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the yearbook Howard Franklin Campus News Editor Michael D. Harrison Assistant Campus News Editor The Coca-Cola Leadership If you have not received Series delivered the world re­ your 1998-99 yearbook as of nowned Reverend Jesse Jackson to yet, there is a simple explana­ Morehouse's King Chapel on Oc­ tion for this dilemma: None tober 25. In turn, Jackson delivered were ever ready for publica­ a charismatic address to a hand­ tion. And the reason remains ful of the world's future leaders. a mystery. The list of Jesse Jackson's * "We pay almost $22,000 accomplishments and titles is long. a year, and we still can't get a As the president of the National yearbook. What the hell's go­ Rainbow Coalition, he has been in­ ing on? I want to know why or else Morehouse could be volved in nearly every empower­ facing lawsuits in the future," ment and equality movement in said Kevin Mapp, a senior En­ the free (and not so free) world. His gineering major from Ports­ ceaseless political activity has mouth, VA. earned him the titles "the great In early April of 1998, unifier" and "conscience of the SGA President Shaun King; Mrs. Massey; Rev. Jackson; President of the Coca-Cola LeVar Burke resigned from nation." Foundation, Ingrid Saunders-Jones; Dr. Massey; and SGA Vice President J.C. Love. his position as Editor-in- Jackson's messages on inter­ since the 1980's, most recently free­ nent alumni, including Benjamin Jackson's address coincided Chief of the Torch. "I needed national diplomacy and negotia­ ing three U.S. servicemen from Elijah Mays, Howard Thurman with Massey's aim. His message more time to concentrate on tion ranged from colorful analo­ Yugoslavia earlier this year. and Martin Luther King.The lec­ was centered on global awareness my studies because I wanted gies to powerful statements. His Morehouse's established the ture series also reflects Dr. and action and was informative to graduate on time, and I expertise in this realm steins from Leadership Center in 1995 with a Massey's vision to create a "World and inspiring. did," explained Burke. situations where he often acted as four-year endowment from the House at the Morehouse"- a mi­ "We are not only residents As a result of Burke's an international diplomat in sen­ Coca-Cola Foundation. It aims to crocosm of the knowledge, skills of America but citizens of the resignation, Kevin Holley, the sitive situations. He has negoti­ reflect the idea of the "Beloved and character needed for future world," said Jackson. art director at that time, was ated the release of several P.O.W.'s appointed interim Torch Edi- Community" espoused by emi- civil society. tor-in-Chief. Faced with an even greater responsibility, he, Dr. Ervin published along with Copy Editor Joe New publication examines African American Carlos, agreed to work volun­ tarily during the summer on criticism from 1773 to 2000 finalizing and distributing appreciation of the African the yearbook. But a very cun­ Robert L. Waller Contributing Writer American literary tradition ning thief (or group of aesthetically, culturally, and thieves) ruined this plan of politically. Noted for her Bio-Bibli­ action. Ervin, an Associate ography of Ann Petry in 1993, On one morning in May, professor in the department of her contributions to the Oxford before graduation, Holley English at Morehouse, where Companion to African Ameri­ discovered that all of the she teaches African American can Literature, and through her Torch's external zip drives, literature, was inspired to write publications in the Callaloo, some of their zip disks and a such a compilation due to the the College Language Associa­ negative scanner were miss­ void that she felt was in Afri­ tion Journal, and the Langston ing. In fact, the theft occured can American literary criticism. Hello? Is anyone there? Hughes Review, Dr. Hazel in The Maroon Tiger office as In her earlier years, she worked Arnett Ervin breaks through well, as the two publications as a research assistant to With football season over and basketball season coming the literary world with an an­ share a work space. Stephen Henderson, who once up, you now have one final fall sport to support. Need Although many suspi­ thology focusing on African headed Morehouse's English some organization to facilitate cheering? Check out the American criticism from 1773 cions emerged during the in­ Department. Henderson is to 2000 designed to enhance article on the Madness on page 14. vestigation, campus police known as being the first Continued on page 4 Continued on page 3 Mr? OKUlStuff Philip Asbury, Photo Editor Motivated by Minnie Ripperton records - to and rusty CSX trains, you can catch my in i.£" I transit, developer stained, day pack strapped, pensive but with a smile on my « face eager to greet you. Surely the most paint covered, uncut and unfettered if : J Marketing major, 1 hail the city "known Peace Corps Week November 15-19 ’ • 1 for the fly dj's and cheesesteaks" and am Miili currently working on a photo essay of the West End homeless and drug addicted Want to Go to Africa for Free? population. 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Lewis Reddick From chopping and dicing made her first ba­ Contributing Writer to squeezing and mixing, nine of nana pudding tart the eighteen students prepared "Initially, I Swiss chicken, baked salmon,, was a little nervous, For the first time ever at the spinach crudites, candied yams, but with support Davidson house, AUC students honey-glazed carrots, mixed from my AUC gathered together on Thursday leaves salad, banana pudding tart peers, I survived. evening, October 28th, to cook and and hand-squeezed lemonade. My banana pud­ serve a homemade dinner for Dr. Meanwhile, the other half pol­ . ."Vu- ding, however, and Mrs. Walter E. Massey. ished silverware and helped set didn't last long be­ "I did not know that broth­ the table to compensate for their cause everyone was ers could throw down in the lack of cooking skills. eating it so fast that kitchen," mentioned Khaya "It was a lot of hard work, nothing was left. Myers, a junior Journalism major but we all pitched in to make it a They told me that it from Clark-Atlanta University. was not because they were that hun­ gry but because it was so good,"said ier around the tablenwâitirç the Jackson. When ap­ success," said cooking genius, chef posed it to the Masseys last year. proached to comment on extraordinaire Akidah Felder, a But with a lot of persistence, pa­ Jackson's pudding, the "mmmm" senior Theatre major from tience, careful planning and some and "aaahhh" sounds from every­ Spelman College. persuasion, it finally came into one could not be clearly translated Likewise, the man of fruition. into a comprehensive expression. Morehouse primarily responsible "Every time he saw me, he for coordinating and directing this would ask if he could come over Overall, the Masseys thor­ oughly enjoyed the evening of fine success was senior Theatre major and cook, so finally Walter and I food and fellowship. Charleston Draper. agreed to let him do it," said Mrs. "We were truly delighted to "My objective for this activ­ Massey. "We were glad to make have Charleston and his peers ity was to be a part of the his dream come true." come and prove to us their superb Morehouse legacy, and I feel that I But Draper was not the only cooking talent," said Dr. Massey. Philip AsburyTStir have done that now," said Draper. one to accomplish a first that "The food was excellent and ev­ Charleston Draper and Keyon Peyton help with the cooking. In fact, Draper's idea was evening, for Spelman senior Psy­ erything went well." initially rejected when he pro- chology major Kimya Jackson

