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REATOR MAPP
SITS AUC
Kayla Nelson
Campus News Editor
knelsol 1 @scmail.spelman.edu
“She basically fixes things for people.” Upon
my investigation of interviews revolving around
the hit show that just premiered their most recent
episode signifying the beginning of a much an
ticipated second season of Scandal, I was lucky
enough to stumble across footage that shared the
inspiration behind the creation of the ABC show.
Scandal gives viewers a thrilling chance to experi
ence the life of the woman behind the creation of
the show and the world of crisis management.
“I’m an attorney and have a background
in public relations and I’ve just been doing crisis
communications for the last twenty years,” Smith
explained regarding her career and entry into the
field. Smith is no rookie when it comes to her job.
Having worked with people such as Monica Le
winsky, NFL quarterback Michael Vick, the family
of Chandra Levy and many more, the opportuni
ties only added to her vast repertoire of work.
Smith has worked as Assistant United States At
torney and was Special Counsel to the U.S. Attor
ney of the District of Columbia and followed that
appointment up in 1991 when she was Special
Assistant and Deputy Press Secretary to Presi
dent George H. W. Bush.
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H . Smith is currently the founder and President
of Smith & Company. Twitter feeds were all a
flurry when news broke that Judy Smith would be
headed to Spelman College’s own Sister’s Chapel
for an informative conversation outlining who she
is and what she does.
In response to Smith’s appearance on
Wednesday night, a tweet read, “Scandal comes
on tomorrow and I can barely contain myself.
Seeing Judy tonight just set it off!” Others said,
“SCANDAL COMES ON TONIGGHHTTTI! Nothing
can ruin my day” and “8:50 to 11:00 today I want
ZERO interruptions. I will be tuned in to Grey’s
Anatomy and Scandal. Don’t expect a response.”
Interestingly enough, Scandal was created by
the same woman who is also the creator, execu
tive producer and head writer for the show Grey’s
Anatomy. Shonda Rhimes works as the woman
behind some of ABC’s biggest hit shows.
On her portrayal of strong women as lead
characters within her shows, Rhimes admitted, “I
feel like the one thing that my shows have in com
mon is that they’re about these really smart wom
en working in fields that they absolutely adore,
and the rest of their lives might be a mess but
their jobs are something they’re really good at and
I wanted to capture what that was about Judy that
makes her so good at her job and love it so much.”
Scandal displays a trifecta of African American
talent with the work of Rhimes behind the scenes,
Smith inspiring the show and Kerry Washington
with the main role.
On Rhimes’s writing and directorial prow
ess, Washington stated, “I feel like in some ways
Shonda writes in the rhythm that women think.”
On casting Kerry Washington (Olivia Pope) Rhimes
said, “Casting Kerry was interesting because I
was very aware that we were doing a show that
had an African American female lead and that
doesn’t happen very often on network television.”
“I was really lucky because my character
and the show is inspired by a real life phenom
enon of a person named Judy Smith,” Washington
said. .; ^/ i;i
On Smith’s involvement in the show, beyond
her position as co- executive producer, Rhimes
shared, “I would call her and say this is a scenario,
what would you do if it was your case?” Smith
confessed by saying, “I never thought in a mil
lion years that my work would inspire a television
show”
Scandal made its television debut on April 5,
2012 and shows no signs of slowing down.
“I really try to make it about great storytelling. Jots
of twists and turns,” Rhimes said. “I wanted it to be
a show that when the hour comes to an end, you
sort of can’t believe it’s over and you need to know
what happens next.”
James Parker
Contributing Writer
jparker4@tigermail.morehouse.edu
During Travis Randle’s two admin
istrations as president of the Morehouse
College Student Government Association
(SGA), he commissioned the creation of
a logistical arm of the SGA. This logis
tical group, which would be eventually
named the LUX, was created to trans
form the student government associa
tion’s programming agenda and assist in
redefining the leadership on Morehouse
College’s campus. However, the orga
nization fell short of its expectation and
was therefore inactive towards the end of
Randle’s administration.
“The capacity in which M.A.P.P,
[formely LUX], now serves expands
from solely the SGA to the entire student
body,” senior Tevin Jones Student Gov
ernment Executive Director said when
asked about the new focus for the orga
nization. “MAPP is a promotional tool
for all campus organizations. If a group
needs support as far as ideas, logistics,
promotions, etc., especially if they do not
have enough man power, MAPP is here,”
The goal of the SGA MAPP, Mar
keting Activities Programs and Promo
tions, is to increase the visibility, ef
fectiveness and efficiency of the SGA
through the establishment of a team of
creative and organized students, similar
to that of its predecessor the LUX. Par
alleled in overall purpose, MAPP will
strengthen relations and create unifica
tion among students, administration,
faculty, staff through the use of well-
implemented events and activities and
open lines of communication between
the SGA and the community.
The reorganization of the group
was primarily the work of Washington,
Executive Secretary Martavius Leonard
and Jones.
“MAPP is divided into two divi
sions,” Jones said.
The first division is the social net
working division that creates promo
tional material and focuses on marketing.
The second division is the street team
that helps engage in the physical logis
tics of programming.
Much like Washington described
in his moving address at Crown Forum
last week, this administration is “AWe-
Inspiring” and this section of the admin
istration is no different. They are here to
change the view of SGA and ensure that
every constituent under the SGA voice is
heard. This sect of SGA is another “pace
setter.”
OCTOBER 3- 10, 2012
STUDENTS SOUND OFF:
P WEDNESDAY...DEAD?
Reginald Hutchins
Features Editor
reginaldhutchins @ hotmail .com
Two years ago the Maroon
Tiger ran a story in the Feature Section
outlining the importance of the Hump
Wednesday to the AUC. Then Fea
tures Editor Elizabeth Sawyer used a
now antiquated phrase to describe the
event: “Most students realize that just
like academics, these events [Hump
Wednesday and Market Friday] are an
important and arguably imperative part
of being in the AUC.
Hump Wednesday can be de
scribed as an event that we in the AUC
once looked forward to after classes
on Wednesday. During the beginning
of the fall semester, when the whether
is still warm, different entities of
Morehouse College take on the task
of creating a block party on the cam
pus, affectionately known as ‘Hump
Wednesday.’”
This semester, however, our beloved
institution of Hump Wednesday has
become what some have termed
“weak.” The Morehouse student body
sounds off.
-Reginald Carthen “Hump Wednes
day has been dry this year. Nobody
ever goes, because nothing ever pops
off.”
—Scooter Taylor “[Hump Wednesday]
needs to be revamped.”
-Chris Golson “It’s not as good or
as live as it was last year. I think it’s
for the freshmen, but somehow this
year advertising and associating Hump
Wednesday with something popular
has fallen off.”
—Eric Morgan “When I visited last
year, it was a lot liver than it’s been
this year”
—Yandell Hankey II “Its weak man,
definitely not what I expected from
YouTube.”
Everyone’s first Hump Wednes
day experience is always one to re
member; one that is characteristic of
loud music, fellowship of students
from all walks of life and an expres
sion of fun that unparalleled from
many other experiences. As members
of the AUC, we must preserve this
sacred tradition and recreate our first
experiences week after week so when
the next classes come, Hump
Wednesday won’t be an obsolete prac
tice, or even a myth from Ole More
house.
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