Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 2003 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2003

DISTRICTS ► Continued from Page 1

cal resolution and tlic (ivdisti ict ing) dispute spills over into an Indiana court, the resolution must he judicial, not political. Thus, Indiana judges ma\ not consider the partisan political eonseqiieneesorredistrietinj; plans heeause this is not amont; the (onstitutionaj and statutory t'aetors that inl'orm a judicial decision. Indiana's Supreme Court refused to consider the political makeup of Indianapolis neighborhoods, or where incumbents lived in draw ing new boundaries. The high court s redistricting: • Placet! incumbent Democratic Councilors Monroe (!ra\ and Klwood black; Jackie Nvtcs and William Douglas; Maggie Brents and Haney Knox in the same districts. • Created ninetipen seats, w ithout any incumbent councilor running for re-election. • Caused Council Minoritx leader Rozelle Boyd tomovc from the Kastside seat he's held for more than three decades to run at

O'NEAL ► Continued from Page 1 have the honor ofw earing the No. 1 jersey. City plater, Dan Cage from Chatard High School who recently helped his team win the .'JA state basketball championship. and county player Austin Montgomery from Pern Meridian High School w ill w ear the No. 1 jerseys for the boys team. Nekisha Stevens from Northwest High School will represent the city team with the No. 1 jersey, and Laura Gay brick from Pern Meridian will represent the county team. Head boys basketball coach at Cathedral High School. Scott Hicks will coach the boys city team, while Pike High School’s head boys basketball coach, Larry Bullington, will coach the boys county team.

large; Karen I lorseman, the city's fust Hispanic councilwoman, moves from her at large seat to run in the new District lb, a safe Democratic district on the near Soulhcastsidc. • Means Democratic Councilwoman Mary Moriarty-Adorns faces Republican Councilman Joily T'ilford in the new District 17 in western Warren Township. Despite the upheavals, Democrats sound confident that the non-political new district map favors them. Party Chair Ed Treacy said the map “looks good for Democrats politically, but adversely affects incumbents, particulaiJy African Americans." T he map's effect on African Americans remains a contentious issue as Republicans charged the Supreme Court’s plan unfairly abridges the voting rights of African Americans because, among other things, there aren’t seven Black-majority council districts. But, last week, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected claims their plan harmed Black voting rights or strength, saying their plan doesn't violate the Voting Rights Act, because “we adopted a plan in which race was

Pike's girls basketball head coach, Amy Cherubini will coach the girls county team and Linda Bamrick, head girls basketball coach at Cathedral, will coach the girls city team. There will be $1,000 scholarships given to the outstanding male and female player from each game in honor of the late Shannon McPherson and John Stewart. Jeffery Clark, who is entering his fifth year as game director, is proud of the shootout’s accomplishments and offers gratitude and appreciation toThe Recorder fori its role in the game over the last 11 years. “If it weren’t for The Recorder, the Super Shootout would not have existed. The game and the activities have shown a lot of growth over the last 11 years and The Recorder has done such a magnificent job that the event can be handed to Jermaine O’Neal to

not a motive whatsoever in creating thedistriets. Absent any showing that the court’s redistricting plan runs afoul of the principles set forth in the Voting Rights Act, we decline to reconfigure the district boundaries that the raceneutral criteria... produced." In aseparate, concurring opinion, Justice Robert Rucker, the high court’s sole African-Ameri-can just ice, debunked GOP claims that Blacks voting rights were abridged. “In recent years," wrote Justice Rucker, “the AfricanAmerican community in Marion County has consistently demonstrated its political sophistication in electing candidates of their choice on an equal basis with other voters, despite being a minority of the population in the overall community. That is not to suggest that racism in Marion County politics necessarily has been eliminated, but it does support the view that the necessity of intentionally creating a particular and discreet number of majority-minority districts may no longer be required." The district changes influenced last week’s candidate slating byMarion County- Democrats who endorsed Mayor Bart Peterson for

re-election and Councilors Rozelle Boyd, Lonnell "King Ro" Conley, Ron Gibson and Joanne Sanders to run at large. The new districts reflect the growth of Indianapolis’AfricanAmerican population away from Center Township. Democrats took advantage of that by endorsing a record 10 African Americans for council seats. Here’s the new districts with significant African-American population and Democrats endorsed in those districts: • District 9,77-4 percent Black, comprising Mapleton-Fall Creek, the neighborhoods around the fairgrounds. Fall Creek Place, Old Northside and near Northside. Councilwoman Jackie Nytes slated. • District 15, 62.2 percent Black, including Haughville, White River Park, dUPUI, Planner House Homes and UNWA south of 30th Street. Longtime party worker Patrice Abdullah slated over incumbent Councilwoman Maggie Brents. • District 10, 51.1 percent Black, the Forest Manor, Martindale-Brightwood and northern Brookside Park neigh-

