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Clark Atlanta University Panther
January 22, 1992
PERSPECTIVES
THE PANTHER
Staff Members
Veronica Fields
Editor-In-Chief
LaKesha Gage
News Editor
Jayme Bradford
Editorial Page Editor
Chandra Thomas
Lifestyles Editor
Lewis Pryor
Sports Editor
Kesha Moorefield
Copy Editor
Ann Wead Kimbrough
Advisor
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Panther is an independent student publication
that serves 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 eveiy Tuesday at noon in room 120
in the Mass Media Arts Building.
CIRCULATION
The Panther is distributed free of charge 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 Thursday 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 and
advertisements. The acceptance of an advertisement does not
imply endorsement of the advertiser, product or service.
By policy, The Panther does no 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 Thursday noon. 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.
Dream Dead ?
Is King s
By Jayme L. Bradford
Editorial Page Editor
Sometimes I truly wonder if Dr.
Martin Luther King would be pleased
if he were to come back on his
birthday and see the progress his
people have made. Would he be
proud of the African American
leaders in the forefront or would he
ask us whether or not they are the
best our community has to oiler?
I would be ashamed to show our
peaceful soldier representation like
General Colin Powell, who led the
country into battle against his own
people, Justice Clarence Thomas,
better known as “Uncle Thomas”
and former Mayor Marion Berry,
accused of raising pure hell under
the table. Is the dream that Dr.
King gave his life for still alive or
are we all just pretending?
Although I hate to say it, I be
lieve that most African Americans
are pretending to believe in the
dream because we are not taking
advantage of rights that Dr. King
and so many of our forefathers
fought so hard for.
Some of you might be wonder
ing why I feel this way. Well, if we
were still committed to the dream
we would not be selling drugs so
carefree and constantly killing one
another. In fact, there would be
more of us making the most of our
education since we now, thanks to
him, have the freedom of choice to
attend any school we want.
In addition, I also believe that
King Holiday is becoming too com-
mercialized. Don't get me wrong,
national recognition of an outstand
ing African American civil rights leader
is a good accomplishment, however
we should not wait until his holiday to
remember the good works he did for
ou r people and th e benefits we are still
receiving today.
Although it is good to have
parades, marches and concerts in
his memory, he never struckme as
a commercial man. Many people
are turning King Week into a big
social event and forgetting the
purpose of the holiday.
Futhermore, has anyone bothered
to announce how the profits are
going to be used to benefit the
African American community? I
always thought that Dr. King was
more of a non-profit person.
Nevertheless, the only way to
really keep the dream alive is to
make sure that you are taking
advantage of the opportunities
accessible no matter how limited.
This is a great way
to spend the summer
but it doesn’t look
very impressive
onyour resume.
At Allstate, summer interns get
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work on real projects in offices all
over the country.
So if you re interested in audit
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science, human resources, finance,
law, marketing, graphics, under
writing, advertising, or other relat
ed areas, send your resume to the
Internship Coordinator, Allstate
Insurance Company Allstate Plaza,
(!1C, Northbrook, 11,60062.
Of course, you'll still have time
to perfect your power serve. It's just
that you'll also finish the summer
with skills that people may actually
pay you for.
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