Massey responds during Crown Forum Ervin from page 1 troduces what she coins are presently setting up Last week's Crown Forum featured Dr. Massey and "Black Poetics" (the black courses for the spring se­ his address to the student body. The following are some sermon, the blues, black mester of 2000. The book theorist of black literature. rhetoric/speech) as a work­ will also be reviewed in the of Dr. Massey's responses to various questions dealing He was one of the first to no­ ing definition for readers to African American Review, with student concerns. tice such things as "black judge the African American the CLA (here at speech" as being theoretical. Q: The student population suffers academically, financially, text. Morehouse) and the MELUS This was the foundation be­ and physically because of the college's lack of safe student park­ Ervin has assembled review. ing laid in Ervin's life, ing. What immediate and long-term strategies are in place to rem­ 60 critical statements that ad­ " It will be left up to which she would later em­ edy this problem? dress the questions of what is the professor who teaches bark upon, in greater RESPONSE: Unfortunately, there is no overnight solution. African American literature? the up and coming theory depths. However, we have plans to build a parking facility that will ac­ Who shall judge it, and by course here at Morehouse," "Henderson is only company the new Leadership Center. what criteria should it be said Ervin, responding to limited to the Black Arts Q: Morehouse has the second largest student population in judged? She includes public the question of wheter or Movement of the sixties," the AUC, but the second smallest bookstore. Its small size leaves addresses, literary manifes­ not the book would be said Ervin, "there needed to little room for goods and services to be provided. Equally impor­ toes, letters, journal entries, added to Morehouse's cur­ be a work that focused on tant is the extremely high prices students pay for books and the interviews, reviews, and ana­ riculum. theory and criticism in black exploitatively small price students are given in return for them. lytical studies by authors And for the new literature from the past What will be done to change the size restrictions and the financial such as W.E.B. DuBois, generation of up and com­ (1773) to the present (2000)," problems of our bookstore? Charles Chestnutt, Langston ing artists, Ervin encourages she adds. RESPONSE: We should not be paying more than the market Hughes, Ann Petry, Richard great discipline and high Ervin boldly argues price for textbooks, and I have asked Vice President Hall to investi­ Wright, James Baldwin, Alice standards for scholarship that the Western world has gate this matter. As far as space is concerned, we have plans to move Walker and a host of others. for the artist. "It's not about Aristotle's Poetics, Henry the AT&T computer lab out of Sale Hall and into the new Merrill Though Ervin ardu­ the money," said Ervin "but James's Art of Fiction, and Hall connector. The bookstore will then be extended to encompass ously worked on the anthol­ it's about scholarship and Pope's essay on Criticism, the space now occupied by the computer lab. ogy for two years, her labor whether or not we embrace and the African American Q: It is no secret that the number of students in the senior class is was not in vain. the idea". Ervin goes on to text has had to look at the consistently only about 1/4 the size it was when those students entered Various schools across say, "discover what you like Western world's ideologies the college. What are the main reasons we have such a poor retention the country like Morgan and zero in on the subject and philosophies to be the rate and what measures can and will be taken to make a strong im­ State University, Norfolk matter". criterion to which their texts provement with this critical issue? State, University of North To Order Dr. Ervin's were judged. However, RESPONSE: About two years ago, funded through a grant, we Carolina-Greensboro, and book, please contact : Ervin presents in ' n insight­ organized a committee to discover and analyze the factors contribut­ Howard University have al­ Twayne Publishers ful way, a way for the ing to our retention rate. Two hundred students were randomly se­ ready incorporated the text Macmillan Library reader/scholar to view the lected as a control group. We are still conducting research, and hope into their respective disci­ Reference USA text without focusing on the to expand the program to include more students this year. However, plines. Georgia State and 200 Old Tappan Road paradigms of Western con­ our retention rates do show signs of improvement the University of Delaware Old Tappan, NJ 07675 vention. Instead, Ervin in- (800) 257-5157 Thursday, November 4, 1999 THE MAROON TIGER CAMPUS NEWS PAGE 4

Yearbook from page 1 responsibility," he stated. yearbook, Grayson declined an With the theft issue un­ "We hope to have the However, former 1998- interview. resolved and the yearbook 1998- 99 [yearbook] com­ did not find the culprit(s). 99 Assistant Editor Alphonza Terrell further contends unpublished, Holley, who be­ pleted and ready for distribu­ "We were truly devas­ Terrell attributes the Torch’s that, even after the theft, the came 1999-2000 Torch Editor- tion by the end of this semes­ tated because all of the work failure to a lack of leadership yearbook still could have been in-Chief, decided to postpone ter," Holley stated. that we had worked so hard and primarily to poor guid­ published. "Without Kevin's working on the 1998-99 Torch So far, the Torch has re­ to produce was suddenly ance received from advisors. expertise, there would not yearbook. ceived new equipment to com­ gone; no photographs, no "It was my decision to plete the work and that of sub­ write-ups, no Homecoming put the 1998-99 yearbook on sequent yearbooks. This in­ section." commented Holley. hold because we were being cludes production software Yet, the true amount of Did You Know? pressured by Student Services and two brand new Apple work completed by the Torch to put together a procedural Macintosh G3 computers sparks controversy, for ac­ •AU iorcheditorsjrom 1998topresent receive manual for student organiza­ New advisor Dean Brian cording to Burke, nothing pay for their duties. tions," said Holley. Phifer commented that/'Tt's was ready for publication However, Holley admits that highly probable that both prior to his resignation. the Torch knew about the pro­ yearbooks will be completed. He explains that be­ -Payingstudentfeesentitlesstudentstoreceive cedural manual deadline as But it all depends on the pro­ cause the Torch did not re­ a yearbook. early as the week of final ex­ ductivity of the editor [in­ ceive a budget until Febru­ ams. chief] and staff." ary of 1999, they could not Meeting the deadline for This year's Torch year­ order the necessary materials | -The 1994-1995 edition of the Torch, under the procedural manual, the book, however, remains on or submit drafts to be final­ the directionof Editor-in-Chief Christopher Torch then underwent a re­ schedule. ized by the publisher in time. McCall, was the last yearbook to come out on structuring of the to ensure "So far we have taken "We simply needed a budget that it ran more efficiently than freshman and senior class pic­ to establish a contract with schedule it had in previous years. tures and covered the Home­ [publisher] Jostens," said By Labor Day, the re­ coming section. The date for Burke. "We had the talent but mainder of the 1999-2000 top sophomore and junior class lacked the resources." "Even though one of our have been the possibility of executive positions had been pictures will be announced In addition, Burke con­ advisors Dean Sterling even producing a yearbook filled. They include: Joe along with the make-up date tends that other factors also Hudson helped us out tremen­ because he had purchased an Carlos-Copy Editor, Maleki for seniors," said Holley. contributed to the Torch's dously, we did not receive external hard drive to save all Simms-Office & Business Man­ Nevertheless, if the unproductivity. proper guidance from our chief of the photographs on, earlier ager and Phillip Simms-Asso­ Torch continues its tradition of "Working with two Mac advisor, Mr. J. Stacey Grayson, in the year," explained Terrell. ciate Editor-in-Chief and Pub­ publishing and distributing 8500 computers for an initial Director of Commuter Student "And despite the theft, Kevin lication Manager. yearbooks behind schedule, staff of fourteen, we had to Affairs and former 1983 Torch knew how to do it by hand." While starting on the students should be prepared deal with false accusations Editor-in-Chief," asserted "We could have done it new 1999-2000 Torch year­ to wait until after the new and red tape from administra­ Terrell. by hand, but that's outdated, book, Holley and staff are millenium to receive their tion, staff members quitting When approached to defended Carlos. "Plus, we currently working to finalize 1999- 2000 yearbooks. and Kevin Holley's overall ir- comment on the 1998-99 Torch were running out of time." the Torch 1998-99 yearbook.

