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March 28 - April 3,2012
NEWS
THE MAROON TIGER
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Editor-in-Chief
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Managing Editor
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Chief Layout Editor
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Chief Copy Editor
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Associate Copy Editor
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Associate Copy Editor
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EDITORS
Tre’vell Anderson T3
Campus News Editor
Jordon Nesmith T2
Associate Campus News Editor
Dannieka Wiggins SC T3
World & Local Editor
Nicholas Bacon ’13
Associate World & Local Editor
O’Koyea Huff-Boone T2
Business & Tech Editor
John Yates T4
Associate Bussiness & Tech Editor
Darryl Hawkins T2
Features Editor
Kobi Ansong Y2
Associate Features Editor
Christian Saint-Vil T4
Opinions Editor
James Williams T2
Associate Opinions Editor
Taylor Williams T2
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Katryna Mahoney SC T4
Associate A&E Editor
Curtis Jackson T4
Sports Editor
Max Tyler T3
Associate Sports Editor
MULTIMEDIA
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Webmaster
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New Media Director
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Tiger TV Producer
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ADVISER
Ron Thomas
“The Lady in My Life” Moves Campus Audience
Jordon Nesmith
Associate Campus News Editor
j nesmith 17 @gmail.com
I t has been said that behind every
great man there’s a great woman.
However, “The Lady in My Life” poi
gnantly depicted instances where the
women stood side-by-side and even
led the men in their lives.
The vision of Morehouse junior Em
manuel Saint-Ange and the direction
of senior Paul Daniels converged to
bring forth a production that would
illuminate some of the unnerving sce
narios faced by audacious women who
fought for the equality of all people.
With a remarkably large cast of 23
actors, each of the six scenes began
with an introduction of a conversa
tion between two iconic Black women
by influential men, or in the case of
Phylicia Rashad and Camille Hanks-
Cosby, who were played by Spelman
freshman Laila Lloyd and junior Ala-
na Moore, respectively; for these char
acters, the influential man was Bill
Cosby played by Morehouse junior
James Pratt.
The show’s use of encounters be
tween prominent Black women served
to not only portray lesser known col
laborations between many prominent
activists, but also highlighted the nu
merous contributions that women
have made toward equality among all
races, classes, and sexes. Despite the
distinct differences between the wom
en, they were able to overcome and
align for a greater good.
This was made particularly clear in
the scene between the wives of slain
civil rights leaders Martin Luther King
Jr. and Malcolm X. Coretta Scott King
and Betty Shabazz were played by
sophomore drama majors and acting
regulars at Spelman, Keshia McNeal
and Britny Horton. In the scene, the
two compare moments of anguish,
receiving threats and acts of violence
while fighting alongside husbands of
differing faiths.
“Mrs. King comes to comfort the
wife of Malcolm X after his assassina
tion,” McNeal said, “and ends up being
most in need of motivation to contin
ue in the struggle for civil rights.”
Peeling honored to have been se
lected to play the wife of Dr. King,
McNeal reveled in the success of the
show given the high-spirited and oc
casionally critical attitudes of AUC
audiences.
“I think the show was pleasing to
every person sitting in Sale Hall [Cha
pel] that evening,” McNeal said. “My
parents came to see the production
and expressed how good it was to see
students come together to create such
an inspiring show.”
Joy Walker, sophomore drama ma
jor at Spelman College, assisted on be
half of the Playwrights Workshop by
finding male actors to be a part of the
production.
“It was amazing to be helping
another student artist achieve his
dream!” Walker said. “I thought all
the actors and actresses did an out
standing job.”
One of the male actors in the pro
gram and previous cast mate of Walk
er, Michael Thevenin, took on the
role of Malcolm X, bearing uncanny
likeness to the civil rights leader.
Thevenin, a sophomore drama major
at Morehouse, recounts the show in
glowing admiration.
“I liked how the play itself and the
playwright established the male leads
we all know, but incorporated the fe
male perspectives that influenced
the men and served as a backbone,”
Thevenin said. “It’s a perspective that
the viewing public isn’t used to seeing
and it was a success for that.”
