Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 1980-90 The iH lltop Digital Archive 11-9-1984 The iH lltop 11-9-1984 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_198090 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 11-9-1984" (1984). The Hilltop: 1980-90. 110. http://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_198090/110 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1980-90 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • • • Friday .. November 9, 1984 Volume 68 ,Number 11 . • • . ... ,.,_ • The Nation's Largest Black Student Newspaper• Howard University, Wasbington, D.C. 20059 SP-ecial convocation .. Tutu speaks on apartheid By Henry Boyd Hall Congress, won the prize in 1960. Tutu, who was likened to Dr.. Mar­ and Ghana 0 . Wilson ''I want to make a call, to especi8l­ tin Luther King Jr;, Patrice Lurnumba Hllllop SWf Rtpor... ly the black community in this land, and Mother Theresa by Marion Bas­ Addressing a Howard University but also to other freedom-loving per­ com, president of the Divinity audience, Nobel peace laureate School's Alumni Association; said Bishop Desmond M. Tutu challenged sons, get your act . together,'' Tutu th~t apartheid Was like Nazism. black Americans ''to get your act said, ''so that you can be as effective and as powerful a lobby as, for in­ ''Apartheid is unsurpassibly evil . together" and lobby against U.S. Apartheid as is Nazism·, exhaults a support of the white minority-ruled stance, the Jewish community . So biological attribute such as race or government 'of South Africa. that no U.S. administration could be origin as a reason for discrimination. · Tutu's remarks were delivered collaborators with the perpetrators of a repressive system such as apartheid Apartheid· separates you even in_ Wednesday to a standing-room-only death. Und,er apartheid in South Afri.­ crowd at Cramton Auditorium during • against your black sisters and broth- ca, thct races are separated in cemeter- a special convocation marking the Di­ ers.' ' . ies also," Tutu said. · vinity School's 86th year and honor­ In reference to his recently won Like late civil-rights activist and I ing the 53-year-old general secretary Nobel Prize, Tutu told the crowd, Nobel Peace Prize winner Manin of the South African Council of Chur­ which consisted of mostly faculty and Luther King, Jr; Tutu has used the ches. The outspoken critic of South students that the award ''belongs to If non-violent oolitical forces to trv and all of us. It is a tribute to everyone Africa's segregationist government end injustices. However, he has who has contributed to the struggle policy, called apartheid, Tutu is the warned that time is running out for second South African to win the for peace, liberation, and freedom.'' peaceful changes in South Africa. · • .___ _A Nobel Peace Prize. The unreticent Tutu criticized the I find no contradiction between be­ Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu gets a congratulatory hug from 13,. Brian Brar1ch- l>ricc-Tl1c Hi\l1op The Late Albert J. Luthuli. presi­ Reagan administration• s failure to be­ Geraldine P. Woods after he received a honorary. doctorate degree. ing §1. religious leader and a public dent of the banned. African National tter the human-rights conditions of • figure. I criticize apartheid from a Blacks in his coun~. Acknowledg­ religious standpoint. Apartheid is sin­ ing President Reagan's reelection, ....A.... n'""'""A-=lt .... e""'r..:.;1i""a=-=t""'i""'v""'e_.t .... oo<.....:oU ....... n""iv""'e""r...,s.:.:;.:itY- Senate ful, immoral and evil, and I am com­ Tutu said that he was ''fearful'' of mitted to work tow8l'd a change, four more years of a Reagan pre­ peacefully," Tutu said. sidency. ''If the Reagan administra­ Fae ty fo-rms grievance group D .C . 's Democratic counciJ­ tion continues its policy of 'con­ m::\n·-at-large, John Ray, who was Joyc,e M. Harris structive engagement,' the South H1ltp St.oil ltoponcr manent majority . guaranteed by the administration and the distribution who declined to be identified, as she successful iin passing legislation 1 The app~ri't powerlessness of fac ­ Articles of Organization. The Senate policy for pay increases. faculty attempted to make a statement, Reid African governme..nt will increase its Sec TUTU , page 6 ultv to voice their concern at Univer­ membership meets only twice a year members shared their views on the said. "Shut up ." repressiveness and a bloodbath will sity Senate rneeting has pro111p1ed the in open session. once to have the Oct. 22 . University Senate meeting. Reid was unavailable for C\lmment result, " Tutu ~aid . organ'ization of the lndependen1 Fac­ President tell them how well off they According to faculty. Dr. Herbert at press· time . ulty Federation. a body designed to are. once to elec:t me111bers lo l'0111- 0. Reid , chairman of the Senate and Blakely said that he hopes the new Two in a row represent.iii\ the faculty and only the mittees that have yet to accomplish law school professor. verbally abused independent organization will ''func­ faculty.