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Lewis Reddick groups and hand an air of when he said, " Affirmative Contributing Writer unity among the crowd. It action is legit because it lev­ seemed that the supporters els the playing field and pro­ knew that this was an impor­ vides opportunities to over­ In today's tense racial tant time in the history of af­ come racism. She continued environment, nothing can firmative action and decided to say, " in a racist society we cause more debate than the is­ to come out in full support in need Affirmative action". sue of affirmative action. The tone of the day Aaron McKinney, a Wyoming man convicted of The institution that was was of wary cautiouness, the brutal slaying of a gay college student will spend the once essential to the vital­ especially about the mo­ rest of his life in prison. Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old ity of blacks, Asians, tives of groups that hoped University of Wyoming student, was beaten to death in Oc­ Latinos, and women has to end affirmative action. tober of 1998. While the prosecution asked for the death turned into a controversial Several speakers attacked penalty, McKinney will serve two consecutive life terms an­ piece of legislation that the motives of such groups nounced Judge Barton Voight. McKinney will serve one life many insist is past its as overtly racist. sentence for felony murder and one for kidnapping. The prime. However, many of­ Sister Leanne Daven­ victim's father Dennis Shepard praised the jury for finding fer dissenting voice against port, of the Atlanta Busi­ his son's killer guilty. those who plan to end af­ ness League, said that " firmative action as we systems put in place to re­ The second cyclone to hit the coast of the east­ know it. dress affirmative action are ern state of Orissa, India has left millions in need of food, On October 18th, being challenge by right there was a Rally to Sup­ wing conspiracies." Dav­ clothing and other vital aid. Half of the 15 million people port Affirmative Action at the the time of need. The solemn enport asserted that affirma­ are still stuck in flood areas. 942 deaths have been confirmed Richard B. Russell Building at nature of the event marks its tive action was " only begin­ in the wake of the "super cyclone." The death toll may reach the US Court House. This is significance to the audience. ning to scratch the surface of the thousands. Those dead bodies that go unclaimed will especially revelant in the At­ The major theme run­ leveling the playing field" be burned because there is no time to wait for the relatives, lanta area, which is in the said a government official. Outbreaks of disease could leave throes of a lawsuit against 5 million at risk. the city for its affirmative The Muslim Public Affairs Council has sent a action programs. The rally was an opportunity for letter to Defense Secretary William Cohen calling for a full disperate groups that sup­ investigation into reports that an elite unit of Egyptian of­ port affirmative action to ficers was aboard the ill-fated EgyptAir Flight 990. The come together in show of group claims that Egyptian officials have censored any in­ unity against the forces of formation on the matter and that the US government has discrimination. not been forthcoming with information. The US has said The event started that 33 Egyptian military officers were aboard the plane. with the a motorcade from The Muslim Public Affairs Council questions whether the Piedmont Rd. to a Pep soldiers were training at Edwards Air Force Base prior to Rally at the Southeastern the fateful flight. Legal Foundation, the very group that is suing the city Actor Danny Glover has charged New York City of Atlanta for its policy cab drivers with repeatedly failing to pick him up because supporting Affirmative Ac­ he is black. While this is certainly not a new occurrence in tion . The motorcade then onauii the lives of many African-American New Yorkers, Glover proceeded to another rally feels his celebrity will draw attention to the issue. He filed at the Richard B. Russell a formal complaint with the city's Taxi and Limousine Com­ Court House. A wide variety ning through the rallies was and that if people did not mission and asked officials to review the regulatory body's of speakers approached the the legitimate need for affir­ stand behind the endangered diversity training program. Commission spokesman Allan podium at these two events, mative action in today's soci­ program that they might miss Fromberg said the city planned to investigate. ranging from pastors, politi­ ety. the opportunities within a cians, businessmen, and so­ Tonya Wallace Hargrow, capitalist society. Russia has placed a $1 million bounty on the cial activist. from the Atlanta Affirmative Many in the audience head of an Islamic rebel leader Shamil Basayey in Chechnya. The rally was well at­ Action Coalition, sums up the stressed that only through the Troops are moving .closer to the rebel country's borders. tended by many different crowd thinking from the rally unity of many dissimiliar Basayey is accused of sending forces into neighboring groups that the forces Dagestan in the past few months. Basayey has reportedly against affirmative actions been public enemy No. 1 since a hostage-taking raid into may be defeated. That Russian territory during the 1994-96 Chechen War. topic became important as the emphasis shifted to co­ Earlier this week, a disgruntled employee operation across racial, gunned down seven of his co-workers in Honolulu, Ha­ economic, and class dis­ waii. Officials are calling it the worst mass-murder in Ha­ tinctions. waiian history. The shooter, 40-year-old copy machine re­ Stewart Acuff, Presi­ pairman Brian K. Uesugi surrendered to police after a five- dent of the Atlanta Labor hour standoff. The news was especially shocking to a city Union, sums up the affir­ that recorded only 17 homicides in 1998. mative action program the best. " Affirmative Action In similar news, a gunman in Seattle, Washing­ is not a poverty issue...It ton opened fire at a shipyard building, shooting four. Two a justice issue. The ones of the shooting victims were killed. The shooter then fled who seek to turn back Af­ the scene and at press time, he is still at large. During the firmative Action, they manhunt, police advised residents to stay in their homes seek to turn back justice. and kept children at area schools locked inside. The man is Affirmative Action is a is­ not believed to have been an employee at the shipyard. sue of social and eco­ His identity is not known. nomic justice. V ' " ' . ,®1® " ,;111 Room and Board... OhhHHh! Ill®

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the results of its College Alcohol during binge drinking. When tors. consciousness Reprinted with permission from Study. The bottom line: one in five people who weigh 160 pounds "Anywhere from four to -Slow breathing - eight the health column, Alive & Free college students binge drinks fre­ take a single drink, their blood- al­ five drinks a day is toxic to the breaths or less per minute, or quently (at least three times every cohol level rises .025 percent, on body," Schneider adds. "Some stu­ lapses of more than eight seconds When police found Bradley two weeks). average. But for inexperienced dents say, T won't drink every day; between breathes. McCue, a student at the Univer­ According to the NCADD, drinkers, or those sensitive to al­ I'll just take six or seven drinks on -Cold, clammy, pale or blu­ sity of Michigan, they saw that he many students are surprised to cohol, blood-alcohol levels elevate Saturday night' That s very toxic." ish skin. was unconscious, his nose was learn that they can die from an faster and acute intoxication can IF s important to remember -A strong odor of alcohol. painted red, and the words "24 that the amounts of alcohol in stan­ If you encounter someone shots" were scribbled across his dard servings of wine (5 oz.), beer with these signs or symptoms, call forehead. (12 oz.) and distilled spirits (1.5 oz., 911. Then gently turn this person An autopsy revealed that “If you binge drink six or eight drinks within 80 proof) is the same. This fact re­ on his or her side. This helps to McCue had a blood-alcohol level an hour, this can take you to a blood alcohol futes the myth that beer or wine prevent choking after vomiting. A second response is to pre­ of .44 percent. Witnesses said that level that is potentially fatal by sedating the present less danger to the binge he drank 24 shots of liquor in less drinker than "hard" liquor. vent binge drinking. We can rein­ than two hours. He died of acute breathing mechanism or causing cardiac Alcohol poisoning quickly force abstinence from alcohol as alcohol intoxication - also known irregularity.” affects the bodily functions that the norm. The fact is that most col­ as alcohol poisoning. sustain life. As a depressant, alco­ lege students drink moderately or Friends had taken McCue -Max Schneider, MD, chairman of hol slows breathing, heart rate and not at all. out drinking to celebrate his 21st NCADD’s Board of Directors blood pressure. If blood-alcohol NCADD notes that the fed­ birthday. levels rise sharply in a short time, eral government is currently Cases such as McCue's are the areas of the brain that control spending $195 million on antidrug rare. However, each year several these functions can be sedated - lit­ ads aimed at young people. None alcohol-poisoning deaths on col­ erally put to sleep. When that hap­ of them mention alcohol. In re­ lege campuses gain national atten­ overdose of alcohol. Often, the result more quickly. Because of dif- pens, people lose consciousness sponse, NCADD adopted a slo­ tion. The National Council on Al­ worst they expect from a night of ferences in body chemistry, and can die. People who poison gan for Alcohol Awareness coholism and Drug Dependence binge drinking is a blackout and a women can overdose after drink­ themselves with alcohol can also Month, April 1999 - "Drinking Too (NCADD), Inc., reports that hun­ bad hangover. ing lesser amounts than men. die from aspirating, or choking, on Much Too Fast Can Kill You." dreds die each year from acute al­ Common attitudes toward "If you binge drink six or their own vomit. The slogan also serves as the cohol intoxication. binge drinking don't help: "IFs a eight drinks within an hour, this We can respond to this prob­ name of an NCADD pamphlet Research reveals that binge rite of passage." "If you pass out can take you to a blood-alcohol lem on two levels. One is know­ dedicated to preventing alcohol drinking - consuming five or more from drinking, you just sleep it level that is potentially fatal by se­ ing appropriate emergency proce­ poisoning. To receive a free copy, drinks in a row on a single occa­ off." dating the breathing mechanism dures. According to the NCADD, contact NCADD at (212) 206-6770 sion - is common among college Changing these attitudes or causing cardiac irregularity," signs and symptoms of alcohol or visit its web site at students. In 1997, the Harvard starts with knowing some facts. says Max Schneider, MD, chair­ poisoning include: www.ncadd .org. School of Public Health published Blood-alcohol levels skyrocket man of NCADD s Board of Direc­ -Unconsciousness or semi­ Monday, November 8, 1999 THE MAROON TIGER PAGE 8 Guide to being a socie tally friendly, well loved drinker