DEBATE team finishes strong
in nationwide competition,
hopes to charter honor society
in near future
A continued from front page
that Morehouse hasn’t attended a Pi Kappa Delta Nationals in
debate in a number of years.. .it’s fair to say we left an indelible
mark,” Newby said.
Coming up for the debate team is participation in the Madi
son Cup on Apr. 12 at James Madison University. This competi
tion has gifted Morehouse’s team a $2000 stipend to participate
and is among the only debate competitions to award scholar
ship money to winners. Morehouse’s team will compete among
the likes of Cornell, Yale, and the Universities of Llorida, Geor
gia and Miami. Prof. Newby still has his sights aimed higher.
Newby was a member and assistant coach of the debate team
under the leadership of current Honors program director, Dr.
Paul Wiebe, from 1992-1997. In 1997, the team competed in
the World University Debating championship for parliamen
tary debate which was held at Stellenbosch University in South
Africa. Newby hopes to have this team attend the competition
in 2013 when it’s held in Berlin, Germany.
“I want the students to have the benefit of the experience I
have,” Newby said. “I’ve been practicing law now for 10 years; I
can see a strong connection between what I learned... and how
it’s benefited me in my practice.”
The team hopes to charter a chapter of the Pi Kappa Delta
Porensics Honor Society at Morehouse in the near future, and
to further solidify their success.
“I love directing this program. I think we have—-the mov
ie may say ‘the great debaters’ are from Wiley College—but I
think the great-est debaters are from Morehouse,” Newby said.
TRAYVON Martin Case garners national at
tention and support from Morehouse
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ing around, and the dispatch
er told Zimmerman to “not
pursue him.” Disregarding
the dispatcher’s commands,
Zimmerman proceeded to
shoot and kill Martin.
Thursday, Mar. 22, campus
leaders including Stephen
Green and Spanky Edwards,
organized a panel discussion
with Dean Lawrence Carter,
Robert Eager, President of the
Georgia Tech Marksmanship
Club an affiliate of the Nation
al Rifle Association, a lawyer
and a social activist, both of
whom were Morehouse alum
ni. The main cause for the
event was to make students
aware of the situation and give
the “HBCU Call to Action,”
which essentially stated that
justice must be served.
Chad Foster, a junior busi
ness marketing major from
Chicago, Ill. was present dur
ing the event.
“As a campus leader, I think
it is most important to con
tinue to raise awareness of do
mestic issues of injustice and
other issues plaguing our na
tion,” Foster said. “In the case
of young Trayvon, not only
is it important to continue to
raise awareness, but also, it
is essential that we mobilize
people together to continue
battering down policy, action,
and thought that cause injus
tices nationally and interna
tionally.”
While the conversation
deepened, Foster expressed
his thoughts of this situation
happening at this time in
America.
“The issue with the crime
that was committed is multi
faceted,” he began. “On one
end, it is a subconscious di
lemma involving covert rac
ism and racial profiling. On
the other end, it is an issue
with statutes being passed
with a certain level of vague
ness that allow individuals
to easily manipulate the law.
This is extremely important
as Georgia is one of the 27
states enforcing the [Stand
Your Ground] law that al
lowed George Zimmerman to
wrongfully kill Trayvon Mar-
The “Stand Your Ground”
law is a law that allows one
to “stand their ground” when
forced in a situation that in
volves trouble, to shoot to kill.
With this law, one does not
have to spend a second in jail,
nor does he/she ever have to
show up for a trial in court.
It allows the suspect to walk
away, and is interpreted by—if
it is valid—the police, without
the consent of any judges, citi
zens, or government officials.
Trayvon Martin was around
the age of most incoming stu
dents at Morehouse. For this
college community, his story
entails that the fight for justice
is far from over.
“We are witnessing the last
gasp of a dying order, and it is
an order that needs to pass,”
Carter said.
Resounding in the minds
of all in attendance was Mar
tin Luther King Jr.’s quote that
lies etched in the walls of King
Chapel on the campus: “In
justice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere.”
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