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Show A, Monday, April 1, 1996 The Daily Herald New dish gives widow more power A couple of years back, we moved to a neighborhood that didn't have cable access. 1 thought it was rather pleasant but Mr. Sports was miserable. I didn't know withdrawal from ESPN could be hi painful, but apparently it is. I'm sure that w hen we are in the market for another house, cable connection w ill be a priority. If the home is a shack w ith a dirt floor and an outhouse, my husband w ould be happy as long as there's a place to plug in the television. We weren't too far into this crisis when my husband approached me about getting a satellite dish. To shorten the ston. Shelly I Tux Norman fkQSi lack universities "I don't see Carolina or North Carolina State going out of their w ay to bring black people there." said 11a Winston, a journalism student. "I don't think it's right for us to do it if they don't." In fact, both North Carolina and North Carolina State actively recruit minorities. But no matter By ELIZABETH TENNYSON Associated Press Writer DURHAM. N.C. Billy Jones insists he is jus: like every other freshman at North Carolina Central University. He goes to class, plays cards in the student union and tries to plot the rest of his life. But Jones is different. He's white. Brought into the university under a "minority presence" grant. Jones is part of a grow ing minority of white students on the historically and predominantly black NCCU campus. how successful those efforts, neither is likely to lose its majority-whit- e status. Dr. Reginald Wilson, senior scholar at the American Council on Education, said he understands the sentimental attachment to black schools, but would remind students that they oppose segregation in other sectors. for deseereca"Students fought . V is said black. who tion." Wilson, "I suppose it comes as a shock to some that the rule applies to black schools as well." And Wilson says, true desegregation means all public institutions must eventually lose their racial identity. Since desegregation first was ordered, a number of historically black schools have become predominantly whi'e. West Virginia State University is now 85 percent white and Bluefield State College in Virginia is 75 percent white. Wilson said. While the balance shifts faster in states with large white populations. Wilson said it is simply a Around the country, schools like NCCU are being forced by the courts and the government to desegregate. NCCU is under a state mandate to maintain a 15 perread: nonhlack cent minority population. And like others in that predicament. NCCU is opening its purse strings to bring those minority students on board. Jones admits he would have chosen another school had it not been for the scholarship: "They offered to pay for me to come here, so I'm here. That's why I'm not at (University of North) Carolina Confession of a sports widow we Knight one and. in a violent storm last summer, it blew down. In the meantime, cable had come to our subdi ision so we got that. We didn't replace the dish, but we did hold on to all the electronics and paraphernalia that goes along with it because we were considering moving. At least, that was my understanding of our decision. My husband's understanding. I found out last week, was that we weren't replacing the dish because the Baltimore Orioles baseball games were blacked out in Utah. It's amazing how two people can come to such different conclusions from the same conversation. Since the storm, the old dish had been sitting in our yard creating quite an eyesore for the neighbors. I didn't feel "ecologically responsible" about taking it to the dump because I knew it was recyclable. The dish was aluminum: however, the 2 billion or so screws holding it together all of which were were steel painted over. Over the course of the winter, on the warmer day s. a little bit at a time. I went outside and dismantled the piece of junk. A few weeks ago, my husband loaded the contraption in his truck and drove around with it in the back until one of his wanted to borrow the vehicle. Hubby said. "OK. but you have to go sell the satellite dish first." This is where the story starts to sound like the l ittle Red Hen: " ho w ill help me take the satellite dish apart .'" "Not I." said the sports nut. "W ho will take the satellite dish to the recycling place.'" "Not I." said the sports nut. "W ho w i II pocket the SI 4 and order a new dish .'" "I will." said the sports nut. Last week. Hubby called and said someone had given him a magazine that said something about the baseball blackouts. Then we talked about what to have for dinner and other benign topics and hung up the phone. Later that day. I pulled into my garage and a man pulled in immediately behind me. That's enough to make a cautious woman nervous. When I saw he was satellite distributor. I didn't think I was in any danger, but I didn't feel any better, either A satellite salesman in my driveway could only mean one thing. I really wondered what I had bought. He got out of his truck and said. "Mrs. Norman? Your husband called me and said he wants to put up a satellite dish." I said. "Great. I guess you know more aNut it than I do, though, because this is the first I've heard "' At least he didn't get out his tools and start digging a hole right then and there, but I did feel a little undermined. I thought the chain of events w ould include securing my approval before sending the guy to my house. I'm not exactly thrilled about having the satellite