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Page 4 Clark Atlanta University Panther October 9, 1991 VOICES CBrJbCbCBtftObfJbCbfJDCbCGCGCDCbfCi CD CD CD CD CD £ ***. THE PANTHER Staff Members Sheryl Kennedy Editor-in-Chief Tonya Latimer News Editor William Blackburn Editorial Page Editor Veronica Fields Entertainment Editor Anthony George Sports Editor Kesha Moorefield Copy Editor KeenanThomas Graphic Designer Ann Wead Kimbrough Advisor 4* GENERAL INFORMATION The Panther is an official student publication of Clark Atlanta University. No items published in the Panther may be reproduced or used in any form without the written permission of the Editor and Advisor. The ideas expressed on the editorial page are the opinions of the individual authors and do not reflect the ideas of the university or Panther staff. The Panther's mailing address is Panther Newspaper, Clark Atlanta University, James P. Brawley Drive at Fair Street, S.W. , P.O. Box 329, Atlanta, Georgia 30314 or call 880-8647 for inquiries. The Panther office is located in the Mass Media Arts Building. Meetings are held every Tuesday at noon in room 120 in the Mass Media Arts Building. CIRCULATION The Panther is distributed free of charge bi-weekly on Wednesdays. Copies of the Panther can be found at the entrance of each campus building. ADVERTISING The deadline for reserving advertising space and submitting advertising copy is Friday at 3 p.m. prior to the publication date. Advertisements or requests for a rate chart should be mailed to The Panther Newspaper, Clark Atlanta University, James P. Brawley Drive at Fair Street, S.W., P. O. Box 329, Atlanta, Georgia, 30314. The Panther reserves the right to accept or reject any advertisements. The acceptance of an advertisement does not imply endorsement of the advertiser, product or service. By policy. The Panther does not accept any advertisements soliciting the use of alcohol or tobacco products. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the editor are encouraged. Letters should be 200 words or less, typed and doubled spaced. All submitted letters must include the author's full name, signature and affiliation with the university in order to appear in the Panther. The deadline for all letters is Friday of each week by 5 p.m. Letters will run according to the date received and amount of available space. The Panther reserves the right to edit for clarity, length, grammar and libelous material. All submissions, once received, become the property of The Panther. Mail letters to The Panther Newspaper, Clark Atlanta University, James P. Brawley Drive at Fair Street, S.W., P.O. Box 329, Atlanta, Georgia 30314. ANNOUNCEMENTS As a service to chartered Clark Atlanta University campus organizations, the Panther will run announcements for upcoming organizational events. The deadline for all announcements is the Friday before publication by 5 p.m. Announcements will appear in the Panther in the order they were received. Organizations not listed on the official list of chartered university organizations can still use the Panther to announce events, but will have to purchase advertisement space and meet the advertisement deadline. The Panther reserves the right to edit for clarity, length, grammar and reject announcements that we deem inappropriate. THINK ABOUT IT. . . "One of the most significant steps a Negro can take is the short step to the voting booth." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader 1960 rr:r,r:r 1 e,r,r 1 rrir,r 1 r.r 1 riririRrifiriri fi.r? ra ri r» rfr? ra nrinnnriririririririririririnnririririririririn .nnnrinnriT-i Hon T» 6£T A Ke/U-WmD <Jo* AFTER COLLEGE Ffi/Ajr ur a resume at K/W^o‘5. pur a EAltai Sof-pep. 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As though the theme from ’Shaft’ followed their every footstep. Walking around the campus as though they control you, me and every other student on the grounds. They're so tough when it comes to dealing with students but couldn’t stop an intruder even if he surrendered to them. Obviously, there is a communication problem between students, security and the administration. Because I know that the administration would never give security the O.K. to shoot at a student. At least I hope not. If any security guard cannot protect the campus and himself from a student without drawing his or her gun then he or she needs to find employment elsewhere. If we as students cannot feel safe within the own compounds of our campus then something is definitely wrong. True enough, some students can be rowdy at times but is death a suitable punishment? I don't think so. I'm sure no parent wants to get a phone call saying that their child was gunned down by a trigger happy campus security guard. And I'm sure that the administration doesn't want to make that phone call. Everywhere I turn nowadays I see a police car with the name of a AUC institution drawn on its side. I even saw one car down on Northside Drive. Now what that security guard was doing down there I don't know but I hope no student on that campus was in any danger. For some reason I believe that the AUC security guards don't really know the rules and limitations of their duties and until they do incidents like the one at the Morehouse Stadium won't be a rarity. It's been said that a 'Nig _ _ with a badge is Black peoples worse enemy' but maybe a 'Nig without a badge is even worse.'