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Bike-Aid ’86
Pedalling for Progress
Lucy Perkins is a free-lance
journalist who has studied inter
national development and has
extensively traveled in Asia. She
will graduate with honors from
Stanford in june 1986.
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Development Dialog
In two rooms on the second
floor of Stanford University's
Public Service Center, students
from several San Francisco area
campuses can be seen bustling
about. In the midst of several
computer printers, maps spread
across the wall, desks with piles
of paper, and a solar-powered
miniature bicycle, sits a very
determined group of people.
They are busy answering phone
calls, designing flyers, running
downstairs to the photocopier,
reviewing plans and updating
projections. One gets the sense
that they are onto something big.
These young people are
organizing “Bike-Aid '86; Pedall
ing for Progress,” a cross
country, multiple-route bicycle
trip schedule to begin from Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland
“All Hail!” for
In an article last semester,
“Sororities and Fraternities:
What's It All About,” Phi Mu
Alpha, Sinfonia Music Fraternity
of America, Inc. was overlooked.
To correct that blunder, here’s a
little information about them.
Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia
Professional Music Fraternity of
America, Inc., was founded Oct.
6, 1898 at the New England
Conservatory of Music in
Boston, Mass.
and Seattle on June 16. Two
other groups will depart from
Houston and Tampa on July 12.
All routes will converge in
Washington, D.C. on August 5
for a series of Congressional
presentations. They will then
ride together to New York City
where a grand finale will be
hosted by UNICEF at the United
Nations on August 11th.
The goal, say the trip's
organizers, is to channel concern
for world poverty into construc
tive action. Riding through 38
states, bicyclists of all abilities
plan not only to make presen
tations before hundreds of com
munities, but also to raise almost
a million dollars for low-cost self-
help projects in poor areas of the
world. A portion of the proceeds
is being earmarked for needy
communities in the U.S.
Bike-Aid '86 is being
orchestrated by the Overseas
Development Network (ODN),
an unusual student organization
that got started at Harvard and
Stanford in 1983, and has since
then established affiliates on fifty
Phi Mu Alpha
Kappa Beta chapter of Phi Mu
Alpha was chartered at Morris
Brown College on April 30,1973
as an instrument to unite men in
music here at the college.
Phi Mu Alpha is a professional
music fraternity, which main
tains mutually exclusive
membership to men actively
participating in a music
organization, men pursuing
music as a career, or men
presently or previously have had
music as their profession.
Founders' Plaza
By Karon Ammons
Construction of Founders’
Plaza that began on the main
yard of the campus in early
January is now complete.
The nearly $70,000 project
funded by Charles P. Louder-
milk, a long-time member of the
Board of Directors — serves to
beautify the campus, while
providing a podium for outdoor
assemblies, according to Jimmy
Anderson, director of Physical
Plant.
Plant is responsible for the
physical appearance and security
of the campus layout. However,
the department’s participation in
the Plaza project was minimal.
Anderson said Loudermilk's
daughter, Lisa Loudermilk-
Carter, was responsible for
soliciting contractors and
overseeing the project.
Construction of the plaza
evolved from the original plan to
build a fountain, during former
MBC President Robert Threatt’s
administration over two years
ago, according to Anderson.
"I was told in September there
were plans being made to build a
fountain. Shortly after, they said
it had been scrubbed. Then, Mrs.
Carter came over with her
engineers and told me ‘this is
finally what we're going to do,"’
Anderson said.
Although MBC is presently
raising funds to meet more
pressing financial obligations,
Anderson said it would have
been in poor taste to request that
the plaza funds be donated for
another purpose.
“There are a number of
reasons we could spend money,
but I don’t know that we would
have the right to tell them
'you’re wasting your money.'”
Anderson added, “If one has
decided to give the institution
something to be proud of, it’s
great.”
A dedication ceremony took
place at the plaza cite on April 30,
during the lunch hour. Speakers
were present and refreshments
served.
other campuses. "Students are as
concerned as anyone else about
the crisis of world hunger,” says
ODN's 23 year-old outreach
coordinator Ellen Jones, who is
frequently invited to speak on
college campuses on behalf of
ODN. "Our goal is to pool
together this concern, energy,
and talent and bring about some
real change.”
Since its inception, ODN has
linked college campuses with
grassroots projects in Africa, Asia
and Latin America. ODN
chapters have held numerous
student gatherings, produced
slide-shows, and published a
catalog of internships. Recently,
these students have also initiated
a community service program in
Appalachia. "In an era when
student activism is hard to find,
ODN is inspiring in its
seriousness, effectiveness, and
sophistication," says Harvard’s
Vice President John Shattuck.
