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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1968)
Black Residents Say Racism Exists in Dormitories By LES BLUMENTHAL Of the Emerald Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles dealing with racism in dormitories. The sec ond article will be interviews with dorm counselors. In its first report to Univer sity President Arthur S. Flem ming, the President’s Commit tee on Racism on Campus found “the most important problem confronting dormitories is the problem of racism.” • The report then went on to discuss ways of eliminating this racism. It broke the problem down into three parts: place ment of students in dorms, re cruitment and training of dorm itory personnel and the prepara tion of dormitory food. Secluded Racism John Green and Billy Gaskins are two Washington, D.C., Ne groes who are in this system; they live in Adams Hall, Walton Complex. “Racism definitely exists, not always open, usually secluded. A hostile tendency, uncomfort able stares in the cafeteria line, snickers coming from a room as you walk by,” says Green, a freshman in sociology. University Wins NDEA Grant The University has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Office of Educa tion for support of the Na tional Defense Education Act (NDEA) graduate fellowship program during the 1968 69 aca demic year, according to Calvin Fisk, administrative officer of the graduate school. The grant, which is less than the amount awarded for the current year, will provide a to tal of 225 fellowships on the doc toral level as compared to 240 fellowships awarded this year, Fisk said. Of the total, 41 new fellowships will be awarded next year, while 75 were new this year. The remainder are renewals of previously award ed fellowships. Nearly all departments and schools except those not award ing doctoral degrees will re ceive a portion of the funds. The NDEA fellowship pro gram, which was begun seven years ago, is the largest gradu ate awards program on cam pus, according to Fisk. Other major doctoral awards programs include the National Science Foundation Traineeship and Fellowship grants and the U.S. Public Health Service Grad uate Fellowships. Two fellowship programs also exist on the master’s degree level, the Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program and the Prospective Teacher Fellowship Program. Gaskins, a sophomore, says, "When a White is near to a Negro everything is maybe up tight, when he gets a few steps away . . . It’s there, some guys don’t have enough guts to come out and confront you. Open Prejudice “Some people try to fool themselves, but deep down in side they’re racists. It comes out most when a Black dates a White. When you’re around a dorm, guys break their necks to talk with you. but when they’re with a girl, well, it’s something else,” he continued. “I’ve not openly experienced prejudice, mostly just talking. A White looks at you once, that's all right, twice that’s fair, a third time, well you know ...” added Green. “It was my own choice to room with Bill. He is a home boy with similar characteristics. No place has the same style,” continued Green. He felt no pressure to room with Bill, in fact originally he was to have roomed with a White, but he Visual Workshop Set for August Designers, photographers, crit ics and teachers will be visiting the University this summer to participate in a workshop on vis ual communication. Participants attending the Aug. 12-23 workshop will study the use of images as aft, com munication, propaganda and en tertainment.They will also inves tigate the way in which im ages are perceived. A faculty of national promi nence has been selected to pre sent lectures and lead discus sions, including W. Eugene Smith, an international photo journalist; Jerry Snyder, art di rector of Scientific American, and Martin Dworkin. editor of the series on Culture and Com munication for Teachers Col lege of Columbia University. A fee of $160 will be assess ed for the course which car ries 2 hours of graduate credit. Two additional hours of credit will be available to those wish ing to prepare a paper. Further information about the course may be obtained from Bernard Freemesser, associate professor, School of Journalism, University of Oregon. Eugene, 97403. PL-3 Schedule Tuesday, May 21 6:30—Huntley-Brinkley Report 7:00—PL-3 News 7:15—Seminar in Alienated Youth Education 8:30—UO Conversation with Tony Hazapis replaces Oregon’s Dilemmas 9:00—KWAX Controversy with Rob ert Packwood. Listeners with questions may phone 342-1411, Ext. 2418 ■ ~ ' '■ Grandpa died last week And now he's buried in the rocks But everybody still talks About how badly they were shocked But me, I expected it to happen I knew he'd lost control When he built a fire in the middle of Main Street And shot it full of holes. B. Dylan QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE 3.50 RUBENSTEINO PIANO RECORDINGS 4.25 CHRYSTALSHIP RECORDS FOLK ROCK POP CLASSICAL 7 W. 11 th Ave. (Corner of Willamette and 11th) 10:00 to 9;00 Daily and Sunday just felt it would be better to room with a person who has "the same sentiments, and hopes you do.” Gaskins looked back on the previous year he had spent at Utah. "You get that extra look in Utah. A man almost drove into a pole looking at me. The first clay when I woke up in the dorms there. I found a sign on the door to my roommate and me, saying ‘Black boys go home.’ I’m freer here than I was at Utah.” Turning to the suggestion of the President’s committee to have more Black counselers, and better-trained White ones, Green said, "there are Blacks who want to be counselors. They just don’t know how to go about it.” Both emphasized that they had not felt that the counselers in their dorm were prejudiced, but that they had heard from their friends that some were. Black Counselor They believe that besides the fact that they could communi cate better with a Black coun selor, it would also be a learn ing experience for White stu dents. Questioned about the word "soul,” Green said. “It is some Mental Health Workshop Slated The University will be hold ing a mental health workshop from June 10 to 14. The pro gram is designed for teachers, public school administrators, counselors, public health per sonnel, health educators, and personnel in allied health, bio logical, and medical science. The workshop fee is $31 for two hours of undergraduate credit (HE 408) or graduate credit (HE 508). Students may apply the fee to their total reg istration fee for the regular summer session provided they do not exceed a full load of course wprk. thing from the heart that every one has; it just never reaches a peak in some people. It’s the ability to let yourself go. Soul Food Not Bad “The dorms serve Chinese food, Scandanavian food, Italian and Indian food; soul food can’t be that bad,” Green said laugh ingly. They went on to talk about sweet potato pies, chit lins, candied yams, ham hocks, blackeyed peas, and pig’s feet. Green continued, “If you’re going to persecute the man. why don’t you just go ahead and separate them? Most Whites don’t know what afflictions Whites put cn Negroes. 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