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VOL. 73, NO. 8 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE; ATLANTA, GEORGIA Thursday, January 25, 2001 Morehouse College is # 1

Joe Carlos Features Editor

In a pleasantly surprising turn of events, Morehouse College IN FEATURES has recently been ranked as the top If the holidays left you school for African Americans ac­ cording to a recent DayStar Rat­ broke, find out how to live ings list in the January 2001 edi­ the good life on the bud­ tion of Black Enterprise Magazine. get your parents designed Morehouse beat out 481 for you for the Spring. other colleges and universities such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Howard, Horida A&M and Fisk to be ranked as the best Pages 10 institution for African Americans. Nearly 1,000AfricanAmeri- can higher educational profession­ als were asked to rate nearly 500 colleges and universities with an African American enrollment of at least 3 percent. Historically black colleges and universities made up 10 per­ cent of all colleges surveyed, and were representative of 34 percent of the schools that made the top Roger Spencer Humphrey/Staff 50 list. Black Enterprise Magazine recently ranked Morehouse College as the number one Dr. Thomas LaVeist, associ­ undergraduate school for African Americans. ate professor of health policy, man­ "Often the colleges that rank Massey replied, "This is wonder­ IN EDITORIALS agement and sociology at Johns are happy to hear about the recent high on the list have only a hand­ ful news! Morehouse provides an Hopkins University and the au­ rating atop the poll. ful of black students," said LaVeist. academic environment that sup­ Have adultery, infidelity thor of the DayStar Guide to Col­ "It's about time," said Senior "If s clear that there is a very wide­ ports our students' needs, and the and betrayal become a leges for African Americans, devel­ Finance major Damien Johnson. spread positive impression of Black Enterprise ranking says what oped the list to provide African- 'Tor the longest, the academic in­ sign of status? Morehouse among African- we have known all along— American students with "a better tegrity of Morehouse's students American institutions." Morehouse is one of the best lib­ sense of where African-American has been underrated, but finally, In response to latest ranking, eral arts colleges in the nation." students are thriving." Morehouse President Walter Likewise, many students Continued on page 8

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thought I was supposed to be Anthony Jewett confirmed and everything. It Contributing Writer was way better than when I first got here. That took me There was once a time three days." that the mention of registra­ Martin's satisfaction is tion to a man of Morehouse evidence enough that the brought tears to his eyes and many measures taken by flashbacks of frustrations registrtion administrators are gone-by. After a restful finally paying off in the form Christmas or summer vaca­ of a faster, better and more tion, thinking of add slips and efficient system that pleases long lines sprinkled with INA&E both students and staff. cashier's-office attitude could Working tirelessly, almost be too much. But the The latest opus from The many staff members of vari­ times, however, have Pharcyde is in. Check out ous offices have worked with changed. Campus construction continues the in-house staff of the Ban­ how it fared in the mind "I was through in 15 The construction area in front of Graves Hall is part of a drainage ner system to transition of our own hip hop cri­ minutes," mentioned junior Morehouse into the auto­ and erosion control project to eliminate the flooding of Graves Marketing major Marco Mar­ tique Carnegie H. Mims. mated age. The aim of the Halls’ basement. The basement will then be converted into a lounge tin in reference to his registra­ conversion is to make prac- for physical plant workers. According to Physical Plant staff, this tion experience. "I was more project is scheduledfor completion on Wednesday, January31,2001. Page 16 confused than them. I Continued on page 5 Announcements amazon.com

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The Medical College of Georgia is recruiting college students interested in health care careers for the work hard, have fun. make history. Summer 2001 Student Educational Enrichment Program and Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program. Marian Wright Edelman addresses Crown Forum The American Musical and Dramatic Academy will be holding the national audition tour for admission Martin Luther King, Jr. In­ is too costly." Geoffrey Bennett and scholarships for conservatory training in New York ternational Chapel Board of Following the Crown Assistant Campus News Editor City. The conservatory will be visiting Atlanta on Sponsors and the Interna­ Forum program, many as­ Sunday, March 18,2001 and 21 other cities throughout tional Hall of Honor. sembled in the Chapel lobby the year. Last year, the AMDA awarded $500,000 in Touting the importance Quoting Ghandi, for the unveiling of the scholarships to enrolled students. Call 800-367-7908 or of child advocacy issues, Dr. Carter extolled Edelman as Children's Defense Fund art visit www.AMDA.edu for more information. Marian Wright Edelman, one of the "shining ex­ gallery that featured the cre­ founder and president of the amples of the glory of the ative works of international The Morehouse Time-to-Read program will be in Children's Defense Fund, unrequired" and presented children which was spon­ full effect this semester. All volunteers are welcomed to addressed an attentive her with an oil portrait and sored by Soka Gakkai Inter­ join. If interested, please contact Michael Harrison or Crown Forum audience on a citation with twenty moral national, a lay Buddhist or­ Adam Beane as soon possible at 404-215-2724. Training Thursday, January 18 to laws by which Dr. King ganization. sessions will begin February 3, 2001. commemorate the King holi­ lived his life. Following the unveil­ day. ing ceremony, Riddled "Turn political rhetoric into political Edelman met with statistics reality. We can no longer tolerate the kill- wi th ninety of interna­ Morehouse tional child ing of our children." students and p.o v e r t y , —Edelman several other Edelman's faculty mem­ speech was an impassioned Edelman then urged bers, clergy and Morehouse plea to honor the legacy of the men in attendance to be­ supporters to discuss the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. come "chief builders of importance of the freedom by helping the world's de­ strong Black families." home initiative and other fenseless children. "Don't be a poverty-produc­ child advocacy programs. "Turn political rhetoric ing machine," she added. "We need more expo­ into political reality ...Make "40,000 children die sure to people like Dr. a commitment to get out of daily," Edelman said. "In Edelman," said freshman this culture of death. We can the United States, every Blake Adams. no longer tolerate the killing sixth child dies of pov­ "All too often, issues of our children, " said erty...So, when you like the ones she is con­ (L-R)MissAntheaneum 1925, Erika Love, a junior Biology, Pre Edelman. Morehouse men make all of cerned with get overshad­ Med major from Clinton, MS; Miss Maroon Tiger 2000-2001 Rev. Dr. Lawrence E. your money, be sure to give owed. But it is great that she Carter, Dean of the King In­ it back and make sure you Bmoke Taylor, a junior English major jrom Winnetka, IL; Mis. and others are committed to ternational Chapel, in­ don't get it at the expense of Maroon 1996, Ione Rucker, a senior Child Development majo, children's issues," Adams ducted Edelman into the someone else. Some money from Lancaster, SC. We love you ladies!!! said. Campus News MarehouseGoflege tenure explained

Morehouse tenure system is responsible for changes in faculty roster

to be a factor, funds must be Geoffrey Bennett made available." Assistant Campus News Editor Typically, faculty mem­ bers are given one year to College professors are find other employment after in a uniquely vulnerable po­ tenure is denied. Since the sition. While they do not chemistry department is un­ provide goods or services, derstaffed, however, Payne they offer ideas, the most has been signing yearly con­ valuable products of all. tracts with no guarantee of In academia, virtually renewal. every topic is grounds for Furthermore, Payne dispute, especially since credited his denied tenure knowledge itself has now to a discord with a col­ been politicized. league. Tenure gives profes­ "I had a personality sors job security, and with­ conflict with someone in the out it, professors who devi­ department. That can [also] ate from conventional wis­ affect the committee's rec­ dom would be blown away ommendation," said Payne. with each shift of the ideo­ According to Payne, he logical wind. considered his involvement Since society's colleges in the surrounding commu­ and universities are chief or­ nity and his active partici­ gans for creating, preserv­ pation in several Morehouse activities as service to the ing and propagating knowl­ Dr. Anibal Bueno, professor of philosophy and religion, instructs an attentive student. edge, only tenured faculties institution that would assist are able to preserve the in­ strength and growth, de­ several popular Morehouse larly parted ways with in obtaining tenure. Morehouse. tegrity of the institutions. partmental service and con­ professors have parted ways "I felt that by doing the Dr. Virgil Payne, assis­ In the absence of a ten­ tribution to departmental with the college after having TRIO program, a program tant professor of chemistry, ure system, professors goals and service to the in­ their tenure denied by insti­ endorsed by the College, who began teaching at would be subject to the stitution and contribution to tutional committees. that that would count for Morehouse in 1991, was de­ merry-go-round of manage­ institutional goals." Former assistant pro­ something more," Payne nied tenure for "his lack of ment fads, the ebb and flow Determined primarily fessor of philosophy Dr. Del said. "I don't think that the scholarly activity or in­ of cultural trends, grand- by peer evaluation, an assis­ Kiernan-Lewis was denied College values those kinds volvement." standing politicians and tant professor is granted tenure and, according to The of faculty contributions." Yet, Payne, a Napoleonic administrators. tenure and an associate pro­ Atlanta-Journal Constitution, According to Sheftall, Morehouse alum, was of­ "Every university fessorship as a joint promo­ filed a lawsuit against however, service to the in­ fered his teaching position needs a core of continuing tion, according to Morehouse citing racial dis­ stitution is an integral part with no guarantee of re­ faculty—professors who un­ Morehouse Senior Vice crimination as the mitigat­ of the tenure evaluation pro­ search start-up funds and derstand its values, care for President for Academic Af­ ing factor for being denied cess. In reference to the attributes his lackluster re­ its future and provide its in­ fairs Dr.Willis Sheftall. tenure. claims made by Dr. Payne search record to the lack of stitutional memory," said Nevertheless, Kiernan- and other Morehouse pro­ funding. American Association of Explaining the basis Lewis, a White professor, fessors, Sheftall was prohib­ "Morehouse did not University Professors repre­ for the peer-based review, was later replaced with an­ ited from discussing specific give me initial financial sup­ sentative John Penner. Sheftall said, "The faculty other White professor. personnel matters. port to start a lab," said "Scrapping tenure have an accountability and Dr. Charles Cope, "I have tried to be an Payne. would make teaching a re­ responsibility for the qual­ former assistant professor of example for students and "I wanted to change volving door. The faculty du ity of the teaching faculty. mathematics, who was re­ the community," said my research interest to focus jour would lack continuity, They share that responsibil- portedly recruited for his Payne. "I love what I do. I on and encom­ tradition and direction," ity with love my students as if they pass undergradu­ Penner added. the ad- "The faculty have an accountability and were my own, (laugh) per­ ates. The funds Tenure can be de­ ministra- responsibility for the quality of the teaching haps because I can go home that I got had to scribed as an "up or out" and leave them here. I am tlOn A c - — and share that responsibility with the ad- be spent in two promotion. According to the excited everyday about days. It was 1997 Morehouse College Fac­ cording to ministration." —Senior Vice President for Aca- teaching students." money that I got Junior English major BJ ulty Handbook, tenure "is in­ sheftaii, demic Affairs Sheftall. on a Wednesday Coram offered his decidedly terpreted to mean reason­ student that was from a able expectation of perma­ e v a 1 u a - diplomatic sentiments grant that would expire on about the situation. nency...until retirement for tions are also considered in excellence in teaching Friday. This was grant "It is a shame that age or physical disability, the tenure-granting process. lower-level mathematics, money that came from de­ Morehouse might lose good subject to involuntary sepa­ "There are two types of stu­ was denied tenure and has partmental pockets. What I professors because of the ration for adequate cause or dent evaluations that we since left Morehouse, de­ bought were very basic ma­ tenure system, but I have unavoidable termination" consider," he said. "The first spite his instructional abil­ terials that weren't enough faith in the system that they due to a financial emer­ are the formal evaluations ity. to use," Payne added. have employed to provide gency or change of an aca­ that students submit at the Larry Crawford, a Payne continued, "In for the continued teaching demic program. end of a course. The others former assistant professor of the past, [Morehouse has] excellence of the institu­ According to the fac­ are 'off the cycle' evalua­ sociology whose popular been referred to as a teach­ tion," said Coram. ulty handbook, tenure is de­ tions such as student com­ Men in Society course was ing institution where teach­ termined by "quality of ments, phone calls, letters or often filled to capacity, was ing in the classroom is the Anthony Jewett, contrib­ teaching, evidence of schol­ complaints." also reportedly denied ten­ primary avenue of develop­ uting writer, interviewed Dr. arly activity and/or artistic Despite positive stu­ ure as a result of his "con­ dent sentiments, however, troversial" beliefs and simi­ ment. If scholarly activity is Payne for this article.

