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The Organ of Student Expression Since 1925
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ATLANTA, GA
OCTOBER 3 - 10, 2012
VOLUME LXXXVII, ISSUE 7
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MISS MAROON AND WHITE SEIZES ANOTHER CROWN
POLITIHOUSE
Has Mother Morehouse kept her promises?
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THE PULITZER BEAT
PW3
THE NEW LUX
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COLOR ME WRONG:
A STORY OF NINA
SIMONE’S IMPACT
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BETAWARDS
2012
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THE TRIALS 01A
HIP HOP SOLDIER
Kadeem Dunwell
Staff Writer
krdunwell@gmail.com
Regarded as the go-to guy by artists and
politicos alike, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Presi
dent & CEO of the National Hip Hop Caucus is
leading a movement which seeks to organize,
galvanize, and mobilize millions of citizens to
wards a positive civic and social change across
America.
An organization built on policy, Rev.
Yearwood & the Hip Hop Caucus’ purpose is to
ensure people feel empowered through civic
engagement in their communities. These prin
ciples have moved his organization to lead
some of the largest grassroot urban political
campaigns in the last decade . “When we’re
spending more money on bombs than books for
our communities, we have a problem,” Year-
wood said.
Approached by the likes of Russell Sim
mons , Sean Combs, and Jay-Z, Rev Yearwood
has led some of the largest grass root politi
cal campaigns since MTV’s “Rock the Vote.”
He directed the Hip Hop Summit Tour in 2004
while organizing thousands for Jay-Z’s Voice
Your Choice Campaign that same year. In 2008
he co-directed the widely successful Vote or
Die! campaign which boosted an additional 4.6
million youth votes than had been recorded the
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Donnell Williamson
Associate Campus News Editor
donnellwilliamsonjr@yahoo.com
“She was a queen throughout the entire
pageant.” These words came from one of the
organizers of the Miss. National Black Col
lege Alumni (NBCA) Hall of Fame Pageant
after Miss Maroon & White, Jasmine Mat
thews, seized the crown.
The competition consisted of 20 women
from Historically Black Colleges and Univer
sities (HBCUs) across the country from Miss
Clark Atlanta University to Miss Winston
Salem State University. The judging criterion
was broken down into 4 sections: an inter
view with the judges, a talent portion and
two question and answer (Q&A) portions.
After the introductions of the queens,
and before the talent portion, 9 queens who
did not perform well enough in the interview
with the judges and events prior to the pag
eant were eliminated.
Matthews did a Choreopoem for her
talent. The talent is a spin-off of spoken
word. During her talent, she spoke of a
young girl who was raped by her father.
Touching the hearts of the crowd through
her buoyant, meticulous words, the crowd
was forced to give her a standing ovation.
During the Q&A section, Matthews
was faced with two controversial questions.
One of these questions dealing with what
changes she would suggest to her College
(Morehouse) President, the other was talking
about her perspective of same-sex marriage.
Both of Matthews’s answers were artic
ulated well and she represented the College
like a true queen.
“Jasmine is the female embodiment of
Morehouse College,” Anre Washington, Stu
dent Government Association president, said.
“She carried herself, as she always does, as
an extension of the best of our institution.”
After the first Q&A portion, the judges
narrowed it down to the top five queens be
fore doing a second round of Q&A.
These top five queens consisted of: Miss
Howard University, Miss Morehouse College
(Miss Maroon & White), Miss Fisk University,
Miss Fort Valley State University and Miss
Central State University.
With 4 runner-ups, there is only one
crowned queen.
After the judges tallied the votes, and
had announced the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th runner-
ups, the last two standing to be Miss NBCA
was Miss Howard University and Miss More
house College.
Once they stated Miss. Howard Uni
versity as 1st runner-up, Miss Morehouse
College and Morehouse students were over
joyed.
“I’m glad we finally can affirm what I’ve
been saying - that we have been blessed with
the Queen of all Queens,” Washington said.
The last time Miss Morehouse won the
title of Miss NBCA was in 1992.
According to the resounding support
Matthews received from her supporters on
Twitter, “Queen of all Queens” is a title well
deserved.
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