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Snow Stops The ’House and Neighboring Schools
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lay was the result of inclem
ent weather conditions in the
metro-Atlanta and surround
ing areas.
As forecasted, the snow be
gan to fall on the night of Jan.
9. Despite 36 hours worth of
warnings from The Weather
Channel and national news
stations, many Georgia resi
dents were not anticipating
such a large amount snow.
Snowfall in some areas was
recorded as high as 6 inches.
This was a significant in
crease from the 2-3 inches
that metro-Atlanta residents
experienced on Christmas
day.
Airlines greatly felt the ef
fects of Atlanta’s weather
conditions. Delta Airlines
cancelled more than 3,400
flights between Monday Jan.
A thick coat of snow blanketed the AUC most of last week. Due to the icy conditions, many students were 10 and Tuesday Jan. 11. This
forced to alter their travel plans and the beginning of classes was delayed a week. Activity in Atlanta was abundance of cancellations
greatly reduced during the inclemenet weather. impeded some students’ re
turns to the AUC.
Senior Morehouse College
student, Ryan Edwards, had
his flight cancelled two times
by AirTran airlines.
“I flew up to New York for
an interview on Sunday (Jan.
9),” he said. “Originally, I
was supposed to get back to
Atlanta on Monday evening,
but I didn’t return home until
Thursday night (Jan. 13) be
cause of [the] delays.”
After several days of cam
pus closings, the decision to
postpone classes was made
by the AUC’s “inclement
weather team.” According to
Morehouse College Provost
and Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs, Weldon
Jackson, this team partici
pates in daily conference calls
regarding the opening or clos
ing of each AUC institution in
extreme weather conditions.
“On Wednesday (Jan. 12),
reports came back,” Jackson
said. “We (inclement weather
team members) recognized
that several students [and]
faculty had not returned and
that the city was not prom
ising any quick removal of
snow and ice from the streets.
“We [then] made the de
cision, collectively, that it
would probably be best for us
(AUC institutions), if we did
not resume classes until the
19th.”
Jackson said that the deci
sion to postpone classes until
Jan. 19 was made with the
safety of students and faculty
in mind. Faculty members’ in
ability to safely drive to work
played an integral part in the
decision making.
Some of the institution’s
employees were . stranded
on campus due to the snow
fall. Morehouse Chief of Po
lice Vernon Worthy said that
several of his officers were
forced to work 24 hours per
day as a result of not being
able to drive home. .
“Every officer on duty
stayed on duty until we could
get another officer to relieve
him...They wouldn’t leave
unless there was a replace
ment.”
Worthy said that despite the
horrible weather conditions,
his department was still able
to collectively maintain cam-
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Morehouse Students Embark on Trip Through
around and playing ball or
dancing and singing.
“That made me so joyful
and hopeful to see that all
around the world there is this
common idea of happiness.
It does not matter where you
are, you can find happiness
in yourself and your commu
nity.”
The focus of the voyage
was human rights; the stu
dents on board took a class
titled “Race, Ethnicity, and
Human Rights: Sustainable
Development in the Afro-
Latin Diaspora” taught by
Dr. Michael Hodge, profes
sor and Chair of the Sociol
ogy Department. The course
was created by Hodge and
Dr. Cynthia Trawick, Direc
tor of Student Health Ser
vices and the Public Health
Sciences Institute. In keep
ing with the theme of human
rights, students had the privi
lege of meeting and receiving
a lecture from Archbishop
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Central America During Winter Break
Kevin Mallory
Campus News Editor
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O ver the winter break,
45 Morehouse students
journeyed on a perspective
altering and life changing
enrichment voyage through
Central America. The stu
dents visited seven countries
over a period of 21 days, and
brought home memories and
experiences to last a life
time.
“One of the most eye-open
ing experiences that I experi
enced on the trip was going to
the Guatemala Cancer Hospi
tal,” said Ontario Stotts, a ju
nior mathematics major from
Memphis, Tenn. Stotts, who is
also a Defensive Back for the
Maroon Tiger football team,
said that the voyage was his
first experience abroad. He
was particularly touched by
the hospital’s juvenile cancer
patients.
“We saw all the children
who had cancer, and it was
a touching moment for me,”
Stotts said. “It is something
that will always be here in
my heart. It was the best thing
that I could have been shown
in the world.”
Students were able to visit
Mexico, Guatemala, Nica
ragua, Costa Rica, Panama,
Honduras and Belize. While
on board the MV Explorer,
students participated in ser
vice-learning projects and
were able to interact people
of all ages and ethnicities. It
was in that intricate diversity
where junior sociology major
Brandon Whitehead said he
gained a more comprehensive
education.
“We (Morehouse College)
were the minority on the
ship,” Whitehead said. Since
there were not many Black
people on the ship, White-
head and the other students
were able to interact with dif
ferent ethnicities, something
usually unachievable on the
campuses of the AUC and
other historically
black colleges
and universities.
“What I got
most out of it
was getting to
know our neigh
bors,” White-
head said. “That
was my favor
ite part because
there were peo
ple of all ages.
We learned a lot,
blit most impor
tantly, I think
they learned
more from us.
“These were
people who did
not interact with
Black people on
a regular basis.
They were able to get another
perspective from what they
may see in media or in their
own communities, if at all.”
Traversing Central America
allowed the Morehouse stu
dents to catch a glimpse of
cultures they typically would
not be able to experience.
Boris Dobrijevic, a freshman
from Johannesburg, South
Africa, developed a greater
appreciation for other cultures
as well as those he is already
familiar with.
“Just to see the world in that
light made me so apprecia
tive of what we have both in
South Africa and America,”
Dobrijevic, a business major
with a concentration in ac
counting, said. “It also made
me realize there is a lot of joy
in simplicity. I remember go
ing through many of the cities
and seeing children running
inside track
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