1975_02 The Daily Collegian February 1975

              2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN        Friday, February 21, 1975
T~*     * JOHN Kt
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JOHN KARIUKI
I am of the opinion that lt Is now*an open secret that the Black
History Week festivities were not a breathtaking success. But then
maybe I am wrong — but then maybe 1 am right. Anyway, whatever
your criteria of measuring success Is,,I think we all agree that
black student response on this campus could be better Heck, what
can you say of a situation where only a handful (or was lt two hand-
fuls) of students show up to listen toa guest speaker. Is this success?
Maybe we are not getting through to our own people, or If we are we
don't have the right message. But then how do you know what "the
right message ls If you are not getting through?
I ■].
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In   the   Collegian   on   Wedr
propaganda   to you (Man
Study in
Guadalajara, Mexico
GUADALAJARA   SUMMER
when the Ethiopian
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ETHIOPIAN CIVIL WAR
13 soldiers executed for
civilian atrocities in Eritrea
_ ADMD ABABA(AP) - Reliable
sources reported Thursday that
Ethiopian military authorities
have executed 13 soldiers after
finding them guilty of atrocities
against civilians during fighting
The sources said nearly 100'
officers and men have been moved
questioning about reported shoot-
In a separate development the
U.S. Embassy announced the
United States ls giving an addi¬
tional $4.1 million tn famine aid
to Ethiopia. The grant brings to
$28 million the total American
drought   relief   aid  to  Ethiopia
I 1973.
had 'nothing to do* with tl
guerrilla war ln Eritrea or dl
Terences between Washingtonar
ln another Incident Wednesday
about four miles south of Asmara,
three persons were reported
killed by shots fired during a con¬
frontation between Ethiopian
troops and commando police. The
police are mostly Eritresns
whose loyalty to Addis Ababa hu
been   suspect   in   some  cases.
Reliable sources said 400
civilians were fleeing Asmara
on foot when troops came up an]
ordered them to return to the
city. Police arrived unexpect¬
edly, and a dispute developed
over whether the civilians should
be allowed to proceed to nearby
villages.
Racism and Black language
lion   should   t
nmar drills in
experlmenta-
k people Once
ough pointing out
r rules In English.
» students  had tn high
ey speak English. They have a
advantage. They are afraid of
language.    Fear   paralyzes.
concrete, by Identifying the op¬
ponent,    by    building    effective
featlng the enemy The enemy of
the black student here ls the
mystification of English gram¬
mar and vocabulary. The black
student has the style. He has the
Ideas. He has the Imagination.
The good educator can show him
that there Is no mystery ln the
rules of English. They are con¬
crete and limited. And they can
red.   One
t   (roe,
Soledad poets at CSUF
i   college.   College
ture, not language. They r.
attained fluency and security
English l>v constant exposure
end of It they pass
lounge exploded w
TGIF
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GE
COLLEGE GREEN
Aprs.
GET EXTRA T-G-l-F MONEY BY MOVING INTO
TODAY!   WE WILL GIVE YOU
ONE WEEK FREE RENT!
ACROSS FROM X^SUf.
Rental office corner
of Barton A Shaw.
47.50 PER PERSON
FURNISHED
AS IOW $160
PER UNIT FURNISHED
of the Pan-African Union, for
putting together one of the most
exciting, educational, and enter-
peak   of   standing   r
munlty Into the program was ver>
successful. Art works from Edi¬
son High and three elementary
schools was on display durlngthe
week and on Thursday the campus
was visited by over 300 eleroen-
Image Band, and *educated" by
the Soledad Prison Poets: by
'El  Muhajir.  a nationally known
cussion on the problem of black
genocide and black health prob¬
lems: Minister Isiah C: the Black
Educational Theater and many
other events. So to Janet Pender
and Walter Robinson, we con¬
gratulate you on a Job well done.
-Melvin Ricks
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
■   Bolldlns,   Klephom
Friday, February 21, 1976      THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
WEEKEND SPORTS
McGOUGH, the Bulldogs' wlrmlnqest v,
end  at  Cal  State Fullerton. McGough wa
117-6-1 for the season, seeks PCAA honors this
r3 conference champion and runner-up last year.
'These letters are sick'
Hate mail: the Black afMefes' heavy-burden
:.«   letters tend to begin the
..- way:
Niggers like you ought to shut
,in..i   get   out   of   baseball *
Nigger, what makes you think
can manage a ball club? You
-r learn your place."
Nigger,  you don't  have7any
throw It away. These letter
d my family w
e. Hatred      ln
;ger." It Is that word that
the black professional ath-
hat   he  has   just opened a
of racial hate mall.
e, like Pittsburgh quarter-
i  read  lt,  throw tt  away
y to forget lt. Still others .     !
un  to  It to remind them- T»l
.  that  the  fight  begun
Robinson   is   not
Ram quarterback James Harris
this year after the Rams lost to
Washington. It began *. . . You
are to Inept as a quarterback that
you couldn't find an open re¬
ceiver   if he  were  naked.   You
'Not long after I got one that
s labeled, 'An Oriole Nigger
the Wintertime.' It had a black
» hanging out on a street cor-
r. with a clgaret dropping from
>   mouth.   Underneath  lt said.
.' That oi
;  of
-Frankly, I'm very leery about
• -ning my mall," says Mlnne-
i second-basemanRodCarew.
i >i:   never   know   what   you'll
.irew Is  black, but his wife
target of hatemongers.