borhoods. labor leader William “Duke” Oliver slated. • District 8,50.2 percent Black, Butler-Tarkington, UNWA north of30th, Wynnedale, Crows Nest, Rocky Ripple, northeastern Wayne Township and southwestern Washington Township. Councilman Monroe Gray slated. • District 11, 47-2 percent Black, neighborhoods northeast from 38th and Emerson to the western boundary of Fort Harrison, including the Devon, Arlington, Brendon Ridge and Brendon Way neighborhoods. Councilman Steve Talley slated. • District 18, 42.8 percent Black, includes the CAFE neighborhood on the far Eastside, northeastern Warren Township and southeastern Law-rence Township. African-American firefighter and Warren Township Board member Vernon Brown slated. • District 7,41.3 percent Black, neighborhoods north of Speedway from High School to Guion roads north to 62nd Street. Newcomer Greg Bowes slated. District 2,31.7 percent Black, neighborhoods along Township Line, Harcourt and Ditch Roads north of 71st to 96th Street. An-

gela Mansfield slated. • District 17, 30.2 percent Black, neighborhoods along38th, 34th, 30th, 21st from Emerson east to Franklin Road. Councilwoman Mary Moriarty-Adams faces Councilman Jody Tilford. • District 4,27-5 percent Black, neighborhoods roughly between Keystone and Emerson north from 38th to 96th. Open seat, no incumbents from either party. • District 1,26.9 percent Black, Pike Township between the Hendricks County and Guion and Payne roads, north from 62 nd to 96th. Democrats slated Lou Campagna. Democrats slated two new Af-rican-American newcomers in two other new districts: • Charlotte Scott, in District 6, 21.5 percent Black, neighborhoods in Pike and Wayne Townships west of High School Road between 21st and 62nd. • IPD officer Sherron Franklin in District 12,23.6 percent Black, old city of Lawrence, Fort Harrison, Oaklandon and eastern Lawrence Township. The deadline to update voter registration for the primary is Monday, April 7-

continue the tradition in the community," said Clark. “To have a pro player involved in the event is great for the city and it will show another side to Jermaine than what we see on the court.” Although ONeal will have his name in the title, The Recorder will still play a critical role in the success of the event, such as sponsorship and advertising. Clark wants the community to know that it is very important that they support the game. The Super Shootout is an affordable, family event filled day that will help encourage the players to achieve higher success in college. The community is needed to support the game so it can continue to grow and become a permanent fixture for Indiana high school basketball. ONeal offers the teens advice to enjoy their senior year because “you only go to high school once.”

STUDIES ► Continued from Page 1 cision-making that we see in young men and women with alcohol abuse problems,” he explained. “Is it because they don’t see the long-term effects or negative consequences of their behavior, or is it because they don’t care?” One aspect of the research addresses college drinking. “One aim of this project is to investigate the psychosocial mechanisms, such as affiliation with college fraternities and sorori-

ties, that distinguish non-antiso- their alcohol intake. These uncial alcoholism from antisocial al- dergraduates appear to demoncoholism,” Finn said. He believes strate poor decision-making skills that some undergraduates are that affect a range of outcomes in generally more careful in their their lives, notjust alcohol abuse,” drinking, more responsible he said. His research is aimed at through actions such as use of a trying to understand the factors designated driver, and more that affect the poor decisions of aware of the problems that exces- those who develop alcohol probsive drinking can cause. He said lems as young adults, these individuals are less likely to The IU psychologist said there be antisocial and less likely to are many reasons why people bedevelop serious problems with come alcoholics. His study is foalcohol. ' cusing on individuals who are un“However, there are other un- inhibited and more out of condergraduates who are clearly less trol. “These tend to be the most careful and more impulsive in difficult to treat, and they contheir drinking habits and appear tribute to a majority of the overall unable or unwilling, to regulate costs of alcoholism,” he added.

SOLDIER ► Continued from Page 1 aggressively fighting, are American troops becoming less optimistic than before? Cohen: I don’t know because I don’t have any contact with troops who

are actually fighting. Do you think the United States Recorder: will win the war? What is the general response Cohen: from soldiers about the war? If by win you mean will we Cohen: accomplish most, if not all of the The question I hear the most is goals set out before the war, then “why am I here?” I think that about yes I think the U.S. will win. Howsays it all. ever,nobodywinsawar(because) Recorder: if people die, everybody loses.

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