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I Resolve
COLLEGE POETRY REVIEW
The NATIONAL POETRY PRESS
announces
The closing date for the submission of manuscripts by College Students is
February 15th
ANY STUDENT attending either junior or senior college is eligible to submit
his verse. There is no limitation as to form or theme. Shorter worfcs are pre
ferred because of space limitations.
Each poem must be TYPED or PRINTED on a separate sheet, and must
bear the NAME and HOME ADDRESS of the student, and the COLLEGE
ADDRESS as well.
MANUSCRIPTS should be sent to the OFFICE OF THE PRESS.
NATIONAL POETRY PRESS
Box 218 Agoura, Ca. 91301
Black Artists Show Off
by Lauri M. Sanders
The arrival of 1979 heralds the
beginning of may last year here on
the hallowed grounds of Spelman
College. Aside from the obvious
joy that comes with completing
another phase of one’s life, my
skipping to the tune of “Pomp and
Circumstance” (which will
obviously be in my head since the
establishment has outlawed com
mencement activities in December)
will symbolize my liberation from
the rules and by-laws of Spelman
College. When 1 walk (preferably
out of the front gate for the last
time) 1 want to leave knowing that
I have obeyed every law, by-law,
side-law, contradictory clause, and
ambiguous amendment in the
Handbook. It is with that hope in
mind that 1 make'my New Year’s
resolutions.
1 RESOLVE:
1) to always take my meal card
to the cafeteria. (Even though I
know of NO ONE who would get
up at 7:00 a.m. on a Saturday
morning to come over here for this
food—and 1 use the term FOOD
loosely.)
2) to call out my number, show
her the card, and recite my social
security number—backward if
necessary. (I realize now that Bon
ita Collier—the breakfast numbers
girl—is lonely, sleepy and friend
less. Poor thing, she can’t help it if
she’s evil.)
3) to stop cursing the Atlanta
University Security Force.
(They’re doing the best they can,
but, they are short of capable men.
They’re short of men period.
Which is probably why the back
gate is locked ALL weekend,
EVERY weekend.)
'4)to stop badgering student
accounts when they are holding my
money. (That’s okay if they don’t
want to turn it loose. 1 only need it
for my plane fare home.)
5) to act civil towards the zom
bies in the cashier’s cage. (They
only come alive when “Ryan’s
Hope”, “All My Children,” and
“One Life To Live” come on.)
6) not to haunt Marva Tanner.
(My parents don’t work in the
Atlanta University Center and I’m
not an Atlanta resident so it really
is difficult to find a work studyjob
for me.)
7) to park my roommate's car on
Chestnut near MLK Street and
walk back to Read Hall. (Even
though she has a sticker it’s the
only way 1 can guarantee it won’t
be towed away because it was
parked in some professor’s favorite
spot.)
8) to stop going to Georgia State
and Georgia Tech’s library when
doing research. (The only library
with a tackier black literature col
lection is the one found in the
Kremlin University in Moscow.)
9) to stop complaining about the
quality of food in the Alma
Upshaw Cate. (Somewhere there
are starving children begging for
this kind of food. Let'em come and
get it!!!!!!!!!!!)
10) 1 resolv e never again to stand
in line, to register for a class, to pav
a fee, to get a signature, to get a
sticker, to have a card stamped, to
be told that “This is the wrong line.
You shouldn't have been in THA I
line.”, to eat porkettes ham
/chuckwagon steak, chicken fried
leftovers, or meatloaf. I also
resolve never again, in this life or
the hereafter -to sleep on the hard,
cold concrete, under the stars, just
to get a decent place to lay my
head, for the following year.
11) Furthermore, I resolve to
feel absolutely no shame if I don’t
adhere to any of these resolutions.
After all it won’t be the first time I
made a promise to myself and
didn’t keep it!!!!!!!!!!
An Invitational Art Show by the
Black Artists Atlanta group
opened at Agnes Scott College in
the Dana Fine Arts Building .Ian.
14 and will continue through Feb.
15.
Members of. Black Artists
Atlanta participating in the show
are James Adair. Joshua Butler.
Tina Dunkley. Ann Gray . Jenelsie
Holloway. Velma Ludaway, Lev
Mills. Evelyn Mitchell. Arthur
Parks, Curtis Patterson. K. Joy
Ballard Peters, Lee Ramsaw, John
Riddle, Freddie Styles and Sandra
Williams. These artists’ work
include, among others, sculpture,
prints, applique, jewelry, paintings
and drawing.
