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November 30, 1984/The Maroon Tiger/Page 8A
The Maroon Tiger is published each month of the academic
semester by the Morehouse College Student Government
Association-Keith Andrew Perry, President. The Maroon Tiger
maintains an independent editorial policy aimed at providing
its readers with a broad spectrum of information and viewpoint
consistent with the black life-style. Editorial opinions expressed
are not necessarily those of the executives of the SGA, but
represent the efforts of the writer (s) to interpret current issues
on this campus and the environment around us. We believe all
advertising to be correct but cannot guarantee its accuracy or
be responsible for its outcome.
Editor-In-Chief Freddie Asinor
Executive Assistant Eric Nelsor
Executive Assistant Phillip Pettersor
Assistant Editor Eugene Maxwell, Jr.
Associate Editor (Photography) Johnny Crawford
Associate Editor (Editorial Oscar Jerkins
Associate Editor (Sports) Robert Drummer
Art & Literary Editor Anthony Pinder
Political Affairs Editor Charles Carpenter
Assistant Political Affairs Editor Phillip Thomas
Business Affairs Editor Veronica Green
News Editor Gregory Powell
Copy Editor Avery Williams
Administrative Manager Torrence Stepteau
Circulation Co-Ordinator Travis Weddington
Advertising Coordinator Ricki Scott
Staff Photographers Richard Cary, Melvin Willis,
Emmanuel Payton
Cartoonist Michael Thierry
Staff Writers Raymond Henderson, Robert Bolton,
Mitchell Smith, Adam Smith, Emanuel McGirt, Quinton Parker,
Zawdie Jackson, Tony Mobley, Ronald Wilson
Advisory Committee Charles N. Hawk, III, J.D.
Kay S. Perdue, Ph D. Allen S. May, Jr. J.D.
Keith A. Perry, Esq. Eileen Meredith, Ph.D.
The editorial office is 102 SGA Building, Morehouse College,
Atlanta, Georgia 30314 Phone: 404-681-2800, ext. 431.
The Maroon Tiger will recognize the individual whom you
think is the most competent or best liked in each category.
Vote for one person in each category:
Faculty
Staff
Student
Your nomination should be addressed to: CHAIRMAN,
BENJAMIN E. MAYS WEEK COMMITTEE, The Maroon Tiger,
Morehouse College, SGA Building, Atlanta, GA 30314 by
January 31, 1985.
’Apple Talk will be back next semester.
EDITORIALS
Our Report Card
We assumed various positions
on this newspaper at the begin
ning of this semester at a time
when no sector of the College
actually had any hope in a
campus newspaper. When we
assumed office, we had two
offices without furniture and
equipment with which to
produce a new paper. The air
conditioner in the office had not
worked for ages and the
telephone had been out of order
for over a semester.
But today, right in the middle
of our term in office, we are
proud to say that our offices have
come back to life and we have
not only produced four issues
this time around with thirty loyal
staff members, but we will con
tinue to improve on the quality
until we reach the utmost point
of perfection.
Our layout and content, we
have been told, have made The
Maroon Tiger clean and
readable. Our editors and staff
writers have maintained impec
cable standards of coverage.
With the continued guidelines
and support from members of
our advisory committee (their
names are listed in the staff box)
The Maroon Tiger’s Freddie
Asinor, a senior Mass Com
munications/International
Studies major, was a State wide
finalist for the editorial “Hands
Off Maroon Tiger Torch and
Adam Smith, junior class presi
dent and staff writer of this paper
also received recognition for his
feature, “The United Way"
which appeared in the
September 1984 issue of The
Editor Asinor addressing a cam
pus forum.
Maroon Tiger.
Our photographers and our
cartoonist have given us more
than enough to brighten our
pages, making us look as good as
a professional newspaper. And
as promised in the numerous
editorials in this paper, we will
not succumb to any pressures
from any quarters whatsoever
and will be fair, objective and
concise.
We have persistantly invited
the Morehouse community to
use our “Pulse Of The People”
section to voice their opinions
on some issues that have been
treated in this paper or
something they feel concerned
about. It is imperative that we are
made to account for our
stewardship.
This is the more reason why we
organized our first campus
forum this month to find out
how best we were doing. This is
not the last. We will continue to
accept your criticisms in order
for us to serve you best. May you
have the best Christmas.
SGA; A Shame
Probably the most widely read
political philosopher, John
Locke states that the right to
govern derives from the people
and when the people give their
consent to a government, they
(the people) expect it (the
government) to govern justly. If
the government forfeits the
loyalty of its subjects, Locke
continues, it could be legitimate
ly overthrown.
