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1 - A SUNY PUBLCATON - UNVERSTY AT STONY BROOK MARCH 28, 1984 VOL. X NO.3 r ~f OL E rb~ ~ ;, L: -4~ rj- ~L9 bsfa ~2. P~ : L.f3~ = 2. - ~. - C, r r 1 j~ 3 ;: ~,~- t B~t ~a~t r c'j f ~L~7e_ /yr ~o~ /-v! A BLACK H STORY MONTH -- J G t L " M j

2 Trbute To Martn Luther Kng and Malcolm X by Lance Walker The Afrcan Amercan Students Organzaton presented a program enttled "Trbute to Dr. Martn Luther Kng and Malcolm X" whch took place on February 17 at 8 pm, n the Unon Audtorum. The program was both enlghtenng and nspratonal. t celebrated the hstory of the struggle of Black Amercans for freedom and equalty. t remnded us from whence we came; where we are no w, and where we hope to be. Sandra Wllams, one of Stony Brook's talented vocalsts began the evenng wth a movng rendton of the Black natonal anthem "Lft Every Voce and Sng". The audence joned n wth her to echo the words of our loyalty to Blackness throughout the audtorum. Rene Lpscomb, a dlgent contrbutor to Black awareness at Stony Brook, ntroduced Henry Schoolfeld. He read a synapss of the lves of Martn Luther Kng and Malcolm X n whch he compared and contrasted the deologes and lves of the two men. Mary Canada of the Learnng Sklls Center and Ray Smth of the Fne Arts Department provded some deep and fulfllng nsghts on ther respectve lves durng the Malcolm-Kng era. Ms. Canada ponted out that Black people dd not apprecate Afrca n the tmes of Kng/ Malcolm. She sad that Black people dd not take' prde n ther hstory and ancestry. She later descrbed Martn and Malcolm as two dfferent men seemngly apart but workng for the same cause. Kng used non-volent protest and Malcolm sought freedom "By Any Means Necessary". Though ther methods dffered, Dd You Know...? both men had vald reasons for ther smlar vews. She nformed the audence that before the sxtes Black people were reffered to as colored or negroes, and Black women were always portrayed as superor to ther Black men. n some of her closng remarks, Ms. Canada ponted out that Dr. Kng's and Malcolm's efforts and achevements paralleled n many aspects but never joned. n as much as Malcolm recognzed the need for Black Amercans to be close to other Black people, Kng concerned' hmself more wth the unty between northern and southern Blacks. Mr. Ray Smth shared nsghts ganed through hs experences n the Army. He showed the dfferent morpologes of racsm. The lfe of a. Black man as an offcer n the U. S. Army and a Black man n the outsde world, was completely dfferent, though they were both lvng n the same tme. The former havng advantages and prvledges otherwse dened to the latter. Hs advse was to keep the torch held hgh and burnng. Mss June Jordan one of our dstngushed professors who s an author and poetess, delvered poetry on the journey of Kng. Ths was followed by a memoral to Kmako Baraka, sster of Amra Baraka-another dstngushed professor, author and poet. Kmako passed away under tragc crcumstances recently. Km Parks wrote a poem to ths memory, and Charlene Wnlry performed a dance to t. The program contnued wth Charlene Wnley and Gemma Solmene protrayng Betty and Coretta respectvely, the wves of Malcolom X and Martn Mss Robn Hodges sang "Dream the mpossble" and ntermsson followed. n the second half of the show the Afrcan Amercan Students Organzaton dd a classroom scene. Ths was followed by adance enttled 'Workng for Kng'; hpautfully executed by Henry Schoolfeld and Alca Stovell. Terrence McLaughln dd a rap whch can be nterpreted as an ntermedate between a poem and a song. t was unque and well performed. SAlca Stovell, presdent of the A.A.S.O. dd another dance enttled "Malcolm's Gone". The program ended wth a Candle Lght Ceremony. The efforts and dedcaton of A.A.S.O. were well protrayed by the level of organzaton of the program and the excellent performance of each partcpant. The program was ndeed an educatonal enrchment. Ekt7 0 U ) D by Cheryl-Ann Webb There have been many Negroes t seems lkely that he began the among Amerca's dscoverers, po- Chcago tradng post n the mdneers and explorers. Negroes ac- 1770's. Both ndans and Frenchcompaned many of the early Span- men were employed by De Sable. sh and French explorers n the Un- Hs post florshed because the ndted States terrtores. One among ans trusted hm, so they brought them stands alone n foundng a hm ther best grade of pelts. De great Amercan cty; Jean Baptste Sable s one of the earlest success- Ponte de Sable. ful black busnessmen n the Unted Accurate nformaton about the States. tackluxnd and early lfe of de Sab- n 1800, de Sable sold the Chle s dffcult to obtan. Accounts cago post to Jean Lalme of St Jowrtten durng hs lfetme only re- seph, Mchgan. t had been thrvfer to hm as a Negro. However, t ng for two or three decades before s thought that he may have been he sold out. The record of de Sabborn n Hat n about There le's sale to Lalme s of the greatest s also consderable dsagreement mportance. For the ttle of foundabout hs pa rents, but t seems lk- er of Chcago was not gven to de ely that hs father was French and Sable untl more than a hundred Shs mother was Black. years later. Durng that tme the He was a successful fur trader founder of Chcago was thought to D and busnessman. No doubt t was be John H. Knze, a whte man L whle trappng for anmals on the who became a resdent n 1804 and plans and n the wlderness, as well took over the tradng post from as n rvers and streams, that de Jean Lalme. Sable came upon the huge lake. De Sable's contrbuton to the The great lake we now call Lake growth of the Unted States s co- Mchgan. He bult a thrvng mmerated by a plaque n Chcago tradng post there, whch ncluded a whch reads: "Ste of the frst holarge house, barns, stables, mlls, use n Chcago, erected around shops, lvestock, and fne furnture (t should be 1772) by Jean The cty whch grew up on the ste Baptste Ponte de Sable, a Negro of de Sable's tradng post s, of from Hat." Ths s hardly a fttng course, Chcago. monument to the founder of a cty, Old records ndcate that he but lack of recognton does not lesbought a farm n the early 1770's. son the mportance of the work done by ths poneer. / \ : 1 jjl 1

