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BLACK STUF)fNT MOVEMtNT OfMCIAL NEWSPAPIR University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Malcolm X protege to speak at UNC
i
Loui* Farrakhan
L
WENDE J. WATSON
Staff Writer
Louis Farrakhan, a minister, and pro
tege of the late Malcolm X, will speak at
Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov.
18, at 7:30 p m
Dr. Colin Palmer, director of the Afro-
American studies curriculum, said,
“Minister Louis Farrakhan is one of the
most articulate men in this country " He
is inspiring, thought provoking and con
temporary, according to some people
Farrakhan continues to uphold the
teachings of the Honorable Elijah
Muhammad, leader of the Nation of
Islam, because he said he sees a persis
tent need for a program specifically
designed to uplift Black people.
In his message, the minister takes his
audience to the crux of the problems
shared by Black people, including
unemployment, questions of race,
political strategies, the Middle East
crisis, the decline of the dollar, food
shortages, inflation, and unrest in
schools — just to name a few.
Farrakhan is a spiritual teacher
dedicated to the rebuilding of the Nation
of Islam in accordance with the
teachings of Muhammad. After accep
ting these teachings in 1955, he trained
diligently under Malcolm X, who was
also a minister, for approximately ten
years.
In 1967, Farrakhan was appointed the
National Representative for the Nation
of Islam by the Honorable Elijah
Muhammad, a post he holds today.
For more than four decades the Na
tion of Islam, known to some as the
Black Muslims, was described as the
highly disciplined religion for Blacks on
ly
(Cont. on page 8)
Fordham talks
about position
LA VIE ELLISON
Staff Writer
The UNC Board
of Governors is
scheduled to con
vene Friday to ap
prove the
chancellor's choice
for the position of
vice chancellor of
which was recently
Harold Wallace, assistant vice chancellor
of student affairs
Harold Wallace
university affairs,
reported as being
Chancellor Fordham siad, in a recent
interview, that the overall mission of the
position was to enhance the number and
the quality of the minority presence by
increasing the number of Black faculty
and students He cited the inadequate
number of faculty and senior staff
members as the most significant problem
concerning the minority state of affairs.
"I construe i( as a start, Fordham said "I
don’t think it's enough "
Though some discrepancy concerning
the titles, "university affairs” and
"minority affairs ' have caused con
troversy, Fordham said, "I don't think it
makes a difference what you call it The
responsibilities are clear " He said an ad
vantage of the position was related to be
ing willing to work diligently with the ex
isting operational base
Responding to the lack of Black stu
dent input on the search committee, For
dham said of the six-member committee,
"I think It was an excellent committee"
There were two Blacks, Edith Elliott,
director of the Campus Y, and Charles
Daye, associate professor in the law
schwl, who was later replaced by Henry
Frierson, an assistant professor of
medicine The only student represen
tative was Danny Me Knowles.
The Jam
Above are scenes from the Jam for lesus held recently in Great Hall of the
Carolina Union. Approximately 500 people from schools around North Carolina
attended. (Photos by W'ende f Watson.)
Greeks talk
of council
TERESA BLOSSOM
Staff Writer
Speculation about the formation of a
Black Greek coalition arose when
representatives from Kappa Alpha Psi,
Omega Psi Phi, Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Phi
Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, and Alpha
Kappa Alpha organized and sponsored
Black Health Awareness Week, October
13-17 in the Carolina Union.
Rumors that Black Greeks rallied
together in protest of Gamma Psi Bucket,
a Freshman brotherhood which used
Greek letters, added to the speculation.
The speculation was not unfounded
Black Greeks are considering the forma
tion of some type of council to promote
(Cont. on page 8)
Curriculum report sparks 2 concerns
UWRENCE TURNER
News Editor
Although Black Student Movement
Chairperson Mark Canady and Student
Body President Bob Saunders agreed
that the revised final edition of the cur
riculum report was an improvement over
the original, they both disliked two
areas
Their disagreement was with the
foreign language credit removal and the
arrangement of the western historical
and rwn-western perspective courses
Students and faculty discussed the
report at an open hearing Oct 30, in
Gerrard Hall. Canady and Saunders said
they left the forum unsatisfied over the
two areas
A western historical course prior to the
18th Century is required on the report
The requirement does not exist in the
Afro-American studies curriculum
History professor Richard Pfaff, of the
committee on Undergradate Reform,
said AFAM courses could be taken to
fulfill requirements, but should not be
used as the only history courses students
took "1 think students would have in
adequate history," he said. Pfaff said it
would be a detriment to student if he did
not
Canady said: "I was disapp>ointed in
his comment and statement . . a 'detri
ment' to the student If anything, those
courses would help students in the
future, with the growing minority
population in the United Stales," he
said The statement can be interpreted to
mean that AFAM courses were insuffi
cient, Canady said
Canady and Saunders offered three
suggestions each to the Committee on
Undergraduate Reform to allow students
to be able to take two AFAM courses
Also, Canady said the foreign
language credit withdrawal for the first
semester hurt more than it helped He
Mark Canady
said, in the long run.
the effort does more
damage, though he
|l said he sympathized
with the committee's
goal to move on past
knowledge an enter
ing freshman should
know.
The Black Faculty
Staff Caucus had a
subcommittee review the new report
The subcommittee concluded that the
revision was a substantial improvement
over the original, subcommittee coor
dinator Courtland Lee, said The other
subcommittee members were Colin
Palmer and Harry Amana
One concern about the report was that
some science maiors were not required
to take non-western courses that were
required for others. Lee said it was im
portant that the makeup of the conwnit-
tee to review the final product had
enough Black members.