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6 • BENNETT BANNER • FEBRUARY 23, 1995 News and Features Brown: Petite, creative, busy Mariacorazon Hill Banner Reporter Her stature, petite. Creativ ity, immense. And busy. Her newest work of art: Crossing Over Jordan, the story of four generations of women de picts the struggle to find self in the midst of the brutal effects of slavery. She is Dr. Linda Beatrice Brown, Distinguished Professor of Humanities. Accoring to Brown, African American females can relate to Crossing Over Jordan. “Women have families and are concerned with universal things such as marriage, childbirth, and the need to be strong because of the hatred perpetuated againstour men,” she said. “We must look carefully at racism in order to heal its wounds.” If one finds it hard to locate Brown, it’s because she stays busy on a special assignment - writing a book about her aunt, Willa B. Player. Brown is also busy guiding creative writing independent sftidy projects. During the ACES program on Jan 31, Brown shared ex cerpts from her book. One character. Story, dis owned by her mother said,” The closest I ever got to my parents was a Heart sliced into. "For years, never knowing that Hermine was her mother, Story cared for her in her illness. Later confronting Hermine on a tip. Story demands identity con firmation. Pain strikes as truth rears it’s ugly head. SNCAE helps students understand teaching profession Crystal SImenton Banner Managing Editor Each department on campus has at least one student organiza tion, and for the Education De partment one stands out locally and nationally. The Bennett College chapter of the Student North Carolina As sociation of Educators is a local division of the National Educa tors Association. SNCAE strives to help stu dents develop an understanding of the teaching profession, to gain a voice in their profession, and to forward the aim of quality education. These goals are met through various activities. For example, the members attend local, state, national conferences and semi nars and as paid members the students receive monthly news publications from the state and national chapters. “By being a member, it helps them develop a deeper apprecia tion for their profession,” said Dr. Alice Stone, director of the Education Division. In addition, the organization has brought the North Carolina teacher of the year to Bennett to speak four years in a row. Through the organization mem bers also meet several leaders in their field. “It gives the chance to inter act with master teachers such as the present teacher of the year,” Stone said. According to Donna Oliver, advisor of the organization the Bennett chapter of SNCAE serves as a influence to minorities. “It is important that young black women choose education because our classrooms are becoming filled with ethnic minority chil dren while teachers in the profes sion are predominantly white,” OHver said. “This program gives the stu dents a greater understanding for the teaching profession,” Stone said. Spring Break begins March 4. Classes resume March 13. Have a safe break During the program, the Bennett College Reader’s The atre performed a tribute for Brown. “Two-hundred and ninety- five pages never before writ ten,” the group exalted. “Pro found! Awesome! Profoundly awesome!," they continued. “I liked the fact that it spanned so many generations,’’said UrsulaCobb, junior English ma jor from New Jersey. “It was inuiguing to see how she changed the style to fit die different time periods. I defi nitely would like to get the book to add to my collection.” Brown is also the author of several other books, including A Love Song to Black Men, and Poetry and Fiction in: A Living Culture in Durham. Go to bat for a child who really needs you. For more Information on how to become a North Carolina Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem, contact: 1-800-982-4041 A Public Service Message fionold McDooold ,CKldrenvChof’>*« BEA HEM Be A Teacher Teachers hove the power to wake up young minds- to make a difference. Reach for that power. Be a teacher. Be o hero. To find out how to become a teacher, call 1-800-45-TEACH ^ Reciuiting New leochets, Inc. Symposium discusses women's roles in videos Stephanie McCorkle Banner Editor Is it offensive for you to see half-naked women wandering aimlessly around in videos? It should be. The exploitation of women in music videos was the theme during the Sister/Friend Sym posium "Selling Songsat What Price?: The Violations of Women's Bodies in Music Videos," on Feb. 27. The centerpiece of the dis cussion was the video “Dreamworlds,” a compilaton of music videos depicting women in various roles. Panelists Keith Bryant, SGA president at North Carolina A&T State Univer sity, Courtney Bell, senior psy chology major, and Brian Wallace, program director for radio station WQMG shared their opinions about how female portrayals in music videos affect the corporate, political and social areas of life. Wallace expressed strong opinions about the subject. “We (the general public) all are to blame because we buy the product,” Wallace said. “ Unless your are an artist like Prince or a Janet Jackson, you have no con trol of what the video looks like. People sign a contract to do what they are told.” Bryant said that there were few black-owned radio sta tions, and that the problem did not lie with the program director but the companies in the big cities. Bell said that self-image has a lot to do with how women feel when they see other women in videos. She illustrated her point by cit ing an example of a friend a struggling dancewho got a big break by being one of Prince’s dancers. Bell added that sleazy jobs can be a stepping-stone for those who are trying to get acting jobs, and that many of the people seen in those types of videos are now on sitcoms. Campus Paperback Bestsellers 1. Homicklai Psycho Jungle Cat, by Bill Watterson. (Andrews & McMeel. $12.95-) Latest CaMn ar>d Hobbes coliectioo. 2. Disclosurt, by Michael Crichton. (Ballantine. $6.99.) Sexual harassment in a West Coast electronics firm. 3. Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice. (BaJlantine. $6.99.) The novel that taunched The Vampire Chronicles. 4. The Shipping Newa, by E. Annie Proulx. (Touchstone. $12.00.) Newspapemtan returns to his childhood home after death of his wife. 5. The Vampire Leatat by Anne Rice. (BaJlanttne, $6.99.) Mesmerizing story of a vampire rww a rock star, 6. Wouldn't Take Noihlr>g For My Journey Now, by Maya Angelou. (Bantam. $5.50.) Collection of essays. 7. The World Almanac And Book Of Facta 1995. by Robert Famighetti. Ed.. (World Almanac/Funk & Wagnalls. $8.95.) 8. Seinlangttfige, by Jerry Seinfeld. (Bantam, $5.99.) Oteervations on life's [Measures and ordeais. 9. The Curse Of Madame “0.” by Gary Larson. (Andrews & MA4eel. $6.95.) Cdtection of "Far Side* cartoons. 10. Chteken Soup For The Soul, by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. (Health Communications. $12.00.) Slones for heart & sptrrt. New G Recommended Coffee Will Make You Black, by April Sinclair. (Avon. $10.00.) Heartwarming and funny novel about growing up African-American in 1960s Chicago. Little Book Of Big Motivation, by Eric Jensen. (Fawcett. $7.50.) Contains 180 strategies and encouragements to achieve your goals, foltow your dreams, seize opportunity, and never settle (or less than the best life has to offer. Zlata's Diary, by Zlata Filipovic. (Penguin. $7.95.) A moving and inspiring account of a childhood destroyed by war that puts a human face on an inhuman tragedy. ASSOCUTIOM Of AMCMCAN nJBUSHUMUTIOMAL AStOCWnON Of COLLlQi tTOMS UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste. A Public Service of This Publication
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