4 • BENNETT BANNER • NOVEMBER 19, 1993
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The Winner
Annette Peatross, senior mass
communications major, was
crowned Miss UNCFon Feb. 5
during the national ceremonies
of the United Negro College
Fund Alumni Council. This is
the first time in Bennett’s his
tory that the college has re
ceived the title. Selection is
held annually to the UNCF in
stitution with the highest per
capita giving record.
Smooth exchange for NYU Student
photo by Phanalphie Rhue
By Andrea T. Brooks
Banner Reporter
Exchange students
usually have a difficult time
adjusting to anew school, but
for Sherille Sheppard the
transition was smooth.
Sheppard, special education
major from New York Uni
versity, is the only student
participating in this year’s
exchange program. Sheppard
is a native of Los Angeles who
arrived on campus in early
AGAPE: “A better way of campus living”
By Stephanie McCorkle
Banner Reporter
When Jori Johnson was
elected the title of Miss
Freshwoman,she grappled
with what kind of project to
take on. It was not until
Christmas Break, when she
finally decided where to con
centrate her
energies.
“God laid it upon my heart
over Christmas Break. He
told me how he wanted it
done,” Johnson said.”
AGAPE, the Greek
work for Godly Love, and its
concept is that if you have
beef with someone, then you
should be able to handle the
situation in a mature man
ner, meaning to make peace
with that person through
God.”
The project was intro
duced to the Freshwomen
Class Student Council, from
whom there was a favorable
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response, especially from the
president ofthe Freshwomen
Class Student Council,
Samantha Dow.
Dow believes that AGAPE
vsdll be very helpful in renew
ing the spirit of sisterhood
throughout the campus.
“The focus of AGAPE is to
enhance a better way of cam
pus living through the love of
God,” she said.
“I felt that it is a much
needed thing. There were at
tempts for unity, but for it to
be done decently, it has to be
done through the love of God,”
she said.
“I think that it is benefi
cial spiritually and emotion
ally. I don’t think that total
vinity can be achieved, but it
is a good start.”
Another contributor to
Johnson’s project was
Darlene Walker, a
freshwoman mass commvmi-
cation major from Califor
nia.
“AGAPE love in the hood
ties in vnth the whole pur
pose of AGAPE Week,”
Walker said.
“It is based on a real-
life situation that could hap
pen to anyone. It examines
th e relationship s that we have
with each other as African
American women. It deals
with how we relate with each
other and what can go wrong
in those relationships,”
Walker said.
Walker’s concern for the
state of sisterhood through
out the caimpus served as an
inspiration for her to write
the insightful skit.
“I hope that this play wiU
make sisters dispose of their
negative
attitudes and realize how
beneficial it is to be in a
predominantly black institu
tion,” Walker said.
She believes tha it would
help us greatly if we would
reahze that we need to come
together and be sisters in the
truest word.
“It is essential for us to
unite in sisterly love.”
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January.
“Bennett seemed a
little boring at first, but after
a couple of days I started to
have a good time,” Sheppard
said.
The purpose of the
student exchange is to wel
come new students into
Bennett’s family and give
them an opportunity to learn
in an altered environment.
In addition to the things that
Sheppard heard about Ben
nett a new experience was
the reason she decidedto par
ticipate in the exchange.
Sheppard had always
heard that there was some
thing special about Bennett
Belles. Sheppard said, “At
NYU I was anobody, but Ben
nett welcomed me £ind now I
feel like a BeUe too.”
Living in a dormitory
was the biggest adjustment
for Sheppard to make.
Sheppard is living in Player
Hall and finds the dorm to be
different from living with her
parents in New York.
Sheppard said, “I have always
lived with my parents and I
like being on my own.”
Sheppard found that
the classroom structures were
not the same at NYU. She
said that she was surprised
at the time that faculty took
with her. “All of my teachers
made sure that I -understood
my assignments and I really
appreciated the time,”
Sheppard said.
Her goal in life is to
open a school in South Cen
tral Los Angeles for the dis
advantaged. “I have always
wanted to give something
back and I think Fm learning
some things at Bennett that
wiU help me in the future,”
she said, sheppard said she
feels the conditions are ter
rible in South Centred and
she is determined to make a
difference.
At the end of the se
mester Sheppard vnll return
to New York vnth an experi
ence that will last her a life
time. The last thing that
Sheppard wanted to say to
Bennett was, “I think that I
fit into Bennett well and I
know that I will love it here!”
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