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events and departments so that visitors can drop and learn more about the canceled classes from 12-6 p.m on the by many different areas of SPSU agenda no student should miss Southern Pending approval by the University Polytechnics 50th Anniversary Campus of Board of Regents Community Kickoff on Friday May 15 System Georgia during the week ofMay the Library All students are encouraged to attend will be named for SPSUs first director the 50th anniversary celebration Public in celebration Relations Director Ann Watson says Johnson p.m outside the library Also The president and faculty agreed to taking place the university hopes cancel the 12-6 p.m classes on May 15 pending approval to introduce SPSUs new president to because we want all students to be able the in 415 event in the to share in the kick off of our campus p.m commemoration However she Student Center to be followed by an informal reception with the new stresses hat morning and evening classes

Students are to will still be held as scheduled president encouraged

the rest of the community On May 5th all students will be able join campus

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528-731 This March Spring Break -301998 the Southern Polytechnic Society of Black

in affiliati Engineers SPSBE with the National Society ofBlack Engineers NSBE Nicole Phillips attended the 24th Annual tional Convention in Anaheim CA This the Interim Historian 98 year was largest convention with mor than 10000 minority engineering and science major Letters to the Editor TheSTMV welcomes students in were attendanc The Convention included well rounded agenda letters on Letters any topic should be typed and consisting ofworkshops nationally known speakers fair vith over 250 of cireer representatives corporations submitted on diskette All Letters must companies governmental institutions Graduate Schokl workshops and fair and simultaneous Technical include name Unsigned letters will not be Professional Conference for engineers in corporate America printed TheSIING reserves the right This years 24th Annual ______Convention emblem edit ______was the African to letters for style content or size Please symbol of Sankofa which represents the need for one to return send all letters to TheSllAC Southern to the in order past to have more successful future Sankofa Polytechnic State University 1100 South parallels the convention theme Learning From Our Past To the Marietta Parkway Marietta GA 30060-2896 or Engineer Future The convention carried this theme you can e-mail [email protected] or through the weeks activities with workshops speakers and socials drop them off at TheSliiYG Some of the nationally recognized speakers included Dr Room 252 in the Joe Mack Wilson Student John Hope Franklin once Professor Center of Legal History in Law at Duke All letters must be in before 500 P.M on University and presently Chairman of the the board for One deadline printed below advisory America The Presidents Initiative on Race Steve Vice Dorfman Chairman of Hughes Eletronics and Corporation Dr Dennis Kimbro world renowned author of the phenomenal best seller Think and Grow Rich Submissions Articles must be submitted by The SPSBE contingent was 33 SPSBE strong was nationally recognized for its outstanding Chapter the deadline printed below and typed on 3.5 on the level performance Regional the Academic Excelence Incentive Award and the 3.0 Crew inch AE original IBM-Compatible computer disc Please limit of the Year Award for the second in The year row 3.0 Crew is program dedicated to students articles to two hundred words All such articles improving GPAs and the increasing number of students with 3.O The current AE Coordinator Newton has are subject to editing for styleor content and Rosalyn continued the legacy and fulfilled the mission of are run on space-available basis increaing culturally responsible black engineers who excel

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TherIc SPSUs drainage problems

Student Center This puddle is much many icy

Rain has than the one by the building conditions ______bigger always been and even walk as there Gustavo White person cannot through at News problem it The area is the biggest ofall the water would

Southern hazards by far normally be

Polytechnic but with rain comes another The walkway between Howell Currently where the runoff problem to dump Dormitory and the Academic Building there are no drains

located at

the Student

Center for

the two problem

areas and on the walkway between

Howell and Norton Dorms the Construction Company will reroute addressed ofthe When situation Mr the water that is under the field and take head of Plant Clyde Tanner inspector look at the pipe in further detail dont

Operations replied that he was not aware know when that will be though Mr

of this many drainage problems Mr Tanner also stated that the pipe might Tanner stated that he of the was aware have to be torn out and be replaced with

that takes in the field area flooding place newer bigger pipe in order to handle

between Howell and Norton Dorms from the the increased water pressure

When the new apartment buildings are rains

constructed we Operations and

At Southern has Polytechnic drainage construction also poses hazard become recurring problem during rain Walking towards Norton Dormitory

showers There would not be problem student must walk around puddle -J if there were one rain in some puddle through the grass to get to the other far off but there are campus location side The problem with this is the grass locations around numerous important around the puddle is being worn out the where the campus puddles are because of so many people walking

situated that it hazardous for make around the puddle making it more students and to walk faculty muddy and increasing the chances of _____

location is the area One problematic getting shoes and pants dirty

around the Student Center it When rains These conditions become extremely

created that make it puddles are virtually hazardous during the winter not only to

to walk One such impossible through drivers but pedestrians as well When

is located between the puddle temperature falls below freezing the and the Student Center This Building puddles freeze up making it dangerous measures about two inches puddle deep for people to walk on People might

in the in the water People deepest spot slip and fall and injure themselves from the the walking Building to making Southern Polytechnic liable for

