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THE PANTHER - Page 11 - March 1974
Candidates
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Another candidate for
the presidency at Spelman
is Theresa Brockingberry,
20, from Washington, D.C.
Ms. Brockingberry, a jun
ior majoring in political
science, said she is Tun
ing because of the apathy
of the students at Spelman.
“I see too much disunity
which steems from lack of
motivation, ’ ’ she said. * ‘ I
want to make the students
more aware of the happen
ings in and around the cam
pus and to motivate them
to ask question?: ’ ’
“If elected, I would
work for changes in the
cafeteria, and co-ed visi
tation rules’’ she said. She
also said that the students
need more activities on
Spleman’s campus as well
as in the surrounding com
munity.
Spelman’s SGA elections
ac* scheduled for April 3,
with a runoff scheduled for
April 4, if necessary. This
is the first time Spelman
will have used the run-off
system.
Deborah Prothro is smo
ther presidential candidate
at Spelman and according
to some of the other candi
dates, she seems to be the
person to beat.
Ms. Prothro, a junior
majoring in Math, said
more planning must be a
priority of the SGA if it
is to function effectively
in the interest of the stu
dents.
“I want the SGA to be
organized well enough to
deal with more activities
or policy making projects
at one time,” Ms. Prothro
said. “This can be ac
complished through plan
ning and efficient use of
resources,” she added.
One of the goals of Ms.
Prothro is to raise the
SGA to a respected level
in relation to the school
administration.
Ms. Prothro saidherex-
perience as SGA vice-
president and one year ex
perience as a voluntary
administrative assistant
make her qualified for the
position of SGA president.
Anoter candidate for
SGA president is Adena
Smith, from Nashville
Tenn., and majoring in
child development.
Ms. Smith said she wants
to set up an informal type
of SGA, one to which the
students would have great
er access.
“I am concerned about
students having a voice in
what’s going on at Spel
man College,” Ms. Smith
said.
Ms. Smith said there will
be no kidding around in her
administration.
“The main thing I’m go-
i ng to impress upon the oth -
er officers is that they are
not there to serve the ad
ministration, they are not
there to serve themselves,
but they are there to serve
the students,” she said.
Also seeking the office of
president is Pat Williams.
Ms. Williams is running
because, "I’m interested
in Spelman and the student
body and this the place I
can serve them best.
Ms. Williams said that
students must have a big
ger and better voice in the
policies that surround the
school. There also must
be more clarity around the
policies of the school, Ms.
Williams said.
“We’re gonna go back
through the handbook and
get some positive identifi
cation of what it says,” she
said.
Students at Morehouse
won’t have to wait much
longer before they decide
on the presidential post.
Morehouse’s elections are
April 5.
One of the candidates for
the presidency at More
house is Roger Bruce, a
junior majoring in Politi
cal Science.
Bruce said he feels that
his experience and the con
nections he has with the
community will help him
put his programs forward
if he is elected SGA pre
sident.
“My whole thing,” Bruce
said, “is to look at More
house as a part of the lar
ger community. ” “The time
now is not a dissociate
ourselves with the com
munity, but to associate
ourselves with it com
pletely.” he added.
According to Bruce, one
of the basic things that
needs to be changed at
Morehouse is student apa
thy.
Stan Denton, a junior ma
joring in political science,
will be challenging Bruce
for the presidential spot.
Denton, who has been the
editor of the Maroon Ti
ger for two years, start
ed late in comparison to
Bruce but according to
various reports he is pro
gressive gaining support
from the student body.
According to Denton, the
other candidates are con
cerning on things such as
co-ed visitation, cafeteria
services, and other college
functions. Denton said that
he personally is not keyed
to deal with these problems.
“I believe all those
things are functional pro
blems which will be hand
led by the lower bodies in
the SGA, the Student Coun
cil, and various other
groups,” he said. “Where
I’m going to interject my
efforts is along the lines
of defining the roles of a
Black institution.
"I want to revamp the
educational program, mak
ing college institution
more viable to the com
munity,” Denton said.
A haze seems to be sur
rounding the SGA elections
at Clark. No one seems to
be certain who is running.
Ms. Dorris Wright,
Clark’s present SGA pre
sident, says she doesn’t
know if she will be run
ning for the office again
this year.
“I’m trying to see if the
students at Clark think I
should run again,” Ms.
Wright said.
Looking back on the pro
blems of this year’s ad
ministration, Ms. Wright
said one of the goals for
next year would be to
try to make the students
more verbal in their grie
vances.
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officers before the end
of the cademic year.
“It is important to know
who to contact when you
get back on campus,” Ms.
Wright contended. “You can
put the first two to three
weeks time to use to im
plement programs. It is
a positive step.”
Dorris’ election grew
out of a public 1 policy
class -- the men of the
class suggested that she
should run.
“They knew I could get
things done,” she said,
unbashedly.
The upcoming elections
are slated for April 18.
Dorris’ decision to run
for re-election is “pen
ding,” she maintains.
At neighboring Spel
man, an all-female ins
titution, the political out
look varies.
