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PAGE 4 THE BENNETT BANNER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1973 STUDENT FLIGHT DISCOUNTS ARE JEOPARDIZED BY AERONAUTICS BOARD Scenes From New Guidance Center COLLEGE FEATURED ON WCOG The Bennett College Story will be told in a series of fifteen minute broadcasts on WCOG radio. The college will present interesting features on various aspects of campus life. The first broadcast was air^ on February 4, 1973 at 8:00 a.mi However, the time slot has been moved to 10:00 p.m. The schedule is as fol lows: 1. Music by the College — Choir — Feb. 4 2. President Isaac H. Mil ler — Feb. 11 3. Teacher Education — Feb. 18 4. Science Division — Feb. 25 5. Student Life — March 4 6. COOP Education — March 11 7. Music Department — March 18 8. Alumnae Office—March 25 9. Humanities — April 1 10. Social Science — April 8 11. Home Economics — April 15 Rosenell Spears ’59 is the author of a new book entitl ed Fun To Do Cross-Num ber Puzzles which was pub lished in January by the Xerox Education Publica tions. 12. Thirteen CCP — April 22 13. Summer Institutes — April 29: a. Reading In stitute, b. Science In stitute Through the sponsorship of the National Student Lobby and Continental Mlarketing Corporation, the COALITION TO RETAIN AIR DIS COUNT FARES (CRADF) has been formed. On December 7, 1972, the Civil Aeronautics Board an nounced the results of their Domestic Passenger-Fare In vestigation; “that youth stand by, youth reservation and family fares are unjustly dis criminatory and that family and youth reservation fares are also unreasonable.” The Board did defer cancellation of these fares pending fur ther hearing on the question of an adjustment to normal fares. ’ The purpose of CRADF, in the words of Russell Lehr- man, President of Continen tal Marketing Corporation, a youth fare card sales con cern, “will be to alert every traveler affected, advise them that they may lose from 25% to 33% air fare reductions if they don’t act now, and pro vide them with a vehicle to express their views so that they will be heard.” An open appeal is being mailed each college news paper in the form of an ad that can be placed by the edi tor as a service for his read ers. The ad will carry a tear- cut letter, to be signed by readers, appealing to Con gress to act on legislation that can pave the way for continuation of these discotint fares. The letters will be submitted to the CRADF Of fice in 'Washington, D. C. where they will be systemat ically sorted by Congressional District, counted to measure response, and finally forward ed to the proper Congress man. National Student Lobby Leaders will then go into ac tion. They will visit the mem bers of the House and Senate Commerce, Committees in an effort to get at least one Re publican and one Democratic sponsor for necessary legis lation from each committee. They will work with staffs of the committees, airline rep resentatives, senior citizens and other groups interested in preserving the discount fares. On February 28th a Na tional Student Lobby Con ference will be held, with students from all parts of the country in attendance, to con sider this problem. At that time, the delegates will visit with their own legislators to urge positive and final ac tion to retain these important fares. In January, 1968, CAB ex aminer Arthur S. Present ruled that discount fares limited to persons 12 to 21 years old are “unjustly dis criminatory” l>ecause age alone isn’t a valid distinction between passengers. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Present re ceived mail from college stu dents by the sack load. Their expression of opinion was so overwhelming that the CAB ruled that airline youth fare discounts don’t unjustly dis- gaining entrance to the cam pus. Guards have been tripled and the sheriff department is on constant alert. Injunctions have been filed against stu dent leaders barring them from campus. The first amendment rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of the press have been denied to them. Students are harassed, threatened and photographed by campus se curity guards who are acting under the direct orders of Netterville, the State Board of Education and Gov. Edwin Edwards. The situation at the New Orleans campus is just as critical. Security guards have again been tripled. The ad ministration building is under heavy guard and all admini strative offices are occupied by security forces. Student leaders are threatened, haras sed and followed whenever they are on campus. Students face disciplinary hearings and the general move is to eliminate those individuals who have been singled out as “leaders”. The possibility of criminal arrest is constantly being held over the heads of these same stu dents. Aside from the police state tactics being used on campus, we are also victims of a vicious piropaganda cam paign headed by the school administration, the State Board of Education, and Gov. Edwards. Major emphasis by the press up to this point have been placed on the fir ing of key administrators and to ask the troubling question, “But at the same time, is it that we are getting used to our people being killed.” The apathy of many of us on this campus seems to say that we are satisfied to sit back and let others do our fighting. The oppression of Black peo ple is a collective problem; it can only be solved through collective action. Cabral’s struggle — our struggle — goes on. The U.S. may say that there is peace in Vietnam, although the Vietnamese people know better; but there is definitely no* peace in Guinea-Bissau, or Angola, Mozambique, Zimba bwe, South Africa (Azania). There is definitely no peace cn the streets of our own Black communities. criminate against adults. The board put off any decision on a petition to abolish the dis counts until a study of whether the fares were reas onable in relation to carrier costs was completed. Originally youth fares were challenged by National Trail- ways Bus System, a trade as sociation of bus companies, and by TCO Industries, Inc., formerly Transcontinental Bus System, Inc. Over $300.-million is spent by young people on youth fare tickets annually. Each year over 1-million youth fare cards are bought by young people who believe that they are entitled to its benefite until age 22. If the fare is abolished privileges of the card would be revoked. on the fact that students were trying to take over the control of the university. The fact is that on both campuses, we were attempting to alter the curriculum and administra tive policies so that the schools could provide the students with the necessary skills they need to make a meaningful part in the up lifting of their communities. Because of the isolationess nature in which the news media has approached the crisis at Southern, the false image being projected to the nation concerning the situa tion at Southern and also the fact that no satisfactory agreements have been reach ed on the grievances, we would like to ask all repre sentatives of Black Colleges and Universities to commit themselves to developing na tion wide support for our brothers and sisters in the Southern University system in their effort to get a mean ingful education. We are asking Black col leges and the Black commun ity organizations across the country to invite speakers from Southern to inform people of the real situation existing in Southern Louis iana. We also need people to raise funds for the impend ing legal battles and contin uation of the just struggle. We must also continue to keep in mind that Southern is not a unique situation. Brothers and sisters at Ar kansas A.M.&N. and Grambl- ing are presently facing the same types of harassmeni and need our support. The white news media will not tell these things to the public — just as the death of Cabral received hardly any coverage in the White press. But our people must be in formed and it is up to us to take the initiative to prevent information that is relevant to our struggle for liberation. Because You Asked ... The purpose of the Cen tennial is to aid in the de velopment of the campus (e.g. dorm renovation, landscaping and expan sion. MAKE YOUR SUMMER COUNT! Camp counseling offers you challenge and growth while you offer companionship and new skills to younger girls, if you have initia tive, openheartednes, emotional maturity, cre- ativy, excellent health, and would enjoy a sim plified outdoor life, write me TODAY. Skills needed in the camp Community include swim ming, canoeing, tennis, archery, dance, crafts, nature lore, gymnastics, drama, writing, camp- craft, and group games. Salaries for the June 12-July 29 season start at $175 plus board and lodging. MS. ELLEN YARBOROUGH YMCA, 1201 Glade Street Winston-Salem, N. C. 27104 CABRAL TRIBUTE HELD (Continued from Page 3) Bennett College BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1972-73 Wed. Feb. 14 Bennett at Greensboro College 7:00 p.m. Feb. 22&23 Tournament at A&T Tues. Feb. 27 A&T at Bennett 7:00 p.m. Wed. Feb. 28 Bennett at St. Augustine 7:00 p.m. YOBU MEETS (Continued from Page 1)
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