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Organizing
Students Plan Tenants9 Union
As Response to Bad Housing
By NANCY WEBB

Kernel Staff Writer
Help is on the way to UK students who rent
housing,
especially housing plagued with roaches, leaky sinks and apathetic
landlords, say UK tenant union organizers.
A tenants' union-yh- ose
goal is "to assist tenants in obtaining
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better housing, housing fit for humans to live in"-- is in the planning stages, according to Skip Althoff, Student Government vice
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The proposed tenants' union would "seek a collective bargaining
position, much like any other union," he said, "to get repairs and
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In addition to legal process, it is also hoped that the union will
be able to apply for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans
to improve some existing
student housing.
Althoff listed several existing problems with which the union
would be concerned. Among them were:
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Toilet facilities, especially in old houses, which are "unbelievable, completely inadequate."
Landlords who won't repair heat or plumbing.
Linda Link, Pi Beta Phi Sorority, was named queen The derby was held in the area adjacent to the
A shortage of locks on doors and landlords willing to put them
of the 1970 Sigma Chi Derby Saturday afternoon. Student Center parking lot. The event, an annual
areas.
The Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority won the derby, occurence, drew several hundred people.
there, even in
A landlady who is notorious for fires in her apartments and requires tenants to carry their own fire insurance.
A clause in the same landlady's contract that in effect says
male tenants must have "conventional" haircuts.
Roaches, rats and other undesirable creatures.
A severe shortage of
housing.
"Many other unions seek to lower rents but I'm not sure how
legitimate that is for this area," Althoff said. "At least we don't
Dr. Roy Jarecky, head of the any discussion between myself West Virginia, the University of have the blatant exploitation that exists on many other campuses."
UK College of Medicine admisand other members of the admis- Kentucky, and the University of
He added that the union would not be limited to
sions committee, said Sunday sions committee in regard to such Louisville in the past 10 year, the renters but eventually, dormitory residents, Creeks and the whole
he needed more specific informa- matters as a student's views on number who were admitted, and Lexington community.
tion before answering charges black lung or his father's occupa- the grades of those admitted.".
Continued on Page 8, CoL 4
that three medical schools in Ken- tion as a basis for his acceptance
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tucky and West Virginia includ- tomed school."
ing UK, have refused admission
said that the purpose
Jarecky
to sons and daughters of coal
of the application interview was
miners.
mainly "to allow a student to tell
The charges were made by us what he wants to tell us
cruDr. I. E. Buff, a black-lun-g
about himself' and to establish
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critic of meddon't want to write proposals
By BRADLEY JEFFRIES
Bright said he was particularly
ical schools in Kentucky and West tact with the applicant."
Assistant Managing Editor
impressed with a speaker who that would probably have no
Virginia.
Student Government Presi- said that the "priorities of the effect."
In addition, he continued, the dent Steve
In a news release issued yesBright, returning from university must be adjusted to
I really have interview allows the
"At this point
applicant to the President to President's Conrestore teaching and students to terday Bright reviewed the report
no comment, because I haven't see the medical school and meet
ference in Washington this weekthe proper places in the center of the President's Commission on
been contacted by Dr. Buff," its personnel.
end, said he thought the con- of the university."
Campus Unrest, released SatJarecky said.
but
ference was too
The best received speaker, acurday. He said he was encouraged
Buff claimed he was making
Jarecky said he would have to
"a good attempt on the part of cording to Bright, was Interior because the recommendations of
the charges on behalf of the Phy- the Nixon administration to comhave more specific information
Secretary Walter Hickle. the commission relate closely to
sician's Committee for Miners'
for example, the names of stumunicate with universities. The Speaking on polarization, Hickle UK in several areas.
and Safety. The commitHealth
dents Buff says have been "dis"Our most important consession provided a real opporsaid, "As hard as we try, we
criminated against" before he tee's headquarters are in Charlesfor delegates to hear from can't tear this country together."
cern," said Bright, "is the quality
ton, W. Va., Buffs home city. tunity cabinet members."
can make a definite statement
Next February the student of education at this institution.
several
on the matter.
The purpose of the conference body presidents are invited to One of the fundamental factors
Buff said,
The committee,
assemble student body
return to Washington far a three-da- y in this area cited by the comJarecky did add, however, that "asks publicly the number of was to
conference to present the stu- mission is the statement that
and university presidents from
the 10 years I have been miners' children who have ap"during
across the nation to "explore the dent side of the dialogue. But 'One of the most valid criticisms
I have no recollection of plied to the medical schools of
at UK,
Bright . said he will not attend of many universities is their
problems of the nation," acContinued on Page 8, CoL 5
cording to conference director because of the expense, and "I
David R. Wanser. Dean of Students Jack Hall represented President Otis A. Singletary, who was
unable to attend.
According to Bright, the draft,
polarization, campus unrest, and
This
year's Homecoming the Narc Band will be in the the Vietnam war were major
issues discussed at the conevents will culminate Saturday Crille.
Admission to the Ballroom ference.
with an afternoon football game
Defense Secretary Melvin
with Auburn, followed later at will be $1.50. There will be no
Laird predicted an end to draft
8 p.m. with a concert by the charge for admission to the Crille.
rock group Chicago.
Voting for Homecoming calls by 1973, and Selective SerThe night before, there will Queen will begin Monday. Voting vice Director CurtisTarr said that
be a "casino" party in the Stu- will take place from 10 a.m. till the United States could not go
force until
to an
dent Center, featuring four bands, 3 p.m. at the Student Center,
W.C. Fields movies and display Classroom Building, Commerce after the war in Vietnam was
ended.
Building and the Chemistry-Physic- s
of game equipment.
He is working to eliminate
BallBuilding.
Performing in the Grand
Votes also will be taken from all undergraduate college deferroom Friday night will be the Ox8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday,
ments as quickly as possible, a
fords and the Mid-WeSpectacular. The Hatfield Clan and in the Student Center.
point which brought much critiThe new queen will be ancism from conference members,
nounced at a pep rally ThursBright said. Tarr also said the
lottery will not go above No.
day.
The pep rally will be held at 195 this year unless there is a
next
national emergency.
Lexington and Vicinity: Clear 6:30 Thursday on the field
John
Attorney General
and cool tonight. High today, to the Complex tennis courts.
Following the pep rally there Mitchell discussed thawing a line
,70, low tonight 45, high tomorbetween peaceful dissent and viorow near 70. Precipitation prob- will be a cook out.
A spokesman for the Homelence. "1 wonder if his measures The Student Center Art Callery was the scene yesterday as new
abilities: zero tonight, zero toto prevent violence will not in- faculty put on a display of its artistic talents. It was also the first
morrow. Forecast for tomonow: coming committee urged everyone to come and bring their own fringe on the right of Innocents," major show presented by the art gallery this y ear, said gallery ofwarmer and c'oudy.
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Unrest Report Warns of Cultural Gap

