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General
Dr. Hamid Taqi, Associate Professor of Political Science has
assumed the position of Acting Director of the Center for
International Studies.
Campus Operations is pleased to announce their newest
campaign to help keep the campus litter-free and attractive.
Soon all flyers will be placed on strategically-placed bulletin
boards on campus. If you have any suggestions about where
bulletin boards should be placed, please call Campus
Operations at x2717.
The Maroon Tiger is searching for dedicated students to
contribute their talent and energy to Morehouse College's
Organ of Student Expression. Positions are now open. If
you are interested, please stop by The Maroon Tiger office
on the second floor of Kilgore Hall. Or call about 681-2800
x2975 for more information.
Scholarships
The 1997 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Concert, with
awards totaling $10,000, is open to junior and senior
undergraduate who are enrolled full-time at an accredited
college or university. The deadline for submitting an original
3,000-4,000 word essay is Friday, January 17,1997. Call 212-
221-1100 to find out more.
Interns
If you are an undergraduate or graduate student studying
geology, geography, computer science, computer graphics,
oceanography, civil engineering, biology, chemistry or
related fields, the U. S. Geological Survey Earth Sciences
Program is offering you the chance to do research with some
of the nations top scientists this summer. Stipend levels
range from $19,000 to $38,000 per year. Write the Oak Ridge
Institute for Science and Education at P. O. Box 117, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee 37831 for more info.
The Oregonian summer internship program has begun
searching for reporters, copyeditors, photographers, graphic
artists and page designers for the summer of 1997. Candidates
must submit a letter of application, resume, sex to eight
writing samples, three references and a 500-word
autobiographical essay to be considered. The Internship
lasts 10-12 weeks and pays $527.50 per week. December 1,
1996 is the deadline. Call 503-221-8039 for more info.
The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund is announcing it 1997
business reporting internship program for minority college
sophomores and juniors. Interns spend one-week in an
intensive training course before working as salaried
reporters for 10 weeks. The Fund provides transportation,
room and board during the training course. For more info,
call 609-452-2820.
The Sacramento Bee is offering summer reporting
internships in sports, copyediting, photojournalism and
graphic arts. The internships are full-time for 12 weeks and
pay $400 a week. For more info call 916-321-1001.
Community in Uproar over Westview Closing
By Cameo Clark
Contribu ting Writer
"Close the street, and d—
mn the people," is what one
local barber had to say about
the recent closing of Westview
Drive. The flow of traffic on
Westview has slowed
dramatically between Ashby
and the turnabout in front of
Spelman College.
Morehouse College had
attempted to get that section of
the street closed for the past
several years without success.
Now the street is closed, but
at a large cost to the
community.
On several occasions, the
City Council denied
Morehouse control of that
section of the street, claiming
that they had no legitimate
reason to close it. In 1992, a
Morehouse faculty member
went before city
councilwoman Cleta Winslow
and misrepresented the
community, saying that the
community had agreed to give
that section of the street to
Morehouse.
When members of the
community became aware of
the situation, they began to
protest and gathered a petition
of over 500 names opposing
the closing. The city council
then voted down the proposal
and ruled that the issue of
Westview Drive would not be
reopened.
A proposal by city
councilwoman Carolyn Long-
Banks was adopted June 3 and
approved June 10 for the
abandoning of Westview
Drive Southwest for the
benefit of Morehouse College.
Traditionally, when a public
street is subject to being closed
to the public, the eminent
closing must be made public
knowledge. However, the
public was never notified.
The proposal was able to
slip through the cracks by
being placed on the Consent
Agenda. Once the proposl is
placed there, no one can
oppose the issues on it. Certain
members of the Neighborhood
Planning Unit believe that the
issue of Westview Drive was
shaded under by the
Committee on Olympic
Development. Some were
under the impression that the
closing of Westview Drive was
going to be a temporary
pedestrian walkway for the
Olympics.
After city council saw
opposition,
there
was talk
o f
rescinding
the vote.
But,
Morehouse
College
had
already
spent
money
o n
constructicn
of the
guard
booths
and on
the
street
itself.
Members of the
community seem to support
the colleges and universities in
the area and recognize that
improvements need to be
made. They are not, however,
in support of the methods
used to gain those
improvements. They feel that
there is no open means of
communication between the
schools and the community.
When asked his thoughts
on the closing of Westview, an
anonymous freshman had this
to say; "I believe that the
original intention of
Morehouse administration
was to make Morehouse
Campus more secure. Was that
objective achieved? I don't
think so."
Courtesy College Relations
West End Community forced to take a permanent
detour
Rape Allegations Brought Against Four Students
By Louis Clotman
Campus News Editor
Four Morehouse students
were arrested Thursday,
October 3 by the Atlanta Police
on charges of rape filed by a
freshman student at Spelman
College.
According to police
reports, senior Herman Banks,
junior Tony Clark, sophomore
Dadon Dodd and sophomore
Darren Marshall all maintain
their innocence of the charges
and have no previous
disciplinary violations on their
records. Clark and Marshall
are also being charged with
aggravated sodomy. All four
students are currently being
held without bond.
A hearing was scheduled
for October 9, and then
postponed until a week later
on the 16th. Morehouse
reportedly began its own
ongoing investigation into the
case Monday, September 30.
Morehouse has suspended all
four students for the
remainder for the academic
year for violation of College
rules and standards of
conduct. Banks, Clark, Dodd
and Marshall have
involuntary withdrawn from
classes and are suspended for
the remainder of the academic
year.
In a mandatory crown
forum on Monday, October 7,
Provost John H. Hopps
addressed Morehouse
students. Provost Hopps
underscored Morehouse's
policy regarding violations of
residential regulations and
treatment of visitors. "We are
not only our brother's keeper,"
Hopps concluded, "but our
sister's as well."