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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.