Reflection of the Past - Spring 2010

Black

Ink March 2010

Remebering the Past...Looking forward to the

Future

Dedicated to Revolutionary Media

Table of Contents

Letter from the Editor

Danny Glover

MLK Day of Service

Black History Banquet

Diversity within the 2010 UNC Dance

Marathon

Don’t Let Them Make YOU

One Year After Obama

Face Off

New Year, New You

Month Biases

The 2010 Census

Fresh Start, Same Traditions

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Letter from the EditorHello all. I’m so happy to say that this issue of the Black Ink is PACKED with articles that will make you think and ponder a few things from the controversial Negro Dialect to the infamous New Year’s Resolutions to play-by-plays of the UNC

Women’s Basketball Season!

and looking forward to the future.” With that said, be prepared for some articles that might just challenge your perspective, enlighten your thoughts and of course, provide you with a great

piece of journalism!This issue of the Black Ink also marks the third issue to be released during our 40th anniversary celebration, which is still mindboggling to me because who would have thought that something that started 40 years ago would continue to im-

pact the UNC community. And I cannot forget to mention my staff mem-bers! I’m really proud of my returning staff as they continue to amaze me with their journalis-tic work, drive and dedication to the Black Ink. I would also like to give a warm welcome to my new staff members, who have been making their impact on the Ink in print and on the web with our blog! Thank you guys and gals for being a great staff and making this magazine come to life because I couldn’t have done it without you!Speaking of the web, the Black Ink Magazine now has a BLOG. Yes, I said it, a blog – we are moving on up in this technologically savvy world of communication! Visit uncblackink.tumblr.com to read about current issues affecting the UNC community through the eyes of the Black Ink. And since it’s the month of March, enjoy March Madness (even though the Tar Heels are having a tough season but that’s a whole other issue), spring cleaning and shopping and all the great

things about UNC in the spring! Well folks, there’s not much more I can say but sit back, relax and have a good read!

Peace and Love, Kirstin Garriss

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BLACK INK REFLECTIONS

--– Candace Crawford

--– Laura Perry

--– Perrine DeShield

--– Christina Ajewole

-culties that blacks once had to face and here are the ways in which

-try and the measures in which he took to achieve those dreams

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wrote lies within our hears - we just have to

“Danny Glover's lecture leaves me wonder-

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that a combination of both elements leads us

In this case, Danny Glover left me with a

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Black History Month originated in 1926 by Carter Godwin Woodson as Negro History Week. The month of February was chosen in honor of Frederick Dou-glass and Abraham Lincoln, who were both born in that month. (Not because February is the shortest month) -

Photo By Pauline Lamb

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Danny Glover What He Said:

and that effects the moral consciousness of our

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ine, re-dream, and let America be America

"We are the architects

"What role do we

that used to be but has not yet

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-ner with him, I saw an activist and histo-

as a whole, I see more and more how im---

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The Keynote Speaker for the 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture

MLK DAY OF SERVICENAACP MARCH

Members of the NAACP and community members

participated in the annual Rally, March, Service

event, which started with a march at the Post Of-

MLK YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAMSome students volunteered with the MLK Youth

Leadership Program, which was held in the Student

On Monday, January 18, 2010 students spent their day off from class volun-teering within the community in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

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Committee hosted its 2nd annual banquet to cel-

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other members of the Black History Month Com-

Black History Month Banquet

Left: UNC faculty and staff enjoy conversa-tion after banquet

Below: The Black History Month Com-

Charles Daye

Above: Black History Month Committee Co-Chairs Sheleyce Woods and Taylor Howard with the

Daye

Diversity within the 2010 UNC Dance Marathon

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Tyler describes his

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had to have several cra-nial tumors removed when I was a child

school career, so my family and I know how dreadful -

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-lina Fever, and UNC Teach-

ethnicities and cultures just as the families in need of as-

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tions such as Dance Mara-thon in order to show that we

Ultimately, the 12th Annual UNC Dance Marathon

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the families of the North Caro-lina Children’s

Kirstin GarrissDancers enjoy their last sit

The Dance Marathou Rave

Don’t Let Them Make YOU

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A!rming the StereotypeMainstream media creates a

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Since the early years of televi-sion, shows have relied on ste-

