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Volume I» Number XWH Atlanta, Georgia
March 6, 1995
Parking problems
persist at CAU.
See page 8.
ANTH
Well Find A Way Or Make One.
The
Clark Atlanta University
Students, City Officials Address The Black College Weekend
By Ytasha L. Womack
Staff Writer
The Georgia Association of
Black Elected Officials
(GABEO), held a Freaknic
overview meeting at Paschal’s
Restaurant, Feb. 24, to collect
ideas and proposals for the
upcoming Black College
Weekend activities.
Rep. Sharon Beasely Teague,
chairman of the committee, said
she was the liaison available for
students and organizations to
relay their ideas to the GABEO’s
Economics of Poverty
Conference, to make Freaknic an
organized event.
“I am the only vehicle that is
available for you (students and
organizations) to use to make this
work. I have people from all sec
tors willing to make this work,”
she said.
Teague said the goal is to make
Freaknic an organized event sim
ilar to Atlanta’s Super Show.
She added that many businesses
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(Photo by Christian Gooden)
Clark Atlanta University is considering purchasing
the landmark. Pashal's Motor Hotel to be used as
possible campus housing or a conference center.
CAU, Paschal's May Talk
Business In 60 Days
Decision Will Be Finalized
For University To Purchase
Hrstorical Landmark
By Kimathi Lewis
Staff Writer
In effort to expand Clark Atlanta University’s
campus, the school may be purchasing the his
torical Paschal’s Motor Hotel and Restaurant.
According to CAU’s President, Dr. Thomas
Cole Jr., in 60 days a decision will be formal
ized as to whether the school is buying the his
toric landmark at 830 Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive in Southwest Atlanta.
The business, owned by James and Robert
Paschal, was known as a meeting place for civil
rights leaders in the 1960s.
Cole said they haven’t committed each other
to a definite price for the possible purchase
because there are many aspects to be considered
before a decision can be made.
“There is no number worth putting out
because a financial and structural analysis (of
the business) has to be done,” he said. “There
also has to be an appraisal.”
Cole said the building may be used for hous
ing. However, he added the property may be
used for other things such as a hotel conference
center.
Vice President Of Administration and Finance.
Fred Poellnitz, said as far as he understands.
CAU’s possible purchase of Paschal’s is some
thing that has been discussed for years.
“I don’t know exactly what transpired, but I’ve
not seen anything in writing or anything signed.”
Poellnitz said.
James Paschal said for several years he and his
brother, Robert, have been approached by a
number of people to sell the business.
According to an article in the March 2 issue of
The Atlanta Constitution, the owners attributed
the increased interest in the 47-year-old restau
rant and hotel which was added in 1967, to its
close proximity to the Olympic corridor.
However, despite the many offers, the brothers
haven’t decided whether they’re going to sell.
“It’s too soon to discuss it. In three or four
weeks we’ll know what we’re going to do,”
James Paschal said.
However, he added the hotel is not on the mar
ket.
Cole said he feels positive about the outcome.
“It doesn’t mean they’re going to say yes and it
doesn’t mean we’re going to make an offer, but
anything could happen."
CAU’s president said he is very pleased that
they are willing to consider the idea.
Head Start Endowment Fund Gives Toddlers Tuition
INSIDE
By Regina M. Roberts
Staff Writer
A head start on college is what some Clark
Atlanta University Head Start students, will
receive because of a new endowment fund,
“Touching the Future.”
The CAU Head Start Endowment Fund,
which is reported to be the first of its kind, was
created to provide pre-schoolers a college edu
cation by offering them tuition waivers to
attend CAU upon completion of high school.
This program will begin with the graduating
class of 2012. Approximately 1,800 3 and 4-
year-olds are expected to benefit from this
program.
Linda Hassan, interim director of CAU’s 22
Head Start Centers, conceived the idea for
“Touching the Future” a year ago after seeing
the construction of the Cosby Building on
Spelman’s campus. "1 thought it would be
great if someone would give us (CAU Head
Start Program) a million dollars.”
Instead of procrastinating, she discussed her
idea with President Thomas Cole Jr., who
agreed the university would match Head
Start’s funds.
By contributing $5 or more, CAU Head
Start employees raised $5,000 and CAU
matched it with $20,000.
“It’s (the endowment fund) a step that
demonstrates CAU’s commitment to the
Head Start Program, specifically to the
children and parents," Dr. James
Young, of the curriculum department
said. “Often, the family doesn’t have
the money to consider college, but if the
university has taken the initiative for the
endowment program, it sends a signal to
the family that we’re committed,” he
said.
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• Grad Students
Complain of
Communications
Gap.
•SPJ President Cites
News Blackout.
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•Tupac Shukur- Lost
to the “System.”
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