•' accordi.ng to members of anything, " the letter stated . members of the faculty as they t ion well as a University-wide the federation . ·· we must now-·constrUct its attempted to voice their concerns. organization-a forum where faCultj Bisonettes gra.b · Approximate!)' 45 facull)' mem­ replace n1ent . creating a structure that They specifically ci ted the incident can come together to address issues of bers, representing 1nany of the Un­ will be responsive to the faculty be­ which involved Allison Blakely. a concern and from working groups to iversity's schools and (:ol leges. con­ cause the faculty will be responsible his1ory professor a11d president of deal with these issues.'' He added vened in the Undergraduate Library for it . \\1e can wait no longer,·· the the University's chapter of lhe Amer­ that he also hopes the ·'Senate will be volle.yball title Monday to discuss organization of letter concluded . ican Assr >iation of University Pro­ modified to represent faculty as well kept Morgan off-balance with hard commiltees within the federation . At the Monday meeting, facu lty fes sors (AAU!<). as the administration." salary increases and the elevating members spent the first half hour de­ Blakely .said when he a1te1np[ed to During the federation meeting, . serves and powerful spikes. Throughout the tournament the problems existing between the fac ­ bating whether or not a Hilltop repor­ read a lener from the AA UP. Reid faculty members took precaution in By Cassandra Lanier Bisonetters' spiking offense was in top ulty and the administration. ter and photographer should be told liim 'that the AAUP was not a part acknowledging ollier faculty . When a· form as they were able to overwhelm present. Several professors made of the Senate. tl'- Atcording to a letter that was ~ent list was passed around the room for Howard swept Morgan State 15-2, strong suggestions that the reporter their oppooen~ with their aggressive lo Universitv faculty. by the federa­ Blakely said he then asked Presi­ faculty to assign .themselves to var-· 15-5 to capture its second consecutive play. had no right to attend a private meet­ tion ~ '.The Senate is not a facult y orga­ dent Cheek several questions, one of 1ous committees within the new orga­ Mid-Eastern ,l\thletic Conference tit le Several Bisonettes received recogni­ ing, however. w~ile the photographer nization. '' whicti addressed the issue of pay in­ nization, .it was suggested by several lasl weekend in Greensboro~ North tion as outstanding players of ,the . left. the reporter remained . ··All its (the Senate) legislative crease. Hi s answer, Blakely said. was members that the paper be folded in Carolina. tournament . .Kris McCollum, Distressed by the wide'ning com­ powers are reserved to the Council. in not encouraging. Sec FACULl'Y page 6 The Bisonettes were the top seeded Stephani~ Perry, Andrea Kelly, which the adn1iniStratiofl has a per- munication gap between fac ulty and According to one faculty member, team entering the tournament and Stephanie Douglass and Norma were defending MEAC champions Allen . / fro m tl}e 1983 season. Coach Cynthia Debnam was voted • • Howard expected heavy competi­ ''Outstanding Tournament Coach:',.,.. awaits , tion f1·':lm host school North Carolina and Allen, a senior, was named 1 • A&T, anti sei.:011.- ~ eeded University "Outstanding Tournament Athlete" . of Maryland-Easter1 1Shore .. "~! so par­ Both Debnam and Allen are receiving ticipating in 1he tournament were their awards for the second con­ accreditation reassessment Morgan State and South Carolina secutive year. library 60th out of l 72 reporting in­ According to Frederick Franklin, a report, it is unlikely there has been an State. As the returning champS, the .· stitutions. according to the number of member of 1h~ An1erican Bar update since 1982. Although the Bisonettes anticipated Bisonettes felt confident about the According to the director of books held and last .of 17 1 insti1u1ions Association (ABA) a11d liaison bet­ In reference to the fall 1983 update, tough matches from N .C. A&T and tournament. Team captain Andrea Howard!s Law School Library. Judy based on the number of serial titles \\'een tl1e ABA and 1t1e Legal EdUca- Smith said that she is st riving to en­ U.M.-E. S., but the real competiiion ' Kelly said, •'This year we were more Dimes-Smith, the librar}' is \ ~· ell on its l1eld. The report further cited that the 1io11 Division of AALL in Chicago, courage and improve the status of the came from Morgan State.