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Dr. Jane Browning Leaves Spelman By LaRonda I. Morris Site of Slaying: University Barber Shop. A. U. Student Slain By Rolonda G. Watts A foreign exchange student from Tanzania, who attended Atlanta University, was the vic tim of Atlanta’s one hundred and seventy third homicide this year. The student, identified as Charles Mutashobya, 28, was shot on the sidewalk in front of the University Barber Shop on Thur sday night, September 27. According to homicide in vestigators, Mutashobya was walking down Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and turned onto Chestnut Street Southwest where he stopped to talk to a woman who had gotten out of a blue late model Chevrolet Monte Carlo with a white vinyl top driven by another man. After the woman went into the barber shop, the man in the car got out and shot Mutashobya in the chest with a high powered magnum. The gunman was described as a black male, about 6-1 and weighing 165 lbs. Police said the woman, also black, was described as about 5-4 and 110 lbs. Investigators have not established a motive for the slaying but the most popular hypothesis is that there was political foul play involved. Mutashobya was apparently a high official in the Tanzaneian government and came to Atlanta University in hopes of increasing his leadership capacity. On August 31, 1979, Dr. Jane E. Smith Browning resigned from the administration of Spelman College. She served in the capacity of Assistant to the President. Her responsibilities in cluded coordinating AIDP, chairing the Centennial Com mittee and assisting the President in administrative responsibilities. As a dedicated alumna, and ad ministrator, Dr. Browning regrets leaving the Spelman student body. Dr. Browning stated her reasons for leaving as being my interest in Research and Development, the opportunity to head an office and staff of at least four people, the opportunity to work in a graduate school and the opportunity to learn the skills of budgeting and fund raising.” Also, Dr. Browning felt that she, being a 33-year-old woman wan ted a main line job, Spelman of fered, no advancements for her career so she sought higher goals. She is the only woman working in the budget field dealing with higher education in the A.U. Cen ter. On September 3, 1979, Dr. Browning started work at the Atlanta LJniversity Graduate School as the Assistant Vice President of Research and Development. She works under the supervision of Cleon Arrington who is Vice President of Research and Development. As Assistant Vice President, Dr. Ms. Price Receives Degree By Adele S. Newson Famed opera star, Leontyne Price, received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from Morehouse College, Sept. 29, at a special convocation in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Chapel. A crowd of student, faculty and community representatives gathered to pay tribute to the “fir st lady” of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Dr. Hugh Gloster, president of Morehouse College, praised Ms. Price for having “proved that it is possible for a black person with talent and training to move from the outside to the inside. . . in one of the most demanding and competitive professions in the world.” The awarding of doctorates by the institution is reserved for two occasions: founders day and commencement. Ms. Price was further honored in that she is only the third woman to receive a doctorate degree from the college. Ms. Price was overcome with emotion as she stood between Dr. Gloster and Dr. Willis Hubert, academic dean of Morehouse College, while they conferred upon her the degree. The daughter of musical paren ts, Ms. Price responded to the award by admitting, “I am truly overwhelmed ... I accept it in memory of my mother and father and in memory of my roots.” The night before the con vocation Ms. Price was honored with a NAACP J ubilee Award. Both the Morehouse honorary degree and the J ubilee Award will add to 20 Grammy awards, a Spingarn Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a seemingly endless list of others. According to Dr. Gloster, Ms Price was “Gifted by God with a beautiful and powerful voice. (She) is a rarity who was born to sing.” Ms. Price proved these words true when she joined the Morehouse College Glee Club in the singing of the Negro Spiritual “Everytime I Feel the Spirit.” The audience raved at the per formance. Rhodes Scholar On October 2, Karen Steven son, the first black female Rhodes Scholar, visited Spelman College’s campus. Ms. Stevenson met with students in an informal session in Giles Hall and was featured at a luncheon in her honor. Later in the day she met with a select group of students to talk about her experiences as a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C. and to give advice and information on the different scholarships available to graduate level students. Dr. Jane Browning Browning is responsible for “the day-to-day operation of federal funds,” “works with faculty in developing proposals for federal funding,” “monitors the im plementation of federal projects and budgets.” She is very fulfilled with her job and enjoys working wit h policy. Spelman suffered a great loss with the resignation of Dr. Browning. Her concern for the students, professionalism in her job, devotion, honesty and deter- Inside 'Spelman to Get New Dorm p. 2 •Hubert and Thurmond Attack p. 8 •Special Poetry Section: “All Yours on Black Women . p. 9& 10 •Study Tips .. p. 12 •Eartha Kitt in Timbuktu p. 14 ruination will be missed by ail who knew her. We wish her hap piness and success in her present job at Atlanta University. Atlanta citizens recently voted no to the imposition of a one percent increase in the local sales tax. The referendum election, held Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1979, had been the center of considerable con troversy. Forces that had been pushing the passage of the tax were led by a group, Citizens for Atlan ta/Fulton. Mayor Maynard Jackson and Fulton County Com missioner Milton Farris were co- chairmen of the group. Forces that opposed passage of the tax were led by Coalition Against the Local Option Sales Tax, which was headed by John Boon. Now that the sales tax was defeated, the City of Atlanta will have to seek other alternative means of increasing the city’s revenues.