1976_03 The Daily Collegian March 1976

              2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN     Wednesday, March 3. 1976
JAMES ROBINSON (30) shares the position o( highest Bui
basketball season with Roy Jones. Above, he races down
(74-65),  one of the number one teams in the PCAA. Robin;
imc lor the 1975-76
feat CSU, Fullerton
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COMMENTARY
The Bulldogs'
basketball
woes
The Bulldogs have Just completed a lackluster season of basketball,
and already questions are being asked. Most of these questions pertain to the hoopsters' Inability to win. Surely a team with as much
talent deserves better than a last place finish In league (4-6) and a
12-14 overall record. What went wrong? Was It the coaching? Was
It the players? Was it bad luck? Or was it a combination of all
those things.
If I chose to be repugnant I'd say it was coaching. But I choose to
he optimistic and say It was a combination of all those things.
Things that in my optnion could have been relinquished had it not
been for* conflicting attitudes. What I mean Is simply this, when a
problem arose on (fie team It was not literally solved. It Just lingered
on with both parties .hoping that It would resolve Itself or Just be
forgotten.
There are many Ingredients which a team thrives on to make a
complete team. One of the main Ingredients is'what we've just
talked about. COMMUNICATION. Without it you have one vital Ingredient missing from your perennial goal toward becoming a championship team.   Open communication must always exist between n<
o player
o playei
) player
y for players to maintain good communication off
court because a lot of the players go their own separate ways,
It is advisable. It helps makethe team a closer knit group,
■other thing people mention when they talk about a team that did
reach their full potential Is the development of the team's
ers. If you want to take an unconscientious point of view, you
| everything on the coach. Why didn't he play so and so? Why
le   slowing   the  ball   down?     Why   does he keep Jumping off the
audience's   repertoire of animosities.
Coaching covers a very  small aspect
But   a
he'll   (I
plain •
well a coach cc
le mediocre coaches from the great coaches,
o play together in practice and they usually di
ion an Individual gets under the spotlight li
n play.  Soniet
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s it's Just
m the
•confidence. The latter persists when a
t done. All of the above
1 be Imposed by human feelings. So a coach
can only deal with them on a human level. You can't force a player
to play tea-u ball, >ou can only encourage It. If the players don't
abide, then you can take them out of the game.   But that would only
ingredient of COMMUNICATION. Without communication there Is
no way of solving problems.
Getting away from the psych ol the Issues, let's look at the facts.
The Bulldogs opened the season with six returning lettermen. Five
ol whom started at one time or .mother the previous year, and two
of whom started two of the previous years. So the experience was
there. There was also a couple of highly regarded freshmen, and a
couple of sophomores who graduated from the Junior varsity team.
So the depth was not proven yet, but it was promising. Due to the
lack of a big man in the post, the only alternative was a three
forward rotating offense with two guards.
No one seemed to worry too much about the lack of a big man
since all three forwards were extremely talented. They were all
quick, could Jump and shoot. The guards were also talented. One
was a good shooter .ind an exceptional floor leader, while the other
one possessed quickness and the ability to penetrate. While the
liench was still questionable, they were thought to possess a little
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mes were not promising. The Bulldogs were
having close game after close game, with a large portion of those
games going into overtime. They were losing to teams with less
talent and barely beating teams In that same category. Their record
stayed at the .000 mark. Many people were saying: Well, they're
Just not used to playing with each other yet. Well, they must never
have  gotten used to each other because their record dipped below
Not until the last four league games did they show what they were
capable of doing all year. They used quickness, good defense and
rebounding', and good shooting to win three of those last four games
in impressive style.    But that was all they could do to salvage the
At this point a lot of questions may still be unanswered, but the
fail of the Bulldog basketball team this year cannot be attested
to one single factor. One can only hope that whatever the problem
was It can be solved. And the only way that It can be solved Is by
the coaches and their luture players getting together and establishing
a rapport that will carry on through next season. Like I said before:
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
March 3,1976   THE DAILY COLLEGIAN -3
Students support Angola MPLA
" Murderous, malicious, brutal,
r,clsi exploitation Is the philosophical essence of the United
States foreign policy toward the
Angolan Civil War. We, as Afro-
i,perlcans, should understand
tnu ieadly philosophical prln-
,(j „. just as we feel the continuous disease, misery and death
ir..,I naturally springs from the
nast) ihlck, white pool of ex-
pioin.e American capitalism.
