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Swing Phi Swing
by Sylvia Washington
March 1975
SWING PHI SWING fellowship, which is a
non-Greek organization was started in 1969 by
12 Black sisters and brothers of Winston Salem
University. As of today, SWING PHI SWING
has over 30 chapters spreaded over the United
States, and Spehnan has been most fortunate to
have the SWING PHI SWING fellowship on it’s
campus over a year.
SWING PHI SWING fellowship strives hard
for sisterhood and unity, which should exist in
various activities,
work is most
all organizations. Among
volunteer and community
prevalent. Presently, the SWING sisters here on
Spelman’s campus are planning a gala Spring
Fashion Show and activities for Founders Day.
Tuition Increase
by C. T. Woods
March 1975
With the rising costs of inflation it is no
wonder that the slate of the college message
delivered the expected increase in tuition for the
1975-1976 academic school year. LSpelman
students will be paying a $200 increase in
September.
“The increase in tuition really doesn’t make
any difference to me,” said a seventeen-year old
freshman. “I’m not on financial aid. My parents
pay my tuition bills so I really don’t care what it
costs.” The young lady, who incidentally asked
not to be identified, was the only person
interviewed who accepts the proposed tuition
hike without any qualms.
The $200 tuition increase which will bring the
total cost for a school year to $3,130 evoked
many irate responses from the other nine
participanting in the random poll.
Of those nine, five felt that the tuition in
crease, though expensive, was justified and the
other four were strongly opposed to the in-
old
Delta Sigma Theta
by Sylvia Washington
March 1975
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, a
Greek organization, which was started in 1913
by 22 founders at Howard University. DELTA
has over chapters located over the United
States and there is a city-wide chapter of Delta
sisters located in the vicinity of Atlanta.
DELTA SIGMA THETA sorority is a public
service organization that ventures into the com
munity. DELTA’S main purpose is to provide
the opportunity for college educated women, to
take their talents and exercise them into the
community. Presently, the sisters here on
Spelman’s campus are in the process of getting
a scholarship together to give away and prepar
ing activities for the celebration of Founder’s
Day, in which they will have a special guest
speaker.
Wine Psi Phi
by Sylvia Washington
March 1975
WINE PSI PHI, a relatively new social
organization, not quite a year old, has set afoot
on Spelman’s Campus. This social organization
was founded by six brothers and sisters on
Spelman, Morehouse, and Morris Brown Cam
puses. WINE PSI PHI has two national head
quarters, which are located in Chicago and
Florida, and there are 22 Chapters throughout
the United States.
WINE PSI PHI strives for the utmost unity
among the sisters and brothers of the Atlanta
University Center. Presently, the brothers and
sisters of WINE are planning a national
convention for all chapters.
Blood
Sweat
and
crease.
Dorothy Chapman, a twenty-year
Economics major, said the tuition increase was
needed. “For students who can’t afford the in
crease I would suggest that they find out about
some of the fellowships offered.”
“I’m not rich. I’ve received several
fellowships and grants from various
organizations. However, these fellowships are
for the needy and you have to qualify for them,
Ms. Chapman said.
Denise Hartsfield, 20, a junior English major
said, “I think it’s ridiculous but realizing that
the Country is in the midst of a recession you
have to expect prices to go up.”
Denise Thornton, 20, a sophomore math ma
jor said, “I don’t like it. I don’t have the $2,930 it
costs now and $200 in addition to that would put
me in the hole even deeper. Sometimes it seems
as if they are going to work-study me to death.
Jackie Payne, 17, a sophomore Sociology major
said, “If the tuition goes up any higher I might
have to drop out of school. I will probably
transfer to Georgia State University since it’s
cheaper.” >(
“I don’t see where the money is going, said
Holly Johnson, an 18-year-old Biology major.
“If they were using the money to purchase
better equipment to teach us with or to increase
the salary of the teachers, then I could
understand.”
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JOANNE LITTLE, 20 year old Black inmate of
Beaufort County, has charges placed against
her in the Aug. 27 stabbing of a white deputy in
the North Carolina jail. Ms. Little asserts that
the deputy entered her cell with a pick, naked
from the waist down and attempted to rape her.
Ms. Little acquired the pick in the struggle and
stabbed the deputy — killing him. Ms. Little’s
case has aroused public attention from various
nation-wide organizations including the SCLC.
The case has also begun to arouse the sympathy
of civil rights and women’s liberation
organization organizations because the state of
North Carolina is continuing to press first
degree murder charges against Ms. Little for
defending her self against rape.
Tears
Jose R. Juarez
March 1975
Today the South demonstrates the efforts of
people like Walter E. Fauntroy, U. S. Represen
tative, District of Columbia Washington D.C.,
and the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..
While Dr. King Jr. encouraged poor people of
the South to peaceably fight for their right to
vote, W. E. Fauntroy was in Washington D.C.
lobbying for the Voting Rights Bill of 1965 that
expires August 6th of this year.
The efforts of these men and others have
made the vote of poor people a social strength
that can be measured by the South’s increase in
the number of non-white elected officials in the
South. There are over fifteen hundred elected of
ficials today from the South. This increase in
the number of elected officials could not have
happened without the voters.
The Voter Registration Act required that
localities specified in the Act report all redis
tricting plans to the Justice Department for
clearance and therefor approval by the At
torney General. In a number of localities
changes were made but the plans were not sub
mitted to the Justice Department for approval
reason being, there are no penalties in the Act
for not complying with this condition of the law.
The Act was never totally enforced.
Latin-American citizens who do not speak or
read English throughout the U. S. have not had
available to them ballot materials printed in
Spanish. The New York area and parts of New
Jersey are the only areas that have provided
these materials for Spanish speaking citizens.
States such as Texas and California do not
provide these voting materials necessary for
those who speak Spanish only.
The Attorney General under the power of the
Act may send federal registers to different
locales to enforce the Act and assure the people
of that locale that the law is being obeyed to its
specifications. In the past, the Attorney
General has not been attentive with this pres
cribed procedure of the Act, an obvious neglect
of duty by law.
The Act was never totally enforced. Spanish
speaking citizens have not been provided with
materials necessary for voting. The Attorney
General has been remiss in enforcing this Act of
Congress. There are no penalties in the Act that
would penalize those locales not complying
thoroughly with the law as defined by the Act.
These points of failure of compliance and open
neglect of the Act halt the process of registering
the largest percentage of voters.
Congressman Andrew Young of the Fifth
Congressional District of Georgia is working
for the legislation of two separate bills for voter
registration. The first bill contains four major
points. First, a ten year continuance of the act.
Second, a permanent repeal of the literacy test
as a condition for voting. Third, additional
protection for the voting rights of Latin citizens,
and fourth, penalties by law for failure of com
pliance with this act. The second bill will
concern universal registration. This bill will
enable people to vote through various regis
tration programs. One program, for example,
will enable citizens to register by mail. The
House began hearings on the extension of the
Act during the week of February 24th to 28th.
The ten year continuance of the act is
naturally a major concern because of its effect
upon reapportionment. A five year continuance
of the Act, as supported by President Ford,
would only cover the Act’s requirement to sub
mit the reapportioning of districts to the Justice
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