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Leaders of Tomorrow! FEBRUARY 1998 MBC Wolverine OBSERVER 5
Public
Safety
Updates
by Eugene Robinson
Director of Public Safety
Welcome back returning students,
faculty and staff from the holiday
vacation. New students, new faculty
and staff personnel, welcome to the
Morris Brown College family.
Crime Update
A review of our campus reports
show that theft from automobiles is
the most frequent crime occurrence
on and around MBC property. Wal
nut Street from Martin Luther King
Jr. Dr. north to the dead-end, Vine
Street from Martin Luther King Jr.,
Dr. north to Rhodes Street and the
parking lot at 551 Mitchell Street
(the Towers) are the area where
incidents of theft from automobiles
occur most frequently.
The reports show that in 98 per
cent of the incidents, property
(cloths, tapes, books, CD’s or tele
phones, etc.) were left in plain view.
We beheve that securing personal
property in the dash or trunk of car/
truck vehicle will reduce the chances
of your motor vehicle becoming the
target for thieves. Being aware of
your surroundings and reporting
suspicious persons to the Depart
ment of Public Safety, via campus
call box or by calling extension 121,
will aid in the prevention of all cam
pus crimes.
Parking
Campus parking permits may be
purchased at the Department of
Public Safety Office located at the
corner of Walnut Street and Martin
Luther King Jr. Dr. in Trailer #6.
Permits will be sold between the
hours of 9:00am and 11:00am. Mon
day through Friday until February
6, 1998. Effective Monday, February
9, 1998 all vehicles parked on cam
pus property without a valid parking
permit will be subject to impound at
the owner’s expense.
Effective immediately, all vehicles
parked in fire lanes, handicapped
spaces without a proper handicap
permit, in service spaces and at yel
low curbs will be ticketed. Vehicles
with two (2) or more tickets will be
impounded at the owner’s expense.
Card Key Access
Card Key Access is being install
ed at he following campus buildings:
Administration Building, Gaines
Hall, Herndon Stadium, John Lewis
Gymnasium, Middleton Complex,
Sara Allen Quadrangle, and Wilkes
Hall.
In order to enter these buildings
when the access control is activated,
a special magnetic stripped card
must be used. This card will also be
used as the school identification
card. It must be swiped through a
card reader to gain entrance into a
controlled area. The readers are
installed at doors where access will
be allowed during the control hours.
The control hours will be
as follows:
Dormitories: 7:00pm until
2:00am. Public Safety must be
contacted for access after 2:00am.
All other facilities: 5:00pm until
7:00am Monday through Friday.
24 hours a day on weekends and
holidays. A lost or stolen card must
be immediately reported to a cam
pus police officer. A replacement cost
of $15.00 will be charged for lost
identification/access cards.
NOTICE:
The following information provided
is a reminder about the deadlines
for articles (criteria for submission)
being submitted into the
Wolverine OBSERVER newspaper -
the remaining schedules are:
Article/Ad Closing Dates 1998
January 16th
February 16th
March 23rd
May 1st
Publication Dates
February 3rd
March 2nd
April 6th
May 15th
All articles should be typed, double-spaced,
and photos should be clear and sharp if provided with
your article. All articles along with “return to” information should
be left in the Student Publication Office (Rm. 199, lower-level
Hickman Student Center) with a newspaper staffer. If no one
is present please slide package under the door.
Thank you,
Wolverine OBSERVER Staff
Upward
Bound
Students
Reach Out to
Community
by Upward Bound staff
ven though Morris Brown
■ College Upward Bound’s
main thrust is for the
academic improvement of disadvan
taged students, the MBC Upward
Bound Atlanta Program includes
outreach activities such as family
adoptions or Christmas caroling to
encourage students to share and to
give back to the community.
During the holiday season of giv
ing thanks and sharing, the Upward
Bound Program adopted a family of
five and provided them withThanks-
giving and Christmas dinner. Stu
dents and staff donated funds orfood
to assemble an attractive basket for
delivery. Student Government Asso
ciation officers and staff were well
received by the family upon delivery.
The Wesley Wood Nursing Home
of Atlanta enjoyed an uplifting visit
by Upward Bound students and staff
on December 16, 1997. Christmas
Mrs. Sheryl Wilson
carols were sung, and the students
distributed Christmas cards to resi
dents. Mrs. Sheryl Wilson, the Up
ward Bound music director, provid
ed the leadership for the songs, and
Mr. Marvin King, the TRIO director
read scriptures related to the birth
of Jesus.
The Upward Bound staff and
125 students are looking forward to
accomplishing the goals of the pro
gram projected for 1998 as well
as the many opportunities to reach
out to the community.