The Carolinian [January 23, 1986]

              Thursday, January 23, 1986 •'The Student Voice of UNC-G"
James F. Wright II.Keynote Speaker at the
Sixth Annual Martin Luther King Celebration
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By LORRIE J. CAREY
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On Sunday. Jan. 19, 1986,
the NVo-Black Society sponsored
their sixth annual Martin Luther
King Celebration. The celebra-tion
took the form of a memorial
aervice focusing on the effects of
King's "dream" on the world.
The service began with the sing-ing
of the Black National An-them.
Kathy Oatea (Miss NBS)
Kire the invocation, and NBS
esident Antonia Monk greeted
the audience and reminded them,
"We are black students at a
critical time in history." After
Monk's greeting, Donna
Braswell recited the litany titled
"Let My People Go", after
which the Neo-Black Society
Choir performed.
The selections performed by
the NBS Choir included Right
On King Jtna ", "In the Same of
Jeeue", and "/ Mutt TtU of tin
Goodnete of Ike Lord". The
pianist was George Pass II and
the drummer was Thomas Taylor,
Jr. Beverly Howard performed a
solo during the last number.
The keynote speaker for the
King celebration was James F.
Wright II, the director of the
Greensboro Human Relations
Council. Wright explained to the
audience that it was an honor for
him to be invited to talk about a
"twentieth century American
hero like Martin Luther King."
Wright's topic was "Martin
Luther King: Dreamer or Drum-mer."
He explained that the civil
rights movement had spanned
more than 120 years. During that
time blacks have made progress.
However, Wright points out the
poverty level has risen since Mar-tin
Luther King's time and
employment, housing, and
discrimination are still problems.
Despite the problems blacks face,
Wright reminded the audience of
what Frederick Douglas said, 'If
there is no struggle, there is no
progress.'
Wright warned the audience of
more economic hardships to
come with cuts in the federal
government's budget leaving
less money for Pell Grants, social
services, low-income housing,
and other government programs.
On a state level Wright com-mented,
"We have a pattern of
re-segregation in our schools."
He also pointed out the increase
in hate/violence groups in N.C.
In closing. Wright quoted Mar-tin
Luther King extensively,
reminding them of some of the
best lessons King had taught his
followers. King believed that
racial violence was impractical.
According to him, 'An eye for an
eye will leave everyone blind.'
After Wright's presentation,
the NBS Ebony Revue perform-ed
a skit co-written by Andre
Minkins and William Wilkins.
Alicia Fields, NBS's vice preai-denC,
made a few closing
remarks before the program was
concluded with the song "Wi
Shall Overcome". The audience
joined in to sing with the NBS
members.
Resolution Passed Concerning South Africa
BY KAREN CARPENTER
SUff WriUr
The Faculty Council voted
unanimously on a resolution
which responds to the Universi-ty
Investment Committee's
recently announced policy con-cerning
divestiture in companies
and banks doing business with
the government of South Africa.
The resolution was presented to
the Council Tuesday by Dr. Bill
Knox, chairman of the academic
cabinet.
According to Knox the resolu-tion
essentially asks the Univer-sity
Investment Committee to
divest any holdings in any com-pany
which does business in
South Africa. He says that
another key purpose is to notify
the State Employee's Retire-ment
Fund, which holds money
for many of the faculty members
for their retirement pensions,
to divest their funds also.
The Faculty Council's resolu-tion
states:
(1) The system of apartheid,
which separates people on the
basis of race and on that basis
deprives whole categories of in-dividuals
of their freedom, bask
political rights, and economic op-portunities,
is fundamentally in-compatible
with principles of in-tellectual
freedom and human
dignity, and is utterly to be
condemned.
