Portland Observer Thursday, May 24,1979 Page 6
Schools kill Black Studies
GIVE TO THE UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND.
A m ind is a terrible thing to waste.
by Cathy Stegner
The seventh annual Black Arts
Festival took place at the University
o f Oregon last week, with lectures,
workshops, music and films.
Keynote speaker Dr. Yosef Ben-
Jachannan, h istory professor in
Cornell University’s African Studies
Department, discussed ’ ’ C u ltu ra l
Genocide in the Black Studies C urri
culum.”
Ben-Jachannan, who has taught at
Harvard and lectured at Yale, the
U niversity o f Chicago and the
„ Massachusetts Institute o f Techno
logy, said Black studies courses are
being eliminated at universities all
across the country and students
should mobilize to stop this trend.
’ ’ Universities have ju s tifie d the
cuts by saying that overall expendi
tures are too high, even though in
dividual courses may pay for them
selves.”
Ben-Jachannan said C ornell
University has not experienced these
cuts in its In s titu te fo r A fric a n
Studies, where graduate student
enrollment is increasing and a doc
toral program has recently been ap
proved.
"W e are very fortunate at Cor
nell,” he said. ‘ ‘The foundations for
the Institute were laid so strong that
it can’ t easily be upset.”
Ben-Jachannan referred to a
recent decision to lim it the Univer
sity o f Oregon's only Black studies
course to a two-term visiting profes
sor position next year. He said it will
be hard to attract qualified Black
historians to the University for only
a year-long appointment.
“ I f they came, they would be
coming for tenure and an adequate
salary. I wouldn’ t come for less.”
Members o f the Black Student
Union at the University o f Oregon
organized a ra lly last m onth in
protest o f the History Department’ s
decision on the Black studies
position. Department Head Robert
Lang told the group the University is
committed to a Black studies course
and w ould try to accomodate it
within budgetary limits.
“ In order to save the Black history
course here, you need a total mobili
zation o f students, faculty and com
m unity members, in clu d in g the
Black churches,” Ben-Jochannan
said. "The reason we got these courses
in the 1960s is because the Black
community took these measures.”
“ You’ ve got to use some pressure
on the powers that be,” he added.
“ Black studies is not just for Blacks.
Whites need to know what’s going
on too.”
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DR. YOSEPH B EN -JA C H A N N A N
Irvington teacher retires
Magnolia Taylor, a fourth grade
teacher at Irvington School w ill retire
June 12th after more than th irty
years work with children in the Port
land area.
A reception in honor o f Ms. Tay
lor w ill be held between 7:00 and
9:00 p.m. Thursday, May 31st, at the
school, 1320 N.E. Brazee Street.
Friends and former students are in
vited. A program will be presented
starting at 7:30 p.m.
Ms. Taylor received a degree in
education from Texas College and
came to P ortland from D cKalb,
Texas, in 1941. For more than twenty
years she worked on the sta ff o f
Blessed M artin Day Care Nursery
which later became the St. Vincent
de Paul Child Care Center.
In 1969, she was awarded an Ex
perienced Teacher Fellowship to the
University o f Oregon. A t the end o f
the fellowship program, she received
her Masters Degree in Special
Education. In 1970 she joined the
staff at Irvington. Ms. Taylor’ s! ex
perience also includes work at the
ECE Centers, M ultnom ah County
Juvenile D etention Hom e, the
Music business workshop topic
There w ill be a M u sician’ s
Business W orkshop to be held
Saturday, June 9th and Sunday,
June 10th from 1:00-5:00 p.m. (both
days) at Arbuckle Flatt, 1532 S.W.
Morrison.
Guest speaker w ill be Hew lett
Crist o f Red D irt Productions in San
Jose, California. Crist is a graduate
o f College fo r the A rts and has
worked with many top recording ar
tists. This program was designed by
Crist to develop business awareness
for musicians and provide them with
So says the VA...
