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The Panther
Successful Poet Returns
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Topic of Journalism Dav
‘Minorities In
Communications 5
March 2, 1979
Jazzy’s Review
4 2 - Hot’
Is Too Hot
By Stanley Egerson
Panther Staff Writer
The latest Peaches & Herb
music is entitled 2-Hot (PD
0798) and it is just that, too hot.
The Peaches & Herb vocal
combination, plus the produc
tion skills of Freddie Peren
have pushed this album as
high as seventh on the Impact
music chart.
An exciting disco flare, a
smooth tingling jazz sound
and a very serious love song
presentation are all captured
on this album. These three
styles of music are enough to
make any album have wide
appeal; but the talent involved
here makes 2-Hot a sure buy.
“Shake Your Groove Thing,”
“The Star of my Life,” “Love it
up tonight” and the delectable
“Reunited” are the very best of
this album, although the four
remaining cuts are liable to
grow on you in Peaches & Herb
style.
The monster funkster is out
again. George Duke’s brand,
spanking new vinyl has been
labeled “Follow the Rainbow”
(JE 35701).
In his quest for that illusive
rainbow Duke brings you
music “Straight From the
Heart.” Before the morning
when thoughts are clear and
everything is hut mere poten
tial, a wonderful natural
phenomenon occurs. The
beauty of a new day is flung
into the sky, and “Sunrise” is.
“I have looked within myself
to see what I could see ...” and
I have ascertained that “I am
for Real” (May the Funk be
With You).
During the day, when this
mystical world comes alive,
the funksters are just “Funkin’
for the Thrill,” until twilight
approaches and it is time to
“Party Down.”
Love is played all day and
pretty melodies called
“Corine” keep everybody hap
py, and then, in ubiquity, the
words are whispered “Say that
you Will.”
“Ivove me until, we see the
sun bring us a new day . . .”
And in a cycle of complexity
“Sunrise” Approaches again.
Pinkie Lane is one of many
artists - in - residence at
Spelman.
By Rozell Clark
Panther Reporter
Being a successful published
poet is enough to fill many
hours a day, and the
Chairperson of an English
Department, Editor-in-Chief of
a literary magazine, and
mother is a remarkable feat.
Pinkie Gordan Lane has ac
complished this and much
more.
Ms. Lane was at Spelman
College recently as a poet - in -
residence. She is the first of
several writers who will
appear at the college workshop
this year. The workshop is
designed to stimulate creative
writing among students.
“I write poems in free verse. I
don’t restrict myself to sonnets
like I did when I first began
writing poetry in 1960. I feel
freer now,” she said.
The best description of her
writing and her personality
can be found in one of her
works where she describes her
transition from Northern city
life to a quieter life in the
Louisiana bayous.
“I have come obliquely
from the North where the
snows
cover the fields of New Jersey
and the brown stones of
Pennsylvania
Now lingering in the
backwaters
of Louisiana bayous
I am a ghose, spirit, woman
exploring the mirrors of my
mind
prisms of light caught in the
undertow.
Pinkie is the Chairman of
the English Department at
Southern University in Baton
Rouge. She also teaches two
classes, one in creative
writing. “Writing is a craft
that one develops. It just
doesn’t jump into the head. It
is practiced and perfected,
then the imagination takes
over.”
I asked the ’49 Spelman
alumnae, if Spelman had an
influence on her writing, and
she said, “I write out of what’s
inside, everything that’s in
side comes from my
experiences in life. Spelman
was a great part of my
experience, so I have to say
that it influenced me in
directly.”
Pinkie made no ado over the
fact that she has been
nominated for a pulitzer prize
for her most recent work
“Mystic Female.” She says “I
am an entry nominee for the
pulitzer, along with 99 other
females for my lyric poetry.”
One of the best works in the
book is a poem about Black
people. Pinkie, however,
doesn’t consider herself a
black poet. “I have no
particular audience in mind
when I write. A black poem is
any poem by a black person, if
I’m black, and have gone
through the black experience,
what other perspective can I
have but a black one.”
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It now seems evident, in this
current wave of health
consciousness, that the theme
was well chosen.
The Communications
Conference had several key ob
jectives. Dr. Lionel C. Barrow,
Dean of the School of Com
munications at Howard
University highlighted the
conference’s primary at
tributes.
