T U E S D A Y FEBRUARY 3, 2004
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Volume CXXXIX, No. 5
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Lee: Black students must be motivated to give back to community BY ELISE BARAN
keep up with professional standards and to demonstrate their caliber to their residents, said Dennis Hyater, a CALEA program manager based in Fairfax, Va. “It shows the credibility of a police department when a chief is willing to put
Americans must still work to achieve equality between blacks and whites, 50 years after the Supreme Court ended segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, said Carol Lee, the keynote speaker at Black History Month’s convocation last night. A professor of education and African American studies at BLACK HISTORY N o r t h w e s t e r n MONTH • 2004 University, Lee spoke on this month’s theme, “Is This Our Providence? Putting the Master’s Tools in Whose Hands.” Lee said she does not use the words “slave” or “slavery,” but instead uses “enslaved person” and “African Holocaust.” Surviving the African Holocaust was a kind of providence, she said. Lee stressed that although there has been great progress in the 50 years since Brown v. Board of Education, there is still a long way to go toward achieving racial equality. She said black students must challenge themselves to “contribute to the forward flow of knowledge” and “to the production of new knowledge.” “I give no one the position of master,” Lee said. Throughout her speech, Lee focused on the importance of giving back to the black community. Many black students are motivated to go to college not to give back to the community but by hopes of financial success, she said. She cited Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells and George Washington Carver as African Americans who did give back to their community. Lee also spoke about black access to the media. She said that although the media recognizes the black community
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Black History Month convocation keynote speaker Carol Lee told the audience that Americans must continue to strive for racial equality.
Be unique despite journalism’s uniformity, Krulwich says
Outside inspection for accreditation will cover new DPS firearms policy
BY SHEELA RAMAN
Robert Krulwich knows how to work the system. And in a lecture yesterday, he said Brown students should follow his lead if they want to have satisfying careers. Krulwich, an ABC News special correspondent, has received multiple awards for his reporting, including a national Emmy for his investigation of personal privacy on the Internet. In the past, he has been a correspondent for CBS and National Public Radio, as well as an executive editor at Rolling Stone Magazine. His lecture in Wilson 101 was co-sponsored by Brown Student Radio and The Herald. To find their niche in the world, young people should strive to maintain their creative voices within dominating corporate structures such as ABC, NPR and CBS, Krulwich said. “The trick is to find the G-spot where you can take care of your business without getting fired,” he said. By creating informative newscasts using unexpected sound cadences and cartoon animation, Krulwich said he tries “to disturb people in their belief systems, because news should be see KRULWICH, page 5
BY ZACH BARTER
The Department of Public Safety’s newly drafted firearms policy will come under outside scrutiny when the department attempts to renew its professional accreditation in May. A three-person team from the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies will come to campus May 1. During the five-day inspection, the team will examine DPS files to determine if the department meets all its applicable standards — about 350 in all. The standards address everything from officer training, recruitment and promotions to discipline and use of force, said Chief of Public Safety Paul Verrecchia. “Accreditation can be a valuable tool,” Verrecchia said. “You’re looking at yourself in a more proactive way to ensure that your procedures, policies and operations are all up to date.” The accreditation process is voluntary for law enforcement agencies. Currently, only four other Rhode Island police departments — Cumberland, Smithfield, Warwick and the Rhode Island State Police — have received CALEA accreditation. Departments choose to participate to
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Despite yesterday’s warmer weather, the river under the South Water Street bridge remained iced over.
I N S I D E T U E S D AY, F E B RUA RY 3 , 2 0 0 4 Lupo’s relocates to make room for Providence housing development metro, page 3
Changes, renovations and new stores awaited students after winter break metro, page 3
The Herald’s winter sports insert reviews teams’ records, prospects insert, inside
TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Dan Poulson ’04 considers gay family values and Republicanism column, page 7
Chris Mahr ’07 and Bernie Gordon ’07 debate the Super Bowl sports, page 8
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