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~North Dakota Human Rights Coalition~ PAUR Report
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November 12, 2004
Hello members and friends of the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition!
In this week’s PAUR Report:
Announcements 1) Thanks to Volunteers & Sponsors of the 2004 NDHRC Conference 2) Press Release: ND Workforce Development Council – State Commission on National & Community Service Announcing Competition for AmeriCorps National & State Proposals 3) Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship Grants 2005 4) Human Rights Dialogue (Spring 2005) Call for Short Essays – Cultural Rights 5) Press Release: First Issue of Red Nation News now available 6) Nominations for Social Justice Leaders Sought for Leadership for a Changing World Program
Newspaper Articles 7) Grand Forks Herald, Dorreen Yellow Bird Column: Tribal colleges get strong leaders 8) Bismarck Tribune, Locally, too 9) Bismarck Tribune, Study gives state ‘F’ for welfare reform 10) Bismarck Tribune, Justice center fuels hopes for funding in Indian Country 11) The Jamestown Sun, Eye opener 12) Bismarck Tribune, Domestic violence costs businesses an estimated $3 to $5 billion every year 13) Associated Press, North Dakota Legislature: Lawmakers short on women and minorities 14) Bismarck Tribune, Culture plays a role in learning 15) Bismarck Tribune, Bringing people together the key 16) Bismarck Tribune, Indian students not all alike 17) The Forum (Fargo), Valarie Gengel letter: Refreshing letter from Muslim writer 18) The Forum (Fargo), Agencies to develop interpreters 19) Bismarck Tribune, Getting their turn 20) The Forum (Fargo), Higher Education Notebook: Hate flier slipped into NDSU newspaper 21) The Forum (Fargo), Sister Yvonne Nelson letter, Hate crime reveals insecurity and fear 22) The Jamestown Sun, DSU names new director of Multicultural Affairs Center 23) Bismarck Tribune, Mandaree’s special ed investigated 24) Bismarck Tribune, Religious leaders divided over death penalty 25) The Forum (Fargo), Judge quits on eve of his suspension 26) Grand Forks Herald, Viewpoint: Courts’ anti-mail bias flouts justice
Events 27) HIV/AIDS Candlelight Service, Worlds AIDS Day, December 1, Fargo 28) NDSU Native American Heritage Month Events, November, Fargo
Reminders 29) Cultural Diversity Resources, Human Rights Resource Center Book Club Meetings, November 2004 – May 2005, Fargo 30) Sisters of the Presentation at Sacred Heart Convent, “2004 – 2005 Presentation Peace Studies Forum,” Fargo, ND 31) Partners in Policymaking Presents A Community Education Workshop, November 22 & 23, Fargo & Bismarck
Please Note: The NDHRC distributes a weekly PAUR report to inform our members and friends about news, events, and other human rights related information around the state. The opinions expressed within the articles are those of the authors and are not endorsed by the NDHRC.
New NDHRC members: as a membership benefit you have received an e-mail subscription of our weekly e-mail newsletter, the NDHRC PAUR Report. If you would like to be removed from the PAUR Report mailing list, please send an email to humanrights@ndhrc.org.
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1.) Thanks to Volunteers & Sponsors of the 2004 NDHRC Conference
Student volunteers, and conference committee members including NDHRC staff, board members, and volunteers participated in conference planning, coordinating, and on-site support for this year’s conference. The NDHRC development committee secured conference sponsorships. All of their hard work and dedication made this event possible.
If you are interested in helping plan next year’s NDHRC conference or a local event, please contact us at humanrights@ndhrc.org or (701) 239-9323.
Special thanks to this year’s conference and development committee members and volunteers!
SaraBeth Binde Sherry Brooks-Sanderson Gerry Even Linda Gregory Susan Rae Helgeland Trisha LaBine Cheryl Long Feather Janell Malpert Amy Nell Barry Nelson Marcia Paulson Allan Peterson Larry Peterson Carol Reed Shannon Rogers David Shove Stacy Sorenson Andrea Warren-Deegan Amy Wollwage Nelrene Yellow Bird
The North Dakota Human Rights Coalition Received Over $2,600 in Conference Sponsorships, we are grateful to all of our sponsors!
