The Carolinian [February 15, 1977]

              The Carolinian
February 15,1977 The .University of North Carolina at Greeniboro LV1 Number 27
Cummings elected TSEB president
BY JAY MELV1N
Staff WriMr
Due to either political apathy or
fear. Jay Cummings ran unopposed for
the Town Student Executive Board
presidency February PI. Given the
choice between studying Urban
Decisions and Policy Making or
accepting live bucks from an unknown
source to write a very favorable article
concerning the election. I decided to
interview President Cummings on the
eve of his successful bid.
President Cummings, how did you
manage to pull off such a stunning
upset?
Intimidation, and my opponent
refused to campaign on cloudy days.
Tell us something about yourself.
Why are you wearing all those medals?
I'm a history major, the last of a
dying breed, a senior and I intend to
go to law school and eventually land in
an academic field. The medals go
nicely with the sweater.
You're involved in the NCSL as
vice chariman, the College Council and
you're an Associate Justice of the
Superior Court with the Judicial arm
of the Student Government. How do
you find the time to spread yourself
around to all of these organizations?
It's a matter of thriving on raw
political power and efficiency. This
semester is the first time I've had
enough time to become sufficiently
involved with TSEB. etc. Although I
was Vice President of TSEB, last
semester I was constrained by a heavy
academic load and other pressing
responsibilities. Don Bridger was
running things and I was in a
supportive role. (Don resigned January
18 citing the extreme time burden of
the office as his reason). But really,
TSEB is the kind of thing where one
shouldn't put in billions of hours a
week lo keep it running because it can
really run more efficiently with less
attention and careful planning.
From your perspective, what is the
purpose of TSEB and what do you
intend to do as President?
One of the functions of TSEB is to
administer the town student social
activity fee- which is $230 per
semester for full time town students.
The $2.50 comes out of the $64 or
whatever amount the student activity
fee is. TSEB gets roughly three percent
of the fee, but that's not the
important point, it's the qualitative
thing we do with the money. None of
the money we receive, approximately
$6000 a semester, is earmarked when
we receive it.
Another TSEB function is to "Wet
the particular needs of the town
students." which gives us kind of a
political arm to swing around. TSEB is
an independent organization and we
will go to the student senate and speak
for the town students. Our biggest
problem is that we need imput from
the town students. The board consists
of HUM officers and seven elected
board members to represent the town
students The particular needs of the
town students are what we are
concerned with but we need to hear
from the student to be aware of some
of these needs. That's the purpose of
the "Town Crier" and the TS
Porum-imput and
in a word.
Do you foresee any changes in
TSEB?
I see no real change in the direction
of TSEB. I'm a different person than
Don, but no one person dominates the
(TSEB) board. The whole idea begind
the 10 member board, as I see it, is to
make the TSEB a permanent
institution here. Town students
number around 6000 at UNC-G and
TSEB has nad will continue to play an
important role in providing the
students with representation and
something for their $2.50.
Organizing a few students and
labeling ourselves with an official
sounding title is not something done
to simply legitimize our existence. I'm
serious about encouraging imput from
the students and doing something to
make poeple who live off campus feel
like they belong to a college; create a
collegiate experience for all of us.
Afterall, I spent 2 1/2 years going to
UNC-G and I never came into Elliott
Hall except to buy books or register.
Many commuting students come to
the campus, attend classes and go
home. TSEB will attempt to provide
an alternative. We want to set up
events, such as our weekly coffee
breakes, where students can get
together and enjoy themselves and
hopefully express their concerns, if
they have any, or just enjoy the
occasion.
What's lined up for the spring?
Many things, some pending board
approval, but that's just a matter of
politics. We're planning a beach trip,
got people working on that. A couple
of luncheons are on, possibly a night
at the Barn Dinner Theatre for town
students, maybe an outdoor concert
and more films. It's still in the works
but TSEB plans to hold a weekend of
events sometime in April-call k an
Aprilfest due to the alcoholic
tendencies of most students. One
whole weekend of cookouts, music,
films, possibly a theatre for young
people, accomodations for families,
the works. It will be like a coke
commercial on the boob tube.
Thank you Mr. President, can I go
now?
One last word. . . TSEB is not
trying to exclude dorm students, part
time students or anyone. Town
students are our concern, it's just our
area and we are advocating it. Our
hope is to help the town students feel
like they belong to UNC-G and are
getting something for their activity
fee.
Jay Cummings will be leaving in
August but between now and then he
has apparently grabbed the tiger by
the tail. Don Bridger is still concerned
, about and working with TSEB in a
supportive role.
highlight festival
BY DONNA RASCOE
St«ff Wnt.r
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther king,
Sr. will "Speak the Message," on
Wednesday, February 16, 1977. at
6:30 pm. Dr. King's address on that
night will be the highlight of the Black
Arts Festival.
