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NJIEWPOINT
BI^CK INK
Volume 10, No. 2
Allen Johnson and
Lonza Hardy, Jr.
Co-Editors
Kathy Gabriel
Associate Editor
Beverly Wells
Managing Editor
The essence of freedom is understanding.
BernaOine Ward
Features Editor
T oi Carter
Community Editor
Gregory Clay
Sports Editor
Rosalyn Taylor
Exchange Editor
Sheri Parks
Arts Editor
Deborah Howie
Business Manager
Karen McRae
Advertising Editor
Debra McIntyre James Parker
News Editor Photography Editor
Black Ink is published bi-weekly by the Black Student Movement, Suite B, Frank Porter Graham
Student Union, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27514.
LETTERS
There are Black men here
Dear Editor:
I assume the editorial “Do Black
Males Exist Here?” (Black Ink,
Sept. 9, 1977) was an attempt at
sarcasm. As a Black mzin and a for
mer NCCU student, I was doubly
insulted by the editorial. First, the
matter of the Central women; I at
tended NCCU for two years, and I
have never seen such cold and aloof
women as there are at Central. For
UNC women, who are generally
friendly, to compare themselves to
Central women is a definite put-
down for the'Carolina women. In
my opinion, there is no compari
son.
On the matter of Black men on
UNC’s campus: where have you
been these past few weeks? I’ve
always seen a lot of Black men on
campus, too many if you ask me. If
there seems to be a shortage of
them to you, Ms. Donna Doe, it
could be because they are studying,
not just partying, sitting on Green
law Wall, or playing basketball. If
you still have difficulty finding
Black men, why don’t you truck on
down to 638 Hinton James some
time?
Preferably on the weekend. I’ll
be more than happy to rap with
you, or whatever.
Roscoe McClain, Jr.
Prospective Subscriber
Dear Editors:
I would like to subscribe to Black
Ink if that is possible. I have never
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been offered a chance to subscribe,
but I do support other campus
publications {Cellar Door, Carolina
Quarterly) as a patron and have
wondered if you have subscription
fees or a patron arrangement. Sev
eral staffers, including Allen John
son, have been students of mine,
yet I see the Tar Heel more often
than I see your publication.
I would appreciate your sending me
information about how to sub
scribe.
Best wishes,
Doris Betts
Assoc. Professor
Avery Incident can not
be tolerated by BSM
The Avery Dorm water throwing incident is now five months old. One
can agree that it was a display of severe childishness and stupidity. One
must ponder, however, the question of whether it was premeditated and
racist. One thing stands for certain — a decision must now be made, a deci
sion with results possibly more far-reaching than has been imagined. Should
the BSM press charges against those Avery residents who threw water-filled
bags at BSM members last April?
Some opponents to the BSM’s proposed action would argue that the
bombardment was merely coincidental and free from racial motivation. Al
though we (Black students) would readily agree that our “comrades”
occasionally engage in senseless activities, those of the magnitude of the
April 19 attack can not and should not be tolerated. To say that it was coin
cidental would be like saying the David Duke protest of 1975 was just a co
incidence (remember, my friends, that the BSM Chairman at that time was
nearly suspended as a result of a student court challenge by a white stu
dent).
Victims of the Avery attack (and this writer was a member of one of the
groups attacked) feel that while it may be a difficult task to prove that race
was a factor, it would be twice as difficult to prove that race was not a fac
tor. Large numbers of Black students went to the CGC budget hearing de
manding a certain budget and they got it. What would have been a better
time to physically attack the BSM than on that night? It all fits together,
almost perfectly.
As BSM members have already expressed, if Black students were in the
shoes of the Avery residents wouldn’t they be in court right now? If stu
dents, Black and white, are tried and convicted for lesser offenses doesn’t
this case merit an equally fair shake?
Revenge is not in the question — justice is. Should the BSM press
charges? Yes, definitely so.
To Scott Young and our friends of Avery who say thai their opinion of
Blacks is considerably lower now, we respond by saying that our opinions
of you haven’t been increased.
The circus is held each spring
Organizations scuffle for funds
. . .student Graphics, whose dili
gent and good-natured employees
somehow mustered enough energy
and patience to see the 32-page an
niversary edition of Black Ink to
press.
.to Craige Dorm Assistant Resi
dence Director Glenn Hughes, for
his efforts in facilitating a strong
sense of community among Black
students in Craige.
. .to former Chapel Hill High his
tory instructor Joyce Clayton who
has at least temporarily relin
quished her teaching duties to pur
sue a doctoral degree. She has been
not only a superb teacher but a
friend and unofficial “parent-in-
residence” of her students.
The circus is held each spring.
Representatives of student organ
izations tussle and hustle and beg
and plead for allocations from the
Student Activities Fund.
And when all is said and done,
few folks are happy.
With the tremendous increase in
the number of student organiza
tions on campus, there has not been
a proportional increase in the
amount of money allocated. In
other words, while the number of
hungry organizations has grown,
the pie with which they’ll sup
posedly be nourished is the same
size as it was in 1975.
This problem is particularly
harmful to the Black Student Move
ment. An organization which aims
to, in essence, provide a microcos-.
mic Black community in a lily-
white environment needs funds
with which to operate. Cultural, so
cial, and academic programs have to
be financed.
Moreover, Black Ink, which seeks
to continually expand, is most seri
ously shackled. The cost of produc
ing a publication has soared in re
cent years. Student Government
responded to that situation last
spring by proposing to allocate the
Ink its smallest share of funds ever.
As we all remember - or at least
should remember — we had to
march into the budget hearings
en masse to protest that move and
ultimately change it.
Next spring probably won’t be
any different. Indeed, after awhil^^
it won’t matter who gets the biggest
piece of the pie. With the current
rate of inflation, in a few years even
that piece won’t amount to much.
What is needed and needed right
now is an increase in student fees.
And as scarce as cash is nowadays,
two or three dollars is not going to
break anyone financially. (You
waste that much on Servomation
food in one day.)
As for the self-proclaimed cru-
■ saders who claim that ‘special in
terest groups” are out to con poor
students out of their money, we of
fer this bit of logic: when you put
all those “special interest” groups
together, they pretty well just
about cover us all.
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Daily T«r Heel photo by Rcnue MriUon