3 Black Hstory Month n Retrospect by Km Parks t wasn't bad at all! Ths Black Hstory Month deserves a standng ovaton from everyone. Although Black Hstory Month s over we are stll rejocng over our everlastng blackness! The month of February may pass us by but our Black hertage shall never fade. Black hstory s a form of expresson, celebraton, and trumph for the vast accomplshments of our Black hertage. t s a tme of commeraton for our late Black leaders and the welcomng of our new leaders to come. A lot of tme and effort was put nto ths event and plannng t was an experence wthn tself. The Black Hstorans were a major contrbutng factor n ths experence. Nne students, Charlene Wnley (founder), Melane Wtherspoon, Crag Waterman, Lance Waterman, Km Parks, Renee Lpscomb, Gemma Solomene, Gerald Seegars and Yem Kuroyo ntated the formulaton of events n whch all organzatons and staff members could take part n. Meetngs were held every Sunday (wth a few exceptons) where the plannng began. n the process other organzatons took part n the plannng. The Carrbbean Organzaton furnshed us wth a seres of flms and panel dscussons. The Afrcan Amercan Student Organzaton worked sde by sde wth the Black Hstorans and constructed deas that would enable everyone to enhance the celebraton on campus. Also, we couldn't have done t wthout the donatons from organzatons such as the Afrcan Students, Hatan Students and the S.A..N.T.S., wth specal thanks to the A.K.A.'s and Sgmas. The campus-wde voter regstraton drve was desgnated for those who were not regstered. and for those who thought t wasn't advantageous. We must all take nto account that excercsng your votng rghts s mandatory ndeed! Many thanks to the Sgmas and Sweethearts, Wayne Bekles and Dr. Al Jordan from the Heal-' th Scences Center. All of the fund rasng events were also sources of enjoyment and assemblage for the students. However, the mones were allocated to the budget for costly events pertanng to Black Hstory Month; donatons of the Unted Negro College Fund and other mandated purpose wthn other varous organzatons. There were also mportant ndvduals who made Black Hstory Month events possble. Thus, we must drect our grattude towards Amr Baraka. He s Black Hstory. The support he has contrbuted to the Black communty here at Stony Brook, as well as to Black hstory, should be acknowledged by an nfnte expresson of apprecaton and respect. Baraka, who has a famly of hs own, fnds n the goodness of hs heart a desre to create a famly atmosphere wth the students and staff members here. We love you Baraka. Lnda Martn (Baraka's secretary) who handled the correspondence for the Black Hstorans dd t wth precson and sometmes overtme. June Jordan's soothng words and partcpaton helped the Black Hstorans and Afrcan Student Organzaton to keep the fath n ther pursut of success n plannng the events. More support from hdden student actvsts are needed to come out from the woodworks and nto the partcpaton whch s mperatve for our survval. Ths wll enable our next years planned events to be more successful. Black Hstory prde sn't just celebrated one month out of the year. t just so happens we shout t a lttle louder n the month of February..^ - ^ -^. ^^, -;... J `- 5' ~L ~r ~ r ~t. ~ ; 'Y - n Prase of the Afrcana Studes Program / Trace A. Bng On February 29, 1984, got a chance to express my feelngs. Not just any feelngs, but my feelngs about somethng necessary for survval n Stony Brook. The Afrcana Studes Program was evaluated. Everyone was there: Charman, Professor manu Amr Baraka, Professor E. Fred Dube, Professor Carolyn Brown, Professor Wllam McAdoo, Professor Lesle Owens, Professor G. Mchael Bagley, and Professor Kuhnkanan. was also there thanks to the dedcated efforts of Lnda Martn, the very personable and dedcated Afrcana Studes secretary. About ffteen other Stony Brook students made t ther busness to be present at ths crucal gatherng. The program was evaluated by a commttee of four dstngushed people: From Stony Brook, James Rule of the Socology Department and John Truxal of the Department of Technology and Socety; Holls Lynch of Columba Unversty's Hstory Department and James Turner, Drector of Cornell Unversty's Afrcana Studes and Graduate Research Center. t was ther am to evaluate the Afrcana Studes Program's Currculum, the effect of the program upon student achevement and other crucal educatonal, socal and poltcal factors. They wll submt a comprehensve report to Mr. Graham Spaner, Vce Provost Undergraduate Studes. must say, they learned a great deal from the students, who have learned a great deal thanks to our dedcated Afrcana Studes Professors. They told us they were qute mpressed wth our comments, crtcsms and suggestons. n short, we were helpful n ther evaluaton. As they asked us many questons about the Afrcana Studes currculum and ts mpact on our educatonal experence, we clearly expressed how our educatonal experence here has been enlghtened and enrched thanks to such a valuable program. We made ther job easer. After talkng to us, they understood, n my opnon, how a student who has taken A.F.S. classes has a more analytc, objectve and realstc pcture of the educatonal process, and lfe n general. As a poltcal scence major, elaborated on how takng A.F.S. classes has gve me that extra push of ncentve and enthusasm. Wrtng papers, researchng prmary sources and readng essental journals and publcatons, are just some of the many abltes the Afrcana Studes Program has nstalled n me. Havng taken a great deal of A.F.S. classes. feel prvleged to have experenced classes where am somebody, not just a number; classes where am encouraged to learn. By ths mean can ask a queston wthout beng dehumanzed, acknowledgng all aspects of subjects, and have a professor who s dong what comes naturally educatng the masses; and so much more. Havng taken classes wthn the program snce 1980, can see how havng a strong, supportve and dedcated Afrcana Studes Program can enrch any student, regardless of race, color or ethnc orgn, n hs/her quest for knowledge. Fnally, would lke to extend grattude, to the Afrcana Studes Program for helpng me realze that am somebody and all that aspre can be mne. THANK YOU!!! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF SUCH A UNQUE LEARNNG EXPERENCE, YOU SHOULD BOW YOUR HEAD DOWN, OR REGSTER FOR AN A.F.S. CLASS, YOU MGHT LEARN SOMETHNG!!! m '00 gp ;l FogWAR BA CKWArtb r- - r r

