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Page 10/The Maroon Tiger/August 31, 1984
The Maroon Tiger is published each month of the academic
semester by the Morehouse College Student Government
Association -Keith A. Perry, President. The Maroon Tiger
maintains an independent editorial policy aimed at providing
its readers with a broad spectrum of information and
viewpoints consistent with the black life-style. Editorial
opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher,
but represent the effort of the writer(s) to interpret current
issues. We believe all advertising to be correct but cannot
guarantee its accuracy or be responsible for its outcome.
Editor-in-Chief Freddie Asinor
Assistant Editor Eugene Maxwell, Jr.
Associate Editor Johnny Crawford
Arts & Literary Editor Paul Kearney
Political Editor Charles Carpenter
Sports Editor Robert Drummer
News Editor Oscar Jerkins
Copy Editor Eric Thomas
Office & Administrative Manager Torrence Stepteau
Staff Photographers Melvin Willis, James Scales
Emmanuel Payton
Staff Writers Tony Mobley, Eric Nelson, Adam Smith
Mitchell Smith, Greg Powell, Anthony Archer
Quintin Parker, Ezra Davidson, Damian Jemison
Charles Ingram
Advisory Committee Kay S. Perdue, Ph.D.
Eileen Meredith, Ph.D., Charles N. Hawk, III, J.D.
Allen S. May, Jr., J.D., Keith A. Perry, Esq.
The editorial office is 104 SGA Building, Morehouse College,
Atlanta, Georgia 30314. Phone: (404) 681-2800, Ext. 431.
Editorials
Demand That We Work
We are avoiding the normal
traditional welcome to students
to go straight ahead to business
dedicated to the welfare of the
entire Morehouse community.
Morehouse community.
While we pledge to do our
best, as our “house” advertise
ment says elsewhere in this
publication, the task of seeking
the welfare of students by the
entire Student Government
Association has been lacking.
Last year, we saw the Walker
administration take the whole
Morehouse community for
granted.
We had an extravagant
homecoming, yes. But what
happened to the other activities
that come under the jurisdiction
of the SGA. Programs like the
Thanksgiving Drive for OXFAM
America operated without any
assistance from the Student
Council. The Council became a
clique of favorites who operated
in isolation so much so that an
ordinary election to elect of
ficers for the 1984/85 academic
year created more commotion
than the increase of tuition.
This year, while we will
promise you a professional
newspaper every month, we will
also urge you to demand that we
work in your interest if you think
we are falling short somewhere.
We encourage you to come by
the Student Government
Association Building and talk to
us. It is only by your involvement
that we can know your problems
and serve you best. Please de
mand that we work this year.
Weddington For President,
Womack For V.P.
We have spotted two in
telligent and dedicated young
men we would like to introduce
to the Class of 1988 for con
sideration as president and vice
president.
They are Travis Weddington
from Hyattsville, MD, and Chad
Womack from Wycote, PA.
We came into contact with
these men during the 10th Office
of Health Profession Summer
Program this year. From all
indications, they showed maturi
ty, sense of leadership, dedica
tion to work and commitment to
their fellow men. Both have
been members of the National
Honor Society and Black
Students Union and will pursue
careers in the allied health field.
During the summer, Wed
dington received the second
highest average in reading, a
meritorious achievement award t
in biomedical research and was
elected Mr. Research by the
Biomedical Research Club.
Womack, on the other hand,
received awards in Chemistry,
English, Math and Basketball.
These are honorable men who
can lead the Class of 1988, and we
strongly recommend them to
you when the SGA announces
your .election date. Travis Wed
dington for president, Chad
Womack for vice president.
Words Of Advice To Freshmen And New Students
By Eugene Maxwell, Jr.
As Assistant Editor of the
Maroon Tiger for this year, I
would like to take this oppor
tunity to welcome all my
Freshmen and transfer brothers
to “The House,” and to share
with them two rather simple
words that will play an integral
part of their college experience
here at Morehouse. These two
words are “PATIENCE” and
“PERSISTENCE.”
