« BLACK INK
The essence of freedom is understanding
Monday, September 11, 1978 BIJ^CK STUDENT MOVEMENT OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER University of North Carolina, Chapel HUl, Volume 11, Number r j
Four Hack Ink staff members
complete SBPI internships.
By DAVID R. SQUIRES
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Four Black Ink staff members have
recently completed summer internships
with the Southeastern Black Press
Institute (SBPI).
Associate Editor Teresa Bums served as
a reporter for the Low Country Star in
Beaufort, S.C. Bums is a senior journalism
major from Charlotte, N.C. Also a senior
journalism major, Carol Lewis served as a
photographer-reporter for the Wilmington
Journal. The Bayboro, N.C. native will
soon become Black Ink’s Features Editor.
Senior Radio Television and Motion
Pictures (RTVMP) major Sheila Bennett
served as an in-house intem for the SBPI
Summer Journalism Seminar. She is
currently serving as a graduate news
editor for the Ink. Miss Bennett is from
Morvin, N.C.
Black Ink Editor-in-chief David R.
Squires also served as an SBPI in-house
intern. Squires is a junior journalism and
psychology major from Bayboro, N.C.
The Southeastern Black l^ess Summer
Internship Program was designed to
provide editors in our region with help that
they normally would not have, and to give
young Black journalists invaluable on-the-
job experience working with the Black
Press.
The interns were recruited and carefully
scrutinized in terms of their goals and
their capabilities. Nine interns were
assigned to various Black newspapers
located in the Southeastem region.
Participating newspapers for the in-
temshipswere THE BALTIMORE AFRO-
AMERICAN, Maryland; THE
WASHINGTON INFORMER, D.C.; THE
NORFOLK JOURNAL AND GUIDE,
Virginia; THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL,
North Carolina; THE LOW COUNTRY
STAR, Beaufort, South Carolina; THE
HERALD OF SAVANNAH, Georgia;
BLACK NEWS, Columbia, South Carolina;
THE CHARLOTTE POST, North Carolina
and THE CAROUNIAN, Raleigh.
Bums helped develop Donna Scott’s
young newspaper. Her assignments
ranged from court cases to City Council
meetings. Burns indicated that she
learned a lot from her experience.
“It definitely made me a better writer,"
she said. “Plus, I learned things such as
paste up and layout.”
Bums got a taste of what life is like
working for a Black newspaper. “We had
to stay up all night long on Tuesday nights
so that we could get the paper out on
Wednesday. At first it was pretty tough,
but I finally got use to it and it wasn’t all
that bad.”
Bums said that her internship was
definitely a leaming experience. “At first,
I’d get embarrassed when she would cut
my articles up; then I developed my style
and I realized how important her
criticism was.
“She asked me to come back and work
with her next summer as a regular
reporter ”
Teresa Bums helped develop Donna
Scott’s young newspaper; the Low Country
Star. Staff photo by David Squires.
Three Blacks win
RTVMP Awards.
By TERESA BURNS
Associate Editor
Three outstanding Black seniors were
presented scholarship awards at the
RTVMP Majors meeting held last Tuesday
night in Swain Hall.
The three recipients were: Diane
Ramsey who received $850.00 from the
Southern Broadcast Inc., Clement
DeI.oatch who received $750.00 from Park
Broadcasting and Roscoe McClain
receiving a $500.00 scholarship from
WSOC-TV.
Clement Deloatch also received the Earl
Wynn Award which represents the out
standing undergraduate award.
Campus groups seek new members
Minority Health
C.arecr Organization
“
BySHAKON MARSHALL
Staff Writer
Shirley Thompson, a pre-med major
from Mebane, has been working faithfully
these past few weeks. She is president of
the Minority Health Careers Organization.
It is an exhausting job but the hardworking
senior feels that the benefits of the
program is well worth the effort she has
put forth.
The .MHCO is an organization initiated in
response to a need for minority students to
become aware of the information
available to them about the requirements
and opportunities available in allied health
fields, Thompson said.
The membiers are undergraduates who
have an interest in health related fields.
