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Clark Atlanta University Panther
September 24,1992
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Limited on-campus parking
causes problems for CAU
By Dawn L. Gr
Community, university and gov- sites, illness <
ernmental representatives from Scurry said. “There's no cure for
across the Southeast exchanged the sicknesses caused by these tox-
ideas that will impact environmen- ins either. Black children exposed
Atlanta University sponsored con
ference Monday, Sept. 14.
The two-day conference on “Envi
ronmental Equity” co-sponsored by
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), was organized to de
termine whether the government
exercises racism when selecting the
locations of hazardous waste sites.
“There is no disputing the evi
dence suggesting that most toxic
waste sites end up in black commu
nities." said Nat Scurry, visiting
senior executive from the EPA, “
The government has shown no
incentive toward cleaning up
these communities.”
On the day of the conference,
the National Law Journal re
leased results of an eight month
study that supports Scurry’s
statement. It also concluded
Dr. William Boone, chairman of
the CAU Political Science depart
ment shares the concern of the
community. “The EPA has not taken
notice of this phenomena,” he said.
“It appears to be more concerned
with the white community and is
neglecting the people who are reals
at risk.”
Boone said the companies using
these communities for their dump
ing grounds feel their judgements
are based on good business sense.
“The fact that the property value in
these areas is low and they’re near
highways makes them seem ideal
places for garbage dumps. What
they ignore is that the reasons the
people live in these areas are based
tal policy nationwide during a Clark to these toxins are unable to learn.
Basically the people expect the gov
ernment to look on this more seri
ously than they have in the past.”
that laws against polluters are
more strictly enforced in white
communities than in minority
communities.
“One purpose of the confer
ence was to give the community
a chance to tell the government
whether or not they felt it was
doing its job,” Scurry said. “The
basic consensus was that it
wasn’t.”
Scurry also said that the people
were amazed at the fact that the
government would knowingly
allow these hazardous waste sites
on racist policies.”
Another purpose of the confer
ence was to make the public more
aware of its power in addressing the
issue. “These properties are zoned
to allow landfills,” Scurry said. “The
people find out about it too late. We
want community leaders to take a
proactive role verses a reactive role
in keeping these dumps out of their
neighborhoods.”
In the Sept. 15, issue of the At
lanta Journal Constitution writer
Scott Bronstein, wrote that the con
ference was a “shouting match”.
Shelby Dungee
Staff Writer
As the hustle and bustle of a new
semester begins at Clark Atlanta
University, the students face an
other year of predictable parking
problems.
“It’s ridiculous,” said Tareion
Flucker, a commuter student who
resides in Decatur. “ You have to
drive around for 10 minutes to find
a spot.” Flucker, who takes some of
her classes in the Mass Media Arts
building, sometimes has the option
of parking in the library’s parking
lot. However, other students are
not as lucky.
“I can normally find a spot near
campus, but it takes me awhile and
I can’t move my car all day,” said
Avice Carroll, another commuter
student who finds the parking situ
ation around the campus taxing.
“The student lot is really too small.
People park outside of the spaces
and end up blocking you in and you
have to be a really skilled driver just
to get off of the lot without hitting
someone’s car,” said Carroll.
Since the student lot and the
surronding streets can be found
full at any time of the day, some
students park in the John Hope
Homes parking lot. This practice is
frowned upon by many of the John
Hope residents. Towanda Jenks, a
John Hope Homes resident, believes
if the police began to ticket stu
dents the problem would cease.
Students get call waiting and locater service
By LaKesha Gage
Editor-In-Chief
Click Click....Wait a minute I
think that’s my phone. Wait, it
couldn’t be. Click click, What is
that? Hold on.
ClarkAtlanta University students
were greeted with call waiting when
they returned for the 1992-93 aca
demic year and used their phones.
According to Phyllis McCrary tele
communications director, every on-
campus student should now have
the call waiting feature.
Freshman Sonya Simms said, “I
really appreciate the service because
oftentimes your roommate will be
on the phone when somebody is
trying to get in touch with you—
whether it is important or not—it is
just much better with call waiting.”
This is the first semester that
students have been offered the ser
vice and positive reports have been
reported to the telecommunications
office.
“When we installed the phones
on campus we knew that with two
and three students in a room a
problem would occur with the
phones,” said McCrary . “The uni
versity took advantage of the call
waiting feature offered by Southern
Bell.”
“I’m glad to see that CAU is
moving up to meeting the student
needs,” said sophomore Brian Bra
dley.
Call waiting is the first of many
features that CAU is looking into
for the students according to
McCrary. “We’re thinking about
adding voice mailboxes. They
would be available for students
to purchase, but it would be one
mailbox per room.”
In addition to the new tele
phone feature, CAU now has a
student locater service. If some
one is trying to reach a student
and they do not have their phone
number the locater service will look
up the number of the student and
transfer the call. Phone numbers
will not be given out, this service is
for emergency purposes only.
Dormitory IBM computer rooms
are also coming to CAU said Ms.
Rhonda Robinson, director of resi
dence life. The computers will have
wordperfect and Lotus programs,
on them .
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SEPT. 25, 1992
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Clark Atlanta University's very own homeless students
Franchella Slater
Staff Writer
Many students returned for school
this year only to find that there was
no housing available to accomodate
them.
The Director of Residence Life,
Rhonda Robinson, said approxi
mately 300 Clark Atlanta Univer
sity students were unable to obtain
on-campus housing. The Univer
sity is only able to accomodate up
to 1600 students.
Samuel Baldwin, associate direc
tor of Institutional Research
and Planning said the student popu
lation has increased by 10 percent.
Robinson also said its becoming
more difficult to accomodate every
one because of the increase.
Therefore.the housing policy is “first
come, first served" to those who pay
their deposit by the deadline.
All freshmen females are placed
either in Holmes, Memer, Kresge,
Pfeiffer or Ware. Male freshmen
are all placed in the only male dor
mitory, Brawley Hall. Transfer stu
dents and upperclassmen have a
choice between E.L. Simon Courts
or Bumstead Hall. In addition, the
graduates live in Beckwith Hall, a
newly constructed facility for gradu
ate students.
During the spring 1992 semester,
the housing department notified
students that a deposit of $600 was
due by July 1. However Robinson
said many students failed to follow
housing requirements.
“I definitely paid my housing de
posit by the deadline. However, since
my arrival I have been given the
run-around. Now I am told I may
not have the housing I paid for until
mid-semester,” said senior Mali
Dowdell.
According to Robinson, all stu
dents who paid the $600 housing
deposit by the deadline were given
housing accommodations.
“I am frustrated because of being
inconvienced” said junior Terina
Meekins.