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cent. '1 cent, That figure was reached in for the prestige and lesser-known but I wasn't Jewish, then it was
1975 b
Tho ·1 I
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1975 but has steadily declined.
Though the success of NU's
universities for the dazzling finan ­ the gays, but I wasn 't gay, then
cial packages they offer.
footba
spawni CIa unease an~~ti_gay graffiti had appeared
football team is widely seen as
spawning a 20 percent increase in
the blacks, but I wasn 't
But some of NU's African-Amer­ black .. .''' she said , her voice
ican students say there is another trailing off. " I hope people on

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II
overall , I three weeks earlier, and Sanders overall applications to the univer­ factor. campus are starting to realize it's

1 S campus:
sity, th said the words "Kill All the Jews" sity, the figures for African-Amer­ "I run into a ·Iot of ignorance," about all of us ."
ican were scrawled op a .dorm as well. ican students have not been said NU student Carolyn Strong, Optimistic NU officials and stu­
booste So far, no culprit, either on or off boosted. 19. "A lot of people here have had dents describe university Prest­
Only I campus, has been caught, univer­ Only 4.2 percent of the freshmen very little, if any, contact with dent Henry S. Bienen, who took
who c , sity officials said. . who chose to attend NU this year minorities. A girl asked me if I over as president in January 1995,
'are Af . "This was shocking to white are African-American-a total of could teach her to speak jive." as "a true believer" in the idea of
82-·co I students because it was so overt, 82- ·compared with 6 percent a Within days of the appearance creating a more diverse faculty
year a 1but it was no surprise to black year ago. Last year, 6.5 percent of of the racist graffiti, the black stu­ and student body.
the en orthwestern University offic.ials h~ve students,"Sanderssaid."Northwest­ the entire undergraduate student dent alliance sponsored a multira­
body, getting a powerful and disturbing ern is a white supremacist institu­ body, or 487 students, were cial forum, where for several He appointed the task force of
Africa age from without and within this fall: tion, and that has a ripple effect. African-American. hours students grilled administra­ faculty , students and administra­
Asso ieful, bigoted epithets painted on a boul- , If racism is thriving, who wants Associate Provost Eugene Lowe, tors and demanded that the uni­ tors charged with finding out why
chair in the center of campus came at a time to come here?" chairman of the university's new versity abide by the 10 percent students are saying no to NU. He
task fOI 1m minority enrollment figures were : In the late 1960s, NU officials task force, suggests that NU loses promise of the 1960s. personally participates in the
black meting. I_vowed to get and keep African- black students in two ways. Stu- "People at NU aren 't used to recruiting of minority faculty, and
t it may be the best thing to happen to ; mobilizing," said Mike Sweiven, he has launched an all-campus
since a certain coach came to townt 23, a graduate student in history. public relations blitz through
decided to 'stay awhile). "But a lot of things are converg­ speeches, open meetings and state­
e unease on campus surrounding race ing at one time." ments printed in the Daily North­
ions has sparked a top-down and sur­ A handful of students showed western newspaper. I

ingly frank self-examination on NU's up to a' word-of-mouth meeting on . "The true values of Northwest­
rts to attract m inor itjes and on the race relations recently. ern are not the values that some­
I climate at the university. "Maybe instead of all these 'this­ body scrawls on a rock of hate
officials and students are talking is-what-racism-is' forums, we and cowardice.. . . That doesn't
ly non-stop about tolerance these should try attending each other's characterize Northwestern,"
-from an anti-bigotry march and rally cultural events," suggested Hadar Bienen said at a university-spon­
.sored by the university administration Dafny, 20. sored rally this month.
;FJontaneous discussions occurring "I'm Jewish, and would love to
ng students who might not have met "I think the real point is that
go to one of your shows," she said
wise. we want to speak out . .. and tell
to Amanu Nwaomah, 19, an
this has coincided with the first meet­ the community that Northwestern
African-American sophomore.
of a new administration task force to has no tolerance for intolerance
"You should come to our wel­ or bigotry in any way," he said.
re why African-American enrollment coming ritual," Nwaomah said.
eshmen this fall dropped 30 percent "Why don't we all give each other Sanders, who heads the black
why Hispanic enrollment hovers stub­ an open invitation to our separate student alliance, said he is still
ly around 3 percent. events?" hopeful.
ny students see compelling reasons for Then Maryarn Ahranjani, 20, "I think this university can
ewed commitment to diversity. explained about the Islam Aware­ change," he said. "The people in
rlier this month, "The Rock"-a huge ness events going on all over cam­ charge just have to want it to."
:1er in the middle of campus that for P.lJ~: The graffiti attacking minor­ ,
es has been used asa monument for jfygroups reminded her of a Free-lance reporter Brian Cox
ns-was painted with "Die Negroes" .. " I poemr she said. coruribuukt tQ.: this article.
the word "Black" circled with a slash ' . ', . . . ._' \ -,-~ .".. - -r-r-:
gh it, said Jimmie Sanders, 21, an NU
r and coordinator of For Members
• the African:A.te~rican student . ~r t­
, .. ~ SEE xu, PAG~8
 The Daily Northwestern PACE 17

Bicnen would field questions Irom students place at Northwestern."

ROCKJrmn page 1
from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at Hardin Hall.
At 7 p.m. that night, FMO Legislative President
Jimmie Sanders plans to hold a campuswide open
forum for all students and is calling for attendance
by Barr and University President Henry Bienen,
both of whom are members of the community
council. The location has yet to be determined.
"We plan to present our grievances with the
racial climate and basically the apathetic stance
that the university has taken," said Sanders, an
Education senior. "Not only with this situation,
but with other situations that have happened."
If all goes as planned at the forum, Barr and
addressing racial issues and tensions on campus.
"Basically, it comes down to th is: Whats the
university going to do?" said FtvlO Legislative
Treasurer Nicholas Armstrong, a McCormick
junior. "Are they going to cover these things up or
confront them and defeat them?"
In a written statement on behalf of the univer­
sity, Bienen reaffirmed NUs commitment to inclu­
sion and diversity and characterized the incident
as "ugly, destructive behavior."
"I was greatly saddened that once again The
Rock has become a vehicle lor shocking and
malevolent expressions of intolerance towards
others," Bienen said. "Such cowardly acts have no
Barr said the administration has no leads as
to whether the culprit or culprits are NU stu­
dents. Whether the incident qualifies as a hate
crime depends on the motivation of the perpe­
trator, she said
"To me, freedom of expression does not mean
something of this nature," she said. "We cannot
tolerate this."
Marsh said the bigotry on campus is merely a
reflection of the harsh realities of America.
"Northwestern is a very American institution
in that it has resources and the sports teams - it
has velY American things," she said. "And on the
down side, racism is just as American."

HISlORY from page 1
African-Americans appeared.
Despite the recent use of The Rock for hat e
speech, the administration anticipates no steps
to prevent students lrcm thei r traditi on 01paint­
ing it with various messages, said Peggy Barr,
vice pr esident lor student affairs.
"To tak e away a symbol of the university does
no t make sense Just for two ... slurs," Barr said.
To stop further such incidents , Barr encour­
aged students who might w itness a-ny future
hateful slurs on The Rock to report them to
Universi ty Police.
"The community must become more vigi­
lant," Barr said . "They mu st say, 'That's not
acceptable here ,' and when that happens, the
sense less acts of hatred and bigotry will stop."
The Rock was a gift of the class of 1902 ,
according to university archives. The class
brought it back from Devils Lake, Wis., a
favorite site of geological trips. It was originally
an orname ntal fountain that appeared to have
wa fer naturally flowing out of it. Plumbing was
installed later, and it was converted into a drink­
ing fountain.
It is not known exactly when the tradition 01
painting The Rock started. A freshman class in
the 1920s covered it with whitewash one night.
The next day they were made to scrape it off
with the sophomore class standing guard.
University Architect Gabor Zsolnay said the
practice of painting campus monuments exists
on other campuses and mad its way to NU
sometime in the 1920s. The tradition became a
"major nui sance" in the] 960s and 70s, he said.
':There are some of us who think there are
better traditions than painting The Rock,"
Zsolnay said.
The Rock was first located directly between
Harris and University halls. In August 1989 , it
was moved 20 feet to the easr to its present place
during a renovation of the plaza between the
halls. Th is was done partly because paint from
The Rock that spilled onto the sidewalk was
being tracked into classroo ms and was causing
maintenance problems, Zsolnay said
"For a number of years, that area was an eye­
sore," said Zsolnay.
During the move, The Rock was cracked
up the left side. It was cemented back togeth ­
er and hefted to its new resting plac e. The cur­
rent wall and gravel surro unding The Rock
were placed th ere [0 try to prevent students
[rom walking in paint and tracking it inro
buildings.
F o r Members Only? Not. Anymore! For Members Only,
Northwestern's black student alliance believed it had the
right to exclude the press from covering its events. Those
waiting to enter Fisk Hall auditorium where Sister Souljah
would speak last Friday night were frisked by members 0
FMO to make sure they were not bringing in recording
devices or notebooks.
Our writer covered the speech by taking notes on flyers that
FMO passed out. Good thing they didn't take her pen.
Jim Wilkinson, the reporter from the Daily Northwestern
was escorted out .by University Police after FMO called in a
complaint'
It didn't seem to matter to FMO that funding for these
speakers was not privately raised but rather provided by the
university, ostensibly from tuition money. Therefore logic
would dictate that since students paid for the speakers, all
students, including members of the student media, have the
right to attend.
Logic did eventually prevail and 10 min utes after UP took
Mr. Wilkinson out of the aud itorium, they escorted him right
back in . But in a sense, it was already too late .
FMO succeeding in barring a Daily report from Frances
Cress Welsing's talk last Thursday and attempted to exclude
the media from Leonard Jeffries' speech last spring . Note that
both events were student funded .
Daily Northwestern Editor in Chief Dennis Brack said it
best: "Enough is enough. Open access to events sponsored by
student groups isn't a matter for further debate. Groups
should either abide by this rule or lose their funding. It's that
simple."
The Northwestern Chronicle wholeheartedly agrees.

both events were student funded .

Daily Northwestern Editor in Chief Dennis Brack said it
best: "Enough is enough. Open access to events sponsored by
 Dennis Bracks column is indicative of
~FMO The Dailys historical misrepresentation of
FMO. The tactic here, as in earlier cases,
Column distorted facts was to saturate the media with lies and
half-truths and continue the campaign to
about event coverage destroy FMOs reputation and force it to
Historically, The Daily Northwestern apologize for providing the students with
has misrepresented For Members Only progressive Blackspeakers. The Daily
and its events by printing false informa­ Northwestern is charged with being a
tion and misquoting its speakers, thereby Great Deceiver and Dennis Brack a man
providing the Northwestern community of lawlessness.
with a distorted view of FMO. Despite these devilish tactics which
Dennis Brack, editor in chief of The reek of white supremacy, FMO will con­
Daily, once again deceived the NU com ­ tinue to provide truthful and progressive
mu nity by providing incorrect informa­ programming for the NU community.
tion in Mondays pape r. He wrote, "We Contrary to Dennis Bracks statements, all
worked LO avoid a confrontation on Fri­ students are welcomed and encouraged to
day night (Nov. 1) by meeting Campus attend FMO events.
Activities officials and by attempting to - FOR MEMBERS ONLY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
contact FMO leadership."
This is a blatant lie. Neither Dennis
Brack nor any other representative of The
Daily attemp ted to contact FMO. Instead,
repo rter jim Wilkinson, with knowledge
of FMOs policy that its events not be cov­
ered, sneaked into the event. After being
confronted, both Dennis Brack and jim
Wilkinson said they had been given per­
mission to cover the event by Campus
Activities official Douglas Troutman. That
again was a blatant lie. Douglas Troutman
did not give them permission to cover the
t>HPnf ' in (ojirt h o- ~ rI \/l C. t> rI t h prn fn u" Tn r l.1' 1t
event; in fact. he advised them to "work it
out" with FMOs leadership.
When Dennis Brackand jim Wilkin­
son were confronted by membe rs of
FMO, they were told several times that
they could attend the event as student s,
but not as representatives of the media.
However, they refused to cooperate and
FMO did not hesitate to call the Univer­
sity Police.
The first office r on the scene escorted
Dennis Brack,j im Wilkinson and photog­
rapher Nilay Shah from the lecture hall.
Unfortunately, three additional officers ar­
rived and overruled the decision of the
first officer to uphold FMOs request.
These three officers, whom Dennis Brack
deemed to be "the cooler heads," con­
cluded , without providing documentation
or presenting any University policy, that
The Daily could cover the event.
y Northwestern
FMO from page 1
here, and there is frustration on
their faces because they can't
hear," Poole said. "They made
their way across campus, they got
out of class early, they've forgone
dinner."
Poole added, "The college is
not committed to answering
these kinds of problems."
Other students questioned
Barr and Dumas on the statistics
of black enrollment, 4.3 percent
for the freshman class - a far cry
from the 10 percent rate as of 15
years ago.
Barr acknowledged that black
and Hispanic students are "very
under-represented" on campus.
"If we accepted more African­
Americans, we would have to
change the standards of admis­
sion," Dumas said, sparking a
raising of voices and gasps. He
explained his response, saying,
"By definition, if we accepted
twice as many students regardless
of race, gender, economic back­
ground, etc., we are changing the
standards of admission. "
Students also expressed out­
rage over NUs failure to renew the
contract of adjunct instructor
Sheldon Epstein, who taught an
electrical engineering course and
claims NU fired him for talking
about the Holocaust in his classes.
oy cenruuon, II we aLLepleu
twice as many students regardless
of race, gender, economic back­
ground, etc., we are changing the
standards of admission."
Students also expressed out­
rage over NUs failure to renew the
contract of adjunct instructor
Sheldon Epstein, who taught an
electrical engineering course and
claims NU fired him for talking
about the Holocaust in his classes.
"last week we fired a teacher
for telling the truth about 'the
Holocaust when we continue to
harbor an open Nazi in the elec­
trical engineering department ,"
yelled history graduate Mike
Sweiven, referring to Electrical
Engineering Assoc. Prof. Arthur
Butz, who wrote 'The Hoax of the
20th Century," a revisionist histo­
ry of the Holocaust.
Dumas said Butz has tenure
and the administration did not
know of his beliefs when tenure
was awarded to him. He added
that the courses Butz teaches are
also taught by other professors for
those who do not feel comfort­
able. But black electrical engi­
neering junior Carlton Retland
said he sees no way around end­
ing up with Butz in his schedule.
"How do I know hes going to
give me a fair shake?" said
Reiland, who will be in one of
Butz s classes Spring Quarter.
"When it comes down to partial
credit on a test, is he going to give
me the benefit of the doubt like
he would Caucasian students)"
Barr also denied rumors that
the Black House may soon be
closed, adding that "as long as I
control this budget and this area,
(the Black House) will stay "
Another key conversational
topic of the evenin g was the
involvement of students them­
vv nen Il cernes uown 10 pallial
credit on a test, is he going to give
me the benefit of the doubt like
he would Caucasian students?"
Barr also denied rumors that
the Black House may soon be
closed , adding that "as long as I
control this budget and this area,
(the Black House) will stay "
Another key conversational
topic of the evening was the
involvement of students them­
NOVEMBER 8, 1996
selves. with several students
necessitating that student aware­
ness and the ability of campus
orgaruzations to work together is
crucial in conquering the bigotry
that has plagued the campus.
"For us to sit here and point
the finger at (the administration)
- that's wrong," CAS junior
Clarence Brown told the audi­
ence. "We have to look in the mir­
ror first to see what we're doing."
Rachel Milton, co-president of
Hillel Cultural Life, ' a campus
Jewish organization, was opti­
mistic that inter-organizational
involvement is on the horizon.
"I 'm glad to see that there is a
desire for groups to work togeth­
er," she said . "I just hope that
what was said here turns into
something more than words."
Nicole Patton, a CAS sopho­
more, agreed that student
involvement is beneficial but
stressed that "we have to know
that the administration is behind
us, and I don't feel that they are."
Sanders said that, overall, the
evening was a success.
"This was a very historic
forum ," he said. "It was the only
time when you'll get Muslims,
black Jews, white Jews, homosex­
uals, Christians and a wide vari­
ety of African-Americans at one
point in time to discuss white
supremacy. "
lI1al llie aurrurusrrauon J.:> oeruuu
us , and I don't feel that they are."
Sanders said that, overall, the
evening was a success.
"This was a very historic
forum ," he said. "It was the only
time when you'll get Muslims,
black Jews, white Jews, homosex­
uals, Christians and a wide vari­
ety of African-Americans at one
point in time to discuss white
supremacy."

