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PRE-HOMECOMING ISSUE
THE MBC WOLVERINE
No. 2
Morris Brown College
October 28, 1983 Telling It Like h Is!'
AUC Students Observe
Black College Day
by Kathy Lightfoot
To the tune of, "They say cut
back, we say fight back,’’ ap
proximately 600 Atlanta Univer
sity Center students marched
from Clark College to the steps
of the state capitol Monday,
September 26 in observance of
National Black College Day.
Although the Center was not
officially closed for the day,
students turned out in force,
united in their effort to save all
historically black colleges.
On the steps of the capitol,
remarks were made by the
presidents of each A.U.C. stu
dent government association.
Theodore Lee, president of
Spelman College’s S.G.A.,
pointed out that black student
strive for and thrive on material
things. But in times such as these,
materialistic things are “like dust
in the wind." Lee also told the
crowd that black college
students “would no longer take
what is given to us."
Following Lee, F. Carl Walton,
Morris Brown College S.G.A.
president told his audience,
"Education is the key to
success." Walton informed the
crowd that, "The success of our
black colleges depends on the
success of our black students."'
"We will fight back... fight for
excellence, and nothing less,"
said Wanda Cudger, Clark
College S.G.A. president.
The final representative was
Eric Pearman from Morehouse
College. He spoke these uplif
ting words, "For every ounce of
discouragement there is an
ounce of encouragement.”
Also speaking was Rev. Joseph
Lowery, president of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, and Michael
Simanga of the New Justice
Movement and Maddix Moore
of Operation Push.
Moore explained tothecrowd
that black colleges have never
discriminated, since they were
founded to educate the blacks
that white colleges would not.
A challenge Simanga issued to
the students assembled was to
“become firstly, technically
proficient and secondly, to
become politically conscious."
Noting that white people think
of integration in terms of moving
everything is black to white,
Lowery told the crowd that we,
as black people, know integra
tion means moving things from
wrong to right. In conclusion,
Lowery rhymed, “One day
things will be where: yellow will
be mellow; the red man can get
ahead man; brown can stick
around;, black won't have to get
back and white will be alright.
Harlem Comes To MBC
By Paige Wray
A taste of Harlem came to
Morris Brown when the Atlantis
Production presentation of
“Harlem Nocturne: a Salute to
Black Performers for the Cotton
Club to Broadway" played in
Cunningham Auditorium on
Sunday, October 2 at 8:00 p.m.
Every aspect of the black
musical experience was viewed:
from Negro spirituals, to minstrel
and vaudeville music, to the
ragtime music of Scott Joplin.
From the toe-tapping rhythms
of “Maple Leaf Rag,'' the pace
slowed to the strains of Ethel
Waters, known in her hey-day as
"Sweet Mama Stringbean."
When a rendition of “Stormy
Weather" pierced the air, the
audience bowed their heads and
clapped their hands as if struck
by the blues song made famous
by both Waters and Lena Horne.
The eight person touring com
pany was comprised of four
women and four men, who took
on new roles and costumes for
every few songs.
Among the many tributes to
black composers and writers,
presentations dedicated to Billy-
Holliday and Fats Waller were
performed.
The show ended with a song
from the 1981 Grammy Award
winning hit play of the year
“Dreamgirls." The song made
famous by Jennifer Holliday, "I
am Telling you I'm Not Going”
literally brought the roof down.
If the audience's reaction
could be a gage, then Atlantis
Production can definitely come
back to Morris Brown anytime
they want.
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In our premier issue the typical MBC
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Threatt Challenges
Students To Excel
by Camilla Clay
When the Morris Brown
College family assembled Thurs
day, September 22 in the gym
nasium of the Joe Lewis Health
and Physical Education complex
to celebrate its Fall Convaction,
they were given a "Challenge to
Excellence" by their college
president.
After welcoming old and new
Brownites back to school, Presi
dent Robert Threatt informed
the group that the college was
presently facing its toughest
challenges since its beginning in
1881.
Acknowledging that the
educational system must be
reformed on the national level,
Threatt said, "We must meet
internal challenges to make
Morris Brown truly a ‘haven for
all hungry souls."
Saying he thought the college
was getting off to an "en
couraging start,” Threatt listed
the new nursing and computer
science programs and the expan
ding Hotel Restaurant In
stitutional Management
program as a few examples of the
progress being made in the
academic realm at the college.
Outlining some of the goals it
is hoped will be accomplished in
the 1983-84 school year, Threatt
listed the following; the spon
soring of a major fundraising
campaign; updating the com
puter science program;
relandscaping the main campus
or renovating Jordan Hall;
building a new male dormitory;
videotaping a historical
documentary highlighting
Morris Brown from its inception,
through the present, and into
the future; re-emphasizing the
cultural arts, and upgrading
every aspect of the Morris Brown
College family - faculty and
students.
In conclusion, Threatt told
students that education is a
privelege earned on the basis of
dedication and perserverance.
“Morris Brown is each of us
and each of us is Morris Brown.
Let us not ask what our college
can do for us, but what we can do
for our college,” he ended.
Responding to Threatt’s
message, S.G.A. President F. Carl
Walton warned the student
body, "There is no room for
mediocrity at Morris Brown.
What we learn here is not only
used in college, but is applied
when we leave."
According to Walton, the
community-at-large judges a
college by its students.
"The accomplishments of
students will make or break
Morris Brown,” Walton con
cluded.
MS. MAXINE HARPER one of the college’s nicer administrators takes
time out to smile.