(2) Whereas the faculty ap-preciates
the extensive study of
the University's investments in
the Republic of South Africa by
the University Investment Com-mittee;
and welcomes the Com-mittee's
moral concern for
human rights in the Republic of
South Africa; and gladly
welcomes any future opportuni-ty
for mutual and open discus-sions
with the Investment Com-mittee
for fuller understanding;
it, nonetheless, believes that a
corporation's compliance with
the Sullivan Principles is increas-ingly
shown to be an inadequate
response to Apartheid; ana
(3) Whereas to the extent that
some funds of our University and
some funds of our retirement
system are invested in companies
which do direct and extensive
hunintmi with the Government of
South Africa, and thereby sup-port
the Government responsible
for the system of apartheid; and
(4) Whereas such funds may be
invested or deposited in banks
which provide loans to the
Government or South Africa,
and thereby support the system
of apartheid; and
(5) Whereas this faculty is com-mitted
to affirmative action in
the hiring of minorities, the ef-fective
cooperative programs
with North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical University and to
the highest standards of social
justice and human dignity; and
(6) Whereas this faculty wishes
to disassociate itself from
tuaneases and banks giving direct
and important support to the
Government of South Africa;
Be it Resolved:
(7) That the Administration be
requested to convey to our
Trustees and the University In-vestment
Committee our desire
that they proceed in a prudent
manner and with all deliberate
speed to eliminate such com-panies
and banks from the
University Fund portfolio;
(8) That the Administration be
requested to convey to ap-propriate
Retirement Fund
authorities our desire that they
proceed in a prudent manner and
with all deliberate speed to
eliminate such companies and
banks from the University Fund
portfolio; and
(9) That the Chancellor be re-quested
to convey to the Facul-ty
council progress made in im-plementimr
the intent nf the
resolution at its April, 1986
meeting;
(10) That our delegates to the
University Faculty Assembly be
requested -to inform the
delegates from the other cam-puses
of this Resolution.
During the Tuesday meeting
Dr. Svi Shapiro spoke on the
unreliability of the Sullivan Prin-ciples.
"I'm convinced the
Sullivan Principles are simply in-adequate
and ineffective."
Shapiro said that there are
several reasons why the Sullivan
Principles do not actually benefit
the cause against apartheid.
First, they affect only one
percent of the citizens in South
Africa, Second, they do not
directly affect apartheid because
they only apply to the factory
workers whan they are in the fac-tories.
He says that when they
leave the factory, they go out in-to
an environment in which they
have no rights. Shapiro adds that
the most important reason the
Principles do not work is that
any money going into companies
in South Africa aids the present
government in promoting its
economy.
In addition to Shapiro, Knox
also believes that the Sullivan
Principles are inadequate. He
says that the Faculty Council's
resolution was based on that
belief. "The resolution was
premised on the idea that the
Sullivan Principles do not go far
enough. Also, to divest in com-panies
not subscribing to the
Sullivan Principles does not go
far enough."
He also says that the Principles
do not apply to the financial state
of South Africa, either. "A com-pany
which is subscribing in the
Sullivan Principles still is con-tribuUag
to the strength of the
South African economy."
There seems to be a conflict
between the University Invest-ment
Committee's financial
responsiblity and their moral
responsibility. However, accor-ding
to Dr. Bob Wineburg there
is really no problem. "I don't
believe there is a balance be-tween
fiduciary responsibility and
our moral obligation. At this par-ticular
time in South Africa
what's going on is morally
outrageous."
Shapiro says that pulling out of
South African baaed companies
is not a radical question but in-stead
is a reasonable one. He
noted that 80 universities
throughout the United States
have divested totally. Among
those universities according to
Knox, are UNC-CH and A&T.
BISHOP DESMOND TUTU, who recently spoke at Dmke
University, believes that the Sallivaa Principles do not benefit
the cause against apartheid. (Photo by Paal Segal)
UNC-G Against the
Apartheid Policy
By KAREN CARPENTER
SUtt WriUr
Meeting on Dec. 10,
UNC-G's University Investment
Committee acted on their policy
towards holdings in South
Africa. The content of their ac-tion
is:
"The University Investment
Committee of the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro
deplores the apartheid policy in
South Africa and any other
policy anywhere in the world
which violates human rights and
results in exploitation or oppres-sion
of our fellow man. To
resolve the tensions brought
about by the necessity of perform
ing our fiduciary responsi-bilities
without ignoring our
moral, ethical and social obliga-tions
to our fellow man, the
following actions are hereby
taken:
1. "Publicly state our support for
the Sullivan Principles.
2. "Join the IRRC (Investor
Responsibility Research Center),
a study group which, among
other things, provides a report-ing
service on compliance of
American companies with the
Sullivan Principles.
3. "Carefully review and respond
to shareholder resolutions regard
ing social issues, corporate
governance and South African
policy."
In order to adhere to their
policy the University Investment
Committee requested their in-vestment
manager sell universi-ty
holding in Cadbury Schweppes
and Dun and Bradstreet, who
have not signed the Sulliyan
Principles.
