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10 Leaders of Tomorrow! OCTOBER 1997 MBC Wolverine OBSERVER
Representation for
the Student Body By
Immature Leadership
How We View Our SGA and RA
Representatives vs. Our Expectations
By J. Willis Barnett
W hen we think of
Miss Morris Brown
College the first picture
that comes to mind
is that of more than just infinite beauty, we
behold an image of an individual who we
can look to as a role model for both men and
women. We think of an individual who is
well aware of her responsibilities not only to
her peers and colleagues but also to the
community as a whole from which she is
from. With these things in mind, we elect
her by popular vote of the students, we
charge her and send her out on a journey to
represent our institution at alumni functions,
local/state/national pageants, and at the
Queens’ Alliance - an organization
dedicated to community and campus service.
Recognized by the administration as the
official channel for expressing student
concerns and grievances is the Student
Government Association of Morris Brown
College. When we think of this governing
body, we picture a group of individuals who
have taken on a similar charge just as Miss
MBC but whose voice of strength has more
weight than any other student organization
at MBC. Their charge is to help implement
school policies, encourage projects and
activities, promote self-image, help students
develop leadership skills, and encourage
social interaction both on and off campus.
These are their charges and or expecta
tions. These are the people that we choose
to represent us as a whole. For what reason
did we choose to give these people the
offices and chairs they hold? One factor
stands out to me as being the main contri
buting factor to being elected - Popularity.
That’s all fine and well, but in their rise to
the top in all of their glory and fame, they
forgot one important aspect of their success,
that being the people that put them into
those positions and the reasons for them
being there as a whole.
Over the course of the last five weeks I
have observed the Student Government
Association and Miss MBC engage in
what I consider to be poor representation.
Specifically, these people are unapproach
able and anti-social, especially if you are not
a part of the “inner circle” or a part of a key
organization. They don’t even take the time
to say “hello” or “how are you doing today”.
One particular instance that stands out to
me, still very clearly, which occurred over a
week ago was in the dining hall during
breakfast time. Miss MBC and her social
entourage were engaging in a conversation
which went from an isolated tone to just
being plain loud and rude, and her attire,
well, we won’t even go there.
Are these the people who we want to
represent us? There is little that we can do
to make a change for today, but tomorrow
is a new day. When it is time to elect new
officers and a new Miss MBC, don’t choose
him/her because of their popularity, choose
them because you know that they will
“represent” in a more positive, social and
responsible manner both at the meal table
and out and about.
Coming
Home
By Shenita L. Hickenbottom
The football players’ bruises are slowly
healing...the band members’ hands and feet
are still callus from practice...the air has the
sweet crisp smell of Fall...the entire Morris
Brown College family has that old familiar
feeling in their stomachs...the stage is set for
plenty of games, concerts, step shows and
hoop-la...the Greeks prepare for a day of
reminiscencing, food and fun...the Alumni
are on the way from near and far...
If you haven’t guessed it yet, it’s...
Home-(p>m - ittfyfffl
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated
traditionally celebrates Homecoming with
many activities for the student body to
engage in. The ladies of Gamma Gamma
encourage you all to patronize the
Homecoming festivities that will take place
on and off campus. However, please
remember to think twice about your actions
and remain safe and sane so you can enjoy
many more HOMECOMINGS to come!
Bread
for
Thought
From the Essene Gospel
of Peace, Book One
By Miquiel Banks
And though the sun was now set, they
departed not to their homes. They sat
around about Jesus and asked him: “Master,
which are these laws of life? Rest with us a
while longer and teach us. We would listen
to your teaching that we may be healed and
become righteous.”
And Jesus himself sat down in their midst
and said: “I tell you truly, none can be
happy, except he do the Law.”
And the others answered: “We all do the
laws of Moses, our lawgiver, even as they
are written in the holy scriptures.”
And Jesus answered: “Seek not the law in
your scriptures, for the law is life, whereas
the scripture is dead. I tell you truly, Moses
received not his laws from God in writing,
but through the living word. The law is
living word of living God to living prophets
for living men. In everything that is life is
the law written. You find it in the grass, in
the tree, in the river, in the mountain, in the
birds of heaven, in the fishes of the sea; but
seek it chiefly in yourselves. For I tell you
truly, all living things are nearer to God than
the scripture which is without life. God so
made life and all living things that they
might by the everlasting word teach the laws
of the true God to man. God wrote not the
laws in the pages of books, but in your heart
and in your spirit. They are in your breath,
your blood, your bone; in your flesh, your
bowels, your eyes, your ears, and in every
little part of your body. They are present in
the air, in the water, in the earth, in the
plants, in the sunbeams, in the depths and in
the heights. They all speak to you that you
may understand the tongue and the will of
the living God. But you shut your eyes that
you may not see, and you shut your ears that
you may not hear. I tell you truly, that the
scripture is the work of man, but life and all
its hosts are the work of our God.
Wherefore do you not listen to the words of
God which are written in His works? And
wherefore do you study the dead scriptures
which are the works of the hands of men?
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