Page 2 |
Previous | 2 of 6 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
2-The Point News/November 13, 1986V iews Across Campus contributed by Dennis James One week ago, five student Leaders including myself had the priviledge as serving as delegates from St. Mary's College in the 1986 East Coast Regional Conference of the National Association of Campus Activities held in Lancaster Pennsylvania, November 2-5. N.A.C.A. initially known as Block Booking is a 24 year old organization. The purpose of the organiza- 'tion and conference is to bring student leaders together from different colleges and walks of life while at the s a m e 1 time enabling them to program campus activities at a economical price. Also, the purpose of St. Mary's College sending representatives was to screen films, lectures, comedians, as well as to speak to agents on a one on one basis co n cerning possible programming. The three major components of the conference were showcases which included every kind of entertainment one could possibly think of, from comedians to internationally acclaimed pop h a r pists. Secondly, exhibit halls in which agents had the opportunity to display their performances on video cassette recorders or perhaps to astonish people through the use of hypnosis and E.S.P. Finally, the most important part of the conference was the educational session covered over 66 areas that led towards successful programming. Such areas ranged from legal issues in the areas of film and video, being an effective leader, to multiculturalism on a predominantly white campus. I personally believe that the most effective part of the conference was the eduational session. One can not effectiviely program any function wiithout having some kind of knowledge of what he/she is doing. Thus, the educational session prepared delegates to program performances that would be to the enjoyment of a diverse student body and at the same time educational. Having not so long ago departed from the four day conference, I was delighted in all the proaramminq knowledge I had acquired in such a short time. But to my discontent, some of the programming knowledge brought up a lot of "Racial Tension." It was not unusual for one to walk into a showcase and hear persons routinely assaulting Jewish, Black, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other minority groups with racist jok e s . St. Mary's College has had its share of controversial performances that have brought about unwarranted attitudes and behaviors. Many of the delegates attending the conference found derogatory jokes against minority ethnic groups to be "ludicrous," however, one could still hear laughter. But as a student representative of St. Mary's College and as a Black American, with morals and a virtuous conscience, I found that many of the performers would be highly offensive to the student body. Intraconflict of ethnic groups is minimal at St. Mary's College compared with other schools in New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. I had the opportunity to talk to various student leaders in educational sessions at N.A.C.A. concerning racial tension on their campus. To my surprise a great deal of the iracial tension was brought up on their campus after they permitted imbeciles to perform on their campus. St. Mary's College has had its share of controversial performances by professionals and students that have brought about unwarranted attitudes and behaviors. As a precaution, I believe the c o l l e g e s 'original intent for sending students to N.A.C.A was not just for Block Booking, but also to screen acts and showcases that would not be a c c e ptable or tolerable at schools with a clear humane conscience, and morals that are held in high esteem. Therefore, it would be a very unwise decision to have any negotiations with practicing racists. The purpose of this letter is to form a coalition of student senators, presidents of organizations, faculty, staff, and the general student body to simply stop playing the "Unracist Role" and sincerely make efforts to routinely confront racism. We as a coalition of moral leaders can alleviate the bitter tension of racism. If we do not routinely confront racists as they perform and interact within our college community, we aret perpetuating the negative stereotypes of minority ethnic races and c u l t u r e s . If we permit the overt racism that was displayed at N.A.C.A. into our schools, we are in a sense moving towards a segregated rather than an integraded institution. Therefore, I strongly urge the senators of the SGA to become more involved in the programming of the activities of various interest groups present b e fore the programs board. What this campus doesn't need is a grop of complacent senators. With student apathy as high as it is, someone must stand against outside forces- such as performers that can be regulated. So, in my appeal for a better m u l t i cultural institution over the next several years, I humbly ask for your help in dealing with the racial a t m o sphere at St. Mary's College. Interaction, programs, and attitudes are changing rapidly for