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May/June 1985
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Brownites
inducted
Foreign Language
Honor Society
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The Wolverine Observer
FOR THE JAZZ — Members of the Morris Brown Jazz Band entertain the crowds at the 1985
Atlanta Dogwood Festival’s Faces of Atlanta Day, April 13 in Piedmont Park. About. 100,000
people attended the kick-off of the Festival, sponsored by the Women’s Chamber of Commerce
of Atlanta, and co-sponsored by 94-Q FM and WQXI-AM, the official radio voices of the Festival
QUIET DEATH
The following students have
been inducted into the Alpha Nu
Chapter of the Phi Sigma lota
National Foreign Language
Honor Society:
Mr. Hiram Andredes, a senior
at Morris Brown College is from
Miami, Florida. He is a fluent
Spanish major. He also speaks
French. He ranks among the top
ten on the U.S. Government’s
National Foreign Language Test.
Hiram is very active in extra
curricular activities. He is the
Election Committee Chairman
and Special Assistant to the
President of the Student Govern
ment Association, Business
Manager of the Wolverine
Observer (the student
newspaper), Vice-President of
the Foreign Language Club, a
member of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc., etc. He par
ticipated in the Atlanta Public
Schools’ Foreign Language
Festival where he read excerpts
from Don Quijote de la Mancha.
Upon graduation, Hiram plans to
pursue a career as an interpreter
with the government. He also
plans to learn other languages.
Ms. Monique Sugarmon, from
Memphis, Tennessee, is a junior
at Spelman College. She is ma
joring in Spanish with a minor in
Economics, and hopes to pursue
a career in International Bank
ing. Monique was listed on the
Dean's List her Freshman year,
the National Dean's List her
Sophomore year, and is a
member of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc., Eta Kappa Chapter.
She plans on spending the
summer after graduation in
Spain to master the Spanish
language.
Inducted in the Alpha Nu
Chapter also is Bloneva McPhee.
Bloneva is an advanced
sophomore Spanish major. She is
a honor graduate of Beach High
in Savannah, Georgia where she
studied Spanish for 3 years.
Presently, Bloneva is an Ivy Leaf
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Continued from pg. 9
President Kinchen told the
Observer that he feels Pride
Week was a success and should
become an annual event at
Morris Brown. "I hope that Pride
Week will become an annual
event because it's good for the
school. It's the only chance
students get to express how they
Inc. Gamma Gamma Chapter,
Secretary of the Foreign
Language Club, and a
Sweetheart of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc., of lota Chapter.
Upon graduation, she plans to
attend the University of Mexico
and pursue a career in Inter
national Business.
Other activities by the
organization held this school
term included various
professional articles written by
language faculty, student par
ticipation in Foreign Language
FestivalActivities which includ
ed: Oral speaches in French and
Spanish, French/Spanish songs,
dances and Alpha Nu Annual
International Cuisine.
The organization supported
the International Lecture Series
sponsored by the Foreign
Language Department entitled
"Contemporary Themes: A
Global Approach” funded by the
Georgia Endowment for the
Humanities and became ac
quainted with two Humanities
Scholars, Dr. David Dorsey and
Dr. Margaret Rowley of Atlanta
University.
The officers are: Michael
Billinglea, President; Eustache
Placide, Vice-President; and
Gayle Johnson, Secretary.
Morris Brown College is one
of the few predominately Black
colleges in the United States
holding a charter of Phi Sigma
lota. The first installation
ceremony and initiation was
held April 15,1981 in the Griffin-
Hightower Science Lecture
Auditorium under the
leadership of Dr. Earlene Frazier,
Chairperson of the Foreign
Language Department. The
Society recognizes outstanding
ability and attainments in the
studying and teaching of foreign
languages, stimulates advanced
pursuits and individual research
in this discipline, and promotes
cultural enrichment and a senti
ment of international amity
derived from knowledge and use
of foreign languages.
feel about Morris Brown. It also
brings faculty, staff and students
together. I also want to add that
some of the most successful
institutions in the country have
established a Pride Week and
that's why its important for
M.B.C." Kinchen also said he
feels Pride Week could also be
used for recruiting purposes.
Continued from pg. 11
In response to all the
problems, NAFEO is planning a
nationwise marketing strategy
for black colleges.
