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Morehouse Gets a Facelift
New Building, New Trees, New Papa Johns V
Tre’vell Anderson
Campus News Editor
anderson.trevell@yahoo.com
A new building replaced
the parking lot on the
side of Perdue Hall. New trees
sprouted up all across campus,
seemingly overnight. And still
no Papa John’s.
Morehouse College has
seen various changes to the
campus over the past few
weeks. One of the most no
table changes is the newest
addition to the Morehouse
infrastructure. On the side of
Perdue Hall, outside the main
campus gates, lies a new mod
ular building. This building is
to serve as the new office for
the Federal TRIO Programs
which include: Student Sup
port Services, Upward Bound,
and the Ronald E. McNair
Post-baccalaureate Achieve
ment Program among others.
At the sight of the start of
construction in the lot prior to
Winter break, students voiced
concerns of building a new
building when there is open
space on the top and bottom
floors of Brawley Hall. It ap
peared to students that it may
be more cost effective to move
TRIO in a preexisting space
as opposed to constructing an
entirely new facility.
Vice President of Campus
Operations Andre Bertrand
responded with the Colleges
plan for the empty Brawley
space, given the move of the
music department to the Ray
Charles Performing Arts Cen
ter.
“The Division of Humani
ties and Social Sciences will
be expanding into the space
in Brawley,” Bertrand said.
The hope of this expansion
is that full time professors who
are “doubled up” in offices will
be able to have single offices.
Brawley will also house the
developing Cinema, Tech
nology, and Emerging Media
Studies (CTEMS) program.
The need for a new location
for the TRIO programs is a
“long overdue” goal the Col
lege has been working on, ac
cording to Bertrand.
The old location for the
TRIO programs, the battle-
ship-grey, trailer-like build
ings sandwiched between
Gloster Hall and the Leader
ship building, according to
Bertrand, will be returned to
its leasing company and re
moved from the grounds. The
remaining space will be con
verted to a “green space.”
This green space is in line
with the new trees that many
students have seen being
planted.
“[The new trees] is a specif
ic project from a donor who
wanted to provide a treescape
for Morehouse,” Bertand said.
In regards to the long-
awaited Papa John’s, students
have also voiced concerns
over false opening dates that
were provided during the fall
semester. Ralph Johnson, As
sociate Vice President of Pro
curement & Contracts, en
courages students, however,
to check their Morehouse is
Morehouse Mourns the
Loss of a Professor
Lauren Morton
Staff Writer
L ast week, the Morehouse
College community loss
one of its most profound
and impactful professors, Dr.
Martin Morman. Morman, 60
years old, was a professor in
the business department.
Morman taught Senior
Seminar Business Policy, a
challenging course for most
students, but left them empow
ered upon successfully com
pleting the capstone course.
He taught at Morehouse for a
number of years and earned
tenure. His son, Alexander
Morman, is a current senior
business administration major.
Leon Booker, a senior busi
ness administration major with
a concentration in management,
was enrolled in Morman’s class
last semester and felt the effects
of his loss.
“I was down at first but
then I thought about the life
he lived and all of his accom
plishments,” Booker said.
“He definitely accomplished
his goal of preparing African
American men for corporate
America and life in general.”
Described as a meticulous
and stern professor, Mor
man committed an immense
amount of time into his tenure
at Morehouse. He embraced
all of his students and taught
with a “tough love” mental
ity. Students lament over his
death, recalling how he de
manded and commanded re
spect from his students.
“He was very strict and
loved order in his classroom,”
Booker said. “There was no
such thing as ‘I don’t know or
I can’t find it’ in his class.”
Steven Parris, a senior busi
ness administration major with
a concentration in finance,
recounts Morman’s impact at
Morehouse. Parris was enrolled
in Morman’s class only for a
brief stint, but was still touched
by his teaching methods.
“He had a very interesting
way of teaching,” Parris be
gan, “and even though people
sometimes resented him for
it, they still respected him.”
Jonathon Davis, a senior busi
ness administration major with
a concentration in accounting,
never had Morman as a profes
sor, but was keenly aware of his
legacy in the department.
“Although I personally did not
know him, I know he impacted
numerous students and pre
pared them for the professional
business world,” Davis said.
The business department as
well as the entire Morehouse
College community will forever
remember Morman’s legacy.
sued email accounts.
On Jan. 9, an email was sent
to Morehouse email accounts,
by Johnson, entitled “Papa
John’s & Freshens’ Update.”
“The majority of the re
quired electrical, mechani
cal, and plumbing work has
been completed,” Johnson’s
email read. “Inspection de
lays from the city of Atlanta
and challenges with installing
the plumbing lines have us 3
weeks behind where we had
hoped to be, but those specific
challenges have been over
come.”
The slated opening date
for the facility is Feb. 10, but
could be earlier. In regards
to the FLEX card option re
garding meal plans, it will be
trialed this semester and offi
cially launched during the fall
of 2012.
These new changes to the
campus are bound to make
it more aesthetically pleasing
and beneficial for all Men of
Morehouse.
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