Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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88 0e Hamer, a member of the Moslem Student Association, converted to the Islam religion during his fresh- man year. Hamer, whose Islamic name is Hatim, which means crusher of evil, converted because, Islam was clean- ing up a lot of people who were on drugs or just bad news. Islam also represents a hu- man family It sees people as human be- ings, individuals, not just black, white, red, or yellow Hamer originally came to this univer- sity as a walk-on for the football team. But I eventually had to make a choice between football or my major. I chose to become more involved in my major because I thought it would be more beneficial, so I volunteered at the MSU television station, said Hamer. Hamer, who started out as a general worker in the television studio, has pro- gressed to being the main force behind the show, Viewpoint, which originated in 1985. The program is on Mondays and Wednesdays on the MSU Television chan- nel. The show is concerned with issues of concern to minorities and the contribu- tions of minorities to society. Said Hamer, Viewpoint is the only col- lege production televised throughout the state on a cable network. It is relevant any- where. It is not just a show of local appeal. Some of the past shows include an AIDS special in which experts were brought in from Frankfort and Louisville and the Ebony fashion fair. Former guests include Yolanda King, eldest daughter of Martin Luther King; El Hajj Makik Shabazz's tMalcolm Xl eldest daughter, Attallah Sha- bazz; former University President, Rein- hard; President Grote; and Board of Re- gents member Barbara Curry. Hamer, a graduate student from Mont- clair, New Jersey, was a radio-television major and a government minor as an un- Group Feature dergraduate. He is currently pursuing his master's degree in R-TV. Hamer is a member-at-large of Omega Psi Phi, a service fraternity which was the first black fraternity. It was founded in was a joint venture between the Office of Minority Student Affairs and the Depart- ment of Communications, involved a dis- cussion between panel members Gil No- ble, a producer on WABC-TV in New York 1911. He is also a graduate advisor for the Black Coalition, an organization which promotes improvement in the overall un- derstanding and better communication be- tween blacks and whites. Hamer is a graduate assistant in the Of- fice of Minority Student Affairs. He said he applied for his position to keep my black identity. Hamer, who is in charge of some of the programs for student retention, is also in charge of some of the work studies in the office. Hamer was the main organizer for the journalism symposium, Problems in Broadcast Journalism. The event which City; Dwight Ellis, vice president of minor- ity and special services for the National Association of Broadcasters and Dale Greer, MSU assistant professor of R-TV Hamer plans to attend law school to study communications law at an Eastern university like Columbia or Georgetown Universities. Hamer would like to get into film as a screenwriter and eventually own his own radio station or production company somewhere in the East. As Hamer said, Since I've lived in Morehead for five years, I can adjust to practically any- where.

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Means of Communication uThe objective of the Sabah Sarawak Stu- dent Council is to promote goodwill, mutual understanding and spirit of oneness among our members and other students of the Uni- versity, said Dullie Marie, president of the council. One of the main purposes of the council is to develop a means of communica- tion between the Malaysian students and the rest of the stu- They sponsored a barbecue, Christmas and Chinese New Year parties. The Chinese New Year party was held during the last week of December for those students who remained on campus over the Christmas holiday. Re- freshments and student entertainment high- lighted the evening. Sabah Sarawak plans to be a part of the annual Interna- dent body. It is also a tional Nights held on campus tradition, said icWe promote goodwill, mutual in April. We Marie of Sabah, will have an ex- Malaysia, who understanding and spirit ofone- h i b i t i o n o f is working to- wards his mas- ters in business administration. i i W h e n ,, 11688. M 9.1 a y s i a n items, such as clothing and food and per- form a tradi- M 31 a y s i a n 5 come to a new country, they of an organiza- tion in which they can unite. The Sabah Sarawak Student Council was founded on January 25, 1983 and was later re-named the Sabah Sarawak Student Council on December 5, 1 987. The council, under the direction of Dr. Perry Leroy, professor of His- tory, currently has 14 members. Only stu- dents from Malaysia are involved in the coun- cil. However, Marie noted that Sabah Sarawak works closely with the Cosmopolitan Club, which is open to students from all na- tionalities. This allows us to interact more with American studentsf he said. Sabah Sarawak held many activities which encouraged students to become acquainted. tional Malay- sian song and dance. We encourage American students to attend, because this will give them a chance to learn about many different coun- tries? said Marie. Marie graduated from Iowa State Univer- sity, where he was also president of a larger Sabah Sarawak Student Council. In order to enlarge the council at our university, Marie and other members of the council send appli- cations to recruit their friends to come to Morehead to complete their graduate work. It is our goal to see the student council grow, said Marie. iiBy doing so, we can inter- act more with the student body. That is what our organization is about: involvement. . - By: Melody Cooper Student Athletic 13mm! y l Studmt 60111461? or fracptioml 6hildrm

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