Thursday", January 25, 2001 THE MAROON TIGER CAMPUS NEWS PAGE 5 Spring Homecoming in the making Moæhouse

Boulware, who was these events—to have fun. else." Carnegie H. Mims, III also the 1999 Morehouse "Traditionally, in the Men on TV Swing Editor The week is still in its Homecoming director, Spring...we haven't done preliminary stages of being pointed out that many of the anything," Davis said. planned and does not have Freaknik is dead. So Geoffrey Bennett activities being planned for "There hasn't been any an official name yet. How­ that means late April should Assistant Campus News Editor this week of festivities are event, it has just been the ever, it is scheduled for the be pretty lame this year, unique, including Faculty elections and then you're week of April 16-21, culmi­ right? The Morehouse SGA Nick Brown, a 1999 Follies and Kilgore Explo­ gone. So really, school kind nating with a concert on that says "hold up...." As a mat­ Morehouse alumnus, will sion - which is supposed to of died down after Candle Saturday. Morehouse is pro­ ter of fact, a few select mem­ compete for a million dol­ be Underground Live on a in the Dark. This year, we're ducing the event and all of bers of the SGA are in the lars on the CBS reality show, grander scale. In contrast trying to keep it moving by the activities will occur on preliminary stages of plan­ with the Fall Homecoming, having a week full of events campus, but they will not be Survivor II: The Australian ning an entire week of ac­ this week of events will not that really bring the college restricted to just Morehouse Outback. , tivities in April that will be be centered around one ac­ experience back to students. Brown, a native of reminiscent of Homecoming As the spring budget Steilacoom, Washington, is a Week during the Fall. for campus activities is lim­ second-year Harvard law But the week's director "This year, we're trying to keep it moving ited, the event's planning student. Jason Boulware said this by having a week full of events that really bring committee is currently seek­ Describing himself as week will not be just an­ the college experience back to Morehouse and ing sponsors for the activi­ "compassionate, incisive other Homecoming. Spelman."—assistant director Jimmy Davis. ties that will take place. and ambitious," he fully ex­ "It's actually not really Boulware said that their pects to return to the States a homecoming," Boulware tivity. However, a major fo­ Morehouse and Spelman. goal is to collect as much remarked. "A homecoming cus will be the Miss Maroon This is something that's go­ funding as possible in order is usually centered around & White paegent. ing to be open to the Atlanta to make this week a memo­ football. That's just what Pageant and Ball. As­ area and potentially, to rable one. we're using a reference for sisting Boulware with the other black college students "Hopefully, this isn't a week of activities. It was planning of these events is as they come to Atlanta. something for just this year, actually an idea brought to Jimmy Davis, who was also This could be the new ver­ just a Spring 2001 event," me by J.C. Love. He said he the assistant director of sion of Freaknik...where ev­ Boulware added. "This is wanted something that Homecoming 2000. When erybody is going to want to something that I want to see would leave a good impres­ asked to comment upon the come down to this Spring in Spring 2002, 2003 and sion as the last thing stu­ upcoming Spring week, Fest, just like they go to on... as a staple of the Spring Brown ‘99 on Survivor II dents remember before Davis reiterated the aim of Daytona and everywhere semester at Morehouse." heading into finals. as a millionaire. The premiere Survivor II episode airs on CBS, Janu­ Morehouse registration improvements are evident ary 28, 2001 after the Super Bowl. Morehouse Registration from page 1 Touted as the televi­ College Reg­ sion event of 2000, the first tices, traditionally done istrar Richard Survivor series had an as­ manually, electronic, efficient Winstead, the tounding viewership of 51.7 and easier for all. The average 500- million. system's current ability to 600 need Last month on Decem­ confirm students' schedules sheets are ber 21, Jadun McCarthy, a automatically is only one of usually com­ those features. pleted manu­ junior English major from Banner is the computer ally by the Macon, Georgia appeared system the institution is using registrar's on the college edition of to consolidate all its practices six-mem- ABC's wildly popular game into a single format. This pro­ bered staff, show, Who Wants to be a Mil­ gram allows Financial Aid, who, before­ lionaire? Housing, the Office of the hand, checks Although McCarthy Registrar and Student Ac­ each senior's was not quick enough to counts to work effectively to­ transcript for meet Regis Philbin in the gether. Banner already allows missing re­ hot seat, he recounted his quirements. students to register via the experience as "fun." This year, web and professors to report "I had an all-expense- however, the grades electronically. It will Registrations lines still exist, but they’re becoming much shorter and moving paid three-day trip to New office at­ soon enable students to make much faster. York City complete with a tempted to account payments online as limo driver," McCarthy well as allow incoming stu­ prepare the need sheets elec­ one hand they say we have a ishing in comparison to expe­ said. "Regis was nice but dents to check their admis­ tronically. top of the line Banner system, riences like that of Martin. intense and sarcastic." sion status. "There are still some they still employ antiquated Gerald Leavell, a sopho­ After attending an The new system, how­ glitches to work out," said methods such as waiting in more International Studies open-call audition at the ever, is still not perfect. Senior Winstead. line for a damn book major said, "Well, I don't downtown Ritz Carlton in need sheets, usually available Students disgruntled by voucher." When asked for fi­ have a problem with any of it October, where he compet­ during spring registration to what they percieved as still a nal comment, the same stu­ [ registration]. I've been con­ ed against hundreds of inform seniors of the core and gross lack of communication dent replied flatly, "These firmed." major requirements needed to and professionalism were on people are inept." Still some students are other southeastern college graduate, were not ready at hand, ready and willing to Although complaints neither disenchanted nor be­ students, McCarthy and the beginning of this semes­ vent their frustrations. like these are ever-present dazzled by the changes but Spelman student Emile ter. According to one junior during the process, their rather remain somewhat in­ Davies were selected to ap­ According to English major, "Registration number seems to be dimin­ different. pear on the show. is a contradiction. While on Thursday, January 25, 2001 THE MAROON TIGER CAMPUS NEWS PAGE 6 Kappa Alpha Psi returns to the College

The return of Pi chapter marks the return of all Greek letter fraternities to Morehouse

