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December5, 1994
Morehouse Homicides Impact AUC Community
By Nikki Roberts
Asst. News Editor
The Atlanta University Center
is mourning the shooting deaths
of two Morehouse students with
in a one week period.
Moments before Morehouse
junior, Oronde Allie was gunned
down in front of the Robert
Woodruff Library, he boasted,
“I’m going to graduate from
Morehouse with honors,” recalls
a close friend. However, on
Nov. 20 while walking to his
car, Allie’s life ended.
According to Lt. Danny Agan
of the Atlanta Police Department
(APD), “He (Allie) was appar
ently shot around 11:35 p.m.
One bullet was in his back, the
other in his leg. He was dead on
arrival.”
When asked if there were any
suspects, Agan said an “uniden
tified black male was seen run
ning from the scene and it is
believed that he is the suspect.”
According to Detective R.
Chambers of the APD Homicide
Department, the very next day,
Nov. 21, someone driving in
Allie’s vehicle followed an AUC
student to South Cobb Drive.
The person driving bumped her
car in the rear and when she got
out of her car, he kidnapped her.
Chambers said, “The suspect
left Allie’s car and drove the
young lady around, then tied her
to a tree. We later found her car
in College Park, in front of a
house. We have prints from both
cars and are now trying to track
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Students'
Safety
Questioned
In AUC
By Ngina Johnson
Contributing Writer
After several shootings and a
semester of Atlanta University
Center violence, Clark Atlanta
University students are con
cerned and seeking methods to
combat violence and react
responsibly in emergency situ
ations.
One student recalls leaving
the library at night and being
followed to her car by a
strange man. She escaped
unharmed, but she felt that
some type of security should
have been patrolling the library
area at night.
Another student experienced
an incident in which someone
tried to break into her car. “I
try to park where I know secu
rity guards are, but you never
know what can happen,” said
Kimberly Spears, a senior
mass media arts major.
According to the Clark
Atlanta University Department
of Pubic Safety, property theft
was the number one crime
committed for the month of
September. Other crimes
included drug violations, sexu
al assault, weapons violations,
burglary and aggravated
assault. The total property loss
was reported at $12,352.
Some students who live on cam
pus admit that they are not always
careful. “I don’t always lock my
door when I step out for a few min
utes but from now on I will
because my friend’s room was
robbed,” said a freshman Ware
Hall resident.
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GOOD MORNING CAU!
Campus Broadcast Focuses On HBCUs’ Growth
"Good Morning America" weatherman, Spencer Tracey, signs
an autograph for an AUC student during the show's Nov. 22 live
broadcast from CAU'S campus. (Photo by Christian Gooden.)
By Kimathi Lewis
Managing Editor
Students of the University
of Georgia System came togeth
er on Clark Atlanta University’s
campus to discuss the relevance
of attending historically black
colleges on ABC’s “Good
Morning America, ” Nov. 22.
With the weather below 50
degrees and the only existing
lights from the program’s cam
era, students from Clark Atlanta,
Morehouse, Spelman, Morris
Brown, Interdenominational
Theological Center, Emory,
Oglethorpe, Georgia State and
Georgia Institute of Technology,
gathered beside Harkness Hall at
6 a.m. to show their school sup
port.
Seated on bleachers which
partially encircled the stage, the
students from the various
schools conversed while the set
was being prepared. A heli
copter passed over the scene,
casting light on the student
interns and others who assisted
in the program’s development.
In a show of spirit, CAU stu
dents broke out with a school
chant. They were followed
briefly by the students of Emory.
“It is an excellent opportuni
ty for the institution to get the
publicity it needs,” said CAU’s
President, Dr. Thomas Cole
regarding the show’s presence
on the campus.
“It creates a level of enthu
siasm about black colleges. The
focus is good, and it’s good mar
keting for CAU and the
AUC,” said Cole.
At 7 a.m., the show
opened with host and host
ess Charles Gibson and
Joan Lunden seated in
front of the fountain.
After interviewing
Cole, Gibson introduced
the voice over of Joseph
Perkins, a graduate of
Howard University, to
share his views on attend
ing a black college.
Perkins’ statement
that students would
receive a better education
at an elite majority white
university, evoked a cry of
protest from the students.
CAU senior, Philippe
Jean-Bart said he didn’t
agree with the statement.
“I think it’s important
to attend both institutions,
majority white or an his
torically black school.
Students should choose an
institution that fits their
needs,” Jean-Bart said.
Cole said he didn’t
know why they chose
Perkins as an expert.
“It’s unfortunate that
his college experience
lead him to such an erro
neous conclusion. There is no
question that the best and
brightest students get as good
an education here as else :
where,” said Cole.
Gibson later posed the
question to the audience
about why they chose to
attend an historically black
college.
Latonyia Dodger, a
Spelman junior, said she went
to a majority white school, so
it was important for her to
further develop her education
at a black school.
“Some people say that
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