" etoanee purple Vol. CLXXVIII No. 9 FEBRUARY 25, 1999 UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH SEWANEE. TENNESSEE, Civil Rights Activist Shares Vision for Future M.^iii.ixrtaiuly,importantly, W centcentolot" the populationfxipul.iii. >n More departiiK.ni 00 Affirmative Roberts his lecture quol- by Haynes JullilJ1 B „1K| opened as and unjust, an cx- said that race re- vnon ungrounded News Editor ingWJ B.DuBois who pcju'ocianiwnoclainitobe , manj it*- primarj issued the i itiens would be ce dialogue tnhiseyes.Af- twentieth century In response. Bond February 17. 1 ".». renowned cimI On i ** the n**4 im- nrinotivc KcttonwaaaWgnedtocw ih.ii ii would in fact also i if the Board rights BCth isi and Chairman remain i,i.„ v. middle i loss and must the fiisl centuiy. Bond, addressed a portant issue m twenty of the NAACP. Julian ot tins class n.xidthen policy to fostei the growth concerning Oivingaaujekhisti packed Convocation Hall eivedasaplot 10 it tWl > the fight fbi Further, WOS " First in ipola ..i the milestones in •"Civil Rights, Then and Now pvt \tm.inAnvn,.insl.|..t.ml.Kh.mtage. over the past one hundred J invcJvedby the violent mur- equality spired to gel simplv COUntO an age old white enfranchisement, rights to non bui tO 1111- Mr Bond has been including dering of Emmet e«d« wealth, panon- with ihe landmark advents movement since segregated education Ktive in ihe civil dgbe i" response to .,,v .,ud pienidi.. \nd ol Brownvs the College in Supwane Court decision his student days at Morehouse Martm Luther 1 1 who reference * (fa opponents Board ol Education in i ^. and I "N>. found- Mlanta, Georgia In he was a Kine Jr \ l Have a Dream" rnetort BblishmentofAffinnativf Action In 1999 member of die fir t student Nonvio- Action, ing justification against Uflrmative .. decades past the Brsl Reoon Coordinating Committee that helped 13 lent cutters by also referencing King, SUUCtion and three past the second the protests ind marches with that to organize who himsell called fw programs Whereas the Brst involved military into prominent civil rights activists such hopes of which would level 'Ik playing field in to protect minimal newly King Jr are associated. vention as Martin Luther creating a society where racial tor equal- one day freedoms, tlic second searched mid I960"s, Bond became the first In the blindness could exist under the law. [be civil rights move congressional r presentanve mthe ity black the same program ol "coalition, can be seen not as i- 'l lied peri With Reconstruction and ment now state ofGeorgia since org,ini/..iion.litie..tion.andmohili. ods "i resistance, but asabufldupi turned down a Vice-Presidential nomina- Bond as upon us organization in 1909, While ii started in in mod the Democratic Party cadesofeffort, uon m 1968 from thattboNAACP will doall in its emsensevriththeinitiafiverfweU-loiown promises he was too young to hold on grounds that fighl Finally, he ' l power continue the such and Rosa ] " U> Mr Bond narrates reformers as King the office. In addition can only go so tar Charley Watkins generations thai acknowledges ihatthii documentary se- hasbeen passed on to new PBS award winning to their of the as Uk people arc willing change Hall. Bond is the Chairman can and w ill maintain its progress Julian Bond speaks at Convocation the Pn/e " He has also ries, "Eyes on Bond believes that with the aid and a renowned civil rights activist. However, Bond quicklj moved (0 his attitudes the Board of the NAACP served as a commeniaior on America's including United o| the Vtner'u an public, ems for race relation! in Uk Black Forum and has hosted "Saturday gains ground anee, the movement States He warned ol tix- "feat ol minori Night Live" Currently. Mr Bond splits ,iti/ensandcorre- Weekend hue establishment be- , |, nstudl Minority Prospective and ties." in which the w between Washington DC. all time mond with representatives on levels lieves that they themselves are in ft Charlottesville, as he ^uest lectures at and Diversity concerning injustice in government Promotes Admissions nerabk to groups ol mm. Miin-swliomlhey American University and is a faculty mem- society believe account (brsome seventy one pa i Virginia historyrustory »«"«» ' ' berbcr of the University . O -* *. a •% «-» by Kelly Smith social side of Sewanee. Friday Women Begins pool on bhtor night, students will attend a Sewanee Conference Saturday, crime and justio at Fowler, and on been the president I ii the party by Kristin Jones and Kelly Smith Cloninger has will speak at Ihe COD I w.. women ninth will hike sections of the Perim- of Cumberland V a) This weekend marks the they Elinor Girl Scout Council Stay Water and Evelyn Parish, Saturday night, the