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January 11, 1985/The Maroon Tiger/Page 10
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 Nelson
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 Kevin Hamm
Administrative Manager Torrence Stepteau
Circulation Co-Ordinator Travis Weddington
Advertising Co-Ordinator Ricki Scott
Staff Photographers Richard Cary, Melvin Willis,
Emmanuel Payton
Cartoonist Michael Thierry
Staff Writers Robert Bolton, Ron Wilson
Mitchell Smith, Adam Smith, Emanuel McGirt, Quinton Parker,
Office Assistant Phillip Peterson
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.
Scholarships Galore!
The National Association for
Campus Activities announces its
first Prize Papers Competition
offering cash prizes totaling
$1,200, according to Chairman of
the Board of Directors Max V.
Vest. Open to undergraduate
and graduate students, as well as
faculty or staff of a business
related to the college entertain
ment market, the competition is
designed to recognize outstan
ding research and opinion
papers in the field of campus
activities. It demonstrates
NACA’s increasing interests in
educating current and future
campus activities professionals,
Vest said.
"The Prize Papers Competi
tion represents an important
step toward realizing one of
NACA's long-range goals of
strengthening our educational
offerings to membership,” Vest
said. "This competition will
further enhance the image of
NACA as an organization in
terested in innovative ideas and
research in the field, while
offering staff and students an
opportunity to write, be judged
by peers and receive a cash
award.”
Competition papers must be
original, unpublished works on a
topic about or related to campus
activities programming, such as
management, volunteerism,
leadership training and develop
ment, fine arts, film/video, con
temporary entertainment, travel,
recreation/leisure, professional
development and special con
stituencies. Papers must be eight
to fifteen pages, typed and
double-spaced.
Cash prizes of $250 and $150
will be awarded for first and
second place winners, respec
tively, in each of the three
categories of undergraduate,
graduate, faculty or professional
staff. Papers will be judged by an
anonymous panel on these
criteria: originality and research,
usefulness and applicability to
the field of campus activities,
content, composition and
writing style, and thoroughness.
Entry deadline for the com
petition is July 1, 1985. Winners
will be announced on or about
September 1, 1985, and winning
entries will be published in a
Prize Papers Competition issue
of Programming in December
1985. For further information,
contact NACA, P.O. Box 6828,
Columbia, SC 29260, 803-782-
7121.
Historic Deerfield, Inc. will
conduct its 30th annual Summer
Fellowship Program in Early
American History and the
Decorative Arts at Deerfield,
MA., from June 17 to August 17,
1985. Between 6 and 10
Fellowships will be awarded to
EDITORIALS
Teachers, We Demand Respect
If Rodney Dangerfield were a
student, he might describe his
afflication as "congential
prestige deprivation” - the
academic world’s mindy term for
the profound lack of respect for
students now bedevils
Morehouse College.
During this Christmas
holidays, we discovered a big
flaw in our contracts (the
Morehouse College Catalog and
the Student Handbook) with the
College that has provided some
teachers the "green light” to
deny students to this institution
their respect as human beings.
This lack of respect has taken the
form of constant humiliation in
class, cheating in student’s
grading, envy because of
student’s special talent, etc.
While we will not condone
violence in solving our problems
with our teachers, we are in full
support of steps taken by some
students to attempt to address
their grievances because of lack
of established guidelines for
students to address and cure this
canker once and for all.
We are of the notion that some
teachers, especially the part-
timers, are the ones to be blamed
in this direction. They are the
ones who always bring their
frustrations from home or
elsewhere and transfered them
onto students. They have had no
problem doing this disservice to
the hundreds of men they are
supposed to bring up in order for
them to become responsible
citizens and adults. They seem to
have forgotten that a mind has
always been a terrible thing to
taste and their action constitutes
a waist in human resources. The
loophole they are using? Their
tenure is short-termed and they
do not lose that much. They are
either students somewhere or
engaged in some other business
and have other source of income
that they can rely on if somebody
becomes BOLD enough to press
charges against them.
We would not want to see
Morehouse College become a
battle ground where students
have to fight their teachers
before they get what they
deserve out of this educational
process. That is why we call on
Academic Affairs Vice President
Phillip Redrick to set up a
commission of enquiry im
mediately to address numerous
incidents of faculty cheatings
that occured during the final
week of the Fall Semester and to
set up a procedure for students
to address this inhumane treat
ment.
We have grown to have less
and sometimes no fate in
teacher’s evaluation since it has
proved to be another waste of
time and paper. We foresee
more violent confrontations as
student become more dis
satisfied with the behavior and
attitude of some teachers. The
earlier we can address this
problem the better.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Class
of 1948, has always been called
this College’s most distinguished
alumnus and in the Morehouse
tradition, we have taken delight
in doing things in his honor. We
have a multi-purpose facility
which seats 2500 persons, a
bronze statue, a class that deals
with his life and teachings, over
$1,000,000 endowed chair in
Christian Ethics and Race
Relations and a musical all in his
memory. We are gladened by
the achievements of Dr. King
and dedicate the first two issues
of this semester to his course. A
great philosopher whose
birthdate has been synonymous
to the month of January.
Celebrating The Birthdate of M.L.K.
students of undergraduate status
wfio are interested in careers in
the museum field and related
professions. The program offers
students exposure to the inter
pretation of early American
history and culture through the
medium of the museum.
Applicants to the program
must be undergraduates of
sophomore, junior, or senior
standing in an American or
Canadian college as of January 1,
1985. Students may apply for
either full or partial Fellwoships.
Full Fellowships cover the cost of
tuition, room, board, and field
trips. Applicants for full
Fellowships who live more than
300 miles from Deerfield may
also apply for a travel grant.
Applicants for partial
Fellowships have two options:
Under Plan A they will pay $800.
Under Plan B they will pay $2,000.
The balance of their expenses is
provided by grants from two
generous donors and alumni
giving. Several full and partial
Fellowships are available.
Since 1956 more than 200
students from public and private
colleges in 34 states and the
District of Columbia have been
appointed to the Historic Deer
field Summer Fellowship
Program. Many Historic Deer
field Summer Fellows have sub
sequently pursued advanced
study in museum training and
other graduate programs and
many hold responsible positions
in museums, historical societies,
preservation agencies, and
academic institutions.
Application forms may be
obtained by writing to: Historic
Deerfield, Inc. 1985 Summer
Fellowship Program, Deerfield,
MA. 01342. Inquiries should be
addressed to J. Ritchie Garrison,
Director of Education. Com
pleted applications must be
received before February 28.
For further information, contact:
J. Ritchie Garrison
Director of Education
Historic Deerfield, Inc.
Deerfield, MA 01342
Phone: 413-774-5581
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