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April 4 - 10,2012
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Miss Maroon and
White and Court to
Start Scholarship Fund
King Chapel to Host
Annual College of
Ministers and Laity
Conference to focus on inclusivity, free
religious practice
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E ach year, Morehouse Col
lege selects three beautiful
women to represent its mass
of intellectual men and they
are known as Miss Maroon
and White and her Court.
This year, the 2011-2012 Miss
Maroon and White, Lauren
Wicker, and her court, Ash
ley Calloway and Jessica Wil
liams, have decided to con
tinue fulfilling their roles by
having a more impactful ef
fect on the college.
They want to leave a mark
on this campus and start a tra
dition that will not only uplift
the name of the college, but
more specifically uplift the
brothers of the college when
they are in need. The court
has proposed a Miss Maroon
and White Scholarship Fund
that will be allotted to stu
dents who are in the process
of being purged from More
house.
The court is contacting all
of the previous Miss Maroon
and White courts to ask for
donations to help produce the
scholarship. The scholarship
fund will be available start
ing the 2012-2013 academic
school year.
Wicker, a senior econom
ics major at Spelman College
from Stone Mountain, gave
details about the scholarship
fund.
“I noticed every semes
ter there was a student who
would be kicked out of More
house, not because of academ
ic probation, but because of
financial issues,” Wicker said.
“This is an opportunity for us
to help all of the students who
are in need of support.”
The court has also done
other events to leave an im
pact on both the college and
the surrounding community.
Wicker recently presented
Heritage Academy with a
check that was raised from
the campus dodge ball tour
nament held earlier this se
mester. This was a part of the
“Save the Arts” platform that
she created to help win the
April 2011 pageant.
“I wanted to focus on some
thing that I could leave that
was tangible,” Wicker said. “I
wanted to leave something for
my brothers and the commu
nity by giving back. Although
I did not have the clout to help
those who were purged from
the class of 2012, I am still
reaching out to future gen
erations in order to prevent as
many purges as possible.”
She and her court have been
working hard to make sure
that this fund will be available
for the upcoming fall semes
ter.
The fund will be limited to
those who are in the process
of being purged and it will be
on a first come, first served
basis. There is no limit on
how much one can receive;
however, the fund will only
cover enough to keep a stu
dent from being purged that
semester. The scholarship will
continue to be funded by all of
the future Miss Maroon and
White courts.
Jordon Nesmith
Associate Campus News Editor
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T wenty-seven years ago,
out of the need and desire
to engage individuals from
a variety of disciplines and
faiths of civic leadership, cler
gy and academia, the Martin
Luther King Jr. International
Chapel began the Martin Lu
ther King Jr. College of Min
isters and Laity conference.
This year, the conferences
emergence seems personi
fied in its theme of “Showing
Up in the World: Answering
the Call to Learn, Serve and
Lead.” The conference begins
on Apr. 9-12 on Morehouse
Colleges campus.
In an interview with Roy
Craft, the Executive Direc
tor of the Martin Luther King
International Chapel, and Er
nest Brooks III ‘01, Associate
Campus Minister, the two
excitedly gushed about ev
erything the Chapel had been
planning and working dili
gently toward since the end
of last year’s conference. In
an attempt to “cast a big tent
of inclusivity for all to join,”
as Craft described it, he men
tioned that the major theme
of this year would be “voca
tion.” With all the speakers
who will present this year, the
focus is not just on the great
work these individuals do, but
also their stories of how they
discovered their calling and
how they were able to infil
trate their profession.
One notable speaker for the
conference will be acclaimed
author and attorney Michelle
Alexander who, in an at
tempt to further King’s mis
sion, will be discussing her
book on faith and domestic
policy, “The New Jim Crow:
Mass Incarceration in the Age
of Colorblindness.” This will
take place Tuesday, April 10 at
11:00 am, which is the first of
two opportunities for More
house students to receive
Crown Forum credit during
that week.
On Thursday, April 12,
from an international stand
point, United States Ambassa
dor at Large for International
Religious Freedoms Rev. Dr.
Suzan Johnson-Cook will be
discussing her role in glob
ally advocating for the right to
free religious practice.
One major aim of the week’s
conference is to take the
idea of the multidisciplinary
“WorldHouse” and relate it to
what King might be saying or
doing today if he were alive.
“What we want people to
do is get out of their comfort
zones,” Craft said, “or to just
bump into a new idea. Just
be here ... and they’ll learn
something they didn’t even
know existed before.”
The conference will also
serve as the first official re
union for Morehouse alumni
clergymen to talk and network
with the student body in what
will become an annual event.
Nearly 100 thought leaders
from various divisions will be
present for the events as well
as a book festival jointly cre
ated by each AUC bookstore,
which will feature 40 to 50 au
thors for book signings. Craft
believes this is “a wonderful
opportunity for seniors.”
“As an alumnus of More
house,” Brooks began, “I’ve
come to value, after graduat
ing, that the greatest learning
experiences of my tenure hap
pen outside of the classroom
rather than just inside the
classroom.”
Brooks strongly encourages
the student body to come out
and take advantage of this im
mense opportunity, and urges
any student interested in at
tending to contact him at his
email, ebrooks@morehouse.
edu.
“The most successful peo
ple in the world are not those
who wait for opportunity to
come to them, but who go
and find those opportunities,”
Brooks said. “This is the type
of event where opportunities
are waiting to be found.”
