1993_05 The Daily Collegian May 1993

              May 3,1993
Uhuru N^XImoja
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Joint council
hinders NSBE
operations
By Julia Dudley
National Society of Black
Engineers, who is part of the joint
council. Engineering Students Joint
Council,  found one way to help
alleviate their money problems by
participating in the Vintage Day
celebration Friday, April 30.
"Due to this joint council fund
we've gone broke," said vWe-presi-
dent Howard Newsome. "We were
selling chips, a hamburger, with a
drink for $250 and business has been
good for us. We've finally been
making a lot of money."
The joint council Newsome was
referring contains % other engineer¬
ing organizations. The problem NSBE
has with the ESJC versus the Cultural
Organisation's Council is the division
of money.
"All of the engineering clubs are
under the joint council and we got
about $69,000," saidsenior Hillary
Alexander, President of the 20-
member organization. " But there's
96 dubs that have to divide this
monejycompared to the Cultural
Organization's budget of $53,000, and
they only have 26 clubs."
More African American Organi¬
zations Support Next Time
NSBE, one of the few African
American Organization's 1o partici¬
pate in Vintage Days, suggested a
joint-cooperation effort next time, that
will help each organization raise
money.    r
"Even though people are of
different fraternities and sororities,
we ought to form together one big
umbrella function," freshman NSBE
member Dereck Phillips said.
Newsome suggested that a joint-
effort will involve total participation.
"We are always so eager to
complain about something not being
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done but we don't do anything about
it," said Newsome. "Lack of African
American participation is frustrating,
people don't want to do the initial
work it takes to come together and
step higher."
The Mission Cont'd
At the age of twenty-one
Watkins went back to school to
complete her education. She now
holds a B.A., in sociology from the
Colorado University of Denver. It was
during her college career that she
became involved with Campus
Crusade for Christ. " I liked the idea
that these were a group of Christians
who have fun. It was not legalistic...
yet there are some boundaries we
have as Christians", Watkins said.
One of the many benefits of
CCFC Watkins enjoys is spending her
summers going on short term mission
projects. Her first mission was in the
inner city of Chicago. She says she
realized that there is a need for
African American role models in
Christian organizations to work in the
inner cities with the youth.
After her experience in the
inner city of Chicago, she decided to
devote herself Tull-time to the CCFC
ministries as a Missionary.
Eager to take on a new  .
challenge, Watkins agreed to leave
Washington D.C. where she was
working at Howard University for
CCFC. In the Fall of 1992, Watkins
began her mission to start an outreach
with African American students for
CCFC in Fresno, Calif.
"Perhaps one of the biggest
"jftltef&tfe CCFC faces, is the fact
that it is a predominately white
Christian organization and this has
stunt the effective recruitment of
African Americans in the CCFC."
Watkins believes that after
the Civil Rights movement in the U.S.
many African Americans left Chris¬
tianity because of the belief that" it was
a white man's religion. "People didn't
realize that they can have an abundant
life and a full meaningful life on earth
by living for God", she said.
CCFC is hoping to attract the
attention and support of African
Americans through if s bi-annual' ,
Impact' conference in January of 1994.
The event is a national black student
conference that promotes Christian
activism on college campuses as well
as in the communities. " My goal is to
see that students on the west coast get
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more involved with CCFC", Watkins
said.
In fact, she is helping to
spearhead fund-raising events to
offset the cost of the' Impact' confer¬
ence for African American students.
For more information con¬
cerning the' Impact' conference
please send correspondents to Cam¬
pus Crusade for Christ c/o Ms.
Belinda M Watkins to the University
Student Union, Room 306 Fresno State
University Fresno, Calif. 93740.
ASI President-elect
Green Cont'd
'It's a light of hope when a
cloud of racism has been bearing over
everyone's head. It gives us a feeling
of sunshine," Richardson said.
Some students feel that their
rights have been ignored.       \
"'It's almost a question of 'is it
better to be a slave and not havle the
rights you want, or be free and have
rights you're not entitled to?'," L
Richardson said.
Sickening Thought
Cont'd c
One can imagine the horrible
stench of the diseased and decaying
conglomeration of cooking carcasses.
