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Volleyball Team
Foresees Success
by Sheron L. Covington
The volleyball team of Spelman
College is a young, but very
promising group of girls. The team
is comprised largely of freshmen,
with only three returning veterans
from last year. Currently, the team
is oeing led into a winning season
by captain Cheryl Crayton and co
captain, Lisa Shannon, and a very
able coach, Ms. Joan Holmes.
The game of volleyball is a quick
and action packed sport. It
demands keen physical fitness and
quick abilities of its players. The
Spelman team posesses these
qualities and much, much more.
Last year the team boasted a 5-1
re >rd, along with the champion-
sh p of the Atlanta Phoenix
conference, which includes Geor
gia Tech., Oglethorpe, Mercer and
Spelman.
Commenting on the team. Ms.
Crayton (capt.) stated, “This year
will be just as good as last year, if
AUC
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prejudice. The overall goal is to
make black students aware of the
conditions that existed for black
people less than 30 years ago by
hearing the true personal experien
ces of the speakers. Hopefully, the
students will gain insight and a
sense of perspective of what has
happened to blacks and also of
what needs to happen in terms of
black progress.
4) Leaflet Committee—This
committee will publish leaflets
containing pertinent information
for either students, the black com
munity or both. The first leaflet,
which is on employment, is still
being researched.
Also, the AUCSCLC is sponsor
ing a joint program with the More
house Political Science Club to
bring area politicians into the AUC
to explain their productivity as it
pertains to the AUC. Carson
pointed out that apathy is rampant
among the schools in the AUC. If
the students come to hear the poli
ticians speak and become more
actively involved politically, then
maybe conditions in the AUC
schools and the surrounding com
munities can be changed for the
better.
Carson added that although the
AUCSCLC is closely affiliated
not better.” “We’re really a good
team,” added Ms. Shannon, “but
with practice, we’ll be even better!”
This enthusiasm is also shared by
the coach, Mrs. Holmes, who
quipped, “We’ve done well for a
new team,...this year we will be
undefeated and next year we’ll be
so awesome it will be ridiculous!”
The members of the team are:
Eyrice Armstrong-freshman, Shir
ley Bias-senior, Cheryl Crayton-
junior, Tonya Crawford-freshman,
Chana Edmund-freshman, The
resa Reeves-freshman, Shirley
Marshall-sophomore, Cynthia
Marshall-freshman, Ulrica Parra-
move-freshman, Natalie Nelson-
junior, Lisa Shannon-freshman
and Angela Toron-freshman.
Will the team be undefeated?
Will they become the Atlanta
Phoenix Champs for the second
consecutive year? Come out...see
for yourself and support the
volleyball team!!!!
SCLC
with the national SCLC, there are
few minor differences. In the first
place, the AUCSCLC has com
plete autonomy in that they can
decide what programs to imple
ment in this particular area and
also in deciding to selectively sup
port the various activities of the
national SCLC. Due to the status
of the members as students, they
are not always available to help the
national SCLC in all of its endea
vors. There was a necessity to han
dle problems in this area which the
national SCLC could not relate to
as well and the AUCSCLC is
endeavoring to handle them.
Carson emphasizes that the
AUCSCLC is whatever its mem
bers want it to be. Any ideas or sug
gestions will gladly be considered,
and spectators are welcome at any
of the meetings. In order for this
nonprofit organization to achieve
its aims, it needs members who are
willing to work. If you are inter
ested, please attend one of the
meetings.
The AUCSCLC is an official
chapter of the national SCLC.
Membership is open to any student
in the AUC and costs one dollar.
The membership lasts one year
from the date of purchase. Meet
ings are held every Monday at 6:30
p.m. in Brawley Hail, Room 100.
Morehouse Med School
Moves Into Full Flight
by India Burton
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
It’s it’s a SUPER medical
school! Yes, the School of Medi
cine at Morehouse College is all of
these and much more because its
dreams of excellence have just
taken off in full flight.
After having been officially
approved as a two-year medical
school last April, it hasjust opened
its doors to its first class of 24 stu
dents. The class size and newness
of the school seem to guarantee a
quality education for the students
involved. Because the medical
school is so new, it is under the
watchful eye of governmental and
private beneficiaries who have sup
ported the school since its incep
tion. This fact makes the faculty
and administration genuinely
interested in producing top quality
students, capble of passing the
national boards, without attrition.
With the small number of students,
a lot of personal attention will be
afforded that probably would not
be given at a larger institution.
The medical school has adapted
well to the facilities provided by
Morehouse. It has administrative
offices in Harkness Hall, student
affairs offices in the "medical
school trailers” between Sale and
Hope Halls, library facilities in the
basement of Brawley Hall, classes
in Sale Hall, and a projected
research building on the corner of
Lee and Westview.
