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February 26, 1985/The Maroon Tiger/Section A
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Representatives of Disco Sounds Inc., a mobile disco formed by four A.U.C. Students, presents Red
Cross Rep. Adam Smith with a $1,000 check for the Ethiopian Relief Fund.
Disco Sounds originally had only a small array of entertainment hardware. Today, the company can
boast of its strength in the entertainment industry, because of the quality of equipment it uses and
its unlimited library of music — classical, jazz, pop, disco, and soul. Within the last two years, Disco
Sounds has expanded into other larger sound and lighting reinforcement systems.
Morehouse Men
Make Who’s Who
Thirty three Morehouse men,
who have been selected as
national outstanding campus
leaders will be listed in the 1985
edition of WHO’S WHO
AMONG STUDENTS IN
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND
COLLEGES. Campus nomination
committees and editors of the
annual directory have included
the name of these students based
on their academic achievement,
service to the community,
leadership in extracurricular
activities and potential for con
tinued success.
Published annually since 1934,
this year’s students will join an
elite group of students selected
from more than 1,500 institutions
of higher learning in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia and
several foreign nations.
Students named from
Morehouse College are: Freddie
A. Asinor, Rahn Bailey, Waldo
Banks, Clifford A. Bryant,
Richard Burks, Charles A.
Carpenter, Steven Carson, John
ny Crawford, Paul Dillard, Kevin
Hardison, Eugene Maxwell, Jr.,
Vernon R. Morris, and Joel Prim.
The rest are Adam L. Smith,
Mitchell M. Smith, David R.
Anderson, Hillary R. Sylvester,
Kalian Thomas, Gregory
Lambert, Phillip Thomas and
Charles Walton. The others are
Robert W. Holland, Renaldo A.
Jarrell, Michael P. Johnson,
Kimblin E. Nesmith, Robert E.
Rhodes, II., Quinton S. Seay,
Ralph H. Smith, Todd D. Stokes,
Kyal B. Strozier, Kevin W.
Washington, Clyde Watkins, Jr.,
and Sanford E. Watson, II.
Blacks Hooked Up
To Alcoholism?
Mens Fashion
Spring 1985
The emphasis is on a conser
vative but comfortable look.
□Suits: More generously cut,
with widened shoulders, well-
marked waists and side vents.
Double-breasted suits are more
important than ever, particularly
for the slim, tall man. Patterns are
traditional checks, plaids,
pinstripes of brightly flecked
tweeds and chalk-striped
flannels.
□Overcoats: Fully cut, ample,
often with quilted linings.
□Vests: Either of contrasting
fabrics, knitted, or as part of a
suit.
□Sweaters: For casual wear,
thick cables or argyle plaids.
□Colors: Walnut brown, navy,
gray flannel, some burgundy for
accessory touches.
□ The country-gentleman
look: Tweedy fabrics, checked
suits and strong, serviceable
trousers.
°Other fashion notes: Knit
ties, striped shirts with white
collar and cuffs, paisley or cor
duroy vests, plaid shirts, high
turtleneck sweaters, reversible
jackets for sports.
Bottom line: A well-dressed
man’s most important wardrobe
items are still a well-cut, well-
fitted navy blazer jacket and gray
worsted wool or flannel trousers.
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by Gregory Powell
News Editor
Charles Trammell, United
States Army Veteran, spoke at
Morehouse College thursday
Jan. 11, addressing the issue of
black Alcoholism.
Trammell stated he felt it was a
need to talk to Morehouse
students, because at the
Homecoming ’84 Tiger Football
game he noticed a large number
of students were “under the
influence.”
“Alcoholics go beyond social,
racial, and economic barriers,”
he stated. “Students and
professionals make up ninety-
seven percent of the alcoholics.
Fair Street alcoholics make up 3
percent."
After stating that drinking
socially was fine and accepted,
Trammell said that black male
college students drank until they
were "toilet hugging drunk.”
Trammell then rifled off a
staggering number of alcoholics
in the Atlanta area.
According to the
Metropolitan Atlanta Council on
Alcohol and Drugs (Macad),
where he does extensive
research on the topic, there are
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over ten-million alcoholics in
America. Dispelling the myth
that alcoholics are homeless,
Macad reported that ninety-
seven percent of all alcoholics
have jobs and families.
“It is a society, family, school
problem," commented
Trammell.
There are over 3.3 million
teenage alcoholics between 14
and 17 in the nation and more
than 90,000 of these teenagers
live in Georgia, reported Macad.
Are these teenagers destined
to become alcoholics? Accor
ding to Trammell, certain cases
of alcoholism has been proven
hereditary. Individuals who
drink excessively have a genetic
trait passed on to them from an
ancestor or parent who drank.
But for those students who do
not have the genetic trait their
basic problem is over consump
tion.
“We (black male students)
loose control. We don’t know
our limits," stated Trammell.
"We have it really bad in that we
go to the extreme.”
The students inability to put a
tab on his alcohol consumption
leads to many dangerous
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situations, reported Macad:
#Driving under the influence
of alcohol is the leading cause of
death for people between 15-24.
#Seven percent of all black
males in Georgia's prison system
are there due to crimes they
commited while intoxicated.
#Liver disorders and heart
attacks have been linked directly
to the over consumption of
alcohol.
#A majority of the Black on
Black crimes are commited by
individuals intoxicated.
#Among black males, this
ailment destroys the individual’s
sex drive.
The road back, stated
Trammell, is rough and very
expensive, especially for blacks.
Alcoholic treatment centers,
like Ridgeview Hospital, range in
price from ten to fifteen thou
sand dollars a month.
The parent’s of black college
students cannot afford to pay the
high insurance rates that medical
institutions call for,” stated
Trammell.
"The State of Georgia makes
100 million dollars in tax revenue
from the sale of alcohol. Five
dollars is taken out for each
person who is placed in govern
ment funded hospitals,” said
Trammell.
Grady Hospital, where a ma
jority of Atlanta’s black
alcoholics turn to for help, treats
each alcoholic for twenty-eight
days. When the period is up,
stated Trammell, the alcoholics
are released.
"If you have no money, you
receive no treatment,” he stated.
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