T.,c United States of North
At erica's position on Angola Is
.t, Mine, cripple and destroy the
national aspirations of the An-
golan people. Through their Por-
forces of African self-determination. Today, through the residue of Portuguese colonialism
and the various 'Black' tackles
of imperialism and neocolonialism, who disguise themselves
behind the mask of self-determination, the powerful white racists oi the 'land of the free*
systematically and. callously attempt to subvert the hopes of the
Angolan people.
White America consciously
supports and agitates the cause
of the FNLA and Unlta. The leaders of the FNLA and Unlta are
the flunkies of the Imperialists.
Holden Roberto andJonasSavlm-
bl  are fools for and puppets to
Clearly thisis manifested by the
alliance with South Africa and the
former colonizers, western Europe. These parties and their
leaders are on. the wrong side.
The FNLA ind' Unlta are on the
side of exploitation, racism and
The United States of America
supports exploitation, racism and
death. Afro-Americans' future
lies In opposing racism, exploitation and death - therefore, we
should condemn the support of
the FNLA and Unlta by this
beastly United States of America.
As Afro-Americans, our freedom lies In the destruction of
this exploitive mode of produc
tion. However, this fundamental
task can only be accomplished
through the cooperative efforts of
the oppressed Third World people. We should support all movements which oppose Imperialism
and the accompanying racism. It
Is only In our interest as a people that we support the positive
force ot the MPLA.Through their
efforts another tentacle of this
giant oppressive monster has
been severed. Another source of
its strength Is being destroyed,
making the probabilities for the
realization of our self-determination that much greater. The
Afro-America people's policy
should only be and can only be
that of moral, political and wherever possible physical support of
the MPLA who are the soul representatives ol the people oi
Angola. We should consciously
and publicly "oppose this external
United States of America on Its
entire stand on the Angola ques-
The mpla U a living symbol
of the reality of Black self-
determination in spite of racism,
brutal exploitation, and untold
suffering. It la the soldiers of the
MPLA who now carry the flame
that will ignite the Ore of free-
It Is the energy and light of this
fire that allows we Afro-Americans to see while emersed In so
Student enjoyed program     Black History Week
entire   week   gave
ton id   like   to thank Melvln      very beautifuljl arid rejuvenating
.  .ind all the brothers and     feeling. /|
:v   uho  participated In the I only regret that Black people
, History Week presentation. will settle back Into their usual
s veil organized and touched routines and become, once again,
tell on the varying facets less cognizant of the many con-
.. Hlack community. It
cularly delightful to 11
« younger brothers and
tinging the same songs
..e, also Impressed with
.i Davis' opinionsa/tdstate-
on racisms, oppression
i seism. Actually, In check-
inns out analytically, a lot
things that she said had
; merit. The sincerity In
,1! for the masses could be
made to the world.
