The Register, 1990-11-30

              renamed large town in every gulf state have public squares that were used as slave markets until about the time of world war ii although many of these have be oblique references to the contin ued existence of black slavery in the gulf are to be found in even the most recent united nations human rights reports on labor conditions and bond age further revelations on black slav ery in countries involved in operation desert shield are expected to create the arabic work abed accent of first syllable signifies both slave and black questions in the minds of black voters and of black american gis now serv ing in the gulf and are considered an embarrassment for the bush regime which has defended its aggression as necessary to defend the american way of life this allows the existence of large black slave harems controlled by the wealthy rulers white slavery or trafficking in white female chattel concubines which was com monly practiced in the gulf until recent decades has declined in favor of the importation of non-chattel prostitutes from europe and the west since this is simpler to administer the existence of these slaves is an open secret in the region even though such slavery is officially denied by the area's regimes it is quite common for example for groups of black slaves to visit merchants souks and bazaars to do the shopping for the households they serve merchants give them priority service as a sign of respect for the price or potentate who owns the slaves although the koran allows ortho wasfflngton d.c - - accord ing to a highly reliable middle east source black chattel slavery still ex ists today at the palaces of the ruling families of saudi arabia kuwait oatar bahrain the united arab emir ates oman and other gulf states the black slaves are kept asser vants waiters butlers maids foot men and above all as concubines and odalisques for the gulf rulers and are usually quartered in special slave compounds attached to palaces and luxury villas in the region these black slaves often have a very limited knowledge of arabic but instead speak the languages of ethio pia and other african countries from which they or their ancestors were kid napped or bought and imported in a slave trade that went on openly until some 30-40 years ago experience 1 martin enlightens students in black space roster the need for background regard ing blacks are apparent as her class always exceed 40 students on a 30 martin related the popularity of the black experi ence class to the systematic retaining of black history from the students backgrounds of many people they try to blend them into their own that doesn't work the black experience class stud ies the civil rights movements and the black experience since the move what is the black experience well the best person to answer that is cynthia martin instructor of sociol ogy and the 1989-90 sga teacher of the year this news documentary also will air on gannett's nine other stations across the country wfmy-tv is owned and oper ated by gannett broadcasting on saturday december 1st at 10 pm wfmy-tv channel 2 cbs will air a one-hour docu mentary examining the issue of crime on college campuses dangerous lessons crime on campus will explore the types of crimes being committed in col lege communities the criminals who commit them and the steps that are being taken on both the college and governmental level to resolve this growing problem dangerous lessons crime on campus will examine and clar ify this issue and seek out solutions through conversations with both victims and the college adminis trators who must cope with the campus crime problem this special report will also reveal results of usa today's 1990 campus crime poll produced by gannett broad casting in cooperation with usa today dangerous lessons crime on campus is hosted by gordon peterson a news anchor for w*usa-tv the gannett owned cbs affiliate in washing ton dc cynthia martin erative learning and individual explo ration index a&t schedules satellite programs for teachers students and community in her curicullum martin uses various books videos and other mate rials to introduce students to a positive black history one that has been deleted from textbooks in larger systems and i present material and i see lights come on in the minds of the students she enthusiastically said the students hunger for the chance to digest new material and acquire knowledge and to learn more about themselves the focus in an integrated society is not among the different groups but the blending of people she said educators lose focus and are not culturally aware of the needs or the she attributes the views of the students to the systems in which they participated ments martin starts out the class by ask ing her students to devise a list of how blacks view themselves positive and negative and how whites view blacks positive and negative each semester the longest list is how blacks view themselves negatively she said this frightens me i have to go back and build a foundation for them to learn structures she said the knowledge of one's self is important to counter-act the dis illusioned views of blacks created by a society to keep blacks ignorant of them selves elementary education majors develop enthusiasm for science principles the office of continuing educa tion at north carolina a&t state university will offer live interac tive satellite programs this fall these programs can assist in structional and presentational ef fectiveness as well as broaden stu dents horizons during this tech nblogy age satellite programs covered this fall include peter drucker on business and management the world economy after 1992 and the changing corporation south africanow how to really start your own business why graduate school in science and engineering and others for a complete listing of satel lite contact mr tony powell office of con tinuing education 919/334-7607 these principles included observ ing classifying controlling variables graph-making predicting interpreting data estimating making models de fining operationally collecting data inferring communication and hypothe about sound dr guthrie applied the principles of science to the process of learning plies used child's toy tube were some of the sup on the serious tip 2 editorials letters to the editor our people our pride 3 african american history poetry and communtiy news classifieds 4 sizing dr guthrie said that for a good teacher learning is a lifelong endeavor the project emphasized that science when properly taught can be easily learned school facilities receive funding about 210 million has already gone into a fund set up by the general assembly to shore up north caro lina's aging public school facilities as of october 1 almost 400 dif ferent schools in 67 counties have begun or are about to begin school renovation or replacement projects totaling just under 161 million more than 100 schools all around the state have already made plans to add classrooms expand cafeterias renovate libraries or re-do multi-pur pose rooms in north carolina seventy will add air condition ing 63 will remove asbestos more than 50 will replace boilers or roofs about 15 will retire building bonds or purchase land for new schools forty or so will make fire and other safety renovations thirty-six have new construction planned and that also qualifies for monies from the public school build ing capital fund the facilities materials and equip ment in the math-science center along with computer software are available to teacher education majors math-science workshops are de signed to promote learning through hands-on activities teach science-math principles promote relevancy in sci ence teaching and in general illus trate the fun related to science-math knowledge accumulation as a life-long endeavor john perkins chemistry major per formed several chemistry demonstra tions perkins used computer assisted instruction with teacher-friendly soft ware to make learning science prin ciples exciting the project involved learning sci entific principles of sound and apply ing those principles to everyday ele ments in the environment the prospective elementary teach ers learned that sound involves matter and vibration and energy tuning forks glass bottles with varying levels of water content and a elementary education majors par ticipated in a two-phase hands on math and science demonstration on tuesday and thursday students in dr pamela hunter's class teacher education program in the school of education attended demon strations conducted by dr vallie guthrie director math-science cen ter in marteena hall and john perkins chemistry major also she pointed out that students possess a variety of learning styles therefore teachers must stress coop g ai an ecnnical state university greensboro north carolina 27411 celebrating a century of academic excellence 1891-1991 jfj the a&t k w register m _ „ writing the way toward the paramount of consciousness x^f volume 66 north carolina agricultural d t h ' ■ trij 7 number 7 30 november 1990 newscope black chattel slavery exists in middle east greg williams special to the a&t register wfm y-t v presents special report on campus crime now the slave import trade has declined but the offspring born to slaves in the salve quarters are them selves slaves and continue to serve their gulf masters according to the source who was personally served coffee by a black slave of ethiopian origin at a reception held in the emir of bahrain's divan or court hall bines dox muslims a maximum of four wives the saudi wahabite royal family and their counterparts in the rest of the gulf interpret another clause of the koran as meaning the unlimited numbers of women who are owned that is to say slaves can also be exploited as concu