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LETTERS^ n afternoon exploring Mctkola Market (cont. from page 6A) many of the items far from delec table. For example, there were dead bats, dried fish with flies all around and dried grass cutter (a rodent-type animal). Some familiar foods were black-eyed peas, spinach, lettuce, cucumbers, egg plant, grains and dried beans of all kinds. Some of the Ghanaian foods were plaintain, cassava, ground nuts, palm oil and white yams. All foods are sold either fresh or dried. There are no prepackaged, heat n’ serve foods in Makola. After I had spent a couple of hours exploring Makola market, the hot sun began to take its toll, so I decided to call it a day and return to campus. It took me two hours to get transportation back to the campus. In my next letter I will discuss the problems of transportation in Gha- Sondra D. McCurry na. disadvantaged young boys in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area were assigned to different Brothers in the chapter to better acquaint these youth with strong male figures. These boys were taken to movies, dinners, and to the State Fair in Raleigh. To commemorate December 4, 1906, the founding date of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Mu Zeta sponsored a disco at the Champagne Club in Hillsborough. This disco was accompanied by a buffet-style dinner. Mu Zeta made flyers announc ing the times and places of tutorial services being offered at UNC in hope that more students would utilize these vital services. The chapter has also been instrumental in tutoring for the Upward Bound Program. Recently, it embarked on the “Walk for Humanity.” Mu Zeta gave its first annual G. Ronald Tillman Scholarship to Jeannie Mask on January 31. The criteria for selection was based on scholastic ability, extra-curricular activities, and financizJ need. An other scholarship will be awarded to a deserving high school senior in the Chapel Hill School system at the close of the school ye^. Mu Zeta sponsored several parties throughout the semester, the most significant being a “Going Over” party for its new brothers. This particular party was also spon sored by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., for their new initiates. This joint effort proved that fraternities could work together. Basketball games were also held in competi tion with Omega Psi Phi and the Scroller Club of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. The brothers of Mu Zeta are currently participating in UNC’s intramural program for basketball in the fraternity division. At a recent state convention. Mu Zeta was third runner-up for Chapter of the Yezir. To celebrate its first anniver sary, the Mu Zeta chapter will host its first annual “Black and Gold Ball”, entitled, “AN EVENING WITH US”. This affair will be held in Great Hall from 10 until 2 on Friday, April 15, featuring the sounds of “Brief Encounter”. Throughout this academic year, not only has the Chapter sought to render to the community its services as a whole, but many of the Brothers have given much of their time and energies in campus and community involvement. Kenneth Hill Dear Editor: On April 15, the Mu Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Frater nity, Inc., will celebrate its first an niversary. Since its inception in the Spring of ’76, the chapter has sought to initiate and promote pro grams and projects geared toward the enlightenment of the surround ing communities. The following is a composite of activities the chap ter has been instrumental in: The Mu Zeta constitution was completed in mid-September. It was personally complimented by the State Director. Fall ’76 saw the initiation of six men into the ranks of Alphadom. During Homecoming weekend, the chapter manned a hospitality room in the Student Union to acquaint visiting and re turning students with the workings of Alpha Phi Alpha. Responding to the needs of one of the oldest Black organiza tions, the NAACP, the chapter and its pledge line manned tables for the distribution of handouts and the collection of monies in the Stu dent Union and along Franklin Street. Another major service proj ect was the Big Brother/Little Brother Program. In this program. ABOUT LETTERS Black Ink welcomes letters to the editor, requiring only that they be concise, legibly written or typed, and include the njime and address of the individual submitting the letter. In special cases, names may be withheld upon request, if the editor deems the request legitimate. We also reserve the right to edit letters if they are excessively long or contain distasteful language. Letters may be submitted to the BSM office in person, mailed to Black Ink, Suite B, Box 42, Caro lina Union, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27514, or simply handed to any staff member. We want to hear from you. Senior reflections Is our Black awareness dwindling? May 15, 1977 rapidly ap proaches, ending a four-year experi ence for some, projecting us into a more realistic world than college. For others, high school seniors bound for UNC as members of the class of 1981, the date marks a period of heightening excitement as they make plans to enter their college years. Remember how ex cited you were? Yet with each graduating class we seem to lose a bit more of the awareness of what it means to be Black on a predominantly white campus. We take our rights for granted and live obliviously while these rights slowly, slyly and surely slip through our open fingers. Students of the seventies rare ly think of how hard Black students and parents fought in the fifties and sixties demanding the right to attend any school they chose. We forget, if we ever knew, the march es, sit-ins, cries of anger and pain and finality of death of those who struggled in the streets and behind the closed doors of conference rooms. Twenty years ago. Black stu dents were not at UNC. A former student, now an instructor here, looks at students of today and remembers when he attended the University as an undergraduate. “ Whenever something hap pened, e.g., a white girl was raped in the arboretum, they immediate ly rounded up all the Black males for questioning.” This is not a story from some where in Alabama, but right here in Chapel Hill. Members of the Class of ’77 can recall coming to Pre-Orienta tion and listening to BSM Chairper son Willie Mebane as he scared us half to death in his concern over our being aware of racism on this campus. Now freshmen, sopho mores and some upperclassmen chuckle and pass of lightly Dean H.B. Renwick as he, in his own way, warns of UNC’s “crackers and rednecks.” We sit idly by, jamming hard, sleeping long, “getting over” while University officials collect data on the ever increasing number of Blacks who are admitted but never graduate. “We gave the niggers a chance and they '^showed that they cannot cope with a University such as this,” they say. And, we’re giving them the statistics to support this long-formulated theory that Black folks are not intelligent enough to make it here. It concerns me that each successive class gets further and further from the ideals of those leaders who struggled so hard to get us here. We don’t know who founded the BSM or who pushed to get an admissions policy for minorities. We don’t even know when Blacks came here. Maybe we’ve always been here. And may be we’ll always be here . . . UNC forever! Not likely, with our present attitude of ease. Individually and collectively we must stop day dreaming. We must become aware of how we made it in and where we’re headed so the same rights cjin be assured for those to follow. Don’t be caught sleeping. Hats off to Black Ink Photography Editor James Parker who recently received the honor of having this Physics 45 study of sophonnore Claudia Williams posted in Phillips Hall among other outstanding photos by class members. Atta boy, Jimmy!
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