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4 The WAG for the Week beginning Friday, February 14 (The Week at a Glance -- a supplement to The MAG -- Month at a Glance) FRIDAY - Happy Valentines Day GCRO Fireside on Buddhism in The Hut at 7:30 pm Union Film in The Underground of Founders Hall "FEELING MINNESOTA" - 9 pm SATURDAY Prospective Students of Color Weekend sponsored by the offices of Admission and African American Student Programs. Saturday through Monday ArtsETC Performance, "OUR YOUNG BLACK MEN ARE DYING AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE," in Dana Auditorium at Bpm Free to Guilford College students, faculty and staf. SUNDAY Candidates Forum for Senate and Union Elections. Union - 7 pm in Boren Lounge, Founders Hall Senate - 8 pm in Boren Lounge, Founders Hall MONDAY Women's Assertiveness Training sponsored by Women's Awareness in The Gallery of Founders Hall at 7:30 pm First Year Student Forum in Milner Hall Lobby at 8 pm. TUESDAY Community Senate and Union Elections 7:30 am - 7:30 pm - Lobby of Founders WEDNESDAY UNION Goes Roller Skating -10 pm -12 midnight at Skateland USA. For further information, call UNION at x 2303 THURSDAY - SATURDAY Student One-Acts begin from the Department ofTheatre Studies in Stemberger Auditorium of Founders Hall at 8 pm: "After Magritte," directed by Charles Boniface; costumes and set byAsako Morikawa The Ex-Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Sleeping Pills," directed by Sarah Rohan; costumes by Caitlin Ewing; and, set by Matthew Smith. For more information about student activities, call the Student Activities and Events Planning Office at x 2301. \ DOLLEY'S 1 f '"E 7 'o OTR !2 ' ,M: ®J®J i Night Owl Special! 0 *® c % Fun! ! L——L, ! £* JffL * j ' ' Buy ONE appetizer ! > QP C \ r j and get a SECOND | X® i I 292-8833 C° VV "■ The Guilfordian news ARTSetc production depicts racism COLIN MCFADDEN-ROAN staff writer Our young black men are dying and nobody seems to care. Artist James Chapman felt this way when he decided to do something about it. He wrote the critically ac claimed Our Young Black Men Are Dying And Nobody Seems To Care. The musical play will be shown in Dana Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 15. Chapman's cre ation will be per formed by Living The Dream, Inc. They come highly touted by many newspapers—from the New York Times to that of Schenectady County Community Col lege. "It's excellent," said Union President Cara Skeat. As part of ArtsETC here at Guilford, she and Tonya Haggerty worked to bring the show to the com munity after seeing it themselves. "I saw the video they were showing out here [in Founder's lobby] and I'm excited to see it," said A.A.C.S. Trea surer Domo Ames. "Also, it's good for February 14,1997 the prospectives [February 14-16 is Pro spective African American Student Weekend] to come in and see that we celebrate black history month." In writing this "choreopoem," Chapman emulated Ntozake Shange. a] |] * Tj' \ performances cel ebrate the beauty and resilience of the African American male." It attempts to address many of today's important issues, like homelessness and date rape. Young Black Men are high lighted in the title but Chapman has not igored African American women. His message empowers them as well. States the author himself, "I want people to know that we are determined to survive." Shange wrote For Colored Girls Who Have Con sidered Suicide When The Rain bow Is Enuf, an other important statement on iden tity and race. The American Program Bureau, who is presenting Our Young Black Men Are Dying And Nobody Seems To Care, claims that it runs the gamut of the emotions and that, "The powerful
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