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New Constitution Set For Adoption
By Omar I. Bowles
Campus News Co-Editor
The student constitution,
which has not been changed
in the last fifteen years, will
be challenged by a new
constitution proposed by the
Student Government
Association. The proposed
constitution will be
voted upon by the
student body during
Crown Forum on
September 26
According to SGA
president Antonio
Johnson, the “old”
constitution is
inadequate for
several reasons.
“It’s so ambiguous,
it’s so undefined,
[and] everything is
debatable,” Johnson
explained.
The proposed constitution
possesses clear distinctions
from the existing one. In the
proposed one, students are
ensured certain student
rights. These rights include,
“The right of students to
speak freely, think freely,
learn freely, and print
freely...” Another section
guarantees “the right to
organize any group of
students with a specific,
documented purpose for the
academic, cultural,
religious, and social
advancement of the student
body...”
Moreover, the proposed
constitution clearly
delegates more power to the
Student Court. With this
power, the Student Court
would make final decisions
on all student disciplinary
cases, except for a severe
offense. “That’s
monumental,” added
Johnson, “for the first time
we govern ourselves.”
Furthermore, the
proposed document would
make more specific
operating procedures for
SGA officers and student
publications. These changes
were implemented to
enforce “accountability and
ethics,” Johnson declared.
Some other amendments in
the proposed document that
are not in the existing
constitution would include:
changing the name of the
young lady who
represents
Morehouse College
from Miss Maroon
and White to Miss
Morehouse College
and raising the
grade point
averages from a 2.5
to 3.0 for all persons
seeking to run for
office.
Copies of
SGA’s proposed document
were made^hvailable on
Friday, September 20, in
order to give students seven
days to raise any concerns.
Now, if their proposed
constitution, which has
already been approved by
the administration, is also
agreed on by fifty-one
percent or more of students
voting at Thursday’s Crown
Forum, it will become
ratified.
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
19 HOMECOMING 96
4:00 p.m.
J am-on-the-Yard
Kilgore Plaza
5:00 p.m
Sunday, October 13, 1996
Miss Maroon & White Reception
Kilgore Center
7:00 p.m.
Coronation: Ascension
King Chapel
7:00 p.m.
Gospel Concert
King Chapel
11:00 p.m.
Homecoming Concert I
A Tribe Called Quest, Ice Cube
Olympic Arena
Byron Cage & Purpose, Donald Lawrence &
The Tri-City Singers, and Ce Ce Winans
Monday, October 14, 1996
10:00 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 19, 1996
Grand Parade
HOMECOMING GAME
Harvey Stadium
4:00p.m.
CultureFest
Kilgore Center
t&e
Step Show
Olympic Arena
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 15, 1996
9:00 p.m.
Homecoming Concert II
King Chapel
8:00 p.m.
Fashion Show
King Chapel
Jerald Daymeon, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Will Downing
5:00 p.m.
Xanadu
Wednesday, October 16, 1996
Jam-on-the-Yard
Kilgore Plaza
10:00 p.m.
After-Party World Congress Ctr.
Sunday, October 20, 1996
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service
King Chapel
Thursday, October 17, 1996
Reverend Otis Moss III, '92
7:00 p.m.
Coronation: Ascension
King Chapel
5:00 p.m.
Gospel Concert
Olympic Arena
10:00 p.m.
Comedy Concert
Olympic Arena
Sponsored by the Student
Kirk Franklin & the Family
Shuckie Duckie and Adele Givens Givens
Government Association
Fred Hammond & Radicals for Christ
Friday, October 18, 1996
Maroon & White Day
8:00 p.m.
Da Drop
Wu Tang Clan
King Chapel