Administrative Building have to walk lawsuits injury

around the to avoid their puddle getting possible solution to the runoff is

shoes and wet and or dirty flow pants creating more drains for water to

fearless can walk person though through into By creating drains water would not

it with no Another problems puddle build up to the proportion that it has

located near the Student Center is the outside the Student Center When winter

located the northeast of the one to comes around there would not be as

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prospective students is scheduled from Tucker in his support is greatly appreciated Lambda Chi Alpha was home especially orange until noon Also on May 16 and shirt with As part of the commemoration am founded in 1909 at Boston pants orange pink student from several Prof Seabolts class will projects dots But of the Betty art specially University The Sigma-Xi polka regardless associations and organizations will be paint the rock with the 50th Chapter at Southern even all of them have displayed around the rock wonderful time anniversary logo the week of May Polytechnic was chartered in together

The events take place on the weekend in the The rock will be the center point of the 97 The fraternity has over Recently they are process normally reserved for TECHFEST of the campus and SPSU reunion activities 220000 active members and of selecting the Teachers which will held in notbe 1998 Back in taking place May 16 We would really alumni throughout the world Month February they selected Simmers appreciate our students respecting the Prominent alumni include Gary who was

U.S President Harry Truman awarded lunch with the Gamma

Boston Celtics coach Ri Phis along with certificate In

Pitino and U.S Senator Max March Dr Jose Vinelli was

Cleland chosen as Teacher of the Month

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around 2nd different interests and these differences with and the that best so friendship my common knowledge But stop and think

of best friends reflected in our class schedules friend It grade met two my were But and had just disappeareI was about it for second and its not so

and they introduced me to their best when because became of that dating girls began becoming interesting my girlfrienc simple The group us grew up 1prs friends and soon of about serious issue for the of the best friend pretty group two us my Shortly after graduation together have all moved on to colleges ten of us began together It was differences couldnt have been reflected and scattered around the Out of the playing though my girlfriend Iroke up country

the start of that would last better and as it friends that could friendship breakups go wasnt prtty But original seven not have

until our school In the of most of the at when an e-mail from her week be high graduation eyes girls got ltst separated by anything when we were

As we the school he was the looker and after each other in progressed through years high always not talking or seeing younger each of us grew apart and

of school each of us the friend It well if together grew was always good never over year asking could today keep in touch with only two of

thick and thin bothered until it individually yet through really me turned out that regain the friendship that we haJ before them Common sense tells us that we

stuck When half the to it we together we got to women tried date passed we broke up got me thinkiqg about grow older Common sense tells us that middle school few of landed in us the on the classic line like you to much as exactly what it means to be with our bodies change It tells us that we frierds same classes but we friend be began being to anything more someone change jobs or clothing styles and that

separated at first by the school and then as his You ever tried to define environment basis Unfortunately popularity grew frindship our changes on daily gradually ourselves best friend with the best friend before Websters its But when the last time by My women my began says somone you was your and friends less of best friend stayed even though we being and more of know like and trust Thats good common sense told you that after

in classes and on weekends an see in the halls But after of were separate acquaintance you on thought ten years kiowing lifelong of being friends with someone still we went to each others house to occasion the time and best it Naturally we spent just liking trusting my today would reach point today where you frienJ play or the lake to ski and so forth But off as friends was devoted hes ofthe th dont goofing now just memory way things even know how to get in touch

it freshman school was our year at high to the women in his life and our used to be Finding people yo know with the person that cracked Life had like and doesnt 11 changed everything friendship eventually trust come ea and People say that change is good

we to school it wasnt the think is it When got high just torn friendship apart its important to take the time to thing But who good for

so much the shock of there it last of being as The two years high school we figure out exactly what you wai before the that was possibilities opened up We barely spoke saw him in the halls and you get involved in any ype of had freedom in limited picking our said hello and that was pretty much the relationship with another perso

