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January 31, 1985
The Wolverine Observer
Page 3
Editorial Comments
Is The
Wolverine Observer
Child's Play??
by Hiram Andrades
Some people seem to feel that
putting together the Wolverine
Observer is child’s play. Well,
that’s all well and good because
everyone’s entitled to their opi
nion. I would hope that anyone
who feels this way would come
out and work with us on an issue
and develop your opinion on the
basis of experience and not
speculations. The Observer Staff
Meetings are every Thursday at
7:00 pm in the Student
Publications Office located in
the Hickman Student Center.
In order that you may have a
clearer picture of what goes on
in the assembly of our college
newspaper, I'll tell you about it.
Let me begin by saying, I hold the
office of Business Manager for
the Wolverine Observer. I am
also partime reporter, part-time
typist, and part-time lay-out con
sultant.
Because of the lack of par
ticipation on the part of students
at Morris Brown College, es
pecially English majors and Mass
Communication majors, most if
not all of the Staff members carry
3 & 4 responsibilities. I hope that
as a result of this editorial faculty
members will encourage
students and more will come out
to help.
The process of putting the
college newspaper together
begins with a staff meeting. At
this meeting the Editor will issue
the stories that are relevant at the
time. Because we are a monthly
publication, the lack of space
does not permit all of the stories
to be published. Writing the
stories is the easy part of this
process.
After the stories are written,
the Staff begins editing the
articles preparing them to be
typed. This is rather easy tool It is
interesting to see what angle
your fellow staff member has
chosen to write their story from.
In the past, the English Depart
ment has aided the Observer
Staff in this endeavor.
Following the editing of ar
ticles, the fun part begins. The
Staff is forced to type these
articles on re-conditioned typing
machines. These machines con
stantly break-down and need
repairs. As a matter of fact, they
were repaired "again,” at the
beginning of the semester. We
were supposed to get a new
typewriter, but because Mr.
Charles Jones felt that the one
that had been bought "was too
good" to go in this office he
swapped typewriters. This only
lets me know that he is not very
professional when it comes to
doing his job. But not being
professional and letting your
personal feelings get in the way
of your job is another editorial!
In any case, following the
typing of these articles, they are
sent to be hot waxed. There was a
time when the publisher would
pick up and deliver the articles
and the pressed copy. The hot
pressing takes one to two days
and is delivered to and from by
Staff members, fn order to cut
cost.
After the wax copies come
back, it's LAY-OUTTIME!! This is
the most tedious and time con
suming process of assembling
the newspaper. One must be
willing to sacrifice an evening
from 6:00 pm to 12:00 midnight
or 1:00 am. If this does not
demonstrate the type of dedica
tion that not only the Staff, but
the Editor has to oversee the
entire process; I don’t know
what will. Some stories don’t
make it into the layed-out copy
because there is not enough
space. Maybe if we had more
pages we could print more
stories, but how can we get more
pages when the Business Office
can’t keep up with the ones
we’ve got now!
It takes three days for the
paper you see to come back. This
is the most satisfying part of this
process, at least for the Staff it is.
To see the story you wrote and
the page you helped lay-out
gives you a good feeling of job
well done.
Along with the difficult task of
assembling the college
newspaper, the Observer Staff is
faced with the inefficiency of the
Business Office. At the time we
went to press, the Wolverine
Observer's last issue had not
been paid. In the long run this
stops us from printing anymore
newspapers. Whether this is
done intentionally, I really don’t
know. I do know that the
Business Office takes one of the
few things that is done for the
students and by the students.
Last year around this same
time we didn’t have a
newspaper! Will this be the case
this year? As the song goes...
"Time will reveal." This Staff is
ready to deal with this dilemma.
Now that you know what it it
like to put a newspaper together
and the problems that the
Wolverine Observer Staff are up
against, I hope that more in
telligent statements are made
when referring to the Wolverine
Observer.
After all, the Wolverine
Observer has brought prestige to
MBC. We are an award winning
newspaper. Some people might
tend to think that this is not a
serious achievement, but to the
Staff that did all of the work, it is!!
Maybe this will make you
think twice about throwing it in
the garbage before you read it!
After ail, we, the students, pay
for it!!
It's so hard to say
"good-bye"
Should The Queen
Be Smarter Than
The SGA President?
by Priscilla Orr
Upon recent observation of
the qualifications to become
S.C.A. President and Miss Morris
Brown College, it was noticed
that Miss Morris Brown needed a
higher grade point average than
the S.C.A. President. Now, why is
this so, when the S.C.A. presi
dent is Morris Brown's leader
and the student’s example of
what quality is? I am not saying
that a higher grade point average
means that a person is qualified,
but, isn’t a grade point average a
characteristic of that persons
qualifications? I hear all the time,
how the students should get
more serious in their studies,
even quiet' hours are being
strictly enforced. Ronald Reagan
won’t give financial aid unless
one has a 2.0, and the school
won’t let you pledge, unless you
have a 2.3 but two points more
and you can be the leader of the
student body. Why does it take a
whole 3.0 to be a queen for the
student body?
