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MOREHOUSE
A CAMPUS NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS
OCTOBER 2008, ISSUE 2
Homecoming '08 - Tiger Pride is on the Prowl
Just as the Morehouse College
“House of Funk” Marching Band is
preparing their high-stepping rou
tines, the Morehouse community is
gearing up for Homecoming 2008,
which runs October 19-26.
A bevy of activities are scheduled
including hip-hop and neo-soul
concerts, a glitzy fashion show, the
coronation of Miss Maroon and
White, the National Panhellenic
Council Step Show, the annual
Homecoming parade, the Home
coming Tailgate and the hard-hit
ting annual Homecoming football
game between the Fighting Maroon
Tigers and the Albany State Rams.
The alumni theme this year is
“Pride on the Prowl” while the stu
dents have adopted “The Mirage” as
their homecoming theme.
“On behalf of President and Mrs.
Robert M. Franklin Jr. ’75 and the
entire Morehouse family, we are
pleased to invite [everyone] to enjoy
the Morehouse Homecoming activ
ities,” said Henry M. Goodgame ’84,
director of Alumni Relations, Spe
cial Events and Annual Giving.
“President Franklin looks to every
one’s participation as we continue
to celebrate the Renaissance Era at
Morehouse.”
For a full list of Homecoming
2008 activities, turn to page 5 or go
to www.morehouse.edu. ■
2008 Presidential Election
Excitement Grips Campus Community
Students gathered in Kilgore Campus Center to watch election-related programs,
including Barack Obama's Democratic National Convention speech in August.
By ADD SEYMOUR JR.
Sophomore Ezekiel Phillips
knew things were different this po
litical season when he heard one of
the daily campus discussions about
major presidential candidates
Barack Obama and John McCain in
one of the most unlikely of places.
“It was in the bathroom,” the
20-year-old political science major
said while shaking his head. “I
mean, I’ve heard people talk about
it everywhere - and in restrooms.
People are that excited.”
It is a popular sentiment across
the Morehouse community. The
2008 presidential campaign has
energized students, faculty and
staff. Students are walking around
in all types of candidate wear
(mostly Obama clothing). Vehicles
sport flags that pitch one candidate
or another. Faculty, staff, alumni
and students have traveled to either
Denver, Colo, for the Democratic
National Convention or St. Paul,
Minn, for the Republican National
Convention.
Students have gathered around
televisions to watch Obama and
McCain debate and to see the ver
bal sparring between vice presi
dential candidates, Democrat Sen.
Joe Biden and Republican Sarah
Palin, who is the governor of Alaska.
Even the Morehouse College
Bookstore has seen a good run on
G.O.P. Cookies in red tin containers
and blue-boxed Democrat Snacks.
“What 1 perceive everywhere on
campus is high expectations, rising
energy and enormous expectations
for a historic election and poten
tially a historic win,” said President
Robert M. Franklin Jr. ‘75. “I really
think this will be a part of the
legacy of this generation students.”
(Please see ‘2008 Presidential Election' page 4)
Morehouse Readies
for November Tom
Joyner School of the
Month Campaign
Faculty, staff and students can
give with a purpose in November
when Morehouse becomes the
Tom Joyner Foundation’s School
of the Month.
On every Friday in November,
the campus community is asked
to donate five dollars - maybe
brown bagging it and giving that
day’s lunch money - to the foun
dation by dropping it off at the
Office of Communications.
“The size of the contribution
does not matter,” said Toni
O’Neal Mosley, director of
public relations. “We just want to
report 100 percent participation
from the campus community.”
The effort is one of several
planned as the Foundation seeks
to raise scholarship funds for
Morehouse students. The cam
paign goal is $220,000. In 2004,
the last time Morehouse was
School of the Month, the cam
paign raised $177,000.
Morehouse students will be
awarded need-based scholarships
worth $l,500-$2,500 during
Joyner’nationally-syndicated
“The Tom Joyner Morning
Show.” Scholarships include the
Denny’s Single Parent Scholar,
the Budweiser First Generation
Scholar and the Coca-Cola First
Generation International Stu
dent Scholar, along with the
Tuesday Tom Joyner Scholar and
the Thursday Hercules Scholar.
The Morehouse College
Alumni Association is challeng
ing each chapter to raise $5,000.
The Reunion Class Challenge
urges each alumni class to desig
nate a portion of its class gift for
the Annual Fund for the Tom
Joyner Foundation.
Student organizations are also
part of the campaign. The organ
ization raising the most will win
an award and be recognized in a
campus publication.
The Tom Joyner Foundation
has raised $55 million for
HBCU’s since 1998.
“We help students with con
tinuing education at black col
leges,” Joyner told Diverse: Issues
in Higher Education in August
2008. “That’s our charter.”
Go to www.morehouse.edu
for more information about the
Tom Joyner School of the Month
campaign. ■
