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A SUNY STUDENT PUBUCATION-UNIVERSITY AT STONY BROOK Week of May 4, 1986 Vo lXIII No. 5

NO SOLUTION INDUBE CASE

CHANCELLOR REJECTSCOMMITTEE'S DECISIONby Camille NelsonOn May 5, S.U.N.Y. Chancellor Clifton Wharton re-fused to accept a Stony Brook Advisory Committee'srecommendation that Africana Studies Professor ErnestDube be granted tenure. Wharton order a new Chan-cellor's Advisory Committee to be convened because hebelieves the confidentiality of the original Committee'sreport had been compromised.In a letter to Dube, he contends that the C,'mmittee's-final decision was improperly made known to a member'of the press and to the American Association of Univ-ersity Professors. The new Committee, which cannotinclude the three members of the original committee,must once again review Dr. Dube's file and render adec-ision to the chancellor by November 15.Professor Dube has been embroiled in controversysince 1983 when a student in his Politics of Race classtold a visiting Professor from Israel that the UN resol-ution equating Zionism with racism was included incourse material. The Israeli Professor wrongfully acc-used Professor Dube of asserting that Zionism is Racismwhen in fact the UN resolution was merely being dis-cussed and analyzed. Many, including the Jewish comm-unity, went along with the misinterpretation and pub-licly criticized Dube harshly. When the facts werechecked,' Professor Dube was cleared of any wrong doingby a faculty committee that same year.It is widely believed that this episode was the pri-mary reason for Dube being denied tenure last year,Although his tenure was approved by a faculty comm-

ittee and a Personnel Policy Committee, -their'decisionswere overturned by Dean Neville, Provost Neal, andfinally University President John Marburger. ProfessorDube appealed to the S.U.N.Y. Chancellor's office anda three person Appeals Committee was fotmed. Prof.Dube was allowed to choose one member, AFS ProfessorLes Owens, Marburger chose Bio-Chemistry ProfessorElof Carlson and those two members agreed upon BillGodfrey of the Humanities Department as the Comm-itte Chairman.

On March 3, 1986 the three person committeeunanimously approved Dube for tenure and recom-mended such to the Chancellor. He had to reply by May7th. Les Owens insists that there was absolutely no br-each of security during the Committee's deliberations.He couldn't even discuss the matter with members of hisAFS faculty, including Prof. Dube.

The Chancellor was running out of time when re-ceived a letter dated April 28 from the AmericanAssociation of University Professors urging him toaccept the Committee's decision. It is not clear how.the union got a copy of the report but the Chancellorcould not have received the letter more than a few daysbefore his deadline because it was mailed from Wash-ington, D.C. to Albany after the 28th of April.

Les Owens commented that he thought the Chan-cellor was desperately seeking some loophole to null-ify the Committee's decision and opted for the breachof security claim at the last minute. "It's outrageous,

it's a game," he said of the Cnanceilor s ciaim. I esubstance of the report has never even appeared inprint."Professor Dube said that he would consult his lawyeras to the legality of Wharton's claim. "I'm still in lim-bo" said the beleagured Professor.

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NEOPHYTE FEVER: THE REWARDS OF PLEDGINGBy JeffCazeau

When I went over all I could feel was relief and happi-ness. It was a relief that an ordeal had begun 7 weeksand one day earlier was finally over. Pledging is a long,hard and tough experience. It's a mental, physical, andemotional drain and yet when it's over there's no betterfeeling in the world. There's a great sense of accomplish-ment when you've gone over. Yo u have done whatmany attempt to do and fail. What many thought youcouldn't do you've done. An d in your mind you knowwhat you've gone.through and you can't help feelingproud. You've conquered your fears in so many situa-tions and when it seemed you had no more strength togo on you had to find the strength and you realized youwere a lot stronger person than you gave yourself creditfor. That's what many people call neophyte fever. Theyse e the neophyte with his new-found confidence, prideand what many call conceit and that's all they can see.They can't possibly know the reason behind this pride.

What everyone should also see is the sense of love andbrotherhood between brothers in a fraternity. Belongingto an organization that has trust, love and understandingbetween members is what I wanted before I pledged.

After I went over that is exactly what I found in myfraternity. There is no institution, outside of the family,where a love between members exists like the love thatexists between members of a fraternity. I can speak formy brothers and myself and sa y we love each other asmuch as we love our brothers and sisters at home, andthis all comes from pledging. You can't help bu t to atleast like a person if you live with them constantly. Youcan hate a person before you go on line but by the timeyou go over you will at the very least have a mutual re-spect. It can't be helped. You live, eat, play and shareyour life with a person for seven weeks and you'll get toknow them. And knowing a person and what they'reabout is he key to liking them.

