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Clark Atlanta University Panther
March 5, 1992
CAU School of Business
Hill Addresses Students
By Ja Nina Milligan
Contributing Writer
In the fall of 1992, Clark Atlanta
University School ofBusiness students
will have access to a $10,000 Place
ment Office Scheduling Tool system
(POST), to assists them in scheduling
interviews for job placement.
The money for the system was a gift
from the Oscar Meyer Corporation.
The purpose of the project is to
replace paper files with the modem
technology of personal computers
and provide Masters of Business
Administration (MBA) students with
easier access to companies .
“This will definitely enhance the
efficiency in receiving internships,
and getting faster knowledge of job
placements,” said Sylvia Bennett,
an MBA student.
Each of the 175 students in the
program will be placed on a bid-
system and will be given 1,000 non-
transferrable points each year.
Before MBA students will be al
lowed to operate the system, they
will be required to attend a work
shop which explains the system
and how it operates.
The workshop will be formulated
this summer, and will be conducted
in the fall.
The students will enter their name,
social security number, GPA, and
desired position, then bid points for
an interview. If one student bids
higher than another for a particular
company, then the higher bidder
will receive the interview.
Once an interview has been given,
the points for the bid are deducted
from the starting amount.
“This will make students be more
judicious in biding points, when the
points run out no more interviews
that year,” said Brent Johnson, Di
rector of Recruitment, Admissions
and Placement. “We did this to make
sure interviews were distributed
equally, this requires MBA students
to maintain responsibility, and oper
ate on a professional level.”
Interviews will be held in the School
of Business Administration Career
Library for the first screening process.
Any conferences there after will be held
at the particular company.
CAU’s School ofBusiness has the
first historical African-American
MBA program to be accredited by
the American Assembly of Colle
giate Schools of Business.
Their history reveals that more than
80 percent of all MBA students are
placed in permanent job positions.
This number is expected to rise after
this system is off the ground.
According to Johnson, students
interested in POST that are not in
the MBA program, can go to any
Kinko’s in the city because they
have a similar system, and its free
and open to the public.
“I feel this is a very good program,
and as a predominantly African-
American University this will bring
us up to par with other competitive
schools,” said Johnson.
By Dionne Lang
Contributing Writer
Law professor Anita Hill encour
aged Atlanta University Center
students on Feb. 20 to be pre
pared to face the challenges before
them.
“Achievement involves struggle
on a daily basis, “Hill said in a
speech in Sister’s Chapel on the
Spelman College campus. “Use
knowledge and experience to es
tablish authority.”
"We must raise our voice
and protest. To be silent
is betrayal."
Although she did not directly
address the Senate confirmation
hearings in which she charged she
had been sexually harassed by
Justice Clarence Thomas, Hill al
luded to the hearings while in
forming students of the impor
tance of standing up for what they
believe in.
“I am comfortable in thinking
that I’m pushing in the right direc
tion,” Hill said.
Hill reminded students of the
many obstacles their African-
American ancestors have faced,
and encouraged the students to
By Jamal I. Coleman
Contributing Writer
The $45 million state-of-the-art
science and technology facility at
Clark Atlanta University was to “re
shape the nation’s research capac
ity,” according to university Presi
dent Dr. Thomas Cole.
However, the Research and Edu
cation for Science and Technology
Center has faced several setbacks.
The science building was sched
uled to be completed by the fall of
1990, according to Dr. Kofi Bota,
Vice-President for Research and
Sponsored Programs. The first de
lay came in September 1990 when
a fire engulfed the roof of the almost
completed building and caused
$60,000 in damage. At the time, he
claimed the fire would only cause a
one month delay at the most.
The progress of the center was on
schedule and funds that had been
allocated by the federal government
were coming in as promised. Sev
eral programs had been established
including the Center forTheoretical
Studies of Physical Systems funded
by a $5 million National Science
Foundation award. This project
and many others like it were to be
housed in the new facility.
External completion of the build
ing was virtually completed at the
end of the 91' school year.
be as successful as their predeces
sors were in overcoming such bar
riers.
She told students to remember
that they are not the first to be faced
with the many hardships brought
about through discrimination.
“We must raise our voice and
protest. To be silent is betrayal,’’
Hill said.
Hill advised students to look jo
their history for inspiration. She
cited such examples as Frederick
Douglass and Mary Prince and
quoted liberally from their work.
She urged students to be com
passionate to and speak out for the
community. “No one will speak out
for us but ourselves,” Hill said.
Many of the guests leaving the
crowded chapel said they were very
disappointed with Hill’s speech.
“I expected Anita Hill to tell of her
experiences with sexual harass
ment, not to give a motivational
speech,” said ClarkAtlanta Univer
sity student Kim Johnson.
Hill’s speech was sponsored by
the Spelman college Student Gov
ernment Association. She referred
to the Spelman student body as
"the younger sisters she never had.”
Hill was given a warm introduc
tion by Spelman President
Johnnetta B. Cole who described
her as “one of the rarest of all Ameri
cans — a black woman of whom
everyone has an opinion.”
Returning students had hoped to
see the heralded science building in
full operation by the beginning of
the 92’ school year. Sophomore
Natasha Shubrick said, “I came back
to school hoping to take some
classes there; instead all I saw was
a nice looking, empty building.”
Business as usual was the reac
tion to the incomplete structure by
CAU senior Dwan Pete. “I just won
dered if CAU had gone over its head
and run out of money exposing
itself to ridicule,” said Morehouse
senior Devoncie Adams.
A university official said that de
lays in funding caused the school to
fall into this predicament. The fed
eral government pledged the major
ity of the funds needed to complete
the $45 million dollar project but in
the final stages the money stopped
abruptly.
School officials are not giving rea
sons on why the money is not avail
able but they have stated that the
funds are already allocated but have
not reached the university.
Dr. Bota informed media rela
tions that the research center will
be completed in the late fall of 1992.
When the building opens, research
will be focused in the areas of
energy,materials,biotechnology,
health and environment and en
ergy science.
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