Guilftnrdian
M B M A U October 1976
Maya Angelou
Here Thursday
BY DAVE OWENS
The black and multi-talented
Maya Angelou will speak at
8:15 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 14 in
Dana Auditorium at Guilford
College.
Individual tickets to the
Guilford College Arts Series
presentation will be available
at the door.
With just a high school
education, Angelou has been a
singer, educator, dancer,
author, historian, lecturer,
actress, producer, editor, song
writer and playwright. She
speaks six languages fluently.
Random House has
published four best-seller by
Miss Angelou. Two are autob
iographical novels, / Know Why
the Caged Bird Sings and
Gather Together in My Name.
Her two books of poetry are
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of
Water 'fore / die and Oh
Pray My Wings Are Gonna
Fit Me Well.
Because of public demand
for these publications, all four
volumes have been reprinted
in paperback.
Miss Angelou's background
is as complex and interesting
as she is. Born in 1928
Senate Minutes
The meeting was opened
with a moment of silence and
roll was called. Tom Evans and
Leslie Zeldin were absent. Dan
Hurley is replacing John Bos
well as a Day Student Senator.
Names were submitted for
the opening on the Teacher
Education Committee. Teresa
Chapman was elected to this
position.
The Senate passed the
Budget Committee's proposal
for the elimination of organi
zations' off-campus bank ac
count. It was felt that these
should not be allowed since
they cannot be monitored by
the business office or the
Senate, and since petty cash
in St. Louis, she spent most
of her early childhood in
Stamps, Ark., a town one can
hardly find on the map. In
1940 she and her family moved
to San Francisco, where she
completed her schooling in
1943.
Even at that early age she
discovered that writing poetry
brought relief from the
problems of ordinary living.
Determined eventually to carve
out a stage career, Maya
studied dance and drama at
night while working a variety
of jobs.
Her career took a significant
upturn in 1952 when she
received a scholarship to study
dance with Pearl Primus in
New York. Returning to San
Francisco in 1954, Miss
Angelou made her first profes
sional appearance at the Purple
Onion as a singer.
She then joined the European
touring company of Porgy and
Bess, sponsored by the U.S.
State Department. She sang
the role of Ruby and was the
lead dancer in the production,
presented in 22 countries of
Europe and Africa in 1954 - 55.
Miss Angelou lived in Africa
is available through the Bus
iness Office. Two weeks
notice will be given to inform
organizations of the new
ruling and after this time, any
organizations discovered to
have off-campus accounts will
be fined 10% of their al
lotment.
Lama Lo requested an ad
ditional S3OO from Senate for
additional activities on the
basis of increased interest in
the organization this year. The
Senate granted them an
additional SIOO, and will con
sider a request for another
SIOO next semester.
The Union requested $6lB
to send six delegates to the
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for a time and became
associate editor of The Arab
Observer in Cairo, the only
English language news weekly
in the Middle East. There
she supervised an office sta.f
of 14.
Ghana was next on her
National Entertainment Con
ference Regional Convention
in Charleston, SC, Nov. 6,
7, 8, and 9. The funds would
cover registration ($25 per stu
dent), room, board, and trans
portation. Senate felt that 6
people were unnecessary, and
that individuals could pay
room and additional board (4
meals included in registration
fee). Union was given $135
to cover registration for four,
and gas for one car.
Fred Hunt, Director of Min
ority Student Relations, re
quested $139.20 to help three
students attend the seminar
"Patterns of Resistance, Sur
vival and Development of
Black People" in South Car
olina during Fall Break. Senate
was convinced of the value of
itinerary. She wrote freelance
articles for The Ghanaian Times
and for the Ghanaian Broad
casting Corp. in Accra.
She became assistant
administrator of the School
of Music and Drama in the
University of Ghana and
this experience, and of max
imum effort to collect funds
from all other available
sources; the request was
granted.
A proposal was presented
procedures for establishing
and maintaining student
organizations, from Ken
Schwab, Elwood Parker, John
Janney, and Hugh Stohler.
After much discussion an ad
hoc committee was formed
to further discuss the matter
and make concrete proposals
to be brought before Senate
next week. The Committee is:
Kathy Sebo, Dan Hurley, Kim
Chinn, Warren Kozak, Peter
Reichard, Judy Pevey. Copies
continued on page 6
concluded her stay in Africa
in 1966 as feature editor of the
African Review in Accra.
Later in 1966, Miss Angelou
gave a series of lectures on
"The Negro Contribution to
American Culture" at UCLA
and participated in panel
discussions.
Among her works are "The
Least of These," a one-act
play, and "The Clawing
Within," a full-length drama
which deals with the crisis of
communication between black
and Jew, white and Jew and
black and white.
She has made over 100
TV appearances on network
and local talk shows, including
the Tonight Show, Today
Show, Merv Griffen, and Mike
Douglas. She was the subject
of an hour interview by Bill
Moynahan on PBS.
At present Miss Angelou
writes a monthly column for
Playgirl magazine and has had
articles published in the New
York Times, Cosmopolitan,
Redbook, Playboy and most
other leading magazines.
She has received six honor
ary degrees from colleges and
universities and is an appointee
of President Ford to the
National Bicentennial Admin
istration.
Campus
Judicial
Update
BY DOUG NEILL
In last week's article on the
spring semester's judicial cases,
I inadvertently omitted a case
involving a plagarism charge.
In this case, the student was
found guilty of plagarizing
sources in a term paper. This
individual was informed by the
board that his/her ethics were
inconsistent with the honesty
and integrity expected of all
members of the Guilford com
munity. He/she was given an
"F" in the course and was
also recommended to SAC for
(suspension. The suspension
was approved for one semester.