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VOLUME rs; NUMBER 6
BLACK STUDENT MOVEMENT OFFICIAL NtW’^PAPf R University of North Carolina, CFiapel Hill
DECEMBER 1, 1981
Tasty Southern meals may cause health problems
OPHELIA DAVIS
Special to the Ink
The days of Southern fried chicken for
Sunday dinner with rice and red-eye gravy,
col lard greens cooked with a piece of salted
meat and homemade biscuits are still preva
lent among many black families.
The notion of natural health foods have
not found their way into the traditional eat
ing habits, so the old styles of cooking con
tinue to pass from generation to generation.
These traditional cooking styles, deeply
rooted in the Southern culture, consist of
many high calorie foods which could be
related to health problems found among
black women, according to a university
nutrition official.
“THERE ARE MANY factors that interact
with the diet of black women that could also
cause health problems, but it is safe to say
that the kinds of food could have an indirect
effect on health, Dr. Marie Fanelli said.
The problem with the traditional foods
comes from the way the food is seasoned
and the amount of fats and salt content
added to bring out the flavor. Actually, the
use of the seasoning only adds extra calories,
Fanelli said.
“In comparison of ways of preparing food
with such things as bacon and fatback meat
in vegetables. People who live In the South,
regardless of race, tend to do more than
people in other areas of the country," Fanelli
said.
“FOOD PATTERNS MAYBE a more re
gional style rather than a racial thing," she
said. “Because I'm from the New Jersey and
New York area. I'd never heard of hush pup
pies until ! came to the South," Fanelli said.
“Frying fish and cooking vegetables with
fatback meat are another thing that I wasn't
used to. I'd been used to cooking with more
of a steaming process," Famelli said.
Obesity is one problem that might hinder
black women who eat high calorie foods
because many times they add more calories
to the food than they need. Weight gain can
cause many health problems ranging from
heart disease to foot prot lems to diabetes.
“THERE IS NO simple way to link the
cause of these health problems to black
women or anyone who takes in large
amounts of calories," Fanelli said, “because
hereditary could be a factor as well as the
socioeconomics of a person."
People who can afford to eat better food
are in better position. There are many
theories behind the cause of hypertension
found very often in black males and white
males, but no one has been able to directly
say that salt is the cause.
Personality has been factos could also
lead to hypertension also," Fanelli said.
Mamie Lynn, an employee at Chase
Cafeteria at UNC, said. “I don't drink much
milk and I know that I should drink it. I don't
take any vitamins either."
Despite the fact that her eating habits fol
low the traditional style of southern cooking
with such food as fried chicken, potato
salad, creamed potatoes, macaroni, and
cheese and vegetables usually seasoned
with fat, Lynn said she does not worry about
any health problems from a lack of excercise
or from high caloric foods.
ANOTHER ADVOCATE FOR the tradi
tional southern cooking, Wilbert Lewis,
manager at Chase Cafeteria, said that he was
brought up not to be choicy about food and
that he's a “meat and potatoes" man.
“I'm a southerner from Louisiana," said
Lewis with a chuckle," and I'd be mad if I got
home and all I had to eat was a salad.
“UNC is hard to please because there are
so many people here from different placs
and different backgrounds, Lewis said, “but
I would like to try to have a soul food night at
Chase with some chitlins, pig feet, barbe
cued ribs, and dirty rice. I think the students
would really like it."
Fanelli said that she was not in the position
to say what could be done about the tradi
tional Southern coooking that has been
going on in the black southern families, as
well as white families in the South. Fanelli
recommended a diet consisting of the five
basic food groups; meats, milk, cereals,
fruits, vegetables, and breads instead of the
high calorie foods and salt.
“If people cut down on the amount of fats
and salt in the traditional diets, then they
probably won't get as many extra calories.
They could have a diet where they take in as
many calories as they exfjend, so there
should not be any weight gain to cause prob
lems."
