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Page 9 The Panther September 19, 1980 Women Run The Yard? BY DEBORAH D. FRANKLIN Panther Feature Editor It’s easy to see at Clark College that the female students out number the male students. Ac cording to a preliminary regis tration report completed September9, the total number of students registered was 1985 with 1350 being the number of female students registered and 635men. That is a 2 to 1 ratio or two women for every man. According to a report issued last year by the U .S. Bu reau of the Census, for the first time since World War II, there were more women than men enrolled in the nation’s colleges. In 1979 there were 11.4 million students atten ding college and 5.9 million were women. The enrollment reversal was attributed mainly to an increase of women students aged 35 and over. Women students over 35 out numbered men almost2to1, the same as here as Clark. College enrollment of blacks aged 14 to 34, which doubled between 1969 and 1975, remained nearly steady since. How do Clark College students feel about this 2 to 1 ratio? From the guys point of view Zolie Harris said, "He felt that it’s all right.” James Williams said, "It's great.” Speaking from the women’s point of view comments ranged from "It’s the influence of the housing, there are four women’s dorms and only one male dorm,” and We just need men.” Other females, said it’s just like everywhere else, there just are more black women than there are black men and some even jokingly said the ratio limits husband prospects. Dean Winfred Harris stated that historically there has always been rriore women than men because black families have put more emphasis on educating their daughters and it was the sons' concern to go out and get a job. However, there should be a stronger recruitment effort made for male students.” "Black women have always attended college more," explains Katherine Hughley, ad missions counselor atClark. "For some reason black women are more academically inclined. In high school more emphasis should be put on academic pro jects and less on athletic pro jects.” Some black men concen trate mostly on athletics and forget about academics," Ms. Hughley said. “They are not accepted at colleges that take both performances into ac count.” Clifton Rawles, director of ad missions. says, "Sure it's a problem. We gear our recruitment towards both sexes but it just so happens that we get more women.” “It’s true that historically more black women attend college but there are many reasons why,” he said. “Some men drop out, some get jobs, some go to the armed forces, and some are in jail. What we need to do is tell high school counselors that we need men. If you have any suggestions on how to draw men to Clark College please let us know. Drop your suggestions off by the Ad missions office or the Panther staff in Thayer Hall. Dr. Billa Buckner, Chairman of the English Department is a “lover of teaching.” - Women at Clark outnumber the men 2 to 1. Subsequently, more black women are being educated than black men. English Chairman Feels At Home BY DEBRA BROOKS AND DEBORAH D. FRANKLIN Billa Buckner, the new chairman of the English department is a "lover” of teaching. "I love to help students out anyway I can and to help students compete in the wider world. Students tend to realize they need to be better prepared,” she said. An advocate of higher education, her teaching experience dates back to 1967. During this time, she has taught at predominately black colleges, including Jackson State University and Utica Junior College in Mississippi. Buckner, a graduate of Tugaloo College in Mississippi, received her Masters from Wayne State University in Detroit and obtained her Doc torate degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Before coming to PEANUTS® PIP VOU FINI5H A M^YOUR B00K,5IR?/ NO, MARCIE, IT MAP TOO MANY FOOTNOTES... I MATE FOOTNOTES! ife° 3 4.4 /h *-*• Glamour World Clark College, she spent four years working at the Institute for Services to Education training teachers of English. Joining the Clark College faculty in August, she has already formed a few concrete ideas for the department. For starters, she wants to make the English department a stronger one; cease the idea of it being just a service department and expand the number of English majors. In addition, she hopes to make the English Club more active and visible. Being away from the clas sroom setting for awhile and longing for a different en vironment, her decision to join the Clark College staff was not a difficult one to make. She stated that, "I like smaller schools and the people here have been wonderful to me. Since arriving here, I've been impressed by the cordiality and willingness to assist me in my new surroun dings. 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