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6 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 Straley, 90, council member, activist BY JAKE POTTER ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR A man who left a lasting impres sion on both the town and the University passed away Wednesday. Joe W. Straley, a peace and justice activist, former Chapel Hill Town Council member and University professor, died at approximately 2 p.m. Wednesday at UNC Hospitals. He was 90. Straley is survived by his wife, Lucy, sons, David and Joe Jr., and daughter, Lesley. Also surviving are his sister, Miriam Smith, and his brother, Huston. Straley, bom in Paulding, Ohio in 1914, served one term on the coun cil, from 1979 to 1982. He also taught physics at the University and was active in the civil rights movement. He helped bolster various organi zations working in Latin America as coordinator ofthe Carolina Interfaith Task Force on Central America. Joe Straley Jr. said he has tre- Speaker stresses youth, cultural integration BY KATHERINE EVANS STAFF WRITER Bakari Kitwana’s last visit to UNC was under different circumstances. Kitwana, a hip-hop journalist who spoke in Wilson Library on Thursday, was rejected from the master’s program in English in 1988. But, he said, it is a good thing he wasn’t accepted. “I’d probably be standing here talking about some egghead book that 50 other people have read,” he told the audience with a laugh. Instead, the former executive edi tor of The Source magazine, spoke on his provocatively titled new book Vfijf Levi leans njLSALE! Authentic Tears J*v Classic Rock N’Roll Look o®/ s 9- per Pair! ciTinn itc cinic 4 kiuiti iiuo aiw a f 309 E. MAIN • CARRBORO - 942-7127 WM DUKE W MEDICAL CENTER Data Manager Position available in the laboratory of Dr. David Madden at the Duke University Medical Center http://www.geri.duke.edu/cogpsych/main.htm. 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Christian Fellowship (acf) • Coffees • Lunches • Friday Vespers w • Contemporary Christian Church Services Afore' /iefi: Leah Miraglia miraglia@email.unc.edu or unc-ch@acflink.org Councilman Joe Straley passed away Wednesday after a lifetime of service in local groups. mendous respect for his father’s contributions to the town. “I do think it’s important that he was opposed to segregation in the ’sos, that he opposed almost every war that occurred in his lifetime,” Straley Jr. said. “He was in favor of economic justice, and he got to this from his own upbringing on a small farm during the Depression.” Mayor Kevin Foy said one of Straley’s greatest gifts to Chapel Hill was his relentless political activism. “Joe really held everyone’s feet to the fire,” he said. “He was extraordi narily persistent. He never changed or wavered.” “Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wangstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America.” The reading was sponsored both by the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History and by the Bull’s Head Bookshop. Kitwana said that he likes to “give academics a hard time because they give me a hard time,” but that he was nevertheless ada mant about the sophisticated and intellectual dialogue he hoped his book would stimulate. The book explores the cross-cul tural appeal of hip-hop music. “There is something new that is Straley’s was visible as well as persistent. “The first time I ever saw Joe Straley, he was being carried bodi ly out of a lie-in on the corner of Franklin and Columbia streets,” recalled friend Jerry Markatos of a protest against movie theater segregation in the mid-’6os. “He set a really lasting example.” N.C. Peace Action honored Straley with the Peacemaker Award in 2003 for his efforts in Chapel Hill and worldwide. Straley also served several decades as Greenwould precicnt’s chairman. Tom Jensen, a UNC senior, worked with Straley on the pre cinct last year. “I served as chair and he served under me as vice chair, which was a total joke because he had so much wisdom and knowledge,” Jensen said. “He was a phenomenal man.” Even in retirement, Straley con tinued protesting war, going as far happening,” he said. “Young white Americans have access to black cul ture, and it’s changed the way black and white kids are interacting.” Kitwana said he wanted to examine the misconceptions sur rounding white hip-hop fans, argu ing that they are either vilified for stealing black culture or snubbed by whites for embracing it. But he stressed that white people who enjoy hip hop also must have an appreciation for its origins. The broad appeal of hip hop, Kitwana said, creates an unprece dented vehicle for political action. “There are issues that mean a lot to young people across race,” he said. “A youth agenda that cuts across race is a much harder animal to defeat.” This role of popular culture in political struggle will be explored THE Daily Crossword from "The White Album" 58 Nastase of nets 59 Negative votes 60 Short and sweet 61 NAACP part DOWN 1 Copies 2De (sumptuously) 3 While lead-in 4 Agents, briefly iISSSIs ' 7 Togo's capital 8 Singer DiFranco 9 Part of the doctor's creed 10 European country 11 Woody's son 12 Vincent Lopez theme 13 Mistress of Charles II 18 Overrefined ACROSS 1 Yankee or Oriole, briefly 5 Starter course 10 Blabbed 14 Faultless 15 Prefix for savings 16 Front of a vessel 17 How to test an herb? 20 Looses 21 Buckeye 22 Moroccan city to some 24 Braved white water 28 Vocalize an ache 29 A mean Amin 32 Plaudits 33 Bani of Iran 34 Arabian port 35 Herb from the distant past? 38 Charged particles 39 Pen points 40 One of the strings 41 Ages and ages 42 Vocalist James 43 Ned or Warren 44 Top cards 45 Prickly husk 46 Actress Donahue 49 Mediterranean island 54 Herb's organic process? 56 Elliptical track 57 Beatles song _t £ A c. a_ r_ t _h_a_th_j_t_.m_e JS.E.MLLI|a J_H.IE D A L E 1 N S T E PIS K R AJLHNI 1111 s £ii£l p JIA £££ HA3.l°i±s_lA£l±ji £A£.E_A R 2.£i!i£ w JiA.A_E. 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BuJ the younger Straley said his father’s impact transcended the political realm. “I’m also a physics professor, and one of the things I do is lec ture demonstrations, and that was something he was really interested in,” Straley Jr. said. “He would show you the laws of physics at work, and some of my best presentations are ones that I stole from him.” A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Community Church of Chapel Hill. