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Maroon
The Organ of Student Expression
Serving MoRwoesE College Since 1898
VOL. 71, NO. 5
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE; ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Thursday, November 5, 1998
IN CAMPUS NEWS
Tower of Power: The Tiger
picks the iO most powerful
students on campus.
Pages 4 & 5
IN FEATURES
What do you
remember? Was it the
fashion show, concert,
parade? Check out our
double page spread.
Pages 8 & 9
Daddy's little boy!
Students tell how they
balance bouncing
babies and boring
books.
Page 7
March to bring out AUC vote meets mixed reception
By Howard Franklin
Staff Writer
A noble effort to
encourage Atlanta University
Center voting left much to be
desired in the areas of
planning and participation.
Almost 200 students
gathered in front of Woodruff
Library mid-morning Friday
to march to nearby Fulton
County Courthouse and vote
as a block for the November 3
election.
The plan, however, was
scrapped at the last minute,
and rally coordinators decided
that charting a course through
the AUC would grant greater
visibility and render it more
effective.
Worse, the gathering itself,
scheduled to run an hour and
a half, was unable to hold the
students' attention through its
duration.
"I believe that the rally
could have been very effective
if more students had taken full
advantage," said Andrea
Jackson, a sophomore history
major at Spelman College. "It
was very
disturbing to
see that many
students did
not come out
and show
their
support."
The
organizers
insisted the
its purpose
well. Instead
of spurring
citizens to
vote, the
group focused
on registering
eligible voters
for the next
election and succeeded, they
said.
"Our goal was
accomplished," said Chris
Jones, Morehouse College
SGA president. "The Atlanta
public was able to see us
assemble and organize to
Phillip Asbury/STAFF
Morehouse SGA President Chris Jones leads a group of AUC
students in a rally encouraging voter registration.
make a statement."
Part of the gathering's
shortcoming was the hasty
planning of the event.
Much of the logistics were
coordinated the previous
night by the Morehouse SGA
and the co-coordinators of the
program,
C h a u n c y
Robinson
and Nicole
Dupree. Also
involved
were a
handful of
concerned
student
volunteers
from the
AUC schools.
"The
rally is
necessary
because of
the need for
us to come
out and vote
in this pivotal
election," said Jones, on the
day of the march. "This year
the outcome of a lot of issues
will depend on which
candidates get into office."
Jones pointed to the need
for health care and welfare
reform, better education and
affirmative action
preservation - all of which
hinged upon those elected.
But despite the admirable
intentions, not everyone got
the message.
"I heard about the rally
through word of mouth, but I
had to attend class," said
Morehouse sophomore Keyon
Payton, an English and
religion major.
Still, speakers at the rally
did their best to acknowledge
the magnitude of the event.
"We sacrificed for you to
have that ballot. Now it's up
to you to use it," said former
Atlanta mayor Maynard
Jackson, one of the speakers at
the gathering. Others included
Congressman John Lewis and
State Senate candidate
Michael Coles.
College to undergo significant administrative shuffle
By Faraji Whalen
Campus News Editor
A major restructuring of
the college's current
administration is in the works,
according to President
Massey.
In a memo to the faculty
and staff dated October 27,
Massey said the overhaul of
the school's current hierarchy
will include the creation of
certain positions,
disestablishment of others,
and changes in the power and
reporting structure of several
offices.
"[These changes] are
being facilitated for two basic
reasons," said Massey, in an
interview with The Maroon
Tiger. "One, to make the
administration more efficient
and to facilitate better
communication between
faculty, staff, and students.
And two, to allow the Provost
and myself to Spend more time
attracting the cream of the crop
of African American Males."
The most significant of
these changes is the
dissolution of the Office of
Admissions and Enrollment
Management.
Under the new program,
the Office of Admissions will
report to Massey directly,
while the Office of Financial
Aid will report to the Office of
Business and Finance.
In his memo, Massey
attributed these changes to the
competitive task of attracting
high-achieving Black males to
colleges, and the increasingly
complex federal standards
governing financial aid.
But what this means for
Sterling Hudson, the current
vice provost of the soon-to-be
dissolved office, is unclear. He
did not return three calls left
at his residence.
Massey himself did not
clearly articulate Hudson's
new responsibilities.
"The change will allow
Dean Hudson to devote more
time to recruitment and
retention of students," he
simply said.
Among other changes
outlined in the memo, the
Office of Student Affairs and
the Department of Athletics
will now report to the
president. Consequently, Vice
President of Student Affairs
Continued on page 2
Oister
^retaliation
Stepping up to the
podium, Dr. Audrey
Forbes Manley,
Spelman Class of'55,
delivers the inaugural
address, Saturday in
Fang Chapel Manley,
a noted physician with
a wealth of experience,
is the first Spelman
alumna to become
president of the college.
She represents the
“True Blue” spirit of a
Spelman Woman.
