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Page 7 BOARD (from page 1) Trustees of The Martin Luther King, J r. Memorial Center, The National Council for Children and Television, The German Marshal Fund; a member of The Yale University Corporation (1971-1977); and is on the board of Directors of the NAACP Legal Defence and Educational Fund Inc., The National Office for the Rights of the Indigent, and The Arts; Education and Americans; as well as a member of the Policy Review Board of the Public Agenda Foundation. In 1979, Mrs. Edelman received the 1979 Black En terprise Achievement Award for her professionalism in child welfare reform. She has been ap pointed a member of the President’s Commission for a National Agenda for the ’80’s. GREENSBORO (from page 1) Greensboro Coliseum. Speakers from various groups spoke on the purpose of the Anti-Klan meetings. Joseph Lowery, Presi dent of the National Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), summerized his speech by comparing the crowd to the hostages in Iran and the KKK to the Ayatullah Khomeini. Rev. Lowery’s remarks received boos and hisses from portions of the audience. Rev. Ben Chavis, member of the Wilmington Ten, also spoke at the rally. The city managers declared a state of energency for Greens boro, alleging it the only way to keep demonstrators from carry ing firearms. Although it was understood, by the participants, that no weapons were to be carried, city police and the National Guard continued to patrol the route. Despite some of the distorted reasoning for the march and the anticipation of trouble, the march maintained order, and the men in the white sheets were no where in sight. WALLACE (from page 1) perpetuate the division amongst blacks? Ms. Wallace: The media is not my friend. Of course they’ve used what I’ve said to do that, but I can’t allow them to prevent me from voicing something that I feel is important, or from doing what is important. Student: What is the natural and necessary role of women? Ms. Wallace: I’m not exactly sure, but I feel to some degree having and nurturing children (she hastened to add) this is also a natural role for men. (She didn’t exactly comment on women’s natural role, but said that we all have an obligation to improve the world.) Student: Are there any lessons or thoughts that you have ob tained when looking at women from other parts of the world? Ms. Wallace: Other cultures recognize that it is important to allow women to participate in the third world struggle. policy now are the same as that of slave days. What is the situation in Iran? What did the United States do to get itself involved? How does the United States get out? Reverend Howard stated, “Iran is in the middle of a revolution. In Iran...revolution is no laughing matter. Casualties are everywhere to be found. The un certainty, the threat of repression, poverty, and life itself is always prevalent. While there are ideological, regional, religious, and class conflicts among groups in Iran today which thrive during this time of uncertainty, the one unifying fac tor in Iran is the return of the ex- Shah...Passions run high against this man because of the 26 years of his unwanton disregard for human rights. The United States has been seen throughout this quarter century as the Shah’s chief benefactor... the United States had seen the Shah as the best hope for protecting its in terests in Iran and in other mid east countries.” Dr. Howard added, “To the people of Iran who see the revolution as a victory, theirs was not only a victory over the ex- Shah, it was also a victory over his number one backer. This con ception of the current in ternational crisis is not un derstood by a significant segment — HOWARD (from page 3) of the American population, because we are largely ignorant of our nation’s activities abroad...if we pay close attention to what is going on in Iran today, we will be better able to extricate ourselves from situations which will inevitably emerge in the not too distant future.” Dr. Howard stated, “The Iranian revolution is a revolution for independence...Iran regards Soviet Communism as foreign as much as they regard monoply capitalism. They see a third way for themselves which is. based upon Islamic principles. Prin ciples we would do well to better understand. They (Iranians) will not respond...to the conventional pressures that are levied in their direction because of their fervent religious commitment...I believe the more we pass them on military grounds, the more we present to them inflammatory rhetoric, the more resolved they will be about the righteousness of our cause. The Iranian revolution has a moral thrust and it is not very conducive to conventional compromise for political ex pediency. To the Iranians, the return of the Shah is the only way the situation may be resolved.” Reverend Howard said there were some middle grounds if they could be explored properly. “We should commit ourselves to listening to the Iranian people. Spelman Spotlight February 25. 