The Register, 1993-01-29

              court rev benjamin chavis jr press conference held in the food for mind and body right enjoys lunch after a student union the racism does not exist he noted just oecause white only signs have been taken down does not mean chavis executive director of the commission for racial justice of united church of christ said we black americans have made some progress but we still have a long way to go school chavis is a member of the famed wilmington ten a ten-person organization that supported masters of divinity degree from duke university and the doctor of ministry degree from howard university desegregation in the wilmington areain the 1960's as a result of his involvement with the wilmington ten chavis spent 4 1/2 years in down a request to join clinton's administration because he observed you can't be a prophet in the king's chavis was a member of president bill clinton's and vice-president al gore's transition team but turned he said in addition to students faculty and members of the community were needed to help revive the civil rights movement at a&t is to recruit students chavis said i want the students at a&t to join the civil rights leaders to become freedom fighters themselves one reason i'm here wilmington ten as the first official case of political prisoners in the usa a 30 year veteran of the civil rights movement chavis worked with martin luther king jr from 1965 until king's assassination in april 1968 sears layoffs affect aggies sears and roebuck announces big cutbacks by kim mayhew reporter 1896 wal-mart and no 2 kmart in 1991 chicago ap - struggling sears roebuck and co announced today it will eliminate about 50,000 full and part-time jobs close more than 100 stores and discontinue its vv big catalog in a statement sears said it is eliminating 16,000 full-time jobs and 34,000 part-time ones but said leon the closing of the sears catalogue merchandise center on lawndale drive in greensboro is an effort to pump life into the flagging retail giant by paring costs and thereby stimulate the retail business in general in the city claim company officials vv we have concluded vk this was a very difficult decision because the catalog is our heritage it's how sears started said arthur c martinez sears merchandise group chairman and chief executive officer he said though that the u.s catalog had after-tax losses ranging from 135 million to 175 million in each of the past three years enormous insurance claims for hurricane damage and a costly auto-repair scandal when completed the restructuring is expected to improve net income by about 300 million annually and improve cash flow sears said the company blamed the results on in october sears reported an 833.7 million third-quarter loss its first quarterly loss since 1933 return on the company will take a 1.7 billion after-tax charge in the fourth quarterof 1992 for the restructuring sears still plans to circulate smaller specialty and promotional catalogs in 1993 investment fast enough or with sufficient certainty to justify remaining in the business he added that we cannot improve our market position or achieve an acceptable he said he believed if the area's textile industry revived again we greensboro will be in power that economy warren declined to speculate on whether greensboro's economy will pick up during the upcoming year but said that they greensboro have to build in more things to stimulate the eyes open for other opportunities for every company closing there is one opening he said sears is not the only company making cutbacks in order to enhance business warren warned students but advised them to keep their noted by those students losing their jobs they will have to withdraw from school therefore causing a&t's enrollment to drop sears also said it would try to make salaries more competitive but did not say what that meant sears has eliminated more than 48,000 jobs in its retailing division since 1990 in an effort to regain market share and ensure the unit's profitability the sears chain slid from no 1 to no 3 among u.s general merchandisers behind no 1 sears also plans to offer early retirement incentives to about 4,000 salaried corporate and merchandise group employees over age 50 who have at least 20 years service with the company and medium-size stores sears operates more than 850 stores including more than 400 of the small later today closing dates will vary and were not immediately announced although the company indicated some stores would be identified small to medium-sized sears said it would close 113 retail stores most north carolina a&t state university as a whole will also be affected he said a number of a&t students were employed by the sears center in order to pay their way through school he economy because those people will be out looking for new jobs in the workforce warren assistant vice chancellor for career services taking l,100people out of the workforce will not stimulate greensboro's a major part of the cutback will be discontinuation of sears traditional catalog business the spring 1993 catalog will be its last and orders from it will be accepted until the end of the year sears produced its first general merchandise catalog which came to be known as the sv big book in all the changes approved by the sears board saturday should be completed by early 