4 _~ - : ---mmwwmm Jackson's Senstvtes Make,Headlnes By Carolne Thomas Controversy exsts between the Rev. Jesse L.Jackson and many Amercan Jewsh leaders dut to Jackson's Mddle East vews. "There s alarm among some Jews that Jackson's world vew-partcularly hs recognton of the Palastne Lberaton Organzaton and support for Arab perspectves-wll gan wde currency n the Unted States and erode Amerca's "specal relatonswp" wth srael." Snce Jackson declared hs canddacy n November, attempts have been made to dsrupt hs campagn by the Jewsh people. "We're not pckng a fght wth Jackson, sad Hyman Bookbnder of the Amercan Jewsh Commttee. "But f you ask us to support hm, we cannot support hm unless he wthdraws or explans some of the rather hateful thngs he has sad n the past." n the Monday February 14 ssue of the Washngton Post, an artcle was wrtten wth the ttle "Peace Wth Amercan Jews Eludes Jackson." Ths artcle merted fame because of one sentence, "n prvate conversatons wth reporters, Jackson has referred to Jews as "Hyme" and to New York as "Hymetown". n the begnnng when asked whether ths was true or not, Jackson all but dened t. On Thursday February 16, Jackson sad n reply to the allegaton made n the artcle, " am not famlar wth that. That's not accurate." At a debate of Democratc canddates' debate n Goffstown on Thursday February 23, Barbara Walters (ABC News ntervewer) the moderator asked Mr. Jackson f he had made ant-semtc statements, ncludng referrng to the Jews as "Hymes". " am not ant-semtc," Mr. Jackson reterated three tmes. "These rumors have been desgned to dsrupt my campagn." When pressed on whether he had used the term "Hyme" and "Hymetown" to refer to New York Cty he repled " have no recollecton of that." Appearng at a synangogue n Manchester N.H. on February 26, Mr. Jackson acknowledged that he had used the words "Hyme" and "Hymetown" n a prvate conservaton to refer to Jews. "t was not done n the sprt of meanness," he told the crowd n the synagogue Temple Adath Yershurun. "However nnocent and unntended t was wrong," he contnued. On Tuesday February 28 Mr. Jackson revealed the reasons for hs delay n acknowledgng the remark. "On one hand, had a desre to keep open the doors that were open; on the other hand, dd not want to le and be absolute," he sad. Most of Jackson's rvals chose to prase hm for apologzng nstead of questonng the way he dealt wth the ssue. Gary Hart; "t was approprate for hm to apologze." John Glenn prased Mr. Jackson for admttng hs mstake n hs choce of words. Walter F. Mondale called the "Hyme" characterzaton dersve, "t should not have been used." Most observers of the Jackson campagn beleve hs support from Jewsh voters wll be mnscule, so there s lttle proft n temperng hs Mddle East vews. "Mr. Jackson may have alenated some people, but those who had commtted themselves to Mr. Jackson are stll commtted. There was no overall effect on the msson," sad Davd Harvey, regonal assstant of regon sx of the New York for Jesse Jackson campagn. And so, end on that note. Those who were The wrter s a SUSB undergraduate: -- Rovng Photographer By George Freeman How do you deal wth stress? Name: Mark Ashman Junor Major: Appled Math Mnor: Economcs [ deal wth stress by dsassocatng myself from. )thers and by lstenng to Bob Marley. Hs musc s nspratonal to me. Name: Asa Wlls Senor Major: Socology/Afrcana Studes When fnd myself under stress wthout delay fnd a place where can be alone. n ths place fantasze about beng surrounded by thngs whch make me feel good. Such as walkng on the beach, eatng good food, and lstenng to good musc. n ths fantasy pnpont what has caused my stress and replace t wth an actvty whch makes me feel relaxed, such as talkng to frends, gong to the moves, or just dong nothng at all. partcpate n one of these relaxng actvtes at least once a week, whch fnd to be helpful n lmtng the amount of stress have. Name: Mchael Marsh Sophomore Major: Poltcal Scence beat the hell out of my roommate. Not really. just yell at hm or lsten to my B 52's, Cynd Lauper, and Blly dol. :::~-~:;;: :::::l:~~~4: : 1::::d Name: Alca Stovell Senor Major: Bology phone my frends and famly and talk or sometmes dance to releve tenson. Name: Domnque Sede Junor Major: General lstelntoloud musc and drnk wne. Name: Par Kameh Senor Major: Bology smoke a pack of cgarettes, then st down an have a good talk wth myself. -AL-,, --- ~ L-, L --

5 T-1OU4AG1-T FOOO vja5 t d3b" ' r r 1' rl C7 ' BLA CK WORLD "KNOW THYSELF" Theresa Day... Edtor-n-Chef Gregory Smth... Managng Edtor Kathy Sstrunk,...Busness Manager Ramona Smth... Producton Manager Yaa Serwaa Opare... Art Edtor Mchael- Lucenne... Photography Edtor George Freeman, Greg Smth, Curts Nelson, SCharles Mose...Photographers Copy Edtors Cheryl Ann Webb, Peter Ward, Lancelot Walker Staff and Reporters: Mchael Grmes,Peter Ward, Lorna Francs, Lance Walker, Cheryl-Ann P'Webb Marvn Duncan, Felca Best, George Freeman, Carolne Thomas, Altha Barrows Km Parks

6 e wponts.. Don't Be Fooled by Marvn Duncan Lfe of today s so complcated that t s easy for any one to be fooled. There are some thngs that are sad to exst but do not. Marrage s sad to be when we go through a formal ceremony and some one tells us we are now marred. t s not. Marrage s when a man and a woman unte as one n the form of ther frst chld. Knowng how to drve s not when we pass our road test and receve our drver's lcense. We know how to drve when we feel confdent and secure wthn ourselves on the road. There are so many people unemployed and the reason s supposedly that they are lazy. The smple truth s that where ever they go they are turned down. The number of stll brths n Amerca s supposedly gong down. The stll brth born rates are only gong down n the areas of good facltes, but t s gong up n the Ghettos. The most mportant thng you are not to get confused about s the -EDTORALS Worth reason you came to Stonybrook Unversty. You came here for a major. Lttle do you know your major s as close to you as you can stretch out your arm and reach