1980 A Guard's Eye-View By Sheron Covington Amidst the controversies surrounding the effectiveness of the security system on campus, it is only fair that the guards them selves, be allowed to voice their opinion in the situation. One of the major problems that all the guards agreed on was the low resourse of manpower. One of the most visible efforts of this is the back gate which is oc casionally unattended and therefore locked. Another is a general shortage of guards cir culating through the campus at all times. The guards also agreed that the cause of the shortage could be found in the high em- The role of the American religious community is recon ciliation.” Dr. Howard wants churches in the United States to sponsor exchange visits between religious leaders in the United States and those in Iran. He in dicated that on February 15, heads of churches of the American Council of Churches will be called upon to sponsor educational programs on Iran and other countries. Dr. Howard closed his remarks by stating that military force should not be used in Iran, and that the general public should make their elected federal of ficials aware that the United States citizenry deplores the use of violence as a solution to the Iranian crisis. IT'S THE MOST The most effective sun glasses protect against bright sun and reflected glare with out distorting what you see. Sunglass lenses should be large enough to shield the normal angles of vision— above, below and either side— against glaring rays. A curved lens gives the least distortion as the eye rotates. Lens tints permitting the most accurate color percep tion possible are neutral gray or smoke-colored. ployment turnover rate which plagues the force. This high rate is often a result of incompatibility with the job, inadequate salaries and general discontent. However, of the guards interviewed, they expressed little disagreement with the salary. Another problem faced by most of the guards is the attitudes of the Spelman women. “Some of them think they are better than others’, one guard said, “And they feel that they deserve more privileges than others too”. Another guard attributed the stuffy attitudes to upbringing, which he felt was different from one who has come through a school of hard knocks, therefore making some of the girls harder to get along with. On the other hand, the attitude of some of the guards towards the students is also a problem that they all agreed on. “Some of the guards treat the girls like their in prison, questioning their arrivals and departures at odd mornings hours”, said one of the guards. He also commented that some of the older guards feel that the girls shouldn’t go out at all. On the subject of safety on cam pus, one of the women guards said, “You girls over here have to realize that none of the cam puses are safe, because we are in By LaRonda Morris On January 17, 1980, at 8:00 p.m., in Sister Chapel, Spelman launched its annual Blue and White Coronation. The theme was entitled “Exquisitely. For You...In Blue.” It was a stunning production with participation given by all the class courts and our own Mr. Blue and White, Mark Ford. This year’s theme was elaborated on by each class court. Each court was given a word of the title and the court ex pressed how they felt the word presented their class. The fresh man class elaborated on how “Exquisite” they are and will be in the future; the sophomore a high crime area”. She also ad ded, “The major crimes that hap pen over here are not the results of students but from people from the Bottom”. Interestingly enough, one guard believes that the crimes such as assault and rape can often be attributed to cohersion on the part of the student. “Whether ac cidentally or with intent, girls sometimes present incentives which lure men on campus illegally”, he said. To the question, “Is Spelman a safe campus at night?”, the an swers were evenly divided yes and no. Those who were negative felt so because of the location of the campus, the look of lighting around stratigic spots and the acute shortage of manpower. Those who felt the campus was safe cited the advantages of the fence which surrounds the physical plant and the acessibility of the guards to reach distur bances within 60 seconds, due to the mobile units. Overall, the guards were op timistic and felt that they were operating the best possible way under the prevailing cir cumstances. They do however advise that students exercise more caution and safety con science actions, because the life you save may be your own. class expressed their meaning of “For” in that they are the epitome of manhood: wisdom, under standing. and love; the junior class symbolized the word “You” as the black woman, more precisely the Spelman woman, and the characteristics that make her beautiful: the seniors uniquely used the expression “In”, informing us about the dif ferent facets of life and that life should be appreciated in that it’s a gift from God; Mr. Blue and White gave significance to “Blue” in an effort to show how women should recognize the positive qualities in a man instead of the See CORONATION p. 8 Spelman's Coronation A Success