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Vol. 68, No. 3
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
Thursday, October 8, 1992
a The Organ of Student Expression”
NEWS BRIEFS
CAU MAY GST ACCREDITED LAW SCHOOL
Atlanta, GA—Clark Atlanta University may become the state’s fifth accred
ited law school depending upon negotiations with unaccredited John Marshall
Law School—located in Downtown Atlanta. In 1988, the state Supreme Court
ordered that only students who have graduated an accredited law school may
take the state bar.
SPELMAN RATED 1ST BY U*S* NEWS
A WORLD REPORT
Atlanta, GA--U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings re
ported that Spelman College was first among Southern liberal arts colleges in
its September issue. This is the first historically black college to become ranked
No. 1 in its annual report. Morehouse ranked 10th within the category.
AUC SCHOOLS GET GRANTS FROM AT&T
Atlanta, GA~Seven Atlanta colleges and universities are partial beneficia
ries of nealry $2 million in engineering and science grants from AT&T,
coporate officials said last week. Morehouse College will receive $175,00;
Spelman College and Morris Brown will each receive $370,00;
Clark Atlanta University will receive $340,000. The grants axepartofa$19.5
million national program to strengthen the U.S. industrial competitiveness and
advance teaching and research in physical and biological sciences.
CHANCES IN BLACK FAMILY INCOME
Washington, DC—Black families making more than $50,000 a year has
doubled since 1967 to more than 1 in 7. But the median income for black
families was $21,423 a year.
CENSORSHIP OF BLACK LITERARY TEXT
Pleasanton, CA-An Amador Valley High School parent requested that I
KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, the autobiography of Maya
Angelou, be pulled from a required reading list for sophomores. The parent
objected to the “explicit language” in a scene where Angelou discusses her
molestation and rape by her mother’s boyfriend. The patent said the idea of
students reading the book was “wrong.”
TECH GETS DEBATE OVER MOREHOUSE ..
Atlanta, Ga. — The Bipartisan committee set up to select a site for a vice
presidential debate in the Atlanta area selected Georgia Tech over Morehouse
College’s King Chapel. The only other site considered was the Georgia World
Congress Center. According to Ms. Lillian Jackson, director of college
relations for Morehouse, the committee wanted a smaller facility, Tech’s
theater seats approximately 1,250while King Chapel holds over2,000. Further
she said that the committee felt that the Tech facility had better acoustics.
SENATE GIVES SGA $15,000 MORE FOR
FIRST SEMESTER
Atlanta, Ga — Due to unexpected expenses for homecoming and non
homecoming vents, the student senate recently approved an appropriation of an
additional $15,000 to the SGA. The SGA was originally allocated $40,000-
$35,000 for homecoming and $5,000 for additional activities for the fall
semester. However, unofficial records from senate meetings indicate that the
homecoming expenses, actual and estimated, will come to approximately
$49,190, with incoming revenue being estimated at $9,800. These approxima
tions would still indicate going over budget, $4 to 5,000. Mr. Darren Mallard,
SGA treasurer, indicated that additional expenses this semester such as the
Class Gala, and entering Miss Maroon & White in the “Black College Hall of
Fame Pageant” led to the need to request additional funds. The appropriations
committee of the senate will meet October 14 to discuss the Student Govern
ment financial situation further.
Absences of SGA Questioned
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Very few student leaders attended the first annual leadership conference
sponsored by the office of campus life.
The absences of SGA President,
Sha’ka Rasheed and others of the ex
ecutive branch at recent events have
students questioning their student lead
ership.
Mr. Rasheed, Freddie Stevens, chief
of staff, Anthony Richardson, director
of operations, and Darren Mallard, Trea
surer, missed the first student govern
ment ‘Town Meeting,” held on Sep
tember 24.
According to recording secretary,
Arthur Phillips, these officers were at
tending a reception sponsored by
Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Mallard stated that the reason he
and other SGA officers attended the
event was multifold.
“One, my GPA qualifies me to possi
bly have employment with them in the
future, and that the contacts that I make
there are going to be beneficial. And
two, Mr. McLaurin knows about the
student government this year is trying
to get corporate sponsorship for future
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Miss Maroon & White Court
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1st Attendant: Kristi B. Merriweather; Miss Maroon & White: Canangela Boyd; 2nd attendant:
Caya B. Lewis.
INSIDE
NEWS
EDITORIALS
SPORTS
HOMECOMING
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Somalia
The “C” Word
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