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Volume I • Number XIII
Atlanta, Georgia
April 11, 1994
WHAT A DAY!
Photos By Christian Gooden / Staff
AUC Prepares
For Freaknic '94
By Tara C. Gunter
Editor-In-Chief
During the weekend of April
22, an estimated 180,000 college
students will converge on Atlanta
University Center campuses and
metro Atlanta for three days to
enjoy the festivities of Freaknic
‘94.
According to comedian
Redman, who performed last
Saturday, April 9 at Clark Atlanta
University’s Vivian W. Henderson
Gymnasium, last year’s event
raised nearly “31 million dollars,"
in revenue for vendors and local
business merchants.
However, lack of an organiza
tional body, huge traffic jams,
large crowds milling in small
areas, Piedmont Park residents’
complaints about unruly students,
and citizens concerned about this
year’s events caused several
groups with vested interest to
merge together to form what it
For complete
list of the
Atlanta Black
College Spring
Break 94
activties turn to
PI 1.
calls The Altanta Black College
Spring Break ‘94 (ABCSB).
Acccording to ABCSB’s
Executive Director of General
Planning, Virgil Rabun, the orga
nization’s “planning comittee con
sists of students, two neighbor
hood representatives- Midtown
neighbors association and Martin
Luther King Dr.- three business
representatives and the Atlanta
Bureau of Visitors” and others.
The comittee was formed ten
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Pat Wilker and her daughter, Erica, a senior at Ceader Shoals
High School in Athens, GA talk with a CAU instructor during
Parent/Student Visitation Day.
Saturday, April 8, was a busy day at Clark Atlanta University. Candidates for
SGA offices officially began campaigning, high-school seniors and their parents toured
the campus for annual Student/Parent Visitation Day and comedian and "MTV Jams"
host Bill Belamany held a concert at the Vivian W. Henderson Gymnasium later that
day. All in all, it was a good day.
Bill Bellamy performing his
comedy routine at CAU.
Candidate Terrinee L. Gundy
gets a jump start on campaign.
CAU's General Education
Being Reviewed
students should be proficient writ-
By Lisa Flanagan
News Assistant
The General Education
Curriculum at Clark Atlanta
University may be getting a face
lift.
The curriculum has not been
revised since the consolidation of
Clark College and Atlanta
University in 1988.
“We want the students at Clark
Atlanta University to have positive
experiences and a wealth of
knowledge when they enter the
work force, said Dean Alexa
Henderson, Associate Dean of
Undergraduate Studies. “The cur
riculum needs to be reviewed in
order to see if students have the
ability to compete in society.”
A committee was assembled
last year to review the general
education courses. After deliber
ating for several months, a list of
16 areas of suggested areas of
learning were discussed. One of
the main areas the faculty
approved is more emphasis on
communication. “Clark Atlanta
has to stress communication skills,
ers and speakers after completing
their required general education
courses,” said Henderson.
Dean Henderson has held
forums with students and faculty
to receive input about their experi
ences, positive or negative with
the existing curriculum.
Other areas that will be stressed
are researching skills, how to use
the library effectively, computer
literacy, natural sciences, and
computation skills, international
studies, African American studies.
General Education will also
focus on the community service
program. According to Henderson
the revised program will put stu
dents in volunteer positions that
will relate to their desired field of
study.
The revised General
Education Curriculum will not
be implemented until the next
two years, so the changes will
not affect students already
matriculating at Clark Atlanta
University.
Dean Henderson stated the
courses should not be a repeti
tion of high school level
courses. “We want to insure