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By Lesley
Staff
More than 50 USC students
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privileged and low-income p
returns, said Charles McM
coordinator.
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YMCA, where 53 trained USC
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Black students have been
celebrating their history for
12 years at USC, but this is
the first year "Black Observance
Month at USC" has
been officially proclaimed.
In opening ceremonies
Sunday, USC President
James B. Holderman announced
that this year is the
first time the university has
i ever supported the activities
on a school-wide basis.
THE CEREMONY began
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Month activities featuring
guest speakers, a Broadway
musical, a gospel sing-out,
the Black History Bowl, a
salute to five outstanding
black South Carolinians and
other events sponsored by
f the USC Association of Afro
American Students.
An annual week-long event
in past years,black history
activities have been ex
tended to a month to en
courage greater par
ticipation by the community
as well as by usu siuaenis,
faculty and staff, said
Charlene Styles, sophomore
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filing their income tax
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ill be held at the Sumter Street
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co-chairman of the events.
"We had some people
complain that they couldn't
come during the week when
events were usually
scheduled, Styles said. "We
hope that by spreading the
activities over a month more
neonlp will be able to attend.
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We want Black History
Month activities to reach
into the community."
HIGHLIGHTS of Black
Observance Month include a
Black History Bowl at 6:30
p.m. Feb. 10 in Russell
House Ballroom. Con
testants from USC and
Columbia and Benedict
colleges will be quizzed on
I black history.
The touring Broadway
musical, "Ain't
Misbehavin\" featuring an
t all black cast, plays Feb. 18
r at Township Auditorium.
- Part of the USC Cultural
- Series, the show begins at 6
- p.m. Call 777-7130 for tickel
information.
Mayor Richard Hatcher ol
I Gary, Ind., will speak at 1
J p.m. Feb. 20 in Russel
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)f programs Thursday with /
he showing of the Soviet ?
ilm "The First Circle." I
The film, based on \
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novel about a political
prisoner in a Stalinist labor |
camp, will be shown at 7 t
p.m. in Williams-Brice |
College of Nursing Room j
127. i
"We get all sorts of ]
reactions when we mention <
Amnesty International,"
said Julian Clark, head of <
USC's chapter. "Often I first ]
tell them what we are not. i
We are not draft dodgers, |
communists or radicals. We
are a worldwide human
rights organization."
THE IAMBUS group IS
ding fre
noon to 6 p.m. Monday through
THE VITA program is spons<
Service Assistance Program \
questions about income tax I
trained to fill out the forms then
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House Ballroom as part of
Black Observance Month
festivities.
THE FEB. 24 gospel music
show will feature the USC
Touch of Faith Gospel Choir,
the White Hall Gospel Notes,
District 74 and Sammy
Lloyd, a Brennen
Rlpmpntarv School student.
A salute to five black South
Carolinians who have made
contributions in community
service, education,
academics, business and
athletics will be held at 7
p.m. Feb. 26 in Russell
House Ballroom.
Rep. McKinley
Washington, D-Charleston,
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Carolina Black Legislative
Caucus, will be the keynote
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nodeled after the United
Nations Declaration of
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Jrize in 1977 for supporting
vorldwide human rights
causes.
According to Clark, a
najor effort of the group is
o work for the release ol
arisoners of conscience ?
ndividuals persecuted 01
mprisoned because of sex
religion, ethnic backgrounc
3r political beliefs.
Amnesty Internationa
was founded in 1961 ii
London by an attorney. Sine*
then, the organization ha:
grown to a membership o
more than 200.000. Clarl
said. USC's chapter o
Amnesty International wa
founded by Patti Marinelli,;
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Friday until mid-March.
sred by the Internal Revenu
vhich answers only specifi
Filing. VITA volunteers ar
iselves, McMillian said
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This semester, the group is
focusing on human rights
violations in the Soviet
Union, according to Clark. In
addition to Thursday's film,
Amnesty International will
sponsor a talk by two USC
professors on "The Soviet
Union and Human Rights"
at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 in Russell
House Room 203.
GOVERNMENT and
International Studies
professor Gordon Smith and
foreign language professor
David Danow will discuss
their personal experiences in
Russia.
The USC chapter will also
meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 in
Russell House Room 304 to
hear Ulie Makuvos, a
recently immigrated Soviet
Jew, discuss human rights in
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Anyone interested in
joining USC's chapter ot
Amnesty Internationa1
Campus Network should cai'
777-7584 or write the group at
USC Box 80139.
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by a professional tax adviser.'
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