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by Laura Green
Roderick Price, 20, a native of
Atlanta, was recently elected the
Student Government Associa
tion president at MBC for the
1986-87 school year.
Roderick is a junior political
science major and band com
mander of the Naval ROTC.
Roderick said he decided to
run for SGA president because of
some of the things he saw when
he first came to MBC.
“I saw that things did not
function in an orderly manner,
not everything but some things. I
felt that if I could come in as a
very dependable person, I could
perhaps change the SGA system
putting it to work for the student
body’s benefit,” said Price.
According to Roderick, lack of
morale and school spirit seems to
be a major problem at MBC.
"I feel a lot of times that apathy
and lack of. spirit can be solved
with people having pride in
themselves. We hope to solve
this problem by having com
petitions so the students can
compete against one another
and try to out do each other,"
said Roderick.
Roderick said that he feels the
most important problem at MBC
is academics and the 746 students
with GPA's below 2.0.
"This is an academic institu
tion and we are not here just to
eat and sleep, even though we
pay for that. Eating and sleeping
are basic needs that we have but,
academics is our major purpose
for being here.
Roderick stated that one of the
ways we can raise the GPA's of
those 746 students is to arouse
awareness.
"I know those 746 people are
not just dumb. They are just not
taking advantage of and being
responsible for their education,”
said Roderick.
by Laura Green
A warm smile and a friendly
greeting for everyone only
slightly describes the newly
elected Miss Morris Brown
College — Karon Ammons.
Karon, a 20-year-old native of
Atlanta, competed with seven
other talented contestants for
the title of Miss Morris Brown
College.
While matriculating at Morris
Brown, Karon, a journalism
major, has actively participated
on the newspaper staff, the
Student Government Associa
tion, the Sinfonette Society and
choir.
Even though Karon par
ticipates in many extra-curricular
activities, academics are still her
main concern. She has main
tained honor roll status since her
enrollment at Morris Brown and
has been included in Who's Who
in American Colleges and Un
iversities. She has also won
several scholarships and awards.
Karon, a second generation
Brownite, feels the best way to
represent the student body is to
be herself.
by John Jackson
"The True Essence of the Color
Purple” shined throughout the
1986-87 Miss Morris Brown
College Pageant held April 11.
The eight contestants presented
themselves. They are as follows:
Sherrell Dowdell of Columbus,
GA; Karon Ammons of Atlanta,
GA; Lisa Hill of Washington, DC;
Kenna Gardner of Columbus,
GA; Millicent Greer of
Chesapeek, VA; Felicia Johnson
of Atlanta,GA; Marchanitajones
of Brunswick, GA; Ellen O'Neal
of Miami, FL.
"I said during my campaign
that I was going to be myself
regardless. I feel that the
students voted for me because of
the type of person that I am,"
said Karon.
Karon said she believes in
honesty and wants the students
to think she is representing them
well.
"I plan to put forth a positive
image of Morris Brown College
because I think positively about
the college," said Karon.
The Master and Mistress of
Ceremony were Louisa Mc
Cullough and Keith Porter. The
pageant opened with a skit from
the Motion Picture "The Color
Purple." Each contestant was
depicting their earlier years in
life. Ms. Robin Cherry, a native
of Bronx, New York played the
role of Celie. Gene Westly, a
sophomore, played Mister and
Anthony Welch played the con
testants' father.
Following this was a dance
performed by all the contestants
to the tune of the "Color of
There has been a rift between
the SGA and the student body
here at MBC. Roderick said he is
aware of this and that it is caused
by the SGA isolating themselves.
"I plan along with the other
members of the SGA to be a part
of the student body and have a
large segment of the student
body involved in SGA," Price
said.
He added that this will create a
more positive attitude between
the students and the Association,
when ideas are proposed by
either party.
Roderick said the SGA will
place major emphasis on getting
the views and concerns of the
students to the SGA so they can
in turn take the views and
concerns to the administration.
"That means everything deal
ing with housing, the food,
academics and other problems
will be addressed through the
new parliament we intend to
have this year. From the parlia
ment we will take the concerns
of the students to the administra
tion so they can do what is
necessary for the students," said
Roderick.
According to Karon, her love
for Morris Brown made her want
to represent the college as its
queen.
"There are a lot of things that I
would like to do next semester.
So I will have to arrange my
schedule so that I can represent
the school in a proficient manner
and hopefully be Editor of the
newspaper," Karon said.
Karon stated that she would
like to be editor of the
newspaper because it is a part of
her major and could be an asset
to her future goals.