AARP North Dakota Basin Electric Power Cooperative Blue Cross Blue Shield Cultural Diversity Resources Fargo Human Relations Commission Northern Plains Conference United Church of Christ United Tribes Technical College
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2.) Press Release: ND Workforce Development Council – State Commission on National & Community Service Announcing Competition for AmeriCorps National & State Proposals
For immediate release Contact: James J. Hirsch at 701-328-5345 Department of Commerce
The North Dakota Workforce Development Council – State Commission on National and Community Service is announcing that competition is open for both AmeriCorps*National and AmeriCorps*State proposals for projects during the 2005-2006 program year.
AmeriCorps members provide community services such as tutoring school children or immigrants, restoring natural habitat, mentoring at-risk youth, engaging in public education and advocacy, and assisting with disaster preparedness.
Projects are designed to involve groups of AmeriCorps members, either all working at one site, such as a literacy center, or at multiple sites around the state, such as homeless shelters or schools. Priority will be given to programs involving at least 10 AmeriCorps members and/or consisting of a number of community partners and organizations. An additional five (5) points will be awarded to programs proposing to serve rural areas of 2500 people or less, or an American Indian reservation.
Sometimes called a domestic Peace Corps, AmeriCorps is a national service program that helps communities address their toughest challenges in the areas of education, the environment, public safety, human needs, and homeland security. Grants offer benefits to the sponsoring agency, the members, and the communities they serve.
Eligible applicants include non-profit and faith-based organizations, local and state government entities, Indian tribes, school and police districts, institutions of higher education, and partnerships among any of the above.
People of all ages and backgrounds are given incentives to provide service through their sponsoring agency. Members receive a living allowance, training, work experience, and an education award of $4,725 to help pay for college tuition or to repay student loans. Members may provide service either full-time or part-time.
The AmeriCorps*National 2005 grant guidelines and application can be obtained through the national website at http://www.nationalservice.org/fundinginitiatives/index.html.
The North Dakota AmeriCorps*State Request for Proposal application can be downloaded by opening the website: www.ndcommerce.com and selecting “Workforce Development.” The AmeriCorps link is listed to the right. The RFP application can also be ordered by calling the North Dakota Department of Commerce, Workforce Development Division, at 701-328-7266.
The State Commission frequently receives far more applications than can be awarded. The State Commission selects applications using an extensive multi-stage process that includes reviews by peer review panels, the State Commission staff, Commissioners, and approval by the State Commission.
The North Dakota Workforce Development Council - State Commission on National and Community Service reserves the right to make no award. All awards will be subject to availability of member slots and funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service.
A Notice of Intent to Apply should be submitted by December 1, 2004, to the Department of Commerce, State Commission on National and Community Service, 1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 2, P.O. Box 2057, Bismarck, ND 58502-2057.
The deadline for applications is December 15, 2004, 4:00 p.m. CST at the Department of Commerce.
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3.) Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship Grants 2005
The Human
Rights Center at the University of Minnesota is accepting applications for
fellowship grants to residents of the Upper Midwest--including students,
teachers, lawyers, health professionals, community leaders, activists and
others--to undertake practical experience in human rights organizations.
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4.) Human Rights Dialogue (Spring 2005) Call for Short Essays – Cultural Rights
Human
Rights Dialogue, a semiannual publication of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and
International Affairs, is seeking short essays for its Spring 2005 issue. This
issue of Human Rights Dialogue is devoted to the topic of cultural rights-why
they are important, their potential range of application, and the tensions
between cultural rights and other rights.
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5.) Press Release: First Issue of Red Nation News now available
26 October
2004
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6.) Nominations for Social Justice Leaders Sought for Leadership for a Changing World Program
Deadline: January 7, 2005
A program of the Ford Foundation, Leadership for a Changing World (LCW) seeks to recognize, strengthen, and support leaders and to highlight the importance of community leadership in improving people's lives.
In 2005, LCW will recognize seventeen leaders and/or leadership groups not broadly known beyond their immediate community or field. Awardees will participate in shared learning and networking opportunities; receive financial support and other assistance for their work; explore, through collaborative research, how leadership is perceived, created, and sustained; and contribute to current public discourse on leadership.
Awardees receive $100,000 over two years to support their programs or new work that is related to the initiatives for which they are being recognized. LCW also provides awardees with a $15,000 Independent Learning Account to explore new learning opportunities that will support their work.
