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Mother Morehouse Welcomes the Class of 2015
Tre’vell Anderson
Campus News Editor
anderson.trevell@yahoo.com
W elcome to the ‘House,
Historical Perspec
tives, the Parents’ Parting
Ceremony, Spirit Night, and
Olive Branch are five events
that mark the start of yet an
other class’s journey to be
coming Morehouse Men.
On August 16 over 600 new
students marched into the
Martin Luther King Jr. Inter
national Chapel to the sounds
of African drums and cheers
from family and friends. The
student-produced “Welcome
to the ‘House,” started off as
an introduction to the More
house Mystique and all that is
the Morehouse legacy.
“I had fun learning the tra
dition of the school I am at
tending,” Shannon Sanders,
a freshman political science
major from Nashville, TN,
said.
“It was amazing,” Anwar
Johnson ,a business market
ing major from Philadephia,
PA freshman, said,“The best
part was after the Pillars when
he came out with the torch
Members of the class of 2015 accept the torch in King Chapel during NSO.
and asked who was going to
uphold that mantle. To see
myself and 599 other guys
get on that stage to show our
commitment to the legacy,
wow.”
As the event ended, par
ents and students filed out of
King’s Chapel enclosed by two
lines of Men of Morehouse
and Morehouse Men singing
the college’s hymn “Dear Old
Morehouse.” Mothers and fa
thers began to get emotional
as they realized the impor
tance of this symbolic mo
ment.
The following day, students
and parents attended the His
torical Perspectives event.
Though it received mixed
reviews, the Parents’ Part
ing Ceremony the next day,
in true Morehouse fashion,
would nearly bring tears to all
in attendance.
“I can honestly say that in
1 that two hours, I
cc
2 had a new found
1 respect for my
1 parents and what
they meant to
me,” Johnson said.
“I respected them
before that time,
but to stand up
and tell them how
much they meant
■mu ■ ^ to me was emo-
f: ® tional.”
Sanders
summed the Par
ents’ Parting Cer
emony as being
“passionate and
powerful.”
Spirit Night
quickly ap
proached, a time
when the men of
the class of 2015
were truly wel
comed into the
Morehouse broth
erhood. Crowded by countless
upperclassmen, the freshmen
showed their responsibility
for their brother’s back while
running up Brown St. into
Archer Hall. Once there, NSO
leaders led the way for the
class of 2015’s induction.
The freshmen enjoyed
themselves immensely.
“It was fun crowd surfing
and learning all the chants,”
Johnson said. “It made me re
alize that at any other college
you’re students; here you’re
brothers.”
The week ended with the
traditional Olive Branch cer
emony as well as the annual
Brother/Sister Exchange.
Comments on the week
were not all positive though.
“The first couple of days it
was cool because everything
was new,” Sanders began, “but,
after a while, it got old lining
up and learning the same stuff
over and over.”
Despite various sentiments
however, it is clear to the class
i
of 2015 that Morehouse is a
unique place.
“You’re not going to find
this at Howard [University],
Clark [Atlanta University],
or any other HBCU,” John
son stated. “Not even at an Ivy
League institution will they
experience what we experi
ence here at Morehouse. It’s
like a big fraternity; we have
a universal brotherhood and
bond.”
Morehouse to Commemorate King
Memorial Through Tribute Concert
Moriba Cummings
Staff Writer
moribacummings@yahoo.com
M orehouse College has yet another
reason to celebrate as the North
western Mutual Foundation has been
named the presenting sponsor of the col
lege’s Memorial Concert and Tribute to
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On August 28 at 7 p.m. this concert
and tribute will take place the evening of
the unveiling of the Martin Luther King
Jr. National Memorial on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C.. It is just one
of many events that weekend in honor of
King and his legacy.
“The entire MLK memorial weekend
is dedicated to celebrating the life, dream
and legacy of a great individual whose
vision positively impacted the world,”
Kimberley Goode, president of the
Northwestern Mutual Foundation, said
to The Gary Crusader, “We are proud to
support the institution where Dr. King
received his formal education and began
his journey toward promoting justice
and equality.”
From a confirmed sponsor, it was an
nounced that a fellow Morehouse Col
lege alumnus would be the host. Acad
emy Award nominated actor Samuel L.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
ON CAMPUS?
Jackson ’72 and his wife LaTanya Rich
ardson Jackson will emcee the night.
There will be performances from clas
sic voices like Johnny Gill, Eddie Levert
and Dennis Edwards.
Grammy Award winner Stevie Won
der and Congressman John Conyers will
both receive the Presidential Renaissance
Medallion of Merit for their hard work
ing efforts in blazing the trail to recog
nize King’s birthday as a national holiday.
The honorees and hosts of this tribute
were all selected because of their rela
tionship to King-related events. Jack-
son will make his Broadway debut this
fall in “The Mountaintop,” a play about
events the night before King was assas
sinated. Wonder wrote a revised version
of “Happy Birthday” to garner support in
the fight for the King Holiday. Conyers is
responsible for the legislation that etched
the holiday in stone.
In an effort to continue with the col
lege’s mission of producing Renaissance
Men, the concert is set to be a scholar
ship fundraiser. This development marks
the very first time Northwestern Mutual
and Morehouse College have become
partners for such a substantial cause.
“It is wonderful that Northwestern
Mutual and Morehouse have joined to
raise funds for scholarships,” Avery Sell
ers, a senior from Orangeburg, SC, said,
“This will help students who cannot af
ford to come here to enroll and, most im
portantly, those who are here, to remain.”
To purchase tickets to this event, visit
www.kennedy-center.org.
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