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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
^CLK Progress Ha mpered
By DIANE ARNOLD
WCLK, Clark’s radio
station which was to have
started broadcasting Sept.
1, according to a report
given the Panther last year,
is still under construction.
When asked when the station
would start functioning, Do
nald Gray, a sophomore
mass communications ma
jor from Los Angles, Cali
fornia, replied it is “too
far off to say.’’
Several factors have
contributed to the delayed
broadcasting. There have-
been several equipment de
lays, difficulties in getting
the monies for the station,
and manufacturing delays.
Most of the equipment
has arrived. Though no
tentative date for broad
casting has been project
ed, construction of the sta
tion is steadily progres
sing.
Jim Harri s and Mrs.
Quo Vadis Gamble make
up part of the professio
nal crew of WALK, Mrs.
Gamble was previously
news director for WYLD in
New Orleans. In addition to
being program director for
WCLK, she is teachingthe
Radio News course at
Clark. Harris is an elec
trical engineer from New
York. He is in charge of
putting the “wires” togeth
er for the station.
The conception of a radio
station in an outgrowth of
Clark College’s attempt to
find “the way to extend com
munications” viewed Mrs.
Gamble. The station pro
bably will be incorporat
ed in the mass communi
cations Building project
ed for construction begin
ning in 1975. The station
is now located on the third
floor of McPheeters-Den
nis in Room 330.
When asked about the-
broadcasting format for
WCLK, Mrs. Gamble re
plied that it would be “ba
sically jazz.” Percenta
ges cited were from 60%
80% jazz. The station will
also broadcast news, 60%
local and 40% international,
open talk shows, public ser
vice and religious pro
grams.
WCLK will be broadcas-
tingon Dial 91,9 with hope
fully an 8-mile receiving
radius.
Photo by Patrick Spencer
WCLK personnel working hard to get WCLK, Clark’s
new radio station on the air.
THE PANTHER
Clarkites Urge Nixon Oust
By BRENDA CAMP and
BARBARA MASSENBURG
In a survey conducted
recently on the Clark Col
lege campus, faculty and
students alike cried “foul”
to the White House disclo
sure last month that two of
the crucial Watergate tapes
were missing.
Many of those interview
ed called for President Ni
xon’s resignation or his im
peachment.
“He didn’t want reveal
ed what was on the tapes,”
said Ms. Glenda F. Jenn
ings, a senior home econo
mics major from Way-
cross, Ga.
Ms. Jennings said that
the missing tapes has
“something to do with his
(Nixon’s) crookedness,”
On Oct. 31, following
Nixon’s agreement to turn
over the Watergate tapes,
the White House announc
ed that two tapes, contain
ing conversations between
the president and John Dean
and John Mitchell, simply
did not exist.
In subsequent testimony,
White House officials ar
gued that the two conver
sations, believed to contain
information which would
substantiate or refute the
President’s claim that he
knew nothing of the Water
gate cover-up, were never
recorded.
On Nov. 23, after this
survey was completed the
White House announced that
an 18 minute segment from
another crucial tape con
tained no audible words.
Miss Natilon Hunter, an
assistant in the Reading De
partment called for Nixon’s
impeachment.
“I told some of my stu
dents in my class in Sep
tember that the tapes did
not exist,” she said.
“When you say resign, it
denote negativism, so I de
finitely don’t want him to
resign, Miss Hunter said.
But like several others
interviewed, Miss Hunter
expressed pessimism that
the Congress will really
impeach Nixon.
Mrs. Isabella Jenkins,
director of the Reading
department, said, “My first
reaction, without any -
thought was ‘they’re lying
again.’ My next thought
was possibly that the tapes
were destroyed. My last
thought was that it reduced
the creditabliity of the White
House, especially mine, to
a very low level,” she said.
But Mrs. Jenkins pre
fers a thorough investiga
tion of the case before any
type of impeachment ac
tion is begun.
“Congress shouldn’t in
stitute impeachment pro
cedures just for the exer
cises of it or as a struggle
for power,” she said.
A 19-year-old sopho
more from Macon, Ga. Ma
rilyn Dozier, said that the
White House probably des
troyed the tapes because
they implicated Nixon. She
stoutly ' refuses to believe
that the tapes never exist
ed.
“Nixon shouldn’t resign/
said Ms. Dozier, “I want
him impeached. He
shouldn’t have lied from the
beginning.”
W.Hale, instructor of re
ligion and philosophy at
Clark said, “Something was
in those tapes people
weren’t supposed to find
out.”
“If the tapes were mis
sing, why didn’t we find out
earlier?” Hale asked.
“I believe they were
recorded and then destroy
ed,” he said.
Bernie Horsey, Fresh
man class president, said
he just wants Nixon out
of office.
“If impeachment proce
dures are quicker, get him
out. Either way (impeach
ment or resignation), just
get him out,” Horsey said.
Clark history professor,
Dr. Edward Sweat, said the
Watergate affair -has re
sulted in a “whole under
current of disbelief and cy
nicism on the part of Ame
ricans in general toward
the political process.”
But Sweat said he doesn’t
believe Congress has
enough grounds for impea-
ching'Nixonr.
“One result of the whole
long drawn-out controversy
stemming from the initial
revelation about Watergate
down through the business
of the tapes had been a loss
of confidence in the Presi
dent as an individual as well
as in his capacity to gov
ern,” Sweat said.
“I would say that if we
ever get a vice - president
confirmed, it might be best
that Nixon resign,” he said.
Cellar Presidents Act
on Crime Issues
By KATHERINE HUGHEY
On October 25, 1973,
approximately 200 Clark
College students met with
the Board of Trustees to
discuss the need for in
creased campus security.
The Board of Trustees
met the following day to
hold “full discussion” about
improvements in campus
security. Several positive
steps, which include re
commendations from the
students, have been propos
ed to alleviate the secu r
rity problem.
In a letter to all Clark
students, President Vivian
W. Henderson outlined the
following security mea-
sur©s!
-•-Clark has been instal
ling additional lights on
campus since September.
--Clark is seeking to
hire “off-duty” city police
men to serve as part of
the security force.
- - Guardhouses will be
established around campus
as additional security of
ficers are hired.
--Professional consulta
tion is being obtained to
help establish better pro
cedures for campus secu
rity.
The presidents of the
Atlanta University center
institutions are taking co
ordinated steps to stren
gthen security and to mini
mize the impact of crime
in the neighborhoods sur
rounding the campuses.
According to Oswald P.
Bronson, action taken up
by the center presidents in
cludes increasing the num
ber of security guards, es
tablishment of a twenty-
four hour security center
command post, and mea
sures where high standards
of performance by secu
rity officers are being en
forced.
Bronson asked faculty,
students, and staff to im
plement special internal
security measures. Stu
dents, faculty, and staff
should assist the security
guards by reporting suspi
cious behavior to them,
locking doors and windows
at appropriate times; stu
dents should minimize late
night hours; and everyone
is asked to abide by“No
Parking” and other traffic
regulations.
Continued on page. 3
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