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December, 1991 The Broncos' Voice Page 3 HOMECOMING WEEK MARRED BY DISORGANIZATION by Albert Johnson Homecoming Week is now behind us, but the effects it had on FSU still linger. Disorganization resulted in cancellation of events and left many students upset. The scheduled homecoming concert, featuring Guy and Naughty By Nature, never took place, supposedly because promotional fees weren’t paid. On October 25, the day after the cancellation, Guy delivered an explanation to 99.1 Fox Radio. The popular R&B group said "business wasn’t straight and the promoters didn’t pay the rent." They also apologized to all their fans and said, "We love you all(Fayetteville)."' Although all ticket monies were, refunded to students via university administration, many students felt robbed of the enjoyment of a Homecoming concert. The Pre-Dawn Homecoming Dance, scheduled-for Saturday, October 26 from midnight to 5 a.m. in the Lilly Gym, was also cianceled with security and space-related problems given as reasons for the abrupt cancellation. Attendants at the dance reported that people (some students - many not) were crowded on the steps leading into the gym. Two hours into the dance, some people grew impatient and restless at waiting and began to push for entrance. Eventually there was a rush at the door. The planners announced "the party’s over", and angry attendants proceeded to the front of the gym to retrieve their IDs. The cancellation prompted some students to dem^d a refund of the $2.00 entrance fee. "I’ve been in here only 5 minutes and now the dance was called off," one student complained. However, all refunds were refused. When asked whpre the money was going, Dr. Sextoti, advisor to SGA, stated, "The money goes in the SGA fund....if the SGA thinks of an activity....the students will be paid back." The cancellation of the concert and the dance has left some students bitter; yet others 4re giving suggestions to improve future events. One angry woman at the dance said, "They(FSU) should of sold tickets in advance(for the dance) so people pould just come right in instead of being crushed before getting in." Other students chose to attend the biweekly Senate Meeting to express their ariger, concerns and suggestions. fh£ only way to save the planet is to make a jump in consciousness. Wallace fMlywoiyd ptJid$2()()per month ftom nudeftt ac tivity facs andobviomty atco' tabk to no one. is still SGA prendi'ni. ThcfhUo^ungLiulLstofquestim'^ Kuhmimdion S’nveniliet 7,199}} to Ihlh wood by the Vvu-c. Ue hasfuUcd to vr any of llicse quvsiions, in writing n} wrhally. The student hrnty has a nzhi to tv/b« the main t omcrm of this paper ari. i/w questions listed, if could clear or miriloUx wood's ttuftK;. Ifthev ,'ou(d dear hi ? natfte from /Am' allegations. then why isn't he answenufi them? - Bitrhara Beclye 7 November 1991 Tlie folbvnrtj; ts a hst of qite-ulonis ihal are of tnicrcsl to the Brunt os' Voii'f. Plca-sc take the time to answer these qnc,stions as tompletclj- possible. Theseijuesuons, wtihot wuhoulanswers, wjU be pnnUfd in the Xnvcmhcr 19^I iss'ne of the Bronco%' ’I 'nire. 1. Arc ytiu rcljtcd (hj hirlh or adoption) to Tony Wjrrcn? If st). % hat fs Utat tekmoiiship? 2. Aruyou relatct! (by birth or arioplKW) tf>.loseph Warren.’ If so. what ts tfeai 3. Is Xavier filack the rtaOiO of a spotilit, livinji individual, or h tl llw name of aa umbrdla organi7.aDon «iade of pfomotors? 4. HoW' did YOU atqmrc mformatiw or oritjinjllj comc into contact with Xavier Biacfe Enierprise? 5. At tiK*2nd Senate Moettrtg 10/.^0/91 ^ \ ou uiatcd that yi'union4ioa*d calls for the Xavier Black Entcfpriss pfeone #678“6778). How (fid you tROnji£«: these cails? (For exmapie, did yotj receive messages? EHd you spi'ak as :i rcprc,sentative «>1 the nrgani/alion'O Please CNplain. (i. Did you hang up any ot the stans tiut promoted the ’(tiiy conecrt j.'s !