The Carolinian [February 24, 1976]

              The Carolinian
February 24, 1976 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Volume LV Number 34
Worship Service begins Arts Festival
BY JACQUELINE PHARR
MM Reporter
"Be Annual Neo-Black Society
Black Arts Festival began Sunday
February IS, at 11:00 a.m. with a
worship service in Curry Auditorium.
The service, entitled "A Tribute to
the Black Church," featured the
Neo-Black Society Gospel Choir and
guest speaker, Rev. Richard Thomas of
St. James Baptist Church here in
Greensboro. Rev. Thomas, introduced
by Brenda Hogan, is married and
currently attends A & T State
University.
The service opened with the singing
of the Black National Anthem, "Lift
Every Voice and Sing." Elmira Powell,
president of the NBS Choir, led the
congregation in prayer, and Danita
Hampton gave the scripture reading.
Selections from the choir included
"My Hope is Built on Nothing Less,"
"Lord, Don't Move My Mountain,"
featuring Clarence Moooe, and "He
Abides," featuring Pat Davis.
Rev. Thomas' message, "God Has
Delivered Me," exemplified this year's
theme, "This Unique Experience,"
very well, since the church and belief
in Jesus Christ has always played an
important part in the lives of black
people. After the congregation sang
"God Has Smiled on Me," the
benediction was delivered.
Dane* group parforrm at Black Art» Festival.
Speaker - black relations controversial
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McGee lectures on Nat
BY JACQUELINE PHARR
NBS Reporter
On Sunday afternoon, at 2:00 p.m.
in Jarrell Lecture Hall, James E
McGee, a noted historian on Nat
Turner, presented an interesting and
informative lecture entitled "Nat
Turner in the Proper Perspective."
Mr. McGee, a native of
Southhampton County, Virginia, is
employed with the Virginia State
Highway Department. He is affiliated
with the Prince Hail Order of Free
Masonry, Order of Eastern Star of
Virginia, PHA, and many other
activities which uplift Black Culture
and Heritage. Among his hobbies are
writing, painting, and sculpturing.
Mr. McGee became interested in
Nat Turner at an early age, and has
literally made it his life's work to
spread the story of the great genius,
Nat Turner. Mr. McGee's lectures have
caused him to lose three jobs and have
subjected him and his family to public
ridicule, but according to him, it has
been worth it. Nat Turner,some of a
slave woman and a white slaveowner,
Benjamin Turner, was born October
2, 1800 in Southhampton County,
Virginia. Sick and tired of being a
slave, he led a revolt which was the
spark that started the fight against
slavery. He was soon captured and
hung on November 11, 1831 for
attempting to gain freedom for his
people.
The Neo-Black Society wishes to
thank Mr. McGee for taking the time
and effort to enlighten us about the
heroic and brave deeds of a truly great
man. Nat Turner.
BY EVANGELINE TAYLOR
Staff Writer
"From the outset there was a
conflict in terms of values and
indoctrination," declared Dr. Alvin F.
Poussaint of Harvard University,
speaking Monday night in Cone
Ballroom on what he termed "a very
hot topic, and a controversial
topic"—relations between black men
and women.
"Men will define manhood in
forcing women to behave in certain
ways," pointed out the prominent
psychiatrist and author. But the
strength and independence of black
women "can be a threat.. . they do
not have the qualities that are
supposedly feminine." According to
Poussaint, One of the nation's few
authorities on black internecine
problems, white women "who were
dependent, frail, fragile, with a
squeaky voice—who did not work, but
were taken care of were held up as
the image of femininity.
Black men can not find these
qualities in black women, who have
been forced to play other roles. "Black
Senate condemns 'Cary'
BY VALERIE PUTNEY
Staff Writer
The big issue up for discussion in
Tuesday night's Senate meeting was
the allocation of funds allotted The
Carolinian for salaries and wages. It
just so happened that the same day, a
very offensive item with obvious racial
slurs appeared in the ETC.
(announcement) column of this
publication. Both topics were to
emerge as major points of controversy
in the J H-hour meeting.
With Senators buzzing with rage
over the aforesaid item, the meeting
was called to order 20 minutes late.
After dispensing with preliminary
business. President Barry Frasier
recongized Senator J. Timothy
Rowles, The Carolinian's managing
editor. In a prepared speech, he
publicly took responsibility for the
inclusion of the offensive item. "I'd
had 4 hours of sleep in the last 48," he
explained of his 5 am. oversight.
"Being tired, my judgment was poor."
