The Carolinian [January 20, 1994]

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FEATURES 8
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PERSONALS 19
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Volume 73, Number 14 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thursday, January so, im
Pearson vetoes Islam invitation
By HEATHER S. MILLS
New Editor
Student Government Presi-dent
Michael Pearson presented
his veto concerning the invita-tion
that would allow Student
Government to co-sponsor an in-vitation
to Nation of Islam rep-resentative
Reverend Willie
Muhammedat the Student Leg-islative
Assembly meeting Tues-day
night.
Accordingto Delegate Sammy
Webb, the in-vitation
to
speak, as
written and
signed by
Vice-Presi-dent
Christo-pher
Leslie, is
extended to
someone
otherthanthe Pearson
representative he asked SG to
bring to campus.
Muhammed, who i s addressed
in the invitation, is a local min-ister.
Webb has invited Dr.
Khallid Abdul Muhhamad, also
a representative ofthe Nation of
Islam.
According to Pearson, he ve-toed
the legislation because the
SLA did not reply to his request
that the invitation and its word-ing,
which implies sponsorship
in name only, be reviewed.
Pearson argues that sponsorship
can not be in name only, that
financial responsibility must be
assumed.
"I never received a reply. I in-formed
them that if no decisive
action was taken, that I would
veto it. I made the decision,"
Pearson said.
The invitation, dated Decem-ber
14, 1993, states that, "All
financial and logistical arrange-ments
will be handled through a
third-party vendor, The Black
Endowment Fund, Inc., which
is owned and operated by Mr.
Sammy Webb.'
The issue is the financial li-ability
that falls toStudentGov-ernment
by sponsoring or co-sponsoring
any event," Pearson
said.
Delegate Webb, who has
spearheaded the effort to bring
a Nation of Islam speaker to
campus, responded to the veto
See Veto, page 3 Recycling leaps
into new format
JOHN JAKMAN/CuWMfcM
By STEPHANIE NICKELL
Assistant Newt Editor
Due to higher than estimated
bids, recycling at UNGG will be
done in-house until a more af-fordable
recycling contractor is
found.
During this interim period re-cycling
will be limited to the
Elliott Center, Jackson Library,
Mossman, Bryan, and Graham
buildings.
There will also be a paper drop
off sight in the Student Apart-ments.
Ninety gallon carts and 18 gal-
Ion bins for paper, cardboardand
newsprint will be placed in these
buildings. Aluminum and plas-tic
beverage containers will con-tinue
to be recycled.
Labor resources are limited
at this time. When that is re-
Alice Davies tries out the new recycling system. Rememberance
and challenge
solved, another phase will be-gin.
The bins and carts that will be
used arrived early this semester
and distribution of these carts is
nearly com-plete.
This
equipment
was acquired
inexpensively
and some of
the bins and
carts were do-nated.
"[I'm] very
excited about
the visible Bonite
progress that is being made,"
John Bonitz.Recycling Coordina-tor,
said.
Bonitz hopes that students will
become aware of the bins and
make proper use of them.
See Recycling, page 2
By HEATHER S. MILLS
Newt Editor
A lecture by author George
Subira and service award pre-sentation
highlighted the
University's observance of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth-day
last night
Approximately 60 students,
staff and faculty members at-tended
the observance.
Chancellor William Moran
opened the speech by tying the
triumphs of the Civil Rights
movement into nineties life.
"We are obligated to Martin
Luther King, Jr. for what he did
for all of us.. .1 believe he is as
powerful nowas he was in 1962,"
Moran said.
Subira addressed black in-volvement
in the business com-munity
in his speech, entitled
"Cooperative Economics in the
African-American Community."
Subira began by naming sev-eral
positions which members of
the black community have held
within society, including Miss
America, astronauts and nuclear
physists. He noted that those
achievements would not have
been possible twenty years ago.
"I believe that business is re-ally
the last frontier for African-
Americans," Subira said.
Subiravoicedhis concern over
the lack of support that he has
seen within black communities
for black-owned businesses,
"In everyblack community IVe
been in in the past 10 years, it's
a given that someone, usually of
See Speaker, page 3
JOHN JAIMAM/Cr. ■
UNCG's Rowdy Crowd brings Ufa to another Spartan basketball game in style.
In Opinions: Student Government accused of hypocrisy, page 4
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