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WLCK
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was the only college radio
station to receive the
ARBITRON (ARB) ratings. At
that time the station was 75%
jazz. But somehow, the disco
sounds crept in.
“That happened because
most of our students com-
inging into the A.U. (Atlanta
University) Center are disco
oriented because it’s so
popular,” O’Neal explained.
“I’m trying to build a jazz I.Q.”
The station has cabinets
stocked with all kinds of
sounds; blues, disco, pop, jazz,
you name it.
“Most new students will pull
artist that they know,” said
O’Neal.
He said that although he
can’t listen to the station all
the time, when he does he gives
the announcers a call to let
them know whether or not they
are sliding off the jazz track.
In another attempt to
upgrade the station and put it
in the number one slot, O’Neal
says that program director Ms.
Quovatis Gex, will be “boneing
down” on the radio an
nouncers. He said that another
problem that the station is
having, which they will strive
to correct, is that students
seem to be lacking in the
department overall.
“If they’re supposed to be
here and if they hear about
some party they’ll call up and
say ‘hey,J can’t make it’ ten or
fifteen minutes before they’re
supposed to be here.”
This means that whoever is
on the air before them has to
either stay longer or try to find
someone to relieve them.
What we’re doing now to
curtail that is to require that
they do news and trade produc
tion, O’Neal said.
O’Neal believes that this will
decipher who the truly
dedicated students are as they
will have to show some
initiative.
“You have to find a corp of
people who are dedicated,”
O’Neal said.
He recalls those who started
out with the station when it
was born, names like Stan
Washington, Ron Jenkins, A1
Goggins and Mario Lightfoot.
These men worked prac
tically alone. WCLK was able
to make the ARB ratings
because of the dedication that
WCLK had then, according to
O’Neal.
WCLK can be heard 86 hours
a week now. O’Neal said that
an application has been put in
to the Federal Com
munications Commission
(FCC) for more power which
would mean more air time for
WCLK. He said that because of
the red tape it will probably,
take the next six months to a
year before the FCC is heard
from.
Meanwhile, WCLK will con
tinue to make the necessary
changes and improvements in
order to reach its goal of radio
excellence. And—
Like a cool rain on a hot
dav-it's WCLK...
And it appears that they
will. O’Neal was pleased with
the jingle package.
“We’re trying to upgrade the
station in terms of
programing,” O’Neal said.
“I was very impressed with
that,” “I have a lot of faith in
Phillip “Blue” Jones.”
WCLK, which evolved ap
proximately three years ago,
reflectively. “Hopefully we’ll
be able to do much more.”
“I had to find people who
were responsible,” said the
energetic “Blue.” They were
the only sisters to show up for
every rehearsal.”
“I was interested because I
wanted to sing,” said “Buffy,”
who has a beautiful deep,
clear, singing voice. “I’ve done
show mobiles and talent
shows.”
“I had gotten together before
with “Blue” for another group
that fell through,” Dinni said
“I was always thinking that
this would really do something
for the ratings,” said Lynn
whose enthusiasm was ap
parent. She was literally burst
ing with delight. And no
wonder; Cecil O’Neal, chief of
operations at WCLK, had
okayed the jingle package just
ten minutes earlier. The ladies
would beging recording that
same afternoon. The girls were
chosen to do the jingles from a
long list of females.
M.L. KING
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plication deadline is July 25.
Spelman students can earn up
to nine semester hours upon
completion of the program.
Interns are selected on the
basis of scholarly and
motivational qualifications.
Applications who are accepted
will be notified shortly after
the application deadline.
Financial aid is available for
those who qualify. Ap
plications may be obtained
from Dr. Diana Axelsen,
Philosophy Department,
Spelman representative to the
King Center Consortium or Dr.
Anne Brotherton, Internship
Director, The Martin Luther
King, Jr. Center for Social
Change, 671 Beckwith Street,
S.W.
G. FISHER
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growing, learning, and
training, and that was what it
is all about if one really wants
to excell. Miss Fisher feels
strongly about the con
tribution that blacks can and
have given to the arts, and she
hopes to have a new series that
will show the intellect of our
people and still be on a realistic
basis. This was Miss Fisher’s
first time on our campus and
she stated that she was
definitely pro the Spelman
concept, she loved the campus
itself, and was touched by the
warm reception she received
from everyone. As also stated
by Miss Fisher, we too hope
she will return to our campus
and share with us her time and
creative abilities.
APATHY
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student interaction and college
organization and over-all ad
ministrative functioning.
The topics for the Town
Meeting derived from 500 ques-
tionaires circulated among
students, 200 of which were
answered.
