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Page 4 The Panther September 19,1980 EDITORIAL COMMENT... The First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people... Class of ’84 Prepare and Succeed! The editors and staff of the Clark College Pan ther welcome the Class of 1984 to a new and hopefully rewarding educational experience. Having chosen a black institution of higher learning, you will be exposed to the heritage, culture and comraderiethat is characteristic of a black college environment. However, you also face the task of preventing the death of black colleges at the hands of those who advocate that black colleges are inferior and unnecessary. Clark will prepare you for this task as well as others like it which you will unfortunately find are great in number. In order for Clark to prepare you for any and all tasks that will affect you, you must first com mit yourself to serious study habits that will in sure excellent academic preparation once you are graduated from this institution. In addition, you should involve yourself in various campus and community activities which will broaden your understanding of the people and the world around you. Finally, socialize and make friends for you will find that the friendships you develop during your college years usually last for the rest of your life. No man is an island and he can accomplish no major task alone. Always remember each time you walk into a classroom at Clark that you are standing on the shoulders of millions of black people who have gone before you to make it possible for you to study at this and other institutions of higher learning. The road to success has been laid for you through yea rs of blood, sweat and tears and all you have to do now is travel that road. Good luck and Godspeed! MICHAEL S. BAILEY Associate Editor AWARD WINNING NEWSPAPER GCPA GEORGIA COLLEGE PRESS ASSOCIATION OwW United Feature Syndicate • 200 Park Ave. • New York, N.Y. 10017• (212) 557-2333 «•> Jiit, ^JLoaJu The PANTHER is published twice monthly by the students at Clark College. Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor.... Copy Editor News Editor Feature Editor Entertainment Editor Sports Editor Photography Editor. Business Manager .. Faculty Advisors Veverly Y. Byrd ... Michael S. Bailey Lori F. Ford Angela C. Esannason Deborah D. Franklin .... Sherry D. Jones Al Reid Jerome Gwinn Dennis Abrams .... Denise Johnson Osker Spicer All articles, poetry, photographs and other contributions to the newspaper may be dropped off at our offices in Thayer Hall. Address all correspondence to: PANTHER Newspaper, Box 154, Clark College, Atlanta, Ga. 30314. AUC Security Misplaced Priorities? BY LAVERNE SUTTON Panther Staff Reporter One tends to wonder sometimes about the Atlanta University Center Security when ticketing parking violators has priority to catching rapists and robbers. Last year we were faced with numerous problems concerning security. Rapes, attempted rapes, robberies, and assaults constituted these problems. It was not safe on campus nor in the dormitories. Anyone off the streets who chose to stroll the campus . . . did. This summer I had the un pleasant experience of being chased by an assailant with a gun. After notifying the A.U.C. Security, approximately 10 to 15 minutes later a security officer decided to show up. However, he was without his gun. He then had to go over to Morris Brown College to get it and come back. This obnoxious incident is only one of many. Hopefully, there will be a decrease in traumatic occurrences. It is evident that with the new faces on the security force this year it has expanded. I sincerely hope it is to give the students, staff, and faculty more security instead of more parking tickets.