the good at St. Mary's College. Perhaps part of this is do to the institution of the Task Force on Ethnic and Racial Diversity that has been reconstituted by President Lewis. I strongly urge any SMC student to become involved on issues that are currently confronting the college. Dr. GILKEY, from cover expert testimony for over six hours and the plaintiffs won their case: the court ruled the law unconstitutional. Gilkey noted that a similar case from Louisiana will be heard in the United States Supreme Court in the near future. After giving the facts of the case, Gilkey beqan some philosophical reflections that were intriguing. Statements like, "science would be detrimental w ithout the human matrix," "any established religion is a particular religion," and "God cannot be finite and be God" that raise and attempt to answer questions familiar to any phi l o sopher. Gilkey After a brief question and answer period, a reception in the reconstructed Statehouse was held. Gilkey was the eighth speaker in the annual Father Andrew White lecture series which brings d istinguished speakers to St. Mary's College campus. Other Father Andrew White lecturers include: Theodore Lowi, a renowned political scientist, Paul Nitze, arms control negotiator for the Reaqan administration, and Charles Curran, the controversial theoloqian from Catholic University. This year's lecture was funded by the St. Mary's Colleqe Lecture and Fine Arts Committee. HANDICAP, from page 1 along the walls redesigned stalls. Other buildings on campus are also being brought within the necessary standards. Kent Hall is almost done, with the bathrooms being the only detail not completed. Baltimore Hall will be receiving a ramp and is now $160 3 days of skiing January 5-9 in the midst of having its bathrooms rebuilt. The finishing touches are due for the the ramp to upper Charles and a cut has been made from the reserved parking spaces to the sidewalk. By the beginning of fall semester next year, St. Mary's will be fully accessible to all studenhs- CONTACT: Wes Amos, Doug Wantling, or John Webster Handicap Access and MONT ORFORD, CANADA SKI TRIP ***************************
Object Description
Title | Point News, 1986 November 13 |
Date | 1986-11-13 |
Year | 1986 |
Masthead | Point News |
Geographic Coverage | United States -- Maryland -- Saint Marys City |
Subject | St. Mary's College of Maryland - Newspapers |
Type | Text |
Technical Metadata | Digitized at 400 dpi true optical resolution / 256-color grayscale to uncompressed TIFF master files using i2S CopiBook HD 600. Searchable PDF derivatives shown here are downscaled to 150 dpi / Medium quality. |
Repository | St. Mary's College of Maryland Archives ( http://www.smcm.edu/archives/ ) |
Rights | St. Mary's College of Maryland retains all rights to the digital images presented on this website. The SMCM Archives website is intended for educational and research purposes only. |
Date Digital | 2012-05-18 |
Digitized by | Creekside Digital |
File Name | 1986-11-13.pdf |
Description
Title | Page 2 |
FullText | 2-The Point News/November 13, 1986V iews Across Campus contributed by Dennis James One week ago, five student Leaders including myself had the priviledge as serving as delegates from St. Mary's College in the 1986 East Coast Regional Conference of the National Association of Campus Activities held in Lancaster Pennsylvania, November 2-5. N.A.C.A. initially known as Block Booking is a 24 year old organization. The purpose of the organiza- 'tion and conference is to bring student leaders together from different colleges and walks of life while at the s a m e 1 time enabling them to program campus activities at a economical price. Also, the purpose of St. Mary's College sending representatives was to screen films, lectures, comedians, as well as to speak to agents on a one on one basis co n cerning possible programming. The three major components of the conference were showcases which included every kind of entertainment one could possibly think of, from comedians to internationally acclaimed pop h a r pists. Secondly, exhibit halls in which agents had the opportunity to display their performances on video cassette recorders or perhaps to astonish people through the use of hypnosis and E.S.P. Finally, the most important part of the conference was the educational session covered over 66 areas that led towards successful programming. Such areas ranged from legal issues in the areas of film and video, being an effective leader, to multiculturalism on a predominantly white campus. I personally believe that the most effective part of the conference was the eduational session. One can not effectiviely program any function wiithout having some kind of knowledge of what he/she is doing. Thus, the educational session prepared delegates to program performances that would be to the enjoyment of a diverse student body and at the same time educational. Having not so long ago departed from the four day conference, I was delighted in all the proaramminq knowledge I had acquired in such a short time. But to my discontent, some of the programming knowledge brought up