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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 Con’t on page 4 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. Cont’ on page 5 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. Con’t on page 5