The School of Medicine at
Morehouse College (SMMC) is
currently affiliated with the medi
cal schools at Howard, Meharry,
Emory, and the Medical College of
Georgia so that once students fin
ish the two-year program at More
house they will have an assured
position at any of these four-year
schools. SMMC has hopes, too, of
becoming an independent four-
year, degree-granting institution
by the mid-1980s. Of special inter
est to all Atlanta University Center
students is that the backbone of its
future classes are intended to come
The SMMC has some special
academic and demographic con
cepts. Academically, its major
emphasis will not differ a great deal
from most other schools. It has the
same minimum requirements of 1
year English, 1 year biology, 2
years chemistry, and 1 year phys
ics. However, it looks for students
who have strong backgrounds in
the humanities. The school uses
this criteria because it realizes that
half of being a good doctor
involves being able to successfully
relate to other people. Demogra-
phically, it has a preference for stu
dents from the southeastern
portion of the United States, espe
cially Georgia.
The ultimate goals of the medi
cal school are tri-fold. They are: 1)
to produce more black primary
care physicians, 2) to supply physi
cians to medically underserved
areas and 3) to encourage aca
demic medicine with an increase in
the number of black PhDs.
The School of Medicine at
Morehouse Collge is already in full
flight. It has an illustrious faculty
to support it and a ready supply of
students to propel it. Its mission is
clearly defined and it appears abso-
lutely capable of producing
SUPER doctors.
Coronation Promises
To Be Unique
by Malrey Head
Homecoming is more than a
parade and a football game. Its
beautiful queens and coronation.
This year the Morehouse Coro
nation promises to be somehting
new and different. “It will be pre
sented like coronation has never
been presented before,” said Spike
Lee.
Lee, the director of the Corona
tion Program, says that it will be
theatrical instead of a fashion
show. The theme for this year’s
coronation is “At the End of the
Rainbow, A Dance Fantasy.” Each
organization's court will present
themselves in a routine choreo
graphed to music.
Lee is working with a knowl
edgeable and dedicated staff. The
advisor for the Coronation Com
mittee is George Folkes. Folkes, a
Morehouse graduate, directed the
coronation last year. Monty Ross
is the technician and stage man
ager. He directed coronation at
Clark College this year.
Asked if the coronation will be
successful, Lee replied, “If the
amount of time the staff and
queens put into it is a guage of suc
cess, it will be successful.”
The coronation will be held in
the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chapel. Due to having the facilities
of a modern theatre, Lee stated
that “this coronation couldn’t be
done like ones in the past.” It
promises to be entertaining and
informing.
The coronation committee and
the committee for the Queen’s
Disco are working in conjunction
this year.Coronation will be for
mal this year and the Disco will be
informal. It was felt that gowns
and suits were riot conducive to
what was wanted, according to
Lee.
Coronation is Fri. Nov. 10 in the
Chapel. The Queen’s Disco is Sat.
Nov. 11 in the gym.
Bambara Hosts Writers ’Workshop
by Teresia Brooks
Toni Gade Bambara, former
writer-in-residence at Spelman
College, will be hosting a writer’s
workshop for those interested in
developing their writing skills. Ms.
Bambara has authored two books
of short stories, Gorilla, My Love
and The Seabirds Are Still Alive.
She has also edited The Black
Woman and Tales And Short Sto
ries For Black Folks. Ms. Barbara
D. Mahone captures Ms. Bamba-
ra’s beautiful quality for dealing
with people when she states, “Ms.
Bambara, cultural worker, under
stands all sorts of folks and how to
organize people with care for a
purpose that transcends their indi
vidual differences.” (First World
May, June 1977)
P&moia Writing Workshop will
meet every Wednesday at 6:00 in
the conference room of the Manley
Student Center on Spelman cam
pus. The workshop will concen
trate on all forms of writing: prose,
drama, poetry, essays, and articles,
to name a few. One of the goals of
the workshop is to aid the writer in
developing a critical ear, i.e. being
able to critique manuscripts
openly, honestly, and candidly.
The primary focus of the work
shop will be to help writers to pre
pare material for publication and
to aid her in constructing a presen
tational style for broadcasting and
public performances. Pamoja
workshop will also assist the writer
in developing proofing and editing
skills. In this workshop the partici
pants will be aralyzing different
periodicals to see what kinds of
writings the magazine uses, the
style and content of the writings,
and the pay-rate of the magazine.
Another goal of the workshop
will be to encourage writers, both
beginners and the more expe
rienced writers, to tap local resour
ces and outlets for their works—
i.e., TV, radio, papers, magazines
and journals. Pamoja will also
encourage developing writers to
become involved in conferences,
which would be of help to them,
especially those interested in writ
ing as a career. Pamoja Writer’s
Workshop promises to be a very
worthwhile project for those who
attend.
If there are any questions about
the workshop and/or upcoming
conferences, contact Ms. Bambara
at 52:4-4876.
