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NEWS
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 2005
HUMAN RIGHTS
For first time, RFK award goes to black American
BY ANDREW MIGA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — A New Orleans community organizer who has fought for the poorest victims of Hurricane Katrina received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award on Wednesday.
Stephen Bradberry is the first black American bestowed the honor, which typically goes to activists overseas.
The 45-year-old Chicago native is the lead organizer for the New Orleans chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
"I certainly don't consider the things I do to be anything extraordinary," Bradberry said at a Capitol Hill ceremony where he was presented with the award by Kennedy's brother, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
"It's just a matter of putting on my pants and going to work every day." Bradberry said.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-III., told Bradberry, "You deserve this day in the sun," noting that his social activism plays to Robert Kennedy's vision of a better world.
"Somewhere there's always been people like Steve Bradberry who believe that this isn't the way it's supposed to be," Obama said. "People who believe that while evil and suffering will always exist, this is a country that has been fueled by small miracles and boundless dreams."
"For a new generation of Americans who did not live through the civil rights movement or the Vietnam War or Watergate, Katrina was their apocalypse," Kennedy said.
Sen. Kennedy praised Bradberry for engaging himself in a contemporary civil rights cause.
Bradberry is the 22nd recipient of the award honoring the former senator, U.S. attorney general and presidential candidate.
STATE
Emporia voters say 'no' to Sunday liquor sales
EMPORIA — For a second time, Emporia voters have said no to Sunday liquor sales.
It wasn't even close in Tuesday's election, with the proposal to authorize Sunday sales rejected 1,381-894. After voters rejected a similar proposal in April, the Emporia City Commission passed an ordinance authorizing Sunday sales, but opponents petitioned for another vote by the public.
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Camping for a cause
The Associated Press
William Clayton, Kansas City, Mo., senior and Alpha Phi Alpha president; Destiny Boutchee, Los Angeles sophomore; and Clayton Holmes, Wichita sophomore, camp out on Wescoe Beach yesterday as part of Alpha Phi Alpha's Project Homeless. The project is an effort to raise awareness of homelessness in Lawrence and the United States. The fraternity is collecting money, clothing and non-perishable food items to distribute to local organizations that aid the homeless.
Mom uses sign to punish child
PARENTING
Daughter stands on street corner to learn lesson
lesson
BY SEAN MURPHI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EDMOND, Okla. — Tasha Henderson got tired of her 14-year-old daughter's poor grades, her chronic lateness to class and her talking back to her teachers, so she decided to teach the girl a lesson.
She made Corethe stand at a busy Oklahoma City intersection Nov. 4 with a cardboard sign that read, "I don't do my homework and I act up in school, so my parents are preparing for my future. Will work for food."
"This may not work. I'm not a professional," said Henderson, a 34-year-old mother of three. "But I felt I owed it to my child to at least try."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In fact, Henderson has seen a turnaround in her daughter's behavior in the past week and a half. But the punishment prompted letters and calls to talk radio from people either praising the woman or blasting her for publicly humiliating her daughter.
"The parents of that girl need more education than she does if they can't see that the worst scenario in this case is to kill their daughter psychologically," Suzanne Ball said in a letter to The Oklahoma.
Marvin Lyle, 52, said in an interview: "I don't see anything wrong with it. I see the other extreme where parents don't care what the kids do, and at least she wants to help her kid."
Tasha Henderson, right, and her daughter, Coretha, left, pose for a photo outside their home in Edmond, Okla., Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, with the sign Coretha was forced to hold for an hour at a busy intersection so that passing motorists could read it. The 14-year-old freshman already has been forced by her parents to give up basketball and track because of slipping grades, and said she hopes to improve in school so she can play next year.
Coretha has been getting C's and D's as a freshman at Edmond Memorial High in this well-to-do Oklahoma City suburb. Edmond Memorial is considered one of the top high schools in
the state in academics.
homa City police officer took a report. Mother and daughter were asked to leave after about an hour, and no citation was issued. But the report was forwarded to the state Department of Human Services.
DHS spokesman Doug Doe would not comment on whether an investigation was opened, but suggested such a case would probably not be a high priority
"There wasn't any criminal act involved that the officer could see that would require any criminal investigation," Master Sgt. Charles Phillips said. "DHS may follow up."
Tasha Henderson said her daughter's attendance has been perfect and her behavior has been better since the incident.
While Henderson stood next to her daughter at the intersection, a passing motorist called police with a report of psychological abuse, and an Okla-
Coretha, a soft-spoken girl, acknowledged the punishment was humiliating but said it got her attention. "I won't talk back," she said quietly, hanging her head.
She already has been forced by her parents to give up basketball and track because of slipping grades, and said she hopes to improve in school so she can play next year.
Donald Wertlieb, a professor of child development at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University, warned that such punishment could do extreme emotional damage. He said rewarding positive behavior is more effective.
"The trick is to catch them being good," he said. "It sounds like this mother has not had a chance to catch her child being good or is so upset over seeing her be bad, that's where the focus is."
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This meant no administrative titles or membership on search committees, he M. said
"He's a dying breed; he loves to teach and wants students to learn," Mulinzai said.
McBride wasn't the first in his family to be involved with the University. His father, Edward McBride, Sr., was also a professor in the school of
McBride wasn't the first in his family to be involved with the University. His father, Edward McBride, Sr., was also a professor in the school of engineering.
the school of engineering.
Joining the faculty was not all easy. McBride's wife decided to stay in Colorado Springs, Colo., their home at the time.
It was actually for the best, McBride said. She brought up the idea to him, telling him that she knew he would be so focused on teaching that she would never get to see him.
Now, Colorado Springs is where he spends his summer and winter breaks, biking, hiking and enjoying the unobstructed view of Pike's Peak from his backyard.
After classes are finished each day,McBride begins more work. This time,he edits his five-inch binder full of lesson plans for each of his classes,searching for typos and trying to make them clearer.
Something might pop up; perhaps more students need study sessions for an upcoming test, or the engineering school needs help recruiting students. But whatever it is, he is ready for it.
"If I'm free, I always volunteer," he said.
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Dance
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For a week Corbin worked with the company in rehearsals to develop an urban club-style modern piece. Meggi Sweeney, St. Louis junior, said Corbin experimented a lot with the dance and let the dancers do a lot of the work as well.
"He created the piece on us pretty much. It was interesting to observe the creation process first hand." Sweeney said.
Tryouts for the company occurred five days into the semester, and the dancers have been rehearsing for these performances ever since. Twenty-five dancers are in the company, which includes a number of new members this year.
Jessica Turner, Omaha, Neb. senior, who started performing her sophomore year, said although the new members caused a big change, it was a positive one.
"Performing with new people is exciting because it mixes things up and you can play off them more," Turner said.
— Edited by Erin Wisdom
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