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Article: Morehouse student among 2004 Rhodes Scholars.(Noteworthy News)(Oluwbusayo Folarin)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
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- January 15, 2004
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Late last month Oluwbusayo Folarin had only one more final at Morehouse College to take before going home to Grand Prairie, Texas, where he could begin to relish being named a Rhodes Scholar.
"I have not had a chance to really think about (being named a Rhodes Scholar) because I'm applying to Oxford and studying for finals, and l have all these responsibilities to the school concurrently, which is difficult," says 22-year-old Folarin, a political science major who holds a 3.9 grade point average. "I'm so ready to go home because I'm mentally exhausted, and then I will be able to appreciate my accomplishments."
Folarin, called "Tope" by ...