Father of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., the late civil rights leader. Dr.
King, Sr. is the pastor emeritus of
Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta,
Ga. He has lectured and preached
throughout the United States, and in
several other countries.
In addition to Dr. King's address on
Wednesday, there will be a Soul Food
Night in the UNC-G Dining Hall. Menu
includes' barbecue spare ribs, corn on
the cob. rice, collard greens, pinto
beans, baked sweet potatoes, potato
pie, corn bread and homemade
biscuits.
The theme of this year's Black Arts
Festival will be "Our Message to You."
The festival, sponsored by the Neo.
Black Society at UNC-G will begin
Sunday. February 13. 1977. "Hear the
Message" will be the theme of
Sunday's activities. It will begin at
3:00 pm in the Alexander Lounge
with a tribute to the black church by
Mrs. Francis Williams. The guest
speaker will be Virgil Latimer. Hack
Campus Minister of Duke University
Thai evening from 6:00 pm to 7:30
pm m Joyner Lounge, Gilbert E.
Young, a black artist from
Winston Salem, will conduct a rap
aeesion and show slides. His an exhibit
win begin Monday. February 14. and
last until Wednesday. February 16.
1000 am to 100 pm (Mon- Wad.)
Mr. Young is a graduate of
Winston-Salem Slate University; he hat
studied in Italy and has won numerous
awards for ha works.
On Monday. February 14.
in Motions, Dance Visions, Inc. from
New York will "Express the Message"
at 8:00 pm in Cone Ballroom. The
Harlem-based dance company
combines dance, music, design and the
spoken word to explore new avenues
of black expression.
A senior citizens arts and crafts
show will be held Monday and
Thursday at 1:00 pm in Alderman
Lounge of Elliott Center.
The following evening, Tuesday.
February 15, in Cone Ballroom at
8:00 pm, the NBS Dance Group will
"Dance the Message." The group
combines the ability and talent of the
most outstanding dancers of the NBS.
On Thursday evening, at 8:30 pm
in Cone Ballroom, "Guys and Dolls"
will "Wear the Message." The
modeling company is from Raleigh.
N.C. They will be modeling exclusive
clothes by their own designers.
Friday, February 18, in Cone
Ballroom, Mr. Danny Watson and Ms.
Debra Thomas are Master and Mistress
of "Show the Message," a talent show,
which includes performances by
members of the universities and
citizens of Greensboro. The show will
begin at 8:00 pm.
"Jam the Message," a dance and
show featuring "The Magnificients," a
group from Gastonia, will be held
Saturday from 8:00 pm to 12:00 pm
($1.00 admission).
The Black Arts Festival comes to a
close, Sunday, February 20, 1977,
when the NBS Gospel Choir will "Sing
the Message."
In addition to Sunday's activities,
the NBS is sponsoring "Parents Day."
The Anniversary will begin at 3:00 pm
in Cone Ballroom and Parents Day will
start at 11:00 am with a Deliverance
Fellowship Service.
The Neo Black Society would like
to remind you that all the events,
except the dance, are free and open to
the public. Also, please accept our
apologies for time changes due to the
Energy Crisis.
News Briefs
Monday, February 7, a panel of
experts recommended reviving the
nation-wide flu vaccinations. An
outbreak of A-Victoria flu in Florida
sparked the decision.
Halted in December becuase of
linkage with the paralyzing disease
Guillain-Barre syndrome, the flu
vaccination program is expected to
resume within a week or two.
27 million doees of the A-Victoria
vaccine are presently available across
the country.
A North Carolina health official
said Tuesday that the state will resume
its flu vaccination program as soon as
the new consent forms come in. Dr.
J.N. MacCormack is hoping to offer
the shots within the next two weeks.
More than two hundred people
demonstrated in front of the White
House February 4. to protest Rosalyn
Carter's campaign for ratification of
the ERA amendment.
Mrs. Carter phoned legislators in
Indiana. Georgia, and Virginia,
encouraging them to vote in favor of
the proposed amendment. The
protestors charged that this action
abused states' rights as given by the
Constitution.
The amendment, which prohibits
sex discrimination by law, has been
ratified by 35 out of the 38 states
needed to pass the bill. Two states
have rescinded their votes, though the
legality of that is being challenged.
The North Carolina House of
Representatives approved the ERA bill
by 6 votes on Wednesday to a round
of applause in the gallery. The N.C.
Senate is expected to take up the
measure this week.
Tuesday a gunman took a mortgage
company director hostage. Anthony
Diritsis wired a sawed-off shotgun to
his hostage's neck, threatening to kill
him unless the mortgage company
cancelled a SI 30,000 loan Kiritsis had
taken and granted him immunity from
prosecution.
