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One Month From the Centennial! The Voice of Black Womanhood Vol. XXIV, No. 5 Atlanta Georgia-Spelman College March, 1981 Police Working Around The Clock To Solve Murdered And Missing Children’s Cases By Bridgett M. Davis News Editor The Atlanta Bureau of Police Services’ Special Task Force on Missing and Murdered Children is devoting its full time to investigate the criminal homicides of twenty-one black children.. Many people justifiably believe that Atlanta’s Special Task Force could be doing much more to solve the children’s cases. After nearly two years of periodic kindapping and murdering of Atlanta’s youth, one instinctly believes that it is suspects and therefore no end to this nightmare. However, many citizens do not realize that all available human and material resources are being pooled in an intensive effort to identify the person or persons responsible for the murders. Since July 17, 1980, when the Special Task Force (STF) was created, the Bureau of Police Services has expanded the STF to eixty-three persons — including investigators, officers and civilian personnel. In addition to the Task Force, the Atlanta Police Dept, has solicited the help of: The FBA, U.S. daily. because the police department and the Secret Service; GBI (Georgia Bureau of Dept, of Public Safety are lacking in Investigation) agents; psychics from ability and effort that there are still no around the world, police specialists SPECIAL ISSUE: Problems Confronting Black Youth Black Youth of America In Trouble . . . p. 2 Mother of Slain Son Expresses Mixed Feelings . . . p. 4 Julian Bond Speaks on AUC and the Klan . . .p. 5 (including the top five from major U.S. cities); specialists in technical analysis of evidence and data; specialists in the development of offender files; as well as several other qualified individuals and Continued on page 7 Students Dissatisfied With New Housing Policy By Karen Burroughs Sr. Reporter Camping out all night and lines stretching out of the doors of Rockefeller Hall were just a few of the scenes associated with Spelman’s former housing selection process. This year Spelman’s Housing Department has established a system of selection by computer in hopes of providing a more fair system of housing for students. The new system is quite simple. Seniors will be assigned rooms first, in the order of which they have been ranked by computer. Once seniors have been assigned, rising juniors and sophomores will be processed as a single group. There will be a limited number of rooms available to Atlanta area residents. In addition, no distinction will be made between classes for these students. In former years, students stood in lines to pay their deposits, and receive a number which determined the order in which they would be processed. In addition, rising juniors and seniors were given “squatters rights,” which allowed them to keep their rooms for the next year if they wished. Even though the gormer process was tiring for students, created long lines, and had many sleeping outside in order to get a room, most Spelman students wish that the old system had not been changed. “In the old system, one was more sure of having a room; with this system you can't be sure of anything but a headache!” says Maria Satterwhite, a rising senior. Kimberly Hickson.-a freshman, adds, “I prefer the old system to the newer one because the old system had a sense of control.” Students also feel that the new system will be ineffective. “I feel it will be unfair to students in the Atlanta area, as well as returning students. 1 feel that once you have a room, you should be ensured one while you continue to pay your bills,” says Vonz.ia Phillips, a rising junior. Another rising junior, Valderas Barksdale adds, “1 do not understand how each person will get a fair chance for housing with so many people and so few rooms.” “They ask you what you want (dorm or roommate preference),” says Robin Anderson, rising sophomore, “but in the end. you may not get either one.” Spelman students have other grievances as well. “1 think the students who commute 20 miles or farther should be considered separately from Atlanta students. At the present, they aren’t, which means if 1 five 20 miles away and someone else lives, say, five minutes away, we have the same chances of getting a room!” says Vonzia Phillips. As a final comment, Maria Satterwhite says, “1 don’t mean to knock the new housing system, but there are many loopholes in it. I understand that everything must change, but I have always believed in a change for the better, not worse.” Note: The housing selections will he determined by April; a follow-up article on the success or failure of the new system will appear then. Continued on page 7