This is not an open invita­ 1) As corny as it sounds, 'cause they were "Soooo nice." Ifs or to call your girlfriend to break Lauren Cooper tion to my world of fun and spir­ Staff Writer you do need a designated driver. not cute to be drunk, if s just a nice up because the liquor has made its, only a brief babbling that brings Since driving while intoxicated is warm fuzzy feeling that you will you decide that you don't like that Hello, gentlemen. I am me to another point.. .Actually a crime and just damned stupid, be ruining for others if you fake it. little mole in the shape of the back. Sobriety is a wonderful anothertiradeofpoints. First,lam the least you can do is let the cat So don't. AUGHT?! planter's peanut man she has on thing. It's great. You see more not advocating nor promoting that has had the fewest drinks 3) Getting girls drunk to try herback. Trust me, I've been there. clearly, You wake up before its reckless behavior as it pertains to among you drive. Or even better, and "persuade" them is so high It was an ugly thing to call up the three days later. You don't break alcohol consumption. What you swallow your drunken pride and school. Lefs leave that concept ex and the girl he's seeing now to things. You don't call people read above is called literary exag­ call a cab. You can't get your life there with your first B.J. Get some air out dirty laundry or profess names. You don't wake up next your undying love. IN your case, to bam animals. You don't keep you won't remember everything have a puddle of vomit on the you said anyway and you'll have floor next to your bed or on the to suffer the dirty looks from both side of the car. forever. (My apologies Sweet - The downside of being so­ Pea.. .you know.. .por vida.) ber is that in reality if s no fun. 5) Fruity drinks are not guy There are those folks who will tell drinks. As chauvinistic as this you that they're high on life and sounds, Arbor Mist, White they don't need anything to boost Zinfandel, Boon's Farm, Sex on their day Blah blah blah The Beach, or Yellow Alize (The blah...clean and sober. Red kind tastes like liquor) are not WHOOPEE! Chances are, those drinks I want to see my date or­ folks have never taken a drink in der when we are out. There's their lives, so in reality, they don't Hennef something virile in the consum­ know what they are missing. mation of alcohol. Fruity drinks Think I'm lying? Next time bring to mind first stages of drink­ you go to a wack shin dig, walk Shaun Spearmon/Staff ing. They take me back to when I up to the cat who is dancing in the Sweet Memories of Yesteryear first started stealing swigs from middle of the floor sweating hard Daddy's liquor cabinet. They take and having a blast, while every­ back once if s gone and you're li­ conversation, a Best Of SadeCD, me back to my days of being a one else has either left or begun to geration. If s one of those things able to hurt more people than just and a tighter shape up and no per­ member of the "V" club. If that doze off. Ask him how is it that he we writers like to throw in to get a yourself. DEEP. suasion will be necessary. stage of innocence is where you is enjoying himself so much whilst smile or chuckle out of you read­ 2) Don't fake drunk. My 4) Do not try and make any want to be, rock on with your everyone else is not. Chances are ers. If you can not handle your al­ hardcore drinkers/readers will important decisions or try and Peach Nasty Arbor Mist. I will he'll tell you " DAWG! I had me cohol, (meaning: if you get silly off scoff at this remark, but sadly it is confess any deep truths while you say this, (I am speaking as the self- hout fo' five' six double Hennie's of sparkling apple dder) you need true. In 1999 many folks are still are drunk. (This goes for loud elected representative of the Dedi­ 'fo I lef da crib.. .Y'all ain't even to find another euphoric elixir to faking it. Not just the ladies either, trash talking in public too.) Half­ cated Trois party) if my drink has feelin' me right now. I'm BENT!!!!" get you high. Try life or outdoor I've peeped a couple of fellas medi­ way into a liter of vodka is not the a higher proof than yours, then the Now I ask you, how bad can activities. But if you do choose to tating on one warm beer all night time to call your mother to tell her date is over. No questions something be that makes him feel drink, do it responsibly. Here are yet still want to insist that their wits that you have decided to drop out asked.. .Sorry thats just the way so good? a few pointers: were not about them at the time of school to carve lawn sculptures, it is.

STREET This -weeks’ Street Beat question: “Do you consider alcohol to be a drug? ” Photos By Compiei l) By Joe Carlos Corea Richardson

Brooke Taylor Al Sye Latoya Henry Keith Johnson Valerie Jones Sophomore Senior Junior Sophomore Senior Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Brooklyn, NY New Jersey Naperville, IL

“Yes, but it should be used in “Not if it’s used responsibly. “No. I don’t think that it is a “Since it is legal, I would say “By definition, alcohol is a moderation.” If you’re of legal age it’s all drug. Used in moderation it no. If it was that bad the gov­ drug. But, by its characteris­ good.” does not have the effect that ernment would make it ille­ tics it isn’t. I think that alco­ illegal drugs have.” gal.” hol is not as addictive as drugs can be. ” Monday, November 8, 1999 THE MAROON TIGER FEATURES PAGE 9 Please God, stop the floor from moving The unedited ranting of a drunken editor

Corey Richardson drank. Administrators and par­ urge to throw up a gang sign or liquor mostly comes in 40oz. con­ Fingers not moving, hard to Features Editor ents, worry not, I am of the legal insultmyroommate. I'mstillvery tainers, dawg, iFs a conspiracy, it type can't concentrate, must fight age which one may purchase al­ much coherent and am able to is. Why can't I stop smiling, and the urge cantquithave story... coholic beverages in the United operate all necessary equipment, why do I want a Newport? voices calling me, wodsrunnnning IF s getting really difficult to States, 21, and will not be attempt­ light switch, toilet, phone, key­ Drink #4 togethe drink on more, finish the come up with new and interest­ ing to operate any form of heavy board, zipper... I think ifs time to I've now gone from smooth storyitsforthestudens... ing ways to appease the masses machinery during Drink #6 and inspire wholesale coonery in this experiment. La­ W:LER opt6p[4O the Features section. I've been con­ dies and gentlemen, TpOTAO ujliwR templating and pondering on the boys and girls, this is lhO:IeoiUEOi oieu oiu;woiqu different ways to keep your beady what it looks like to O U5oiur ORUPuier UIPRI little eyes fixed on T7ie Maroon Ti­ try to drink and write. PROIPORFF;ljflijflk;...... ger, while still maintaining high- Drink #1 quality journalism and not sink­ Owing to my Three days later when I ing to the lowest forms of general high tolerance and awoke, I found the remnants silliness you all seem to crave. full stomach, I'm re­ of an article I could only as­ Then it hit me, what's the ally not feeling the ef­ sume I had written. I was one thing everyone does and no fects of this first can of hung-over and dehydrated, one talks about (besides your girl­ Colt 45. Although I spending most of my morn­ friend)? Ahhyes, drinking. Get­ am impressed by the ing praying to the porcelain ting hammered, hurt, your drank amazingly smooth goddess or on the big white on, slizzard, lambasted, and/ or way this is going phone with Earl, Ralph, and getting your swerve on. The un­ down. No wonder Huey. Ileamed some valuable official weekend sport of choice for Billy Dee Williams lessons here. Anything done most Morehouse men. The bottle peddles this stuff; it in excess is bad, especially is everyone's weekend compan­ ain't half bad once malt liquor swilling. Also, ion. What better way to salute and you get past the drinking should be left to the or decry alcohol then writing an gasolinesque aroma it Dry what? trained professionals, like Billy article while under her wicked seems to be giving off. Dee, John Daly, and Ted clutches? I'm not quite slizzard like u- crack open number three. to belligerent, now I know why Kennedy. So kiddies, don't be like So, my friends, for this ar­ wayyyy, I'll have another. Drink #3 Billy Dee beat his wife, this stuff is Uncle Corey and try to guzzle ticle, I've gone out and bought a Drink #2 I just had to go drain the the nectar of the damned. My vi­ 144ozs. of malt liquor. You'll wind six pack of Colt 45 (in the 24 oz. There are now 48ozs. of pure main vein, took me 9 minutes. sion is getting cloudy and my up on the floor of your bathroom, cans of course), parked myself in malt liquor coursing through my Damn, there's something about mind is getting hazy and I need to cold, naked, and hoping the next front of a keyboard, and will force veins, yet, I'm feeling unbelievably , malt liquor that keeps you stand­ punch someone. I've started to heave won't be dry. Here's to ex­ each one down my gullet while serene. This second drink has ing in front of the stall... think become attractive, oh no, I must cess, and here's to you! giving a sip by sip account of my made me feel a bit more calm, but about it, the body can only hold be drunk. experience with the dranky- at the same time I'm getting the 13ozs. of fluid at a time, yet malt Drink #5

