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'Talk of CNN': Morris Brown College; Surveillance Cameras

Aired October 29, 2002 - 06:49   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: An historic black college teeters on the brink of bankruptcy and big brother fights back against crime. Those are just some of the hot topics our friends from "The Bert Show" on Q100 right here in Atlanta are talking about. They join us by phone this morning.
Hey, how are you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Morning, Carol, how are you today?

COSTELLO: I'm fine. Let's talk about Morris Brown College, sad news.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, Morris Brown, of course, is the oldest historically black college here in Atlanta and now they're in front of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools because their accreditation may be taken away from them. And of course Morris Brown is in like $23 million in debt, and if they lose their accreditation that means they will not be able to get federal financial aid for their students. So it could be...

COSTELLO: What has been the problem here?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well they're looking into whether they mismanaged student aid money. They -- you know they're thinking they may have taken the student aid money and paid bills instead of using it for what it was for.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How do you mismanage $23 million, you know.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

COSTELLO: Oh, I guess there have been many changes at the top of that university and that's one of the problems that's led to this alleged financial mishap.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It would be such a shame for Morris Brown to go away, because I mean that is one of the best schools here in Atlanta.

COSTELLO: Yes, sad news.

Let's talk about this big brother because there is a neighborhood in Atlanta that actually wants surveillance cameras posted on light poles in their community.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, and they actually have them in Newnan, Georgia. They have video cameras that the police monitor and these cameras can zoom in and read license plates of cars as they go up and down the street. They can read the addresses that are on mailboxes. If they see like a strange car in a driveway, they can zoom in on the mailbox and see where that car is. And nobody in the neighborhood seems to be complaining that this is a little too obtrusive by big brother. As a matter of fact, they all seem to like it.

COSTELLO: Yes, which kind of illustrates the big crime problem in that neighborhood, perhaps. It is working?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, they said -- it's the community of Newnan who has just put the cameras in and they're following down the path that a community, LaGrange, Georgia, followed a couple of years ago. And the people in LaGrange say that out-of-towners coming in to buy drugs has gone down, gang violence has gone down.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So it's worked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, and overall vandalism and loitering has gone down.

COSTELLO: Thank you very much, "Bert Show."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK -- Carol.

COSTELLO: We'll see you next time.

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Aired October 29, 2002 - 06:49   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: An historic black college teeters on the brink of bankruptcy and big brother fights back against crime. Those are just some of the hot topics our friends from "The Bert Show" on Q100 right here in Atlanta are talking about. They join us by phone this morning.
Hey, how are you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Morning, Carol, how are you today?

COSTELLO: I'm fine. Let's talk about Morris Brown College, sad news.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, Morris Brown, of course, is the oldest historically black college here in Atlanta and now they're in front of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools because their accreditation may be taken away from them. And of course Morris Brown is in like $23 million in debt, and if they lose their accreditation that means they will not be able to get federal financial aid for their students. So it could be...

COSTELLO: What has been the problem here?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well they're looking into whether they mismanaged student aid money. They -- you know they're thinking they may have taken the student aid money and paid bills instead of using it for what it was for.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How do you mismanage $23 million, you know.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

COSTELLO: Oh, I guess there have been many changes at the top of that university and that's one of the problems that's led to this alleged financial mishap.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It would be such a shame for Morris Brown to go away, because I mean that is one of the best schools here in Atlanta.

COSTELLO: Yes, sad news.

Let's talk about this big brother because there is a neighborhood in Atlanta that actually wants surveillance cameras posted on light poles in their community.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, and they actually have them in Newnan, Georgia. They have video cameras that the police monitor and these cameras can zoom in and read license plates of cars as they go up and down the street. They can read the addresses that are on mailboxes. If they see like a strange car in a driveway, they can zoom in on the mailbox and see where that car is. And nobody in the neighborhood seems to be complaining that this is a little too obtrusive by big brother. As a matter of fact, they all seem to like it.

COSTELLO: Yes, which kind of illustrates the big crime problem in that neighborhood, perhaps. It is working?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, they said -- it's the community of Newnan who has just put the cameras in and they're following down the path that a community, LaGrange, Georgia, followed a couple of years ago. And the people in LaGrange say that out-of-towners coming in to buy drugs has gone down, gang violence has gone down.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So it's worked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, and overall vandalism and loitering has gone down.

COSTELLO: Thank you very much, "Bert Show."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK -- Carol.

COSTELLO: We'll see you next time.

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