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De
over MU hammad
. .
not unique to NU
• Kha dMuhammad wiD address NUThuBday night The
ofIslam DISCiple has been speaking for more than20
wears - and spartcing debate mo;ng ItIJCh of that time.
BY lAURA OPPENHEIMER
The Daily No ttnwesie rn
arion of Islam disciple Khallid Abdul Muhammad will
address Northwestern for the first time Thursday night in a
speech sponsored by Fo r Mem bers Only; but the U campus
debate that his pending appearance has sparked is similar to con­
troversy already played out at campuses across the country
Along with anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish remarks he has
made in previous speeches, Muhammad also has denou nced
lack leaders and figures such as Spike Lee, saying they have
give n in to a white agenda.
r Muhammad has worked with the Nation of Islam since the
]jel-1970s. During L11Q 'e years . he served as a "minister of
tlefcnse" and the "supreme captain" of the Fruit of Islam, a para­
military, unarm ed bodyguard organization that functions as a
subsegment or the auon 01' Islam.
But Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan rebuked
uharnrnad in 1994 after Muhamm ad justified the Nazi
Holocaust and made degrading remarks about Catholics, Jews
and hom osexuals in one speech.
"To me, it's highly improper in that you make a mockery over
eople," Farrakhan tolei Time Magazine in 1994. "Why should
wegoad them into a behavior that is so easy for them to do harm
r" hl -.:u "l.t n P Anl " 7 A nd I 'h ':l f ~C;:: \.\1h" I
FMOspeaker
detracts from
human unity
don't have any plans yet for tomor­
row night, but I can tell you one
place I won't be: Harris 107. just
have no desire to see'Narion of Is­
lam represe~~ ihallid Abdul
Muha~, t~e ~ pe a ke r whom
For)dembers Only invited to kick
oIFBlack History Month .
Muhammad s the guy who referred to the
Pope as "a cracker" and to Jews as "blood-suck­
ers" in a 1993 speech at KeanCollege in New
Jersey
This guys venom is so potent, it even pro­
voked Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan
~
for a couple of months.
idnt challenge the "truths"
J-/SJ 1­ ke, but criticized his "manner,"
in with Farrakhans scheme to
I ' r ----'u- .d . - ---l '-'-- - -U --
~ in with Farrakhans scheme to
noverneru and himse1f among
rs like former NAACP President
vis (who'll be speaking at NU
ih) and JesseJackson.
ent j irnmie Sanders said he
NU commu nity to feel wel­
o;t:~~~~~~~~I:;~~~~;i t~
havis and experts on various
g black feminism, black student
Lions and African-American
lot feel welcome at the Muham­
ntitled "Destroying White Minds
Students: Exposing Falsehood
g TIUth." It has nothing to do
tions to the Nation of Islam. It's
an that.,
l:2.b 1 LI.u~d h im ..
Freedom of speech CI
applies to Muhamm
t urSday's For Members Only speaker
Muhammad re-opens a Chilling debate
student control over lecturers. With SlUO
tivity fees funding group speakers, some sl
have said the student government shoul
more control over selecting speakers because
content of their lectures.
Is a potentially offensive speech a co
enough Interest for students to dictate w
speak on campus)
When we stan defining what speech is a
ate on campus, a select group of people ~
draw a line. Once that line starts, it is diml
erase, let alone stop. Is it possible for Associate
dent Government to narrowly tailor guideln
how we chose the seemingly endless drove of
ers who lecture on campus everyday of the WE
.We cannot single out one group and chs
their actions. We cannot threaten withholdin
dent acuvuy fee app ropriations We canno
away at a vulnerable First Amendment, easily I
and bruised by political correctness.
The beauty of the First Amendment is its ,
ness: Congress shall make no law abridgino thi
Q"V>prh £'\r t ho n nlH ro( .t, ... ....... ~ _ I_ ~ ~ _
,
dam of
ness: Congressshall make no law abridgino thi
dom of speech or the right of the people Peal
to assemble.
While a private university like Northwesq
out of the federal, Slate or locallawmakingjlll
lion, NU remains unique in i15 strong stance 0,
speech. PlUVldmg an open exchange of ideas
essence of the First Amendment and is uniq
this country
The Daily Northwestern defends Muhamm
we defended a Holocaust denier like Assoc.
Art hur BUlZ. Protecting the marketplace of id,
lar more crucial than worrying about offen
some students. j .S. Mill was concerned wit]
greatest goo d for th e greates t number. V\
Muharnrnads speech might not serve Mill's ut
ian philosophy tomorrow night, we all have aru
contin ue to benefit from accep ting conrro­
with in our community in the future.
 ,?!3!?b

II!mDJ Conference
It a Difference and]effries
th ~ putFMO
ake on defensive
~ STRIKING AMATCH: FMO has ignited
controversy w ith its Af rican Holocaust
Conference and invitation of speaker
Dr. LeonardJeffries.

'The music of the Beatles
continues to have
relevance for
today's society."
Eric Wisllll;t', producer
kids lire .md music. " ' cm l
' ~ \ ch tng
"Todnv"corresponden t
III A I' IIa,
l ts a lso interesting for h"b y
',)o mo s !O see how the recent
resur gence or the Beatles has an
impac t on tod ays college stu ­
de nt s. Who.t ( Kendall) is
teach ing here at North ­
western IS unique."
"Today" chose to feature
the class in 0. segmert. which
will probably air in tvo weeks.
beca use sto ries o n .du c.u ron
arc in constant dema nd and be­
cause the cl.iss offers viewers J
non-r radu ion al loo k iu o (ollege
lilc , s.u d the show 's prod ucer
Er.c Wish nie.
Sl'e BEAfifS ull eC:;e 9
ANDREA PASSAlACQUA
The Daily Nonhwestem
Fo r Members Only, North western s African­
American stud ent alliance, W111 sponsor its first
annual African Holocaust Conference this week­
end with plans to "settle the score,"
"People have said that we don 't have the right
to use the word 'holocaust: " said Education JU­
nior jimmie Sanders, FMOs incoming coordina­
tor. "Ira ns-Atlantic slave trade - thats the Holo­
caust we're talking about. Our Holocaust has to
be recognized,"
T he co n fe re nce's key no te spea ker, Dr.
Leonard jeflries, a professor of African studies at
the City College of New Yo rk, wi ll talk about the
Trans-Atlantic slave trade and North American
slave ry in his lectu re entitled "The ROope o f
Africa."
"(leffries) is a black schola r who present s
truth wid, histo rical docum entat ion," Sanders
said,
Though the usc of Alncan Holocaust as 0. I1I le
for the conference has generated debate, African
Ho locau st conferenc es have co mme nced a t
sc hoo ls across the nati on for seve ral yea rs,
Sanders said,
"We j ust need to settle the score," Sanders
said "lt was meant to be provocative We set it
up [ike a boxing match."
As one of the top scholars on this topic, jd ­
[nes has traveled to Africa more than 50 times
and has spoken most recently at such schools as
Ho ward Un iversity Har vard Uni versu y and
Duke Universitv
"So m:lny time" on campus, we learn about
ever;'one elses history, and we don't learn about
thin gs that have happened to African-Amencan
people." said Step hanie Se:.ly. outgoing coordina­
PAUL'S BARE tor of FMO "This is supposed to be a le:t rntng
FEET: The Beat­
environment lrs.important for us to know where
les' famed Abbey we come from In order lor us to know where
Road album was we're gOing.
released in 1969.
5<: <: FMO on pugr 10

"(l effries) is a black schola r who present s

tru th with histo rical docum entation ," Sanders
said
PAGE 3 BLACKBOARD NEW STUDENT WEEK I 9S;

BLACKTIVITIES:

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

September

15 - New student Week Begins

19 - A panel discussion of the Black Student Experience at NLJ .

6 p.m. Norris Louis Room North

24 - Satellite Fair Learn about For Members Only organizations

u

Voter Registration Drive-- 6 p.m.

The Ritual-vBlack talent showcase, Norris Louis Room 6 p.m.

25- First day of classes

26- FMO Open Forum-- Come discuss current events . Blackhouse

7 p.m.

27- FMO House Party at the Blackhouse, 9 p.m.

October

5- FMO Cookout at the Blackhouse, noon

8- FMO Open Forum , Blackhouse, 7 p.m.

16- Million Man March Festivities

19- FMO Game and Card Night, time and place tba

27- FMO Afrikan Mind Liberation Conference (through Nov. 2)

November

12- FMO Open Forum,

20- General Colin Powell, Cahn Auditorium

December

5- Kwanzaa Observance with Dr. Maulana Karenga , Harris 107,7 p.m.

­_ V III ~'I--'I ' . - TTT

November
irthwestern Friday,. November 10, 1995

FM0 conference to tackle racism

By Rebecca Winters ing" in .th is year's conference. Nation ­
Daily Staff Writer building, or the creation of a unified
African-American community at NU, is a
No rthwestern's black student theme this year's executive board adopt­
alliance, For Members Only, hopes to ed for its programming, Sanders said.
make an annual tradition of its upcoming "It' s been said that (African ­
African Mind Liberation Conference. Americans) have chains on our minds,"
The conference, wh ich will take place said . FMO Legislative Treasurer
at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday in Nicholas Armstrong, a McCormick
Harris 107 is entitled "Survival of the sophomore. "Raising consciousness is
Black Race in the 21st Century." It will the first step toward breaking those
address how racist images affect the way chains, toward building a community."
African-Americans view themselves. The conference will feature two speak­
"We're seeking to deconstruct the ers.
images of things we've learned in a Muhammed Akil of Lost Link
racist, white-supremicist culture," FMO Enterprises in Chicago will speak on the
coordinator and Education senior topic "Decoding White Supremacy:
Stephanie Seay said . "We're preparing Reading Destructive Images."
ourselves to face the changes of the 21st Scholar, activist and educator Jawanza
century." Kunjufu will address the "Survival of the
Learning to recognize these images is Black race in the 21st century: A
part of overcoming them , said Jimmie Social/Political/Historical Analysis of
Sanders, FMO administrat ive vice coor- : the Future of the African Race in the 21st
dinator. Century."
"African-Americans have internalized Kunjufu authored a series of books
the dynamics of our own perceived infe­ titled "Countering the Conspiracy to
riority," said Sanders, an Education Destroy Black Boys," the first of which
junior. "By examining these rac ist was published in 1982. He spoke at the
images we begin to undo the psychologi­ Million Man March in Washington, D.C.,
cal deterioration." and has appeared on Oprah.
FMO hopes to promote "nation-build­ The conference is free and open to all.

Learning to recognize these images is Black race in :the 21st century: A

part of overcoming them , said Jimmie Social/Political/Historical Analysis of
Sanders, FMO administrative vice coor- : the Future of the African Race in the 21st
Souljah from page 1

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"a reflection of who you are." In addition, she As one of few audience members willing to speak
encouraged black women to not let themselves be with the press after Souljah's init ial decrying of the
treated as sex objects but stand up and be the "strong medi a, and herself an African-American, Bates did
women we were created as." Later Souljah stated, n o t agree with everything Souljah said . Sh e
that there cann ot be "black power with black continues, "1 also think, contrary to her [Sou!jah's]
immorality. " opinion , that association wit h o t h e r cultures is
Education was touted by Souljah as the key to a important to our struggle; for inst ance; ~s h e was
s u ccess fu l future . Alth ough opposed to the fact that black
stating that the current system and white alli ances were
of education is designed to
"maintain the current
arrangement of white power, "
she empowered Afr ic a n­
"

We can't have a
beneficial to the struggle . . . if
they were not part of the
stru ggle, then she didn' t see a
point in the association. I am
American students by defining
movement without not of that opinion, however ; I
their responsibilities as to knowing what we're believe that is very pertinent and
develop their minds to think and fighting for. crucial to our struggle because I
analyze independently, to know some white people who . .
e s t a bl i s h a communit y to . would st and up for justice if
depend on later in the business Sister Souljah in her they saw examples of injustice
world, and generally to " get a going on ."
plan an accomplish it. "
speech to NU students. Bates' concern illustrates the
Reaction s of the audience fact that even though Souljah
were extremely positive, with members seeking delivered a message based in common sense, the
guidance and advice in the roughl y hour-long beliefs underlying Souljah 's instruction were
question and answer period. CAS freshman Rosalyn somewhat radical. Capitalism was presented as a way
Bates comments , "I thought it was very good the to prevent groups (such as African-Americans ) from
way she gave us applicable advice, things that we can working for the collective good rather than th e
apply to organize ou rselves and better combat some individual go od , and the current ed ucation system, as
of the racial issues a n d discrimination s on thi s already mentioned, was portrayed as a to ol designed
campus." to preserve white domination of blacks.
Big 8 Conference on Bla ck