t. How long wll t take for someone to learn any trade that ths school A n - ^Ad fý offers? For f we were gven our major when requested, accepted to all the classes we appled for, and wth tme four to fve years we wll all be doctors, Lawyers, Nurses, Scentsts, Astronaughts, Engneers, or what ever we desre. Ths s not the way t s at Stonybrook and many people leave Stonybrook wthout what they came for. The smple' reason s because we were turned down. Only a few get through to what they want. For most of us were not permtted to stretch out our arm. t only takes a lttle tme for anyone to stretch out hs arm. f we were gven that tme, all of us who are here now, here before, and those yet to come would be able to stretch out our arms and become Doctors, Lawyers, Nurses, Scentsts, Engneers, or what ever we desre that ths Unversty offers. Before you gve up and say you can't stretch out your arm, remember that f they stop you from stretchng your arm one way you can stretch your arm another way. n other words don't gve up your desre to reach your goal untl you have suceeded. For n ths world we are lke blnd men n a bg room, lookng for the only door to get out. Just because we do not fnd the door the frst tme does not mean there s not a door. Yes, many tmes we do ht a wall on the way to our goal. So want to tell all of you, "Don't Be Fooled", f they don't accept you to your major, gve you the necessary funds, or allow you n a class, ths does not mean you can't become what you desre. Remember, don't let someone tell you you can't stretch out your arm t s your own arm and not thers. - -, Ed. note: Two artcles from the prevous ssue (vol. X No. 2) dd not have bylnes. "Do You Qualfy" was wrtten by Mchael Grmes and 'The Graduaton Dlemma: Can We Go Home?" was wrtten by Marvn Duncan. Dollar? b\x lmchael Gr mes y ^ tj 1A fc Was t worth t? Was there enough satsfacton for the cost of $1.00? After all the controversy, Debbe Does Dallas came to the lecture hall as one of COCA's move presentaton. COCA expected to pull a very large crowd but S they were dsapponted, and so were half of the students that went to see the o flm. Pars of eyes watched as the same sex scenes were done over and over a- c gan. There was no varety, as flesh went from gentals to mouth to eyes to O face etc. Well then agan.maybe there was too much varety. After the frst D ten mnutes repetton became borng and the actng was so terrble that the t rythm dd not go wth the groans. The fake orgasms seemed to be shot after P the act tself took place: how that was done beats me. What else? Let me see. The audence, that's a nce subject. After all who would go and see an X-rated move? t's not curosty seeng that half of Stony Brook saw Deep Throat. Accordng to frends that asked, they clam t was because "there was nothng else to do." The flm was shown and the controversy s now over. Most people thought the flm wasn't worth the trouble t caused, but they also felt that t was good that the flm was shown because they were gven a choce to lke t or dslke t. Ths choce s very mportant to the so-called free generaton even though we sometmes fal to see when half of our rghts are taken wthout a fght. Anyway 'm strayng from the move whch was trash and not worth wrtng about. Ths does not mean that all porno moves are trash. t's just that ths move took out the beauty of sex and made t nto a flthy unappealng act. There were less bad words n the flm than expected from an X-rated move; the mportance of ths s not clear to me. thnk an X-rated move mght be worth lookng at f t's done wth style and class; therefore am lookng out for Bran DePalmer's (Scarface drector) next flm, whch s supposed to be an X-rated flm.

7 Revew of Dutchman by Peter Ward The one objecton that have to readng plays s the fact that the majorty of scholars nsst that readng a play s essentally the same as watchng ts performance. have always dsagreed wth ths axom and found "The Other Season's" producton of "The Dutchman" to be a perfect llustraton of my sentments. The Dutchman, wrtten by Lero Jones (Amr Baraka) s a play wrtten to llustrate the sxtes. t demands a great deal of symbolsm and dramatc nterpretaton n order to be understood completely. Ths s exactaly what was shown n the play. The scenery was very authentc and depcted a very realstc subway car. The lghtng was very effectve and qute effcent; Partcularly as the tran traveled through the subway system. The producton staff should be congratulated on the scenery for a job well done. To get back to my openng statement, would lke to pont out that although have read The Dutchman and found t to be a very well wrtten play, could not really understand the mpled foreshadowng as :much as dd when saw the play n acton. The performers dsplayed almost a professonal grace to ther actng. They were so realstc n ther parts that one almost forgot that they were just actng. They were wonderful n ther drectons.and seemed very much a part of ther character as opposed to just readng nto ther parts. The Drector, Glenda Dckerson, should be congratulated for the preperaton of her troupe and the fact that all her performances were done wthout a htch of any knd. n truth the only -qualm have aganst ths producton s the fact that t wasn't on campus long enough so that everyone who wanted to could get a chance to see t. To be qute blunt, ths producton was a beautful pece of work, and the people who should be prased most of all are the actors. n partcular, the characters Lula and Clay were played exceptonally well by Monca Pregne and Vncent Brooks respectvely. Clay started out reasonably slowly and pcked up at the end wth a magnfcent tour de force speech to Lula whch grabbed the audence wth the suddeness and the.forcefulness of the change n the character's personalty. Mr. Brooks should be congratulated for such a dsplay of two conflctng personaltes n the space of a few mnutes. Clay also served as the chef source of the forshadowng when hs mpendng death was shown n the very begnnng of the play n the form of a very macabre form outsde the tran. Ths death happened at the end of the play when Lula stabbed Clay wth the tp of a small pole whch held the Amercan flag on t. Ths was further