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PANTHER NOVEMBER, 1977
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Bakke; The Big Lie
By Loretta Delco
Does the Bakke case deal
with “the big lie,” reverse
discrimination, or the right or
privilege: t)f health care?
This question was con
fronted by a nine member panel
discussion entitled “Reverse
the ‘Bakke’ Ruling,” sponsored
by the Atlanta Student Coalition
Against Racism ASCAR last
Wednesday evening.
The panel consisted of
representatives from different
walks of life *o address the issue
on the basics of legality,
morality, education, philosophy,
religion, and health care in
Spelman College’s Howe Hall.
“The case has to do with
the big lie that people are
equal,” according to Peter Joy
of Law Students Civil Rights
Research Council.
“The Constitution should
be colorblind. However, this
isn’t a case of black v white, but
a divisive measure used by the
s’ystem,” said Joy.
“It’s a collusive
(agreement between two or
more persons to defraud (cheat
or »rick) a person of their rights
by forms of law) suit. There’s
collective action involved,” Joy
stated.
“The words ‘quota’ and
‘reverse discrimination’ are
used by the media as code or
buzz words to evoke an
emotional response,’’ said
Atlanta Association of
Educators and NaACP Board of
Direcor member Nathaniel
Ingram:
President Carter and
Congress are “Walking the
tight rope” between the words
‘quota’ and ‘goal’. They want to
confuse ’he two, to keep from
having to tAtce a stand on the
issue, according to Ingram.
“However, little is said of
T he way the case was handled by
’he University of California
Medical School at Davis,”
Ingram points out. “They
handled it as though they were
in collusion with Bakke. The
Dean urged him to file charges.
By Lorene Dorsey
“1 love you Bill, but my
mother loves yOu too. What will
your wife do when she finds out
that we’re having an affair.”
Recognize these lines. They
are often-played themes of
many day time serial dramas:
soap operas.
Dramas like “Another
World,” “Days of Out Lives"
“General Hospital,” and
countless others, symbolize the
lives of the middle-upper class
white Americans. These soap
operas devote their attention to
a dream world for many Black
viewers. They do not portray an
aspect of the Black middle and
upper class Blacks. They do not
show what the ideal Black
family life is really like.
Would you like to see a
drama that does give a look into
the lifestyles of Black family
relationships? Would you like to
see a drama where Black
families succeed and become
lawyers, doctors, and top
community businessmen?
It seems they didn’t like th«
school’s admissions system.”
“He is an instrument,
being used to hold in check the
accomplishments made by
blacks in the 60s’. So we’re both
fighting the system,” said
moralist/ Leaman Hood, area
director AFSCME Local 1644.
Hood said, “Everything
isn’t being said, nor are all the
effects of this decision being
presented. Only time will tell.”
“It is never mentioned that
'his 37-year-old was turned
down by ten other medical
schools, including his alma
mater, before he applied to the
University of California at
Davis.” indicated the Rev. Fred
D. Taylor, director of chapters
and affiliates of the Southern
Christian Leadership Con
ference.
“Bakke represents the
men'ality of this country,”
Taylor said.
"However, his is a case of
whe'her or no' hn-d'h care is a
righ' or a privilege in this
coun'ry,” sam Associate
Dean of Morehouse Medical
School.
“Who can deliver needed
health care to those in un-
sani'ary areas?” asks Dr.
Stephen Morpolias. 1' has been
s'a'isticallv proven 'hat whi'es
who graduate from medical
school do no 1 go back to un-
sani'ary areas, usually areas
wi'h a large concentration of
minori'ies and poor whites.
However, minority students do
in fact go back to these com
munities to provide the needed
health care.
“If you’re talking about
health care as a right, then the
only way that you will get the
doc'ors is to provide more
posi’ion for minorities in
medical schools.
“By increasing the
posi'ions, you increase the size
in medical schools, says
Morgolias. “you’re not
denying, but increasing the
class.”
Well, wait no more....Our
own Clark College WCLK radio
station will be airing the
premiere of “Down Here On
the Ground,” a dramatic series
for radio development. “Down
Here On The Ground” will be
aired beginning November 1 at
9:15 and will be heard every
Tuesday and Thursday.
Written and Produce by 26-
year-old Gary Flanigan, a
Leavenporth, Kansas native and
a graduate of the University of
Kansas, “Down Here On The
Ground,” takes a look at Black
family relationships.
Its theme concerns the
vanities of life. Those vanities
which transcend race, class and
color. “Down Here On The
Ground” offers an impression of
differing lifestyles, specifically
the Black lifestyle. It attempts to
project an image or impression
of Black family relationships
and add a uniqueness to the
realities of the everyday roles
Blacks play.
“Affirmative Action
Programs are nec ary at this
time as a restitution or partial
payment for the injustices that
blacks have suffered,” said the
Rev. Taylor.
“Progress through
pressure” and resistance” are
the answer,” said Dr. George R.
Garrison, professor, philosophy
department of Spelman College.
