BLACK INK
The essence of freedom is understanding
FYlday, October t7, 1978
BIJVCK STUDENT MOVEMENT OF FICIAL NEWSPAPER University of North CaroUna, Chapel HIU,
Volume 11, Number 7
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Jeanoie Matk, ncorted by Byron Horton, was crowned MIm
BSM at the Corooatloa BaD held recently. Horton wai pres ented
the Outitandlng Senior Award. Staff photo by Keith Beaaley.
Mask and Horton
receive honors at
Coronation Ball
By Tlieresa Williams
and Sharoyn Marshall
At recent festive activities,
Jeannie Mask was crowned Miss
Black Student Movement. "Hie
BSM’s Coronation BaU was held on
October 6.
Mask, elected from a field of six
contestants, will serve as hostess
for BSM activities throughout the
year. She is also a member of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
She has also served
on the BSM Central Committee for
2 years.
Performances by the BSM
Gospel Choir and the Ebony
Readers served as a prelude to the
crowning of “tomorrow’s
tomorrow.” The Outstanding
Senior Award was presented to
Byron Horton, former BSM
chairperson.
TTie Freshman Representatives
to the BSM were also introduced.
'I'hey were John Sladc and Dobra
Harrison. These representatives
become members of the BSM
Central Committee.
Miss NCCU, Barbara Teresa
Wright, a special guest, addressed
the audience and crowned Miss
BSM. She spoke about the role of
campus queens.
“\^le the position of serving as
a college queen is one of great
honor,” she said, “she must be
aware of two vital parameters
which she has to face. The young
lady must be prepared to accept a
position of leadership and
responsibility.”
Mask, stated earlier in the week
that she wanted to “disqualify the
negative image of the BSM should
be more than a title.”
Other contestants vying for the
title of Miss BSM were Vivian
Carlton, Pam Dockery, LiUie Love,
Toi Carter, and Avis Squires.
A special dance tribute was
presented to Miss BSM by the
Opeyo Dancers.
Researchers Find ^"Heavf" Pot Use Can Be Addicting
SAN FRANCISCO (CPS)—Regular
use of marijuana is habit-forming,
and may leave the constant user
subject to withdrawal symptoms
when the drug is cut off, say
researchers at the University of
California-San Francisco Medical
Center.
The Center has been investigating
for five years the effects of THC, the
psycho-active component of
marijuana. They’ve experimented
with volunteers, who lived in the med
center for three to four weeks, during
which time they received round-the-
clock doses of THC equivalent to the
amount contained in five or six joints.
Researchers note that the subjects
developed a tolCTance to the drug with
time, when its initial effects were no
longer produced. But, within six to
eight hours following the replacement
to the THC dose with that of a placebo,
all subjects experienced withdrawal
effects such as sleeplessness, loss of
appetite, and hyper activity.
Dr. John Bachman of the Center
explained that only the heavy toker—
not the social toker—need be con
cerned with THC’s addictive
qualities. “It is necessary to keep a
constant level of the drug in the blood
in order for the body to build up a
physical tolerance,” said Bachman,
“so the smoker who occasionally
smokes five or six joints in an evening
wiU not,(tevelop these tolerances.”