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Clark Atlanta University Panther
April 10,1992
New Departmental Changes for the Future eo„,„„ t a P . g ,,
ing psychiatry to the biology de
partment. He is unsure how the
department will alleviate this prob
lem but he hopes to see more Afri
can-American psychiatrist regard
less of the department they are
products of.
Lee also stated that the faculty
will be enlarged to establish a better
student-teacher rapport. The num
ber of students is not expected to
increase considerably. Instead, the
department plans to attract better
quality students by securing more
scholarship funds and improving
student advisement.
By creating a larger faculty and
better resources, chairman Wil
liam Boone said that the political
science department will increase
its student enrollment and faculty
from seven full-time instructors to
15.
In addition, the department will
offer a sub-field. Middle Eastern
studies.
Dr. Boone believes that one of the
best ways for the department to
offer better advisement to its stu
dents is to allow the students to get
involved with their major depart
ments their freshman year instead
of their sophomore year. By doing
this, the department can offer in
troductory courses and advisement
to help them in immediately decid
ing if they have chosen a suitable
major.
Dean Edward D. Irons of the
School of Business Administration
plans to begin a curriculum in en
trepreneurship, sports and enter
tainment management and ulti
mately communications and eth
ics. He pointed out that African-
Americans are rapidly excelling in
sports and entertainment and need
to be trained to mange their own
and each other’s financial resources.
A specifically designed course for
entrepreneurship will be the first of
its kind in the Atlanta University
Center.
The department has approxi
mately 650 undergraduate and 175
graduate students. Dr. Irons would
like to see the graduate degree pro
gram expand to 400 and the under
graduate program remain constant.
"Unfortunately, the business
school suffered some reverses dur
ing the financial crisis of the overall
university. However, not only is the
school in a turn-around mode but
also has a strategic plan designed
to propel it to ‘world class’ quality
by the year 2000,” Irons explained.
Also, the department plans to
develop a “student-centered” cul
ture among the faculty and staff
and a state-of-the-art career coun
seling placement, and recruitment
program. He stated, “We are cur
rently starting one that will have
career information computerized,
totally accessible by modem to any
student from the student lab. “
New Police Chief
continued from page 1.
Sears-Collins Speaks at
Morris Brown College
Academy.
In 1989 a promotion advanced
her career to the position of assis
tant academy director with the rank
of captain.
While serving as a special agent
with the Georgia Peace Qfficer Stan
dards and Training Council, she
was responsible for conducting
fegulatory investigations.
She earned her bachelor of sci
ence degree in Criminal Justice at
Georgia State University, and she
is presently working on a masters
degree in public administration at
GSU.
“Being black and a female I’ve
found that you have to work twice
as hard to prove that you can do
the job that the men do, Scott said.
“I’ve always gone with the frame of
mind that I am here to do a job and
I don’t expect anything to be given
to me. I’ve worked hard for every
thing that I have accomplished.”
As chief-of-police at the univer
sity, Scott will oversee a new force
of 26 full-time, certified police and
public safety officers.
According to Scott, by the fall of
1992, CAU will no longer have
Simms Security officers. They will
be replaced with trained, certified
officers who are capable of han
dling all situations and are autho
rized to make arrests.
All officers must be at least 21
years of age, be a high school
graduate with no felony convictions,
and complete basic mandate train
ing.
Before the new officers are hired
they will be required to complete a
six-week program that will train
them in the areas of fire arms, de
fense tactics, burglaries and rob
beries.
“Our objective is to get qualified,
competent people who are capable
of working with the students in a
professional maimer, Scott said.
“The purpose is to make this place
safe in order for students to feel
comfortable and learn.”
She believes that the officers have
to respect the students if they
expect the students to respect them.
“In addition to securing the cam
pus, the task force will patrol the
Atlanta University Center and it’s
surrounding areas, not just going
through once or twice a night, but
continuously,” said Scott.
By Sonia R. White
Staff Writer
At the Third Annual Women’s
Week Convocation Dinner spon
sored by Morris Brown College
(MBC) on March 26, Justice Leah J.
Sears-Collins insisted ‘“Ain’t I a
woman too?”
Although Justice Sears-Collins is
the first black woman appointed to
the state Supreme Court in Geor
gia, one of the first in the nation,
and one of the youngest high court
justices, she emphasized the fact
that she is still a woman.
“Focus on Women ’92: Health,
Careers, Personal Development,
Spirituality and Beauty,” was the
theme of MBC’s women’s week cel
ebration. Judge Sears-Collins of
fered encouraging words about what
it means to be a woman with a
career without sacrificing one’s
womanhood.
She said that most of her new
colleagues don’t have to worry if
they took the roast out of the freezer
or remembered to attend a school
function for their child.
“I’m constantly being scrutinized
and I always need to be aware of it.
It’s a burden, a burden we all have
to bear. ” referring to an article about
her moving her office furniture.
She said that it’s interesting be
ing on the highest state board. She
said there isn’t a women’s bath
room in the chambers but, prom
ised her peers she would lock the
door. She was also asked to get
coffee, but dismissed that request
by reemphasizing that was not in
her job description.
Justice Sears-Collins describes
herself as being a legal scholar and
hard worker. As for being accepted
by her peers, she said that some of
.the lawyers are celebrating her ar
rival because she brings a different
perspective of a new generation.
On the other hand, some of the
older men can not accept her pres
ence and think the job is too diffi
cult for her.
Even though she has new respon
sibilities and a bigger image to man
age, Justice Sears-Collins insists
that her conscious will be her driv
ing force and her image second.
She commented that it’s lonely
being the only female and she would
like to feel more comfortable in her
position. “Sometimes I think of
giving up but, I know this has to be
done,” said Justice Sears-Collins.
She mentioned that most of our
black men are not in jail and there
needs to be better education of
young people.
“We look to other people to make
things nice for us," she said. "We
just can’t sit around waiting for the
day to come for things to change.
It’s disheartening to see some of the
same faces week after week.”
As for bringing a different per
spective to the legal system, Justice
Sears-Collins said, “The different
nuances that are brought to the
court depends upon how you use
your perspectives to change the
law.”
One remedy for the rehabilitation
of the legal system as prescribed by
Judge Sears-Collins is to start with
the children and offer more
headstart programs. She said she
agonized over the few resources
available to rehabilitate people.
The 1980 Emory University School
of Law graduate feels that her big
gest challenge now is not allowing
her colleagues to treat her any dif
ferent because she is a woman.
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5PANTHER
The Panther Is
looking for staff
writers to report
news stories, sports
stories and
entertainment
stories. Interested
students should come
to the
Panther meeting
April 14, 12p.m. The
meeting
will be held fn room
120, the
Communication
Arts Building.