Student Governm.ent

Conference Materials

February 20-23, 1997

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BLACK OARD
VOLUME: # 28 ISSUE # I
On Your Mark, Get
Set, Go!
By oanr eue Robinson
Congratulations and welcome to Northwestern!
You've made it to one of the top universities in the
nation. Now, can you make it to your first class next
Wednesday morning?
As freshmen, it's a good idea to be completely
confident of yourself and your surroundings. That
way your bottom-of-the-totem-pole status won't
glare like a neon sign
The coordi nators of New Student Week have
armed each of you with maps. Use them wisely
and you will soon le8rn to navigate your way
• through NU's campus Keep in mind the two most
important cardinal directions: north and south (east
will always be referred Ito as "the lake" and west is
non-existent in NU lingo).
"Which building is which?" you might ask. "they
alii have the same name."
Those students who spend late evenings in the
chemistry lab probably belong to the Robert R.
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied
Q,...i.c:r.nf"'oc R('\hh\l fY)11c:t h!::l.110
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences. Bobby must have been an avid
moviegoer because in front of the box office in
Norns is the McCormick auditorium.
Searle Hall is located on Emerson Street across
from the sorority quads. Go there if you're sick.
Frances Searle BUilding hides in a corner between
SPAC and Tech on the north side of campus. Go
there if you're studying communicative disorders.
con't on page 5
WHAT'S INSIDE
Apathetic students at NU
Blacktivities
NU cats are back
1
I
t"JEW STUDENT WE:E:K I 996
Chicago is
your kind of town
y Aarienne Samuels
ditor-rn-Chret
This year 84 new African-American treshrner
rossed the ultimate thresho 'id They havi
ntered the qlor ious world of wild purple
I assion As of this week, they may truthful!
laim to be Northwestern Wildcats
But these freshmen must learn that thl
orthwestern campus and Evanston are not thl
eginning and end of college life on this side 0
he-lake Don't forget that Chicago is right dow I
he street
I For those few freshmen who can overcome the
haon ~n ~\Jirl I , , ~ ~,',~~,. " . " ,
I For those few freshmen who can overcome the
I rossly negative exaggerations of
ife in Chi-town, Bteckboetd has compiled a list 0
ot spots
t Navy Pier--Located on 600 E. Grand Avenue ir
owntown Chicago, the pier is the place to be a:
ong as it's warm. There's a permanent lake sidt
erris wheel, arcades, shops, novelty stores anc
, most interestinq McDonalds. Concerts are h ek
eekly and in the winter, there is outdoor iCE
kating (791-PIER)
North Pier Mall-- located on 435 E. Illinois Nortt
page 2 ier Mall is the place to go when it's too cold t<
page 3 tay outside Not only is there a martial art:
tore, where you can buy switchblades
da back page
 DE NNiS BRACK
Groups repeated attempts
to ban press shouldnt stand
Journ alists are supposed to tell the
whole story - the wh o : the what an d
the V\ hy, down to the last detail. Pub­
lish ing a ny th ing less is tantamount to.
pr ofessi onal failure and public neg lect.
Why) Because th e public has a righ t
to know. Thi s isn't a ho llow phrase .
Spe nd some time in the Burmas and
Chi nas o f th e wo rld - places whe re
regimes sque lch free speec h to op p ress
their pe ople - and you' ll reali ze why
free expressi on is vita l to preservin g the
o the r freed oms we take for grant ed .
But in rodays p. 3 story ab out Siste r
Souljahs speech o n Friday night , The
Daily did not tell th e wh ole story.
Nowher e in th e sto ry d id its write r
mention th at member s o f For Membe rs
O nly, th e stu d ent g roup that spo nso red
the event , ca lled Un iversity Police to
have hi m unlawfull y removed from the
s peech.
Ou r rati on ale : We cam e to Fisk Hall
Friday night to cover a news story, no t
to become the news story. While pr acti­
tio ne rs of shock j o u rna lism thrive' on
having th e "bad gu ys" thrust their
hand s in front of came ras a nd throw
reporters o n to the sid ewalk, Th e Daily
d oesn't seek suc h att enti on . 'vVe JUSt
wa nt to do o ur j ob s. We just want to
info rm o u r reade rs.
That's why it's Importa nt th at you
and our 10,000 other readers kn ow
what hap pen ed Friday n ight
FMO co nte nde d, as it has in the
pas t, th at its ev ents are close d to the
pr ess. And The Da ily he ld fi rm to its
stance : Student groups' even ts are
fun de d by stude nt activities' fees and
a re o pen to all stude nts , including
membe rs o f th e cam pus media .
This isn 't a new de ba te. Last spring
FMO att e mp ted to exclude me mb er s of
th e ca m p us medi a fro m Prof Leon ard
Jeffr ies' speec h, and Thursd ay th e
group bar red a Daily repo rte r from Dr.
Frances C ress Welsi ngs o n-cam pus
talk.
---. / ....-.,.....,."""1'
tione rs of shock j o u rna lism thrive' on
­ -
having th e "bad gu ys" th rust thei r
hands in fron t of cameras and th row
We worked to avoid a co n frontatio n
on Friday nigh t by meet ing wi th Ca m­
pu s Activities o fficials and by attem pt­
ing to contact the FMO leade rsh ip. O ur
. sta ffers at th e eve nt co nd ucte d them­
selv es profe ssion ally, sittin g q uietly in
th e audience, waiting for Souljah to ar­
rive.
After a Uni ver sity Police officer es­
co rted rep ort er Jim Wilkinso n o ut of
Fisk 217, coo ler heads prevailed . Offi­
ce rs allowed Wilkinson to go back up­
sta irs and do h is jo b. The po lice con ­
cluded th at FMO could not excl ude
stud en ts fro m the speech .
This sh ou ldn 't come as a surprise to
FMO or any othe r student group. The
Ca mp us Activities Office, wh ich coor­
dinates stude nt-s po nso red p rogr am ­
m ing, has to ld gro ups that eve nts
funded by ac tivities fees must be o pen
to all st udents .
Enou gh is e no ugh. Ope n access to
events sponsored by student gro ups
isn 't a matter for fu rther de bate.
Grou ps should either abid e by this rul e
or lose th eir fun di ng. It's tha t sim ple.
Th ose who wish to spe nd ou r ac tivi­
ties money to hold closed events
sh ould embrace NUs co mm on -sense
o pen access po licy, or they sho u ld go
elsew he re. Th e last thing we need is
more div isio n o n this ca mpus.
-DENNIS BRACK is a Medill senior. He is
editor in chiefof The Daily Northwestern.
He call be reached a t }OIllm®rr wu.edu
- -
- -- _.-
Grou ps shou ld either abid e by this rul e
-
or lose th eir fun di ng . It's tha t sim ple.
Th ose who wis h to spend our act ivi­
 ( ," .

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Bienen would field questions from students place at Northwestern ."

ROCK from page 1
from 3 p.m to 5 p.m. Thursday at Hardin Hall.
At 7 pm. that night, FMO Legislative President
Jimmie Sanders plans to hold a campuswide open
~ LO cove forum for all students and is calling for attendance
feat the by Barr and University President Henry Bienen,
ern on both of whom are members of the community
Nlfs co council. The location has yet to be determined.
j charact "We plan to present our grievances with the
ehavior." racial climate and basically the apathetic stance
dened t iha: the university has taken," said Sanders, an
vehicle Education senior. "Not only with this situation,
ns of i but with other situations that have happened."
Such co If all goes as planned at the forum, Barr and
add ressing racial issues and tensions on campus.
"Basically, it comes down to this: Whats the
university going to do?" said FMO Legislative
Treasurer Nicholas Armstrong , a McConnick
junior. "Are they going to cover these things up or
confront them and defeat them?"
In a written statement on behalf of the univer­
sity, Bienen reaffirmed NUs commitment LO inclu­
sion and diversity and characterized the incident
as "ugly, destructive behavior."
"I was greatly saddened that once again The
Rock has become a vehicle for shocking and
malevolent expressions of intolerance toward s
others:' Bienen said. "Such cowardly acts have no
Barr said the administration has no leads as
to whether the culprit or culprits are NU stu­
dents. Wh ether the incident qualifies as a hate
crime depend s on the motivation of the perpe­
trator, she said .
"To me, freedom of expression does not mean
something of this nature," she said. "We cannot
tolerate this."
Marsh said the bigotry on campus is merely a
reflection of the harsh realities of America.
"Northwestern is a very American inst itution
in that it has resources and the sports teams - it
has very American things," she said. "And on the
down side, racism is just as American."

gift of t The Rock was a gift of the class of 1902, better traditi on s than painting The Rock ,"
rsuy ar HISTORY flOm page 1 acco rd ing LO un iversity archives. The class Zsolnay said.
.m Devil brought it back from Devils Lake, Wis., a The Rock was first located directly between
tical trip' African-Americans ap peared. favorite site of geological trips. It was originally Harris and University halls. In August 198 9, it
~in that' Despite the recent use of The Rock for hate an ornam ental fountain that ap peared LO have was moved 20 feel to the east to its present place
ng out 0 speech, the ad ministration anticipates J10 steps water naturally Oowing out of it. Plumbing was during a renovation of the plaza between the
vas con to prevent students from their tradition of paint­ installed later, and it was convened into a drin k­ halls. This was done pan ly because paint from
ing it with various messages, said Peggy Barr, ing fountain. The Rock that spilled onto the sidewalk was
vice presid ent for stude nt affairs. It is not known exactly when the tradition of being tracked into classrooms and was causing
"To take away a symbol of the university does painting The Rock started . A freshman class in maint enance problems, Zsolnay said.
not make sense Just for two ... slurs," Barr said . the 1920s covered it with whitewash one night. "For a number of years, that area was an eye­
vere ma To SLOp further such incidents , Barr encour­ The next day they were made to scrape it off so re," said Zsolnay.
class sta aged stud ents who might witness any futu re with the soph omo re class standin g guard . Durin g the move, The Rock was cracked
.c t Gabo hateful slurs on The Rock to report them to University Architect Gabor Zsolnay said the up the left side. It was cemented back togeth­
campus University Police. practice of painting campus monuments exists er and hefted to its new restin g place. The cur­
and ma "The com munity must become more vigi­ on oth er campuses and made its way to NU rent wall and gravel surround ing The Rock
Os. The lant ," Barr said "They must say, 'That's not sometime in the 1920 s. The tradition became a were placed there to try to prevent stude nts
he 1960 acceptable here: and when that happens, the "major nuisance" in the 1960s and '70s, he said. from walking in paint and trackin g it into
of us w senseless acts of hatred and bigotry will stop." "There are some of us who think there are buildings
'" n Ii n h===~
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• EDIIORIIL

Akil's speech: NU's horrible, but necessary diatrib

We didn't like it In fact, we hated it
When Muhammed Akil spoke on cam­
pus Sunday night during For Members
Only's African Mind Liberation Confer­
ence, he targeted whites, gays and Chris­
tians with his slurs. He denigrated spe­
cific members of the Northwestern com­
munity and took on some people's ver­
sion of God.
And, to put it mildly, many took his
comments personally.
AkiI's statements were ignorant, offen­
sive, insensitive, cruel and blatantly dis­
criminatory. They included everything
we didn't want to hear and more.
Yet we live in a country where the
First Amendment protects the right of
racists like Muhammed Akil to speak
freely. So we just have to tolerate it
But should students who are offended
by an NU event have to pay for it with
their Student Activities Fees? Absolutely.
The Student Activities Funding Board
can't discriminate against one group be­ trying to suppress.
cause another one opposes them. Can the Perhaps allowing speakers like AI<
College Democrats restrict the funding of come to NU will open students' eye
the College Republicans? Should the Bi­ the sickening ideology that still exist
sexual, Gay and Lesbian Alliance's speak­ the world. Only then can the issues
ers be vetoed because NU Catholics don't dealt with head-on.
necessarily agree with the gay lifestyle? However, the student groups th
Conflicts like these would only result .selves should consider the costs and I
in losses for the entire campus. The re­ efits of bringing such a speaker to c
sulting homogeneous events would be ap­ pus. Even though AkiI's ideas were of
proved based on their bland, politically sive, FMO apparently decided that
correct topics. message outweighed the feelings of 01
Last spring, during SAFB hearings, the groups on campus. That's their calI.
funding of two speakers were contested Yet, given that decision, FMO she
- the Conservative Council's Dan fully expect to see a day when D ~
Quayle and FMO's Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Duke holds a rally at The Rock us
who was accused of voicing anti-Semitic their activities fees to pay for it.
slurs in 1991. After heated debates, the If an organization like FMO can't
Associated Student Government provided sensitive to the feelings of others on c
funding to bring them both to campus. pus, they shouldn't expect others to
And that is how it should be. Stifling them the same courtesy.
unpopularideas would make us as bla­ When that happens, FMO won't lik
tantly discriminatory as the views we'd be But they will have to tolerate it

MBACH ....

Inept FM-O article

had bad news angle
I am writing in regard to the article
"FMO speaker decries whites," which was
printed on Nov. 14. This article was abso­
lutely terrible in all aspects from reporting
to structure to an incorrect picture caption.
Although I am only a first-year Medii!
student, I do have a sense of journalism
ethics in the context of objective report­
ing . I found the article to be very biased
in that it only focused on the negative
points of the lecture by Muhammed AlGI
rather than the entire context in which
the lecture was delivered . This is the
.same type of prejudiced commentary that
was delivered in the national media cov­
erage of Louis Farrakhan when the me­
dia only focused on his views on Jews.
I was present at the other lecture deliv­ Hypocritical Akil Extreme views n01
ered by Jawanza Kunjufu, and I feel that an
equal amount of review should have been
given to his lecture which I personally found
took Hitler's path held by entire rae
to be very informative and uplifting. The Northwestern student body and ad­ By now, The Daily Northwestern
~ train The Daily Northwestern's ministration should be outraged that a bla­ probably received a few letters abou
staff to be more effective in their report tantly racist and offensive speaker such as African Mind Liberation Conference tA
." " Akil brouj;('ht his hatred-tin ed effect that African-Americans are j':lst3l
unpopular " eas wou make us as b a­
tantly discriminatory as the views we'd be
 ""H ~~' ,, ~ aw ~ ' b ~ ... ~~ ~ ~ ' ~ tn ~ J

catch-up d uring Reading Week. But

they won't h ave that same luxury l.J{
Winter Quarter.
Winter Quarter Reading Week
will last four days , from Thursday,
March 8 to Sunday, March 11.
Legislation passed by administra­
T}
tors in 1969 requires a minimum of
nine weeks of class every quarter. Be­
cause this Winter Quarter's classes
are scheduled to start Jan. 3 - a
.Wednesday - classes have to cut into
OJ:
The Monday and Tuesday of Reading
Week.
And because classes are canceled
from 11 am. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 15 in ob­
servance of Martin Luther King Jr .
bu

Day, Weinberg Assoc. Dean Robert Despit

Coen said the only way for a Monday­ celebra
Wednesday-Friday class to get the
minimum 27 lectures is to take another
grand (
day from Reading Week.
"It's unfair for students to not get BY EMIL
their money's worth by having less AND NE(
than a full quarter of classes;' Coen The Daily.
said. Centi
University rules state that Winter public F
Quarter must start Jan. 3, unless that union p i
day is a Thursday or Friday. lS-screeI
Although reading weeks rarely are JASPER CHEN/fHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN Wednese
shorter than seven days, they have Keyrwte speakerJamieWashington of the University of Marylandathe University of Marylandat Baltimore Cauntyspoke in the Louis Picke
been before, Coen said. He pointed Room to attendees of Saturday's Diversity Conference. sity Conference. Projectie
to Winter Quarter 1996 as the most Local ]
recent example, when Reading Week Wednese

Diversity ConfereLonference tackles

was five days long. Theatres

Associated Student Government the unie
Academic Vice President Sameer and insp
Gafoor said he is reviewing guide­ layed VI
lines about Reading Week. when co
"It's an important issue to all stu­
dents, so it deserves a lot of attention
from us;' Gafoor said . "If there's any
way ASG feels Reading Week can be
issues from variety! variety ofangles
union co
site at th
union's p
Thea1
. extended, we will push for this:' this we
Gafoor, a Weinberg junior, also From diversity in the media nication tactic. She had the nearcation tactic. She had the nearly The morning introductions protest.
said students should not be penalized 40 people in the room introdud people in the room introduce started a day of workshops and "We,
for having time off on Martin Luther to differences in religion, themselves to as many other pe.emselves to as many other peo­ speakers, all part of the Diversity now or e
King Jr. Day. speakers urge understanding ple as possible. e as possible. Conference, which was titled "Real presiden
" It's interesting that we only get "Our belief is that we can't cr "Our belief is that we can't cre­ Understanding: How :Far Have We Theatre:
three hours off for Martin Luther ate a community if we don't sre a community if we don't say Come?" Rafael, C
King Day, but we are penalized one By WAlLIN WONG hello," said Katz , executive viello," said Katz , executive vice About 100 people attended the But
full day because of Reading Week," The Daily Northwestern president of New York-bascesident of New York-based seven-hour conference at Norris with the
he said. "I don't think the students At Saturday's second-annual Kaleel Jamison Consulting Croualeel Jamison Consulting Group. University Center. This was about ater's op
thought when they asked for Martin Diversity Conference, opening She said she uses the same ieee said she uses the same ice­ half the number of people who into the (
speaker Judith Katz began the day breaker with Fortune 500 compeaker with Fortune 500 compa­
See READING, page 9 of dialogue with a simple commu­ nies. es. See DIVERSITY, page 14 Se
 14 I THE DAILf NORTHWESTERN I MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2000
I ~

DIVERSITY
Continued from page 1

registered and a decrease from last year's con­

ference, which drew 240 people.
"I would have expected a larger turnout, but
because of the weather and the football game,
there were so many factors;' said Alan Fu, co­
chair of the conference planning committee. "It
was just a scheduling conflict:'
t"'­ In her opening remarks, Katz encouraged
audience members to recognize the parts of their
identities that can be used to make a positive dif­
ference. She had each person identify whether
race, religion, sexual orientation and other fac­
tors were "one up" or "one down:' For example,
a Caucasian woman might be one up because of
her race, but one down because of her gender.
"Each of us may find ourselves in a one-up
or one-down position based on our identity;'
Katz said. "You cannot be a change agent by be­
ing one down:'
As Katz sent the attendees off to their first
session of workshops, she encouraged them to
visualize an ideal world.
......­ "When we talk about diversity, about inclu­
sion, what does that actually look like in an ad­
vanced stater" she said. "We've been able to
create inventions that have surpassed our
wildest thinking, but when it comes to this is­ JASPER CHEN/fHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN

