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THE PANTHER
October-Npvember, 1970
This is our policy
In Our Opinion
Time not ripe
During the second semester of the last
school term, a promise to the students of
Clark was kept. Three students reactivated
the dead Panther newspaper.
Deviating from the past, the editors pre
sented a new Clark College Panther contain
ing articles of news reporting from many
sources.
Students working with the 1970-71 Pan
ther, like the previous staff, will continue
to up-grade the paper. The paper will be
structured in a way so that all who read it
will find informative articles and not es
says. Articles informing students of what
is happening on this campus and what peo
ple connected with this institution are say
ing and doing for it will be reported.
The students working with the paper feel
it is time The Panther became relevant to
students in this institution.
This year students will reach for quality
in articles appearing in the paper.
The paper will not be an instrument to
be used by the administration, and it will
not be a gripe sheet to be used by the stu
dents.
for all-AUC
newspaper
The Marketplace — a section of opinions
by students, faculty and staff - is an effort
to let the people of Clark know what their
brothers and sisters are thinking. Contribu
tions to this section will be edited, and some
may be rejected because the students work
ing with the paper want the best for their
readers. Articles for the Marketplace will be
used to induce readers to think and possibly
to act, as well.
Newspaper meetings are open, and criti
cism is invited if it will improve the news
reporting of The Panther.
Recently an experimental
newspaper called Chain was pub
lished by the newspaper staffs
of Morehouse and Spelinan Col
leges. The Chain was an “effort
working towards a center-wide
publication.”
Some students at Clark have
been voicing their opinions about
the necessity of such a paper.
The Panther staff believes that
a center-wide publication would
certainly be a link towards bridg
ing the communications gap that
exists among the schools in the
Atlanta University Center (AUC).
We need your help to survive
The Panther needs staffers to produce
this newspaper.
Three students involved in several other
extracurricular activities have so far got
together as much as possible to produce the
paper. Three students working part-time
on the paper can do only a limited job in
producing a quality paper.
The Panther needs interested, hard-work
ing students who are concerned about mak
ing information available to the students
of Clark.
Students are needed to fill all positions
on the staff. As of now, no students are
assigned to any staff position on the paper.
When the first meeting was held to or
ganize the paper, many students attended.
They suggested good ideas as to how the
paper should operate and the types of stor
ies that should appear.
After assignments were made, many stu
dents did not return. Others, after turning
in.their stories and being told more inform
ation was needed, got discouraged and quit.
The Panther was then ip a spot, no stor
ies for a paper.
It was the intent of the editor to publish
a paper twice a month. But an editor can
not produce a paper with no staff.
Students are needed not only to write
stories but also to edit, type, proofread and
do layout.
The students working with The Panther
urge those who have worked with news
papers before and those who have a desire
to work with the paper now to do so. The
Panther needs you.
We agree with the Chain, how
ever, when it states that' “many
problems have yet to be ironed
out” concerning the possibilities
of an all-campus paper.
The Panther staff has conclud
ed that students in the AUC
would not accept a publication
of this type at this time because
too many students still wish to
have an individual newspaper
for each campus. If the time
comes when students here let
it be known that they want an
all-campus newspaper, The Pan
ther will be among the first to
work toward this goal.
New t-v gear
helps teach
Enthusiasm 9 pride mark
college Homecoming events
The most significant social e-
vent of the year, Clark’s Home
coming, was celebrated recently
with a series oif events leading
up to the Homecoming parade
and football game.
(During the week of Oct. 18-24,
there was a fantastic amount of
school spirit and pride that
spread like a brushfire. Other e-
vents held during the remainder
of the year probably will not pro
duce the amount of excitement
that Homecoming did.
The students, faculty, staff and
alumni of Clark all sensed a
growing current oif participation
in and expectation of the coming
events.
Homecoming week held signi
ficance for all. To some it was
an introduction into the social
world of collegiate life. To others
it was a ichance to release the
exuberant energies that have so
far been stored away because of
the seriousness of classroom
studying. Still for others it was
a time to re-live earlier and more
pleasant memories.
Whatever the case, Homecoming
Week rallied many Qarkites for
an exciting display of enthusias
tic school spirit and pride in this
institution.
Student government chiefs
sign African
Joseph Johnson, chief executive
of the SGA, has pledged his loy
al support, as a member of the
Atlanta University Center Stu
dent Council, faithfully to work
for the liberation of all black
people wherever they may be.
Johnson signed an “African
Unity Pact” at the beginning of
the school term, agreeing to work
together with the other SGA pres
idents of the Atlanta University
Complex for the purposes of:
# Creating programs and or
ganizations that hold to the con
cept of unity among the six mem
ber schools and the black com
munity.
# Mapping out center-wide
policies and making center-wide
decisions.
unity pact
# Eliminating wasteful dup
licative processes currently pre
valent within the Atlanta Uni
versity Center.
# Promoting the general wel
fare and liberation of black peo
ple in all parts oif the world.
