to Gammon. "My Dad w one of
them. When I won chol hip to
o to rt hool h worried ttl
w ting my time, that I wouldn't get
a ',real' job."
Art i very difficult b in ,
Gammon conced . "If thirty per
cent of the hundreds of thousands of
arti out there m ke a living at it,.
that' great." In American culture
art i removed from life, it' set apart
because "we believe i non-func
tional."
ART HAS ALWAYS been a
component part of all the great
religions and civiliz tions of Africa
and Asia, Gammon contends, be
cause they incorporated it into their
live, it was 8 part of their existence.
"I believe in my own culture, yet, we
must work at getting it, projecting it.
The world ould like to keep our
culture a ecret but we have a fantas-
tic culture!" '
Gammon believes America's ef
fort to beli ttle and deny Black culture
is having the positive effect of
making BI c nd othe ex mine
BI c culture more cl Iy. "By
eking to hide or dimini h my cul
ture, you don't m ke me think i b d
OJ negative, you make me think it'
great," he oned.
Much Africa i now recog-
nized the cradle of civilization,
he' 81 0 ac no ledged the
mother of great culture , Gammon
id. "We make it, you take it," he
noted, alluding to the wholesale rape
of African an and culture. "The
vaul of mo t American libraries
and museums in thi country are
crammed with African art that'
presently labeled rtifacts," Gam
mon insis d. Once the value of cer
tain pieces i discovered they are
re-labeled art and put on display.
What this does, is puts others in
charge of preserving, if not defining,
our culture, in Gammon's view.
"One reason I paint the subjects I
do is beca e of my need to preserve
our culture, our heritage," Gammon
insi ted, unfinished portraits of
Black people surrounding him he
lounged sipping a root beer. "I can
paint cute little do da's, stuff that
may appeal to the bourgeois art
lover, but I want my work to ay
something." Conceding that he
could per mo money in
other tyl ,Gammon, neverthel ,
ins' on bei true to hi vi ion. "I
haven't done b dIy," b added, "I've
m de much $1,600 for one
painting." Over the years he
created more than 188 p . nlin . He
have no idea to the number of
prin he done. "Prin re
s pie of this b i . They Y the
bill until painting sold."
Engler is body- 1 mming the arts,
Gammon believ , beca e he no
understanding of the importance of
art in the development of civilized
humans. "Jazz m ic the only
original form of art produced in thi
country," Gammon ld. "You can't
get in touch with your creative ide
if your de tructive urges are alw y
worn on your leeve," he uggested.
While the unconscio person can
destroy, only the consciou in
dividual may create. W he ug
gesting Engler gives aid and comfort
to the te noble urges of mankind
while tarvin the kinder, gentler
proclivities? In essence, killing the
baby to put the babysitter out of work
and thereby ve a few buc to give
property tax breaks to his mean
spirited friends? "Engler n't did
anything the othe haven't done.
His approach bas been a little more
cold-blooded. "
DEBATE
continued from P ge 1
responsibili ty for s t\Jden� expre ion,
Ballard said he believes the districts
from any legal responsibility for stu
dent expression, Ballard said he
believes the districts would be held
liable anyway.
"I'm not an attorney, but I've
been told that it would not be a 15-
year-old who would be held respon
sible, but his parents, " Ballard said.
"But then his parents are going to
say that they entrusted their authori ty
to the schools,"
Ray Telman, associate executive
director of the Michigan Association
of School Administrators, said he is
much more concerned with the
school district's name and reputation
being linked to expression over
which it has no control, rather than
possible legal liabilities.
"WHAT WE'RE talking about
is the perception of the school
- district's public," he said. "And it is
that public who represent the votes
in a millage election."
Telman said he believes if voter
object to the content of school dis
trict publications, they will be less
likely to approve a millage.
He added that censorship cases
are actually rare and the current
legislation is designed to correct a
problem that doesn't seem to exist.
"I'm concerned that we're com-
"WE FEEL principals hould not
have prior review," she said, "be
cause we feel it's always a threat to
free speech."
