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Students Travel to Cuba for Literature Conference
Lance Dixon
Managing Editor
I n describing their trip to
Havana, Cuba Morehouse
students were unanimous
in their use of the adjective
amazing. However, there
were many others used in
cluding: beautiful, awe
some, and crazy. 12 students
and seven faculty members
traveled to Cuba’s capital
city to participate in the
International Conference
on Caribbean Literature
(ICCL) on Nov. 2 through 6.
The theme for this 12th it
eration of the ICCL was: “An
Intimate Connection with
the Authors and People of
Cuba.” The trip lived up to
this billing thanks to the ef
forts of Morehouse’s fellow
sponsors Road Scholar, a
non-profit educational trav
el agency, and Casa de las
Americas in Havana which
featured guest speakers on
a daily basis and a multiple
tour activities through the
Havanatur group and the
Hotel Nacional in Cuba.
These efforts were orga
nized in the states by Eng
lish department professors
Drs. Melving Rahming,
Leah Creque and Michael
Janis, co-founder and co
directors of ICCL respec
tively.
“We decided to bring our
convention to Cuba as our
way of recognizing this
country’s legendary history,
especially its contributions
to Caribbean affairs,” Rah
ming said.
There was great risk of
the trip not occurring, due
to the United States em
bargo against Cuba, but
the Obama administration
loosened the restrictions
on travel to Cuba on Jan. 14
to include certain student
groups and religious mis
sionaries. The conference
fell under this umbrella and
the professors moved for
ward with plans to make
the gathering happen. The
Morehouse students who
attended were granted the
opportunity through Rah-
ming’s Caribbean Novel
course after writing papers
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Bonner, Adams Scholars Host
Homeless Awareness Week
Week of events raises awareness for the first time
Tre’vell Anderson
Campus News Editor
anderson.trevell@yahoo.com
A tlanta consistently ranks
as one of the meanest cit
ies to the homeless. With hun
dreds of thousands of people
living in various shelters, un
der various bridges, and in the
backyard of the Atlanta Uni
versity Center, the Morehouse
Bonner Office of Community
Service’s Bonner and Adams
Scholar Programs embark
this week on a quest to bring
awareness of such an issue to
their peers.
The week of November 14
to 19 marks the programs’
first ever Hunger and Home
lessness Awareness Week. The
week has manifested from the
vision of Richard Williams, a
senior psychology major from
Monks Corner, SC and senior
Bonner intern, and his other
leadership team members
from this past summer.
“The goal is to bring aware
ness to an area that many
people refuse to speak about,”
Williams said. “As an organi
zation centered on changing
the heart of men, we must dis
cuss issues so that we are able
to liberate our own thoughts
and views.”
The week included various
events happening each day.
Monday in the Admission
Welcome Center was a pan
el discussion featuring staff
members of various homeless
shelters in the Atlanta area
as well as AUC students. On
Tuesday followed a Hunger
Banquet in Archer Hall with
the second annual “It’s On The
House: A Thanksgiving Din
ner for the Homeless” taking
place on Wednesday. Thurs
day the programs will host a
movie night and discussion
with an abridged Sleep Out
taking place Friday.
Samuel Cockfield, a ju
nior economics major from
Queens, NY, is an Adams
scholar and co-coordinator of
the Hunger and Homelessness
issue base under which other
Bonner and Adams Scholars
serve along with Cuthbert
Cuffy, a junior accounting
major from St. Thomas, Vir
gin Islands.
“The Hunger and Home
lessness issue base would
like the student body to not
only change their perspective
about homeless individuals,
but to develop a heart of ser
vice for them as well,” Cock-
field said.
Williams agrees stating his
own personal goals of the
week.
“I want the student body
to understand that they are
not that far away from being
hungry or homeless.” Wil
liams said. “I would also want
a spirit of ‘Occupy AUC’ to
stand up against injustice of
people worldwide.”
The goal of the Bonner Of
fice of Community Service
has increasingly become to
further engage the student
body in service of all kinds.
This week is one of many ini
tiatives of the Office for this
year. Next semester, the Of
fice plans to bring the “Go
ing Green” movement as well
as activities geared toward
primary and secondary edu
cation, including the More
house Mentoring Program, to
the students.
To become more involved
in community service, contact
Jackie Dugger at jdugger@
morehouse.edu or visit the of
fice on the Fourth Floor of the
Leadership Building.
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November 23
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