Wright State University CORE Scholar The Guardian Student Newspaper Student Activities 12-4-1972 The Guardian, December 4, 1972 Wright State University Student Body Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian Part of the Mass Communication Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Student Body (1972). The Guardian, December 4, 1972 . : Wright State University. This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Activities at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Guardian Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WSU poetess cleans minds come adjusted to the environ- with the Black Liberation Poets- BY MIKE DABNEY to-person basis. She ssid then a group of prominent poets from she began to write her thoughts ment and thinking process of the News Editor across the country. on paper. people involved." While on tour in New York in While in Toledo she worked for Since September she has been She calls herself Ajax Blue-the 1970 she accepted an offer by the Creative Arts Workshop a elected Minister of Correspond poetess. Her motto: "I don't Random House Publishing Co to clean sinks- I clean minds." black organiration composed of ence for the Committee for the Advancement of Black Unity have the collection of her poems For those who have heard the artists, poets, musicians, dancers published in a book. The 355- and photographers. There she (CABUI at WSU. She is also seering. thought provoking poet page book, to be published in ry of Ajax Blue, they agree that started a poet's group, and an art working with the staff of the Bolinga Center to further its 1974. will be entitled "Hidden it does make one look at one's and tutorial program for area Darkness". Ajax said. goal in making the center a focal mind- if black awareness is residents. Ajax, who is also employed as a where your mind is at. After working for the organiza point for black culture. She complains that there is a secretary for the GUARDIAN, Ajax, who reluctantly admits tion for three years she was sent gives poetry reading sessions al- her legal name is Anita Hill, is a to Wright State last September gap between those blacks who most every weekend at different transfer psychology major from by the workshop "to help pro- live in Residence Hall and those colleges and universities around the University of Toledo. mote black culture awareness at blacks who commute to WSU. the country. Sheehan speaks tonight A native of Toledo. Ajax has WSU," with special emphasis on "I will try to bridge the gap by While performing she prefers been writing poetry for four the Bolinga Cultural Resource innovating programs ati thine Ce^nn- Afncan chsnt, and Conpi drum9 Neil Sheehan. the journalist years. She first became inter- Center. ter that are conducive to both ^ s(.rvp a, ad(|(,d pffpcU on her who obtained the Pentagon Pa ested in poetry while in high She explained the workshop has groups, she said. „ poetry reading. pers from Daniel Ellsberg for the school when she "started to re- sponsored a number of blacks She is also working with Bo- She said her poetry covers all New York Times will speak at late to people in terms of psy- from the organization in the past linga Center staff members ar^as of black awareness includ WSU on Monday. December 4. chology and philosophy." on similar missions to universi- Larry Crowe Allen Evans and freedom, life and evo- at 8 pm. Ajax slid when people came to ties across the countrv. Victor Eubanks in establishing ]utj^n Sheehan's lecture will be in Ole her with their personal problems "Promoting such an issue," she a monthly newsletter for the Ajax Blue- destined to become a man Auditorium at 8 pm Mon she could get inside their minds said, "is getting off to a slow Center. household name around literary day. Thsre is no charge for ad by relating to them on a person start," but feels "one must be- As a poet, Ajax has written jn ^ futurc? mission. WRIGHT X STATE STUDENT UNIVERSITY GUARDIAN PUBLICATION Volume 9 Monday, December 4, 1972 Issue No 23 SBP outlines philosophy, goals BY FRANK SALSBURG Do we want to take the consti of things in mind, and if they always the best. I don't think a So let's get back to the 14 tutioa we have now and rework don't it only takes about two Staff Reporter senator has in mind when he is seats. What we're going to uo it? I think obviously it doesn't weeks on the job. I know, I've elected 'I wonder how I'm going about that I don't know. I would (Note- The follow, ig is the first mee'. all the needs of the stu been a senator and a SBP. to screw over the SBP,' but I hope to see within the next half of an editeu interview con dents but then I don't know of Don't think that a SBP comes think they end ".p with that. few months, the senate amend ducted with SBP Rick Minamyer. one that will. into office with the idea of trying The SBP had definite ideas of the present constitution to allow Part II will be published in I don't know that any document to sidestep the senate, they all what needs to be done for his for an additional 12 students to Thursday's edition.) is going to be any better than came in with the idea of letfe work administration. He's already at sit on the academic council from this one now. together, towards a common this stage the most powerful mutually exclusive consti- Q: Explain the reorganization We seem to be focusing mainly goal. I think the problem arises individual in student govern- tuencies, with approval of the steps that were taken at the last on the senate and student body when the executive branch is ment. students. student senate meeting. president. Most of our attention generally more cohesive. But the most powerful body on SENATOBS A: I attempted to reorganize is focused on how the SBP can That's because the SBP does campus for students is the sen- Those senators that don't show under the philosophy that each of sidestep the senate, and how get to hand pick his staff. With ate. The senate collectively is up. thats the bad senate, and the committees we appoint stu they can parry his punches. the senate you have to take what much more powerful than the there is more of them obvious- dents to will be committees of Everyone comes with these kind the people give you. which isn't SBP. (Continued on page 9) the senate. There will be a Sena tor on each of these committees either as an alternate or as a regular. Weather station going strong The senator will be the chair- man of that student committee. Q: We are facing a situation BY CATHY MCKINNEY sure the incoming solar radia The Geography Department that will probable become part of where we have a promise of 12 Staff Reporter tion. one to measure the earth's may be small, but they have a the National Weather Service more seats on the academic coun- radiation outward, and a rain in-owing weather station, one network in a year or two. cil if we move to bring the Whatever jou do, don't call gauge. method of elections in line with WSU's Geography Department Clemens says the work of Avie what the faculty wants. How the Geology Department or Scott, senior in Geography, is would you like to see it gone they'll tell you that the Ge» very helpful to him, and in the about, to gel the seats in the best graphy department may not future he plans for the weather interest of the students. have much, but it does have a full station to become part of the A: If you had asked me that time weather station. National Weather Service net- during the summer, say in the The station, housed in a re- work. middle of July I'd have said I latively new bri.-k building on The data being collected now is think the best way to do it is to Colonel Glenn, has been in opera useful in evaluating Dayton as a work all summer and come up tion since August. Dr John Ray, heat source, by comparing the with a new constitution to put chairman of the department, temperatures here with tem- student government out of exis- spent alot of time recruiting peratures in different p'aces in tence by the end of fall quarter, funds for the station, and Jerome the metropolitan area. by amending the current con '.Vf Clemens, instructor in Geo Clemens has plans ol adding stitution out of existence. graphy. and rlimatologist, runs instruments to the weather sta- At this point I don't know what the weather station. tion and making it one of the few students want. I don't know if The weather station records in the U S with sensors which they want the representation. wind speed and direction (have measure all of the earths incom This year, since school has you seen the 30 foot tower on ing radiation, not just solar radia- started I have been saying no. Colonei Glenn?), and the aver tion.