Individual leaders or leadership groups may be nominated. Nominees must be working on social justice issues, including, but not limited to, economic development; community development; environment and environmental justice; human rights; citizen participation and government accountability; education reform; youth development; human development; sexual and reproductive health; religion and social change; arts and social action; and access to media, including new technologies.
Nominees must be U.S. residents working on domestic issues and must be working in organizations that do not focus on grantmaking activities. Nominees should be leaders who are not widely known outside their immediate community or field. Leaders must have been working for at least four years in the area for which they are being nominated.
Nominations must be made by someone other than the nominee, family member, current board member, staff, or consultant to/of the nominee's organization.
See the Leadership for a Changing World Web site for complete program information and a nomination brochure.
RFP Link: http://leadershipforchange.org/nomination/
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7.) Grand Forks Herald, Dorreen Yellow Bird Column: Tribal colleges get strong leaders
Dorreen Yellow Bird Column: Tribal colleges get strong leaders
Grand Forks Herald – 10/19/2004
Yet, hidden behind those headlines are some really outstanding leaders. I met two of them recently: tribal college presidents Cindy Lindquist-Mala and Carol Davis.
They are outstanding leaders who get little attention in the media.
Lindquist-Mala assumed the presidency of the Spirit Lake tribal college, which is called Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop), a year ago. Cankdeska Cikana (pronounced Chank-DESK-ah CHEEK-in-naw) is one of the smaller tribal colleges in the state. The college has seen presidents come and go over the years.
Although Lindquist-Mala currently is working on her doctoral degree at UND, she also took on the responsibilities of a troubled tribal college. She spent 4½years as Indian Affairs commissioner for North Dakota before assuming the college presidency.
The job is a daunting one with shrinking funding, some intrusive tribal politics and the need for some new buildings.
But as Lindquist-Mala told me, "I'm home and that is most important to me." Her family lives in the area and she feels an allegiance to the Spirit Lake people.
She sees a good future for the college. She has plans and is working through some of the pitfalls that past presidents couldn't avoid.
Lindquist-Mala plans to stay at the college.
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8.) Bismarck Tribune, Locally, too
Locally,
too Bismarck Tribune – 10/19/04
In response
to a recent Tribune story out of Philadelphia, "Hunger a growing problem in the
nation":
(The writer is coordinator of the Self Reliance Program of Community Action Program Region VII., Inc. -- Editor)
Article no longer available online.
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9.) Bismarck Tribune, Study gives state ‘F’ for welfare reform
Study gives
state 'F' for welfare reform Bismarck Tribune – 10/20/04 (also published in Fargo Forum)
North Dakota
has not been able to significantly reduce its welfare rolls since 1996, a new
study says. The state's public assistance director says the study is not valid.
"We don't
accept their premise," said John Hougen, the public assistance director for the
state Department of Human Services. "It's their public policy that they want to
push. Another group could take the same set of measurements and give us an "A."
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10.) Bismarck Tribune, Justice center fuels hopes for funding in Indian Country
Justice center fuels hopes for funding in Indian Country By Curt Woodward, Associated Press Writer Bismarck Tribune – 10/21/04
NEW TOWN -- A new tribal criminal justice center here is an important test case in the fight for more federal funding across Indian Country, a Bureau of Indian Affairs official said.
The last major round of reservation jail construction happened 40 years ago, leaving Indian jails around the country in crisis, said Walter Lamar, acting law enforcement director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
"The jails are crumbling around our feet," he said Wednesday at a tribal ceremony to dedicate the new Gerald "Tex" Fox Justice Center on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, home of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes.
A report last month by the Interior Department's Inspector General called Indian prisons "a national disgrace."
Last month's Interior Department report said many reservation jails were in "abysmal" condition, due in part to long-term neglect. The investigation found at least 11 fatalities, 236 attempted suicides and 631 escapes over the past three years.
The center in New Town is a step toward changing that, Lamar said.
"By God, we know we've got a problem," Lamar said "What we need now are resources."
The BIA plans to tout the New Town facility as an example of how reservation jails should be improved, he said.
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11.) The Jamestown Sun, Eye opener
Eye opener
The students were part of an “Introduction to Teaching Students with Exceptionalities” class at the college. Their assignment was to see how accessible the building was for people with disabilities.
