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Page 2 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 L Jeannette Cason 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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