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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 25 • THE MAROON TIGER • PAGE 8
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Conversations with Dr. Keith
Continued from page 6
is the beneficiary of the enthral
ling legacy of former presidents.
Benjamin E. Mays, among
allothers, stands out in the minds
of all students. But today, Dr.
Keith is President of Morehouse
College. His goal is to elevate
Morehouse into the next century.
As Mays was human, Dr, Keith is
also. As Mays was not perfect,
Dr. Keith will not be either. The
goal is greatness and all the stu
dent body can ask for is that the
efforts of the president attempt to
reach that goal.
After the conversation, Dr. Keith
walked to his office. All the good,
bad, and ugly qualities about
Morehouse College will be attrib
uted to him because that comes
with the territory.
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Student Protest Censorship
Continued from page 1
Until Sept., however, Anne
Allison was the chief faculty ad
visor for The Maroon Tiger.
And since Dean Crawford now
has that role, he requires that Dr.
Eileen Meredith, professor of En
glish, read and approve of all sto
ries prior to publishing. When she
questions if a story should be cen
sored, she consults with Dr.
Melvin Rahming, associate pro
fessor of English. Dr. Rahming
was asked by Dean Crawford to
assist Dr. Meredith.
Columns about white philan
thropy at Morehouse. College
("Black Schools and White
Money”) and Dr. Keith's luxuri
ous lifestyle ("Founders' Day Re
mix) have been censored.
"Black Schools and hite Money"
was censored because Dr.
Meredith felt that the article was
"dangerous to the interests of the
college." Later, in speaking to the
staff of the Maroon Tiger, Dr.
Keith supported Dr. Meredith's
censorship of the article for the
same reason.
Technically, Morehouse College-
is the publisher of the newspaper,
and as such, has every legal right
to control what is allowed to be
published in the paper, but Mr.
Giovanni says, "It's not the legal
ity of it that concerns me. Anyone
can write anything down and call
it law. I'm questioning whether or
not they have the ethical right to
do this."
Dr. Meredith also seems to have
qualms about the censoring of ar
ticles. She said, "I hate to do it. I
would like you to have as much
freedom as possible", when asked
about it, nd also said, "I don't feel
ood about it."
Se was also asked about her feel
ings about censoring Giovanni's
articles in particular. Her state
ment about the first article have
been listed, and about the second,
she said that "[it] was offensive
and unfair." She also said that
"The claims it makes are true, but
they are made to sound
discredible."
"It's a tribute to the skill of the
writer that I -ask you not to print
it", she said. Mr. Giovanni's re
sponse to this comment was un
printable.
Giovanni has had a meeting with
Dean Crawford (Student Affairs)
and Dean Bellamy (Campus Life)
, and says he will continue to pro
test in frontof Gloster Hall on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri
days from 12 until 1 p.m. until the
issue is resolved. "Or until I get
cold", Giovanni says.