1994 the chicago-based company said rotc offers scholarships memorial program honors mcnair we'll never forget mcnair's legacy continues to be honored at a&t by kim mayhew reporter cadets must also meet military retention standards and cannot be older than 25 as june 30 in the year of second daniel goldin told the audience gathered in the r.e mcnair auditorium that we alumnus astronaut we have a level of ignorance about who we are what we are and how do we relate to each other a nasa administrator said thursday morning at a commemorative memorial program honoring the late ronald e mcnair an and n.c a&t the afoqt is administered each month in campbell hall room 119 beginning at 9:00 a.m there is no cost and no obligation the test dates for february are saturday 6th february and tuesday 16 february 1993 there are thirty-two students currently enjoying the benefits of air force rotc scholarships at north carolina a&t unc at greensboro and high point university this year our goal is to double the number of scholarship recipients in the greensboro area commissioning to be eligible cadets must be full-time students and enrolled into the poc the last two years of the air force rotc program scholarship program professional officer course incentive scholarship program is designed to encourage cadets to continue with rotc regardless of academic major every junior and senior afrotc cadet presently enrolled in the professional officer course poc can now receive a 2,000 annual incentive scholarship the term and cumulative gpa for the two and three year scholarships no d or f grades in the last completed term obtain established air force officer qualifying test afoqt scores have at least two years college remaining and meet general scholarship and entry requirements to be eligible students must have a 2.65 universities the express scholarship is designated specifically for students enrolled full-time at historically black institution in any academic major and targeted majors math nursing computer science meteorology at other one scholarship program entitled express scholarship program pays full tuition in or out of state a textbook allowance each semester lab and incidental fees and 100.00 tax-free each academic month the air force is rotc scholarships under two programs this year to increase the number of highly qualified air force officers especially from historically black institutions that are commissioned through air force rotc awarding students interested in more information should call at 334-7707 or 334-7741 or stop by campbell i hall room 119 americans have forgotten about the future because they have become so introspective about the have a level of ignorance about what our shared vision is for the future not just for our lives today but the lives of our children their children and their children's children the debt that society is building must be paid because we steal from our children to live in the present he added cheryl mcnair widow of ronald mcnair said at the memorial that if her husband were alive today he would urge students to keep on trying to succeed in their goals regardless of the obstacles even though the road gets rough this should be an incentive to work harder she said just think of the possibilities he noted the scientific strength to go to mars begins at institutions like a&t he said goldin noted that it would be great if all the people of the world could go to mars together and instead of planting different flags from each country just plant one present goldin said the a&t register january 29,1993 campus & community chavis encourages students to stand up band marches for governor by kim mayhew reporter i believe the usa needs dr king's dream in 1993 more than we needed it 30 years ago when he first made his speech in 1963 the rev benjamin f chavis jr said at a press conference at the a&t student union last week prison last year the band was declared the best all around group in the battle of bands in the invitational bronze classic in atlanta's fulton county stadium in 1991 sports illustrated magazine listed the band as one of the nation's top college marching bands this is our world class marching band which represents this university and the state extremely well,"said dr edward b fort a&t with the best of the college bands these talented musicians as directed by dr johnny hodge and mr ellard forrester can hold their own chancellor this is just another manifestation of the outstanding teaching and learning which goes on at this historic university parades honors in recent years and has appeared in some of the nation's most outstanding the high-stepping band has won a number of hodge said the a&t marching band consists of 136 musicians from across the university only about 10 percent of them are music majors he said in fact most of them are engineering and business majors our selection for this outstanding formal parade said hodge it speaks well for the band and for the university i am just elated with the a&t state university marching band directed by dr johnny hodge assisted by ellard forrester was selected as the honor band for gov james hunt's inaugural parade on january 9 1993 a native of oxford nc chavis holds a bachelor of science in chemistry from the university of north carolina at chapel hill a in 1978 amnesty international cited the 3