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2-TV.E CAT.CUNA TIKES SAT., SEPTEUSER 12. 1S81 Spectacles: A Closer Look Nixon Library Isn ' t Needed By Ada M. Fisher It's unfortunate that we don't have the future vi sion to enable us to see how this generation shall be judged. But I would rather be judged as being naive in believing that honor was more important than ex pedience in the erection of a Presidential library for Nixon. Personally, I do not feel that this country should finance a library for Richard Milhous Nixon at Duke University or anywhere else. In the 1960's or 1970s when a committee on Nix on's behalf donated then Vice President Nixon's nprtrait to Duke, the university did not see fit to hang it in place of honor. The portrait was relegated to the basement and was felt to be inap propriate for the student courtroom. For . the university Ho now vigorously seek out the Nixon library for its campus reeks of hypocrisy. Murmurs through the Durham community want to tie the library's erection to the investors in large hotelmotel complexes scheduled for erection within easy access to the designated area. An in vestigation into the backers of these projects and pushers of the library may hint that more is involv ed than what can be seen on the surface. But I'm not opposed to folks making money and if I became ill requiring hospitalization, I'd certainly want to go to Duke., What gets me is the lack of foresight Duke's trustees and board are showing if they choose to erect on their campus Nixon's library which most certainly will honor the man. No matter how many amendments are tacked on a building proposal, once erected, that building is a monument and honor to the man for whom it is named. Sigptseers and visitors aren't going to take the time to read the amendments. They'll just ad mire the building and honoree. Nixon brought dishonor to the office of the United States Presiden cy. Whatever good he may have done, the lies and deception of "the Watergate Affair" should not be forgotten. The tragedy is that the system of justice failed us for Nixon. Let us not forget, Nixon was not impeached, he resigned; and then was prematurely pardoned as a matter of political expe dience. Would he be given the library if he were im peached? For this, do we now owe him a $25 million library which will be maintained at the public's expense? Further, Nixon reneged on the gift of his Florida home to the government after the taxpayers paid an excessive, amount for : im provements and security thererThe home was sold at an immense personal profit. In addition, Nixon enjoys government benefits and security at a cost to the taxpayers of more than a million dollars per year. How much more shall the country be taken in by this man and causes on his behalf? For one who 1 brought this country dishonor, Nixon has certainly been treated well. , , Nixon should not 'be honored with a public Ibirary anywhere at the taxpayers expense. The peo ple of Whittier, California, wouldn't build one for Nixon and neither should Duke and Durham. To erect such a monument would be a slap against the founding principles of this country. To date, Nixon has never apologized publicly or admitted any wrong doing $ for his part in : "the Watergate Affair." To honor him with a library would say to the world, if you can lie, cheat, hold yourself above the law and get away with it all, you too can have the good life. It says to our children that there is some benefit to not obeying the law. It says that Presidents are above the very laws that they are en trusted to support, protect, and defend. To honor Nixon, who violated the rights of citizens with il legal wiretaps and invasions of their privacy, seems to beg more of the same. To pay any amount of money to erect at $25 million structure to a man who brought us shame in these times when we can't find money for highways, school lunches, programs for the handicapped and disabled, medical care for the elderly or other necessary social programs, does nothing to foster our ideal of equal justice under the 'law. ' ,' .,, -' ,.. To put Nixon's library at Duke or in Durham would be a dishonor to our' good names. Nixon's papers and tapes can be made just as accessible at the National Archives as here. Our hearts have shown mercy in the manner in which we have treated Nixon as a man. But our society must re quire justice and honor if it is to effectively survive. Durham and Black People, Wake Up! To erect any monument in behalf of Nixon does not embellish the democratic principles which we hold to be so dear. That $25 million to be earmarked for a library might be better spent on our needs which at this time are going wanting. - p 11 11 """I f"1" 1 1 . . , . . . f . . ; rv l: J- o.O or Sri lk -jW i. A : ( ) ' !" ' : A 1 ' 4.'. V " " ' - . .