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TwoUNC programs complement each other
Black Press Institute
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BySONJA PAYTON
Staff Writer
The Southeastern Black Press Institute,
founded in 1977, is a nonprofit organization
of students, professional journalists,
educators, business personnel and layout
people whose purpose is to develop
potential leadership and to educate the
conununity to the vital role of the Black
press.
The goal of the SBPI is to create a ser
vice mechanism which supports the Black
press in its traditional role as a vehicle for
conununity education and development.
With its goals set high and with a definite
purpose in mind, the institute has been
active in the production of the documen
tary, “We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause,”
in the launching of a project called
“Scholars Look at the Black Press” and in
the coordination of a summer journalism
seminar for high school students. Among
the most timely achievements of the
Southeastern Black Press Institute was a
series of special events highlighting the
151st birthday of the Black press.
In addition to preparing youths for
leadership roles in the Black press,
another of SBPI’s objectives is to
demonstrate the legitimacy of the Black
press in the academic world. The
organization accomplished both feats this
summer through the Summer Journalism
Seminar, which was described by one
consultant as “the most extensive
workshop of its kind ever in this area.”
The motto which has been adopted for
SBPI is a statement by the late Louis E.
Austin. That motto is: “I am a warrior. A
fighter of many causes. An advocate of
justice for all. The mouth and ear of my
community. I am a prophet.”
Upward Bound
By ANNETTE PARKER
Staff Writer
Upward Bound is directed by Elroy
Lewis. This program consisted of 75 high
school students who attended the
University of North Carolina and are
planning to attend college after graduating
from high school.
This summer it began June 18 and ended
August 5. It prepares the students for
college and improves their learning
abilities. Here are some of the students’
comments, activities, and classes in the
program.
Jeneane Jones, 16, from Sanford,N.C.,
said, “I was recommended by Mrs.
Woodard, a counselor, to attend this
program. I thought that it would be nice to
come here for a good experience. It’s okay
at times, but sometimes it’s boring
because there’s nothing to do. My classes
are reading, literature, grammar, and
American History.”
Bonita Sadler, from Chapel Hill, said, “I
like it here because it's educational and
helps me to improve where I am slack in
my school work. I like all of my classes. I
take grammar, history, shorthand, and
reading. I dance and go to slimnastics
class. Slimnastics is exercising, losing
weight, and staying in good shape.”
Revon Green, sophomore at Northwood,
said, “It’s helpful to my education because
I will know more about what I will be
taking whenever I go back to school and
then I can make better grades in school.
The classes could be more active than they
are now, because sometimes they are
boring. I like my vocabulary class the best
because we do different drills with the
words. I decided to come here to learn
more about my subjects, that I will be
taking in the 10th grade and to help me get
into college.”
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Biography of our Buildings
Who said buildings at UNC are just for people to work and study in. If you
agree with this, you are dead wrong.
If the buildings on campus were suddenly to be able to voice their opinion as
humans do and think like humans, the people at this college and everywhere in
the world would be in trouble.
The buildings would say, “Man, can’t you see my aestetic beauty. The ar
chitect who designed me did his best to make me a lovely creation. I have
brand new bricks around me, marble steps, and sandy white columns, along
with more of nature’s remarkable minerals that make up my proud outer
covering and composition.
Even though we buildings come in all shapes, sizes and forms, we have many
different personalities: early American and Georgian, Roman Gothic, Greek,
and modern contemporaries. With all this you still take me, this work of art, for
granite.
By Michael Harvey