1974_11 The Daily Collegian November 1974 Reloaded

              2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN       Friday, November-15, 1974.
Editorial
Library too noisy: why?
For a university tbe size and stature of Fresno State we have a
pretty good library. Tbe various services offered by tbe library are
of a reasonably high standard, but one major problem that is facing
the library, and it seems to get worse every day, Is the level of
noise. For a college library. It la too notsy and disorderly. Something needs to be done; and why not?
A library, and especially a college library, is supposed to be a
place where students, faculty and all other Interested parties can
do their work In relative calm and silence. Any college student
should know the need fpr silence In a library Most people use the
library because they expect a certain degree or silence; to them the
library is a retreat rrom the hassle of the outside world. This calm
and silence Is almost Impossible to find In a library where getting
a   place  to  study   Is enough of a problem. Why can't something be
The new study section on the lower level was established In
order to give students more studying space. Why has this been turned
Into a place to relate weekend experiences? Why don't some students
recognize the fact that not everyone Is interested In hearing their
experiences? And even If they did we have enough places on campus
Where you can do this without disturbing students who want to study.
Why not use the College Union lounge If you want to chat with friends''
Why not?
Students walking In and out of the library tend to either assume
that the lower level studying area does not exist or just because
they are not  studying nobody else Is   Sure, you can discuss a polnl
thing called "whispering." Why don't w,
of It
recently.  I
and  If you didn't, there are sign"
do Ihe users of these rooms Ignot
While   studying   as   a   group  e
the   wrong   places   to   practice   t
Some students who use these ro<
their work Why aren't these roc
Librarians and their assistant:
dents on how the library shoal
their   duties
fairly qute
the library
Ihe assista
noisy-    In
keep the noise level .is low .is possible. They
i maintain a favorable studying atmosphere In Ihe library,
they do tills eHecilvely 11 these same people do not slay
THE  DAILY COLLEGIAN
SMOWUNE LODGE
COUNTRY WESTERN
AND ROCK BAND
Black writing
class produces
good results
(Editor's note: Below are two
articles that were wrlttenjln one
of tbe BUck Studies classes-being taught on campus. This experimental writing classexposes
the students to new knowledge and
Ideas. After taking this class, .
according to the Instructor, the
aid Is to get students lo see
themselves and the society In
•which they live "the way U really
la.")    v
WHY DO BLACK MEN
FIND WHITE WOMEN
ATTRACTIVE?
What used to be, for tbe Black
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man, a hanging offense, has now
become a not altogether uncom
mon sight: socializing with white
other way of getting over.
our   physical  bondage  was  re
In the long run. It would seem
moved, It was replaced by eco
There has been much specula
that the BUck male Is only ex
nomic slavery, which Isn't any
tion   as   to   the   reasons for the
ploiting  these  femals.  Whether
thing to be thankrul about.   But
sexually or financially, there may
what we can be thankful for Is the
hav« for white women. Some psy
he a rew cases of mutual attrac
undying efforts of Blacks to re
chologists haue even gone so far
tion that go beyond the physical
store their Identity and forgotten
or financial attraction, but they
culture. We owe thanks to those
of a white female is every Black
are a rare occurrence.
who gave their lives and lo the
In these days or Black aware
many who devoted a great amount
A  few questions about this in
ness  It  is very hard to under
of their time to the freeing and
terracial   socializing   were   put
stand how a truly Black Individual
liberation  of their fellow Black
to some Black male students on
could become Involved In some
people.
thing  that Is so completely re
Such thanks should go to Mal
estlng  hut   not very surprising
moved from the total Black ex-
colm X, Martin LuttW King, Nat
Every   man   that   participated
Turner,   Huey   Newton,  Stokely
offered sex as the major reason
—Bernlce Howell
Carmichael, Angela Davis, W. E
B. DuBols and Harriet Tubman,
ships.   Some of the participants
slated that the white remale would
DO BLACK PEOPLE
to name only a few.          .   •
These  are  only  a few of the
pertarni   "acts"   that   the   Black
HAVE ANYTHING
many people who made It possible
the Black males stated that the
TO BE THANKFUL FOR
for  the  progress   that   we have
made up to now. They are what
white    women   held   no   physical
attractions for them whatsoever.
