Tuesday, February 6,1990
The Battalion
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Understanding foreign cultures is
an important part of an education,
and the MSG Black Awareness Com
mittee is determined to increase stu
dents’ knowledge of African-Ameri
can culture.
“We are principally here to pro
vide students, staff, faculty and the
Bryan-College Station community
with programs to inform them about
African-American culture,” Flor
ence Rice, program adviser for the
committee, said.
Rice said the committee members
organize and implement the pro
grams so they can get hands-on ex
perience.
“They can carry this experience
with them into the corporate world
and their private lives,” she said.
The committee changes goals ev
ery year, Rice said, and it has four
main goals for 1990.
One is to educate A&M students,
staff, faculty and the community
about the diversity and vitality of Af
rican-American culture. The com
mittee wants to create a forum to ad
dress issues that affect African-
Americans at national and local lev
els. Functioning within a set budget
also is important to the committee.
Rice said the main goal of the
group is to provide an area for de-
We are principally
here to provide students,
staff, faculty and the
Bryan-College Station
community with programs
to inform them about
African-American culture.”
— Florence Rice,
MSC Black Awareness
Committee
velopment of various leadership
skills to assist students in life. The
committee works to increase lead
ership through specialized
workshops for members, she said.
The committee also puts on and
participates in various campus pro
grams. For example, it is co-sponsor
ing the Boys Choir of Harlem with
MSC OPAS. The performance will
be Feb. 15 in Rudder Auditorium.
The committee is hosting its own
program Feb. 27 called “We Are
The Dream.” Dr. Albert Broussard,
A&M history department head, and
David Smith, manager of a Ford Mo
tor Company dealership, will be the
featured speakers.
Rice said interest in the Black
Awareness Committee is increasing.
Questions can be directed to Rice at
845-7603. General meetings are ev
ery other Wednesday. The next two
meetings are 7 p.m. Feb. 14 in 410
Rudder and 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in 302
Rudder.
A&M also has a number of other
African-American student organiza
tions. They are: Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority; Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity; Black Graduate Students’ Asso
ciation; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority;
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; Na
tional Society of Black Engineers;
National Association of Black Ac
countants; Texas A&M Association
of Black Journalists; and Voices of
Praise.
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Special to The Battalion
To celebrate Black History Month, KAMU-FM will
air a series of unfamiliar songs by African-American
artists beginning Sunday through Feb. 14.
Each night a different category of music ranging
from blues to gospel will be played starting at 8 p.m.,
Kayonne Riley, KAMU program director, said.
“Every year we do something,” Riley said. “This year
we focused on musical culture. I have heard the com
ment from different people that we do not do enough
programming for the black community here. That is
why I am trying to do music this month.”
The program, which comes from National Public Ra
dio, includes blues and dance tunes by John Cephas
that will be played the first night.
On other nights, Black Worksongs of the Sea, music
from the Gospel Brass Band Sounds of Harlem’s
j United House of Prayer, and Black Mardi Gras Indians
of New Orleans and Black Creole music will be aired,
Riley said.
“What I think is good about it is that it represents the
real culture that has grown up in the United States,” she
said.
In the past, KAMU has aired specials including a
program to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
birthday. KAMU did a two-hour special that contained
music by American composers dedicated to King. This
program also was done by the National Public Radio,
Riley said.
Riley is interested in any suggestions from the public.
“If there are members of the black community here
at A&M that want to do something, I encourage them
to come to talk to me, because I am really open to ad
dressing this,” Riley said.
KAMU is a listener-supported radio station, and is li
censed by A&M. It plays classical and jazz, and tries to
program different things to interest the international
community like International Radio Hour. This pro
gram is produced by the International Students Orga
nization, she said.
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from wire services which are based
out of China and Japan, Hicks said.
Taggard, a senior English major,
said reporters will become their own
regional specialists and put together
their own story packages. They re
ceive help from the International
Student Association with name pro
nunciations and in finding experts at
A&M who can add more informa
tion to the stories, she said.
Hicks said the program will be in
English and the reporters will cover
stories of both domestic and interna
tional significance. He said coverage
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