Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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aware of the links betweeen repression in the U.S. and Vietnam, or that they could ignore inhumanity in Amer- ica and protest inhumanity abroad. The veto was a gross insult to members of the ABC and its co-ordinator Rountree voiced a collective disillusionment with white liberal and radical students of Rider College. The Association of Black Collegians changed its or- ganizational structure in the spring semester of 1970. To insure greater participation in its organizational ac- tivities, to eliminate unilateral decision making and to work on a wider variety of activities, the membership of ABC adopted a UMAJA Board. It consisted of Kiamus qchairmenj in the areas of EOP, political activities, edu- cation, communications and finance, and there were also corresponding and recording secretaries, and a treasurer. Elected to these offices for 1970-1971 were respectively Eric Pierce, Henry Lee, Sharon Saunders, Larry Cain, Lorraine Voorhees, Loretta Randolph, Shiela Clark and Byron Hannon. ABC was formed to provide educational, cultural, and social functions for Black students in 1968 when there were 20 Black students enrolled. A fall semester 119701 enrollment of 100 Black students minimized the roll of ABC in performing the aforementioned functions, in that these functions were satisfied by sub-groupings within the ABC. 1970-1971 will see Black students meeting the challenge of setting new priorities. Old grievances re- main, the racist subtleties that make life uncomfortable must be tackled, development of a multi-interest organi- zation is a high priority and developing strong commu- nity relations is an absolute must. Recounting the events in the three year history of ABC and the people instrumental in making that history would be a chronicle that space limitations make most difficult. ABC in the past has been the collective voice of Black students at Rider, and graduating Black stu- dents have only pride to reflect upon when remember- ing the forming and operation of the Association of Black Collegians that will continue to fight racism, edu- cate a Black intelligentsia, and prepare young men and women with the means of making Black peoples lives in America both rewarding and fruitful. SQ 143

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l S ,fy M Z' ,gunman- . 'Nam and a Black leader with deep convictions. Black stu- dents at Rider commemorated his birthday on January 15, 1970, by having a memorial service in the Rider Cafeteria. At Rider there are many ideologies among students. All Black students and many white students mourned and honored his memory, but many white Ri- der students were quite disrespectful during the serv- ices. Tensions were strained, and perhaps only the non- violent philosophy of Dr. King kept violence and hostilities from erupting. May 1970 was the American invasion into Cambodia. College campuses throughout America echoed their discontent. May 1970 was the beginning of national stu- dent strikes, Kent State killings and-of greater rele- vance to Black students-the Jackson State, Mississippi murders. Kent State was publicized by mass media to the extent that the Black students killed at Jackson State went unnoticed. To Black people it is common to receive seconds and thirds. It is common, yet intoler- able. Kent State is part of a repressive American so- ciety, an extension of that same repressive system that tried to hinder and destroy Black peoples' efforts for lib- eration. At Rider the theme of the strike was: 13 Protest- ing the invasion of Cambodia as an extension of the Vietnam War, 25 Ending accreditation of ROTC at Rider, and 35 Protesting domestic repression of the Yippies and Black Panther Party, who had in 1970 been sub- jected to a sophisticated form of genocide. When the strike vote was asked of the Rider student body at large, the domestic repression issue was vetoed in its first vote, indicating that Rider students either were not

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Students Seek Relevancy Of Religion On Campus by the Rev. Jeremiah J. Cullinane Religion on campus strives to come to grips with the student's growing confusion over what is truly ultimate in his experience and therefore worthy of his complete commitment. It tries to meet his desire for wholeness of thought and of action. It is sensitive to the unique cli- mate of college life, to the presence of doubt in the process of understanding, and to the particular period of independence through which its students are pas- sing. lt seeks to avoid religion's becoming a habit de- void of meaning through emphasizing the religious sig- nificane of sacrament, creed and practice. The Campus Ministry acknowledges that if God is of any importance He must be relevant to the whole of life. It rejects the dualism which often marks the modern world, of sacred and secular, of theoretical and prac- ticalg and instead affirms that they belong together working toward the perfection of the whole person. It recognizes that basic values have come to matter to man in a critical way and that it shares with the college the obligation of bridging the gap between the commu- nity of faith and the community of learning. The Campus Ministry, as the College itself, must be committed to its students and to their freedom to iearn. lt asserts that most of its students are religiously dedi- cated, or, to state it more concretely, they believe in God-whether they be Protestants, Catholics, Jews. Provisions must be made for them to explore the full in- tellectual dimensions of the religious faith to which they are committed. Neither the Campus Ministry or the col-