Canady runs for new post
lOHN HINTON
Editor
The chairperson for the Black Student
Movement has announced his candidancy
for Student Body President.
In an interview with Black Ink, Mark
Canady said he plans to run in the student
presidential elections that will be held in
February.
If elected, Canady, a junior business
administration major from Lansing, Michi
gan would be the third black student body
president at UNC-CH in the last 10 years.
Richard Epps was elected as president in
1972, and Marcus Williams in, 1974.
Canady said he would resign his position
as BSM chairperson where he served for a
year and a half. “Vice Chairperson Wende
Watson will take over as Chairperson,"
Canady said.
Canady set two planks in his platform —
improving student involvement with student
government and strengthening race relations
on campus.
“There needs to be more student involve
ment with student government," Canady
said. “Student government is not diversed
enough to represent the students' needs.
"Also, there is a need for more involve
ment with student government and student
organizations. There is some interaction, but
not enough."
Canady said that student government
doesn't utilize all the resources of the stu
dents. “That's the way it has been for a
while."
Referring to his other campaign objective,
Canady said *ha» race relations is "non
existent except ir some isolated incidents."
"The student government should go into
other activities to facilitate better race rela
tions whether it be multi-cultural affairs.
Mark Canady
seminars, discussions, or programs designed
to give students a deeper awareness of their
culture as well as other ones."
A UNC-CH student who held high posi
tion in both the student government and
BSM said that Canady has the experience to
be an effective student body president if
elected.
"The relationship between the student
government and the students should be im
proved," said Jesse Cureton, former director
of campus affairs for student government
and vice-chairperson for the BSM.
"Being a black student on campus, I think
the race relations needs to improve also,"
Cureton said. "Canady has the experience to
accomplish his (platform) goals."
Canady dismissed the racial make-up of
the candidates as an issue in the election.
"I don't think the race of the candidates
will be an Issue," Canady added. "The stu
dents on this campus should base their vot
ing on the campaign, the candidates, and
the issues involved."
New religious group begins
DEBRA SMITH
staff Writer
The Black Interdenominational Student
Association, a new religious student orga
nization at UNC-CH started its bi-monthly
services and programs Nov. 15 with a
worship service in the Carolina Union.
The Rev. Harold G. Wallace, vice chan
cellor for university affairs, delivered the ser
mon and the Black Student Movement Choir
[performed during the program.
The purpose of the association is to sup
port the U.S. constitutional right to freedom
of religion by providing opportunities for stu
dents of various denominations to fel
lowship together, BISA leaders said.
The association also emphasizes the rela
tionship between students and faculty mem
bers, said Jesse Cureton, chairperson of
BISA.
Cureton, a senior criminal justice major
from Charlotte, said that BISA was formed
because of a need for an organization that
would allow black students to religiously
intermingle with faculty members and the
community.
BISA will have organizational meetings
twice-a-month and will participate in Sun
day worship services twice-a-month at local
churches.
"BISA will provide special programs and
activities," Cureton said. “BISA will be
advocating speakers to address issues such
as the Moral Majority and its relationship to
blacks in particular," and religion in
general.
The Rev. Yvonne Beasley, faculty advisor
for BISA, said the development of the orga
nization will have a positive effect on the
students at UNC-CH.
“BISA is an opportunity for students to
worship and experience religion in a way
that is commensurate with the university,"
said Beasley, assistant director of the YMCA-
YWCA on campus.
Previously, the only black religious group
on campus was the United Christian Fel
lowship. Cureton said that BISA was totally
different from the UCF. "It is a structured
religious organization which is consistent
with the environment here both theological
ly and educationally.".he said.
UCF minister, the Rev. Dundee Holt said
he doesn't know anything about the orga
nization, so he couldn't comment on it.
Inside the Ink
page 3 Black women discuss amity
page 4 Stores' security uncertain
page 5 Stone reflects on struggle
page 6 Angelou lectures at UNC
page 7 Tar Heels make history
page 8 Players discuss transition