But the thing that astonished me the
most was the way in which the
extracted grease was utilized.
The great majority of the prod¬
ucts is sold for women's makeup,
especially to manufacturers of lipstick
and eye makeup. Some of the most
prestigious cosmetic companies in the
country are the chief customers of
rendering plants. Anyone looking at
the elegant ads portraying glamorous
models wearing beautiful "makeup"
would neversuspect even a hint'of the
refined, colored and properly per¬
fumed oil being derived from skunk,
opossum or pig! How much of this
abominable blend do you suppose has
been ingested into the body from the
lips and the pores of the skin? Should
we not be aware of the content not   '
only of what enters the mouth but also
what soaks in through the pores of the
skin?
Note from the editor: A concerned
civilian asked me to obtain permission to
reprint this valuable information. Hope¬
fully it's something we will all think
about.      ^
Justice Behind the Veil Cr at'd
excessively high. . K
The Rodney King case, where all -
the defendants are of European
descent, and the Reginald Denny case,
adhere all the defendants are of
^African descent, show how volatile
the mix can be when race and social
class are interjected into our system of
jurisprudence. What are the chances,
for example, that only two of the
Denny defendants will be found
guilty? IS there any chance that the
judge and jury will be made up
entirely of their peers, lower to middle
class African Americans?
In far too many cases where
ethnicity and economics are real
-4a*ctors, it appears that Lady Justice
isn't always blind: behind her veil she
AEO Cont'd
really don't get to read too much of
the good news... and get something
positive", said. Pope.
He also feels that it is important
-for athletes to give back to their
community. This is one of the reasons
why Pope stays involved with orga¬
nizing AEO events. "The AEO keeps
me motivated", he said.
Among the many highlights of
the evening, was the keynote address.
Mr. Kellen Winslow, former All Pro
Tight End for the San Diego Chargers
and 1993 Hall of Fame Nominee,
addressed the award recipients and
local community residents.
During his keynote address,
Winslow talked about the many
obstacles young people face. "Those
who shape what our young people
see are not African Americans". He
stated that African Americans must
cut qff negative stereotypes we get
from outside sources and that we can
no longer believe that we are less than
anyone else.
—In an interview proceeding the
banquet, I asked Winslow how
important is it for parents to be
involved with their children's educa¬
tion and activities? "It is imperative,
today children are hit with so many
different stimuli from all kinds of
areas. It is important for the parents
to stay focused for the child," he said.
Winslow also addressed the need
for African American athletes to give
back to their community. " My
generation and the generation follow¬
ing has been a generation ot takers,
not of givers and sacrificers. Our
grandparents and our parents
marched, could not vote, and had fire
hoses turned on them for basic human
decencies that our guaranteed under
the constitution of this country. But
we come along as beneficiaries of
those rights and we have failed to
carry on the struggle", said Winslow.
- Some of the outstanding student
athletes included: Vanessa Scott, a
sixth grade student at Lincoln El¬
ementary. Scott has a 3.9 GPA and-is
involved in basketball, track, volley¬
ball, and Softball. She is also a tutor
and a crossing guard. Scott has
several role models such as her three
uncles, who are all CSUF graduates.
Her career goal is to become a lawyer.
Joseph Gilliam, a sixth grade
Madison student, is involved in
basketball, track, cross/country,     1
football and is a "B" average student.
Dujuan Ayers, a Lincoln Elemen¬
tary sixth grader, is active in baseball,
basketball and is an "A" average
student He stated that he enjoyed the
awards banquet. " I learned to be
proud of who I am", said Ayers.
Robert Mikell Jr., a senior at
Edison High School, plans to attend
U.C. Santa Barbra and major in
psychology. He says that he came
from a tough family background and
wants to help motivate others to
succeed. Mikell is involved in soccer,
football, track, and has a 35 GPA.
Courtney Griffin of the I~A^
Rams, Tony Brown of the Houston    .
OilersJCelley Skipper, Bridgette
Simmons, Dan-el Martin, Michael
Stewart of 4he LA. Rams, Robert
Gardenhire, Bert Jones, and Cameroon
Turner, once former CSUF student
athletes, came to lend their support
In additon, AEO will once again
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