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C C Students Irked PANTHER NOVEMBER, 1977 Continued from Page 1 Of them, 54 percent said they feel the rent is too much, and 46 percent said it would be reasonable if conditions in the four categories improved considerably. Reflecting the frustration that many students feel at trying to get Clark to listen to and act upon their complaints one s’udent said, “People should be more considerate of tenants as far as respecting their requests.” William W. Morrell, direc'or of Business Affairs at Clark, said that although Clark owns the apartments, the day to day operation of them is the responsibility of BMC Realty, of which Carter Coleman is the manager. Coleman has a resident manager in the Bir dcage 'o handle tenant corn- plain's. Morrell said that the trash problem, which used to produce insec’s and rodents is under con'rol, but he admitted that 'here still is a problem with rats and roaches in the apartments. , Cornelia Primous, resident direc'or at CCC, added that of>en when the exterminator visi's, he must skip some apar’ments because students are not home. She suggested 'ha' students should be told ahead of time when the ex- 'erminator will be spraying so 'ha' 'hey could arrange to have 'heir apartments open. Concerning repairs, ton ,’sr. .•s. 22QC* rjr! li*i* V?; ;> - Continued from Page 1 Morrell said if he received specific repair request, he would see that something is done. He pointed out that every time glass is broken out in the sliding doors of students’ apartments, the replacement cost is $72. Clark had seven sliding doors replaced in May, he said. Morrell indicated that Clark had placed 'he fense around the cour's for security. Moreover, after nightfall all ga'es are sealed and after midnigh' anyone entering the cour's mus' show his or her idemifica'ion, he said. A'lan'a University Center securi'y patrols about every half hour, according to Morrell, so 'ha' 'here are more than one securi'y guard in the courts. He said 'here has never been any losses or break-ins to his knowledge. Clark has spent $30,000 to furnish 20 complete apartments 'his year, Morrell said. However, the resident manager dis'ributes the furniture among 'he apar'men's; therefore, Morrell could not verify how the furni’ure has been dispensed. On the subject of fur nishings, Primous said that s'uden's are not blameless. “They must learn to take care of 'he furniture as if they were at home,” she said. Primous emphasized that s'uden's also have respon sibilities, common to all tenants, Convocation of keeping their individual apartments clean and taking good care of the furnishings therein. "I know that Clark has not forgotten the students in the courts, but it takes time and s'uden's have to be patient. 1 agree with many of the corn- plain's." Morrell said the late Clark Presiden' Vivian W. Henderson had planned before his death to raise $250,000 to fix up and furnish 'he courts. He added, “1 agree 'hat 85 percent of the s'udents’ complaints are true, but we have limited funds and mus' make judgments about where to spend them in the cour's. "Our aim is to outfit every apartment up there and make 'hem liveable. It’s a slow, 'edious process and we have to do 'he best we can." Claiming to have heard mos' of 'he complaints for the firs* 'ime, both Morrell and Primous suggested that s’udents might get better resul's if they filled out three copies of requests for repairs and presented one copy to Morrell, one copy to Primous (who will deliver them to the resident manager) and retain one copy ;for their records. Priihdus added that s'udents may also pick up an “Apar'ment Condition Sheet” from her at apartment C-30 and list repairs needed in their apartments. m • - . “If somehow a member of the Supreme Court should vote for Bakke and the same court which gave us the 1954 court decision, which gave rise to the 60’s, all of a sudden finds itself standing in the school house door,” he said, “that is indeed something that is a serious matter for all of us.” Blake, dressed in a dark pin striped suit, said that Blacks should be aware of some facts about their status in this society. “We've been assaulted by law enforcement bodies, court systems, political, economical, educational and religious in- stitutitions in this society,” he said. “Up until the sixth decade in this century, all of these institutions excluded Blacks.” Blake said that the ex clusion of Black men were not unjust according to whites rather they were a natural result of the inherit limitations of Black men. The argument by whites has always gone, “one cannot expect a society to endanger itself by allowing incompetence into key areas of responsibility in American life,” he said. “In the early 70’s the now vice-president Richard Mondale held hearings to give scholars the opportunity to deal with the work of Jensen, which put forth that black men might well K<» inferior,” he said. “The problem with their education was not the quality of the eudcation but the quality of the in th< • Bakke cause issue the mind, Jensen argued. same old refrain. Blake said that the "The argument is still the hearings produced over 900 same — that Blacks who are pages. inferior are going to debauch “The way