symbolsm of Black oppresson as depcted by Baraka through hs works. Lula was played wonderfully by Monca Peragne. She was the perfect Whte Woman to Clay's Black man. n truth she was the most nterestng character of the play. She dsplayed so many dfferent changes n her personalty that w 0'1 CL a- one would beleve she was a certfed nut case. Mss Peragne was partcularly effectve n her know-t-all-personalty where she pcked apart Clay as f she had known hm all her lfe. The rest of the actors should not be left r~ cool wthout prases ether. n truth they were the one's who dsplayed the varous symbolsm n the play. From the ghostly apparton to the masks whch were worn to symbolze moods and feelngs, to the parts played n llustraton the ponts each of the man actors were makng at a gven tme. always sad a play well done can surpass the play on paper anytme, and whle ths wasn't precsely the case ths tme. t stll shows that t s better to see the acton n front of you than to have to look nto the mnds of varous characters at the same tme. Ths performance troupe succeeded n makng a very good play nto a very good show, for the people to see and enjoy. For those of you who mssed t, maybe you'll be lucky enough to see a revval of t next season. er ---- Po 1ty...Your Student Government by Gerald Seegars The student government of SUNY at Stony Brook s formally known as Polty. POLTY s one of the most mportant organzatons on campus. Wth a budget close to a mllon dollars Polty oversees sevral of the crucal aspects of campus lfe. The money for the clubs such as the Carbbean Students, Afrcan Amercan Organzaton, Hatan Students Organzaton etc, etc, comes drectly out of Polty whch gets the money drectly from each student through the semesterly actvty fee. Polty s also the parent body of SAB whch schedules concerts and guest speakers. PSC s responsble for specal events, newly formal clubs and the polty Hotlnes whch help students wth campus related problems. The need for Black and Hspanc students.to become more actve n polty s becomng panfully obvous. f we revew the concerts ths year we must note that there was only one concert that would nterest the majorty of Black and Hspanc students (Edde Grant). Furthermore t was only because of constant pressure put on by concerned Black and Hspanc students that SAB agreed to schedule two mnorty concerts for ths semester. Presently, the budget commttees are begnnng to prepare the budgets for the clubs next year. We should all be aware that fundng for clubs have been reduced the last couple of years and more cuts are expected ths year. The mnorty clubs have always been subject to budget reductons, not to say that they are unfar cuts, but wthout adequate representaton n polty mnorty clubs wll always get the short end of the stck. Wth ths s mnd the Unted Front (that progressve group of thrd world students) wll be sponsorng workshops ths semester amed at educatng students on Polty and how to make Polty more responsve to our needs. urge everyone to attend. n Aprl Polty wll hold ts annual electons and ths wll be an excellent tme for mnorty students to get a foothold n Polty and have more control on how our money s beng spent. Seek out members of the Unted Front and talk to them, come to the Unted Front meetngs and please get n volved. tzpo 5, fb n3 'X

8 k t h- C t e r C t f %-, ) LOVE,LOVE, THEY ALL SAY Love,love,love 'm n love, you are n love, we are all n love. Oh such mockery, of a word that's more than treasure, the clown uses t n jest, the wse man leaves t for hs tales. s the meanng of love clear to me, or maybe the best explanaton, should come from the prest, let's not forget the judges sde. You and know not the meanng, nether do half of the people that shout t, n a tme of ecstasy, n a moment of need, love, love, they all say. Love at frst sght love that takes tme, love for the wcked, love for the good, can you explan the smlartes? Lost n extreme pan, borderng on. the lne of abstract happness, a man, a woman, reaches out, and low and behold they fnd, love, love, they all say. Does t matter that hate, turns ts sde and becomes love, does t matter that sex, n pleasure's heght becomes love, unmportant, s sure to be your answer, What dd he say before he pulled the trgger, was t not, love you, What dd she say when she walked out the door, was t not, am dong t because love you; t's a pty you have to leave. Modern tme has used my mnd, makng waste of my body, L, ^ -».. _... L.- A T _ t LaL tme, UUL KUW [tne louves me, she sleeps wth hm, but deep down she loves me, O R AB Soh, turn off the lghts. MY HANDS ARE DARKER THAN MY FACE by Gerald Seegars My hands are darker than my face My Afrcan blood runs rchly through my vens As struggle through lfe grow, grow stronger, become more conscous and more alert Forward Ever, backward never! Never backward but not burnng any brdges because of the detours of lfe. n search of love, rches and stablty So much to do and wth the knowledge that tme wats for no man t has to be done! Now! My hands wll always be darker than my face Because my hands have pcked me up so many tmes when have fallen, My hands have toled and straned whle my face just smled or smurked, and served the purpose of a mask. Elegant and dynamc are what my hands are. And they are what am. My hands are darker than my face and fnally have come to love and apprecate them. MODERN BABYLON 4 By Mchael Grmes 4 know of a land that has dened me my rghts. know of a land where my people are psycho-. logcally embarrassed. know of a country where babes are klled by the score. A place where leaders are chosen but not by me. A place where love, joy and happness do not arrve. - c: 4, -&F A place where my dreams become nghtmares. A place where poltcans le wth every two phrases. know of a land where justce s based on the colour of my skn. know of a land where my strength s the ultmate test. A place where must help my people to reman sane. A place where my heart beat booms the sound of drums of a true dentty. A place that leaves a sour taste n my mouth. Yes ths s the place called land of the free. Yes, ths s Modern Babylon. F By Abbakha t - - T<EASE THECl ANGER r-l A t ' A ~ ' h" j DT: MMU.:LM Jurlrn Every