According to a report by the
Office of Information Services,
11. Michael Weaver, a member of
the UNC-G Board of Trustees,
said, "The committee also agreed
that the South African situation
would be followed closely and
that the committee is flexible as
to whether or not any further ac-tions
may be necessary, depen-dent
on the situation."
The six members of the
University Investment Commit-tee
are: Weaver, Howard
Holderness, Larry Wingate, Sue
Cole, Charles Hayes and Fred
Drake. While all six are from
Greensboro only Drake is af-filiated
with UNC-ti. He acts as
Vice Chancellor for Business
Affairs.
Student Government Branches May Merge
JUNIOR FRAZIER BRYANT lays H in far twe points against
Christopher-Newport College. The Spartans went on to win
86-78. Bryant ted the Spartans in sceriag with SO points. (Pheto
by Peter Anderson)
By STEVE NINIVAGGI
and DARIU8H SHAFAGH
The Student Government met
Tuesday night with 14 out of 22
members in attendence. Two
new senators, Doug Bristol and
Ruse Campbell, were sworn in.
Although attendance was
anemic, some of the most impor-tant
issues of the year were
disoMsed at the meeting. Among
these issues were the new SG
constitution, a resolution that
UNC-G remove all its in-vestments
from companies that
operate in South Africa, and a
plea for support by the Black
Student Alliance that UNC-G
cancel classes on a third Monday
of January and offer alternative
programming in honor of Martin
Luther King, Jr.
The restructuring of the Ex-ecutive
Cabinet and Student
Senate is one of the most impor-tant
aspects of the new constitu-tion
considered Tuesday. The
two will be replaced by the Stu-dent
Governing Council, which
consists of the president, the
vice-president, and other ap-pointed
and elected members.
According to the new constitu-tion,
this council has the power
to "bring forth legislation deal-ing
with any matter of concern
that affects any portion of the
student body, campus, or univer-sity."
Furthermore, judicial pro-ceedings
have been changed
from a trial-like atmosphere to
an informal setting where a
defendant has the opportunity to
freely express him/herself in
front of a hearing panel. Also, a
new requirement for holding the
position of student government-president
is 20 weeks in sny
SG position.
Brad Mitchell, representing
the Black Student Alliance, asked
the Senate for support of a let-ter
of endorsement to the
Chancellor in regard to Martin
Luther King's birthday.
The Alliance' has in mind the
cancellation of clsssos on the
third Monday of every January.
In addition, the group would like
to hold special educational ac-tivities
to commemorate Dr.
King. Senators were generally
impresssed with the idea, but
they disagreed with the cancel-ing
of classes. Instead, one of the
senators suggested that the
educational activities should be
supplementary to classes that
day, but to actually cancel classes
would be unreasonable. The mo-tion
to support the Black Student
Alliance failed. Instead, a motion
was passed to have "some sort of
recognition" to remember Dr.
King on his birthday.
Another student, William
Wyles of N.C. A.4T., also made
a request for support for his anti-
Apartheid Run. The run will
begin in Greensboro on Feb. 26
and will end in Selma,
Alabama, on April 4, the anniver-sary
of Martin Luther King's
assassination. Wyles is being
supported by local and regional
chapters of the NAACP as well
as by Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Wyles stood before the senate,
asking for a letter of endorse-ment
and for UNC-G students to
attend a send-off party at
Woolworth's Department Store.
Anyone interested in becoming
involved should speak with Mike
Stewart or the local NAACP. In
connection with Wyles' requests,
Stewart urged the senate to con-sider
a resolution requesting
UNC-G to divest itself from com-panies
still holding interests in
South Africa.
UNC-G recently removed its
investments in two companies
operating in South Africa that
did not abide by the Sullivan Fair
Labor Principles.
Finally, Stewart announced a
new Faculty Curriculum Commit-tee,
which suggested the all-
University requirements be
changed from th* present 36
hours to 61 credit hours. Stewart
asked senators and students to
discuss this idea with their pro-fessors
to gauge overall opinion
of the proposal.
Stewart personally opposes the
change based on his limited infor-mation
on the report, but he ad-mits
he needs to know more
about the suggestion before he
takes a stand. His and the
senate's concern is that the in-crease
in hours may add more
courses that some students,
especially those in the profes-sional
schools, will have to take
in order to graduate.
SG Presidents' Note: Although
the proposed merger of the ex-ecutive
and legislative structures
of the Student Government is
significant in that it will provide
for more organizational coordina-tion,
the most exciting change
See SENATE cont. on page 9—
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