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BLACK INK
Scp(cmbcr I. 1971
Mary Gilson Tutorial Program
Begins Second Year
Jones Presents Advantages
Greetings Black f-reshinon:
Functioning under the Black Siudcnl
Movement, the Mary Ciilson lulorial
Program is designed to keep Black
Students I'rom "nunking out" when they
are having problems in their courses.
People trom the faculty and Black
Upperclassmen have volunteered their
services as tutors in almost all
undergraduate courses that are being
taught at UNC’.
Last year, tutoring was done both on a
one tutor to one student basis as well as a
one tutor lo a group of students basis.
Meeting places tor the tutoring sessions
were 5 large classrooms located in the
new Greenlaw Hnglish building. Other
Calendar of
Black Events
tutors and students lound it convenient
to meet in the dormitory and any I'ther
specified place. I'iiese specific kinds of
details will again be worked out at an
arranged meeting that will be set up
during the first weeks of September. A
list of (hose who want to be tutored is
available on the BSM Office door. 2(ilB
Student Union, and hopefully. Brothers
and Sisters, you will not hesitate lo sign
the lisl if you feel a little insecure about
any course. I'he person to contact if you
have any questions or suggestions is
James Moore at ‘)(i7-47c>7.
'i'ours Truly.
James Moore & Billy Williams
Mary Gilson Coordinators
The Inlernational Student Center will
present an .\frican Coloquial at a later
date this semester. For information
contact the International Student Center
or the BSM cultural committee.
The BSM cultural committee will present
a cultural arts festival during the spring
semester. For information contact Pam
Campbell, South Graham Street.
There will be a benefit party sponsored
by the BSM cultural committee on the
second of September. Dino Williams of
Capital City Records will entertain.
Positions for editors are now open on the
Black Ink staff. If interested, please
contact Bruce Sampson, 252C before
September 7.
WC.AR is interested in running a Black
Cultural hour this semester. If you are
interested in C'ampus radio broadcasting,
please contact the BSM office and Bob
Foreman at WC.\R.
There will be a street party at the Pine
Knolls community center on the 6th of
September, all new freshmen are invited.
There will be a SOBU conference at A&T
State University on the 17 th of
September concerning voter registration.
Benefit arrarTged
for Pine-Knolls
Columbus E. Motley
Yes, this is home for the next nine
months. Some of you are arriving from
large cities, others (like myself) from
small hamlets. Yet, there is one thing we
all have in common (besides our
blackness) is our need to identify
ourselves as one big community and see
how much we can help each other, both
on and off the UNC campus.
This is what the Off-Campus Tutorial
Program is all about-identification. How
do you fit in? Easy. We need your help in
giving the young people of the Chapel
Hill community a small portion of your
time once or twice a week.
Certainly this is but a small favor for
us to ask of you, and think of the
experience you get in working with
young people and improving the
Campus-Community Relations.
Think it’s going to be hard at first?
Not at all. We’re kicking things off with a
Street Party on Grant Street (yes, we’ll
tell you how to get there.) on Labor Day,
September 6. Come on out and meet the
people. Learn something that can help
you and the people of the Pine-Knolls
community.
We’ll be looking for you when the
program starts, and of course, the party is
free!
Onward United!
BIG PEOPLE! LITTLE PEOPLE
NEED YOUR HELP!
For more information. See me in the
BSM Office, Room 262B, Carolina
Union.
Strike Leader Fired
Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks, one of the
leaders of the food service strike,against
SAGA food service two years ago, has
been released by the service for failure to
uphold responsibilities as supervisor of
the Union Snack Bar.
In a previous interview, Mrs. Brooks
said that she had been fired for refusing
to sign a responsibility slip for the S4.91
shortage in her cash register. She claimed
that she was not responsible because
three others had also used the cash
register.
Mrs. Brooks said the problem began
because she did not consider herself a
supervisor. Robert Greer replied 'that
there was a misunderstanding about Mrs.
Brooks being a supervisor but they had
cleared the matter up. Greer also stated
that this was not the only incident
responsible for Mrs. Brooks’ release. He
cited five previous incidents where Mrs.
