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The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 9

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The Tennesseani
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Nashville, Tennessee
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TITO iMgRUS DESEGREGATION rir Committee tSSl! shares dreams LrnLJj Page2B LOCAL 5 kj Deaths 5B Ww3 Weather 6B JLJ' TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1993 Formula would up tuition i Joe ff Rogers -'V. Time again to console my console 'rf 'Z: 1 7 i 7 U' M'-i- J00 Rick Musacchio Start works with Daniel Curtis at a camp to help fourth graders make the transition to fifth grade. Carol Doleman, a Vanderbilt University summer scholar, helps Steven Weaver with a math problem as Eric Reid an ran Task force offers new way to pay By REAGAN WALKER Staff Writer Many Tennessee college students would see their tuition go up and find their classrooms more crowded if a task force on higher education funding gets its way. The six-member task force has recommended a new funding formula that would lead to a variety of undergraduate tuition increases, ranging from $30 a year at Austin Peay State University and Tennessee Tech to $477 at UT-Knoxville. However, the UT-Knoxville increase would likely be phased in over several years, as would a proposed four-fold tuition increase at vocational schools statewide.

The proposed tuition increases stem from proposed changes in the state's funding formula for higher education and would come in addition to any annual increase stemming from inflation. The changes were among five recommendations adopted yesterday by a task force studying how to revise the funding formula for the state's 23 universities and community colleges and 26 area vocational schools. The suggestions, which would trim about $56 million off the annual budget request for higher education, now go to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. The governor and state legislators have asked the commission to reform budgeting for higher education. If the commission adopts the measures at its August meeting, students and universities would feel the first effects at the beginning of the 1994-95 school year.

"It's going to hurt a little bit and, in some cases, help a little bit," said Peaches Simpkins, chairman of THEC and the task force. The task force is made up of representatives from THEC, the Tennessee Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee's governing board. Patrick Doyle, past president of the faculty senate at Middle Tennessee State University, which would see a $114 tuition increase, said asking students to pay more and then increasing class sizes is "burning the candle at both ends." The recommendations call for Placing a greater burden of the cost on the student Current policy calls for university students to pay 30 of the cost, though the average has gone up to 39 in recent years. The student share, or index, at community colleges cur- Turn to PAGE 2B, Column 2 Strict summer camp gives black males an edge This is something I the funding for," he said. The private funding pays for students' transportation to and from the day camp, two meals a day, and field trips such as swimming, have always wanted to do but never had the funding for." DAVID WHITFIELD Teacher By DORREN KIAUSNITZER Staff Writer Fourth-grade is often a turning point in the education of black males, says teacher David Whitfield.

"After the fourth-grade, their enthusiasm for academics declines." But not so for 16 students tucked away for six weeks in Massey Hall on the Montgomery Bell Academy campus. These students are participating in a strict academic summer camp that promotes the development of minds and muscles through competition. It aims to make their transition from fourth to fifth grade smoother. "Our goal was to select between 15 and 20 students with academic potential who were at risk," said Whitfield, 28, founder and co-director of the six-week Time to Rise program. At-risk students are those who are disadvantaged socially, economically or educationally.

"We use symbols from their world," Whitfield said. For Patrick Slay, 10, those symbols help. "That's something we know we like sports," he said. Also in the grammar class, students reconstruct rap songs to show what is slang and what is standard English. Down the hall, in geography class, teacher Jeff Fraley points to a colorful map and asks if anyone can name each of the Southeastern states as he points to them, as well as the seven continents and the four oceans.

Hands fly into the air. A week ago that wouldn't have happened, Fraley said. Tests given to the student when they arrived at camp showed that none could name a single continent or ocean, let alone a handful of states. Much of the program's success is based on its three-tiered approach of repetition, competition and creativity, Whitfield said. My television is sending me signals.

Not the normal signals that your TV probably sends you: Buy this soap; buy this car; buy this drivel that Hollywood plans to pass off as entertainment this evening. Mine is saying something entirely different I'm tired, it's saying. I'm old. I'm not the appliance I once was. This it conveys to me through the simple matter of going dark.