Fear cont. from page 7 THE FINEST WINES Bleeaggh!! Jack: Look, baby, I apologize Hennessy VS on his behalf. He tried to Overall Rating-, excellent run with the big dogs. He Affect on "motor" skills: medium really does care about you. Serving size: four shots or mixed drinks l.Howthehelldidwegetstuckwiththis job? 2. What ifyou K.D.'s date: Well, I guess. Is Appropriate accessory’: fine cigar (not Black & Mild) contributed as much as you complained? 3.What if you followed he going to be alright? Url factor low politics as closely as you follow pro wrestling? 4. What if The Jack: Forget about him,hie, Rock wasn’t your role? 5. Would somebody tell ol’ boy at the gate baby, Wha+'s up with me A favorite at the AUC., The Roc boasts a sntooth yet robust taste to do something about the high top boxfade? 6. And lookin’ at and you? Hie. You know I suitable for drinking straight or on the rocks. A cognac, Heitnessy is who we got now, why did we make that broad Miss Maroon and can keep the limo after this. not a grain liquor, so sucking down some Jack Daniels as a chaser is White lastyear? 7. Judging byy’all’s Halloween costumes, don’t I'm Deputy Director, baby. rot a good idea. Hennessy provides a pleasant, mellow intoxication, some of you really need God in your life? 8. But wasn’t asking Yeah, hie, I know you like to evoking joviality and friendsliip without tire unfortunate dav-after the priest at the Senior Party for guidance the first mile on the effects. A word of caution, it is known as tire Rock for a very good ride, youknamean?! reason. Tlris is for tire advanced only. Good substitutes include highway to Hell? 9Aren’t you people aware that “drop it like ifs Whassup with that Courvoisier, Martell, or Remy. hot” is not supposed to refer to your classes? 10. Women (and (expletive), baby? Hie. certain ni##asfrom Maryland), don’t you know Lil Kim ain’t a Slap!! role model? 11. With the piss-poor play of the Falcons, the Jack: Ow. Hie. SWEEPING of the Braves, and the love to choke tendencies of ...... Overall Rating: excellent the Hawks - don’t you thinkATLiens need to startpraying for the THEMAROONnGER Affect on motor skills: mild to moderate Thrashers? 12. Were the Bruh’s of XXX Chapter the only one’s AND MOREHOUSE COL­ Serving size: 2-3 bottles (your new "friends" will drink it up) cheering for Quentin’s smart ass in The Best Man ?13. How LEGE DO NOT AD­ Appropriate accessory: several model-looking girls, luxury car many of y’all boned your boy’s girl and might get that ass hung Url factor, very low VOCATE DRINKING, from a balcony when he find out? 14 Js it a positive sign that I saw a Morehouse Alumnus working in the Emory Cafeteria? RECKLESS DRINKING, OR A fine champagne for the well heeled, Mo provides you with an 15 Freshmen, now that youfinally gotvisitation and ain’t nobody THE AFFECTS OF AL­ intoxication, that only gets more pleasant Ute more you guzzle. Damn COHOL ON THE BODY. sipping, you'll want to swig this from the bottle, and before the night showed up, how does itfeel to be a confirmed loser? 16Do you WE DO NOT PROMOTE is over, you will Moet is addictive and draws chickens like flies to dog think our #@*ked up - forthcoming Web Registration will be AN ADDICTION TO doo. Unlike many liquors, Mo does not make women look better, so blamed on Y2K?17. Did we really have to run that kiss-ass piece CONTROLLED OR UN­ i while you won't have to worry about waking up next to Satan or the on a certain someone’s penthouse? 18. And shouldn’t we have CONTROLLED SUB­ horrible hangover your credit report just might suffer. Good substitutes just run a piece on how we want to see his sister in Penthouse?19. STANCES. -Ed. include Veuve-Qiquot (personal favorite), and Roederer Brut (Not that When will writing for the Maroon Tiger get me laid? 20. Have ¡California crap). you called your grandparents lately? Editorials Not to Touch the Earth, Not to See the Sun A Humble Ode to Hunter Jonathan Howard wasn't it? The 12-ounce can of this; this cacophony of fizzy gin­ Manzarek, Kreiger, Densmore now. Pack up my things and Editor-in-Chief Schweppes and Jim Morrison ger ale and stunted Dionysian and Morrison destroyed their catch the first iron giant out of singing about breaking on rock gods with aspirations of brains in 1969, much less 1999, this hellhole. The cold has set in. Yesterday at this time, I through and the fact that my anarchy. What man could with­ in the age of crystal clear Dolby Good. This will undoubtedly had absolutely nothing to write room was 112 degrees because stand the force of Schweppes Surround Sound contraptions. I shake off the monkeys, as they about. no one in charge of the Fair Street and Pyschadelia? didn't even need the "medici­ are a tropic species. Except for Nothing. Zero. Zilch. dormitory can decipher the Who was I to even strike nal" stimulants; the orgasmic those damn Asian monkeys, of Today has held suit, except cryptic codes of central heating. against the ways of the Earth rush from pressing [shuffle] was course. Clever simians; ever so for... and dare mix enough. clever. I do have something to this combustible Who did I think I was? I'll keep drinking water. write about, because last night I cocktail? Tiny So I deserved what has I've got to rid myself of any of had this ridiculous dream. It was yellow bubbles come this morning. The hypno- this Schweppes residue. It's in just... man. I truly fear my brain crashing against pompic whispers of There's no my bile now, so I may need some after last night's little cinema de the lining of my earthly way of knowing! The surgery once I get to Mexico. verite. The wailing, the water stomach. Mini monkeys perched on my win­ Fine, fine. Already burned my behind the clear walls, the ginger-flavored dow and currently residing on Doors CDs. The sacrifice had to candles floating on tiny rivers eruptions all my shoulder. The grasping sense be made. through a crystal house (Maytag asking the same of normlessness that comes with I'm wrapping this up. Got a refrigerator included). It was like three questions suddenly being able to see train to catch at 4:00. My hirsute something out of a cheaply done as they paraded everyone's insides on the companion Gusto here is ready remake of a Mark Romanek There’s no earthly way of knowing... around my sub- outsides. The Willy Wonka and willing to take me to the local video. There were leggy women conscious: songs going through my head: station. I owe Gusto much. He has hiding under stone benches Yeah, that was it. "Who do you think you are?" I've got a Golden Ticket!, Oom- always been there for me in times (something Freudian in that, I'm And the cold shower I "Were you invited to this Pa! Loom-Pa! The constant star­ of need. I have my'glycerol, my sure) and horses, or people act­ took yesterday morning. It had party?," "How's your faith these ing! Over and over! satchel, and a radio compass for ing like they were horses and stunted my literary aspirations, days, Father?! How's your I can't breath here! It's my travels afoot between Gudad waddling their way over striped but had somehow sparked some faith?!" (Ok, perhaps that was overwhelming. All the colors Juarez and the Baja. Astroturf with hooves on their lobe in my brain in charge of Patricia Arquette from Stigmata, bleeding together! I ate a waffle Until we meet again my feet. Really crazy stuff. freaky early-70's head-trip but you can see the correlation today that was eight feet around! friends. In the interest of mental Must have been some­ dreams. I'd heard about this between horrible actress and de­ I saw God walking behind a line preservation, I pray you never thing I ate or ... from old war buddies. How the monic, mental apparitions.) of tiny ducks crossing Lee Street! mix this volatile potion. Beware No. Scweppes was wartime halluci­ And to place the CD in Christ, the paranoia! The pain! Schweppes, beware The Doors. No, that7 s not it. nogen numero uno. question on repeat? There are Calm, be calm. Adios. It was the Schweppes I was unable to handle people in asylums now because I've got to get out of here