Pepsi Cola officials, in fact,
have volunteered "to help us
identify the strength of our
product and market it the same
way you would market anything
else these days," says Myers.
"We can't sit back in the black
colleges and go on the assump-
by Najimu Abduiazeez
The United Negro College
Fund (UNCF) is an association
established to launch
promotional campaigns and
raise funds for 41 black colleges.
This is a worthy cause in itself
because the association is help
ing Black people across the
United States to get an
educationa. However, there is an
often overlooked benefit in the
UNCF. The UNCF, through its
member schools and through its
annual and special campaigns, is
actually helping the Black com
munity.
For example, many people
look at Jewish neighborhoods as
strong communities. These
Jewish communities usually have
many organizations that are
dedicated to advancing the
Hebrew culture, including sup
porting synagogues and private
schools. This gives the communi
ty a strong sense of self-worth.
The UNCF and its member
schools can do'the same things
for the Black community.
The presence of young Black
college students in these com
munities can and do provide
hope and inject new blood.
Students have been known to
inform neighborhood groups of
critical issues that residents may
not have realized affected them.
Students have also helped
residents to take actions against
programs that are not in the
interest of their communities.
Students have also performed
community services such as
caring for the elderly or tutoring
neighbprhood children.
tion that we’re needed,” he
explains. "What we need is a very
sophisticated marketing
strategy."
But "the problem just isn't
getting enough attention," Jen
nings counsels, "people aren't
sure what to do: should we fight
or should we accept what seems
to be our fate in society? The
thing is, as long as we have this
'keep it in the family’ attitude,
nothing will change.”
Once the students graduate
from UNCF schools, they often
go to professional schools, then
return to their Black com
munities to provide medical,
legal and other services. They
also become local public officials
(as many Atlanta University
Center graduates have) who
have undertaken the task of
uplifting the communities that
house their Alma Maters.
As indicated by its logo, "A
Mind Is A Terrible Thing To
Waste,” the UNCF embarks on
the phenomenal task of nur
turing the minds of black
students. The UNCF runs an
annual campaign to secure un
restricted donations which help
sustain the operation of the
member institutions. According
to the Clark College’s Audit
Report, the UNCF raised $240,-
703 in 1981, $305,000 in 1982, and
$293,027 in 1983.
Besides the annual campaign,
described above, the UNCF
oversees special development
campaigns which have been
undertaken on two occasions
since the fund's inception in
1957. Thus, the UNCF has con
tributed tremendously to educa
tion through its member schools
and through its annual and
special developmetn campaigns
by raising large amounts of
money and sharing it among
member schools to enhance
their existence.
As these UNCF schools exist,
so does the black community,
the nation and the world in
general.
A MESSAGE
FROM AN
ALUMNUS
Thank you - to Dr. Smith, our
distinguished president, to Mrs.
Burwell, director of alumni af
fairs, the pre-alumni council -
fellow alumni, faculty, staff and
friends.
On this alumni appreciation
day I would like to thank you for
the award and for allowing me
the time to speak to you today.
Instead of spending time on
my achievements, I would like to
direct my attention to the pre
alumni council and students on a
subject that is very dear to me.
At some point all of you will be
leaving Morris Brown. You may
be graduating or leaving the
school for other reasons. When
you do, you will become a
member of the alumni family.
This family consists of
professionals who are a
testimony that Morris Brown
produces productive citizens-as
you have witnessed today with
Mr. James and Ms. Grif(in.
However, some of these
professionals are guilty of forget
ting from whence they have
come. They enjoy the fruits of
success, but do not share their
profit with their alma mater. Or
they give very little. There are
others who will not forget Morris
Brown's love and concern. They
give faithfully.
I have divided this family of
alumni into three levels-Level 1,
Level 2 and Level 3. A brief
description of each level will be
given, and I want you to decide
which level will be yours. Today
you will be choosing a Level of
Loyalty - a decision that could
mean the life or death of Morris
Brown College.
Please not that the descrip
tions are not sexist. These people
are described as he, she-her,
him-they, them-and of course
we.
Level 1 Alumni
I like to call her “the bottom of
the barrel” alumni. She is
someone you would never know
attended Morris Brown unless
you read one of her job
applications. She identified
herself with the graduate school
she attended. You can
sometimes hear her say "Morris
Continued on pg. 14
PRIDE WEEK
IS THE UNCF HELPING
THE BLACK COMMUNITY