4 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAP News Features/FEBRUARY 1992 Black universities ByANGELA HOLLOWAY Daily Miissippian, U. of Mississippi Many black educators and students have long argued that historically black universities are still suffering from a discriminatory system of higher education. Black universities, they argue, are still separate but unequal. And now the issue has come to a head in the Supreme Court. In a landmark case that some believe could establish a major precedent for civil rights in education, Mississippi's historically black colleges argue that their schools are the victims of unequal funding and incomplete programs. The disparity, they say, forces their schools into second-class status compared to historically white Mississippi colleges. "We feel the system is still segregated; and even though there has been progress we think that the progress is not enough and that more needs to be done," said Alvin Chambliss, attorney for the plaintiffs, who filed their original court challenge in 1975. But others don't see a valid challenge. Ray Cleere, Drinking Losi (continued from page 1) Percent But rather than go dry, many colleges followin instead have chtsen t oban the infaous keg. Princeton U. Dartmottth College, Purdue U., Skidmore College, Syracuse U. and Brown U. are just a few of the schools to adopt the attitude of Dr. Harold Shapiro, ' Princeton U. president, who told The New York Timetshe sees the keg as a "symbol of the " free and easy availability of alcohol.", But other colleges have avoided becoming excessively restrictive. "We decided a number of years ago not to go dry, forcing students off campus and into cars," said Dr. Elaine Spaull, associate vice president for student affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology. "We have had to put into place different policies. We are not above the law." In addition, educational initiatives within the college community have grown considerably in recenctyears. Boosting Alcohol Conscitiusness Ctincerning the Health tif University'Students (BACCHUS), with its 500- plus chapters, and programs such as the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week are attempting to air alcohol issues. Even national brewers now preach alcohol responsibility on campus. "We think that Sarce: Ruth Eng college students are a very responsible group David Ha of people... due in large part to education and awareness efforts," said Francine Katz, forced to dr director of consumer awareness and monitored en education forAnheuserBusch. drinking has g universities it The Reality of the Situation drinking on ca But although college administrators would In addition like to believe that these policies, procedures forcing stude ant educational initiatives are wielding strained the "t compliance to the drinking laws and between stut reducing alcohol-related incidents on contributed to campuses, evidence suggests otherwise. zone students For the past decade, two professors - Dr. "Although le Ruth Engs, Indiana U., and Dr. David impact somewl Hanson, SUNY, Potsdam - have conducted does not prev a nationwide studyofstudent drinking habits much or bavin with some sobering conclusions. The study as their 'lega revealed that more of today's students are populations," s getting into fights, experiencing problems Shore Medi with the law, committing acts of vandalism, Charlestown, R missing class because of hangovers, receiving poorer grades and losingijobs as a result of Students and th their drinking than college students in 1982. But how mu Engs believes these problems are minds of stude becoming exacerbated because students are pre-abolition, fight 'separate but unequal' system commissioner of Mississippi's institutions of higher science professor atJackson State U., little hasbeen achieved. learning, said he believes that the institutions are open and "In order for those schools to have the resources needed freedom of choice is very much in place in Mississippi. to compete and to give the students attending those schools "I don't think they're segregated," Cleere said. "The term the quality education that's needed, the state has to rectify itself implies a conscious separation of the races; there is no past discrimination," she said. conscious separation of the races in higher education in The plaintiffs claim that the state maintains the inequality Mississippi." between schools by providing greater funding to historically white institutions. White schools in the state receive about "We feel (Mississippi's) system is still $30,000 on average in automatic state funding for program support, Chambliss said, whereas black colleges receive only segregated." about $13,000. In addition, of the annual $450,000 in state - Alvin Chambliss line items, he said black schools receive no automatic funds and virtually none of the total money. But the state says the figures don't tell the whole story. "To In 1954, the 45 historically black schools in 19 states won a just choose one group of institutions to magnify their poor landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, funding, pretending they stand alone, isn'tfair,"Cleere said. abolishing the separate-but-equal system of education in Chambliss disagrees, saying student enrollment, program place since 1896. The decision was intended to guarantee duplication, employment, academic programs, facilities and blacks equal opportunity to education and academic funding at black and white schools, suggest a segregated resources. But according to Mary Coleman, a political systemisexactlywhatisin place. The courtwill decide inJuly. ing the Drinking Game Fraternity Freeze: age of college students who had experienced the Gone are the days g problems at least once in the previous year: Driven a car after having several drinks: of brews and booze By DAN GREENBERG 1991 -_4_ _/%_ReporterMagazine, Driven a car while drinking: Rochester Institute of Technology "We're redefining what a fraternity 1991 /ought to be. We may be changing the market," boasts Sid Dunn, president of Missed a class because of the Fraternity Insurance Purchasing a hangover: Group (FIPG). 1982 [Dunn is referring to FIPG's risk E - ,-° management and insurance policies, 1991 /o ,r which more than 75 percent of all Gotten into a fight greeks are following. FIPG's policies after drinking: have banned all kegs, drinking games and alcohol durng rush programs, and prohibited co-sponsorship of events 1991 ' 170/ with alcohol distributors or taverns. In addition, FIPG has pressured Had trouble with the law fal b because of drinking: fraternities to implement a bring-your- bcu ofdnigown-beer program at all alcoholic 1982 4/o events. "A BYOB policy is one way of reducing your individual liability, Inaiana U. andkeeping individual chapters' members anson. SUNY, Potsdam safe and preservin the entire ;areer ana taucanon uirectory/FtbffuARY 1992 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER I SUMMER EMPLOYMENT "What A Great Experience!" 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