Tra.r.
~ire sue, we say it's human nature - things are the
Confere: way they are. That is conceptual limitation:'
'ority is d 'DIVERSITY IN THE MEDIA'
tion has At a discussion aimed at improving the media's
coverage of minorities, student leaders of campus
I'm alon cultural groups shared their grievances with rep­
nit I don resentatives from THE DAILY, the Northwestern
g;' said I Chronicle and Northwestern News Network.
Student group leaders criticized the campus
er of N'L media for misquoting sources, sometimes sen­
sationalizing stories and placing too great an
ernJ?hasi¥ on nosative events.
Often u ..... the)" _ _ the que;s;ttons
Weinberg junior Marie Claire Tran, second.from right, talks about media coverage ofAsian Americans during the "Diversity in the Media"
workshop at the Diversity Conference on Saturday afternoon. Representativesfrom campus culturalgroupsand media sat on the panel.
Alpha Delta Phi, said her sorority is diverse and each other, regardless of religious beliefs;' said 'COMMITMENT IS OUR DRI\iE'
inclusive but that her position has made her Weinberg junior Omayr Niazi, a representative After a full day of panel discussions and dia­
more conscious of her race. of Latter-day Saints Students Association. "Every logues, keynote speaker Jamie Washington told
"I -definite ly do feel like I'm alone because religion has been persecuted because people are attendees to keep working toward understand­
I'm the only black person, but I don't think it's scared of what they don't understand," ing and appreciating others.
going to be that way for long;' said Edwards, a The panelists agreed that different religious "It's important we're grounded in why we
Speech junior. groups do share a unifying factor - belief in do it and that we're not caught up in, 'There
Joy Matias, the founder of NU's Latina God. weren't 2,000 people here;" said Washington,
sorority, Sigma Lambda Gamma, said she at­ But conflict arises when groups do not see assistant vice president of student affairs at the
tended Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic how much they have in common, Niazi said. University of Maryland at Baltimore County.
Association events before orpnizing the soror­ "It's about what we believe at the core:'
"A8IAII-AllEIIIOAJI HATE - . ' Washington also advised audience mem­
~ t to be dl$couraa;ed as they fight for

- ID this work. there's going to be days when

doP't feel Jib it." he said. -But. we

IVERSITY IN GREEK LIFE'
At a forum on diversity in the Greek system,
articipants agreed that non-cultural sororities
id fraternities are doin g a better job of reach­
Ig out to the campus' cultural chapters, but the
vo groups still do not understand each other.
Qarnara Edwards, the only black member of
'DIVERSITY IN REliGION'
In the "Diversity in Religion" workshop, six
panelists representing religious groups on cam­
pus shared their views on how they could build
better relationships with each other.
"We are children of God and we have an
obligation to love each other, be charitable to
:n tMll to dleftlct
tllat . unlike In oilier mdustriallzed n atio ns , U.S .
schools are funded by indivi dual rather than
nationwide districts .
"The kinds of schools kids are going to be at­
tending are very much based on what kind of
xkshop, six neighborhood they live in;' Lindholm said.
.ps on cam­ She also said that students' expectations
could build contribute to ineq uality. Because men and
whites are expected to do better than women
ve have an and minorities, those with lower expectations
raritable to might be inclined to do worse .
Norris. The etfinlc fOod night at the MufUcul
tural Center on Friday drew about 300 peo p le
Hadley Leach. a conferen ce planning co m
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From v-redmond@nwu.edu Tue 5ep 24 13:01:08 1996
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 10:29:38 -0500
From: Vadal Redroond <V-redrrond@nwu. edu>
To: j-sanders4@nwu.edu
Subject: Things
Hi Jinmie,
You don't know me, but I work in the office of Vice President Barr
therefore, I tend to keep up with some of the goings on with student
organizations.
I m about to put my neck in a noose, but hopefully for the good of FMO. I
I

send out from time to time letters requesting a representative from the FMO
organization to meet with university administrators. Most recently, I've
sent out such a request for the Northwestern Community Council. I
understand at times FMO's refusal to attend such meetings, but there are
times when I feel your presence is warranted. The NCC gives you a chance to
voice your opinions on the race issues here at Northwestern, to have a say
in policies that affect not only your stay here but that of African
Americans that attend Northwestern in the future. That said, I would
suggest that you attend one meeting as an observer, if you do not feel your
presence is welcomed don't show up for any of the other meetings, but if you
feel you can contribute please make an effort to attend as many of the
meetings as possible.
Being with the university for fourteen years, I am familiar with the history
of FMO's not meeting with the administration, but there is an old saying
"Know Thy Enemy" and i f you view the administration as your enemy there is
no better way to find out about them than to see at least some of the cards
they have on the table. I believe that the NCC needs the views of the FMO
Executive Board as only the Board can given them. At this point, I believe
they (the administration and NeC) are only guessing at your objectives and
their guessing can only do you harm .
Feel free to email me whenever you need. Just remember as an errployee of
Northwestern although my loyalty is not split, I do have to be selective in
what we discuss.
Vadal Redmond . )
Office of Student Affairs
633 Clark, 2-219 Crown
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1107
(847) 491-5360
(847) 491-8406 (fax)

vadal Redroond r)
From nsa701@lulu.acns.nwu.edu Wed Feb 5 17:44:53 1997

Date : Wed, 5 Feb 1997 13 :38:52 -0600 (CST)

From : Nicholas Armstrong <nsa701@lulu .acns.nwu.edu>

To : Jimmie Sanders <j-sanders4@nwu.edu>

Cc : Jelani Semmes <j ks 159@l u l u . a cns. nwu. edu>

Subject: Re: Concern Regarding Speaker on Campus (fwd)

----- - - --- Forwarded message ---- ------ Date : Wed, 05 Feb 1997 23 :42 :36

-0600 From: Michael Balinsky <balinsky@nwu.edu> To :

ncc@li stserv.acns.nWU.edu Subject : Re: Concern Regarding Speaker on Campus

I was forworded this message and I hope it is appropiate for me to respond

t o the listserv.

As someone involved in the protest, I would like to point out there are 2

issues here. The first is the speaker himself, the second the group that

invited him, in this case FMO. I am less concerned about the first, much

more about the second. I should add that this is a similar issue to that of

a few years ago when 2 res colleges invited Butz to speak; it is more

precarious here, because of the racial tension in the ba c kgr ound .

I believe we do a massive diservice to students and education in general

when we do not hold students accountable and responsible for the speakers

they bring to campus. Free speech is thrown around as an excuse for just

about anything. I remember the students from PARC who invited Butz, there

was no recognition of the implications of offering him a forum. The

university is about the exchange of ideas, but it is also about creating a

viable community of responsible young adults. We are simply not doing our

job unless they are challenged in that area as well.

Are departments and centers on campus willing to look carefully and decide

with whom they should sponsor programs? Are we going to tell students that

they have a moral responsibility to speak out even if it violates group

unity? These are questions we must all ask first of ourselves, and to

others. I emphasize they are questions, not conclusions! But it is time for

the discussion to begin.

Rabbi Michael Balinsky

Director, Hillel

>
»>Dr . Khallid Muhammad will be speaking on campus this Thursday evening at
» >the invitation of FMO. His topic for the evening will be "Exploding the
» >White Mind in Black Students," and the program is one event among many
» >being sponsored on campus during February in observance of Black History
» >Month.
»>
»>Dr . Muhammad has a reputation for passionate and fiery rhetoric, and there
» >a r e some who believe strongly that his speech goes beyond that to hateful
» >and ant-Semitic. A number of individuals and campus groups who share this
» >belief are concerned about Dr. Muhammed's presence on campus and the
»>message they feel he will convey. These persons are planning to protest
»>outside the program.
»>
»>I'm unaware of anyone who is planning prorgramming on campus designed at
»>educating around the tensions this event will surface. This may be
»>something the NCC will want to consider fostering or sponsoring. I suggest
» >that any member of the group with thoughts along those lines or other ideas
» >should feel free to share them using this listserv (see address above) .
»>Please keep in mind we have identified the importance of a rapid response
» >in effectively addressing s uch situations .
»>
»>Also, each of us should be prepared to work with and through our own
»>constituencies to help make sure the discussion on campus is focused on the
»>facts and feelings instead of on the rumor and reactive behavior.
»>
From t-daly@nwu.edu Mon Feb 10 17:16:45 1997
Date : Fri, 7 Feb 1997 17:04:47 -0600
From: "Timothy M. Daly" <t-daly@nwu.edu>
To: j-sanders4@nwu.edu
Subject: speech

Mr. Sanders :
I am just another of the students that went to see Khallid Muhammed
speak at Harris on thursday night . I am sure you have head from enough
people about the issues raised by his lecture, so I will try not to start
any arguments. I am mostly curious as to what your perspective is on his
teachings. I am a white, middle class, midwestern kid. I am probably
exactly the kind of person that Dr. Muhammed would cite as the enemy white
man. But as I sat there through the speach I was enthralled and saddened
greatly. I had never a speaker who so directly announced his views knowing
they would be received with some hostility. Obviouslu I give him credit
for that. But I was saddened because I saw only anger and no hope. What
were Dr. Muhammed's real solutions? He does not want any contact with
white folks. But I don't think this planet is large enough for two such
large groups not to depend on one another. I eat and wear items every day
made by both white and black hands. I use services provided by people of
all types . How, after all these centuries, can we possibly extract the
races from one another and be expected to co-exist separately? The bottom
line of my question is this, Jimmie: Northwestern University was founded i n
1851 by some white Methodists and it was an Old Boys Network type of school
until after world war II. It has been built up by an endowment of old rich
white people and it run by entire commities of them now. The professors
are usually white and they teach a history that is undoubtedly viewed from
a white perspective. Just as Dr. Muhammed said in the lecture, the books
in our libraries are white books . You are graded by white professors,
which means they have control over your future. In an environment
dominated and controlled by the white establishment, what benefit is there
for a black student who follows Dr. Muhammed in this university? We are
unable to overcome out nature which disposes us to acts of obscene cruelty­
so who would want to go to "our" school (pardon the suggestion that this
school "belongs" to someone). I ask this with the best intentions- I don't
want you to leave, I want to see some kind of harmony . But surely no
African Americans will gain a true sense of themselves in an elitist white
institution that teaches only lies, right? I knew there were race
relations problems and tensions. I have often wondered why I felt
alienated by most African Americans that I encounter on campus. I am
naive . But I never thought that any of my fellow students would think that
I am a devil and evil because of my ancestory. I am no more responsible
for their deeds than I am for another man's today. What I am asking is
that you send some sort of reply to my question. I have taken for granted
that you agree with Dr. Muhammed teachings because you are the president of
the group that sponsored him . Let me know if I am wrong. But what I heard
was a man attacking other races, tearing people down, and raising only his
own people up. If all people thought that way, would there be any end to
war? It sounds stupid, but doesn't "An eye for an eye" make the whole
world blind? I am not in your postition and I don't pretend to tell you
how you ought to act towards someone like me. But we are all part of a
common American environment even though we were raised in a different
tradition. We have certainly shared experiences and we go to the same
school. Why would we want to dispise one another? I am sorry I rambled so
long. I know you are busy and you might not have time to reply, but I
would appreciate it. Thanks.
Timothy M. Daly

r .. .

institution that teaches only lies, there were race

relations problems and tensions. I wondered why I felt
From rem887@nwu .edu Mon Feb 10 17:19:53 1997
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 14 :00:01 -0600
From: "Robert E. McGuire" <rem887@nwu,edu>
To: j-sanders4@nwu.edu, silentwarrior@nwu .edu, illmatic@nwu.edu
Subject: Thursday night and aftermath

Gentlemen,

Dr. Mohammed's speech was not meant for me. I mow that - he wasn't
talking to me, he is not concerned with me at all. But I learned from it . I
understand how a number of black students on this campus feel, and the
bitterness with which they feel it. I can't blame them. Even those members
of the audience - of whatever color - who did not agree with the militancy
of Dr . Mohammed's message can understand how black students on this campus
feel about this place .
I wanted you to mow, honestly, that I thought a lot of what Dr.
Mohammed said was extreme - I mow you expected that . But the tone of his
message, the deeper understanding I recieved, is that there is much work to
do. There is much work to do to liberate blacks on this campus and in this
nation. I mow that I am not a great part of this work . But my mind has
been challenged, at least.
After the speech a friend and I prayed that God heal this campus
and this country of all its division - because there is no way I can. But
if there is anything I can do, please let me mow.

Yours,

Rob McGuire
PAGE 10 Sports
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SPEAKER f rom page 1
is th at FMO continues to bring big ot ed s pea kers to
ca m pus, and we'r e n ot go ing to roll ove r and p lay
d ead any m o re," said Weissk opf, a Medill se nior.
Sanders' st at ement criticized Hillel: "Hillel's hos­
tilit y tow ards FMO se eme d to he trigger ed by Black
peopl es effo r ts at. ind epe nde n ce of thought and
ac tio n, Hill el co nt inue s to exp ress th eir trad emark
intoler ance for legitimate difference o f opin ion. "
Sand ers, an Educati on senior, also said in the
st atement that "th ere is not any th ing ant i-Sem itic
abo u t FM O o r its s peak ers. " Semites are peopl e of
co lo r " Th e st at ement not ed th at the word
"Sem ite" refers to part of the "Afro -Asiatic language
family that includes Hebrews, Aram aic , Arab ic, and
Ethiopi c." bring th e musi c gro u p KRS- l to camp us, When brin g t
But o ppo ne nts o f Muhammad 's speech said s tu­ KRS- l canc eled, FMO as ked t o transfer th e funds KRS- l ,
d en t activities fees sh ould not fund someo ne w ho to us e for ano ther event, which is not an uncom­ to us e I
th ey d escribe as a "h ate sp eak er." m on pra ct ice . ASGs Vice President o f Fin an cial m on p
"We don't want student m oney 1O go toward Affairs Rod eri c Williams approved th e transfer. Affairs
big otry," Prywes said, "I doubt an yone with a Eif erman said he w ill brin g th e issue to Eif e
sound mind would in vite a militiaman or Wednesda y ni ght's ASG meeting. He sai d th ere was Wedn e:
Klansman , and Khallid Muhammad is no better. " unanimous support for this id ea at Sunday's meet­ unani rr
Hillel Foundation Rabbi Mich ael Balinsky said ing . ing .
an other co ncern expressed by th ose at th e pla n ning "My goal is to pu t th e decision in th e h ands o f "My
mee ting was that FM O got funding "th ro ugh th e th e Sen ate , w h ich wa s elected," Eiferrnan sa id . "We th e Sen
bac k do or " to bring Muhammad to cam pus , are n ot trying to sil ence anyo ne, The s peech will ar e n ot
"T h is ha s abso lu tely nothing to do with race o r m ost likel y tak e place regardless o f what ha pp en s. mo s t Iii
freedom of sp eech," Education so pho more Dann y We just want to inform th e com m u n ity and let We jus
Eiler man sa id, "It has every thing to d o w ith ASG th em know w hat Mu ham m ad is all ab out " th em k l
sup po rt ing th e speech. "
Last s pring, FMO was allotted $4,07::1.50 to - THE DAIlY'S JOB. OOOM CONTRIBUTID ro THIS STORY.
 ' LEI TERS ' . MBACH·nt

Inept FMO article

had bad news angle
I am writing in regard to the article
"FMO speaker decries whites," which was
printed on Nov. 14. This article was abso­
lutely terrible in all aspects from reporting
to structure to an incorrect picture caption.
Although I am only a first-year MediII
student, I do have a sense of journalism

ethics in the context of objective report­

ing. I found the article to be very·biased

in that it only focused on the negative

points of the lecture by Muhammed Akil

rather than the entire context in which

the lecture was delivered . This is the

.same type of prejudiced commentary that

. was delivered in the national media cov­

erage of Louis Farrakhan when the me­

dia only focused on his views on Jews.

