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Candidates Speak Up . . .
Founder's Day '82 see pg. 3
April 20, 1982 /
THE MBC WOLVERINE
... .. . D Telling It Like It Is!
Miss Morris Brown
Pageant And Spring Affair To Be Held April 22 & 23
Gail Malone, Centennial Queen, and her court members Cheryl
Hester and Belinda Crawford will be special guests at Thursday
night’s pageant of Miss Morris Brown College for the next year.
by Ronald Fudge
Student Government is busily
preparing for two major events
given annually by the students.
These two events, the Morris
Brown College Pageant and the
Spring Affair will be at no cost to
the students and should be well
worth the activities fee payed
during registration.
For several weeks now, the
Spring Affair and Miss Morris
Brown Pageant Committees
have met in deliberation over
what will go on at both events,
and have tried to collaborate and
organize these two programs to
suit the students.
On April 22, at 7:30 p.m.
Student Government will be
sponsoring the Miss Morris
Brown College Pageant in Cun
ningham Auditorium. The young
ladies competing for this
coveted title will be competing
in five different catagories. The
areas are: introduction, talent,
swimwear, modeling, and formal
wear. A question and answer
period is put into the competi
tion tp test the versatility and
spontantious reaction of each
candidate.
Entertainment will be
rendered in the form of singers,
dancers, and pianists.
A special tribute to the present
Centennial court will come from
the candidates. This tribute was
designed for candidates to for
mulate a working relationship
among themselves. As a result of
this work relationship, a Miss
Congenitally will be announced
during the pageant.
The S.G.A.’s most lavish event
is its annual semi - formal affair.
This year, the affair will be held at
theOmni International Ballroom
of the Omni International Ffotel
from 9:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m.
This year’s theme “A Dawning
Century of Class” reflects upon
the ending century (1881-1981)
of educational excellence that
has long been the Morris Brown
tradition. In choosing the theme,
theS.G.A. is anticipating another
century of service to enthusastic
young men and women.
At this affair, the election
results of who will serve as class
officers and S.G.A. positions will
be announced.
The affair is open to all Morris
Brown students and all other
interested persons. General ad
mission is $5.00 and $3.00 for
other students with valid I.D. All
Morris Brown College students
and their dates will be admitted
through invitation only.
Invitations will be available for
students to pick up on April 19.
For further information call
525-7831, ext. 306 or visit the
S.G.A. office located in the
second level of the Hickman
Student Center. Listed below is
the outline fqr the evening.
9:00 - 9:45 Reception (at 9:10
prayer will be conducted)
9:45 - 10:00 Greeting from
S.G.A. President and Song
10:00 - 10:45 “Paris In The
Springtime” Fashion Show
Observer Receives
Honorable Mention At Institute
Lerone Bennett, Jr., senior
editor of Ebony magazine, lash
ed out at the nation’s print and
broadcast media before an
audience of student journalists at
the concluding session of the
31st Southern Regional Press
Institute.
“In the contest of a deepening
national crisis... American media
are part of the problem because
they are white - oriented,
property - oriented and place -
oriented,” Bennett said.
The country’s newspapers and
television networks are hostile
toward change and reluctant to
put blacks in positions of
authority in their organizations,
reprinted
he said in a luncheon speech at
the Downtowner Motor Inn Fri
day.
Two local public high schools
— Tompkins and Beach — were
among the winners of the In
stitute’s annual scholastic
awards. Of honorable mention
was Morris Brown College’s
Wolverine Observer.
from Savannah Morning News
Free Enterprise Sponsors Seminar
by Janice Booker
The Free Enterprise Institute of
Morris Brown College spon
sored a seminar titled,
“Reaganomics: Its Impact on the
U.S. Economy,” here April 7.
The seminar, held in Viola Hill
Auditorium, included a panel
discussion and a question and
answer period. Members of the
panel were: Honorable David
Scott, Member of the Georgia
House of Representatives, who
served as moderator of the
•discussion; Ronald E. Canakaris,
Vice President and Director of
Research at Montag & Caldwell;
David C. Foster, editor of
Business Atlanta Magazine; Jay L.
Levine, Managing Director of
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.; and
Lawrence L. Thompson, Partner
in Kutak, Rock & Huie.
Each panel member was allow
ed to. make a statement concer
ning his or her company’s posi
tion on the Reagan Economic
Plan. Canakaris, who was the first
speaker, told the audience that
“Reaganomics is a long - term
program. It will probably im
prove, but long - term progress is
short - term hardships.” He
believes that the program is
moving in the right direction,
but further progress is needed to
reduce government spending.
When asked what he thought the
outlook for black colleges was,
he said, “I’ve got to believe it's
better." He stated that in talking
with college officials, the biggest
hardships to colleges is inflation,
and if the inflation spiral is not
stopped, the outlook will
become worse.
Foster discussed the subject of
the economy. He said that we
have created an economy that is
too complex and severely deep.
“Of all the money in the
economy, 27% of it is cash.
Nothing supports the economy
but what the federal government
created — which is an economy
based on a system,” he said.
Foster did add that Atlanta is not
feeling the economic impact as
strongly as other regions.
Levine summarized his opi
nion in one statement which
was, “I believe it’s going to work.
It's taken us 20 years or more to
get in the fix we’re in, and we’re
not going to come out of it in a
year.”
Thompson discussed the topic
of transferring social programs
such as food stamps and
Medicaid from the federal
government to state and local
government. He feels that if this
transfer is completed, the state
and local governments would be
required to borrow more
money, which would increase
taxes. When asked if it was good
for the states not to have control,
he responded by saying, “The
voice of the poor is more likely to
be heard in the White House
rather than the States.”