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Maroon Tiger
April 13, 1978
Health Careers
Society Takes Trip
Student
By Rodney Thaxton
How rarely do we sit down to
seriously evaluate those
things which we have come to
take for granted. Although we
cannot really avoid making
our judgements of events,
.places, and things, seldom do
we submit these comments to
be put into the form of the
printed word. This is the case
with the newspapers the
Spotlight of Spelman College
and the Maroon Tiger of
Morehouse College; therefore,
I have decided to take this task
in hand and to render on paper
my comments concerning
these publications.
First under discussion is the
Spotlight, “The Voice of
Black Womanhood”. This
paper attempts to address
itself to pertinent issues
concerning Black people and
the women of Spelman in
particular. Inasmuch as a
publication should attempt to
reach a certain audience this is
very good. They have had such
articles as “Sororities on
Spelman’s Campus”, “Black
Men and Women”, and “Why
Do We Celebrate Black His
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tory”. Although more personal
ideas are expressed than news
reporting, I shall not make the
wrong assumption and say
that this is not a newspaper.
The Spotlight has decided
what course it will take and
has made a valiant effort at
publishing the desired
materials.
My major criticism of the
Spotlight, however, is that for
a paper that comes out as in
frequently as it does, it could
have more material covered.
This perhaps is a budget
problem and not from a lack of
staff. Also on the way of
criticism is my belief that the
Spotlight could have more
advertisements to give it
somewhat of an independence
from the budget constraints
and perhaps even censorship.
However in the positive vein,
the Spotlight must be ap
plauded because it is very well
put together. The printing is
good and the proofreaders
have managed to catch most of
the errors of spelling and
punctuation that creep into
other publications of this
length and kind. The
Papers
Spotlight provides enough
white space to make the paper
attractive to the eye. The writ
ing is very good even though
the paragraphing is
sometimes a bit awkward.
Headlines are sufficiently
varied so that the entire paper
does not look like a con
tinuation of itself. More pic
tures could be used but the ones
that are used are good pictures.
As a whole the Spotlight is
a good collegiate paper that
has a few faults that could be
corrected in time. It serves a
purpose and a body of readers.
For the most part, its good
points outweigh the bad and
therefore the paper deserves to
be read.
At this point, I would like to
discuss the Maroon Tiger of
Morehouse College. This paper
is almost on the same plane
with the Spotlight. Although
the Maroon Tiger is longer, it
also has an abundance of
articles that express personal
opinion and few that are truly
objective news reporting. But,
we must make allowances
because it is “The Organ of
Student Expression.” v
At this point, I think it will
suffice to say that the Maroon
Tiger and the Spotlight have
basically the same
shortcomings and strong
points. Considering the socio
economic facts which affect
them, they are the best papers
possible, considering the fact
that neither of these schools
has a journalism department
and the work done on them is
totally voluntary they rank
very high. Both papers deserve
a good rating now but should
strive continually to improve
themselves so that in the
future no things will have to be
considered.
By Sam Wilson
To the surprise of many
students in the Atlanta
University Center, pre-med
students do find time for ac
tivities outside of the books.
On Friday morning, March 17,
around 4:00 AM some 50 pre-
med students gathered to. the
back parking lot of Spelman
College. The students, from
Morehouse, ' Clark and
Spelman, were aggregating to
take a trip.
The students’ first stop was
the Duke University Medical
School and Center, Durham,
North Carolina. We, the
students, were greeted by
several Duke medical students
and doctors. After a brief lunch
we received a formal welcome
to Duke University. The
students were informed of the
qualification necessary for ad
mittance to medical school and
they were also given in
formation on ways to support
the cost of medical school. A
short question-and-answer
period followed the in
formation session. After the
question-and-answer period,
the group was divided into
small tour groups. Some
students were able to see open
heart surgery, the implanting
of a pacemaker and a spinal
tap, all of which proved to be
quite interesting.
At the completion of the tour,
the students were allowed to
give themselves a self tour of
the campus. After a long day
the pre-med students once
again gathered but only to con
tinue their trip. The next stop
was Howard University in
Washington, D.C.
The students arrived in D.C.
Friday night and lodged at
Howard Johnson’s across
from the Watergate. Some
students, tired from the long
travel went to a quiet resting
place while others anxious to
see D.C. “hit” the street.
Letter
The students toured Howard
University Medical and Den
tal Schools on Saturday. On
Saturday morning after a brief
welcome the tour of Howard
began. The first stop of the tour
was a trip through the Medical
School, where students
observed the functions of
several departments, they
visited anatomy labs, lecture
rooms, observed special
tutorial programs, etc. After
the tour of the medical school,
the hospital was the next
building to be toured.
While touring the hospital
the students were able to
observe kidney dialysis
machines in operation; learn
of the recent technological ad
vancements in radiology; and
most important was the ability
to feel like the future doctors
that many of the students as
pire to be.
After the hospital tour, the
students visited the sickle cell
anemia center where they ob
tained information containing
the most recent advances in
the cure and treatment of sic
kle cell.
A tour of the dental school
followed the sickle cell center.
Thus the tour came to an end.
After two days of tours and a
night in the capital city, the
pre-med students prepared to
return to Atlanta. The trip
home was not only a chance to
catch up on some of the lost
sleep hours but many of the
students entertained
themselves by singing songs
and playing various games.
For those students who were
positive about medical school,
the trip was reinforcing and
for those who were not
thoroughly sure, the trip might
help to influence their
decision. But most important, I
feel, the trip enabled the pre-
med students (never seen
without a book students) to
relax for a brisf but in-
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Only A Few Were Involved
Dairy Queen Takes Up Cafeteria’s Slack
By Donald C. Tyler
By Mark B. Brown
vOne of Morehouse’s
neighbors has really
benefitted from its proximity
to our campus. This enterprise
is the Dairy Queen on Ashby
Street. Dairy Queen seems to
receive a substantial percen
tage of its business from
Morehouse men who
congregate there to purchase
“Big Braziers”, sundaes, chili
dogs or other treats.
When a few Morehouse
students were asked why they
frequent Dairy Queen, they
replied that Dairy Queen is
near, that it has a good variety
of snack-type foods, and they
often give sizeable discounts.
When questioned further
however, many of the students
stated that there was a need to
go to DQ because many times
they were not fed enough in the
cafeteria and became hungry
at night or they felt the
cafeteria food was “inedible”.
So it seems that Dairy Queen’s
popularity is an indirect result
of one of Morehouse’s biggest
problems, the cafeteria service.
However, the recent opening
of the Student Commons’ food
service has proved to be a
benefit because it provides the
students with an on-campus
alternative to Dairy Queen.
After ten o’clock on weekdays
and on weekends, though,
Dairy Queen fjoys the
patronage of quite a few
Morehouse men.
This letter is in response to
the editorial entitled “Men in
Grover, Robert Insult
Women”. First of all I too
believe that the incident was
deplorable. Whoever poured
the liquid on the women
showed their bad manners and
lack of respect toward the
ladies.
On the other hand, the
March 23 editorial narrow
mindedly damned all of the oc
cupants of the third and fourth
floors of Graves. Furthermore
the editorial left the reader
with the impression that all
the residents of the two
buildings were involved. Most
residents as well as myself
were not involved. But some
resent what they feel is a sly
attempt to slander the Graves
Hall name.
I would like to point out to
the readers that the attitudes
and actions of a few students
should not be taken as the
symbol for the attitudes and
actions of the vast majority.
The majority of those who stay
in Graves and Robert Halls are
well-mannered gentlemen who
know how to treat a lady.
Donald C. Tyler