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The Panther
November 3, 1978
At the faculty and staff gong show during homecoming
week activities, many persons were given a chance to
show their acting, singing, and other abilities, yet, many
came out losers. (Photo by Jerome Gwinn)
News Briefs
New Voice On
Campus
Bv Denise L. Green
PANTHER Feature Editor
Early December is the
designated month in which the
first issue of Southern Cam
pus, a black college-oriented
magazine will appear.
The Mass Communications
Program at Clark College will
assist in the first issues’
publishing.
Southern Campus, is a
magazine created out of a need
to better inform black college
students, educators and the
general black community.
James D. McJunkins,
instructor of journalism at
Clark is one of the persons res
ponsible for the creation of this
magazine.
Because this magazine is the
result of much hard work on
the part of the Com
munications department,
many students will contribute
to its content.
McJunkins has estimated
that the first issue will
circulate to more than 50,000
readers.
This publication will be dis
tributed throughout various
Atlanta businesses, several
southern black colleges and to
all free of charge.
Clark is an institution es
tablished by the Methodist
Church and its com
munications program was
selected as the center for mass
communications out of nine
other southern black colleges.
It has not yet been
determined how often the
college magazine will be dis
tributed, but the key to its
success depends on the
amount of advertising ob
tained.
If you are interested in what
the first issue will contain,
here are some of the suggested
stories:
—The Wiz Comes to Atlanta
—Drugs on Campus
—The Men Behind the Atlanta
University Center
—Morehouse College’s New
Medical School
The communications
department is anticipating
great responses from all its
readers, and hopes that
students and educators will
help in the selling of ads.
Jazz is perferred
Bv Judith Williams
PANTHER Reporter
Whatever happened to the
music category “Soul?” Six
years ago the music that black
college age people were “into”
was known as Soul. This was
during the reign of Gladys
Knight and the Pips, the
Temptations, James Brown,
A1 Green and many other
groups and singers that came
under the label “Soul”. But
now around many black
college campuses in the
nation, this has changed. The
musical interest now is in jazz
and disco, a mellower sound in
comparison to the sometimes
harsh sounds of soul.
Why the change? One Clark
student commented, “I don’t
know. I just like it because it’s
smoothe. I like to listen
sometimes rather than dance
and jazz, especially, lets me
just sit back and relax and
disco music just makes dan
cing a bit more fun and
creative.”
Another student says, “I’ve
always gotten into jazz.
There’s just a lot of other
people getting into it now
because the quality of jazz has
been changed in order to cater
to those who at our time didn’t
like jazz.”
Some students said that they
really didn’t like jazz before
coming to Clark but it “grew
on them.”
When asked why he liked
disco, one student replied, “It
gives me a chance to get more
use from the treble knob on my
stereo.”
“Soul music, it’s been a long
time since I’ve heard that
expression. No, I guess I’m not
really listening to that any
more.
Many students agree, jazz
and disco has changed the
listening taste of many college
students. And whether you like
it because of its mellow sound'
or because it makes dancing
creative, jazz and disco has
swept Clark College and other
black college campuses across
the nation as well and it seems
as though it’s here for a while.
Owens Says u Make
Your Talent
Profitable”
By Kathy Moore
PANTHER Staff Writer
“Blacks in music should
understand not only the artis
tic value of music but the
business aspect of music as
well,” said a noted jazz
trumpeter in Davage
Auditorium on Clark’s campus
Thursday, Oct. 26.
Jimmy Owens, in a lecture
on the topic, “The Business
End of the Music World: How
To Make Your Talent
Profitable” to students
interested in music as a profes
sion said that “there is a
tremendous amount of
business involved in the music
industry.
Blacks planning to go into
the music profession should
understand also how the
record industry will affect
them as an artist, he said.
Owens said to become an
artist in the record industry
you should get to know record
promoters in the area and
other people in the recording
industry in order to sell
yourself Have a tape on hand
of your work when you go to
meet these people. You may
have to travel from place to
place in order to sell yourself.
He also stated that the most
important quality in a
musician is not only the
knowledge of his instrument
but the knowledge of music as
well.
According to Owens a
musician must be able to play
and read music put in front of
him for the first time. A
musician should also keep in
mind while playing the music
that the first time is for life.
Musicians must also keep in
mind that you will not have a
second and a third time to play
it better.
“Self-determination, know
ing what you want to do, self-
preservation, and knowing to
go about doing what you want
to do is the key to many
successful musicians,” Owens
said.
Jimmy Owens, was born
and reared in Bronx, New
York. He began studying the
trumpet at an early age and
studied at the High School of
Music and Performing Arts.
Later, he received his master’s
degree in education at the
University of Massachusetts.
Owens has worked with many
musicians such as Count
Basie, Lionel Hampton, Duke
Ellington, and Herbie Mann.
He has written and performed
some of his work with classical
orchestras in the United States
and Europe. He has received
much recognition around the
world and has produced over
75 jazz recordings.
The officers and advisors
of Phi Beta Lambda, Mu Iota
Chapter, Clark College,
attended an officers training
conference on Saturday, Oct.
20, in Macon, Ga.
1 he Clark College Honors
Program with the support of
the SGA and the Political
Science Club sponsored a
“Meet the Candidates” forum
on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. in Davage
Auditorium. The candidates
that were present were those
running for governor,
lieutenant governor, U.S.
House of Representatives,
State Senate. State House of
Representatives; U.S. Senate,
and city commissioners.
Mr. William B. JonesAm-
bassador to Haiti, was the
guest lecturer at Morehouse
College on Tuesday, Oct. 31.
Jones briefly spoke on the his
tory of Haiti and his res
ponsibilities as a career
diplomat.
South African journalist,
Joe Molefi, visited Clark
College’s radio station, WCLK
and spoke to a reporting class
on Monday, Oct. 31. Molefi is
visiting several cities in the
U.S. to observe the efforts of
small radio stations and
newspapers. Molefi’s trip is be
ing financed by the U. S. State
Dept, and by the African
American Institute.
Mrs. Vivian T. Perry,
faculty member of the Clinical
Dietetics Program recently
attended the Congressional
Black Caucus Annual
Legislative Workshop Session
on Health in Washington, D.C.
She participated in a
Workshop on health and
presented comments on pen
ding legislation concerned
with the issues of health and
health services.
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In honor of Dr. Janies P. Brawley, the 17th president of
Clark, students, faculty, and alumni joined in a tribute to
him recently. As part of the H omecoming Activities, S ibby
Thompson, presents Dr. Brawley and his wife with a
portrait completed by Ken Hodges.