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Wednesday, November 29,1995
Kwanzaa Founder to Speak at NCSU; UNC Schools Plan Celebrations
BYJOSHAHN
STAFF WRITER
The founder of Kwanzaa, the African-
American cultural celebration, is coming
to speak at a Kwanzaa festival at N.C.
State University next week, a sight of one
of the many observances taking place on
North Carolina campuses.
Although Kwanzaa celebration starts
on Dec. 26 for the rest of the nation, it is
observed on college campuses before win
ter break while students are still there.
Student groups at NCSU are hosting
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events next week, with a karamu, or festi
val, concluding the week’s events. On Dec.
8, the founder ofKwanzaa, Maulana “Ron”
Karenga, will be speaking at the karamu
festival at the African-American Cultural
Center on Cates Avenue from 5 to 6 p.m.,
said M. Iyailu Moses, director of the Afri
can-American Cultural Center.
N.C. Agricultural & Technical State
University also has various activities
planned for this week based on the theme,
“Coming Together as One: Excellence is
not Optional,” said history Professor
Kuame Alford.
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N.C. A&T held an African Celebration
Monday including displays of African
music, dance, fashion and literature. On
Tuesday, the theme was further explored
through a debate on the topic: “Which
Came First: White Violence and Race Ri
ots or Black Violence and Race Riots?”
Throughout the week, debates and panel
discussions on various topics will be held,
along with other events such as “The
Harlem Renaissance Revisited,” movies
and poetry readings.On Friday, a tradi
tional karamu will take place. The festival
will include food, gifts, speeches and enter
tainment, and will feature speakers.
Kwanzaa is centered around Nguzo
Saba, or the Seven Principles. Each prin
ciple is the theme of one day ofKwanzaa.
The Seven Principles include Umoja
(Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-determination),
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibil
ity), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics),
Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity) and
Imani (Faith).
Winston-Salem State University is plan
ning a program for the community on Dec.
7, in which they will educate the public
about Kwanzaa and each of its seven prin
ciples, said a representative from the Stu
dent Affairs office.
Elizabeth City State University is also
planning events, along with a forum on
Kwanzaa hosted by the Student Govern
ment Association on Thursday.
Valerie Johnson, assistant professor of
African and Afro-American Studies at
UNC, explained that Kwanzaa, which has
been celebrated for 30 years, was an addi
tion to traditional winter holidays, not a
replacement. “It’s not a replacement for
Christmas, but rather an event that “reaf
firms the African-American culture,”
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Johnson said.
“We look at Thanksgiving, and view it
as something that reaffirms that we are
Americans,” Johnson said.
The most important day in Kwanzaa
comes on Dec. 31, when the Kwanzaa
Karamu, or feast, is held, Johnson said.
Johnson said people exchange gifts dur
ing Kwanzaa, but focus on giving func
tional, simple gifts, such as books and
homemade items. She said that this is to
reduce the commercialization of the holi
days and strengthen the bonds between
people.
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CAMPUS
CONNECTIONS
Briefs from colleges and universities
across the nation
On-Campus Bar Faces
Liquor Law Violations
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
With alcohol-related arrests on the rise for
students, a favorite bar of Arizona State
University students faces liquor law viola
tions and a possible closing.
The Dash Inn faces 10 counts of recent
violations with the state liquor department.
Nine of these counts involve minors.
The barisoneofseven businesses which
sell alcohol and are located on ASU’s prop
erty. Upon acquiring the land, the univer
sity signed a lease with these businesses.
As part of this lease, Dash Inn, which pays
$1,500 in rent each month to the univer
sity, is exempt from the university’s no
alcohol policy.
A hearing will be held Thursday to
determine the consequences of Dash Inn’s
violations. Each of the 10 violations could
result in fines ranging from S2OO to $3,000.
Aside from fines, the university could evict
the company if violations continue.
Steve Tseffos, a Dash Inn manager, said
the violations stemmed from increasing
underage drinking. Tseffos said, “Society
has set one standard, and the law has set
another.”
Botany Students Explore
Commercial Fungus Farms
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Walking past piles of manure and
through damp tunnels, students got a
unique experience last weekend that can
not be reproduced in a classroom.
Twenty students of Professor Howard
Whisler’s Botany 146 class visited Ostrom
Farms in Olympia, Wash., to explore the
process of growing commercial mush
rooms, from steaming piles of compost to
stacks of wooden trays filled with mush
rooms.
Bill Street, Ostrom’s president, took the
students on a tour of the farms, which
produce nearly 11 million pounds of mush
rooms each year. Street explained each
step of the 60-day growing process.
Whisler told his class that the key to
making mycelia sprout into mushrooms is
a perfect combination of moisture, carbon
dioxide and fresh air. UW student Erik
Barber said, “The start to finish processing
and how they understand the life cycles of
the mushroom it’s amazing.”
Yale Revokes Suspension
Of Student Who Set Fire
YALE UNIVERSITY - The execu
tive committee’s decision last week was a
first for the university revoking an ex
pulsion and reducing three suspensions.
Ryan Malone, then a freshman, was
expelled last year for his part in burning of
couch in one of the university residence
halls. Students Miguel Garcia, Joe Zanett
and Rahul Chandran were given two-year
suspensions for the same incident.
The committee's decision will allow
Zanett and Garcia to return to classes in
the spring. Chandran will be able to return
next fall and Malone, whose expulsion
was revoked, will return in the fall of 1997.
Roger Smith, chairman of the executive
committee and political science professor,
said they reheard the because “the sorts of
cases in which a student produces a consid
erable danger to the community are rare.”
Fraternity Plants Tree
For University Centennial
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WICHITA Fraternity members rolled
up their sleeves last Tuesday in an effort to
reclaim a campus tradition.
One hundred years after the university
first opened, members of the fraternity
Delta Upsilon decided to plant a centen
nial Christmas tree in honor of their prede
cessors, the Men of Webster.
The Men ofWebster planted 13 trees on
the empty university campus when it
opened in 1895. Their service project trans
formed the barren campus. In keeping with
this tradition, Delta Upsilon members had
a tree transported from Daniel Webster's
New Hampshire tree farm where the origi
nal trees were grown.
The tree, a balsam fir donated by the
New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree
Association, had to be quarantined and
treated to ensure that Japanese beetles, a
menacing crop pest unknown to Kansas,
would not be taken across state lines.
The tree will be lighted on Thursday,
the first formal tree fighting since the en
ergy crisis of the 19705.
COMPILED BY ERIN GUILL