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Page 9 October 15, 1991
Fight Back!
By NiaMalika A. Rashid
Are you aware of how many date
rape cases occur on college campuses?
Do you know what to do if held at
gunpoint in a crowded area?
If not, you obviously haven’t
attended FIGHT BACK.
This enjoyable, informative, and
much needed self-defense class offers
Spelman students valuable information,
techniques and tactics in self-protection.
During FIGHT BACK there is a
beginning discussion period where
students ask questions and express their
views and concerns.
The instructor, Officer Toni'Mack
of Spelman’s Public Safety department,
reviews vital information involving that
evening’s lesson.
Discussions cover topics such as
chemical protection; defense
mechanisms, including a stun gun; date
rape; or just everyday questions about
survival tips.
After the discussion period, there is
a ‘physical education’ period where
students get a chance to learn and
practice physical self-defense tactics.
During this period, Officer Mack
takes the students through activities
such as screaming, "take down"
techniques and hold/release procedures.
Through practice with a partner and
on a male police officer (Officer Hank
Gardner and/or Officer Eric Johnson),
the students master several techniques
in physical self defense.
Officer Mack had been a police
officer with the Atlanta Police
Department for five years before
joining the Spelman Campus Police.
She has taught the class for two years.
Officer Mack said she enjoys
teaching the class and believes it to be
a great success.
"Students find within themselves
that there are alternatives," she said.
The students enjoy the class, also.
According to, Endia Pitts, a
sophomore, "[The class] is beneficial.
We learn to be aware and overcome
paranoia involved in life or death
situations."
I attend the class, also, and I think
it is fun, educational and necessary.
Officer Mack agrees, saying, "[The
class] should be mandatory for all
incoming freshmen."
The class also offers freshman
credit.
FIGHT BACK is offered every
Tuesday and Wednesday evening at
from 6:00 to 7:30 in the Game Room
of Lower Manley.
There will soon be a guest speaker.
If you haven’t gone yet, try to
make the next class.
HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE
PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
1992 COMPETITION
Fellowships are for full-time study toward the Ph.D. or Sc.D.
degree in cell biology and regulation, genetics, immunology,
neuroscience, or structural biology, as well as biostatistics,
epidemiology, or mathematical biology.
FFI x nWSHIP TERMS
* Three-year initial awards, • $11,700 annual cost-of-
with two-year extension
possible
»$14,000 annual stipend,
effective June 1992
education allowance
ELIGIBILITY
• Less than one year of post
baccalaureate graduate study
in biology:
College seniors;
First year graduate students;
M.S., D.O., D.D.S., D.V.M.,
students or professionals
• If an M.D./Ph.D. student:
Not in a funded program
• No citizenship requirements:
U.S. citizens may study
abroad;
Others must study in the
United States
SCHEDULE
i Application deadline: • Fellowships start:
November 8, 1991 J une 1992-January 1993
> Awards announced:
Early April 1992
FOR PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS, ELIGIBILITY
GUIDELINES, AND APPLICATIONS
Hughes Predoctoral Fellowships
National Research Council Fellowship Office
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20418
Telephone (202)334-2872
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute welcomes applications from all qualified
candidates and encourages women and membersjrfminority^groups^to
Car? No Problem!
From the Office of
Student Financial
Services:
A cutoff date has
been established for
submitting student
and/or PLUS loan
applications. Any
applicants applying
for loans to assist
with educational
expenses for the
spring semester
must have the
application(s) in the
Office of Student
Financial Services
by February 15,
1992. This policy
will be strictly
adhered to and will
be enforced
immediately.
No
By Ladonya Massie
Atlanta University Center students
are moving around the West End area
a little easier now because of the
recent acquisition of shuttle buses.
The administrators of all five AUC
schools decided to provide vans to
transport students to the Robert
Woodruff Library, the West End Mall,
the Vine City and West End Marta
stations and all of the schools in the
center.
The shuttle system is divided into
five routes that run seven days a week
between 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m.
The only problem students seem to
have with the shuttle is the confusing
schedule.
Ladrica Menson, a Spelman second
semester junior said, "I think (the
shuttles) are a good idea if you can
catch up with them."
She said that the published
schedules are confusing and also the
buses stay at the stops for only a few
minutes. This makes it difficult for
students to take advantage of the
shuttle.
Also, only one bus runs during the
day.
Arcela Keyes, a senior, said, "They
need at least two buses during the
day."
But still others are pleased with the
system, especially those students
without cars.
"It gets me where I want to go,"
said freshman Erika Lee.
Here is a schedule of the AUC
Shuttle Bus:
Route #1:
Sunday - Thursday, 5:30 p.m. -
12:30 a.m.; Friday - Saturday, 6:30
p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Library - Bumstead Hall - Hickman
Center - Sara Allen Quad - Vine City
Marta - MBC Towers
Walnut/Beckwith - ITC Administration
- CAU Graduate Dorm - Library
Route #2:
Sunday - Thursday, 5:30 p.m. -
12:30 a.m.
Runs at 15 - 20 minute intervals
Forbes Hall - Fair/Brawley -
Library - CAU Graduate Dorm - ITC
Administration - Walnut/Beckwith -
MBC Towers - Vine City Marta - Sara
Allen Quad - Hickman Center -
Bumstead Hall - Library - Fair/Brawley
- Forbes Hall
Route #3:
Sunday - Thursday, 5:30 p.m. -
12:30 a.m.; Friday - Saturday, 6:30
p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Runs at 15 -20 minute intervals on
weekdays and 20 -25 minute intervals
on weekends
West End Marta - Lee/Oak -
Lee/Norcross - Morehouse West End
Dorm - King Chapel - Spelman Back
Gate - Spelman Front Gate - E.L.
Simon Courts - Fair/Lawshe - CAU
Graduate Dorm - Library
Fair/Brawley - Fair/Lawshe - Simon
Courts - Spelman Front Gate -
Spelman Back Gate - King Chapel -
Morehouse West End Dorm
Lee/Norcross - West End Mall - West
End Marta
Route #4:
Sunday - Thursday, 5:30 p.m. -
12:30 a.m.
Runs at 15 - 20 minute intervals
Simon Courts - Fair/Lawshe - CAU
Graduate Dorm - Library
Fair/Brawley - Forbes Hall - King
Chapel - Morehouse West End Dorm -
Spelman Back Gate - Spelman Front
Gate - Fair/Lawshe - Simon Courts
Route #5:
Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 2:30
p.m.; Friday - Saturday, 6:30 p.m. -
1:30 a.m.
Runs at 50-minute intervals on
weekdays, 20 - 25 minute intervals on
weekends
West End Marta - Lee/Oak -
Lee/Norcross - Morehouse West End
Dorm - King Chapel - Spelman Back
Gate - Spelman Front Gate - Simon
Courts - Fair/Lawshe - Fair/Brawley -
Library - CAU Graduate Dorm - ITC
Administration - Walnut/Beckwith -
MBC Towers - Hickman Center - Sara
Allen Quad - Vine City Marta