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VOL. 71, NO. 8 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE; ATLANTA, GEORGIA Tuesday March 23, 1999
IN FEATURES
Has the return of
greek life changed
campus life? lilhat does
Greek life mean at
Morehouse?
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Reuieius: Eminem, The
Roots,
Rushmor»
IN SPORTS
R look back at this gear's
basketball season of ups
and domns. Rlso inside, the
first annual Maroon Tiger
seasonal auiards.
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Maroon Tiger
makes critical
changes
On March 10, the top
leadership of The Maroon Tiger
changed for the second time
this year. The new trio of
editors in chief are Faraji
Whalen, Shaun Spearmon, and
Jonathan Howard.The advisors
to the paper, in consultation
with all editors and staff, made
these appointments March 10 th
effective immediately.
A shakeup of The Maroon
Tiger leadership occurred
around Thanksgiving when
then editor in chief Saeed
Ahmed resigned and was
replaced by Mikhia Hawkins
and Faraji Whalen. The
newspaper appeared at the end
of January on schedule under
Hawkins and Whalen, but this
semester’s second issue is now
in your hands almost six weeks
later.
When the school year
began, the first work study
salaries for The Maroon Tiger (
and The Torch) editors were
instituted, calling for bi-weekly
publishing of the paper. In the
'90s , the frequency of the
newspaper had achieved tri
weekly publication during its
most successful semesters. "As
our [the advisors'] concern
increased through the month of
February, we decided at the
beginning of March to hold
meetings to determine whether
a change in leadership would
be appropriate," said advisor
Steven Baker.
In other developments
since the last publication,
layout editor Rori Blakeny
resigned from the paper during
Founders' Week and advisor
Abraham Davis resigned in
early March. Baker and fellow
advisor Jocelyn Jackson
conducted the recent
investigation and subsequent
new appointments.
Continued on page 11
A look on the bright side
Joe Carlos
Sports Editor
On the weekend of March
5, Morehouse College's indoor
track team made history At the
RCA Dome in Indianapolis,
Morehouse defeated 28 other
to win third place overall
at the NCAA Division II indoor
championships.
"We realize our best
chance is during the indoor
season," said assistant track
coach Troy Berry. Coach Berry
led the team in Indianapolis
due to a passing in Head Coach
Willie Hill's family
When asked how it felt to
win third place, Coach Berry
replied, "The feeling was
tingly. Almost all of the guys
were holding back tears. It was
very emotional."
The third place overall
finish was the first ever
national championship for
Morehouse in any sport.
Morehouse placed third at the 1999 Indoor Nationals. we were out of third place by 8
Pictured above are Horace Steele, Jelani Liddell, Kareem po i n ts, and out of first place by
Morrell, Todd Smith, Momodou Drammeh, Greg Roberts, ^ So, if we won the race we had
Jesse Lipscombe, and Jean -Paul Niyongabo. third place," Coach Berry said.
Coach Berry went on to say,
"When we won, all the other
teams and coaches around us
joined in the celebration with us
for ten minutes, it was great."
The indoor season is the
prelude to the outdoor season
and the Morehouse Relays. The
Relays, held over spring break
weekend, was the 28 th Annual.
"At the Morehouse Relays,
we basically want to represent
our home turf. We're putting
our top performers in certain
areas such as the 4x800, 4x400,
4x100, hurdles and field events,"
Coach Berry said.
Senior Greg Roberts won
second place in the high jump
with a mark of 2.17m or 7'01,
and sophomore Momodou
Drammeh won second place in
the 800 meter race with a time
of 1:52.84.
Morehouse President Dr.
Walter Massey commented, "I
personally am very proud of
what these young men have
accomplished. However, I am
more proud of the fact that in
addition to being excellent
athletes, they are excellent
students."
English professor wins award
Howard Franklin
Campus News Editor
This month, Dr. Linda
Zatlin won the Historians of
British Art Prize for the best
book published in 1997. The
prize is awarded annually to a
book written in English on 19 th
century studies on British art or
architecture.
Anne Helmreich,
chairperson of the book prize
committe said,
"Congratulations on your rich
study that will be of interest to
scholars for years to come."
Dr. Zatlin's book is titled
Beardsley, Japonisme, and the
Perversion of the Victorian Ideal,
and it was published by
Cambridge University Press in
December 1997. Like her first
book, Aubrey Beardsley and
Victorian Sexual Politics, this
study broadens and deepens
her work in gender studies at
the end of the 19 th century.
Beardsley and others, like Oscar
Wilde, challenged the status quo
and made art of what other
people considered to be
pornography.
The judging committee
said, "The work represents an
important contribution to the
study of the British art and
substantially adds to our
knowledge of the 19 th century
art in particular." Beardsley, the
focus of Zatlin's research,
produced nearly 1150 drawings
before dying of tuberculosis at
age 25.
Dr. Zatlin was born in New
York City and graduated from
the University of Maryland
Continued on page 2
Morehouse among the nation's best andbrightest
Shaun Spearmon/Staff
Jason Smoot, a
junior business/
finance major,
was one of 200
students recently
named to USA
Today's Best and
Brightest college
student academic
team. Smoot was
one of only two
students selected
from the state of
Georgia. Class
dean Lachanze
Roberts
nominated Smoot
for his
scholarship,
activities,
leadership roles
and public
service.