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Malice Worth The Hype. CAU Beat P3 THE Clark Atlanta University Look For The Homecomig 93 Issue October 25. Volume I No. 6 Atlanta, GA October 18, 1993/FREE News Briefs Qjrptedfcy Khandra DSad-Kobreon News Assistant SOUTH CAROLINA: Hazing charges were dropped against two Citadel sophomores accused of beating two freshmen. The state’s new anti-hazing law applies only to hazing that occurs during initi ation into a campus group. LOUISIANA: Civil charges claiming that David Duke had accept ed money from anony mous donors during his 1991 campaign for gov ernor were dismissed Wednesday. Judge William Brown said he did not think the former Ku Klux Klan member had knowingly violated the law. NEW YORK: MTV spokeswoman Carole Rttinsm announced that there will be no refer ences to fire in future episodes of “Beavis and Butt-head” after two blazes were set by chil dren who investigators believe were influenced by the cartoon. PHILADELPHIA* The Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves to become the 1993 National League Champions. SWEDEN:Karv Mullis, a Georgia Tech graduate, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for chemistry for dis covering how to mass produce DNA and reprogram the genetic code. He shares the $825,000 award with a University of British Columbia graduate. CAU Professor, Simama Lagging In Polls eveals Arrington Lead Staff Photo CAU Professor, Jabari Simama. According to a recent poll, two thirds of Atlanta voters do not know who he is. Recent By Chandra R. Thomas Features Editor Atlanta City Council presi dential candidate Jabari Simama, is lagging in the polls an Atlanta Journal- Constitution and WSB-TV poll reveals. According to an article featured in the Atlanta Journal -Constitution, Simama’s opponent, incum bent Council President, Marvin Arrington, leads the race with 56 percent of the vote. The poll showed that if the election had been held in late September, Simama would have collected 14 per cent of the vote. The poll, conducted September 25-27, included 638 likely voters with a mar gin error of plus or minus four percentage points. Simama, a Mass Media Arts professor at Clark Atlanta University, was expected to appeal to Atlanta’s intellectual and Poll R cultural elitists. However, this support has not material ized. Twenty percent of college graduates have a favorable opinion of Simama, only slightly higher than the 12 percent favorability rating of voters who have not com pleted college. He received positive ratings from 17 per cent of those in households with annual income of more than $35,000. According to the poll, two- thirds of all Atlanta voters don’t know who Simama is. About 70 percent of likely voters said they don’t know enough about Simama. Among those who do, black women tended to have a more favorable impression of him. Simama has been accused of waging a negative cam paign against his opponent, accusing him of using his elected position to draw business to his highly-suc- cessful law firm-what Simam referred to as “the Marvin Tax” In a September article fea tured in Creative Loafing last month, Simama was quoted as saying “...Marvin Arrington is a self-serve politician—he knows how to serve himself, and he’s being doing it for 24 years.” Young Urges Students To Work For Opportunities By Khcnda Wad Robhson News Assistant Andrew Young, former Atlanta Mayor, was guest speaker at the Opening Convocation ceremonies held on Tuesday October 12 in the Vivian Wilson Henderson Gymnasium. Young spoke of the reli gious, educational, and political struggles that African-Americans have had to endure, describing them as “expressions of our faith”. Among those mentioned was the Civil Rights Movement which, Young reminded the audience, was partially led by col lege students. “You do not have to wait until you leave here to give leadership,” he said. “We have got to move forward, there’s no such thing as standing still.” In the past, blacks were trained to serve, Young said. , “I never heard the word entrepreneur while I was in college,” he said. His previously served as a United States Congressman and Ambassador to the United Nations. Young said he could not think of a better place in Atlanta to build a founda tion than here at CAU. “What we’re offering you in the educational opportunities of this uni versity is to have it all,” said the former Mayor. “We make sure your gen der and color do not inter fere with your educational opportunities,” he said. However, Young said students must also make personal contributions to their futures. “While you are given certain basic rights, you have to work to fulfill your opportunities.” ‘ Communication: Changes and Challenges 4 WSB-TV Anchorman, Sailor To Appear At Clark Atlanta's Communications Arts Festival By Brenda J. Wright Guest Writer The second annual Clark Atlanta University Communication Arts Festival is slated for Tuesday, October 19, in the Mass Media Arts Center. There will be workshops, exhibits, and media professionals focusing on the theme “Communication: Changes and Challenges.” W. Ron Sailor, president and chief execu tive officer of WIGO-Radio, will be the keynote speaker at the noon general session. A former television news anchorman and commentator at WSB-TV (channell 2). Sailor has also worked with WXIA- TV(channell 11) and with Atlanta radio sta tions and newspapers. Sailor is the owner of WIGO (1340 AM) and the West Georgia Tribune newspaper and the publisher of the Southwest News & Shoppers Guide. Other professionals participating in the activities, 8 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., will include Doris G. Hines. WATL-FOX 36: Erine Holsendolph and James Mallory, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution', James Heath and Sidmel Estes-Sumpter, WAGA-TV; Portia Scott, the Atlanta Daily World', Ivory Dorsey, Golden Eagle Business Services; Deborah Strahorn and Tony Phillips, WCLK-(91.9 FM) Radio; Felicia Church, WAOK-WVEE (103.3 FM)-Radio; Ron Hamilton, Street Heat magazine; and Darryl Hollins, Atlanta Creative Marketing consul tant. Workshops begin at 8 a.m. and will con tinue throughout the day. The activities will culminate with the CAU-TV taping of Frontline, where the mayoral candidates will be interviewed before a studio audience.