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VOL. XXXX NO. 2
January, 1973
Trays Left at Tables
Don't Go Unnoticed
I
Street Academy Clinic
Break-In
At
Packard Hall
An unarmed man
broke into the rooms of
two Packard Hall re
sidents on January 16.
Freshman Berverly
Robinson was asleep in
her room on first floor
South when she was
suddenly awaken at
4:30 a.m.
“All of a sudden I felt
something rubbing on
my back. When I turned
over, I saw something
hump over on the floor.
Then he lifted his head.
I asked him what was he
doing in my room. He
asked if I have any
money. I told him no
and asked how in the hell
did he get in my room.
“He told me that he
crawled through the
window. I asked him
would he leave. He asked
me not to call the guards
because he had been in
jail.’’
After he left, she went
to get two of her friends
and resident director,
Rosa Drayton. Miss
Drayton called the
guards.
Miss Drayton said
that there was a delay in
the guards coming into
the building.
Believing that the man
was outside the building
the guards circled the
area.
Inside, Miss Drayton
heard a scream coming
from another room on
the first floor south.
The man had broken
into Jeania Jones’ room
another freshman.
“I was sleep and felt
this thing on my leg. I
snatched back the
covers and saw this
hand. The hand moved. I
got up and turned on the
light and then he got up.
We just stood there and
looked at each other,
then I screamed, there
is a man in my room.’’
The man then ran out
of her room into the
lounge where he tried to
escape by jumping out of
a window. When he saw
that it was a hopeless
cause, he ran through
the annex to an emer
gency exit. As he fled, he
was sighted by a guard
who shot at him four
times.
Imagine beautiful black
children bustling about,
involved in a number of
activities ranging from
reading a book to simply
laughing with a friend.
Add to that picture about
half as many older black
students helping them,
and you’ve got a pretty
good understanding of a
very special kind of pro
gram.
The Street Academy
Reading Clinic is a very
special kind of program
equipped with Atlanta
University student tu
tors who use their Sat
urday mornings helping
black children correct
any deficiencies they
might have, in reading,
arithmetic or even a lost
sense of identity.
Darnell Ivory, a sen
ior at Spelman College
and one of the original
tutors of the program,
elaborate on its spe
cifics.
“The program begins
and ends wit h a chant
of blackness that seeks
to instill in the children
a sense of together
ness,” Miss Ivory said.
It is divided into four
different “classes” con
sidering of black history,
math, science and read
ing, Miss Ivory went on
to say. Usually the chil
dren break into different
groups for each class,
although often there will
be a friendly rap ses
sion or a poster-making
festivity.
“We just want to get
the children away from
the whole idea of a class
room situation, and from
the idea of being wrong
or right, Miss Ivory said.
According to Miss
Ivory, the clinic meets
every Saturday from 9
a.m. to noon with field
trips at least twice a
month. “The field trips,
“Miss Ivory said,” are
intended to expose the
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Gospel Movement
The Atlanta Gospel
Movement is approach
ing its third year of ser
vice and inspiration to
the community. This tal
ented group of vocalists
have chosen to manifest
their convictions in song.
The 60-member choir is
the result of a joint ef
fort among students
throughout the Atlanta
University center.
The Gospel Movement
has made a powerful
impact on Atlanta’s re
ligious community. They
have been featured upon
numerous occasions at
various churches in At
lanta in addition to out
of town engagements.
The sound of the Atlanta
Gospel Movement is
growing in familiarity
and the news of this
choir has spread from
coast to coast.
A truly unique charac
teristic of the choir is
willingness to sacrifice
time and energy. The
choir rehearses twice
during the week and has
frequent weekend enga-
gements. The members
attended rehearsals and
engagements faithfully
without being pressured
to do so. The Atlanta
Gospel Movement is a
group of young adults
working, not for gain, but
out of personal committ
ment.
If you have not heard
this group, you should
do so soon. The Atlanta
Gospel Movement will
present its annual spring
concert on March 18 in
Sister’s Chapel. Come.
Experience. Enjoy.
A new procedure will
be used now, when you
have finished your meals
in the cafeteria. When
you take your tray and
dispose of your waste
you will receive a card
that permits you to leave
the cafeteria. If you do
not take your tray up you
will not be able to get
out until a tray is taken
up and a ticket procur
ed.
The new technique is
being executed due to the
excess of trays that are
left on the cafeteria tab
les. After each meal the
girls who work in the
cafeteria have to clean
up along with the tables
trays and glasses that
the Spelman Sisters have
left.
“I wouldn’t mind tak
ing up my tray if the
calaber of the food was
better. Who can have any
sort of appreciation for
anything after you have
found hair, fingernails
and all other things in
Drugs and
The Law
Suppose a student is
found by police at a par
ty where there is mar-
juana smoking or drugs
in use. What happens?
Darryl Cohen, one of
ten assistant district at
torneys for Atlanta ex
plained the procedure
during an interview with
the Splotlight.
“All of the people at
such a party would be
busted,” Mr. Cohen said.
“This means that the en
tire group would be fin
gerprinted and a record
established for him or
her.”
Mr. Cohen added that a
person’s record or “rap
sheet” follows him all of
his life.
As to the frequency of
marjuana violations, Mr.
Cohen said most of the
violations his office han
dles involves less than
one ounce of marijuana.
We have found quite a
few people smoking
marijuana publicly in
Underground Atlanta, in
a car or while walking
your food.” This com
ment came from a board
ing freshman student.
“Sure the food is bad
says Angela Pendergrass
but I still feel that the
sisters should take up
their trays even though
the food is not what
they may want them to
be.”
When talking with the
cafeteria personnel and
particularly with the stu
dents on work study there
was a combined element
of disgust along with
unappreciation. Several
of the workers said that
they blamed it on nothing
but shear laziness and
extreme hastiness. They
said however that on the
few occasions that the
technique has been used
it seemed to be quite
beneficial.
The problem in the ca
feteria must be looked of
as a serious one and
definitely should not go
unthought about. All it
will take is second effort
and thought.
down the street,” Mr.
Cohen said.
Penalty for possession
of under one ounce of
marijuana is up to 12
months in jail. The
amount of time a person
serves is left to the jud
ges’ discretion.
Mr. Cohen said these
cases are treated as mis
demeanors and the pen
alty is usually suspend
ed or the person is plac -
ed on probation.
However, the penalty
for possession of over
one ounce of marijuana
is more severe. In this
case the judge has no
choice but to pass a sen
tence totaling two years.
This penalty may take
the form of one year in
jail with one year sus
pended, or any other form
totaling two years.
2 Penalities for other
drugs violations are:
Cocaine heroin or any
other narcotic drug, the
first possession offense
carries a 2-5 year jail
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