day see the world changng around us. GONE For me, see t from many perspectve, As lay here lookng out ths wndow, lstng to Stanley Turrentnd's album, can Lancelot Walker just magne when t wll all end. Yes! When wll all God's chldren be able to lve When your hand was seperated from the warm- n peace wth themselves and n peace wth the world. ness of mne d There s so much hatred, anger, hostlty and pty Leavng t naked, grppng nothng and beng on man v of my sster's faces. That when you look at grpped by nothng them you can read the next lne. Lsten my brothers, That's when realzed somethng was mssng, am only human. do have feelngs too, so please But t was too late then to change anythng. just treat me wth some respect. f you do not have When the bonds of love were broken and the any for your selves then that s your problem, but peces left behnd, have some for me, because am a woman of the future, unshoveled and scattered a woman wth a goal, and far most a woman wth respect That's when realzed for sure that you were for her body, mnd, and soul. gone Out of my lfe you went! When the phone dd not rng and the voce n my ear dd not sng, M E When my heart stopped watng And my NVTATON mnd stopped contemplatng That's when thought my God! she s gone. Lancelot Walker When walked the beach wth no one by my sde When loak at you see somethng beautful, And watched the waves caress the sea. by Tracey A. Bng r that no other eyes can see the way that When looked around me to confrm the realty, dedcated to Ms. June Jordan Somethng Not a dream to share, my eyes d, anerable beauty see Not a smle to wear, AM THE BLACK WOMAN, Just the as me love you the more look at you. That's when told myself that t was over and STANDNG STEADY AND READY That mak -son that only know enough about to done. FOR ALL THNGS ASPRE TO You, a er o n a very superfcal way When lad upon the sand ACHEVE, say hello V s so much more that would lke to say. Feelng lke a helpless man FOR ALL THNGS STRUGGLE TO Yet there 1 And you were not there lyng besde me, RECEVE, to you, felt a pan wthn my heart, FOR ALL THNGS DARE TO BELEVE. However, And know where ever you are you feel t too, SNGNG PROUD AND LOUD avod my OF That's THE PAST when AND PRESENT. gave the up on you. And DAT T RATE Y a postve When you were absent on the beach, n the park, DANCNG DELBERATELY... n my room, on my bedwth EYES TO THE SKY.hen When made love to someone else and she called FOLLOWNG MY FEET myname N THE RGHT LGHT. thought But the voce was not the same STANDNG STRAGHT AHEAD, SEE ME wasmost That's when sad to myself forget you! STANDNG STRONG, TALL AND FREE. chlled coldness the followng day. And then started to lve once more -tby few your mes caught you lookng at me were most exct: ng arp~1pn uvhp~rrhnhla9 ~tl~~llrrtrv L~~~y r each tme look at you, you seem to eyes one tme that you showed nterest wth smle spoke to someone else and you tbly was referrng to you. t delghted by ths response only to be moments for me,. LONELY, LONELY, OH But then you looked away so quckly before our SO LONELY a thought, c Yet deep down wthn am fallng n love wth Dedcated to Lady D, Love Mr.-. you-.. : ^ -,...f only you knew or understood the way feel,a,.-... When you're away feel so lonely about you "^ " could rap to other grft; but that would make my That would be so comfortng to me. ^ --/ N. feelngs phony D / The part that hurts the "O t "Rah q vn1 T lnva nd rl 1 vn nnmlv To +ha, t-f 4-.;...1 most when thnk of you, -_+L.. 1 _-, : a., M.., -- Y. % N L A cng at prodatly you nnk o me ne Damn-when you're away feel so lonely least., SSo far you have done nothng, for me to beleve r Wpn v'ro not wth me T feel fsn mserable...» To occupy my mnd work out and stay physcal f only you knew how eager these arms are But to no aval, sometmes my lonelness reaches awatng tx) hold, crtcal And to feel your lps and body aganst mne, MOh Honey-when you're not wth me feel so But then realzed that s so unlkely mserable As your w )rld s so dfferent from mne. N Stll the th< )ught ntrgues me, though the realty There are tmes, When we're not together feel so down s That wouldn't blame you for gettng uptght Sometmes crack jokes and may act lke a clown way out guess one of those tmes was last nght guess t's better than always wearng a frown hope som of lne. But all n all, when we're not together feel so eday some freak magcal spell could brng you 1to me There are other tmes, "down But that mght take the end of tme, that wsh you would say Especally f t s the knd of spell that needs to be You forgve me and everythng s O.K. Sweetheart, can't wat untl you're n my arms motvated by you Then my feelngs wll be calmed Then gue ss would have to wat a longer whle. hope one of those tmes s today Baby, can't wat for you to phone me You do nott seem to be very conversatonal, nor Because then can make t up to you n everyway But, untl that tme, guess wll be feelng wsh to let Lonely, lonely, oh so lonely stranger s n your lfe hope ths poem does what prefer So f by chance you happened to read ths poem Cheer you up and Ease the Anger By: The Voce Of Chrs Joyce and under stand what am sayng The Voce of Chrstopher Joyce You wll have understood somethng that s worth a tr3, t 1 '.rr r rt X 4 4

9 eature Feature On The One (Featurng Our Fellow Students) Coordnated by Felca Best and what yor are; demand the respect you deserve Once we have a deep respect for ourselves, an nner love that no one can destroy, you can't help but wan to tell everyone about t. We are a strong people wth. very long hstory of struggle. We must learn to appre cate the successes and falures of our ancestors order that we don't make the same mstakes. Realz ng that only a strong unted body can acheve succes no matter what the struggle and that a dvded hous4 wll fall wll help us n our endeavors. We must re defne our exstence n the world by our own stan dards and realze the power we each have wthn ou mnds. As Steven Bko sad, "the most mportan weapon n the hands of the oppressor s the mnds o the oppressed." Break the chans... Help each othe n tmes of need. Many brothers and ssters come t< Stony Brook one year and leave the next. Talk to on( another so that we mght know the needs of