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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. A °nc/ >©/ fr Ml 'p t'/ o r 0 c, G °n c e o k tf X A ©// // C °o c e Q tf c/ *0 Proceeds Go To Scholarship Fund And Dormitory Improvements OOPS! In our premier issue the typical MBC freshman’s name is Paige Wray — Sorry. 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.