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The Organ of Student Expression”
VOL. 66, NO. 9
Morehouse College, Atlanta
Tuesday, April 2, 1991
“Back To Back”
By Gary Q. Abernathy
Morehouse recently made
their third overall and second
consecutive trip to the NCAA
Division II Regionals.
The Maroon Tigers qualified
by capturing the SIAC Tourna
ment Title for the second year
in a row and receiving the con
ference’s automatic bid:
Lawrence Lewis, shown here,
was a key factor in the Tigers
Title Run.
This was an up and down
season for Morehouse who at
NCAA Tournament Time had a
record of 21 wins and nine
losses. Those 21 wins also mark
ed the third consecutive 20 win
season for Head Coach Arthur
J. McAfee, Jr.’s, Maroon Tigers.
However, Morehouse got off
to a slow start after being pick
ed No. 1 in pre-season by Sports
Illustrated. They lost four out of
their first six ball games, in
cluding a 101-82 decision to
Virginia Union. After the loss to
Virginia Union, the Maroon
Tigers posted an eight game
winning streak. During that win
streak, they outscored their op
ponents by an average of 12.2
points (100.1-87.9).
Morehouse took that same
firepower into the SIAC Tour
nament, which is why they won
their last six ball games before
the start of the NCAA Division
II Regionals. The Maroon
Tigers 13.4 average margin of
victory (88.7-75.3) during the
SIAC Tournament, enabled
them to place four of their five
starters on the All Tournament
Team.
The Maroon Tigers’ leader
has been team tri-captain and
All American Forward Harold
“Showtime” Ellis. He was nam
ed to the five man all tourna
ment team in the Norfolk State
University Holiday Basketball
Tournament where they took
third place. He was also one of
five people placed on the all
tournament team in Jackson
ville State’s Tom Rober
son/Coca-Cola Classic as he and
his teammates finished third by
beating Dillard University after
losing to Virginia Union in the
first round. Conference wise, for
the second consecutive season,
he (Ellis) was selected first team
All SIAC and SIAC Player of
the Year. Ellis is also in good
standing to being an NCAA
Division II All American again
(Second team last year) after
being named to the first team of
the NCAA South Atlantic
Region (one of eight regions in
Division II) last month.
ATLANTA—ONE MORE TIME! At post-game ceremonies, the team proudly displays the
SIAC pennent and Coca-cola tournament championship award presented to them by
Richard Franklin, (center right) manager, Conventions/Special Events, Coca-Cola USA
and Kristie Simmons, Coca-Cola intern (far left).
Spelman Student Attacked on MARTA
By Brian Betts
With a series of unfortunate
incidents involving AUC
students on the rise, one recent
situation is receiving con
siderable attention. February
17th, a Spelman student was
assaulted while riding on the
MARTA transportation.
At approximately 2:00 p.m.,
on the 17th, Kimberly Gist, a
senior English major at
Spelman College, was on her
way to work. Ms. Gist, travel
ing on the MARTA rail system,
took a seat in the relatively
crowded car, and promptly
began to read the book Black
Men: Obsolete, Single and
Dangerous by Haki R.
Madhubuti.
While reading her book, Gist
was approached by a white male
she describes as, “definitely
over fifty, wearing a blue suit,”
according to Gist. The man then
went through the process of
making several loud derogatory
remarks bout the state of the
Black community. He soon
demanded that Gist give him
“that trash” she was reading,
and threatened to take it from
her possession. In her attempt
to ignore his off-color comments,
Gist made a sharp reply. The
assailant, now incensed, slapped
Ms. Gist twice in the head. Dur
ing the altercation that follow
ed, the man made several
threatening gestures towards
the victim. Miss Gist, fearing for
her safety, kicked her attacker
in the groin.
When the train finally stop
ped, a MARTA police officer
came on the scene with the in
tentions of arresting Ms. Gist.
Neither the name of the
assailant nor the officer was
gained. Ms. Gist admits, “I got
so upset that I did not ask for
their names or for a report to be
made.”
The attacker was escorted at
the MARTA station, but this
does not seem to have solved
the problem for Gist. “I don’t
know what the problem was,”
she states, “but you would think
that the officer would at least
try to find out about the situa
tion.”
Ms. Gist was more upset
about the reaction of the other
MARTA passengers, the ma
jority of whom tried to “keep
me quiet.” Some other young
adolescent men even “laughed
and made jokes about it.” Ms.
Gist claims that MARTA of
ficials have not responded to her
attempts to air out her feelings.