n^fie Campus "Ccfio
No.2
Published by and for the students of North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina 27707
October 1, 1981
Black student leaders
rally for black colleges
By Calvin L. Williams
and UPI staff reports
“We are here today to educate black students and people in the state of
North Carolina to the economic, political, and social strategies that are used
to undermine, circumvent, and destroy black colleges,” said Curtis T.
Massey, chairman of the N.C. Association of Black Student Governments
and Student Cover nment Association president at North Carolina Central
University, during his speech Monday at Black College Day ’81 in Raleigh.
An estimated 3,000 students from North Carolina’s predominantly black
colleges gathered at the capitol steps to show their support for black col
leges.
Criticizing the recent consent decree because it depends on the “good
faith” of UNC, Massey said, “I find it difficult to have any faith in UNC,
much less good faith.”
Massey said that black colleges have always educated people and asked
the crowd if they were going to deny people in North Carolina a proper col
lege education. The crowd roared “No.”
Ben Ruffin, special assistant to Gov. Hunt and keynote speaker, said,
“No other institution besides the church has given more to black people
than black colleges.
“The fight to save black colleges won’t be easy, but as long as we con-
Replaces Friday concert
■ tinue to fight, the struggle will go on, and black colleges will continue to
prosper and grow,” added Ruffin.
Stephen Kirk, SGA president at North Carolina A & T State University,
said black students didn’t want just some of the rights that UNC woiid give
them.
“We’re tired of voices telling us to be cool. We’ve been cool too long,”
said Kirk. “We want all rights and privileges afforded to our white counter
parts. We won’t wait 100 years. We won’t wait 50 years. We won’t wait a
few weeks. We want them now.”
Everette Johnson, SGA president at Fayetteville State University and
vice-chtiirman for the N.C. Association of Black Student Governments, and
Kirk both agreed that the march and rally should be held in Washington.
Johnson said, “A Washington messagewould have been stronger than
the one we received in Raleigh. Now that our legislators know our plight,
they will have to use more consideration in deciding where the monies
alloted to the UNC system will go. Hopefully more of this will go to black
colleges.
Kirk, who said on Sept. 4 that N.C. A & T State University might not par
ticipate on Sept. 28, said, “We still look at Black College Day from a na
tional perspective. At A & T we knew we had to be unified in North
Carolina, so we decided to participate in the march and rally.”
Homecoming cabaret planned
Washington: A crowd of Labor union leaders and thousands
of rank and file members estimated at 240,000 in number
gather at the rally area in front of the U.S. Capital September
19 after marching from the Washington Monument. The union
members came to protest Reagan’s administration economic
and social policies. (UPI photo by Jeanne Marklin)
Bluets resignation
stirs student doubt
By Jackie Haire
James Blue, former dean of student affair s, has resigned and returned to
the physical education staff. Many students have voiced concern that he was
pressured. Some wonder if his resignation was preplanned.
According to The Campus Echo, Blue was placed on probation and
charged with neglect of duty because he missed a financial aid meeting in
Washington, D.C. The meeting was decisive to the NCCU financial aid pro-
gr am. A memo was sent to Blue but no specific date, time, or place was
designated.
Ronald Burke, 20, a junior dramatic arts major from Babylon, N.Y.,
called the resignation “strange and suprising.” He added, “There is more
to it than just his wanting to teach again. I feel he was pressured.”
Cynthia Jackson, 20, a junior public administration major from
Nashville, says that she thought the resignation was “mysterious,” and did
not feel Dean Blue had as much support as he should have had. “The cam
pus acted as if it was not such a big deal for a dean to resign,” replied
Jackson.
Mae Johnson, 20, a junior accounting major from Fuquay Varina,
distraught after reading the story, said, “He was a good man. I never knew
there was a conflict between Dean Blue and the chancellor. There has to be
something else to it since he tried to resign before.”
Sandra Newman, 22, a senior criminal justice major from Fayetteville,
said, “The whole truth is not being told. There is more to it than what has
been printed.”
Wanda Nixon, 19, a sophmore mathmetics major from Wilmington, was
upset after hearing about the resignation during the summer and was even
more upset after reading the news story in the Echo. “It was a bunch of
bull! I’m sad that we’re losing him. He was pressured and the blame was
shifted on him. He was doing the best job he could and did not get any
recognition. I’m sure that if he had really known about the meeting he
would have been present. I only hope that Dean Blue knows that the
students support him and that we dp care,” said Nixon.
