The Register, 1975-11-21

              THE4-57 REGISTER
VOLUME  XLVII    NUMBER 25
"COMPLETE AWARENESS EOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT"
NORTH CAROLINA  AGRICULTURAL  AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO
NOVEMBER  21.    1975
Stokley Carmichael
Black Revolutionist Speaks Here
Stokley Carmichael
photo by Sims
By Maxine McNeil
After a brief introduction by
1 SGA president, Ted Mangum, the
students and faculty members
who were present were given
an informative speech by Stokley
Carmichael.
Carmichael has been involved
in the Black Revolution
movement for a number of years.
Carmichael  began his speech
Air Force
ROTC Holds Awards Ceremonies
By Patricia Ingram
Air Force (ROTC) cadets
received awards in five categories
of achievement during Awards
Day held yesterday in Merrick
HaU.
Among the seniors receiving
College Scholarship Cadet awards
were Michael Bennett, Charles
Coffin, Jr., Quincy Purvis, Elmer
Moore, Russell Richardson,
Lawrence Hill, and Dennis
Monroe. Other senior recipients
were LaGoge Graham, Frederick
Stocks, James Home, Berry
Obie, and Frederick Willams.
The junior recipients of this
award included five nursing
majors: Joyce McMillian, Betty
Dozier, Kathleen Newsome,
Mitzi Swinson, and Patricia
McKoy. Thurmon Deloney, II,
Sidney Marable, Paula Hunter,
and David Lewis also received
this award.
Cadets designated as having
demonstrated "an unusual degree
of ability, initiative, and other
leadership qualities" received the
Distinguished Cadets Awards.
They included Michael
Adkinson, Peter Burnette,
Pamela Carlson, Danny Davis,
William Dula, LaGoge Graham
and Stephonia Leak. Dennis
Monroe, Elmer Moore, Barry
Obie, Milton Siler and Frederick
Williams were also listed.
Receiving Solo Flight Bages
were Peter Burnette, Barry Obie
Elmer Moore, Kevin Barnes, and
Gary Melchor. These persons
have indicated a desire to
become Air Force pilots, have
passed the pilot qualifications in
the Air Force Officers Qualifying
Test, and are medically qualified.
Persons displaying excellence
in their participation in
AFROTC extracurricular
activities (drill team and
basketball) received
Extracurricular Activities
Awards.
Walter Brinkley, Danny Davis,
Gregory Davis, Clinton Green,
Ezekiel Jones, and Luther Jones
received awards for their
participation on the basketball
team.
Dennis Monroe, Barry Obie,
Thurmon Deloney, Dennis
Sawyer, Manzell Smith , George
Speed, and Milton Tuckerwerethe
other honorees for this award.
The Cadets who received an
award for their participation on
the drill team were Franklin
Steele, Elaine Smith, Tracy
Blakeney, Alta Carter, George
Speed, Clinton Green, and Phillip
Wallace.
Frank Wilson, Gary Melchor,
Charles Perry, Martin Williams,
Baron Matthews, York Thorpe,
and Manzell Smith were among
the recipients of this award.
Concluding the list were Zeke
Jones, Arnold Bass, Michael
Tatum   and   Zeke   Morgan.
First Honors Awards were
given to Calvin Byrd,
Pamela     Carlson, James Home,
Stephonia Leak, Ernest Longs,
and Dennis Monroe.
Also receiving these awards
were Elmer Moore, Yonnie
Moore, Barry Obie, Coker
Stewart, Frederick Williams, and
Lester Durham.
Continuing, Thurmon
Deloney ,11, Sidney Marable,
Mitzi Swinson, Aaron Warren,
Nelson Bennett, and David
Lewis.
Other honorees were Darryl
Inman, William Lyles, Cynthia
Rivers, John Sharpless, Milton
Tucker, and York Thorpe.
by saying that he saw the Black
students of the 60's turn the
world around. He said that he
saw them rock capitaUsm.
"Students have the power to do
this, but they have to take
themselves seriously to have a
revolution," he said.