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Have you ever heard of lem. I was hanging out a lot body contorts to try to reject Why are we so fasci­ brothers to slow down. I'm Mickey Mantle? Of course with my friends and drink­ all this fluid that is doing nated with drinking and be­ also writing this to tell my you have. Old number 7, ing every day. Why? I really very little to sustain you, ing toasted? Why is it that friends to slow down. I want played in the outfield for don't know. Was it for the and everything to destroy each weekend, someone to come back to Homecom­ the Yanks, hit 60 home runs taste? Was it because of the you? goes out of their way at the ings for the rest of my life one season. You know, The way it made me feel? Was I Guys tell stories about weekend party to be the and enjoy my friendships Mick. trying to be like Sinatra and how they were so drunk or drunkest. The one in least forever. If an addiction to al­ Mick's career was cut Dino? I don'tltnow, but I do messed up, and many times control of their faculties, the cohol takes any one of my short because of his addic­ most an­ close friends lives, I will tion to alcohol. Mick drank noyingly in­ know that I at least tried. I everyday. I mean every ebriated in wrote this, Jon let me print damn day of his career. I'm Why is it that each weekend, someone goes the plate? it and hopefully you read it. not talking about 2-3 beers out of their way at the weekend party to be the Granted Alcohol is no joke. My fa­ either. According to him, at it's funny to ther often calls alcohol the least 12 a day. He played drunkest, the one in least control of their facul­ laugh at most addictive and most games drunk and nearly ru­ what hap­ unassuming drug available. ined his marriage and fam­ ties, the most annoyingly inebriated in the place? pens some­ And it is just that, a drug. ily life many times. times, but Years ago at Howard U., Dr. I was one of only three ...I don’t know about you, but I’m looking for­ man, we've Kamau Johnson taught me African Americans at the got a lot of that alcohol is a mild de­ Mick's funeral on a sunny ward to being married, having children and living to do, pressant, a drug.. Dallas day in 1995. Joe watching them grow. Too much alcohol could defi­ and many I'm not saying quit Dimaggio, Whitey Ford, of us aren't what you're doing, but slow Yogi Berra, Reggie Jackson, nitely put a little damper on my plans. helping the down. Take your time and George Steinbrenner, Billy situation, or realize that other things in Crystal and many other fa­ our livers in life can make you feel just as mous people were there that any way good and many cases, bet­ day at Highland Park whatsoever. ter. I'm writing this out of United Methodist Church. know it wasn't worth the they're lying. Because if you I don't know about you, but love. Love for my friends, The thing that struck me as consequences. were really as drunk as you I'm looking forward to be­ Jove for my classmates and odd was that of all these On more than one oc­ say you were, chances are ing married, having chil­ love for life and all that life people, no one could really casion, I threw up. And you would be in Crawford- dren and watching them can offer. Slow down, take save Mick from drinking but when I say threw up, man I Long or Grady with tubes in grow. Too much alcohol your time and have a mo­ himself. mean violently, and some­ your nose and drinking that could definitely put a little ment of clarity. Last fall, I had the be­ times, dry-heaves. Do you nasty concoction that makes damper on my plans. ginnings of what I would have any idea how painful you throw up your birthday I guess I'm writing this Joe Carlos '00 like to call a drinking prob­ that is? When your whole cake from 1989. to tell my fellow Morehouse Political Science

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'Lac (or more likely, 'Vic), and his own motivations and fail­ filthiest, excrement stained toi­ Faraji Whalen mink? As you adjusted your pick this one up. Arts & Entertainment Editor twelve-inch 'fro, you'd shake ings as well as American let in Scotland. off the jealous looks from the society's struggle with Black "Train-spotting" takes a Book: Makes Me males. A gritty and thought Album: Curtis jive turkeys on the'corner, wipe two-fisted dive into the world that speck of dust off your Wanna Holla, Nathaniel provoking novel, this one's a of four smack addicts, and the Mayfield and the Impres- gangster whitewalls, and put McCall (Random House, definite read for those who things they will do for the al­ sions:The Anthology, your right fist in the air, accom­ 1994) want to know what was really mighty gorilla. A combination (Rhino Records, 1992) panied by an emphatic "right goin' on. crime story, buddy movie, and on!" ' If you've ever wanted to redemption song, this is still Do you sometimes feel If you've ever had these know what the real story McGregor's best you were born about twenty blaxploitation fantasies, you behind that grainy picture acting role, and years too late? Don't you wish need to run, not pimp-walk, to of your daddy in that one of the few that, just once, you could step the record store and pick up brown pleather coat with good things to out of your brand new Curtis Mayfield's anthology. the boots to match, 'fro'd ever come out of Fleetwood Cadillac with the A collection of his great­ and lamb-chopped, Scotland (save est works compiled hugged up against your for single malt from his solo days as mama sporting a perm Glenfiddich and well as his earlier work halfway down her back haggis). with the Impressions, and a daishiki with that While at Mayfield demonstrates glazed look in her eyes, I times hilarious, the voice and suggest this brilliant auto­ once you begin to songwriting skills that biography. decipher the un­ made him a legend. McCall takes us godly thick ac­ From love songs through a gut-wrenching cents, the movie like "Gypsy Woman" ride from his days as a high isalso poignant in and "Fool for You" to school mack to his failed the portrayal of political manifestos criminal career all the way A Life Less Ordinary, Indeed the misery and such as "My Country" to writing for the Washing­ desperation ad­ and "Freddy's Dead", diction fosters, and the condi­ ton Post. McCall has a knack Movie: Trainspotting, Mayfield's musician- for capturing the essence of the tions of working class hope­ (Miramax Films, 1996) ship and social aware- }infos< whether iti be the Black lessness that create this misery. Curtis Mayfield ness put today's syrupy nationalist struggle of the sev­ If you know someone on Heroin, heroin, heroin. If R&B to shame. This is enties, the crack craze of the that boy, or know anything fifth wheel, Rolls-Royce grill, you've considered, even in the an album you can ride to, early eighties, or the Black about it, you'll appreciate and curb feelers, dressed to kill smoke to, and make love to. So middle class struggle of the briefest of lapses, sticking that Trainspottipg's no holds in some plaid bellbottoms, a needle in your arm, just watch grab that fine sister with the nineties. barred exploration of the bad leather shirt, and a full length Ewan McGregor dive into the brick house body, jump in your McCall vividly explores life. This is one “Bone” not to pick Denzel Washington returns to screen in murder-mystery Caishe Falls of the killer and his motives Jolie and Washington­ Staff Writer are very anti-climatic and nothing like violence to left this movie viewer won­ get the hormones run­ Denzel Washington is dering: "Damn is that it!?" ning - but the obvious back with his latest motion One of the highlights is limitations of picture from The Bone Collec­ Washington's condi­ tor. tion serve as more of a Playing quadriplegic "what if they could" NYPD forensics expert-Lin­ teaser for the audi­ coln Rhyme, Washington is ence. paired with Angelina Jolie. Ed O'Neill (TV's Jolie plays Amelia Daunahy, A1 Bundy) and a rookie beat cop turned de­ Michael Rooker turn in tective with a knack for fo­ very good comic relief rensics and an eye for detail. supporting roles as With Daunahy as his Washington and Jolie star in members of Rhyme's eyes, Rhyme must guide his The Bone Collector crime fighting task sidekick on a whirlwind force. ride to catch a serial killer A very down-to- walching the development mimicking a historical ac­ earth performance is tMy mot act òse, count of another docu­ of Jolie's character as she be­ also given by Queen mented serial killer. gins to accept her gifts and Latifah, who portrays before the eext vklitn fatte. In true cat and mouse come to grips with the sui­ Rhyme's live in-nurse. fashion, the killer "leaves cide of her father. Satisfying all the way clues accompanied by dead A very-humorous fight up to the climax, The bodies for the duo to decode scene also occurs between Bone Collector is a good before the next victim is the handicapped Washing­ action/suspense film ton and our well-read, de­ with the perfect Ebony taken. i» ns a»» m«§ mm *«««»» The Bone Collector is tail-oriented, common sense and Ivory pairing of ftltHI SKIM >««»■' »St» Mite» MMSMÍ iß« ÍHM8BS » BOB needing serial killer. There Washington and Jolie. V - , , I f t ,1 I . > very action-packed and sus­ “■’•j R — ’ Ki ,'ΑA- ‘UR" l!M B Sil Ml • - penseful but the unmasking is a bit of romance between WWW tf’íCbwWí^OÍJ^'.t >$f Monady, November 8, 1999 THE MAROON TIGER ART S & ENT ER I AINMEN'I PAGE 13 Rahsaan Patterson: Love in Stereo LP Reminiscent of R&B Legends