He apologized to Frasier and the
Senate at large for allowing the item to
be printed. However, that was not to
be the end of it.
Before the Senate was allowed to
discuss the matter further, they were
obliged to address the first order of
committee business On the agenda a
motion to reconsider the 11496.00 in
student government funds allocated
771* Carolinian for salaries and wages.
Some of the Senators -among them
Renee Littleton of East Cone and
Tammi Zucker of Weil-had
questioned the student paper's claim
to this money, in view of its
advertising revenues. "If an
organization has ad money coming
in," argued Mist Littleton, "then that
organization should take it upon itself
to pay its salaries and wages."
Attorney General Donna Benson
and two spokespersons for The
Carolinian, Editor Pam Blackburn and
Business Manager Brenda Barham,
were given speaking privileges to
answer questions from the floor. Miss
Benson was called upon to comment
on the matter, and replied by reading a
letter she addressed to Barry Frasier. It
read in part, "Practically anything can
be defined as "production cost". . . No
other operation exists with such
unlimited control...! recommend
that the Senate take the proper steps
to remedy this obvious
inconsistency, After Miss Littleton's
speech in favor of reconsideration.
Miss Barham submitted a breakdown
of The Caroliniann'? budget. Frasier
read its contents to the Senate, and it
soon became apparent that spending in
all areas outweighed allocations. The
added costs were paid for out of
advertising income.
Speaking against motion. Senator
Dave Ret tig of Bailey noted that since
The Carolinian cannot guarantee the
collection of enough ad money to
cover the payroll, the Senate should
continue its funding. "Cutting
funds. . . would cut the quality of 77ie
Carolinian in half," he said.
After several more queries to Miss
Blackburn, Tammi Zucker was given
the floor to express her views. She
showed concern over The Carolinian't
inability to collect money owed it,
saying "I think 77i* Carolinian needs
to look at themselves, how they're
going about getting ads, billing,
whatever."
Nancy Brown of Mendenhall
outlined the issues as she saw them:
Should the paper be independent?
Where* should the ad money go? and
should 77ie Caro/i'/iwnstaff be paid?
"We pay others," she reasoned, "why
not 77ie Carolinian? If we want to
insure that the paper will continue to
come out, let's pay them."
The debate raged on for over an
hour. Finally, Frasier called for a roll
call vote. The motion failed with 18
against, 16 for. That discussion ended,
the senators took a five-minute recess
that lasted IS, during which battle
lines were drawn over the ETC item.
Renee Littleton took over the chair
for the second half of the meeting
with Pres. Frasier's coaching from the
sidelines. Allocations were granted
NCSL and the Problem Pregnancy
Fund in short order. Then Phillips
Senator Eddie Bowen introduced his
resolution of sentiment: "That the
Student Senate strongly condemns the
action of 77ie Carolinian in publishing
the ... article in its ETC column."
Co sponsored by 10 other Senators,
the resolution went on to: "encourage
the staff of The Carolinian to take
appropriate action that this type of
incident does not occur in the future."
"This is an insult to the entire
campus," said Bowen of the shady,
two-paragraph piece, whose author is
unknown. "We have got to stop it
now, it's that simple."
Everyone agreed on the poor taste
of the item; but how it should'be
handled was open to debate... which
lasted nearly two hours. Tammi
Zucker couldn't understand how the
item got into print. "Other people
besides Tim (Rowles) must have seen
it," the said. "He couldn't have been
the only one."
Pam Blackburn explained how an
announcement reaches ETC. saying
"it's possible that just one person
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women, then, began to feel responsible
for castration of black men. . . Black
males even accepted it too. They said,
'These black women have been
dominating us,' " said Poussaint.
Poussaint, putting the problem into
historical perspective, recalled that
black women had access to the white
community, and "thus became the
bearers of survival techniques that
black men did not have access to."
Consequently, the black man was
demeaned in sense of self.
While the black woman was
learning these survival techniques, the
black man became the target of
oppression. "Black men," according to
the psychiatrist, "had to be kept in
place -litterally and figuratively
castrated. It is only the black man who
is a threat to eliminate the white
race. . . It is much more important for
the black man to demonstrate that he
was obsequious and obedient. The
black woman could get into fights
with the master and it was tolerable.
But not so for the black male."
Poussaint, speaking placidly and
referring infrequently to his notes,
then considered some of the ways
black men have asserted manhood and
how black women have reacted.
"One of the few ways left to black
men to show manhood was through
sexuality." So, according to Poussaint,
"Males themselves adopted the stud
image which was the stereotype white
society tried to put on them." On the
other hand, he pointed out, black
women were becoming more 'virtuous'
in an attempt to meet the feminine"
image what society projected for
them.