each othe and utlze and exhaust the assstance and advsor programs on capmus. Be determned to succeed anc you wll, wth a lttle help from your frends. Neve: gve up hope. p CF.1; : ackworld Photo/Mke Lucenne ~a:: r- Black Mke Lucenne :! ' :;: : _::^ : '' 1: ''':- ;:::: -::l:-'^'^ N- _ l-^^^^l^ b N- :-:::j:: ::::-:::::: :::: --: ;::--- ::~::j': ::-: : ::: ::::~ :'::: 11 ~ ::-::.:::lj::~_:::: ::~ l::: l: ::: `:-:-:: : - : ~j: 0 C) t- Name: Gerald C. Seegers tars; llack Hstorans, vory Sapphre pagent, lace of Brth: Guyana, South Amerca SPlace of Brth: Charlotte, North Carolna Kwanza, Gospel Chorus Talent Show, Black ate of Brth: December 29, 1961 Brth Date: December 11, 1961 Women's Weekend. Major: Socal Welfare Year: Senor Message to the Communty: My brothers and ear: Senor Major: Afrcan Studes/Poltcal Scence ssters; search and you shall fnd; lsten and you oal: One of my goals s to renvest the kno)wl- ZGoals: To see the world, fght racsm, wrte shall hear; shout and you shall be heard; love and ge that has been made avalable to me; to grve Bestseller and when the tme comes, marr and you shall be renewed; fght and we shall quest the thers the opportuntes that have been gve: nto rase chldren. SPhlosophy: Wthout stuggle there s no p, gress! Forward Ever, Backward never! Actvtes: Polty senator (Kelly E), Black Hs be rans, PSE commttee, Unted Front. 0.4 Message to the communty: Be true to yours4 Alve, learn, share, love and reflect love; and dc Aforget where you come from. N- N- ^^ C~~~ r~~ ~~ t~+t+~ re alwavs e. hlosophy: One should always strve to acheve ne's full potental. As best stated by a Conneccut Rado Personalty: "Do a better best, don't ver let t rest, untl your good s better and your etter s best!" ctvtes: Natonal Assocaton of Black Socal orkers, Stony Brook Chapter Presdent 1984, oter Regstraton Student Commttee, (School f Socal Welfare) Charperson 1984, Unt Culural Center ntern-1984, Afrcan Amercan tudents Organzaton-offcer-1983, Thrd orld Academc Awards-Plannng ,83,84, A.A. Stage X Quad Offce essage to the Communty: Success should be a ollectve goal. We need to contnually help each ther and not compete aganst one another. f the oal for whch we are ultmately strvng s a etter way of lfe, then we wll all beneft by trvng together. lackworld Photo/Mke lackworld Photo/Mke Lucenne ^ ^ ^.^. ^ r w w - tr D ~ rr C ~ O A ~,»,' 5..r ;r Cr~l- '~ s.r r' r, Zj 3 r ' r Y.L j E J? <.^

10 ll- ll -[ Perceptons NAME: Maron Metver TTLE OF POSTON: Specal Assstant to the presdent for Equal Employment Opportunty and Affrmatve Acton. JOB DESCRPTON: The overall admnstraton of AA/EEO at Stony Brook; the desgn and development of plans for remedes and programs; representng the Unversty's affrmatve acton stance-nternally and externally; mantanng productve relatonshps wth specal nterest groups, on and off campus; medatng grevances and complants; stayng abreast of all relevant laws, regulatons, polces, events, nformaton, trends n the feld of AA/EEO to nsure the dssemnaton of equalty throughout the nsttuton and to ensure that Stony Brook s always up to par wth current requrements. The job also ncludes developng polces and materals; wrtng specal reports; overseeng searches and other nternal complance actvtes; provdng consultaton to admnstrators and others on AA/EEO ssues; desgnng, plannng and conductng tranng programs, semnars, conferences, etc. and servng as staff resource person to the Presdent's and Provost's AA/EEO commttees on ssues relatd to AA/EEO. WHAT DO YOU CONSDER A MAJOR PROBLEM N YOUR JOB? There are a lot of thngs that we want to do n terms of programs, ncreasng awareness and really makng affrmatve acton work, but, there are so many reports and thngs to be done. AS A BLACK STAFF MEMBER WHAT DO YOU FEEL SHOULD BE YOUR RELATONSHP WTH BLACK STU- DENTS? Role model and mentor. HAVE YOU ALWAYS RELATED TO THEM N THS MANNER? Yes, always. DO YOU FEEL T S NECESSARY FOR THE BLACK STAFF AND STUDENT TO HAVE A DSTNCT CHANNEL TTK TTT A r 'r XT r T1. A T TTTr TT T r A T T A T Ur' CoUVVUNAl-UA-V J1 ALjL vvn- CERT. CJV.A' r-ý&- vun TCULAR PROBLEMS THAT FACE THE BLACK COM- MUNTY ON CAMPUS? Yes, thnk t s really necessary. t's especally mportant that there are open lnes of communcaton wth students, staff members and faculty because a lot of us who work here have been out there n the world a long tme and have some valuable nsghts we can share wth students. S THERE ANY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WTHN YOUR DEPARTMENT N PARTCULAR AND THE UNVER- STY N GENERAL, THAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AS STUDENTS? F SO HOW WLL T AFFECT US? No, not rght now. The offce has been moved and we are tryng to make t more comfortable for students. The staff n the offce s begnnng to learn to work as a team. Regular staff meetngs are beng held to dscuss and exchange deas about programs. Eventually, we would lke some nput from students, but not rght now. We have to mplement our projects and programs that must be done now. WHAT S YOUR VEW OF THE PRESENT GENERATON OF BLACK STUDENTS N COLLEGE? Dfferent from when went to school. Gong to college wasn't automatc. Gettng through hgh school was rough enough. n junor hgh school, you had to fght to get nto college prep. programs, you were encouraged to go to trade school. We thought about college, but t wasn't guaranteed, especally f you were a woman. n those days women went to school only to fnd husbands. Whle was n school there was the cvl rcrhts mnvement and desegregaton of schools to contend wth. Wth ths generaton t s a lttle more subtle; then t was more drect. Ths generaton s also smarter because of exposure to more thngs. THANK YOU MARON METVER. By Altha Barrow BFSA Frst Annual Scholarshp Dnner Dance By Lorna Francs 'students, mprove the socal asprets movng to do ts part to mnmze The Black Faculty and Staff As- of the BFSA and to have stronger the mpact of ths change on Black socaton (BFSA) wll sponsor ts tes wth the communty." student enrollment at the State Unfrst major fundraser enttled an, The BFSA s a non-proft organ- versty of New York at Stony Brook. "Annual Scholarshp Dnner zaton whose major purpose s to The BFSAneedsfnancal support Dance" on Frday, Aprl 13, 1984 at promote the full partcpaton of ts and would certanly apprecate do- 'the Huntngton Town House on Black faculty, staff and students n natons from faculty as well as stu- Long sland. the lfe of the Unversty and sur- dents. Wth everyone's help, ths Emle Adams, Assocate Vce roundng communtes. The Assoc- fund raser wll be an affar to re- Presdent for Stuent Affars and aton works closely wth the member. For nformaton please the BFSA Charman of the Dnner Unversty admnstraton, faculty, contact Emle Adams (Admnstra- Dance commttee says, "We hope to communty leaders, legslators and ton Rm. 348; at ). accomplsh the fllowng by the fun- students to create new programs ras-r. ras mnne nrder to pro-/servces and to mprove those curvde scholarshps fo!,-black rently n effect. The BFSA s now _ 3 cx C r 5C: ý