a lot of "Racial Tension." It was not unusual for one to walk into a showcase and hear persons routinely assaulting Jewish, Black, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other minority groups with racist jok e s . St. Mary's College has had its share of controversial performances that have brought about unwarranted attitudes and behaviors. Many of the delegates attending the conference found derogatory jokes against minority ethnic groups to be "ludicrous," however, one could still hear laughter. But as a student representative of St. Mary's College and as a Black American, with morals and a virtuous conscience, I found that many of the performers would be highly offensive to the student body. Intraconflict of ethnic groups is minimal at St. Mary's College compared with other schools in New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. I had the opportunity to talk to various student leaders in educational sessions at N.A.C.A. concerning racial tension on their campus. To my surprise a great deal of the iracial tension was brought up on their campus after they permitted imbeciles to perform on their campus. St. Mary's College has had its share of controversial performances by professionals and students that have brought about unwarranted attitudes and behaviors. As a precaution, I believe the c o l l e g e s 'original intent for sending students to N.A.C.A was not just for Block Booking, but also to screen acts and showcases that would not be a c c e ptable or tolerable at schools with a clear humane conscience, and morals that are held in high esteem. Therefore, it would be a very unwise decision to have any negotiations with practicing racists. The purpose of this letter is to form a coalition of student senators, presidents of organizations, faculty, staff, and the general student body to simply stop playing the "Unracist Role" and sincerely make efforts to routinely confront racism. We as a coalition of moral leaders can alleviate the bitter tension of racism. If we do not routinely confront racists as they perform and interact within our college community, we aret perpetuating the negative stereotypes of minority ethnic races and c u l t u r e s . If we permit the overt racism that was displayed at N.A.C.A. into our schools, we are in a sense moving towards a segregated rather than an integraded institution. Therefore, I strongly urge the senators of the SGA to become more involved in the programming of the activities of various interest groups present b e fore the programs board. What this campus doesn't need is a grop of complacent senators. With student apathy as high as it is, someone must stand against outside forces- such as performers that can be regulated. So, in my appeal for a better m u l t i cultural institution over the next several years, I humbly ask for your help in dealing with the racial a t m o sphere at St. Mary's College. Interaction, programs, and attitudes are changing rapidly for the good at St. Mary's College. Perhaps part of this is do to the institution of the Task Force on Ethnic and Racial Diversity that has been reconstituted by President Lewis. I strongly urge any SMC student to become involved on issues that are currently confronting the college. Dr. GILKEY, from cover expert testimony for over six hours and the plaintiffs won their case: the court ruled the law unconstitutional. Gilkey noted that a similar case from Louisiana will be heard in the United States Supreme Court in the near future. After giving the facts of the case, Gilkey beqan some philosophical reflections that were intriguing. Statements like, "science would be detrimental w ithout the human matrix," "any established religion is a particular religion," and "God cannot be finite and be God" that raise and attempt to answer questions familiar to any phi l o sopher. Gilkey After a brief question and answer period, a reception in the reconstructed Statehouse was held. Gilkey was the eighth speaker in the annual Father Andrew White lecture series which brings d istinguished speakers to St. Mary's College campus. Other Father Andrew White lecturers include: Theodore Lowi, a renowned political scientist, Paul Nitze, arms control negotiator for the Reaqan administration, and Charles Curran, the controversial theoloqian from Catholic University. This year's lecture was funded by the St. Mary's Colleqe Lecture and Fine Arts Committee. HANDICAP, from page 1 along the walls redesigned stalls. Other buildings on campus are also being brought within the necessary standards. Kent Hall is almost done, with the bathrooms being the only detail not completed. Baltimore Hall will be receiving a ramp and is now $160 3 days of skiing January 5-9 in the midst of having its bathrooms rebuilt. The finishing touches are due for the the ramp to upper Charles and a cut has been made from the reserved parking spaces to the sidewalk. By the beginning of fall semester next year, St. Mary's will be fully accessible to all studenhs- CONTACT: Wes Amos, Doug Wantling, or John Webster Handicap Access and MONT ORFORD, CANADA SKI TRIP *************************** |