Carmichael added, "Black
students' sole purpose foi
coming to the University should
be to free the people." He said
that if we just came here to
study our majors, that we are
"stupid students".
A Black student can study
and become the best doctor in
the world, but, if he doesn't try to
help other Blacks, he won't be
free," he added.
Carmichael continued, "If
you're not helping free the
people, then you're helping the
aggressors to oppress the people.
Blacks are being oppressed
everywhere." He also said that
working to free the people isn't a
part time job. We can't stop
working at this job for one
second."
Carmichael said that America
.tries to confuse Blacks. He said
that everything America teaches
Blacks about Black people is a
Ue. He added that we shouldn't
accept these lies as truths. He
continued by saying that truth is
objective   to  the  point  because
it's based on scientific reaUty. He
said that Black students must be
very critical, that they must test
' the truths.
Carmichael said that in order
for Blacks aU over the continent
to be free that we all must start
from the beginning. He said that
aU Blacks' beginning is Africa,
but whites have done everything
they could to cover up Africa.
He  defended this statement by
saying that whites only show
movies which depict a negative
picture of Africa. He used the
Taizan movies as an example.
"Ever since Blacks came in
contact with capitalism," said
Carmichael, "they've tried to
destroy it. We have to destroy
the capitalistic system and build
a sociaUstic system. We have to
fight to build this and revolution
is trying to get people together
to build this by using the
scientific method."
Carmichael said that our first
step in becoming free is
organization. "Africa is our
primary goal," he said; "but
Africa has to be organized fist
because, as long as Africa is
weak, then Blacks all over the
world will be weak. If the Black
man in Africa is strong then the
Black    man    everywhere is
strong."
He   said   that,   if   we   obtain
(See Carmichael, Page 5)
McMillan Views Drug Problems
Gospel Choir Members
To Travel To Georgia
By Debra K. Daniel
Fifty-five members and the
advisors of the A&T Fellowship
Gospel Choir will represent A&T
at the Third Annual National
Black College Gospel Choir
Festival on November 28-30.
This event will take place in
Atlanta, Georgia, at West Hunter
Street Baptist Church. Dr. Ralph
D. Abernathy is the pastor.
Choirs from all across the
nation   will   come   for   several
purposes. One is to reclaim the
richness of the Black Religious
Heritage. Another is to validate
the authencity of Black gospel
music.
Other purposes include being
in ministry to Black college
youth, building models of
worship that will tranform
temporary emotion into
permanent motion, and
strengthening the bond between
the campus and the church.
By Mary E. Cropps
The use and abuse of hard
drugs on campus have decreased,
according to Norwood McMillan,
director of campus security.
McMillan said that hard narcotics
were more prevalent during
1971, 1972 and 1973 than they
are now.
The most widely used
narcotic now is marijuana,
McMillan'said. But even the use
of this drug has decreased
slightly.
As far as arrests for possession'
of marijuana is concerned,
McMillan said that he had
adopted a wait-and-see policy.
By this he means that campus
police do not adhere toasstrict a
search poUcy as before.
McMillan expressed his desire
to give everyone the benefit of
the doubt. Now he is waiting
until the end of the semester to
see how his new policy has worked
out.
In explaining the new attitude
further, McMillan stated that he
is in the process of letting
students decide for themselves
whether they will indulge in
the use of drugs or not.
"Students should make
decisions they can live with,"
McMillan observed. "They
should   take  their education  in
one hand and the use of
marijuana in the other and weigh
them. Which is more important?"
Continuning, McMillan
pointed out that, when a student
makes his decision and the
decision is to use marijuana
and he gets caught, then he
should not blame the poUce or
the administration."
The fate of students arrested
on campus for possession of
drugs is hanging in the balance at
this time. McMillan said he isi
waiting for a meeting of the
minds between the Student
Government Association and the
University Tribunal.
Although Dr. Waverlyn Rice,
chairman of the Tribunal, sent
McMillan a letter asking him to
take all drug cases to the city
police, McMUlan said he has not
taken any action on the matter.
(See McMUlan , Page 5)
Seized marijuana plants. photo by Carter