“Each year, our conference
gives students the opportunity
to interact with professionals
in the field of com
munications,” says Barrow
with enthusiasm, “personal
contacts is the key to success
Bv Michael S. Bailev
PANTHER Staff Writer
The “Journalism Day” . ac
tivity which was sponsored by
the Columbia University
School of Journalism recently
and the Atlanta
Constitution consisted
mainly of two panels with
Atlanta journalism
personalities and Columbia
representatives discussing
minority involvement in the
media, the advantages of
graduate school, and the im
portance of minority prospec
tive on the news.
The first panel whose
members were Bob Reid, NBC
news moderator, Nellie Dixon,
chairperson of the Atlanta As
sociation of Black Journalists,
Alexis Scott Reeves, Atlanta
Constitution staff writer,
Fergus Bordewich, Columbia
University School of
Journalism Admissions
Coordinator, and with
Atlanta Constitution
managing editor, Ed Sears as
moderator. Discussions in
cluded the lack of minority
participation in the media.
Specifically Bordewich
presented some figures in
dicating that only 4% of all
journalists are minorities, that
two-thirds of all American
dailies have no black writers,
and that there are only four
black managing editors in the
U.S. Also, Bordewich’s statis
tics show that the New York
Times, which claims to be a
staunch supporter of the Af
firmative Action program,
only employs 40 blacks out of
their 690 professionals. In res
ponse to Bordewich’s in
formation, Ms. Reeves stated
that one main reason for the
lack of minorities in the media
is that there are stories which
circulate indicating that there
are few job opportunities in the
media. “Whereas these stories
may be true/’ Reeves stated,
“they do not necessarily apply
to minorities because the two-
thirds of American papers
which lack minority writers
are looking for minorities to
when seeking a career in com
munications.”
Barrow, a graduate of
Morehouse College, says that
whites are not permitting
blacks to excel in the field of
communications, and en
courages young blacks to
pursue all possibilities in com
munications and strive to ob
tain decision making positions
for the betterment of all blacks
in the field.
Guest speakers for the
conference included:
* Max Robinson, ABC News
Correspondent
* Dr. Benjamin Hooks,
National Executive Director
for the NAACP
balance the scales of opinion,
style, and perspective.” On the
same note, Reid stated “We
need more minorities in
television management
positions understanding how
the newsroom works, knowing
what goes on behind the
scenes, and if you are good, the
opportunities are there.”
“Some students are ready to
go to work in the mgdia
immediately after 1 spring
graduations from
undergraduate, but there are
others who have to and should
go to graduate school for
further training” Ms. Dixon,
former assistant professor of
journalism at Clark, stated
during the panel’s discussion
of graduate school. Bordewich
stated that Columbia takes
fewer people with journalism
degrees and is more ap* *t to
political science, economics,
foreign languages degrees.
“Grades do not really count in
determining admission so take
the hard courses” Bordewich
urged. “The second panel
which consisted of Bill Ship,
associate editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, Dave Osier,
feature editor of the
Constitution, Bill Ransom,
assistant program director for
Clark’s Mass Com
munications Department,
Maynard Eaton, WXIA-TV
reporter, and Constitution
editorial writer Lee May
moderating, discussed
minority perspective on the
news. Shipp started the dis
cussion by saying that he tries
to avoid the category of news
called minority affairs. Osier
stated in agreement with
Shipp that his one problem
with the feature department is
minority reporting. However,
on the other end of the table.
Ransom stated “There is no
such thing as Black news;
however, news involving
blacks needs a black perspec
tive and not black reporters
telling the story from white
standards. In agreement with
Ransom, Eaton read from a
column by Frances Ward that
said “Black reporters should
not report on black issues and
black leaders under the guise
of what is called objective
reporting.”
* Mai Goode, Coordinator for
the National Black Network
* Marc Henderson, As
sociated Press Secretary for
the White House
* Andre Perry, National
Executive Director for Arista
Records
Mai Goode, who says “the
pen” is the most powerful tool
in communications, stressed
the differences between
journalist, and a ‘black
journalist’.
Music By ‘Jazzy’
1. Narada Michael Walden
2. Peaches & Herb
3. Herbie Hancock
4. Gloria Gaynor
5. Joe Sample
16. Marvin Gaye
7. C’est Chic '
1 8. We Are Family
, 9. George Duke
10. Richard Pryor
Awakening (Atlantic)
2-Hot (Polydor)
Feets Don’t Fail Me No!
(Columbia)
Love Tracks (Polydor)
Carmel (ABC)
Here My Dear (Tamla)
Chic (Atlantic)
Sister Sledge (Cotillion)
Follow the Rainbow (Polydo]
Wanted (Warner Brothers)