Consequently, from the res
ponse given by the students to
the questionaires, the com
mittee found itself straying
from its original purpose of
wiping out the apathy at
Spelman.
Novice Johnson, sophomore
representative on the Residen
tial Life Committee said of the
Town Meeting, “I think that it
was a building block
experience because it was or
first, it was a trial run.”
As a result of the first Town
Meeting some of the issues
brought up by students will be
discussed by the ad
ministrative committee;
Spelman’s part-time doctor,
Dr. Clinton Warner, has been
invited to a faculty meeting to
discuss the McVicar In
firmary, other issues have
been sent to the appropriate
department heads.
The second Town Hall Meet
ing was held April 19, 1977 in
Howe Hall. One observer noted
that the format for this meet
ing was much better than that
of the first. Only three ques
tions could be asked per topic
thus cutting out repitition.
There was more dialogue at the
second meeting as opposed to
the emotional outpourings
made by some at the first
meeting.
Discussed at the second
Town Meeting was housing,
college wide activities, teacher
evaluation / administrative
evaluation by faculty,
counseling, morale and
publicity.
One of the interesting things
that came out of the discussion
of activities is the fact that no
one seems to know where the
funds came from for the Albert
E, Manley Convocation Series.
The convocation series was
discontinued this year as a
result of a lack of funds.
Ms. Barbara Brown,
coordinator of student ac
tivities said, “I understand
that that was a special budget.
It was not included in our ac
tivities fees.”
Dr. Martin Yanuck, history
department chairman, asked
the students present why they
attended some convocations
while making poor showings
at others. The response to that
question by Ms. Judy
Williams, a Spelman junior,
was that many students are
not familiar with some of the
names and consequently do
not attend.
Ms. Betty Meshack, a
ere was much applause.
There was interesting
dialogue passed on the subject
of student morale. One student
complained that some
Spelman Sisters will look you
in the eye and then pass you by
without a hello.
Marie Ladson, a sophomore,
had this remedy: just go out
and meet and greet everyone
that you can. People from your
home state, freshmen,
sophomores, juniors and
seniors.
Ms. Judy Gebre-Hiwet,
professor of English,
suggested that part of the
problem is role playing. “We
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find the money to renovate
Packard and Chadwick or try
to build another dormitory, the
preference would be to build
but we may have to be satisfied
with major renovation. I am
very unhappy with the
problem of cars on campus. We
have a traffic problem at
Spelman and it is tied in with
the way security is organized
and so I am hoping that we can
improve the congestion
problem we have on campus.
Q. What are the most pressing
external problems?
A. I am going to be narrow here
since we’ve already talked
about larger external
A. YOUNG
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help their people was to
become committed to a cause.
That commitment should be
for the benefit of their race, but
it should also be for their
families and themselves.
To emphasize his point, he
stated an often used quote by
Martin Luther King, Jr. “If a
man hasn’t found something
he’s willing to die for, he’s not
really fit to live.”
His words, stories, and
manner all made the audience
receptive to the speech. So
much so, in fact, that as he con
cluded, a frenzy of approval
spread through the audience,
which was obviously ready to
are afraid to reveal our authen
tic selves,” she said.
“I thought it (the meeting)
went very well, although there
were fewer students present,”
said Dean Davis.
There appeared to be more
faculty present than students
at the second town meeting. At
the first meeting Howe Hall
was filled to capacity.
Where will the residential
life committee go from here?
“We will summarize the fin
dings from the outcome of the
two Town Meetings and take it
back to the total committee on
residential life,” Dean Davis
said, “I’m not so sure that we
can accomplish anything over
the summer in terms of a plan,
everyone will probably be
scattered over the summer.”
Dean Davis says that the
committee wants to review all
of the things that have
transpired since the advent of
the committee and use it as a
take off point. This will
probably be done in
September.
problems. I think we have a
major relationship problem to
work out; and that is the
relationship of Spelman
College to the Atlanta
University Center. We are
making great progress, but
still it is not clear how
Spelman as an autonomous
institution works with the AU
Center and I am hoping that
we can cut down on some of the
feelings of competition and
distrust and really try to make
this a viable and cooperative
effort. I attach to next year just
the highest priority to improve
Spelman’s relationship with
the AU Center.
give him another standing
ovation. However, the crowd
was unable to show their ap
preciation because he con
cluded with a prayer.
In the reception held
afterwards in the Albert E.
Manley College Center, Am
bassador Young mingled with
the crowd. His humble, frien
dly manner made everyone
realize that the man they had
been observing was indeed
deserving of the position he
had achieved. He affected the
crowd with his seemingly un
corrupt manner and his
sincere interest in the
situations they were able to
discuss with him.
Dr. STEWART