Psi over a period of months. Nimes, also a member of life. ter is a positive development. Kasi David "We are really glad to have Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., "I feel that with the return "Fraternities are an inte­ Campus News Editor all the Greeks back and active," added, "At student services, our of the Pi chapter, order has been gral part of the history and tra­ said Nimes, Morehouse Associ­ goal has been to improve cam­ restored with respect to Greek dition at Morehouse, and we are After a nine year suspen­ ate Dean of Student Services and pus life, and Pi chapter's return sion from Morehouse College, Coordinator for Greek life. helps us do that." tire Pi chapter of Kappa Alpha "Fraternities are an integral part of the history and tra­ Psi Fraternity, Inc. will dition at Morehouse, and we are very happy to have all return to Morehouse this of the African-American fraternities represented on spring, marking the re­ campus," said Dean of Student Services Gaffney. turn of all Greek letter fra­ ternities on campus. Pi chapter, which life," said Phifer. "Their very happy to have all of the was founded in 1921, has contribution as far as ser­ African-American fraternities had a long and illustrious vice, will enhance their role represented now on campus, history at Morehouse. as leaders. In some ways which offers more diversity in Many people have their influence will be terms of choice to students," said been involved in the pro­ manifested on campus Gaffney. "Fraternities have had cess to reactivate Pi chap­ through community ser­ a history of leadership on cam­ ter on campus including vice and campus programs pus, and anytime an organiza­ members of Pi chapter such as Homecoming." tion has leadership develop­ and other chapters of the Phifer also said the ment and public service as part Fraternity and members presence of all fraternities of its mandate, then we are of the Morehouse College on campus should comple­ happy to have them as a student administration including photo courtesy of Torch ment the work of the Stu­ organization on campus." Dean Eddie Gaffney, Members of Kappa Alpha Psi, Pi Chapter-1992. dent Government Associa­ The large turnout of stu­ Dean Johnny Nimes and tion in terms of service to dents interested in Pi chapter at Dean Brian Phifer, who all met "With Pi chapter's return, it According to Phifer, the student body. a recent Greek forum proves an with Dr. Stanley Pritchett, the re­ gives a number of students the Morehouse Dean of Student According to Gaffney, overwhelming student interest gional polemarch for the South­ opportunity to pursue Greek Conduct, the return of Kappa Morehouse Dean of Student Ser­ that the return of Pi chapter has eastern region of Kappa Alpha life, namely Kappa Alpha Psi." Alpha Psi will enhance campus vices,the return of the Pi chap- generated. Looking for a few good men Writers!Photographers!Joumalists! Though many know very James Britton little about the organization itself, Staff Writer STRIPES has a fifteen-year history here at Morehouse. It began in the The new breed of STRIPES middle 80's as a tool to assist ad­ workers are motivated, person­ missions representatives when able, knowledgeable and dedi­ WE NEED YOU!!! they were unable to meet some of cated to the mission of Morehouse their obligations due to their College. Led by one of the newest workload. admissions representatives, The Maroon Tiger will be holding a general STRIPES members volun­ Myron Burney '98, these students, teer their time to organize sched­ along with Bumey, have dedi­ ules, take calls and return corre­ cated themselves to representing student-body interest meeting, Tuesday, spondence for what amounts to die best of what Morehouse has thousands of students, parents to offer. and visitors to Morehouse each For instance, junior Yari January 30 in Archer Hall, Room 115 at year. Lawson has been a worker since Under Burney's leadership, his freshman year. Lawson says the future for the organization one of the things he tries to do is 6 p.m. Prospective applicants for 2001-2002 looks bright. Although the dream "articulate the Morehouse Mys­ of men of Morehouse actively re­ tique" in a way the young people cruiting students in an official ca­ can understand. editor positions should attend. Applications pacity has not yet been realized, The student ambassadors plans for such a venture are in are not just tour guides, they rep­ progress. Bumey plans to give stu­ resent the first impression many will be taken for staff writers, photographers dents "designated areas" in Geor­ receive when visiting Morehouse. gia in which they can actively re­ If you think that the tours are lim­ cruit students. He believes "the ited to high school students and and those interested in becoming editors. Stu­ most effective recruitment comes parents hoping for their sons to from the student7s experiences." attend Morehouse, you are mis­ This new element of recruit­ taken. dents from all institutions are welcome, and ment inside the organization STRIPES workers have been opens the window of opportunity found conversing and mingling even wider not simply for a re­ with CEOs of Fortune 500 compa­ light refreshments will be served. For more sume-filler but for real-world ex­ nies, government officials and ad­ perience students can take with ministrators from other schools in­ them after graduation. cluding graduate and professional information, call (404) 614-6041 or email us STRIPES, much like the U.S. schools. As sophomore Alex Marines, is always looking for a Louis-Jeune said, "STRIPES is a Few Good Men. great way to make contacts." at [email protected]. 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electors and that made manda­ (whether the margin is 1 vote Howard Franklin tory, except in cases where elec­ or 1 million votes) carries all Managing Editor tors vote “irregularly." The en­ the electoral votes of that state, actment also provided that which disenfranchises minori­ The much-debated elec­ Congress may intervene to ties at an intermediate stage of toral college is seated upon a settle a dispute over the elec­ shaky pillar of uncertainty7. Ly­ the electoral process. tion of the presidential electors For example, 53 percent Judge levies more than 18 years in jail, no parole ing amid cries for reform and of a state only when the state rooted deeply in American his­ of all Blacks live in the South­ is unable to do so. ern states, where this year, as tory, its future is indeterminate. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former NFL player Rae The system has under­ expected, they voted over 90 Now that its implementation gone several major changes Carruth was sentenced Monday to at least 18 years, 11 months may carry racial implications, percent Democratic. However, over the years, including sepa­ white Republicans outvoted in prison for his role in the 1999 shooting death of his preg­ many scholars have something rating the votes for president nant girlfriend. to say about the necessity of the Blacks in every southern state and vice president, and mov­ and every border state (except Superior Court Judge Charles Lamm sentenced Carruth electoral college or lack thereof. ing from appointing electors to Maryland). Southern whites To fully understand its place in after hearing emotional testimony from the parents of Cherica voting them into office. gave over 70 percent of their American politics, as always, Adams, who was eight months' pregnant when she was shot one must start at the begin­ Should a candidate re­ votes to the Republican candi­ four times in November 1999. She died a month later. ning. ceive a minority of the popu­ date. As a result, the massive lar vote nationally but carry a southern Black (and Latin, Her mother, Saundra, said she forgives Carruth, but “in The electoral system was sufficient number of states to Asian, and Native American) no way do I think he should get off easy for what he has done." devised by the drafters of the secure a majority of the elec­ U.S. Constitution irt 1787, who vote for Gore in that region was toral votes, the candidate rendered null. Consequently, Democrat Zell Miller to co-sponsor Bush tax cut intended to entrust the respon­ sibility of choosing the nation's would be elected, and the will every single southern electoral From CNN’s Patty Davis of the majority would be frus­ leader to people who would be college vote was awarded to unaffected by Bush. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Zell Miller, D-Georgia, As public partisan poli­ 53 percent of all Blacks live in the Southern states, will co-sponsor in the Senate President Bush's 10-year, $1.3 tics. intellectual Lani trillion tax cut, Miller's chief of staff said Sunday. . Voters where this year, as usual, they voted over 90 percent Guiner reports, in Wyoming, The other co-sponsor is Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas. elect the mem­ Democratic. However, white Republicans outvoted one electoral Gramm and Miller plan to hold a news conference Monday bers of the Blacks in every southern state and every border state electoral col­ college vote cor- afternoon to announce their co-sponsorship of the plan. (except Maryland). As a result, they completely lege every four responds to Miller's support for Bush's tax cut is not shared by many erased the massive southern Black (and Latin, Asian, years. They, in 71,000 voters, Democrats on Capitol Hill. turn, nomi­ and Native American) vote for Gore in that region. while in states nally choose with larger Ray says ‘pressure was applied’ on deal with Clinton the president populations trated through the legal and and vice president of the (where the votes of people of normal operation of the elec­ color are more numerous), the WASHINGTON (CNN) — Independent Counsel Robert United States. Each state is as­ signed a number of electors toral college. This was the case ratio is one electoral vote for Ray said Sunday that "pressure was applied" to accomplish in the elections of 1876, 1888 equal to the total number of over 200,000 voters. No longer the deal that spared former President Clinton a criminal in­ and 2000. In each instance, a senators and representatives it does every vote carry the same Democrat won the popular weight. Many critics insist that dictment in return for his admission that he gave “evasive and sends to the Congress. Pres­ vote but lost the electoral vote misleading" testimony about his sexual affair with former ently, there are 538 electors; a the only system that can ensure and presidency to a Republi­ White House intern Monica Lewinsky. majority of 270 is necessary to election of the popular choice can. A challenge to the "win- is direct popular election. "I mean, obviously, pressure was applied and it was im­ win an election. ner-take-all" system of award­ As political parties devel­ Other less covert forces portant to apply it," Ray said. “My job is to accomplish re­ ing electoral votes was rejected oped and vied for power, party are at work to stifle the voices sults, and those results were accomplished as a result of a pro­ interests became the dominant by the U.S. Supreme Court in of minorities. Reports from cess that I put in place that I believe, ultimately, vindicated influences over the votes of the January of 1969. Florida show that people of Critics point to the dis­ the principle that no person, including the president, is above electors, just the opposite of its color cast a disproportionately the law." creators' design. Before 1820, pute caused by the election of large number of disqualified 1888, in which Grover Cleve­ votes. On election day, Black The deal signaled an end to the long-running investiga­ most of the state legislatures land, the defeated candidate, and Haitian voters were ha­ tion of Clinton that had started with a probe of the controver­ applied their constitutionally granted power by appointing polled 5,540,050 popular votes rassed by the police, their sial Whitewater land deal. to 5,444,337 for Benjamin presidential electors. But as the names were removed from the electorate began to exercise Harrison; however, Cleveland rolls, and many of their ballots greater political influence, the received only 168 electoral were left uncounted by out­ states instituted the direct elec­ votes to Harrison's 233. dated machines. Most recently, defeated Morehouse College is #1 tion of presidential electors. To In his New York Times attend this change, political candidate A1 Gore won the op-ed piece, Yale law professor popular election by a margin of College #1 from page 1 parties began to present lists of Akhil Amar reveals that the Black Enterprise Top Ten 940,520 votes, despite the dam­ presidential electors who were hirtherto obscure electoral col­ we are getting our just due." aging discrepancy in tabula­ implicitly pledged to vote for lege system was consciously In last year's 1999 ratings, 1. Morehouse College tion in Florida counties. Con­ the candidates of their party. set up by the founding fathers DayStar ranked Morehouse sec­ 2. Spelman College versely, Texas Governor to be the mechanism by which ond to Spelman College. But many Thus originated the practice of 3. FAMU George Bush secured 271 elec­ slaveholders would dominate students questioned this ranking the electors of a state voting as toral votes to Gore's 266, thus American politics. because of misplaced and errone­ 4. Hampton University a unit, a procedure that was winning the hotly contested Since slavery was abol­ ous information found in the ar­ 5. Howard University subsequently made mandatory presidency. ticle. in most of the states. ished, the new justification for 6. Xavier University Critics of the electoral This year, Spelman College Congress enacted a law the electoral college is that it 7. Stanford University method argue that the will of ranked second to Morehouse in 1887 that gave the states al­ allows smaller states to retain while Clark Atlanta University 8. Clark Atlanta University most exclusive power to re­ the voters is distorted by this some impact on elections. And "winner-take-all" system. A ranked number 8. Morris Brown 9. Georgetown University solve all controversies regard­ so it does, but to the benefit of College did not make the top 50 candidate receiving a majority conservative white Republican 10. 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Costs? $7.50 Drinks Only!) The games are a ton of fun Costs? Free on college Night Roger Spencer Humphrey and bring out the true kid in all of and $8.00 any other day of the Staff Writer Yes, Starbucks. Sounds a little If s dark. It's cozy. And it's us. The real fun comes when you week. corny, huh? Remember, the key open nightly until 3 a.m.. Boast­ add your own twist such as a back So you just met her on the to this guide is a creative From the work of strip. Or maybe you already spirit. Truth be told, Michelangelo to the photo col­ knew her from last semester. Re­ women cherish good con­ lection of Elton John, the High gardless of how you met or where versation. With plush always has something interest­ you met, chances are, you may chairs and the best coffee ing in its special exhibitions. want to take the time to get to outside of Seattle, •The art selected for the perma­ know her better. With Valentine's Starbucks is a great place to nent collection is just as mean­ Day around the comer and spring sit and chat. What better way to ing over 100 freshly prepared des­ rub for winning a game of air ingful. The permanent collection in the air, we have just the solu­ spend a cold January/February serts, Intermezzo is Atlanta's pre­ hockey. is meant to provoke, challenge and tion to all your dating woes. night than with a venti-cup of mier French Café. The dessert bar inspire viewers to feel the works Is money low? Or is cak­ expresso? is so big that they need people 9. Poetry night at the Cres­ on display "deliver the touch of the ing before you commit to making whose sole purpose is to run down cent Room. museum." As Atlanta's flagship her wifey something you consider 3. Centennial Olympic Park the list of their many desserts. The What it will cost? $10.00 art gallery, the High Museum seeks as one of the seven deadly sins? Costs? It’s Free! Italian wedding cake is a must. to provide a unique way of view­ In the true spirit of Big Tryit out! Ever wanted to be like ing and responding to art. Try it, Pimpin' on a budget, we have With its ever- and she will like it. compiled the official guide to dat­ flowing fountains, ing for twenty bucks or less. We Centennial Park is 11. The Sun have come up with 20 dates that rated as one of the v. - Dial (The bar can be done from start to finish best places to get wet « and view only) for $20.00 or less. and beat the heat in •;ifê wz 'o * Coffeehouse' Cost? $15.00 Ah... the joys of what the spring/summer (Drinks not twenty dollars can bring. Keep in time. At nighttime included) mind, it is not what you spend or (regardless of the sea­ how much you spend, but it's the son), Centennial Park is a good Darius in LOVE JONES? Featur­ Described as "Atlanta's best thought and meaning that is place to simply hold hands and 7. The Movies ing the live jazz of Morehouse's view of Atlanta" and located atop placed in the date that makes it a talk. Best of all, if s free! Costs? No more than $12.00 own Rio Negro and an open mic, the Peachtree Westin Hotel, the hit. With a little creative spirit and (permitting that she remem­ you cannot go wrong with an Sun Dial offers a breath-taking 360 twenty bucks, this list can make 4. Block­ bers to bring her student I.D.) evening spent at poetry night. degree view of Metro Atlanta. The buster What better way to express your­ Sun Dial view also features a his­ Video Still a timeless classic. self? Remember, it is always a ma­ tory wall which has several de­ What it will jor plus if you can put together a tailed narratives about the history cost? $4.10 8. ESPN ZONE verse or two for your date. of Atlanta. The Sun Dial is like for a new Costs? $20.00 heaven on earth. release. 10. High Museum Continued on next page