Brooks had signed warning slips for
infractions.
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Mrs. Brooks said she thought the firing
was due to her out.spokedness. She felt
that they were firing her now because
they knew that if she was fired in the fall
there would be a chance for another
strike.
riic discussion gn>up in Room 21
Tuesday night had Ihc honor of having
Kevin Jones from \ & T as their
chairman. Kevin answered various
queslions\ (hat were asked as lo (he
advantages', and disadvantages of going lo
a white \school. He felt that the
advantages \were the better facilities
which resulted in a better education, and
the prestige r^hich helped when it came
to getting a jo'(-> when you gradualed. The
only disadvantage that he fell that we
experienced wa!^ not being able to relate
lo our fellow Blalyks.
Another question was why white
schools are able to get more financial aid
than blacks when' they both are run by
the same people. 1\ was found that this
was not true in all'^cases. The academic
jdei
snV
reasons. If a studen’t was one of high
caliber (academically)! then the financial
aid that he received from a black school
in some cases may be tnore than that of
the white school.
The goals of the group ranged from
helping the fellow black, man to making
money. One person’s gcJal was “to beat
the white man at his oW game.” This
meant that she was out to\show the white
man that BLACKS were lust as good as
he is and we can do just as much.
Some of the members of the
discussion group and their\majors were:
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Howard McAllister, Pre-Med; Ophelia
Speight, Zoology; Willie McLaughlin,
Math; Darlene Quinn, Nursing; Kathy
Scoggins, Special Ed.; Dorthera Jones,
Dentistry; Sandra Scott, Drama; Marlene
Quin, Nursing; Veatta Sifford,
Afro-American Studies; and Valerie
McPherson, Political Science.
Kenwick on Freshmen
/ound 2^ (a's}j
years), the ni:
these numbers wl
According to Mr. Haydein Renwick,
The Director of the Minority) Admissions
Office, the University of Nohh Carolina
in 1971-72 will have more Black
Students enrolled than the three other
major universities in this state. Even
though the percentage this year of Black
Student c^pampus, as compared with the
overall swd|^t ;|)6pulace, is still only
^ and the quality of
. ^Aave a more sustaining
effect on the university than in the past.
Of the 250 entering freshmen and 20
transfer students, Mr. Renwick has stated,
“These people are a new breed who have
been associated with an integrated
system.”
This fact he says can only mean that
there will be more involvement in
Student Government and activities.
Of the Black Students entering UNC
this year, included are Morehead
Scholars: James Cox of Marshville,
Charles Frayton of Edenton, John
Hankins of Southport, and Walter Smith
of Hendersonville. Twelve Johnston
Scholars are also entering.
Eight very talented Black athletes will
be entering on full athletic grants. In
football there are Charles Baggett, Ronnie
Robinson, and Charles Waddell. In
basketball there are Ray Harrison, Robert.
McAdoo, and Donnie Washington. In
track there is Lennox Steward from
Jamaica and Reggie McAfee from
Cincinnattii, the first Black American to
run the 4 minute mile. Of the eight the
only other athlete not from North
Carolina is Donnie Washington, who is
the All-American basketball player form
Washington, D.C.
Nikki Rosa
by Nikki Giovanni
childhood remembrances are always a drag
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet
and if you become famous or something;
they never talk about how happy you were to have your mother
all to yourself and
how good the water felt when you got your bath from one of
those big tubs that folk in chicago barbecue in
and somehow when you talk about home
it never gets across how much you
understood their feelings
as the whole family attended meetings about Hollydale
and even though you remember
your biographers never understand
your father’s pain as he sells his stock
and another dream goes
and though you’re poor it isn’t poverty that
concerns you
and though they fought a lot
it isn’t your father drinking that makes any difference
but only that everybody is together and you
and your sister have happy birthdays and very good Christmases
and 1 really hope no white person ever has cuase to write
about me because they never understand Black love is Black
wealth and they’ll probably talk about my hard childhood
and never understand that all the while 1 was quite happy.