In the interest of those who have asked me questionsabout my Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, I'm going to saya little something about us. Kappa Alpha Psi FraternityInc. was founded on Jan 5, 1911. We are one of the"big eight" , a term used to describe the members of thePan-Hellenic Council. Its members include the Fraterni-ties Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Ps i Phi,Phi Beta Sigma and the Sororities Alpha Kappa Alpha,Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, and Sigma GammaRho. The fundamental purpose of our fraternity is

achievement. All my brothers and I strive to achieve ineverything we do. We also aim to assist in the goals andpurposes of colleges and universities and inspire servicein the public interest.

Since we are a new fraternity on this campus and wehaven't yet had the chance to do anything, I'm surethere are those who are skeptical about what we plan todo. To this I can only hope that in the coming semesterswe show you,the public, through our actions and deedsthat Kappa Alpha Psi is about something and that we area serious organization.The brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Frat. Inc. wouldlike to thank all those who supported us while pledgingand I personally would like to than the staff of Black-world for giving me this opportunity to introduce myfraternity to this campus through this newspaper.

////S.A.I.N.T.S. AWARD

WINNERS HONOREDListed below are the names of those undergraduateminority

students who have been selected as recipientsof the S.A.I.N.T.S.Scholastic Awards.OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS- FRESHMENCarlaE. CrawfordRosalbaM. SantosLaura Y. Jemmott

FirstPlaceSecond PlaceThirdPlace

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT A WARDS- SOPHOMORESGustavo E. NinoRebecca A. Sutherland

FirstplaceSecond Place

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT A WARDS- JUNIORSCamilleD. NelsonChristopherW. HoggJacquelineF. DistantAndrew J. ChanCharles G. BoydOndinaC. Pena

Nichelle E. Haynes

Luis A. RamosLeonie J. Brooks

Semone V. Forbes

Wanda Rodriguez

FirstPlaceSecond PlaceThirdPlace

S.A.I.N.T.S. FundersAwardGraduateFellowship Awards for

Natural Science and/or SocialScience/Artsand HumanitiesEngineeringand Applied SciencesAward

The Yacub E. L. Shabazz AwardDeltaSigma Theta Sorority Inc. PiDelt

ChapterMerit of Excellence Award

PhiBeta Sigma FraternityInc. Mu DeltiChapterMerit of Excellence Award

Simon Bolivar Award for Communit:Service- L.A.S. 0

By Leslee McCrimmon

The Womyn's Center is a campus ser-vice whose main goal is to educate andunite women -all women. It aims to ed-ucate the people of the campus about therapes, attacks and harmful disturbancesthat face those wh o attend school andlive here. Their office is in the basementof the Union, Room 071.The Womyn's Center gives informa-tion and references to women and menon birth control (where to acquire it,costs, etc.) and where women can go toseek professional counseling when they'vebeen raped or attacked. Ivon Silva, theCenter's chairperson, contends that thereare many rapes and attacks on studentshere at Stony Brook. They also havegroup rap sessions every Tuesday at 5pm.At these sissions many different topicsare discussed. The staff at the center en-courage the group sessions primarily to

help people vent their feelings andthoughts, but also to discuss topics thatwomen (especially) should be aware of.Among the topics discussed are feminism,rape, abortion, and relationships.The staff includes Ivon,the chairper-son; Christina Torara, Vice President;,Wendy Natali, Treasurer; and the secre-tary Stacie. Because the staff is com-pletely female, the center wants to makeit clear that men are always welcome.Ivon feels that the stigma of being termed'lesbian' or 'feminist' is a major problemwhen trying to attract women to the cen-ter, especially minority women. Th e cen-ter offers many valuable services to allwomen, and would like to se e a greaterparticipation by campus women in thecenter's activities. They want to unite allwomen and educate everyone (particu-larly on issues and distresses facingwomen). Don't let stigma keep you awaynext semester.

STONY BROOK GOSPELCHOIR HAS BUSY SPRING

This is a busy season for the GospelChoir at the State University of NewYork at Stony Brook.During April, the choir performed ata major campus event and at Yale Univ-ersity at a program marking the 14th ann-iversary of The Black Church at Yale.The choir has also performed in re-cruitment activities sponsored by theUniversity admissions office, and provi-ded the ertertainment for the annualSAINTS award dinner on campusApril 17.The New Haven celebration, April 5and 6, included a Gospel Jamboree, aSunday morning service and an anniver-sary service. The Stony Brook Choir of40 sang at all three events at Yale.