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5. Free for a spring to remember. Events What it will cost? It’s Free! l.Why can't you walk on the grass? 2. Did you take down your Jesse 1. Fellini’s Pizza Jackson poster yet? 3. What would you have done for a typewriter? 4. Costs? $12.00 (Beer not We are fortunate to be expe­ included) Who wants a piece of the Pi? 5. What if you don't see her again? 6. Now riencing a college in a city that of­ fers more entertainment than guz­ that you've registered, how long before you can afford those books? With six metro Atlanta lo­ zling 40s in front of the local Winn- cations, Fellini's Pizza is famous for 7. What's in BJ's pipe? 8. Why are they being so damn friendly now? 9. Dixie on Friday nights. There is great New York pizza by the slice always something cool to do in Do you know who is going to know the ALPHAbet? 10. Can you name or by the pie. The patio is always Atlanta, and the best part is that the campus' republicans? 11. They crossed nine last semester? 12. Who's a hit regardless of which locale most of theses events do not cost a you frequent. Open late, no reser­ who in blue? 13. What floor do you stay on in Carlos hall? 14. Why do we dime; i.e. Ruby Dee and Ossie vations needed and you can leave Davis performing at Agnes Scott spend so much time preparing for it? 15. If Miss Love were ten years your Visa check card at home, College on January 23,2001, at 8:00 since cash is the only accepted cur­ younger, would you holla? 16. Is Geoff still running? 17. Why doesn't p.m.. Call 404-471-6430 to reserve rency. your free tickets. public health give out Magnums? 18. Now that you've passed, what are you going to do with your Thursday mornings? 19. Calvin's back? 20. 2. Starbucks 6. Café Intermezzo Costs? $18.00 (Desert and Isn't Black Enterprise confirming what we already knew? Thursday, January 25, 2001 THE MAROON TIGER ./'.y;- FEATURES PAGE 11 Which living person do you most Bryan Rand—a 21 -year old a despise? [senior German studies and Finance That's a tie between Bill Clinton double-major from the bustling and Jesse Jackson. How J oe Sees Midwest megalopolis of Indianapo­ lis, Indiana The guests at your dream dinner Joe Carlos The 2000-01 president of the would be? Morehouse Business Association, Roy Keith; All of the other stuff known affectionately as “B. Rand, ” aside, he’s a scholar, a Morehouse It is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Man and a businessman. Colin Last year, in an attempt at imbedded over time, way be­

Golden Key Honor Society, Orni- Powell and Reginald Lewis. satire and sarcasm, which was fore we got here, that no one cron Delta Kappa and Beta Gamma the standard practice at our seems to take any responsibil­ Sigma Honor Societies as well as trait do you find most attrac­ paper during its 101sl year of ity or credit for, they believed an avid golfer and lover of reading tive in women? existence, I, along with my col­ that FUBU comment was magazines. A woman that knows she’s intelli­ leagues, wrote a rather contro­ somehow demeaning. gent but doesn’t spend all her time versial piece outlining the dif­ Is it demeaning to deny How does it feel to be the president showing it. I guess you could call ferences between the AUC your heritage? No, I didn't of the largest campus it confidence. schools. think so. tion? Tnevei •e to come We didn't write it to hurt Okay, where am I going It feels cool to have j support of 'MrehoB anyone and thought that due to with all of this? As I sit in the the students in my < rtment. It’s »know with the sophistication of the stu­ climate controlled and comfort­ cool to know that thl lieve in me Bryan Rand dents of the AUC, they would able confines of our sprawling like that. be able to decipher its humor offices in the Samuel H. Archer hm I wcurbccauw... and not take it so seriously. Be­ Hall, well away from the imme­ What word do you Brothers-makes the best ! is your favorite journey? sides, who are we to be the pun­ diate bustle of campus, it is Excellence. st ten minutes from India dits and the end-all-to-be-all quite evident to me that we napolis to Morehouse. about the practices in the AUC? need some type of re-engineer­ What word do you most di Which living person do you most Regardless of that, time ing. Apathy. ire? Who did you vote for in Novem­ has passed and the new I say that to ask, although My father. ber? Daystar Ratings have come out we are rated as the number one ILfcaZ turns you on? None of your business, but I like low placing Morehouse at the top of school for African Americans, Girls in cowboy hats. What’s your favorite type of mu­ taxes. its prestigious list. what are we doing for African sic: The Daystar rankings rate Americans? In other words, What turns you off? That’s wide open. Anything except What was your dream presidential the best institutions for African what are we doing for our fel­ Girls with tattoos, fake hair and Country. Indiana has stained me. ticket? Americans by looking at sev­ low brothers and sisters? What nails. I’m done with Country. Colin Powell and Bill Bradley. eral factors including the size of are we doing for the students the student body and the of Clark Atlanta and in turn, What is the meaning of life? Why did you come to Morehouse? Where do you find yourself in 15 institution's national reputation what are they doing for us? 1 try not to waste my time thinking It was the best school for me. Oh, years? as well as its curriculum. When was the last time you reached out to your fellow about that. and it w>as free. The Provost or President of some The last time that the HBCU. rankings were released, some­ AUC brothers and sisters when how Morehouse was rated sec­ there was no ulterior motive Hawks Budget from previous page Costs? A small donation. ond to our beloved sisters involved? When was the last Costs? $20.00 (Its’ actually across the street. In that same time you took a stroll to Morris Atlanta's Black history mu­ free once you redeem your year, Clark Atlanta was ranked Brown and watched the ladies 12. World of Coca-Cola seum specializing in changing ex­ Hawks’ Bucks) #4 and Morris Brown was walk by? ...That's what I Costs ? $10.00 hibitions of the African Diaspora. ranked #32. thought. A Trolley Theatre and simulated The best of NBA action, In this year's ranking, So look, let's be the first This place tells the story of Drug Store exhibit highlight the plus, they give you Hawks bucks Morehouse is #1, Spelman is generation in quite some time Coca-Cola through creative exhib­ Historical Black Business District to buy your date a snack. #2, Clark Atlanta is #4 and to get it right. Let's actually be its, an eye-popping collection of - Sweet Auburn Avenue. Morris Brown did not make the cool to one another. Even memorabilia, classic radio and list of fifty schools. though the people that came television ads, a futuristic soda 16. The Fern Bank Museum 20. Sambuca Jazz Cafe So, was I right? before us couldn't necessarily fountain and free samples of the of Natural History Voted “Critics’ Choice” by Hell no I wasn't right! get along and laughed at all the variations of Coke served up Costs? $12.00 Creative Loafing And what part of your psyche hubbub that my little article last around the world. Costs? $80-$100 is starting to believe that sarcas­ year caused instead of instruct­ tic drivel that we proudly wrote ing us not to think such The Fem Bank's perma­ 13. The Old Spaghetti last year? We wrote it as a joke, thoughts, we should do a bet­ nent exhibits include A Walk Once you get your refund a play on words and not as fact. ter job. And we can do a better Factory check and decide to give up your Through Time in Georgia, Spectrum However, it was factually job. Things like ClubAUC.com Costs? $20.00 nomadic drifting in and out of of the Senses, a gallery filled with based. and (I can't believe I'm saying many bedrooms in an attempt to hands-on interactive exhibits deal­ There is an overwhelm­ this, but) the AUC Council, ac­ The dining room is sur­ officially make her wifey, celebrate ing with light and sound and the ing majority of Clark Atlanta tually do something that has rounded by antiques and a vintage in style at Sambuca Jazz Cafe. It is IMAX theatre. students who want to go into taken years to do—bring the streetcar. The best part df the Spa­ the perfect combination of great film, so it makes a little sense people of the different schools ghetti Factory experience is the 17. The Martin Luther King live jazz and critically acclaimed that someone that they would together. price. You get bread, salad, entrée, Center and National Park. cuisine. Be sure to try the salmon look up to is one of the best So, if you're reading this drinks and desert for $20.00, tip in­ Costs?A smalldonation. served over fried spinach with filmmakers out today, Spike and you attend a school that's cluded. gorgonzola sauce. Sambuca's mu­ Lee '79. not Morehouse, please don't be A great place to pay tribute sic and atmosphere make a unique Morris Brown College offended when we try to speak 14. The Atlanta Botanical to and honor Morehouse College's dining experience like no other. was founded for blacks by to you while you walk on our Gardens finest alum. blacks, kind of like FUBU, for campus. We're simply trying to Costs? $8.00 Whether you make her us by us, get it? reach out to you and commu­ 18. DocChey’s Noodle wifey or just another spring fling, Of course you didn't get nicate. Hell, we've got to start A tranquil oasis bordering House this guide and a big face twenty it, because something inside of somewhere. you wanted to believe that you So look at it this way, Piedmont Park. This 20-acre gar­ Costs? $12.00 will make for a spring to remem­ den houses tropical, desert and ber. Good luck, and remember, it were somehow better than when my son is over here and endangered plants from around your brother across the street you're daughter is over there, The best stir-fry this side of is not what you spend or where simply because you attend the maybe by that time they will the world for your viewing plea­ you spend it, but it's all about the Peking. school that you do. And of have figured it out because of sure year-round. creative flare you add to your date. course, because of some inferi­ the foundation of understand­ Try the list, and we assure 19. College Night at the ority complex that has been ing that we laid. 15. APEX Museum you her approval. Editorials She says it’s your child... and it really messed us up

