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The Clark Atlanta University
"WE'LL FINDAWAY OR MAKE ONE"
Good Luck
Mighty
Panthers!
Volume 10* Number2
Atlanta, Georgia
October 28-November 10,1996
Doors to new student center set to open
By Kamal Hassan Lee
Contributing Writer
The collective anticipation of
the AUC will climax on Nov. 1,
when Clark Atlanta University,
CAU, opens a $9.8 million,
68,000 square foot student
center, located on the comer of
James P. Brawley Drive and Fair
Street.
The new CAU Student Center
will include a 13,000 square foot
multi-purpose room, which
contains a viewing screen for
movies, will seat 1,200 people—
replacing Davage auditorium’s
maximum capacity of525 people
as host of some of the bigger
events—on campus.
Additionally, it will house a
student information center and
copy center, barber and hair salon
and several conference rooms
and lounges.
The student center will also
house a new 500-seat dining
facility, which will replace
Krogman Dining Hall located in
Thayer Hall. Also scheduled to
appear in the Student Center by
the first of the year will be a food
court. The food court will feature
many popular fast food
restaurants, however the specific
names have not yet been
determined.
The student center has
provoked eagerness since the
Fall of 1994.
The student center will be
more than just a place where
students go to buy their books
and eat their lunch, it will be a
gathering place for students.
According to Dear. Peggy
Hampton, associate dean of
Student Affairs, “Tins place is
something the students are sorely
lacking.”
From the mood around
campus, it is clear to see that all
the students are excited about
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Photo by Eric Rose
President Bill Clinton addresses a crowd of supporters in Atlanta's Woodruff Park.
Olympic leftovers add wonderful
taste to campus atmosphere
New adjustments locked in
residential apartments
by Marcus Thompson
Staff Writer
Although the Centennial
Olympic Games are now an
official part of history, the wrath
of Olympic hype that swallowed
Clark AtlantaUni versity will still
be felt by the debris of gifts it left
behind.
Clark Atlantarecei ved several
such “gifts” from the Atlanta
Committee for the Olympic
Games, ACOG, as a result of
hosting Olympic events.
For starters, CAU was the
official institution for the
Olympic Host Broadcast
Training Program, aprogramthat
trained 1,200 college students to
work with national and
international professional
journalists covering the Games.
This program was a
combination of ACOG, Clark
Atlanta, and the Atlanta Olympic
Broadcasting. About 700
students were enrolled in the
program and were trained on
state-of-the-art digital equipment
worth more than $2 million,
donated by Panasonic Broadcast
Television Corporation.
Clark Atlanta was also the site
for Olympic Field Hockey. The
Olympic sport was played in a
brand new, 5,000 seat, $10.3
million stadium that will include
top quality weight rooms for
athletes, office space, complete
stadium sky boxes, and modem
concession areas. This stadium
is now the home ot the Clark
Atlanta Panthers football team
as well as the track team. The
track team will inherit the track
surface which was used by the
track and field Olympiads at
Olympic Stadium. The surface
will be removed from the stadium
and transported to Clark
Atlanta’s stadium.
Meanwhile, the Panther
baseball team is a beneficiary of
the “Olympic Christmas” as well.
Clark Atlanta, College Park
Recreation Department, and
ACOG are joined forces for the
recuperation of Bill Evans
Baseball Field in College Park.
Clark Atlanta will have an
NCAA-quality baseball
diamond to serve as home for the
next 30 years. The field was used
for baseball practice by the
Olympic teams.
Additionally, “African
American Culture: An American
Experience” was also a program
of the 1996 Olympic Arts
Festival, that featured 291 pieces
of paintings, prints and
sculptures. This program
includes, “From Reaguard to
Vanguard: Selections from the
Clark Atlanta University
Collection of African American
Art.”
Through funding from the
Cultural Olympiad and private
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By Erin Crandall
Contributing Writer
Students need to realize that in
order to get a real sense of
security, sometimes they have to
give up a little bit of freedom,
said Verne ta Johnson, co-director
of the New Residential
Apartments.
Johnson, along with Co-
Director Michael Hines, is
currently trying to address the
issues that go along with
establishing and maintaining a
new facility.
According to the directors,
security and visitation are two of
the most pressing issues right
now.
The general consensus among
residents seems to be unhappiness
with the procedures of visitation
and the implementation of access
cards.
The use of access cards is new
to many residents and the New
Residential Apartments are only
the second to have this new
technology. There are also
security cameras at each door
and on all of the hallways.
“The dorm is a really nice
facility and administration has
taken a very proactive stance on
security measures, but it seems
that the students don’t appreciate
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INSIDE:
P4 Entertainment
P6 Editorial
Opinion
P7 Decision '96
P8 Homecoming
PI3 Sports