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Page Four Panther November 8, 1974
CC Men Respond To
Unity in Center
Heods Spelman
By Harry B. Gibson
On a particularly sunny
afternoon recently when
most students were enjoy
ing the day, Spelman’s
S.G.A. President Sandra
Farragut sat in her office
typing addresses on en
velopes. “I want to make
the S.G.A. more accessi
ble to students, because it
is a functional body repre
senting the students,”
Farragut said. ‘‘We have
become well organized.”
Unity among AU Center
schools ranks high on Far-
ragut’s list of objectives.
“This is the first time all
S.G.A. Presidents have
been able to work together,
so now we have a viable
means for communication,
Farragut said.
SGA Goals
“All AU Center students
have an open invitation to
participate in any activity
we (Spelman) plan.”
Spelman’s S.G.A. spon
sored horror movies on
Halloween for students.
And 200 children were
taken trick or treating
from neighboring housing
projects with a dance after
wards.
In December the S.G.A.
will hold a musical extra
vaganza for Spelman stu
dents to display their
talents.
The duties of the position
of S.G.A. President con
sumes most of Sandra’s
time. “It’s a very demand
ing job but fun, because I
like dealing with people and
I get along with people,”
Farragut said. “So, I don’t
have time for hobbies.”
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lot while other countries
are going hungry. A-
mericans fertilize their
lawns when that fertilizer
could be used on food-pro
ducing fields in other
countries. The gasoline that
we use “shoboating” could
provide fuel for a needy
country.
Andrew Young has serv
ed as representative for
the Fifth Congressional
District for Ga. of Repre
sentatives since January 3
1973.
Po / icy Center
Gets Grant
Dr. President Vivian
W. Henderson announced
last week that Clark Col
lege’s Southern Center
for Studies in Public Po
licy has received a three-
year, $300,000 grant from
the Rockefeller Founda
tion in New York.
The grant, the largest
ever awarded the center,
will be used to expand
the capabilities and acti
vities of the center, Ro
bert A. Kronley, Direc
tor of the center said. :
According to Mr. Kron- :
ley the money will be >
used for faculty and stu- :j
dent research. ;
The Southern Center
for Studies in Public Po- ij
licy, created in 1968, is :jj
a social action, research
and monitoring agency.
The Center currently >j
conducts projects in
housing, transportation, :j:
public education, econo-
mic development and ru- £
ral studies. •:
It also provides tech-
nical assistance to 136
Black elected officials in
Georgia and supports an
extensive program in in- :$
dependent research and a
variety of internships.
Sexuality
By Lois E. Harrington
• Even though many black
• men laugh at Richard Pry-
: or’s jokes pertaining to sex,
• they, nevertheless, hold
: serious and liberal ideas
: on the subject. According
: to Clark College’s men,
: they are not solely inter-
: ested in sex when dealing
: with women, but are also
• concerned with the intelli
gence of a woman. This may
not always seem to be true,
since some women think
men are only after their
bodies. When the sexes are
dealing with each other,
someone has to be the ag
gressor, and society has
chosen the man. However,
if the notion exists that all
decisions concerning sex
should be the domain of the
male, then the fault lies
within the female.
Recent interviews were
held on Clark’s campus with
male representatives from
each class, commenting on
their personal and general
attitudes on sex.
When asked the question
“Do you view women as
sex objects,” it was found
that unlike his white coun-
tejpart a black man does
not place too strong an
emphasis on beauty and sex.
A senior from Atlanta
made the comment “I want
somebody to help my mind
out, to help broaden amy
spectrum on life.” Imply
ing that he can appreciate
a woman with more brains
than beauty, he went on to
say, “Beauty is beauty,
but you’d get sick of a
dumb person.”
A junior from Indiana
who is presently residing
in Atlanta said “A woman
isn’t a sex object as long
as she has a sense of
morals and some common
sense.”
There is an old cliche
that says “a woman’s place
is in the home.” In the
struggle for daily survival
for all black people some
black men seriously believe
this. Others feel that a
woman should have a
career of her own. And the
rest say that it depends on
the situation, whether or
not children are involved.
As a point of interest,
it can be said that love and
sex go hand in hand.
“But that ain’t necessar
ily so,” chimed a sopho
more from the North, “You
can love and not have sex
and you can nave sex and
not be in love.”
A freshman from D.C.
claims “I just tell the girl
that I love her, that gives
her a sense of security.
Girls like to hear all that
stuff even if it ain’t true.”
Premarital sex, which is
now a common practice in
today’s society, was ano-
Query
and Monica I. Phillips
ther issue brought up Even
though a sophomore made
the comment, “I don’t want
anything for the rest of my
life that somebody already
had,” most of Clark’s men
held different attitudes.
Generally, they are in fa
vor of premarital sex with
a woman, whether she was
expercenced or not.
When a 29-year-old
freshman was asked his
views on premarital sex,
he commented favorable,
“It gives two people a
chance to know if they are
sexually compatible.”
A personal point of view
was obtained from a junior
from Indiana. He claimed
that “I would not have sex
with a lady unless I thought
enough of her to marry her,
if she got pregnant. Or if
she didn’t want to get mar
ried, I’d at least help sup
port our child.”
Where premarital sex is
concerned, black brothers
at Clark show respect and
concern for the sisters.
They want their women to
feel equally as pleased both
mentally and physically.
A 21 year old freshman
from Newnan, Georgia ex
pressed that sex is too
beautiful an act to be forc
ed, and neither partner
should feel like he or she
is giving anything, but is
sharing him or her self.
When the time is right
and the scene is perfect,
how does one go about the
business of asking one to
make love, or more plain
ly, have sex. There are
many ways to turn a wo
man on and keep her on.
“Being too direct may
scare a shy woman away,
and beating around the bush
may send other women
away,” a freshamn from
St. Louis stated.
A freshman from D.C.
takes a different approach,
“Most times I let her di
rect the situation, and it
works very well! That way
she won’t feel like I’m
pushing myself on her.”
The junior gave his per
sonal idea of his approach,
“It’s acombination of moti -
vation and mutual physi
cal attraction, then the rest
comes naturally to both
people involved. I wish
there will come a time
when women would start
asking men.”
The subject of sex and
love are under considera
tion; whether you need sex
more than love or love
more than sex. If nothing
else brothers and sisters
should be together on that
subject, because sex and
love are strong needs im
perative to human exist
ence.
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