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Straley’s name to CITCA/ Witness-for-Peace Youth Delegation Support Fund, care of CITCA, PO Box 1188, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. throughout the year in various pro grams offered by the Stone Center. Kitwana’s reading, and the subse quent symposium with journalist Raquel Rivera Thursday, kicked off the center’s yearlong initiative. “We need to reorient folks-so they understand that in every legitimate substantive movement there has been a cultural component,” said center Director Joseph Jordan. Students said conversations about the accepted notions of race and its implications for politics are important, though controversial. “Race and hip hop is kind of the elephant in the room,” said Martin Johnson, a recent UNC graduate who attended the event. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. By Robert H. Wolfe 19 Dilute 23 Encrypted messages 24 Knot again 25 Sneeze sound 26 Actor Errol 27 Skye caps 28 African snake 29 Fool 30 Worked at blackjack 31 Dental filling 33 Actor Jimmy 34 Opera showstopper 36 Pause 37 Exaggerate 3 6 7 8 T ,,^|■To, ” 11 12 13 " ' ■n~ 1 H- — “7 i ' n ■i*Z_|£z_iil 24 25 26 27 30 31 “ LJfp wiF ~ " ■ W? ■BT ■■■4 o 46 47 4 8 50 51 52 53 56 56 Mp jSK jjj| - BENEFIT FROM PAGE 3 supporting musicians, a practice that Scott Morgan, frontman for Memphis, said is an ongoing tra dition. “Musicians have always done that,” he said. “I don’t mind giving money to old Fats (Domino) to get him back on his feet.” The Cradle is not the only venue helping victims local businesses also are helping out with fundraisers of their own, Heath said. “The outpouring of effort of CUBA FROM PAGE 3 alone. The experiences you have while abroad are ones you can neither replicate nor forget. Going randomly door-to-door with a few hundred dollars, trying to find and pay Cubans for illegal cable so we could watch the Tar Heels play for the national cham pionship, is a memory I share with only five other Americans. And also a few Cubans, who were confused by animated foreigners screaming at the 20-inch televi sion screen. Like an inside joke, you just had to be there. When you arrive back on cam pus, everything suddenly isn’t clear, every theory learned in class auto matically isn’t validated by your experience and you suddenly don’t want to drop your pre-med major to join Greenpeace. To be honest, a lot of your expe rience begins to fade and you can’t remember those things you swore you’d never forget. But if you really think about it, you begin to realize how much you have changed. Having spent a semester watch ing premier league soccer, you have a lot more to talk about with the foreign exchange student who sits next to you in your policy class, and you have anew friend to help you (C)2005 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 42 EPA's concern 43- Chatter 44 Blue dyes 45 False gods 46 Black, to Blake 47 Red hot flower 48 Brit's indignant com ment 49 Slammer or clink 50 Pelvic bones 51 Guitarist Lofgren 52 Wife/sister of Osiris 53 So be it! 55 Ram's mate Brand New 20 Bed Salon, Largest in the Area! .* Nuw Offt riiic) l.imiiiKj-EulKiiK'i'iiH'Hls . •' • Brand New Ultra High Pressure Beds • Medium Pressure Beds and Booths • Open / Days a Week 4 • I INI Ni l iilr11•, -.how yoHi I INI II) (ni .1 (list mini ~ „ ~ I )i : .ii INI it! it- If j • I l< ( list <1 ( n||i;i||,il t I l.lllfjJ).i(|S StlifUe 7 tuuUttf 105 A Rams Plaza • 968-3377 (Tljp oa% (Tar Hprf everyone involved and all around the country sort of speaks for itself.” The night’s diverse lineup could help get a wide variety of people out to the Cradle, increas ing the show’s chance for success, said Ryan Davis, the bassist for Memphis. “All different walks of life will be able to find some part of that evening that’s special to them and be able to make it worthwhile for everybody.” Contact the A&E Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. paint the town on Friday night. After spending a summer teach ing in Africa, you might use an APPLES course to spend two days a week helping out in a learning disabilities middle school class. These aren’t just random sce narios I’ve imagined; these are my personal experiences. Travel of any kind, be it a week long trip during winter break or a yearlong study abroad program, can have a profound impact on you as a person and as a student. I’ve yet to meet anyone who has gone abroad and has returned wishing she had never gone. Many people come in with a four-year college plan they feel has no room for travel. They have clubs, classes and life plans that can in no way be compromised to accommodate an international experience. Travel of any kind affords you a break, a moment to catch your breath and gather yourself again. I urge you not to take time to smell the roses, but to take time to go to Ecuador and see the rose farms where they grow. The next time you see a rose, it’ll mean a lot more than a bunch of cliches* Contact Andrew Patterson at hopa@email.unc.edu. FORUM FROM PAGE 3 Gering and Stevens both said they would like to see higher den sity development to preserve open spaces. “It makes the most sense eco nomically and for the quality of life to attract nonpolluting industries,” Gering said. “Part of building a sustainable community is to provide people with jobs and recreation that don’t rely on automobiles. ... To avoid development that can be classified as urban sprawl.” Stevens said he would like to see the community work together to define itself. One upcoming project is the Eno River Walk, which Gering said is nearing planning stages. “I’m optimistic that we’ll see the river walk starting next year,” he said. “It helps protect and celebrate the Eno, one of our most precious resources.” The Sierra Club will hold its next forum for Chapel Hill candidates Sept. 27 in Town Hall. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
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