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5* BENNETT BANNER •OCTOBER 10, 1997 • NEWS & FEATURES • NEWS & FEATURES • NEWS & FEATURES • Freshwomen question comprehensive fees By Christina Burch Banner Reporter and Staff Abowling trip to Buffaloe Lanes bowling alley was sponosored early last month. Students were charged a $3 cover charge. "Although I had to pay $3 to get in, I had a lot of fun, "said Meca Green, a freshwoman ac counting major from Houston. "I don’t regret going at all." Not all freshwomen share Green's opinion about the fees. After the bowling activity some freshwomen expressed concern as to why they had to pay. Bennett students are charged $1,405 in comprehensive fees which include health services, computer lab fees, registration, but off-campus activities are not included. (See chart). “Students fail to understand that comprehensive fees don’t pay for off-campus activities, such as skat- ing, bowling and horse-back riding," Coach Carl Bibbs said. "The fees cover on-campus stu dent activities such as coronation, volleyball games, basketball games and the picnics outside ev ery now and then." “At first I didn’t understand why I have to pay to go bowling and skating, I thought it came out of my tuition," said Chassidy Moore, a sophomore biology ma jor from Norfolk, Ya. "Later, I realized that my tuition pays to keep the hghts on, to keep the water running and to keep the heat going, so I didn’t see a prob lem. Besides, I’d rather pay $3 to go bowling with transportation, than pay to see basketball and volleyball games on my own cam pus.” When students arrive at Ben nett, they pay tuition, room and board between first and second semesters. Comprehensive fees are due in full by first semester. Off-campus students pay the same. RSDC Comprehensive Fees 1997-98 Registration $75.00 Lyceum 50.00 Health Services 100.00 Student Union 100.00 Student Senate 75.00 Student Publications 75.00 Library 100.00 Student Insurance 75.00 Athletics 100.00 Student Activity 50.00 UNCF 5.00 Building Use 450.00 Computer Lab Fee 150.00 Total $1,405.00 Source: Comprehensive Fees Sheet continued from Page 1 residents in the dormitories a com puter center in the comfort of their residence halls. During a training session, the residence life staff provided ideas to improve the Living Learning Centers and boost school spirit. One of the goals of RSDC is to bring the staff of all the Living Learning centers together in order to develop residential life here at Bennett,” Royal said. The induction of RSDC took place at the first student senate meeting at the beginning of the semester. “I don’t want to judge a book by its cover, but RSDC appears to be a great benefit to the people who work with residence life, like myself. I see RSDC as a positive support group to the studentbody,” said Tennille Francis, SGA vice president. Rebekah Melton, president of RSDC, said she hopes these pro grams will build a relationship be tween residence life staff and the residents of the living learning cen ters. “RSDC has already helped the peer counselors become more vis ible and trustworthy,” Melton said. Officers of RSDC include Rebekah Melton, president; Latasha Gresham, vice president; Shaunda Beaumon, chief of staff; Tonyelle Cook, secretary; Pia Hol land, treasurer; Candace Taylor, parliamentarian and Genyne Royal, advisor. Some of RSDC’s upcoming events are a dorm Olympics, a pep rail y, a kwanzaa celebration, and a valentine’s day/black history gath ering. RSDC meets every second Tues- day of each month. During their meetings they take the time to plan activities and programs that will interest the student body. ACES speaker provides tips for personal finance By Delanissa Moody Banner Reporter and Staff A representative from a local firm provided Bennett students with information on personal fi nances during the ACES pro gram, “Managing Your Personal Finances,” Oct. 2. Clarence Watkins, a financial consultant for Merrill Lynch of Greensboro, spoke about money managing, budgeting, and keep ing good records. "Managing finances should start with keeping good records," Watkins said. "Know what you have coming in and what you have to spend. Set up a budget, live within your means, and put money aside each month into an interest earning account or mutual fund.” Watkins explained that emerg ing investors are college students who are recognized by companies as prospective clients, five to 10 years in the future. Financial companies acknowl edge these emerging investors and have established programs to pro mote their services to the college students, said Watkins. This idea is used by credit card companies when soliciting students to use their pre-approved credit cards too. For students having financial problems, Watkins suggested that they talk to their parents or seek financial counseling from a bank representative. Tennille Francis, a junior ac counting major informed the audi ence about how to keep a good standard line of credit rating dur ing college willbenefit after gradu ation. “A damaged credit rating dur ing college could intertere witn fuUire goals, such as purchasing a car or renting an apartment after graduation,” said Francis, a native of Chester, Pa Dr. Lenora Brogdon-Wyatt, chair of Mass Communications, Speech, and Theatre Department talked about the importance of Af rican-Americans becoming in volved in investing. ' Brogdon-Wyatt discussed how African-Americans do not know how to properly manage personal finances and how African-Ameri- cans are unaware of the many ben efits that investing has to offered. "There are a lot of good busi ness investments to venture in,” Watkins said. Black College continued from Page 1 dents brought greetings from their individual schools and gave sup porting words to the students in attendance. Francis told students what their responsibility is as a student attending a HBCU. "Many people graduate from Bennett, A&T, Livingstone, and Winston Salem State and they never turn back,” Francis said. "They [African-American stu dents] go on to the Harvard’s and the Penn State’s and when people ask them where they were edu cated they say " ‘Oh, I am a Harvard grad.’" She also reminded the crowd to “.. .neverforget were you wereedu- cated first.” Other festivities of the day in cluded a reception, poetry read ings, and musical selections. Greensboro’s radio station 102.1 JAMZ-FM gave away T-shirts and prizes. The event was sponsored by the Black Student Government Asso ciation of North Carolina and the Student Government Association of Johnson C. Smith. 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