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4 Campus News The Maroon Tiger Sunday, May 19, 2002 Morehouse NAACP wins top chapter honors, reflects on successful year Staff Reports staff@maroontiger.com Next month, four Morehouse students will join undergraduate and graduate academic achievers from educa tional institutions around the world at the International Achievement Summit being held in Dublin, Ireland. The conference includes four days of discussion and discourse with the distinguished mem bers of the American Academy of Achievement. Juniors Christopher Eaglin and Darrell Gray will ac company sophomores Colin Hosten and Marc Muneal on the all-expense paid trip. The stu dents were selected from a group of about thirty students nominated by various faculty members last semester. An in terview panel comprised of Dr. Anne Watts, Dean Lawrence Carter, Dean Alvin Darden, and Professor Julius Coles selected the final four. President Massey called the trip "an excellent opportu nity for Morehouse students to interact with some of the best in the world. It will allow us to showcase some of our brightest talent, as well as learn from oth ers around the world." Massey will be in Ireland to partake in some of the sum mit activities as a member of the council of the Academy. While this is the third such interna tional event to be held by the Academy, it will be the first one being attended by Morehouse representatives. Previous sum mits held in the States have been attended by incoming Morehouse freshmen. Besides interacting with other students from around the world, Morehouse's four at tendees will enjoy the opportu nity to meet and network with some of the Academy's very high-profile council members. From Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey, to Bill Gates, Jimmy Carter and Mikhail Gorbachev, the council comprises outstanding achiev ers in many diverse fields. There are at least five Nobel Prize winners three former and current world lead ers, and two Pulitzer Prize win ners on the council. Other no table names include George Lucas of Star Wars fame, and Coretta Scott King. "There are so many pros pects for networking and inter acting with certain personali ties that you would otherwise never get the opportunity to meet," said Hosten, an English major from Trinidad. "I am defi nitely looking forward to the trip. These sentiments were echoed by Eaglin, a double ma jor in mathematics and eco nomics, who added that the trip could also be helpful in sourc ing possible financial aid for the college, should Catherine B. Reynolds, chairman of the Catherine B. Reynolds Founda tion and sponsor of the trip, be impressed with the students' performance. The other two students, Muneal and Gray, major in En glish and Biology respectively. The American Academy of Achievement was founded on the belief that great achiev ers can educate and inspire by serving as role models. The 2002 International Achievement Summit will be hosted by the Hon. Bertie Ahem, Prime Min ister of Ireland. Christian Nwachukwu Asst. Campus News Editor cnwach@maroontiger.com Success can be measured in many ways. Most organizations are careful when selecting what standard against which to mea sure their performance. This year, the Morehouse NAACP had only one: themselves. The NAACP, under the di rection of President Emeritus Keon Gerow, not only led the way for the other premiere organiza tions at the College, but they also stood head and shoulders above their colleagues throughout Re gion V (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee) bringing home the award for "number one college chapter" last month. "No leader can rise higher than the people closest to him and there is no way that one man could See NAACP Next Page The NAACP hosts a panel discussion before the November Atlanta mayoral election. The Maroon Tiger 2001-2002, a year of firsts February 14: 5,000 copies of Apex Magazine hit the stands. September 25: “Underground Live” returns bigger and better, sponsored by The Maroon Tiger. February 21: The Maroon Tiger hosts the Apex Launch Party at Apache Cafe April 1: Maroon Tiger editors stage a rally in support of Gourmet Services staff December 5: The Maroon Tiger hosts its first off-campus party at Club Jaguars. August 25: The Maroon Tiger names Charlene Cole (Sports Editor) its first female section editor. October 25: The Maroon Tiger publishes a whistle-blower article about the wrongful imprisonment of former Morehouse student William Mayo. January 26: The Tiger is awarded second place in both the campus news and layout and design categories by the Georgia Collegiate Press Association. March 3: The Maroon Tiger wins third place at the National Associated Collegiate Press Convention held in Los Angeles, CA. May 1: The Maroon Tiger names David Yarnall its first White section editor (Arts & Entertainment), although Dave is really an undercover brotha. Geoffrey Bennett/PHOTO ... and he said it wasn't a banner year. Perhaps he wasn't paying attention.