The President's Commission
on Campus Unrest said in its
report released Saturday that a
wide, possibly catastrophic, gap
is developing in American society
between the young and the old
which only the President can
heal.
The chasm between the established adult society and the
new youth society causes growing violence by both sides, the
commission said. America could
war "a
dissolve into near-civbrutal war of each against all"
unless the division is stopped,'
the commission warned in its
final report.
The commission said its most
important recommendation for
future action was that, "It is
imperative that the President
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bring us together before more
lives are lost and more property
destroyed and more universities
disrupted," recalling the unity
theme of President Nixon's inaugural address.
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Formed Last June
The commission, headed by
former Pennsylvania governor
William B. Scranton, was appointed last June after the killings
of four students at Kent State
University by National Cuards-me- n
and the slaying of two black
students by police at Jackson
State College in Mississippi.
The commission's purpose
was to investigate the causes of,
and to propose possible solutions
for, the violence that has affected
hundreds of colleges.
The report recommended to
officials at various levels of government an end to the war in
Southeast Asia; an end to harsh,
divisive rhetoric; better planning
alfor disorder; new
ternatives to ROTC, and extensive public assistance to black
colleges and universities.
,
War Weapons Decried
As for law enforcement, the
commission decried the use of

rifles and bayonets on campus.
"Sending civil authorities onto
a college campus armed as if for
war armed only to kill has
brought tragedy in the past. If
this practice is not changed, tragedy will come again."

The report called for providweapons such as
tear gas for National Cuardsmen
and rules to insure that deadly
force is used "only as the absolute last resort."
The commission also urged
that universities focus again on
teaching and learning, as opposed
to outside research and private
consultancies for"entrepreneural
professors."
All universities should remain
politically neutral, the report
said, while upholding personal
and academic freedom. Courses
should be adapted to the new
youth culture, with more flexible
teaching methods and schedul- ing, the commission said.
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A 'Sellout'?