The Black Church at Yale was estab-lished to meet the needs of Black Stud-ents at Yale for church services in keepingwith their spiritual heritage. Yale's Gos-pel Choir, an outgrowth of the church,performs at weekly services attended bymore than 250 people.Unlike Yale's choir, the Stony BrookGospel Choir is non-sectarian, and per-forms only at special events during the-year. Founded in 1978 by CarltonSpruill the choir's student members arejoined by their love of gospel music.They gather weekly to rehearse under theinstruction of pianist Marvin Palmore,and the advisorship ofGerald Shephard, acounselor at Stony Brook's UniversityCounseling Center.

M.P.B. General Elections In Cultural Center

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THE ROAD TO UNITY ISTHROUGH SELF-MOTIVATIONby PeterA. WardDuring five years of attendance at Stony Brook it has

become quite apparent to me that our actions are notconsistent with our beliefs. The concept that the "BlackMan must do for self and kind" ispredominant, yes, butis it adhered to? I would like to make this the topic ofmy last article for Blackworld.The United Nationalities In Transcending Ideologies(UNITI) Cultural Center is my primary topic at thispoint. Most of us think of the Center as a place andnot an idea which has not begun to fulfill one-tenth ofits potential. The UNITI Cultural Center was nevermeant to be a structure of masonry but a concept wh-ich would allow the people at Stony Brook to come to-gether as one. Is it so strange then that it has neverreached any height higher than just a traveling build-ing. Being moved around campus by Administrationobviously shows its lack of supportWhat it lacks most of all is a foundation. An under-standing is needed here that a few people cannot beheld responsible for a concept so deep that it forcesothers to ac t against its imminent reality. Self-mot-ivation is needed in order to achieve unity as a wholeand UNITI as a concept. Does it not make sense thatthe Cultural Center would be an Untouchable entity ifit had the full force of all the community behind it.Let us be reassured in ou r understanding of what ittakes to keep what we've fought for. It takes dedicationto a cause to be able to acheive it.

The Black Man must indeed do for "self and kind",but tpe Black Man does not always wear a black skinNo r does black skin mean there is a black heart beneath.Now is most certainly the time for the divisions of theBlack Man to come together. Americans, West Indians,Hispanics, Africans, Indians, and all. It is time for us tocome together to achieve what we wish. The conceptsbeing emblazoned around this campus are becomingmere propoganda ploys.We must be careful before the word unity becomessimply a propoganda ploy used by one group to accuseanother.. Let us open up the Caltural Center into awhole greater than the sum of its parts. It is time for usto have a common leadership position. A point whereon r collective will can no longer be ignored. Let uscome together in self-motivation, self-dedication, andself-respect for a common cause. Bu t above all else letus come together of our own free will and with freethinking minds. I leave you with this excerpt from Mal-colm X's Message to the Young.

MALCOLM'S MESSAGETO THE YOUNG

"One of the first things I think young people, and loving your enemies. This is one of theespecially nowadays, should learn is how to see things that our people are beginning to learnfor yourself an d listen for yourself. Then you today--- that it is very important to think outca n come to an intelligent decision for your- a situation for yourself. If you don't do itself. If you form a habit of going by what you you'll always be maneuvered into a situationhear others say about something, instead of where you are never fighting your actual enem-

searchingthat thing out for yourself and seeing ies, where you will find yourself fighting yourfor yourself, you will be walking west when own self."vnu think you are going east. an d you will bewalking east when you think you are goingwest. This generation, especially of our people,has a burden, more so than any other time inhistory. The most important thing that we canlearn to do today is to think for ourselves.It's good to keep wide-open ears an d listento what everybody else has to say, but whenyoui come to make a decision, you have toweigh all of what you've heard on it's own, andmake a decision for yourself; you'll never re-gret it. But if you form the habit of takingwhat someone else says about something with-out checking it out for yourself you'll find thatother people will have you hating your friends

