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Page 2-THE PANTHER, February 1974
EDITORIAL
BY RONALD HARRIS
Clark College is supposedly an institution of higher
education. It purportedly houses the intelligensia of the
Black community, those persons with positive direction
and of a mature nature.
However, with only a minute amount of investigation
(a blind man could see it) one finds a major contradic
tion between theory and reality of the nature of Clark
students.
At this point in our struggle, (after Malcolm, after
King, after Fred Hampton, after Nkrumah, after Garvey,
after numerous Black people have been murdered) many
Black people have come to realize that unity, brother
hood, togetherness, and self-love are qualities that are
necessary if we, as a people, are to achieve national
liberation.
Unfortunately the importance of these qualities seems
to have slipped past a certain section of the Clark Col
lege student body.
This misguided (few?) promotes not unity but disunity,
not brotherhood but niggerhood, not togetherness but un-
togetherness, not self-love but self-hatred.
Instead of working for those things that could bring
about constructive changes for the Black community
(which is to work for yourself since we are Black) These
persons are too busy trying to rip some brother or sister
off over football, basketball or some other kind of ball-
game. (little niggers killing little niggers).
If that is not the case, the brothers are undoubtedly,
involved in their favorite pasttime; talking about which
sister he pulled last week or which sister “has more
bounce to the ounce” (in somewhat more harsh and
gross terms of course) while the sisters are busy
trying to play “Queen for a Day.”
Even though the school newspaper is understaffed, the
S, G. A. is understaffed, the dorms are in horrible con
dition, the food is bad, one of Atlanta’s worst ghettos
is right next door, and Black people are being murdered
everyday by the Atlanta Police, students continue to
complain that there is nothing to do???
The question we must ask ourselves, “Is there nothing
to do or is it that we we want to do nothing.?”
FORUM
READER’S
Dear Editor,
I am a student in the
A. U. Center and no lon
ger can I hold back my
disappointment.
I came to Atlanta with
the preconceived notion that
this was it. This was the
place where Black people
knew they were Black and
that present conditions de
manded actions.
I was greeted by students
with a high school, some
even grade school menta
lity. These students were
far from being aware or
even concerned. They were
at best apathetic.
My disappointment has
all but ailenated me from
my people, from out strug
gle. Even the so-called re
volutionaries on campus have
no sense of urgency for the
Black man’s condition.
If people are truly se
rious about changing condi
tions, they must come to
gether and not at the last
minute.
No one can reroute the
course of the inevitable
alone. Unity is not comple
tely the solution, for unity
for unity’s sake is almost
as senseless as apathy in
Black students.
At the rate we are going,
when the man declares that
his plan for total genocide
of the Black race will be
completed tomorrow, we
would go to meet him to
morrow to find out what it
is. And we’d be too late on
top of that.
Menjiwe Cabral
RUB YE JACKSON BYRD
This article will lend it
self to the ear of all persons
at Clark but, it should ring
a special bell to those per
sons enrolled in Special
Services. Before we get
into the meat of this arti
cle allow me the time to
give you a brief overview
of the program for which
Special Services is a part.
This program is known as
the Metro-Atlanta Trio Pro
gram. It is being directed by
a young and vigorous man
known as Bro. Biffy Watts.
Along with Mr. Watts it’s
personnel consists of assis
tant Director Linda Jack-
son, Instructional coordi
nator Brooksie Cunningham,
Counselin - cor-ordinators
Marvin King and John King
(no rlations), administra
tive Assistant Clarie Wha-
lum counselors, Agnes Ware
Loretta Price, Rick Sawn-
son and me Rbuye Jackson
Byrd; Secretaries Marcia
Smith, Shirley Pearson Char-
lottee Hammonds, and Irene
Moreman. Alsi included are
instructors for both special
services and Upward Bound
students, peer counselors
and tutors.
