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Strategies For The Developing World
September 1981
SSGA Holds First
Student Body Meeting
by Emily L. Patterson
On Thursday, September 24,
the first Student Body meeting
for the 1981-82 academic year
took place. Early in the meeting,
SGA president Pam Scott, in
troduced her cabinet members.
Club officers were present to
answer questions concerning
their campus organizations.
Reports regarding their campus
organizations 1981-82 activities
budget were made by the SGA
president.
Gena Hudgins, vice-president
of the SGA, and chairperson for
the External Affairs Committee
continued with the meeting by
acquainting the assembly with
the purpose of the committee.
This branch organization of the
SGA proposes to strengthen the
ties between Spelman and its
community.
Social chairperson Avis Bishop
presented activities that are
being planned for the next few
months:
Every Sunday evening at 7:00
and 9:00, movies will be featured
at Howe Hall. Tentative starting
date is October 4th. Spelmanites
will be charged no admission,
non-Spelmanites will becharged
.50 cents.
Alma Upshaw Dining Hall will
be the place for an evening of
jazz entertainment called JAZZ
AND MORE.
November 24th is the Annual
Thanksgiving Rally. On this date
each club, dormitory, and sorori
ty donates Thanksgiving baskets
to be given to needy households.
The evening of Friday,
December 4th is the Blue and
White Pageant where the
gentleman will be chosen who
represents Spelman College as
Mr. Blue and White.
Details about the upcoming
events can be obtained through
the Student Government Of
fice.
Parliamentarian Rhonda Rush
proceeded with her goals for this
year. She would like to see
information published on
departmental scholarships that
are available to Spelman
students. Additionally, she
proposes to work with the Atlan
ta Public School System in a
tutorial program.
Lisa Boykin, Advisory Board
Chairperson, then explained
that her committee deals with
complaints from students con
cerning food, housing, and
security.
Lisa Boykin is also in charge of
SWAK, an action committee for
Spelman. For more information,
contact her through the SGA.
President Scott closed the
meeting requesting that anyone
who has any complaints should
direct them to her at the
Spelman Student Government
Office.
by Veronica Peggy Green
Contributing Writer
As the first in a series of
International Lectures offered by
Spelman College, Ms. Gloria
Scott, Development Advisor for
Women to the World Bank,
spoke on “Strategies for the
Developing World,” on
September 23 at Tapley Hall.
Ms. Scott informed her
audience as to the problems
existing in developing countries.
According to Ms. Scott, forty
percent of the population in
developing countries lives in
conditions of absolute poverty.
According to Ms. Scott, “One in
every four children dies before
the age of five.” The infant
mortality rate is 142 per 1,000
babies, compared to 13 per 1,000
babies in the United States.
The illiteracy rate in develop
ing countries is extremely high
and continually on the increase.
Among the illiterate population,
the rate for women is double that
of men.
According to Ms. Scott, there
is an average of six doctors for
every 100,000 people in most
urban areas. However, the ma
jority of the population has no
access to health care. Half of
these countries’ capital is spent
for food, and yet one-fifth of the
population is malnourished.
Ms. Scott stated that these
developing countries control
only one fifth of the world’s
income, and “inflation is ram
pant.” Most of their earning
power revolves around
agriculture which has little or no
market and is subject to chang
ing weather conditions. Twenty-
five percent of the import
returns are spent on oil.
Promoting a better balance
between the “haves” and the
“have nots” was one of the
strategies for change mentioned
by Ms. Scott. She also states that
informing one’s self and becom
ing aware of a problem can give
one a voice and bring attention
to the problem.
Symposium Held In Black Studies
By Karen Burroughs
On Thursday, October 1,1981,
The Institute of the Black World
presented a one day symposium
entitled, "Black Studies in the
1980’s: The Challenge of
Blackness Revisited.” This sym
posium, held in Atlanta Universi
ty Dean Sage Hall, was given as a
part of the Institute of the Black
World’s curriculum workshops
in Black History and Political -
Economy.
The Institute of the Black
World is a non - profit
educational organization found
ed in Atlanta in 1969. IBW’s
purpose is to do research,
analysis, and advocacy on the
Black struggle for freedom in
America.
The symposium was an
assemblance of Black scholars in
a public forum to assess this
decade of Black studies; to
examine how the past isreflected
in the curricula of the present;
and to explore the challenges of
the future.
The Black Studies symposium
was dedicated to the memory of
Hoight W. Fuller, former editor
of first World Publications, who
died in May, 1981.
Five black scholars were the
symposium’s guest speakers. St.
Clair Drake, who delivered a
speech entitled, "The Challenge
of Blackness Revisited”, is the
Professor Emeritus of sociology
and anthropology at Stanford
University. Vincent Harding,
professor of history and theology
at the University of Denver, and
former professor of history here
at Spelman, delivered a speech
entitled, “Black History: the
Search for Alternatives.” A panel
discussion on “Black Political -
Economy: Problems and
Prospects,” was conducted by
Barbara Jones, Professor of
Business Administration at Clark
College, William Strickland,
Professor of Political History of
the University of Massachusetts,
and Michael Witter, Professor of
Economics at the University of
the West Indies in Kingston,
Jamaica.
Dear Spelman Students,
Thank you for the enthusiastic reception you gave me during the
general election campaign. I will forever remember it.
During the past eight years on the Atlanta City Council, I have
worked hard to make our city and our future better for us all. I want
to continue the progress we have made and work even harder to
achieve our mutual goals during the next four years on City
Council.
Please vote again on October 27th.
Yours for a progressive Atlanta,
re-elect
Vote October 27
Punch 5
james bond
To City Council 4th District 361 Westview Dr. SW Atlanta, Ga. 30310 755-7050
Let’s Do It Again October 27