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In Honor of Dr. Hugh M. Gloster
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Vol. 62, No. 2
Morehouse College, Atlanta
November 8, 1986
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Proposition 48
Miss Maroon
and White
Insert Section
Personal
Interviews with
Queen and her Court
See Page 13
Scholarship and
Contest Information
News Capsule
Page 2
by David Cummings
The 1986-87 academic year
will be remembered as the
year of Proposition 48; a con
troversial ruling by the NCAA
that mandates student-
athletes meet a requirement of
at least a 2.0 grade point
average, with 16 College
credit courses in High School,
or have a 700 combined score
on the SAT, or 15 composite
score on the ACT.
The effects Proposition 48
will have on College athletics
is becoming more & more ap
parent. Already it has
Athletic-Directors across the
country concerned as to
weather or not the athletes
they pursue will meet the
requirements.
The ruling will hopefully
stop the abuse of student-
athletes who are being used, to
help an athletic team be pro
sperous. Such was the case of
Kevin Norton, who spent four
years at Creighton University,
and participated on their
basketball team for all four
years, yet he could not read
above a second grade level.
The deterence of situations
like this is why the NCAA had
to ratify Proposition 48.
Athletes who do not meet
the requirements of Proposi
tion 48 still are able to go to a
school on athletic scholarship,
but in order for them to do this
they must lose a year of
eligibility. However, if they do
not like this alternative, an
athlete can pay his or her own
expense, and retain four years
of eligibility.
Many black officials feel Pro
position 48 is racially biased.
After all, in this the first year
that it is being adminstered,
85% of the athletes affected by
the ruling are Black. With a
See PROPOSITION, page 6
Black Women Slighted of Their History
Morehouse
Student Works
In East Africa
See Page 3
by Gregory Powell
Paula Giddings, author of
When and Where I Enter, said
Black Women Studies have
been slighted by American col
leges, especially at Black
institutions.
In a recent interview at
Spelman College (where Gid
dings is the UNCF
Distinguished Scholar) she
said “there’s a prejudice
against Black Women Studies
at Black colleges.” She said
Black men refuse to incor
porate heroines like Ella
Baker and Ida B. Wells, who
was instrumental in the anti-
iyncmng campaign in the late
nineteenth century, into their
discussions of history.
Their exclusion reaches back
to their historical orientation
according to Giddings. “Black
history traditionally has been
a quest for Black manhood.”
The one-sided orientation into
history can be witnessed in
books written by Black men.
John Hope Franklin’s From
Slavery to Freedom devotes a
section to the anti-lynching
campaign. Franklin, even in
his most recent revision of the
book, gives cursory
acknowledgement to Ida B.
Wells. This holds true because
“Black historians do not see
Black women as integral par
ticipants in history,” said
Giddings.
“History books which ex
clude Black Women are no
longer valid,” she said. “You
can not get a full picture of
Black history, American
See GIDDINGS, page 2
Higher Education Act Passes II
Mayor Andrew
Young Speaks at
Sunday Morning
Services.
Page 11
by Carl Cloud III
The Higher Education Act
Conference Agreement, or ap
propriately called the Black
College Act, has been accepted
by an overpowering vote by
both the Senate and the House
of Representatives. According
to the United Negro Fund’s
September newsletter the
next step for the bill is to get
President Reagan’s signature.
This means that Black colleges
will finally get major addi
tional funds to aid financial aid
students. The Act will also
give the forty-three
predominately Black schools
more money for needed con
struction and renovation.
According to a government
newsletter, The House and
Senate began with as many as
700 differences between them,
which is said to have caused
much deliberation and con
troversy. Nevertheless, both
finally agreed upon a man
date of $10.2 million for fiscal
year 1987 for authorized spen
ding, institutional spending
and student assistance
programs.
The Black College Act (Title
III, Part B) has a new
authorized funding level of
$100 million, which, according
to the UNCF, is close to the
figure proposed by both them
and The House. The funds are
allocated for the 43
predominately private Black
colleges and universities.
Listed below are a few of the
compromises that were reach
ed as the conference commit
tee closed out their
deliberations.
Title III, Part A: $120
See EDUCATION, page 2