I was present at the other lecture deliv­ Hypocritical Akil Extreme views n01
ered by Jawanza Kunjufu, and I feel that an
equal amount of review should have been
given to his lecture which I personally found
took Hitler's path held by entire race
to be very informative and uplifting. . The Northwestern student body and ad­ By now, The Daily Northwestern
~ train The Daily Northwestern's ministration should be outraged that a bla­ probably received a few letters about
staff to be more effective in their report tantly racist and offensive speaker such as African Mind liberation Conference to
on events by getting the "whole story" Muhammed Akil brought his hatred-tinged effect that African-Americans arejust as
arid not selective scenarios. I think the rhetoric to campus. It is true that historically oted as whites, and, therefore, don't dese
author owes a huge apology to the black oppressed groups have a right and need to . any special sympathy. But I would lik:
and entire NU community for what ap­ hear messages from insightful individuals point out that, according to the article, C
peared to be an insensitive and sloppy (to about power structures and becoming uni­ about 25 students were at the hateful led
say the least) article. fied, but such messages can certainly be on Sunday night Therefore, extrapola'
Contribute to the solution, not the conveyed without decrying other groups. the views held there into views held by a
problem. When Akil uses words like "faggot" inter­ NU's African-American students is not f;
spersed throughout his speech, it proves his have faith that the high majority of
- Nikole Killion hypocrisy: he denies the legitimacy of an­ African-American community realizes
MediI! freshman other minority while claiming that overcom­ such divisionis no way to bring about ill
ing dominant and oppressive power differ­ - Marcus Ba
Akil speech clashed entials is paramount. In addition, saying
"faggot" repeatedly isn't just a denunciation_ O\S (rest
of another minority,but it's also a value judg­
with conference goals ment that Akil makes about sexual orienta­
tion that is unrelated to race. I hardly think
It was interesting to read Tuesday's ac­ he has the moral authority to tell anyone
count of Muhanuned Akil's speech given at that their lifestyle is so reprehensible. Fur­
For Members Only's African Mind libera­ thermore, it is people like Akil that place '
tion Conference on Sunday.Akil's speech, in black gays, lesbians and bisexuals in a dou­
which he repeatedly labeled gays as "fag­ ble-bind: If they are not welcome as legiti­
gots," called the pope "the arch-devil," and mate members of the black community,
announced that "all white people have a little where can they find acceptance?
Hitler in them," will certainly help to ease It is admittedly disgusting to me that
racial tensions on this campus and liberate Akil uses racist epithets to denounce
African minds. Prejudices and labels always racism. His over generalizations were ap­
help us escape our preconceived notions palling and unheeded. To tell .all white
about others; after all, the best way to fight people that they "all have a little Hitler in
hate speech is to use hate speech! them" is a terrible and hateful thing to say.
I'm just glad everyone got to read the This type of racism and generalization
words of this inspiring speaker since they cannot be tolerated.
were so prominently placed on page five. When Akil calls homosexuals "faggots"
Of course, the real racists are Manchester and whites "little Hitlers," it is indicative of
Developers - those evil housing builders his own mind set. Such comments clearly
written about in the cover story on page indicate that he him self is sowing the
thr ee. I hope they never renovate another seeds of his own racism.
building again. And that is how Hitler started.
- Jason Briggeman -:- Brian Fletcher
O\ S (reshman O\S senior

, err mess
conveyed without decrying other groups.
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the views held there into views held by a
When Akil uses words like "faggot" inter­ NU's African-American students is not f;
C~~ t'hrn.l1fT'hn1lt h;~ c::~h ,t nrn.uiOC' 'hie:­ h~up f~ith th-:at th,::a. hicrh m~il\ritu nf
FMO speaker

decries whites

By Daniel Rubin
Doily Stoff Writer
For Members Only, Northwestern's black student al­
liance, wrapped up its first annual African Mind Liberation
Conference last night on a note of quiet reflection, in con­
trast to an emotional1y charged opening Sunday night
The conference started on Sunday with Muhammed
Akil of Lost Link Enterprises in Chicago speaking on the
topic "Decoding White Supremacy: Reading Destructive
Images ."
Akil stated that the purpose of his speech was to throw
off the "mind control" employed by Europeans to keep
African culture down. At the beginning of his speech, Akil
told the audience of about 25 people in Harris Hall's audi­
torium that he was going to be "tough."
"Mind control is the name of the game," he said.
"Power is the ability to define other people's reality. It's
time to bust up psychological slavery."
In his speech, Akil covered a wide variety of subjects,
ranging from the color of Jesus' skin to the proliferation of
guns in American society.
Describing the different representations of Jesus, Akil
said the African-American culture should reject the por­
trayal of Jesus as a white man. He presented textual evi­
dence in Proverbs and showed slides of a dark-skinned Je­
sus in various cultures as he spoke. ­ advance in society only if we know the variables that are
At one point, Akil referred to one representation as the
"faggot Jesus."
Akil's presentation, which , ,
spanned most from the an - All white
cient world to modern society, people
included talks about the geno­
cide of African slaves aboard have a little
slave ships and at the hand of
American mobs . Hitler in them. "
He repeatedly referred to Muhammed Akil
gay people as "faggots"
throughout the speech. He Lost Link Enterprises
called the pope "anti-Christ"
and the "arch-devil." He cal1ed
Abraham Lincoln a "wolf in sheep's clothing," citing a let­
ter by Lincoln saying that the white race was "superior" to
others. - "machine" to keep African-Americans down.
Akil interspersed pictures of black people being
lynched while white mobs looked on approvingly with im­
ages of the Rodney King beating, which he called "an un­
finished lynching."
By Rick Song/Daily Scaff Photographer
'Tough' speech: Muhammed Akil delivers a charged
message about American racism Sunday in Harris Hall.
"Allwhite people have a little Hitler in them," he said.
He also said European culture promotes bestiality and
homosexuality.
Udana Torian, a CASjunior, said the speech was good
for recognizing the hurdles that face African-American
culture. _
"It allows us to think analytically about history. We will
facing us," she said.
Nicholas Armstrong, a McCormick sophomore and
legislative treasurer for FMO, agreed with that assess­
ment
"You really can't judge the present conditions without
understanding the historical context," he said. _
Concluding the conference last night, novelist Iawanza
Kunjufu, whose lecture was entitled "Survival of the black
race in the 21st century: A Social/Political/Historical
Analysis of the Future of the African Race in the 21st cen­
tury," spoke to about 35 people in Harris Hall.
In his lecture, Kunjufu spoke about what can be done
to save the African-American community. "We,as brothers
and sisters, must put aside our differences and work to­
gether," he said.
Kunjufu said the white community has established a
He told the crowd that in order to defeat the "ma­
chine," African-Americans must first admit the "machine"
exists, study it, take what they can from it and then give
back to their community.

"faggot Jesus."
Akil's presentation, which .;.;
_ _ _ _ _----, =_
.. : ;: ;Ji- - - - - - - ­
Nicholas Armstrong, a McCormick sophomore and
legislative treasurer for FMO, agreed with that assess-
spanned most from the an- ~ ~ All white ment
From akil@nwu.edu Thu Jan 30 10:36:22 1997
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 06:59:40 -0600
From: Muhanuned Akil <akil@nwu.edu>
To: sandersj@merle.acns.nwu.edu
Subject: Kudos!

Yo Jimmy,

At first i did not think the Dr. Muhanunad thing was a good idea for NU.
But I reconsidered my thought weeks back.

Good shit!

Rise Up.
At War.

Akil

Muhanuned Aki1
Northwestern University
akil@nwu.edu
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is in Harris 107 with a man who
my life miserable.
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trical engineering class with Anhur
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ence lastyear, a weekend-long Iea\ll!
that coincidedwith the Minjoo Man
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white man in the last 6,000 years. That
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/ NORTHWESTERN

UN I V E R SIT Y

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

March 8, 1999

Statement of President Bienen and Provost Dumas

Regarding a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

The discussions over the past several months about having a Martin Luther King Jr.
holiday at Northwestern reflect what we see as a growing recognition by the University
community of the significance of this influential figure in American history. We are pleased
to see this awareness and welcome the thoughtful discussion that has resulted.

Formal statements have come from the Associated Student Government, the General
Faculty Committee, the Northwestern University Staff Advisory Council and from the
University's Calendar Committee, the body charged with considering matters relating to the
academic calendar and making recommendations to us. The ASG proposal calls for a
University holiday as a symbol of the University 's commitment to the memory of Dr .
King. The Calendar Committee recommends additional programming in honor of Dr.
King, but not canceling any classes or creating a University holiday. The General Faculty
Committee supports this position. All recommendations reflect a common theme that
underlies them: "the noble life of [Dr. King's] devotion to love, justice, and truth" and "his
historic accomplishments and contributions to American society and human rights" deserve
"expanded, coordinated observances" so as to enhance "the community's awareness of the
central points of his life and thought." (Quotations taken from formal statements from
ASG, GFC, NUSAC and the Calendar Committee.).

The recommendations of both the Calendar Committee and the representatives of various
undergraduate student groups clearly are the result of much careful thought and
consideration, and we appreciate their work. After reviewing those recommendations, we
concur that Northwestern should offer additional programs on the third Monday of January
related to the themes of Dr. King's life and work. We also agree that some method of
marking that day as different from our regular academic schedule is important.

f Therefore, effective in January 2000 all classes between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. will be
canceled and replaced with alternative programming focused on the meaning of this day.
On both the Evanston and Chicago campuses, we hope to see a centerpiece event for all
members of the campus community that would take place at some point during those hours.
All offices on both campuses would either close for ninety minutes to enable staff to attend
that event or operate with minimal staffing for that period of time. Recognizing the
demands made by the quarter system , special arrangements may need to be made for labs
and other academic activities that occur only during those hours on that Monday. We will
ask the deans to work closely with the faculty to determine those exceptions.

Graduate and professional schools, several of which already make adjustments on King
Day to accommodate special programming and academic requirements, would continue to

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 do so. Other programming activities preceding and following the formal University
observance are encouraged on both campuses.

As is presently the case, staff may ask supervisors for the day off as a personal floating
holiday .

* We will appoint a University-wide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Coordinating Committee
with representation from students, faculty and staff from both campuses to begin planning 1'P
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this celebration. Such a committee has been recommended by the Northwestern ~~I
Community Council. The coordinating committee will be appointed in the spring quarter, '
1999. We alS? will provide additional financial support, in addition to the funds set aside V e;) ( . I

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leadership of the D .R.E.A.M. Committee; we encourage its co~tinued i~volvemen~. We are

also grateful for the leadership of Alpha Phi Alpha, t~e Candleh~ht S~rv:ce Co~ttee and

others who have provided long and faithful leadership to the University s celebration . The

new committee will serve to provide additional support to current activities on the Evanston

campus, design and implement new programming, and ensure coordination with the

Chicago activities.

The success of the decision to hold alternative programming in lieu of most regular classes

on King Day between 11 a.m . and 2 p.m. is dependent on participation. Therefore, we will

assess the outcomes each year. If support for this approach wanes, then the University will

explore different methods of honoring Martin Luther King , Jr. and return to holding

regular classes during that time.

Finally , we ask that the Associated Student Government, each year, provide an evaluation

of the activities focusing both on the quality and the level of participation by students, staff,

and faculty. Such anevaluation 111:oces will hel~ all of us Iocu our atteution each yea( Q(\

\belmpornmce ot ful remembrance.

We congratulate and thank the many individuals and groups who have been involved in this

iJ!lportant dialog~e. While various perspectives, understandably, still are held by this

diverse cornmuruty, the thoughtful and reasoned discussions and viewpoints reflect well on

those who have worked to reach an outcome worthy of Dr. King and of Northwestern.

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SISter Souljah stresses empowerment
~ MOBILIZE: During a visit to NU,
SisterSouUah urged students to
take responsibility for their lives
and communities.
BY JIM WILKINSON
The Daily Nonhwestem
Speaking before a crowd of a few
hun dred, artist, author and entertain.
rnent executive Sister Souljah preached a
message of empowerment anel responsi­
bility while emphasizing the importance
of African gender roles and values in
strengthening black communities.
"I challenge you as students to main­
tain control of your own thoughts, cul­
ture and beliefs," Souljah said on Friday
night in Fisk Hall. "There is a need for us
to evolve and develop into our original,
powerful selves, to take control of our
own lives and communities."
Her add ress, entitled "The State of
African Women in. 1996," was spon­
sored by For Members Only, Northwest­
ems African-Ame rican student alliance.
Stressing that gender is not Simply an
automatic status, Souljah criticized both sexes ror
falling short or the expectations or African cul­
ture, in which she said gender is earned by act­
ing as a good role model.
"Weare searching fora woman to be different
from a man but still equal," she said. "Both are
intellectually strong, and pursue dreams; but
their roles should be balanced out. When 1 was
giving birth to my son, it was the fi rst time 1real­
ized how powerful 1was. 1said to my husband
that it dawn ed on me that women are the most
powerful force in the universe."
Souljah, whose last visit to NU in 1994 ex­
posed campuswide racial tensions, used the
principles ofAfrican culture she learned from her
world travels and education at Rutgers Univer­
sity to rebuke racism, capitalism, American soci-
intellectua l' strong, and pursue dreams; ut
their roles should be balanced out. When I was
giving birt h to my son, it was the fi rst time I real­
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WElCOME: CAS freshmanTara Houseworth
andan unidentified FMO membergreet audi­
ence members outslde mom 217 at Fisk Hall be­
fore SisterSouUah's speech on November 1.
ety and inequalities in the educational system.
"There is such an enormous sense or guilt
surrounding racial issues in America," she said.
"They try to get you to feel apologetic about be~
ing discriminated agatnst. Remember, it is not
right for anybody non-African to require African
people to discuss racism qui etly in Disney
terms."
Souljah also drew examples from her early
lire growingup in the Bronx to illustrate the posi­
tive role of social programs such as welfare, bus­
ingand aflirmative action.
"Affirmative action was not created out of pity,
but out or the struggle to protect the inter­
ests of African people," she said. "Busi­
nesses have demonstrated a profound in­
ability to be just and to be fair. The most
racist position is to pretend the problem
does not exist, that you have a chip on
your shoulder."
Souljah called for greater sexual re­
sponsibilityamong the young, while argu­
ing an anti-abortion viewpoint and a need
for the belief in a higher power.
"In African society, sex is integrallycon­
or
nected to the creation life, and everyone
is aware or the consequences or having
sex," she said. ''You can't have black power
with black immo rality"
Affirming the values of experience,
work ethic and balance, Souljah said she
was mischaracterized by the media as a
"loud-mouthed rapper" after then-candi­
date Bill Clinton attacked her in the 1992
presidential campaign [or comments she
made after the Los Angelesriots
She also remained skeptical of interra­
cial rel ation ships because or i noranee
about racism.
"There is such an enorm ous sense of
gui lt pu t upon you to get you to reel
apologetic abou t having been discrimin ated
against," Souljah said. "So you have beautiful
black women on campus not allowed to discuss
the fact that their men are dating white women.
. You (black men) should understand how to
love yourself and how to love a woman who is a
reflecuon oryourself"
Souljah said that because the deck is stacked
against racial minorities, they should mobilize in
opposition to the current, unbalanced power
structure.
"Take advantage of every opportu nity you
have while you're here, perfecting your talent
and your skill and meeting positive people to es­
tablish a community with," she said. "Then take
what you see and become a strategist to em­
power yourself not to repeat the cycle of victim­
ization."
Souljah said that because the deck is stacked
against racial minorities, they should mobilize in
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 NORTHWESTERN
U N V E R S T Y

OFFICE OF TilE PRESIDENT

November S, 1996

To Members of the University Community:

I was greatly saddened that once agr.in The H.ock bas become a vehicle for shocking and
malevolent expressions of intolerar.ce toward others.

Northwestern University is committed to an inclusive campus environment free of

discrimination against any individual or group and to a climate that values the richness
that diversity brings to all of us .

We do not know whether, in fact, those who defaced Ti.e Rock last night are members of
this community, But the sentiments displayed at The Rock have no place at
Northwestern . They constitute ugly, destructive behavior , Those who seek to impose
their point of view through random and cowardly acts of hatred or threats of violence do
equal violence to the princ iples of civility and mutual respect that govern a university
community. Such cowardly acts have no place at Northwestern .