years) had an affair with goes on to say "No doubt, many sciously referring to the victims.) President Bush's nominee for The Maroon Tiger Stanford, a former University of close friends and supporters will Jesse Jackson can count on Attorney General, was, perhaps, Editorial Board Georgia professor and personal be disappointed in me. I ask for the black community accepting one of the biggest hurdles in the aide to Jackson in the Rainbow / their forgiveness, understanding him with open arms. But can he way of that senator's confirma­ In September of 1997, PUSH Coalition. and prayers." count on us ever looking at him tion. The scandal didn't help when Karin L. Stanford's book This encounter, recently There is no doubt that in the same way again? Sure, we'll matters. It comes at a time when "Beyond the Boundaries: Rever­ uncovered by the National time Jackson's supporters in the forgive him; but can we ever re­ the media seems inclined to de­ end Jesse Jackson in Interna­ Enquirer has not only brought Black community will grant him ally forget what he did to his vote more coverage to an illegiti­ tional Affairs" was published, it shame to a nation and a family, the forgiveness he seeks. It's the wife, his children, his support­ mate child than it does an ille­ is doubtful that she had any way it's also brought Jackson's num­ same community that forgave ers and his cause? gitimate president. Jesse Jackson of knowing that three and a half ber of progeny from five to six. Washington D.C. mayor Marion To white conservatives, was aware of this. He knew too years later her name would be Jackson is a troublemaker. He's well how much can be compro­ linked with her subject's in a As long as our "leaders" continue to dis­ a rabble-rouser capable of mised when a public figure puts notorious public scandal. It's appoint us, our trust will continue to be worn throwing a monkey wrench into himself in an uncompromising also fair to assume that Stanford even their most sinister plans. position. By the time this paper had no idea that in 2001, people thin; our outlook will grow ever-more jaded. When Jackson arrives in town to is printed, Ashcroft will most would look at her book and confront an issue, one can count likely have been confirmed eas­ make note of the newly twisted on that issue being granted na­ ily. But it's too late now. The irony of its title. In this case, as And while the Rainbow Coali­ Barry for smoking crack, Julian tionwide exposure. So when right-wingers can claim yet an­ most people have been made tion website has not yet noted Bond for soliciting a prostitute, they heard the news that he had other victory. The Rev. Jesse Jack- aware of by now, the "Bound­ the change in Jesse Jackson's bi­ and, after this Sunday's Super been felled by his own mis­ son forfeited. aries" Jackson crossed were ography page, the website does Bowl, recently acquitted Balti­ deeds, many conservatives As long our "leaders" con­ those of public trust and private feature a press release in which more Ravens linebacker Ray probably reacted with glee. Most tinue to disappoint us, our trust fidelity. The "Affair" was very Jackson admits to his wrongdo­ Lewis for his role in a double­ of us just shook our heads. The will continue to be worn thin; much a domestic one. ing. murder in Atlanta last year. (To timing of the revelation really our outlook will grow ever-more A month before the book "This is no time for eva­ reporters before the big game, does smack of a "vast, right jaded. The cover of Reverend hit the stands, the Rev. Jesse Jack- sions, denials or alibis," Jackson Ray Lewis said: "I'm just like ev­ wing conspiracy." In the days Jesse Jackson's book has now son, human rights activist and says in the statement. "I fully erybody else. I'm a man. I bleed. leading up to his admission of tainted the pages within, and by confidant of the late Martin accept responsibility and I am I cry. I moan. I do all of that." One infidelity, Jackson's vociferous that cover he will be forever Luther King (not to mention fa­ truly sorry for my actions." He wonders if he was uncon­ opposition of Sen. John Ashcroft, judged. ther of five and husband of 38 Seduced by power: Larger than life men & infidelity

We are all seduced by power. Integrity is compromised and moral responsibility is a task to be penciled in on next weeks to do list next to Tracy, the new administrative assistant.

represent. I recognize that not suffer in light of a few latest joke and Dad is the they can - they can afford it Deanna Davis what one does in the bed­ "late nights" in the Oval of­ punchline? Often families and they can make sure no Staff Writer room does not reflect their fice. Unemployment in the have to save face for the re­ one asks any questions. capabilities in civil office, city may not rise when the porters and the flash of their Women look for tomorrow's Extramarital affairs. Il­ but it does set a social stan­ mayor takes on a new mis­ cameras. Pictures of soli­ leaders at black tie affairs, legitimate children. Women dard. tress, but what happens in darity blanket betrayal and wearing pearls with our seduced by power. Sound, The American public his home? pain-families reuniting with conservative little black like Jerry's next show? Un­ does not forgive; we forget What about the prom­ unquestioning dedication dresses. Some of us hope to fortunately, these are just a instead. Forgiveness is an ises made to the woman by and understanding, vowing stand next to the great man few of the headlines that tar- admirable quality, an act of his side, the wife who sup­ to face the hard times and at the podium one day, oth­ nish the images of our keep the cause alive. From ers simply hope to land a country's political leaders that moment on it is forgot­ free apartment and some with alarming frequency. We excuse unfaithfulness in a ten. The scandal becomes business connections out of Men of great influence like material for bawdy jokes the deal. We are all seduced Martin Luther King, Ted powerful man because we think it and our sons grow up want­ by power. Integrity is com­ Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and comes with the territory. ing to be president because promised and moral respon­ Elijah Muhammad have he can be leader of the free sibility becomes a task to be served pledging integrity in world and a "pimp." penciled in on next week's the public sphere, mean­ grace based on the culprit's ported him when he was not We excuse unfaithful­ to do list next to Tracy, the while the shadows of their recognition of fault and quite so popular? How does ness in a powerful man be­ new administrative assis­ private lives whispered se­ willingness to learn a lesson she feel when she notices cause we think it comes tant. crets about womanizing and from the mistake made. how other women lust after with the territory. Boys Earlier this month ru­ children denied fathers. Just When the men we respect the father of her 3 children, with ambition become the mors of Rev. Jesse Jackson's last week, it was made are caught with their pants aroused by the fine line that big men on campus to in marital indiscretions be­ known that the name Jesse down we lower our eyes connects power and sex ap­ turn become the big men in came realities. News broke Jackson could be listed and talk around the subject peal? And what about their society's upscale circles. that Jackson fathered a among these men. Of at hand - sexual misconduct children? How do they feel Chair of this committee, daughter with Karin course, to err is human, and infidelity. In our haste when Daddy's picture is in president of that organiza­ Stanford, 39-year-old which makes the skin and to defend the honor of lead­ the paper with a lady that tion; they wield their influ­ former head of Rainbow/ bones of political figures ers under attack, we do not isn't Mommy? How do they ences and women come PUSH Washington office. subject to the same sins of require any admittance of feel when everyone at flocking. They wine, dine, the flesh as the people they guilt. Sure, the nation may school is telling Jay Leno's and rendezvous because Continued on page 15 Thursday, January 25, 2001 THE MAROON TIGER OPINIONS PAGE 13 Excerpts from Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.'s Mitchell College commencement address delivered May 15, 1999 titled, "Choices/Consequences: A Call to Courage with Conviction"

You will be required to make choices. They won't be your parents' choices anymore. They won't be your roommates' choices either. They will be your choices and yours alone.

And those choices will have consequences — consequences from which you cannot hide

Indeed there exists a moral obligation to make choices ... to stand on your own two feet... and that obligation begins today. These choices extend beyond the realm of private gain and personal gratification.

while our selfish impulses might tell us that nothing much matters that exists beyond our own noses, the better angels of our nature cause us to seek to build a better nation and to create a world that is more secure for all who live in it.

We must not succumb to the arrogance of power, the idolatry of might. In our s' lies our weakness, in our weakness lies our strength.

ass to always be ready to do the more difficult thing. To walk boldly. To do justice. ■ y yiy y 'fcTKti : . ■ ■ The sworn enemy of those who would do j ynicism, the collapse of taith, To combat cynicism, we must rely on the true charac teristics — idealism, optimism, enthusiasm, and courage.

It is easy to be a cynic; if is in faith. No, matter what your circumstances may have been, you have the ability to drear ir historical circumstances and make the next generation better. Let n< < your spirit. Jesus was born in the slum. The slum was not bon ler voice and marched to the beat of a different drummer.

It is easy to exp t is difficult to maint^n optimism in the face of critics. . ■■■ r a social parasite, to reap everything and risk nothing stand in favor of an unpopular idea.

Great things are not achieved by cynics; th y are achieved by behevi t the faint of heart; the doers, the leaders will always be the optimists. You must have thjj ourage of vour conviction hat is noh-negotiabie. That's what gave Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther Kihg Jr., Cesar Chavez, Lech A Kennedy lives worth emulating.

Vanitv asks the question, "Is it popular?" Politics asks the question, "Will it Morality and conscience ask the question, "Is it right?' This is a haunting question of hope thdf will not go away ... z/fc

And so, let us call one another to act in faith and to reward good for character is constarifty revealed by our acts, by' our che And nowhere is character more clearly revealed than in how one treats

Beyond color and culture, there lies the high plateau of character

You inherit color and culture; you must cam character. C Beyond color and culture isThe high plateau of character.

Remain faithful. Remain optimistic. Remain enthusiastic.

Remain young in outlook. Fight the good fight. Keep hope alive!

