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Black Ink
October 6, 1983
Shirley Chisholm
OU • YOU • YOU • YOU • YOU • YOU • Y
Blacks^ women unite
by Darlene Campbell
Staff Writer
Unbought and Unbossed, the title
of her autobiography i>eads. This is
exactly the image that Shirley
Chisholm projected on Sept. 29th at
Memorial Hall.
Renown for her major
breakthrough as the first black
woman in Congress (1968), and as
the first black woman to seek the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion (1972), Chisholm overwhelmed
a large audience with her dramatic,
gesturing expression and her distinct
speech. Chisholm began the lecture,
“Strategies for Minorities and
Women in the Political Arena" by
divulging her advent opposition to
Reaganomics. She then outlined the
potential power of blacks and
women in the politics if the two
groups would converge
"We are suffering from
Reagonomics," Chisholm said as she
elaborated on the "diversified
disasters" of Reagonomics. The
elderly are attacked by
Reagonomics. Young people in col
lege today are unsure of their
futures because of Reagonomics.
Farmers are losing their ancestoral
farms due to Reagonomics and
women and blacks have become at
tentive to equal and civil rights
movements because of
Reagonomics,, Chisholm said "Not
since 50 years ago have we seen so
many Americans living in states of
disqualitude."
We must have strength and order
to bring about change in this nation,
Chisholm said. "Changes can only
come about through coalitions."
Blacks and other minorities know
true equality is not an everyday
reality, she said. Although blacks
and women have made progress,
she said, they have at a hand's grasp
the potential to change politics.
"Blacks cannot do it alone in this
nation, Chisholm said. Women can
not do it alone in this nation. But
together if we get over our petty
racist, sexist notions, it baffles the
mind what can be done."
"Blacks and women did it
separately, she said. They did not
see that it was the same type of bat
tle. They have been marching down
different sides of the same street.
Maybe finally we can march down
the middle of the street together."
The coalition has miles to go,
Chisholm assured the audience. A
great applause circulated through
the audience as Chisholm stated
that our confrontations are going to
be against the personalities and
policies of Reagan.
"Battles may be dead but there
are plenty of ghost still roaming
around," she said. Chisholm appeal
ed to the audience's emotions.
"Poor women and poor blacks fill
the urban, rural poverty blocks due
to Reagan's two and one-half years
of consistent, persistent, fiscal
karate chops."
There have been cuts in social
security, health programs, educa
tion and social programs, employ
ment and training programs and the
result is the lacking of billions of
dollars to feed the poor she said.
"We're not asking the govern
ment to give us anything. We as
citizens have paid our taxes and ex
pect to get certain benefits from
this." Chisholm cited statistics rele
vant to the reduction of food
stamps and lunch programs. She
spoke for a moment on the increas
ed malnutrition in the US while she
concentrated on what she termed
"Reagan's policies that are preven
ting the poor from being poor and
lavishing money on the rich and
military machine." Another statistic
she revealed concerned guaranteed
student loans.
"Reagan won't move until we
move him." That's why we need
coalition, Chisholm argued. "We're
like Rip Van Winkle, fast asleep yet
complaining of the people in
Washington."
If in 1984 blacks and women have
converged they can blast the con
servative minoritities back where
they belong, back to the fringes of
the political system, she said.
But this can only happen if a
great change occurs, she continued.
"Because of traditional attitudes,
these two groups may never get
together." Although female voters
outnumber male voters by six
million, females are weak because
they split their votes among blacks,
five or six blacks who are campaign
ing for the same office, Chisholm
said. "You get what you deserve.
You deserve what you get," she said.
As Chisholm continued to
describe the potential coalition, she
made one concept very clear. "We
blacks and women have the mak
ings and we can have the takings."
All that is needed is maturation not
chronicologically, but intellectually
and psychologically. "Put the train
back on the track because the coun
try is headed toward an intellectual
train wreck."
As a professor at Mount
Holycoke College in Massachusetts,
Chisholm recently announced that
she would not seek re-election in
Congress.|
UNC Policeman relates duties of
campus service
by Nicole Broom
"Only once did it get violent.
Some students from another school
came on campus. They had axe
handles, picaxe handles and gas as
weapons. They came on campus to
"whip" us is what they came to do,"
stated Mauer. The scene described
above did not happen thousands of
miles away at Berkley or Columbia
University, but here at UNC during
the student protest era. In a recent
interview Major Charles Mauer,
Commander of University Police Af
fairs, discussed UNC Police involve
ment in such incidents. Mauer also
stressed the need for students to
understand the role the University
Police play at UNC.
Sitting in his office where a huge,
slightly cluttered desk dominates
the room, Mauer shared remem
brances from his nineteen years at
UNC "I used to work in a drug store
on Franklin Street," stated Mauer.
"It was where Spanky's is now. I was
tired of working in the store, and I
wanted something new. I knew all
of the guys on the University Police
so I joined up."
Mauer worked his way from
patrolman to lieutenant, and con
tinued on to set up the University
Police Investigative department,
becoming UNC's first
plainclothesman. Now at the helm
of UNC police affairs Mauer ex
plained the basic duties of the
department. "The department is
divided into three shifts. Each shift
is divided into seven areas. Officers
are assigned to each area," stated
Mauer. "For example, area number
one stretches from Franklin Street
to 54 highway. The areas cover the
entire campus, as well as off cam
pus areas such as Finley Golf
Course."
"Many students," said Mauer,
"don't understand our arrest
power," said Mauer. When they see
us they say 'We want a real cop.'
They don't realize that we are real
cops. We've been called everything
from 'Security Guards' to Rent-a-
Cops'. They (the students) don't
understand that we have the same
arrest power as Chapel Hill city
police officers. We go through the
same type of training they do. The
primary difference," stated Mauer,
"between us and the city police is
that we have walking areas. Also
they have more area to cover, but
other than that we do the same
things, we direct traffic, issue
tickets, investigate wrecks. We may
not do as much, but its the same
thing."
Ordinarily, besides patroling the
seven areas, other duties include
providing an escort service, and
security for guest speakers and per
formers on campus. But life for
Mauer has at times been very unor
dinary. As a member of the UNC
police during the nation-wide stu
dent protest of the sixties and seven
ties, Mauer has experienced events
many only read of in the annals of
history. When asked about being a
policeman here during the student
protest era Mauer replied, "I put
alot of hours in." He continued,
"We had some guys designated as
the 'Riot Squad'. They came in to
work at 4 am and left at 10 pm. We
had a combination of UNC and
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BGC sponsors
convocation
The Black Creek Council (BGC)
sponsored a convocation Saturday
evening, October 1, 1983. The con
vocation, held in Great Hall, was a
means to educate the Black com
munity about the Black fraternities
and sororities on the UNC campus.
Kevin Jones, a member of Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity who had work
ed with the plans of the convoca
tion, said that the event was to
"...orient the students to the Black
Greeks and to show what we are
about." The convocation was not to
be thought of as "one large
smoker," stressed jones; but it was
an attempt to show that Black
Greeks are a part of the Black com
munity and are eager to work with
other Black organizations to
achieve common goals. Sherrod
Banks, president of the Black Stu
dent Movement (BSM) and a
member of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, spoke of the joint action
of the BSM and the BCG that is
geared toward working together to
achieve simjiiar goals.
The program also included a
message from the BCG president,
Terry Allen, expressing the ideals
and realities revolving among the
' Black Greeks, and Dean Renwick
emphasized the importance of