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Solutions for summer storage dilemma
By Deanna Harris
Banner Reporter
What do the following things have in
cfflnmon? Boxes piling up. Messy donn
rooms. Packaging tape.
These things indicate that summer va
cation is just around the comer. They also
mean the time when students pack things
and evacuate the doims is right around the
cwner. Dormitory residents have until 5
p.m. May 16 to have themselves and their
things moved out
What are students going to do with their
belongings for the next three months?
Students like Keyah White, a freshwoman
education major from Baltim(»e will be
packing all of her things and taking them
home. But the majority of other students
like Kumari Adams, a soiAomore biology
major from Chicago, have decided to put
the majwity of their belongings into storage
EDITORIAL • Editor's goodbye to Banner. Page 2
BELLESPEAK • Graduating seniors reflect.
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HEALTH • Skin cancer alert..
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TURN TO Storage ON Page 3
CRITIC’S CORNER • In tune with Ophelia
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THE BENNETT BANNER
The Newspaper produced by the Phenomenal Women of Bennett College
VOL XX NO. 12
MAY 8,1998
Bennett Coflege
Greensboro, NC 27401-3239
It's almost time
During past few
days, the Bennett
College mainte
nance staff has
been busy building
trusts (the supports
for the platform) in
front of the Annie
Merner Pfeiffer
Chapel. The plat
form will be used
during the com
mencement exer
cises which are
scheduled to take
place May 18. Photo
by Marie A. Dixon-Smith,
Banner Photographer.
m
r/nz:
103 expected
to graduate
By Kenya A. Samuels
Banner Features Editor
By Naima Q. Barbour
Ctiief Copy Desk Editor
Approximately 103 Belles from the
class of 1998 will be walking through the
gates of the B earden Way one last time May
17 as they participate in the 72nd com
mencement ceremony.
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on
the campus quadrangle.
TURN TO Ceremony on Page 3
Plans underway for Adult Education program
By H. Stevenson-Smith
Banner Reporter
The Adult and Continuing Education
program is getting set to offer courses in
the evenings for older college students.
“We are woiking on the degree courses
for evenings, instructional class loads, and
how many courses the adult will be able to
get,” said Dr. Tiajuana Mosby, director of
Emerging Programs Division, and Office of
Institutional Effectiveness.
According to the National Center for
Educational Statistics, oneinUiree coUege
students is more than 30 years old, 55
percent attend evening college classes, 15
percent attend weekend colleges. The sta
tistics also indicate that more than half
(59%) of all colleae students are females.
In fact, some college programs have be
come so large that adult learners outnumber
traditional learners.
This past year the Continuing Educa
tion Advisory Board conducted a needs
assessment survey among Greensboro
residents. The results indicated that the
residents have a substantial interest in busi
ness-related areas and in computers, Mosby
said.
The largest number of respondents were
between the ages of 36 to45, and the second
highest, 46 to 55.
“They chose weekdays, evenings from 6
to 9 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 ajn. to 5
pjn. [as preferred class times]. Many have
to work in the evenings,” Mosby said.
After conducting the survey in October
1996, one year later the Emerging Pro
gram.
"We had a pretty good turn out, and the
adults were informed about program offer
ings," said Crystal McCombs, Mosby's as
sistant "Then we broke into sessions for
discussion and questions."
The Adult and Continuing Education
program also has been awarded a grant to
offer the General Education Diploma pro
gram to welfare recipients. Classes for the
new program may be offered under the
special education category.
Adrienne Bailey, a graduating senior
English major, and transfer student frcMn
San Diego Community College said that
older students need peers to assist in getting
adjusted to the school environment. Bailey
is a nontraditional student and native of
Columbus, Ohio.
ACES: Is it a
requirement?
By Amber Lugo
Banner Reporter
With all of the myths going around on
campus about ACES, the student body and
especially the class of 2001 want to know
what is the real truth about ACES.
ACES, the Academic and Cultural En
richment Series Program is designed to en
hance the cultural, spiritual, and educa
tional development of students through par
ticipation in a series of activities.
And according to the information on
front of the spring 1998 list of ACES events
ACES is a College requirement, but the
information does not state that attending
ACES is a graduation requirement
Jondre Brown, a freshwoman biology
major from Harrisburg, Pa. said, “It would
be unfair if ACES were required for us to
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