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VOL. VI No.7 JANUARY 18-24, 1984
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the annual Black History
pro am at e ichigan College is m
doubt. I
Marcella Bell, president of Delta Phi
Psi Sorority which sponsor the month-
. long ob rvance and facul advisor Fe -
tus Valentine have no anw rlyet on their
request for $3 500 from the LMC student
activity, fund, according to s. Bell.
. The L C Black History program has
served a the only vehicle bringing Blacks
j of nation I stature to south estern ich­
igan. Jes Jackson, Core t Scott King,
Shirley Chisholm and Julian Bond have
been among the speakers appearing at
L C in recent years for the program.
Rumors are circulating at the college
that the student senate do n t want to
fund the lac . History program.
However, hen Dale Henklernan,
Student Senate presiden, was a ed
. about the rumors, he replied "I haven't
put the idea of funding Blac Hi t ry
program �o n, but I would like Ms.
Bell to explain where the 3';500 wa
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going."
s. Bell explained that the fund
I will be used to bear the ost of the
usual Black History 1 month events:
speaker's fee, G spel Sing-a-Long, pub­
lic relations curity, Benton Harb r
High School Jazz Band and adri al
Choir.
. Bell a Valentine ill recei e
an nswer to their request this Friday,
Jan. 20 when the Student S nate eets
to di cu the Delta r ue t.
Ace rding to M. Bell, diffi lties
on the part of the student n te with .,
funding the Bl c Hi tory pro am are
. nothing new.
he re rted that in 1982 hen
the colleg b 'Ought Coretta S ott Kin
wif of e slain civil rights leader to
L C the as a dispute.
t tha time the then faculty ad '­
sor for the Ita' said the truggl f r
fu ding was n on-g in one and que -
tio ed why the rority had ontinu­
ally fight for uch 'a' orth hile event. •
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