The Invitational Art Show will
be open to the public, free of
charge, in the Dalton Galleries of
the Dana Fine Arts Building. Pub
lic gallery hours for the duration of
the exhibit are Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday 2 to 5
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ancient myth of Sisyphus, who was
condemned to the underworld by
angering gods for defying their
will. In the example of Jim Jones,
we observe a man who suffered an
inner hell from the fanatic urgency
of his message reinforced by the
sheep-like obediance of his flock.
Unlike Sisyphus with Jones’ final
descent into the underworld, he
decided to take over 900 faithful
souls with him. After playing God.
man is not content with his inev ita
ble mortality. “Jones became a
devil,” said his lawwer, Mark Lane.
“If you cannot be God, you don’t
just fall back to the rank and file. If
you win, you’re Moses; if you lose,
you’re Charles Manson.”
The destruction of the Peoples’
Temple will continue to create
bizarre problems. Since the
church’s net worth is estimated at
over $10 million, government offi
cials are investigating the possibil-
p.m.
Among the artists represented in
the Agnes Scott Invitational Show'
are several who have executed
w'orks for public Atlanta buildings
and parks.
For the MARIA station at
Ashby St.. Lev Mills has painted
wall murals and Curtis Patterson,
an instructor at the Atlanta Col
lege of Art. has created a sculpture.
Patterson also produced the sculp
ture at Gordon and Langhorn
Streets, SW. for the Atlanta
Bureau of Cultural Affairs pro
gram, “Art in Public Places."
John Riddle, director of the
Neighborhood Art Center, is
known for his large murals at the
Shrine of the Black Madonna on
Gordon St.. SW. He also created,
under the sponsorship of the State-
Legislature’s Black Caucus., a
sculpture for the capitol grounds.
Evelyn Mitchell recently won an
architects’ competition for a plan
that will be presented to the
million it cost for retrieving the
dead from the jungles. Insurance-
companies may soon be claiming
that all their life insurance policies
with Jones’ victims are void
because of the suicides but the
families of victims mav call for
double-indemnity payments,
because the deaths could be consi
dered murder. Reports circulate
that Jones’ surviving supporters
may initiate a "Last Stand." a plot
to assassinate journalists and ex
members who have criticized the
church. Psychiatrists believe that
some of the survivors of the mass
suicide may take their own lives
months from now. suffering from a
twisted feeling of guilt. We have
not heard the last of the Reverend
Jim Jones and his errant followers.
Others like him will doubtlesslv
take his place within the black
community.
MARTA Board for approval for
art work in the West End MARTA
station.
The Black Artists Atlanta group
has exhibited at the Handshake
Gallery, the Peachtree Center
Gallery and the Atlanta Gaslight
Tower, among other places. This
fall the group conducted art work
shops around the city funded by a
grant from the Atlanta Bureau of
Cultural Affairs.
Black
History
Week
Two black women a college
professor and a television
anchorwoman will speak and
several gospel choirs will sing dur
ing Black History Week, Feb. 5-9.
at Agnes Scott College. Sponsored
by Students for Black Awareness
at Agnes Scott, the lecturesand the
gospel concert will be open to the
public, free of charge.
Ms. Gloria Gayles, an English
professor at Talladega College,
Talladega, Ala., will speak Tues
day. Feb. 6. on “Black and
Woman: A Study of Black Women
in Selected Novels Written by
Black Women. 1946-1976." Her
lecture is at 8:15 p.m. in Presser
Hall.
Ms. Jocelyn Dorsey, award
winning anchorwoman for WSB-
TV in Atlanta, will speak on
“Blacks in the News Media" Fri
day, Feb. 9, at 11:30 a.m. in Presser
Hall. Ms. Dorsey produces and
anchors the weekend noon Action
News on Channel 2 and works as a
general reporter for all other WSB
newscasts.
For Gospel Night at Agnes
Scott, Thursday, Feb. 8, perfor
mances will be given by the St.
Paul Lutheran Chancel Choir and
the Union Baptist Gospel Singers,
as well as other choirs yet to be
announced. The gospel concert
will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Presser
Hall.
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