Or, depending on its mood, staying dark. There is more light in the deep recesses of subterranean caves than is emitted by my picture tube. A bat looking at my TV, would feel right at home. This has happened before. More than once, even, during the set's 15-year existence.

What it means or at least what it has always meant in the past is 100-plus bucks for the repairman visit and the little tube he will stick inside it It probably would be cheaper if I could take it in to the shop and avoid the housecall. But this is not a television that one standard-issue human being can carry. Hulk Ho-gan, perhaps. Most adult gorillas. But not me.

There is another option, of course: Purchase a new set Something contemporary looking, which is to say all screen and speakers and no cabinet Mine has lots of cabinet It is a piece of furniture housing a TV set Like one of those early stereos that looked like a cre-denza. My TV looks like one that people used to watch early episodes of Bonanza on. A new set would go a long way toward bringing my entertainment system into the second half of the 20th century. Then, I could hear VH1 or, for that matter, Brette Lea in stereo. There is a third option, the truly radical one: Do without a TV altogether.

Actually, it wouldn't be as radical as it once would have been. In the late '70s, early '80s, I used to know what came on during each time slot any night of the week. Then I became a TV critic for a newspaper, and it takes the fun slap out of watching when you have to do previews for Valerie Perrine movies-of-the-week. These days, Friday is my only fairly regular viewing evening, when I catch up on Loveoy my favorite, about an English antiques dealer and rogue or Mystery or similar offering taped earlier in the week. Home Improvement, The Simpsons and Monty Python pop up from time to time as well.

Hey a guy's gotta laugh. Still, there would be some withdrawal problems, I imagine. For one thing, I like to have visuals on when I eat I don't know why, I just associate the two. Each helps me, to some extent dissociate from the other. The theory, of course, is that I would suddenly have this time to put to better use.

That, instead of watching the Comedy Network, I could be consuming great works of literature. Chewing up those classics I never quite have gotten around to, what with one thing or another. Some Greek tragedies, maybe. Shakespeare even. James Joyce, Dylan Thomas, and that F.

Scott fellow they named a restaurant for. Knowing me the way I do, though, I'd probably just end up reading Lovejoy books. And pining. Joe Rogers' column runs Tuesdays and Saturdays. movies and a trip to Memphis to the civil rights museum.

For the students, the day at camp begins with with a short motivational speech, followed by classes in geography, math, grammar and computer literacy. Each class has five to six students with one teacher and two aides who roam the classroom, helping students with their work. In the grammar class, students are given colorful, action-filled pictures from Sports Illustrated and are asked to name the nouns and the verbs they see. "They are students who have not had the opportunity to reach their potential in their regular school setting," Whitfield said. The summer program is free for the 16 students, who normally attend Warner and Kirkpatrick Elementary schools in East Nashville.

The camp is funded by contributors who Whitfield said would like to remain anonymous. Seeing the camp come to fruition is a dream for Whitfield. "This is something I have always wanted to do but never had Wisconsin nabs suspect in motel clerk's death Registered improperly as lobbyists, trio told lj. II II I WIV )l I '4' 2: why they should not be fined. MERRITT Fosbinder, who represented the three before the Registry yesterday, said the lobbyists represented the law firm and planned to supplement their registration forms.

He said they believed mistakenly that nude dancing clubs in Motel, 3212 Dickerson Road, on April 2 of $375. Police said it appeared Shoulders, 25, was shot as she was trying to flee. She died at the scene. The four juveniles turned themselves in the following week, but Edwards has remained at large ever since. The four young men have told investigators the robbery was Edwards' idea.

Allen and Peak, who said they served as lookouts during the robbery, pleaded guilty in Juvenile Court and were sentenced to a state juvenile institution. They cannot be held past their 21st birthday. Harris, who admitted to serving as a lookout during the holdup, and Clark, whom police have identified as the one who shot Shoulders, were sent to Criminal Court and await trial as adults. They face life prison terms if convicted of murder in the case. By JOCELYN BLUITT Staff Writer A fifth and final suspect in the April slaying of Nashville motel clerk Leanna Shoulders was captured yesterday in Wisconsin, police said.