-, i- -.1- ' - , ' a , . " The North Carolina Association of Black Student Governments, SG A presidents from the state's black colleges and universities, met recently to devise plans for Black College Day '81. The group. consisting of public and private schools, decided on a march and rally to take place in Raleigh on September 28. Photo By Roy Harris Black College Day Set For Raleigh By Donald Alderman The North Carolina Association of Black Student Governments met Friday at North Carolina Central Univer sity and announced plans for Black College Day .'81. The Coalition of Black Colleges (CBC), sponsor of Black College Day 80 in Washington, decided against a march and rally in the Naiion's Capitol this year and opted in stead for state capitol demonstrations on September 28 in the slates were the greatest peril to black colleges ex ists. . j,..' 1 The NCABSG, a coalition of Student Government Association presidents, from the predominantly black col leges and universities, agreed, after Dr. Speigner Funds Scholarship ssK Six New Members Join Business School SPKIGNER Dr; Theodore R. Six added faculty members, five new to the institution, have assum ed f ull-time teaching responsibilities in the North Carolina Central University. School of Business. Dr. T. R. Richmond, Dean of the School of Business, announced the new faculty appoint ments this week. iJDrJ t Meyer Belovicz, siderable debate, to recognize September 28 as Black College Day '81 in Nojrth Carolina, coin ciding with the national observance. Stephen Kirk, SGA president at North Carolina A&T, noting a lack of time for suc cessful preparation, had called for the group to observe Black College Day later than set by the con.i'CBC. The group, urged by Curtis Massey, 'decid ed that the task could be successfully completed despite time limitations. Tentative plans are for a 10 a.m. mass assembly at Raleigh's Memorial "' ' . Auditorium, a march Ismail Erdem, an ad- down Wilmington Street vanced candidate for the to the state Capitol, to be Ph.D. degree in Statistics followed by a rally, SGA and Operations Research presidents announced, at North Carolina State Ms. Brenda Nelson, University, will serve as SGA president at Shaw Assistant Professor University, said the ten Decision Sciences in the taiive plans will probably Department of Manage- be final since times does ment and marketing. not allow for substantial Robert Dean, an ex-changes, ecutive with ' ' Interna- The rally will call for tional Business Machines the continued existence Corporation (IBM), will and enhancement of the by such Speigner of Durham has appointed) h ,u .Associate,, easYisUuig ..Rr.p state's , itipnally.. donated $5,000 to .t,r70j.essqp3 -ror. 1 rinangetfio.im;TOMMHMiciJPvi dibck scnoois, me group Aiaoama Mate universi ty to establish a scholar ship fund. A .scholarship, which will be named for Dr. Speigner, will be award ed each year to a student majoring in the social sciences with an interest in geography. A 1926 graduate of Alabama State, Dr. Speigner is professor emeritus of geography at North Carolina Central University. He was chairman of the NCCU geography department for fifteen years. He was a member of the Durham city school board for eleven years and chair man for six years. Alabama State University honored him with its Distinguished Alumni Attainment Award in 1974 and with " a Doctor of Laws degree in 1978. holds the Ph.D. -from Purdue University and is a former member of the faculty of Wake Forest university. Dr. Nader Suleiman, appointed .Associate Professor of Acounting; hplds a master's degree in businessfrom, NCCU 'and . a doctorate in acounting from .the University, of South Carolina. He , was ". formerly associated with North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Mary Ranade, ap pointed Assistant Pro fessor of Information Systems in the School's Business Education and Administrative Services ? Department, holds a doctorate from Illinois Institute of Technology and was formerly associated with the Research Triangle lrt- . stvtute. Faculty Loan Program, said. Dean will conduct classes In contrast to the rally in Organization and in Washington last year. Management and there will be no campus managerial Planning and queens and bands con Control, test, the SGA presidents Mark Stephens, a Cer- decided. The group tified Public Accountant agreed that the fwith ten years of public occasion's purpose may accounting experience, ; returns after a year s absence AO' the Depart ment of Accounting. He is appointed as an In structor. ? be distorted "distractions,' The group passed resolutions encouraging black organizations,; at white campuses to par ticipate, and inviting university chancellors and presidents, the UNC Board of Governors and the Governor, ..of North Carolina to toe platform guests. The SGA presidents estimate that 10,000 per sons will take part in the march and rally. Tony Brown, founder and chief national . organizer of Black Col lege Day, views the occa sion as "a means to com bat 'federalism' and ig-, norance." In - the September issue of The Black Collegian, Brown wrote that the marches will take place ''under the gun of so-called desegregation (assimila tion) orders or Justice Department lawsjjits. which force the black public colleges to become' white and the white colleges to remain white. 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