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\nlnerl;on Fforresi of Atlanta, Ga., celebrates his 12-round unanimous decision victory over Shane ’
Gosdey o Lynwood, Calif., for the WBC World Welterweight Championship at Madison Square |
arden in New York, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002. (AP Photo/Jeff Zelevansky
It’s Forrest!
Forrest was
underdog but
doesn’t consider
victory an upset.
By ED SCHUYLER JR.
AP Boxing Writer
NEW YORK
Hemight havebeena 7-
1 underdog, but Vernon
Forrest doesn’t consider
his victory over Shane
Mosley an upset.
Dr. Leon Sullivan featured at MCG Black History program
Dr. Louis Sullivan,
president of the
Morehouse School of
Medicine and former
U.S. Secretary of Health
and Human Services,
will be the speaker for
the Medical College of
Georgia’s 2002 obser
vance of Black History
Month.
Dr. Sullivan will dis
cuss “The Challenge for
Leadership in a Diverse
Society” Wednesday,
Serving Metropolitan glAulgustu, South Carolina and the Central Savannah River Are
Sure, Forrest was un
beaten as a pro and de
feated Mosley at the 1992
Olympic Trials. Mosley,
though, was not only un
beaten — he was consid
ered by many boxing ob
servers to be the best
pound-for-poundfighterin
the world.
“When I beat him back
then,lwasabetter fighter,
and I beat him tonight
because I was a better
fighter,” said Forrest, who
became the WBC welter
weight champion Satur
February 13, at noon in
the Large Auditorium of
the MCG Auditoria Cen
ter. The public is invited
to the event sponsored by
the Office of Student Di
versity.
As head of the Depart
ment of Health and Hu
man Services during
President George Bush
Sr’s administration, Dr.
Sullivan oversaw federal
health, welfare, food and
drug safety, medical re
NR R A
day night.
Forrest knocked Mosley
down twice in the second
round and had him in seri
ous trouble in the 10th in
pounding out a one-sided
decision before a sellout
crowd 0f5,323in The The
ater at Madison Square
Garden
“Vernon did a number
on me, didn’t he?” said
Mosley, a former IBF
lightweight champion,
who was making the
fourth defense of the wel
terweight title he won on
search and income secu
rity programs. Since
January 1993, hehasbeen
president of Morehouse
School of Medicine in At
lanta, where he was the
founding dean and direc
tor of the medical educa
tion program and thefirst’
dean and president when
the School of Medicine
becameindependent from
Morehouse College. The
School of Medicine was
fully accredited as a four
points from Oscar De La
Hoya in June 2000.
“I definitely want a
rematch,” Mosley said.
Countered Forrest,
“Whenever he wants a
rematch, he can have
one.”
The action ran hot and
cold. There werethe won
derful second and 10th
rounds, but both fighters
missed a lot of punches,
and there were several
pedestrian rounds.
See FORREST, page 2A
year medical school in
April 1985 and awarded
M.D. degrees to its first
16 graduates in May
1985.
Born in Atlanta, Dr.
Sullivan received abach
elor of science degree
from Morehouse College
and earned his medical
degree from Boston Uni
versity, graduating with
honors from both. He
See SULLIVAN, page 3A
AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Walker warns of ‘digital
divide’ in hi-tech polling
ATLANTA
This week at the Capi
tolduringthejoint bud
get hearings on state
operations, Senator
Charles Walker urges
his colleagues and offi
cials from the Office of
Secretary of State to
implementthestatewide
uniform electronic vot
ingsystem with caution,
taking into consider
ation the disparity in
computer literacy
among various socio
economicgroups. Sena
tor Walker warned,
“The 21 centuryis now
something that we are
living and breathing;
yet, thereare thousands
of people who still {ear
the computer. I trust
the efforts of Secretary
Cox, and I seek assur
ances that transitioning
to an electronic-based
voting system will not
correct one problem
miscounted or un
counted votes- while
team preparing so
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Jeana Beasley focuses on mental and physical discipline. Photoby Jimmy
Carter.
Shun Norris
Augusta Focus Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
A musicteacher/choir
director coaching a
middleschool basketball
team? Hard to believe?
Well, start believing
because Jeana Beasley
is doing just that.
A graduate of Paine
College and Jackson
State University, 1999
and 2000 respectively,
this music teacher was
motivated to coach by
Mike Stokes and his
coaching ofher brother.
“He made me think
about it. It was just an
idea, but when I saw
him with my brother, I
iffi
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Senate Majority Leader
Charles W. Walker
ignoring or exacerbating
another one- disenfran
chisement due to ‘digital
divide.’ Educationiskey.”
Senator Walker holds
the position of Senate Ma
jority Leader andisamem
ber of the Senate Appro
priations Committee and
wanted to attempt it. I
also like Mike
Krzyzewski,( coach of
Duke) so it’s two Mikes
thatl havebeeninfluenced
by,” she says.
This head coach for the
Morgan Road Middle
School girlsteam hasbeat
the odds heading for her
first championship. With
just three games left in
the finals, she is optimis
tic about her team and
their ability to succeed.
“I'mveryconfident.l’ve
prepared these girls psy
chologically, physically,
and their skill level is
there. Thereisn’t any rea
son why they shouldn’t
take the championship.
All they have to do is just
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theinfluential Conference
Committee on the Budget,
two keybodies that review
budget operations. The
budget package for fiscal
year 2003 recommends $3.4
million for the Office of
Secretary of State to ex
pand Georgia’s voter edu
cation efforts, including 13
new positions, in prepara
tion for the statewide uni
form electronic voting sys
tem. The amended budget
package for theremainder
of fiscal year 2002 recom
mends $54 million in gen
eral obligation bonds for
the purchase of electronic
voting machines for each
of Georgia’s 159 counties.
The new electronic voting
system was authorized by
the Legislature last ses
sion by Senate Bill 213 in
response to voting irregu
laritiesand varyingvoting
equipment theplaguedthe
2000 presidential election.
The “digital divide” re-
See VOTEMACHINES, 3A
stay focused,” she noted.
Beasley balances her
teaching and coaching
with one simple philoso
phy.
“Discipline and time
management aretwokeys
to success in life. That’s
the only way I can do as
much as I do. My work
ethic, I base it on
Colossians 3:23-25. I do
everything heartedly as
unto the Lord. Because
God is the only one who
can reward me for the
work I do,” she says. “I
don’t do everything un
derman. Becausetheymay
not see everything that I
do. They may not even
See MORGANROAD, 3A