One of the concerns Karon
had about Morris Brown is the
deterioration of the buildings,
but she added that she finds
academics important as well.
"I am very concerned about
the high percentage of students
with averages below 2.0," she
added. "I think that situation is
extremely important because
this is an institution of higher
learning and if money is being
paid to receive a decent educa
tion, that money should not be
wasted," said Karon.
Success." Each contestant
presented herself wearing the
clothes of her future occupation.
While the contestants got
suited for the casual wear com
petition, Brownite Gerene Pope
and company performed a
creative dance to the ballad "1
Need You." Following the casual
wear, Brownite Sarah Ransom
belted out "Somewhere Over
the Rainbow," Patti Labelle style.
Then came the part everybody
was waiting for: the
talent. The talent consisted of
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by Laura Green
For a student whose first
choice was Morehouse and last
resort Morris Brown, Joseph
McMahon has become a vital
force in the MBC family.
Joseph, the newly-elected
vice-president of the Student
Government Association said
that he has no regrets about
attending Morris Brown.
"Actually, I’m quite happy
with my decision about atten
ding Morris Brown. I think I can
contribute a lot in helping to
build up the college," said
Joseph.
Joseph said that he feels the
SGA is almost treated like a club
at MBC. A club that takes care of
homecoming and tFte corona
tion.
"The SGA is not a club. We
take these things upon ourselves
as far as homecoming is concern-
By Annette Collins
Morris Brown College's 1986-
87 class officers and queens were
elected by its student body on
Friday, April 11.
Election Committee Chairper
son Shawnee Jackson revealed
the results of the election at the
college's annual Spring Affair
later that evening.
According to Jackson, the
following Brownites have been
elected to function as officers for
the 1986-87 school year:
Roderick Price, Student Govern
ment Association President;
Joseph McMahon, SGA Vice-
president; Angela Holley,
Business Manager; and Con
stance Carter, SGA Parliamen
tarian.
The newly elected Miss Morris
Brown College is Karon Am
mons, First Attendent to Miss
MBC is Sherrell Dowdell and
Second Attendent is Kenna Gar
ner.
Senior class officers are as
follows:Loraine Seabrook, Vice-
President; Winfred Love, Miss
Senior; Davina Francis, First
Attendent to Miss Senior and
Second Attendant, Rosalind
Lovelace.
The junior class officers are:
Natlie Valdez, Treasurer; Margo
Silas, Miss Junior; Pamela
Daniels, First Attendant and
Second Attendant, Michele
Pickney.
The election committee
reported that over 500 students
ed. But, it is supposed to be the
whole student body doing these
things, not the SGA club. We
have to represent our students
whereever we may go or
whatever we may do," Joseph
said.
According to Joseph there are
things that he will have to do that
the SGA President implements,
but he still plans to work on his
own ideas. "During the cam
paign we met numerous people
that would like to work with the
SGA. We plan to work on new
ideas as to how to represent
ourselves," said Joseph.
Joseph commented that dur
ing the campaign he never made
any direct promises to the
students.
"There are stumbling blocks
along every path, and you don’t
want to make any promises and
then hit that stumbling block
that you cannot get around.
Then you promise something
that you cannot fulfill," Joseph
said.
Joseph added that the SGA
plans to continue with the
"Campus Controversy" even
though only a small number of
students attended the forum.
"When we have the 'Campus
Controversy' that allows us to
find out what the students are
really feeling. During the forum
we learned things from both
sides. Those things will spark
new ideas and just keep
building," said Joseph.
voted in the election.
According to an election com
mittee member Wendell Byrd,
the '86 graduating senior class,
who voted for only SGA officers
and Miss Morris Brown, had£1
voters. The freshman class had
178 students to cast their ballots
and 125 sophomores voted while
117 juniors voted.
Poll monitor and college
minister Rev. Mizer said, "The
number of student voters was up
considerably from last year. Only
182 students voted during the
last election.”
In an official report of the
election results filed in the
Student Affairs Office by the
election committee, there is a
complete list of votes each
candidate received, said Jackson.
The report showed Roderick
Price, SGA President won with
197 votes and Miss Morris
Brown, Karon Ammons won
with 186 votes, Vice-president
Joseph McMahon received 320
votes.
The voting materials were
supplied by the Fulton County
Election Board.
"They supplied the voting
booths, ballots, and a locked
ballot box to contain the votes,"
said Ms. Jackson.
"Also the votes were tallied at.
the Election Board office by
computer." Jackson continued,
"But the votes for the write-in«
candidate, Kirbv Solomon, who
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