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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
CR meeting generates
dialogue, draws crowd
BY DON CAMPBELL
STAFF WRITER
The College Republicans wanted
to create a buzz to kick off the year.
Featuring a speech by the man
dubbed “the antidote to Rev. Jesse
Jackson,” Tuesdays interest meeting
did just that.
Rev. Jesse
Peterson, a
conservative
author, public
speaker and
television/radio
host, brought a
barrage of dis
cussion and a
diverse crowd
to the College
Republicans’
first meeting of
the year.
Peterson’s
speech, like the
group he found
ed, Brotherhood
Organization of
a New Destiny,
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The Rev. Jesse
Peterson
spoke at
the College
Republicans
interest
meeting
today.
revolved largely around his belief
that rebuilding black families will
solve many problems that face the
black community.
The lack of family presence,
Peterson said, has severely hurt the
black community.
“Not all, not all, not all, but most
black Americans suffer from lack of
moral character,” he said.
In the midst of these family prob
lems, Peterson said, the government
stepped in and adversely affected the
black community with its own poor
moral standing.
“We’ve had too much government
in the last 50 years,” he said. “With
the black men all gone, the govern
ment has been the daddy of the black
■ Elton Degraffenreidt, of
101 Johnson St., was seen view
ing Internet pornography on
public access computers in the
Undergraduate Library at 10:41
p.m. Monday, according to
University campus police reports.
Officer William Hill issued him
a trespass warning and asked him
to leave the area.
■ Three businesses in University
Mall at 400 E. Elliott Road report
ed breaking and enterings Monday
morning, according to Chapel Hill
Police reports.
Goldenland reported damage to
a SSOO-value glass pane door and
an undisclosed amount of cash
missing, police reports state.
Lark Home/Apparel found a win
dow valued at S6OO shattered and
an unknown amount of cash miss
ing according to police reports.
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Peterson often said that the per
sonal immoralities of political figures
like Jackson and former President
Bill Clinton could be blamed for
immorality in black culture.
“Anytime you think for yourself in
the black community, you’re a sell
out,” he said.
Peterson’s speech caused a flurry
of debate among students of various
ethnic backgrounds.
Discussion ranged in civility
from name calling to polite ques
tion and answer.
After his speech, Peterson signed
copies of his new book, “Scam: How
the Black Leadership Exploits Black
America,” and continued private dis
cussions with students.
His speech dominated the inter
est meeting, but College Republican
leaders also discussed things like
registration and upcoming events.
Highlights for the College
Republicans this year include a “con
servative coming-out day,” a Sept. 11
memorial service, a joint service ven
ture with Campus Y to aid Hurricane
Katrina victims and the creation of a
statewide conservative publication.
Jordan Selleck, chairman of the
College Republicans, said they also
hope to host three more speakers
this year, including former Speaker
of the House Newt Gingrich.
Selleck said he considered the
event a success.
“Controversy creates interest,” he
said. “The whole point of this was to
reach out to the black community
which we haven’t done in recent
years —and to have something that
gets people talking.”
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POLICE LOG
Purple Puddle Inc. reported
damage to a S6OO glass build
ing structure and cash missing
between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.,
police reports state.
■ T\vo cars parked in a Carmichael
Street parking lot were broken into
Monday, police reports state.
A 32-year-old woman reported
her purse and its contents worth
$309 missing from her vehicle.
A 28-year-old man also report
ed property missing from his 1992
Ford Explorer —a Sony amplifier,
clothing and the contents of his
wallet were valued at $570.
■ A Chapel Hill resident
reported larceny from a residence
on South Estes Road on Monday,
according to police reports.
According to reports, SBO in
cash was missing from the home.
Speaker examines race issues
Adds to summer
book discussion
BY DANIEL WILKES
STAFF WRITER
Although the Summer Reading
Program discussions took place
last Monday, the issues raised in
“Blood Done Sign My Name” by
Tim Tyson still resonate through
campus discourse.
Last night, in a program billed as
“The Politics of Race and Class
Past, Present, and Future” Durham
activist Cynthia Brown continued
to explore race and class issues.
“One of our original goals was
to keep the discussion going about
the important issues Tyson brought
up in the summer reading,” said
Lucy Lewis, assistant director of
the Campus Y, who helped orga
nize the talk.
Brown, a former Durham City
Council member, facilitated an
opening exercise that involved 10
audience members and 10 seats.
Each seat represented 10 per
cent of wealth, each person 10 per
cent of the population.
By the end of the exercise it was
clear that the divide between rich
and poor in America is enormous.
Tyson, who attended the event, was
lounging across seven chairs, while
eight people sat jumbled upon each
other in only two chairs.
“Never in history has wealth
been divided this way,” Brown
said.
While economic issues were
discussed, most of the evening was
spent talking about the Greensboro
Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, of which Brown is
one of seven members.
The commission’s purpose is to
■ A Chapel Hill resident report
ed forced entry and larceny from
a building on Cobble Ridge Drive,
police reports state.
Police believe the suspect
entered the building through the
garage door using a blunt object,
reports state. A $75 doorknob and
cash were missing from the home,
according to reports.
■ A gym was the victim of break
ing and entering Monday morning,
according to police reports.
Ladies Fitness and Wellness at
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
reported cash missing and a SSOO
pane glass window damaged at
6:41 a.m., reports state.
■ A Peeping Tom was report
ed on Hillsborough Street late
Monday evening, according to
police reports.
Police reports state that a sub
ject knocked on the window of a
residence.
