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Vol. XXXII, No. 8 AN ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER INSTITUTION APRIL 11, 1980 BY JOYCE N. CALDWELL Panther Staff Writer Attention everyone, for the Eighth Annual Spring Arts Fes tival is steadily approaching. “There will be something for everyone’s tastes and interests,” said Dr. Florence Robinson, Director of the Music Department and Humanities Division at Clark College. Workshops, jazz forums, and concerts are just some of the ac tivities scheduled during the fes tival for your enjoyment as well as educational experiences. All departments at Clark College have contributed in someway to the completion of this festival. "It will be a very full six weeks. The festival has expanded greatly,” said Dr. Robinson. Its completion was the end of April, but now it lasts through May. Following are the events that will occur at the festival, which is scheduled March 23 through May 4 at Clark College. The Clark College Symphony Band will perform at the vivian Wilson Henderson Gym, 6 p.m. on March 23. A faculty recital is scheduled for March 27, at 6 p.m. Clark College Senior Art Exhibit, is significant to the Art Department, because of the students’ eagerness to share their creative experiences with the Clark College family and 'community. The display will in clude paintings, scu Ipture, crafts, prints, and photographs done by seniors such as Floyd Atkins, Deborah Colling, Ronald Young, and Patricia Jones. View this dis play scheduled for the month of April. WCLK will boost their Sixth Annual Birthday Celebration with a week long celebration of events. Open House (April 7) extends an invitation to the public to come and view the facilities of the Mass Com munications department, in cluding WCLK. For your en joyment, a jazz concert is to be held in behalf of WCLK. Proceeds from this concert will go to the station. A film forum is scheduled to show the relationship between jazz and musicians. That evening, WCLK in conjunction Cable Atlanta To Provide 95 Channels And Involve Community Programming BY SHERRY JONES Panther Entertainment Editor and BENJAMIN LUMPKIN Panther Feature Editor It will be the most com prehensive cable system found anywhere in the world, an alternative to what we are seeing on commercial television, ac cording to John Haynes, one of the five panelists who discussed the topic, “Cable Television in Atlanta: The Possibilities,” March 11 in Room 201 of the McPheetus - Dennis Building at Clark College. Haynes told an audience of ap proximately 60, that the new cable system which will start in about two months, is interested in people using television instead of television using people. The new cable system, to be completed by February 1984,will give Atlanta communities the chance to get involved in com munity programming and public access shows. “Cable Atlanta will provide 95 channels to various homes and institutions," explained Haynes, "Fifty-four channels will be for home subscribers and 41 institutional channels to be used by the police and fire departments, schools, hospitals and the like.” Cable Atlanta will give Atlan tans a broader viewing choice for the same price many systems are charging for 11 to 35 channels. For $8.50 a month, subscribers will have access to 54 channels of full service cable television. Ten channels will be provided for individuals desiring to be on television (with worthwhile mes sages) and those wanting new sources of information and opinions about their com munity. It will include community and public access programming, high school sporting events, opinions from area residents, government and educational channels. All of Atlanta’s television stations will be included in the home subscriber network. In ad dition, there will be three “super stations” from San Francisco, Chicago and New York. Other features will provide instructive, commercial free and violence free children program ming, all news channels, a black entertainment channel, all sports channels, old movie channels, weather and other information. The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) and the Madison Square Garden Sports Network will carry exclusive sports broadcasting at no additional charge. On a da ily basis, ESPN will offer 24 hours of sports. It includes gymnastics, NCAA basketball, swim meets, and yacht racing. The Madison Square Garden Network covers NHL hockey, wrestling, track, NBA basketball, pro boxing, tennis, dog and horse shows. Ted Turner’s brainchild, “Cable News Network, (CNN) scheduled to began broad casting in June, will provide 24 hours of up to date news with featu res, sports, on the spot news - - “everything to inform and give you news while its news, and not history,” according to a video presentation by CNN panelist, Susan Korn . Four channels will provide pay TV service. Included will be current feature films and foreign language programming. Premium seivice will be available to Atlanta cable television subscribers for an ad- Continued on page 12 with the Jazz Forum of Atlanta is conducting a jazz film entitled, “Passing Through,” at Colony Square. Terry Cobb, WCLK Station Manager, is proud to acknowledge WCLK’s First An nual Communications Conference. Five workshops pertaining to news, sales, management, public affairs, and promotions are scheduled dur ing the conference. Professional media people throughout Atlanta will highlight the dis cussions. Clark College’s English Department jointly with Emory University will sponsor the Writer’s Workshop. James Baldwin, writer and social critic, will begin the opening session, which is scheduled March 21. A panel discussion entitled "In sight to the Humanities through Literature,” will take place. Panelists participating are Hoyt Fuller, editor and publisher of New World; Alice Lovelace, creative writer and Bronze Jubilee Awards winner; and shirley Franklin, an arts ad ministrator. Each panelist will discuss writing from his or her point of view. A Creative Competition Ses sion is scheduled during the workshop. This segment of the workshop is open to high school students and college students. This session will include competition in drama of one act plays, short stories, poetry, and essay. Dr. Sylvia Utterback, Religion . instructor, will give a lecture, “Living Poetically,” showing the relationship between life, religion, and art. She will attempt to indicate ways a non-artistic person can live poetically. Continued on page 12 One of several Clark College senior’s artwork being exhibited in the Marquis L. Harris Library. (Photo by Dennis D. Burns) Spring Arts Festival To Be A Pippin of Jazz, Symphony And Song