she has also worked ference on Thursday tor the Minority Prospective eter Trail. On ley since 1992. and yeai ihe Commu- Alliance will host the driving force behind event aimed at the re- African- American school reform and raising money fbi Weekend, an Salle> chief executive for the Marguerite n,o, Children's Home tor abused BDd competitive all-campus party at youth projects Cloni cruitment of talented, an /»ns Family So- American officer of Bright Ho children in C BiTOlU in Oeor- Center to end the lh< neglected students "Sewanee is nol Multicultural serves on the advisory board ol minority i provider of lutions, the nation's irgest the Pinnacle Room of Mieperd II speak m -Amer ican weekend. Women's Fund of Nash . ilh well known m African emplovec-sponsor U:hild care and m • ( enia ai 12 10 p said problems exist with the Mi- Shepcrd Center in \\ the Women minority communities." Some address established ihe and early education sfvices. will Burwell will speak at the nonty Prospective the paralysis of her Dollie Nikki Robertson, ^^^^^^^^^ Women on lanta in 1975. after ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^"^^ the Sewanee Cont rence on 7 lOpjn Burwell be- Weekend. al- center has since be- Sewanee Inn of Assistant Convocation son. The medical C'96, I. at 7:30 m. in al young age, is me- March ganhei life ol service though it come the largest nonprofit specialty Director of Ad- has C voted her life to the civil rights Hall. Sallee been becoming involved with the ticulously planned in the country She has missions. paSt, th'lS and children ser- hospital ln the development of fa uly movement in participating in sit ins and usually con- featured m Reader's Digest and To increase mi- >usdevotion has cre- commitment vices, and through she is now known tor her sidcred very suc- magazines tor her achieve- applicants WGekend haS Sallee has McCall's nority ated a powerful c< poration. cnMronmenl.il justice and is . cessful. said (0 the overall magazine for ments. environ and been recognized file, called the mother ot the How- ' on times helped a great Robertson On Wednesdas Bl ' p.m., ihe cultural diversity its. she was in- She also her accomplishnv and mental luslicc movement fi then ever, the country ference will honor local women n of Sewanee's stu- the Ac Jemy of Women for monitor and ducted into , 1994 as peace in the re- multicultural. At i n deal is service to the Sewanee community. dent body. Minor- will be speaking tirst Achievement. Su ee election observei during the white I not strictly an honorary tea in the BC Prospective ipants about service south Africa. ity cruitment of mi- to conference pan multicultural elections in or minority, yet Lounge. Mary Sue Cushman, Anne was in- world. Weekend in the professiona rhe last speakei is known to many the Minority Pro- lroutman. Ruth Ramseur. and Ann as a ma- students nferencc on Women the troduced nority The Sewanee C Sewanee students who have been on spective Weekend Watkins will be recognized Got iht part of the and features v. in Sis jor takes place March 5 famaica reach trip in pasi years hosts only minor- success ot the Sewanee Elenu n University's re- ne 1999 conference m the Immaculate speakers on ,,., i aresidentol the students ous current prin- [nee -NUdd Robertson ity tary School Watkins is the cruitment pro- r Service" Kingston, Ja- theme. "Women ption I onvi m in Admissions Robertson said and she W01 ("• I" 1 by 1"'"' Asst. Director of there w ill cipal there, grams m To kickoff the c nference, maica, has implemented many in»| that the idea of in- Cushman. Troutman and Ramseui Office of Ad- carch." a 5K walk/ ol resi The be a "Race for R<- ments to the living conditions viting both major- Later on Wednesday, ai 7 JOp.m in decided cancel research. missions run benefiting br I dents in Ireiuh lown and OthO M>m the weekend as well Sue Cushman room ol the were needed ty students to on the the Mary that drastic measures Saturday. Feb 7. at 8 am King ton on Andrea Contee will munities in being considered. Women s Center. recruit minorities Admissions is Con e. Preregister at the Oovminthe to Sewanee Golf andre MayaAngelou imovie minority students question speak about mnei cityeconomit contacts w ith Many '• isa$l2 began making i.m, I here ai the SUT, Mon- officers dmingrange.7 i him w ill be showing weekend presents problems I throughout the whether or not the sullanl crime various high schools entry fee. day-Wednesday al 7 JOp.m Sewanee Although and is the president Ol Atlanta. Chat- B dear view of lues founded Southeast, targeting Ataservicepan lluneheonon ii„ conference will close on Satui much ol Sewanee Know How fbi e where a they are shown as Kathy Have the Power Memphis, I nn.