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MAY 9, 1994 • BENNETT BANNER • 5 Miss Bennett 1993-1994 Psych majors attend reflects on wonderful year regional conference By Stephanie McCorkle Banner Reporter Miss Bennett Col lege 1993-1994 is startiag on her new journey, but first, she has to share a few thoughts and reflections before she leaves. KeUy Knifiley says that she is many things to many people. To many, she is a pubhc figure who makes ap- peairances at different func tions and pageants. To others she is a student, but to others she is a friend, source of encouragement, and woman of God. However, tonight the Louisville, native looks like an ordinary, tired student as she hes across the bed with her hair draped luxu riously across the pillow, in a plain, white t-shirt with green sweat pants, both hanging loosely from her petite frame. Her reddish- blond streaked hair is de void of make-up, yet pleas ant and peaceful with closed, cat-like green eyes. “It has been very chal- lengingbeingMiss Bennett,” Kniffley said as she shifted one white-socked foot firom one side to another. “I believe that I stayed true to my mission and that is to stay true to God and that he might meet the needs of the students on this cam pus. I was very realistic in my goals of being Miss Ben nett, because I did not re ally want to do it.” Being Miss Bennett has some advantages, and some of those are that it allows the opportunity for specific platforms, and for that plat form to be heard by more people. “The greatest thing [about being Miss Bennett] has been the impact that Tve had on the lives of oth ers as far as being able to give myself, my energy, and my time freely to the stu dents,” KnifiQey said. “And at the same time, be able to receive from them many things.” After graduating, Kniffley plans to stay in the Greensboro area, and hopes to find work in the field of hxmian relations. This summer Kniffley will be performing her final duty to the College by par ticipating in the Miss Black Inter-CoUegiate Pageant in Florida May 26-June 5. But here, Kniffley lies in a comfortable position, at first, staring at the ceiHng, but now inspecting a piece of her hair. Satisfied with the results of her inspection, she continues, “Being Miss Bennett has made me more flexible in understand ing that my time is not my own,” she said. “You must be flex ible in attitude and in imple mentation. Spiritually, this job has caused me to pray more in asking God to let me know when to speak, and when not to, what to say and how to say it.” Children's House (Continued from page 4) said. “They made their own baskets out of plastic gallon jugs, cotton balls, and pipe cleaners. Others were made firom white pa per bags and construction paper, “ Jackson said. However, it could not be taken for granted that all of the children were famil iar with the activity of find ing eggs. “We had to show some of them how to hunt for the eggs, because many of them have not had the experience of going on a hunt,” she said. The participants of the Children’s House have been involved in a variety field trips every month,and the bus ride that took place before the himt was an edu cational field trip, because it taught the children how to ride the bus and it gave them the opport\inity to ask questions. “The bus ride was 45 minutes and we rode the entire route,” Jackson said. “The children were charged a penny each, but it was really no charge. The act of them paying gave them the experience of it. “ The Children’s House always presents the opportunity to expose its participants to somethiug new, educational, and fun. “Now, they are go ing to see Sesame Street, the theater version at the Greensboro Cohseiun. This exposes them to something different,” Jackson said. Brooke Walker Banner Reporter Several Psychology maj ors got to show their stuff recently at major confer ences. Yvette Taylor, Co- limibia, junior and Brooke Walker, Greensboro, senior presented poster sessions during the Southeastern Psychological Association Conference in New Orleans March 31-April 2. Taylor whose project “Influence of Circadian Rhj^hms on Behaviors of Spontaneously Hypertensive rats and their controls” was in conjunc tion with NC A&T and Dr. Susan Shumaker, professor of psychology. Walker's project‘T)e- pression levels in Pre and Interim Menstrual Women” was originally a class re search assignment. “I thought it was an excellent opportunity to share in the experiences and exciting research of the psy chology community,” Taylor said Taylor along with others presented at paper and poster sessions the Beta Kappa Chi Conference in Houston, April 6-10. Shannon Coe, India napolis, junior presented her paper entitled “Father Resource Program” and Deirdre Pecchioni , Louis ville .junior presented “Self- Esteem and Locus of Con trol.” These projects were sponsored by the Bennett MBRS program. Taylor won top hon ors in the poster session with her project. The Carolina’s Con ference held in Raleigh April 8-9 featvired two other psy chology majors, Joan Tellemaque and Antoinette Rochelle, V ancouver, j unior. Tellemaque pre sented “Cognitive Function ing in African-American Women.” and Rochelle pre sented “Group Affiliation and Self-Esteem”. “It was imique be cause I never presented be fore,” Rochelle said, “ I knew it was a good paper because people were listening. It is definitely something I want to do again.” Commencement cer emonies wiU be held at 11:00 am Sxinday, May 15 on the Bennett Quadrangle. Letters to the Editor The Bennett Banner welcomes letters from its readers. All letters must be typed double-spaced, not longer than 500 words, and must include the author’s name, ad dress and daytime telephone number. We reserve the right to edit letters. Letters may be hand-delivered to the Banner Office in Shell Hall Room 2 or mailed to: Letter to the Editor, The Bennett Banner, Shell Hall Room 2 Bennett College, Greensboro, NC 27401. Burnett's Sanitary Dry Cleaners Inc. 1932 East Market 272-7453 Greensboro HOW TO USE THE BATHROOM, you know that you use up to 55 gallons of water a day in the bathroom? It’s true. So here’s some simple bathrtxjm training to help conserve water. Turn off the faucet while bnjshing your teeth. Take shorter showers. Put a weighted jug in your toilet tank. It’ll cut water loss by 15%. \ And if you can’t remember those tips, take ih / paper witli you the next time you go. I-HOO-MY-SHARI: ® IT'S A CONNEaED WORLG DO YOUR SHARE. S’ .Earth Share J
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