Their elections, sche
duled for April 4, are pre
ceded by political fanfare,
including the excitement
of a politica rally in the
form of a democratic von-
vention.
To run the candidates
must file petitions and
applications. They have the
option of running as a ticket
or on an individual basis.
In contrast, Clark’s presi
dential hopefuls must have
a supportive slate or party
to run.
There has to be 50 per
cent or more of the stu
dent body voting to make
the election valid.
Diane Raysor, Spelman’s
SGA president, summed up
her term of office.
“I tried to bring a lot
of activities on campus and
the administration has been
pretty good, ’ ’ she said.
“There has been no
competition for power
within the structure. How
ever, one year’s not en
ough time to do the kind
of things you want to.”
NEWS IN BRIEF
Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity held its Appreciation
and Awards Day on Wed
nesday, March 6. The chap
ter presented several a-
wards and certificates to
members of the Clark Col
lege family for their ser
vices.
Dean Curtis Gillespie ex
pressed appreciation to the
fraternity, Building and gro-
fraternity, Building and
Grounds Department and the
cafeteria staff. Certificates
were awarded to both staffs
and to Miss Beverly Mal
colm, director of the cler
ical pool.
The chapter recognized
five distinguished instruct
ors. Those outstanding
were: Dr. Edward Sweat of
the History Department; Dr.
Barbara Jones of the Bus-
Student government re
presentatives from the in
stitutions in the Atlanta
University Center formal
ly organized the Atlanta
University Center Student
Council (AUCSC) on Feb.
23, 1974.
According to the repre
sentatives, the AUCSC will
work toward giving stu
dents more input into the
young Atlanta University
Center Corporation.
The combined efforts of
the AUC Student Council
will make the feelings and
needs of the entire student
population known to Chan
cellor Lyle Carter and the
Atlanta University govern
ing bodies.
The student represent
atives on the Council in-
iness Administration and
Economics Department; Dr.
Joseph Dennis and Calvin
Clifton of the Math Depart
ment and James Mays of
the Political Science De
partment. Dr. Isabella Fin-
kelstein of the Biology De
partment received the Out
standing Teacher Award.
Dr. James P. Brawley,
one of Clark’s founders, was
honored, also. He received
recognition for the many
services he has rendered
to the college, fraternity,
and other organizations
oil campus.
During the program, the
Alphas raffled a black and
white television. The funds
from this event were don
ated to the Clark College
Building Fund for a gym
nasium.
elude the President and
Vice-President of the Stu
dent Government Associat
ions (SGA) and Board of
Trustee members from
each of the Center sch
ools.
The following officers
were elected for the re
maining of the 1973 - 74 aca
demic year:
Chairman - Barbara
Ross, vice-president of
Clark’s SGA.
-- Co-Chairman - Linda
Kincaid, president of Atl
anta University’s SGA.
-- Secretary-Jerome Bat
tle, vice-president of Mor
ris Brown’s SGA.
-- Student Liaison-Dorris
Wright, presiddn
Wright, president of Clark
’s SGA.
BCN ACTIVE IN AU CENTER
BY RONALD HARRIS
A new organization is
operating on Clark Col
lege’s campus known as the
Black Christian Nationalist
(BCN). A chartered organ
ization, BCN has been very
active in trying to r use
the level of consciousx'sess
of students in the At nta
University Center.
BCN was started in 1967
by Reverend Albert B.
Cleage, who has since taken
an African name, Jaramogi
Abebe Aygeman.
According to Kashaka
Shabazz, a member of BCN,
the organization is working
for the liberation of Black
people by building institut
ions and a counter-culture
which serve the interests
of Black people.
“In BCN, We believe that
nothing is more sacred than
the liberation of Black
people,” Shabazz said “God
created us as free men,
therefore if we are slaves,
we must be about getting
free.”
BCN is a national organ
ization with its main office
in Detroit.
According to Shabazz,
BNC has a Pan-Africanist
orientation.
“Our whole program is
attached to the continent
(Africa),” Shabazz said.
“Everything we are doing
here ( in America) is work
ing for the establishment of
a base in Africa,” he ad-
ed.
One of the goals of BCN,
Shabazz said, is to be able
to send money to the var
ious liberation struggles
being waged by the oppress
ed peoples of Africa, such
as in Mozambique, Angola,
Sputh Africa, and Guinea
Bissau.
According to Shabazz,
BCN came into being as
a church institution, but it
takes a totally different ap
proach to the traditional
concept church held by most
Black people.
“We recognize Christ
ianity as being an African
religion, ’ ’ Shabazz said.
“BCN has gone back to the
original African teachings
of Christianity as opposed
to the slave Christianity we
know today,” he added.
Using the Black church,
as a power base, BCN seeks
to build counter-institutions
which will perpetuate the
liberation of Black people,
Shabazz said.
“You can’t build an ef
fective movement without
religion,” Shabazz said.
“We are trying to set tp
an institutional framew k
which Black people can con
trol on a national basi 1 - ”
he added.