Sterling Taylor known as an artist. pool, / don't drive a Bentley or a Copy Editor On "Friend of Mine" and Mercedes coupe," he sings on "Humor", Rahsaan puts on his "Sure Boy." Stevie shades and starts grinnin'. On the well-intentioned I'm the wrong person to (If you listen real close you can "Treat You Like a Queen" he sings, write a review of this album.. .or hear the beads on Stevie's braids "What you gonna do next time he a review of any R&B album, for clickin' and clackin' against each lays his hands on you? / Let me that matter. Why? Well, how can I other in the background.) But tell you the truth, he don't love explain? OK, here's a list of thelast throughout the remainder of the you." Ifs really sweet, but I just five CDs I acquired: Led Zeppelin album ifs dear that the ghost of don't think an R&B song is the III, Nirvana's Incesticide, Stereolab's Donnie Hathaway is the one he most proper format to hold a dis­ last album, The Pixies' first, and the finds hardest to shake. cussion on the issue of domestic latest from Prince Paul and The Not to say that summoning violence; especially when the mu­ Automater. The last R&B album I these spirits is a bad thing. On the sic in the background, with ifs sen­ had was probably... yeah, Forever contrary, deriving your sound sual vocals and grooving mid- My Lady, way back in fifth grade. from a tried-and-true formula is tempo bass line, suggests a certain Although it wasn't as evi­ probably the smartest thing any type of, um... domestic harmony. dent to me then, I now see that emerging "artist" can do. And if I have to keep reminding R&B is stuck in a time warp. I think someone did a half-way decent job myself that I'm not reviewing an if s safe to say that things haven't of pulling it off, they'd have with entire genre, just an album that, on changed much since Anita Baker's a relatively good album. Rahsaan ifs own is pretty good listening. Rapture LYtoere have been occa­ Patterson does a half-way decent Another record you can bone to sional waves and hints of depth job of pulling it off. Rahsaan without having to jump up mid­ in the neo-soul of Maxwell, Patterson's album is relatively S.O.S way to skip any tracks. As part of Lauryn, and D'Angelo, Etc. Butfor good. a genre, however, Love in Stereo the most part, the gen(-e pool)re Ifs on the Stevie Wonder- first. Surprisingly, none of the also serve to distinguish him from shows that R&B would rather» has remained pretty stagnant and inspired ('Triend of Mine," "Hu­ songs on the album are covers. the current crop of R&B "talent." bone if s own than venture out of shallow; and contentedly so. mor," and "The Moment'') tracks And all of them are co-written by On the second track, he paints a its mountainside cabin. Itwon'tbe On Love in Stereo Rahsaan that Rahsaan truly shines. Collabo­ Patterson himself. self-portrait with his voice. "Don't able to cover up the deformities for Patterson holds a séance. He chan­ rating with Atlanta-producer / co­ The subjects he sings about live in a mansion with a fancy much longer. nels the spirits of R&B singers long writer Van Hunt and backed by a dead (or currently trapped in me­ horn section, these songs show­ diocrity). He does it well. On "It case a funkiness reminiscent of Ain't Love" he puts on his best Tony, Toni, Tone's. Prince wig, opens up his eyes real Whenever I hear a good wide, and lets out a seductive fal­ R&B song nowadays, my first in­ setto thafs almost worthy of that stinct is to check the liner notes to aforementioned Artist formerly find out who actually recorded it

The Art of Nellie Mae Rowe: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do

