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January 22, 1992
Clark Atlanta University Panther
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LIFESTYLES
HOW CO YOU
YOUR ROOmmRtE?
By Chandra R. Thomas
Lifestyles Editor
Clark Atlanta University students were recently asked to rate
their roommates in areas ranging from cleanliness to phone usage.
Calvin Briggs, a junior Beckwith resident said his roommate
was a 10. "My roommate is pretty quiet. He respects my space and I
respect his," he said. A Ware resident, who wishes to remain
anonymous, said "My roommate and I are totally two different
personalities. We grew up in two different environments and are more
different than similar. She has a problem with respecting people's
differences. I'd give her a 2 ."
"My roommate and I argue about everything; from late
company to loud music. Once he left the door open, left to eat and
someone stole my money and the candy that I sell. I was lucky, they
could have lifted my $800 stereo system,” said Brawley resident,
Clarence Williamson. Mass Communications major and Merner Hall
resident, Carmel Miller said she and her roommate have
disagreements but never anything serious. "We just get our point across
and make up quickly."
Freshman, Rondre’ Summerville, said he and his roommate
argued mostly about personal property. 'We have argued about not
turning the answering machine on, borrowing without permission,
and room temperature.” Williamson said the telephone was the source
of conflicts because he believes his roommate spends too much time on
it- from sun up to sun down. AWare resident said "We argue about her
disrespect for my feelings."
Latosha Singleton, of Merner Hall, said her roommate is "really
clean." One student felt that the adjective "poor" adequately described
his roommate cleanliness. "He doesn't clean up after himself at all! He
leaves chicken bones on his desk. He washes clothes only once a
month and throws socks, underwear, and everything else into the
closet. If he had diapers he'd throw them in too," the disgruntled
student said. However, a vast majority of those interviewed considered
their roommates to be clean.
One Merner Hall resident, who wished not to give her name,
said her roommate is bossy. "I thought I left my mother at home."
Summerville, of Brawley said, "I feel as though we get along and
tolerate each other. After all, we have to work with what we have."
A Ware resident said, "My roommate lacks common courtesy
because she talks and laughs loudly when on the phone, regardless of
what time it is. When her mother calls she refuses to leave a message
and hangs up in my face. Also, when I'm out she never Lakes my
messages." Lewis Pryor, of the Courts said, "We never have phone
problems, we're all 15 minute talkers. We just use the phone when
necessary." Williamson described his phone problems as "very bad."
"My roommate makes long distance calls and charges them to people in
the phone book. Then, he gets up at 2:00 a.m. and prank calls people
pretending to make love."
"One of my roommates argues in her sleep, one stares a lot, and
one is extremely quiet," said Miller in regards to any bizarre behavior
exhibited by her roommates. Williamson said his roommate get’s up in
the middle of the night and slams the door, then beats his brush on the
door until he wakes everyone up."
When students were asked had they shared any memorable
incidents. Miller responded, "Yes, I'll never forget the time we had gone
to Underground and got this guy's phone number by pretending that I
was deaf and they were my interpreters." Pryor said, "One night we got
one of my roommates drunK and had to watch over him all night as he
acted crazy. We had a good time." Summervile recalled, "One time a
giant grasshopper got into the room and we chased it all day until
finally it jumped out of our 4th floor window."
The majority of those interviewed said that they refrained from
sharing clothes and had little or no rules for their rooms. Most
students also felt as though their roommates respected their property.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jan. 10-Feb.l6, the Horizon Theatre Company will be
celebrating Black History Month with a love story, "FULL MOON"
highlighting Black-White relationships in the 1930's. For ticket info,
call 584-7450.
The Alliance Theatre, thanks to Artistic Director Kenny Leon,
will present August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning play "The Piano
Lesson.” The play focuses on a Black family in Pittsburgh in the 1930’s.
At the center of the play is a piano carved by characters Berniece and
Boy Willie's grandfather to commemorate his wife and son, who were
traded to another slave owner for the piano. The production will run
January 13 - February 15. For ticket info, call 892-2414.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will sponsor an Opening Night
Fund-raiser in honor of their Soror Zora Neale Hurston, when
Jomandi Productions premieres "Spunk" on Feb. 7-March 1 at the 14th
Street Playhouse. "Spunk" adapts Hurston's short stories to the stage
and captures the spirit and culture of African-Americans from the 20's
through the 40's, from the rural South to Harlem. Proceeds will
support scholarships for deserving young ladies. Call 873-1099 for
info.
The seventh season of the Georgia Shakespeare Festival will
open June 12 and continue through Aug. 16 with three new productions
in rotating repertory ; "The Tempest," "Love's Labour," and "Hamlet," on
the campus of Oglethorpe University. Call 233-1717 for more info.
The Theatre, Television, and Feature Development Company,
Eagle Comm., is preparing to package groups of television programs
and features for funding. Opportunities will be available for qualified
writers to work on treatments, scripts or rewrites. Interested writers
should send a resume and/or a treatment and completed script to Eagle
Communications, Castle Monotone Ltd., 413 Sinclair Ave., Atlanta,
Ga., 30307, Attn. Script Dept.
The High Museum of Art, located at 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Atlanta, GA, 30309, will be featuring several exhibitions to celebrate
Black History Month in February. The exhibits will include an
installation of drawings and paintings by Bill Taylor, Romare
Bearden's "Memory and Metaphor" art exhibit and a host of decorative
arts crafted by African Americans. For more information call the
museum at 892-9578.
A photography exhibition entitled, "Vine City in Transition
1988-1991," will be displayed in the main floor gallery of the Central
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, One Margaret Mitchell Square,
downtown, Jan. 6-31. The exhibit, photographed by Phillip Mosier,
eatures photographs depicting Vine City during the development
stages of the new Georgia Dome. The exhibit is free and open to the
public. For more information, call 730-1745.
Photography
Cinematography
January 27th - 31st
1 1:00 - 6:00 Daily
Communication Arts Building
Workshops are open to all students, no previous skills are
required. Workshops are free and credited. Enrollment is
limited. For more information and sign-up, contact:
Dr. Eichelberger or Mr. M c Junkins @ 880-8304