The Consolidation of three
gigantic programs consti
tute the Metro-Atlanta Trio
Program. These three pro
grams are (1) Talent search
designed to identify qualified
youths of financial or cultu
ral need with an exceptio
nal potential for post-secon
dary educational training.
(2) Upward Bound design
ed to generate skills and
motivation necessary for suc
cess in education beyond
high school (3) Special Ser
vices designed to assist stu
dents who, by reason of de
prived educational, cultural,
or economic background or
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physical handicaps are in
need of such services to
continue or resume their
postsecondary education.
Please do notmisconstrue
the concept of Special Ser
vices as I feel so many spe
cial service students have
done. I get the feelling they
think that it is only for
dummies. If you check my
previous statement you will
note that I said deprived of
educational, cultural or eco
nomic background. One must
realize that there is a vast
difference betweennot be
ing exposed (deprived) and
dumb. As Black people we
know we have been deprived
of many aspects of life.
It has only been a few days
ago that we were able to
began to enjoy the bare ne
cessities of life. Namely
pig ears, chitterling, col-
lard greens, cornbread, sweet
potatoes and the like. These
foods were both cheap and
filling constituting our logic
for buying them. We lived
as some of us still do in rat
infested houses where one
could awake in the morning
and greet the rising sun
through the roof.
We had never seen a bal
let or attended a symphony
making the appreciation for
classics and ballards extre
mely hard. We never knew
what it was tomake over
$2.00/hr until the mini
mum wage law was passed
a few days ago.
All of the above state
ments do not deviate from
Special Services they were
written tomillustrate how
one can become caught up
in some kind of bag and I
know not the name of it
when we refuse to be realis
tic, we do not acknowledge
that we are poor, that our
academic background is such
that it does not come up
to standrads ndw e find
course work too difficult
to tackle. We do not under
stand our instructors not be
cause of the generation gap,
but because he has been ex
posed to cultural activities
and many times we have not.
He does not understand our
aparhy and we do not under
stand his sophistication. Thus
learning is stiffled.
The counselors in Special
Services, Agnes Ware and
myself, are here to assist
in your gaps whether it is
academic, financial personal
or social. This is what te
government is paying us to
do. And you are in Special
Services sit back and allow
a good thing to pass you by.
Both. Mrs. Ware and I have
arranged several meeting to
see the 200 students involved
in Special Services. We have
sent letters, made posters,
given get together sessions,
made phone calls, sent no
tices through peer counse
lors, saw teachers and
tutors and we still have stu
dents sitting back watching
a good thing pass them by.
You complain about Mrs.
Wilkes not giving you fin
ancial aid. Did you ever think
that Mrs. Wilkes does not
control the amount of money
you are allotted. You control
this in sending off your
parent confidential forms
(PCS), filling out your col
lege application for ai finan
cial aid are seeking out
cial aid are seeking out
ayn pertenant information
pertaining to the different
forms offinancial aid. If
you would check by room
103-A Haven Waren you
might find that there are two
counselors sitting in the of
fice ready to earn their pay
by asssiting you in filling
out these forms, or giving
you information on these
different forms of finan
cial aid. I do not have to
tell you who you are, be
cause both counselors have
taken every means to see
you. You will find two coun
selors who are able to set
up tutorial sessions for you
or perhaps help you them
selves. Both counselor do
have a masters in counsel
ing and know the kind of
triumps and triblations you
face.If you check bu this
office my fine black bro
thers andsisters tou will
find that both counselors
will hlep you in facing a
variety of problems perso
nal or social. They may
know ehre a job is or some
thing pertaining ro your ma
jor.
PANTHER STAFF
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terested in disseminating information to the Clark College
student body, faculty and staff.
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Please send all material to “The Panther,” P.O. Box
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Copy Editors Brenda L. Camp and Ronald Harris
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Photographer Kenneth Hodges
Typist Sylvia Hardy
Staff Writers Brenda L. Camp, Robert Cook, Bruce
Fletcher, Fannie Flono, Ronald Harris,
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Massenburg, Carolyn Wade, John Cole
man.