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THE VOICE
September 30i 1972
THE VOICE
THE VOICE Is published
once a month during the school
year by the students of Fay
etteville State University,
Fayetteville, N.C. (Names of
newspaper staff members-will
be announced In the next is
sue.)
Imperialism Abroad
The latest U.N. statistics
show that the gap between
have and have not nations Is
widening. Between 1960 and
1970, per capita economic out
put rose 43 per cent in the
advanced industrial nations
and 27 per cent in over-ex
ploited countries.
The continuing poverty of
African countries is reflected
in the statistical data. Life
expectancy in many African
countries is 20 to 40 years
less than in industrialized
countries, and 10 to 15 times
higher in infant mortality
rates.
Capitalism in America
Meanwhile, here in “good
old America,” in an annual
report on the social and eco
nomic status of the black pop
ulation, the Census Bureau
reported that 32 per cent of
Africans in America lived be
low the official poverty line.
Of course we know that the
official figure is probably
much lower than the actuality.
In addition, the national un
employment rate dropped to 55
per cent in June, but black
joblessness continued at al
most double the national job
lessness rate.
Dope Everywhere
The House Select Commit
tee on Crime has revealed in
formation pointing to high mil
itary and civilian activity in
pushing dope in S.E. Asia.
This comes as no surprise
to black people who have al
ways been aware of ...con
spiracy to push dope in the
black community.
Watch Them Die!
The recent disclosure that
600 black men in Alabama
were Involved in a Federally-
sponsored experiment delib
erately illowing them to suf
fer, untreated, from syphillls
Is a tragic reminder of the
total disregard which this
country has for black people..
The uncovering of this 40-
year-old crime has shocked
even those black people who
thought that the U. S. govern
ment was concerned with our
health, or least our lives.
McGovern
is Choice ?
Many voters say that for the
first time since the 1944 Pres
idential elections, the Amer
ican people have a really
meaningful choice between
candidates for this high office
in 1972. They say almost all
the candidates since 1944have
been basically as alike as
peas in a pod; all proclaim
ed their devotion to peace, but
most were active war hawks
and imperialists. But can
George McGovern be trust
ed? Afer all he is a politi
cian.
NOTE
The opinions expressed in
the columns and cartoons on
this page represent those of
the authors and are in no way
to be considered as repre
senting the views of THE
VOICF’ Itself or Fayetteville
State University.
BORN TO REBEL by Ben
jamin E. Mays, the highly-
acclaimed autobiography of
one of the most distinguished
black leaders of the Twentieth
century, was published Sept.
1, 1972, by Charles Scrib
ner’s Sons ($3.95, photo
graphs, appendix, index).
Mays tells of his life long
struggle to overcome injustice
and racism and of his extra
ordinary career as church
man, author and educator. In
cluding 27 years as president
of Morehouse College.
“Dr. Mays’ account of the
lot of Negroes during his youth
— and during most of his adult
life, too— Is a factual recital
and a terrible Indictment.”
— THE NEW YORKER
"A noble book, a pragmatic
and useful one.”
—Henrietta Buckmaster,
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONI
TOR
“Hopefully he will convince
the younger generation that
the "black experience” is a
galaxy and not the slave-pen
many whites and blacks seem
to desire it to be...Benjamin
Mays’ experience is as valid
as someone salivating ‘right-
on’ at the drop of a hat.”
—Ishmael Reed,
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE
VIEW
“A wonderful book. No white
man. North or South, should
be able to read it without a
feeling of shame and re
morse.”
—Ted Pfeiffer
LOUISVILLE TIMES
“An Inspiring chronicle of
a black man who refused to
subjugated to and by the Sys
tem.”
— Coretta Scott King
“This book ought to be re
quired reading for young
blacks who need some appre
ciation of their own immed
iate history and for all Amer
icans who want to eliminate
racism and who can learn a
great deal from Dr. Mays’
dedication to that task.”
