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Page Six PANTHER October, 1974
One of the highlights of Homecoming 1974 will be the crowning of Deborah Peyton
(1) as Miss Clark along with Constance Kennedy (c) and Debra Smalls (c) as her
court.
Clark Tries Love At Homecominng
Remember when you used
to have a lot of time to
spend with your loved
one(s)? Remember those
long walks and conversa
tions you had, when you
really weren’t talking about
anything? Those were the
days that you had time to
understand what love really
was. Well, Clark College’s
Student Government Asso
ciation (S.G.C.) is giving
you a whole week to re
capture that love. It’s
homecoming time again;
and instead of just a week
end, Clark is presenting an
entire week of scheduled
homecoming events under
the theme “LOVE IS.”
Sunday, Oct. 20 Clark is
sponsoring a Gospel Extra-
By Arlene Riley
vaganza at 8:00 p.m. in
Davage Auditorium
Wednesday, Oct. 23 will
be Honors Night. The stu
dents of Clark will be giv
ing special tribute in honor
of the football team at 8:00
p.m. on the Quadrangle.
The tribute will be follow
ed by a pep rally.
A special dinner dedi
cated to the football team
will be given Friday, Oct.
25 in the Student Lunch
room.
At 8:00 that same even
ing will be the Carnation
of Miss Clark (Deborah
Peyton) and her court (Con
stance Kennedy and Debra
Smalls).
Saturday, Oct. 26 at 11:00
a.m. Clark will start off
its homecoming festivities
with a parade. The parade
will begin on the corner of
Fair and Lawshe. Follow
ing the parade will be the
homecoming game: CLARK
vs. SAVANNAH at 1:00 p.m.
on Herndon Field (Morris
Brown.)
Highlighting the home
coming week is the Red and
Black Ball, featuring the
Funkadelics. The admiss
ion is free for each Clark
Student (with I. D.) and their
guest. All others must pay
$5.00 for admission.
All of the events held
homecoming week are free
to all Clark students with
an'I.D.
Bookstore
AU Studies
Hypertension
By Harry Gibson
Dr. Joseph Myers and
five graduate students are
conducting experiments
on rats to gain much
needed data on the causes
and effects of hyperten
sion, which is a major
cause of death among
Blacks.
Myers, a member of
the biology department at
Atlanta University, ex
plained that, “Hyperten
sion is a word used for
high bloodpressure,
which is caused by an in
creased amount of pres
sure against the walls of
the arteries. In order to
compensate for this pres
sure, the blood vascular
system tends to be over
worked. ’ ’
According to Myers,
there are two types of hy
pertension- -secondary
hypertension and es
sential hypertension.
Secondary hyperten
sion, which develops from
some other disease such
as kidney disease, can
usually be cured, Myers
said. If the disease is
cured, then the hyperten
sion is elimated.
Essential hyperten
sion, however, can be fa
tal, Myers said.
“It is completely pain
less....It shows no re
spect to age--personsas
old as seventy-five have it
as well as children five-
and-six-years-old.”
Myers said the cause of
essential hyperten-
sion has not been found,
nor has a cure for it been
discovered.
No definite answer can
be given for the high oc
currence of essential hy
pertension in Blacks, My-
yers said.
Several theories a-
bound however. “One is
the soul food we eat be
cause of its high salt in
take. The socio-economic
condition of Blacks and
the constant e m o t i o nal
stress that comes with it
may be the other causes, ’ ’
Myers said.
Other contributing fac
tors, according to Myers,
may include ciga
rette smoking, obesity,
and the lack of excerise.
Essential hypertension
can be controlled, but it is
up to the individual, My
ers said. “My advice to
people is to first have
their blood pressure
checked. If the results are
negative, they are safe.
But if the result is posi
tive, then they must follow
step two, which is simply
follow their doctor’s or
ders. ”
ASMC Aids Students
By Anita Hanshaw
A new student organiza
tion, the Association for
Students in Media and
Communications, ASMC
has been formed to deal
with special interests and
problems of young, black
communications students
in the Atlanta University
Center.
The organization was
founded by sophmore A1
Goggins and junior Ron
Jenkins last September.
“The purpose of this
association is to help de
velop Clark’s communi-
ations program by get
ting behind it and making
sure it provides the fun
damental information a-
bout each media field,”
Goggins said.
Presently the organi
zation is in its develop
ment . stage. Once it
gathers enough members
and is able to function,
classes will be set up to
instruct the vasic courses
offered at Clark in mass
communications, Goggins
said. These classes will
be taught by students, he
added.
According to Goggins,
ASMC is concerned with
developing communicat
ive skills for Black survi
val.
“Many television and
radio programs and
newspaper articles are
influential,” Goggins
said. “Therefore blacks
need to control these
sources to counteract the
sterotypes that have been
traditional in present me
dia.”
“Once a student learns
skills, he knows funda
mentally what most pro
fessionals know,” Gog
gins said. “But because
he is exploited. We as an
organization, want to stop
that,” he said.
Goggins said AS
MC would like to develop
more student-oriented
programs.
“We are basically con
cerned with teaching or
making sure that any stu
dent interested in a n y
field of media gets into
that field. It’s up to that
student to initiate any
other moves,” he added.
ASMC will primarily
concentrate on freshmen
and sophmores this year.
Membership will be
limited to 50 students or
less. A fee of $3.50 will be
charged to all members of
ASMC.
For further informat
ion contact A1 Goggins, in
the Instructional Media
Department.
Continued From Page 3
“If they know what they
want, get the books and then
go out,” she continued, “it
wouldn’t be so bad. Students
expect you to take time and
show them all the books.”
Some students disap
prove of the system of not
being able to locate their
books for themselves. Mrs.
Williams stated that the
present bookstore was not
large enough for that type
of operation. “It is much
easier this way,” the mana
ger said. She knew of no
plans to expand the book
store.
Mrs. Williams does not
favor the practice of one
student purchasing books
for one or more other stu
dents. This only adds to the
confusion and slowness by
requiring extra time to ring
up separate orders.
Problems could be les
sened if the students would
pay for books with cash in
stead of personal checks.
Mrs. Williams mentioned
that separate lines were set
up for cash and booklists.
However, the person with
personal checks had to go
through the line twice, she
said. He has to get his
books, have the amount
rung up on the cash regis
ter, then go to the Business
Office to have a check for
the exact amount okayed,
and then return to pick up
his or her books. “It would
be better if they had cash,”
the manager commented.
When questioned about
the late arrivals of some
books, Mrs. Williams as
sumed no responsibility.
“I just sell the books after
they arrive,” she said. The
books are ordered by the
teachers through the busi
ness office, she added.
Mrs. Williams stated that
this year’s situation was
worst in the history of her
being manager.
“There were more stu
dents and they purchased
more books,” Mrs. Wil
liams explained.
A1 Goggins, head of AMSC, believes in practicing what
he learns in his mass media classes at Clark.