By Chivone Smith
In a monotone voice and slumped over in her seat, a transfer in her third year of college fears being judged by her peers.
Described as being raised in an unorthodox family where her fourteen year old mother was courted by her (then) twenty-five year old father, Elena Major was very cautious of her responses when talking about her background as she did not want to get too personal about the dynamics of her family. However, when the mysterious Baltimore native expressed that her grandmother works for the FBI, all cards were out on the table. “My life was really wild before I got here,” Majors said. She added, “Just how I was raised and being out here by myself.”
The strong desire to get away is what drove this Morgan State University transfer from the confines of Baltimore to the hospitality of the South. However, she quickly learned that everything that glitters isn’t gold. Majors said, “I was slick tricked ‘cause I thought Atlanta was a city, but it’s not, it’s a slick country!” To add insult to injury, Major says that the academics provided at CAU isn’t impressive and that the old classrooms distracts her from learning effectively. “They make me feel like I’m in a high school classroom with a chalk board,” Majors said.
Donald Jones, a friend of Majors who happens to be an instructor at Morehouse College, stated that Majors is a very simple person despite how she may come off. However, he further explained the other side of Majors. “She’s very nice and receptive, but very straight forward,” Jones said. He added, “I don’t think she holds her tongue for anybody.” He further expressed his views on Majors by saying that people wouldn’t look at her and see a sorority girl. She is a member of the sweet Kappa Alpha Psi sweethearts and he ventured to elude that her sorority goes harder than the sweet ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha.
From a cradle robbing parent, to having a grandmother who’s an active FBI agent, to being a wild child turned Kappa Alpha Psi sweetheart, there is no true understanding of who this mystery girl is. However, she feels that people should not shun her because they don’t know her and as a result, she had a message for the students of CAU. “I feel like a lot of stuff at this school is too much word of mouth and I feel like I should have equal opportunity as anybody else who knows people who been here for years,” said Majors.
