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Vol. 82 No. 6
Morehouse College Atlanta, Ga.
April 1, 1981
“Is Morehouse Security Adequate?”
Jeff Chapman
IIS THE SEASON - - Jeff Chapman, sophomore
Philadelphia Pennsylvania wiU be the new catcher for the
Maroon Tigers Baseball Team. Mr. Chapman is a Business
major who hopes to become an independent business man. Jeff
believes the discipline of the Baseball Team to be a positive
influence on his college studies.
Shulman Addresses
Business Association
Atlanta Mayoral candidate
Warren S. Shulman told the
Buckhead Business Association
today he believes “we can bring,
new industry into Atlanta. I
believe we can put together a
combination of people from the
private sector and the public
sector and go after specific
industry. We’re not going to be
able to bring in high
manufacturing industry into
Atlanta. We can bring in high
manufacturing industry into
Atlanta. We can bring in high
technology and service oriented
businesses that Atlanta is
known for. We’ve been told we
have a mismatch between our"
labor force and this new type of
industry that we can bring in --
and perhaps we do -- but
maybe we ought to be using
some of those federal funds the
city receiv.es to train people to
upgrade their skills so they can
match with the new industry
we’re going to be able to bring
in.’’Shulman views his plan as a
long term solution to unem
ployment rather than tne short
term political answer so often
offered by officials.
Shulman believes in a
“business-like, planned ap
proach to the management erf
the city’s affairs.” He told the
Buckhead Business Association
he would set “a department
wide goal of reducing ex
penditures by 10 percent” as
soon as he was inaugurated as
Mayor of Atlanta. Each suc
ceeding year erf his term he
“would reduce expenditures by
5 percent.” He told BBA that
he had found during his ex
perience in government that 10
percent across the board cut
made his office more efficient.
By Wayne Cummings
On Dec. 11, 1980 at ap
proximately 2:00 a.m. a man
was discovered sleeping in the
restroom on the second floor of
Hubert Hall. The man in
question was found by Eric
Wagner, a second floor
resident. Feeling that this was a
situation which warrented the
assistance of security, a call for
aid was placed. After an un
successful attempt to make
contact with someone from the
Morehouse Security Force, a
call was then made to the
Atlanta University Security
Force. Initially, the caller was
told that AU, Sec. could not
respond to the call due to the
fact that Morehouse College has
its own internal security. A
second call was. then made to
Morehouse Security, in which
no contact was made. At this
point Dan Janes, a second floor
R.A, walked over to the
security office in order to inform
them of the problem. Again he
was unsuccessful at making
contact.
Special News Analysis
Having received a second
call, the Atl. Univ. Sec. officials
on duty opted to respond to the
situation out of a concern that
the man in question might
prove dangerous. In conjunction
with the Atlanta Police Dept.,
an arrest for trespassing was
later made and the man was
escorted to jail. Morehouse
Security arrived approximately
two hours and thirty minutes
after the initial call for aid had
been made. The responding
officer informed those who were
involved that there was a
shortage of manpower that
night and they would be more
alert in the future.
Two days later the
president of the freshman class,
Johnathan Phillips was robbed
at gunpoint. This act was also
committed on the second floor
of Hubert Hall. The incident, as
relayed to me began when a
man came to Mr. Phillips’ room
offering to sell him marijuana.
After a brief exchange outside
of the room, the man then
CEBA Awards
The “CEBA Awards”
program, established in 1978 to
help narrow the communications
gap between the business
community and the Black
consumer, has named two
prominent business leaders as
co-chairmen of the 1981 com
petition.
They are William E.
Phillips, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer officer of
Ogilvy & Mather, Inc., U.S.A.,
a leading advertising agency,
and Percy E. Sutton, former
President of the Borough erf
Manhattan in New York City,
who is now Board Chairman
and Treasurer of Inner City
Broadcasting Corporation.
The “CEBA” (Com
munications Excellence to Black
Audiences) Awards are
presented annually by The
World Institute of Black
Communications, founded in
1978 as a non-profit corporation
by the National Black Network
(NBN).
According to Eugene D.
Jackson, NBN President, there,
will be awards this year in 36
categories. The World Institute
will begin to accept entries in
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entered Mr. Phillips’ room
requesting that he be allowed to
“roll his stash”. Before it was
over, the man stole what
amounted to approximately
$350.00 worth ofmaterials from
Mr. Phillips’ room.
Once the man left, Mr.
Phillips placed a call to
Morehouse Security, which, he
says, responded immediately.
Security was, however, unable
to apprehend the criminal.
The following week,
another robbery took place on
the first floor of Mays Hall
According to Richard (Rick)
Foster, first floor R.A, the
incident involved three
Morehouse students, cme of
whom, Oniel Swanson, received
a blow to the head during the
..course of the crime and was
later taken to the hospital as a
result.
In this case the suspect was
not apprehended, although
security’s response was deemed
prompt.
At the present time the
Morehouse Security Force
consists of ten people, nine men
and one woman. Security is on
duty twenty-four hours a day,
with one to four people on duty
at all times. This number may
increase, however, when special
events are taking place. The
main purpose of Morehouse
Security, as stated by Jeff
Whatley, co-ordinator of internal
security for Morehouse Campus,
“is to make sure that the
campus is safe for all campus
personnel as well as for the
students and to protect campus
property.”