I am aware of the fact that by
our queen having a 3.0, the
student body can hold their
heads up high and say, yes, not
only does our queen have a
pretty face but, she also has a
brilliant mind. Now what can we
say about our S.G.A. president?
Not only is he popular but he
also has...?
I would like to have your
attention for a quick game of
pretend, Ready?
I graduated from Mo’Brown
last year, and today I decided to
come back to visit a few of my
past teachers and friends who
worked at the college while I was
here. I stepped into the first
office and I saw total strangers. I
asked, "Where’s Dr. So-and-
So?” The reply, "He’s no longer
with us." Stop. Game over. Time
to get Back to reality.
Actually, we all know that
many, many "changes" have
been made at Morris Brown. A
lot of people are get-got-gone.
Also, some others would want to
prepare to go. But that’s a
discussion for another time. My
main concern at the moment is
about someone who has been
asked to leave by the end of
January.
Oh, you know the person I
have in mind. The lady dresses
sharp e-v-e-r-y day of the week,
and twice as sharp on Sunday.
Her pepper-red hair frames a
face that smiles from a sincere
heart. When she talks, if you
can’t hear each syllable
pronounced with crispness and
clarity, you are deaf in one ear
and can’t hear out of the other.
In two words, I am referring to
LULA GARRISON.
Why is she being asked to
leave? I don’t know. When
everybody else was too busy to
give a 4.0 student a recommen
dation to go to a summer science
program, she gave me one.
When I wanted to interviewwith
IBM, she set up the interview and
I did get the job. Ms. Garrison
does her job. She could do it
better if she had even a qualified
part-time secretary, but I guess it
is not important that people have
a job waiting on them when they
get their degree. I summize it is
not important that the college
build a strong relationship with
Corporate America. I assume
that the people with titles longer
than their names know what they
are doing.
The whole situation reminds
me of the farmer who chopped
down trees in the woods so that
he could see the forest. I strongly
believe that just as much
emphasis should be placed on
starting sound careers for
students as admitting them to the
college. After all, what is a
college degree supposed to ac
complish?
Ms. Garrison, stand tall and be
of good courage for all things
work together for good for those
that believe in the Almighty.
We've Come This Far By
by Rev. Phillip B. Griffin
Many of us are familiar with
the Bible story of the Israelites at
the Red Sea (Exodus 14th
chapter). In this story we see the
Hebrew Children who have
been lead by Moses out of the
bondage of Pharaoh in Egypt.
When they got to the Red Sea
there was water in front, and
mountains on the side, and with
Pharaohs army behind them,
they all paniced.
They began to feel that it
would be better to be slaves in
Egypt than to die in the
wilderness. They were also blam
ing their leadership for carrying
them to their death. This was not
quite so because they had forgot
who brought them to where they
are.
We today have done likewise.
We have gotten to our Red Sea
and feel we can’t make it across.
Yes, it is true we have the
problems to face concerning the
dormitories and we have the
adjustments of the new ad
ministration.
There is also the problem of
the disenchanted students who
are disturbed because of all the
troubles we are experiencing.
These are the times that try men’s
souls but we must not back up to
turn around. Neither can we
afford to quit, but we must look
at this Red Sea with the thought
in mind that we can make it
across. Moses had to tell the
people to remember the God
who brought them through their
previous hardships and to con
tinue to believe in his power. By
doing this they were able to walk
across the Red Sea to the promis
ed land. There they saw Pharaoh
drown and they were free
forever. We too must look back
and remember this is not the first
problem that Morris Brown has
faced. If we checked the record
of history, we will find there have
been problems through the
years, but when Fountain, Lewis,
and Middleton had their
troubled days they also did not
look back and think of turning
around nor did they think of
quitting.
What they did do was reach
back through the years and grab
some of the faith and prayers that
their forfathers had given them
to bring them through. And by
this they were able to make it
through the crisis. We too must
remember that the same God
will do the same for us. This
school was built by the prayers of
our fathers: It made it through
crisis because they trusted God
and allowed him to be the
supreme ruler of this institution.
Now if we want to handle
these crises, we too must trust
God. We must look to-Him for
guidance and let him have
charge of our school. By this we
can face the hardships and we
will not be afraid of the storm.
WE must be strong and not
afraid. For the sun will shine
again.
FIGHT
HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE...
Ifs Good
Business
American Heart
Association