Pell said that since the Hazel
wood decision the Student Press
La" Center in Washington, D.C.,
has seen an increase in calls form
high school tudents complaining of
censorship. She said it is now up to
individual states to protect students'
free speech rights.
"Because of Hazelwood each
state has to do this on its own," she.
said.
To date, California, Mas-
achusetts, Iowa and Colorado have
adopted free speech protection laws
similar to that being considered by
the Michigan Legislature.
However, not all people support
JohndahJ's bill the proper means
to protect tudents' free expres ion
rights.
"WE THINK THE bill I much
too broad, that it' not just a school
newspaper bill," aid Jim Ballard,
associate director of the Michigan
Association of Secondary School
Principals.
Ballard aid the bill protects other
means of student expression besides
publications, including bulletin
boards, clothing and musical and
theatrical performances, without al
lowing administrators any way to
review the content. Although the bill
includes a ection that would exempt
choot districts from any legal
ing up with sweeping remedies
wi thout a clear view of what the
problem is," Telman said. "The
remedy doesn't seem to fit the prob
lem."
Rep. Jessie Dalman, R-Holland, a
former member of the HO\JSe Educa
tion Committee, said she is opposed
to the legislation because she
believes it undercuts the authority of
the high school principal.
"THE PRINCIPAL SHOULD
be responsible for what goes on in his
building including the school
newspaper," he said. "It's still a
school- ponsored publication paid
for with tax dollars. The students
still have freedom of expression.
1bey can tart their own off -campus
newspaper."
However, proponents of the
legislation say the bill ,¥ould help
rather than hurt the educational
process.
Mary Robertson, journalism
teacher at West Ottawa High School
in Holland, said she supports the
legislation because she believes stu
dent journalists should not be treated
any differently than professionals." .
Bryce Sandler, an.MSU tudent
and a victim of censorship while a .
student at Rochester High School in
Rochester Hills, said he believes
Hazelwood has had many negative
effects upon high chool journalism.
"Hazelwood has had the effect of
squelching the student journalist'
creativity," Sandler said. "It bas al
lowed 'stories to be dictated by the
school administration."
need the censorship rights provided
under Haze e vely
their chools, aid Bob Button. jout
nalism teacher and newspaper ad
viser at Gros Pointe South High
School.
"I'm not convinced we have to
accept the principle of censorship to
maintain control over the schools,"
he said. "Censorship actually
protects kids because responsibility
for their actions is taken out their
hands, and it's the duty of the schools
to teach responsibility."
BUTTO N SAID there are fun
damental constitutional principles at
stake in this debate as well,
"the First Amendment tloesn't
stipulate ages," he said. "It doesn't
say that students give up their rights
at the public schoolhouse door."
LOTTERY
continued from Page 1
Flint people play more," Clack said.
"We should equalize funding of
education on the basis of needs and
these areas need."
Many educators contend that
proportional return would be an im
possible task. .
State Board of Education Presi
dent Dorothy Beardmore said, "To
return money to which it came would
be unbelievably complicated."
Beardmore said there also are
other factors to take into considera
tion.
"BUYING A TICKET doesn't
mean that is where you live. You
could have the same argument for
sales and alcohol tax. Since that also
goes towards schools, should that
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Roberta E. Stanley, assistant state
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relations, said, "If you are going to
take a chance on the lottery, you are
going to take a chance on losing.
"You would be better off invest
ing your money. At least that way
you have a urc thing."
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IN 1988 WHILE a senior at
Rochester High, Sandler wrote
stories about an interview he �d
with a grand dragon of the Ku Klux
Klan. A photo loaned to him by the
Oakland Preas that w to accom
pany the stories w censored by his . ,...- _
high School principal. The incident
occurred after the Hazelwood
decision.
Sandler id be is scheduled to
testify in front of the Legi lature on
behalf of the free expression bill
Nov. 19. He believes the bill i
necessary to prevent further abuse of
student lights.
"We need this legislation to en
ure tuden are still U.S. citizens,"
he aid.
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