volume vii, number 13
UNCCs
student
newspaper
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ionuary 24, 1972
Williams
Nixon playing 'expedient
politics'
journal photo/britcoe
by Charlie peek
“The Power structure of
America doesn’t have the
integrity to free Black
America,” according to Hosea
Williams, national program
director for the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference.
Williams was on campus
Wednesday to report to North
Carolinians on his recent trip to
Africa, Vietnam and Communist
China, and to bombast the Nixon
Administration for playing
"expedient politics" regarding the
Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam
War and China.
"In Vietnam," said Williams,. "I
saw America at its worst." He cited
the plight of thousands of
"half-breed" lAmerican-Vietnamese)
babies who are being "murdered
and sold into the black market."
He said the SCLC hopes to put
these babies into a "halfway house"
in Vietnam until they can be
transferred to similar homes in the
U.S.
Williams called the Vietnamese
war on "economic, genocidal war"
designed "to get rid of young
blacks and poor whites."
A native of Attapaulgus, Georgia,
Williams has been arrested 81 times
on civil rights charges, which he
THE CROWNING TOUCH is delivered by Melanie Wilson, last says is the largest total for that
year’s Homecoming Queen, with the crown awarded to Cora Wpe of arrest.
Pearson, a sophomore student. Will Barnes, freshman basketball of''fhe'"1ei3o-MonSmeTmam°h
player and Cora s escort, watches the lormahties with obvious in i965, organized the Meredith
3pproval. March in 1967 and served as mayor
of '' R essu rec t ion City" in
Washington in the 1968 Poor
— People's Campaign.
On the subject of the Civil
Rights movement, Williams called
the Nixon Administration the
journal photo/bartholomaw
"Ruther B. Hayes Administration of
the 20th century."
"Many benefits sought through
the Civil Rights movement have
turned out to be negatives." he
said. "Blacks and minorities are
getting a lower quality of education
today than during the period of
segregation."
Williams called the "educated
Negro" the "biggest enemy of the
Black movement."
Speaking to the advocates of a
violent Black revolution, he called
for all Blacks to "stay together and
be wise instead of splitting apart
and being fools."
He claimed never to have
undertook the policy of nonviolence
as a philosophy but rather as a
tactic. "I'm not going to be dumped
out into the streets to be
murdered," he said.
Communist China has its
problems, he said, but America
might have a lot to learn from
them. He cited absence of
unemployment, the wide level of
education and the absence of drug
problems as some of China's strong
points.
In a television interview before
speaking he was asked to comment
on the remark by Black activist
Ben Chavis, made earlier in the
week, that a racial war was all but
inevitable in the seventies.
Williams said that he did not see
a race war as necessary. "Race riots
could destroy America," he said.
Williams also stated that he "may
very well support" Shirley Chisolm,
the Black female liberationist, in
her bid for the Democratic
Presidential nomination. There seems
to be no alternative; Blacks have no
choice in the Presidential race, he
said.
An appealing
population
Internships:
credit and cash
by sharon deck
Population Workshop,
probably the most popular new
‘bourse on campus, promises an
^’^citing semester for those
•ucky enough to be enrolled.
Population education, population
^ology, and human sexuality are
P® main topics that the course,
honsored by the Urban Institute,
cover in its weekly seminars.
The course, designed primarily for
embers of the Charlotte
^oitimunity, was so popular that
,®to||ment had to be increased
troi
the
^ 60 to 200.
Well-known experts from across
state will lead the seminars on
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.?R'®s such as contraception, natural
niidbirth, sexual expression in
^triage, abortion, variations in
®>'ual behavior, and human
^Pulation ecology.
The purpose of the course,
l^ccording to sociology professor
arry Lance, is to increase
Rareness of all aspects of
^pulation, with special emphasis
semester on human sexuality.
Dr u”°Ptil®tion increase is an urgent
i.Pblem," says sociology professor
PQh Roberts.
Individuals are becoming more
Pcerned about and aware of the
^Sequences of having more than
° children, he said.
large part, it is the middle
class that is contributing to the fast
population growth, because of the
cultural values that encourage large
families," Roberts commented.
