Page 8 -The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Prof. compares
Jackson to King
50th Greek Week
kicks off today
by Frank Kralenke
Charles Henry, professor of Afro-
American studies at the University
of California, Berkeley, compared
the career of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. to that of the Reverend
Jesse Jackson in a speech at the
Michigan League yesterday.
Henry analyzed the civil rights
leaders' careers in terms of the con-
tent of each man's message and the
stylistic presentation of that mes-
sage.
Both speakers used the terms
"vision" and "dream" frequently,
Henry observed. He explained the
impetus for using this language
comes from the "moral visions" of
Christian religion.
On the subject racism Henry
=ontended King and Jackson see it as
na moral problem, not an economic
phenomenon. "Racism obscures the
interdependency of people," clouding
human beings' common interests, he
said.
King and Jackson both used the
Black church as a power base.
"King's power resided there... (and)
Jackson followed in that tradition,"
Henry said. The leaders also both
used the media as an effective tool to
nationally reach the American pub-
lic.
Henry contrasted King's consis-
tent non-violent speech to Jackson's
forcible language. "No one was more
militant sounding than Jackson
(during the 1960s)," he said.
Political science graduate student
Robert Brown said Henry was
"certainly, an intelligent and articu-
late individual."
by Laura Lantinga
The Greeks are committed to
Making A Difference (MAD) during
Greek Week's 50th anniversary.
Beginning today and stretching over
the next week they will be raising
money for national and local philan-
thropies.
Greek week began in 1940 as an
educational conference for fraternity
initiates. It disappeared in the 1960s,
but re-emerged in 1979 as a week of
activities devoted to raising money
for charity.
This year's national philanthropy
is the Alzheimer's Association.
Local charities include WIThouse, a
center for women in transition,
CLEARhouse, an outpatient chemi-
cal dependency program, and
Prospect Place, a shelter for
families.
"Our goal is $50,000 for the 50th
anniversary," said LSA senior David
Shevock, a Greek Week co-
chairperson.
The week's 25-person steering
committee is confident MADness
will produce a fun and profitable
week. "This year we really wanted to
present Greek Week with a philan-
thropic emphasis. It's a lot of fun
for a good cause," co-chairperson and
LSA senior Amy Davies said.
Randomly paired fraternities and
sororities must enter a team in each
of Greek Week's 17 events. The
pair with the most points at the end
of the week receives a trophy.
The week's events include;
tonight's Nectarine dance contest, a
500 gallon red "jello jump" in front
of the Business school, and a bed
race'on Tappan street. The grand fi-
nale, and the week's biggest
fundraiser, is Wednesday's Sing and
Variety Show at Hill auditorium.
Unique to this year's festivities
is the faculty-coach program.
A chosen faculty member attends
designated events and eats a "pep"
meal with the house.
Although only Intrafraternity
Council and Pan Hellenic Council
members may participate in the
games, you don't have to be Greek
to attend or support the phi-
lanthropies. "Greek week is defi-
nitely not designed to exclude," said
Davies. "Its just our way to show
others the good in the Greek sys-
tem."
The Greeks also participate in
service projects. A project which en-
courages campus-wide participation
is the Red Cross Blood Drive on
April 2, 3 and 4 from noon to 6
p.m. in the Michigan Union's
Pendleton Room.
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Charles Henry, University of California, Berkley professor, spoke at the
Michigan League yesterday.
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environment of the urban poor -
when dealing with ecological issues.
In addition to the discussions and
workshops, students organized
demonstrations throughout Ann Ar-
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ronment. The students then executed
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The third day of Earth Week
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vocate, delivered what one student
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The reactions to Earth Week
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such as: Who or what is responsible
for pollution and environmental de-
cay?; Can technology overcome the
problems of pollution?; Can the po-
litical system be repaired to handle
the environmental decay, or are more
radical changes needed?; and, is the
environment crisis obscuring other
issues, such as poverty and racism?
After twenty years, these ques-
tions still have not been answered.
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tempt to solve these questions dur-
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Although Earth Week will follow
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