The Register, 1985-02-12

              illilllill 1 .... o from left david richmond joseph mcneil and franklin mccain three of the a&t students who began the greensboro sit-ins 25 years ago celebrated the anniversary at the february one society banquet i other action taken by the at that time buck said he had inspected the cafeteria and had notified the director of possible changes to avoid future problems these recom mendations had been executed as early as friday afternoon dr roland buck vice chancellor of student affairs and sga president james fracne had breakfast there on friday morning gave a surprise inspection of the dining hall officials said inspections will be held periodically to elevate other problems that are not within standards after the meeting the committee brothers who usually exier minated the caieteria bi monthly he said during spr ng break major fumigation will lake place committee was a question and answer session for students monday in the cafcria see cafeteria page 3 in the meeting williams said the dining hall will be sprayed each week by parker during its regular meeting on feb 9 at that time the peti tion which consisted of about 600 names was withdrawn vice committee met with kin nard to discuss the incident however the the food ser petition for signatures asking that the cafeteria be closed and fumigated the student sheila m kin nard reported the incident to cal williams food service director she also circulated a the action came after a stu dent found a roach in her mashed potatoes during din ner feb 5 williams cafeteria person nel is taking steps to prevent ie re-emergence of insects in the dining hall sheba a hall special to the register bhm celebration of consciousness lyceum series blacks must confront injustices richmond mcneil and mccain join hands and sing with hal sieber former president of the societv and a&t chancellor edward fort at the conclusion of the program baraka urged students to read slave narratives and other books by black writers in cluding frederick douglas moses roper langston hughes paul robeson and w.e dubois news editor by frances ward ezell blair jr who lives in new bedford mass and goes purpose the total support of our com munity we had unity and a democracy is ignorant or a according to baraka anyone who says american is a lot of people do not understand the necessity of black history month he said life has been a struggle for blacks living in the united states we were brought here as slaves and indeed we are still slaves baraka was f he guest speaker at the annual lyceum series program in harrison auditorium sunday black history month is not only a celebration of our history bu ; a celebration of our consciousness said amiri baraka leroi jones poet and playwright by frances ward news editor the leaders spoke at the fifth annual february one society banquet which union today blacks must confront injustices with the courage and determination that four a&t freshmen had 25 years ago when they demanded service at the woolworth lunch counter several black leaders told greensboro residents and students friday at memorial are was it a democracy when the u.s said we were three fif ths of a human being was it a democracy when we came here as slaves or when we were on the plantations racist baraka if they instructors teaching you nineteenth cen tury american literature and not teaching you slave nar honored the four freshmen who historians say changed the face of civil rights protests they told an audience of by the name of jibreel khazan was unable to attend the gala affair other speakers included william walker of atlanta dr james johnson a&t pro fessor and president of the society mpho tutu daughter of nobel peace prize winner bishop desmond tutu chancellor edward b fort and sga president james france see banquet page 2 walker and johnson said we the black community need to unify and get on to the business of making this world a better place to live said david richmond who now works at greensboro health care center convalescent home about 300 to rededicate themselves to the 60's today students lack ap preciation of the past said franklin mccain now an ex ecutive with celanese cor poration in charlotte they need to develop a seriousness of purpose joseph mcneill said a lot of young people don'j , kno w what was going on in the 60's we took the initiative and had baraka see baraka page 2 volume lvi number 18 wmw iiiiffii complete awareness for complete commitment worth carolina agricultural and technical state university greensboro tuesday february 12 1985 cafeteria up act cleaning williams by doris person editor in chief