The Spelman spotlight. (Atlanta , Georgia) 1957-1980, February 01, 1979, Image 6
Page 6 - Spelman Spotlight 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 continued from page 3 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. z; -QprXid J ej 3>' $ p£ ^fct. Practice- ? es % o .23 Jonestown ity for charging the estate for the S2