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Black Student Movement Official Newspaper
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vol. 19 No. 10 April 29,1986
The Future of the BCC
by Marjorie Roach
Assistant Editor
Plans have already begun on a
new addition to UNO’s campus.
The Black Cultural Center is
projected to be implemented for use
in the spring of next year.
The center would be active in
exposing students of all races to the
cultural dimensions of performing and
visual arts. It will focus on music,
dance, theatre, art, lectures,
workshops and other learning
experiences.
Vice Chancelor and Dean of Divi
sion of Student Affairs, Donald A.
Boulton met with 8 members of the
Black Cultural Center Planning
Committee on April 22 and presented
an interim report on the Black
Cultural Center proposal presented to
him by the committee on Feb. 7.
The interim report consisted of a
summary of work already completed
on the BCC planning and also sought
input for the next phase of the
project.
To prepare for the BCC, Boulton
appealed to Professor Gillian Cell,
Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences to join the Division of
Student Affairs and the BCC Plan
ning Committee with their efforts.
Boulton proposed in a March 25
letter to Cell that:
-a representative appointed from
the College of Arts and Sciences help
with the planning.
-the BCC Planning Committee
work jointly with the College of Arts
and Science and the Division of
Student Affairs to establish broad
educational and academic goals to
provide a framework for development
of specific program events.
-identify arts and humanities
disciplines which may logically be
accommodated within any framework.
-develop a statement which
speaks to quality control, artistic
integrity, program formats which
may be appropriate to the cultural
center, and whatever resources, both
space and money, that are required in
an educational setting for obtaining
these goals.
The BCC will be located at the
South end of the first floor of the
Carolina Student Union. It will
measure approximately 1,500 square
feet. Funding for the construction and
renovation is set at $13,000.
In addition, the Division of
Student Affaris will provide money
for office and display equipment, part-
time help and a three-year commit
ment for the salary of a director and
secretary.
Boulton is excited about the
project. He said, “I want to believe
this (BCC) would become an effective
tool in recruiting black faculty.”
This summer, a task force is
scheduled to finalize plans for
construction and the selection of a
director to head programming.
Opeyo Dancers in performance on April 19
BSM Gospel Choir
Filtaiteial Support Given to Cancer Victim
by Shirley Hunter
Managing Editor
Now, Victoria Fisher can receive
the treatment she needs to remove
cancer from her liver, thanks to help
from the public and some concerned
officers at Ft. Bragg military base.
This comes at the end of a long
struggle with the government that
began when she discovered the tumor.
It all started four years age,
when she underwent a mastectomy.
She and her family thought the
removal of the cancer was the end of a
long ordeal, but it was not. A while
after the operation she discovered the
cancer had spread to her liver, and
another figb t against the disease that
frightens ar I scares, had to be waged.
But tfsere was a problem this
time. Military servive benefits gained
from her husband’s service in the
Army, paid for the first operation, but
they would not fund the operation to
remove the cancer from the liver.
It seemed the treatment, which
involves large doses of radiation,
comes under the heading of “experi
mental,” according to the government,
even though it had previously been
performed on hundreds of people.
“It didn’t come under their serv
ices,” said Luchina Fisher, her
daughter. “Other insurance
companies had recognized it as not
experimental.”
Despite pleas and letters to
OHAMPUS, the military program in
change, of civilian medical services,
nothing was done to aid the Fishers in
funding a surgery and treatment that
cost $80,000-$100,000.
Then, a next-door neighbor
decided to help, said the younger
Fisher, a sophomore broadcast jour
nalism student at the University. She
said her family had no other
recourse—but to sit and wait-until
this neighbor stepped in.
Before the neighbor’s assistance,
the family had written to many promi
nent citizens asking if they could help
with the problem. Letters had been
sent to Congressman Charlie Rose,
Phil Donahue, Dan Rather and Presi
dent Reagan. Only Rose and Doaahue
sent responses, but they offered no
real help.
Reagan did not reply.
The Fishers were about to give
up, then the neighbor had the idea to
fundraise.
“I don’t think my mom was going
to do anything about it,” Luchina said.
“My neighbor had the idea to fund-
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