3 ‘ BENNETT BANNER • OCTOBER 14, 1998
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Belles being Belles
Dear Banner Readers,
I want to share a recent
occurrence I had the privilege of
observing.
While four Bennett Belles
awaited the arrival of a train,
they encountered a blind
Caucasian male, who was also
waiting at the train station.. One
of the students began talking
with the stranger.
He later asked her if she
would show him the men’s room.
The young woman escorted him
to the restroom, and returned to
her seat. After a period of time,
another Belle worried that the
blind man had been in the
bathroom too long.
The BeUes waited a litde
more and were glad to see the
man come around the comer, and
finally take his seat again. He
appeared to be okay.
When the train arrived,
another Belle assisted the man to
the train platfcmn.
It is usual and routine for a
Bennett Belle to be friendly,
helpful, and courteous, and this
display of sincere generosity and
concern serves to confirm that
fact.
I am certain that without
assurances of compensation,
such as credit hours and money,
some folks would not care to
give a helping hand.
I am sharing this occasion
because I thought that the
reading audience would like to
know and to share experience
the pride and admiration that 1
felt.
No one asked those Belles for
help. They did not boast about
what they did. They did not brag.
They just "did the right thing."
They acted as Phenomenal
Belles.
Anonymous
Belie learns about
media ethics,
student press rights
I and three other mass
communications students
attended the College Student
Media Law and Ethics
Workshopthe Freedom Forum in
Arlington, Va. Sept. 25.
Among the many interesting
topics were “Real Life Ethics in
a Scandalous World,” "Freedom
of Information,” "Campus
Crime," and "Reporter’s
Privilege /Access^to Places."
Students from various school
newspaper staffs attended the
workshop including University
of Maryland College Park,
Howard University, and St. Mary
‘s College of Maryland.
A White House reporter, who
was a speaker, talked about
Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
Hesaid that he chose to write
about other news topics even
when his colleagues kept
covering the scandal.
He said that the public de
served other news.
Throughout the workshop, the
topic of censorship in colleges
and universities (private and
public) came up. We were
encouraged to use our journalis
tic skills and rights as students
and reporters to gain access to
campus information.
We were told that we do have
a right to certain information and
we are protected by the First
Amendment.
The Executive Director of the
Student Press Law Center told
us that censorship “is ridiculous
on a college campus” and that "it
‘[censorship] shortchanges
students, inhibits free speech and
makes the school look bad."
Delanissa A. Moody
Mass Communications major,
Chesapeake, Va.
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