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March 2, 1979 Vol. XXXI No. 9 An ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER Institution MAC Students Represent Clark at Howard By Michael H. Cottman Panther Staff Writer Communications and Health was the overall theme for this year’s eighth annual Howard University Com munications Conference. The conference, which was held in Washington D.C., shared the attendance from students throughout the nation. A group of nine Clark College students, sponsored by Mass Communications Department head, Dr. Gloria Walker, were chosen to attend the conference as represen tatives from Clark. The conference focused on two major points of interest: * The transmission of in formation on the role of com munications in the black com munity. * The opportunity to form personal linkages with students and professionals in the field of communications from across the nation. The five day conference, predominantly geared toward black students majoring in mass communications, was divided into various daily seminars, in order that students coulcbbe enlightened to all facets of com munications. You may ask, why the theme Communications and Health? Well, professors and profes sional communicators from across the nation concurred that without our health, we wouldn’t have anything. They also stated that young blacks are now mis-using their bodies more than ever, and need to be constantly reminded of the importance of health care. continued on page 3 Founder’s Day ’79 By Jaki Buckley Staff Writer Clark College celebrated its 110th Founders Day Con vocation Tuesday, February 20, at the Vivian W. Henderson Building. Recollecting and rededicat ing the school’s purposes, Dr. Elias Blake, president of the college said, “Founders Day is an occasion when we remind ourselves that what we have should not be taken for granted.” The program began with the processional in which faculty, students and honor students marched in their respective regalia. The keynote speaker for the Convocation was Clark graduate Haskell Ward, ’63. Ward, currently Deputy Mayor of Human Services in New York City, told friends and family of Clark that, “We still have a long way to go in root ing our causes.” He also told students to challenge the exis ting leadership of the nation. Several greetings were made from various organizations. Reverend Walter L. Kim brough, pastor at Cascade Methodist Church, was on hand as representative for the United Methodist Church with which Clark College holds afi filiation. The National Alumni As sociation and Board of Trustees was represented by Mr. Edward L. Simon, ’33, who is also Chairman of the Board. Representing the faculty was Dr. Robert Fishman, Chairman of the Social Science Department, and the student body was represented by Student Government President, Floyd Donald. Immediately following the program, a luncheon was held by President and Mrs. Elias Blake in the Kresge Dining Hall, and a seminar with Ward later in the afternoon. Although the seminar was open to all, only a few attended, including Dr. Blake, Dr. Fishman and several students. By Charles Anderson Staff Writer Blacks must emphasize the importance that the un productive members in this progressing society cannot tolerate their predicaments, said the Deputy Mayor of New York City Tuesday at Clark College’s Vivian W. Henderson gymnasium. Haskell G. Ward, the keynote speaker of Clark’s 110th Founders Day Program, said before a crowd of a thousand that the status of blacks is dependent on three international programs in which he has had experience with. Ward, who graduated in 1963, also talked about his college days here. Ward said that in the late 19,50’s, an education was not available to most young blacks. He added that students in the Atlanta University Center played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement, as did the city of Atlanta. “None of us who were educated in this college and the Civil Rights Movement of this town, will ever forget that particular period of our lives,” Ward said. “Men and women educated here have gone on to a variety of careers and profes sions.” Ward said blacks still have a long way to go in changing the standards of reform — stan dards such as the necessity to feed the hungry people of the world. “Each year, the U.S. government sends over $1 billion in surplus agricultural commodities to the developing nations to feed the hungry people of the world,” Ward said. Ward, who has a master’s degree in African studies from the University of California in Los Angeles, said that his own experience in various African countries has led him to ques tion the effectiveness of these programs. “The Food for Peace Program has acted as disincentives to local produc tion and ultimate self-reliance for Third World Peoples,” Ward said. “In Africa, as elsewhere, we know far too many instances where such food shipments have been ciphened off by local officials to be resold in neighboring countries or in domestic markets.” He said he was not against the $200 billion Peace Corp Program nor the $1 billion Food for Peace Program. However, a former Peace Corp worker himself, Ward expressed concern for the “different standard” applied to the U.S. when the time calls for domestic spending to feed hungry people and put others to work. “There are millions of un productive members who are bitter,” he said. According to Ward, he returned to urban affairs from the state department, at a time when conservatism, budget balancing and cuts in social programs were the cause for Black Americans to fear that all gains made in the past decade would be all but wiped out. “These fears are real,” Ward said. “We were promised major new initiatives in urban policies, comprehensive programs for the poor, reforms in our welfare systems. Instead, we see cutbacks, cost reductions, indecision and in- Inside difference.” Ward stated that he also realizes that standards are be ing applied to programs designed to assist minorities in this country which are quite different from those used to judge other areas of government spending. Ward said, “Washington’s inability or unwillingness to provide needed assistance to New York City will force us to cut back on services; many, if not the majority, which assist the poor. Such cutbacks are disturbing and indefensible and appear to have few, if any, parallels in other major com ponents of the federal budget,” Ward added. Ward told the Clark College family that there is still a lorfg way to go in achieving that perfect world that everyone looks for. “Twenty years ago when I was in school, we were fighting for civil rights for social change, and now it’s said that the students today are looking more for personal gain and achievements, this is false,” he said, “we still have a long way to go in rooting out causes.” Ward told the group that he believes the students today are just as concerned for social jus tice as always. Before concluding, Ward challenged the students to become more aware of Public Policy, especially the political process. “Your goals are more different, more complex, more important,” Ward said. “You should challenge exis ting leadership,” he told the students, Founder’s Day Photos pg. 4 & 5 UNCF pg. 2 plus Record Reviews and Sports