— Julian Bond
LETTERS
All letters to the editor for
publication must be signed by
the writer and contain his ad
dress. Names will be withheld
upon request.
Around Campus
By JOSEPH HOLDEN
What Is your impression of
F.S.U.? Will you enjoy being
a Bronco and not just a stu
dent at this institution?
Demetrls D. Perry says;
“So far it’s okay. There are
quite a few things to take part
in and as the weeks pass I
guess I’ll really begin to en
joy it. But for now it’s okay.”
Larry Faison says: “I’m
just getting to know it, but
so far so good...”
Tommy Mitchell says: "It
will be better than it has been.
EDITORIALS
Presenting
Black is Beautiful
Granted, black students a-
long with other brothers and
sisters have come to realize
in recent years through the
black revolution tha “black
is beautiful.” Now that they
realize this, they must stay
that way by reading, reading,
and reading, THE VOICE will
feature each month a list of
books by black writers sug
gested for your reading.
Among the suggested read
ings are some by America’s
most accomplished black
writers, such as, Melvin Van
Peebles, Lerone Bennett,
Langston Hughes, and James
Baldwin, We realize there are
certain books you would like to
read and the demand is great
er than the number our li
brary may have on hand. But
ask the librarian to assist you
in obtaining the book else
where if it is not available
there,
“Know thy self.” Read!
For those interested in the
historical scene of the black
American, Lerone Bennett in
BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER
traces the story from the an
cient history of Africa to the
present-day break-through
in desegregation. Milton Melt-
zer, too, in his three vol
umes, IN THEIR OWN WORDS;
a History of the American
Negro, tells the story of the
black man in America. In the
BLACK
IS
BEAUTIFUL
first and second volumes, the
story of the black American
is told from his arrival at
Jamestown in 1619 to the eve
of this nation’s entry Into
World War I. The third vol
ume begins with the great
migration from the cotton
fields of the South to the big
cities of the North. The vol
umes concludes with several
voices speaking from the bat-
tlelines of today’s civil rights
movement.
Perhaps it’s Afro - Amer
ican culture that Interests you.
Well, several authors attempt
to give a picture of what life
means to the black man. In
Langston Hughes’ NEW
POETS, U.S.C., thirty-seven
relatively young poets appear
in an anthology whose divi
sions are lyrical, protest,
personal and general descrip
tions. The poems reflect the
hurts, hopes, roots, and pas
sions of its composite Negro
authorship. James Baldwin
tells what it’s all about for
some blacks in ANOTHER
COUNTRY, His novel is of sex
and blacks and whites in New
York, from Greenwich Village
to Harlem, with mixed love,
drugs, and violence common
place.
You will be sure to find
several books about blacks on
the contemporary scene. THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MAL
COLM X is an account of
Malcolm X’s life and the Black
Muslims completed shortly
before his violent death, Mal
colm X recalls his early
childhood, introduction to sor
did Harlem, years in prison
when he became a disciple of
Elijah Muhammad, the Black
Muslin, and his eventual break
with Muhammad, Whitney M,
Young in BEYOND RACISM;
Building an Open Society, af
ter discussing the background
and present state of racism in
the United States, he presents
a program that could enable
America to move beyond ra
cism to an open society of
justice and equality.
Much better than it was four
years ago. I would like to be
come president of the fresh
man class and have a lot bet
ter things going on and much
larger bands.
Broncos
Beat
Shaw
The Fayetteville State Uni
versity Broncos have jumped
off to another good start in the
Central Intercollegiate Ath
letic Association this year.
The Broncos, coached by Ray
mond A. McDougal, are 3-0
in the CIAA and have a 3-1
overall mark.
The only loss dealt to the
McDougal men came at the
hands of the quick Fort Val
ley State College Panthers
at the Georgia school by a
score of 45-8.
“After winning our first
two ball games over Federal
City College and Norfolk State
College, by scores of 45-14
and 21-14 respectively, I did
not feel anyone could score
forty-five points on us,” said
head coach McDougal.
