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Page 8 • THE MAROON TIGER • Thursday, April 25, 1991
ALSO IN THE AUC
Betty Friedan To Be Livingston
Lecture Speaker at the
Atlanta History Center May 13
Betty Friedan, pioneer of the
women’s liberation movement,
will continue the 1991-92 Liv
ingston Lecture Series, “The
Twentieth Century: Taking
Stock,” on Monday, May 13th,
at 8:00 p.m. at the Atlanta
History Center. Friedan,
author of The Feminine Mys
tique and founder of the Na
tional Organization for Women
(NOW), will lecture on “The
20th Century: Was It a
Woman’s Century?” in the
Woodruff Auditorium of
McElreath Hall at the Atlanta
History Center, 3101 Andrews
Drive NW at West Paces Ferry
Road. The lecture is $5 for the
general public and free for
Atlanta Historical Society
members. Doors open at 7:00
p.m.
In the critically acclaimed
Feminine Mystique (1963),
Friedan deals constructively
with problems of vital
significance for women in a
changing culture. Friedan is
also the author of It Changed
My Life and The Second Stage.
Friedan served as the presi
dent of NOW from its founda
tion in 1966 until 1970. She also
founded the National Women’s
Political Caucus, and organized
the Women’s Strike for Equali
ty in 1970, commemorating the
fiftieth anniversary of woman’s
suffrage. In 1975 Friedan
received the Author of the Year
Award by the American Socie
ty of Journalists and Authors.
In recent years, Friedan has
been a leader in the fight for the
Equal Rights Amendment and
for new approaches to divorce,
abortion reform, housing
employment, and education.
The Livingston Lectures are
made possible through the
generosity of the Livingston
Foundation. For further infor
mation, call (404) 261-1837.
Black College Dance
Exchange Chooses CAU
By Sonia White
Clark Atlanta University
recently hosted the 10th Annual
Black College Dance Exchange
April 11-14, 1991 in the Vivian
W. Henderson Center.
It was a conference featuring
African American masters of
dance, which is traditionally
held at a historically Black Col
lege. The purpose of the con
ference was to give students in
terested in dance the opportuni
ty to become knowledgeable of
and identify with, the historical
legacy of Black dance techni
ques. In addition, the goals of
the conference was to expose
students to masters of dance,
who served as role models,
while at the same time
demonstrate to students the
role of persistent study in
becoming a professional artist.
Some of the master teachers
included Chuck Davis, Tommy
Gomez, Rod Rogers, Tommy
Sutton, Doris Bennett-Glasper,
Freddy Moore, Victoria Dale,
Joe Nash, and Jimmy Payne.
These teachers served as men
tors, who also taught dance in
struction, history, and led ques
tion and answer sessions.
For the first time in the
history of the conference, the
American Dance Festival, held
auditions for students in
terested in attending the
American Dance Festival’s Six
Week School to be held in
Durham North Carolina June
7-July 19.
According to Ms. Tarin
Hampton, Assistant Professor
of Health and Physical Educa
tion at Clark Atlanta Universi
ty, students don’t always get
the chance to be exposed to
something like this and may
never be exposed again in a life
time. She said, “the students
learn from these Black Masters
of Dance about a serious profes
sion and the importance of
dance education, training,
discipline and attitude.
Religion in the AU Center
By Sonia White
“Life is not all academia,
there’s a spiritual side,” said
Sharri Mattison, President of
Spelman College’s Christian
Fellowship.
According to Ms. Mattison,
religion is important in the life
of a college student because
there are so many ways they
can be persuaded on a college
campus. She feels that religion
is an alternative to all the drink
ing and partying that occurs on
college campuses. Ms. Mattison
commented that there’s fun in
religion and there’s no need for
students to think that just
because they are serving God,
they can’t have fun.
There is an abundance of
students at Spelman College
that place God first in their
lives. “It’s a wholeness, it’s not
just academics, stated Ms. Mat
tison. On Thursday, April 4
there was a Jam for Jesus at
Spelman College in the Living
and Learning Center, where
students from the AUC gave
praise to God. Why a Jam for
Jesus? “We’ve jammed with
Teddy Riley, now let’s jam
together in a spiritual setting,”
said Ms. Mattison.
Reverend Debora F. Grant,
campus minister at Morris
Brown College, said “The
presence of the Lord is not
separate from who we are or
what we do, it’s a part of be
ing.” Reverend Grand is a
graduate of Clark College, so
she is well aware of the many
negative influences in the AUC
community. Reverend Grant
sees her role as campus minister
at Morris Brown as
multifaceted.
The relationships that
Reverend Grant develops with
her students or “babies” as she
might refer to them, may be
that of mother or big sister,
teacher or friend. Students
refer to Reverend Grant as
“Reverend G.,” “Reverend D.,”
or “Reverendess.” Yes, this is
acceptable to Reverend G.
because she looks at this rap
port with her students as a term
of endearment.
Reverend Paul H. Easley,
campus minister at Clark Atlan-
i. 1; '. n i!
ta University, can be seen
around campus talking with
students, and reminding the
men on campus to remove their
hats. He also has a special rela
tionship with his students, that
of a friend and not just a cam
pus minister. Reverend Easley
commented that the role of a
campus minister includes being
responsible for the religious life
of the campus, leading the rites
of the church, coordinating
religious activities, spiritual ad
visement to administration and
the community, and crisis
counseling for both students
and faculty.
According to A. Byron Col
eman III, President of Martin
Luther King Jr., Inspirational
Chapel Assistants, the first for
entertainment, the second for
containment and the third for
the liberation of the people.
“There is an element of spiritual
nourishment students are look
ing for in our generation, we are
seeking another area of life to
be filled. We are looking for the
mainline.”
BROTHER’S DAY
MARCH
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1991 - 10:00 A.M.
LET US SUPPORT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE
CHAIRMAN
REV. MCKINLEY YOUNG
PRESIDENT, CONCERNED BLACK CLERGY
HONORARY CHAIRPERSON
Bishop John H. Adams Rev. Dr. Johnathan Grier
Rev. Dr. Cornelius Henderson Rev. Ural H. Hill, Jr.
VICE-CHAIRPERSON
Bishop Joseph C. Coles
Minister Van Muhammed
Bishop J. Howard Deil
Rev. Dr. Charles Sargent
Canon George W. Brandt
Rev. Andrew Hairston
Rev. Dr. Cameron Alexander
Iman Plemon El-Amin
Rev. Dr. Hezekiah Benton
Bishop Woodrow Smith
Dr. James Costen
Elder Ralph Peav
HONORARY VICE-CHAIRPERSON
Honorable John Lewis
Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery
Honorable Michael Lomax
Honorable Marvin Arrington
Sheriff Robert McMichael
Honorable Maynard Jackson
Honorable Martin L. King, III
Honorable Andrew Young
Honorable Eugene P. Walker
Concerned Black Clery
The Atlanta Exchange
Families Against Crack
Bladivators
A. Philip Randolph Institue
A.M.E. Churches
United Black Genesis
Atlanta Business League
Omega Psi Phi
CONVENERS (partial list)
Nation of Islam
100 Black Men of DeKalb
S.W.B.B.0.
AISME
Black teen for Advancement
The Atlanta Exchange
Parents Against Crack
Brother To Brother
Atlanta Baptist Ministers
S.C.L.C.
Brothers Against Drugs
Boy Scouts of America
Kappa Alpha Psi
100 Black Men of Atlanta
United Youth Adult Conf.
Butler St. YMCA
Alpha Phi Alpha