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The Organ of Student Expression
0 Sex vim Morehouse College Since 1898
VOL. 70, NO. 7
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE; ATLANTA, GEORGIA Monday, March 30, 1998
IN CAMPUS NEWS
Renowned artist Arthur
Rayford donates his life's
work to the College.
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IN FEATURES
H e runs, he
tackles, he
writes
poetry !
Meet Morehouse running
back Rod Hollimon as he
talks about his self-
published book of poetry.
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IN OPINIONS
GA President Will
Sellers offers his
rebuttal to a Pre-
Alumni Association (PAA)
member's accusations of SGA
fund mismanagement and the
Executive Board's ineptitude
in leadership.
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Accreditation Team Arrives to Assess College
Staff Reports
Here they come.
After over two years of
preparation — thousands of
hours of labor by students,
faculty, staff and
administration on every
corner of campus
Morehouse welcomes the
special guests who visit once
per decade: the 13-member
team from the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools (SACS).
At stake is the re
affirmation of the school's
accreditation. That's what
employers, graduate and
professional schools and
parents refer to when they say,
"He has a degree from an
accredited college."
The officials will be on the
campus grounds, in classes, in
the dorms, and in offices,
"inspecting" every aspect of
Morehouse life and activities
Monday and Tuesday, March
30 and 31.
They will want to know
everything, and so they will
want to talk to as many
members of the college
community as possible on
every subject that bears on
Morehouse.
The SACS officials come
from different departments
and other positions at 12
different colleges and
universities around the
Southeast; one represents
SACS headquarters staff.
Photo Courtesy of Jocelyn Jackson
Dr. Jocelyn Jackson,
Director of the College's Self-
Study Committee
Morehouse began
preparing for this visit when it
appointed Dr. Jocelyn Jackson,
Professor of English and
Director of the Honors
Program, to be Director of Self-
Study in August 1995. After a
year of organizing
particularly appointing
committees of faculty, staff, and
students — the self-study
committee began 12 months of
intensive research, review and
analysis of all that Morehouse
had done since the last re
affirmation of accreditation.
It also assessed every facet
of the College's current
operations, from buildings and
grounds to curriculum to
student life.
That year of self-study
resulted in a book
approaching 300 pages long:
"Institutional Self-Study
Report, 1996-98." All 13 SACS
representatives will have read
this book before this visit.
"I am confident that we
have written a Self-Study
Report that is inclusive of our
strong and unique features as
well as of our unfinished
tasks," said Dr. Jackson. "Our
follow-up plan lists
recommendations and
suggestions we offer to
ourselves."
"I want our students to
reflect on the Mission of the
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Lots of Love for MOM in LA
President and Mrs. Massey (center) along with hosts Dave
Coulter (right), CEO of BankAmerica, and Entertainment
Mogul Quincy Jones (left) greet guest at Morehouse on the
Move (MOM) in Los Angles. A series of special events that
will be held in 16 targeted cities over the next 18 months,
MOM is designed to enhance public awareness and
appreciation of Morehouse, and its impending capital
campaign.
Two Freshmen Robbed Near Park Street Arts Complex
By Sterling Taylor
Staff Writer
Two Morehouse freshmen
were recently held at gunpoint
and robbed, causing one
student to withdraw and
return home for the remainder
of the semester.
The robbery occurred at
the corner of Lee Street and
Norcross behind the Park
Street Art Complex early
February 22. The suspects
were described as three black
males, ages 16-20, and ranging
in height from 5'7" to 6'2".
The victims arrived at the
West End MARTA Station after
shopping at Lenox Mall. After
waiting a few minutes for the
AUC shuttle, they decided to
make the walk back to
campus.
The students walked over
the bridge and crossed the
street, noticing a lone black
man standing next to the
church facing Lee Street. The
man was seemingly mumbling
to himself and as the two
passed, he asked them for
directions. Thinking he was
drunk, they ignored him and
kept walking. A second man
then came from behind the
church, grabbed one of the
students by his jacket and let
him see that he had a gun.
One student was pushed
behind the church where a
third assailant frisked him. The
second assailant held the gun
to the second student's back
while instructing him to take
off everything of value. After
both were robbed and the
suspects escaped, the students
sprinted to the Campus
Security Office at Spelman
College. There, they were
questioned by the Atlanta
Police and taken back to the
scene of the crime, where they
submitted a police report.
A common belief is that
the robbery was preventable,
but according to Vernon
Worthy, Chief of Morehouse
College Police, the area
behind the church is Atlanta
city property and out of
Morehouse's jurisdiction. The
onus of patrolling that area is
on the Atlanta Police
Department.
Chief Worthy explained
that most of the responsibility
of a student's safety falls upon
that student.
"[Freshmen are] walking
risks," said Chief Worthy.
"[There is] a belief that these
kids have money; if not cash,
then credit cards and bank
cards."
He recommends that
students not go out late at
night unless it's essential and
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