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THE PANTHER
October 12, 1979
Christmas Brings
Marta West Line
BY BRENDA GATES
Panther Reporter
All aboard! MARTA opens
its newWest Lineto the public
Christmas day. The quick,
convenient, blue, gold and
orange rapid car will be serv
ing greater west side Atlanta.
The most convenient station
to the Atlanta University
Center (AUC) is the Vine City
Station located on Northside
Drive, one block north of
Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
The location is minutes away
from Clark College and just a
few steps away from Morris
Brown College.
Officially, MARTA’S rail
system opened its East Line
June 30 of this year. Annie B.
Freeman, supervisor of the
East Line said that since the
opening, the trains have been
running on schedule.
The East and West Line
stations will be open from 5:13
a.m.until 12:29 a.m. weekdays.
This gives students of the AUC
plenty of time to attend the
many events scheduled on
campus.
To our further convenience,
the trains will be in operation
on Saturday from 5:25 a.m. to
12:29 a.m. And what really
makes matters easier is that
the trains will be operating
every 15 minutes,.
TheWest Linewill extend as
far as Hightower Rd. Forthose
students, as well as faculty, liv
ing around the Campbellton
Rd. area, the Hightower
Station could be of great as
sistance.
There will be feeder buses
coming into the stations from
the surrounding areas. The
names of the feeder buses have
not been released as yet.
However, the names of the
feeder buses into the East Line
stations have been released
and will go into effect Oct. 13 of
this year.
Information concerning
schedule changes and new
routes may be obtained in the
rail stations, on Marta buses,
at the supervisor booths and
for patrons along theEast Line
door - to - door.
The West Line will even
tually extend as far as Perry
Homes Apartments located in
Northwest Atlanta. The
construction has not been com
pleted due to the priority given
to the North and South Lines
construction.
Freeman said, “the North
and South Lines are more im
portant because that’s where
all the traffic is.
Before the one cent sales tax
increase MARTA asked for the
Perry Homes citizens were
promised the line would be
completed before the North -
South Line Presently, Mayor
Maynard Jackson is looking
into the case.
For protection, MARTA has
24 hour police security. Since
the opening of the rail system
MARTA has hired its own
police security. Since the open
ing of the rail system MARTA
has hired its own police force
full of very well trained and
experienced policemen. For
our security, in each station
there will be cameras and
security guards posted.
There will be one setback
concerning the rail system as
opposed to the buses. Early
mornings and afternoons
students may ride the bus for
15<P whereas the rail car is 25<t.
But for the thrift and speedy
service it is well worth 25<f to
get to class on time and still
have a few extra minutes to
sleep.
Furthermore, you don’t have
to get off downtown to transfer
in the cold. If you should have
to transfer you will be inside.
For Atlanta University
Center students, the MARTA
West Line rail system will be
right up our alley.
New Campus Fraternity
BY LAVERNE SUTTON
Panther Reporter
Iota Beta Sigma has es
tablished a chapter on cam
pus. The chapter’s name is
CHI LAMBDA KAPPA
ZETA.
This honorary fraternity’s
main purposes are to bring
broadcasting students closer
together, to provide their
necessities and J,o establish
closer relationships between
the students and broadcasting
professionals.
Iota Beta Sigma is for broad
casting students with a high
scholastic ability. Excellence
in academics leads to
excellence in the broadcasting
field.
CHI LAMBDA KAPPA
ZETA is growing enormously
since the chapter has been es
tablished. The advisor is Mr.
Jim Williams. The officers are
Michael Williams, President;
Michelle Barton, Vice
President; Michelle Madison,
Secretary; Trellis Zachery,
Treasurer; Gregory Nash,
Parliamentarian; and Judy
Manuel, Historian.
Iota Beta Sigma encourages
broadcasting students to con
sider joining. Student
participation will help to
enhance the group and to show
the importance of excellence in
academics and the broad
casting fields.
West Lake Station which is part of the West Line.
Cigarette Consumption Decreases
For the first time in 10 years,
total cigarette consumption
dropped during the fiscal year
1979, according to the Georgia
Lung Association (GLA) and
Christmas Seal people.
In reference to figures recen
tly released by the tobacco in
dustry, GLA Managing Direc
tor, Flay W. Sellers, noted a
decrease of nearly 172 million
packs taxed from July 1978
through June 1979, compared
to that of the previous year.
Actual figures, from a
regular report of the Tobacco
Tax Council, were 28,-
771,428,000 for 1978-79, and
2,942,208,000 for 1977-78.
Sellers said the decline, that
coupled with federal reports of
the lowest per capita cigarette
consumption in 20 years, could
reflect concern for health
signaled by mass devotion to
diet, jogging, and even
rollerskating.
Also, Sellers said that he
hoped the new figures would
serve as a warning to tobacco
spokesmen that rising sales
figures no longer can be used to
obscure mounting concern
about the cigarette’s share in
disease, death, and health
costs.
By accusing anti-smoking
BY LILLIE M. LEWIS
Panther Editor
advocates of trying to “build
walls” between smokers and
nonsmokers, tobacco interests
are attempting to combat a
‘ dramatic change in the
nation’s smoking habits. Even
indisputable evidence in
dicated that prolonged smok
ing kills.
Only 33 percent of American
adults now smoke cigarettes,
compared to 42 percent in 1964.
The drop has been even greater
for men from 51 to 38 percent.
HIGHTOWER—from p.l
Hightower, who said he
“campaigned very hard,”
suggested he was able to cap
ture his victory because he
questioned residents about is
sues they would like to see ad
dressed.
“I got out in the community
and raised questions,”
Hightower said. “I also en
couraged a large voter
turnout.”
Hightower said he lives in a
predominantly black
neighborhood, and added he
now has the opportunity to
“strengthen the community.”
Hightower said this year’s
election turnout “was tremen
dous.”
When asked whether his age
will present a problem in deal
ing with issues due to a lack of
experience, Hightower calmly
stated, ‘‘Certainly not. Age has
no factor, although this is a
learning experience for me.”
“I feel I have the drive and
the motivation to do the job,”
Hightower continued. “My age
is definitely an asset.”
A member of both
Friendship Baptist Church,
and Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity Inc., Hightower
said his undergraduate work
at Clark College “assisted me
in preparing for my political
venture.”
Additional evidence showed
that the rate at which
teenagers are cajoled into the
cigarette habiLis beginning to
decline.
Sellers said that persuading
young children to avoid the
cigarette habit is a major
priority of the GLA, and a
special educational campaign
is planned in October and
November to warn parents
and children of the dangers of
smoking.
Asked what advise he would
give to students interested in
pursuing a career in politics,
Hightower said, “Develop an
immediate goal, something
within reach, and something
you can really work at, and
then drive to that effect.”
RUMOR HAS IT. ,.
One of the campus’ student
leaders, initial Y.T. is plan
ning to run for SGA president
next year. There is also talk
about one of the HER perspec
tive competitors will be a
music-master initialed R.T.
Is it true that an apple a day
keeps the doctor away? Well,
what campus beauty has a
room full of apples trying to
keep a said M.D. away from
her. He’s out to get her if it
takes forever. And the apples
are GREEN.
Rumor has it that the Mass
Evacuation Syndrome is alive
and very much in effect. Much
of the evacuation has been
credited to problems with head
of the household.
Some residents of the Courts
are specially secured. There
has been a consistency of Blue
Coat Bandits invading
specific rooms in CCC.