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March 18, 1980
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Sybil Thomas
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Ronald Fudge
FEATURE EDITOR
Susan Ashe
ARTIST
Michael Foreman
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Anthony Brown
Corey Johnson
ADVISOR
Donda West
REPORTERS
Todd Allen
Tamara Macon
Carolyn Hutchins
Hank Johnson
Linda Toon
The WOLVERINE OBSERVER is designed to inform
the students, faculty, and administration of Morris
Brown College and to serve as a communications
channel between the Morris Brown family and the com
munity. Opinions expressed in the articles and letters
are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
either the opinions or policies of the college.
United We Stand
American peoplgv- are
dominating people. They do
not hold any special power;
its their attitudes which are so
dominating.
Everyone in the United
States wants to own someone
else. Take for instance, the
Negroes and the Caucasions,
better known as Blacks and
Whites. Each race wants to be
better, more powerful and to
rule the other. They are con
stantly fighting and never stop
to take a serious observation. I
believe that they are afraid to
find themselves equal.
American people go beyond
their nation. They are always
forcing their customs and
ideas on other countries. Iran
is an obvious example of this.
The United States tried,
politically, to modernize a
small, primitive country, yet
only succeeding in creating an
international conflict. If
Americans are going to main
tain their dominating attitudes
they should enforce it with
dominating strength.
Even in the families this at
titude is put into practice.
Parents refuse to treat young
adults as responsible, in
dependent people. This has
only brought about family
destruction and mental scars.
Everyone does not act this
way, but more than enough
Americans do to make my
statements true.
When people from other
countries visit the United
States they see these pitiful at
titudes. They never really
notice the people who do not
carry on this way. This is why
foreigners stereotype the
United States. We seem to
show nothing but hard, ill-
mannered feeling toward one
another.
Americans have forgotten
that "united we stand, divided
they fall".
By Susan Ashe
Education
By Todd Allen
Education, a molding, roun
ding out instrument of the
people in our American
society used to make in
dividuals ready for op
portunities they will face on
the job market and the
surrounding outside world.
Education in America ac-
centrally has not changed in its
traces since the eighteen hun
dreds. It takes the un-
derpriviledged student and
tries to shape them into, a
product parallel to the status
of their parents. The affluent
take the best marks and best
jobs. The lower classes strive
to go higher in society but go
nowhere with few exceptions
in the majority of cases. For
these reasons it has been hard
to fit the now increasing less
affluent student with the all
system set-up for the affluent.
Education in most cities
throughout the country is
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The Wolverine Observer
Letter From The Editor
It was a cold, rainy, windy
day, and I was walking down
town, trying to catch a bus to
do some shopping. While I
was waiting for a few more
friends to arrive, the cold
began to grow colder, so I
escaped into a local store to
warm up for a moment. Then I
noticed something lying in the
park. I did not believe at first
that it was a human being
because of the way people just
passed by. So I took a closer
look and to my surprise it was
an old man. I rapidly searched
my pockets to find enough
change to call the police. After
being told that all of the lines
were busy at the station and
my emergency would have to
wait, an officer finally an
swered the phone and asked
me about the problem. I told
the officer that there was a
man lying in the park who
seemed to be hurt. The officer
proceeded to ask me a few
questions. His first question
was, "Is he drunk?"
I said, "I don't know."
"Does he need an ambu
lance?"
"I'm not sure, but he
might." The officer then told
me that he would send
someone over right away.
I then went back to the old
man in the park and waited
until the ambulance arrived.
They took the old man away.
I had never been involved in
anything such as that before,
and after the incident it took
me a while to get myself
together.
The one thing that bothered
me the most was that many
people saw this man lying
there and just walked right by
him. One guy told me, "Hey,
baby, he's drunk, come on and
get out of this cold."
The people were trying to
get out of the cold or trying to
get where they were going.
They were in too much of a
hurry to do unto someone as
they would have done unto
them.
What is the world coming
to?
I have always heard that
this type of inhumane treat
ment goes on, but I had never
witnessed it.in action, I always
thought that they over-
dramatized the fact that most
Americans are inhumane. I
always thought that America
really wasn't as bad as some
people say. But America
stinks!
There are people in Cam
bodia dying of malnutrition
while Americans still waste,
and millions of dollars are
spent on building highways
and big buildings.
There are thousands of
people fradulently on welfare,
while millions of people con
tinue to pay their checks.
There are millions of men
and women who are unem
ployed, and unable to support
themselves because of such
things as discrimination,
segregation or not enough
education.
America stinks because
there are 50 innocent people
still being kept hostage in Iran,
and there is nothing that they
(America) can do.
America stinks because
somehow, or another, they
have gotten Americans to
believe that one of our natural
resources is now a shortage.
Does this mean that the earth
is drying up? When will it
stop?
Men want to be women.
Women want to be men. No
one dares to be themselves
because they are afraid of who
they are!
America, the home of the
free and the brave!
Americans, are you free?
Are you brave? I don't think
so, and neither do you. You're
not free because someone is
always telling you who to vote
for, and what dog food to
buy. You're not brave because
you show little compassion for
your fellow man, and you fail
to make your own decisions.
Therefore, I stand on the prin
ciple that America stinks, and
no air freshener will do the
job.
Get off your rockers,
Americans, and next time you
see someone who's down and
out lend a helping hand
because it could be you one
day, and you would not want
someone to pass you by.
Oh, by the way, the old
man had high blood pressure
and had forgotten to take his
medication. All he really
needed was for someone to
take a little time, to stop and
care.
Sybil Thomas
We Need To Get Together
The 1980s hold many
changes for us, the Wolverines
of Morris Brown College.
Morris Brown is a challenge
within itself, handed down
from the Board of Directors
directly to the students.
We the family of Morris
Brown, are constantly called
upon to fight in this "ring of
challenge" to survive as a
progressive black institution.
It is a known fact around here
that you go through lots and
lots of tedious changes that
make you get mad just
thinking about them, to put it
lightly. I do not think there is a
necessity to specify those
"changes" in particular. I don't
mean to sound harsh or unfair
when I refer to the word "con
flict". Of course the conflicts
here at Morris Brown College
are not as grave or far-
reaching as the ones abroad,
but everyone at Brown ex
periences some type of con
flict.
Students conflict among
themselves, teachers do the
same and it goes on
throughout the faculty and ad
ministration. So, as you can
see, problems happen with
everyone at MBC and are not
just unique with students.
There are many different
ways of dealing with changes
and conflicts. Sometimes they
are dealt with positivly, which
is good, and sometimes things
are dealt with negatively.
When they are dealt with in
this manner, the problems stay
problems and sometimes they
explode into bigger ones.
I guess the point I am trying
to make is this: To deal with a
problem here at Morris Brown
we should do it with a positive
attitude. Like people say,
"things cannot get any worse,
they gotta get better!"
What I am trying to say is
that we, the Morris Brown
family, must unite. There are
too many obstacles between
the students and ad
ministration. It is almost as
though no one cares about
anything anymore.
My request may seem like a
lot to ask for, but we can start
right now.
Things need to be more
organized at Brown in all
levels. Teachers as well as
students have to stand in long
lines because of the lack of
organization on Brown's part.
Why is this?
Students and teachers are
fired up. They cry out. How
much can we take? There
needs to be a change. But in
the meanwhile, what can the
students and the adminis
trators do?
The 1980s will be days of
fast pace and Morris Brown
College needs to pick up that
pace!
By Corey Johnson .
After the American Revolution, John Paul Jones served briefly as an admiral in the
Russian navy.