I look at it is why the medical school, drag down in the world it would take 900 their standards. quality; Photo by Kenneth Hodges pages of arguments about the Black man’s equality or the fact that his brains worked just like therefore, something must be white men. done to keep them out.” “It’s somewhat frightening Blake said that Black in- and chilling to think that sort of stitutions like Clark must find thing is still going on.” methods and approaches which Blake said the arguements W 'M deal w '^ the development Housing! Continued from page 1 Prior to the rent increase, the tenant group investigated the WSU Housing Authority budget and found no justification for an increase. After the increase was initiated, the group retaliated by not paying the increase. The University retaliated by saying it would place holds on records at fall registration. At this time, the outcome is uncertain. Next week’s registration will show how successful the boycott was. The group lost some support from summer students who left, said member Robin Watt, but with another rent increase expected in January, increased resistance is 'o be expected. Tenant unions organized on a city or state wide basis seem to be enjoying the most success, mostly in the form of rent control ordinances. These laws set up a system of when and how much rent can be increased. Rent control groups meet opposition frequently from landlord and real estate organizations who are usually backed by large sums of money. Progress often takes on a see saw format. Last year in California, for example, real estate interest in the form of the California Housing Council backed a bill prohibiting local rent control. Several citizen groups, in cluding the AFL-CIO, the California Renter’s Coalition, the National Council of Senior Citizens, and the California League of Cities, joined to oppose the bill, which was saved five minutes before it was to become law when Governor Jerry Brown vetoed it. During last spring’s primary, the Housing Council of black minds. “We must give them (Black Students) a sense of their own intellectual power, confidence in their own ability to achieve, and to do it in a framework which informs them about the larger social and political context within which educated Black Americans must function.” Blake said that on one side Black schools must develop professional competence of the first order and technical proficiency of the first order. “On the other side, we must develop abiding insight into the fact that any educated Black amerjcan has a responsibility to deal with the current that still flows in American life from the time of Jensen to the current and future time of Bakke.” Page 3 reportedly raised over $300,000 and contributed over $40,000 to key legislators, they are ex pected to back a similar bill this legislative term, relying on a June 16 Supreme Court decision affecting a pro-tenant rent control initiative passed in Berkeley. It was declared un constitutional because it would have confiscated landlords' property. Similarly, in Florida two local rent control laws passed in 1969 and 1973 for Miami Beach were declared unconstitutional before a third one was adopted in 1974. This one lasted until December of last year, when it was defeated by City Council. The tenants are back at it, this time with a petition drive for a voter referendum. Once rent control is in stituted in a city, studies show definite effects. After Washington, DC passed a rent ordinance in 1974, income from garden units rose only 5 peccent during 1974-75 in comparison to 7.6 percent in Maryland and 8.6 percent in Virginia. Elevator apartments showed corresponding percentages. The figures in DC may change, 'hough, as a new law passed in August, 1976, allowing lan dlords to raise rent higher and more often. Rent control groups have found their task not to be an easy one. But their struggle could reconstruct the basics of real estate. Rent control, says Professor Beau Brincefield of 'he American University business school, will “alter the concept of property being viewed as a social resource that must be committed to the best in'erest of society.” Lpe Elected Dr. Carson Lee, professor of pyschology at Clark, has been elected to the Atlanta Board of Education. In the run-off election on October 18. Lee was elected by a whopping 63% margin over Earl Starling in the 5th district race. Lee, who was supported by such organizations as the Atlanta Association of Educators, the American Federation of State. County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and Parents for Poli'ical Action, and by such noted individuals as Julian Bond, Q.V. Williamson, Ira Jackson, and Arthur Langford, had a surprising victory over Starling. Lee said, “It’s surprising for an unknown to win by such a large margin.” PANTHER STAFF Co-Editors Deborah Lipscomb, Thomas Torrrence News Editor - Larry Simpson Features Editor - Benita McShan Layout Editor - Ann L. Wead Sports Editor - Rita Twinkle Campbell Photographers - Jerome Bailey, Kenneth Hodges Staff Writers - Charles Anderson, Suleiman Azeez, Vererly Byrd,. Jerome Gwinn, Robin L. Johnson, Maricia Jones, Gail McCIary, Nedra Powell, Robert A. Richardson, Christine Williams, Yvette Williams, Eliza Woods.