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nouember 16,2000 The Blue Banner Page 10 news Harambee presents race issues Nov. 16 Rnnie Crandall staff Writer A round-table discussion with issues related to race and race rela tions in the 21st century U.S. will be presented by the Africana stud ies program and Africana Studies Club at UNCA. “The only way to solve people’s problems is to discuss the issues surrounding the problem. The only way to get there is to have everyone speaMng his or her mind and partaking in the discussion,” said Andrew Hainsworth, a j unior political science major. “Perhaps our talking about these issues will get people to at least think about it.” After the success of Harambee last year, which encompassed many different issues, this year’s event will include several speak ers. Guest speakers include Jim Pitts, vice chancellor for public partnerships and special programs, Heon Lee, assistant professor of sociology, Sarah Judson, assis tant professor of history, Gina Fedock, a junior women’s stud ies major, Marcus Bethea, a sopho- more sociology major, and Hainsworth. “The focus of this year’s topics will include our guest speakers telling their individual experi ences. They will show us how they have built their own relationships,” said Hainsworth. In an e-mail, Pitts said he comes to the discussion informed by nearly six decades of life experi ence as a black male. He was also a former university professor and scholar specializing in the study of race, class and gender. Pitts said he intends to present several examples drawn from the contemporary civil rights era, as well as his own examples from life experience. Pitts has been the speaker at numerous humanities program lec tures, although this is his first appearance on a Harambee panel. Students will learn that race identity is not biological or genetic, ac cording to Pitts. Instead, it is “socially gener ated and du rable because it serves a power ful status and powerful inter ests,” said Pitts' in the e-mail. Lee said he also takes a stance on race as a historically constructed concept with particu lar purposes. Lee will also raise a few questions of his own. “In the 21 St century, who should define race and in what way.^” said Lee in an e-mail. Lee also said in the e-mail that race discrimination is “arbitrary in nature, having been defined by the dominant group.” Hainsworth said he is willing to talk about important indi vidual relationship problems. “There are not many organiza tions that have discussions with professors, and to promote change, you have to promote new ideas,” said Hainsworth. The Africana Studies Club has about 60 members, ac cording to Hainsworth. “We are doing a mock of the Orga nization of African Union. Each student rep resents a dif- ferentAfrican country, and it is getting very interest ing,” said Hainsworth. “We are hop ing that the group (will) be looked at as an elective course in so cial science.” Hainsworth said he encourages people to come to the meeting and be vocal about their ideas. “Each person has the right to say what they need people to know,” said Hainsworth. “We need to listen to those who do speak.” "Each person has the right to say what they need people to know. We need to listen to those who do speak. The only way to solve people’s problems is to discuss the is sues surrounding the problem.” -Andrew Hainsworth, a jun ior political science major. Union continued from page 1 tools of beginning in a union,” said Godwin. “The union gives collec tive bargain rights and leverage with the management to get better pay, benefits, sick-leave, and a say in schedules.” Unions provide a vehicle for work ers to collectively express their feel ings, create unity for the working class and take a stand against injus tices in the world, according to Carr. The catalyst that caused people at UNCA to organize was a change in workers’ schedules to the third shift that occurred without management consulting workers. The change requires workers to come in at 6 p.m. and work until 6 a.m., accord ing to Godwin. “It is important to break through some incorrect thinking of mem bers, and create a sense that the union is an organization ofworkers who are strong with students al lies,” said Muhammad. “We must establish some sense of being an important part of things national and global.” UE 150 uses petitions, sends del egations of workers to the manage ment and establishes liberated areas at every campus in the UNC sys tem in order for the group to meet, according to Muhammad “We have decided we are going to fight to win the right to exist as a union, and we are going to establish some liberated areas for the union to exist,” said Muhammad. Mobilization ofUE 150 members in 15 N.C. cities supported the recent higher education bond ref erendum, even though workers’ needs were not addressed, accord ing to Muhammad. “We call for administering the bond for better accountability to the workers. In this $3.1 billion bond, nothing was mentioned about addressing the needs of the workers,” said Muhammad. “We believe the role of the union is to help workers raise their issues and to place those issues on the table, whether in the polling booth or with administrators.” Part of the role of the trade union movement is to help workers orga nize discussions among themselves in workareas, according to Muhammad. (They’re ail we thinK about. Because transmissions are what we do— and all we do. Visit us at www.cottman.com -your Transmission Phj/sician'^ Your Coitman Man. •FREE TOWING with major repair* (within 15 miles) •FREE TransCheck 21 PLUS® Service •We Honor Most Extended Warranties •Imports, Domestics, Automatics, •Standards, 4x4’s, Vans, Trucks •Front Wheel Drives •NATIONWIDE WARRANTY nllSAI H > Ask about our student discounts : TRANSMISSION TUNE-UP ^ " • 11 TRANSMISSION If .US* Service * Road Test s|Iijce1962 Cl JB. 