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Separate Factions:
Tlffi VOICE
March 20, 1972
Another Road To Disunity
By BRENDA WATSON
Today, there are many roads
open to the Black man. He has
a wide range of choices facing
him. He can become a militant,
a passivist, a nationalist, an in-
tregrationist, a separatist, a con
servative or almost anything-
in-between. There are factions
which often seem more bene-
ficial than others, but each man
has to decide for himself what
best suits him as a man. No one
can decide this for him. If he
chooses to be a passivist, then
he must prepare himself to accept
the responsibilities and conse-
quences of his choice. He must
be strong enough to stick by his
beliefs and he must also be will,
ing to accept and respect the fact
that there are others who may
have beliefs which differ from
his. Most importantly, he must
not let this difference become
a reason for disunity between him
and his people.
Today, however, this is exact-
ly what is seemingly happening.
Many Black People are letting
the fact that they have differing
philosophies of life, progress,
and freedom for all Black People
interfere with a most necessary
goal which is unity. Without
unity, there can be no progress
or freedom for any of our people.
Even on our own campus, students
and faculty members as well often
argue heatedly about differing at
titudes and beliefs. It is not un
common to walk in on a conversa
tion similar to this one: "Man
you can't tell me nothing. I know
I'm right and ain't nothing you
can say to make me feel different
ly." “You're hopeless, man. I'm
not going to even try to help you,
you’re beyond help. You go your
way and I'll go mine." We are
often so busy arguing and de
fending our own beliefs that we
forget that others are entitled
to contrary beliefs. We forget
that instead of becoming defen
sive and angry, we should try to
keep open minds and remember
our prime objective. Healthy ar-
gument is beneficial, but destruc
tive narrow argument is inevit-
ably destructive.
Today, we must all re-evaluate
ourselves and start anew. We
must begin to look for possible
truths in what others believe and
if necessary, we must not be
afraid to alter our own beliefs in
light of new things which we may
have learned through listening
and talking to others. We must
remember that no matter what we
believe, we are all Black people in
search of the same freedoms and
that through working together we
can all become the beginning of a
truly beautiful end.
At N.C. Art Museum
Only Three Black Paintings
By PATRICIA MOSES
At 8:30 a.m. on Sunday morn
ings, a line is already formed in
Iroid of Cook Dining Hall as stu-
dents await the start of “brunch”
the noontime m e a 1. Service for
brunch begins at 10:00, but by the
time the first 10 or 15 people
have passed through the line, all
of the apples, oranges, bananas,
the variety of nabs, the potato
chips, and the candy are gone.
Mr. Elbert Smith, dining hall
manager, says “90% of the yo-
ung ladies buy six or seven dol
lars worth of fruit each. Some
students buy a whole box of nabs.
They then take them back to their
rooms to munch on during the
hungry hours of the night."
Mr. Smith says that he cannot
restrict students to one or two
items each. But to improve the
situation says he plans to “buy
more fruits and nab items so
everyone will be able to share
in brunch,”
He also said that since these
items are so desirable he plans
to distribute them througjiout the
week instead of just reserving
them for Sundays,
Students who have been mis-
sing out on the items have had
to content themselves with the
usual fare, hamburgers, hot dogs,
soups and sodas. But with the
new plan, all Broncos can look
forward to a more appeasing
brunch to munch.
More
Brunch
For
Broncos
By DEBRA ASHFORD
Mr. Harvey Jenkins'Afro-Am-‘
erican Art class traveled to Ral.
eigji recently to visit the North
Carolina Art Museum. The Mu-
seum, the only one of its kind in
North Carolina, contains great
works of past and present art
ists, The class* interest was
mostly on the paintings of the
18th century, and of black art
ists. It was a very disan>oint-
ing experience to see only three
paintings done by black artists
among the 300 in the collection.
The class had knowledge of about
30 to 40 well known paintings by
black artists and asked why the
representation was so small.The
guide, a white woman, made ex.
cuses of economic problems and
the lack of knowing where black
artists paintings could be obta
ined. Members of the class men
tioned several places to her which
had large collections which co
uld easily be bought or borrowed
for exhibits.
Very boldly, the guide stated
that the museum was “our mu.
seum", prompting the Afro-Am-
erican Art class to conclude that
the North Carolina Art Museum
belongs to “whites" as far as
representaion of great artistic
abilities is concerned.
INTEGRATION
IS A BITCH I
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WE GOT THREE NEW EMPLOYEES. . .2 ONES AND 1 FIVE
Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor:
The underdog always comes to
the top as the Broncos, once
everybody’s underdog can attest.
No one likes to be referred to as
an underdog, but the Broncos have
had their share of the bottom.
The last issue of the Voice
pleaded for students to keep the
faith and support the team. Their
patience was rewarded as they
kept the faith and the Broncos
kept the ball.
Now everybody is proud of them
for their accomplishments, and
embarrassed for having had a
sense of denial toward their abi
lity, They didn’t win the CIAA
championship, but they came
close and brought home every,
thing except the title. They barely
missed winning the NAIA District
29 title as well, losing 90.87
to Elizabeth City State in the
finals last week.
Let’s pray that, now that their
season is concluded, they will
by some sheer luck catch up in
their classes. We like to see
them win, but we want to see
them excell academically as well.
-Betsy Rodgers-
Dear Editor:
Congratulations to the FSU
Gospel Choir for their perform
ance in concert here recently.
It was indeed a success. The au-
dience experienced an elation that
many felt as the choir beautifully
sang out their praises. For quite
a while many have been anxious
to hear the choir perform and
their anxieties were fully com-
pensated.
Much success to the Gospel
Choir in future performances.
-Sandra Outerbrid^-
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