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NEWS BRIEFS
University announces dates
for completion of campus
construction
Construction of the pedestrian promenade, parking deck and the
dormitory on Beckwith Street is expected be completed before
July 19,1996, according to Chris Davis, director of construction.
Davis said a pedestrian promenade will link the Atlanta Univer
sity Center, between the Vine City and West End MARTA
stations. This will allow students and spectators of the Olympics
to travel throughout the AUC campus for various Olympic events,
such as the preliminary hockey game. Development of a tempo
rary bridge across Martin Luther King Drive will help in making
it easier for students to get around while construction on the the
infrastructure is underway.
The construction on James P. Brawley Drive which is being
done by CODA construction company, is the beginning of a
project to revamp the infrastructure around the AUC. New and
larger gas pipes are being laid. The Promenade is scheduled to be
completed on March 31, 1996.
Along with the promenade, dormitory, which is being built on
Beckwith and J.P. Brawley Drive is expected to be completed in
June of’96. “These new dorms contain 470 single occupancy, air-
conditioned rooms,” Davis said.
The parking deck will be completed by the end of December,
according to Reggie Askew, director of Field Construction for
Mitchell/OLH/Turner Joint Venture Construction Company.
Internet comes to CAU
Clark Atlanta University is going on-line.
Through the SURANET system, students and teachers will be
directly connected to the Internet. A government proposal sent to
all Historically Black Colleges and Universities spurred the need
for universities to be on-line.
“Everything under the sun is available,” said Leslie Smart, the
Coordinati or of Information Systems at CAU. “For those who read
the Dow Jones Report, to those who love alternative music. It’s all
there.”
Internet service was included in student activity fees. After a list
of names is compiled, all students and teachers will be assigned
internet addresses. Students will be assigned an account number
with their internet addresses.
“We are expecting those names soon. However, students can
scan the internet as a browser without an address,” Smart said.
Smart said that classes will not be given on internet services, but
lab assistants are available to help internet users.
Several labs around campus are available to students, but the
main internet lab is located in Dean Sage Hall, room 104.
“If students demand by presence for a 24-hour lab, then they’ll
get it. But if the lab is open at 8 p.m., Friday nights and there’s
nobody there, then there won’t be 24-hour labs,” Smart said.
Lab hours are posted in the Internet lab in Sage Hall.
Attention seniors!
There will be a public information meeting for seniors on Wednes
day, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. on the $ 15,000 Echoing Green Public Service
Fellowship for one year. The meeting will take place in the Science
Research and Education Center, room 1043. For more informa
tion, contact Dr. Gretchen Maclachlan in the political science
department, 880-8723.
JOHN AMOS, well known to some as the stem father to Thelma, Michael and J.J on
the television sitcom “Good Times,” and to others for his one-man stage rendition in
"Haley’s Comet," served as the master of ceremonies during the CAU Film Festival’s
awards banquet. Coincidently, his son K.C. Amos was the winner of the student film
category.
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Photo by Melvin Jackson
The first annual Clark Atlanta University Film Festival, “Reversing the Negative,” held Oct.
19-21 was a premiere success. Students were exposed to actors and industry experts through
workshops, panel discussions, screenings, informal networking opportunities and a gala
awards banquet.
Hosted by the Division of Communication Arts and filmmaker Monty Ross, the event
attracted participants such as actors John Amos. Ken Sagoes and Whitman Mayo, Director Bill
Duke — who provided the keynote address during the awards banquet—and public relations
insider Terrie Williams.
“It’s not only important that we launch this initial year, but that we continue.” said Dr. Larry
Earvin, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. "That’s a commitment that we made as a
university.”
The Festival, which included a private reception at downtown’s Planet Hollywood and a
celebrity breakfast on campus, provided students with major contacts and invaluable advice on
everything from acting, screenwriting, producing and directing to hands on advice from those
in the know.
Lights, camera, action!
CAU’s first film festival reversed negative
Monty Ross