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£>Clark College
SPANTHER
VOL. XXXVIII NO. I
CLARK COLLEGE
OCTOBER, 1974
During the first weeks
of his fledging administra
tion, Stephens has had to
deal with the parking pro
blem on campus and the
congestion of the campus
bookstore.
“I had a meeting with
Maynard Jackson about the
parking problem. He ask
ed me to draw up a pro
posal. I talked to him about
what I had in mind and he
said it was feasible.”
As for the bookstore,
the SGA submitted a pro
posal to Curtis Gillepsie,
dean of students, request
ing an extension of oper
ational hours during the
post-registration rush and
SGA President, Andrew Stevens (r) discusses details of
office work with Marcia Moore (1), an office assistant.
Unity—the 'Message’
Maintains SGA Head
By Brenda L. Camp
With a spring-like breeze
blowing through the open
door of his paper-clutter
ed office, Andrew Stephens,
President of Clark College's
SGA, made the cause of
unity through communica
tion the theme^nLlns ad
ministration.
‘‘The main thrust of our
administration is center
ed around adequate and pro
per communication,” Ste
phens said. ‘‘Everythingwe
do, well that’s what we’re
about.
“There are a lot of me
chanisms of the college
that could be useful if stu
dents knew about them. All
problems evolve from a
lack of adequate communi-
cation, which breeds
apathy.”
Stephens has called the
year “untraditional.” He
cited the meetings with
other Center SGA presi
dents as indicative of a
year of more Centerwide
togetherness.
“I really plan on the AU
Center being more unified
before the year is over,”
he said.
Though unity among
Center schools was one
focal point, Stephens has
included unity in his pre
scription for ridding Clark
of its ills.
The question of open vi
sitation, hitherto unsettled,
and other concerns of the
student body can be remedi
ed through the concerted
efforts of Clarkites, he
maintained.
“If we can bring about
unity, after we got together,
we can say, ‘hey we’re
going to have it, ’ and then
we can do whatever we
want.”
Stephens came into the
campus limelight during the
rash of violence, including
a number of rapes, that
plagued the Center last
year.
additional help in the store
itself during this time.
Though the SGA pre
sidency is a demanding po
sition, Stephens still finds
time to skate, bowl, play
tennis and swim. He also
participates on the debate
team and is a member of
a very successful band,
The Chaoarrels.
Andrew is a 19-year-old
senior political science
major from Columbus, Ga.
His predecessor, Dorris
Wright, made his job a little
easier, he said.
“I did not necessarily
want to be president of the
SGA. But many problems
still exist and others have
not dealt with the problems.
I had the growing feeling
that I would be able to deal
with them.
“One incident, the vio
lence thing, made me or
ganize the student body to
take care of that problem,”
Stephens said.
Through his efforts, and
along with Diane Stanley,
a junior political science
major from Philadelphia,
he confronted the adminis
tration with the inadequate
campus lighting and related
safety hazards.
The administration re
sponded favorably, and po
lice patrols of the area
were beefed up.
“I knew that it would be
difficult to do it under the
same context the next time,
so who am I to do this?
The SGA should be doing
this,” Stephens said.
NOTICE !
The “Panther” staff
needs a business manager.
We are looking for some
one who can keep accounts,
order supplies and sell ad
vertising at a commission.
If you are interested,
please see Ron Harris or
Nellie Dixon for an inter
view.
PHOTOGRAPHER. The
“Panther” wants your
best black and white photos
to liven up its pages. Send,
or bring, us your photo
with one or two para
graphs about the subject.
We will print the best
photo essay entry each
month and the photograph
er will receive a $5 award.
We are located in the SGA
building on Fair Street.
Students are busy with the “hassles” of registration and
trying to find the finances to pay for their education.
$996,814 Worth
Aid Is
By Ron Harris
As usual the Office of
Financial Aids was one of
the number one hassles
during registration, but ac
cording to Mrs. Marion
Wilkes, director of Finan
cial Aids, the long lines
of people waiting to see
her during registration
wouldn’t be if students
would file early and take
advantage of the programs
which apply directly to
them.
“Many students, who en
countered difficulty in gett
ing financial assistance,
would’t have had any pro
blem if they had taken ad
vantage of the programs
that directly affected
them,” Mrs. Wilkes said.
“We can get more mile
age out of our money if
we can get people to apply
for the programs that di
rectly affect them,” she
said.
“For instance, when
freshmen and sophomores
don’t take advantage of the
programs that are avail
able to them, they take away
from ttye money that jun
iors and seniors could be
getting,” she said.
The bulk of the money
that Clark gets for finan
cial assistance is from the
federal government, Mrs.
Wilkes said. This year
Clark received $996,814 in
federal money for financial
aid, a $80,000 decrease,
however, from last year’s
budget.
According to Mrs. Wil
kes, federal money goes
to four programs, National
Direct Student Loan
(NDSL), Basic Educational
Opportunity Grant (BEOG),
Plentiful
Supplementary Educational
Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
and College Work Study.
“Juniors and seniors are
only eligible for SEOG,
NDSL, and CWSP whereas
freshmen and sophomores
are eligible for all four,”
she said.
“If freshmenirom Geor
gia would take advantage
of the Georgia Incentive
Scholarship, Georgia Tui
tion Grant, and BEOG, they
could get a maximum of
$1900 without even touch
ing the money which is
eligible to upper class-
men,” she said. “And with
70 per cent of our stu
dents on some kind of fe
deral financial aid you can
see why it is necessary for
freshmen to take advantage
of this opportunity.”
“Under BEOG whatever
students are eligible for
we can get,” she said. “All
they have to do is fill out
the application and mail it.”
Clark received $441,986
under the NDSL, an in
crease of about $70,000
over last year’s allocation.
College Work Study and
SEOG were cut however.
SEOG was cut about $100,-
000 to $296,768 and work
study was cut about $50,-
000 to $324,166.
According to Mrs. Wil
kes, the cut in funds should
not present a problem to
Clark students if they file
forms for financial aid
early.
“The new Parent’s Con
fidential Statement form is
all ready and we have sent
off for them,” she said.
Students should be able to
pick them up by the second
week in October.”