Sin~ ~
Henry S. Bienen
President

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AND SARATOTH
The Daily.Northwestern
A 17-year-old man was listed in good condition Sun­
day night after being shot in the shoulder by an Evanston
Police officer early Sunday morning just one block from
Northwestern's campus, police said.
The shooting occurred abcut 3 a.m. in the parking lot
of White Hen Pantry, 817 Emerson St., said Cmdr. Dennis
Nilsson of the Evanston Police Department.. It was close
e nough to NU that students at Willard Residential Col­
lege said they heard the shot from their rooms.
White Hen employees said the shooting may have
been related to an attempted robbery, but police would
not confirm that assumption.
The shooting victim and another man were in custody
after being arrested in connection with the incident that
led to the officer's gunshots, Nilsson said. No charges had
been filed Sunday night, but Nilsson said he expected p0­
lice to file charges today.
EPD is investigating the incident with the help of the

See SHOOTING, page13

Evanston police
crack down on
SAM COMENrrHEDAILY NORTHWESfERN
The Wildcatssnapped an It-game BigTenlosing streakat Ryan Field Saturday thanks to 162 rushingyards by Damien
Anderson (above) and some last-second heroicsfrom QB Zak J.(w;tok. Coverage in sports. . drug violations IENrrHED ,
shingylJ

NU football team wins, dry tailgates lose

Joint operation between Evanston police and
sheriff'sdepartments results in nine arrests rat(
)
By KIRSTIN SWAGMAN
The Daily Northwestern
Nine people were arrested and charged with drug
NUMB members receive homecoming kingand NU fraternities all skip pre-football game tailgates;

­ dealing and other related offenses while warrants were is

ootball
queen honors during halftimeshowoffootball game members cite apathy, general protest as reasons sued for four more last week as part of an undercover op­ 1prote:

eration, police said

One of the suspects, Limous McGaster, was already in

By ERIN MURPHY By RAsMI SIMHAN custody, charged with murdering his friend Davidson
The Daily Northuester» The Daily Northwestern Blissetton Sept. 22 over a marijuana plant.
Although the Northwestern Marching Band plays at all Students looking for a good time before the Homecoming The Evanston Police Department and Cook County ne befor
home football games, members sometimes have little to cheer game Oct. 16 didn't find it in the fraternity section of Ryan Sheriff's office conducted the sting. Throughout the four­ : fratern
'ft about. Field's parking lot. . month operations, county sheriff's police purchased crack­
~ ESTIVITIES That was not the case this It was empty. TAILGATES cocaine in $20 amounts from nine offenders on 13 occa­ TJI
weekend. "We were all extremely shocked sions,said CookCounty SheriffMichaelSheahan. d
On top of a last-minute win Saturday against the Iowa when we came out from behind the tree and saw this big huge Lonzio Buck, 17, of the 2300 block of Lake Street; e tree ar
l ..hwke'l1.es... the band saw two of its members, Kellie MacDon­ open spot which last year was just teeming with people;' said Bryan Burrus, 26, of the 1500 block of Lake Street; Dar­ : teemiru
- - _ A u ·"...... p.r..o.ming Queen and Dan Sedehi, who couldn't find any tailgates in the stadium park­ nell Eason, 48, of the 1700 block of Dodge Avenue; tailgates i
:_~ l"t h"lf an hour.before the game Saturday morning. Wendy Johnson, 36, of the 1800 block of Brown Street; Saturda­
 The PAGE 8 The Daily Northwestern NOVEMBER 7, 1996

~ r. ASG addresses Rock .racism, CTEC student forum

Evaluat ion Council meeting toni ght to give their input on the
~ STUDENT SOwnONS: Yesterdays ASG meeting ad­ changes that are being proposed for the stu dent surveys.
dressed the recent painting of racial epithets on The Although non e of the possible modifications will be un veiled
Rock. Changes in CTECs will be discusse(1 in a until the 6 p.m . meeting in Harris Hall W7 , there is a strong pos­
sibility that the "comments" section will no longer be distrib uted
meeting tonight. to students, said Rob McGuire, ASG acad emic vice president.
Many students have voiced co nce rn abo ut losing access to the
BY ANDREA PASSALACQUA comments , and this meeting is the on ly op po rtunity they will
The Daily Northwestern have to make their views heard, said McGu ire, a CASJunior.
"I'm optimistic about the turnout ," McGuire .said . "I think the
Whoever is resp onsible for painting racial e pithets on The students know what the y have to do , and I think they'll do it."
Rock Monday affected more than ju st the African-Americans at Although su pplemental funding petitions dominated most of
Northwestern by lowering the moral e of the entire cam pus, As­ the meeting, a motion was passed to introduce a bill about the
sociated Stude nt Govern ment memb ers said at last night s Senate use of t inder blocks in univ ersity hou sing at next weeks meet­
meetin g. ing.
ion to tl "It hurts everyone wh en we have these sentiments painted," In reaction to the outbreak of animosity to';"'ard African ­ Th e Office of Undergraduate Resid ential Life prohibits stu­
, homo s said Nicole Dickerson, a senator from For Members Only, NUs Americans , homosexuals and Jewish people at NU , FMO is dents from having 'lofts in their dorms, and, according to the pol­
an ope n African-Am erican stude nt alliance . "We nee d to be educated to sponsoring an open forum 7 p.m . tonight at the Black House , icy that 'the board is enforcin g this year, stude nts who use cinder
ian Road do something to combat these problem s." 1914 Sheridan Road. blocks to elevate their beds are violatin g this policy.
.ussion a Several members of the executive board also had strong views The discu ssion about race relations will give all stude nts the Since cinder blocks are not spe cifically cited in the policy, Al­
, to add! abo ut the painting of the wo rds "Die Negroes," whi ch came less opportunity to address Vice President for Stud ent Affairs Peggy lison Hall Senator Jeff Friedman is writing legislation tha t , if
ickerson than three week s after "Die Fag" was painted o n the cam pus Barr; said Dickerson, a Speech senior. passed, would allow stude nts to keep cinde r blo cks in th eir
nt to see monument. "We want to see what plans the administrati on has to deal room s..
like this: "I'm ex tre mely di sturbed ," said ASG President Leontine with issues like this," Dickerson said. "I feel obligated to bring it up, becaus e that's what the people
ion to d Chuang, a CAS senior. "I really conde mn whatever coward has In addition to denouncing the painting on Th e Rock, ASG in Allison think," said Friedman, a CAS sophomore. "It's my duty
1courage been do ing su ch things." members enc ourage d students to attend the Course and Teacher to bring it to ASGs attention."
 NNorthwestern University Black
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AI umni Association
A

September 19, 1996

Joeffrey Trimmingham
President, NUBAA
7325-1 North Paulina Street
Chicago, Illinois 60626
(312) 761-0426

Karla Spurlock Ev ans

African American Student Affairs Department
1914 Sheridan Road
Evanston, Illinois 60208

Via fax: (847) 467-1675

Dean Evans:

As the president of the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association (NUBAA), I have the
distinct pleasure of serving a community of closely knit individuals who share the common
experience of being Black and coming of age while studying at Northwestern.

Recently , though, several alumni have approached me regarding the University's intentions with
respect to hiring an individual to continue the work of the late Dr. Ulysses "Duke" Jenkins, whose
recent passing many of us still mourn.

In order to effectively answer their questions, I would like to know when the University intends to
undertake its search for his replacement and the role that black alumni , students and faculty will
carry-out in that process.

In light of many recent incidents on campus and the startling decrease in Northwestern's Black
Student population, we feel it is imperative that his position be filled quickly. However, all diligence
must be paid to finding an appropriately-skilled person to carryon his work in support of those
Black students who choose to attend Northwestern and to whom Northwestern owes a commitment
of meaningful support. Thus it is imperative that Black alumni, students and faculty play leading
roles in that selection , ensuring that the selected candidate is capable of fulfilling the needs of the
Black student body.

Please inform me, in writing, by Monday, September 23rd, of the University's intentions in this
matter. I look forward to your response and thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Joeffrey Trimmingham
President, NUBAA

cc: Henry Bienen

Marg aret Barr

Charles Payne

Jimmy Sanders

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In order to effectively answer their questions, I would like to know when the University intends to
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From b-robins@nwu .edu Mon Feb 10 17:18:37 1997
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 17:34:55 -0600
From: Brent Robins <b-robins@nwu .edu>
To: j-sanders4@nwu.edu
Subject: Khallid Muhammed

I would like to apologize for using the phrase black hitler. I think that
that was too strong of language to express my point, and I don't know if it
is an accurate comparison.

Brent Robins
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL . USA
b-robins@nwu.edu
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For the second time in less than three weeks, a hateful message was plastered on
The Rock. Students and NU officials are at a loss to explain the incident.

~ MORE VANDALISM: Students hope to

hit wit cia 51

meet with NU off icials to dis cuss race

relations on campus after an racial slur
was painted on The Rock.

BY BEN ElKIN
The Daily Northwestern
Less than three weeks after "Die Fag" was
painted on The Rock, Northwestern students
passed by the campus monument early yesterday
morning to be met with another slap in the face:
"Die Negroes" and the word "black," circled and
slashed, were crudely painted in black over a mes­
sage encouraging voting.
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istraters, a Physical Plant worker hosed off the

fresh paint about 9:30 a.rn. The phrase "Uberty
and Justice for all" appeared shortly afterward.
A student who requested that her name be
withheld said that she saw no such slur on The
Rockat about 5 a m.
"I expect more of people and of this universi­
ty, " said Peggy Barr, vice president for student
affairs. "It alwaysshocks me."
Many students across campus, on the other
hand, expressed less astonishment and voiced
opinions that prejudice and bigotry are very much
a part of the campus environment.
"Its no surprise ­ nobody is really shocked
about it, because we have to encounter hostility
on a daily basis, being black at Northwestern," BY ImRYUJ/Thr Daily North,V(slr
said Catisha Marsh, a Medill senior and member AFRESH COAT: A new message replaces a racial epithet painted on The Rockyesterday (Left) An
of For MembersOnly, NUs African-Americanstu­ employee of the Physical Plant cleans off "Die Negroes"from the university monument.
dent alliance. "I think that black people are su ffer­
ing from battle fatigue. Its like we're at war every
day with stereotypes and perceptions." Epithets create a 'sad chapter' in Rocks histor
FMO members said they believe the graffiti
was a reaction to last weeks African Mind ~ ASECOND SWR: NU officials do not foresee preventing students f rom paint
Liberation Conference, which featured keynote ing The Rock - a tradition dating back to the 1920s - because of two
speakers Dr Frances Cress Welsing and Sister
Souljah.
slurs recently plastered on it.
"This incident shows how white peop le BY CRISSA SHOEMAKER chapter, in the history of The Rock," Univer
respond when black people assert themselves," Archivist Patrick Quinn said.
said FMO Legislative Coordinator Jelani Semmes,
The Daily Northwestem A slur calling for the death of hornosexi
an Education junior. Twice this quarter, hateful epithets were appeared on The Rock on OCl. 17 shortly a
The NU Communit y Council, created by the painted on The Rock in the middle of the night the monument featured a rainbow-colored IT
university with help from FM O to foster campus - occurrences that the Northwestern archivist sage celebrating National Coming Out I
multiculturalism, will meet to discuss the matter said is unp recedented in the 94-year history of Yesterday morning, a similar slur agai
The Rock.
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 21:55:43 -0800
From: Elhajamin Young <HajiY@nwu.edu>
To: j-sanders4@nwu.edu
Subject : the speaker

Jimmie Sanders,
You probably don't know who I am, but I send this letter out to you
in as matter of great urgency. I am a sophmore (African american male) in
tech bio-medical engineering. The ethnic community groups are delivering a
direct attack on the black students on this campus as a result of the
speaker that will be here on thursday.
They are confronting and questioning the actions and the manners in
which this man will be addressing the student body. FMO is being targetted
as a hate group on campus. I must know what is to be expected to gain from
this man? Why are we as black students being made to suffer as a result of
his actions? We are in a very uncomfortable position. We need to know which
way to fold on this issue. A community divided cannot stand. We as a black
community are divided and are fighting amongst ourselves.
I urge you to please send an answer so that I can help to clear this
violent air of unnecessary hostility .
Thanks so much,
Elhajamin Young (Haj)

Elhajamin Young
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
HajiY@nwu.edu

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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60208-4010

AFRICAN -AMERICAN
STU DENT AFFAIRS
1914 SHERIDA N ROAD
(84 7 ) 491 - 36 10

September 30, 1996

Mr. Joeffrey Trimmingham, President

Northwestern University Black Alumni Association
7325-1 N. Paulina Street
Chicago, IL 60626

Dear Joeffrey:

Thank you for your recent letter . Dr. Ulysses Jenkins was a cultural and historical
anchor for African-American Student Affairs; beyond that, he reached out in an intensely
personal way to generations of Black students at Northwestern. Our staff shares the
sense ofloss you and so many others have expressed.

As you may be aware, African-American Student Affairs, along with other offices within
the Division of Student Affairs, has just completed the process of program review. One
of the recommendations made by reviewers was that coverage be provided and support
be given to students during the evening hours. We are moving forward with that
recommendation and have been authorized to hire a graduate student part-time to help
with programming, outreach, and coverage during evening hours. We will actively work
to assess the needs of the African-American student community throughout the fall
quarter and will use that information to make future plans for permanent staffing in
Afiican-American Student Affairs. And, as is the policy in all searches for full-time
positions within our division, any search committee formed to fill a full-time slot would
include student and faculty representation.

Joeffrey, please feel free to contact me if you have further questions .

Sincerely,

KCvL .s.:d-&~
Karla Spurlock-Evans
Director

the Division of Student Affairs, has just completed the process of program review. One
of the recommendations made by reviewers was that coverage be provided and support
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Northwestern University
8 Black
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Al umni Association
A

September 19, 1996

Joeffrey Trimmingham
President, NUBAA
7325-1 North Paulina Street
Chicago, Illinoi s 60626
(312 ) 761-0426

Karla Spurlock Evans

African American Student Affairs Department
1914 Sheridan Road
Ev anston, Illinois 60208

Via fax: (847) 467-1675

De an Evans:

As the president of the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association (NUBAA), I have the
distinct pleasure of serving a community of closely knit individuals who share the common
experience of being Black and coming of age while studying at Northwestern.

Recently , though , several alumni have approached me regarding the University's intentions with
respect to hiring an individual to continue the work of the late Dr. Ulysses "Duke" Jenkins, whose
recent passing many of us still mourn.

In order to effectively answer their questions, I would like to know when the University intends to
undertake its search for his replacement and the role that black alumni , students and faculty will
carry-out in that process.

In light of many recent incidents on campus and the startling decrease in Northwestern's Black
Student population, we feel it is imperative that his position be filled quickly. However, all diligence
must be paid to finding an appropriately-skilled person to carry on his work in support of those
Black students who choose to attend Northwestern and to whom Northwestern owes a commitment
of meaningful support. Thus it is imperative that Black alumni, students and faculty pla y leading
roles in that selection, ensuring that the selected candidate is capable of fulfilling the needs of the
Black student bod y.

Please inform me, in writing, by Monday , September 23rd, of the University 's intentions in this
matter. I look forward to your response and thank you for your time .

Sincerely,

Joeffrey Trimmingham
President, NUBAA

cc: Henry Bienen

Margaret Barr

Charles Payne

Jimmy Sanders

 Souljah from page 1

"a reflection of who you are ." In addition, she As one of few audience members willing to speak additio
encouraged black women to not let themselves be with the press after Souljah's initial decrying of the hemsel
treated as sex objects but stand up and be the "strong media, and herself an African-American, Bates did oe the ,.
women we were created as." Later Souljah stated , not agree with everything Souljah said . She ouljah
that there cannot be "black power with black continues, "1 also think, contrary to her [Souljah 's] r with
immorality." opinion, that association with other cultures is
Education was touted by Souljah as the key to a important to our struggle; for instance, she was • the ke
successful future. Although opposed to the fact that black
stating that the cur rent system and white alli ances were
of education is designed to
"maintain the current
arrangement of white power,"
sh e empowered African­
"

We can't have a
beneficial
they were
struggle,
point in
to the struggle . .. if
not part of the
then
the
she didn't see a
assoc iation . I am
WE
Americ an students by defining
movement without not of that opinion, however ; I
m01l
their responsibilities as to knowing what we're believe that is very pertinent and knov
develop their minds to think and fighting for. crucial to our struggle because I J
analyze independently, to know some white people who . .
establish a community to . would stand up for justice if
depend on later in the business Sister Souljah in her they saw examples of injustice Siste
world, and generally to " get a
plan an accomplish it." speech to NU students. going on ."
Bates' concern illustrates the
)eeC
Reac tions of the audience fact that even though Souljah
were extremely positive , with members seek ing delivered a message based in common sense, the bers s(
guidance and advice in the' roughly hour-long beliefs underlying Souljah's instruction were Iy hou
question and answer period. CAS freshman Rosalyn somewhat radical. Capitalism was presented as a way hman F
Bates comments, "I thought it was very good the to prevent groups (such as African -Americans) from rery go
way she gave us applicable advice, things that we can working for the collective good rather than the gs that
apply to organize ourselves and better combat some individual good, and the current education system, as comba
of the racial issues and discriminations on this already mentioned, was portrayed as a tool design ed :io ns 0
campus." to preserve white domination of blacks.