This area then become one of
struggle becuase "black women
became more sensitive. They wanted
to be respected, and wanted their own
men to respect them," said the
psychiatrist.
"The ultimate weapon is through
force and strength over the woman.
Physical force and strength can
become a means of control. This got
put into the culture as 'He don't love
you if he don't beat you,' " said
Poussaint, eliciting a ripple of laughter
from the crowd.
He cited the fact that black women
are more often raped by black men as
another example.
After stating that only three-tenths
of one percent of married blacks have
interracial marriages, the psychiatrist
intertwined his fingers for emphasis
and assured that "black men and
women are still together-living and
dealing with the strains."
Poussaint then briefly mentioned
other pertinent factors. One such
factor is that black mothers often
transmit negative attitudes toward
black men to their daughters. Another
is that men from female-dominated
homes may tend to see mother-figures
in all black women. " "That's My
Momma' needs a popps," he quipped.
Women's lib, he felt, has put an
additional strain on the black male.
"Black men," he said, "are more
sensitive to being 'cut down' because
they 'ain't never been up.' "
Among Poussaint's suggestions for
improving relations were: (1) black
males and females should be less
defensive, (2) black males should rid
themselves of chauvinistic ideas, (3)
both sexes should get rid of
stereotypes about black people, (4)
think more politically about
relationships and responsibilities to the
family and community.
UCLS brings Segovia
Andre* Sepavia
UNC-G News Bureau—The premier
guitar artist in the world today will
play in Greensboro Saturday, Feb. 28,
as part of the UNC-G Concert and
Lecture Series.
Andres Segovia, the world's
greatest classical guitarist, will perform
in War Memorial Auditorium. The
concert will begin at 8:15 pjn. For
ticket information, call the Elliott Hall
box office at 379-5546 between 1
p.m. and 5:30 p.m. daily.
The son ot a lawyer, Segovia made
his debut at the age ot 14 in his native
Granade. His fame spread throughout
Spain, and at 22, he conquered Paris.
His Town Hall debut in 1928 was New
York's first guitar recital. He made his
first transcontinental tour in 1943,
and has returned each year to play
major American cities.
Most of his record ablums have sold
more than a million copies each, and
his exhaustive research has done much
to raise the guitar's reputation as a
classical instrument.
continued on page 3
NCSL urges support for bond issue
WUAG-NEWS-The North Carolina
Student Legislature, meeting in
Greensboro Saturday, urged voters to
support a $43-million bond issue on
the March 23 Primary ballot for
capital improvements in the state's
university system. The bond
resolution, submitted by a
UNC-Chapel Hill delegate, was
contested by several private college
delegations. Another delegate sumitted
an amendment to recommend a
non-expansion policy for the
UNC-system until 1990. That
amendment, however, was struck
down.
Earlier in the day, UNC-G
Chancellor James S- Ferguson urged an
estimated audience of 100 NCSL
members, meeting at Greensboro
College, to educate the public about
the bond issue. He pointed out that
State Treasurer Edwin Gill also
supports the measure.
The bill to place the bond
referendum on the March 23 ballot
passed through the North Carolina
Legislature with only one dissenting
vote.
In other action, the NCSL called
for the establishment of county
sponsored medical scholarships. The
medical school scholarships would be
awarded on the basis of need and
"potential ability."
The NCSL also went on record in
calling for an upgrading of the training
school facilities in North Carolina. The
resolution cited Human Resources
Secretary David Flaherty's recent
comments describing the existing
facilities as
"unsanitary.. . unbelievable... and
intolerable," and called for the
relegation of rehabilitation programs
to a second priority until funds have
been allocated to bring the existing
faculties up to standard.
NEWS FLASH
Barry Frasier, running for vice-president, and Cheryl Reihl, running for
president, have been charged with campaign violations.
In an emergency meeting of the elections board Monday night,
chairperson Suzanne Lavender said, "Tonight there were filed with me a
campaign violation concerning one, possibly two candidates, definitely
concerning one. At this time it is to be proven whether or not it involves
two."
Filing the charges were Jeff Vance and Pepi Herackles.
"The candidates do know that there has been a violation. I don't think
they realize the seriousness of it at this particular time," Lavender said.
The charges are that their campaigning started before the designated time
period, which was one minute after twelve. The posters were put up before
then," she said.
A hearing will be held this afternoon to dicuss the issue with the
candidates and their campaifji staffs.