7 • BENNETT BANNER •OCTOBER 10, 1997
• NEWS & FEATURES • NEWS & FEATURES • NEWS & FEATURES •
KUDOS!
Syn. praise, credit;
acclaim as a result of
achievement.
We invite the Bennett College community to
submit brief accolades to the KUDOS!
column. We’ll publish them as quickly as
possible. If you choose to a send photo, make
sure the photo is clearly labeled. If you need
the photo to be returned be sure to include a
return address. To get your KUDOS! pub
lished, send your brief to:
KUDOS! Bennett Banner
Campus Box 25, or send us a fax at 370-8690,
or you can bring it to our office located in
Shell C-2. You must include the name and
telephone number of a contact person with
your notk;e.
Mass comm intem produces award-winning video
Mamell Hughes, a senior mass
communications major wrote
an eight- minute video about
the tenure of the Jesse Brown,
Head of U.S. Department of
Veteran Affairs, during her
summer internship. Due to the
success of the video, Hughes, a
Washington D. C. native,
received a performance award
from the Media services
Division of the Department of
Veteran Affairs.
Visual Arts and Humane
Studies Department supervised
and assisted with registering
105 Bennett Belles in time to
vote for primary elections.
English majors Adrienne
Bailey, a senior, and Valerie
Lewis, a junior participated in
the SOAR program at
Marquette University this
summer. The two were engaged
in research projects, visited
graduate schools, and took the
GRE and they each received a
$2,400 stipend.
Class of 1993 English majors
Kimberly Harper graduated from
the Sl Louis University School
of Law in May, and Erica
Veasely completed amaster's de
gree in August at Agnes Scott
College in Georgia.
Dr. Ruth Lucier, professor of
philosophy, received an official
conunendation letter from the
vice president of the Psycho
logical Society, Dr. Alexander
Asmolov for her editing and
other contributions to published
work on education and demo
cratic values.
The fifth annual Bennett
College/UNCF annual golf
tourney raised $14,000
doubling last year's figure. Ninty
-four golfers participated in the
event The tourney took place
Sept 27 at the Bryan Park Golf
course.
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Ebony Vibes, the student-
produced music video show,
received a slot on Channel 8
of the Guilford County Public
Access Television cable
station. "Ebony Vibes" show
cases interviews of rap, rhythm
and blues, and gospel music
recording artists. The first show
will begin airing 9 p.m. Oct.
13.
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Network 2000, the mass
communicatons majors'
organizaton, raised nearly $200
at a car wash at Auto Zone in
Greensboro, Oct 4. The money
will be used for Network's
activitities and programs.
Zeta Phi Beta sponsors 2nd annual
'Business Belles' program
By Jamila Boozer
Banner Reporter
More than 40 students and 10
entrepreneurs attended the 2nd an
nual Business Belles hosted by the
Chi Gamma Chapter of Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority, Inc. Sept. 22.
“Business Belles is an event that
allowsBennettBelles the opportu
nity to display their talents and
prove that we are businesslike,
also,” said Belinda SpeUer, a se
nior biology major from Manhat
tan, N.Y. Speller is also president
of the chapter.
Business Belles originated as a
service project and has flourished
into a profitable business opportu-
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some tips:
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move lint and dust.
nity for the students who show
cased their talents. To aid in the
unveiling of these talents and hob
bies LaShaun Willis, a senior
r
chemistry major from Washing
ton, D.C. did an original cut and
curl hairstyle on one of her fea
tured models.
Willis, also, featured a braided
hairstyle with the model’s real hair.
Ca^sha Gentry, a senior mass
communications major from San
Francisco displayed her jwrtraits
on a table for all to see. Gentry
also took orders for Black Heri
tage Products, products made for
Blacks by Blacks.
A display table was set up so
that patrons could test the oils and
ask specific questions on the proper
usage of the products.
Camille Overton, a senior biol
ogy major from Washington, D.C.
was also among the 10 entrepre
neurs to showcase her hairstyling
talents. Overton featured apin-up
and a cut and curl hairstyle.
"Business Belles is all about eco
nomic development and seeing
women as entrepreneurs, a part of
the Seven Point Plan given to us by
International Grand Basileus, Bar
bara West Carpenter,” said Millie
West, a senior biology major from
New Orleans.
This was a way to combine so
cial life with academic life, and
sorority life on Bennett’scampus,”
said Candle Hudson, a junior psy
chology major from Chicago.
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