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2 - DECEMBER 2000/JANUARY 2001 MBCWO - 63 Years Of Communications - HBCUs Making The Connection In The 21st Century. EDITORIAL EDITOR'S IT'lii by Caryn I. Renaud EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Time is of the essence. My fellow students this old saying is no joke. As every hectic semester draws to an end, many of us can be found in a literal fren zy, running around campus like chickens with our heads cut off—paying the highly stressful debt of procrastina tion. To some, this has become a normal component of the col lege experience—start off the semester with a bang ‘all geeked-up’ at the ‘newness’ of the term, new classes, new instructors, new classmates— a new program. Then, as the initial appeal wears off, mid terms go by without effort, and all attention is turned to the highly anticipated break. Whether spring break or the food-filled Thanksgiving holi day, we depart in droves to our respective destinations forgetting or largely attempt ing to ignore the fact that a, stack of undone research papers, class projects and text chapters remain laying on our dorm room, desks. On our return we realize that there is no successful way of willing away our responsibil ities and that no matter how many stars or turkeys we wished on our academic re quirements still had to be met. To others, the whirlwind of procrastination encircles quickly and steadily, and soon, like ‘Dorothy’ of “The Wizard of Oz” fame, they are swept away aimlessly. MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED IN 1881 BY LEADERS OF THE NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. IT IS THE ONLY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA FOUNDED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS. IT IS A PRIVATE, COEDUCATIONAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE ENGAGED IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SOCIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES. THE CQLLEGE IS A MEMBER OFTHE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER (AUC), THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONSORTIUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. Caryn I. Renaud, Editor It may seem surprising, but these truths extend to facets outside the academic realm and even the best pf us can attest to such shortcomings, Life in general is a culmina tion of time—with intervals, seasons, peaks and recessions. In life, just as with the start of each semester, we get en tangled in an almost ‘utopian’ web of activities and fail to remember the accompanying responsibilities. Every new relationship or interaction brings it’s own rules, yet we find ourselves stuck in the mode of the past. The memory of a bad relationship leaves us scarred and makes us for get our responsibility to love. So too, the day-to-day events in our academic careers make us forget or more so neglect our responsibility to attain our goals. In reflection the tragic loss of one of our fellow Brownites, Jamie Mulligan, has remind ed me of one of my sidelined responsibilities. In the Fall semester of 1998, Jamie and I had College Composition I together with the very eclec tic Dr. Chamblee. With her strong rhetoric and piercing pronunciation, Dr Chamblee would take pleasure in calling the class role each session. Just the way she called each name made me remember practically all of the students who were in that class with me. Yet even though I remem bered those names, I did nothing with the memory I held. I never said one of those names proudly and eloquen tly as Dr. Chamblee did when I saw some of those former classmates in the cafeteria or while running up or down the stairs in Fountain Hall. It seems as though automatic adjustment comes after-each class ends for the semester, and all of sudden the faces you saw three hours per week for the entire semester when you walked, dragged or snuck into to class—whatever the case might be, become irrele vant and almost invisible. And although it’s practical to use simple pleasantries like “Hey” and “How you doing”, there is so much more in a name. Here too I forgot my responsibility as a classmate, and so will pay the debt of procrastination through her memory. As this year draws to a close and a new year, semes- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Information from “THE ZIONIST CONNECTION II,” By Dr. Alfred M. Lilienthal, a Jew who opposed the creation of Israel. Christians must bear much of the blame for the horrible violence between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East. Christ told His followers to be Peacemakers. Most Christians have not been between these two; they have not been im partial and fair; they have supported the Jews, regard less. The Hebrew Jews and Arabs had lived in relative ' peace in the Holy Land for nearly two thousand years. They called each other “cousin” because both claim ed, and still claim, Abraham as their ancient father. It was non-Hebrew “Jews” who went to Palestine and began a campaign of vicious terrorism. Their ancestors were the Khazars who lived in what is now Southern Rus sia. They were proselytized to Judaism during the 8th Cen ing and maiming many. Sav age attacks were also commit ted against the Palestinians- the most dastardly being the massacre of 254 women, chil dren and old men in the vil lage of Deir Yassin on April 9, 1948. Following this, some of the Zionists rode about the region with bull horns scream ing “The Killers are coming! Run for your lives!” Most Arabs did, and the Israelis confiscated their property, saying it had been “aban doned,” and would not let them return. Israeli policy of demolish, drive out and take over con tinues. It is no wonder some Palestinians have turned violent. Christians should try to be Peacemakers by 1, stop taking sides, but call for fair and equal treatment for all people there; 2, Boycott going to what is now an un-Holy Land until there is justice and peace in the area; 3, demand that none of our tax money be used to try to “buy peace” between Jews and Arabs. Thomas J. Campbell Smyrna, GA ALCOHOL H We Don't Tell The World About Morris Brown College And The AUC From Our Point Of View - Someone Else Will Try To Do It For Us. One Of Many Reasons For Supporting The Wolverine OBSERVER Newspaper - Always. ESTABLISHED 1935 643 Martin Luther King Jr., Drive Atlanta, GA 30314-4140 404 739-1612 PUBLISHER Students of Morris Brown College ADVISOR/MANAGING EDITOR Carvel Bennett Assistant Dean of Students Director Student Publications EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Caryn Renaud CONTRIBUTING WRITERS La'Sheema Babbs Carvel Bennett LaToya Black Gary Faulkner Toni Hicks Lashanda Hollingshed Essex Igyan Na 'Tasha Marshall tury A.D., and this is how they became known as “Jews.” Later they migrated over much of Europe and elsewhere. Today they greatly outnumber Hebrew Jews. In France in the late 1800’s, a few of the Khazar-decended Jews organized Zionism, say ing they wanted to “go back home to Jerusalem and create a Jewish state.” But it never had been home to them, and several Jews spoke against it, declaring it would bring con flict with the Arabs. Christian leaders should have also spo ken out against it. They didn’t. Following World War II, the Zionist invasion of Pales tine and their terrorism there intensified against the British (the civil authority), they way laid and killed their soldiers, sent deadly ‘letter bombs’ to government officials and blew up the King David Hotel, kill ter and period approaches. I encourage you to place self- evaluation and reform at the top of your list of resolutions. Identify your weakness and gather your strengths and forge on to secure your respon sibilities in all of life’s aspects. Renowned poet, Kahlil Gibran wrote an endearing piece on the power of‘Time’ that I often refer to when try ing to understand my efforts and obligations. “The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness, And blows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is but today’s dream. But if in your thoughts you must mea sure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons, And let today embrace the past with remem brance and the future with longing. ” Happy Holidays! Dear Editor: Alcoholic beverages are not essential to good health, suc cess and the enjoyment of life. Rather, drinking this person ality/ behavior-altering drug has caused many health pro blems and fatal accidents, has wrecked untold numbers of homes and careers, and brought about wretched un happiness and woeful regrets. It is absurd for anyone, especially young people with their vitality and exuberance for life, to waste their money on something proven to be so harmful. Smart people polite ly refuse alcoholic drinks; they choose to enjoy the occa sion by being their normal, congenial, outgoing selves. Thomas J. Campbell Smyrna, GA STANc fob SOMETHING OB FALL FOB ANYTHING! 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