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OU college boosts number of minority grad students
the lot. It is a combination of all
the other evils. We must get these
"I have AIDS, cancer, and my
doctor gave me up three limes last
week. break in my house and
give me something to live for."
These people now are not fooling
Reprinted from Essence
These awards have gone to seven
First, we present
Dr. Johnetta B. Cole:
Education
In her inaugural address as the
programs to help the new minority
students stay and succeed at OU.
For example, her office recently
held an orientation program and
provided a handbook specifically for
minority graduate students. The
orientation and the handbooks
provided practical information and
survival tips on graduate study, as
well as addressing specific issues
the students will face as minorities,
Spigner-Littles says.
"For minority students, survival,
at a predominantly white institution
often requires an understanding of
‘the culture of the academy and
becoming bilingual, and once
again, bicultural, so they may once
again navigate the halls and walls
of ivory."
While she is pleased with the
number of new minority graduate
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women's studies,” and to that end,
she has been assisted by a $20
Cole and a little help from friends
like the Cosbys, Spelman is now
competing for the kind of top
students who only a few years ago
would have attended predominantly
while institutions.
Economic and academic success
for Spelman will have a positive
effect on all black colleges. It will
also mean, as Cole stated at her
inaugural gala: "A new day for
Spelman is important for all
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defined by professional success or
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will produce more litter and
pollution than ever before.
If you don't do
something about it,
who will?
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By Clarence Wiley
Did you hear it through the
grapevine? NO! You heard it from
the Eagle. YES. . .1 told you that
we need to do something besides
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1. Rev. Ophelia Harris’ wrist
and hip were broken when she
was involved in a one-car acci-
dent. She remains hospitalized at
Muskogee Regional Medical Cen-
ter.
2. Ethel Hulbert, Mr. and Mrs.
Elijah Colbert (and Ethclla Ses-
sion) continue to remain at Heri-
tage Home.
3. Talitha Tolled,t. jyounger.is
now up and about, following a car
accident which injured her left arm
and hand. Talitha has relumed to
school and church.
4. Dorothy Coleman is well
enough to attend church.
life of commitment,
accomplishment, and her own
primary requirement, service.
Whatever additional goals she
achieves while president of
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them as adults at 16-17 years of
age. It is a hard lesson, but we can't
seem to beat the law.
I keep asking that we come up
else that is not yours). And the pale with supervised playgrounds, other
horse, I shall call rape, the worst of activities that will stimulate young
minds.
Let's do like the old folks used to
riders off these horses. Must do—"Steal away and pray; gather
and pianist; Evelyn Jackson is Most of all, however, she has
organist; Mary Wynn is choir taught. Thousands of college
I suppose all mothers of grown
children keep them in mind at all
times to some degree. We think of egg with milk, add dry ingredients,
the good times and the not-so-good and mix well. Peel and slice
times. We ask ourselves: "Why
didn't I think of this or that to do
t|ie world to serve others and to
become leaders.
Cole lives by her dictum:
"Leadership. . .is not about what
one accumulates for oneself; it is
what one is able to do in the
interest of others.
Currently with her assumption of American regional liberal
the duties of president, Cole is not colleges. With the vision of Dr.
teaching, but the students of
Spelman are still blessed with her
inspiration.
"Sister President" is the name
they have affectionately given her,
and she is always available to
dispense assistance, wisdom, and
love to our daughters, whose
emotional, spiritual, and academic
development have been entrusted to
her.
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Several of my friends have signs
on their doors that say something
Book of Revelation in Chapter 6 of like, "There is nothing in this
the apocalyptic vision of God's house worth your life. . .dig?" or,
purpose in the world: St. John, the "This house is protected three days
Divine, describes the four a week by a 12-guage shotgun. .
horsemen: signifying war.. .a red you guess which three days." Or,
horse; civil strife.. .a white horse;
hunger... a black horse, and death.
. .a pale horse. The horses and their
riders are frequently depicted in the
art world.
I shall call the red horse, around. I worked 34 years, dying to
"murder". . .. there is so much help troubled youth, and I never
blood and violence today; the white believed there was a "bad" kid, they
horse I shall call "drugs". . should be given another chance,
.cocaine, crack or ice. It is ruining Now, the legal forces arc certifying
our children, families, schools, and
society. The black horse, I shall
call "robberies, holdups, or stealing
(taking something from someone
achievements began when she was
accepted at the age of 15 in the
early-admissions program at Fisk
University. She later transferred to
Oberlin College, where she received
a B.A. and went on to earn an M.A.
and a Ph.D in anthropology from
Northwestern University.
