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VOL. 71, NO. 6
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE; ATLANTA, GEORGIA
The Organ of Student Expression
Serving Morehouse College Sisco-: 1898
Tuesday December 8, 1998
IN FEATURES
World mourns the passing of
civil rights activist Kwame
Toure
Page 7
Phoneix dorm
fails to tower
above criticism
By Faraji Whalen
Campus News Editor
As the number of students
entering Morehouse College
grows, the institution's
measures to house the masses
of students continue to run
into problems.
Last year, it was the
Howard Johnson's rampant
lawlessness, phone problems,
and poor management.
This year, it's the Phoenix
Towers debacle.
Problems with renovation
have been compounded by a
change in resident directors,
lack of transportation and
parking, and most recently, a
fire scare which brought to
light not only how dilapidated
the facilities are, but also how
dangerous they are.
On Monday, November 9,
around 3:00 A.M., a fire
erupted in the trash chutes of
the building, normally a cause
for an immediate evacuation.
However, the fire alarms at the
Towers are inoperative, and
R.A.s were forced to go door
to door to get students out of
the building. Uninformed and
confused, students ran down
the stairs, took the elevators
down to the lobby, or
otherwise made their own way
to safety.
"The alarms never went
off. No one even knew there
was a fire until they (the
R.A.'s) came knocking on our
doors," said Junior Dahniel
Buie. In addition to the failure
of the fire alarms, the sprinkler
system also failed, due to the
fact that there was no water in
the system.
According to students,
Continued on page 3
INA&E
Spelman and Morehouse
students collaborated to sing
the story of the West Side.
Page 12
IN FEATURES
Full of smoke....
Page 8
ection
Resurrecting
the Alpha Rho
chapter of
Alpha Phi
Alpha
members of the
Anastasis 25
line hold on to
traditon as they
sing the Alpha
Hymn.
VIn/Special
I As the crowd gathered in
| front of King Chapel last
| Tuesday night, The Alpha Rho
| chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
j Fraternity, Inc. was presented
I before an estimated crowd of
1200.
"I'm glad they're back,"
said D.A. Graham, chapter
* advisor. "It's a phenomenal
i credit to the spirit of those
I who fought to get them back,
I a joy to see them back."
Graham is referring to the
ten-year absence of the
nation's oldest greek
fraternity. After Joel A.
Harris', a sophomore from
New York, 1989 hazing-
related death, both the
national organization of
Alpha Phi Alpha and
Morehouse College
suspended the school's
chapter.
Corey Richardson, junior
political science major, said
"the presence of Alpha Rho
will have a serious effect on
the campus as a whole."
Many members of the
"resurrection" line are student
leaders. Henry Goodgame,
Alpha Rho Alum and director
of Alumni Affairs agrees.
"There is a certain quality
of achievement in
brotherhood," said
Goodgame.
Line president and #23
Jason Edwards, senior Finance
and Spanish major said,
"[Alpha Rho's] main focus is
community service. We are
dedicated to programs such as
the 'Go to High School, Go to
College' national program as
well as several other
community service projects.
We also want to work to
rejuvenate Greek life on
campus in a unified and
positive nature."
Another Alpha, James
Winn, resident director of the
Living and Learning Center is
enthusiastic about the positive
tone being set.
"I'll tell you, I have been
involved with Greek life for 33
years, and I have never seen
Omegas genuinely welcoming
the neophytes into the Greek
world," said Wynn. "As we
go into the next millennium,
the quilt is coming back
together. Tuesday, I didn't see
Omega, Alpha Phi Alpha,
Kappa Alpha Psi — I saw
brotherhood."
— Joe Carlos,
Sports Editor
1 Editor in chief resigns
I Saeed Ahmed, editor-in-
j chief of The Maroon Tiger, has
j resigned from his position. He
| announced his intentions to his
| fellow editors November 10.
j The faculty advisors for the
j paper accepted his
resignation
November 19.
The advisors,
> Drs. Jocelyn Jackson,
i Abraham Davis and
I Steven Baker have
i named senior
j English major
j Mikhia Hawkins
j and junior English
j major Faraji Whalen as the two
j Co-Editor in chiefs.
"We have accepted
Saeed's decision with
reluctance and regret," said
* Baker. "We are very proud of his
I accomplishments this fall. The
quality of the paper reflects his
talents and leadership," he said.
Ahmed cited personal
stress and academic worries as
the reasons for his unexpected
departure. He said that he
hopes to contribute
once more to the
newspaper as a
writer in the spring.
He has been an
editor and writer for
The Maroon Tiger for
four years.
"I am confident
that, despite the loss
of Saeed, the staff
will be able to pick up the slack
and continue to produce quality
papers with regularity," said
Hawkins. "Nonetheless, we
will miss Saeed and his
expertise."
— Staff Reports
Ahmed
K
.eep
on
risiri
Slamming, jamming to
the Tiger Beat. The
Tigers got off to a fast
start which included a
key win over Morris
Brown. The team is
looking to fulfill high
expectations.
Cedric Dark/STAFF