■li   doesn't  concern me when
■ut when they call her a dirty
-wish  bitch  and  a  kike, I get
ious. When we got engaged
••-. would cut our picture from
- paper and paste a picture of
onkey beside her.
-its hard to put It out of my
• '.nd. I can't sit down and worry
'foul It or let lt affect my game.
' - wife has never seen this stuff.
1 e knows I get lt. It's one rea-
."ii we've been able to stick to-
•"her. She's concerned about It
■"hertng me and I about her. We
• to laugh lt off."
Hut lt is not always that easy.
specially If yqu get at least a
:iuple every w'eek like Carew
loes. or Gilliam, who reportshe
-pcetved more than 100 by the
'lotball season's midpoint, while
ne was starting ahead of white
quarterback Terry Bradahaw.
*i see It and think, «God, It's
another one.' " says Gtlllams.
' 'It's just some sick human be-
ins- who don't want to see me
play, secretly voicing their
"Pinions.   They are entitled to
veteran defense of the
made you  like like a real boy
Money won't get any bigger whei
bet on a team run hy a nig
1 hope ail blackass Mack:
I hope the KK gets all yoi
Blackles.*
Harris shrugs it off, saying hi
It's
;   uui u
cannot. Perhaps understandably,
the letters only serve lo make
them hitter. Says Carew: "It
really stimulates something ln a
even though you know
Reggie Jackson, the Oakland
outfielder, has come to believe
that for every one who writes,
100 think that way.
"It makes me angry," says
Cleveland's Frank Robinson, the
first black manager In baseball.
"It Just stuns me for a moment
and then I get mad. You just
don't think another Individual can
think or feel that way about you.
You like to think the world has
come a long way since those days,
but I guess lt really hasn't."
Sometimes hate mall Is not
directed at one person ln particu¬
lar. Earl Monroe, New York
Knlck guard, says that when he
was with the Baltimore Bullets,
a team with nine blacks and three
whites, the black players re¬
ceived a Joint bate letter.
Some people go beyond tbe
usual hate letter. Earl Williams,
the outspoken Baltimore catcher,
was standing ln the bullpen one
day when an usher delivered a
sealed letter from a fan.
on 'Coonard tines,"recals Wil¬
liams. "Somebody put a lot of ef¬
fort Into making this thing up.
There were some pictures on It. .
It called Earl Weaver (Oriole
manager) a nigger lover. And It
tad an  address c
t over to the authorities."
Seldom do the letters have re-
on hotel stationery. However,
sometimes a postmark can give
the player an idea from where it
was sent. Williams finds most of
Baltimore and Washington. But
Robinson receives most of his
from the South, where a good
portion of the athletes' hostile
land  pitcher  Vlda  Blue noticed
four letters from Ashhy, N.C.
From the handwriting, most of
the players can tell the authors
are adults. And another curious
od little nigger,"
e resentment has
thing ls that the le
most never typed.
Vlda Blue got a
during his 1972 con
It read like 1 st-
Charlie Flnley was
anything. I should
pitch, like a
not dimmed.
When Muhammud All was fight¬
ing Induction during the Vietna¬
mese war, his mall swelled with
hate  letters. And so did Henry
Babe-Ruth's home-run.record.
Since then, he has' had few. •
Says Gilliam, "I was going to
save   the letters  for a scrap-
book. I
i to d
ny kids and grandkld;
They'll see lt. They may not b
In my position, but they'll see I
Just the same. The only reaso
other prominent black don't get lt
i they s
n  the
' public eye.
Says Harris: There will al¬
ways be some people like' myself
and Gilliam. 1 don't think we will
ever overcome these things. We
are Just simply always going to
have people who are going to hate
Tfo'CfawAtt
^UJo^^SiWc^.
St. Paul's Catholic Chapel at Newman Center
1572 E. BARSTOW AVE. - Phone 439-4641
MASSES: Sundays 7:S0 - 9 -11    .
MASSES: Monday through Friday, 5 p.m.; Wed., 7:30 p.m.
CONFESSIONS: Saturdays, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat. 5 p.m. Mass (For Sun. Op.)
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Millbrook United Presbyterian Church
3620 N. MILLBROOK (Between Shields & Dakota)
MORNING WORSHIP 8:50 & 11:00 A.M.
College Fellowship: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Sunday
College Bible Study: 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Sunday
CHANCEL CHOIR - THURSDAYS 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGIANS WELCOME!
Ernest I. Bradley, Pastor
For Transportation phone 227-5355
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EAST BULLARD (Between First and Cedar)
SUNDAY: Bible School, 9 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10 a,
Young People, 5 p.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Bible Study, 7:30 p.m.
Special Class for College Students
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PtU 229-8581
9-10:30 AM: WORSHIP HOLY COMMUNION ^lst Si
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"JUST SOUTH OF FASHION FAIR*
4665 NORTH FIRST (Near Shaw)
Rev. Donald K. Skagga, Pastor
Bill Thompson, Youth - Ted Grlder, Music
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m
Children's Church: 11:00 a.m. Youth Meeting: 5:45 p.m
Evening Evangelistic: 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday - Bible Study and Prayer: 7:30 p.m.
UNITED CHURCH CENTER
4th and Barstow - Phone 224-1947
Sunday Worship:
9:15 - WESLEY METHODIST
11:00 - mnVERSTTT PRESBYTERIAN
CoUege Choir, Sunday 5:00 PM
CoUege groups Sunday 7:30 PM and Wednesday 5:30 PM
Ministers: S. Wm. Antablln, Donald H. Fado, John F. Boogaert
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COLLEGE RELIGIOUS CENTER
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