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CAU Student shines behind-the- scenes. see CLARK ATLANTAN P6 The Clark Atlanta University ANTHE “We’ll Find A Way Or Make One.” Enter our Holiday Contest and you could walk away with a FREE aift. Volume I • Number 10 Atlanta, Georgia December 6,1993 News in Brief Complied by Tarsha Burton Features Assistant New York: Twelve Brooklyn police officer belonging to the 73RD precinct are under investiga tion for unofficial crack house raids. The twelve offi cer’s would reportedly select a crack house, descend upon it in police cars with guns and rob the occupants, and later divide the money, drugs, and guns amongst them selves. A federal grand jury in New York is hearing these charges. Washington, D.C.: The Brady Handgun Control Bill was signed by President Clinton on Dec. 1, 1993. The bill, which is now a law, will require a five day waiting period before the purchase of a handgun. It was a happy occasion for Jim Brady and wife Sarah who have worked for seven years to get the law passed. Florida: One person was killed, and several injured in an Amtrak train crash. The silver Meteor Passenger train, en route from Tampa, Florida to New York with a 98 pas senger load, hit a tractor-trail er rig south of Kissimmee, Florida. Alaska: An Anchorage, Alaska resident was relaxing in front of the television at a remote Air Force radar sta tion when he spotted an 8 foot tall polar bear peeking in the window. The bear, reportedly, had it’s paws, and nose pressed against the win dow pane. When he tried to shoo it away by swatting a rolled up newspaper at the glass pane the bear ducked and crashed through the 7 foot window above ground. When the man tried to escape the bear attacked mauling the man’s chest, neck, and face before it was shot to death by a co-worker. The man is being held, in serious condi tion, at Anchorage hospital. Bonita Irving, shown here with a cowork er, died November 19 in fatal car crash. AUC Security Guard Dies In Car Accident By Alex Waldron Staff Writer Students in the Atlanta University Center are in mourning over the death of Security Officer, Bonita Louise Irving. Irving, died Nov. 19 at Peachtree Regional Hospital, due to injuries suf fered from a car accident while traveling to work from Nunan, Georgia. According to AUC Chief of Security, Charles R. Rhodes, the accident occured around 8:00 a.m.. An elderly man pulled out in front of Ms. Irving, causing her car to swerve and turn over repeatedly. Rhodes continued to add that the elderly gentlemen claims that he did not see Irving because she did not have her car lights on. Police are currently investi gating the incident. The 26 year old Coweta County native was remembered by colleagues as a bright, hard working and dependable individual who was loved by faculty and students. “Bonita, had a really pleasant attitude,” said Clark Atlanta University student, Adrien Pertilla. “She did her job without being rude or overly bossy,” he said. Pertilla continued, “After a while I saw her as a friend, instead of someone working for the school." “I was shocked when I heard the news,” said Chandra Thomas, a CAU student. "She was friendly and she always had a smile on her face," stated Thomas. “CAU suffered a great loss,” she said. Services were held Monday, November 22 at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Moreland, Georgia. Irving leaves behind a fiancee and baby daugh ter. South Africa Headed for Political Change By Gomotsang Seema Staff Writer South Africa’s first non-racial election will be held next year under an agreement reached by a 26-party negotiating forum that is steering the country from apartheid to democracy. Eve Thompson, a representative of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, expounded on the agreement recently at a symposium held in Atlanta University Center at the Robert W. Woodruff Library. According to Thompson, the agreement was a major compromise between the African National Congress, the incumbent white minority government, and the Zulu-based Inkhatha Freedom Party. She also stated that there have been sev eral additional agreements made by the par ties during the negotiations. Among them, an election which will include a constituent assembly to draft a constitution. “The con stituent assembly will be bound by a set of constitutional principles,” said Thompson. A national unity government will be cre ated in the form of a coalition. “This coali tion includes the majority voters and the sig nificant minority parties,” said Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights representative. In addition, Thompson stated that an agreement was made to set up a Transitional Executive Committee which will consult the government on major concerns. “The Committee has a mandate to oversee the whole transition process and it is the govern ment’s job to be accountable to the commit tee on areas such as defense, security, women and intelligence,” said the represen tative. “Whenever we get a chance to maximize our strengths to liberate ourselves, we will do soV Marobe Matsapola Pan Africanist Congress Representative The negotiating body also agreed to develop an Independent Election Committee that will be responsible for running the elec tions. On the question of future security forces raised at the symposium, Madala Mthembu, an ANC representative said that, “We realize that the entire civil service is dominated by the Afrikaners who are White South Africans that speak Afrikaan. The ANC has seen to it that the new government considers this matter and what we are asking for is non-discrimination on the basis of color in the military,” he said. Mthembu went on to say that ANC wants to see an integration of all the armies such as Umkhonto We Sizwe ANC’s military wing, Azanian People Liberation Army (APLA), Pan-Africanist Congress’ (PAC) military wing, South African Defense Force (SADF), and other significant military wings that exist within the country. According to Thompson, although ANC has suspended its military wing, PAC has not yet suspended theirs. “APLA has been identified with certain attacks on the white civilians within the country, some of which they have claimed responsibility for," Thompson said. Maroba Matsapola, a PAC representative, said that violence occurs everyday in the townships. “Right now there are thousands and thousands of people who are being shot in the streets while the negotiations are going on,” he said. “We are at the table right now and when ever we get a chance to maximize our strengths to liberate ourselves, we will do so,” Matsapola said.