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June 7 - June 13, 2007 Vol. 25, No. 1288
nsoe Retirement is no ‘Swan Song’
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Couple secks answers in
ter's death during
school trip to Ghana
Page 2A
History explains why
I'B case caused such
worldwide concern
Page 8A
Will Nagin run for gov
ernor?
Page 2A
2007 Microsoft Media
Skins Challenge
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Business boominF as
church blends faith,
financial matters
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Boy is a White racist
word....
The Chronicle does a
d enough job by
fiinwlms....
Page SA
Leaders must pray for
Racial Unity
Page 4A
Bees & priorities
Page SA
Face the Future: Your
timism will not short
mngc)mu
Page 4A
On the Real wi;h
Miss Monique ...
‘Mr. Dumb as hell”
Page 1B s
J Moss talks about
mission, message and
his latest release
Page 1B
Hi-Five's Tony Thomp
son dies at 31
Page 1B
Tubman Middle School
Students Embrace Japan
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Page 6A
A valuable lesson
from my Daddy
Page 6A
John M. Tutt Day
Page GA
INDEX
ARTbeat ..........1B
8u5ine55..........7A
City/Regi0n......3A
Classifieds ......5B
Good News ......6A
Happenings ....4B
Nation/W0r1d....2A
Spirit..ccccicnnnnce. 2B
for Dr. Shirley A.R. Lewis
By DEBORAH MOODY
A_ugfl' Focus Staff Writer
Shirley A. R. Lewis is
esteemed as a vanguard in the
arena of academic erudinon.
She is a trailblazer in education,
bidialectal acceprance (linguis
tic pluralism), African studies,
Rhetoric, and literacy, success
fully executing her inveterate
aspirations of benefiting the
lives of Black youth. Her
impending retirement as the
first female president of Paine
College afforded the occasion
for an interview. Instead, the
Augusta Focus was given privy
to the world of ‘one of the most
genuinely — interesting, yet
accomplished, individuals o
grace the CSKAL o
Upon entering the office of
the President of Paine College,
one could easily become intim
idated by the accolades, diplo
mas, and certifications adorn-
Giving honor where honor is due
The Augusta Focus
Newspaper is a collabora
tive effort that could not
be created by just one
person. There are several
individuals on staft, as
well as in the communi
ty, who have a protound
impact on the content of
the ardicles — tapping
into the pulse of the
community, escalating
the caliber of news sto
rics, promoting the pas
sion of the people with
great insight and wis
dom.
Dr. Roscoe Williams is
a trailblazer. Dr. Roscoe
Williams, former dean of
students ae Augusta State.
University, made the dis
tinction of being the first
African American in
Administration at what
was then Augusta Col
lege. He was responsible
for creating the Black
Student Union at the
school, which opened the
Implied Responsibility
I was sitting back wonder
ing what would make cer
tain people do certain
things. | am talking about
things like hate, deceive and
destroy. It dawned on me
that there has to be some
thing bigger than just greed,
racism, hate, or. envy/jeal
ousy that would make peo
ple do everything in their
power to annihilate some
one.
It made me ponder grow
ing up, sitting in my history
class hearing the stories of
police officers releasing
police dogs on non-violent
marchers %or trying to bring
about change. [ sat and |
contemplated how Dr. Kin
was jailed several times ans
then assassinated for trying
to make a difference. Not
to mention how Nelson
Mandela was jailed for
decades in South Africa just
for being black.
Looking at these exam
ples...l can see even closer
to home. Right here in our
own town tfic same ideas
and ideologies are dis-
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Dr. Roscoe Williams
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versities to establish sim
ilar groups. He currently
serves as the Assistant to
the President at Paine
and has considerable
responsibilities at the
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In addition, his leader
ship role in civic affairs
is commendable.
It would be callous and
irresponsible to ignore
Article of Analysis and Interpretation
played. Where one man
can have his thumb on the
pulse of our community
and has the ability to stop
the flow of blood anytime
he feels like it. Most would
think Billy Morris hates the
Walkers. This would be
considered viewing how
unyielding he wuricd o
imprison Senator Walker,
the effort to derail the
efforts of those who have
taken the initiative to
advance the community
and the constant attacks on
the African American com
munity as a whole.
Then I looked intently at
it even closer and realized it
is not the Walkers he hates
so much. It is all of us, our
state of mind, our well
being, our happiness and
even more importantly our
HOPE. Like the Bull Con
nors of the 50’s, the KKK
through out history, and the
Confederates, Morris would
like nothing better but to
keep blacks down. Why
would he harm a man like
Senator Walker who not
the contributions this
gentleman has made to
the CSRA as a whole and
the Augusta Focus in par
ticular.
