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Paiel BUck Ink Klat^ threat sparks interest ‘ir M cn»- near ihf (>i| on : ! 1. iis lii.ii k .iiid»’iils vv.iilrf) tor ihi- -.(hfduled 'I linn KliinsnuTi mf*-li(ig w.is one ul in- ■ftcsi I he stu.'t‘nls vvert* inifrcstvd in whfthi-r Kldnsfiien i(ludllv fxisti'd on citn|)us, wtu-thff iIh'V wtTf bravi* enough to ornini/i* in (ront ot M) Hla(k p«-opl*- and whfthtT any of ih*- supposed Klansmfn wert- close friends of th«Mrs When no one dared to show up in the pil identifying himself as a Voung Kiarisman, some students laughed the in cident off and others labeled it a bad )Oke A similar iniident occurred in 1475 shortly after David Duke, then national information director of the Knights of the Ku Klun Klan, spoke in Memorial Hall A notue was put on a bulletin board in the Carolina Union announcing an organiza tional meeting of the Klan, but no one came to the meeting Again someone had succeeded in alar ming Blacks and in getting publicity for the Klan And at tfu' perfect time, th- defense is now on the stand at the Klan Nd/i trial in Greensboro. Only now students will simply torget the iniident, and not wake up again until another scene like that in Greensboro last Novemb«‘r, or until five or six other Blac ks are denied tenure Instead of addressing the issues when small problems occur, most Black students would rather wait until something like sidvery became legal again before they began to worry. They don t want to appear miltant, yet they don't mind appedring ignorant. If students would only keep the interest they have when disasters occur, then maybe the disasters will not get a chance to occur Incidents like the one near the pit Oct 1, should not be so easily forgotten, and should never happen again. Black students do not have to become militant, just interested October 14.1980 KhOifV i LAS'T' r/A/f" ^5: i ' ■ |i / • C. WILL Bt n^C-T rflWRAi. I ! Graduate students respond to CAC article lo Ihf 1 dilor I would like 10 bfRin ihn letter by slating the lifst indccurd(v o( this article — the title CAC will Ify Again When was the first attempt^ In general (he article is untair, inaccurate, negative and in general discouraging, both, to those graduate students who did attend the first meeting and to those who may have been in terested in attending the up coming meeting A reporter was not present and no attempt was made to interview any of the graduate student memb«Ts, and ('aria I Kobinson was grossly mis quoted More spec itK ally In the two years I have been on Carolina's campus HSM has never formally tried to organi/e or solidify the Black and minori ty graduate students on this campus As a new sludeni, myself and many others — e'^pec tally those not from North Carolina and not Carolina Alumni or alumni of any other schools in the state — felt particularly isolated to our own departments, lonely and in unfamiliar territory (NOT! many of the people I shared these feel ings with last tall were at this meeting, or have expressed an interest in (>AC) On several occa sions the gap between the undergraduates and graduates on this campus was apparent — Was BSM tor e\er\one What about other organi/a- tions such as the Choir or the Dance group? How can we meet other Black students — grads and undergrads — |ust to get to know people? — many questions like this were topics of conversa tion among new Black graduate students, and still are Many of us were looking for social as well as service involvement on campus- recruitment, tutoring, and iust a basic improve ment of communication with the main campus and more involvement Surely, many of the graduate programs have their own minority groups and many programs more than fill the hours of the day — but, for those of us at the meeting and speaking for many others, we still wanted to be involved, to be a part of a whole student body These concerns were responsible for the genesis of the idea of the Graduate Action Committee as an ad|unct to BSM last spring The idea was not just to gel graduate students more involved in BSM activities as stated, but to pro vide a base for graduate students who simply wanted to be iniolvod on this campus — the nature of the acti\it\ would be decided bv the group Out ot this last meeting, we do have a lot of ideas of our own The fourteen students who attended the last meeting were not largely old " students, but new students with ideas and energy The statement of ■ Only fourteen " is negative and a gross mis quote I tom the last meeting we dec ided that before proceeding with a steering committee and definite plans, that we should first try to make contact with the minority students in ev-erv graduate program on campus by phone, to ex plain the organization, discuss potential involve ment and this type of thing Most of these calls have been made — many schools with organiza tions who wish to be directly involved will pro bably send a representative of their group — other departments will be on a mailing list Needless to say this (ask was shared by the group — and I think a successful attempt has been made for the first time to unite graduate students and pull us all toward the university as a whole Without writing the article your rep>orler should have written on CAC, I would )ust like to say that my strongest obieclions to this front page piece are with the lone and misinformation Two in dividuals came up from their books and said ■’There is more on this campus than what we know We want more — and so do others ’ This was last spring Receiving a minimal amount of encouragement and support from BSM. these two individuals thought all summer and instead of sinking into the prevailing apathy of the Graduate Schcxjl in general (largely due to lack of outreach and encouragement) when fall came they carried phase I through to completion I write this letter as one of those two individuals, as a graduate student, and in support of my roommate — Carla I Robinson It would have been so easy to have just been loo busy, and to have lust thrown out the whole idea — and no one promises success But there is a wealth of in terested. energetic, inspiring, and dedicated mirsority graduate students on this campus To nol take advantage of an\-thmg they have to offer or to encourage and nurture Iheir ideas would be a shame and a loss Please, stand behind us as we gather out strength to work with you on this cam pus. And yes, we will try again, next week and for many to come — and we will keep trying — Valeria Lynn Moore The School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology To the Editor As the Graduate Representative to BSM, 1 feel that several comments on your article "CAC Will Try Again” (BLACK INK, 9/30/80) are in order While the article was correct in stating that efforts are being made to organize the Graduate Action Committee (CAC) in order "to get graduate students more involved in BSM activities and to increase interaction among Black graduate students in different University departments," it was incorrect on at least two other points I irst, 1 do not recall saying that only'iA people attended the first meeting (emphasis mine). Fourteen people did attend the meeting, but they were 1-t people who took time out of their busy schedules to attend because they recognize the need for interaction among Black students on this campus The main purpose of this meeting was not to see how many people would show up, but rather to see if Black graduate students are in terested in seeing CAC get off the ground The 14 students present assured me that this interest does in fact exist Second, I do not recall implying that the pur pose of our second meeting (to be held Wednes day, October 8th) is to try (once) again' to get people involved As a matter of fact, the purpse of this meeting is to plan one or two activities which CAC can sponsor in the near future So, as you can see, we are past the trying stage We are planning and doing. And whether 1, 4, only 14 or 414 people attend the second meeting, we will continue our efforts, because the interest definitely exists (After all, don t most organiza tions start with a core of committed, interested people and then build up?) — Carla I Robinson BSM Graduate Representative Fisk studerits show interest To the Editor After reading your September 16. 1980 issue of the Black Ink, some of us here at Fisk University have become interested in your struggles at UNC We too have had a few problems on our campus, but unlike yours, our problems were not directly racial but administrative We understand your angers and dismays but our word of advice is don t act out of emotion We had a few experiences where our emotions, rather than our intellect took over and we suf fered because of it Think before you act and once you've set a goal, go after it As your motto says Believe in Today; Strive for Tomorrow; Move toward the future Your struggle is our struggle — A few understanding parties This letter is unasscKiated with the Student Government, The Fisk forum or the administra tion ot I isk University BLACK INK 'The essence of freedom is understanding.' 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