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BY MONYA TOMLINSON
Staff Reporter
Granny is heating her oven, Dad’s look
ing forward to the football game, and the
residence halls will soon be vacant.
Why?
Thanksgiving Break for Bennett College,
Nov. 24 through 29, is less than a month
away, and some Belles are making plans to
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Bellespeak
Belle Sports
Critic's Comer
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out about the use of
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Volleybelles break
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The
legal drugs in sports.
six game losing
streak.
'Beloved'
film is
fascinating.
The Bennett Banner
The newspaper produced by and for the Phenomenal Women of Bennett College
VOL XXI NO. 3
October 30,1998
Bennett College
GreensborO; NC 27401
Bennett, A&T
sponsor
political forums
BY KENYA A. SAMUELS
Editor
The SGA’s of Bennett and
North Carolina A&T Stale Uni
versity presented the Political
Awareness Student Issues Forum
OcL 26-27 to the student bodies
of both campuses.
Dr. Nat Erving II from the
Future Focus 2020 organization
was the keynote speaker for the
first forum in Pfeiffer Science
HaU.
In his speech about the state
of black America in the year 2020,
Erving said, “Challenge your as
sumptions about the future.”
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Computing on campus: Part one
A':
Students using the computers inPfeiffer Science
Hail for word processing. Photo by Marie Smith. Staff
Photographer.
BY KENYA A. SAMUELS
Editor
Since the beginning of the 1995
academic year, Bennett has pro
vided students with access to the
information highway, also known
as the Internet.
There are two facilities where
students can be linked to the
Internet. The main Internet lab is
in the basement of the Catchings
Development Complex.
Students have access to
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and
the Netscape servers on the five
operating computers (three com
puters do not work). This is the
only computer lab on campus
where students can visitchat rooms
and send or receive e-mail.
Students can also get on the
information highway by using the
six computers on the first floor of
the library. These computers are
networked to one main terminal
which also has to access Microsoft
and Netscape. However, students
are only permitted to use these
computers for research.
The MARC lab. Psychology
lab, and NASA MASTAP lab, all
located in Pfeiffer Science Hall,
have computers that are connected
to the Internet. Students are not
permitted to receive or send e-mail
in these labs, but they may surf the
net. There are two other computer
labs which are used primarily for
word processing that are not linked
to the information highway. They
are located in the basements of
Pfeiffer Science Hall, and Holgate
Library. Computing on campus:
Part Two will be featured in the
next issue of the Banner.
Vice president Oliver discusses her new role
BY DEANNA HARRIS
Staff Reporter and Staff
For the past 10 years Dr. Char
lotte L. Alston served as vice presi
dent for academic affairs.
When Alston was appointed to
the new position of provost Dr.
Donna Oliver was named as in
terim vice president in December,
and July 1 Oliver was officially
appointed to the position vice presi
dent for academic affairs.
"Oliver has moved into the po
sition with high energy, real dedi
cation, and commitment," Alston
said.
"She is focusing on account
ability from students, faculty and
staff. She is setting standards for
perfection."
Oliver came to Bennett in 1989
as an associate professor of edu
cation and associate director of
teacher education.
During her tenure at Bennett,
Oliver has provided leadership
of various areas within the Pro
fessional Studies Division (for
merly known as the Education
Division).
She has served as the chair of
the curriculum and instruction de
partment and director of teacher
education. In 1995 she was ap
pointed the head of the Profes
sional Studies Division.
During the 1996-1997 aca
demic year Oliver coordinated
the NCATE accreditation process
"I believe in
following policyf
rules and regula
tions as they are
written."
Vice President
Donna Oliver
for the teacher education program.
Oliver said that as vice presi
dent for academic affairs she
serves as the chief academic of
ficer of Bennett College.
"I am responsible for direct
ing the academic life of the Col
lege and setting its academic tone
and goal," Oliver said.
Oliver said that she plans to
build on the work of her predeces
sor, Dr. Alston.
"Dr. Alston has laid a won
derful foundation for more than
10 years. I want to build on that.
A.ny good leader expects that when
someone comes after them, they
[the leaders] are going to take
what they have and expand it and
take the organization another mile
down the road."
Oliver describes herself as be
ing "a very structured" person.
"I believe in following policy,
rules and regulations as they are
written," Oliver said.
"I understand that rules are made
to be broken, but there is a proce
dure for doing that. I have been
told that I am very detailed, and
very by the book," she said.
"Faculty and staff have told
me that my hard work and my
determination is motivational, and
that by establishing high expecta
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