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The
Clark Atlanta University
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“We’ll Find A Way Or Make One.”
Men's and
Women s final
SIAC standings.
Volume I • Number XVVII Atlanta, Georgia
March 27, 1995
INSIDE:
Freaknic
concerns contin
ue for Atlanta
area college stu
dents.
News and
Editorial Sections
Read how AUC
entrepreneurs
created their own
definitions of
success.
P6
"Losing Isaiah,"
"Halley's Comet"
and the book
"Sisters and
Lovers" get rave
reviews.
Features Section
The column
"Backstage Pass"
discusses how
Craig Mack,
Usher and
Monica help in
the fight against
AIDS.
P7
See the final
results of the
Men's and
Women's SIAC
Tournaments.
Sports Section
Africana Women
Studies, a historic
major continues
to go unnoticed.
P3
Students, Mayor Still At
Odds Over Freaknic
By Lisa C. Flanagan
News Editor
After allegedly stating that Freaknic was
not welcome in the City of Atlanta, Mayor
Bill Campbell’s welcome mat at the Atlanta
University Center was abruptly pulled from
underneath him.
Amidst a booing crowd that shouted
“Uncle Tom” and “sell out,” on March 21,
Campbell was ushered through the back door
of the Virginia Uacy Exhibition Hall of the
Robert Woodruff Library. Mayor Campbell
was on campus for a town hall meeting with
Atlanta University Center students to discuss
the status of the spring event that attracts
some 300,000 students to Atlanta. The event
is tentatively set for April 21-23.
Jamal Coleman, Student Government
Association undergraduate president of Clark
Continued P2
(Photo by Mel Jackson)
Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell was
under fire as hundreds of students
from the AUC and Georgia State
bombarded him with Freaknic ques
tions during the recent Town Hall
Meeting.
CAU Convocation Speaker Shares Encouragement
DEVASTATION HITS CAU HARD
(Photo by Clarence Rolle)
Arson has severely damaged CAU’s Quarles-Washington Hall but not the
spirit of the School of Social Work, according to Dr. Richard Lyle.
Arsonist’s Fire Engulfs
Historic Hall, Not Hope
By Clarence Rolle
Contributing Writer
In spite of the arson that destroyed some
80 percent of Quarles-Washington Hall, the
CAU community refuses to let the tragedy
form smoke clouds over the rest of the
semester.
“Students who were scheduled to gradu
ate in May will not be disrupted,” said Dr.
Richard Lyle, interim dean of the school.
He added the fire will not disturb students’
enrollment for the summer session or for
the fall semester.
Three fire trucks responded to the
March 12 fire in the building that housed
the School of Social Work.
“The fire itself did not have any major
adverse impact on the operation of the
school,” Dr. Lyle noted adding that
administrators used the spring break to
relocate offices and classrooms to ensure
students would not lose any class time.
However, Roy L. Bolton, director of
Continued P12
By Pamela Wells
Contributing Writer
Clark Atlanta University celebrated last
week its seventh year since the consolidation
of Clark College and Atlanta University in
1988.
Dr. Therman Evans, founder of Whole Life
Associates, Inc., served as the keynote speaker
for the March 23 event.
Evans, during his speech, focused on the
advancement of blacks in America and the
idea of affirmative action.
“Affirmative action has been in existence
30 years and now Newt Gingrich says it is
time for review. I didn’t know you could
review something that hasn’t been proven
effective yet,” Evans quipped. “We as Afro-
Americans don’t just play the game, we don’t
play it like it has been played before. We raise
the level of play. Michael Jordan doesn’t just
play basketball, he brings something extra to
the sport.”
Evans added, “Like the level of play in
sports is raised, so is the education. CAU
offers change; CAU is raising the level of play.
There is so much talent that exists among our
people. We must find ways to bring that talent
out.”
Commenting on the speech, Ayanna
Birchett, an elementary education junior at
CAU said, “Dr. Evans was a great speaker. He
made me feel like anything is possible in life.”
Evans, a graduate of Howard University,
said he understands the importance of black
institutions. “I thank God for HBCU’s” he
said. “They bring out the best in students.
They mold the students and help them see the
genius that lies within them.”
The motivational speaker encouraged stu
dents to live up to their full potential.
“Excuses don’t cut it in life. Life isn’t fair, so
deal with it,” Evans said. “Don’t waddle in
your self-pity saying why did this happen to
me. If you are weak enough to fall for it, why
not you? You control your own destiny, so
control it.”
Meanwhile, President Thomas Cole Jr.
recapped significant changes that have hap
pened since the two schools joined.