Report Draws Student Cynicism

The call for reconciliation
sounded by President Nixon's
Commission on Campus Unrest
reflects the feelings of many students, faculty and administrators.
But responses to an Associated
Press check of several college
campuses also shows little faith
that the commission's report will
change basic attitudes or head
off more violence.
Many of those questioned said
they opposed violence but were
indifferent about the report or
cynical about its effects. Criticism f : statements and recommendations came from both right
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"The commission says that
both the police and the students
are responsible for violence," said
a radical female student at the
University of Winconsin. "It's
."
typical, balanced, liberal
cop-out-

The student, who did not want
to be identified, predicted more
turmoil for Wisconsin, where an
increasingly violent series of disturbances culminated Aug. 24 in
a bombing that killed a graduate researcher.
"They didn't have to go to
all that work for this report. They
just wrote what everybody
knows," said Kathy White, 20,
at the Berkeley campus of the
University of California.
On the other hand, a University of Ceorgia Junior who called
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himself "a
activist"
said that if the commission's
recommendations are followed
the situation could improve apsemi-retire-

preciably."

"If we could see some genuine
efforts on the part of the President to do some of the things
he said he is going to do, then
people would support him," said
that student, Dan Eavenson of
Atlanta.

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nation driven to use weapons
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of war upon its youth
on the edge of chaos.

between protest, disorder and
"A nation that has lost the
terror. Peaceful dissent must be
defended, even encouraged, but, allegiance of part of its youth
"we utterly condemn violence," is a nation that has lost part of
its future."
the commissioners said.
"We especially condemn
Unworthy Leadership?
bombing and political terror"A nation whose youth have
ism," the report continued.
become intolerant of diversity,
"Students who bomb and intolerant of the rest of its
bum are criminals. Police and
and Intolerant of all traNational Cuardsmen who needditional values simply because
lessly assault students are crimthey are traditional, has no geninals. All who applaud these crimeration worthy or capable of asinal acts share in their evil." suming leadership in the years
Violence is a part of a dual to come," the report stated.
crisis on college campuses, said
The war must end, the report
the commission. A crisis of un- continued, social justice be rederstanding, the other crisis, is alized, universities reformed, and
the underlying cause, however, government must take care to
of campus problems, the report avoid appearing repressive.
said.
These
however,
actions,
would not remedy the fundamenArrogance Crowing
tal cause of crisis, the commisThe crisis of understanding
is a result of the new youth sion said. That cause is the great
and growing distance between
culture, the commission said, not
the new culture and the old, it
ing there isamongmembersofthe
said.
culture a growing lack of tolerance, a growing arrogance and
"Only the President can offer
among a small minority of its the compassionate, reconciling
moral leadership that can bring
members a growing turn to terthe country together again," the
ror.
"At the same time," the re- report said. "Only the President
port added, "many Americans has the platform and prestige
have reacted to this emerging to urge all Americans at once
culture with an intolerance of to step back from the battlelines
their own. Distinctive dress alone into which they are forming.
is enough to draw insult and
"Only the President, by exabuse. Some even say that when ample and by instmctJons, can
dissenters are killed, they have effectively calm the rhetoric of
brought death upon themselves. both public officials and pro"If this crisis of understand- testers whose words in the past
ing endures, the very survival have "too often helped further
divide the country."
of this nation will be threatened.
y,

sion, in its report Saturday, declared campuses reflect a double crisis in American society
a blame applicable to both
sides.
Draw Back from Brink
It urged all Americans to
"draw back from the brink" of
near-civ- il
war and addressed itself specifically to elected officials, law enforcement officers,
university staff and students. It
said solving the crisis would require great moral leadership on
the part of President Nixon.
"The commission's report is
great, but it will have no effect
More than half of the students
on this campus," said AmeriNearly all college seniors surcan History Prof. William O'Neill veyed in 10 institutions believe rejected the notion that campus
at the University of Wisconsin. confrontation to be a "necessary unrest is caused by "outside agi"The commission soundly rec- and effective" tactic in changing tators", the study said, while 21
ommended steps to isolate the society, says a study released by percent believed outsiders a key
factor.
small hard core of totally dis- the Center of Research and Desatisfied radicals from the infiOnly 12 percent favored exvelopment in Higher Education
in Berkeley, Calif.
Communists from
cluding
nitely larger number of sympateaching lu colleges, the study
thizers," O'Neill said. "But
The report, which was sent to said, while 87
percent agreed that
presidents appoint commissions the President's Commission on
"a person who holds unpopular
to satisfy critics, not to provide
Campus Unrest, claimed 99 perideas, no matter how extreme,
an action program."
cent of the 1,542 seniors quesshould be allowed to speak to
Pacifying, Not Listening?
tioned at 10 institutions think students."
"Nixon appointed this comconfrontation of some kind is
More than half of the stumission to pacify the public, not necessary, with 28 percent of
dents questioned opposed the
to listen to it," said John Emsh-wille- r, those favoring
physical disrupsuspension or dismissal of stu20, a Berkeley student who tions as a part of that confrontdents "who disrupt the normal
calls himself a moderate.
ation.
functions of the campus by proEducators tended to be more
enthusiastic than students.
The study was conducted by test activities." The dismissal of
disruptive students was approved
Clark Kerr, chairman of the Sarah Cirese, an assistant specI Uglier
ialist in psychology, and Jeff by 21 percent while 23 percent
Carnegie Commission on
Education and former president Koon, a postgraduate research had no opinion.
The 10 institutions surveyed
of the University of California,
historian.
were spread out over the country,
said: "I think it's very well
the study said, with no single
The survey also claimed althought out, very well expressed
of the students
region dominating the group.
and also very valid. . .1 think most three-fourtit's easily the best report on the agree that the United States is They included public and private
subject that's been made in this basically a racist society, while sclxxrisas well as rural and urban
schools.
only 17 percent disagree.
or any other country."