The 3-year-old organization was started on
the UNC campus. Ijist year’s membership
included approximately 30 students but
Thompson anticipates a rapid increase in
membership.
The MHCP is not widely recognized
because there wasn’t enough publicity.
However this year the MHCO has been
given an office at 303 Venable Hall and is
backed by the chemistry department and
chairman. Dr. T.L. Isenhour,” Thomp
son said.
The MHCO will also work with such
organizations as the UNC Counseling
Center (Nash Hall), Alpha EpsUon Delta
! international pre-med-pre-dentistry
honor society), and the N.C. Health
Manpower Development Program.
The first meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, September 12. This year is a sort
of reformation of the club, Thompson said.
“The club has to grow this year or die this
year.”
Human Sexuality
(louiiHeling Ser\ice
The Human Sexuality Information and
Counseling Service, a student government
funded peer counseling service, is
currently accepting applications for
positions as volunteer peer sex educators-
counselors.
"We are especially interested in adding
Black men and women to our counseling
service so that we might better meet the
needs of the Black students at UNC,” said
a spokesperson for the service.
No previous experience in counseling is
necessary. Applicants will be interviewed
and selected on the basis of their desire to
work with people, their accepting attitude
toward the many ways that people can
express their sexuality, and their ability to
devote a minimum of 4 hours per week to
counseling, outreach activities, and
committee work.
Selected applicants are required to
complete a training program which will
cover all the various areas in which ser
vices are offered—pregnancy, birth
control, venereal disease, gay and lesbian
lifestyles, bisexuality, sexual dysfunc
tions, and interpersonal relationships.
As a peer counselor, volunteers will be
able to increase their knowledge on human
sexuality issues and enhance their
counseling skills while rendering a
necessary service to the community.
Applications will be available at the
Carolina Union Information Desk until
September 15. If you have further
questions, please do not hesitate to stop by
Suite B of the Union or call 933-5505, to
obtain the names of counselors who could
answer questions during non-office hours.
Kappa’s give
BSM $100.
By STELLA JONES
Staff Writer
The general body news meeting held on
August 31, 1978, was highlighted by the
presentation of a $100 donation to the Black
Student Movement from the Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity. Barry Stanback, Polemark
of the fraternity, presented the check to
Allen Johnson, Chairperson of the BSM.
Stanback, in this presentation,
stressed “the need for Unity amongst all
organizations on campus.”
The money will be used to help the BSM
pay off a $3,000 debt that it owes to Student
Government.
BSM fell in debt when it hosted a
sparsely attended Kool and the Gang
concert last spring.
Other items of interest that werei
discussed at this meeting were Bi-weekly
meetings of the general body, a presen
tation by Byron Horton on the NCBSC
conference held this past weekend and a
presentation by Rev. Lewis on Upward
Bound.
Think! Black Ink!
Mondays at 6:30
BLACK INK
News Release
Black Ink meetings are held every
Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the Upendo
Lounge.
Editors, reporters, staff, prospective
journalists and interested persons are
urged to come out.
The meetings are mandatory for all
Black Ink Staff members, according to
Editor-in-Chief David R. Squires. Squires
said he’s generally pleased with the staff
this year but, “The paper is still en
countering the same problems that I saw
when I joined as a freshman.
“People are tuming in stories late,
editors are tuming in layout sheets late
and some pictures are being turned in late.
I’m sort of use to those kinds of things but,
I’m really disappointed in the small
number of freshmen who have expressed
an interest in working with the paper.
“I think most of them were scared off
when Allen Johnson told them not to get
too involved in outside activities. But I
think it’s a must for all Black journalism
majors to write for the paper before they
enter Howell Hall. Journalism is a skill so
it’s also something good for non majors to
fall back on.
“'Vriting for the Ink or any other
publication will help a young writer tune
down his style. Writing for a potential
audience of 20,000 really makes a jour
nalist serious about his work. It’ll make
one wonder before he sticks a lot of fancy
cliches in his stories.
Squires cited another reason for young
writers to start working for a publication
as soon as possible.
“They need to start compiling a scrap
book for all of their work.