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April 20, 1988
Calendar of Events
Important Dates
compiled by ROWENA CARTER
Staff Writer
Final Exam Schedule
All IO:(X) a.m. Classes on MWF April 25 8:00 a.m.
All 9:30 a.m. Cliis.scs on TTH -- M»n. Apr. 25 12:00 N(«m
All .“iilM) p.m. Classes on MWF' Moii. Apr. 25 4:00 p.m.
All Classes mceling alter .SiOO p.m. on M or MW Mon. Apr. 25 Class i'ime
All 8:00 Classes on 1111 Tucs. Apr. 26 9:00 a.m.
All 3:.10 p.m. Classes on TTH. *Biisi 71, 72- -Tucs. Apr. 26 2:00 p.m.
*Jour Tues. Apr. 26 7:00 p.m.
All Classes meeting alter 5:IX) p.m. on T or 1 H - Tucs. Apr. 26 Class Time
All Fren, Gern\, Ital. Span. Port 1, IX. 2. 2X, 3. 4; Russ 1,2—Wed. Apr. 27 9:00 a.m.
All I I :(X) a.m. Classes on MWI-- — Wed. Apr. 27 9:00 a.m.
All Classes meeting alter 5:(K) p.m. on W only Wed. Apr. 27 Cla,ss Time
All 8:00 a.m. Classes on MWF - - -Thiir. Apr. 28 8:00 a.m.
All 12:.30 p.m. Classes on I I II - - Thiir. Apr. 28 I2:(MI N(m»ii
All ,S:(M) p.m. Classes on TTH; '’'Math 22. .M). ."^I. .^2 1 luir. Apr. 28 4:00 p.m.
All Classes meeting alter p.m. on FH only Thiir. Apr. 28 Class Time
All 9:(K) a.m. Classes on MWF — -Fri. Apr. 29 9:00 a.m.
All 2:00 p.m. Clas.ses on MWF - Fri. Apr. 29 2:00 p.m.
All I 1:00 a.m. Classes on TTH, *Chem I42L —Sal. Apr. 30 9:00 a.m.
All 4:00 p.m. Classes on MWF Sat. Apr. 30 2:00 p.m.
All I2:(X) Noon Clas.ses on MWF; *Chem 1701,. I71L Mon. May 2 9:00 a.m.
All 3:(K) p.m. Classes on MWF; ''^Biisi 24; "'Chcm 411., 62L. I82L, ami
All Classes not otherwise provided for in this schedule -Mon. May 2 2:00 p.m.
All 1:00 p.m. Classes on MWF Tucs. May 3 9:00 a.m.
All 2:00 Classes on Til - Tues. May 3 2:00 p.m.
NOTE: Common exams arc iiuliailed hy tin a.sleri.sk (*).
Greek Cultural
& Social Events
Black Student Movement and Black Greek Council
April 8 Carnival '88, Ehringhaus Field, 3:00-7:00
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
April 8 Spring Stepshow and Party, CJreal Hall, 10:00 p.m. Until
April 10 3.0 QI’A llaiu|uct for Black Freshman,
Black Cultural Center, 7:00 p.m.
Alpha Kapa Alpha Sorority
April 10 Art Show: “A Salute To Contemporary Black American Art”,
Student Union, 3:00 p.m.
Founder’s Week Activities
April 17 “Get Acquainted with Theta Pi" — Inrurnial Rush,
Student Union, Km 226, l:(HI p.m.
April 18 - Colors Day for All (;recks.
Balloons sold in the Pit to help sp«nisor African Relief Project, 11:00-1:30 p.m.
Spring Stepshow, Great Hall, 5:(M) p.m.
April 20 Hair, Skin Care, and Make-up Show,
Student Union Km. 211-212, 6:30 p.m.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
April 13 Spring Stepshow, Great Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Della Sigma Theta Sorority
April 16
Della/AKA Party (Duke University)
April 19 Special Olymics (Participatin in). Track Field
April 22 Spring Stepshow, Great Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
April 19
Spring Stepshow, Great Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Spring Stepshow, Great Hall, 5:00 p.m.
Zela Phi Beta Sorority
April 21 Spring Stepshow, Great Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
April 20
From the
editor
by SHERRY WHITESIDES
Editor
I am very proud to be black. 1 am
proud to have had the opportunity to be
the editor of a black newspaper on a
predominantly white campus. Most of all,
I am proud that on May 8th, I can look
back and say, “It’s been a real struggle,
and I'm so glad I didn't give up.”
The 1987-88 school year has been a
mixture of change, excitement, disap
pointment, and success for the black stu
dent community at UNC. We as black
students must remember that our future
is what we make of it. Our generation has
had more open doors for opportunity than
any generation before us. No one is go
ing to stand at that door and lead you in.
Go ahead, be brave, accept the challenges,
and ask God to give you strength to en
dure whatever is on the other side.
Racism is prevalent everywhere, not
just on this campus, but in every corner
of life. However, we must not use racism
as a crutch for our own slackness. Don't
say you can’t “get ahead" because “They
are too prejudiced,’’ when you, yourself,
haven’t even tried. Racism is real, but it
is no excuse. It should make blacks fight
harder, not take a back seat. If we don't
watch out, the black race will destroy
itself and everything that blacks have
fought for all these years, because we are
constantly destroying each other.
I would like to thank all of the Black
Ink staff for an outstanding job. Without
your dependability and concern for the
Black Ink, it would not have been a suc
cess. I hope that you will continue this
tradition in the years to come. 1 would also
like to thank you, the readers, for your
advice, encouragement, and support.
Sigma Sickle Ceil
Continued from page 14
which are normally packed with
hemoglobin. Within this hemoglobin there
I is oxygen, necessary for the body and its
organs to work properly. A person with
sickle cell anemia, the most serious of all
sickle cell diseases, has half as many red
blood cells as someone else. This accounts
for a victim’s constant fatigue and inability
to stay active.
“There are a lot of things I can’t do
like fly airplanes, go to the mountains, or
any other kind of strenuous activity,’’ she
said.
Even though Duckett missed two
months of school last year because she
was constantly in the infirmary for
treatments, she remains academically
stable and continues her studies as a nur
sing major.
“I’m missing classes this year too,’’
she says. “Just this morning I took some
medication, fell asleep, and missed them
all.’’
But Duckett claims that she won’t let
the disease get her down. In fact, she says
someday she plans to have children and
continue on with her life.
“There are tests now to determine
whether your baby has the sickle cell
trait,’’ she said. “I just don’t want them
to go through what I'm going through.”
One out of every ten Black
Americans is a carrier of the sickle cell
trait. But the hope for a future free of
sickle cell, a disease that may be fatal in
some cases, is dismal and an ultimate cure
is unknown.
“We do see a problem here,” says
Dr. Orringer. “Our ability to cure the
disea.se hasn’t kept up with the pace of the
disease.”
In all, Orringer says sickle cell is the
best understood of all genetic blood
diseases and research will definitely
continue.
“It's just so hard sometimes,” con
cludes Duckett. “No one can sympathize
with me becuase no one really knows what
I am going through.”