Student Life, April 2, 1971, Vol. 68, No. 66

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'Don't wa nt love, iust your respect'

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James Farmer

" You don't ha ve to be loved to be respecte d , a nd r espect is what Blac k Am eri ca ns want," said J a m es Farme r , on e of the natio n's mode rate Blac k leaders. Fa rm er, speak ing Wednesday nig ht as part or Blac k Emp hasis Week here, sa id tor many years inte gration was th ough t to be the answer to racis m in Ameri ca, but "proxi m ity does n't necessarily r ed uce hostilit y ." Spea k ing a b ou t co nd itio ne d racism, Far m er sai d "it isn't poss ibl e to grow up with out a r es idue of it." F arm er quoted sc hool books a nd Hollywood as being som e of the sour ces. " Th e sc hool books provid e no imag e for the Black childr .en a nd th e wrong im a ge for the wh ite kids ." F a rm er said until rec entl y th e only Black s see n in Hollyw ood we re " Un cle Tom s or st ep a nd retch its ". " I identifi ed wit h Tarz a n " Fa r m er said . " I ch eere d as he would swing down a nd sa ve th e mi ss ionary ."

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Black pride was Farmer's answer to racism. "It is necessary for Blacks to say ' it's an honor to be born me'," Far m er said it is necessary for Blacks to "wield" eco nomic a nd politica l power . Farme r stated that only two perce nt or the 40 billion dollar Black Market in America stays in the B lack comm un ity. Farmer was in favo r of cooperatives a nd not " ju st m aking more Black mill ionaires. P eople do n't tear down what th ey own a nd have a sta ke in." Farmer said the Blac k vo te must not be " in the ba g " for one politi ca l pa r ty. " P oliti ca l par tie s only pay a tt enti on to th e fenc e sit ters. Blac ks mu s t vo te for ca ndidate s a nd not for pa r tie s. Ask th e m wh a t th ey a r e going to do for us." 0

Fa rm er 's cha lle ng e of the 70's wa s to " tr a nslate the vic tori es of the 60's int o rea lit y for the people . Everyt h ing's ch ang e d bu t everyt hin g's still the same."

loneliness and poor social life, called for the greatest amount of time on the phone since the volunteers listen while the caller talks , sometimes longer than an hour. The HELP-line took 12 calls concerning pregnancy . Some of these included queries about abortion possibilities . These girls are referred to local physicians for counseling and to the Department of Family Services (Welfare). Seven calls from persons contemplating suicide were received . These calls weren't all from students ; some were from adults . Refer Suicide Cases

The volunteers try to calm down the potential suicide victim then refers him to the USU Counseling Center, a local ~ental health clinic or to their clergy . Chris Pederson "What we try to do with these callers is to identify Editor-in-Chief someone they really trust and then get them to ¡contact this person," Christensen said . Some 171 telephone calls were received by volunteers Other calls concerned questions about academics, at the HELP-line last week during the service's first drugs , alcohol and civil law. There were also several week of operation. prank calls . Acceptance of the HELP-line by the community and the university has encouraged organizers to expand Who Calls ? services by four hours per day with the phones now operating between 1 p.m. and 8 a.m. Dufner said approximately 60 percent of the calls "The first week was way beyond our expectations ," came from area residents while the remaining 40 persaid Val Christensen, coordinator of student activities . cent were from university and high school students . "We expected only about 100 calls in our entire first He said callers often back into their problems . month of operation ." "Questions they ask aren't reall y what they w~nt to The HELP-line was initiated to provide both the know. They bring out their real problems later m the university and Logan community with a confidential conversation ," Dufner commented . method by which they can be referred to professional Some 40 volunteers are now trained and operating the help for personal problems . telephones ..About 100 more pers?ns now undergoing 30 hours of training for the HELP-lme to operate on a 24Listen - Refer hour basis in another three weeks when the current training session ends. . .. . "All we do is listen and refer; we don't counsel or Future plans include the poss1b1hty of expandmg advise," Christensen said. service offered by the center to include walk-in counVolunteers received a variety of calls during the first seling. But the present quar ters of the HE!,,P-line, the week. The most common type of call which could be basemen t of the University Center, makes 1t necessary categorized concerned boy- girl relationships , mainly in to relocate before such services would be practical to reference to dating . Student coordinator Steve Dufner initiate . said most of these calls came from youth of high school and junior high age persons who felt they could no longer discuss their problems with their parents or school counselors. Thirty-three calls were received concerning the boy Student opinion on Colley decision p. 6 girl relationships . Reporting :

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