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SeaIIIe listed best city

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;u making ~e changes in the university schools instead of NU than had in years "Some families, not just African-Ameri­
,
• that need to be made to attract more past., Dixon said. ~ " " ' can families, but white families, too, JlWlUlK - Seattle, where a relax­
~eofAfrfqm- , African-Americans," said Dixon, who . "This years freShman class was se- don't have the extended family to fall ing life is possible despite all that cof­
American stUdents in this
added that drastic changes weren't Iected at a higher admission level than back on if they need help. All of that fee, topped Fortune magazines list of
ever before," Dixon said 'The higher the debt is-scary and it encourages students the 15 best U.S. cities for mixing
year's freshman class is lower
needed. work with family life.
"'Ne arehoping for a level you seleet from, the toenroll in their state university"
than last year.
.larger representation of smaller the applicant Another problem that NU has in at­ Fortune for the first time went be­
African~Americai1.s in ­
pool you are working tracting African-American students is yond evaluatingcities on business Cri
BY HEmlER MACDONAlD next years class,"Said from. While we have a that ­ the university does not offer merit­ teria. With help from the Arthur An
The Dairy North~estem Caroll..unkl::nheimt 'di smaller number of based scholarships, said Ambassadors dersen consulting firm, it examined
Nonhwestem administrators plan to . rector of tmdergrad~te African-American stu­ Treasurer Danielle Robinson. Arnbas­ quality of life issues: criine,school
fmlte a, special task force to increase admissions. "BUt itshard dents, they arebetter ad- .sadors is a For Members Onlysatellite quality, availability of culture, the
l\frican-Arnerii::an-enrolfrnent at the uni­ to predict who is going , mission candidates than group devoted to attracting African­ comforts of the suburbs and their ac­
versity becausl 'o(the' unusually low to accept our offers' of those from years before, American students to NU. cessibility.
black population in this yearS freshman admission." as we had a better pool "Academically gifted African-Amen­ Among things checked were the
class. , There areseveral fac­ overall." can.students are being pulled to schools number of doctors, state and local
, ~ ,QI¥y 4.3 perrent of the NU class of tors that explain NUs A more financial rea­ where they are offered full rides," said taxes, arid the cost of a martini, real
'2000 are African- Americans, down low number of African­ son lies in the unwilling- .' RobIpson, a Medill sophomore. "When estate and movie tickets.
,m 63 percent"one year ago, Associate American students, ness ofmiddle class Iami- .the numbers start declining, itS sad, be­ The list, in the Nov. 1tissue, puts
Prova;t Rebecca Dixon said. Dixon said lies to undertake the large cause the numbers have not been that
. And as hundreds of prospective stu­ Denver second to Seattle, followed by
Because NU was burden of debt that an low since the 70s.",
Philadelphia, Minneapolis and
dents visit the NU campus as part of more selective in its ad­ NU or Ivy League educa­ African-American students will go
Raleigh-Durham, N,C.
their college ~.Qfficials acknowl mission decisions for the lion entails, shesaid where they will get the best education
edge that having ~minority students class of2000, the higher-caliber African ~ "While most of our Students receive andthebest financial aidpackage, Dixon
gmerally makes recruitment difIiculL American students it admitted were some son of financial aid,-some families said. Driverconvided itlatus'deaIh
"We intend on recruiting faced withoffers from other topuniversi­ are unwilling to assume the loans they "The cost of Nonhwestern is in­ CORPUS caasn, Teas - A drunken
African-Americans more heavily and . ties, Dixon said More chose Ivy League -will have to pay back," Dixon said. . hibitive for some people," shesaid. driver got 16 years in prison yesterday
for manslaughter in the death of a
baby who was delivered prematurely
afteran auto accident.

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iVANSTONFORUM -- I '! Frank Flores Cuellar, 50, had
faced up to 20 years in prison: in the
.death of Krystal Zuniga, who was de­
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cent. '1 cent, That figure was reached in for the prestige and lesser-known but I wasn't Jewish, then it was
1975 b
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1975 but has steadily declined.
Though the success of NU's
universities for the dazzling finan ­ the gays, but I wasn 't gay, then
cial packages they offer.
footba
spawni CIa unease an~~ti_gay graffiti had appeared
football team is widely seen as
spawning a 20 percent increase in
the blacks, but I wasn 't
But some of NU's African-Amer­ black .. .''' she said , her voice
ican students say there is another trailing off. " I hope people on

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overall , I three weeks earlier, and Sanders overall applications to the univer­ factor. campus are starting to realize it's

1 S campus:
sity, th said the words "Kill All the Jews" sity, the figures for African-Amer­ "I run into a ·Iot of ignorance," about all of us ."
ican were scrawled op a .dorm as well. ican students have not been said NU student Carolyn Strong, Optimistic NU officials and stu­
booste So far, no culprit, either on or off boosted. 19. "A lot of people here have had dents describe university Prest­
Only I campus, has been caught, univer­ Only 4.2 percent of the freshmen very little, if any, contact with dent Henry S. Bienen, who took
who c , sity officials said. . who chose to attend NU this year minorities. A girl asked me if I over as president in January 1995,
'are Af . "This was shocking to white are African-American-a total of could teach her to speak jive." as "a true believer" in the idea of
82-·co I students because it was so overt, 82- ·compared with 6 percent a Within days of the appearance creating a more diverse faculty
year a 1but it was no surprise to black year ago. Last year, 6.5 percent of of the racist graffiti, the black stu­ and student body.
the en orthwestern University offic.ials h~ve students,"Sanderssaid."Northwest­ the entire undergraduate student dent alliance sponsored a multira­
body, getting a powerful and disturbing ern is a white supremacist institu­ body, or 487 students, were cial forum, where for several He appointed the task force of
Africa age from without and within this fall: tion, and that has a ripple effect. African-American. hours students grilled administra­ faculty , students and administra­
Asso ieful, bigoted epithets painted on a boul- , If racism is thriving, who wants Associate Provost Eugene Lowe, tors and demanded that the uni­ tors charged with finding out why
chair in the center of campus came at a time to come here?" chairman of the university's new versity abide by the 10 percent students are saying no to NU. He
task fOI 1m minority enrollment figures were : In the late 1960s, NU officials task force, suggests that NU loses promise of the 1960s. personally participates in the
black meting. I_vowed to get and keep African- black students in two ways. Stu- "People at NU aren 't used to recruiting of minority faculty, and
t it may be the best thing to happen to ; mobilizing," said Mike Sweiven, he has launched an all-campus
since a certain coach came to townt 23, a graduate student in history. public relations blitz through
decided to 'stay awhile). "But a lot of things are converg­ speeches, open meetings and state­
e unease on campus surrounding race ing at one time." ments printed in the Daily North­
ions has sparked a top-down and sur­ A handful of students showed western newspaper. I

ingly frank self-examination on NU's up to a' word-of-mouth meeting on . "The true values of Northwest­
rts to attract m inor itjes and on the race relations recently. ern are not the values that some­
I climate at the university. "Maybe instead of all these 'this­ body scrawls on a rock of hate
officials and students are talking is-what-racism-is' forums, we and cowardice.. . . That doesn't
ly non-stop about tolerance these should try attending each other's characterize Northwestern,"
-from an anti-bigotry march and rally cultural events," suggested Hadar Bienen said at a university-spon­
.sored by the university administration Dafny, 20. sored rally this month.
;FJontaneous discussions occurring "I'm Jewish, and would love to
ng students who might not have met "I think the real point is that
go to one of your shows," she said
wise. we want to speak out . .. and tell
to Amanu Nwaomah, 19, an
this has coincided with the first meet­ the community that Northwestern
African-American sophomore.
of a new administration task force to has no tolerance for intolerance
"You should come to our wel­ or bigotry in any way," he said.
re why African-American enrollment coming ritual," Nwaomah said.
eshmen this fall dropped 30 percent "Why don't we all give each other Sanders, who heads the black
why Hispanic enrollment hovers stub­ an open invitation to our separate student alliance, said he is still
ly around 3 percent. events?" hopeful.
ny students see compelling reasons for Then Maryarn Ahranjani, 20, "I think this university can
ewed commitment to diversity. explained about the Islam Aware­ change," he said. "The people in
rlier this month, "The Rock"-a huge ness events going on all over cam­ charge just have to want it to."
:1er in the middle of campus that for P.lJ~: The graffiti attacking minor­ ,
es has been used asa monument for jfygroups reminded her of a Free-lance reporter Brian Cox
ns-was painted with "Die Negroes" .. " I poemr she said. coruribuukt tQ.: this article.
the word "Black" circled with a slash ' . ', . . . ._' \ -,-~ .".. - -r-r-:
gh it, said Jimmie Sanders, 21, an NU
r and coordinator of For Members
• the African:A.te~rican student . ~r t­
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 The Daily Northwestern

PEmlONS . "I felt that the.SAFB

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Bu: l1rc::ml:::llions such as the Jewish srudcru • recommendations \\( ,d,
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punished success," Kagan said. From page 1
Lcap lc t)f !3'n;\I B'rirh sa)' that jeffries I ~ adv ocai­ SAF£3s Si lit
Ing more thnnjus: Alri can- Amrrx an history The
two g rtlUpS sa , that his view s support ani i­ A/so in the new guidelines IS a S 181 ,500 i otai , It:~l \ing alm ost
Scrniusrn paragraph stalin g that gr,)ups with S200 ,00 0 Ior ot hcr grour,; .md ma) hun t)L
"Accord ing ro rhe thlllgs I've seen and read, he strong records of successful pmgralll­ events. we will get f
is nOI an anti-Semite," said Sea)', an Educai ion se­ ming do not have 10 submit specific Events like :\& 0 B'lll, Take B;1Ck events lik C
ruor. "lrn hoping that (Hillel) will come 1L' hear names o f the ;\ ight, our main
him speak '; 0 that they can sec for themselves." po ssi b l c Black Historv now
Sanders said FMO will spon sor a discussion s p ea k c rs "Although(the recommittal Month , and O ther g
with Jeffries at 4 p.m Saturday at the Black or en te r­ proposal) may hurt our smaller Asian-Amen­ new guidel l
House for faculty and stud ents who have ex­ tainers in can Heritage the referend
pressed concern over the speakers views. their peri­ events, we wiJI get funding Month fall much,
Hillel leaders said they plan to attend neither. tions. for bigger events." iruo this care­ Northwe:
the lecture nor the discussion. "I felt gar>', Kagan Network co­
"We are absolutely uncommitt ed to dialogue," that the Am i Desai, said. Vivu, a CAS s
said Rabbi Michael Balinsky "We are not inter­ SAFB rec- Indian Student Association president Revised he was won
­ ested in talking to Leonard jt:ffries. Thais a waste o m m c n ­ spring fund­ would be j
of time " d a t i o n s
ing recom­ guidelines be
Sanders said those who choose not to attend punished success," said Kagan, a CAS
mendations must be posted by SAFB not progran
the discussion should not cnuc ize jeflries' poli­ junior "I felt we should reward suc­
no later than May 13, according to events.
tics cess,"
the instructions. "But we su
"They're a bunch of hypocrites," Sanders said. One controversial
­ aspect of the in­ Groups supporting Kagan's rno segmentof car
"We invited student leaders to come, and they structions states that events or series lion hoped for more funding in volved in our s
turned down the invitation. What this tells me is of events that drew more than 400 SAFBs second attempt. But Kagan
that they're afraid of the truth." students in attendance during the "Personall y, we support the would actual!
. Also at the conference, behavioral psycholo­ 1995-96 school year would aurornau­ recommittal proposal, " Indian Stu­ under his pro
, gist Dr. Patricia Newton will deliver the lecture cally receive at least as much funding dent Association President and CAS old recornmeru
"The Holocaust Continues: Survival for the Next for 1996-97. Kagan said that events sophomore Ami Desai said, "I think it "NVN has ~
Millennium" at 7 p.m. today in Hams 107. falling unde r this category would will help us get more money than the ticipation rate,"
"She talks about the psychological view of try­ probably .cost no more than old recommendations, Although it munications Re
ing to win back the minds and souls of the black
people," Sanders said.
A historical view of the African Holocaust will
De presented by author, historian and activist
Lasana Cazembe in a lecture entitled "Exposing
the Mystery of Hidden History" on Saturday at 1
p.m. in the University Library Vid eo Forum
Room.
"He speaks abou t exposing white supremacy
and showing that we had a history prior w com­
ing to this continent ," Sanders said.
In another response to the conference, the
students organizing Awareness and Healing Week NORTH W ESTERN UNIVERSIT Y
wi]! hold a coffeehouse on Sunday that will serve
as a forum for students to discuss their reactions
to jeflries' lecture.
"We want people to com e sit down face-to­ JEWISH STUDIES PR04
face and discuss it, instead of hashing it out in
rude letters in The Daily," said CAS junior Becky co-host
Levin. a coordina tor of Awareness and Healing
Week. The group also organized faculty speakers
ALICE BERLINE KAPLAN CENTER FO
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and multicultural advocates who gave lectures
throughout the week.
But Sanders said that the timeliness of the
event shows that it was spurred by jcffrics Ice­
i ure. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN TI
"Its not sincere," Sanders said. "Its in reaction
to Leonard jeffrie s. someth ing thai they don't CONFLICTS OF CULTURE ANI:
want 10 hear."
In rcsponse to the cont rovcrsy surrounding
the lecture, <111 of FMOs publicity for the event, MAY 5-7, 1996
lIleluding teasers an d posters, have been torn
clown Sunday , M ay 5

"There is absolutely no publicity now besides Session I (2 : 15 - 5:45 p. m .) Hill , l Od l lurrts 11,111

at the Black House and on the FMO iisiscrv,"

Sanders said.
Despite thiS, Sanders 5.'1id he expects <1 packed THE REFORMATION AND 1
house of 250 at jeffnes' lecture in Harris Hall Sat­ R. Po- Chia H sl a Larry S ilver
urduy cVCIllllg New York to:.. a

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 Souljah from page 1

"a reflection of who you are ." In addition, she As one of few audience members willing to speak additio
encouraged black women to not let themselves be with the press after Souljah's initial decrying of the hemsel
treated as sex objects but stand up and be the "strong media, and herself an African-American, Bates did oe the ,.
women we were created as." Later Souljah stated , not agree with everything Souljah said . She ouljah
that there cannot be "black power with black continues, "1 also think, contrary to her [Souljah 's] r with
immorality." opinion, that association with other cultures is
Education was touted by Souljah as the key to a important to our struggle; for instance, she was • the ke
successful future. Although opposed to the fact that black
stating that the cur rent system and white alli ances were
of education is designed to
"maintain the current
arrangement of white power,"
sh e empowered African­
"

We can't have a
beneficial
they were
struggle,
point in
to the struggle . .. if
not part of the
then
the
she didn't see a
assoc iation . I am
WE
Americ an students by defining
movement without not of that opinion, however ; I
m01l
their responsibilities as to knowing what we're believe that is very pertinent and knov
develop their minds to think and fighting for. crucial to our struggle because I J
analyze independently, to know some white people who . .
establish a community to . would stand up for justice if
depend on later in the business Sister Souljah in her they saw examples of injustice Siste
world, and generally to " get a
plan an accomplish it." speech to NU students. going on ."
Bates' concern illustrates the
)eeC
Reac tions of the audience fact that even though Souljah
were extremely positive , with members seek ing delivered a message based in common sense, the bers s(
guidance and advice in the' roughly hour-long beliefs underlying Souljah's instruction were Iy hou
question and answer period. CAS freshman Rosalyn somewhat radical. Capitalism was presented as a way hman F
Bates comments, "I thought it was very good the to prevent groups (such as African -Americans) from rery go
way she gave us applicable advice, things that we can working for the collective good rather than the gs that
apply to organize ourselves and better combat some individual good, and the current education system, as comba
of the racial issues and discriminations on this already mentioned, was portrayed as a tool design ed :io ns 0
campus." to preserve white domination of blacks.