“I didn’t notice this stuff before,” said Cara Peterson of Fargo. Peterson was the recorder, responsible for writing down information about the activity at the Civic Center.
This is the second year that JC students from assistant professor Carolgene Wolf’s classroom have participated in the “Hands for Change” project during October, which is Disability Awareness Month. Last year after the activity, several places around town made some changes to better accommodate those with disabilities, Wolf said. For example, the JC library put up signs to identify wheelchair accessible computer workstations.
“We found out some interesting things (last year),” Wolf said. “Now I think it’s an every-year thing.”
This year, student groups went to the Civic Center, County Market, the Jamestown Post Office, Butler Machinery Co., Jetstream Car Wash, Tractor Supply Company and Jamestown Truck Plaza. Students will present their findings to the Mayor’s Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities and at a Jamestown City Council meeting, Wolf said.
During the exercise at the Civic Center, Dany Ledda of Caldwell, Idaho, was blindfolded to simulate blindness. All the different textures of the ground under his feet made it difficult for him to figure out where he was walking, he said.
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12.) Bismarck Tribune, Domestic violence costs businesses an estimated $3 to $5 billion every year
Domestic violence costs businesses an estimated $3 to $5 billion every year By Tom Rafferty, Bismarck Tribune Bismarck Tribune – 10/22/2004
For some businesses, one of their costs is something that people don't like to talk about.
It not only decreases productivity among employees, but also can cause physical harm or death. It is estimated to cost businesses $3 billion to $5 billion a year, but still many businesses are ignoring it.
It's domestic violence.
The Abused Adult Resource Center and Verizon Wireless have teamed up recently to help business begin making it their business.
"It has become a silent epidemic, and that's why we have to stop making it none of our business," said Nancy Clark, president of the Great Plains region of Verizon Wireless. "While many people realize that domestic violence is one of the most pressing issues of our time, most business leaders have yet to realize the impact such violence has on the workplace."
Verizon Wireless has helped fund a program to train businesses about dealing with domestic violence with a video and other materials that illustrate how domestic violence at home can affect the workplace.
The video will be shown on Prairie Public Television at 6 p.m. Sunday and at 9 p.m. Nov. 15. It also will be available, along with other materials, to businesses that want to train their employees on how to deal with co-workers that are victims or perpetrators of domestic violence.
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13.) Associated Press, North Dakota Legislature: Lawmakers short on women and minorities
North
Dakota Legislature: Lawmakers short on women and minorities Published: Grand Forks Herald – 10/24/2004
FARGO - The number of women serving in North Dakota's Legislature has leveled off after seeing a sharp increase during the 1970s and '80s, and one lawmaker says party leaders should start recruiting more college-age women to run for office.
While about half of North Dakota's population is female, women make up about 15 percent of all lawmakers. The National Conference of State Legislatures says that across the country, some 22 percent of state legislators are women.
Lawmakers and political party leaders say it can be difficult to recruit women to seek office.
"It is harder to find female candidates because you've got a number of females who are mothers, and they're working full time besides taking care of their families," said Vern Thompson, director of the state Democratic Party.
Child-care barrier
Rep. Pam Gulleson, D-Rutland, is a member of the National Foundation for Women Legislators. She agreed that child care is the biggest barrier keeping women from running for office.
"As a society, we have to change our attitudes about supporting women who make this choice and not having a different expectation for them than we do for the men," she said.
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14.) Bismarck Tribune, Culture plays a role in learning
Cheryl Long Feather is a board member for the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition.
Culture
plays a role in learning Bismarck Tribune – 10/23/2004
We believe
it is important to clarify some points not covered in your Oct. 15 story on the
Bismarck public schools' ASSIST plan, "Not everyone agrees with plan on Indian
achievement."
Extensive
research and advocacy by such noted Indian scholars as Vine Deloria, Karen
Gayton Swisher and Sandra Fox have advanced the need for flexible teaching
strategies for American Indian students. This in no way stereotypes American
Indian students, but it acknowledges the importance of their culture in
learning, as well as the role of culture in their overall school experience and
success.
