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Such equipment includes concrete pylons linked with barbed wire and some electronic wire to detect trespassers. The moves came one day after Parliament took the historic step of removing the guaranteed leading role of the Communist Party from the constitution. Jansen refused to specify when and exactly where work on the border would start, saying it was likely to begin near the Slovak capital of Bratislava, a one-hour drive east of Vienna. In May, Hungary started dismantling fortifications along its border with neutral Austria, its only point ol contact with a Western country. Czechoslovakia also has a long border with West Germany, but Jansen made no mention of action along that border. The order to dismantle part of Czechoslovakia's portion of the Iron Curtain reflects the new foreign policy that Communist Premier Ladislav Adamec has promised to follow. Adamec is due to name a new coalition government by Sunday that would include non-Communists and possibly members of the Civic Forum opposition group, which headed up 11 days of anti-government protests and a hugely successful general strike Monday. He continued consultations today after announcing that he could accept opposition suggestions on whom to include. Civic Forum spokesman Jiri Dienstbier said Wednesday night that the opposition wanted a civilian Communist in charge of the Defense Ministry and a non-Communist overseeing police forces at the Interior Ministry. Black Press subject of sen Journalists fro By ELISABETH TANGUY staff writer "The Black The past, present and future of advocate, a H the Black Press was the main fo- rrn<!jiHpr I cus of a seminar held Thursday in ' c Gambrell Hall. moral tone ? "I know that this is a strong community." statement," Frances Draper, presi- fjen dent of The Afro-American said, Clemson Univ "but the only independent voice ________ we have must survive. A voiceless ou[ the Black ^ people is a powerless people. Seminar mod( Draper s comments closed out ^ u~n ... , i^amuucu, an assi: the seminar, which was organized ^ CoU of Jo by Kris-Lana Carter DuValle, a a stud made b USC journalism graduate student, ^ ^ saj(J ..T as part of her graduation project. It meet ? was sponsored by the College of b,ack fession Journalism and Mass ^ ^; Communications. editorially and eco Clemson University professor The ^ was, Henry Lewis Suggs, the first aboul ress in speaker, delivered a speech on the Panelis? voice, history of the Black Press m the lhc competltion 0 South, from the Civil War to the (Ua and atou( (e|e, Civil Rights era. Suggs said decri "The Black Press is an advocate, cou,d e Iainec a mirror and a crusader, Suggs ; jnabiu of ma taid. It sets the moral tone for the urfderstand ^ wri black community Draper said the Suggs underhned the fundamen- vitiUzc its links K al role of the Black Press and its muni ..But ^ t *e c^rC.h' we have an obhga TT V aim nccu U1C DIUCK ricss, . . ,.A ] le said, "since iis aim is not only ^Conomics^ we" o protect, nurture and liberate, but ia fT ilso to transmit black history and , f . f ulture " place in front of ai The second part of the seminar 5? fh"d vas a panel discussion. The six ^hP R|' k p >anelists were Nathaniel Abraham, 7 ?*u u .resident of The Carolina nanCbd' Abraha :ma; Mignon Clyburn, editor of ^TaTf* 'he Coastal Times of Charleston; i u ' ? ' lerald Johnson, president of The T ,"'y p!" f. Iharlotte Post; Ernest Pitt, pu- adverlisin fisher of The Winston-Salem .Ninelgpercem hromcle",Larry Smith, publisher ers> inco?e,'^ome! f The Pee Dee Times of Florence; tising, and only nd Isaac Washington, publisher of subscriptions," Cb Columbia's The Black News. "At the mome Not all the comments made ab- seek advertisment 00 wk w Wm \ . ' "v .... ; / WWWWWWWWWW WWWWWMM W vwwwwwwwww wwwnwuwwww w w < / / /',*'. ' - * : \ " i New IBM computers such as this one, as we computers, will be available in the Thomas Cc and faculty members after Dec. 7. tiinar m Carolinas ; Press is an lirror and a t sets the )r the black iry Lewis Suggs # ersity professor s were positive, srator Kenneth stant professor at V urnalism, quoted m "N one of his stu- % he Black Press is he needs of the a better job, both nomically." also a discussion ? jP5| general. & concern about 3 f electronic measion. casing readership I by "the increas- if my Americans to | )Pthe black com- i ichieve this goal 4^, ition to present a