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2 • BENNETT BANNER • SEPTEMBBER 12, 1997 OPINION • OPINION • OPINION • OPINION • OPINION Paquita Herring The non reporting of a hate crime Imagine this: One night, a black man and two white men have what begins as a friendly drink in a trailer park Things get out of hand and the two white men drag the black man out of the trailer, douse him with fuel and bum him alive. As if that is not enough they even cut off his head. As unbelievable as this story may seem, it is true. It sounds like something that may have happened in the deep south during the early Civil Rights Era, with its lynching and hangings. But recently this is what h^pened to Garnett P. Johnson. On July 25, in Independence, Va., Emmett Cressell Jr. and Louis J. Ceparano decided to brutally murder Johnson. Federal authorities are investigating whether the crime was a racially motivated hate crime. I think that it is clear that it was racially motivated because only a sick racist mind could come up with such a senseless brutal killing. Maybe some of you haven’t heard much about the incident because it is the media’s way of not trying to start a public uproar addressing hate crimes, such as this. It is not up to the media to choose what they think society should know. Whether this crime was racially motivated or not, use your best judgment If the races were reversed none of this would have been a question. The opinion expressed in this column is that of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Bennett Banner staff. Student Opinion Poll: What is your opinion about the closing of Gus' Groceteria? Photos by Camisha Gentry, Banner Photographer Gus’ Grocerteria - the local store that for years supplied Belles with everything from snacks to quarters (change) — closed in July. THE BEIVNETT BANIVER The Newspaper produced by the Phenomenal Women of Bennett College EPnOMAL Paquita Herring Editor Brandy Jones Co-Editor Kenya A. Samuels Features Editor Kamilah Bennett Health Center Savella Black Public Relations Jamila Boozer Greeks Jobina C. Brown Sports Christina Burch President's Ofiice Camisha Gentry Photography Erisha Lipford Briefings Delanissa A. Moody ACES LaTarsha Simmons Wonnen’s Leadership Institute Ronda Stingley Dorms A’Shauna K. Tyler Herstory Bianca Williams Sports PRODUCnON Naima Q. Barbour Copy Editor Kirsten Britt ........Pasteup Marchelle Bryson Pasteup SAI.RS AIViAMflFnNC; Renitta Hills Sales & Marketing Manager Tirshatha Derricks-Bey Sales & Marketing Rep. Marie A. Dixon-Smith Sales & Marketing Rep. Damita Howard Circulation Dionne Long Sales & Marketing Rep. Dr. Lona D. Cobb Adviser The Bennett Banner is a laboratory newspaper published twice a month during the academic year, except during months with College recognized holidays or College vacations. The newspaper is pro duced by and for students at Bennett College. The newspaper office is located in Shell Hall C-2. Some photographs published in the Banner are courtesy of Gene Keenum in the Admissions Office and the Public Affairs and Marketing Office. SHANEIK ISAAC SOPHOMORE MAJOR: MUSIC ED. HOME: WASH. D.C. Closing Gus was a great loss. ' / felt no danger and it was a place to get snacks and quarters to wash clothes late at night without missing curfew. TOYA KING SOPHOMORE MAJOR: FASHION MERCH. HOME: MASSACHUTTES It's sad that Gus is gone now. It was the worst thing that could have ever hap pened to students without transportation. His store was opened all hours of the day, and it was very conve nient to everyone. MATTEA HILL SOPHOMORE MAJOR: ELEM. ED. HOME: MARYLAND / can no longer get my midnight snack. It is an inconvenience, but you got to do what you got to do. jm" f MONICA SMITH SOPHOMORE MAJOR:UNDECIDED HOME: NORTTH CAROLINA Bennett seems to be trying to keep students to spend their money on campus, at the bookstore. I found it strange that Gus closed. The bookstore now has a wider variety of merchandise. All in all, Gus was a conve nience for me. DYORA KINSEY SENIOR BIOLOGY/PRE-MED MAJOR HOME: JAPAN Gus was a buddy of mine. For four years he gave me a soda and a snack on my birthday. All I want to know is where do we get quarters to wash clothes and mid night snacks during mid terms and finals... BP? YAYA MITCHELL SOPHOMORE MAJOR: ELEM. ED. HOME: NORTH CAROLINA Gus was a good store to get something to snack on when you didn ’t have any money. He was a kind man who enjoyed Bennett Belles coming to his store.
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