MAGNOLIA TAYLOR
MacLaren School and the Tongue
Point Job Corps Center.
A talented musician, Ms. Taylor
was the organist at her church,
Bethel A.M .E .
lurch, for nineteen
years.
Widowed in 1 5, Ms. Taylor has
two children,
ker T. Taylor and
Delores Newborrie, both residents o f
Portland.
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when Rrmv
Berny
Wagner was the head coach.” I f that
was the case, Simmons, a Black,
would not be the coach.
And Gault notes that Simmons
does not emphasize dual meets, and
has not developed any NCAA cham
pions fro m scratch. Perhaps as
Wagner did! Does the athletic depart
ment budget for track allow enough
for guarantees for dual track meets?
I f win-loss records were the basis
o f keeping a coach, maybe only the
basketball Head Coach Ralph Miller
should be retained.
It has been said that OSU Beaver
Club President and OSU Alumni In
door Track President have asked
A ndros to fire Simmons. Some
people say the program is built on
lo y a lty , not on production . And
Simmons is independent.
The Athletic Board is scheduled to
meet M ay 24, 1979, and hear
recom m endations concerning all
programs in the athletic department,
including the track program. Andros
advised the board chairperson that
he has not received any resignation
from Simmons.
When I talked with Simmons on
May 14, 1979, he stated that he had
not resigned. He is disappointed with
the support that he has received from
the athletic department, and lack of
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OSU seeks coach resignation
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catalyst that rekindled the current
controversy as to whether And'os
would recommend that OSU Presi
dent Robert M acVicar rehires or
fires Simmons.
When an athletic director comes
before his athletic board and says
that one o f his coaches is good, but
holds disorganized events, does this
indicate that something is wrong
with the support the coach is getting
from the athletic department?
When a sports reporter o f one o f
Oregon’ s larger dailies was asked
about the kinds o f news releases he
received from OSU athletic depart
ment concerning its track program,
he stated that he hardly ever got
anything, but when he did, it was
very short. He added, “ the Univer
sity o f Oregon generally makes
frequent and big press releases on its
track program.”
Also this reporter noted, how can
you have a good track program or
recruiting effort if the athletic depart
ment is constantly criticizing its track
coach?
In comparing Simmons with Wag
ner, Gault noted that Wagner wore a
coat and tie at track meets while
Simmons dressed casually. Also he
feels that “ Simmons doesn’t do things
the way they had been done for a de-
information to speed up this process.
Topics to be discussed are: What
major companies are looking for;
What it takes to be accepted as a
recording artist; The function o f a
publishing company and what they
can do for you; How to copyright
your own song; A look at manage
ment; and Questions and answers.
Registration fee is $15 in advance
and $20 at the door. Tickets avail
able at: Horseshoe Music, 2419 S.E.
39th Street and Ides o f March, 15
S.W. 2nd.
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support and funds plus scholarships
has made it d iffic u lt fo r him to
develop his program. He stated that
there is nothing he can do about the
budget for his track program. Sim
mons is human, and the pressure af
fects him too.
It is important the institution uses
due process in carrying out any
decision surrounding this controversy.
And the University should not go
backward to 1969 when the Black
students walked-out. OSU may again
be the loser.
Since being at OSU, Simmons has
been a coach o f the United States en
try in the W orld Cup game and an
athletic advisor in Brazil. He will be
an assistant coach o f the Brazilian
national team in the Pan American
Games. And Olym pic teams from
Sweden and Brazil are expected to be
at OSU next year.
W ho w ill benefit by Simmons
leaving OSU at the present time?
W ill other sport programs be hurt by
his leaving OSU under clouds o f
tra d itio n a l racism? I think so. Is
Steve Simmons really the one who
should be fired or asked to resign?
These are questions that MacVicar
should consider prior to his action on
any recommendations.
And just maybe the results will be
best for all.
By Brumsic Brandon, Jr.
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