ADVISER
Ron Thomas
ESPN Presents HOUSEsports
Created to market and raise funds for
the Journalism and Sports Program
along with HOUSEsports, a Morehouse
student-run organization for aspiring
sports journalists. The chief organizers
of this event are Ron Thomas, Director
of the Morehouse Journalism and Sports
Program, along with Devin Emory and
John Smith, co-founders of HOUSEsports.
Events will be free and open to the public
except for Thursday’s event and Saturday’s
closing dinner.
• Names in red are confirmed speakers
and panelists.
Thursday, April 12
7 p.m.-11:30 HOUSEsports Watch Party
- Microsoft Store in Lenox Mall
Students will watch 8 p.m. Miami Heat
vs. Chicago Bulls game and can write a
column about the game that would make
them eligible for a prize. Columns will
be judged by ESPN sports columnists
Jemele Hill and JA Adande, and the
winner will be announced on Saturday
afternoon.
Friday, April 13
Kickoff Event
11 -11:30 Welcome by a Morehouse ad
ministrator and ESPN. Opening remarks
by Ron Thomas about the J&S Pro
gram and showing of short video about
HOUSEsports’ mission.
11:30 a.m.-l p.m. “So You Want to Be
come a Sports Agent, Athletic Director
or General Manager” - Sale Hall
Moderator: Brandon Leak, broadcaster
for the Atlanta Hawks and Sports Radio
680 the Fan, HOUSEsports member.
Panelists: Former Atlanta Falcons Coach
Dan Reeves; former U. of Georgia Ath
letic Director Damon Evans; Morehouse
College Athletic Director Andre Pattillo;
sports agent Jerry Caldwell; Mike Brown,
diversity consultant.
1-1:30 p.m. Box lunch - Sale Hall
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1:30-3 p.m. “Blacks in Basketball Begin
ning Almost From the First Dribble” -
Sale Hall
Panelists: Basketball historian Claude
Johnson created the “Black Fives” website
honoring blacks in basketball in the early
1900s, and his book of the same title has
just been published. Ron Thomas is the
author of “They Cleared the Lane: the
NBAs Black Pioneers,” the only book
about the integration of pro basketball.
3 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. Book signing for John
son and Thomas- Sale Hall
4-5:30 p.m. “The World of Athletics -
International Style” - Sale Hall
Moderator: Dr. Mike Spino, President
and Founder of IACA (International
Athletic Center of Atlanta).
Panelists: Edwin Moses, Morehouse’s
greatest athlete and Chair of Laureus
World Sports Academy; Dr. Claude
Sobry. - University of Health and Law
Lillie2 University in France, lecturer
on the economics of sports; Dr. Cees
Vervoorn, director of elite sports in The
Netherlands.
Topics:
• A Clash of Philosophies: Europe’s
government-sponsored training/educa
tional facilities vs. the NCAA and college
sports
• Sports Tourism - career opportunities
in this $600 billion/year business
• Race - A Factor Abroad, Too?
• How Sports Reflects a Nation’s Culture
and Body Types
• Generating sales in foreign countries
Saturday, April 14
10-11:15 “Toni Stone: Curveball” - Sale
Hall
Professor Martha Ackmann authored the
biography of baseball’s Toni Stone, the
first of three black women to play in the
Negro Leagues. Ackmann was a Febru
ary guest on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and
“Outside the Lines.” Introduced by Spel
man College’s Jaleesa Diaz, a member of
HOUSEsports.
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11:15-12 p.m. Book signing for Dr. Ack
mann during box lunch.
12-3 p.m. - “Young, Gifted and Black:
ESPN’s Jemele Hill, JA Adande - Sale
Hall
12-1:30 p.m. - Print Segment - “De
veloping Your Sports Column Writing
Style” -
Moderator: Morehouse Journalism Pro
fessor Curtis Bunn
Panelists: ESPN.com sports colum
nists Hill and Adande,, Quincy Young,
HOUSEsports.org columnist
• How to choose your topic of the day
• Planning ahead for writing days
• The Writing Process: Reflection
Piece vs. Deadline Pressure
Recycle The Maroon Tiger
Weekend
• Oops - I wish I hadn’t written that
• 1:30-2 p.m. - Announcing “Best
Column” prizewinner
2-3 p.m. - TV Segment - “Preparing for
Battle on TV” - Jemele Hill & JA Ad
ande, Kenley Hargett, a HOUSEsports.
org TV broadcaster will join the panel.
• Getting ready to spar with Skip
Bayless
• Do you really mean everything you
say?
• Will women ever rise above sideline
game reporting of men’s sports?
4-5:30 p.m. Powder Puff Football Game -
Morehouse Lawn
5 p.m. - Pool Party for students - Archer
Hall
7-9 p.m. - Closing Dinner. Tribute to
Spike Lee and Other Donors, Award
Presentations - African American Hall
of Fame. (Invitation only)
Host: Rashan Ali, NBA TV
Award Presentations:
Scholarship Winners: Eight Morehouse
students who have been awarded Nike
scholarships given in honor of Spike Lee
Edwin Moses Sports Figure of the Year
Award: TBD
Bill Nunn Jr. Sports Journalist of the Year
Award: Bill Rhoden, NY Times colum
nist, author of “Forty Million Dollar
Slaves.”
Spike Lee Student Sports Journalist of the
Year: TBD