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P(1 PORUM

itie
Students need to wake up to realities oftuition increases BRIAN
BtrDZICZ

,TZ eniors, I've got bad news: We just slept JONATHAN KATZ
tration has pointed out how our rapidly inflating

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tuitio, S ,
through $15,963.
It was easy to do. Every winter, as
midterms are piling on thicker than
downtown Evanston sludge, weve slept
through the same boring announcement: " Next
Do you know why your tuition
went up $15,963?
bill compares to those at other schools. The para­
graph goes like this:
"NO's total costs continue to be below the av­
erage for major private research universities.
Among a group of (x) similar institutions that in­
Time for tough
talk on the war
year's tuition will be 4-point-whatever percent clude (names of schools), NU's total costs are
on terrorism
M
higher than this year's. Thank you for choosing (blank) less than the average costs of those other
ed next. Northwestern:' And each time, we were think­ nothing compared to what happened next. institutions:'
ent incre ing, "Isn't tuition like already a million dollars Those boring 4.9, 4.9 and 4.8 percent increases Sounds good, but our space below that float­
-ig 15.3 P or something? What's 4.9 percent of a million? since 1999 compounded into one big 15.3 per­ ing average keeps shrinking. In 1998, we were y study abroad experi- .
tuition is Oh yeah, who cares?" And we went back to cent increase. All in all, this year's tuition is, $3,500 under. In 2000, it w,as down to $1,000. ence is limited to a half-
n we sleep. 34.9 percent higher than the tuition we And now? $600. hour visit to the Canadian
pplied. ~ So for those of you who never woke up, and thought we'd be paying when we applied. Next But don't worry about hitting the mean any­ side of Niagara Falls, so
hose 199 those of you who missed it, here's a quick recap year's is 42.1 percent higher than those 1997-98 time soon: Your friends at those peer institutions it's easy for me to feel unqualified to an­
of the fleecing of '02 . It's worth reading, even if rates . may be getting drained just as quickly. alyze international stories such as the
ofl997-~ you hate seniors, because it's also happening to Or look at it this way. Four years of 1997-98 Maybe there's a reason we were billed war on terrorism.
2002 dol everyone else right now: tuition would have been $84,531 ,in 2002 dollars. $15,963 above inflation over four years. Maybe For most of the quarter, I left the
. The diff When the members of my class were but But my class actually paid $100,494. The differ­ financial aid has kept pace for those who qualify. complex stories to professional colum­
wee accepted students pledging to attend NU ence? Youguessed it: $15,963. Maybe we're reaping the benefits of soaring op­ nists at top newspapers such as The
back in the winter and spring of 1997-98, under­ Still sleepy? erating costs. Maybe the bursar knows best, and New York Times . A high-level political
on to the graduate tuition was $19,152. That's $6,074 less That's three years of in-state tuition to the who are we lowly students to question the judg­ squabble last week reversed my outlook.
\nd that': in 2002 dollars than next year's tuition when University of Illinois. Or a nice car. And that 's ment for which we pay so much? So, so, so, so Marking a subtle but significant de­
_ _ """",,--_ vnll "rlill0t fnr in£l"tiCln ~V\Ih"t_V('lI1 rli·rl,.,'t Ir",,,,,, "nl" th/". rliffprpn cB_ "'..."oh _.-...~ . c .«. "

a' 'Out 'da Box' wins audiences with cleaner humor

illed Afri More than 350 turn out for African­

culture to everyday life filled African-American view of culture, including a talk show spoof in embarrassing stink.
ual Out Theater Ensemble's annual Out 'da Box show, which people confronted childhood tormentors. "Yeah, I'm starting to smell it," said Speech
eople to American Theater Ensemble's show
which drew about 350 people to three perfor­ "You used to throw me dog treats and some­ sophomore Elise Jones, playing the gynecolo­
Friday mances on Thursday and Friday nights. times I would eat them, but I am too cute for gist "I think I know what you can do: Get the
they de Cast members said they decided to tone you now;' said co-director Fatimah Simmons, a hell out of my office! You need to burn that
ial sexu By RANI GUPTA , down the show's traditional sexual humor. Speech junior, in the skit . thing off and start again!"
had on The Daily Northwestern "Th is year the show had one or two skits In 'WE's lineup;' a Warner Bros. executive In the skit "BiGot's Ice Cream Shoppe,"
hat had Rapper-turned-preacher M.C. Hammer that were raunchy, or that had humor to do proposed outrageous shows to draw black audi­ store employees offended customers with their
wanted made an appearance in Shanley Pavilion this with race or sex, but we wanted to steer away ences, including a sitcom featuring 'Snoop dual names for all orders, dubbing rainbow
is offen weekend. from that because it was offensive;' said Ed Doggy Dogg and "BET Boornshake " sherbet a "gay pride parade" and rose-petal ice
or and Audiences bellowed with laughter as Ham­ Brown, a Weinberg senior and three-time cast "It's goin g to be an hour of black women cream "lesbians:'
y show mer - played by Speech senior Kristian Aloma member. "It is a comedy show and there are shaking what their mommas gave them;' said Participants said the cast was especially
t't want t. - tried to swindle money from his congrega­ certain things people don't want to hear about:' Aloma, the show's other co-director. close this year.
the com tion, who avoided handing over their donations The sexual nature of the comedy revue led Although tamer than in previous years, the "We didn't enjoy the show as much last year
Box in by singing and dancing to a version of "U Can't AATE to cancel Out 'da Box in 1994, only to show sometimes strayed from clean humor. In because there was tension;' Brown said. "This
Touch This:' bring it back in 1999. an advertisement for "Rydagain," a woman year the directors were a lot more open. It was
 8 I 11IE DAILY NORTHWESrEBN I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,2001 '

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~u~ Firing ofBlack House assistant draws criticism

senior a Students call for better contact with said Akili Lee, a Weinberg senior and former pushed our passion about other things:' Cooke said Askew was selected for the ­posi­
FMO technical director. Improving communication, Berry said, is tion because of his experience at NU. In addi­
e of the 0 administrators, more hiring input "He wasa major backbone of the community; the first step toward improved relations with tion to leading the advocacy program, Askew
ientor fo Berry said "He served as a mentor fur a lot of us, administrators. has taught in the sociology and African-Ameri­
aleson cs especially a lot of the black males on campus:' "I definitely think the new FMO board will can studies departments.
ere upse BYRANI GUPTA Students said they also were upset about the serve as boundary spanners, relating to student Cooke informed the FMO executive board
s fired. The Daily Narthwestern manner in which Wilson wasfired. concerns while taking the administrations posi­ of the appointment in a July 25 e-mail.
~ooke, C The firing of a popular administrator in the Wilson said Carretta Cooke, director of tions into deep consideration; she said . "Basic "I understand that this has been an unset­
affairs, tc African American Student Affairs office over the African-American student affairs, told him he communication will help us as far as issues like tling experience for many of you, but we need
were in summer has raised concerns about the relation­ was fired because students were in his office, this. Once communication is put into place , it to look to how we continue to build the black
was store ship between student's and university officials. where confidential material was stored. But Wil­ will trickle down into other things:' community;' Cooke said in the e-mail.
unjustifie -Derek Wilson , assistant director of African son said that reasoning was "unjustified" because Students said they want more input in Berry said she is interested to see how stu­
andheh American Student Affairs, was fired July 2 after .his office did not have a lock and he had asked to African-American student affairs to prevent dents will react to Askew's appointment
ihaveon three year s at Northwestern. His positi on has be moved to an officethat did have one. similar situations . Askew was hired within "Through my interaction with Derek and
[lent abo been filled temporarily by Multicultural Advo­ Cooke declined to comment about Wilsons weeks of Wilson's firing with no student in­ Curtis, they seem so different," Berry said. "I'm
policy no cacy Coordinator Curtis Askew, departure, citing university policy not to discuss volvement sought. interested to see if Curtis will be embraced by
Students said they were upset th at they personnel matters. Cooke said she and Vice President for Stu­ the rest of the community." Berry said she
s are tryi learned of Wilson's firing not from administra­ Berry said some students are trying to learn dent Affairs William Banis collaborated on the thinks Askew and Cooke win work well to ­
re atternj tors but from word of mouth started by stu­ why Wilson was fired and are attempting to get hiring, making the decision according to uni­ gether, which could have mixed effects.
Ire also I dents on campus. him rehired. But students are also looking be­ versity policy and therefore not consulting stu­ "It's good for people in positions that are
ldress rel "Of course students were upset when Derek yond the Wilson firing to address related issues dents about the appointment. close to work well together;' Berry said. "But I
was fired, but it really came as a slap in face in the Black House , Askew will serve as interim assistant director do think it's good to have a person like Derek in
on has 0 when we heard over e-rnai] or from word of "We feel like the situation has opened our for one year while NU officials search for a penna­ the position to bring diverse thoughts to the
owmucl mouth;' said Tiffany Berry, For Members Only eyes and helped us realize how much power we nent replacement Cooke said the search will start table. It's good to have people with different vi­
The sitr coordinator and a Weinberg junior. do n't ha ve;' Berry said . "The situation just in late fall and involvestudents , including students sions to come together so they can challenge
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Octo b ~r 2007 Complimentary

CEDA FINISHES DOBSON PROJECT

This llJIFactive six unit building at 736

- 738 DoIHJtnt $lntllt Tuzs been completely
renovated aladopened/ or occupancy.
ent of
gah Pentecostal Faith; Bethany Baptist:
, "Our
ts' . H First Church of God Christian Life en ­
CEDA Executive Director, Keith Banks, discusse the teqniremetus f or ownership of a
. co "W" . te r; St. Andrews Epi$copa\ Chu(c't):, a.",d
lfforo­ of the condominium a oCi atj o·n"an~d~th~e@8--"",~~"'IIII]!~·~····"·······III.""""''i
ment of the 27 unit affordable housing The supporting congreg ations provid­
[1 need
layout of the dwelling units. Persons project on Church and Darrow . The or­ ed technical assistance and funds . The
ousing
who ere interested in apply ing were ganiz ation consists of seven churches, fo ur supporting partners are Reba Place
group
given applications or told to call K eith Rev. Lane, Fish r Memorial AME Zion; Ch urch, First Presbyterian Church, E rst
vork."
Banks or Assistant Director, John Barn­ Bishop W.D.C. Williams, Williams Me­ United Methodist Church and St. Mary 's
Banks,
er Williams at 8471708-4128. morial; Elder Clifford Wilson, Mt. Pis- , Catholic Church.
-lilton,
CEDA was organized in 2003 . It de­
ned to
~omm~ni~Qif;e

.
veloped and sold a townhou at J7l7B
arious
McDaniel Avenue. t he Cit~ Council
them,
1'ather arbitrarily blocked ttle d vet p­ Good en is he mmunity attended, act finding,
ru
Sills. ] live at 2232 Lincolnwood strategy seeking, and mission driven
drive. lama .graduate of ETHS and efforts have been initiated over the
ional Ne~sbrie-rs both of my children attended Lincol­ years, meant to discover and answer
School Board is seek ing qualified candidates nwood, Haven, and ETHS. Welcome the needs of a diverse cross section
urict 65 School Board secretary received written to the table new Board members. of Evanston's students. For naught.
from Sharon Sheehan that she resigns her posi­ Instead we continue to second gu ss,
Let's see.:.what Superintendent bury, and overlook. The real reason
')5 Board of Education. School Board President,
ieehan was a dedicated board member, diligent
candidate would like to apply for a we are unable to achieve a success­
community and demonstrating professionalism
job in District 65. Qualified candi­ ful, equitable educational system for
have always valued her analytical ability, and it dates would be wary indeed. School our students in Evanston/Skokie lies
has decided to resign at this time." Boards elected to divide and conquer. in the "Not In Our Backyard men­
Accountability seen as a game with tality.
~d candidates to fiJI this vacancy on the Board I which to intimidate and belittle, not
,. tn ~l'hipup ::Ino cplphr::ltp The chil­ Tn 1QQQ we did have a District 65
EVANSTON SENTINEL
This Needs Sa)Tin'!
On Thursday, October 18th at
7:00PM Dino Robinson, publisher
of Shorefront, is going to make a
presentation of Foster School at the
Evanston History Center. Foster
School was the place where more
than 90% of the Black children in
Evanston received their education
until 1967. In that year it became the
first. magnet school in District 65,
the Martin Luther King Laboratory
School. This story is about racism
.and social injustice in our town.
On September 24, 2007 the District
65 Community Consolidated School
Board voted to extend the contract of
the superintendent, Dr. Hardy Mur­
phy, who was first appointed in 1999,
until the year 2012. At about the same
time the District 202 Board of Edu­
cation voted to extend their superin­
tendent, Dr. Eric Witherspoon, who
was first appo inted in 2006 for four
years. There many white parents that
voiced their objections to the exten­
sion of the contract for Dr. Murphy
although he has had a balanced bud­
get for all of the years he has served.
He has met the educational require­
ments of the State of Illinois and the
federal No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLB). There were no white par­
ents voicing their objections to Dr.
Witherspoon receiving an extension
of his contract. This was in spite of
the fact that the budget was balanced
for the first time in seven years and
ETHS has been placed on "academic
watch" by the State of Illinois. Dr.
Murphy is of African descent; Dr.
su~cide bom.ber under Saddam J:I.us-
sein , The. VIOlence between S?utes
an~ Sunnis was almost non-existent
un~d 2004. These exan:ples are not
quite parallel to ?ur SOCIety. Howev-
er, we must realize that the hurt and
resentment runs deep .among Black
peo~l~ fo~ ' the centuries of slavery
and mjustice.
The social conditions that cause
these problems can and must be im-
proved. Jen Six will become a ral-
lying cry for those whose only goal
is vengeance. Those among us who
believe in social justice must under-
stand the symbol of Foster School;
work to change the attitudes in Evan-
ston that oppose Dr. Murphy just be-
cause he a Black man and finally, we
must find our children and remove
the walls of alienation and isolation
among them.
. .
. It IS a complex and challenging
task. In 1903 Dr. W.E. B. DuBois
said, "The problem of the twentieth
century is the problem of the 'color
line, - the relation of the darker to
the lighter races of men in Asia and
Africa, in America and the islands
of the sea." It is still the problem of
the twenty-first century. It is still our
problem to solve.
Thi d .,
IS nee s saym
AKA IVY PEARL FOUNDATION, SETS SAI'L
TO RAISE MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.
Community Voice... .
Continued from page 1
caused th~m to vote yes, this is the
one to hire, in unison, together, in
harmony. It was through this com­
plete agreement that we have Dr.
Murphy in place as Superintendent.
His qualifications, fine track record
of achievements, and long range vi­
sion are the necessary Leadership
skills that our school district needs.
.Isn't it ironic that ~e now stand
poised as a co~umty .to negate
what has been built; the infrastruc­
~ure to en~o~rag~ and ,~upport learn­
ing, the big picture understand­
ing necessa:Y to guide our stu~ents
t~~ards bemg . ¥ood and q~ahfied
citizens, the ability to set penmeters
in order to comply ~ith Fede~al and
State . law, the fiduciary oversight to
continue operations, the strength of
conviction and belief system to go
the distance.
Would our community not be better
served to have a school board whose
dedication was to our students. The
opportunity is available now. I quote
a long serving member of our com-
munity in saying "We do not have 5
years to wait!"
" .
Instead of infighting, consider
these directions as you set goals:
Work hand in hand with the Dis­
trict 202 to implement a joint district
October 2007 Page 3
6th -8th grade program in the middle
schools to heighten the success of
students as they matriculate to the
high school
Abandon your private wars with
the administration and work towards
making a brighter future happen for
our students
Strengthen community confidence
in our school system by acting as a
united front against racism and priv­
ilege
Impeding the forward movement
of this school district does nothing to
help our students. Instead this board
becomes a negative not positive
Public Service instrument, a situa­
tion which the community of Evan ­
ston/Skokie does not deserve.
I urge you to heed themany efforts
made before your tenure. Support,
encourage and utilize the treasure
of this administration as it strives to '
work on behalf of our community. .
And a final word of warning to\
constituents:
Be careful Evanston, you may find
yourselves School Board micro­
managed and asking how did we get
here?
Anne Sills

 For Members Only (FMO)

Upperclassman Membership Questionaire

Return to: formembersonly@gmail.com

1. . was your favorite FMO event in the 2006-07 School Year? (circle one):
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The Black Family Reunion

FMO Fall Speaker: Bell Hooks, Feminist Author
MO Winter Speaker: Susan Taylor, Essence Magazine Editor
MO Fall General Meeting: Dialogue on

Discussion on the Politics of Black Comedy

he Dave Chapelle Show
o Spring General Meeting: "FMO Is Racist?"

2. What made this event better than the other events you atten d ed?
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3. If you could add one program to the FMO calendar this year, what would it be?

4. As a member, do you feel as though For Members Only values you? If not, why?
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5. Do you feel as though general members (as opposed to executive board members)
have adequate opportunity to contribute their input and help plan events? If not,

3. If vou could add one nrooram to the FMO calendar this vear. what would it he?
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What programs/ initiatives would like to see FMO do this year?

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