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15.) Bismarck Tribune, Bringing people together the key
Bringing
people together the key Bismarck Tribune – 11/1/04
Re. Cheryl
Long Feather's Oct. 23 letter, "Culture plays a role in learning":
I have been
a teacher in the Bismarck Public Schools system for the past 10 years, and I am
more than willing to admit that the system has its flaws in dealing with
students that do not meet the norms of the larger society.
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16.) Bismarck Tribune, Indian students not all alike
Indian
students not all alike
Re. Cheryl
Long Feather's Oct. 23 letter, "Culture plays a role in learning":
I work for
the Bismarck School District and have done so for the last eight years. I have
completed numerous college courses regarding culture, including that of American
Indian tribes. I realize the importance of my cultural background in my personal
and professional life. However, I also realize that many other factors
contributed to my academic success and lifelong love of learning.
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17.) The Forum (Fargo), Valarie Gengel letter: Refreshing letter from Muslim writer
Valarie Gengel letter: Refreshing letter from Muslim
writer
What a refreshing letter Shazim Fayyaz wrote regarding Fargo-Moorhead Muslims denouncing the terrorist acts of the extremists in her religion. However, I would like to correct one thing in her piece regarding my previous letter.
Nowhere did I state that I am "not comfortable around the Muslims in the community." I am only uncomfortable with silence on their part, which I feel Fayyaz has effectively broken. I feel that these matters need to be discussed openly in a community as Fayyaz so eloquently did.
I cannot put myself in the place of a Muslim in America because I have never been in such an awkward - as well as likely frightening - position. I do know that it takes courage to speak up and not just try to blend into the scenery and be silent. Thank you for your bravery and comments on this subject.
Valarie Gengel
Fargo
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18.) The Forum (Fargo), Agencies to develop interpreters
Agencies to develop interpreters
In an attempt to meet a growing need for interpreters, public agencies in Fargo and Moorhead want to recruit and train more foreign language speakers to do the work.
Area city governments, county governments and school districts will fund a part-time coordinator to oversee the project. That person’s primary responsibilities will be to maintain an updated list of interpreters and train them.
The goal is to provide agencies with better access to skilled interpreters, especially after regular working hours, said Kathy Hogan, director of Cass County Social Service.
Cass County will contribute $10,000 toward the position. The total cost to establish the program and hire someone is $45,000.
“We have a good pool of people to work with,” she said. “But it’s hard for all of us to meet our basic interpreting needs.”
Every agency now maintains its own list of interpreters. There is no centralized training.
Under the new model, every public agency from sheriff’s departments to garbage collectors would have access to a list of potential interpreters. This would be particularly helpful for agencies that have smaller interpreter needs, Hogan said.
Each agency would be responsible for contacting and hiring the interpreter.
The program is modeled after one that already serves the Fargo-Moorhead medical community. Those interpreters are trained to understand and translate complex medical terms.
Over time, public agency interpreters would be trained in various disciplines, such as education, law enforcement or social services.
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19.) Bismarck Tribune, Getting their turn
Getting
their turn Bismarck Tribune – 10/27/2004
CENTER --
Once they would have shunned these rides in favor of the more sporting,
time-honored method of hunting roosters -- walking.
And last
weekend was their chance to get on board those vehicles and go after those
roosters, thanks to Sporting Chance and its four-year arrangement with BNI Coal,
which owns the land they hunted, just south of here.
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20.) The Forum (Fargo), Higher Education Notebook: Hate flier slipped into NDSU newspaper
Higher Education Notebook: Hate flier slipped into
NDSU newspaper
North Dakota State University's student newspaper is the latest victim of anti-Semitic messages being spread on campus.
Matthew Perrine, editor of The Spectrum, said an unauthorized flier was inserted into Tuesday's edition of the newspaper as they sat on newsstands.
The flier, attributed to the white-power group National Alliance, shows a photo of the burning World Trade Center towers and urges readers to sign a resolution opposing U.S. support for Israel.
Information directing people to the group's Web site also was stamped onto the wall in a Memorial Union stairwell, Perrine said. The graffiti was promptly removed.
This week's incident follows three in September involving anti-Semitic messages being distributed on campus.
NDSU President Joseph Chapman and other university officials have publicly condemned the acts as cowardly and reprehensible.
University spokesman David Wahlberg, who advises The Spectrum, said the flier amounts to theft of services. Advertisers must pay the newspaper to carry inserts.
