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The Vol. 74, No. 12 oon Tiger F STUDENT EXPRESSION SERVING MOREHOUSE COLLEGE SINCE 1898 ATLANTA, GEORGIA Campus News Two Morehouse stu dents protest World Changers Ministries on faster Sunday. Page 3 This thing is getting thinner... we need more (good) writers! Thursday, April 18,2002 Features Perspectives Sports Scott Rochelle reports Is Morehouse homopho- Charlene Cole talks tc from abroad about his bic? One student thinks senior tennis phenon semester at sea. so. Find out why. Page 8 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 See WOODFIN Page 2 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, See CLARK Page 2