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8 | THE MAROON TIGER
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2003
NHL Round-up
Sports
Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Panther
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: JAMIE SWIFT/MAROON TIGER
Old rivalries surface for
Homecoming Showdown
by Bryan E. Wallace and
Italo M. Brown
SPORTS DESK
In what is bound to be the ultimate
AUC showdown, the Morehouse Tigers
take on the Clark Atlanta Panthers in a
Homecoming game that is sure to bring
any alumnus or current student to his
feet.
As most students and alumni
know, the Tiger-Panther rivalry has deep
historical roots. Although the competi
tion has tended to be especially fierce
on the basketball court, many are an
ticipating an exciting football contest
next week, especially since the Tigers
will be wanting to cap off Homecom
ing week with a victory.
In the last ten meetings between
the two rivals, Clark Atlanta has come
out on top six times, though the Ma
roon tigers have enjoyed the most re
cent victories, having won bragging
rights in their last three games.
With both teams off to a rocky start
this season, it seems that the playing field
has been somewhat leveled. Clark At
lanta, coming into the competition with
a record of 0-6, is not so far behind
Morehouse (2-5). Both teams have one
game to play before the Morehouse
Homecoming game, and both will un
doubtedly be looking for a victory to
gain some momentum going into the
big game.
Morehouse Coach Willie Scissum
declared that he feels “optimistic about
acter of the kids; they don’t have the quit
in them.” He added that there was “no
special preparation being made for the
game and that the Tigers will just focus
on fundamentals.”
When asked about the effect of the
Homecoming hype on the team, Coach
Scissum said, “The nervousness may
make it a little harder for them to sleep,
but it is so late in the season that those
kids understand what it takes to get pre
pared.”
This will be the Tigers' first home
game in two weeks since the classic
against Tuskegee.
As with every Homecoming, much
of the support coming from the stands
next week will be from alumni, many
of whom come to reminisce and “side
line coach,” hoping veiy much for a vic
tory and the accompanying bragging
righLs.
A Clark Atlanta alumnus had this
advice for C AU head coach Tracy Ham:
“Don’t allow the crowd’s emotion to dic
tate the flow of the game. Play your
game.” There will surely be many more
similar suggestions from both sides be
fore the last seconds of the game are
played, followed by many “he should
haves” afterwards.
The stakes for victory are higher
than ever. Morehouse wants to avoid a
Homecoming loss, while Clark Atlanta
is looking to pull off a huge upset. With
this gridiron rivalry being fueled by nos
talgic emotion and neophyte spirit, this
match-up promises to deliver fireworks
by Calvin Whitworth
SPORTS DESK
As the 2003-2004 season begins,
an eerie mist surrounds the National
League Hockey. With the sport already
being so violent and disturbing on the
ice, the rage and fury seem to be
spreading off the ice as well. With nasty
contract disputes in the Western
Conference and a deadly free-riding
automobile accident in the Eastern
Conference, one has to wonder if this is
just a foreshadowing of the events to
come this season.
In the East, the Atlanta Thrashers’
All-Star MVP, 22-year-old Dany
Heatley, ran his Ferrari off the road in
Buckhead and crashed into an iron
fence. He was reportedly traveling at
approximately 80 miles per hour when
he lost control of the sports car and ran
off the two-lane road. The moral
dilemma that this event has presented
is far-reaching. Heatley escaped badly
injured, while his passenger, teammate
Dan Snyder, died six days later from
head trauma. The aftermath leaves the
Snyder family in mourning, the
Thrashers without their 89 point all-star
left winger, and the National Hockey
League under heavy scrutiny by the
national media Aside from the grief and
pain Heatley has to deal with now, he’s
also been charged with vehicular
homicide, which carries a sentence of
three to 12 years in prison.
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CLASSIC continued from page 1
There is a saying that big time
players make big time plays. Well, play
ers such as Keon Mainor, Chad Allen,
James Lane, and Japheth Nelson should
be added to this list for their tenacity in
defense and pivotal contributions to the
game.
As a whole, the team showed
dominance over the Golden Tigers,
racking up 153 rushing yards and 234
passing yards, for a total of 387 total
yards, compared to Tuskegee’s 365 to
tal yards. But you don’t have to believe
the numbers; any of the 25,000 fans
could describe the game better than any
numbers could.