What is “patience?” Patience
results from a statement such as,
“Have a seat; I’ll be with you in a
minute.” Webster's New World
Dictionary defines patience as
"that state of 1) Enduring pain,
trouble, etc. with composure
and without complaint; 2) Calm
ly tolerating insult, delay, confu
sion, etc.; 3) Showing calm en
durance.”
When applied to a situation
that you can better relate to,
“Patience” means waiting in
long lines at the Financial Aid
Office, the Cashier’s Office, the
Post Office, Registration, and in
the Dining Halls. Patience has no
time limit! So, it may be 15
minutes, or it may be two hours.
But, whatever the situation may
be, show command of patience.
Persistence, likewise, is defin
ed as 1) A persisting; stubborn
continuance; 2) A persistent or
lasting quality; tenacity.”
When applied tothesituations
fore-stated, “persistence”
means — returning to the Finan
cial Aid Office for the third
straight day to get financial
matters taken care of; refusing to
leave the cashier’s line after
having waited one whole hour,
when it’s obvious that you won’t
be waited on before they close in
the next ten minutes; tolerating,
daily, the irregular “Open”
hours of the Post Office while
waiting in line thirty minutes, just
to hear the Postmistresses say to
you, “No mail today!”; accep
ting “The computers are down”
when you have finally gotten to
the registration desk, after hav
ing waited in line all day; and
lastly, continuously waiting in
lunch lines that do everything
else but move — only to satisfy
your hunger pain with a meal
“not fit for man or beast.”
“PATIENCE” and “PER
SISTENCE!" Yes, they're both an
integral part of the Morehouse
experience. Don't complain;
you have the option of taking it
or leaving it! But, I want each of
my freshmen and transfer
brothers to remember these two
words, whenever you find
yourself in one of the above
“hypothetical” situations and
you're about to reach your
“BOILING POINT," you can pull
yourself back together and get
the job done.
To each Morehouse brother
who exercises his command of
“PATIENCE” and “PER
SISTENCE,” I extend the best of
luck while you study at
Morehouse. As for those of you
who fail to master both
“PATIENCE” and “PER
SISTENCE," then let me take this
moment now to say to you,
“Goodbye; it was nice knowing
you!”
The Apple
Talk
Financial Aid Office
“We ’re not seeing students today. ”
In one issue of last year’s
Maroon Tiger, a student wrote
about some problems facing the
Morehouse community. I shared
with him the sentiments ex
pressed in the letter which was
addressed to the editor but
seemed more likely an open
letter to the people in Gloster
Hall.
The irregular nature of the
newspaper made it rather im
possible to either support, deny
or explain (whichever is ap
propriate) to the community
one’s views.
Between that time — February
1984 and today, August 31, the
same year, things haven't chang
ed much. Except that at that
particular time, it was the
Walker’s Administration and
now, we are in Perry’s era. I am
told that the food situation in the
Cafeteria (still needs improve
ment) has improved con
siderably.
SGA President Perry has
promised improvement in stu
dent life but one thing I have not
heard whoever is responsible to
talk to about is the irrepressive
behavior in the Financial Aid
Office. Nine out of ten times,
when approaching officials in
this office, you will be told, are
“not seeing students today.”
I, myself, have for several years
questioned whose interest the
staff of this office serves. The lack
of respect to students and
favoritism towards others have
caused “law and order” to break
down. Financial Aid forms are
not processed in time, hence a
greater number of especially
upper classmen arrive here
without knowing about their
financial aid package. The result
from this is an uncontrolable
number of students at the door
of the Office of Financial Aid
causing a great confusion, dis
rupting other people’s work and
the flow of the College’s
machinery.
If the Office of Financial Aid
cannot keep its house in order, if
the Office of Financial Aid
cannot work out a weekly
schedule to be posted at the
door, published in this
newspaper (monthly), or the
weekly Calendar; if the Office of
Financial Aid continues with the
closed door policy and their
favorite “this person or that
person is not seeing students
today,” then my humble advice
is to ask them all to quit.