Brown and White Vol. 102 no. 29

              shange read poems like intermit tent celibacy that serve to cel ebrate and poke fun at the complex games men and women play m rela tionships we lack understanding for one another we can't hear ourselves anymore shang said romance has been broken into categories like chapters shange said the most fundamen tal aspect of love and understanding love is listening i celebrate the human experi ence and how we sound to one an poet speaks of culture love ntozake shange read from her new collection the love space demands a continuing saga y other when i speak my words aloud we are gifts to each other m this sound shange said shange also spoke m her read ings about the way society seems to ignore the black contribution to his tory m america she said much of black history spoken and unspoken has been un clear and not taught to younger gen erations our history has been held cap tive made to disappear shange said we are unidentified m his tory most of shange s work is musi cal spoken m a sing-song voice and maintaining a rhythm and beat remi niscent of the impro visational style of jazz they blend various languages poet playwright and novelist ntozake shange read several of her works at the stage door on friday night as a part of black history month the reading by shange was also an open mic event with students reciting their own poetry before and after shange the fire verse style was invigo rating for shange reminding her of her own beginning m poetry i got my start m open reading ■ shange said this i forum is a i nostalgic environ i ment for me the i reading of poetry i a vernacular i phenomenon anß the author has i criticalh acclaim for herh novel for col ored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow isenuf shange read works about topics like love and infatuation weaving within all of her writing the struggle of blacks m today's society ' _ want black americans to have a great love story to look at m their lives i was m s out h africa which is a stunning experience for anyone of color and i was watching gone with the wind on television shange said i was wondering what we as a people have to look to m love we needed a love story shange said her intention m writ ing her new collection of poems the love space demands a con tinuing sage was to provide that love story for her people calling the new collection a how-to guide to love m the world the kc/actf is a year-round program m eight geographic regions m the united states and is active m each of these regions lehigh is a member of region h comprised of new york pennsylva nia new jersey maryland dela ware and the district of columbia pam pepper chairwoman of the the ater department said pepper said most schools partici pate m supporting each other respondents come from other schools to see our shows and adjudi cate them with education and growth as the primary goal she said every respondent then has the permission please see play page 6 play recognized as outstanding production baw photo by learie carasco martin mushrush 96 left and jerome halligan 96 performed m molly's dream and the successful life of three the cast of last semester's pro duction of the successful life of three and molly's dream re ceived a certificate of merit from the kennedy center american college theatre festival acknowledging their outstanding acting performance in addition measure for mea sure another fall production re ceived acknowledgment from the kc/actf with two awards brianslocum 97 received a cer tificate of merit for sound design and david tull ' 97 who played the char acter of lucio was recognized with an irene ryan acting award speaker protests haitian policy by jennifer tzeses news writer please see haiti page 6 the u.s public m support of their struggle for peace and justice the mpp is concerned with haiti ' s peasants and is m partnership with haiti s oldest democratic orga nization the peasant movement of papay mouvman peyizan papay or mpp the mpp edf with limited re sources has managed to carry out a solid program of public education m the u.s and material support for projects of resistance and survival m haiti ally no imported goods coming into the country jean-baptiste said the haitian people have faith m presi dent jean-bertrand aristide to re store democracy m the country and will defiantly resist co-occupation jean-baptiste was outside ofhaiti at the time of the coup d'etat and was forced into exile he is now the coordinator of the peasant movement of papay educa tion and development fund a u.s based non-governmental and non profit organization it actively is involved with the purpose of informing and mobilizing bazelais jean-baptiste a leading agronomist for the haitian peasant movement said u.s promises for foreign aid m haiti have not been kept in a speech thursday m neville auditorium jean-baptiste said haiti is m a shambles and the haitian people want to restore their country on their own without intervention it is very difficult to live m haiti there is no electricity no jobs an stronomical cost of living and virtu vol 102 no 29 the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded m 1894 tuesday february 14 1995 4 all the lehigh news first by michelle de mooy news editor i celebrate the uman experience nd how we sound to me another when i tpeak words aloud ne are gifts to each other m this sound " tions ntozake shange by laura linderman news writer please see shange page 6 such as spanish and english as well as different emotions i want to bring a dialect into my work shange said not just what we of color write but how we would speak if we didn't learn the language of america beth stoeber 97 was impressed by shange s heartfelt work i liked the way she lifted us up when she spoke you could see and hear the emotion m her readings it was like listening to powerful mu sic stoeber said daneen blackshear 96 presi ident of the black students union also enjoyed shange's style she had a very lyrical approach i liked the fact that she was so into what she was doing blackshear said she also said shange spoke about issues that person ally affected her culturally and so cially a lot of what she said were things that i could relate to blackshear said after shange s readings there was a surprise presentation of the zulu dance theatre of south africa a dance group that attempts to combine elements of brotherhood m all ethnic groups they performed several ritual dances from south africa clothed m brightly colored loin cloths and tradi tional garments blackshear said the dancing by the zulu dance theatre was a nice surprise to end the evening we don't usually have things like that here so i really enjoyed something different blackshear h fits tki mmmmmmmm mmmmmx new s 1-6 m^ft_fllß ! i ■_,_■ anti-lock brakes 7 jft»~r wrestling 16 '* i women's basketball 15 men's basketball uhigh loses to bucknell 76-66 see sports page 16