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The Maroon Tiger
Sunday, May 19, 2002
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Perspectives
Copy editor speaks of “larger
issues
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Johnny Anderson II
Copy Editor
janderson@maroontiger.com
Okay, most of you
reading this don't know me
... which speaks to larger is
sues in itself. I digress. But
don't worry about it; I just
proofread. I proofread and I
observe.
My observations, espe
cially over this, my last year
at this beloved institution of
higher learning at
the apex of Afri
can-American in
telligence, are my
reason for sitting
at the computer
as I watch AJ
butcher all of his
lines on 106 &
Park (It's
FRAternity, not
PAternity, smart
guy-)
In spite of
everything, I love
Morehouse. I love
the AUC. I
wouldn't change
my decision to
come here for
anything. But,
like any other
campus, we have
problems. I'm not
going to sit here
and complain
about everything
because we all
have our different
qualms with ad
ministration, the
registrar, dorm
life, campus police, classes,
professors and a host of
other College entities.
I'm going to
point at some
thing that I admit
tedly don't nor
mally like to, the
man in the mirror.
We need to
stop this finger
pointing. True, the
registrar's office
has its shortcom
ings, and let's not
even talk about fi
nancial aid , be
cause although
Morehouse is in
the business of
raising men, I still
need to call my
mommy for any
thing to get done.
And that speaks to
much larger issues.
We all know very well,
however, that after freshman
year you have absolutely no
excuse to not stay on top of
your information and the
processing of it. Use it as a
life lesson. Stay on top of
you and yours because if
you don't, you'll end up just
getting your semester
sticker around the final drop
deadline.
In the same spirit of
staying on top of you and
yours, my fellow AUC mem
bers (yeah, this is you
Johnny Anderson, a man for all occassions ... but
mainly cheap ones.
Spelman) let's try to worry
about more important issues
than a Playboy ad appearing
in this fine publication and
focus more on the issues pre
sented in it. The fact that
there is an innocent man that
STILL sits in jail (read: Will
iam Mayo) with no fuss
made over him by those that
can make the fuss speaks to
larger issues.
But I'll stop preaching,
don't want to hit anyone's
conscience with my observa
tions.
Listen kids, really, the
point is this: we are students
of the AUC. We are men of
Morehouse. We love to tell
everyone what school we go
to and wait for the amazed
reaction of the
peon in front of
us as they "ooh
and ahh" at the
'nalia we are
wearing, right?
The name
and the 'nalia
will mean abso
lutely nothing
soon if you, the
person who
stares back at
you in the mir
ror, doesn't do
something to
continue the
proud tradition.
Venture to
Clark and Mor
ris Brown in
stead of talking
about them like
they're our step
children. Things
aren't nearly as
bad now as they
were when I
came for PSS be
fore my fresh
man year, but
they can still get
better. The fact that physical
altercations are expected
when an inter-AUC game is
played speaks to larger is
sues.
I've certainly
learned that no
one else is going
to help us but us,
so with that in
mind, I'll do what
I know to do to
make sure that all
of those conversa
tions about
whether HBCU's
are necessary or
not stay just that,
mere conversa
tions.
So with that,
much love to the
Mays third ward
alumni '98-'99 and
the crew: B-
money, Orgee, and Pretty
Boy Country. I love you
mama. Peace and blessings
to all.
Editorial Staff
Geoffrey R. Bennett
Editor in Chief
Johnny Anderson II
Copy Editor
James A. Britton
Managing Editor
Christopher Eaglin
Campus News Editor
Hakim Islam
World & Local News Editor
Dorian Burton
Arts & Entertainment Editor
R. Spencer Humphrey
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III Irvin
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George A. Peters II
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Charlene Cole
Sports Editor
Philip Asbury
Photography Editor
Shaun King
Senior Columnist
Brandon Hudspeth
Business Manager
Jocelyn W. Jackson
Broderick McGrady
James Richardson
Andrew Vails
Advisors
Kellye Blackburn Eccles
Assistant Dean of Campus Life
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