From November 20,1999 through February 26,the High Museum of Art, Folk Art and Photography Galleries will feature the art of Nellie Mae Rowe. The exhibit includes a collection of colorful drawings and collages, mixed media sculptures, chewing gum figures, and hand sewn dolls from the African American self-taught artist. Sports Sweetness: Peaceful Journey Walter Payton, NFL alltime rushing leader, passes at 45 so my mom made me sit out. She Joe Carlos pansive digs in suburban Sports Editor North Dallas, and my mother told me that Payton would have commenting that he didn't done the same thing, and would He wore #34. Not like any even score a touchdown in have wanted even his biggest other #34 because it was a dif­ the biggest game of his life. fan to 'get his lesson first before ferent shaped number, some­ Payton epitomized doing extra-curricular things..." thing that was easily recogniz­ power, grace and speed when She was right. Payton was a able because it was different. he ran the ball. He crushed champion for higher education He was different. When he holes and ran for pay dirt as and was an active and vocal sup­ hit the hole, he made it his mis­ if there were no tomorrow. porter of his alma mater, Jack- sion to make the defender pay But the thing that made it all son State. for trying to tackle him. Payton so enjoyable about him was As this year unfolds and exploded through defensive that he was very soft spoken. we lose great athletes like Joe lines, made linebackers pay and It always struck me as funny DiMaggio, Payne Stewart, Wilt fans everywhere cheer for the that this big man who ran all Chamberlain and now Walter one affectionately dubbed, over the field and all over de­ Payton, we should realize that "Sweetness". fending players, spoke a few life is short, appreciate these Bom in Mississippi, Walter octaves higher than many of gifted performers in their prime Payton played collegiate football 21,803 all-purpose yards, 110 TDs, 13 yrs: Sweetness... his young fans. and after, and enjoy their ex­ at Jackson State University. Jack- In 1986,1 was going to ploits on the field so that we can son State, a 1-AA NCAA school, der the direction of the legend­ media darlings with team mem­ be Walter Payton in the Black share them with those that come was and has been a football ary 'Iron' Mike Ditka that bers and future hall of famers History Pageant at Munger Av­ after us. powerhouse for many years. Payton first tasted post-season like Payton, William "The Re­ enue Baptist Church in my "Sweetness", every time a However, while at JSU, Payton giory. frigerator" Perry, Jim McMahon, hometown of Dallas. My mother back hits the hole hard, puts up played in virtual anonymity be­ That season, the '84 Bears, Mike Singletary, Wilbur said my participation was con­ a fist-arm and explodes into the cause his stats weren't consid­ probably even better than the '85 Marshall, Steve McMichael, tingent on my grades being up linebacker or tackle, we'll know ered as staggering because he team, played in the NFC title Willie Gault and Dave Duerson, to par. I had written my speech, they did it because of you and was playing other 1-AA schools. game against a superior San went 15-1 and shuffled their way done the research, and I was the example and standard you Payton played in the NFL Francisco team. Payton started into New Orleans for Super ready. My mother bought a jer­ set. We'll miss you, but we'll con­ for the Chicago Bears for many the next season on a mission to Bowl XX and a 46-10 trouncing sey that looked like Chicago's tinue to see you in players for years prior to playing on teams get back to where they ended the of the Patriots of New England. and ironed on Payton's name years to come. that were very successful. It season, and to surpass it. I remember watching that and number. I hadn't held up to wasn't until the 1984 season un­ The next season, the Bears, game with my parents in our ex­ my end of the deal academically, Table Tennis 101 Morehouse Madness: Feel It! how we can take over the these guys mess with refs, Kasi David 1800s. Since then, table tennis Joe Carlos game in a way that's unbe­ taunt players and get some­ Contributing Writer has evolved into a highly styl­ Sports Editor ized and technical sport with its lievable." what personal with the op­ For all you people who own governing bodies and They scream. They Bell's faithful cohort is posing team's fans. know nothing about table ten­ worldwide tournaments. Even taunt. They jeer. They curse. 'The Admiral' belter known Bottom line...come to nis, or still think that Forrest though the sport is not very They're rude and in many as Corey Richardson. the games, support your Gump is a model of table tennis popular in the United States, it cases very offensive. But Richardson is a senior Politi­ teams and sit with the Mad­ greatness, I would like to take holds a high place among sports without them the spirit at cal Science major from New­ ness. And when you sit with this opportunity to broaden in Europe and Asia. Shoe and Morehouse athletic your horizons a bit about the apparel companies endorse the events would be non­ wonderful world of table tennis. top players on those continents existent. Some people may be just like football and basketball Believe it or not, thinking, 'What exactly is table players in the United States. they are organized tennis?' Let me share a little of Table tennis is so popular and do have origins my knowledge with you. in some countries that children going deeper than a Table tennis is a sport, (yes in China who show inherent semester. a sport) that is a game of the ability in the sport are trained Founded in 1995 masses it has a huge following rigorously from a young age. by Henry McCants worldwide. In fact, table tennis They one day hope to compete ('98), the Morehouse is played by millions worldwide on the world stage where Asia Madness was founded and is the third most popular represents one of the power­ on the tenets of racquet sport played in the houses of the sport. 'Spiritas, Veritas, world. Table tennis is usually We all know about differ­ Robustus'. Those te­ r w * played on a green or blue table ent athletic teams on our cam­ nets are lived out by two people, each with a table pus and their varying degrees of through the current tennis racquet that is a smaller success. From our soccer and leadership in Presi­ I HI i ' i version of the racquet used in football teams to our track and dent Antoy Bell, Mad­ lawn tennis. The object of the tennis teams, ours is a campus ness name, The Mack. port News, VA and crazy as the Madness, don't do it by game is the same as that in lawn on which there is always some Bell, a senior Account­ hell. "We're trying to be the sitting on your hands. Get tennis, which is to win points by type of sporting activity. ing major from Houston, is most evil fans in the SIAC, crazy like the great Ian Har­ preventing your opponent from But, those of you who are the visionary leader of the Forbes should be a place oth­ ris, act a straight up fool like returning the ball to the top of Archer Hall regulars would Madness. He provides dy­ ers dread going if only for the Corey Richardson sifting be­ your side of the table. have recognized by now that namic leadership. "Without front left corner." hind the other team's bench The exact origin of the table tennis is starting to be sewn the Madness, man, things "The Admiral" is refer­ and talking about their sport is relatively unknown, but into the sporting fabric of our wouldn't be like they are. He ring to the involvement The hometowns. Have fun, sup­ some forms of it had been seen says it's funny to see how Madness has during basket- port the teams and have a in England as early as the late Continued on page 15 crazy the fellas can get and ball season. At the games, 2ittle^Madnessd Monady, November 8, 1999 THE MAROON TIGER PAGE 15 YHe Y 'Y'VDid • 1 YIt . MVTTtWith . *4 Style:< YYPayne Stewart, 1957 -1999 Joe Carlos older, watching the Byron Nelson Now, usually brothers are made of alligator or eel, with a sil­ ful golf swing on the tour. Sports Editor Classic and seeing one golfer who the best dressed in sport, but in ver toe and heel plates. He threw big parties, played stood out from the rest. He wore golf, Stewart had everyone beat. Stewart relished in his role a mean game of pickup basketball Growing up, I watched a lot bright colored knickers, a sweater He had a style unlike anyone on as the dandy of golf and has al­ and was finally reaching a place of golf with my Dad. I remember vest with a Miami Dolphins logo, the modem PGA tour. ways been recognized as one of in life where he enjoyed others and when Calvin Peete won the US and a shirt and Kangot that His father's motto was, the best-dressed men in sport. likewise. Open, and the fact that he wore a matched. I wondered who was "Wear something they'll remem­ Aside from his dressing Golf and all of sport will yellow shirt and maroon pants, this guy? ber." And he always did just that. prowess, the man could flat out miss the man who much like Jor­ much like the hated Redskins. I The guy was Payne Stewart. The trademark knickers, long ar­ play. As an amateur at Southern dan and Ali brought life and pa­ asked my dad why the golfers Stewart, this year's US Open gyle socks and matching Kangol Methodist University in Highland nache to the sport that hadn't been wore such strange clothes. He just champion died last week in a or Hogan hats were the norm for Park, Texas, Stewart honed his leg­ seen in modem times. He did it laughed and said because that's plane wreck. Recently, Stewart this duffer. And I would be remiss endary swing. That swing, an­ with class. He did it with integrity. their style. helped lead the US to a Ryder Cup if I didn't mention the shoes. His other Stewart trademark was and He did it with style. I remember being a little championship. were custom made, $400 a pair, still is the most classically beauti­

Payne Stewart, 1957-1999

Tennis 101 from page 14

campus. Many a day one can see great warriors battling on the table tennis tables in Archer Hall. Some may joke that these players are taking the sport too seriously, but for the players themselves, this is serious prepa­ ration for tournaments that take place within and outside of At­ lanta. One such tournament oc­ curred on October 24th at Emory University. Five students from Put the money Morehouse College took part in the tournament, which also in­ cluded teams from Emory, Geor­ you save on this account gia State and the University of Georgia, placing third among into CDs. eight teams. Morehouse has been invited to become a mem­ ber of a South East regional league organized by Florida State University. Another tournament is planned during November in which Florida State and possi­ bly another college out of 1 800 WACHOVIA Florida is expected to take part WWW.WACHOVIA.COM Vtecl. also. Through all the consider­ able research that I have done on this sport (not to mention my own table tennis prowess) I have found that there is a lot of talent NO MINIMUM BALANCE CHECKING • CONVENIENT WACHOVIA ATM LOCATIONS • FREE WACHOViA ATM USE in this sport here at Morehouse. FREE WACHOVIA CHECK CARD • PC ACCESS • 2AHOUR PHONE ACCESS Perhaps with the support of the college and students alike, we can become a giant in collegiate Wachovia Bank, N.A. is a member FDIC. Accounts subject to approval. Wachovia Bank, N.A. imposes a fee for the use of non-Wachovia ATMs. competition. »X-. Monady, November 8, 1999 THE MAROON TIGER UNDERGROUND PAGE 16

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