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THE The Organ of Student Expression Serieng Morehouse College Since 1898 Maroon VOL. 73, NO. 14 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE; ATLANTA, GEORGIA Thursday, April 26, 2001 Drawing a line in the sands Geoffrey Bennett Asst. Campus News Editor IN CAMPUS NEWS or the first time in nine years, fol lowing the recent The Leadership Center Freturn of Kappa Alpha Psi, sponsors a conference on every Greek-letter fraternity Black Churches and has an officially active status Black politics in the new on Morehouse's campus. As a result, the impact on stu millenium. dent life has caused many to take note. For instance, freshman business management major Page 3 Brandon Remus said, "I hope that the fraternities on the campus don't break down the bond of the Morehouse brotherhood. That should be a fraternity in itself if history serves as a reminder." Interestingly, the his tory of fraternities on Morehouse's campus is as vivid and intriguing as stu dent sentiments regarding the issue. IN FEATURES When Greek letter fra ternities made their debut on It’s the end of the year, so Morehouse's campus in 1921 Spring 2001 marks a historic moment as each Greek-letter fraternity is represented on campus. in classic “Tiger style,’’ with Kappa Alpha Psi, they Alpha, Hope publicly de we have honored the Men were treated with open hos them today, luxuries which tive chronicle of Morehouse Negro students could ill af history, A Candle in the Dark. nounced his previous nega of the Year. tility by then President John Hope's administration. ford, either financially or After Hope's close tive sentiments and offered "They were considered, ideologically," wrote Edward friend, W.E.B. DuBois, per the College's official recogni- as some teachers still regard A. Jones, author of the defini- suaded him to join Alpha Phi Continued on page 4 Page 10-11 There is no Payne in tenure remarkably well with the stu Marc Muneal dents." Staff Writer But Dr. Virgil Payne, the man about whom all these A student is in his office good things can be and have for advisement. He reviews been said, has been asked to the students' proposed sched leave Morehouse College at ule for Fall 2001 and suggests the end of the 2000-01 aca replacing one of the more dif demic year due to a lack of ficult courses with a core personal research during his course for balance. His tone is decade at the College. respectful and his attitude Payne is a 1974 gradu helpful; the student has a ate of Morehouse College and Joe Carlos/dtan INA&E positive advisement experi earned his Ph. D. from the ence. ODKInitiation ceremony Dead Prez is bigger than University of Illinois in 1981. Students enjoy and ap n Tuesday, May 2, 2001, members of the Morehouse Ten years later, he joined the hip hop; so big they scored preciate his lectures on al staff of his alma mater and community gathered in Sale Hall to witness the official an interview with The kanes and alkenes in an or has been teaching introduc chartering ofOmicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Maroon Tiger’s own ganic chemistry course. And, tory chemistry courses at the Honor Society. The first part of the ceremony dealt with the perhaps most impressively, Carnegie Mims. House since. It was decided, induction of the charter members, who began the chartering process the head of the department however, that during his time calls him "an outstanding last year. Fourteen new members were then inducted into the ODK teacher who communicates Continued on page 6 circle, which also includes some members of faculty and staff. DO YOU HAVE Announcements ALLERGIES? 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Please provide us with your contact information - by visiting ml.com/careers/summer - so we can start building a rewarding relationship. > Merrill Lynch is an equal opportunity employer. ml.com/careers/summer be bullish Merrill Lynch © 2001 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Campus News DC conference on black churches a success Leadership Center presents “Black Churches and Black Politics in the New Millenium” Conference Colin A. Hosten StaffWriter Intellectual debate and discourse were the order of the CBNow Millennium^ day for three days last month as by scores of scholars, politicians, ■km..E TRUSTS clergy, students and media per sonnel from around the country gathered in the nation's capital for a conference on "Black Churches and Black Politics in the New Millennium", spon sored by the Leadership Center at Morehouse College. The conference repre sented the culmination of three years of analysis and research as part of the "Public Influences of African-American Churches Project," which was conducted by the Leadership Center and funded by the Pew Charitable Trust Company based in Phila delphia. Among those in atten dance at the Sheraton National lecial Chairman of the Morehouse Board of Trustees, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. ‘56 expertly delivers comments. Hotel in Arlington, VA were several students from which were only recently com tions. Only 29 percent said that toral process than to the forma their voice and have a more ef Morehouse and other schools in piled and released, that served they involved in civil rights tion of national policies. About fective impact on public policy. the Atlanta University Center. as a backdrop for much of the work, and about 25 percent said two thirds of the churches indi "If churches were doing They represented their schools discussion that took place at the that they had been active at cated that they had assisted with their job," according to Martin well at many of the discussions conference last month. some level with welfare policies. voter registration drives in the Luther King III, "then every is at the conference. A total of 1,900 clergy from On individual issues, such past decade, and half gave vot sue affecting the African-Ameri These discussions ers rides to the can community would be re were centered largely on polls on Election solved." the impact that African Day. Following the townhall American churches With these meeting and press conference, have had on the nature statistics in mind, the three-day conference was of and direction of the black clergy, poli ficially launched with a cer nation's public policy ticians and uni emony in which keynote process, especially dur versity scholars speaker, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, ing the years since the from around the Chairman of the Morehouse Civil Rights Movement. country con Board of Trustees and pastor of Black churches came vened in Wash the Olivet Institutional Baptist into the public eye dur ington D.C. to Church in Cleveland, Ohio, de ing last year's presiden discuss ways in livered an inspiring address tial election in their fa which the black about the role of black churches miliar role of mobilizing church could in in society. black voters and have crease its influ During the second day of once again become a fo ence on the for the conference, the assembly cal point in the current mation of public broke into a series of smaller dis debate on government policy. cussion groups to discuss topics funding of faith-based The confer such as churches and local po social services. ence kicked off on litical cultures and the cultures In both instances, College Fund CEO Bill Gray was among the respected pundits on the issue Thursday, April of church activism, concluding a strategic value has 19th with a pro with a celebration of black been assigned to black churches across the country were sur as public vouchers for private vocative, stimulating townhall churches through the arts. The because of the ability to access veyed by either mail or tele education and President Bush's meeting at the National Press highlight of the night came the majority of African Ameri phone. According to the survey, recent faith-based initiative there Club that was moderated by when Linda Tillery and the Cul cans, who continue to exist out fewer than a quarter of the was a noteworthy diversity of Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker- tural Heritage Choir gave a dy side the social mainstream of the clergy reported that their con opinion among the clergy. Smith. Panelists Martin Luther namic and inspiring perfor nation's public policy process. gregations had been involved In the end, it was discov King DI of the Southern Chris mance that traced the legacy of It was with this in mind with any of a list of public policy ered that during the Civil Rights tian Leadership Conference, African-American spiritual mu that the Leadership Center con issues in the past 10 years. Movement of the 1960's and syndicated columnist Rev. Dr. sic. ducted a survey of black clergy Fewer than 10 percent of a 70's, when the public influence Barbara Reynolds and Rev.

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