BSU works for 'black power'
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"The other groups can do what they want. We're doing our own thing."
This does not mean, its leaders said, that the BSU will never work with other campus groups. It will readily cooperate with those who support its goals for black people.
"We are receptive to all people of good will," said Clark. "We are not a racist organization."
In addition to its body of officers, the BSU maintains several committees. These include a Social-Cultural Committee, which will be concerned with establishing Afro-American culture on the KU campus, and a Community Concern Committee, which, Reynolds said, "deals with black community projects."
A third BSU sub-group, the Investigations and Grievances Committee, will probe into complaints of black students, both on and off campus, he said.
Housing problems are expected to be a major concern of this group, Clark said.
Other committees include an Educational Scholarship Committee, whose members keep in touch with University aid officials and an Athletic Committee.
When spring arrives, the BSU will probably sponsor a number of events, Clark said. Program<sup>a</sup>
being considered include films, speeches, discussions and poetry forums.
Some of these events will be limited to BSU members, Clark added, others will be open to the public.
There will be no instructional programs for whites on the black man as such.
"We are not interested in educating white people about us," Clark explained.
Another project currently in the planning stage is a BSU newspaper.
"It will deal specifically with the BSU, and the actions of the BSU on campus," Reynolds commented.
No decision has been made on how often it will be published or what fee per issue, if any, will be charged.
The BSU also maintains a library of material related to The Problem and sponsors reading and discussion groups, Reynolds said.
There are no grounds for comparison between the now-defunct Civil Rights Council (CRC), which spearheaded the 1965 sit-in in Strong Hall, and the Black Student Union of 1968-69, BSU leaders said.
"The CRC was not a black organization," said Clark, "and that destroys all grounds for
comparison."
KU's Black Student Union has no immediate plans for seeking separate university housing for blacks such as has happened at Brandeis, Northwestern, Duke universities and some California colleges.
"At San Francisco State College, you have a different stage of development than at KU," said Clark. "It's a different
cultural situation and different all around.
"There are a lot of other things, we'd rather concentrate on first."
He added, however, that if such a housing facility is needed later, the BSU would take the matter under consideration.
Last December, the local BSU chapter sponsored the Midwestern Regional Conference
of Black Student Organizations. Held in the Kansas Union and featuring speakers and workshops, the conference drew black students from a number of regional colleges.
KU's BSU chapter, its leaders stress, is not isolated from fellow black student organizations across the nation. Contact is maintained with black students not only in Kansas but in other states and regions as well.
Campus briefs
Overseas surface mail resumes
The Post Office Department has resumed acceptance of surface mail and parcel post for destinations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean area.
KU pharmacy seminar scheduled
The announcement from the regional director's office became effective Monday and rescinds a January 2 postal bulletin suspending overseas surface mail.
About 40 persons are expected to attend the third annual KU Mid-Winter Pharmacy Extension Seminar at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Besse Motor Hotel, Pittsburg.
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As for long-range plans of the local BSU Reynolds said, "In the future, you can expect the BSU to do this: Speeches will be made, demands will be presented, investigations will be initiated and action will be taken."
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