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Vol. 74, No. 12
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F STUDENT EXPRESSION SERVING MOREHOUSE COLLEGE SINCE 1898
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Campus News
Two Morehouse stu
dents protest World
Changers Ministries on
faster Sunday.
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This thing is getting thinner... we need more (good) writers!
Thursday, April 18,2002
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CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED
College
mourns loss
President-elect Randall Woodfin poised and ready to serve
Randall Woodfin will use experience, innovative ideas and a strong support staff
. to create a more effective SGA.
Joseph S. Carlos
Office Fixture
jcarlos@maroontiger.com
In American politics, when
a candidate receives well over 50
percent of the general electorate's
votes, it is called a mandate. In
Morehouse politics, when a presi
dential candidate receives 58.5
percent of the electorate's vote in
the general election, it is called
"unheard of." Not to Randall
Woodfin.
Woodfin, a junior political
science major from Birmingham,
Alabama is known campus-wide
as a young man that is definitely
cool under pressure.
"I could have never told
you I'd be at this point. This
wasn't planned. All my friends on
the floor (second floor of White
Hall 99-00), all my friends in gen
eral were shocked to see my name
on the ballot," Woodfin said.
But shocked or not,
Woodfin's name was on the bal
lot in a highly contested and
heavily campaigned race for SGA
president for the 2002-03 school
year. His win in the general elec
tions was the first of its kind in
well over a decade.
"But I made it though...I
went from office staff, to office
manager, to corresponding secre
tary to chief executive. It's an
honor. It's an honor and a major
task to be the chief student advo
cate of 3000 students," Woodfin
said.
President-elect Woodfin en
tered Morehouse in the fall of 1999
and is an alumnus of the notori
ous second floor of Walter White
Hall.
"It was the greatest experi
ence of my life. I had friends all
over the dorm. White Hall was the
days of Cash Money, the Marta,
the shuttle leaving me behind at
the club, my first college girl
friend and James Bond N64,"
Woodfin said.
During that same fall, the
SGA president was the outspoken
Shaun King. "Shaun King was an
excellent speaker. I didn't know
anything about his administra
tion. But, I did look up to guys in
his administration like Jason
Boulware, Joe Carlos, Corey
Richardson, JC Love and BJ Co
ram," Woodfin said.
After observing the SGA
during his freshman year,
Woodfin's first SGA experience
came during the spring 2000 elec
tions.
"When JC (Love) was run
ning, I looked at him and said he's
a man from the Gump (Montgom
ery, AL) holding it down. I wanted
to help. So when he came through,
I had his back. DeRoyce
(Simmons) had his back on the
first floor, and I had his back on
the second," Woodfin states.
"That summer (2000), I in
terned with JC at Congressman
Earl Hilliard's office on Capitol
Hill. We worked together that
summer, and I got to know him
better. But back then, I was a
young buck and an embryo,"
Woodfin said.
When Woodfin returned
from summer vacation in the fall
of 2000, he joined Love's SGA ad
ministration as a member of the
office staff.
"As a member of the office
staff, I learned the ins and outs and
and the outs and ins of the SGA,
the office, and how things worked.
We learned it all. Whatever was
needed during homecoming, we
had it, and we were taken care of,"
he said.
Woodfin cited a major influ
ence on his role on the office staff
was his immediate superiors.
"JC had this way of making
everyone feel important," said
Woodfin. "He was very good at
that. He made you believe. It gave
me a big drive. For him, the presi
dency wasn't for personal gain, it
was all for the student body. For
me, it will be the safne."
He continued, "BJ (Coram)
put me on too. He appointed me
office manager. I always looked up
to him. I learned a lot from Shan
non (Nelson) and BJ."
Woodfin was given more
responsibility as office manager.
"(Office manager) taught me
about positions, duties and tasks.
I met administrators. JC went out
of his way to take care of people.
He took care of everybody. He re
warded you when you did well,
he got on you when you didn't,
that's how I'll be. We can ride and
kick it, but when you start slack
ing, I've got to get on you,"
Woodfin declares.
His experiences as office
manager helped him to decide to
run for the position of correspond
ing secretary.
"I made the position more
than just the dissemination of in
formation. I did my best to in
crease the flow of information and
concerns from faculty, administra
tion and students. I initiated Town
Hall meetings, and worked tire
lessly to forge a strong relation
ship with Bennett College,"
Woodfin said.
"My time as corresponding
secretary helped me in so many
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of beloved
professor
Timothy J. Cunningham
Staff Writer
tcunningham@maroontigei;com.
The passing of Dr. Clarence
W. Clark, gifted teacher and re
searcher, at age 60 has created an
enormous void among colleagues,
students and all members of the
Morehouse College family.
A graduate of Morehouse,
Dr. Clarence W. Clark
Brown University, and Atlanta Uni
versity, Dr. Clark had a distin
guished career. "This is the lost of a
very prominent Morehouse alum,
lost of an irreplaceable presence in
the Biology Department, lost of an
invaluable resource for all students,
both academically and otherwise,"
said Russell Turner, sophomore bi
ology major.
Dr. Clark, a 1963 graduate
began his career as a tenure profes
sor at his alma mater in 1974. Dr.
Cooke, Chairman of the Biology
Department, friend, and faculty
member of fifteen years said, "When
I came to Morehouse he was here.
As a senior member of the depart
ment he served a definitive ex
ample."
Serving as Associate Director
of the Office of Health Professions,
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