*SU's t lonKcomitig? I>ul you have anyone else hatjg up posters for tJie 7. Al the 1st Senate Meeting (U)/16/9r) you vtatud that >oa were ’‘shockM” when (.onfioftted about ihe phone number {678-6778 i being listed in >our name. You alsfi stated thji a letter as forthcoming fmm lite phone company stating ihiU it was not >our nuflibcr and tin.* conncaion was a mistake. Do you have this letter.^ It mv is it available toihei^'evs? X. You explained at the l.stSenate Meeting (It)/I6.'91) that your natnc lisied forilic post of ficc box for Xav ter B li»:k Lnicrpn se as a mistake. Do >T>u have a lolKar of explanation tmm the pi«f ofriec as wcH iO. At the 2nd Senate Meeting (UV.^0/91} you stated that the Brom o^' Vme -standcwU and defained >oar tharacicr. Please citc tk- passages in the article that were sf anderoos. Pteasv? Kst the passages that defamed your thaiaclef. (Note, slander, n. A false and maliuous statement injurious to atknher’si rfpumuon Wchstcr s) FSU CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLUB ON THE MOVE The Fayetteville State Criminal Justice Club has been busy this semester since welcoming two new instructors, Ms. Cheryl Fuller and Mr. Terry Moorefield. The International Folk Festival in September saw two club members, Lori Pillaro and Lillie Lockamy, volunteer for the dunking booth to raise money for the People Assisting Victims organization. In October, the club packed it’s bags and traveled to Kure Beach in Wilmington to attend a two day conference on youth gangs. Currently the club is selling tickets for the Fayetteville/Cumberland County CrimeStoppers program. Tickets are only one dollar and can be purchased from any Criminal Justice Club member. The grand prize is a Magnavox VMS Camcorder with tripod and carrying case. The Criminal Justice Club recently adopted a pan of Cedar Creek Road for trash clean up as part of North Carolina’s Adopt-A-Highway program. During the holiday season, the club will donate food to low-income families. - Bryant Cunningham CAMPUS Xs N. "Life began when / found out I had a right to be in the world, when I found history." - Ivan Van Sertima VAN SERTIMA CHALLENGES COLUMBUS MYTH by Albert Johnson It is asserted in history books that Christopher Columbus di.scovered America over 400 years ago. Columbus might have been the first European to discover the "New World," but was he the first person to do this? Dr. Ivan Van Sertima challenges the myth about Columbus. The world renown anthropologist and linguist bases his information on research gathered for one of his several books. They Came Before Columbus: Fhe African Presence in Ancient America. Columbus might have been the first person to contact Europe about America, but he did not discover the land. Van Sertima, cnucizing the 1987 Commission on Columbus, maintains, 'They should not speak of discovery. They should speak of contacts." According to Van Sertima, Native Americans told Columbus that "black-skinned" people were in America. At the time, Africans were the only known group of people to use gold spears as weapons and hunting implements. Columbus took some of these gold spears back to Europe. Van Sertima asserts this is but one example of how Africans were in Amenca many years before Columbus. Columbus’ son, Fernando, declared that Christopher saw Negroes(black people) during his voyages. Fernando asserted that Columbus saw black men in Panama in 1513, and he also saw Negro shipwrecks. Van Sertima supports these assertions noting that the slave trade was not occurring in the New World at that time. Even Spanish conquistadors reported sightings of blacks in the territories, but at the time they were mistaken as ’dark Indians.’ Africans have only recently been allowed to speak about African history in America. Fifteen(15) years expired before Van Sertima was permitted to speak at the Smithsonian Institute about this topic. Noting how history appears to be purposely secluded VAN SERTIMA, cont on p. 9
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