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The Red and Black. Thursday April 2K. 1977
Continued from page one.
The part of the article which
most bothered Reul was a
quote from library administra
tor Petty
“The job descripton has to
be cast-iron When we hire
someone, we can’t afford to
make a mistake because there
is no way to shift them to other
duties if they don't work out in
Library
the job as it was advertised.
This means in some cases that
we can't take a chance on a
black or a female when we
would like to.” Petty was
quoted as saying in the article
Reul was not pleased with
Petty’s statement.
“As the Affirmative Action
officer of this University. I was
appalled that any such publica
tion should go out with the
name of this University.’’ Reul
said.
“The statement shows very
poor administrative judgment,
to make a statement that the
University will not take a
chance on blacks and fe
males,” she added
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“First of all, it is anti-
everything that Affirmative
Action stands for. It is con
trary to the President's policy
on Affirmative Action, which
savs we will endeavor to
provide opportunities for fe
males and minorities.
"Affirmative Action means
we are going to reach out, we
are going to take a chance
wherever individuals are un
derutilized." Reu! said
Reul said that within 10 days
after the article had been
published 20 copies of the
article were sent to her, many
with notes telling how horrified
people were by the article.
She said she also received
three phone calls from Atlanta
and several calls concerning
the article from Affirmative
Action officers at campuses
outside of the state.
"People call to ask 'What
are you doing as Affirmative
Action officer that this sort of
thing can exist?’ If we are
truly in compliance, this sort
of thing shouldn’t happen."
Reul said.
However, the author of the
article, Christofferson, said she
had received positive com
ments about the article. “Tak
en out of context, the quote
could sound discriminatory.
But in the context of the article,
I don't think it was. I think
overall the article was balan
ced II showed both the posi
tive and negative sides of the
hiring guidelines," Christoffer
son said.
Petty also defended his re
marks. "I have heard that a
number of people did take it
(the remark) amiss. Actually,
they did not see to what the
remark was related,” he said.
“If you write a tight job
description you get applicants
who are qualified peripherally
to the job description written.
In the old days we could have
gotten around it, but now we
face getting sued if we do not
hire someone who exactly
meets the job description as
advertised,” Petty said.
Boes said he thought Chris-
tofferson’s article was “inno
cent as hell."
He added that the only
negative feedback he had got
ten from the article was from
Reul. “I think the University
Affirmative Action officer is
jsut sensitive to that sort of
thing,' he said.
Boes also said he felt that
most of the library staff had a
positive attitude toward the
article.
However, library employes
questioned said they had “nev
er seen the staff get that upset
about anything."
“Everywhere you went, peo
ple were gathered around talk
ing about it," one employe
said.
“I wonder if Petty even yet
knows there was anything
wrong with that statement,”
another employe said.
The Affirmative Action prob
lems in the library are among
the problems to which the
president's special library
committee is expected to ad
dress itself.
The committee was formed
in early March after discus
sions between Davison, Boes
and then Acting Provost Wil
liam Owens about problems
which the library was facing,
according to Davison.
"We decided the committee
was necessary to answer cer
tain questions f couldn't an
swer. I decided to appoint a
committee to investigate, so
that whatever we did would be
based on facts.
The committee is to report
its findings directly to Davison.
Boes said he sees the com
mittee as an aid to communi
cating problems the library
might have to the rest of the
campus. “The campus has got
to learn that we really have
some serious problems,’’ he
said.
“We haven’t been secret
about it (the committee). We
call it the Blue Ribbon Com
mittee. Most big libraries have
a blue ribbon committee to
investigate their problem. I
think we ought to have a
permanent one," Boes said.
The chairman of the commit
tee, Dr. Gilbert Fite, could not
be reached for comment.
Nikki Giovanni presents
poetry and philosophy
By NINA CUNNINGHAM
The immediate standing
ovation and hearty applause
in Memorial ball room
Tuesday night could only
befit a princess - specifical
ly “the princess of black
poetry," Nikki Giovanni
In a lecture interspersed
with fragments of thought
and poetry, Giovanni exu
berantly presented her op
timistic philosophy, sooth
ing realism, and the black
experience as she views it
today.
Giovanni read selections
of poetry that included
"The Life I Love," "My
House," and "Butterflies."
Her lecture covered many
tangents of thought, with
topics ranging from falling
in love to Julian Bond.
The dynamic poet chided
Julian Bond as "vicious and
narrow-minded” example of
black leadership She warn
ed her audience that his
kind of leadership would be
detrimental to continuing
black acceptance in Atlan
ta.
After viewing Bond on
“Saturday Night Live,"
Giovanni said she conclud
ed, “I'm not ready for him
to be my chocolate Easter
bunny. That is why I'm a
poet, because I don’t want
to make a mockery of who I
am."
She spoke on black pride
and optimism, and urged
black students to “remem
ber those who fought damn
hard to get you here" in
colleges and universities.
“This college didn’t wake
up one morning and say,
‘This college doesn’t have
any black kids!”’ she said.
Giovanni's motives in
probing black awareness
represent the plight of all
minorities. She asked the
audience, "What is man
kind?" and ^reminded,
blacks that "Black Love is
Black Wealth. "
"It is time that we
realized that we are all
earthlings. If someone tries
to take advantage of differ
ences they can short circuit
our world," she said.
Nikki Giovanni is a
creative genius of many
facets. Her invigorating
style or writing is soothingly
warm, witty and frank
Her varying perspectives
of life enable her to channel
her tremendous energy in
many diverse roles as
writer,poet, recording artist
and lecturer. She has written
13 books in nine years,
including Gemini, Black
Feeling. Black Talk, My
House and Ego Tripping
and other poems for Young
Readers
Giovanni's flowering opti
mism was exhilirating to
absorb. Her messages were
universal as she encouraged
all present to "learn to
accept life as we know it
before we can accept life as
we don’t know it.
“You deserve more than
you expect. You all are too
young to be jaded, too busy
protecting to take a chance
on feeling. Expect more!”
she said.
In essence, Giovanni re
vealed more than just her
"up” philosophy, she cap
tured the fountain of youth
and life itself.
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“SAC will be required to
explain what it is they do,”
Frazer said in support of
placing the question on the
referendum. “It will give stu
dents a chance to learn what
SAC does.”
Other items on the referen
dum will ask students to indi
cate whether they support an
independent student newspa
per, whether they support SGA
membership in the National
ment should be abolished.
Journalism students will vote
on May 10 whether they favor
Senate
the recall of Garner, Jon
Dancy (A&S) said. The vote is
a result of a recall petition
circulated by Nelson Ross.
The ad hoc investigating
committee, established by the
senate two weeks ago to inves
tigate past student-faculty al
locations processes, reported
that its work was not finished.
A final report will be made to
the senate May 4, Bart Gary
(Law) said.
A recommendation by the
rules and procedures commit
tee, which would place a
senator with three unexcused
absences on probation, was
adopted by the sehate. The
recommendation also would
remove a senator with four
unexcused absences.
In addition to the referen
dum to be held May 10, the
public relations committee also
recommended posting names
and phone numbers of senators
at various places around cam
pus, reviving the SGA newslet
ter, and holding some senate
meetings in residence halls.
The senate adopted those rec
ommendations.
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