11 L ~ c~.. _ r _ -_--_ ~------~---bc C--- --F "- -rl r r J Upcomn Pol - AM, w El econs A prl --- "--- Fr,3 K cc? 7ous4f _n rvred - - Be On The Lookou+ for More, -fthmaon w 7- tt~~ a= Want to shka» 30 E or reflecons aoutj+ +The RBook?0 A 6vc4Adklotm yor- wll be chose" +-Za&odrss h;s/her classwudes a4 Com, wtce.ed.4 Cajo< ek4 ne Jed L sfe>hu4 L^ {'fed cp/ ay 4ketr spcej» (vyo lowgr +1aM 7mmn. Aurdon) -to Tyh ce or ;re 4W4dAA l/ A r 11, 19 t Pobr 3r :, ga Kla& a'6-71?07 Oc^/ar d A.S ^^ lag PH BETA SGMA FRATERNTY, NC. MU DELTA CHAPTER S.U.N.Y. at STONY BROOK, NEW PRESENTS A W 4 6 /F7 7J 7 / // S -af C ^-- A/-^JL~~-~;Z~;t~lt a ^a'uo y^^a'cp ^sf/^y ^ytfz5; X e, 7, PsKdc^s~a-w '^/f$y4e f^. ^L93f-P-s SAT, MARCH 31 lopm-untl KELLY CAFETERA WTH S.B WTHOUT U TWO DANCE FLOORS ONE SDE DSCO MUSC BY: D.J. SPEEDY GEE ONE SDE STRCTLY ROCKAS MUSC BY: FOREGNER H-F & STEP SHOW ~ - = ar - ~r ~ ~g -,

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13 $4 ~..M., You are apprecated. Tracey A. Bng": Ms. Norma Mahoney, You're always there when need you, hope can be: there when you need someone. Luv ya! Tracey A. Bng Steven Frazer-You're so bad you get a personal. "What's up." Be cool! : Tracey A. Bng Mr. Earl W. Cokley, Jr.- hope now that you realze 'll always be there : for you, because love you. had a wonderful weekend. Tracey A. Bng: To the Juce Crew-Regardless how some people try to dehumanze us, we are the future, we are strength. To-: gether we can move mountans. Juce on the Loose! Tracey A. Bng Fay-Soon you'll be Mrs. Bradley: and a college graduate. Yeah buddy! Tracey Gerald-Hey G-man, here's a per-: sonal. "Hello" to an outstandng: Black prnce. Forward ever, Backward never! Tracey Bng Sharon-Hurry up and get that leg better for Carbbean weekend; we need you. Joy: Dee- thought you deserved at least one personal; so here s s. Don't look for anymore. Just kddng. Your Roome Annette and Dense-Cook for once: and don't starve yourselves. Ms. Bull-Next tme you won't get n for free. Youll pay. Dee- saw you at that Carbbean party. You surely enjoyed yourself;' ddn't you? Someone Nosy: Rchard-Who was your rub a dub partner? She sure can rub. Altha-Why are you never n your room? T Carolne-Why do you always look so S lost even though you have on your - glasses? C To the crazy grls on Az-Stop actng r lke yourself and act cvlzed for w once. Theresa- love you, but don't really know! Love Sandy "W"-Love me! Love me! Love me! Freshy van-do somethng wth yourself. Try Blackworld, Guess Who? To all the lades who requested a poem, "nvtaton" s for you. Lancelot To Marca- rested well! Ange-Stop lstenng to my bed squeak. Your next door neghbor (Meg) Trna-Next provde room for your guest. Joy-Why do you go home every weekend? Felene- hear you're not feelng so well, You gotta take better care of that body; you only have one. 0 Greg Denyce-Bravo! Go 'head grl. Lance Golda-When are you gong to let me take some more of your money? (Poker Pal) Theresa-You are my best student You have an excellent eye. Km Parks-Welcome Aboard! Black World Gerald Seegars-You should have had more publshed sooner. Keep t comng. Black World Yaa Serwaah-So much talent! An admrer Greg-You fool. 'm your only student. (smle). T. To Else Sam-You ought to take t easy sometmes baby. lke you. L. Yem- love your yummy! Kenny McD.-Who shall t be? Get rd of that problem. Admrer.., 111. )r a n a a a a E 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1. "CA RE rf3ta 8 prt DOWOMEN NEED REVOLUTON? Do wome w need revoktnt Ask mys ste DES dwughter cancer -rvaug her body at23- ask her who arranged t that way for drugs to be used expermentaly, ask her beautful, smlng face, who arranged t for there to be no health care concerned wth preventng, concerned wth carng, preservng, contnung, mantanng, nurturng lfe. Just busness as usual. Her smle grows even as the cancer spreads, so warm and frm, encompassng women n sweatshops wth chldren sttng on ples of dusty rags, women n prson, women n hosptal/prson, women n Puerto Rco, fghtng for natonhood, ask them, women n Harlem, Watts, Oakland, 3 tmes oppressed, women n the Black Naton, defendng the women of the Retd Natons Sterlzed n Four Corners, reclamng the cultures suffered genocde. Ask them, women wth chldren n the hand, n the womb. Her smle s bloomng, tulps roses, plum blossoms, cact flowers tenacously clngng to desert rocks; her teeth are bullets, her teeth are whte crystals, pearls stolen from Hawa, Her smle encompassng women n Chna, workng sde by sde wth the men, alles n the new socety. Do women need revoluton? Wll women lead revoluton? Can there be revoluton wthout women/wthout women and men sde by sde. Tell me, tell me, do we need revoluton?.. - fr W.aken taken from Unty Vol. 6 Number 2 5ponsord by the tatan and Canrbbea.n Students' OrSanztfs. y, c.ulrwl 6jhowf UntyVol.6Number 0c m z C, 0 z 0 CO m 0 SBerthlyn-You better stop mssng Psy. You'll regret t. Janet-wth-the-ugly-black-dog-The Tabler posse s dsapponted n the lack of a vst. Love, Famne & Drought Chnaman-Whenever there's a sesson, you an' gonna rub t lttle harder, you are my rubba-dub partnarr. Paul:Hendrx-Do you know that: Valere Small (C32 Hendrx) s marred? &ý -.-ý.ýýmsq Carolne-Clean up the room. Your roomate. A& lw%&a o 1. o 1. ( o Spend your wee kenj wth us. Apr; Z, s nd n. So; la th Be a.! B& t/~,

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