Nearly 17,000 students who take classes online through the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system now have a place to call when they run into questions
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21.) The Forum (Fargo), Sister Yvonne Nelson letter, Hate crime reveals insecurity and fear
Sister Yvonne Nelson letter: Hate crime reveals
insecurity and fear
It was with great sadness that we read of the vandalism of the Muslim mosque as reported in The Forum, Oct. 7.
Actions like these often are rooted in fear of others, lack of understanding and a climate of violence which demonizes anyone or anything different from ourselves. Individuals - or a society - who accept such myopic and dangerous view of others is in desperate need of the skills of living together in peace and harmony.
Even one incident such as the one at the mosque is one too many for our community.
Sister Yvonne Nelson
Director
Presentation Peace Studies Council, Fargo
(signed by 11 other council members)
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22.) The Jamestown Sun, DSU names new director of Multicultural Affairs Center
DSU names new director of Multicultural Affairs
Center
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP)
Hales learned about the program by viewing its Web page from Spokane, Wash.
‘‘I was immediately impressed with the vision and the way it was implemented,’’ she said.
About three weeks later, a position opened that of director of the school’s Multicultural Affairs Center, overseeing nearly 120 students from 31 countries. Hales got the job.
The Global Awareness Initiative, started four years ago, aims to offer diversity by recruiting international students and faculty and involving them in exchange programs. A more lasting goal of the program is world peace through education, understanding, tolerance and interaction with people from other cultures.
‘‘Dr. Hales has an excellent background in multicultural education and leadership,’’ said DSU President Lee Vickers. ‘‘I’m confident she will do an excellent job.
‘‘The number of international students has increased and we are trying to supply them with support to help maximize the experience at Dickinson State University,’’ Vickers said.
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23.) Bismarck Tribune, Mandaree’s special ed investigated
Mandaree's special ed investigated By Lauren Donovan Bismarck Tribune – 10/29/04
MANDAREE -- A team investigating complaints about the special education program at Mandaree will release its findings next month.
Bureau of Indian Affairs education specialists were at Mandaree recently after some parents filed formal complaints this summer.
The parents say their children don't make any progress in the program, even after many years, and that they suffer emotional abuse from special education staff.
They also allege the program's facilitator, Connie White Bear, falsifies records to make it look like parents have been legally notified of meetings to write their child's individual education plan and is verbally abusive to some parents.
Keith Nevens, education specialist with the BIA's Center for School Improvement at Albuquerque, N.M., headed up the four-person team.
Nevens said he could not comment on what the team heard or investigated during its two days at the school.
Some of the parents belong to a group called Concerned Parents of Education.
The group has taken its concerns about White Bear and other problems to the school board, the Three Affiliated Tribes governing council and other agencies.
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24.) Bismarck Tribune, Religious leaders divided over death penalty
Religious
leaders divided over death penalty Bismarck Tribune – 11/1/04
MINNEAPOLIS
-- The Rev. Bill Humiston sees biblical justification for executing the man
charged with killing college student Dru Sjodin, if he's convicted. And he's not
alone among religious leaders.
"I was
already an advocate of the death penalty," Whittemore said. "But when you go to
a candlelight vigil and stand there with the family -- when you see that agony
-- it solidifies it."
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25.) The Forum (Fargo), Judge quits on eve of his suspension
Judge quits on eve of his suspension
East Central District Judge Michael McGuire resigned from office Friday, one workday before the start of a two-month suspension for his behavior toward women in the Cass County Courthouse, a court official said.
McGuire was initially set to retire at the end of his suspension, which was to begin Monday and take him to the end of his current six-year term. The North Dakota Supreme Court imposed the punishment.
McGuire, who was one of eight judges for the district that includes Cass, Steele and Traill counties, has been a district judge since 1979.
The suspension followed an investigation and public hearing in which seven former or current female courthouse employees accused McGuire, 63, of sexist remarks and inappropriate touching over the past few years.
The Supreme Court called his behavior crude and boorish and in violation of codes of judicial conduct. Earlier this summer, a hearing panel that reported to the high court said McGuire created an intimidating, hostile and offensive workplace.
McGuire went on vacation two weeks ago, and about that time sent a letter of resignation to Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle, said Ted Gladden, the state court administrator.
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