“If we maintain the status
quo, we will only loose ground.
Rallies are needed to make the
Justices ever mindful of our
view on the Bakke ruling,” Joy
said.
The Supreme Court will
reach a decision by January
1978.
Other panelists included
Jane! Brammer of Atlanta
Student Coalition Against
Racism, Laughlin McDonald,
director of Southern Region of
•he American Civil Liberties
Union and Sabrina Freeney,
moderator and Spelman
representative of ASCAR.
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N.B.S.A On
The Move
By Larry Simpson
There is an organization
loca'ed in A'lanta that is at-
'emp'ing to deal with the
problems of Black education.
The National Black
S'udents Association (N.B.S.A.)
and the Southern Regional
Coordinating committee is
laying out plans and programs
for the upcoming year.
The organization intends to
draw students from throughout
the nation to participate in
laying out the plans.
N.B.S.A. was formed at a
National Black Student
Solidarity Conference held at
Tubs University in Feb. 1976.
Over 200 students from over 70
schools attended the con
ference.
The participants agreed
that there was a need for them
to initiate the building of a,
national black student’s
organization.
The N.B.S.A.’s purpose are
to:
■“establish a strong line of
communications between black
s'udents across the country.
■“establish better com
munications and a better
working relationship between
black students and the rest of
the community
♦organize Black students
across the country to participate
in serious and concrete
programs and issues that will
bring Blafcks closer to liberation.
For more information about
N.B.S.A. and the Congress
contact Kojo Owusu P.O. Box
92001, Atlanta, Ga. 30314 or call
940, (404) 758-8469.
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Ms. Doris MacLittle
By Benita McShan
Everyone has problems but
some people have more serious
problems than others.
The Atlanta University
Center (AUC Corporation has
established two health care
facilities to help students to deal
with some of their mental and
physical difficulties. They are
'he Student Crisis Center
located at 360 Westview Drive
in a trailer adjacent to the AUC
parking lot, and the Family
Planning Program located in
Mac Vicar Infirmary on
Spelman’s campus.
The Crisis Center offers
free psycho-therapy and
counseling to the students of the
AUC and their families. It is
open year-round and has one
psychiatrist on staff.
“Many of the students
coming here don’t have serious
problems but wan! to improve
their life situations,” said Ms.
Annette Church, psychiatric
social worker and director of the
Crisis Center. “Most of the
s'udents using our service come
with personal problems ad
justing to social and academic
pressures.”
The Center open from
nine for five for consultations,
evaluations, couple and marital
counseling, chemotherapy, and
group therapy if requested.
“Some students feel un
comfortable coming to a mental
health center,” said Church.
“But here, we stress the health
part of mental health. No im
plication of mental illness
should be attached to everyone
who seeks counseling.”
Students’s records are kept
in complete confidentiality and
no information about a student
is released without a written
authorization from the student.
“Unless a student is
referred to us by a faculty
member or administrator, there
would be no reason for them to
know about the student’s
'herapy unless here were ex
periencing a nervous break
down. In that case we would
have to be in touch with the
school and the student’s
parents.” said Church.
The second AUC health
care facility, the Family
Planning Program is more
concerned with educating
people to deal with their
psycho-sexual development and
maintaining their health.
The center offers
educational, counseling,
medical, and clinical services on
a regular basis. Courses in
formal rap sessions and lectures
are offered through the program
and Spelman College.
Last year there were more
'han 1,300 patient visits to the
program. Approximately 48% of
’he patients using the services
were from Spelman, 23% were
from Clark, 12% were from
Atlanta University and 12%
were from Morris Brown.
“Most of the patients
coming here are concerned
about their health and con
traception,” said Ms. Doris
Maclittle, director of the
program. “We consider the
clinical part of what we do as a
backup for our educational and
counseling services.”
The program offers
hematocrit, urinalysis and sickle
cell trait testing lab tests as well
as gynecological services. There
are 12 staff members and one
full time nurse practitioner.
Clinic and Counseling hours can
be obtained by calling 688-
2087.
%2aii^B£giStration_Soais
Clark College must level off
its student enrollment at 2,000.
according to Paul L. Brown,
Dean of Faculty and Instruction.
The dean said that he could not
project in what year Clark would
reach that number.
Dean Brown said that this
figure reflects the fact that
Clark’s Vivian W. Henderson
Health Center has added more
classroom facilities and that the
Clark College" Courts have
added more living facilities to
the college.
Projections for total
enrollments in previous years
have been between 100 and
200 under . the actual
enrollments for those years. The
cabinet had projected a tot l
enrollment of 1500 for. th.
present academic year.
However, the Registrar’s office
placed Qark’s present total
enrollment at 1,760.
Dean Brown indicated that
with the added momentum that
the junior college movement has
obtained Clark may be ac
cepting more transfer students
than it now accepts. “We can
accommodate tranfers students
without new faculty, but more
freshmen require more new
faculty,” the dean explained.