volunteers in The Prudential Spirit
o f Community Awards, a nation­
wide recognition program.
Presented annually by The Pru-
detrfial Insurance C om pany o f
America in partnership with the
National Association ofSecondary
School Principals (NASSP). the
awards honor young people across
America for outstanding, self-ini­
tiated community service activi­
ties. Nearly 15,000 students were
considered for awards this year
A s O re g o n ’s top hon o rees,
Ostrem and Mackies will each re­
ceive $ 1,000, a silver medallion and
a trip to Washington, D C., next
May. where they will join the two
top honorees - one middle-level and
one high school youth - from each o f
the other states, the District o f Co­
lumbia and Puerto Rico for four days
o f national recognition events.
America's top ten youth volunteers
will be named at that time.
Megan Ostrem founded a cloth­
p e r s p e c t i v e s
We’ve always been ready, do it!
Let me use this column to bring us
back to the future for a while (after
your rather thorough immersion in
Black and African America history).
The early post-war years seemed to
indicate to many Americans, Black
and white, that Blacks had a prom ­
ising future in this nation. That fu­
ture today and its realities are in
painful contrast to the expectations
o f a multitude.
Was it all real or imagined? - The
validity of those prem ises upon which
were based those expectations o f an
early and “full economic and politi­
cal integration into American soci­
ety.” Apparently there was some
justification, given increasing suc­
cess in the areas o f Civil Rights,
educational opportunities, and ad­
vancements in the work force. There
was an emerging cadre o f Black
Elected Officials which was extolled
as the ultimate solution to all the
urban social and economic prob­
lems (We were later to discover that
with white flight to the suburbs there
was no tax base to support the urban
infrastructure).
We may ask, then was there any
credibility at all to these dreams o f a
long-suffering race-that finally its
aspirations were to be realized, em ­
powered by court decisions, legisla­
tion. and official fiat (not to mention
rhetoric)? The present condition o f
the Black masses in urban America
is variously described as “critical,
traumatic, or even terminal" - and
that is not just a matter o f hyperbole
and media hype. It is given that
some alarms are voiced by those in
pursuit o f grants, whether individu­
als, social agencies, or law enforce­
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Professor
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Burt
ment agencies. Certainly there is
evidence in the form o f statistics
relating to educational disabilities,
lack o f training depressed income
levels, family disintegration, and
gangs. But we need to ask many an
agency “where were you yesterday-
and have you better solutions?
Why then, as a member o f this
underprivileged ethnic group, would
I spend so much o f my time and
resources in research o f the history
and contributions o f my race when
the horrendous pressure o f imme­
diacy bears down upon us all? It is
because o f an overwhelming sense
o f deja vu that disturbing feeling
that "it has all happened before".
Yea. many times. It may seem trite
to repeat that hackneyed phrase." a
race that does not know its history is
doomed to repeat it"; but believe me,
it is true.
Certainly, for over a year I have
cited in this column a 4000 year time
line o f Black ascendancy to the
heights o f cultured, political, eco­
nomic and technological accom ­
plishment What I have not done is
pose the fateful question." So why
are Blacks in the shape they are
today?Obliviously. I could have pro­
vided a litany o f apparent reason,
many quite compelling: European
invasions and conquests o f Africa,
Colonialism, slavery, the Ku Klux
Kian, union constitutions, job dis­
crimination, European immigrants,
redlining, you name it. But, you see,
it often occurs to me to project an
imaginary scenario. Who could the
dinosaurs appeal to? Dinosaur gone-
gone dinosaur! Reality and nature
are merciless.
A question may arise in our m inds.
Is it time for new ideas, or is it time
to newly apply old ideas that worked
very well in the past (at least tempo­
rarily). It could be that an amalgam
o f both is indicated. Or perhaps it is
necessary to examine the major ex­
tinctions we have experienced, and
from these evaluations format a tech-
nique for preserving our periodic
gains. The latter course seems most
fruitful to me.
In the following weeks I will de­
velop these thoughts, as I believe
this type o f inquiry must precede any
meaningful examination o f urgent
social or economic problems. This
does not mean that I have been dis­
abused o f my notion that identity is
an absolute prerequisite to the social
and psychological functions ofa race-
nor that I no longer feel that the
group’s history is the key to motiva­
tion and drive But rather, that there
must accompany a parallel and con­
tinuous intel lectual process that goes
beyond the wheel. A ren’t we the
greatest syndrome
There is no realistic literature on
program failure-with a pitifully few
exceptions. With out it you cannot
train a new generation capable o f
either social or economic develop­
ment
And without it. we are doomed
indeed to “ repeat history".
the university’s Eberly leach in g
Center for Excellence and the Cen­
ter for Innovation in Learning, will
study select re se a rc h -o rie n te d
courses in an effort to understand
how students learn from their own
research.
More than 100 o f 137 eligible
research-intensive institutions ap­
plied for the recognition awards.
Along with Carnegie Mellon,
award-winners are the universities
o f Arizona, Delaware, Michigan,
Missouri and Oregon, Duke and
Kansas State universities, the Uni­
versity o f California at Los Ange­
les and the State University o f New
York at Stony Brook
“ In addition to setting a climate
which has set the tone and agenda
for change, these universities have
produced significant achievements
beyond individual and department
contribution," the NSF said
ing drive for the less fortunate called
“The Evergreen Clothing Closet."
She cleaned out a small room in her
school to serve as the “closet” for
her project, publicized her cam ­
paign throughout the school «and
began col lecting items. Many needy
families and migrant workers in
hercommunity have benefited from
the clothing drive, and its success
has made it necessary for Ostrem to
look for larger quarters. Ostrem
said. "Volunteering has given me a
great sense of accomplishment and
the warm feeling that helping some­
one else is ten times better than
helping just yourself.”
Morgan Mackies founded the The
Family Heritage Program to teach
first-through third-grade students at
Boise-Eliot Elementary School about
their heritage. The program teaches
the students how to collect and orga­
nize family information and de­
velop an individualized family his­
tory. Mackies has also created an
instructional video describing the
program.
Mackies said. “ It is a truly re­
warding experience to know that as
a volunteer, you are making a dif­
ference in the lives o f others.”
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surf haunt and the stu ff o f
rum or and legend. But the
rumors also make clear that one
must cross Indian land to get
there. Kent N u n n ’s novel. The
Dogs oj Winter, is the story o f
what happens when down-
and-out photographer Jack
Fletcher and big wave legend
Drew Harmon attempt to
ride these waves long know n
as too big. too cold, and too
deadly. Disaster comes
quickly as an Indian boy is
drowned and word spreads
to the in te rio r o f the
reservation where men and
idle hands and a taste for
mindless violence decide
on vengeance.
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