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THE MBC WOLVERINE
September/October 1985
TELLING IT LIKE IT IS
Miss Morris Brown Shines at Community Forum
Denise Jones congratulates Bedford Pine Tigers for championship
season.
by Noran Moffet
Denise Jones, Miss Morris
Brown College, received a rous
ing applause from the citizens of
the Neighborhood Planning
Unit “M” (NPU "M”) at their
monthly meeting, held at the
Martin Luther King Jr., Com
munity Center August 26.
The NPU "M” meeting
featured a wide array of local
personalities including: Coun
cilman Rob Pitts; Commissioner
of Parks and Cultural Affairs, Ms.
Betty Baker; Mr. Lee Bennett,
Coach of the Bedfore Pines
Tigers, and a large number of
concerned citizens of the com
munity.
Ms. Jones began her speech by
extending greetings from Morris
Brown College. She offered her
service and commitment to the
community. She said, “I intend
to work in the black community
to set a good example for the
children.”
She then inspired the citizens
when she said, "The white man
has left us with two things — they
are the right to vote and a chance
to get an education... they are
trying to take those, so we better
use them."
Ms. Jones encouraged the
adult citizens to help their
children with homework and to
continue their own education.
After Jones’ speech, one of the
senior citizens said, “That is a
sincere young lady. We need
more college students like her."
This comment clearly was the
concensus of the community.
Mr. Bob Wright, Chairman of
NPU "M" recognized the other
MBC students present and
allowed both’, Mr. Derrick A.
Pape., President of the Political
Science Club and Ms. Kathy
Lightfoot, Associate Editor of the
MBC Wolverine Observer, to
address the NPU “M."
Pope thanked Wright for his
invitation and said. "The black
college and the black college
student is alive and thriving
despite efforts to destroy them."
He also inspired the citizens by
reminding them that the year for
city elections is near and he said,
"Remember many politicians
will be coming to you with smiles
and good speeches, but as my
wise instructor, Dr. Charles E.
Price says, ‘a good speech is not a
good deed,’ so choose your
leaders carefully."
Lightfoot followed him and
told the citizens:
"The Morris Brown College,
Wolverine Observer will be
covering community affairs."
She added, "The college is part
of the community.”
There were also Freshmen
from MBC jp attendance.
Wright summized by thanking
"this true African queen. (Miss
Morris Brown College)” and all
of the MBC students for showing
an interest in their black com
munity.
NPU "M" Meets for
Improvements
Management Council
Begins Second Year
at MBC
by Kathy Lightfoot
The NPU "M" (Neighborhood
Planning Unit “M") met at the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Com
munity Center on Monday,
August 26.
The purpose of NPU "M” is to
allow the residents of a com
munity to discuss problems and
solutions, so they can be taken to
elected officials.
Bob Wright, Chairman, presid
ed. Wright protested, "There are
too many Uncle Toms in the
community office."
Lee Bennett, Coach of the
Bedford Pines community soft-
ball team who won the city
league, complained about the
field being rocky. Lights had
been promised but never given.
And the grass is never cut.
Dwayne Stuart, a member of
the Land Use Committee of NPU
"M," gave everyone a hand-out
of five reasons why residents
shouldn’t support proposal #4 of
the general management plan,
being proposed by the National
Park Service. One being that the
proposal will produce a great
amount of displacement, both
residential and business, accor
ding to Stuart.
■ He suggested that if the NPU
supported any proposal it should
be proposal #3. It would create a
preservation commission for ten
years, which would monitor and
control developments.
Another complaint aired at the
meeting was by Miss Janie B.
Crook, a member of the Martin
Luther King (N) Recreation
Center Advisory Council, about
maintaining repairs of the
recreation facilities.
Many other complaints were
brought to the meeting in an
effort to find a solution for these
problems.
Minister Edward Muhammed
(a recent speaker at MBC
College Church) addressed the
committee with things to think
about. Mainly, the deajh of
Ronald Kirkland. Kirkland was
beaten by a policeman, but
officials claimed he died of an
overdose of cocaine. Muhamm
ed said that he "has problems"
with this.
Grace Davis, President of
Women Against Crime and a
candidate for City Council, Dis
trict 2, informed the group that.
"Crime in Atlanta is the second
highest in the country. More
police are needed to walk the
streets, We mu$t get back to .the
basics." She added, "I'm running
because I care. We are going to
have to get involved in the
community."
Several MBC students were
present at the meeting. This
meeting is held every fourth
Monday of each month.
(Note: These meetings will be
covered monthly.)
COME ONE!
COME ALL!
to the
OCTOBERFEST
Held
October 12
at
Herndon
Stadium
by John Johnson
Did you know that Morris
Brown College has a Manage
ment Council?
Do you know what the
Management Council and what
their duties are?
The Management Council is a
group of people who are on the
School Board of Trustees. They
are people who make the
necessary decisions for day to
day functions at Morris Brown.
The council was created by the
Administration of Morris Brown
College. Every college has a
decision making body. The
council consists of seven
members and they are:
Dr. Calvert H. Smith, President
of M.B.C.;
Dr. Gloria Anderson, Dean of
Academic Affairs;
Mr. Tyrone Fletcher, Director
of Admissions and Recruitment;
Dr. Charles M. Greene,
Associate Dean of Student Af
fairs;
Mr. John I. McLeod, Associate
Dean of Academic Affairs;
Mr. Charles W. Moore, Vice-
President of Finance; and
Mrs. Malinda K. O’Neal, Dean
of Student Affairs.
The Management Council
meets every Thursday at 8:15
a.m. in the President’s Suite.
The meeting of the council,
held September 12, 1985, con
cerned the need of janitory
repairs throughout the dor
mitories. Roosevelt Hudson,
President of S.G.A., sits in on the
meetings but he is not a member
of the council. He lets the
Management Council know how
the student body feels about the
issues at hand.
In speaking with Dr. Greene
about the registration process
for Freshmen, he said, "Registra
tion was the best that it has ever
been," he also said “that
everything went smooth and
very quickly."
The Management Council’s
objective is to make the
decisions and settle the
problems of our institution.