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4 MONDAY. APRIL 14. 2008 Olympics bring out activism in students —£ g r ' & sar DTH/JENNIFER ZENG Letian Lin, who thinks the Dalai Lama is trying to separate China by mixing politics with the Olympics, shows support for the games Friday in the Pit. UNC hosts celebration of author s life, influence BY AARON TAUBE STAFF WRITER In 19+0. renowned black author Richard Wright shocked white Americans with his novel "Native Son.” a graphic portrayal of poverty and racism in Chicago. The next year. Wright spent the summer in Chapel Hill, turning the Tlie MYTH: All the good places to live are always taken. rue Reality Cool Blue Rentals has some really GREAT places... and you can lease one NOW for 2008-09! Why deal with the hassle of last minute house hunting when alt that’s left are the leftovers? Look at our houses on our website, call to see them tn person and be one of the lucky ones to get a great house for once! Ijg? 4 bedrms, 2 baths WJk $ 1840/mo. Fantastic Kj Jr | | ngM' O floor plan. 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UNC hosted a discussion Sunday about the authors continued rele- Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research BY ANITA RAO STAFF WRITER UNC students gathered in the Pit on Friday to collect signa tures supporting the 2008 Beijing Olympics ( and opposing recent pro tests of the games. Members of the Friendship Association of Chinese StudenLs and Scholars plan to send the cream-col ored cloth with the signatures to the organizing committee to show sup port for the August games. Recent protests of the Olympic torch relay, a symbolic journey around the world, have targeted China's perceived human rights violations in Sudan and Tibet. “We don't need to mix Olympics and politics," said Wei Luo. a UNC chemistry graduate student and president of the association. “The vance, as part of a two-day celebra tion of the writers life. “It's really important to celebrate the life of Wright." said English professor Kristina Bobo, who has given speeches across the country about his works. “He had a tremendous impact on the way people thought about racial issues in America." "Native Son" tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a scared, angry black youth who goes on a crime spree after accidentally smothering a rich white girl with a pillow. 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Lu said. “The spirit here today is to show the Olympic spirit, not use the Olympics as an excuse to hijack the governments." But Duke University junior Adam Weiss, a member of the Duke Undergraduate Human Rights Coalition, said the Olympics are inherently political and therefore valid grounds for protest Weiss organized a pro-Tibet demonstration on his campus Wednesday, gathering a group of going on at the time." Bobo said. The weekend, conceived by junior English major Jonah Garson of Chapel Hill, also includ ed a staged reading of Green’s adaptation of “Native Son" and a dramatic narrative of Wright’s life alongside performed readings of his works. Similar events have been held across the country and globe, including at the American University of Paris, Medgar Evers College in New York City and at the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration in Mississippi. A celebration is also planned for in Hiroshima. Japan, in June, hosted by the Japan Black Studies Association. UNC’s event featured speakers from East Carolina University and Dillard University in Louisiana, as students for a cross-campus run holding Tibetan flags. The demonstration faced a group of 60 to 80 counter-protesters car rying Chinese flags and blocking the view of the runners. “1 wanted to take the idea of cel ebrating these Olympics through a torch relay and do the reverse,” he said. “Instead of celebrating the Chinese government, I said. 'Let s celebrate the Tibetan people who are often neglected and forgotten. Weiss said that while he was glad to see the activism, he supports boy - cotting the opening ceremonies. UNC geography professor Christopher Gaffney, who is teaching a course next fall titled “Globalization and Sport." said the opening ceremony is a gcxxl time to bring up political issues. DTH/ERIC VEIARDE Barbette Hunter, Trevor Johnson, Tiera Parker and Ryan Moseley present a reading of the Paul Green adaptation of Richard Wright's "Native Son." well as the late authors daughter, Julia Wright, who lives in Paris. Julia Wright presented a paper. "Richard Wright's Premonition of Katrina in his Flood Stories." which compared two of her father's short stories to the events of 2005. “My father had an uncanny way of seeing what future problems would remain unsolved and why." Julia Wright said after the presen tation. Wright was bom on a Mississippi farm in 1908 to an illiterate share FXb Carolina Sports r m Menu ft UP WEDNESDAY SOFTBALL vs. Coastal Carolina 4 & 6 PM BASEBALL vs. Charlotte 6 PM FRIDAY BASEBALL vs. Boston College 7 PM SATURDAY M. LACROSSE vs. Hofstra 12 PM SOFTBALL vs. NC State 1 & 3 PM BASEBALL vs. Boston College IPM SUNDAY SOFTBALL vs. NC State 1 PM BASEBALL vs. Boston College IPM Concerned with Sustainability ? Or Recycling? Come Join us for a Cos Green Theme Ideal in each dining haii on April 17th during dinner. Carolina dining services ehr Daily aar Hrrl ‘lt is an international exhibi tion," he said. In response to China's violadpic, 1 world leaders such as the president I of France have said they wilLniot I attend the opening ceremony: • UNC journalism professor • Charles Tuggle, who will load a! group of journalism students to j Beijing this summer to report for • the Beijing Organizing Committer'! of the Olympic Games, said he ! thinks the end result of the Olympic > protests will be good. “The Chinese know what they are , doing and want to show themselves ] as a major world player, so they knew that some major criticism was going to come along with it" Tuggle said. ‘ Contact the State & National '• Editor at stntdeskfa unc.edu. cropper and a schoolteacher. Garson said he was initially intrigued by the project because of a distant familial connection to the late author. Both Wright, who died in Paris in 1960, and Carson’s great-uncle were members of the Chicago chap ter of the John Reed Club, which organized radical Communist writ ers and artists. Contact the Features Editor at unc.edu.
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