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New Black Panther Party draws a campus crowd
NEWS BRIEFS
Brandon Kilgore
Daily Reporter
Room 104 of the General Academic
Building was filled to the brim with more
than 150 students excitedly chatting in
anticipation of the New Black Panther
Party's arrival Thursday afternoon.
Members of the Dallas chapter came as
guest speakers in a class taught by Syl
Flores of the social work department.
The group of seven arrived and lined up
in front of the classroom clad in all black
garb, boots and a patch that proclaims
"New Black Panther Party - Freedom or
Death."
Osiris X, chairman of the group and
the main speaker, explained the history
and philosophy of the New Black Panther
Party to the diverse audience.
After asking for a show of hands, he
found that few knew anything about the
Black Panthers or the New Black Panther
Party.
"What we really want to do is dispel
the myths," he said.
He said the New Black Panther Party
does not support violence, except as a
form of defense.
"We're not saying you should go out and
assault another human being, because
we're trying to teach respect, but to defend
yourself by any means necessary," he
said.
Osiris X also emphasized that the group
does not support racism.
"Black power just means that we want
power in the hands of the people," he said.
"And that's the most effective way to say
that's what we want. We want economic
power. We want the power of self-deter-
mination. We believe in self-defense. It
has nothing to do with anti-white, and
it has nothing to do with racism The
New Black Panther Party ain't racist. We
are not the anti-Klan."
The New Black Panthers Party started
in Dallas in 1989, and it has added chap-
ters across the country and the globe,
according to Osiris X. The new party is
not a direct descendent of the original
Black Panthers, but it bases most of its
beliefs on the original group's.
The group received no direct insults or
challenges from the audience.
Changa Masomakali, the group's
minister of information, said he does not
hate white people, but he is disappointed
that white people have not changed their
perspective despite the amount of infor-
mation we have now.
"Young white people in this country
are going to have to go ahead and dig
deep and find out what's really going
on," Masomakali said. "Come out of your
comfort zone and try to make a change,
or this country is going under. You're
looking at the beginning phases of the
fallout of America."
Elizabeth Boney, Grapevine senior,
who is white, had little knowledge of the
Black Panther movement before attending
the class.
"They were telling you more of a black
history, so some of what they said was
quite surprising," she said.
Duncan Kimani, a Dallas senior who
moved from Kenya to the United States 10
years ago, has been an American for a rela-
tively short period of time. Nevertheless,
he sympathizes with movements like the
New Black Panther Party.
But not everyone on campus was so
tolerant. At an on-campus lunch before
the event, an NT resident official asked
the group to move away from the entrance
of the cafeteria, claiming that some
students would be intimidated by their
presence.
Next week, Flores' class will have a
former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux
Klan speak.
Flores, speaking to the audience, said,
"We don't have the problem of freedom of
speech in America. We have the problem
of the freedom to be heard. And that's
what I try to do, is to bring in the different
voices so that we could hear from them
because often times we just get the sound
bites."
History prof honored through next week's blood drive
Tony Gutierrez
Staff Writer
Students will have the opportunity
to donate blood next Monday through
Friday, but on Monday and Tuesday, the
blood drive will have a face. Carter Blood
Care will dedicate the first two days of
its drive to the memory of Gilbert "Gil"
Samples, a history professor who died on
Oct. 13 from cancer at age 51.
Samples worked as a teaching fellow for
the history department while studying for
his doctorate. He was considered "ABD,"
or "all but dissertation." In four years,
Samples taught more than 2,400 students
in beginning history classes. He also served
as pastor at Bethany Chapel Christian
Fellowship Church in Gainesville for 19
years.
Colleagues remembered Samples for
his sense of humor. He would wear black
shirts and suits but wear a bright and elab-
orate tie. They would also remember his
Rodney Dangerfield impression.
"His facts and figures were straight, but
to get the point across, he'd keep the class-
Samples
room light, and he'd do
that instinctively," said
Steve Wolfrum, of the
history department.
"He always had time
for his students."
Samples received
a Master of Theology
from Criswell College
in 1998. In 2002, he earned a master's
degree in arts and history from NT and
began working on his doctorate.
"At the end of the day, he was very
studious about obtaining a Ph.D. and
furthering his career," Wolfrum said.
Under the guidance of Laura Stern, of
the history department, Samples wrote
his thesis over Erasmus. As a pastor, he
took a special interest in church history
and New Testament philology.
"When Gil was in a class with the other
graduate students, he was such a cheerful
person, the whole class would be in a
good mood," Stern said. Samples would
often come to work before 7 a.m. and
leave after 5 p.m.
"He had all sorts of dimensions to his
personality," Stern recalled. "He was
always the first person in the morning. I
don't think he slept past 4 a.m."
Samples was also a member of Phi
Alpha Theta, a fraternity for history
students. The fraternity is helping sponsor
the memorial blood drive.
"For someone with a chronic disease,
where insurance stops paying, every unit
that is donated can be accrued to a person
for $10," said Donna Diehl, consultant for
Denton's Carter Blood Care. "A lot of our
blood goes to cancer patients. More people
will come out to donate blood when they
see a face to the blood."
The drive hopes to alleviate some of
the medical expenses, which include
several blood-related costs. Money can
also be donated to the family through
the Gil Samples Memorial Fund at any
Wells Fargo Bank, or directly through
Pumphrey, Wolfrum, Bran Cervantes or
Lee Cowan of the history department.
"I've had e-mails from all over, people
who've graduated and left the univer-
sity asking what they could do to help,"
Pumphrey said. "His wife wanted him to
go and he said he wanted to teach his class
before going to the hospital. Even when he
was so sick in the hospital, he was under
so much pain, he thought so much of his
students and teaching. He still wanted to
come and he still wanted to teach."
Samples still attended class and taught
up until a week before his death.
The memorial blood drive will take
place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday
and Tuesday in the Golden Eagle Suite
and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Bruce Hall.
The drive will continue through the week
on 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday in
Bruce, Kerr, West, Maple and Victory halls
along with a coach outside the University
Union from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The drive will
take place again in the University Union
Golden Eagle Suite from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Thursday and Friday, and again in Bruce
Hall from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday.
Samples is survived by his wife, Sue and
his mother, Grace, both of Gainesville.
He is also survived by his sons, Patrick of
Long Beach, Calif., Bryan of Gainesville,
Philip of Denton and his daughter, R achel,
of Denton.
Costume
contest
Monday
The Eagle Student Services
Center's annual Halloween
Contest takes place from 2:30
to 4 p.m. in the University
Union Silver Eagle Suite
Monday.
The contest is free and open
to all students and faculty who
want to participate. People can
sign up when they arrive.
To vote for the partici-
pants in different categories,
including "Audience Favorite,"
all contestants can throw spare
change in pumpkins passed
around the audience. The
change is also used to raise
money for the State Employee
Charitable Campaign.
Judges will pick the best
costumes in each category and
winners will receive a certif-
icate for categories ranging
from Best of Show to Most
Creative Costume.
—Elisabeth Walter
Parking garage
changes Monday
NT's parking garage,
located off Welch Street,
is locking its gates after it
closes.
In the past, the garage's
gates have remained opened
after the cashier leaves. This
allowed students to get their
cars and not pay the $6 lot
fee. Effective Monday, the
lot will lock cars in, and
students will have to pick up
their cars when the garage
opens at 6 a.m.
The parking garage is
open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Monday through Thursday
andfrom6a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Friday.
—Clarisa Ramirez
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