Th e existence of such a pact
informs students that efforts are
being made to bring about unity
among the institutions in this cen
ter.
According to Johnson, the pact
will work if the schools in the
center want to unite to become
the best black university center
complex in America.
“There are many resources in
the Center,” Johnson said. “If
we were united, we would be
second to none.”
Pre-alumni Council
sets meeting here
Clark will be one of the colle
ges in the Atlanta University
Center hosting the national con
ference of the Pre-Alumni Coun
cil of the United Negro College
Fund (UNCF) Feb. 4, said John
Wilson, this year’s pre-alumni
council head.
The conference meets annually
at different institutions to receive
money raised from participating
colleges and universities in the
drive.
Michael Rogers, former head
of Clark’s pre-alumni council, is
business manager of the national
council.
Wilson,- a junior and former
sophomore class president, will
head the college’s annual UNCF
drive. The drive is held each year
to solicit funds for the colleges
and universities UNCF sponsors.
Asked when the drive would
officially get under way, Wilson
said, “I’d rather not say because
we are still organizing. Unoffic
ially the drive has begun.”
Different projects will be used
in soliciting funds this year, Wil
son said.
“Personal appeals by the com
mittees of the council will be
made to residents, churches,
neighborhood businesses of the
pity and to the alumni,” Wilson
said.
According to Wilson, this year’s
UNCF goal is $10,000.
new teachers
Audio-visual teaching devises
Will play a vital role in assist
ing Clark’s education majors this
year.
Students doing internships at
schools in the city will get to
view their own instructional
techniques.
Frank Edwards, director of
audio-visual aides at Clark, said
new closed-circuit television e-
quipment will assist student
teachers in improving their meth
ods of instruction.
“Plans are being made for stu
dents to be televised as they
teach their classes,” Edwards
said. “A student will then be able
to observe himself later.
The \closedddincuilt equipment
was designed by Edwards and
financed by the education and
mathematics departments.
The equipment is also being
used in the Instructional Media
course set up for education ma
jors.
Non-majors are also permitted
to enroll in the course.
Edwards said the course is de
signed to -acquaint students in
the knowledge of media equip
ment, the effective ways in which
media can be used and the pro
duction of inexpensive media ma
terials.
The course is divided into four
areas, television production, gra
phics, script and programing.
Clark College — Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Editor Tethel White
STAFF
Bevrly Frierson, Clara Prevo, Jannie Sands, Donald
Morgan, Zachary Young '
Adviser , Alan Bussel
The Panther is published by students of Clark College
as an organ of student expression. Letters to the editor
are welcome but must be signed. However, names will
be withheld on request.
Blood drive
seeks donors
Clark students are being asked
to donate blood in a blood bank
drive sponsored by Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity.
Students will be asked to par
ticipate in the drive slated for
November.
The one-day drive will seek
participation from at least 25
per cent of Clark students, fac
ulty and staff. If the goal is
reached, the entire Clark com
munity and families of donors
are eligible for all the blood they
may need during the year.
If the college cooperates, Clark--
ites will be able to participate
in a Red Cross reciprocity sys
tem that will provide emergency
blood for anyone, according to
Harold Burley, blood drive chair
man.
' Those who donate, Burley said,
will receive cards entitling them
and their families to an unlimited
supply of blood for six months,
Burley was unable to specify
the location of the bank. Plans
will be established so that 50 .
people will be able to give blood
each hour.
“W e urge participation by all
chartered organizations in the
school,” said Burley. Prizes will
be awarded to the group with the
highest amount of donations.”'
Trustees plan
first meeting
Clark’s Board of Trustees met
for th e first time this fall Oct.
29-30.
Larry Earvin, one of the mem
bers of the board, said he and
the other student members would
keep the student body informed
of decisions and actions made by
the trustees through a newsletter.
Ronnie Pierce and Joseph John
son are the other student mem
bers,
Since the 1970-71 student elect
ions, no college official has in
formed the student members of
the board of their duties, Earvin
said.
Students first served on the
board during the SGA administra
tion of James Mays in 1968-69.
Mays was the only student mem
ber. A proposal by last year’s
SGA president, John Wyatt, to
the trustees requested that three
students serve on the board. The
proposal was accepted. Student
members of the ‘board consist of
the SGA president and two elect
ed members.
The Board of Trustees consist
of 31 members, divided into re
presentatives of students, faculty,
the Board of Education of the
Methodist Church, the Woman’s
Division of Christian Service of
the Board of Missions of the
Methodist Church and Clark’s Al
umni Association.
The remainder of the members
are elected by recommendation
of the Nomination Committe of
the Board.
With the exception of the stu
dents and faculty members, the
trustees can serve up to nine
years on the board. The student
and faculty members serve one-
year terms.
Why two pages?
If you’re wondering why
this first issue has only two
pages — it’s because not e-
nough students were inter
ested enough to pitch in and
help. If students want larger
papers, students will have to
do the work.
— The Editor