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Counseling System
Begins for Freshman
by Calvin Freeman
A new counseling sys
tem, adopted by Morris
Brown this year, has been
established to help eli
minate the tedious pro
blems incurred by in
coming Freshman.
According to Academic
Dean Margaret Rowley,
“No one knows at this
moment how successful
the program has been, but
we believe it's going to
work.
“The program basical
ly deals with with diffi
culties the Freshman
have so long complained
about,” she continued.
“This year, each student
will have an advisor and
a student assistant, who
will help him plan his
curriculum and help him
decide his major field.
Again, we do not know
how the program is going
to turn out, but we are
hoping it will be a suc
cess.”
Many Freshman are
still confused as to how
the programs works, but
according to Dean Row-
ley, upper class students
will assist the various
advisors in helping meet
the needs of the Fresh
men.
Campus - Hopping
Causes Problems?
by Michael Williams
You’ve just gotten out
of your 10 a.m. glass at
Spelman. In two minu
tes, it will be 11 a.m.;
and you’re supposed to
be in a class at Morris
Brown.
How are you going to
make it from Spelman to
Brown in two minutes on
foot ?
You won’t but, you try
it anyway, Finally, you
make it to your class at
Brown, perspiring hea
vily andout of breath, at
11:12 a.m. You take a
seat and then the person
next to you whispers that
the instructor has just
finished giving a ‘‘pop
quiz,”
Too bad, it’s just the
fifth pop quiz you’ve
missed in that couse,. But
what can you do. Is it
your fault that you have
a class on another cam
pus ?
These are some of the
questions students throu
ghout the Atlanta Univer
sity Center ask them
selves when they have to
do back to back ‘‘cam
pus hopping.”
These, in fact, are
some of the problems that
not only plague students,
but teachers as well. In
structors don’t particu-
lally enjoy students wal
king in class 10-15 minute
late everyday. Students,
on the other hand, are
handicapped when arriv
ing to class late, es
pecially if a pop quiz
or assignement was gi
ven before he got to class.
Since a student cannot
possible come from Spel
man to Morris Brown
in a matter of two or
three minutes, then where
does the problem lie?
^irst, with the student
for letting this problem
continue,Secondly, with
those teachers who hold
students in class too
long.
Indeed, it is a prob
lem which can only be
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solved through the
scheduling system or
some other means. But
there seems to be no
attempts being made to
stop back-to back “cam
pus hopping.”
Is it that students want
their classes like this or
do they have no other
choice ?
Some student appear to
want their classes this
way. They feel it is a
way to have more free
time in the afternoons.
After all, it only takes
a maximum of 10-12
minutes (walking) to the
other AU Center schools.
But what happens when
these students run into
bad weather?
What is to be done to
solve the problem of
back-to-back campus
hopping classes. The
answer may lie in the
students’ hands, but do
they have the power to do
this ?
If not, this problem
will continue.
Mental Health
Service Schedule
The Student Mental
Health Service continues
to be available to all stu
dents in the AU Center
who are experiencing
personal problems or
discomfort which inter
feres with their social or
academic success.
The staff has been in
creased by the addition
of Miss Annette Church,
a social worker, who is
working full time, and a
new psychiatric consul
tant, Dr. DeWitt Alfred,
The Mental Health Ser
vice is located in the
Morehouse Infirmary
Building between Archer
and Graves Halls, direc
tly behind 876 Fair St.
Appointments may be
made in person or by
calling 577-2345 between
the hours of 8:30-5, Mon-
day-Friday..
Brownite Named Channel 11 Girl
ZAUNDRA DAVIS
(Special to the Observer)
Zaunder Davis, a so
phomore at Morris Brown
College, has been an
nounced as one of WQXI
TV’s 1972 Channel 11
Girls. The daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam H. Davis of Atlanta,
Zaundra was selected
on the fifth annual “Chan
nel 11 Girl Pageant,” a
half-hour television spe
cial in late May hosted
by Linda Faye and Bob
Neal.
Zaundra, 18 years old,
graduated from South
west High School in At
lanta in 1971 and is now
majoring in psychology
at Morris Brown. She is
a majorette in the march
ing band, a member of the
concert band, and a mem
ber of Omega Pearl. Her
varied talents include
playing the flute and baton
twirling. She eventually
plans to become a child
psychologist, a wife, and
a mother.
The bronze beauty stat
ed that “becoming a
Channel 11 Girl has
been a desired dream for
at least the past three
years.”
Now that the dream
has come true, Zaundra
received a set of Sam
sonite flight luggage; a
wardrobe from Regen-
stein’s a modeling course
from the Barbizon School
of Modeling; a year’
membership to Nas
sau / Paradise Island
aboard the Italian luxury
liner, the TS. Flavia.
She represent the At
lanta station for an en-
Morris Brown College
has consolidated its two
special youth programs at
the request of the U. S.
Department of Education.
TheUpward Bound Pro
gram, a pre-college pre
paration plan for low-
income high school stu
dents with inadequate se
condary preparation, and
the Special Services pro
gram, designed to reduce
the freshman year drop
out rate, have been merg
ed as one program on the
Morris Brown College
campus.
Under the consolidation
plan, provisions will be
made to intensify acade
mic assistance and pro
vide creative and cultu
ral social outlets, but
will not negate the ef
fectiveness of the sepa
rate programs.
The U. S. Department
of Education, the agency
funding the two programs
and a third called Talent
tire year in paid on-air
time and personal ap
pearances as an official
goodwill ambassador.
The 1972 Channel 11
Girls were chosen from
an original five hundred
girls who applied for this
year’s contest. Fifty se
mi-finalists who were se
lected on the basis of per
sonal interviews appear
ed on the air for three
weeks to ask for viewer
votes. The station recei
ved forty thousand post-
Search, has requested
that ail institution s car
rying the programs con
solidate the services by
1974.
Library Books
by Alfonso Shelby
During the 1971-72
academic year, the Jor-
dan-Thomas Library has
lost over $5,000 in stolen,
unreturned, and damaged
books.
Mrs., V. W. Jenkins,
head librarian, stress
ed the fact that some
400 students checked out
books and did not re
turn them. Mrs. Jen
kins added the students
who failed to return the
books did not have a
sense ox responsibility
and obligation.
She further stated that
the lack of enforcement in
rules and regulations is
the reason why the loss
card votes and the twenty-
five girls receiving the
highest number of votes
and interview rating
points were declared fi
nalists. These were the
girls who appeared be
fore a panel of judges on
the May 26th special for
final selection.
Zaundra made her first
two official appearances
as a 1972 Channel 11 girl
May 29th on “Linda’s
Prize Movie” and Eye
witness News.
is so great. She suggest
ed that students be for
bidden to take their final
examinations if they have
an overdue book or any
other library equipment
as a means of solving
the problem.
Do You Have
Something To
Say To Your
Fellow
Brownite?
Then, The
Place To
Say it Is
The
Observer.
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