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The Panther
April 11, 1980
Street Vendor Harassed By Police;
Business Remains Fruitful
BY BEVERLY A. QUARLES
Panther Staff Writer
“If there is such a thing as the
American dream I have found
it.” That’s the feeling of the
Atlanta University Center’s
(AUC) popular street vendor,
affectionately known by most
students as Fred. (Fareed Abu
Haqqi Jihad)
Fred, has been a street vendor
in the AUC for five years. He says,
that working for himself and
providing service for the others,
particularly the AUC, is the best
livelihood he could have.
“I have had many good jobs
before, but this is the best one
yet, says Fred. “I work for myself
and it prevents me from having a
welfare mentality, thinking I can
get something for nothing.”
Fred says, what inspired him to
become a vendor was seeing a
Muslim selling pastries.
“I thought it would be good to
give more of a variety and supply
the pure necessities as well,” he
explained.
“The first day of business I sold
out of sodas and students began
to request certain items and I
soon had regular customers.”
Fred continues, “It is important
to be consistent, reliable and
gain good rapport with cus
tomers.”
Even though business has
been good for Fred, he recently
encountered police harassment.
Fred says, he was told that he
could no longer sell goods from
the back of his truck. After a few
complaints from college ad
ministrators to enforce a
technical law, very similar to the
one that prohibits people from
expectorating on the sidewalk.
Fred was told that he must sell
his merchandise from the front
ofthetruck. He contends, he was
undaunted by police
harassment, and continued
business as usual.
“It really could have hurt
business too; people like to see
certain things before buying. My
partner and I got together and
turned the negative law into a
positive one. We simply, put the
goods that people needed tosee
in the front of the truck,” he
contends.
Fred says, he really enjoys
working in theAUC. Itisjustlike
being in a library. You meet so
many people and everybody has
their own distinct character.”
“Not going to college and be
ing around a college has been a
good experience. I enjoy wat
ching young freshman, boys and
girls develop into fine young
ladies and men,” said Fred.
Fred continues, the main fac
tors that have assisted in the
enhancement of his business, is
the AUC student body and ad
ministrators. And he says, “All
praise is due to Allah.”
“I don’t know how long I will
be here, but thanks to AUC
things are great,” he said.
“It’s just like being in a library ...
You meet so many people and everybody
has their own distinct character.”
-Fareed Abu Haggi Jihad
Ross And White Finish First;
Debate Team Takes Second
BY JOAN SMITH
Panther Staff Writer
While most of the students and
faculty at Clark College were en
joying their Spring break,Clark's
debate team traveled to the
Texas Southern Tournament in
Houston (March 6-8) to compete
in debate competition.
The debate team consists of
the following members: Harold
Blake, Junior; Lorenza Butler,
Junior; Cheryl Delco, Freshman;
Sheila Harris, Sophomore; Lydia
Pearman, Sophomore; Clyde
Robertson, Junior; Monty Ross,
Senior; Derek Spa rd ley,
Freshman; Jerome Walker,
Junior; and Yolanda White,
Freshman.
Out of thirteen schools, in
cluding Howard University,
Clark placed second
Individual awards are as
follows: Monty Ross received 1st
place for Poetry interpretation,
2nd place for Prose, and 2nd
place for Storytelling. Yolanda
White received a 1st place award
for Prose interpretation and 2nd
for Poetry interpretation. Also
placing was Cheryl Delco. She
received 3rd place for After
Dinner Speaking. Clyde
Robertson was a Finalist for Im
promptu Speaking and Lorenza
Butler was a Finalist for Oratory.
Harold Blake was a Finalist in
Oratory and Poetry
interpretation.
Debate Teams included
Cheryl Delco and Derek
Spradley who placed 3rd. Other
participants included: Sheila
Harris, Jerome Walker, and Lydia
Pearman.
Forensic head coaches are
Sherry Collier - Debate; Victoria
Sulton - Oratory; Joan Lewis,
Carol Mitchell - Oral
interpretation; and Amaryliss M.
Hawk, Director of Forensics.
Jihad (Fred) has been a street vendor in the AUC for the past five
years. (Photo by Tyraun Patterson)
SDX Initiates 24 Students
BY BENJAMIN S. LUMPKIN
Panther Feature Editor
An outstanding fraternity
known throughout the country
was recently chartered at Clark
College. It will not hold smokers,
will not have any interest clubs
and will definitely not step in the
Greek show, or anywhere else.
It will be a great stepping stone
for many Atlanta University
Center journalists who will one
day become professionals in the
field of journalism.
At 8:40 p.m., March 15, The
Society of Professional
Journalists, Sigma Delta (SPJ -
SDX) initiated 24 students and 2
instructors into its fraternity.
Soon afterwhich the official
charter was presented to Clark's
SPJ - SDX President Adele
Newson making Clark College
the 168th compus chapter and
the fourth chapter chartered on
a black college campus of the
prestigious journalism fraternity.
The initiation ceremony,
which took place at the Admiral
Benbow Inn on Spring Stree, had
SPJ - SDX National President -
Elect, Howard Graves as
initiation officer. He is Bureau
Chief of the Associated Press, in
Portland, Ore.
Graves was also the guest
speaker and his topic for the
evening was “The Press and the
First Amendment.”
Left: Freshman Yolanda White portrays Miss Jane Pittman as she
orates for special guests at Wentworth Bowen’s reception.
FPhoto by Dennis Burns)
One of the many professional
journalist in attendance was
Warren K. Agee, co-writer of
“Introduction To Mass Com
munications,” the text used at
Clark.
The new SPJ - SDX members
had nothing but warm thoughts
after being initiated and could
only look ahead to a bright
future for the newly chartered
organization.
“I am very proud to be a
charter member of this
organization, and beingasenior,
I plan to help start this
organization on a firm foun
dation,” said Judith Williams.
Some members saw it as a
reflection of Clark’s progressive
Mass Communications
' Department.
"I think it is a continuation of
the Mass communications
program at Clark,” said Keith
Harriston, “It proves that the
Mass Cojmunicationsprogram at
Clark can only go forward.”
The new fraternity had been
the Atlanta University Center
Press Club since last November
under advisors William Ransom,
Osker Spicer and James Mcjun-
kins. Spicer and Mcjunkins were
initiated into the fraternity as
professional members and ad
visors of the Clark College
Chapter. Ransom was already a
professional member for some
time. SPJ SDX has 183 profes
sional chapters with one in
Atlanta.
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