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Morehouse the only HBCU Represented
in Student-led Gubernatorial Debate
Kevin Mallory
Campus News Editor
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M orehouse College will
be one of five colleges
or universities from the state
of Georgia represented in
a student-led gubernatorial
debate on Sunday, Oct. 3, at
Georgia Public Broadcasting
headquarters in downtown
Atlanta.
The debate will feature Roy
Barnes (D), Nathan Deal (R)
and John Monds ’87, a More
house alumnus who will rep
resent the Libertarian Party.
They are the top three candi
dates running for governor of
Georgia.
The debate, which will
also feature student panelists
from the University of Geor
gia, Georgia Tech University,
Georgia Southern University
and Georgia College and State
University, will be geared pri
marily toward 18-30-year-old
voters. Issues like the econo
my, taxes, higher education
and transportation will be dis
cussed during the debate.
Susan Hoffman, a freelance
correspondent, writer, pro
ducer and 15-year veteran of
Georgia Public Broadcasting,
will serve as the moderator of
the hour-long debate, sched
uled to air at 7 p.m. on Geor
gia Public Broadcasting.
Midterm elections do not
produce the same turnout that
presidential elections do, and
the Morehouse SGA hopes
that this debate can bring
more awareness to these elec
tions.
“One of the purposes of this
debate is to target apathy,”
said Tyler Bell, Morehouse
SGA Vice-President and a
student panelist for the de
bate.
“We want to get students
more involved and let the
candidates know that we (stu
dents) are a big voting bloc,
and that our voices definitely
need to be heard.”
Students will have the op
portunity to question the can
didates about the issues by
submitting their questions
to www.gastudentvote.com;
questions that are chosen will
be directed to the candidates
on air during the debate.
Bell stated that the candi
dates were very open to par
ticipating in a student-run
debate. It is possible for this
debate to provide the candi
dates with a greater number
of votes.
“The candidates really
know the value of a student
voter,” Bell said. “Think
about it; we (Morehouse)
have 3,000 students alone and
maybe 10,000 in the AUC."
“Then you think about
schools like Georgia Tech.
UGA (University of Georgia)
and Georgia State University;
most of their students are Geor
gia based. It has the potential to
go up the chain. If you say that
you are going to vote for some
one, you can influence your
parents and others.
“And it could lead to many
votes for one candidate."
Bell and the Morehouse
SGA hope that this debate
generates unity among stu
dents, not only those in the
AUC but also among students
throughout the area.
“We are students; we are
just like they are," Bell said.
“Just like how we put our
minds to getting this debate
together, they can do similar
things for whatever tasks or
goals they set for themselves
in the future.
“We're right here (referring
to other local colleges and
universities), but we’re very
distant when it comes to com
municating. We all have simi
lar problems as students and
we just think it’s time to get
these issues addressed.”
New FILM program brings many opportunities to hopeful students
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ed about the opportunity to
take film classes within the
program.
“For all of the aspiring
filmmakers who never had
the resources to go out and
seek the information for
themselves, they now have
the opportunity to learn
more about the field and
follow their dreams,” said
Nathan Edwards, a junior
business management ma
jor who is the creator and
owner of Live.Much. Pro
ductions.
Stephen Love, a junior
business marketing major, is
the founding President of the
Morehouse Filmmakers' As
sociation. He said that this
program will open up many
doors for students and the in
stitution as a whole.
“I think the most important
thing that it does is give us a
clearer pathway to our career
in films and digital media,” he
said. “I think it also opens up
an entire new discipline that
can attract new students for
Morehouse.”
While some students fight
ing for this program will
graduate before they have
the opportunity to take any
of the film classes, Love said
that does not reduce their ef
forts.
“The main goal is to make
sure that future men of More
house have an opportunity to
explore their career of film on
this campus.”
Year two of the proposal
forecasts the implementa
tion of the curriculum and
the hiring of two full-time
faculty members.
If everything goes as
planned, students will have
the opportunity to begin tak
ing film classes beginning
during the fall semester of
2011.
Students who would like
to become involved with
the efforts of establish
ing the program can do so
by joining the Morehouse
Filmmakers’ Association.
Love advises students
to join their Facebook fan
page (www.facebook.com/
MFA2010) or contact him
via e-mail (stephenlovejr@
gmail .com).
Morehouse CFO Assures That
Your Money is Well Spent
Gerren K. Gaynor
Managing Editor
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W hen it comes to More
house College fi
nances, many students have
questioned what exactly their
money is being spent on.
For the 2010-2011 academic
school year, tuition is $20,394
per student and student fees
total $1,794 per student. Stu
dent fees in particular have
generated inquiries from stu
dents about whether or not
they are exclusively allocated
to student-related expenses.
Gwendolyn Sykes, Vice
President for Business and
Finance/Chief Financial Of
ficer, asserts that for students
to understand how More
house operates financially,
one must understand how
money is generated.
“We are a $70 million en
terprise,” Sykes said.
Sykes, who has served
as CFO at Morehouse for a
year, told The Maroon Tiger
that the college generates
revenue from three distinct
sectors: tuition and fees,
grants and the college en
dowment. Tuition and fees,
the college’s main source of
earnings, is where freshmen
jackets, technology, food,
faculty salaries and others
are funded. Because the col
lege heavily depends on it,
Sykes asserts that tuition and
fees are a viable commodity
to the college.
The college’s grant portion
of income is generated from
private and government mon
ey from departments such as
the U.S. Department of De
fense and the National Guard.
The college’s endowment,
however, is strictly generated
from donations.
Those donations are what
Sykes called a “corpus of
funds.” Sykes said the col
lege’s endowment, which is
approximately $115 million,
is not spent by the college
and fluctuates throughout
the years. The endowment is
determined by investments,
which ultimately depends
upon the livelihood of the
economy.
Oftentimes students mis
takenly assume the endow
ment represents the total op
erating revenue of the college.
However, the endowment is
similar to an account that col
lects interest over time. A
percentage of the endowment
is geared toward scholarships
and operations.
There are unique instances
when money is donated to a
particular aspect of the col
lege. The Coca Cola Foun
dation, for example, donated
$1.5 million toward students’
tuition and therefore that
money was not placed in the
endowment.
Sykes assured The Maroon
Tiger that the president and
the college’s main priority is
to ensure that tuition and fees
are used to enhance the stu
dent experience on campus.
President Robert Franklin has
been in fluid communication
with Sykes regarding what
Sykes called his “presiden
tial priorities.” Those priori
ties, which stemmed from last
year’s SGA student griev
ances, specifically targets the
cafeteria, the health center,
campus printing, athletics and
other student activities.
Sykes noted that students
should recognize enhance
ments that have been made
thus far. The health center has
been placed under new man
agement and its lobby has
been newly renovated. Big
dollar investments have been
made on new equipment in
the cafeteria.
Sykes said one of her pet
peeves was the use of paper
plates and cups in the cafete
ria. A new dishwasher was
purchased to alleviate that is
sue. Sykes believes that such
investments will ultimately
lead to a reduction in student
costs.
Ultimately, Sykes hopes
that the student body is aware
of the college’s efforts to sat
isfy their needs.
“The best and wisest invest
ment is in our students and
their experience here at the
college,” Sykes said.
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