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Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 The Panther A Voice for Student Sentiment Clark College, Atlanta October-November, 1970 Wire service gives campus latest news Latest news , from around the world now flows into Clark via a United Press International tele type machine. The teletype, located in Turner- Tanner Hall, began operation in early October. UPI news stories are posted regularly each week day on a bulletin board inside the quadrangle entrance of Ha ven-Warren Hall. Clark receives UPI’s A wire, which carries national and in ternational news. It is the same news report that goes to many daily newspapers. During the spring semester students in the Journalism Stud ies Program newspaper ,class will sort and edit the UPI stories as part of regular class assignments, said Alan Bussel, assistant professor of Journalism Studies. A grant from the Poin ter Fund of St. Petersburg, Fla., is underwriting the cost of the UPI service, Bussel said. College to explore work-study plan Clark is studying the possibil ity of establishing a cooperative education program that would allow students to alternate study with work. News flows in Students catch up on latest news developments from the United Press International news wire in Turner-Tanner Hall. Stories from the teletype are posted regularly on a bulletin board in Ha ven-Warren Hall. Recently the Department of Health, Education and Welfare awarded the college a $25,000 grant to study the possibility of setting up such a program, said (Mrs. Jennye T. Harland, acting chairman of the Business Educa tion and Office Administration Department. Mrs. Harland said the HEW grant will allow the college to survey students, faculty and pro spective employers about the needs for a cooperative education program. The survey will also study curriculum arangement, she said. Business group chooses new slate of officers The Clark Chapter of Phi Beta Lamjbda, national college and un iversity business organizations, elected officers at its first meet ing recently. Officers for the 1970-71 school year are: Regina Hatten, presi dent; Larry Earvin, vice-presi dent; Sandra White, secretary; Hershel Bush treasurer; and Dor is Lyles, reporter. Patricia Florence, Miss Phi Be ta Lambda, was also elected at the meeting. Soldier in Nam wants coeds as pen pals A lonely GI in South Vietnam is seeking letters from Clark co eds. James H. Jackson wrote Clark to say that he and his buddies get little mail from home. “We would be very glad to cor respond with some ladies,” Jackson wrote. ‘‘I will see that all letters received will be an swered the same day.” Jackson’s address is NS A Sai gon, Code 4141, FPO San Fran cisco, Calif. 96621. Not a threat’ SGA chief vows action to collect loans owed Black Liberation Bank Student Government Associa tion (SGA President Joseph Johnson has told The Panther that the Black Hand, an organi zation of students responsible for upholding the policies of the SGA, would take action against students who neglect to pay back money borrowed from the SGA Black Liberation Bank. Johnson, asked about what kind of action the Black Hand might take, said: “If you join the bank and do not pay the money back, you will receive first-hand ex perience.” Asked if this constituted a threat, Johnson said, “No, this is not a threat.” Last year’s SGA administration turned the bank’s delinquent list into the business office. Before students whose names appeared on the list could take final ex- ams, the money owed to the bank had to be payed. According to Johnson, students at Clark are not taking advan tage of the SGA bank. The ser vices of the bank have been wid- ly publicized, but participation by students has been low, Johnson said. Since the bank opened in September, only 38 persons have joined. Coeds majority A female majority of two to one exists in this year’s fresh man class of 303 students. Most of the freshmen are from Atlanta and cities surrounding it. Many come from Alabama and Florida. The remainder are from several northern cities. Many freshmen, asked . their reasons for coming to Clark, said that a college recruiter or friends informed them about the insti tution. A $1 membership fee is required of every student using the batik's services “to maintain the stabil ity of the bank,” Johnson said. The bank loans from $5 to $15 to students for a two-week period at 5 per cent interest. A savings department from which students can withdraw money they’re saving at any time, and a correct change division for students to get the right amount of change needed have been add ed to the services of the bank, Johnson said. The bank’s purpose is to pro vide a source of money for stu dents facing minor financial problems. Insufficient funds and the SGA’s failure to enforce the 5 per cent interest rate led to the bank’s failure last year. “The SGA will do more to publicize the bank,” Johnson said. “We want to make sisters and brothers aware of the signi ficant service that the bank can provide. The SGA will sponsor fund-raising events to build up the bank’s funds:” At the end of the school year, the remainding funds in the bank will be placed in the treasury of next year’s SGA administration. in fresman class Many expressed disappointment concerning the physical appear ance of Clark. One freshman said sh e expected so much and found so little. Most freshmen began to over look the appearance and size of Clank after making friends, said one freshmen guide. “If you ask most freshmen now, you will find that the majority of them love “CC’ she said. In the face of budget cut 13 College Program ask more OEO $$ Clark plans to ask the Office of Ec onomic Opportunity for more funds to finance the experimental 13 Col lege Curriculum Program (13 CCP). Dr. Lloyd R. Howell, 13 CCP direc tor, said that the college will submit a proposal to OEO by Nov. 15 asking for three years of additional funding. Originally the program was to have ended in May, 1972. “The amount of the budget proposal to OEO has not been determined,” said Dr. Howell, “but it will depend on the elements in the proposal.” Howell said some of the elements in the proposal call for increasing the number of instructors in the program from 12 to 25, training new staffers in the methods of the program, travel qxpenses, and curriculum supplies. “I think the OEO will grant Clark’s proposal,” said Dr. Howell. “There might be some modifications but the basic idea will be granted.’ 'This year the 13 CCP has a budget of $204,680, down from $266,000' last year. The budget was cut because each year Clark itself takes in more of the responsibility of financing the program. “This year Clark is financ ing the program more than it has in previous years,” said Dr. Howell. One of the program’s teaching methods, “learn by doing,” will be af fected by the budget cut. No money was allotted for cultural enrichment expenses this year. When asked why curtural enrich ment had been eliminated from the program’s budget, Dr. Howell said that OEO felt money formerly being uti lized in the area should be used else where. “OEO questioned the students’ last ing knowledge received from the trips previously taken,” Howell said. “Any trips taken by the program this year will be financed by the students.” There was a $26,000 cut in curricu lum supplies this year. “Books and other reading material formerly supplied to students in the program will be limited,” Dr. Howell said. “But basic materials used in the science and math classes will con tinue to be furnished.” In its original plan, the departments of the 13 CCP would merge with or supplement the school’s general cur riculum when the program ended. “Ideas and expression, measures of anaytical thinking, and humanities are fully merged in the school’s regular program,” Howell said. “Social science, biology and physical science have been modified and merged with the curricu lum, but math, as of yet, hasn’t merged with the regular school curriculum.” The experimental 13 CCP. which was designed to eventually re-structure Clark’s curriculum of general educa tion, “is not interested mainly in the dead issues of yesterday,” said Dr. Howell. “We are concerned more with contemporary issues in education that would make the student’s life more relevant and meaningful.” The program includes 13 other pre dominantly black colleges and univer sities, as well as Clark. When asked why Clark was the only member of the program in the Atlanta University Center, Dr. Howell replied that “no other school here has shown an interest in becoming a member.”