Hypocrisy: (hi-'pa-kr&-sE) 1 : a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or^ religion 2 : an act or instance of hypocrisy jQ Thursday, January 25, 2001 THE MAROON TIGER OPINIONS PAGE 14 Reflections ofthe Dark Side ofspring registration

A Twilight Zone experience

I suppose that I had it rollment and reminding her What motivation would I breaks. Henry A. Thompson easier than most. My account that she was only a few steps have to fabricate an unfavor­ Shouldn't the registrar Staff Writer was in order, so all that I away from a computer with able story about a random ad­ be doing something related to needed was a new sticker for my records, I began to feel ministrator? registration? Since I have been a stu­ my ID card and a book like I was in the Twilight I have chosen to Isn't he on our time dent at Morehouse, I have voucher. Upon entering Ar­ Zone. withhold the name of the lady when he is on the clock? The heard countless disturbing cher Hall, I was instructed How could a Morehouse in question because it is days of two and a half- hour­ stories about the Morehouse that I needed the former item employee be so unprofes­ largely irrelevant,'and I know long lunch hours and rude administration. Typically, I before I could obtain the lat­ sional and unsympathetic to better than to respond to administrators have to stop. was sympathetic, but I didn't ter. To my surprise and dis­ student concerns? Why childish behavior with more I have seen numerous have any direct familiarity may, I was told that there should I be forced to wait for childish behavior. This situ­ friends forced to leave with the sort of incompetence were no more stickers and a week to get my textbooks ation seems to be typical of Morehouse because, they that was spoken of. would not be anymore for because Morehouse made a several people in the didn't fulfill their financial or Moreover, I recognize about a week. mistake? Morehouse administration. academic obligations. To that as humans, everybody, How could Morehouse In an attempt to main­ Something is wrong whom is the administration including Dr. Massey and the run out of stickers? Did the tain my composure I kindly when there is a line of stu­ accountable? people in the financial aid of­ administration not know how asked the lady in charge her dents around the gym trying If they are not here to fice, is imperfect and has the many students to expect? name for future reference. to register while the registrar serve the students then why capacity to make mistakes. However, I was assured She responded with self-righ­ is taking frequent smoke are they here? Although the general consen­ that I was in fact a student teousness and cockiness that sus amongst the student body this semester, which I never did not seem to gibe smoothly THE TORCH YEARBOOK was that registration ran rela­ doubted and was told that I with her clear irrationality. tively smoothly, there is still would not encounter any Fortunately, I was able We need writers!!! quite a bit that needs to be problems. to retrieve my book voucher We need layout designers!!! improved. Guess what happened by pursuing the appropriate Several incidents that I next? channels, which at We need photographers!!! encountered while conscien­ Yes, I encountered prob­ Morehouse means going over tiously attending to my reg­ lems with getting my book the offending parties head. The Torch Yearbook is accepting applications for students who are istration duties troubled me voucher because I had to have But I was flabbergasted to interested in being a part of the yearbook staff. Come by Archer Hall room 117 to pick up an application and speak with an editor. to the point that I felt com­ a sticker that Morehouse had discover that the administra­ pelled to give a public voice failed to provide me. Even tor in question completely Call: 404-681-2800 ext.2982 or to the complaints that are after explaining my situation, disavowed all knowledge of email: [email protected] for any questions. spoken of in hushed tones I was told coldly that "That the incident. around campus because of isn't my problem." Where was the arro­ There will be a yearbook interest meeting on Wednesday January 31, fears of retribution from the After offering to get gance and bravado that typi­ 2001 at 6:00pm in the Archer Hall Conference Room. If you are inter­ lovely people over in Gloster written verification of my en­ fied our previous encounter? ested in joining the staff please attend. Hall.

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New to The Maroon Tiger this semester is the addition of the "What If' series. During the days of The Maroon magazine, way back in 1996-97, then Editor- in-Chi'efMarc Joseph instituted a spin-off to what you know as 20 Questions titled "What If'. Like 20 Questions, the "What If's" were various thought-pro­ What voking questions. In the spirit of the past, we are re-introducing this concept, with a slight twist, that is. Each issue will deal with a thought that in some ? B cases may be slightly fictious but very real in the sense that it could happen, and probably has happened. If so, what did you do? Or better yet, what could George A. Peters if you do?

ou walk into the glances away. Not in a way 4. "What if library, unfamil that suggests that she wasn't I approach her iar 'cause it's looking at you, but one that and meet 'the Yyour first time in a longleaves time. you unsure. one'? Flash your Morehouse In the next moment you Maybe you ID to the toy cop and begin to are faced with a series of, shouldn't have approached her, ascend the small flight of "What if's?" steps in front of you. But be­ because if you fore you take that first step, 1. "What if she was look­ were this indeci­ sive you afen't you glance casually around to ing at me and just wanted to see who might be witness to see if I had the pecans to ap­ ready for her. any potential stumble that proach her: All of this would lead to an embarrass­ This is a very real possi­ indecision takes ing moment. bility. Often times girls invite place in less than You look around to the a guy that they are attracted to a minute, limit­ terminals on the right and with a simple glance of inter­ ing the time that you see her. She appears to est. This glance, though not you have to de­ be looking directly at you, but definite is a test. She wants you cide what you you are unsure. You begin to to take some initiative. — |_,|e pholo decrease the distance be­ are going to do. What if your father never hollered at your mom? You might not be here. The most impor­ tween the two of you main­ 2. "What if she was tant thing is to taining what you assume to looking through me?" chance to offer her a first im­ apporach her, you will never answer the "What if" by capi­ be direct eye contact. As you So what?!? That does pression. now. Don't you think that tor­ talizing on the opportunity. get closer, you prepare your nothing to prevent you from ment of not knowing what When you walk away, opening line. looking and or approaching 3. "What if I approach would have happened is worse whether or not you were suc­ Just as the words are her. If she wasn't looking at her, talk to her, and find out than being denied. cessful, you want your "What rolling off of your tongue she you that simply gives you a she has a boyfriend?" What if you don't if" to be "I did".

Seduced from page 15 importance of a cohesive family unit if we are to ad­ Stanford and her twenty- vance as a people. Jackson month old daughter moved should step forward and to Los Angeles with a The growing pains admit that he does things $35,000 severance package that he is not always proud provided by the PUSH orga­ of, as do all men. nization. Stanford currently while here at Morehouse. Maybe into the spring semester, I'm sure By being decent George Cole receives $10,000 a month in some of the stuff Dean Darden some of them have reevaluated enough to acknowledge the Staff Writer what they are in school to do. They child support. In an inter­ was saying is true. Maybe there is pain he has caused his wife a mystique. Whether we realize it have been able to taste a little bit view with the Associated As we returned to campus, and family, he will teach the or not, we all have been pushed a of everything, and now, entering Press, Jackson said that he which is now beyond familiar, we youth a lesson far more ben­ step closer to entering the real this semester, they have deter­ planned to take a break form all reflected upon the past semes­ eficial than the redundant world. The world we watched our mined what they like, what they his civic duties to spend ter and began preparing for the reminder that "we are some­ parents go through with disparity can tolerate and what they can do time in prayer and reflection next one—preparing for what we body". He will teach our or happiness, struggle or family without. They begin to really feel have to do, what we can't do any­ with his wife of 38 years vacations in Jamaica, a mama and "grown," especially when they young men that their per­ more, what we need to improve Jackie Jackson and their five a daddy or just a mama. Whether can go home and finally rock a sonal choices can have con­ on and what bad habits need to children. a business major getting more ex­ Morehouse shirt. sequences not confined to be broken. As different as all of Since the interview, cited about his upcoming intern­ The returning sophomores the bedroom, and that if our situations may be, we still are Jackson has decided to re­ ship in New York or a biology have now, for the most part, got­ they want to be playboys embarking on the same journey. turn to his duties early. major looking forward to doing re­ ten a taste of their major. They are they need not add a wed­ We are all striving for, ultimately, "The ground is no place for search at Duke (shout out to beginning to think about the "do ding band to their collection the same goal-a degree! And we a champion," Jackson said. Charles), we all have moved closer what makes you happy" vs. the of fine jewelry. He will have all completed yet another "The ground is no place that to obtaining that coveted "do what can afford you the teach our young women year or our first phase in this I will wallow on." Jesse Morehouse College diploma. We lifestyle you dream of" theory. that they can believe in the growth process of being a college Jackson is a champion, one have one more semester under our Some have determined that they sanctity of matrimony, and student. *We have completed an­ of the most powerful and belts. can't handle being a bio. major or that they should respect other semester at Morehouse Col­ respected black men in the The freshmen have gotten that accounting is like the worst lege. themselves too much to be their first sample of freedom; their thing you wouldn't even wish on United States, and arguably One major purpose of a col­ mistresses. He will teach first sample of the only time in your worst enemy. We're think­ the world. As a champion, lege is to allow young adults the the leaders of tomorrow, their lives they will be able to wake ing about the options now that we I expect him to make the opportunity to discover them­ men and women, that their up and literally decide to do what­ were often told we had. We are most out of his latest chal­ selves, determine what they want actions are a reflection of ever the hell they want to; their first beginning to realize what it means lenge and come out on top. to do for the rest of their lives and their character and their sample of the work ethic needed and takes to grow up and the im­ His public embarrassment is grow up. I remember in freshman character sets the prece­ to get the job done; their first col­ portance of growing up. a blessing in disguise, an orientation, as we all do, what was dence for the nation. lege parties; their first experiences said about our growth process opportunity to stress the of having a roommate. Moving Continued on page 16 Arts & Entertainment It is just far too Plain Rap A review of The Pharcyde’s latest album, Plain Rap

Carnegie H. Mims, III stopped sup­ you in the Showbiz-produced "Front­ Swing Editor porting its mood of line" is a lively song about artists, and reading a the struggles of artists exist­ Let's do a little word- as a result, book in a cof­ ing in urban environments. association exercise - The fee shop or J-Swift, the genius behind Nineties... Los Pharcyde's taking a mid­ much of the production on Angeles.. .underground.. .hip two most day siesta. The Pharcyde's debut al­ hop. If The Pharcyde didn't charismatic But is a bum, provides a punchy immediately pop-up in your and recog­ Pharcyde al­ beat for the remix of thinker, well then you're nizable mem­ bum sup­ "Trust," which happens to just too dense. How can you bers, Fat Lip posed to be be the lead single for the al­ forget the innovators who and Slim Kid so placid? bum. Yet, there is still noth­ sparked the west coast hip- Tre, left the plain rap It's ing incredible about these hop renaissance? A Bizarre group. Now, ironic that a songs, as the whole album Ride II The Pharcyde, the over five group known seems to spark nothing group's debut album, was years after for generat­ more than a response of unlike anything ever heard their last ing sheer en­ "that's nice." before from West Coast art­ full-length ergy in their Industry Rule # 4085: ists. Rhyming in stream-of- release, Slim music has Be careful what you title consciousness and exposing Kid Tre has niHim 782124822323 "matured" your album, because your a wide array of emotions, reunited into creating album just might live up to they totally changed the with Imani 7 "~82124“82232 “* 3 NET WT 12OZ. (339gî easy-listen­ its name. Unfortunately, perception of hip hop artists and Romye ing tracks. Plain Rap is far too plain to in California as being pi­ to deliver This is not to rise above the rank of me­ geon-holed in gangsta-ism. The Pharcyde's third album, "lounge hip-hop." Most of say that the music is sub­ diocre. Hopefully, the un­ However, after releas­ Plain Rap. the album's songs consist of standard or even that there spectacular nature of this al­ ing their second album, In keeping with the social commentary lyrics is a total lack of energy on bum can be blamed on con­ Labcabincalifornia, The album's title, The Pharcyde and extremely laid-back Plain Rap. The effervescent tractual obligations and The Pharcyde slowly sank into has streamlined its sound, instrumentals. In fact, the Black Thought of The Roots Pharcyde will redeem their musical oblivion. The producing a vibe that can be nature of this album is so certainly provides a burst of innovator status in the fu­ group's record label most closely described as relaxed that it might put energy on "Network." The ture.

