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»age3 - PANTHER - April 1976 Poole Seeks SGA Victory Real Problems Attacked E. Bailey “Where the earth and the sky meet, there is an horizon; where the students and the S.G.A. meet, there is con solidation.” Michael Poole has planned his political strategy to correspond with that analogy. Roole, an accounting major and basileus of Omega Psi Phi, is a candidate for S.G.A. president. Poole heads ‘‘The Reemerging Horizon,” a party he shares with candidates .Arthur Evans (v. president) Shelia Jones (corr. secretary) Bedez Easton (rec. secretary) Clarence Griffin (bus. manager) and Vivian Chester (treasurer). Poole, who is admittedly “new in politicking,” says he wants to put student govern ment in the hands of the entire student body. “People say students are apathetic; I disagree,” said Ibole, “our so-called student leaders do not ask students what they want. Many students are genuinely concerned but they cannot direct their interest to the S.G.A. “I believe students have good ideas and creative talents,” said Poole. “Too often they are afraid to express them because they aren’t sure their ideas will be accepted.” However, if elected, Poole says he will welcome and consider every proposal he is presented. According to Poole, he and Horizon party members developed their platform from guidelines for student gover nment printed in the Clark College Handbook. The handbook specifies the establishment of five standing committees which incoporated various aspects of student life. Teh reemerging Horizon proposes these committee fruitions: Academic Improvement - Chief function would be to improve student-teacher relations, Committee would investigate complaints con cerning academic matters. Religious Life - Committee would work with college min ster to coordinate religious activities and invite speakers from various religious organizations. Health and Recreation - committee would establish and jromote intramural sports, and see that males and females have equal assess to gym. Dormitory Life - members of committee would investigate and attempt to solve problems facing on-campus students. Social and Cultural - com mittee would plan on and off- campus socials and invite guest speakers on various occasions. “These ideas are not new,” said Poole. “They are already structured in the ,student handbook. The emphasis here is tomakethe structure work.” Community involvement is dso a vital part of Poole’s platform. He plans to initiate a community and student voter registration drive and provide rides to the polls for those who need them.Also a part of the community involvement plank is a plan to extend the West Fair bust route to downtown bus stations. “We have many students who travel by bus and have no way of getting their luggage to the Greyhound or Trailways station,” Poole said. “Of course we will present this proposal to MARTA of ficials,” he said. Though Poole says that Clark is in dire need of financial support, he does not propose that the S.G.A. solicit funds from corporations. “Any amateurish efforts to d> so might hurt the plans of the college development office,” he said. “However, we as students can sell ourselves to cor porations and foundations by inviting representatives to seminars and tours so they can see what career potential Clark students possess,” Poole said. He sugggests that each department chairman invite representatives to examine their department’s curriculum. Poole says his goal is to make the student-S.G. A. consolidation a reality. “In order to do so, we all mist believe in Clark,” he said. “We need to start thinking of ways to instill pride and honor in everyone associated with the school.” Go To The Poll — Vote By Joseph Fuggett Campus Living, the sub committee of the Student Life Committee, met recently to discuss students' problems at Qark College. The committee, headed by Mrs. Katie Ramsey, centered itself around three major issues: residence halls', the bookstore, and student responsibility. Dean Curtis D. Gillespie, Dean of Students and member of the committee, asked what the real problems at Clark are. He also suggested students need to come to the meetings so that they can get both sides of the story. Dean Gillespie announced some changes in the dor mitories. Each dormitory has two janitors, and room in spection has been started. He said that a new employee has been hired to supervise all the workers. He added that the stairwells and corridors are being painted. Dr. Melvin R. Webb, com mittee member, said the condition of Brawley Hall should be improved. Dr. Webb suggested that dormitories should be closed to the public while undergoing summer repairs. Dr. Webb spoke of a personal experience where visitors come down to inspect Clark and the dormitories were open for repair. He said the prospective student and his parents never returned. Dr. Gillespie agreed that the dormitories should be closed to the public while un dergoing repair. On another issue, Mrs. Ramsey stated that a student complaint is that they cannot get the books they need from the bookstore. According to her sources, she said, instructors aren’t ordering books on time and once the books get in, the instructors don’t use them. Students also said that the bookstore is not open when they go to get their books. Mrs. Ramsey said that the bookstore is closed from 12:30-1:30 only because the manager of the bookstore does not have an assistant. Mrs. Ramsey did say that the bookstore manager did not feel that her work-study students could handle the responsibility. All three committee members agreed to seek out the possibilities of making the bookstore more convenient in the future. In response to concern about the fights the college has been experiencing after basketball games, Dr. Webb said that there seems to be a “nucleus of students at Clark who just don’t give a hoot.” He said that students need to be leaders. Since there has been no feedback from the students, Dr. Webb said that “elitist” groups on campus, such as the social and academic fraternities and sororities seem, not to be of fering any input. Dean Gillespie added that the Admissions Office has a new formula for who can succeed at Qark College. Dean Gillespie said "the responsibility will have to fall back on the students.” Clark Hosts Workshop By Charlotte A. Allen Students interested in writing are invited to attend th dark College English Department’s Seventh Annual Writer’s Workshop and con ference on the 26th, 27th and 2Bth of April at Clark’s Davage Auditorium and Kresge Hall’s bwer lounge. Speakers include such dstinguised artists as Gwen dolyn brooks, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet, on Monday the 26th. Ernest Gaines, author of th e“Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” on Tuesday the 27th. The highlight of the conference is Ruby Dee and Cfesie Davis, on Wednesday the 28th. Mrs. A. Hawks, Assistant Professor of Speech and member of the steering com mittee, urges students to submit their brief typewritten writings of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and ckama to the English Depart ment, Room 218B, Haven- Warren Hall, Qark College. ISO - Calls For Internation Student’s Unity By Charlotte Allen The support of foreign born students is desperately needed for the effective continuance of Clark College’s International Student Organization (ISO). “One purpose of the ISO is to bring Qark’s international students together in order for us to get to know and help each other during our stay at Clark,” said ISO’s secretary general Ade Adesanya. According to Adesanya, “Most of the foreign students a-e aware oi the organization, but attendance is very low and membership dues are still unpaid. And with the co operation of everyone we can move mountains.” For those students who may be unaware, meetings are held twice a month on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Room 102 Haven- Warren. Some of ISO’s aims and gjals ar* to have at least one foreign bom representative seated in the Student Gover nment Association (SGA). To concern themselves with any international meetings or policies on behalf of Clark College. To serve as a channel for allocating work-study jobs to Qark’s foreign students. And to hold annual send-off parties for graduating foreign student as well as welcome party for en tering foreign students. At the present ISO is planning a send-off party for Qark’s outgoing foreign student advisor, Moloum O. Kosoko. “In record time KOSOKO RECEIVED HSI B.A. in Business Administration and finisehed his graduate studies at Manta University ,” said Adesanya. “Now he is going back home after his completion of his ambition,” Another activity student support is neede d is the May L cultural dance and fashion show, spear-headed by ISO’s former vice-presiaent, Ayo Ipaye and former secretary laide Babalola. The receipts from this affair will go into the late Dr. Vivian Henderson’s Scholarship Fund. Everyone is cordially in vited to attend this affair. African, Jamacian and Brazilian dishes will be served after the show and foreign films depicting modem Africa will be diown. VIP’s from all over the country have been invited.