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Ronald E. Mcnair
Astronaut McNair from
Carolina, A&T grad
Ronald E. McNair, the second
Black American astronaut, is from
Lake City, South Carolina and a
1971 graduate of North Carolina
A&T State University.
He earned a Ph.D degree from
the Massachusetts Institute Os
Technology in 1976. A member of
the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, he
was a recipient of the fraternity’s
Scholar of the Year Award in
1975.
In 1976 he won a AAU Gold
Medal and five regional Blackbelt
Karate Championships.
While at MIT, McNair perfor
med some of the earliest develop
ment of high pressure lasers. His
later experiments with laser
radiation provided new understan
dings and applications for highly
Jessye Norman to make radio debut
by Nelson A. Danish
Augusta-born soprano, Jessye
Norman, will make her
Metropolitan Opera radio broad
cast debut Saturday, Feb. 18, in
Berlioz’ Les Troyens. The opera
will be carried live on WACG-FM,
Augusta College Radio 90.7 FM
beginning at 12:30.
Miss Norman made her debut at
the Metropolitan Opera in New
York Sept. 26,1983 in Les Troyens
singing the rold of “Cassandra”.
She received rave reviews from all
three New York City Newspapers
as well as from critics from
Washington, D.C. to San Fran
cisco.
For the radio broadcast perfor
mance Miss Norman will sing the
role of “Dido”. Bill Zakariasen
writing in the New York Daily
News said of Jessye Norman as
Funeral services
held for singer
Jackie Wilson
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excited polyatomic molecules.
In 1975, McNair studied laser
physics with many authorities in
the field at E’cole D’ete Theorique
de Physique, Les Houches, Fran
ce. He has published several papers
in the areas of lasers and molecular
spectroscopy and has given many
presentations in the United States
and Europe.
Following graduation from MIT
in 1976, McNair became a staff
physicist with Hughes Research
Laboratories in Malibu, Calif. His
assignments included the develop
ment of lasers for isotope
separation and photochemistry
utilizing non-linear interactions in
low-temperature liquids and op
tical pumping techniques. He also
conducted research on electro-op
tic laser modulation for satellite-
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Jessye Norman
“Dido”, “...One of those
evenings which should go down in
history with the first Met ap-
to-satellite space communications,
the construction of ultra fast in
frared detectors, ultraviolet at
mospheric remote sensing, and the
scientific foundations of the mar
tial arts.
McNair was selected as an
astronaut candidate by NASA in
January 1978. In August 1979, he
completed a one-year training and
evaluation period making him
eligible for assignments as a
mission specialist astronaut on
Space Shuttle flight crews.
McNair is presently a mission
specialist on Shuttle mission 41-B,
the eight-day flight of the orbiter
Challenger now in progress.
Married to the former Cheryl
Moore of Jamaica, N.Y., they
have a 2-year old son, Reginald
Ervin.
pearances ot Flagstad, Sutherland,
and Nilsson.”
Not only did Norman project
the near-Wagnerian scope of the
vocal writing with a voice today
unsurpassed for voluminous tone
and dynamic control, but she
realized all these dramatic deman
ds with complete emotional
veracity.
In addition, her incisive, con
sistently meaningful delivery of the
French text was something ex
traordinary to hear from an
American-born singer.
“Considering this performance,
Jessye Norman knows no contem
porary operatic superior as a
singer, an actress or an artist. The
pandemonium which broke out in
the audience —even at midpoint in
her death scene as well as at the
see Norman page 8
Astronaut McNair
is Carolinia
A&T gradu:
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February 11,1984
Students challenged:
‘rise above mediocrity’
Black students must rise above
mediocrity if they are to find a
place in the job market, Dr. Judy
Carter, coordinator of Teacher
Education at the University of
South Carolina said in a speech
opening the Third Annual Con
ference on the Black Experience at
Paine College Tuesday.
“Too much blood was shed for
the freedom we share. We should
not let our heroes down,” she said.