-coms are usually the main cus-

stores because now that we know -

you want to watch, because they

Now that network heads know

In the case of reality televi-

In ABC’s The Bachelor, an at-

is courted by more ladies he can

Why create a new show when

Flavor of Love, the Rock of Love

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Rock of Love churns butter out -

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network television because you

-er and you can choose any ame-

-fer some variety watch the Real

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family fun half hour is a collec-tion of mundane diatribes made

Every set of characters in Mod-

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-ily has been widely successful

these characters because of…oh

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fond of because they’re not so

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doesn’t mean it’s the best substi-

isn’t worth the reduction of eth--

Kent Robertson

Top Ten Reasons To Go To Summer School:10. Part of the Carolina experience9. Less traffic8. Keep it in Chapel Hill7. Small-college atmosphere6. Self-enrichment5. Add a second major or minor4. Build hours & your GPA3. Graduate in eight semesters or fewer2. Teaching that fits your learning style1. Nothing could be finer

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For your mind. Summer School at Carolina.

summer.unc.edu

PROFESSOR PROFILE

as an actress and was drawn to Performance Studies because of the

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What exactly has made COMM.160 with

Marjorie so different from others?

HI, MARJORIE!

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Christina Sola Ajewole

Christina Sola Ajewole

Obama’s First Year… Obama II announced his candidacy for

that moment, he became a household name and was the subject of countless

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So, what do you think about how your

Heels: -rently is, I feel that most of it will

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I don't believe that failure, for -

Amanda MacLaren-

“I commend Obama on his health care reform

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health care reform is PERFECT and

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Kandace Watkins

FACE OFFFACE OFF--

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-dents a network of students and faculty that come from similar

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Institutional sensitivity to the needs of minority students is im-

Black women are a force to be reckoned with in the classroom

The attitudes and back-grounds of black female students are now much different than older gen-erations. Black females appreciate the impor-tance of the preserva-tion of the black identity, but also understand the value of multicultural

interaction.

FACE OFF

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FACE OFF

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-Black men in America have been praised and

-jected, respected and feared. Society gives me all of these expectations and stereotypes to live up to, but seldom am I given the tools to do so.

Melvin Backman

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board:

The VocabEmbracing Our Vernacular

in your most recent AFAM class, or maybe when your

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Black it has undoubtedly

What does it mean to talk

by Senate Majority House Leader Harry Reid attrib-

this issue has become a hot

these discussions the con-

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the use of Black dialect but

an inferior vernacular to the

The History of Ebonics: The Black Dialect

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The variety known as “Ebonics,”…and by other names is systematic and rule-governed like all natu-ral speech varieties. The systematic and expressive nature of the grammar and pronunciation patterns of the African American vernacular has been es-

past thirty years. Characterizations of Ebonics as “slang,” “mutant,” “ lazy,” “defective,” “ungram-matical,” or “broken English” are incorrect and de-

meaning.

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Black scholars of the time had tried to avoid, Hurston received

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Making the Distinction Maya Ange-lou's (1928 - ) autobio-graphical, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" is the first non-fiction work by an Afri-can-Ameri-can woman to make the best-seller list.

Although millions of African American women were held in bondage when slavery was legal in the United States, Harriet Jacobs (1813-97) is the only one known to have left papers testifying to her life.

Mapping UNC1

whites

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hold Holy Communion services at

Event: Harvey Beech, one of the

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4Cobb Dormitory

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5Hill Hall

which he remarked that, “It is either

-sion of racial issues in the South, for the betterment of social and le-

PresentThe Black Student Movement (BSM)

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National Association for the Ad--

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Memorial Hall

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day Celebration in commemoration -

Lenoir

Student members of the Southern -

the Food Workers’ Strike, which Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, formerly named the Black Cultural Center, is a cultural center that focuses on

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was donated to the school by the class of 2002 in honor of the colored

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A New Year someone to kiss, as we watched the clock inch closer and closer to mid-

the heads of millions, like

countless New Year’s resolutions are conjured

and down that this year

an effort to love myself, I

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seconds when I am full,

written by Albrecht Pow-

were surveyed to deter-

results:

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that will come as a result to this

alleviate some of your monetary

for a few dollars, because many re-

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A New YouWhat’s the Verdict

-ary 1st, 2010 is that different from any other day

but the choices that you made, both fortunate and

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month, hey, that’s ok, because you still have the --

New Year are a fun tradition, but what about the

Have your New Year’s resolutions taken a back-

The fact of the matter is that you don’t have to

-ever you want, embrace those desires and don’t be

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Buffalo Soldiers is the name given to the all-black regiments of the U.S. Army start-ed in 1866. More than 20 Buffalo Soldiers received the high-est Medal of Honor for their service –the highest number of any U.S. military unit. The oldest liv-ing Buffalo Soldier, Mark Matthews, died at the age of 111 in 2005.

