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INSIDE MOREHOUSE, OCTOBER 2009
Event Contacts
Office of Student Services,
(404) 653-7858
Office of Alumni Relations,
(404)215-2658
Morehouse College National
Alumni Association,
(404) 215-2657
SUNDAY, 18
THURSDAY, 22
SUNDAY, 25
Opening Worship Service
Sisters Chapel, Spelman
College
10 a.m.
Kick-Off Jam
Spelman Oval
8 p.m.
MONDAY, 19
Fashion Show
"Park Place"
Forbes Arena
8 p.m.
$10 in advance (for AUC
students with a valid ID)
$15 general admission and
at the door
TUESDAY. 20
Neo-Soul Concert featuring
Lloyd
Spelman Oval
7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, 21
Hump Wednesday (Block Party)
Morehouse Freshman Quad
4-6 p.m.
Hip Hop Concert
"Electric Company"
Forbes Arena
7-midnight
$20 in advance (for AUC stu
dents with a valid ID)
$25 general admission
$30 at the door
Homecoming Registration
Kilgore Campus Center
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Homecoming Crown Forum
Speaker: Jeh Johnson '79,
General Counsel, Department
of Defense
Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel
11 a.m.
Pep Rally
Westview Drive in front of the
Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel
Noon
Miss Spelman Coronation
Sisters Chapel, Spelman
College
7-9 p.m.
FRIDAY, 23
Homecoming Registration
Kilgore Campus Center Plaza
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Homecoming Golf Tournament
Mirror Lakes Golf Course
Villa Rica, GA
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
$125 per person before Oct. 15;
$150 after
Athletic VIP Reception
(By invitation only)
The Cascade Club
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
"Welcome Back to the House"
Party
The Cascade Club
2890 Continental Colony Pkwy
Atlanta, GA
6 p.m.-midnight
Miss Maroon & White
Coronation
Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel
7 p.m.
Homecoming Coronation Ball
"Luxury Tax"
Atlanta AmeriMart
240 Peachtree Street, N.W.,
Suite 2200
Atlanta, GA
10 p.m.
$10 in advance (for AUC stu
dents with a valid ID)
$15 for general admission and
for AUC students the day of the
event at the Morehouse College
Bookstore
$20 at the door
SATURDAY, 24
Homecoming Breakfast
Chivers Dining Hall
8 - 9:30 a.m.
$15 per person
Homecoming Registration
Kilgore Campus Center Plaza
9 a.m. - Noon
Homecoming Parade
Through West End community
to Fair Street
9-11 a.m.
Homecoming Pre-Game
Caribbean Brunch
College Town at West End
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Homecoming Alumni Tailgate
Noon - 2 p.m.
Homecoming Football Game
Clark Atlanta University vs.
Morehouse
B.T. Harvey Stadium
2 p.m.
$20 adult general admission
$15 for children aged 6 and over
Free for Morehouse and
Spelman students. Faculty and
staff, along with one guest, are
admitted free with an ID.
National Pan-Hellenic Council
Step Show "Chance"
Forbes Arena
7 p.m.
$10 in advance (for AUC
students with a valid ID)
$15 general admission
$20 at the door
Senior Pastor, First Corinthian
Baptist Church
Harlem, N.Y.
King Chapel
11 a.m.
Homecoming Worship Service
Speaker: The Rev. Michael A.
Walrond Jr. '93
Senior Pastor, First Corinthian
Baptist Church
Harlem, N.Y.
King Chapel
11 a.m.
THE STIMULUS PACKAGE - $45
Includes one ticket to each of
the following events: Fashion
Show, Hip-Hop Concert,
Coronation Ball and NPHC Step
Show. Also includes one free
Homecoming T-shirt.
Nearly 600 People Attend 10th Annual Cancer Walk
Co-founders Sandra Walker (right) and Mary Peaks lead record crowd during 10th
Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk.
By ADD SEYMOUR JR.
Sandra Walker promised that
the 10th Annual Morehouse
College Breast Cancer Walk
would be the biggest one so far.
Her prediction came true.
Walker, executive assistant to
the vice president of Business
and Finance who founded and
has organized each walk with the
Counseling Research Center’s
Mary Peaks, said nearly 600 peo
ple took to the Atlanta University
Center’s streets to raise money
for breast cancer research in this
year’s walk on Sept. 26.
The walk raises money for the
American Cancer Society’s work
in helping find a cure for breast
cancer. Since Peaks and Walker
started the walk in 2000, the
College has raised more than
$150,000. The amount raised
from this year’s walk was not
available at press time.
“It was marvelous,” Walker
said. “We had a great time. We
had the most participants than
we ever have had past years. And
the students, I can’t say enough
about them. Some of them were
out at 5:30 a.m. to prepare for the
walk. They did a tremendous job.”
Walker even had family from
Texas and California who con
verged on the campus to take
part in the event.
Joining the nearly 600 people
who participated were First Lady
Dr. Cheryl Franklin and her
brother, Dr. Willie Goffney, a
California surgical oncologist
who is also a board member of
the American Cancer Society.
“There’s a lot we can do,”
Goffney told The Maroon Tiger
newspaper. “We’ve made treme
ndous strides. We’re seeing sur
vival rates of over 95 percent now.”
Franklin, in conjunction with
the American Cancer Society,
also hosted “Party With a
Purpose,” at Davidson House the
night before to raise money for
cancer and to announce a new
collaboration health care advocacy
between Morehouse and the
American Cancer Society.
With October being Breast
Cancer Awareness Month, Walker
said donations are still being
accepted and can be brought to
the Cashier’s Office on the second
floor of Gloster Hall.
But this year’s successful
event already has Walker think
ing about next year.
“For our 11th year, I plan on
it being much bigger and better
and much greater,” she said. ■