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Heart disease widens gap between whites and blacks
The gap in the heart disease death rate between blacks and whites
has widened since the 1980’s. The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention reported that in the 35-to-44 age group, 38.2 blacks
per 100,000 died of heart disease each year from 1981 to 1985
compared with 24.3 whites. By the end off the 1990’s, the black
death rate had dropped to 26, but the white rate had decreased as
well, to 15.7. The gap was even greater between black and white
women: Twice as many black women as white women ages 35 to
54 died of heart disease between 1991 and 1995. The CDC
researchers blamed a higher prevalence of risk factors among
blacks such as smoking, diet and diabetes.
Native Americans get war souvenir
The Sioux of Lakota went to Glasgow, Scotland for the return the
warrior’s “ghost shirt.” The shirt is believed to have been taken
from a slain warrior at the Battle of Wounded Knee in December
of 1890 by a souvenir hunter. Mark O’Neill, the head of the
curatorial services at Glasgow museums, was overruled in his
disagreement of the prospect of the shirt returning to America,
saying it could open the floodgates for repatriation requests being
made at museums all over the Britain. This argument has not
swayed the Glasgow public: 95 percent agreed with the decision
to return the shirt.
Outrage over teachings
Black leaders in North Carolina have successfully rallied against
a local college course whose teachers claimed that most slaves
were happy in captivity. Leaders of the state NAACP had
threatened to file a formal complaint after reviewing the nine-
week class. Randolph Community College officials stood behind
the course taught by local members of Sons of Confederate
Veterans, a nationwide heritage group. Twelve students were
currently enrolled. “We cannot allow political correctness to
rewrite history or wipe out our heritage,” said instructor Jack
Perdue on the first day of the class in September. Despite the
support of faculty, the college finally bowed to pressure and
cancelled the course.
CNNfn does entrepreneurship
“Entepreneurs Only” premiered on Nov. 9 with host Donald Van
de Mark, CNN Financial News Anchor. Ernst & Young designed
the program for entrepreneurs and dedicated it to covering the
news, issues and personalities affecting the entrepreneurial
enterprise. The show includes interviews with national industry
and financial experts who will discuss business issues and trends.
“Entrepreneurs Only” will be broadcast on “managing with Jan
Hopkins” Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. EST.
Delores Cross appointed president of Morris Brown
Dolores Cross, 60, was named president of Morris Brown College
on Friday, takes over at the school in June. From 1990 to 1997,
she was president of Chicago State University. She has spent the
last year as the GE Fund Distinguished Professor in Leadership
and Diversity at the City University of New York Graduate School
and University Center.
Passage
Actress Esther Rolle of Good Times fame, known for her portrayal
of matriarch Florida Evans passed last month. Actor/comedian
Flip Wilson of The Flip Wilson Show also passed last month.
Wilson was one of the first African Americans to appear on
national Television in his own show and opened the door for many
Blacks in the entertainment field. They will be missed.
Students give rescue captain a Morehouse welcome
Captain Blitz gives
account of rescue
attempts following
the bombing of the
U.S. Embassy in
Nairobi, Kenya. Still,
some students were
left with unanswered
questions.
Howard Franklin/STAFF
By Howard Franklin
World & Local News Editor
The Andrew Young
Center for International
Studies invited Captain Ariel
Blitz to speak about the efforts
to save lives after the August
7th bombing at the US
Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
Leading of the rescue division
of the Israeli Defense Force
(IDF), he gave a detailed
account of the attempts at
damage control on November
4.
Assisted by fireman from
France and Virginia, the main
objectives of the IDF were to
save the living, while
preserving the bodies of the
deceased. Of the 213 lives lost
in the bombing, 12 were
United States citizens.
Some of the listeners,
however, were more interested
in the political activity in the
Middle East.
Duple Travillon, a senior
political science major said,
"He's a soldier-not a diplomat-
we couldn't learn anything of
political significance from
him."
Dr. Hamid Taqi, a
professor in the political
science department and the
mediator of the presentation
had this to say, "Captain Blitz
was well received by the
students, but after his
presentation, students'
naturally asked political
corrections. Although he
answered them as best he
could, not everyone was
satisfied with his responses."
Before joining the task
force, he says that he enjoyed
the same things that most
teenagers do; having fun and
spending money. Since, 23-
year-old Blitz's perspective on
life has changed. Now the best
feeling he has is knowing that
he saved a life; Blitz ranks it as
one of the greatest experiences
possible in the world.
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