Growing from page 15 ate on time. Some are excited about the job offers they are receiv­ Parental advisory fiction By now, I'm assuming that ing, and some are wondering if the the juniors have further embedded past four years have been point­ Actually, everyone should be advised to stay away from this novel in them exactly what it is they want less and unproductive due to the to pursue and obtain out of lack of offers to date. They are back Soon after the ads were ligiously like...well, the Morehouse and in life, the real at the point in their lives where Hamadi Dawkins-Rose ripped out, what passes as Bible. He lives in the world world. By now, not only have they they are anxious about the upcom­ Arts & Entertainment Editor a novel was left. 'Street of rap videos. Inside clubs, moved imaginably closer to be­ ing transition they are about to Sweeper' is streetspeak for he daps up Mobb Deep and coming seniors, but they have be­ make in their lives—just as they did "Yo Meth, where my socializes with come full-fledge adults. They are senior year in high school when Killer tape at?" the quintessen­ grown, legally. But now comes the they couldn't wait till high school If this sounds famil­ tial players and pressure of determining what to do graduation and freshman college iar, sadly, so will Ronin gangsters. immediately after college. Grad orientation. College! Seniors are Ro's recent contribution Usher, school or hope that my intern com­ geeked up about the next phase to [S] Affiliated's first himself a stead­ pany offers me a job? Stay in At­ in their life, signaled by the string of hard-boiled pub­ fast profes­ lanta or try to go back home? Is completion of their "matriculation lications, Street Sweeper sional, is just she wifey material or not even through Morehouse." (154 pages. Syndicate Me­ doing his job. thinking about commitment? Can Despite our classifications, dia Group. $16.98). They Kills are never I even graduate in four years or do we are all growing up and getting have begun a series of personal, and I need to prepare myself for a fifth? closer to attaining that crown pocket-sized paperbacks the lucrative ca­ Either way, juniors realize that their Morehouse hangs above her stu­ that has unabashedly tar­ reer has real life is soon approaching and dents. We are moving closer to they are either on the right path or geted the urban/hip-hop brought him up becoming the ones that can legally market, and the ghetto from the gutter the wrong path. order a drink if we want to. We fabulous fantasies that community of Now seniors, if they played see that, in a few short years, we come attached. his youth. Ro their cards correctly, should be hav­ will be understanding fully the It may be a surprise tells us that his ing the best time of their lives. If s phenomenon of car notes, rent, to find that these books antihero lost the last period of time before they repaying student loans, trying to have glossy advertise­ acquaint themselves with the life his emotions maintain good credit, light bills, they witnessed their parents expe­ ments every 30 pages or Uzi. Street Sweeper is also before the age of ten, when phone bills, gas and hanging out rience. However, that's if they so. The extra two sided the title, hinting at the vio­ he witnessed he younger at places that cost more than "$5 played their cards correctly. I'm page space, wereused in the lent tale held within its sister felled on a concrete before 11." And we all are making sure some are hoping that they inaugural issue by the likes pages. It's the story of one schoolyard after random the necessary adjustments re­ don't get caught up in the ever of LL Cool J, The Art of War Jerome Usher, NYC hitman gunplay. Now a young quired to become proud, strong talked about dilemma of movie, shoe company that has memorized the man, things move smoothly, black leaders Morehouse's repu­ Saucony, and web network Morehouse "messing up things" "Hitman's Bible" and con­ tation boasts about producing. Platform.net. and causing a brotha to not gradu­ sults it's commandments re­ Continued on page 19 Aren't we? Thursday, January 25, 2001 — THE MAROON TIGER LRTS & ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 17 Trumpet Awards honor accompltshedAfrican Americans

corporate executive at CNN, Trumpet Awards has always Shaun Spearmon undoubtedly deemed it neces­ been to inspire, educate, stimu­ Editor-in-Chief sary to give special recognition late and enlighten human minds to the few, who symbolize the to the reality that success, On January 8, the 9th an­ many, who have overcome the achievement and respect are nual Trumpet Awards were held ills of racism and poverty and void of color and gender. Poten­ at the Omni Hotel here in have achieved greatness. tial honorees are those persons Atlanta's CNN Center. "By creating the awards who are viewed not only for This year's list of honorees ceremony, Turner strived to what they have individually have kept the Trumpet Awards demonstrate total community achieved but also for the tradition of being individuals involvement, global respect for achievement they inspire in oth­ that represent all forms of life all humanity and its commit­ ers. such as entertainment, educa­ ment to diversity," said Jermaine "Every year the honorees tion, politics and sports. Lawrence senior Marketing ma­ consist of men and women who, Ray Charles, Clive Davis jor and Turner Broadcasting in­ through consistency and longev­ and Jacqueline L. Mims were tern. "This was achieved by her­ ity, have achieved success in a among the many distinguished (L-R) Dallas Austin, Ted Turner and honoree Clive Davis. chosen profession or honorees. career," said Although the honorees are have consistently honored indi­ Lawrence. to their communities. diverse in background and pro­ viduals that have succeeded as The Trumpet Turner broadcasting fession, the Trumpet Awards well as contributed significantly Awards have been re­ created the Trumpet Awards ferred to as the "Black in 1993 to herald the accom­ Oscars;" however, its plishments of African Ameri­ creators maintain that cans who have succeeded ~ this is an educational against immense odds. program. They con­ "It is special. It is super­ tend that it is unlike lative; providing positive any other awards storytelling about good show in that it high­ people whose success speaks lights the vital contri­ volumes in spite of obstacles (L-R)Rev. Jesse Jackson, guest and butions of African or racism, indifference, igno­ Ingrid Saunders-Jones. Americans and reaf­ rance and omission," said firms the continuing Trumpet Awards producer Jay alding the accomplishments of struggle to make equal justice Suber. African Americans and other and equal opportunity the right Likewise, Xernona men and women who have sig­ of every American. Since the Clayton, the creator and founder nificantly contributed in enhanc­ first awards ceremony in 1993, of the Trumpet Awards and also ing the quality of life for all the Trumpet Awards, through its the first African American Americans." co-sponsors, have generated woman to host her own televi­ (L-R) Mayor Bill Campbell, Trumpet Awards creator and According to Turner over $1,525,000 to charitable and sion show in the South and be a executive producer Xernona Clayton and guest. Broadcasting, the mission of the educational causes. SkKvmovmgTnAmakesforderentdocudrama

to free him from jail. official, General Salazar. Roger Spencer Humphrey The third narrative un­ Despite the film's lack of Staff Writer folds between two low-level the typical Hollywood shootout Mexican policemen, Javier ending, accompanied by its long Nominated for five Rodriguez and Manolo Sanchez and drawn out plot, the movie Golden Globe awards including who make a paltry $316 a is still worth seeing. Please note: best director and best support­ month. Like their American Traffic's changing story line and black and white footage make it ing actor and the winner of two counterparts, they are trying to Golden Globe awards for best work their way up the food more like a documentary with supporting actor and best chain to bust the top members actors than a Hollywood film. The true value of Traffic comes screenplay, Traffic is a bird's eye of Mexico's drug trade. The duo view of the high-stakes, high- find themselves caught in a web from the strong message it sends about the war on drugs and why risk, drug trade. The script, of corruption when they go to America cannot seem to win. which tells more stories and has work for Mexico's chief drug more political messages than a Spike Lee Joint was based on Michael Douglas plays U.S. drug czar Robert Lewis. Simon Moore's PBS miniseries, Michael Douglas), and his dys­ looking black man. Traffic. functional family's struggle with The second narrative takes Traffic is told through three the drug addiction of their 16- place in the treacherous world interrelated yet distant narra­ year-old daughter, Caroline. The of San Diego drug dealers when tives. The movie's broad spec­ film's lack of action and slow de­ a pair of undercover drug en­ trum of narratives range from veloping plot are compensated forcement agents (Don Cheadle the trial of a high-level drug by antics of Caroline, who is gen­ and Luis Guzman) trap a mid­ dealer to white teenage kids get­ erally stoned from free-basing level drug trafficker (Eddie ting high in upper class subur­ (snorting or shooting up) with Ruiz), and force him to testify bia. her wealthy white friends. The against his boss Carlos Ayala. The first narrative of the true highlight of the film is when Carlos Ayala is a wealthy drug story is about the U.S. Caroline hits rock bottom and re­ lord with a pregnant wife president's new drug czar, an sorts to "turning tricks" for a lo­ (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who Ohio State Supreme Court Jus­ cal small-time drug dealer, who takes over his drug business af­ Catherine Zeta Jones plays the wife of a San Diego drug lord. tice Robert Lewis (played by happens to be a stereotypical­ ter his arrest and develops a plot Sports The NFL season that was The surprise teams of the season. Many readers are prob­ scapegoat/head coach Norv tween the Miami Dolphins and Calvin Miles Smith, III season are not playing this week, ably asking at this point, "what Turner. the New York Jets after the third Sports Editor despite what many of the writing about the Washington Redskins?," The player of the year will quarter with New York down geniuses will tell you. Many of which leads to my next award. be divided for the purposes of this more than 20 points. They missed Well, the Super Bowl game them picked the Ravens and Gi­ The media hype award goes article. As far as most amazing the greatest comeback in recent is set, and by the time many of you ants for success performer who history, with the Jets coming back read this, it may well have been (although I will means the most to tie the game, falling behind played. This time is as good as any concede that to his team's suc­ briefly, taking it into overtime and to lookback on the season and give only die-hard cess, it is hands eventually winning the game for out a few awards. fans projected down, Marshall the best game of the season. The season started in the them this far). Faulk. However, A proper way to close this courtroom. Baltimore Ravens line­ My picks for the the player who review of the season would be to backer Ray Lewis spent 14 days surprise teams has galvanized pick the winner of the New York in jail and months in the court­ of the year are his team and af­ Giants-Baltimore Ravens contest room to be let off. Carolina Pan­ the New Or­ fects it whether in Tampa Bay. Super Bowl XXXV thers running back Fred Lane was leans Saints, he is on or off the should be a low scorer on paper. murdered, allegedly at the hands who football field my award It's funny how the game is never of his wife Diedra. Perhaps the guru Paul goes to Rae as it looks on paper, last year's most shocking and most recently Zimmerman Curruth. game was supposed to be a blow­ resolved of all the cases also in­ (Dr. Z to those in The game out, but instead came down to the volved the murder of Cherica the know) of the year is last play. I think this year's game Adams, pregnant with the child of picked to go 1- probably the will feature a good mix of scoring Rae Carruth, wide receiver for the 15, and the Philadelphia Eagles to the Washington "Deadskins". hardest to choose. It seemed as if and defense. Look for the Ravens Carolina Panthers. Carruth was who were supposed to be on the The media would have one to be­ every Monday Night Football con­ to score on defense or special recently sentenced to at least 18 road to improvement and im­ lieve that the collection of fossiliz­ test was a can't miss for a while. teams, and in Super Bowl history years in prison with no chance for proved enough to win a playoff ing players Daniel Snyder col­ While the game between Tampa that usually means a win. A parole for his part in the murders, game. lected could win a championship. Bay and St. Louis lived up to its Ravens 24-20 victory should unite ending months of dramatic and The most disappointing I would go so far as to say that Bill hype as a showdown between two New Yorkers and Clevelanders in sometimes shocking testimony. teams of the season are the Tampa Parcells would not have even won great NFC teams and the contest anger, but they'll live with it. The wild off-field actions Bay Bucs and the Indianapolis a division title with that team. An between Minnesota and Green Hope next year is as excit­ were a precursor to the unex­ Colts. Neither team lived up to its educated fan would notice that Bay had the best finish, they just ing and unpredictable as the past pected action that took place week ability as shown at the end of last there was no line forming at the can't compare to my choice. Many one. after week. season and the beginning of this end of the season to replace the people turned off the contest be­

