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CRITICS SAY ~
U.S. trying
to dodge
slavery issue
By JONATHAN FOWLER
Associated Press Writer
GENEVA
U.S. government threats to boy
cott the upcoming World Conferenc::
Against Racism over anti-Israeli lan
guage in proposed documents are
helping it duck the issue of repara
tions for slavery, African-American
campaigners said Friday.
“Forthe United States to continue
beating the issue of the Middle East
is a diversion,” said Adjoa A.
Aiyetoro, a law professor at Ameri
can University who serves as legal
consultant to the National Coalition
of Blacks for Reparationsin America.
“They would rather play tough guy
and bully and stay away as opposed
to attemptingtoresolve the issues of
racism in this world.”
TheU.S. government has said that
if language it regards as offensive
about Israel remains in proposed
documents to be adopted at the con
ference, it will boycott the meeting,
which starts Aug. 31 in Durban,
South Africa.
U.S. officiais, siding with the Eu
ropean Union and Canada, have also
rejected African demandsthat Durban
back the payment of compensation
by the countries that benefited from
slavery and colonialism.
U.N. High Commissioner for Hu
man Rights Mary Robinson said Fri
day that more progress had been
made on the African issues than on
the Middle East duringthe past two
weeks of negotiations.
See RACISM, page 2A
Free media conference features top media trainers
~ On Monday, August 20, the Urban
Pro Media Conference and Workshop will
be held at Paine College’s Candler Memo
rial Library Building.
TheProMedia Conferenceisdesigned to
bringtogether Augusta media profession
als, students, and the general publicin an
atmosphere of community and coopera
tion.
The Visual Journalism Workshop pre
sented by Kenny Irby of the Poynter Insti
tute for Media Studies will allow local
professionals to interact with one of the
nation’s foremost visual trainers.
Mr. Irby is an integral figure in visual
Jjournalism education. Known for his in
sightful knowledge about photographic
storytelling, innovativemanagementideas,
steadfast ethical thinking, and evangeli-
TV scriptwriter,
producer, and video
trainer Steve
Clements will discuss
his mission to em
power the Atigusta
community with
video production
techniques.
Clementsisthe Dis
tinguished Professor
of Communications
at Augusta State Uni-
versit;'. He has worked on scores of tv
programs for The Disney Channel and
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Willie Gary, center, the lead plantiff attorney, leads his lawyers and
the Maris family in a prayer outside of the Alachua County Courthouse
in Gainesville, Fla., Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, ofter averdict of SSO million
was awarded to Maris Distributing Co. in their civil suit against
Anheuser-Busch. Rudy Maris, third from the right, brother of base
ball legend Roger Maris, joins the prayer circle. During his quarter
century of practicing law, Gary has earned the nickname”the Giant
Killer.” The corporate giants he has challenged in courthouses across
the nation makes an impressive list of some of the country’s biggest
companies: Walt Disney Co., Coca Cola, and Microsoft. AP Photo/The
Gainesville Sun, Marla Brose
Macon eliminates racial quotas
for police and fire departments
MACON, Ga.
(AP) A federal judge approved
changes to a 20-year-old consent
decree Wednesday, eliminating spe
cific racial quotas for hiring and
promotion in Macon’s fire and po
lice departments.
produced scores e ducational videos and
documentaries for colleges and universities
throughout the world.
~ Hewasthe producer, director, and writer
of NFLPA: March To Victory, a documen
tary for the National Football League union
members,
Amongthe tv series he has worked on are
Hour Magazine, Three’s Company,and Wel
come Back Kotter. He has been nominated
for numerous Emmy’s and other awards.
Theconferenceis part of Augusta Focus’s
20th Anniversary Celebration and ‘media
sponsorsinclude WJBF Channel 6and Clear
Channel Broadcasting. ;
Steve Clements
Melba Moore to grace -
Paine Jazz Srestival
See ARTheat, page 2B
Where is Tara Robertson?
Commentary by Ralph C. Watkins ~9A
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Serving Metropolitan glAulgusm, South Carolina and the Central Savannah River Areg
cal charm, Mr. Irby
teaches seminars and
consultsin the areas of
photojournalism, lead
ership, ethics,and man
agingdiversity. He has
contributed as a photo
editortothree Pulitzer
Prize-winningprojects
while at Newsday and
hasbeenajuror for the
Society of News Design
and the White House News Photographers’
Competition.
Hehasservedasphotographer and deputy
director of photography for Newsday, Inc.
and as photographer and assistant photo
editor for The Oakland Press.
AUGUST ? - 7. 2001
The original 1981 decree speci
fied that blacks would be hired to
40 percent of all entry-level police
and firefighter jobs. It also said 40
percent of all promotions would be
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Urban Pro Media Conference and Workshop
Candler Memorial Library on the Paine College Campus
Monday, August 20, 2001
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
The Black Press: “A new mission for a
new millennium?”
Participants: Moderator: Raphael James,
WJBr-NewsCHANNEL 6; Barbara Gor
don - publisher Metro County Courier;
Mallory Millender - Professor, Paine Col
lege, former publisher - Augusta News Re
view; Jamie Eatmon, publisher, The Rise;
Frederick Benjamin - Editor, Augusta Fo
cus
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
Video showing: “Black Women Who Have
Changed the Face of the CSRA”
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
“Video Production for the Masses”
Presenter: Steve Clements, TV writer and
Paine beefs up
campus security
BReturning students
will be among most
secure ever, security
chief says.
By Rhonda Jones
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
Paine College chief of security
James Reid has taken stepsto tackle
any potential on campus problems
head-on. The college has increased
its manpower and has instituted
policies that discourage mischief,
especially from outsiders. The col
lege has upped its number of secu
rity officers to 18, he said, and will
soon be adding an additional four
for a grand total
of 22.
Reid, who has
been with the col
lege for two years,
says he’d had the
acquisition of
those extra offic
ers in mind for
some time. “I've
always expressed
a desire to be pro
active,” he said.
“Not reactive.”
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James Reid
These officers move throughout
campus 24/seven. There is even a
guard posted at each entrance to
the campus, he said.
It’s all about accountability, he
said. Upon entering campus, a car
must slow down and show its stu
dent decal. If there is no decal, the
driver must fill out a sign-in sheet,
with such information as vehicle
make and model, arrival time and
thereason for the visit. In addition,
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Darlene Smith, campus safety
officer.
the guard makes a note of the tag
number. Just i case.
This week, a Richmond County
grand jury didn’t indict any of sev
eral defendants accused of raping a
female student in the men’s dormi
tory. However, news coverage of the
accusation hasn’t lessened the con
cernby campus security over poten
tial trouble. :
Students must act in ways that
decrease the risk of becoming vic
tims, Reid says. Women staying out
of men’s dorms is a good rule to
follow, he said.
Of the seven dormitories on the
Paine College campus, noneare coed.
Reid also advises students not to
travel the campus alone, but towalk
in pairs and to stick to lighted areas
of campus at night. :
Officer Darlene Smith, whobegan
working for Paine College five years
See PAINE SECURITY, page 2A
producer; Augusta State University Cree-
Walker Distinguished Professor of Commu
nications
11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Visual Journalism Workshop
“Picture Storytelling for the 21st Century:
New Approaches and strategies in photo
graphic story coverage and presentation”
Presenter: Kenny Irby of the Poynter
Insitute for Media Studies (Pre-registra
tion required).
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Marketing Seminar: “Doing business
with corporate America”
Participants: Stacey Sutherland, Media
Buyer, Home Depot, Inc.; Ana Campo, ac
count executive, Strategic Print Market
ing; Tanya Barnhill, sales manager, Power
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