Mathematical Crisis against Heritage Month Biases

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Question: What’s really

there’s a lot of math listed above, but the desired res-olution is that we should

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share a month when there

and Irish American Heri-

May houses both Asian

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Black History month is celebrated with an array of

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festivals, and concerts at the Smithsonian In-

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Month holds a series of events related to the culture at the Asian Pa-

It hardly seems equal, and mind you the only collectiveness is for

now the question is not a mathematical one, but

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Should we feel grateful because a

lot of other heritages are forced to

share a month when there are still 5

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FOOTBALL STARS IN

Drama 115 class, or maybe your introductory Media Stud-

However, students fail to -

to describe a direct balance between a full time, academi-

is in fact correctly attributed to

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-lectually weak and unfairly

even more skewed because the football team is almost entirely

There is no doubt that nation-wide statistics related black

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tion at UNC is less the 11%, the football team is at least

that athleticism and intelli-

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majors in either Communi-

areas of study that have been

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Economics and Business majors are conveniently

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all and there are sensible rea-

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hectic schedule, but they as-

Administration major at UNC

A NEW SPOTLIGHTHowever student-athletes like

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Economics major and former -

roster due to "injuries sus-

to come on a football schol-

of academic credibility, not Busch Davis or the football

“Yes they may take those class-

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es, but we automatically stand

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what any other student on

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the easy classes and take them

deliberately wants to take a class that will lower his or her

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-rently an active member of BSM, Golden Love and the

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he too is a student whose aca-demic achievement should not

that there’s more to that athlete

It is not acceptable to assume that athleticism “

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2010 Census Whether it’s the catchy “We can’t move forward, until you

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Every 10 years, the Census is sent to homes across the coun-

it had several questions and sections which at times could seen very com-

With this new format, the Census has become much easy for every

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Lewis and Clark were accompanied by York, a black slave, when they made their 1804 expedition from Missouri to Oregon. York’s presence aided in their interactions with the Native Americans they encountered.

The actual enumeration shall be made within three years af-

within every subsequent term of 10 years, in such manner as

-- Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States

A word from our Constitution…

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With some much money available, there’s no reason why every American can’t take advan-

“When you return your census question---

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Now that you know

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commercial chants “We can’t move forward until

Kirstin Garriss

Fresh Start, Same Traditions

The Lady Tar Heel 2009 - 2010 Season

basketball team were the favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament for the second year

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Coach Sylvia Hatchell told Tar Heel

the AP Poll, with rival Duke Blue

-ber 5, was indicator of the ladies

Tar Heels defeated the unranked

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which is the most in recent UNC Women’s Basket-

Unfortunately, the seventh ranked Lady Tar Heels met their match with number one ranked University of Connecticut

consecutive win and the Tar Heels sec-

now 10th ranked Tar Heels saw a roller -

-fortunately the ladies fell short in Dur-

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Kandace Watkins

the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament as the

With a roster of more than one-third freshman, a -

michael Auditorium after a more than a year-

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-tera DeGraffenreid were named to the All-ACC

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On

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406 MEMBERS…134 Freshmen

70 Juniors

59 Sophomores

36 Seniors

21%

11%

13%12%

16%

26%

Top 6 Majors Psychology (35)

Political Science (19)Journalism (22)

Communication Studies (20)Business (27)

Biology (44)

Ever wondered how many BSM members we have? What majors they are? When they were born? Here is a glimpse into the people who make the BSM possible….OUR MEMBERS!

Popular Last Names

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Johnson (5)

Jones (5)

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Popular First Names

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Alexis (5)

JESSICA (13)

Amber (5)

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