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Page 2 I April 24, 1981 / The Maroon Tiger
NEWS
Morehouse Political Science Chairman
Receives NAFEO Research Award
Dr. Robert H. Brisbane,
Avalon Professor of Political
Science and Chairman of the
Department of Political
Science at Morehouse
College, was the recipient of
the NAFEO Research
Achievement Award for
Excellence in Published
Research at an awards
program held at the
Washington Hilton,
Washington, D.C., on
Saturday, March 21, 1981.
Dr. Brisbane was presented
the award because he has
published over ten articles
and monographs on Negro
civil and political rights in the
United States.
ATLANTA, GA„ March 27,
1981 — The Clark College
Panther Newspaper won four
awards, including first place
for most improved
newspaper, in statewide
competition at the Annual
Georgia Press Association
Press Institute in Athens,
Georgia.
The Panther, entering its
third year with the Georgia
College Press Association
(GCPA), received third place
in general excellence, the
highest honor given to
college’s by theorganization.
Second place awards were
given to The Panther in the
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Cafeteria with managers.
Mr. Perdue said that Mr.
Williams didn't know what
was going on with the cost of
the cafeteria.
However, Mr. Edward
Williams said that he has
spent from $10,000 to $11,000
on food per week since he's
been working here.
“We can’t spend $8,000 on
food per week and expect to
feed all of the students,” said
Mr. Williams. “The price of
food is just too high!”
Mr. Williams also said that
Mike Holmes wasn’t
supposed to tell anyone
about the money used to
The National Association
for Equal Opportunity in
High Education (NAFEO) is an
organization whose
membership is drawn from
black private and state
institutions of higher
education. It is
headquartered in
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Brisbane has written
two boo ks, The Black
Vanguard, Originas of the
Negro Social Revolution and
Black Activism in the United
States. A third book entitled
Biography of James Weldon
Johnson is currently in
preparation.
Dr. Brisbane received his
category of Best Campus
Community Service for
features and for layout and
design.
The Panther competes in
Division B of GCPA
newspapers, which is
composed of four-year
colleges in Georgia with
enrollments less than 7,000.
The George-Anne
Newspaper of Georgia
Southern College in
Statesboro was awarded top
state honors in general
excellence. Fort Valley State
College and Paine College
also won awards from GCPA.
newspapers. Their 1980
feed the students. He said
that it was confidential. Mr.
Williams failed to name the
person or people who told
him to keep the cost of the
food confidential.
Although Mr. Williams is
spending more than $8,000.00
per week on the food, no one
is giving candid answers to
where the extra meal money
is going
Michael Holmes said that
he is going to start a drive and
get as many students ont he
meal plan aspossibletoeatall
three meals a day.
“This way, no money will
be left over to play around
with,’’ said Mr. Holmes.
B.S. degree from St. John’s
University and his Ph.D.
degree in Political Science
from Harvard University. He
Craig M. Marberry, a
senior English major at
Morehouse College, is back
at Morehouse after spending
his junior year studying at the
University of Aberdeen in
Scotland through the Merrill
Scholarship. Funded since
Judging for the GCPA’s
Better Newspaper Awards
were done by professional
journalists from Georgia
newspapers. Ther 1980
editions of the member
college’s newspapers were
judged for the contest.
“We are very pleased with
the awards we received this
year,” said Veverly Byrd,
editor of The Panther. “Most
of the papers receiving top
honors are state-funded
schools and have more to
work with than The Panther
staff. We worked very hard to
get where we are today, and
plan to continue competing
until we win first place in
general excellence.”
Under the direction of
Denise R. Johnson, Clark's
public information officer,
The Panther has won a total of
12 awards from the GCPA in
the last two years. Clark
students received awards in
individual competition and
for service to the GCPA.
Mass Communications
majors Sherry Jones and
Shawn McGruder were also
elected GCPA secretary and
board of directors member,
respectively. Ms. Jones, an
advanced junior and Ms.
McGruder, a freshman, will
serve as GCPA officers until
February, 1982. Both Clark
College students are
members of the editorial
board of The Panther.
has been Professor of Political
Science at Morehouse since
1948. He was appointed
Chairman of the department
1955 by Charles Merrill of the
Merrill-Lynch brokerage
firm, the scholarship enables
outstanding Morehouse
students to spend a year
enrolled in the European
university of their choice.
Founded in 1495 on the
east coast of Scotland, the
University of Aberdeen,
where Marberry was enrolled
in courses in his major, is one
of the four ancient Scottish
universities. “The university
is in a region characterized by
high, ragged cliffs on the
coast, salmon-filled streams,
rich agriculture spread on
rolling hills, numerous
ancient castles and a
sprinkling of whisky
distilleries,” said Marberry.
The only Black American in
a university of over 6,000
students, Marberry was active
in campus activities. He
served as a student
representative on both the
English Department Student-
Professor Council and the
Arts and Sciences Council.
He was also a member of the
Overseas Students’
Association and the Cinema
Society.
Commenting on the
differences between the
British and the American
educational systems,
Marberry said, “while the
British system is certainly
different from the American
system, it is not necessarily
more difficult. Achieving a
good education anywhere
depends on the sincerity of
the work put into it.”
Responding to questions
on the racial climate in Great
Britain, Marberry said, “Black
and brown residents —
imigrants from past and
present British possessions —
are abundant in Britain and
some of its white citizens feel
threatended, if not
victmized, by their presence.
As a result, racist
organizations like the
in 1965, and was appointed to
the Avalon Chair in Political
Science at Morehouse in
1975.
Craig M. Marberry
National Front, which
encourage efforts to
commence the deportation
of those of African and Asian
descent in order to secure
economic and social stability,
have gained the support of a
significant portion of the
public.”
Conveying his
disappointment in many of
the British students’ negative
attitudes toward Black
students, Marberry said, “I
perceive this as a deficiency
in compassion, in humane
ideals. As students, afterall,
we are the architects of the
world’s future — a future that
should be void of narrow
mindedness.”
Marberry was able to travel
in France, Greece, Italy, the
Netherlands, Spain,
Switzerland, and West
Germany as well as in host
country, Great Britain. He
contends that if one looks
beyond the tourist attractions
— “the sugar coating and
blinding tinsel,” is how he
words it — then one gets a
fuller picture of Europe.
“Amsterdam has its
towering windmills and it is
Europe’s home of the
diamond, but it has its
frequent housing riots as
well. Madrid reflects the
splendor and pageantry of
the Spanish heritage, but it is
oftentimes the target of
nationalistic terrorism. Rome
boasts of its glorious past and
proudly showcases its
impressive ruins, but poverty
can be witnessed on every
corner,” said Marberry.
“Regardless of the
spectacular pictures these
places might paint in our
minds,” added Marberry,
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Clarke’s Panther Newspaper
Wins States Awards *
Budget Waste
Craig Marberry
Studies In Scotland