By Winfred Cross
If you’ve heard a rumor that
there’s not going to be a homecom
ing show, it’s not a rumor. Instead,
NCCU will have a Homecoming
Cabaret, according to Curtis
Massey, NCCU SGA president.
.So what is a homecomine
cabaret?
“It will consist of a semi-formal
disco and one live recording act in
McDougald Gym,” said Massey.
“There will be tables set up with
alcoholic beverages and we’ll try to
present a nightclub atmosphere.”
Massey said the reason for the
switch from the regular concert for
mat is because of the lack of
available attractions.
“We had a lot of groups who
would have been fine opening acts,
but could not serve as the main at
traction.”
The groups that Massey contacted
(Shalamar, Ashford and Simpson,
Cameo, and the Gap Band) were
either on tour on the West Coast,
too expensive or not touring.
“In the past, students have com
plained about groups that have ap
peared on campus,” said Massey.
“I presented the facts to a student
body meeting and the students voted
not to have a show.”
Massey also said student atten
dance at the concert in past years
has been low.
“Each year, only about 10 per
cent of the student body support the
concert. The rest come from the
Durham community.”
The homecoming cabaret will not
be as expensive as a regular concert.
According to Massey, the money
saved will go toward a spring show.
“This is not a guarantee that we
will have a spring show,’’said
Massey. “That will depend on the
price and availability of the
groups.”
According to Massey two other
universities, Fayetteville Bate and
A&T, will not have homecoming
concerts.
Greek lecture and newspaper seminars
highlight Mindpower week Oct. 3-11
An editor from a newspaper affiliated
with the New York Times, a publisher of a
black newspaper, and a member of the facul
ty just back from a summer in Greece and
Italy will be speakers in the Department of
English at North Carolina Central Universi
ty during National Mindpower Week, Oc
tober 3-11.
Sharon Scott, Family Section editor of
The Lexington Dispatch (N.C.), will speak
Wedensday, October 7, at 7:00 p.m. in room
310-311 of the Farrison-Newton Com
munication Building.
Ms. Scott is one of a few black editors in
“mainstream” daily newspapers in North
Carolina. She will speak on th moral and
legal and rights and responsibilities of jour
nalists, as well share her experiences in
reporting, writing, and editing the news.
A native of Charleston, S.C., Ms. Scott
has been with the Lexington paper for three
years. She is a graduate of Tuskegee Institute
and received her M.A. in journalism from
tghe University of Illinois at Urbana.
Mrs. Vivian Edmonds, publisher of the
Carolina Times, will conduct a workshop,
the first of a series, titled “The Working
Press,” on Thursday October 8, at 1 p.m. in
room 310-311 of the Farrison-Newton Com
munications Building. Mrs. Edmonds will
seek to supplement academic theory with
marketplace practice in seminars in which
she will speek to supplement academic
theay with mar ketplace practice in seminars
in which she will speak on the attiitudes,
skills tools and habits of the journalism
trade.
Dr. Helene DiBona, associate professor in
the department of English, will present an il
lustrated lecture, titled ‘ ‘the Greek Move
ment: A Cultural-Historical Viewing of An
cient Greece,” on Tuesday, October 6, at
See MINDPOWER, page 6
New building to house health, nursing
By Donna Marie Lee
In the summer of 1982, health and nursing majors can ex
pect to move into the new Health and Science building now
under construction.
Construction began Feb. 21, 1980, accordng to George
Thorne, vice chancellor for financial affairs. The approx
imate cost of the two story building is $2.8 million.
The facility will provide classrooms, conference and
seminar rooms, lecture rooms, laboratories, a learning
resource center, and faculty offices for the two departments.
It is located on the south side of Nelson Street, adjacent to the
parking lot behind the student union. The architect, Robert
Winston Carr of Durham, also designed the Shepard library
addition and A.E. Elder student union.
Perhaps the most desirable aspect of the new building is
that there will be considerably more space for the two depart
ments. “In the Robinson building, there’s no place for
students to meet with instructors confidentially, and that’s
very important,” said Dr. Johnea Kelley, chairperson of the
nursing department.
Betty Tailor, a junior and nursing major from Clemmons,
said “Space is a major problem in the science building now.
Our department shares the building with the math and physics
departments. When the new building is finished, those
departments, as well as ours, should have a lot more space.”
In this issue
NC sci-fi flic, p. 4
advice from WTVD reporter, p. 5
football victory, p. 8
Artist drawing of new Health and Science Building.