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THE MAROON TIGER
The Organ of Student Expression Since 1925
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA
Tuesday, October 21,2003
www.maroontiger.net
Volume 78, No. 8
A Classic
Victory
Morehouse
defeats Tuskegee,
16-13
by Italo M. Brown
SPORTS DESK
On Saturday, October 18, a crowd of 25,000
fans watched anxiously as senior place kicker
Byron Archibald set up to kick a41-yard field goal
attempt. The snap was up, and the kick was good.
After going into triple overtime, the Morehouse
Maroon Tigers had defeated the Tuskegee Golden
Tigers 16-13 for their second victory of the sea
son.
The 68 lh Annual Morehouse-Tuskegee Clas
sic, which could have been viewed on BET the
following day, definitely fell nothing shy of its title.
In a game that will unquestionably be remembered
as anexcellent showcase of passion and athleticism,
several shining stars emerged.
Senior middle linebacker Andre Warren con
ducted a defensive clinic for onlookers. With a
game-high 11 tackles, as well as acrucial field goal
block that prevented Tuskegee from a victory in
second overtime, Warren solidified his status as
the conference leader in tackles.
In addition, the presence of sophomores
Duwuan Burton (quarterback) and John David
Washington (running back) was felt throughout
the game, each scoring a touchdown a piece.
Please see CLASSIC, page 8
UTOPIA
HOMECOMING 2003
INSIDE
Event Schedule,
** page 4
Football Game
Preview, page 8
i,.| U OPIA Preview,
page 9
6 U.S.Blues’
Reports,
Part II
by Desmond Drummer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Though somewhat controversial, the
U.S.News & World Report academic rankings are
widely observed when the latest college and gradu
ate school rankings are published each year.
Morehouse College is currently ranked in the
third tier of national liberal arts colleges. The third
tier consists of schools ranked 111 through 160.
Considering Morehouse’s reputation and the goals
of the current administration, questions are raised
as to how the U.S.News ranking system conducts
its appraisals.
Twenty-five percent of Morehouse’s
U.S.News ranking score is attributed to the aca
demic peer assessment score (3.2 of a possible 5.0)
and twenty percent comes from the average reten
tion and graduation rates (84 and 58 percent re
spectively). As previously stated, the peer assess
ment score assigned to Morehouse College is the
second highest in the third tier and rivals that of
scores seen in the top 100 list. However, when
retention and graduation rates are considered,
Morehouse’s position in the third tier seems fit
ting.
The remaining fifty-five percent of the
Morehouse’s ranking score consists of faculty re
sources, student selectivity, financial resources,
graduation rate performance, and alumni giving
rate.
Faculty resources account for twenty percent
Please see REPORTS, page 2
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: JAMIE SWIFT
Pope celebrates anniversary
by Desmond Drummer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Roman Catholic
Church recognized twenty-five
years of the history-making
papacy of Pope John Paul II last
week, amid mounting concerns
over the 83-year-old Pope’s
health status. Even as celebratory
ceremonies were conducted,
however, there were underlying
questions on the Catholic
Church’s future and potential
papal replacements during this
milestone in John Paul II’s
papacy.
Weeks before the October
16 anniversary date, a few
Catholic leaders leaked
information about the pope’s
declining health to the media.
Cardinal Christoph Schoenbom
of Austria triggered widespread
public conjecture when he
openly expressed his concern for
John Paul n.
Notwithstanding his age
and the debilitating effects of
Parkinson’s disease, John Paul II
remains committed to his role as
the spiritual leader of over 1
billion Roman Catholic
Christians worldwide. The pope
has embarked on an ambitious
schedule of visits, audiences, and
church rites this month.
In early October, John Paul
II met with Rowan Williams,
leader of the Anglican
Communion, concerning the
issue of condoning openly
homosexual clergy, given what
has come afoot since the election
of an openly gay bishop in the
U.S. Episcopal Diocese of New
Hampshire. John Paul II stated
that the issue of openly
homosexual clergy would be an
obstacle to unity between
Catholics and Anglicans. The
Catholic Church itself is
expected to reiterate its stance on
the highly debated issue in the
near future.
On Sunday, October 5, the
pontiff canonized three new
saints. Additionally, Mother
Teresa of Calcutta, the highly
regarded native Albanian
missionary to who died in 1997,
will be beatified by the pope in a
ceremony to be held in mid
October.
Later this month, the pope
will elevate 31 new cardinals,
increasing the number of eligible
voters in the College of
Cardinals, the body that elects the
pope from among its members.
Speculators claim that the aging
pontiff is attempting to secure the
election of a like-minded
successor; however, it is
impossible at this stage to predict
who will be the next pope.
Please see POPE, page 3
Trial venue changed
for sniper suspect
l
by Maurice Lucas
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Prince William County
officials recently granted a
change of venue for the trial of
John Allen Muhammad, because
of the emotional impact left on
northern Virginia residents by
last year’s DC sniper attacks, in
which Muhammad has been
implicated. The move was
deemed necessary to provide
Muhammad with a fair and
unbiased jury.
On Saturday, October 11,
Muhammad was transported
from Prince William County to
Virginia Beach, Virginia, to await
the Tuesday October 14 start of
his trial. Muhammad, 42, is the
alleged co-conspirator in the
sniper attacks that killed 10
people and plagued the
Washington, D.C, region for two
weeks in October of 2002.
Authorities from both Prince
William and Virginia Beach
chose to keep the location of the
transfer points secret, noting
security concerns as a major
issue in the case.
The alleged murder
suspect, clad in a white bullet
proof vest over his orange jail
uniform, was reported to be
cooperative and courteous
during his transfer, but still would
not answer questions from
investigators.
Muhammad’s pattern of
responding to investigators’
questions with silence has in fact
been shown to be a problem for
Please see SNIPER, page 3
QUICK READ
OUR COLLEGE
20 Questions
Social commentary at its
finest... “two” good to just
do twenty, page 2
OUR WORLD
Andrew Jackson gets
a makeover
The Treasury Department
begins distribution of the
newly designed twenty
dollar bill to combat
counterfeiting, page 3
LIFE
Fashion Nonsense
A helpful guide on wading I
through the confusion
surrounding the fashion
preferences of many
students, page 7
COMMENT
Nwachukwu: Con
versational anti-
intellectualism, page 10
Readers’ Responses
Our readers speak, page 11