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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 Continued on Page 4 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 Continued on Page f