BUPPIES AT THE BROOK?By PearlDavidson

The majority of Black students graduating fromStony Brook usually reflect on the amount of culturaleducation, race consciousness and critical thinking thathas been impressed upon their minds during their fouror five years at this University. Of course this dependson wh o you associate with, and to whose functions youdo or do not go to. Because as we all know, there are afew Black students at Stony Brook wh o don't believethat they are Black and (hopefully) will someday wake-up and realize this. Most likely, these students will endup graduating with just a little more knowledge if anyabout ou r continuous struggle for racial equality, andthe Civil Rights Movement than when they enrolled atthis University. There are too many cultural and socialorganizations that minority students can become invol-ved with for them not to be in touch with their culturalroots. Lack of involvement develops and produces ig-norance. An example of this is where a Business-Lawstudent at Xavier University in New Orleans wh o wasasked if he remembered any thing about the Civil RightsMovement replied "Yes... Women go t the right to vote atthat time...lots of things happened". That is very sad.But as an article from Essence magazine states "Ironic-

ally, the victories of the Civil Rights Movement maypartly account for the present situation. These victorieshave allowed more Blacks to be admitted into whitecolleges. Statistics show that 75% of all Black studentsare enrolled at mostly white colleges and nmny havetaken the attitude of "all things bright and beautiful"when they truly are not. This attitude has given rise toa generation of Black Yuppies or "Buppies".

These youths are around the ages of twenty throughthirty. They do not believe in being radical, they havedeveloped a conservative lifestyle, and they also feel thatthe Civil Rights Movement and other struggles are all athing of the "past"-that they don't have much bearingon the present. However, to counteract that line ofthinking, there is asaying "If you forget your past, yourfuture is doomed to failure". What we as studentsshould realize is that we do owe something to our CivilRights leaders wh o have fought in previous struggles anddied so that we can have the opportunity to be in univer-

Psities such as these. Something we should also realize isthat we are privileged to be at Stony Brook. Those of uswh o don't feel that we owe anything to ou r Civil Rightsleaders, and that we are thus privileged should be label-

led as "culturally ignorant". We are the future of BlackAmerica, and if we don't keep in touch with ou r historyand teach it to our children, how will our successive gen-erations know wh o we really are? Whenever a communi-ty or a person progresses economically and socially, butbegins to forget their cultural roots, in actuality they areregressing.In conclusion, I would like to extend my heartiestcongratulations to the graduating class of 1986. Surviv-ing college is not the easiest thing in the world becauseeveryone does not make it. So hats off to you gradu-ates! But, when we become financially stable and ac-quire a secure job, it is very tempting to become com-placent and smug. Being successful is important becauseif it wasn't I certainly wouldn't be here. However, thereare four things we should always remember:1) The struggle of ou r brothers and sisters in SouthAfrica to end Apartheid.2) America was and still is a very racist country.3) The fact that you're Black means yo u just mightbe discriminated against regardless of how success-full you become, and last but not least4) "Without struggle there is no progress".


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THE WORDS OF HISIMPERIAL MAJESTYEMPEROR HAILESELASSIE I OFETHIOPIA

[E IN ETHul'lPIA HAVE ONE OF THE OLD-EST VEklS( )NS OF THE BIBLE, but howeverStldho ~r 'htd mav hb in whatever languae it

Smight b. wv 't.:n the Word remains one and thesame. It transceniJ- .I boundaries of empires an d allconception of race. It i. eternal.No doubt you all renmember reading in the Acts of theApostles of how Philip baptised the Ethiopian official. He isthe first Ethiopian on re. ord to have foowed Christ, andfrom that day onwards the Word of God has continued togrow in the hearts of Ethiopians. And I might say for inyselfthat from early childhood I was taught to appreciate the Bibleand my love for it increases with the passage of time. Allthrough my troubles I have found it a cause of infinitecomfort. ,omeunto Me, all ye that labour and are heavyladen, ant I will give you rest" - who can resist an-invitationso full of c:ompassion?Because of this personal experience in the goodness of theBihie, I was resolved that all my countrymen should also:share its cgreatlessing, and that by reading the Bible theyshould find Truth for themrVselves. Therefore ... I caused anew translation to be nmade from our ancient language intothe language which the old and the young understood and .,,,ke... . . "Iitay man sees all lis hopes an d aspirations crumblingt fore him. lie is perplexed and knows not whither he isSd~fting. But he must realise that the Bible in his refuge, andthe rNlying point for all humanity. In it man will find the

S:r/oiution of his present (tif iculties and guidance for his futurea ction, and unless he accepts with clear conscience the BibleSarid its great Message, he cannot hope for salvation. Fo r mypart I glory in the Bible.)

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