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NIEWPOINT
Black Ink and you got off in ’76-’77
Black Ink has experienced a
renaissance and you are tiie reason.
The publication has amassed
more revenue, produced more is
sues, reached more people and in
corporated more innovations into
its format in 1976-77 than in any
of its previous eight years of exis
tence .
Its editors have exhibited
more pride, enthusiasm and dedica
tion than this writer has ever seen
on the staff of a newspaper.
Its writers have shown the
professionalism and dependability
that are so necessary in the produc
tion of a quality publication.
Its photographers, ad staff
and office workers have devoted
the artistic, financial and logistical
aid without which one single issue
could not have been published.
And you, its readers, have
given the support and inspiration
that have made the long hours of
staff meetings, lay-out and copy-
reading well worth the effort.
We even surprised ourselves
by raising over $2,000 in advertis
ing, subscriptions and fund-raising
projects and by attracting over
fifty letters to the editor (after the
preceding three years had yielded
a total of less than ten.)
To phrase it succinctly. Black
Ink got off in 1976-77 and you got
off right along with us.
Moreover, you ain’t seen no
thin’ yet.
About letters • ♦ •
Black Ink welcomes letters to
the editor, requiring only that they
be concise, legibly written or typed,
and include the name and address
of the individual submitting the
letter.
Letters may be submitted to
the BSM office in person, mailed to
Black Ink, Suite B, Box 42, Carolina
Union, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514, or
simply handed to any staff mem
ber.
We want to hear from you.
■ByCK INK
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Black Ink staff hard at work: Grim and determined as the ominous shadow of deadlines encroaches.
Kathy Gabriel
We all deserve a round of applause
After attending the Black Ink-
James Action Committee Awards
Banquet, I began to think of all the
students who deserved recognition,
but weren’t awarded. Among these
students were the Ebony Readers,
Opeyo Dancers, Black Christian
Fellowship, Central Committee, Eb
ony Cagers, participants in talent
shows and game shows during the
year, and Cliff Harrington (the
only Black on the student Supreme
Court), and the Black faculty.
The list goes on. . .
These people are people who
are unselfish enough to shar-^ their
time and talent with our Black
community. These people are ones
who add diversity to what other
wise would be a boring and un
bearable life at Carolina. These
people display respect and pride in
themselves and in the Black com
munity.
Just stop for one moment and
think over the past year. Remember
all the people you met, saw, or
heard about because of their contri
butions to the Black community.
Remember how reluctant you were
about sharing your talents with
the community and after being
convinced to do so, how grateful
members of the community were
to you?
Remember how our acts of
support or faith helped us all gain
or reclaim things that we as stu
dents rightfully deserved?
Remember the last time you
were ready to pack your bags and
leave UNC and your roommate
kindly refreshed your memory
that your leaving was exactly what
“they” wanted you to do? Remem
ber how depressing things got at
UNC sometimes and how various
groups planned entertainment to
ease that depression?
There are so very many
people who made great things hap
pen during the past year and they
should all be given their due ac
claim.
We should especially be grate
ful for the persons in the back
ground who were always doing the
simpler things but who were always
there when help was needed. We
tend to take them for granted and
I do hope that we haven’t dis
couraged them from continuing
good work.
Whether through academics,
writing, singing, supporting BSM,
or whatever the contribution may
be, the Black students of UNC all
deserve to be awarded even if it’s
just for enduring the struggles of
racism with pride.
So with the closing of a pro
ductive and progressive year, let’s
give each other a round of applause.
We all deserve it.
Vol. 9 No. 13i
Kathy Gabriel and
Lonza Hardy, Jr.
Co-cdi tors
Delbra McIntyre
Nf;ws Editor
Bernadine Ward
Tcatures Editor
Toi Carter
Community Editor
Sheri Parks
Arts Editor
Gregory Clay
Sports Editor
Beverly Wells
Managing Editor
Rosalyn Taylor
Exchange Editor
James Parker
Photography Editor
Karen McRae
Advertising Manager
Deborah Howie
Business Manager
Allen Johnson
Associate Editor
The essence of freedom is understanding.
Plaudits go to BSM members
Plaudits go to those BSM
members who attended the Campus
Governing Council budget hearings.
Your firm stance and support
showed us the pride you hold in
yourself and the Black community.
. .to all graduating seniors
who are so well-deserving of ac
claim after a long, four-year strug
gle at UNC.
.to Maxine Ward who volun
teered her time to help decorate
and prepare for the Awards Ban
quet.
. .to Paula Newsome who en
gineered the completion of Ebony
Image, our long-awaited Black
“mini-yearbook. ’ ’
. . .to Harold Woodard, whose
dependability and quiet moral sup
port have been a valuable asset to
the new Central Committee.
. . .to Jennifer Cody, BSM
secretary, whose special care with
the “little things” has made the
“big things” all the more effective.
. . .to Phyllis Pickett, BSM
vice-chairperson, whose firm leader
ship was instrumental in the success
of the BSM Talent Show.
. . .to Brooksie Harrington, for
coordinating the music in the BSM
Talent Show.
. . .to Arlee Griffin, chEiirper-
son of the Black Christian Fellow
ship (BCF) and to the BCF execu
tive committee for their special
planning and supervision of the
BCF annual retreat this year at
White Lake.