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Book Review

Fuller' s Utopia Empty of Personal Liberties

"Utopia or Oblivion: The
Prospects for Humanity," by I.
Duck minster Fuller. Published by
Dantam Books, $1.25.

universal fellowships, all exglects any form of government
a comfortable or organization to keep the Utopenses paid plus
bonus, would humanity not stop pia running. He seemingly views
asking itself, 'How can I earn a the world as a research laboraliving,' and start asking, 'What tory staffed with dedicated sciBy DALE MATTHEWS
is it that I'm interested in, and entists and ignores individual
Kernel Staff Writer
what could I do to help make specialization, leaving that duty
Leonardo da Vinci, Newton, the world work more satisfacin the hands of computers.
Kant, Ben Franklin and R.
With precise data, Fuller estory, more interesting?' "
Fuller have one trait in
tablishes that the resources of
The abundance which
common. Each specialized in not
energy and
feasible, as presented . nutrition, available now building
specializing.
through
be materials,
by Fuller, is something to
Fuller, by integratingthe printoday's technology, can comfortof today's technologies and striven for without question. It ably maintain a high standard
ciples
is patently absurd, liowever, to of
sciences, has presented a blueliving for all men.
believe that mankind in its enfor the world of tomorrow.
print
Unfortunately, he does not
tirety will become a world of
He has pointed out the capabilworkable system to
scholars engaging in research to give us a
ities for world comfort and luxmaintain that same high stanworld a better place in
ury, but he has also presented make the
dard. He formulates the availa picture reminiscent of Aldous which to live.
ability of the world's metal reFuller assumes a world of sources, for example, but he fails
Huxley's "Brave New World."
The Utopia presented by Fulaltruists and completely neglects to formulate a system of world
ler is fallaciously based on the the necessity for providing ini- -' government insuring freedom and
belief that "If humanity receives tiative. In addition, Fuller ne Justice.
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bate.

However, a key Democratic
source, who asked not to be
named, said there are not enough
votes among committee members
of his party to get the bill to
the floor. "The President is going
to have to get some more help
from the Republicans," he said.
strateBut, administration
gists admit they are confident
only of the vote of Sen. Wallace
but hope to
F. Bennett,
pick up more support in the
closed committee sessions.
The guaranteed income provision that is sparking the COP
reluctance
downright opposition in some cases-- is formally
known as the Family Assistance
Plan, or FAP.

It would, for example, provide a basic, federally financed
income floor of $1,600 to every
family in the nation, increasing the welfare rolls
to a potential 24 million persons,
compared with 10 million now.
Several Republicans on the
committee say the projected cost
of $4.1 billion a year for the
plants too low.
The Social Security measure,
which the committee will start
with Tuesday, is considered a
sure bet to clear the panel and
may be ihe vehicle for floor debate on guaranteed income.
Some FAP foes, led by Sen.
are
John J. Williams,
considering trying to limit it to
a small pilot study which may
be tacked onto the Social Securi-t- y
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That bill provides a 5 percent
boost in all Social Security benefits next January, future automatic increases in payments
when the cost of living rises 3
percent and tighter controls on
medicare and medicaid costs.

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Fuller, or anyone for that matter,
would produce a sequel which
would explain the necessary government in conjunction with Fuller's prophesied abundance.

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Nixon's Plans for Annual Income
Face Crucial Senate Test Soon
WASHINGTON
Nixon's plan for a guaranteed annual income for the nation's poor is nearing a crucial
Senate test with the administration unable to count on the strong
Republican support necessary to
win.
The Senate Finance Committee starts executive hearings
Tuesday into Nixon's welfare reform program, including the
guaranteed income plan, and a
related Social Security measure.
Both have passed the House.
The administration needs at
least nine votes among the 10
Democrats and seven Republicans on the committee to clear
the legislation for Senate de-

It should have

The book, which is a collection of speeches and papers presented to various astute bodies
of scientists' and scientific journals respectively, is basically enjoyable reading.
The work is optimistic and
informative, as far as it goes.