Her teaching career has taken her
from Washington State University,
where she was named Outstanding
Faculty Member of the Year in
1970, to the University of University, and Fisk University. If
Massachusetts at Amherst. During is measured in personal happiness,
her 13-year stint at Amherst she then Cole has that, with three
became a full professor of accomplished sons and a recent
Afro-American studies and
anthropology and for two years
women arm themselves to protect
their self-respect or their lives?
Several people have discussed
what should be done to a rapist:
Some said, "Hang him by his
talk at the Big Gate, to try to curb raping tool, remove the tool by
murder, drugs, robbery, and now using a dull hatchet, inch-inch. I m
rape: M.D.R. and R. are the Four hearing this through the grapevine.
Horsemen of Apocalypse and they But anyway, as I said before, we
have come to be a symbol of the must band together, set up block
evils of this world. guards, watch each other's house
Remember these four horsemen and property.
in the Bible: part of the scenes of
the Last Judgement depicted in the
students, Spigner-Littles says it
does not mark a significant increase
in the percentage of minority
representation collegewide.
"We must continue to provide
opportunities for the untapped
resources that reside in our ethnic
communities," she says. "My plans
are to work more closely with the
departments and to get their *
assistance in recruiting at
professional meetings and at other
universities."
women. It is important because we
needn't spend time checking out
pigment, or twist of hair, or age, or
a host of other things that sep. rate
us women. We need time to come
together and remember that we hold
up at least one half of the sky."
If achievement is measured in
awards, then Johnetta Cole has a
trunk full, including honorary
degrees from Princeton,
Southeastern Massachusetts
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slice each half in two crosswise,
for my child?" Then we think of Dip each piece into batter and coat
that wonderful trip, and how you evenly.
were able to help out when they
needed your love and support most.
One of the small things to make pan. (Four pieces at a time is about
them happy was to prepare their right, depending on size of pan.)
favorite dishes. I had two big sons
who loved to eat. And I knew just
how to please them, since I loved sprinkle with powdered sugar. Keep
to cook. warm in a pilot-lit oven. These
Tony, my older son, never tired fritters do not tarry well, so serve as
soon as possible.
These fritters are best served as a
dessert for brunch of dinner. As for
Tony, 1 made them and the ate them
anytime he got the urge. I can hear
him now, "Mama, how about some
(banana) fritters." And Mama was
up at once, making them.
Thai's just the way mothers are.
second marriage to a childhood
sweetheart, Arthur J. Robinson, Jr.,
served as associate provost for the Equal Employment Opportunity •
undergraduate education. In 1983,
Cole was appointed a Russell Sage
Visiting Professor at New York's
Hunter College, and in 1984 she
joined the faculty as a full professor social activism, Cole has long been
of anthropology and director of the distinguished in those area.
Latin American and Caribbean At the age of 52, Johnetta B.
Studies Program. Cole held that Cole has already led an exceptional
position until her appointment to life of
Spelman.
The mother of three sons, David,
27, Aaron, 23, and Che, 19, she is
also the surrogate mother to the
1,760 women currently enrolled at Spelman College can only be icing *
Spelman. As the ultimate
accessible role model, she is the
right person in the right place at the
right time to help this next
generation of leaders set the agenda
president, and Vonya Johnson students have passed through her for the 21st century.
serves as master of ceremonies. classes since she began teaching in Among Cole's goals is to "make
Ark of Faith: A new cycle of 1964. From the provocative, Spelman the mecca of black
classes is underway. Sing, Spell, brilliant, dynamic professor they
Read and Write, General Education have learned not only academic
Development, deaf signing and a skills, but also how to go out into million gift to the school from Bill
leadership class are being offered, the world to serve others and to and Camille Cosby to provide an
For registration, call 682-8421. become leaders. endowment and to build the
Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby
Academic Center. Spelman has
already been ranked a spectacular
eighth in the l/.S. News A. World
Report annual survey of the top 25
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dinner on the ground." But, no, we
arc so busy trying to figure how to
beat somebody, or to get someone
in trouble. Are there ways to stop
the four horseman? Can't we get
some of the 14,000 blacks together
without it being a funeral? Where
is everybody?
