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INSIDE ., Six scholarships offered .Page4· Black Awareness Women in Leadership Conference activities Dr. Shei.. Simmons of Student Page4 Servlc" was one of many per formers who contributed to Black Awareness Month obser O_bservatory Open House PageS vance at UTD during February. The Black contribution In music, art, literature, dance, cinema and more was cele Showtime: ••Guys and Dolls" Page7 . brated In actlvltlet throughout the month. For the Mercury's wrap-up, see p-ge 2. UTD ERCURY. , The Student Newspaper of The University of Texas at Dallas Vol. 3 No. 11 -, Feb. 28, 1983 Film star Terry Jastrowto speak at UTD's March 19 conference Terry Jastrow, creator and per person. For registration in Jeffrey C. Barbakow, a spe star of the film "Waltz Across formation. call 690-2204. cialist in entertainment fi Texas," will offer observations President of his own Los nancing for Merrill Lynch White and advice on breaking into the Angeles film production com Weld Capital Markets Group, film industry Saturday, March pany, Jastrow worked as a pro will discuss "Motion Picture 19 in Dallas as keynote speaker ducer-director for ABC Sports Financing"; David Comsky, a for UTD's third annual Motion and appeared in two feature Beverly Hills attorney special Picture Production Confer films, numerous television izing in the legalities of film ence. shows and five stage plays be making, will answer the ques He plans to explain how to fore writing and co-starring tion, ''What Is Hollywood Really develop and carry through a with his wife Anne Archer in About?"; and Dr. Charles H. feature film production project "Waltz." Harpole, a UTD film professor from the basic idea to a distrib Later, Joel Smith, executive who is editing a 10-volume his uted movie, using " Waltz director of the Texas Film Com tory of the American cinema, Across Texas" as a case study. mission, will discuss "Trends will discuss "Creating a Distinct Sponsored by UTD's Center in the Texas Film/Video Indus Texas Sensibility." for Continuing Education, this try"; Dallas producer/ director Dr. Janet Harris, UTD's direc year's conference also will Richard D. Kidd, renowned for tor of continuing education, bring in six other producers, his production of corporate said that each year the con directors and financial con and documentary films around ference tries to offer insight sultants well-versed in the film the world, will discuss "Corpo and perspective on the growing industry to discuss various rate and Cable Communica Texas film industry. aspects of the question "The tions";. Michael Hamilton, a "We believe the film industry Future is Texas?" Conference California creative consultant here is going to continue to ."Waltz Across Texas" star Terry Jastrow activities will run from 9 a.m.- who has had a hand in such TV grow, and we see this confer 4 p.m. in the Conference Cen shows as "The Six-Million Files," "Magnum P.l." and about "Television Program ence as a way of assisting that ter. Participation will cost $125 Dollar Man," "The Rockford "Simon and Simon" will talk ming and Production." growth," she said. DART discussion slated for March 9 nities throughout the Metro By J.W. GIBSON be held in the Student Union, Mullinax, Wells, Baab, and· problems on Central Express area to present their three ser• room 2.304. The campus com Cloutman. He has been active way. In five years, projections DART, an acronym for Dallas vice alternatives and establish munity is strongly encouraged in transit planning in the Dallas indicate, the local traffic situa Area Rapid Transit, is a term public preference for future to attend and bring along what area for several years. tion will be as dire as the prob that may not be familiar to growth. ever questions and suggestions Each day in the Dallas area, lems in Houston. everyone in our community. On Wednesday, March 9 at they may have. an estimated 400,000 hours are To demonstrate your con However, officials of the agen 5 p.m., DART will have a repre The speaker will be Roger lost due to traffic congestion. cern, attend the meeting at the cy hope to change that very sentative on campus at UTD to Albright, a doctor of jurispru These delays cost the commu Student Union, or another soon. After months of planning brief students and faculty on dence graduate from the Uni nity approximately $350 million presentation at Richardson and studies, DART is now send the service plans now under versity of Oklahoma. He is pre annually. Residents are parti City Hall on Thursday, March ing representatives to commu- consideration. The meeting will sently a partner in the law firm cularly aware of the traffic 24 at 7:30 p.m. Pete 2 UTD MERCURY Feb. 21. 1113 Black Awareness Month ends ·- on a high ~note · I Have A Dream The month of February was full of activities in observance of Black Awareness Month. Tt\8 Minority Advisor and the Student Activities Office sponsored the activities. I have a dream that one day out in the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of Black Awareness month has been a time set aside for former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. highlighting the contributions. heritage, culture. struggles and I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with-the. heat of oppression triumphs of Blacks in America. Films, poetry, dance, art exhibits, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. musical entertainment and lectures were various ways in which the I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by Black culture experiences were shared with all of the UTD campus the color of their skin but by their character. and community. I have a dream today. Many of the participants in the programs were UTD students, I have a dream that one day every valley shall be engulfed, every hill shall be exalted and every moun faculty and staff. P~rformances on Feb. 15 included a panorama of poetry and dance by staff and students. Another great dance tain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains, and the crooked places will be made performance took place the following day by the Arts Magnet straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh see it together. School Dance Department of the Dallas Independent School This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to District. hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. Artist Zenith Jenkins displayed many of his beautiful pieces of With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail work in the Student Union on Feb. 17, and Doc Gibbs entertained together, to climb up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. students at 12:30 and 5 p.m. on Valentines Day. This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country, tis The last event of Black Awareness Month was a Gospel Choir of thee. Sweet land of liberty. Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died. Land of the Pilgrirn s pride. Concert featuring the Evangelical Choir cf Mount Pisgah Church From ev'ry mountainside. Let freedom ring." and the Eastgate Baptist Church Mass Choir. Black church choirs And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So, let freedom ring from the mighty throughout history have been a force of inspiration for the Black mountains of New York. church and the Black community. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Gospel music today is still one of the most cultural elements that Blacks have to share with the world. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. The theme 'Ohl what a debt we owe' was one that truly Let freedom ring from the curvacious slopes of California. challenges all of society today. We reaped benefits of those who But not only that, let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia. contributed to the improvement of the world before us, and .we Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. should have something to give in paying the debt. It is a debt that Let freedom ring from every hill and mole hill of Mississippi and every mountainside. will not be paid in a lump sum, but one that should be paid continuously. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children. black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of You are needed the old spiritual, "Free at last, free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last. .. The UTD Mercury still needs reporters, photographers and writers. Call the Mercury office between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Dr. Martin Luther l<ins, Jr. Mon.-Fri. if you are interested in any of these positions. The office number is 690-2286. UTD MERCURY The Student Newspaper of The University of Texas at Dallas THE MERCURY is published on Mondays, at two-week intervals during the long term of The University of Texas at Dallas except holidays and exam periods, and once each month during the summer term.