Loret Miller Ruppe, director of
the Peace Corps, says she is
"extremely impressed” with
ODN’s leadership and outreach.
Five time Olympic gold
medalist Eric Heiden has helped
promote Bike-Aid through
taped radio appeals. World
bicycling champions Greg Le-
Mond and Rebecca Twigg have
also lent their support. Robert
Rodale, publisher of the popular
Bicycling and Runner's World
magazines places Bike-Aid in a
class of its own: "Last year, the
flashy high-tech Live Aid concert
captured the short attention
spans of the nation’s youth... The
slower and more interactive
‘medium’ of cylcling will
generate a longer lasting solu
tion to world hunger problems.”
A group of prominant cor
porate leaders including Ralph
Davidson, Chairman of TIME,
Inc. has jointly endorsed this
student-managed initiative.
The Overseas Development
Network was founded by Nazir
and Kamal Ahmad, two brothers
from Bangladesh who saw the
potential of a national student
organization committed to in
volving American students in
Third World development.
Nazir, a graduate student in
economics, was the impetus to
Bike-Aid — a project that now
involves scores of organizers
across the country. A full-time
graduate student in economics,
he divides the rest of his time
between advising Bike-Aid
organizers and completing an
action handbook on hunger to
be released next fall by Harper &
Row Publishers.
Over three hundred people
have already signed up to join
Bike-Aid. The organizers,
however, are still recruiting
more riders and volunteers. The
ride is open to all who wish to
support Third World develop
ment by raising pledges. While
many riders will cycle from coast
to coast, others will join the trek
for shorter segments. Anyone
interested in helping by organiz
ing local events, finding housing
for the riders, or spreading the
word, should contact: Bike-Aid
’86. P.O. Box 2306, Stanford, CA
94305 Telephone: (415)725-2869.
U
Mama I Want to Sing”
Comes to Atlanta
“MAMA I WANT TO SING,”
the show proclaimed by TIME
Magazine as one of the year’s ten
best plays of 1984, will open
Wednesday, April 30th through
Sunday, May 4th at the Fox
Theatre. After three years and
over 1,000 performances in New
York, "MAMA I WANT TO
SING" has become the longest
running off-Broadway black
musical since 1933. Originally
presented as a showcase at
AMAS Repertory Theatre in
1980, "MAMA I WANT TO
SING” opened at the Heckscher
Theatre in March 1983 for a three
week run where it has been
continuously extended ever
since.
"MAMA I WANT TO SING" is
the real life story of a talented
young gospel singer (Doris Troy)
who wants to move on to more
secular singing despite the
strong objections of her mother.
Praised for its imagination,
energy and talent, "MAMA I
WANT TO SING” is written,
directed and produced by Vy
Higginsen and Ken Wydro. The
musical is a uniquely cast family
affair, inspired by the life of Vy
Higginsen’s sister Doris Troy (of
“JUST ONE LOOK” hit single
fame) who plays the role of her
own mother in the show. Vy
Higginsen’s brother, Randy
Higginsen plays the role of his
own father as the Reverend of
Mt. Calvary Church. And.finally,
Vy Higginsen narrates some
performances herself in the role
of a gospel station disc jockey.
The musical numbers include
Doris Troy's hit "JUST ONE
LOOK," a newly released song
"THE ONE WHO WILL LOVE
ME” and several gospel rockers
which have been bringing
audiences to their feet at the
Heckscher Theatre in New York
for three years. A story told in
concert, "MAMA I WANT TO
SING" delivers a spiritual
message and a soul-stirring
evening of musical entertain
ment.
Tickets for "MAMA I WANT
TO SING” are available at the Fox
Theatre Box Office, all SEATS
outlets including Turtle’s or
charge by phone by calling (404)
881-1977. Showtimes are
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday at 8:00 PM and
Sunday at 7:30PM. Matinees are
Saturday and Sunday at 3:00PM.
Opening night tickets are half
price courtesy of WVEE-WAOK-
AM. Tickets for children 12 and
under are half price for all
performances. Tickets range in
price from $12.75 - $19.75, special
discounts for groups are
available by calling (404) 934-
5938. For further publicity infor
mation, call 237-4779.
Alexander Plummer, Jr., plays the role of Reverend Winter. While preaching his sermon the "reach
ensemble” looks on.