With all chis said, we
would like to give our
sincere apologies for the
tremendous mistake
made last week with
inadvertently excluding
Dr. Roscoe Williams’
name in a byline credit
for the splendid com
mentary he offered as
related to the tribute to
loha M. Tutt, In his
humbleness, he did not
want to receive recogni
tion for the writing he
penned. Yet to be credi
ble to you as our readers,
and to the generous gift
ing of this immense tal
ent, The Augusta Focus is
offcring a reprint in this
edition of this fine arti
cle with his byline credit.
See Tutt Story, page 6A
only for our community,
but also for the entire com
munity did so much to
help? He thought that by
taking out someone who to
us would be considered a
leader, he could smash our
hope for better things to
come. Well, why wmfid he
attack Champ? He again
thought, or he would be
implied to think, “Nij) itin
the bud,” go ahead and
attack it early so that it has
no chance even to gather
steam.
However, with all that
being said, 1 know that
there is still something big
ger than a man’s desire to
destroy another man’s
dreams. What would make
a man use tools like the
“Chronicle” and “the sys
tem” to egregiously anniKi
late an entire community?
It is bigger than Billy; there
fore, we need not to faule
him. It is time to move past
all of the Billy Morris’ and
move forward into our
bright and contagious
futures. It is truly not the
Rep. Jefferson Indicted on 16
counts, lawyer maintains innocence
By Hazel Trice Edney
Nle’A CorresEondent
WASHING [ O N
(NNPA) - U. S. Rep. Bill
Jefterson (D-La.), who last
year told the NNPA News
Service in an exclusive
interview that he was bat
fled about why the FBI
raided his congressional
office, has been indicted
with 16 counts of alleged
bribery, racketeering, using
his office to solicit bribes
and obstruction of justice.
The charges were handed
down fiom ¢the U, .
Attorney's office in Alexan
dria on Tuesday, a year
atter FBI agents launched a
controversial raid on his
Capitol Hill office. The
have prompted his lawyer
as well as leading members
of the Congressional Black
Caucus to ask critics to
reserve judgment until he
has had his day in court.
Jefferson is being accused
man who hates us, who
attacks us, or who steals our
joy. Itis whom he works for
or as some refer, to whom
he would have to answer to.
He has whart 1 like to refer
0 B 8 an IMPLIED
RESPONSIBILITY.” Heis
carrying out the work of
Satan. He has a responsibil
ity and therefore is doing
what must be done to be in
his eyes successful.
The Devil is in the busi
ness of stealing souls and
Billy is in the Business of
stealing hope...
Just Fike growing up it was
my responsibility to take
the tr&sfi out, feed the dog
and wash dishes from time
to time. He has a responsi
bility; however, an
“IMPLIED RESPONSI
BILITY” is a litdle different.
That is like what is raught
and what is learned. Like in
my house, growing up with
my parents my dad worked
and made the money to pay
the bills. My mom arose
every morning and got my
sisters and me ready for
FIFTY CENTS
ing the walls. Interspersed
among the plaques and awards
are distinctive paintings as cap
tivating as Dr. Lewis. She exem
plifies charisma and intellect,
and is as amicable as a longtime
friend.
“Everything that happens at
Paine is a part of my passion to
uplift the students and the per
ception of the Historically
Black College experience as a
whole. | have (riut to bring new
ways of looking at things w©
Paine, as do most college presi
dents. 1 have tried to really
focus the college very strongly
on the customer service to 516
students. ['ve tried 1o let people
all around the country and
around the world know about
speakers and performers, but
also encouraging us to go more
places by studying in Africa, as
See Lewis, page 10A
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U. S. Rep. Bill Jefferson
of accepting bribes in
exchange for using his
influence in private deal
ings with high-tech busi
nesses in Nigeria,
Cameroon and Ghana.
“Congressman Jefterson
is innocent. He plans to
fight this indictment and
clear his name,” says his
attorney Robert Trout, in a
See Jefferson, page 8A
school; when we came
home, dinner was ready.
That was their implied
responsibilities. No one
had to tell them that is what
they had to do.
Mr. Morris has an
implied responsibility to do
what he is doing. Our
implied responsibility now
becomes to succeed past the
trash. Stop placing our
focus on Billy Morris- and
look at the larger picture. If
we are to succeed, we must
stay focused. Billy Morris is
merely a distraction, unless
we make him more.
STOP magnifying the
man; he is embracing his
implied responsibility.
START focusing on your
implied responsibility, for
there is a brilliant present
and future awaiting those
who understand their
“IMPLIED RESPONSI
BILITY.”