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vol. 7, no. 6 the university of n. c. at asheville monday, november 8, 1971 Black Student Group Revitalized at UNC-A by Donna Click “All in all, we want to make better relations with everyone on campus, white or black - without bringing out racial differences and focus on helping the prob lems of the black student, what ever they may be,” was a sum mation by Peggy McFadden of the newly reorganized Black Student Association. According to McFadden, newly elected secretary of the Associa tion, 15 blacks met September 30 to lay plans for such an organiza tion in the hope of promoting the general welfare and being of black students. Miss McFaden added that the organization would also seek plans to give aid j needy black students in the future. Attempts were made last year >y several UNC-A factions to ireate a Black Student Associa tion but the attempts were doom ed to early failure due to personal disputes and lack of clearly de$ fined goals, according to the leaders at that time. Several projects were discuss ed at the meeting September 30 and at subsequent meetings. One of the most discussed ideas was the cxstribution of a pamphlet ularly the lack of black students on the UNC-A campus concern- UNC-A. ing the problems and questions of Other officers elected mcluded black students. The new associa- Audry Byrd, President; Anthony tion faces the same problems that MacDaniels, Vice President; and faced previous BSA’s, partic- Ed King, Treasurer. ACLU Attacks Censorship (CPS) — A special report issued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on the Nixon Administration and the press has charged the executive branch of the fed eral government with attempt ed restraint on the press through a “chilling effect on first amendment rights. ' According to the report, “The most significant result of the attacks has not been a series of court and administr ative rulings permanently re straining the freedom of the press . . . rather it has been the subtle tendency of the press to itself pull back ... to engage in self-censorship.” It started, says the report, at the time of Vice President Agnew’s November, 1969, Des Moines speech which simultaneously critisized the television networks and re minded them that they enjoy ed “a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.” The chill came, said the news men interviewed for the report, not out of an inability on the part of the press to take criticism, but out of the quality of the criticism. see page 6 N. C. Symphony To Appear Here The North Carolina Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Swalin will present a concert on the UNC-A Campus Thursday, Novem ber 11 at 8:30 pm in the Lipinsky Auditorium. The Concert is free to all UNC-A students. Doing Research on North Carolina? The North Carolina Room of Pack Memorial Public Library contains a highly valuable collec tion of informational items re lating to the Tar Heel State. With the exception of the State Library in Raleigh and the N. C. Collec tion at UNC-Chapel Hill, it is the largest and most comprehensive reference collection anywhere of materials on North Carolina. The N. C. Room provides all citizens of Asheville and Bunc ombe County with information on their native state, and to this end a vast assemblage of books, pamphlets, newspapers, mag azines, maps, documents, photo graphs, microfilm and other mat erials has been collected. Begun in I950’s, the collection now numbers' over 10,000 separate items and is continually growing. If you have a question connect ed with the state or are doing re search on any aspect of North Carolina — history, geography, biography, industry, literature, religion, etc. — the N.. room is the place to visit. Some basic refer ence questions can also be answer ed by phone. The general public, as well as students and scholars, will find much of absorbing interest in the collection. However, please bear in mind that it is solely a reference collection — materials cannot circulate and must be used in the room itself. Some of the research mat erials available include: —a large collection of North Carolina fiction and poetry —an extensive biographical section —over 100 periodicals received regularly —fifteen daily and weekly newspapers —telephone directories for manyN.C. localities —thirty file cabinets of histor ical newspaper clippings —the Thomas Wolfe Collection —N. C. Census Records from 1790 to 1880 Folksinger Sylvia, who appeared in the UNC-A | Coffeehouse in mid-October, was another of the “• features sponsored by Operation Entertainment, a project of the UNC-A Social or Commission under the leadership of Butch Ochsenreiter. Voter Campaigns Start Nation-wide —State and Colonial Records in 35 volumes —about 300 volumes of gen ealogy and regional history The Collection also special- izees in local history, specifically for Asheville, Buncombe County and Western North Carolina. The Asheville Citizen and Times are available from 1900 to the present, as are the Asheville City Direct ories from 1883 onward. The histories of many local churches, clubs, organizations and families can be traced via books, cocu- ments and newspaper clippings. Maps, pamphlets and memorabila relating to Asheville and Western North Carolina also prove highly useful to those tracing local and state history. The North Carolina Room is a part of the library’s Reference Department and maintains the same hours, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. MINNEAPOLIS, (CPS)— This fall voter registration drives are getting underway all across, the country. College campuses contain nearly 5 million, or half, of the newly enfranchised young people between 18 and 21 years of age. A college Press Service sur vey shows that the registrztion campaign offers a good chance of success as campus leaders gird their loins for the year of voter registration act ivity that lies ahead. The National Association of Student Governments, the Council of Undergraduate Deans, and the Washington Universitv Student Union are jointly sponsoring a meeting November 19-21 which, leaders say, will lay the groundwork for a nationwide voter registration campaign. About 2,000 student govern ment leaders from throughout the nation are expected to attend. One of the earliest drives is taking place in Mankato, Minnesota, where the one- partisan Minnesota Youth Citizenship Fund Inc. is lead ing a community-wide effort to register college, high school and vocational school students. According to MYC spokes man Larry Spencer, the group has been registering about 90 to 100 peoDle an hour in the see page 5 l.n.sJ.clLe: Special Report: 176 years of Deconsolidation in North Carolina’s Universities How to Make It Through Schedule Adjustment Day Interview: Carole King Book Reviews Intramural Scores see page 3 see page 4 see page 6 see page 7 see page 8
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