We have followed with keen
interest the Keith Perry ad
ministration since Freshman
week. The reason we did that
(apart from serving a constituen
cy) was that we had been promis
ed a much better student
government this year. Last year’s
administration, we have been
told "lacked leadership
qualities.” During the Freshman
Week, we observed lack of co
ordination and leadership which
nearly resulted in a fight
between the Class of 1988 and
some upperclassmen who were
serving as group leaders. The
behavior of the "student
leaders” who used the stage of
Spelman’s Sister’s Chapel to
condemn and criticize the
freshman’s behavior, was
repugant and itself a clear indica
tion of a lack of leadership. This
led to a low turn-out at other
activities including the Annual
Freshman Banquet. We had
initially contributed this to
organizational snarls and ad
ministrative changes which were
going on at that time.
Contrary to that, we have
again observed an administra
tion that has created what it calls
a cabinet with the sole intention
of eroding the powers of the
legislative body of the SGA, the
Student Council. According to a
source, the student council has
met only three times this
semester; twice to discuss
“business” and lately an
emergency meeting to ask you
“who will be called Senators,” to
extend the referendum, re
questing the present administra
tion to rewrite the Student
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Where Are Our Manners?
by Quinton Parker
Each year, a substantial sum of
money is paid to Morehouse
College for the purpose of
attaining a first-class education.
Many times, a student's tuition is
paid by hard working parents
who want their son to become
that well-rounded individual
known to the world as a
“Morehouse Man.” Wht the
student’s parents do not realize,
however, is that their money is
often spent in vain simply
because students deprive
themselves of their own educa
tion in many ways. Probably the
single function in which students
may gain a wealth of information
is assembly. However, due to the
behavior patterns exhibited by
scores of students, the oppor
tunity to learn while in assebmly
has been denied to the majority
of brethren.
The problem of improper
behaviro during college
assembly is nothing new to our
school. It is problem that
seemingly develops as each
school year progresses. Students
often fall asleep while speakers
share experiences from recent
travels and events. Disrespect is
often shown as students whistle
throughout someone’s speech in
an effect to make the speaker’s
message seem meaningless.
There is no limitation to a
single classification when the
issue of disrespect during
assembly is addressed. Rude
behavior is not confined to the
Freshman class, as many up
perclassmen would have you to
believe. Instead, disrespect
towards speakers has infiltrated
every class within the student
body. For instance, Dr. Lawrence
E. Carter, was not complimen
ting the Senior class during our
first unified assembly when he
paused to let them know that no
one had been dismissed. By the
same token, former speakers
were not overjoyed when they
had to pause in the middle of an
informative lecture because of
the audience’s unruliness. Yes,
an abnormal behavior pattern
has swept through the entire
student body.
In an effort to quell theoverall
lack of respect exhibited by the
student body as well as arouse
student awareness through an
educational means; the Vice-
President of Academic Affairs
office has even had Morehouse
students who have traveled
abroad to address the student
body. As usual, the function
contained a host of valuable
information that could be
applied to daily knowledge,
however, due to loss of manners
by a few of our Morehouse
brothers, the opportunity to
learn as much as possible during
the assembly was voided.
Reasons for disrespect in
assembly are as numerous as the
number of students that display
it. However, most of the reasons
are related to the idea that
students are just, plain B-O-R-E-
D! It is too bad that students are
willing to discard learning op
portunities simply because they
do not feel like learning. I often
wonder if parents would be
pleased to know that they are
paying a hefty sum of money
each year for their child to deny
himself a learning experience
because he is bored.
Please bear in mind that the
task of finding informative
speakers is not as easy as one may
think. Once students disrespect
a speaker, he may have second
thoughts about speaking on
another occasion. Also, do not
overlook the fact that speakers
often share their experiences
with other speakers. Once
negative words begin to spread
concerning a particular
audience, speakers become
more and more scarce. No
speaker wants to stand before an
audience knowing that his
listeners will treat him in a hostile
manner.
Students fail to realize that
some of our speakers do not
appear without a financial agree
ment. Therefore, the money that
the school pays him is un
doubtedly extracted from the
tuition that is paid each year.
When students deprive
themselves of the right to learn
in assembly, then they are literal
ly throwing away their own
money!
If students would only pay
close attention to the things a
speaker says in assembly, then
they will attain a wealth of
knowledge that will prove to be
beneficial to them in the future.
The first step towards learning in
assembly deals with the students
ability to stop throwing away
money and to respect the person
behind the podium. Let the
students not only make
themselves proud, but their
parents proud as well!