“Are you striving to get the best
education you can get'or are you
shucking and jiving, skinning and
grinning?” she asked the students
who filled the Gilbert-Lambuth
Chapel.
Goodman tells students:
‘Get the job done ’
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(NNPA) —Surrounded by unifor
med, military officers from three
armed service organizations, Lt.
Robert O. Goodman Jr. appeared
at another “Welcome Home” lun
cheon sponsored by the
Association for the Study of Afro
American Life, and History
(ASALH) at the official beginning
of Black History Month
(February).
Although Goodman insisted “I
am not a hero, just another (U.S.)
Navy officer,” the navigator bom
badier rescued from Syria later
said “I feel comfortable with
Black history, but I don’t dwell on
it...”
Democratic Presidential can
didate Jesse Jackson should get
credit for securing his release as a
“prisoner of war” but the Navy
officer emphasized “I am not
going to campaign for him.”
Asked if he will vote for Jackson in
the New Hampshire primary elec
tion next month, Goodman replied
“I don’t kn0w...1 wouldn’t say.
That’s my private business...
“I know a lot of people did a lot
of work for us to get where we
are,” Goodman told reporters af
ter speaking to the standing room
crowd of approximately 500
ASALH supporters in the Capital
Hilton. “I couldn’t be wearing this
uniform without Carter G. Wood
son (founder of Black History
Month) and Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.,” he added.
Speaking during the luncheon,
Elmer Singley (I) and Johnny Beard
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Dr. Judy Carter
the Navy officer urged students to
• always do their l?est, “You don’t
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Beard for sheriff
The News-Review en
dorses Johnny Beard in
the February 21st special
run-off election to deter
mine who will fill the
remainding months of the
term of former Sheriff
J.B. Dykes.
Beard was the Georgia
Law Officer of the Year in
1980, CSRA law officer of
the Year in 1979-80 and
the Service to Mankind
Award in 1980.
But his superiority lies
in his law enforcement ex
perience and training. He
has worked for the
Augusta Police Depar
tment and the Richmond
County Sheriff’s Depar
tment serving in positions
including patrolman,
detective, and in
vestigator. His opponent
has no experience as a law
enforcement officer. His
opponent has never
NAACP opposes
cd Meese as
ral
Too many students have rejected
the three R’s of readme, writing
and arithmetic for reading,
writing and good ol’ reefers.
“Mastering ping pong and pac
man will keep you happy but
limited, There are non (em
ployment) vacancies for pool
shooters,” she said.
Dr. Carter said that Blacks can
not blame all of our short comings
on “the establishment.” We have
perpetuated our own ignorance,
she said.
“We’ve had teachers who sat in
class shelling peas and combing
see Mediocrity page 5
the job done,” he stated. Altough
Goodman rejected the “hero”
see Goodman page 8
worked for a police or
sheriff’s department.
The inevitable crises
that develop are certainly
no time for on-the-job
training, particularly, if
the recall is successful and
the sheriff’s former
responsibilities are
restored.
Beard is also a certified
Police instructor,’qualified
to teach at academy level.
His training includes cour
ses in civil disturbance,
handling the mentally ill,
narcotics and dangerous
drugs, search and seizure,
Constitutional law and ap
plied criminology.
His opponent told us
that he has not been to
school for law enfor
cement training. While we
know neither of the can
didates personally, ex
perience and training
clearly recommend John
ny Beard.
Singley
endorses
Beard
Elmer R. Singley Tuesday en
dorsed Johnny Beard in the Feb.
21 runoff election against Charles
Webster to determine who will fill
the remaining month of the term
of former Sheriff J.B. Dykes.
Dykes is serving a four year
prison term after he pleaded guilty
to obstructing justic in December.
In the Jan. 31 election, Singley
was eliminated from the sheriffs
race ale ng with Thad Calhoun and
James Florida.
He said he is endorsing Beard
because “I think he is the most ex
perienced and has better training.
Webster has 27 years of working
with law enforcement, but not as a
law enforcement officer enforcing
the law of the land.”
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