IN AMERICA?
Blacks have to be thankful for In
Another prevalent  explanation
Despite   the   fact   that   Blacks
American   values,   freedom  and
were brought to this country tn
American, ways of life, because
justification looked upon the white
chains, and have been oppressed
we   have   not   been   allowed  to
woman as tielng wealthy, and his
for  years,   they  do  have a lew
share In these things.
association with her was   ust an
things to he thankrul for. Although
-Dannette Dickson
PREJUDICE
LETTERS
Black faculty to get hurt but not killed
HOW*
YOUC4NSPRE4D
IHE MESSAGE
OF LOME...THE
LONE OF CHRIST
FOR 4LL PEOPLE.
Have you ever considered the priesthood as a way
to serve people? The Paulist Fathers are a small
community of American priests. Progressive, searching,
young and energetic, they form a religious family.
A Paulist is a man of the Spirit, a man of his time.
He rejoices in the signs of hope around him and
celebrate* with tha people he serves.
Every Paulist is a missionary: in the pulpit, or parish
house, on the campus, in the inner-city. He communl-
' cates with the spoken word, the printed page, and with
contemporary media. His mission is to all of America.
His message is love; the love of Christ for all people.
ty   Is   already getting nervous
up  on facts about heart attacks
d uptight alwut the PanAfrlcan
In people over 30.due to sudden
nlon-sponsored Faculty vs. Stu
fatigue. But don't worry, It will
nts Basketliall game, which Is
only happen once, heart failure is
II a week away on November
usually fatal the first time.
In the Women's gym. But don't
Don't worry, faculty, wearen't
jrry,  faculty, you  may he able
walk awuy from the gym with-
your   families, friends and stu
dents. We might let you get one
or  two  points,   to make It look
good. We figure It's taking a lot
me, we wondered why the fac-
out of you old folks just to get
y members would want to put
out on the court, so we'll let you
Ir lives on the line like that.
have a couple of points to keep
ii ran't walk fast or run like
you happy.
DonT worry  about   us  taking
advantage of you because of your
age and physical appearance, we
promise to play fair. Oh, and
don't worry about not having anyone to cheer you on, we are sure
some of your fellow senior citizens will be there. So faculty
members, we just want to say
don't werry too much, we aren't
out to hurt you, but just to win the
game. And, by the way, the Fresno Orthopaedic offers wheelchairs and crutches at reasonable
We   really  don't want to hurt
you,  but be ready Just In case.
The Student Team
FALL SPECIALI
EXTRA M0«Y
Unity needed desperately
Open
all
Students
There is a desperate need to
have some type of unity on campus. All those so-called Black
folks over at the Black table
come across the line, we need to
get together.
This week there was supposed
SUNDAYS^
to be a coming together or Black
minds to discuss alternatives lo
Black History Week. Of the en-
pus, four concerned students attended. This Is evidence enough
that our sh— is definitely raggedy.
So, since word of moulh communication has failed, this letter
Is an open Invitation to you the
" un-concerned Black student.
The next meeting w|ll be at 1:00
p.m. on Tuesday In the'Student
Body President's office, College
Union 306. If you can miss a class
to go and get your head together,
you should come and exercise
your right as a student and stop
acting like slaves.
From four concerned
Black Students
P.6.  Special open  Invitation  to
members   of   the   Pan-African
If some parents had not told their children.
The color of his skin is darker than yours
So you are better than him.
Would the percentage of prejudiced people still be the same?
If some of their children had not
spread It around lo their friends
• «His skin is darker than ours, so we are better than him
Don't play with him!'
Would the percentage of prejudiced people still be the same?
If some of Ihe teachers didn't believe that
his skin being darker, he cannot learn, so
I will not spend time on him,
Would the percentage of prejudiced people still be the same?
If they would not tell us lies'
Jn answer to our questions,
If they would not refuse us when we are qualified.
If they would not insinuate *You are inferior*
• Would the percentage of prejudiced people still be the same?