The modern stoning

Have you him we find that it has become atter of of his competition His skill has laid

had the the execution reaches its climax form for the Now guests our targts for waste to them and they have left the Dave Eskridge The blade falls the noose tightens the social to doit airwaves Now the evil Commentary stoning fight They fight corporate

rocks are beasts that in interesting thrown The some controlled ruled or deignated Caesars have threatened to stop the surround the death cheer with experience scene manner They arent boxing TFey fight fighting on His show The release will

of the show animal hoots and howls as the in watching Jerry Springer pent up the way that untrained angry people be gone and the show will die What It fascinates me in the same as an finds its sacrifice their bloodlust is It in the sane sad it way rage do Badly puts me mind day is when the stones will stop auto-accident and watch with fed and freed does as as the light of life leaves as three stooges short What sheer flying What sad day when the hangman

this devoted if it the victim disquieted attention genius to combine two ancient beloved retires What sad day when we people

seems to me that and his The is Springer peers only part that sadly lacking in entertainments to form nw and no longer have forum for public are not the of of the modern rendition is vanguard new type the death The effective one for our own day nd age humiliation

entertainment but the revivers ofan old taunts and still all of this be public degradation occur Sadly great glory may almost Form of halloed entertainment but the bloodlust is not given its release lost to us Springer has put down most

Well perhaps more like two types of suppose that it might be considered

entertainment barbaric still miss it Where is the

The style which our dear ringmasters culmination the completion the

compatriots use puts me most in mind execution The mindless misplaced of the public execution Regardless of hatred has no release better then mere The opinions expressed on form the execution has not changed taunts suppose that no art can re As the unfortunate soul much poor achieve itsgolden era but still ask when

stands in the middle of mob of rabble these the do we lay flame to the stake pages are opinions of of the most likely guilty many same We do so now Springer has out crimes as the accusedhis list of crimes stripped his fellows by choosing the writer not is and read aloud to the crowd roar has of They separate path He found way to

louder and louder in mock outrage satisfy that idiot anger the animal that becomes more and more real to bloodlust ofhis audience Yes that tried those the them necessairdy of as the emotion of the moment and true method of mob satisfaction them in pulls you know it you love it well love

Once the crimes have been listed and itViolence Our great and noble host newspapei Please do not the bloodlust of the crowd is at its has brought forth not only the lost joy

the accused is chance utmost given to ofpublic humiliation and mob mentality

his words the with speak No matter hate but has spiced it with overtones of the confuse opinions facts

of the mob is unflagging They taunt old gladiatorial games the accused they berate him they damn Watching our beloved guides show

TheSTING The Rambler

It is great you are all very familiarwith think that people North and South Americans peruse called The Vision ofRace Unity for those of who about his dream Shaidu Kiven pleasure us Care and Africans Racism runs deep It infects the friend and believe that it is still alive should take 70 of the 100 would be non- Contributing Writer hearts of both White and Black the lead in encouraging people of all Christian 30 would be Christian Americans Since without conscious take otherwise background to some steps in living 70 ofthe 100 would be non-White deliberate and sustained effort no one the welcome all back Rambler to you the dream In this light peoples of all 30 would be White can remain unaffected by its corrosive to our The season looks lovely campus background are encouraged to come 50 per cent of the worlds wealth influence both must realize that in its and the conversation in groups quite promising physical aspects together join would be in the hands of only people such problem can neither easily or hopefully things will turn out as bright dialogue on race relations At this critical and all would be citizens of the immediately be resolved Let neither think both intellectually and morally The juncture in Americas history the will to United States that short love extreme ofthe anything ofa genuine responsibility outcome ofthis last work toward race unity with firm 70 would be unable to read 50 true consumrizate sound but patience humility tact one quarter as the era of semester resolve is more important than ever would suffer from malnutrition 80 initiative mature wisdom and deliberate dawns upon us rests upon each and before would live in sub-standard housing and persistence andprayerJth effort can succeed in every one ofus that comprise the family Americans should be aware that the only one would have university blotting out the stain which thispatent evil has ofthis institution virulence ofthe issues in this race country education left on thefair name oftheir common country There are many important issues to attracts the attention ofthe entire world When one considers our world from Dear Friends there is so much to be be looked it is at though just the Shouldnt such awareness spur this such an incredibly compressed done and it is needless to keep buying of the The Rambler to beginning quarter country mount an unprecedented perspective the need for both tolerance time by pretending that everything is will address few of these issues due to effort eliminate all forms to prejudice and understanding becomes glaringly okay Now let me leave you with the many constraints and obstacles that and discrimination from her midst It apparent another Food-for-thought from ERIC characterize this crucial of job looking should therefore be clearly understood Well its been so much to worry Search Data 9/1/ with Demographic at things microscopic scrutiny The that no one can escape the responsibility about and the assignment to each one 85 If we could at this very rest of them are left for individual for the moment your healing process so desperately of us clear and precise engage the shrink the earths population to village search after truth This for the sought responsibility dialogue on Unity in Diversity ofprecisely 100 but all existing human The most of all at this achievement ofracial and in important peace unity Its been your good or not ratios remained the same it would look juncture is the 30th Anniversary of the the United States rests upon both Black good friend The Rambler like this Assassination ofDr Martin King and and White Americans Let me share with There would be 55 Asians 21 thus the status of The Dream of which you an extract from document which Europeans 14 Western Hemisphere every conscientious person should

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