New Biochemistry Lab Named
for Keck Foundation
 By
monét cooper
The portal to the new biochemistry teaching
laboratory looks like the entrance to any other room on the third
floor of Merrill Hall. But its nondescript door belies the goldmine
of hi-tech equipment inside: a centrifuge for separating different
substances; machines that purify water and sense acidity levels; microscopes;
a refrigerator for storing solutions and experiments; and other instruments
of various sizes, shapes and uses.
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Leadership Center facility
maintenance endowment receives local corporate support
 Although
widely known as the Leadership Center facility, the stately new building
that graces the entrance of the Morehouse campus will have a new name
once a $4-million maintenance endowment initiative has been achieved.
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Corporate
Executive Teaches a New Kind of Leadership
By monét cooper
 David
Samuel has spent much of his working life walking the corporate
halls of the technology industry. That’s what got him thinking
about giving back.
“I’ve been in corporate leadership
for over 30 years and what I’m interested in doing now is
leveraging that with students,” he said.
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| Construction
Update: Aggressive schedule makes up rain delays in Leadership Center
construction
 By
Vickie Hampton
After rain delays in the early stages of construction, an aggressive
recovery schedule has recaptured 30 to 40 percent of the delay in
the construction of the new Leadership Center at the corner of Westview
Drive and West End Avenue.
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Oprah's Gala Speech
 Oprah
Winfrey shared a piece of her heart and a hefty piece of her checkbook
with Morehouse College during the 137th Founder's Week. Winfrey was
awarded the first ever Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Humanitarian
Service Award on Saturday, February 21, 2004, at the 16th annual "A
Candle in the Dark" Gala.
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Ray Charles Tribute Pays
Homage to a Great Musician
 By
Vickie G. Hampton
Ray Charles was
a maestro of the duet. He married sacred and secular music to create
the "soul" genre. For some, it was the musical equivalent
of miscegenation. To countless others, it was a match made in heaven.
Ray also mingled soul with the twangs of country-western, and even
combined his emollient vocals with the music of a full orchestra to
effectively turn a state song into a classic that doesn't fall neatly
into any one category.
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Morehouse Top College for
Black Students…Again
 By
Elise Durham
Black Enterprise magazine
announced its 2004 list of the "50 Best Colleges & Universities
for African Americans" and for the third consecutive term, Morehouse
holds the No. 1 spot.
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