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February 8, 1983
The Wolverine Observer
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Political Perspective
By Lennox Jackson
Today’s national economy has
created much tension, fustration
and many questions which are
being asked everyday.
One prevalent and very
significant question revolves
around the federal deficit.
As many readers already
know, President Reagan has
vowed to reduce the federal
deficit. Since becomeing Presi
dent, Reagan has reduced ap
propriations of federal funds to
states as well as federal programs
in his attempt to accomplish this
goal.
Recently, the President in a
nationally televised news con
ference mentioned that the
federal deficit is at the lowest
figure since 1962.
While it is probably true
unemployment is skyrocketing
to an astounding figure (10.9%
from December’s figures) put
ting many people out of work.
National interest rates have been
increased, thereby causing many
homeowners to foreclose on
their mortages, and preventing
many people form purchasing
homes.
Anyone can definitely notice
that there is a tremendous “give
and take" process being
enacted. Unfortunately, it
appears very vividly that the
citizens of this nation are giving
the most, or, shall I say, "giving
up” the most. Many people
today are questing exactly how
much more will they have to give
up before they can begin to live
normally and decently once
again. One possible answer to
that question may be to wait to
observe just how much more
Reagan wants to "take.”
Nunn Intern Program
ATHENS, GA. - - Georgia
college students will have a
chance to apply for internships
in the Washington and Atlanta
offices of Senator Sam Nunn
during the 1983-84 school year.
The interns are selected each
spring for the following
academic year, beginning
summer quarter.
According to Nunn’s office,
internship dates for the 1983-84
program are: summer quarter
1983 - - June 13 - August 19; fall
quarter 1983 - - September 16 -
December 16; winter quarter
1984 - - January 9- March 16; and
spring quarter 1984 - - April 2 -
June 8.
Brochures and application
forms will be available in January
from campus newspapers and
coordinator Mrs. Magnoria
Smothers in Student Affairs.
Deadline for applying for the
1983-84 program is March 1,
1983. For additional information,
contact the Administrative
Secretary, Sam Nunn Senate
Intern Program, Institute of
Government, Terrell Hall, Un
iversity of Georgia, Athens 30602.
For more information concerning political
internships listed in the December issue
contact Dr. Farokhi, political science in
structor at 525-7831, ext. 835.
Sty Of The Blind Pig
By Anthony Thompson
The Sty of the Blind Pig will
be presented at Spelman
College, directed by Dr. Fred
Hall. The play will be presented
at Rockerfeller Fine Arts
building located on Spelman’s
campus. The Sty of the Blind Pig
will open Feb. 16 and end Feb.
19; curtain times is 8:00 p.m.
The Sty of the Blind Pig is
written by Phillip Hayes Dean, a
playwright, director and an actor
in the theatre and on TV. The
play was first performed by the
Negro Ensemble Company in
downtown New York City. The
play ran for two weeks in
December of 1972 and was
eventually held over.
The play takes place in an
apartment building located in
one of Chicago’s getto areas. The
play is about loneliness,
weariness, and reality. Problems
we all must face just as the
characters of the play for some
reason has refused to face and
except, until a blind guitarman
named Blind Jordan comes
knocking at the door.
Two students from Morris
Brown College, both majoring in
Theatre Arts, are members of the
cast. Myra Brown who portrays
Mrs. Warren and Anthony
Quinn Thompson who will por
tray the role of Blind Jordon. So
remember the production dates
and let’s all get out not only to
see a great play but to support
our fellow Brownites.
Black School's Default Rate
The average student at
Tuskegee I nstitute comes from a
family with an income of $12,000
a year, but the students always
pay back their loans.
President Benjamin Payton
said in an interview with
Associate Press, that represen
tatives from other schools have
asked how Tuskegee get
students to repay their loans.
Payton and students say the
answer is a moral commitment to
the university rather than a
tough collection technique.
The predominantly black
school’s average default rate is
5.7 percent. That is lower than
Harvard’s rate of 7.5, and is lower
than the other universities in the
the state, according to the
By Lloyd L. Taylor
National Direct Loan Program
Office here in Atlanta.
U.S. Education Secretary
Terrel Bell cited the institute as
an example of how the federal
student loan program should
work.
Gerald Givan, a senior in
Animal Science states, “You’re
taught here if you don't fulfil
your obligations to society, you
are not only letting yourself
down, but you're hurting
Tuskegee Institute and what it
stands for. Students love this
place too much to let themselves
do that.”
About 97 percent of the 3,721
students are on some kind of
financial assistance.
"The fact that Tuskegee In
stitute students pay back their
loans isn’t just accidental. The
college works at it,” Payton said.
"When a student comes to
Tuskegee, we teach them that
part of being an adult is being
responsible and part of being
responsible is that when you take
out a loan, you have a duty to pay
it back.”
Marcus Wright, a junior study
ing business administration said
that students don’t mind paying
back the money because they
realize how important the loans
were to their education.
"Basically ,we appreciate how
much is being done for us. We
know without these loans many
of us would never have been
able to come here.”
Snow Jam '83
By Joyce Lee
It was a rather quiet Thursday
morning that was later to
become cluttered with threats of
snow.
At about 8:30 that morning, an
announcement was read that
delighted some students. The
announcement was that all
classes in the Atlanta University
Center had been canceled for
that day. Many students heard
the news in the cafeteria, while
some were in the process of
preparing for class, while yet
others had ventured off to their
8:00 classes.
Was this to be a repeat of
January 1982?
Students suspected that it
might be and prepared
themselves.
AUC students flocked to stores
in large numbers to stock up on
supplies.
The hardest-hit in the center
was probably the A&P located in
the West End Mall. Lines flooded
the aisles almost back to the meat
department.
One student remarked that
"the store was full of AUC
students buying food, beer and
wine to keep warm.”
The first of the snow storm
appeared at about noon time.
White flakes began to blanket
the ground. This excited some
students who had not seen snow
before.
“It’s snowing, come out and
look at the snow,” remarked one
Californian.
Soon, the entire ground was
covered and remarks about the
beauty and bitterness of winter
began.
Students also began to com
plain.
"It’s cold in my room, there’s
nothing to do, I'm bored."
Some one from Gaines Hall,
the football players dorm, must
have heard their cries. On Thurs
day night a trio of parties was to
begin. “Snow Jam ’83” was to
take place, only to be followed
by “Sleet Jam” the next night.
Students didn’t have to be told
that classes for Friday had been
canceled also. Freezing rain had
fallen the previous night and the
snow was now slippery ice. So
Friday was a day of studying, soap
operas, spades, uno, bowling,
listening to the radio, and
whatever else a person could
think of.
Finally the snow began to melt
some on Saturday, roads weren’t
as hazzardous to travel and it
didn’t seem to be quite as cold.
It appeared that snow storm
'83 was easing up some.
Students were seen walking to
church Sunday morning with
only the threat of rain and low
hanging fog.
It’s still cold, some rain has
fallen and some students have
predicted more snow.
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