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THE MAROON TIGER
The Organ of Student Expression Since 1925 Tuesday September 9 2003 www.maroontiger.net
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA 1 ’ Volume 78, No, 2
“In the event the Student Government Association Presii
President; and he shall appoint a Vice PreSj
ated from office, the Vice President shall become the
tjto confirmation by the Student Senate.”
‘THE EVENTS IN LIFE AREN’T WHAT DEFINE WHO YOU
ARE. IT’S HOW YOU REACT TO THOSE EVENTS.’
Aug. 19,2000 *
Crooms comes to Morehouse
Sept. 1,2000 •
Elected Senator of Graves Hall
Sept. 10,2000 *
Elected to General Laws &
Constitution Committee of the
Senate
Jan. 20, 2000 » —=
Appointed to Constitutional
Review Committee
Student constitution holds:
Crooms puts the SGA back on track
by Christian Nwachukwu, Jr
EDITIOR-IN-CHIEF
The College still follows the mle of law.
Morehouse College students and administrators
leaned on the Constitution and stepped past crisis
at the end of the spring semester as the elected
Student Government Association Vice President,
Dawud Crooms, ascended to the vacated
presidency.
Crooms, a senior Computer Science
major from Edison, New Jersey and career senator
at the College^ conquered his apprehension at
assuming the power of the president.
“In times of turmoil and controversy,
you have to rise to the occasion,” Crooms said.
Crooms was elected vice president in
a three-man race following a run-off with 60
percent of the final ballots cast. With three years
worth of experience in the Student Senate and
status as “guru of the Constitution” (Crooms has
served on three constitutional review
committees), the students may see an even more
connected SGA than in previous administrations.
Please see NEW PRESIDENT on page 2
• Sept. 2001
Appointed Chairman of Gen
eral Laws and Constitution
—• Sept. 2002
Appointed president pro-tem-
pore of Senate
* May 2003
Elected SGA Vice President
» June 1,2003
Crooms ascends to presi
dency
Perdue blaze raises safety concerns
Man of Morehouse seeks office
by James Pendleton
CAMPUS EDITOR
I smelled smoke and
when I opened my door, I saw the
fire and knew I had to do
something.”
Tony Aaron, n, a poet
more commonly known as
“Texas”, vividly recalls his
discovery of and reaction to a fire
that occurred in Wiley A. Perdue
Hall two weeks ago. The fire
ignited at approximately 6:45 pm
on Saturday, August 23, in a
garbage can on the third floor of
the Fair Street dormitory.
Aaron was instrumental
in the identification of and
immediate reaction to the fire. In
response to the initial smoke, he
filled a trashcan with water and
attempted to quell the flames. The
first wave of water did not put
down the fire, and by this time the
thickening smoke drove Aaron to
the second floor. Once there,
Aaron was able to alert some other
residents and refill the trash can
with water. Returning the third
floor, he dispensed the second,
ultimately successful, wave of
water to the fire.
Aaron was joined
during his fire-fighting efforts by
the Assistant Director of Housing
and Residential Life, Alex Branch,
as well as other staff members and
Please see FIRE on page 2
by Demond Drummer
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
On November 4, when
residents of southwest Atlanta
take to the polls for a special
election to choose the person
who will represent their
community (District 2) on the
Atlanta Board of Education,
Khaatim Sherrer El, a senior
Urban Studies major at
Morehouse College will be
among the candidates’ names
listed on the ballot.
A special election for
the District 2 seat was called
when Dr. Mitzi Bickers, a
veteran member of the Atlanta
school board and its former
president, announced in late
August her plans to vacate the
position in order to seek the
chairmanship of the Fulton
County Commission. Her
replacement will finish out the
remainder of her four-year term,
which ends in 2005.
When asked about the
factors that influenced his
decision to run for the seat,
which represents a community
of some 50,000 students, Sherrer
El, 22, listed a number of factors.
“The Morehouse
experience opened my eyes to
things that need to happen in the
Please see MOREHOUSE
STUDENT on page 3