2 • BENNETT BANNER • SEPTEMBER 29, 1994
The Bennett Banner
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WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
By Robert Stack
EDITORIAL
The opinions expressed in this column are the
author's opinions and do not represent the opinions
of the Banner staff.
"Till death do us part" .
Accused of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, Simpson the
once all-American sports hero is currently waiting to face a grand
jury that will decide his fate. Of aU the controversy I’ve observed
about this case the most interesting subtopic is the marital lives of
Simpson. The performance we saw on the football field was
certainly different from his rocky and sometimes brutal home life.
In 1967 Simpson married his high school sweetheart
Marguerite Whitley and they had three children. During the
height of Simpson’s career, thel2-year marriage appeared normal
to the public and little negative media attention was given to them
until Simpson met and became involved with Nicole Brown in
1977. Brown was a 18-year-old waitress at the time and after a
year Brown and Simpson moved in together.
Simpson’s decision to move in with Brown came about at a
time when he was still married to Whitley. A year later Simpson
divorced his first wife. That was one marriage failed and the next
didn’t exactly beat the odds.
After living with Brown five years. The couple was married
and that’s the story that leads to the problems Simpson faces
today began. From the arrest of Simpson in 1989 for spousal abuse
to the public incidents the couple had, it was evident that the
couple had problems that ftiey knew they couldn’t resolve. Brown
filed for divorce in 1992.
Brown took custody of their two children along with a hefty
settlement she received from her prenuptial agreement and
$10,000 a month in child support.
Even after the divorce, the media reported that Brown and
Simpson continued to appear at public functions together and
remained friends. Four months ago Brown and a friend were
stabbed to death outside her home and Simpson was arrested and
charged with the crime.
To many people O.J. was a hero that was greatly admired, but
maybe that admiration was premature. Before he was a hero he
was a man. A man that sometimes made bad choices and got
himself into situations that could have probably been prevented.
Perh^s O J. should have remained with his first wife. Maybe it
would have made all the difference or maybe noL
In any event, Simpson is now the hottest topic around any
table and the outcome of this trial will be the event of the century.
Crystal Simenton
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LETTERS
SUAB sets goals; promises unity
Close your eyes.
Picture entering the D. D. Jones
Student Union Building and
immediately smelling the fresh
aroma of food from the
cafeteria as well as the grill on
the lower floor.
The heat from the warming
system is easing to your skin,
and the aches in your back are
soothed by the soft, comfort
able furniture as you fall ever
so gently. Everyone’s bright
smiles greet you at the door as
they ask you to follow them
downstairs to join in a game of
spades.
A smile shines across
your face then turns upside
down wt>en you open your eyes
to find that it was just your
imagination. Instead of the
warm smiles greeting you at
the door, a cool chill runs up
your sleeves as you reach out
to touch the unused couches
that sit in the lobby area
All you hear is the echo of
clanging silverware from the
cafeteria and the chatter of
diligent financial aid workers
and maintenance men.
What can be done about
this? Who can be called upon
to help the students feel as if
they had a place to bond
socially and culturally?
Courtney Bell,
president of the many hard
working and dedicated
students in an organization
called Student Union
Advisory Board. Unfortu
nately, in the past, this
organization has not been
very successful. However,
with determination and
extreme dedication, they wUl
become a successful item on
this campus.
The purpose of
SUAB is to give the D. D.
Jones Student Union the
purpose of being what it is
— a union or a place of
positive unity. “I feel that it
should be a place of gather
ing for students at all times,
not just during breakfast,
lunch, and dinner,” says
Fanya Stansbury, vice
president.
The organization
takes heed to student
suggestions, finds ways of
negotiating successfully with
the administration, and
makes dieir goals into
realities. Realities that will
benefit the entire student
body.
SUAB has set many
detailed goals for this school
term and to begin the year off
with a bang beginning Fun
Night Oct. 2. Fun Night is
expected to be a major event in
which students throughout the
Triad are to meet in the union to
engage and mingle for games,
music, and food. This event is
free.
Toshanique Paulley
and Nia Reid, two very active
students on campus say that
SUAB is more than an organi
zation but a necessity since the
students at Bennett do not visit
the Union unless they have
important business there.
Unity was known for
holding the African American
community together. However,
unity seems to be slowly
disintegrating. The members of
SUAB .feel that the Bennett
student body may be victims of
non-unity and will start where
the problem lies — in the
Student Union.
JenniferFarris
Mass Communications
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the changes of campus security,
while others are simply aggra
vated with the transition.
Tara Price, ajunicff psy
chology major fromMiddletown,
Conn., said, “ I am pleased with
the temporary security
company’s efforts to secure our
campus, but I’ll feel much safer
when the campus police finally
comes. Everything’s okay ex
cept for the fact that they don’t
have keys.”
Currently, the Triton
Security Co. guards have no
keys because they are tempo
rary security. Locks on the
doors of all the campus build
ings have been changed due to
the transition, and administra
tion says that the new keys will
(Hily be distributed to our offi
cial j)olice.
To ensure that no du
plicates are made, there will be
anew system developed involv
ing the access of keys to cam
pus facilities.
“Administration wants
all students to continue to offer
their opinions and ideas about our
new security system,” Mosby said.
“I would like to have
feedback from students on how
they feel the new police is moni
toring the campus and what you’d
like to see done,” Hopkins said.
“Always remember that
security is here to assist you, not
to harass you.”