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Cynthia Brown, a former Durham city council member, discussed cultural,
racial and economic justice issues at the Stone Center on Tuesday evening.
uncover exactly what happened in
1979 when Ku Klux Klan members
and Nazis killed five anti-KKK
organizers.
“We’re hearing that the police
and FBI knew before the protests
that the Klan had guns and was
planning on going to the rally,”
Brown said. “There was no effort
to stop the caravan, from the point
they put the guns in the car to the
point that people were killed.”
The attackers were never convict
ed of criminal charges and the city
of Greensboro never publicly held
police accountable, Brown said.
Brown and the audience agreed
that minorities must feel safe from
police brutality and that economic
equality must be a reality.
One of the major themes of
the night was the importance of
understanding the past in order
to set healthy public policy for the
future.
Congress takes up bevy of items
BY ELIZABETH STEWART
STAFF WRITER
It was business as usual for the
Student Congress’ first meeting
of the semester Tuesday as they
passed a handful of resolutions and
bills affecting the student body.
Members passed a bill removing
the student body president’s status as
an ex-officio member of Congress.
Student Body President Seth
Dearmin expressed little concern
about the change in legislation.
“It doesn’t make good sense to
serve on Student Congress due to
checks and balances,” he said.
Speaker Luke Farley said the sec
■ International Affairs will
host an open house from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. today in front of Wilson
Library.
■ The Carrboro Farmers’Market
will be open from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m., today through Oct. 19 at the
Carrboro Town Commons, located
at 301 Main St.
■ The Chancellor’s Committee
on Student Affairs will meet at
5:30 p.m. today in South Building,
room 105.
■ There will be a Carolina
Katrina Relief meeting at 6 p.m.
today in the Student Union, room
3413.
■ The Carolina Review, UNC’s
only conservative publication, will
hold an interest meeting for poten-
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“Tim Tyson’s book and the TVuth
and Reconciliation Commission
would point out that unless you
point out historical injustice you
cannot move on,” Lewis said.
In an interview after the event,
Tyson also stressed the importance
of the commission's work.
“When people want to ask what
specific policies will come out of
this (commission), and they ques
tion why history matters, they need
to remember that whatever we as a
people do is very much a function
of who we are,” he said.
“Whatever we decide to do is
going to be an expression of our
culture, how we see ourselves
our unfolding story.”
Bernard Holloway, co-founder
of the State of the Union Project,
said the event and Brown’s work
are of vital importance.
“We too often run away from
our discomfort in our discussions
tion of the Code infringed upon any
legitimate separation of powers.
“The student body president could
be construed to be a full-fledged
member of Congress,” Farley said.
Congress members also
approved a bill establishing voter
referendum that would alter the
way campus districts are drawn.
The referendum, which will be on
the Homecoming election ballot, will
determine whether districts should
continue to be drawn such that the
average district population doesn’t
vary by more than 10 percent.
Many Congress members
believed the transitory nature of
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tial staff writers at 7 p.m. today in
Gardner, room 9-
■ There will be a student gov
ernment interest meeting at 7
p.m. today in the Great Hall of the
Student Union.
■ Tar Heel Voices, a co-ed a
capella group, will hold its sec
ond day of auditions from 7 p.m.
to 11 p.m. today in Hill Hall, room
103. Sign up in the Pit or contact
jlecompt@email.unc.edu.
■ An interest meeting for The
Vagina Monologues will be held at
7:30 p.m. today outside of Lenoir
Dining Hall. Various production
members are needed.
■ The Orange County Board of
Commissioners will meet at 7:30
p.m. today at F. Gordon Battle
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FALL CALENDAR
Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m. Beneath
the Underground Film Screening
in the Stone Center basement.
Sept. 20, noon A Human
Rights Brown Bag Lunch in the
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room.
Sept. 21, 7 p.m. The Art of
Afro-Cuban drumming in the
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room.
Sept. 22,7 p.m. Black Popular
Cultures/Black Popular Struggles
symposium in the Stone Center
Theatre.
Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. The
Diaspora Festival of Black and
Independent Films in the Stone
Center Theatre.
Sept. 29, 5 p.m. Lawrence
Blum will discuss his book, “I’m not
a Racist, but...” in the Hitchcock
Multipurpose Room.
Sept. 30 African-American
art collectors exhibit in the Robert
and Sallie Brown Gallery and
Museum.
Oct. 4, noon Diaspora Festival
of Black and Independent Films
in the Hitchcock Multipurpose
Room.
on race,” he said. “So I feel the con
cept of a Truth and Reconciliation
Commission is a radical concept
because it forces us to confront
thoughts and feelings that we all
have, but lay under the surface.”
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the campus population makes it
difficult to follow the rule.
Farley said the rule was an error
that needed to be corrected.
“The Student Code is like a trea
sure chest,” he said. “You open it up
and you never know what goodies
you’re going to find in there.”
Congress also appropriated
$1,450.03 to The Hill, UNC’s politi
cal review magazine, and $2,224.06
to Black Ink, the Black Student
Movement’s publication, for oper
ating and printing expenses.
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Courtroom in Hillsborough.
■ The Achordants, an all-male
a capella group, will hold its sec
ond day of auditions today. Sign up
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Pit or
in the Student Union.
■ The Clef Hangers, an all-male
a capella group, will hold its sec
ond day of auditions today in the
General Alumni Association build
ing, located on Stadium Drive. The
sign-up sheet is in the Student
Union, opposite Alpine Bagels and
next to the water fountain. Contact
Kenji Brantley at kenjib@email.
unc.edu with any questions.
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