Emmanuel Edwards, 28, was arrested in Madison, on armed robbery charges there involving an elderly Madison woman, Madison police said last night Edwards had been using the alias Donald Brown, but a fingerprint check through the FBI identified him as a suspect in the Days Inn slaying here, Wisconsin officials said. He will be in court today in Wisconsin to face the armed robbery charges as well as possible extradition proceedings. Edwards, along with Jason Clark, 15, Eric Allen, 14, Stephen Peak, 14, and Frederick Harris, 14, is accused of robbing the Days Inn Associated Press The wife of a federal judge is among three lobbyists cited yesterday for registering improperly during the recent session of the Tennessee Legislature. Robin Saxon Merritt, wife of presiding Judge Gilbert Merritt of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; lawyer Jack Fosbinder; and former state Sen.

Carl Moore of Bristol lobbied against an anti-nude dancing bill sponsored by Sen. Carol Rice, R-Crossville, the Registry of Election Finance said. The three represented the Brass Stables, a night club in Nashville's Printers Alley that opposed Rice's nude dancing bill. They registered as lobbyists for a Nashville law firm, Barrett, Johnston and Parsley, which also represented the Printers Alley night spot But Registry officials said they should have registered specifically to represent the Brass Stables. A 1985 opinion from the state attorney general requires lobbyists to register for each client they represent The three lobbyists completed their forms for the Brass Stables after the session ended last month.

Robin Merritt, Fosbinder and Moore have been ordered to appear before the Registry Aug. 16 to tell Nashville planned to form an association to oppose Rice's legislation. Merritt's husband recently was reported among those who had been considered by President Clinton to be his first appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Registry, which oversees campaign spending and lobbyist activities in the state, also: Fined Sen.

Thelma Harper, D-Nashville, $2,000 $1,000 for failing to file her conflict of interest statement in connection with her election to the Senate and $1,000 for late corrections in her campaign finance form for the 1990 election. Fined Richard Jackson of Nashville, whom Harper defeated in 1990, $225 for late filing of supplemental changes in his annual campaign finance statement SECTION EDITORS WILSON Canadian campers wiii be staying In Lebanon for a few days after the National Campers and Hikers Convention here next July 9-15, a county official said. "They couldn't get all of the fun stuff in during the convention," said Karen Johnson, spokeswoman for the county's James Ward Agricultural Center, where the convention will be held. Preparation for the center's largest convention is In its final stages, Johnson said. WAR5EN DUZAK WILLIAMSON Prospective emergency volunteers are encouraged to attend a class in disaster assistance tonight at the Williamson County Administrative Complex.

The Williamson County Chapter of the American Red Cross is recruiting and training volunteers for disaster assistance. "We need people who can make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, nurses, ham radio operators We have a place for everybody," said Nan Jorgensen, who heads the chapter. Call 373-2718 for information. PEYTOK JOBE DAVIDSON Community Shares, an alternative funding group that seeks to fight the causes of hunger, poverty, illiteracy, lack of health care, domestic violence and environmental pollution, holds its first annual Volunteer Leadership Luncheon on Friday. The event is at noon-1 p.m.

at the Coalition for Tennesseans with Disabilities offices, 2416 24th and will celebrate the organization's fund-raising drive for its member organizations. For information on the luncheon call 321-0055. BENJAMIN TATE RUTHERFORD Eagleville residents win pay the same property tax rate for the fifth year in a row if the City Council approves the city's proposed $165,000 budget on third and final reading tonight. The budget holds the line on local property taxes at $1.10 per $100 of assessed value. The council has been able to prevent an increase in the tax rate by eliminating some municipal positions, including the head of the local water department and the building inspector.

GRAY SASSEJ? Day editors: Cindy Smith, 259-8095: Frank Gibson, 726-5907; Karen Small, 259-8091; Lisa Green, 259-8095; Robert Sherborne, 259-8080; Tommy Goldsmith, 259-8095. Night, weekend editors: Jimmy Carnahan, 259-8095; George Zepp. 259-8091; Dwight Lewis, 726-5928. Fa machine:.

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