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Vol. XXXII No. 1
SGA Plans
Success
in 4 79’
By Michael H. Cottman
Panther Staff Writer
The Clark College Student
Government Association
(SGA) and SGA President
Floyd Donald (or “Floyd D,” as
he frequently likes to be called)
are off to a resourceful start for
the new academic term.
The SGA is working diligen
tly preparing for upcoming ac
tivities and scheduled events
predominantly geared toward
the enhancement of student
participation, motivation and
student awareness at Clark.
Donald says that being SGA
president is a full time job and
that one of the biggest
problems he faces is keeping
the wheels of progression
turning.
“I find that it’s a helluva
challenge to motivate myself
to motivate others,” Donald
said, “although it’s the entire
student body that makes the
president what he is.”
Donald added that his job
has its share of pitfalls, but it is
his responsibility to the
student body that keeps him
going.
The current SGA second
semester calendar consists of
various activities designed to
elevate student motivation
and interaction.
SGA plans for this semester
include:
— Guest speakers, including
Dick Gregory, Carl Rowan,
Daddy King, Nikki Giovanni,
and others.
— Career Day, high school
students tour Clark.
— Faculty-Staff basketball
game.
— Planned Parenthood
Night.
— United Negro College
Fund Drive.
— Increasing security
measure in Clark College
Courts.
Donald credits his as
sociates for the success of the
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An ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER Institution February 2, 1979
More King Info Inside
Highlights
Of This Issue
Page 2
King Photos
Page 3
Stevie Wonder Concert
Page 8
. Complete basketball team
action photos
Page 3
Black Historv Quiz
Also album and movie reviews.
MARTA Deals
New Card
You can fulfill the ‘dream’ the banner reads at the 50th
birthday celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Here, Secretary of Commerce, Juanita Kreps, dis
cusses making Dr. King brithday a national holiday.
(Photo by Jerome Gwinn)
By A. Lineve Wead
Editor
Students traveling to the
Atlanta University Center via
Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit
Authority (MARTA) will have
a relief coming this March.
MARTA will be giving “riders
more miles for the money with
Transcard.”
According to Dennis
Mollenkemp, manager of
public affairs for MARTA,
students should benefit from
this new Transcard.
This prepaid fare card cos
ting $10 a month will be valid
for unlimited rides beginning
with the month of March. The
Trariscard will go on sale dur
ing the last week of February
1979. The $10 will be a savings
for commuters who normally
travel on the bus more than
twice a day, or more than five
days a week. Ordinarily the
commuter will payl5<f for rid
ing MARTA twice a day.
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Clark Students Who's Who
The 1978-79 edition of Who’s
Who Among Students in
American Universities and
Colleges will carry the names
of 35 students from Clark
College who have been
selected as being among the
country’s most outstanding
campus leaders.
Campus nominating com
mittees and editors of the an
nual directory have included
the names of these students
based on their academic
achievement, service to the
community, leadership in
extracurricular activities and
future potential.
They join an elite group of
students selected from more
than 1,000 institutions of
higher learning in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia and
several foreign nations.
Students named this year
from Clark College are:
Samantha Abner, Gillian
Adderley, Ademola Adeniji,
Mathias Agurd, Franca
Elliott, Shelia Atkinson,
Suleiman Abdul-Azeez,
Valerie Belt, David Byrd,
Patrice Conner, Chandra
Dean, Pequtta Everhart, John
Harper, Leslie K. Fields,
Michael Hightower, Denise
Hightower, Lois Hill, Robin
Johnson, Jose Marrero, Toni
O’Neal, Bertha Perdue, Iris
Pyron, Robbin Quarterman,
Brenda Watkins McClinic,
Josephine Robinson, Alice
Rose, Janet Ross, Sherry Sten-
son, Malcolm Stewart, Clavin
Thomas, Lynn Valentine,
Sharron Vaughn, Alfred
Wyatt, Catherine Edwards,
and Sonya Fluker.
Outstanding students have
been honored in the annual
directory since it was first
published in 1934.
By Denise L. Green
Feature Editor
This year marks the 11th an
nual birthday celebration for
the assasinated Civil Rights
leader, Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., who on January 15
would have been 50 years old.
One of the major events dur
ing the celebration was the
presentation of the MLK
Commemorative Stamp at
Ebenezer Baptist Church on
Saturday.
U.S. Postmaster William
Bolger presented the stamp to
Coretta Scott King and des
cribed the significance of this
second in a series of stamps
recognizing the contributions
of black leaders to the
development of this country.
A portrait of King is illus
trated on the top half of the
new stamp with Civil Rights
marchers displaying placards
in the lower section.
President Jimmy Carter was
present for the Sunday
afternoon ceremony at
Ebenezer to receive the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Non-Violence
Peace Award.
The award, accompanied by
a check for $1,000 was
presented to Carter by King’s
widow, Coretta, and in return
Carter donated the check back
to the MLK Center for Social
Change.
Along with Pressident
Carter and U.S. Postmaster
Bolger, Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy also gave a moving
speech in which he pledged to
“do all I can ... to insure that
legislation for King’s birthday
is enacted in the year of 1979.”
Kennedy not only used the
pulpit at Ebenezer to convey
the ideas of King but to express
the need for full employment,
adoption of the Equal Rights
Amendment, a national health
insurance plan and a represen
tative government for District
of Columbia residents.
Kennedy, a member of the
board of trustees of the MLK
Center for Social Change,
lauded Mrs. King for her “con
tinuing leadership and exam
ple (which) have become one of
the brightest beacons in the
Civil Rights movement and
“Daddy King,” whose
friendship and counsel have
meant so much to him.
Senator Kennedy wasn’t the
only keynote speaker to recall
those accomplishments of the
slain leader. United Nations
Ambassador Andrew Young
also addressed the crowd.
“The life and work ofMartin
Luther King, Jr. brought about
a rearrangement of the social
order in America that is being
felt throughout the world,”
Young said.
In an effort to keep King’s
dream alive, Mrs. King has
devoted her life to his un
finished work.
“There’s no way that I can
be separated from Martin and
the movement. I project him
because I. was very much in
volved with him,” she noted.
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