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AFHK'AN HERITAGE —Dr. Daniel Offiong. assistant professor
of sociology, will he instructing anew class dealing with African
heritage beginning winter quarter
New African Heritage Course
Will Be Offered Winter Quarter
BY STEVE CASH
Beginning Winter quarter
students will have an op
portunity to “deepen their
appreciation of events in
Africa,” according to Dr.
Daniel Offiong, assistant
professor of sociology. Dr.
Offiong will teach a class about
African heritage, which is open
lo all students and requires no
prerequisite.
According to Dr. Offiong. un
til recently African history was
considered only as an extension
of Euro peon history ’ltus
course will acquaint students
with the history ol Africa that is
often unknown,’’ he said
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It will include a variety of
topics, such as African religion,
exploration, art, magic, and
witches.
In the past there have been
questions about offering
courses of this type because
some students said that a white
man should not teach such a
course. According to Dr.
Offiong, who is from Nigeria,
this is basically true as black
history has been distorted. He
said that black history is
usually appreciated more when
taught by a black
Dr. Offiong said that the
course should be of interest to
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Carroll Humane Society Aiming
For New County Animal Shelter
Citing its ultimate goal as the
establishment of an animal
shelter for the county, Dr. John
Ferling, president of the Carroll
County Humane Society, has
announced plans for fund
raising and increasing the
student membership of the
society.
Dr. Ferling. assistant
professor of history, said, “We
feel that an animal shelter
should be a service provided by
the government in much the
same manner as the police and
fire departments But so far ,
the city government has beeß
reluctant to appropriate enough
money to set up one.’*
everyone, however, and not
only to blacks He said that the
class will be presented to
acquaint the students with
many things about African
heritage with which they are not
familiar.
As Dr. Offiong evaluated the
course, he said, “Wnen
President Nixon visited China
two years ago his knowledge of
history was very important
during negotiations. Africa is a
very important continent,
growing in strength and power.
One out of every 10 Americans
owes his heritage to Africa.
These are the reasons students
should know about African
heritage.”
A Carrollton pet show was
held Sunday to raise money for
the shelter. Future fund raising
plans include a horse show in
Villa Kica. a February rum
mage sale, and a candy sale co
sponsored by one of WGC’s
sororities
The society has ap
proximately 75 members. The
regular membership fee is $5,
but students are eligible at a
reduced fee of $1 per year. The
reduced rate, however, does not
include voting privileges
Serving with Dr. Ferling on
the board of directors are Mary
Munn, assistant professor of
fine arts, and Carol Murphy, a
graduate student. Elections for
the officers are held annually in
May.
According to Dr Ferling.
another concern of the society is
to educate people about cruelty
to animals. He said that most
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examples of cruelty are not
deliberate, but due to ignorance
to the pets’ proper care.
To combat this “ignorance."
the society is available to show
films to aw., clubs or
organizations requesting them.
The group has a radio show on
WLBB every Wednesday at 1:45
p.m The moderator takes
telephone calls from people
wishing to acquire or give away
animals, in addition to giving
tips on how to care for pets.
There are plans for such a show
on campus station WWGC in the
near future.
The next scheduled meeting
ofth society is Nov. 7at 8 p.m. It
will be held in the V.I.P room of
First Federal Savings on
Alabama Street. Laurie Had
dock, educational director of
the Atlanta Humane Society,
will be the speaker