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I am still trying to find the
11,000 Muskogee black people out
of the 14,000 population in this
city. They were not at church
Sunday. They were not at the social
gathering Saturday night. The Hobo
Junction has been closed for the
season. They were not at NAACP
meetings or the Lodge meeting.
Where is everybody?
If wc combined Wagoner,
Boynton, Haskell, Summit, Women of distinction. This week,
Rentiesville, Tullahassee, Oktaha, wc share their honors with you, in
and Chocolate City (Taft), we their various fields,
would have over 25,000 blacks. A
politician looks at them and says,
"Look at all those votes." That's
why he/she will have a
watermelon-barbecue party. We eat, first black woman to head Spelman
get fat, and sell out our votes. College since it was founded in
Won't we ever learn? What did 1881. Dr. Johnetta B. Cole staled:
General Custer say at Little Big "if wc do nothing to improve our
Hom, when he looked out and saw world, then we cannot call
all those Indians? When you sec me ourselves educated women." This
in my old gray/blue goose, I'll tell statement was designed to inspire
you. you will like it and say he was others, but it is also a thought that
right!! has driven Cole's 30-year career as
Sec ya! an anthropologist, professor,
administrator, author, researcher,
lecturer, and activist. She brings an
impressive track record to her
position as Spelman's president—as
Caribbean, Africa, and the United a scholar and administrator, and also
States. as an advocate for women, people
Mount Calvary: The Senior of color, and oppressed people
Choir presented its annual concert worldwide.
on Sunday at 3 p.m. Selections She has written two seminal
included several arrangements of textbooks, done extensive
familiar numbers plus some newer fieldwork, and published and
ones. Soloists: Kathryn Taylor, delivered hundreds of academic
Geraldine Travis, Mae Griffith, papers. Cole sits on 18 diverse
Rubye Carter, Harold Bun, Virginia boards, belongs to almost a dozen
Schoats, Mary Wynn, David Hall, professional and socially active
Willie Crutcher, Renetta Cherry, organizations, and hi lectured
and Beverly Dorn. Dorn is director around the world.
and pianist; Evelyn Jackson is
Muskogee Area Church News
Church of Christ: A gospel Church of Christ in Tulsa was the
meeting was held Sunday through speaker. Rev. Lemons has been
Wednesday at 7 p.in. Brother preaching the gospel for 34 years
Wayne Lemons of North Peoria He has conducted campaigns in the
NEW MINORITY GRADUATE STUDENTS at University
of Oklahoma attend an orientation program sponsored by the coordinator of the Minority
Office of Minority Participation for the College of Arts and Participation Program in September
Sciences. Dorscine Spigner-Littles, coordinator for the Office 1988, says her office seeks to
of Minority Participation (center), discusses graduate school improve minority participation in
survival techniques, goal setting and problems the students the College of Arts and Sciences
may face as minority graduate assistants and teaching through recruitment and retention
assistants. The Office of Minority Participation played a key programs for students and faculty.
role in the recruitment of 26 minority graduate students to The goal of this recruitment
OU. (OU Photo). effort, she says, is to assist
departments in identifying qualified
minority students and improving
NORMAN—The number of the opportunities for these students
minority graduate and teaching to obtain advanced degrees,
assistants for the College of Arts Spigner-Littles says she is
and Sciences has doubled this year, impressed by the caliber of this
thanks to the endeavors of the year's recruits.
college's office of Minority "The students assembled here met
Participation. the departmental standards, the
Recent recruitment efforts of the Graduate College standards, and are
office have resulted in 26 new fully qualified." Spigner-Littles
recruits, says Dorscine says. "I believe they will perform
Spigner-Littles, coordinator for the academically in an excellent
Office of Minority Participation. A manner."
majority of those students received During her first year at OU,
department graduate assistantships Spigner-Littles has conducted an
and teaching assistantships, aggressive graduate student
doubling last year's number, which recruiting program, mailing letters
was about 25. to hundreds of minority college
"We are pleased with this initial students, producing fliers and
effort, and the College of Arts and meeting with students personally at
Sciences has demonstrated a real state ad national conferences,
socially responsible spirit by In addition to her recruiting
initiating and maintaining this efforts, she has initiated retention
program," Spigner-Littles says.
Spigner-Littles, who became
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