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CNN's interactive talk show, TalkBack Live, is looking
for one or two production interns for the spring session.
Internships are unpaid and interns receive college credit.
Interns will perform simple editing and production duties.
In addition, interns .are encouraged to create independent
projects. Questions may be directed to Jillian St. Charles @
404-827-3969.
Mitsubishi Motors in partnership with the UNCF and
Clark Atlanta University announced The Mitsubishi Motors
Young Entrepreneurs Program. A joint effort to provide
minority students entrepreneurial education and
opportunity, the components of the program are a Summer
Institute and Dealer Mentor Assignment.
To be qualified for the program, you must be enrolled
in a UNCF or HBCU school, a junior with atleast 18 to 20
hours in business-related courses, and have a minimum 2.5
grade point average. Deadline for applications is February
16,1998. For more information, contact Dr. Jeffrey J. Phillips
at Clark Atlanta University in Wright Hall in Room 324.
The Georgia Press Educational Fund is seeking
applicants for their scholarship and internship programs.
The GPEF funds summer internships for students who work
at GPA newspapers. The internship provides students who
are interested in a career in journalism with the opportunity
to work in the industry. Internships are not strictly limited
to editorial position. In addition, the GPEF awards
scholarships up to $1500.
If you have any questions about the programs, contact
Josselyn Burke @ (770) 454-6776.
Glacier National Park, located in the northwest corner
of Montana, is best known for its rugged mountain
wilderness and its historic lodges. Glacier Park, Inc. is
looking for students to fill various jobs during the summer.
The company is especially interested in students majoring
in accounting, music, and theater. For details on jobs and
salaries, call Glacier Park, Inc. @ (602) 207-2620.
If you need affordable rent, homesharing is for you! We
have great homes availale now. Call the homesharing
experts - Housemate Match. With 13 years of experience,
Housemate gets the job done. Call Rita, Charlotte, and
Robyn at Housemate @ (404) 875-7881 ext. 27.
The Georgia Council for the Arts announces the
availability of guidelines and applications forms for Georgia
Folklife Programs grants. Grants will be awarded to support
projects which recognize, preserve, and educate the public
about the state's traditional folk culture. For details, call
404-651-7934.
On Saturday, February 7, 1998, the Association for the
Study of Classical African Civilizations will have a city-wide
book festival. The festival will be held at City Hall East
Exhibition Center which is located at 640 North Avenue.
There will be African dancers, music, storytelling and a host
of other activities for the whole family. Please contact the
ASCAC @ 404-344-1688 for more information.
Yong Lee Says Farewell to Morehouse
By Thomas C. Sweeney, Jr.
Staff Writer
While most students were
packing bags and finishing
finals, Yong Lee was bidding
farewell to Morehouse after
two and a half years.
Lee, Dr. Massey's
executive assistant, played a
fundamental role in
Morehouse's daily operation.
She personally handled a
preponderance of the
president's daily work which
included interacting with
many student and responding
to their concerns. Shortly after
coming to Morehouse, Dr.
Massey brought Lee on board.
She had previously served as
his executive assistant at the
University of California.
Lee, a native of South
Korea, admitted that upon
entering Morehouse's campus
in 1995, she was clueless about
the "Morehouse Mystique"
and its history of producing
some of the nation's most
reputable young men. "I knew
nothing about Morehouse
upon my arrival here in 1995,
Courtesy Morehouse College
Executive assistant to Dr.
Massey, Yong Lee says
goodbye.
but once I got started, I really
enjoyed it." Lee admitted.
Lee has not had any
regrets during her tenure at the
institution. She is content
about the relationships she has
created, and is extremely
proud of what the school has
done for young black men.
She is a firm believer of the fact
that no other school in the
country is more dedicated to
their students than
Morehouse.
"While I was at school in
Chicago, or when I worked at
the University of California, I
did not see the dedication to
their students like what I see
here at Morehouse," she
shared. "The history behind
Morehouse is so wonderful
and unique. I can really see the
emotional connection between
the school and its students."
After leaving Morehouse,
she will join her husband in
Washington, D.C. where he is
completing his doctorate at the
University of Virginia.
Operation Olive Branch: Barren
Tendril or Fruit of the Future?
By John Wilson
Stamping out the
Diverse History ofAUC
Schools or Uniting in
the Struggle to Create
One Single History?
What's the Goal and
Mission of Operation
Olive Branch?
Recently, there was an
AUC-wide resident assistant
meeting where the main focus
was to kill some of the
stereotypes that exist between
AUC schools. This event was
held to reinforce the Operation
Olive Branch program, which
found its beginning during the
New Student Orientation of
the class of 2000. There will
also be an AUC assembly,
concerning Operation Olive
Branch, held in King Chapel
later on this month. There is a
lot of center-wide support on
the administrative level for
this program, and a lot of other
events are being planned for
later on this semester.
Despite the overall good
intents of this program, the
question of whether or not it
is necessary still remains. Kory
Hawkins, an RA from Graves
Hall who attended the
meeting, said that he hadn't
received any indication that
conditions were bad enough to
warrant such actions. "It was
mostly Morehouse and Clark
students at the meeting," says
Hawkins. "Spelman was
poorly represented, and there
were only a few students from
Morris Brown there." Topics of
discussion included how to
improve male/female
relationships, how to better
relations between AUC
students in general and how to
counteract animosity on the
administrative level. When
asked if he felt such actions
were necessary, Hawkins'
responded by saying, "I
haven't seen any problems. If
someone could show me the
reasons behind it, then maybe
I'd understand."
Some students feel that
such steps are necessary. Lutab
Sanifu, a senior at Morehouse,
believes strongly in the efforts
of Operation Olive Branch.
"School relations have
declined a lot since I was a
freshman. We had sisters at
both Spelman and Clark. The
new student center doesn't
help either. Since all non-
Morehouse students have to
be signed in, strangers can't
even sit down and get to know
each other anymore."
Not all students share the
same concern. Darren White,
a sophomore at Morehouse
feels that the program is a
waste of time. "No one even
cares about what Olive Branch
is all about. We've got other
things to do." Perhaps his
point is accentuated by the
poor attendance of Spelman
and Morris Brown students at
this month's meeting.
Regardless of student
feelings about the program,
Operation Olive Branch will
be making its mark on the lives
of AUC students. Everything
from mandatory cross
registration to center-wide
peace conferences are on the
drawing board for the future
of all AUC schools. M. Ronald
Keith Tuck, resident director of
Fair Street Dorm, had these
final words to say about the
program. "It's going to take
time. The stereotypes will
never die, but the more we
function as a unit, one big
university full of little schools,
the better relations will be."