Until Black people begin to do
some serious thinking In terms
of who we are, where we come
from, and apply these things concretely to future objectives, our
consciousness will always permit
us to recognize OUR forefathers
During    Black    History   week
Angela Davis and Shirley Chls-
holm. Three racist actions took
place that were too timely to be
a coincidence. Three things
Blacks should be made aware of:
Incident Number One
Things such as how the Pan
African Union had theMen'sGym
reserved. Yet when they went to
claim the gym the Supervisor was
conveniently not aro'ind.Thegym
Matter of fact, when we left be
still wasn't there. We were forced
to beg the white people In there to
surrender part of the gym. Which
was the one who reserved the
gym, and I did everything light,
I walked all over the campus
carrying fo
hope we won't have to wait ar
other   whole   year   before   »
acknowledge Black hlstoryl
Thank you. "~
i:0(
2:00 p.m. until
appreciate   the   lncon-
Inddent Number Two
The non-availability of a film
scheduled for a showing . . . The
Attica film was cancelled. According to Melvln Ricks, he called
Third World group
Mighty machine
Editor:
:a(or
a letter In reference to
tton of a Third World
roup, with the main ln-
>f propagating a vlabl*
islans, and other Third
Tutors
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Shout the semester. If you
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the United States of North
America, we must realize the
potential strength to be derived
from a conglomeration of ethnic
minorities sharing the same
^-economic subjugation.
llation processes Imposed upon
us by the capitalist regime, we
must famlil^^ze ourselves with
socialist philosophies, and align
ourselves  with the struggles of
dlate objectives are to form a
much needed liaison group between local law enforcement
agencies and the respective Black
and Brown communities. Blacks
and Browns are being subjected
to much unneeded physical subjugation and mental oppression at
the hands of a brutal military
oriented police state. If we are
to play a role In our own self-
determination, we must enlighten
ourselves to the broader concepts of a socialist unity, In comparison to the suppressive philosophies of the capitalist des-
Vlcente I. Slligan
I call it) Is In the process of
celebrating its 200th anniversary. This seemingly 'Mighty
Machine* throughout the years
has evolved Into an almost Invulnerable, Irrational entity. The
political and socio-economic
makeup of the machine Works
with splendid grandeur for the
wealthy white Individuals It
serves. A well oiled machine for
most, but Ironically not for all.
It exists as a malfunctioning
monstrosity for Blacks who try
to use It and literally kills those
of us brave enough to test Its
vulnerability. The following verse
serves to characterize the paradox Blacks live In today:
'Freedom of choice and Justice,* chants the crowd. Loud
and clear voices fill the cold
night air. Not always In dialogue, no, not always easy to
hear. We stand defenseless
In the midst of the mighty
machine. It claws, it rips at
at our very souls. Welle paralyzed, unable to move. A matrix of metal forms, It surrounds and seals our thoughts.
We   grow   weak.   We see  no
longer. It becomes clear the
machine will win. The growing
Black embryo Is nourishment
for the thing. It sucks, It tears
that Mighty Machine. The em-
bryo Ilea spent, dying within
a lifeless womb. We stand
alone In the midst of the Mighty
Machine.
America Is without a doubt a
country where an individual can
attain wealth, personal freedom
and Justice. But, as always, a
•catch 22* appears and forms
an Insurmountable wall which
prevents Blacks from achieving
any semblance of equality. There
should be no disunity on whether
or not Blacks should participate
in the United States Bicentennial.
Collectively, as a unit, we should
what film. Wouldn't that makeyou
think a minute? The thing was
played off because the spirit was
the most Important thing at that
Incident Number Three
The thing that clenched my
feelings was the night of our
scheduled basketball games. We
went to the gym to prepare everything. Arriving there we are told
we have the gym reserved but
not the bleachers. Now ain't that
a blimp, now are you going to
have a basketball game without
the bleachers? Fortunately we
ran into a couple of workers
there who knew you couldn't have
a game without the space for the
viewers to sit . . . thus we had
the games. Yet, I have yon believe
the same things I do. These things
were too timely to be coincidental. You can see the timing
was precise to make the program
for Black History Week look
sloppy.
How do I know so much? Because I'm on the Black History
Week committee, that's now.
Micheal Norrls
tempts at dissolving tl
1 native bias elicited by racist
bicentennial institutions. For the
very flag that represents 'freedom and justice for all," In reality represents the years of bondage and Injustice Blacks have
suffered since before the formation of what is presently known
as America, the land of the free.
Fernando L. Sllagan
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