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“Oor media is the means of •ibertitioh, an instrument of clarification, information, education and mobilization.” Kwame Nkrumah VOL. NO. 3 The Clark College ENIHER CLARK COLLEGE Young Speaks On Economics Congressman Andrew Young (Young was reelected by a 40,000 vote ma rgin.) By Diane Arnold “Economics is going to be the religion of the next decades,” prophesied Congressman Andrew Young when he spoke on campus Oct. 21. Young spoke to a sparse crowd of students and faculty members in Davage Audi torium. Young’s speech centered around the na tional political scene and its impact on Atlanta. Young chided, “I’ve al ways said that Atlanta was a city too busy to hate be cause it was too busy mak ing money.” Young cited several examples in the city of Atlanta to show that this principle was slowly dying out. “Companies which were once making in the $100 millions are now only making in the $10 mil lions. According to Young, the economic situation should not get too bad in Atlanta. “Fortunately Atlanta has had an economy separate from the national eco nomy,” Young said. This separate economy has been the development of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MAR TA). MARTA insures us of about 2 billion dollars a year,” stated Young. Congressman Young cited MARTA as a contri buting factor in attracting investors and builders to Atlanta. He implied that MARTA influences the building of high-rise mo tels and restaurants in down Atlanta. Young felt that Atlanta would be able to make it through the inflation “fair ly well”. He cited, how ever, that the people on the national level have “neither the courage or the brains” to deal with the national economy. Despite the dismal look of this country’s economy, Young said that “on a worldscale, we are still in a very good position.” He listed West Germany and Japan as countries with more severe economic problems. Young blamed the South Boston incidents on the condition of the national economy. The riots in South Boston were a result of the high unemployment rate in that area. According to Young, if those people had jobs, they would not be on the streets. “When peo ple stop making money they begin to panic. South Bos ton is an example of the “national climate of panic over the economy,” said Young. Vietnam was given credit for the causing of the present inflation problems. The cost for the Vietnam war was over $100 billion dollars. “We did not tax the peo ple for the war,” said Young. “It was an un popular war so if we had taxed for it, there would have been some trouble,” explained Young. When Nixon came into office, he “didn’t have the guts to cut the military budget, Young asserted. Thus some other item of the budget had to be cut in order to finance the war. Young gave the cut in fed eral housing funds for the poor as one area where the budget was cut to fi nance the Vietnam War. In addition to his asser tion that the Vietnam War contributed to the inflation, Young drew attention to the fact that “people in the third world are beginning to demand a fair share for the natural resoruces they possess.” “Something has started in the third world which is going to force this country to pay for what it gets,” Young said. Even though he stated that he felt the Arab oil crisis was “essentially a political move”, he said that the “people in the their world have gotten their share. In conjunction with his thoughts on the rising of the third world, Young also mentioned the responsibil ity that U.S. blacks have to their African brothers. “America has no policy toward Africa. We have a particular role in the formulating of such policy.” He exhorted, “I hope you’re not here just shucking and jiving.” Young attacked the wastefulness of the Ameri can people. He stated that Americans are wasting a Turn to Page 4 CC Band'Footin’ It!’ By Rita Camp bell The marching band of Clark College is doing it on the good foot. There are 110 members marching strong in the Panther band. The band is under the di rection of Alfred Wyatt, assistants are Robert Wil liams, and James Patter son. The lovely ladies marching in front of the band are: Marilyn Price- Captain; Sharon Crute-Co- Captain; Rita Campbell; Robin Lewis; Lorine Dor- sey;Lyndia Abbot; Connie McDaniels;Penelope Greer; Cynthia Cotton; Beverly Ingrem. The drum major is Joseph Paschal, known to everyone around campus as “Slouch”. The band plays songs like “Skin Tight” , “Hang Loose”, “Love Theme”, “Chameleon”, and many more. Clark College’s band has coine up with something to keep the band organized. They elected a leader from each section, who will rep- represent them. The sec tion leaders are Quinton Jackson-drum section;Eric Arnold and Ralph Pres ley-trombone section; Ray mond Strickland - saxaphone section; Wanda Jefferies- clarinet section; Gregory Mayfield-trumpet section; William Boddie-horns ;Mic- key Wyatt-melephone sec tion; and Lee Herman T. Swanson II-tuba section. The Band has received acclaim from Channel i5} ( television station. They were filmed while at prac tice on October 17 and pre sented on Saturday, October 19, 1974 on the 6 and 11 o’clock news. In an effort to communi cate better and establish some type of unity, Clark College band agreed to per form in the Morris Brown homecoming parade. In appreciation for the many blacks who have con tributed so very much to music, the Clark College band has played songs in memory of the late “DUKE ELLINGTON”. This seem ed to emotionally arouse crowds. Congrats To Red Machine For SI AC Title