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Resuscitation training is probably about an hour to an hour and a half.” “We will know how to take care (of the kids) so (parents) will not have to worry as much,” said Erin Lesley, an undeclared sophomore. “We are going through the emer gency training so we will know how to take care of little cuts, big cuts and choking.” Some of the babysitters said they are concerned about their safety, and that is also discussed as part of the training. “There are going to be people who we have never met before, but, you know you have trust because we are all in the same community,” said Lesley. “I am really glad my phone number is not going to be on the Web site.” “Everyone should have a safety plan,” said Smith. Babysitters “have to set up a meeting with the parent, and, obviously, we are going to teach and encourage them to have (that meeting) in a public place.” The option for babysitters to meet clients in the director’s office will be offered often, to make sure nothing goes wrong, according to Smith. “That sets of a sense of validity to the process,” said Smith. “If every thing feels comfortable, you start to babysit.” Chancellor Jim Mullen wanted to offer a child-care program to stu dents, according to Lesley. “He wants to offer somewhere for students and faculty to turn to,” said Lesley. ‘Maybe having it so that if a student has a class and child, they could bring the child to campus.” Mullen appointed his wife, Mari Sullivan Mullen, Smith, Sarah Bumgarner, director of the first- year experience program, and sev eral students to look at campus- based child care, according to Smith. Forum continued from page 1 “There are many great, interested and committed people working on child care, but they have been do ing it on a volunteer basis,” saic Smith. Plans are underway to find a sit( near campus for a UNCA child care program. It is expected to taki 18 months to complete, accordinj to Smith. “With the BC, we are looking t( help meet the needs of our stu dents, faculty and staff while tha process is happening,” said Smith The BC members are dedicated and enjoy being around children according to Penland. “I like watching kids develop an have new experiences,” sai Penland. “It helps the parents it is fulfilling to work with kids, is nice for the kids if they hav someone who can be there tor them and they do not get juggled arounc with everybody.” “I volunteered over 600 hours o: community service doing thing; with and for children,” said Jones “I like kids, and I like to meet new people. This is a way to make money with something you like to do.” The students are also working on other ways to make the UNCA campus fit for families. BC is also going to be helping with future family-friendly events on campus such as doing more events with Underdog Productions, according to Smith. “I would like to do two or three ol those events in the nice weathei and get the families here playing, said Smith. Educational workshops dealing with nutrition, health and safetj tips and infant’s and toddler brain development could be orga nized for parents, according tc Smith. See the child care Web site at httpiHrocky. unca. edu!childcare!. continued from page 1 n a mobi icou 70, b :omj: Ror iaid 1 quire ions, “Yc icces; md 1 Reag: :hat 1 :eed :hat.. pad lave DUS, Ai soph of E belie that bitterness and partisanship will paralyze the next president,” said Clinton to reporters. “We just do not know that.” Some students said the election would probably have some impli cations on the next president. “Americans might end up getting a president who is not at all wanted,” said Soman na Muthanna, a sopho more management major and in ternational student from Zambia, Africa. In Florida, with votes in all 67 counties recounted, results show Bush leading Gore by 286 votes, according to the AP. “We are seeing increasing despera tion, and it is not pretty,” said Theodore Olson, a Republican party lawyer on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “Democrats should stop challenging every dead line and let the results unfold.” In Palm Beach County, Fla. elec tion officials began hand count ing the county’s 430,000 ballots Nov. 15. In Miami-Dade County, officials completed a hand recount of 5,871 ballots in three over whelmingly Democratic pre cincts, giving Gore only an addi tional six votes, according to the AP. “One of the big problems is that so many ballots have been muti lated in the first count, and the only way to count them is by hand count,” said Sabo. “At the current rate of 14 hours a day counting, the people from Palm Be^cli said they need at least until Nov. 18.” According to the CNN/USA To day/Gallup poll, conducted Nov. 11-12, Americans favor having Florida officials recount the votes in certain counties by hand, with a margin of 35 percent to 42 percent. Some students said this would per haps be less accurate and just create more inaccuracies. “I can not imagine the most mod ern nation in the world is going back to the basics of counting votes by hand,” said Muthanna. In Florida, tensions are running high as the vote counting continues into its second week. There has been little violence, but there have been small protests by supporters of Gore and Bush around the state, according to CNN. “All this conflict over an election,” said Matthew Wygant, a junior en vironmental science major. “This election is supposed to determine the future of our country, not cause conflict.” “I would understand conflicts anc violence breaking out in a presi dential election in a third work country,” said AsakoTetsubayashi a sophomore computer scienc( major and international studen fromjapan. “Electingapresideni is supposed to be for the good o: a nation, not be negative for it. Rev. Jesse Jackson, while in Florid; leading protesters in Palm Bead County Nov. 13, said he saw som( people being verbally abused and hit with sticks, and a reporter saw one man with some blood on his face. Police say no one was ar rested as of yet, according to CNN. “It was a violent scene and the crowd was out of control,” said Jackson to reporters. In another incident on Nov. 10 Rep. Robert Wexier, D-Fla., had to be escorted by sheriff s deputies af ter Bush supporters interrupted his interview with CNN on a sidewalk in West Palm Beach, according to CNN. A crowd waving Bush signs “be gan swarming him,” said Josh Rogin, Wexler’s spokesmen to reporters in West Palm Beach. Fla. “It was a very unsafe environ ment.” ftov H( ber. “Th Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation offers scholarships to students The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation is looking for students who qualify for 2001-2002 scholarships. For an application packet or for more information, e-mail mcsf@aosi.com or visit www.marine-scholars.org. C L Cl "( it h( Cl w m Of e) th as B( ta Ar D( re ti( gr St St in wi ca cr to vi( di: §a be an lO! be th ta of Re at Ro a.r me (8:
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