Friday. November 15. 1974       THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
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AFRICAN PROFILE:
Mobutu Sese-Seko of Zaire
By Dial Torgerson
KINSHASA,   Zaire  -  Mobutu
use   seko  rules  Zaire  by  the
;.)lnlcs of grandeur.
He is Immensely powerful. He
is :lie founding president, the life
; i esldent, and is the head of the
-iiy political party, the armed
nices and the machinery ofgov-
He I
Immensely rl
i. He ha
o his
wealth of his vast country I
He   lives  amid splendor.  He
iwns palaces and villas In Belgium   Switzerland,  France and
- altered around Zaire. Hetrav-
-l>   in  Air   Zaire's   Boeing 747
-.in  a huge retinue, dispensing
lavish gifts.
He  promotes his  own image
orrllessly.   Buses blare  with
apes  of his more Inspirational
speeches. Television prograra-
■ ing seems to consist of almost
■thing but The Mobutu Show and
I he Best of Mobutu.
when he ordered all Zalreans
drop the names they had in- *
"itted from the colonialists, he
instituted for his own Joseph-
iwsire, 'a   name  meaning, ap-
"The all-powerful warrior
''io.  by his endurance and will
i win, goes from contest tocon-
'-si leaving fire in bis wake."
The whole system goes by the
ame Mobutulsm. It Is the one
rowerful, unifying force In Zaire
"lay, and Zaire la one of the
'iggest. richest and most Important nations of BUck Africa.
The foreign governments —.
■md the foreign Investors - who
leal with Zaire forgive Mobutu.
Ms excesses. They aay.'lneffect,
'hat what la good tor the all-
powerful  warrior  is   good (or'
Belgium releaaad Us long-
oppressed, ui-prepared colony
into Independence June 30, I960.
The r -.ultlng chaos waa as bad
■is anything seen since, the fall
Marauding bands pillaged and
raped, white mercenaries battled
bandits and warlord secession-'
Ists, leaders had one another
assassinated. At one time the former Belgian Congo had four governments at once. "AnotherCon-
go* became a phrase used in
Africa to describe the politics of
doomsday.
Young Gen. Mobutu, recently
promoted from clerk sergeant,
helped In I960 to set up the
civilian government he overthrew
by coup five years later.
His one-man rule was mercilessly efficient. And he saw how
to   win the  respect  of Zaire's
200 tribes: he became the chief .
of chiefs.
Like the chiefs, he hired anl-
maleurs - animators — to precede him, as cheerleaders, at
every event. He builds a tribal
charisma on a national scale.
In his horn rim glasses and
his leopardskin hat, he Is known
all over Zaire. He is not loved,
but neither Is the average chief.
He Is respected, like the chiefs, -
for his firmness in command and"
Us flair tn public.
The slogan on Mobutu posters
says:. 'A single chief, a single
people, a single party.' Zaire
all comes together In Mobutu,
the people are told.
Chiefs know how to grasp their
perquisites. The grandeurofMo-
butu's life-style fits his Image as
chief of chiefs.
•Only some of the university
students Object to the way he
lives," said an embassy official
In Kinshasa, "slot the older people. They think It's great to have
a president who can whistle up a
747 when he wants to travel. One
man asked me, Is It true president Ford files .In Just a 7077* •
Mobutu Is now 44. Once he waa
slim and nervous. Now he has a
cool, almost Imperious manner.
He Is said to be highly Intelligent, with a splendid command
of French. He dresses in a pinstripe version of the safari suit
Mobutu  has  turned a country
mineral -deposits Into one of the
most stable nations of Africa.
The result Is predictable: foreign
Investment l's pouring In.
Shaba (formerly Katanga) province has a $1.5 billion copper
Industry. Zaire exports 500,000
metric tons a year, fifth In world
production, and will be up to
300,000 by 1980. Reserves seem
to be virtually unlimited.
Perhaps half a billion hollars
1  go Ir
In
dustry, and Zaire also exports
cobalt. Industrial diamonds, silver and gold. The first stage of
what, will be a 40 million kilowatt hydroelectric plant - blg-
-gest in. the world — Is going In
where the Zaire (formerly Congo) River flows around a steep,
hairpin turn below Kinshasa. A
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