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• Consulting • Technology • Outsourcing • Alliances • Venture Capital accenture Accenture was formerly known as Andersen Consulting Thursday, January 25, 2001 THE MAROON TIGER SPORTS PAGE 19 Track team still undefeated Around the Hom Track is still a winning tradition at Morehouse College By Cal vin Miles Smith, III

team. During this indoor track track team in attendance. Roger Spencer Humphrey season the team has continued Currently high jumper Welcome back faithful mance in the paint, but he was Staff Writer to work hard in efforts to make Jesse Lipscombe is the number readers. I was going to get right more often than not. us proud. During the break one jumper in Division II in­ lazy on you and simply re­ Guess what? He's back and is Be it indoors or outdoors, while most of the student body door track and field. Despite print my article from still right more often than not. winter or spring, most oppos­ wasted their days in utter glut­ being no where near the end of Clubauc.com on Alex It's called tough love guys. ing track teams need a head tony our track team was busy the indoor season Jesse has al­ Rodriguez's new gargantuan My favorite target is the start just to keep up with the competing at the Ohio State ready qualified for the indoor contract; instead, I am going referees. See, I believe in the various Morehouse College University. Our team held track and field national cham­ to direct you to club AUC so unwritten rule that the home track teams. The 2000-2001 their own at Ohio State despite pionship. In addition, Horace you can check it out yourself. team should get some leeway Morehouse Indoor track team only having half of its mem­ Steele is the number 2 ranked This issue, I want to tell in the calls; it's a part of home seems to be doing a great job bers in attendance. runner in the 800-meter race. you why basketball season is court advantage. Well, the ref­ of upholding the winning So far our indoor track Although Morehouse has the best time of the year at erees we tend to get (with a Morehouse Track tradition. team has competed at The competed in only one scoring Morehouse. It's the little few notable exceptions) seem Meet after meet during this in­ Ohio State University, Virginia indoor met this season, they things. Where to start, where to believe in home court dis­ door season the track team has Technical Institute, and Ten­ have still out performed the to start? advantage. I admit that 1 left their opponents in the dust nessee State University. majority of athletes they have I cannot think of a better sometimes lose control wishing they could be granted Morehouse won 1st place over faced from larger division place to start than the cheer­ Maybe the refs don't deserve at least a ten-yard head start. all in its only scoring meet, schools. Showing that leaders. I have always been to be called Meatheads oi News alert: yes we have which took place at Tennessee Morehouse can out run the big partial to cheerleaders for Crisco Bald Heads, but the an indoor track and it's located State University. At Tennes­ dogs any day of the week. some reason that is unknown way they call the games some­ in the basement of Archer Hall. see State the Morehouse track Hats off to the Tiger track team to me. Our cheerleaders are times would make even the Well, maybe we don't have an team beat twelve division I for all they do despite the lack not particularly loud, and as most even-tempered fan get a indoor track, but we do have a teams as the only division II of support and appreciation of late, they seem to have be­ little hot under the collar. championship indoor track they receive. come reluctant to do the Tiger Perhaps the most dedi­ Rumble, but I am still a fan, if cated fan in the arena is Dear only for the toe-touches when Thomas Blocker. He has been Basketball team is flyinghigh we make free throws. at every home game since 1 On the subject of fans, a have been here. Same seat, the other a win against Philander individual game is Quincy Bell few stand out. First and fore­ same row, every game. When Calvin Miles Smith, III Smith College. The team has av­ who dropped 36 points in the loss most is R. Corey Richardson. sits right there with the stu­ Sports Editor eraged 80.5 points per game. The to Shaw University. The high Our 2000 Homecoming direc­ dents, one gets the feeling that high number of points allowed is rebounder .for the team is Derrek tor has no shame. He ruth­ he's been doing it longer than The Maroon Tiger Basket­ 90, allowed twice, to Talladega Davenportwhohas91, averaging lessly taunts the opposing most of us have been alive. ball squad is flying high. At press College and then in a loss to Shaw to 6.5 per contest. Next is Darius team's players and coaches. Oh yeah, there is the time, they are in the midst of a six University. The best defensive Goodwin with an average of 5.2 Sometimes, he goes so far as team. As of this writing, we game winning streak. The team game for scoring was the Philan­ rebounds. to go behind the bench and are on a six-game winning has managed to hold on to quite a der Smith game. The team is undefeated at heckle the team. He does not streak. Hell, we haven't beer few close contests and seems to The team is shooting at a home playing in front of an aver­ care who the team is. All he behind in a game for more have a solid grasp on how to fin­ 44.8 percent clip from the field. age of 4, 418 fans. And as of the needs is the list of names and than 15 minutes of any home ish teams off. The inside game still The three-point percentage is 362 last victory has a winning record it's full steam ahead. game. Yeah, I told you dur­ leaves a lot to be desired and the and the free throw percentage is on the road at 5-4. They are 2-1 at On the opposite end of ing the football season, and it's team has not been hitting on all 67.5. They have allowed a 45.8 neutral sites. The team has up­ the spectrum is former sports the same story during basket­ offensive cylinders simulta­ percent field goal percentage, 36.1 coming contests on Saturday Janu­ editor Joe Carlos. He is truly ball season-we have a good neously. (all statistics are accurate percent from behind the arc, and ary 27,2001 at Tuskegee, followed a student of the game. He is team. Come out. Move youi through 1/15/01, not including 68.4 behind the charity stripe. by the first showdown with Clark- knowledgeable and usually body when you get there the last two victories) The high scorer for the Atlanta University on the 30th. The reserves any comments for the Stomp. Cheer for the team! 1 The highest output of the squad is Darius Wade, averaging team also has a date with Clark- referees. Joe's trademark call have friends with 3.7 GPAs team so far is the 104-90 win at 22.3 points per contest, followed Atlanta on Valentine's Day in is "Sir, that was a charge. that come out to the game, Talladega College. The lowest by Quincy Bell, with 19.1 points Philips Arena following the con­ CALL THE FREAKING what is your excuse? Yot output was a 72 twice, once in an per game. The high scorer for an test between the Hawks and CHARGE." An assist goes to aren't studying all of the time, overtime loss to Kentucky State, Bucks. the dependable Charlene and if you are, you aren't get­ Parentalfrompage15 imagery identical to many 90's his writings could be "Charlie" Cole. She could be ting the most of youi rap records. At first, the found in Vibe magazine's an assistant coach somewhere Morehouse experience. kill after kill - it is his busi­ brand names, scenarios, and record reviews and features. because she knows her stuff. See you at the game. By ness. While milling about in dialogue are so similar it In 1996 he released Gangsta: It is good to have the way, it is completely my clubs, he and his "agent" en­ seems as though Ro has Merchandising the Rhymes of Damien Johnson back for the fault that there is not a full in­ tertain the thought of offing soaked his story, mostly in Violence (St. Martin's Press). spring semester. Damien is terview with Darius Wade anc the City Councilman, the the early chapters, with Gangsta was comprised of harsh, and I mean harsh. He Quincy Bell in this issue, look big hit. street culture staples to hold interviews with rappers used to give my boy Anton ‘for it next issue faithful reader The story's conflict, the interest and simulate the about the music, politics, "Insane" Leseane a very hard which is painfully reminis­ soundscapes of commercial money, and everyday life time last year for his perfor­ cent of John Woo's soon to hip hop(the cover of the pa­ found in hip-hop. The few be classic crime flick, The perback even has a parental insights found in Gangsta Killer. Just like in the film, advisory sticker). Maybe are not to be found within our hitman maims an inno­ that will keep the hardcore Street Sweeper, the book THE REVISIONIST cent, and feels responsible rap fan's reading. What has named after a machine gun. We encourage an open debate on the for her young life as it hangs less probability of turning Unlike a machine gun, this in the balance. The logical pages is the write-by-num- book does no physical harm Holocaust Question. We urge you to ignore solution, which will right ber plot that seems to take unless used as a projectile the thought police, read the evidence, and his wrong and clear his con­ its cue from crime cinema. itself. But like a machine judge for yourself. scious, is, of course, one last This is Ro's first work gun, there should be laws (big) hit. of fiction, though his third against stuff like this. The book is filled with book to date. In the early www.codoh.org Thursday, January 25, 2001 THE MAROON TIGER PAGE 20

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