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Walker Assumes Command With Options By Keith LaRue Confident and poised, the new SGA President, Kelvin Walker, stands at the helm of his new job forcasting great things in the year for the Morehouse student body. “This year is going to be a great year," claims Walker, “Homecoming is going to be bigger and better than ever. There is going to be a full week of Homecoming activities. And this year we are going back to the traditional way and have a Homecoming Ball.” The 20-year-old native of Griffin, Georgia, has already begun to fulfill his campaign promises. In his campaign he promised more support for athletic teams at Morehouse and on September 9th the football team had its first pep rally of the year in Archer Hall Gymnasium. Walker has also begun contac ting businesses, as he promised, to have them perform seminars in their respective areas to better inform the students on what’s out there job wise. The administration is working without a budget so far this year, but the Banking and Finance major says he believes that this year’s SGA’s good relationship with the administration will serve to get more without a budget than if they had one. ' “We want to foster a better working relationship with the administration," said Walker, “by doing this it will increase the administration’s confidence in our ability todoourjobandthen we can get anything we want within reason.” As he did in his campaign last May, Walker is pushing for total participation by the student body. “In order for us to live up to our theme this year, “Ex cellence,” we must have everyone’s active participation.” Looking at the year ahead, the new SGA President admits it’s a tiring job, even more so than he expected, but he said that he’s enjoying it and is looking forward to the coming year. “We are going to try to do many things this year, it’s going to be a great year,” he said. Yeary Elected Freshman Class President By Nathaniel V. Massaquoi, II The class of 1987 has elected Sheridan T. Yeary, a dual degrees/math and electrical engineering major from Durham, North Carolina is their Freshman Class President. Yeary decisively defeated Darius Jones and Morris Brown in a run-off election in a race which initially consisted of nine candidates. When asked why he sought the office of freshman class president Yeary replied “I wanted to get more directly involved with the S.G.A. Basical ly, I wanted to work with my freshman brothers as far as setting the pace for our freshman year, and to impress upon them to become involved with the S.G.A. Also," he said. The main objectives Yeary has set out to accomplish are to encourage the members of his class to become academically disciplined, to inspire cultural awareness, and to establish a sound class treasury. “We (freshman officers) really want to work with the freshman classes of the Atlanta University Center schools during the course of the year,” Yeary stated. Plans have already been initiated by Yeary and the other freshman officers for their major homecoming project, the Miss Freshman Pageant. Yeary stated that he and the other officers are looking toward sponsoring charitable projects, scheduling informative speakers and plan ning successful parties. When asked what impact he felt the class of 1987 would have on Morehouse, in light of the size of the freshman class, Yeary responded ... we will have a definite impact upon the school... we are very academical ly oriented and we will not conceed to the pressures that could cause a drastic reduction in our class size. I would like for this to be the largest graduating class in Morehouse history.” Yeary stated that this year he would like for his class’ theme to be centered on “The three C’s class theme to be courage, courtesy, and cooperation,” Yeary stated. “Courage, mean ing; having the will and the drive to do the best in whatever we pursue. Courtesy; being able to interact with the administration in a professional manner. And cooperation; referring to the unity within the class." In con clusion, Yeary stated “I hope that these ingreadients will serve as an inspiration to all of my fellow freshman brothers.” The other freshman class of ficers are as follows: John Mann, vice-president; Emmanuel Marabel, secretary; Richard Lacey, Treasurer; Daryl Wright, Business Manager; James Out law, Student Representative; Patrick Chavis, Student Representative; and Quinton Parker, Student Court Represen tative. Robert Mugabe Invites Students To Zimbabwe By Keith LaRue The Prime Minister of Zim babwe, Robert Mugabe, in a symbolic visit to Morehouse in show of unity extend invitations to students to come to Zim babwe with their advance train ing and help the reconstruction of his country. “Come and join us in the fight for liberation and make a success of the road Zimbabwe has em barked upon. Zimbabwe is your second home," said the prime minister. He urged the students to apply themselves in their studies if they are to serve in any capacity, reminding them of the Morehouse tradition and of how men like Martin Luther’King had to apply themselves to their studies to achieve. While urging students to come to Zimbabwe, he cited the condition of his country and the progress they have made in many areas. “Thousands of people were dislocated after the war, but since post-reconstruction, we are now providing health care to our citizens who earn 150 or less for free," said Mugabe. “Our workers also take part in decisions that effect their lives directly," he said. Mugabe in addition reported that literacy in his country as increased three- fourths since his takeover. With the citing of the progress his country had made he once again extended his invitation to students and faculty members to come and teach and serve in any of their trained areas in his country. The leader of Zimbabwe African National Union, who lead his small black minority to liberation from a three million white majority will be visiting President Reagan for talks con cerning closer commercial ties between their two countries.