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Greeks sponsor shoe drive
BY DEANNA HARRIS
Staff Reporter
The Pan Hellenic Council sponsored a shoe
drive from Nov. 1 throughNov. 13. The donations
- girls', ladies and infant shoes-- were placed in
boxes in the lobbies of each dorm.
The shoes will be donated to the Urban Minis
tries, an organization that provides housing for
local families who are having financial difficul
ties. Tara Harmon, a junior psychology major
from Columbus, Ohio, came up with the idea for
the shoe drive.
INSn)E IWS ISSUE
Beflespeak
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Belles express views on
the lack of political
forums participation.
Belle Sports
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A mascot for Belle
sports.
Clitic's Comer
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Rosayln McMillan's
latest is a must read.
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The Newspaper Produced By And For The Phenomenal Women of Bennett College
VOL XXI NO. 4
November 13; 1998
Bennett College
Greensboro, NC 27401
Survey results
indicate Belles
willing to pay
for cable
BY MONYA TOMLINSON
Staff Reporter
The four-question survey dis-
uibuted to students in laie Septem-
berraised excitement among many
Bennett Belles.
The questions focused on
whether students are wil ling to pay
an extra $200 to $300 annually to
have access to cable and Internet
connections in their dormitory
rooms.
Sandra Blue-Harris, vice presi
dent for Capital Projects, said that
close to 300 students responded to
the questionnaire and 85 percent
of those are willing to pay the
additional charge.
The College Technology Vi
sion Committee conducted the sur-
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Campus computing:
Part Two -Problems
Bennett Belles are voting Belles
SGA President Tennille Francis, a senior
accounting major from Chester, Pa. shouts
the cheer through a bull horn "Who rocks
the vote..." as a group of Belles marches to
the precinct at Reid Memorial CME Church
located at 1010 Bennett St. on Election Day
Nov. 3. Belle voters made up 32 percent of
the voters at that precinct. Photo by Marie Smith,
Stafi Photographer.
BY KENYA A. SAMUELS
Editor
The information highway is
the road which connects Belles to
cyberspace.
These days the information
highway on Bennett’s campus is
often gridlocked by a number of
complaints ranging from time re
straints in the computer labs, to
accessibility of computers.
Despite the number of labs
on this campus, the majority of
complaints were about the com
puter lab in the basement of
Catchings complex.
“Every time I enter the com
puter lab, there is always a long
line,” said Deanna Wynn, a sopho
more biology major from Win-
ston-Salem. The lines are a result
of students having to wait to ac
cess a computer because of the
limited amount.
Students often complain most
about “chat-room hoggers.” These
are students who sit in the chat
rooms of servers for hours at a ti me
“chatting” to others in cyberspace.
Kellie Whitfield, a sophomore
biology major fr»m Hyattsville,
Md. said that although she chats,
the courtesy thing to do is to still let
people check their e-mail.
Part Three -Solutions will be in
the next issue.
Alston discusses
her goals as provost
Parking violators may be towed
by TANIKKIA TYSON
Staff Reporter
The word is out.
If you want to park your ve
hicle on the campus of Bennett
College your vehicle must have a
parkingdecal- or it may be towed.
The Department of Public
Safety sent a letter to students,
staff and faculty that the deadline
to obtain a current parking decal
was Sept. 18. That deadline was
later extended to OcL 23.
Leon J. McDougle, director
of the Public Safety Department,
said the deadline was extended be
cause the public safety department
wants to be fair to those students
who just purchased their vehicles
and to others - faculty and staff-
who did not heed the first warning.
According to the Public Safety
Parking and Traffic Regulations
brochure, published August 1998,
three warnings will be issued to
the parking violators. The first
warning will be sent in the form of
a slip being placed on the vehicle.
If a second violation occurs, a
public safety officer will contact
the student, faculty or staff mem
ber personally and give the warn
ing.
If the parking violator ignores
the first two notices, the vehicle
will be towed to a location off
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BY SAMANTHA MOREY
Staff Reporter
During this past year, the lead
ership within the ranks of the
College's administration was
changed and a new position was
added.
For at least 10 years. Dr. Char
lotte Alston served as the vice presi
dent for academic affairs. In 1996
Alston was named ProvostA'^ice
President for Academic Affairs.
This past January, however,
Alston left the dual position to take
on the full-time position of Col
lege provost.
Dr. Donna Oliver, the former
director for the division of profes
sional studies, was appointed to
the position of vice president for
academic affairs.
As provost - the second highest
ranking administrative officer —
Alston assumes responsibility for
the College in the absence of Presi
dent Gloria Randle Scott.
Provost Alston also is respon
sible for the day-to-day operation
of the college in collaboration with
the vice presidents and other ad
ministrative officers.
"While it is somewhat unusual for
the position of provost to exist in a
small institution, the position is
needed at Bennett because Presi-
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