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The poster, between the first and second floor in the east breezeway staircase, was one of many distributed on campus by the Black Awareness Committee. Round table Continued from Page 1 general atmosphere of A&M itself; it’s more close knit because we are Aggies and all that, so I think that comes more into play than anything else. I think it's less rather than more because we are here at A&M. High/: I have a question along with the whole ‘Aggie’ thing, as far as stu dent activities like going to football games and participating in bonfire and things like that, is that some thing you feel African American students are real comfortable par ticipating in? Davis: I disagree w ith what Pre ston said about 'We’re all Aggies and we’re all one,’ because when 1 first got here, me, my mother and my father were here'for my summer orientation, and we were in Rudder Auditorium, and they were talking it’s because 1 feel closer to that that 1 can better relate and may be everybody else can’t — but 1 have been out to cut several times, and that's the furthest thing from my mind is that somebody’s going to try to do something to me. James: 1 le’s like a ‘house Negro,' not try ing to be funny, seriously, because he’s “I don't care if you are black, white, green or red, if you don't want to talk to me, twill come and talk to you, that's the way I feel.' 7 — Samuel Ogungbemi president of African Students Association been discriminated against on campus Everything is not perfect on this camptisi on any oilier campus.... Johnson: I w ant to go hack to them ditions. 1 don’t know if it’s a personal thin or our culture, but it just doesn’t intaestm to build bonfire. It doesn’t interestmetos the game and have to stand upthewhol game instead of enjoying the g — Those are just not tilings that interts me. and I feel like that’s the cl teristics of a lot ofthe traditions onl campus; they're just not interesti and that’s why we don’t participaii Well, that's why 1 don’t participate. Figaro: Personally, I have had lot of fun w ith the traditions and« really felt any discriminationbecaui I don’t give a flying fart... Maybe! y ou're from a different area, liken cousin came down from Port Texas, w hich is predominately blad and she came down for bonfire, an about the ‘Aggie community’, the ring and the star...and when you get here, it's a hos tile place — you see Confederate Hags all over the place. And, as far as bonfire, why am I going to go out there with a whole bunch of daink, excuse my language, white people with axes? Like 10 black folks out of 2000 out there cutting trees, you never know what somebody’s going to do. Flight: We’re laughing about that, but do you really feel that it would be danger ous? (The majority of participants respond ed with a resounding “yes.”) O’Bryant: You don’t know the mind sets of some of those people. Jenkins: I can speak — and maybe my experience has been different because I am in the Corps [of Cadets], so I come from a different experience than most, so maybe in the Corps, he’s a little bit better than just the regular 'non-reg,' as they say. Ogungbemi: 1 have a different per spective. I think the way you act or the way you relate to other people depends on the how you were raised. It depends on your mind set. I am from Africa; and, to me, 1 don't care if you are black, white, green or red, if you don't want to talk to me, I will come and talk to you, that's the way I feel. About the bonfire thing, that's false, last fall 1 went with them and cut wood mid nobody tried to do anything to me. Ballare: 1 agree with Sam and Preston to a certain extent. I feel that when you come here to Texas A&M, you know that it’s a majority white school, therefore, you try to get to know them, as well as they should try to get to know you; but don’t think that they are going to go by and say ‘hi’ all the time. As for me, I have never Monday. Pebruai she got upset because there are a loti drunk white people here. And she said" never come to a school like this.”And ot. reason that I really like A&M—UoW In this and 1 meant it, and it wasn’t to som racist or anything — but 1 told her, the are the type of people you will be deali \\ ith. Who will be hi ring you, who will I employed with you. you more than likt| will work with. Either you’ll be abo] them, right beside them or below themS you have to learn how to communicate! network with them because once yous in, and once you have this ring, it milt against a lot ofthe prejudice that I’ve sett Sometimes, even with traditions,y to forget that you’re black and do sow thing that you don’t want to do and lean how to enjoy it because you’re not soffl. to enjoy everything or everywhereyou’t at. That’s just life in general. THE Tj Marinin Mohiuddin Editor in Chief The fttrauoN (ISSN #1055-4726) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods) at Texas A&M University. Periodicals Postage Paid at College Station, TX 77840. 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