Despite losing to this out
side foe, th McDougal-men,
have managed to stay atop
the Southern Division of the
CIAA conference. At the mo
ment, the FSU grid-men are on
top in the Southern Division
with a 1-0 record while Vir
ginia State is riding high in
the Northern Division with a
1-0 mark.
The McDougal - men spotted
the visiting Shaw University
Bears a 6-0 lead in the first
quarter and came- from-
behind in the second half of
the battle to win the contest,
19-8 before approximately
5000 fans.
Starting signal-caller Craig
Sills suffered a shoulder in
jury in the game and will pos
sibly be out of action for at
least three weeks.
Sills, a Burlington, N, J.
transfer student from A & T
University, had been given the
nod by coach McDougal as his
number one signal-caller be
fore a crashing Shaw lines
man sidelined the Bronco
field-general with an injury.
Shaw took the lead in the
first stanza by getting good
field position on bad fourth
down Bronco punt which land
ed on the Bronco 48. Hard
running back Virgil Shamber-
ger bulled his way to the
thirty-five for a Shaw first
down. Bear quarterback Frank
Binns connected with his spllt-
end Larry King for a six point
pass - play covering twelve
yards to climax the drive.
The PAT failed giving the
visitors a 6-0 lead.
The halfback option play
set up an FSU TD in the
second period, when quarter
back - halfback Jerome Mc
Dowell took a pitch-out from
Sills and tossed the oval to
wide-receiver Clarence Point
who raced to the Bear one be
fore being stopped.
Sills sneaked over from the
one for the FSU tally and Er
vin Melton’s toe gave the
Broncos a 7-6 edge.
However, the lead was
short-lived. Moments later in
WELCOME
FRESHMEN
By JOSEPH HOLDEN
We welcome all new fresh
men for the school year, 1972-
73. The upperclassmen also
hope that you have enjoyed
the few days you’ve already
spent here and hope you will
enjoy the remainder of the
four years.
We hope things haven’t been
too hectic for you with regis
tration and orientation recent
ly. As In everything there has
to be some period of adjust
ment and it seems it hasn’*-
been such a difficult task for
you.
You are welcome to become
a part of any campus organi
zation. Since this Is your home
away from home, it’s for you
to feel at home just as those
Broncos who are already here.
Maybe, in the near future
there will be enough encourag
ing things to override the dis
couraging ones.
Remember, there’s a time
for everything and now is the
time for all of us to become
a member of the Bronco fam
ily; one that we all shall be
very proud of. We will not be
ashamed to own our school
because we love it.
Hope you are glad to be
here.
Give
Your
Point
Of
View
Through
A Letter
To
The
Editor
the same period a Shaw line
man trapped Bronco punter
Ervin Melton in the end zone
for a two-point safety and took
an 8-7 lead at the half.
The Broncos stormed back
in the opening minutes of the
third period when kicking spe
cialist, Ervin Melton booted a
30 yard field goal for a 10-
8 advantage for the Bronco-
men.
The final Bronco TD came in
the final stanza when field-
general Jerome McDowell
threw a 40 yard touchdown
strike to end William Smith,
Ervin Melton’s toe gave the
Broncos a 17-8 lead.
For added assurance, the
McDougal -men put a two-
point safety on the score
board when defensive guard
Edwin Williams caught Shaw
substitute quarterback in the
end zone for the safety and a
final winning margin over the
Shaw Bears, 19-8.
After the Broncos play the
St. Paul’s College Tigers, the
heart of the 1972 schedule
comes up, and there will not be
a breather.
Winston-Salem State will be
a strong test for the McDoug-
al-men. The Rams are the de
fending champs in the Sou
thern Division of the CIAA
conference and have not for
gotten the defeat at the hands
of the Bronco- men last year. If
the Broncos win here, they
may go all the way to the
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