ct," she said. ? v aiau a v^uudi nar, which took [i audience of ab- _ _ . .. . was followed by ?.G'rald Johnson, pres.den o Alumni House. Black Press held ,n Gambre" 1 ress is underfi- community," Johnson added. *1 m said. "Black does not make any sense, since rs are struggling target market is the bla ) the rest of the community." The question of the need fc problem is Black Press was raised by panelists. of the newspap- "Is racism an issue any longe 5 from our adver- the lives of African American 10 percent from Pitt asked. "Do we need a Bl ^burn said. Press in a period of relative calr >nt, we have to After the Civil Rights era, from the white global circulation of black ne' 11 as Apple Macintosh and Zenith >oper Library for use by students form panel X ' -* ."4 vVM 4 . |k ?f '' '? /. *, J* _,, JHjHR f The Charlotte Post, speaks out at a conf lall Thursday. Tiis papers declined. But according to our Pitt, the Black Press must sustain ick its effort to achieve equality. It must reflect the negative and posi>r a tive aspects of the black communthe ity and express its concerns, he said. rin "It must agitate for positive s?" change," he said, ack Abraham seemed to agree, n?" "I don't care what the white the folks do," he said. "My concern is ws- what black folks are not doing." Library t computet By KELLY C. THOMAS sh News Editor CO Students from all areas of m( study will soon be able to use a new computer laboratory located inj in the Thomas Cooper Library, a) library and computer services of- on ficials said. th( The lab, which will house Apple Macintosh, IBM and Ze- thj mm computers, is scneauiea to w< open Dec. 7 at 9 a.m., library sp Assistant Director C. J. Cambre eq said. se< "We are all excited about the cai potential of the laboratory and he the service it can provide for the is university," Vice President for lej Computer Affairs Martin Solomon said. "It (the computer lab) so is in a central location on cam- ju: pus, it will be open for long pu hours, it's located in an already br; supervised area and there will always be people on hand to help ca students." tai Cambre said five library staff lal members are being trained to de help students use the computers, bu and a graduate student will be on ris hand during operating hours on foi the weekends. "There will be a lot of soft- otl ware on file for students and fa- th< culty to use and also a special joi file of 'public domain software' he that is not copywrited and can be thi copied onto personal disks," Sol- an omon said. He said the lab is divided into ou three rooms. One of the rooms br; will contain between 40 and 50 de computers, and another will be ? used as a classroom, he said. "We will be offering free ' to discuss I ^ v; ^ ??ife-'^$^S$Mk 5 wire s, " , . erence seminar on the past, present and Abraham said it is the Black Press* responsibility to build unity ec within the black community. m For the recori In Monday's edition of The Gamecc Carolina Cares collected $1,000 las I $11,000. The Gamecock regrets the en 0 open * lab ort-courses in operating the mputers to students and faculty imbers," he said. Solomon said he started work1 in his present capacity about ^ear ago, and has been working this project off and on since in. "When I got here, I noticed ii one or ine Dig prooiems at s university was the scarcity of ace available for computer uipment, and the library smeo like a good, centrally loted place to put a lab like this," said, adding that the' situation basically the same at most coljes and universities. "We're hoping the lab will be popular that it will provide stification for additional comiters to be added to the liary," he said. "Most of the computer labs on mpus are reserved for one cern discipline ? the engineering a is only for engineering stunts and the B.A.lab is only for siness students," said Jim Mor, director of academic services r Computer Services. 'The journalism school will let her students and faculty use sir computers, but only if no jrnalism student needs them," said. "We just wanted someing that anyone could use at y time the lab is operative." 'This lab has been a tremends joint effort between the liary and the computer services partment," Cambre said. See LIBRARY page 2 issues Nf, j ' ' ijf ' d I future of the "Nobody is going to treat you lual," he said. "You have to ake yourself equal." 1 ick, it was incorrectly stated that t year. The organization raised nor.