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A Volume LXII, No. 15 BB Guilford College. Greensboro. N.C January 31, 1978^^^
Uncovering Ebony Treasures
Kicked off by recording
star Gil Scott-Heron and head
lined by stage and screen
personalities Ruby Dee and
Ossie Davis, the activity
packed Journey Into Blackness
VI will begin Thursday, Feb.
2, at Guilford College.
For 11 days, the student
organization Brothers and
Sisters in Blackness (BASIB)
will present various entertain
ments "to expose the Greens
boro and Guilford College
community to various aspects
of beauty in the black exper
ience."
Scott-Heron, whose current
album "Bridges" is his eighth,
will present "Raps and
Readings: From South Africa
to South Carolina," a mixture
of prose and song. He will be
accompanied by his percus
sionist, "Doctor B."
His program will begin at
8:15 p.m. Feb. 2 in Dana Audi
torium. There will be a small
charge for visiting students
and adults.
On Friday, Feb. 3, a double
feature will begin at 8:15 p.m.
in Sternberger Auditorium.
Films will be "Let's Do It
Again" with Bill Cosby and
Sidney Poitier and ."Brother
John" with Poitier. There will
be a small charge for those not
Arts Series members.
Three events are set for
Saturday night Feb. 4 a jazz
workshop at 7:30 in the Boren
Lounge of Founders Hall, a
night club type concert,
High Evaluation Despite Problems
By APRIL EVANS
and CAROLINE COLES
To see the eagle on the
American Embassy, to float
down the Thames at night,
to shop on Oxford Street and
to drink at the Sherlock
Holmes, the Warrington, or
your own pub that is so de
lightful you don't want to
tell anyone about it. . .
Could you concentrate on
your studies while in London
Town and so close to all
these sights? Many of the
thirty Guilford students, there
last semester, found it difficult
at first, but soon realized that
exploring the city streets, pubs
and museums was as valuable
"Black-Light," at 10 in the
Grill Room, followed by "Mid
night Disco" at 12.
Herman Gray of A&T State
University will conduct the
jazz workshop. He will give
the history of jazz and black
music and describe the impact
music has had on black life
and the larger society, as well
as society's impact on music.
"A Gospel Feast in Song,"
featuring a reunion of Rommell
Greenlee and the Rising Gospel
Singers of Greensboro, will
begin at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
5, in Sternberger. All college
gospel choirs in Greensboro
have been invited to participate.
A showing of "Imitation of
Life" will follow the gospel
sing.
Headliners Ruby Dee and
Ossie Davis, being sponsored
by the Guilford College Arts
Series, will present "An Even
ing of Black America" at
8:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, in
Dana. She is one of the finest
actresses on stage or in films
and he is an actor, director
and playwright. Individual
tickets will be available.
On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the
college dining room will feature
a Soul Food Dinner from 4:30
until 6 p.m.
BASIB's Journey entertain
ment on Wednesday, Feb. 8,
will be the Ebony Readers and
the Onyx Theater, both based
in Chapel Hill. BASIB is co
sponsoring with UNC-G and
AEfrT the Mia Dance Ensemble
as reading any text. But these
were not merely adventures,
and one student said the
courses suited to London (and
England as a whole), "constant
ly integrated what we
were learning into daily
situations." In other words,
the academic course load
was much like that at Guilford,
but the retained knowledge
and personal growth was
greater, in many cases.
Some of the most memor
able courses may hae been
"British Theatre," "Elizabethan
Literature," and "Quakerism"
of which another student
commanted, "The roots of
Quakerism are in England and
from New York at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Cone
Ballroom at UNC-G.
A fashion show will begin
at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in
the Commons Room at
Founders Hall. A dance with
SYMBOL 8 to play will begin
at 10:30 p.m. in Sternberger.
There will be a small fee for
non-Guilford students.
A Coffee House will be held
at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
11, at the residence of Dr.
Tendai Mutunhu, 1509 Nathan
Hunt Road. Betty Jones,
M.F.A. candidate at UNC-G,
will give readings.
Throughout Journey VI, in
Founders Hall, there will be an
art exhibit by James Gadson
of UNC-Chapel Hill and a
photography exhibit by Judy
Mutunhu, a Guilford student
and faculty wife.
Upcoming Campus Elections
Elections for Community
Senate President, Vice-Presi
dent-Treasurer and Secretary
and for College Union Presi
dent will be held on February
22 and 23, with the voting
polls being located in the lobby
of Founders Hall from 11:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
To qualify for the Senate
positions one must:
be a full-time student carry
at least 12 hours credit,
have maintained a 2.0
cumulative QPA,
have been a full-time student
at Guilford for 1 semester, and
this presents a unique oppor
tunity to study the origins of
a religious movement. To not
study it would be comparable
to visiting Rome without study
ing Catholicism."
The entire group went to
England's "Lake District"
there seeing and hearing
Quaker history and attending
one of the oldest meetings in
the world. The trip was not
required but strongly recom
mended and seemed to add to
the group unity which was
prevalent during the London
Semester.
Elwood Parker, as the faculty
leader, said, "One important
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not be on restricted probation
at the time of petitioning for
candidacy.
To qualify for the Union
position, one must:
be a full-time student
carrying at least 12 credit hours,
have maintained a 2.0
cumulative QPA,
have served on the Union as
an active member for at least
one full semester and be
serving on the Union as an
active member during the
current semester, and
be of rising Junior or
Senior standing.
Only the Union President is
required to be elected, but
persons may run as a ticket
(President, Vice-President
and/or Treasurer) if they
choose.
Petition for Candidacy
forms will be available at the
Information Desk, Founders
Hall, starting Friday, January
27. This form must be
completed and returned to
the Information Desk. Please
use only these official petitions
to insure legal petition of
candidacy. The form includes
the names and offices sought,
as well as ten signatures of
current Guilford College
students who support your
candidacy. Petitions for
Candidacy are due no later
than noon on February 10.
Any exemptions to the
above must be petitioned to
SAC Advisory Board. A special
meeting of this board will be
called on February 8 to
consider any reasonable
requests for exemption from
any of the four qualifications
listed above. If anyone on your
ticket will be requesting this
consideration please turn in
your Petition for Candidacy as
well as your Petition for
Exemption from Qualifications
to the Information Desk no
later than noon on February 7.
Petitions for Exemption from
Qualification should contain
clear reasons why exemption
should be given. Contact Frank
Keegan, Chairman of SAC or
the Elections Committee if you
have questions concerning the
procedures. All SAC decisions
will be final. If one member
of your ticket does not meet
these requirements the entire
ticket is disqualified. This
does not keep you from sub
mitting a new qualified ticket
before the February 10 dead
line, however. There will be
no exceptions for deadlines,
so be prompt!
The Elections Committee
members are: Elaine Douglas -
Chairperson, Denise Dussom
and Judy Peevy.
Please feel free to contact
any of us if you have further
questions.