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Spelman Spotlight
October 13,19 8C
SSGA President Discusses Plans
by Rosalyn Cary
Jr. Reporter
Under the leadership of SGA
president Carolita Jones ‘81, the ‘80-81
school session will look to the
revitalization of a traditional sisterly ex
perience
“I feel as if this year will perpetuate in
to the greatest, due in part to our cen
tennial celebration. More than any other
though, I see students taking an active
part in the overall development of
Spelman, its reputation and its black
pride. Therefore, such involvements will
prove a more satisying year for objective
improvements,” remarks Carolita
With the upsurge of student par
ticipation plans are in the making for a
host of unique and innovative activities.
The current volunteer list of over one
hundred persons will aid in these upcom
ing events.
In the past, too few were partaking in
too large a portion of the actual running
of the SGA. Somewhat isolated from the
social course of the school, SGA
worked intimately among themselves.
“Unity in the Student body, which in
cludes clubs and similar organizations, is
basically my -major goal this year.
Spelman is a small Liberal Arts in
stitution; there is no reason for
dissociation amongst us.
For example, the new Spelman is
directing its energies toward an added in
volvement in the Atlanta University
community and residential areas. There
will be a carnival, big name concerts, on
campus parties and a run-a-thon spon
sored by UNCF.
“I really love Spelman, and whatever 1,
my fellow officers, committee members
and the like can do to enhance the
Spelman experience, well do,” com
ments Carolita
Lowery Embarks on Peace Mission
The first Annual In
ternational meeting of Friendship. Peace
and Human Rights in Rimini, Italy heard
Southern Christian Leadership Con
ference (SCLC) President Joseph E.
Lowery cite human rights as a moral
requisite for peace and human survival.
Lowery told the 10,000 people assem
bled at the Adriatic Sea Coast site that
the “demand for human rights among
the oppressed in the world must be met
with a sense of moral imperative by
developed nations.” “Peace with justice,
said Lowery, “is no longer an ornament
on the tree of life but the very root of sur
vival.”
Lowery predicted that blacks in
America will become increasingly in
volved in shaping the nation’s foreign
policy and this, said Lowery, will assure
a more sensitive posture toward
developing nations.
The meeting’s prime sponsor was II
Sabato, a weekly religious publication.
Other participants involved were
Vladimir Bukovskj, noted Russian dis
sident; Christopher Derrick, British
Author; Professor Milton Santos of
Brazil and striking workers from Poland
Following the meeting, Rev. and Mrs.
Lowery were guests of the Italian gover
nment for a few days rest at Naples,
Sorrento and the Isle of Capri.
Spelman Hires
New Faculty
by Renee Darensbarg
Jr. Reporter
The academic year 1980-1981,
Spelman appointed sixteen new faculty
members in various disciplines. They are
the following;
Dr. Hilary Baker
Visiting Professor in Chemistry and
Computer Sciences From IBM Corp
Ph.D. Chemistry Howard University
Janis Y. Coombs-Epps
Part-time Instructor
English Department
MA. Atlanta University
Manuel A. Genzalez
Instructor of Spanish
Modem Foreign Languages Department
M.A. Wichita State University
Leland Gene Haefner, 11
Instructor
Chemistry Department
M.S. Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Beverly Virginia Head
Part-time Assistant Professor
English Department
D.A. University of Michigan
Dr. Carmen Jordan-Cox
Dean of Student Life
Ph.D.-Boston College
Effective Jar ary 5,1980
B. Edward Lawson
Assistant Professor
Philosophy Department
M.A. University of North Carolina
Maurine A. McDaniel
Instructor
Art Department
Lev T. Mills
Assistant Professor
Art Department
M.FA. University of Wisconsin
Dr. Georgia Naderi-Movahed
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Modem Foreign Languages Department
PhD. Kansas University
Pamela Lewis Shrestha
Instructor
Art Department
MA. Boston University
Dr. Janice L Sumler-Lewis
Visiting Assistant Professor
History Department
Ph.D. Georgetown University
Susan Lee Stokes
Instructor
Health, Recreation and Physicial
Education Department
M.Ed. Georgia State University
Attorney Isabel Gates Webster
Part-time Instructor
Political Science Department
J.D. Boston University
Dr. James E White
Associate Professor
Mathematics Department
PhD. Yale University
We welcome these new faculty mem
bers to Spelman College in hopes that
this school year will be a most promising
and pleasurable one.
President Carter
Visits New Airport
by Vivian Fannings
News Editor
Jimmy Carter didn’t get to see much
of the new airport, only a few hundred
feet before he had to leave for South
Carolina Tuesday, September 16, 1980.
“No city that I know has been more in
timately identified with it’s airport than
Atlanta.” The president went on to say
‘and I think no airport symbolize the
spirit and the growth and the confidence
in the future of the city than does this
one.”
After meeting for a few moments with
airport officals and Mayor Maynard
Jackson, Carter then got aboard the
people mover and rode to the central
ticketing area.
The minority contractors on the new
airport comprise 80 percent of all of the
minority contractors on all other airports
in the U.S.
Mayor Jackson reminded the audien
ce that the airport was finished within
budget and on time. “We have
established beyond question that hard-
nosed businesslike practices can be
followed, that project schedules and
budgets can be maintained, and at the
same time that desirable and necessary
social goals can be met.”
“Never again should there be a major
construction project undertaken in this
country that accomplishes any less
minority participation than we have
been able to accomplish on this project.
We have proved that it can be don,
Jackson said.”