At II pm Thursday Kiritsis
released the hostage, Richard O. Hall,
after receiving written work of
cancellation of the loan and written
promise that Kiritsis would not be
prosecuted. With Hall safe, four
policemen seized Kiritsis and arrested
him despite the promise of immunity.
Queen Elizabeth celebrates her
"Silver Jubilee" this year, the
twenty-fifth year of her reign as Queen
of England. A year of festivities will
follow with a hectic schedule for the
queen.
At the age of twenty-five she
succeeded her father, King George VI,
when he died.
Presiden Carter said Saturday that
he has completed a revised defense
budget which will be smaller than the
one proposed by President Ford.
Ford's budget was for SI 12.3
billion, though the current spending is
estimated at $100 billion.
Guerrillas killed 7 Roman Catholic
missionaries in Rhodesia on Monday,
February 8. Four nuns, two Jusuit
missionaries, and one lay brother were
lined up and shot during a guerrilla
-attack.
The killing was called "the worst
group killing of whites in four years of
war." The black guerrilla group
attacked the mission in protest of
Rhodesia's white government.
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Two Soviet cosmonauts were
launched into space to linkup with the
USSR orbiting space laboratory Salyut
5 on February 8. The spacecraft
docked with the lab on Tuesday night,
according to the Tass News Agency.
The lab has been in orbit since June
22. 1976. Tuesday's docking is the
only one since the first in August of
1976.
Janis Ian, Chapin perform in Aycock
BYPAULCBCtXI
On Tuesday February 22.
Greensboro will act us first glimpse at
one of rock's premiere performers.
Janis Ian. Riding the wave of her
currant hit afcut. "Miracle Row", ahe
wil fli Aycock Auditorium, with
songs of retrospect.
observation. Jams Ian conies in an
unmistakable manner whether the
cavity of tone, the harmony or the
emotion, it's all part of a truery great
performer
Having a Aral hit at IS years cad la
pretty remarkable,
toll
The prodigal hit "Society's Child*
slong with an appearance with
Leonard Berstein seemed the start of a
writing career that could be paralleled
with the Beethoven's and Morart's of
what seems to us as ancient times.
Then as suddenly as she appeared, she
vanished into that black hole that
swallows most performers. Now in her
middle twenties she is very much back
in the limelight.
The new start for Janis Ian came
with the recording "Stars", the title
tune. It reflects on her absence from
the Rock Screen:
Stars they come and go/they come
fast or slow/
They go like the last light/ and all
you see is the Glory... J
I guess there isn't anything/ to put
up on display/ but the tunes..../
After Stars, came "Between the
Unas" and the angle "At Seventeen",
a song about the rejection of a 17 year
old girl It is this song that gives her
the image of an ugly and depressed
young girl. No image could be further
from the truth.
When I spoke with her I asked her
how ahe fett about that image 9M
responded: "I doa't thank si
accurate. I don't thsak I ever sasd 1 waa
People who have that isaage
the lyrics."
the Unas" won lw a
But -Afsartoaas". I
M hue 1973
_ aabum to
now there's
fell about her new album at
itself waa written at 14. mi ..J
can't re-llv compare them. (Between
the Lines) but I think this one is real
good." There was a tone of subtle
confidence in her voice, that makes
this reporter think that Ian is more
than pleased with her latest effort.
Then again during the conversation,
she indicated that she fully enjoys
what ahe is doing: "I have absolutely
nothing else I'd rather be doing. I
really enjoy what I do."
Producer, performer, song writer is a
tall order for a woman of 4'I0". But
Ian nib the bill on all accounts: "I
enjoy producing myself. It's fun. It's a
lot of work but it's fun." She
indicated that on "Miracle Row"
the production work helped the
I fed of the album
Along with Jams Ian. will be
Fantasy Recording artist Tom Chapin
Chapin, is best known for the
Saturday morning TV show "Make a
Wish". However Chapin has sung
under the shadow of his brother Harry
for the last time. His debut album
"Life la Mke Thai", la one of the new
year's bast offerings lo the "soft
explosion" rock fanetton
To insure concert success. EUC
Concert Chairperson. Debbie Gertng
has bombarded the public with
informalKM about the concert. Ticket
prices are $4 50 for UNC-G students
and 1530 for General Public Ticket,
pwchaaad the day of the ahow are
SS SO for students and Sk-SO fa*
General Public They can be purchased
at Record tact. Osscounl Records.
Greeneboro Record Canter and WUC
M you cant afford the tickets.
•COG. WRQK. WQM and WUAG
wel be arvtng tickets eway.