Homecoming THE ó^^Look For and midterms Clark Atlanta Univers our next don't mix. issue November EDITORIAL 22. P3 Vol. 1 NO. 8 Atlanta, GA November 8,1993/FREE News Campbell, Lomax Face November Runoff By Kimberly J. Phillips late, surprise candidacy of Center, such as Kippie Ellis, a tougher ethics in the wake of the Briefs Contributing Writer Schaefer played a large role in the sophomore at Clark Atlanta Hartsfield International Airpori mayor’s race. While voter turnout University, refrained from voting scandal, his opposition to an was almost equal in north also. “I didn’t vote,” he said. “I unpopular proposal to raise pay foi Compiled by On Tuesday, a night of political Atlanta’s white neighborhoods as wasn’t interested in the election city officials, and his close alliance Khandra drama ended in the city of Atlanta in the city’s southern and black because none of the candidates with incumbent Mayor Maynard Dillard-Robinson when the announcement was made neighborhoods, white voters came appealed to my needs as a stu­ Jackson. that mayoral candidates Bill out strongly for Schaefer, draining dent.” In an interview with WAGA- Campbell and Michael Lomax face support from Campbell. TV’s Good Day Atlanta the morn­ CALIFORNIA: Fires Kamuti Thomas, a junior from a run-off election scheduled for Emory University political sci­ Morehouse College, did not vote ing after the election, Campbell continued to burn in Nov. 23. entist Merle Black said he was not ’because he is registered in his said, “This is a great victory foi the southern section of surprised that Schaefer got more As reported in the Atlanta home state of Arkansas. He us”. than 10 percent of the vote. “If the state. More than Journal Constitution, Campbell agreed, though, that the candidates Campbell and Lomax began tc you have three black candidates 800 buildings and had been highly favored in polls did not seem too concerned with trade attacks in the past twc and one white candidate, I 170,000 acres of land Jhroughout the election. He fin­ students. “I don’t think either can­ weeks, but both have pledged tc wouldn’t be surprised that she got ished with 49 percent of the vote, didate will address the problems of run an issue-oriented run-off cam­ have been destroyed a good portion of the white vote. just a hair below the 50 percent African Americans with lower paign. by the blazes. President She targeted a group that had no needed to avoid a runoff with incomes and students in the AUC,” Lomax, who also appeared on Clinton recently allot­ potential to win.” Lomax, who finished with 23 per­ ed fifteen million dol­ Lomax also lost support said Thomas. the show said, “Right now, I think cent of the vote. City Council we’ve got a real opportunity, with lars in aid to the state. because many voters did not Despite the impending run-off, member Myrtle Davis finished Campbell, who launched his cam­ two very different candidates to sil •Actor River Phoenix, believe he would address their third and conservative Christian frustration over property taxes. paign as a city councilman, consid­ down and look at who they are who gained fame from candidate, Nancy Schaefer, fin­ Atlanta area residents were not ers the election a victory. what their differences are, and the movie “Stand By ished fourth. the only people who felt as if their Campbell gained immediate favor what kind of leadership they will Me”, died last week According to analysts, race and needs were not addressed. Many in the polls due to his stand on provide for the city.” outside of a Los anti-tax sentiment along with the students in the Atlanta University Angeles nightclub. The cause of his death Dutton Attacks Racism In Hollywood has not yet been deter­ Rap Star Accused mined. GEORGIA: Politician By Franchella Slater Staff Writer and Bill Campbell missed In Police Shooting Gomotsang Seema becoming the next By Warren “Walter was probably Staff Writer mayor of Atlanta by a Woodberry, Jr. arrested because he was small percent of the Staff Writer trying to prevent Tupac, According to Charles vote during Nov. 2 from giving a false state­ Dutton, star of the televi­ elections. A run-off ment,” said a close friend sion show Roc, the show California rapper Tupac of Shakur who wished to election between may not be a part of Fox’s Shakur appeared in the Campbell and Michael remain anonymous. He line up by Spring 1994. Atlanta Municipal Court, Lomax is scheduled Dutton said to an audi­ attended the trial, but he last Monday morning, for Nov. 23. ence in the Vivian Charles Dutton, star of Fox sitcom, ROC in was not present at the charges of two accounts scene until after the inci­ •Tupac Shakur was Henderson Center on the Vivian Henderson Center. October 29 that Hollywood of aggravated assaults, dent took place. He arrested in Midtown show. said that he knew nothing changes time slots for black explained that Shakur and Atlanta just hours after However, for those shows about self-esteem or self­ upon two off-duty police programs to make it incon­ friends were probably just performing at Clark that do have blacks on after worth while growing up. officers. venient for viewers to keep partying and having a Atlanta University’s nine o’clock, their characters By the age of seventeen, Shakur ,who was in up with the shows. This have small roles. On the Dutton had been sentenced good time, after perform­ homecoming concert. causes the ratings to go town for Clark Atlanta show I’ll Fly Away for to jail for five years for ing at GAU’S Homecoming, The rapper is accused down and then the program University’s Homecoming, example, Regina Taylor’s stabbing someone and Saturday night. of shooting two off- faces cancellation. is charged with shooting character is a maid. He said another eight years for Kenneth Ellis, Shakur’s duty police officers Roc depicts the reality of one officer in the there is a saying among white fighting a security guard lawyer said that he denies and faces charges of situations which black abdomen, and the other in producers, “All you got to do while in prison. having a gun and hurting Americans encounter. The the buttocks, after a traf­ battery as well. He is write it, and them niggers “One thing that helped actor said the show is an anyone. Judge Barber was released on will do it”. me understand the world is fic dispute early Sunday opportunity to dispel the Herring released Shakur $55,000 bail and is “Hollywood is the fore­ the realization that whites morning. The two offi­ myths about black on a $50,000 bond, and scheduled to appear in most racist institution in the dehumanize blacks and glo­ cers were attempting to Americans. has allowed him to return court within a month. United States, and it pro­ rify themselves,” said cross at the corner of “Hollywood white pro­ to California until his re­ NEW YORK; Rap motes racism and is capable Dutton. 1175 Peachtree Street, ducers do not want to make trial. of repeating what was done He is currently working (Sheraton Hotel-Colony star Flavor Flav faces television shows that por­ hundred years ago,” said the on a new show entitled Shakur had no com­ attempted murder and tray blacks realistically,” Square) when Shakur 1978 graduate of Towson Surviving the Game with ments about the charges, weapons possessions said the television star. almost hit them with his State University. rapper, Ice T. “I had an but asked press members charges after allegedly There exists a Jim Crow car, while turning the cor­ He suggested that the objection to most of the why they were present for shooting law that prohibits blacks, ner. at his neigh­ audience seek to watch intel­ rappers but after a conver­ his trial, and not for an Jews, and animals from The trial is scheduled bor. The performer, ligent television because sation with Ice T, I under­ award he received for a being seen on television for early December. In a whose real name is black shows are facing a con­ stood what the rap world is after 9 p.m. in Hollywood, separate incident that school play. He was William Drayton, was spiracy. Dutton did not all about and that there are he said. The Arsenio Hall night, Walter Fuller was accompanied by his arrested Monday and speak solely about his profes­ a lot of opportunities,” he Show is an exception to this also arrested on a misde­ mother Afeni Shakur, sional career, but spoke of said. is currently being held rule because it is a talk meanor charge. who resides in Marietta. without bail. his personal life as well. He P"* November 8, 1993_________ The Panther . The Panther Is Currently Accepting Advertisements For The December 6 Holiday Cheers Special Christmas Issue. 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