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* FBI On Campus: Ignorance of Basic Problems
Vietnam war ends, thus making potentially catastrophic
undercover
To

In his most recent efforts to quiet
campus unrest, President Nixon announced last week that 1000 FBI
agents and $37 million ($14 million
for the remaining fiscal year and
$23 million for the year following)
will be utilized in haltingterrorism
and violence on campuses. This
action shows a grave oversight of
the underlying causes for the
frustration and despondency of
American students. Those who have
applauded that action alsoindicate
simplistic misconceptions.
While a responsible person
would have to agree with the President's rhetoric incorporating the
basic tenet that terrorism and violence must not be tolerated by a
free and civilized society, that person would have to disagree with
the President's tactics. While the
d
agents will bring a halt
to the bombings, it will only be
temporary until the terrorists sophisticate their own tactics and
learn to play the serious game of
guerrilla warfare. The problem of
terrorism is much deeper.
Some reports from the White
House indicate agents will be assigned to campuses at which there
is an indication of conspiracy, even
if there have been no bombings
or burnings. Broadly interpreted,
this will automatically include all
colleges with a SDS chapter. Such
intimidation of students certainly
will not contribute to a climate of
'
unity to which the President has
mouthed his support.

send

policing
agencies to campuses and thus to
create an atmosphere of threat is in
itself a modified form of terrorism.
President Nixon and his supporters
and peace but
preach
students cannot take such sermons
sincerely when this government
practices its own brand of terrorism
and repression and continues to
engage itself in an immoral andun-justifie- d
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his talk of peace true.
However, through contradiction
after contradiction between his
statements and his actions, Nixon
has aggravated what is already a

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war.
Again and again the President
has been informed by college administrators, students and his own
Commission on Campus Unrest

that overt disaffectation evident on
campuses will not cease until the

situation.
If such contradictions continue it
is doubtful that either the FBI or
an end to the war will bring peace
to incited campuses or to this faltering society.

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By LAWRENCE X. TARPEY SR.
Editor's Note; Dr. Lawrence Tarpey 2s
a UK Professor of Business Administration.
David Reisman has commented that
in an age when people are no longer interested in ideas, you have to have the
shock of events to make people think.
The shock of events on our college campuses has not caused most people to
think, but merely to react. The shock of
events (political, social and economic)
however during the decade of the 19G0's
has had thought-inducin- g
effects on some
of our college students. The genesis of
the student protest movement cannot be
understood outside of the context of the
"shock of events" over the past ten
years. The student protests caused most
administrators, their faculties and the
public to engage in noncognitive types
of behavior which was typically
sive and often violent.
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From a theoretical viewpoint
observation should have little or
no validity relative to the "groves of
academe." Our institutions of higher
learning are supposed to be places where
people think and are trained to think.
Academicians are reputed to be "thinking men" while at the same time professors are not very likely to show displeasure if referred to as "idea-peopleHowever, an analysis of the student protest movement and its attendant turmoil
would probably reveal that large segments
of the academic establislunent had little
or no genuine interest in many of the ideas
which were of paramount importance to
their students.
Sacred Privileges Threatened
It is a complex problem but much of
it can be explained in terms of the academic establislunent's vested interests and
the natural conservatism of organizations.
First, an increasingly large number of
professors can be characterized as entrepreneurs because they tend to do only
those things which provide them with
personal gratification and economic rewards. Teaching, unlike virtue, is not
its owu reward and students do not
promote professors. Second, many are
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threatened because the students want
to play a more important role in the
governance of the institution and tliis
probably means giving up power and
privileges held sacred for centuries. Finally, the events of the 19G0's did not
shock our intellectuals because these
events were
or real world
issues and did not qualify as scholarly
ideas meriting serious academic consideration.
Large numbers of students could no
longer maintain an acquiescent attitude
toward this viewpoint. Many felt that
issues such as racism, poverty and war
had to be moved onto the campus because the times and the essential nature of the university had changed. To
persist with the claim that the university was a privileged community of scholars and that it should be
was to be out of touch with reality.
The intransigent ideas and attitudes of
the academic establishment resulted in
protests and confrontations. For example,
if we look at the issue of white racism
what do we find? Today many institutions of higher education have Black
Studies programs and employ black professors to administer them. Not so many
years ago, however, most of these same
institutions refused to seriously consider
the idea of such programs. It is not surprising that black students and their