dish, but it does give me a powerful bargaining chip. I'm actually kind of anxious to see what it's worth. I know the aluminum buyers will only give you 35 cents a pound for it. but I think on the marital market, it's going to be worth a lot more than that. right now." In an era of angry white males and embattled affirmative action, the situation at NCCU and other traditionally black schools has a certain with racial iinttegirafltoC dieaB matter of time before similar ihrough-the-Iooking-gla- ss changes occur at all historically black schools. At some schools, change may come only under federal mandate. quality. And while there are some who welcome whites to these schools, there are others who fear that whites will overrun what has always been a haven for them one of the few places where they are in the majority. "I feel more comfortable in this environment than I would at a school where we're not the majority." said Jonathan Hayden. a freshman at NCCU. "It helps me to strengthen who I am as a black Tennessee State University, for example, was ordered to raise the number of white students to 50 percent by this year. So far. the sehioI is hovering around 30 percent, Wilson said. Other experts say changing the racial balance does not have to be as painful as students imagine. "Lincoln University in Missouri is now predominantly white. male." a$f mm I AP PtvXO James Bouduin, left, a graduate student at North the predominantly black campus in Durham, Carolina Central University, and Jay Reinstein, a N.C. Reinstein is part of a growing minority of white junior, chat as they walk earlier this month through students on the campus. but it doesn't change the historical Minority students are being ali black and not all white." said context of that university. They appointed to student committees; George Walls Jr.. special assistant still celebrate the founding of that faculty, staff and new students are to the NCCU chancellor, "and when our students leave here they university by former slaves." said undergoing "diversity appreciaDr. Joyce Payne, director of the need to be able to operate in a,, tion training." "The reality is the world is not diverse environment." Office for the Advancement of Public Black Colleges within the National Association of Land NCCU Grant Schools and Colleges. She admitted that changing the complexion of historically black schools may raise fears in the community, but said the influx of white students at some campuses should be a point of pride. "I think it simply means that the universities are competitive and are providing the kind of educational services that those communities need." Payne said, belying stereotypes that they are less challenging academically and less desirable socially. w Ann lenders: The letter you cook some decent meals for the kids? Thev look thin and in your column from the woman who felt constantly diminished by her mother reminded me of something I clipped a long time ago Sorry. I don't know where it appeared, but I hope you will Nita in Oklahoma City print it. Dear Nita: Many daughters and some mothers Mill see themselves in today's column. Thank you for sending it on. Why I Prefer the Company of My Mother-in-l.a- Landers wfe; Or w Advice Columnist She says. "I really like the way your hair looks." My mother says. "I liked your hair better when it was shorter." She says. "You look a little tired, dear. Let me keep the kids over the weekend so you can get some rest." My mother says. "You kok like hell. Why don't you quit running around so much'.'" She says. "The children really enjoy their pets. You are wonderful to let them have so many." My mother says. "Your house smells like a kennel." She says. "I'm glad you called. W undernourished." She says. "The dinner was delicious. You really are a gourmet cook." My mother says. "The chicken tastes funny. What happened to it?" Dear Ann Landers: You recently printed a letter from a woman whose grandmother was named "Manila Philapina." She asked what happened around Aug. 4. 188. in the Philippines that would make the mayor of Minneapolis offer S10 to anyone giving their daughter that name. I can tell her. "Manila Philapina" was named in honor of the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines. The United States declared war on Spain in April 1848 over hat's new?" My mother says. "I'm watching a TV program Phone me later." She say s. "The children are getting so tail They look wonderful." Mv mother savs. "Whv don't when Commodore George Asiatic Dewey's Squadron destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila in what IX'wey called "one of the most remarkable naval battles of the ages." Amencans were euphoric when the news reached them a week later, and thousands of infant boys (including Donald Duck's nephew ) were named Dewey in honor of the victor. The mayor of Minneapolis, anxious to get his name in the papers while letting a few baby girls join in the commemoration, offered a reward to anyone who named their daughter Manila PhiNick Cullather. associate lapina. editor. The Journal of American History. Bloomington. Ind. Dear Nick: Thanks for the research. The history bufTs will love it. Keep reading for more on the subject: Dear Ann: I am 13 years old. My name is Manila. I live in Minneapolis. My was named Manila, also my grandma, my mom and about seven cousins. Nobody ever told nve where the name came from. Now. thanks to Manila Anderson you. I know. Dear Manila: How nice. Tell I KO iJulx 2.V.ug. 22! 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