Dennis Spencer, a junior Biology
major, said, that this game was “defi
nitely worth [his] eighteen dollars.” An-
negotiations for Minnesota Wild’s
Marian Gaborik. The two sides have
been negotiating a new contract since
July. Gaborik has been holding out
since training camp. On the other side
of the frontline, Pascal Dupuis has been
doing his best Duce Staley
impersonation. Unlike Gaborik, a 30-
goal scorer and top 20 NHL winger,
Dupuis had his best season ever,
scoring 20 goals and 28 assists. Now
he wants a bigger contract. No one can
knock a player for wanting more
money. There’s such a shortage of
talent in the left wing position in the
NHL that these players can justly deem
themselves valuable assets to their
teams; there's no one on waivers who
can replace them or match their
effectiveness. The Ottawa Senators’
Martin Havlat is another left winger
holding out for more money. Last
season he scored 24 goals and 35
assists, which makes him even more
qualified for a raise than Dupuis.
Most likely as the Minnesota Wild
start to struggle, Gaborik and Dupuis
will ease up in their respective
negotiations, especially since they have
a good chance of making the playoffs
this year, with Dwayne Roloson net
minding in top form and an upgraded
defensive line. But that still remains to
be seen. Nonetheless I’ve got
Vancouver taking it all this year with a
midseason trade for Detroit’s Curtis
“Cujo” Joseph and a minor upgrade in
their defensive line, like the addition
of free agent veteran Phil Housley.
other junior, Clark Jones, declared that
“this was the best game that [he] had
seen.” Ultimately, the crowd energy,
sportsmanship, and school spirit worked
together to turn the annual event into a
true “classic.”
Last weekend’s victory should
prove extremely vital to the overall
morale of the team, giving the players
some much-needed momentum as they
go into next week’s Homecoming game
against neighboring rival Clark Atlanta
University.
Yusuf Davis, Sports Information
Director, summarized the game with the
following words: “This was a seminal
game for us. This could turn our whole
season around.” .
Indeed it could.
this Homecoming because of the char- from start to finish.
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BUSINESS continued from page 6
learned a lot to be able to apply to their
own business.” Williams emphasized
that students should remember that most
business principles are, to a degree,
universal, and that running one’s own
business is “not that significantly
different from working in and preparing
for a corporate environment.”
After individuals leave the
corporate world to set up as independent
businessmen, they often do business and
make contracts with the same company
that employed them. Hall conceded that
he, too, plans to first gain some
experience in corporate America. “It is
best to see how a big corporation does
it, how it is really done, before I get my
MBA and go out on my own."
Dr. Keith Hollingsworth, professor
of management, elaborated: “I strongly
believe liberal arts is a component you
have to have in the business departmenL
Strong quantitative business basics, in
addition to the qualitative skills of
networking, etiquette, professionalism,
and leadership; that will make studenLs
a better business major.”
Morehouse is one of 12 HBCUs
and one of only five liberal arts colleges
to be accredited by the American
Assembly of Collegiate Schools of
Business (AACSB). The liberal arts
component is one of the strengths of the
program, allowing development of the
non-quantitative skills that facilitate
one’s upward mobility within a
corporate setting. The current curriculum
for the department combines a business
core with liberal art elements in a fusion
of knowledge and talent that aspires to
produce the apt and capable
businessmen.
Williams advised: “Be able to
present yourself, articulate yourself,
exude confidence and presence, and
engage in intellectual liberal arts small
talk.” He emphasized the need for good
critical thinking skills: “Analysis is the
main thing employers are looking for in
any field, because they need that to make
a real contribution. ‘What are your ideas?
How can you make us better? What are
we doing wrong?”’
With the ultimate inclusion of more
courses tailored to fulfilling the need in
the Black community for leaders
committed to entrepreneurship,
Morehouse will have realized a
necessary evolution in its focus to
develop leaders of and for the times. One
thing remains clear, however: the onus
is on the student. It is ultimately up to
each Morehouse man to decide whether
leaving his cushy Wall Street job to start
a small business and help advance the
black business community is too big a
risk.
According to Hall, “The Business
department is what you make of iL If
you decide to make the most of it, the
business department is definitely an
effective department and can help you
towards your future.”