The population growth in urban
areas has made people in the
United States more aware of
population problems, Lance said.
But the problems of
overpopulation are even more severe
in other parts of the world. The
United States has a growth rate of
about 1.2 per cent per year. But
many countries have growth rates as
high as three per cent, with larger
base populations, crowded land, and
limited food supplies.
Deaiing with population problems
also requires an understanding of
human sexuality. The attitudes that
a society has about sex, marriage,
children, and birth control aff^ts
the manner in which that society
solves its population problems,
Lance explained.
The population workshop is
taking an interdisciplinary point of
view in order to explain how
human sexuality is related to the
larger areas of population growth
and population ecology.
This is the second year that the
workshop has been held. Last year's
three-day intensive seminar was
highly successful. The proceedings
of that workshop, made up of the
discussions of various experts, will
be used as a textbook this
semester.
by sharon deck
Students can work in mental
health. Model Cities, or
recreation this summer while
earning college credit and a
salary.
Sixty service-learning
internships are available to area
college students through the
Urban Institute Program here.
Interns will work in Charlotte
government and service agencies
as active participants and not
merely as observers.
Interns must have complete at
least two years of college by June,
1972. Intern selection is made by
the participating agencies in
cooperation with representatives of
the University. Students in all
disciplines can apply.
Although financial need may be a
factor, primary consideration is
given to academic competence.
Aptitude, and interest.
Each intern will prepare a project
on his summer work and attend
seminars on urban problems. The
program carries six hours of credit.
Salaries range from $850 to $1200
for ten or twelve weeks of work.
March 1 is the deadline for
applications. Mike Smith or Larry
Owen of the Urban Institute can
provide further information.
In the past, interns have worked
with the Community Human
Resources Board, the city manager,
the Mental Health Clinic, the
Chwiotte Observer, Model Cities,
Project Hope, the Department of
Corrections, low-income housing.
environmental health, social services,
YMCA, Goodwill, and many other
community agencies.
Linking academic studies to urban
living is the purpose of the
program. It is not designed
necessarily to prepare students for
careers in public administration or
urban reform, according to Smith,
an intern last summer.
"We hope that it will make some
students better citizens and acquaint
them with what is going on in
Charlotte," he said.
Faculty
down
amendment
The University community has
voted on the proposed amendment
of Article V of the Constitution. A
copy of the proposed change is on
file in the Reserve Reading Room
of the Library.
The amendment was defeated by
the following vote:
Student Ballot: For: 656
Against: 19
Faculty Ballot: For: 43
Against: 55
According to the amendment
procedure provided for in the
University Constitution, a two-thirds
majority of both faculty and
students voting is required for a
change in the Constitution.
WILLIAMS
DEADLINi
Election time rolls around soon
and nominations for SGA
President and Vice-President and
Publications Board positions must
be completed by February 28-29.
Nominations for SGA officers
should be submitted to the SGA
Secretary in the University Center
not later than February 29.
Nominations for Editors of the
Journal, Rogues 'n' Rascals, and
Sanskrit, and for general manager
of WVFN, must be submitted to
Dr. Edward Perzel, c/o History
Department, not later than
February 15. The earlier deadline
for publication offices is necessary
so that the Board can screen
qualified candidates for the
positions and recommend them to
the SGA Elections Board.
Elections will take place on
March 8 and 9, with the winners
to assume offices on April 1,
1972.
I apologize for the late Journal
this week; personal illness prevented
me in meeting the Monday
deadline.
The new look for the Journal Is
an experiment; the type is 8-point
where we had been using ten. We
hope to provide better news
coverage and a) larger content with
this size. Economically, we cannot
afford any more than 8-pages per
issue the remainder of the year,
and the decision to try smaller type
came from this, too.
Let us know what you think of
the change, and we will follow
your reactions in the future.
Coming up are some special
reports on academic tenure,
University finances, the Senate, and
other areas. Look for them in
coming issues.
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michael mcculley
inside
A look at student
voting p. 3
Manifest problems
Upstairs,' p. 4
Julia Willis ■■ her
unique style of
liberated column p. S
Sports p. 8