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5 • BENNETT BANNER » APRIL 9. 1999 •NEWS • FEATURES • NEWS • FEATURES • NEWS • FEATURES • Web Wonders Let your mouse do the walking! Workshop about self esteem conducted by Belle's mom (NAPSA)-Looking for infor mation about recycling? Need facts and figures for a school project? Trying to locate recycling publica tions or audio-visuals? Just let your mouse do the walk ing. Log on to wwwjsrLoig, the award- winning web site of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. Then click on “Explore ISRI,’ find: • Information on recycling materi als and processes and the environ mental and economic benefits of recycling. • ISRI’scatalogofpamphlets,post ers, videos, and other materials on a wide range of recycling topics hlvmin'j'fn Lj.n where you’ll suitable for children and commu nity organizations. • Links to sites offering children, teachers, scout leaders, college stu dents, civic groups, and parents information and activity sugges tions on recycling, conservation, and environ mental issues. • Phoenix: Voice of the Scrap Recy cling Indus tries, ISRI’s public educa tion periodi cal that high lights vital re- BY RUNGANO NYAJEKA Staff Reporter Approximately 20 students at tended a workshq) on building self esteem March 22. The workshop, "Relationships 103": Learning to Love from Within" was not a typi cal one because it was facilitated by Regina Lynn Stingley, not a Bennett student, but the mother of Ronda Stingley. Ronda Stingley is a senior broad cast journalism major from Mil waukee, Wis. She served as host of the program. Regina Lynn Stingley is a computer lab man ager at an aitemative high school for at-risk teens in Milwaukee where she regularly facilitates self esteem workshops for other com puter lab managers to use with the students. Regina Stingley said she didn't hesitate to accept her daughter's invitation to offer this workshop for Bennett Belles. "It is important for women to begin within them selves before they can deal with their sisters," Regina Lynn Stingley said. “Self esteem is a sense of value and self worth, be ginning with you and extends to all you do." Ronda Stingley told the partici pants that they have self esteem. "One's self esteem directly corre lates with the level of one's self confidence," Ronda Stingley said. During the workshop Regina Lynn Stingley demonstrated how to establish high self esteem through several activities. She ini tiated a Secret Sister activity -- eachstudentrandomlydrewaname out of a can. Students were in structed to keep the person’s name drawn a secret They will be ex pected to perform random acts of kindness for their secret sister the rest of the year. cycling topics and how they affect the world around us. • Useful information and contacts for observing Earth Day and America Recycles Day. Best of all, you can access the site 24 hours a day-and it’s free. Check it out! This season:There is nothing like a dress (NAPSA)-This season, dresses are not only for dressing up. It’s all about the way you put them to gether. Here are some suggestions on cool and comfortable Spring dress styles that are sure to become fashion favorites: • For holiday dressing or to turn any warm weather day into a spe cif occasion, choose a light-col ored, long rayon dress with flow- CTS all over, thin qxighetti straps and a criss-cross u>p. • For cymal we^nd d^, In dian print halter dresses in sun- kissed cokHS and a stretchy cooon/ ^Mndex epitomize hippie • The peasant dress also makes a styiisli comeback and offers a classic, feminine alternative for holiday dressing. This Spring’s peasant dresses feature delicate strjq» and an empire waist • One way to get double the compliments is tobuy a shOTtcot ton shift with bottom embroidery in vibrant red OT rich navy and pair witii a fitted, cotton-rib cardigan with tiny buttons. • Pink is the “must-have” color this season. If you have a cotton voUe embroidered dress in a soft pink and light stem green, throw a cotton sweater over your shoul ders for a finished look. • Need a stylish, casual outfit but want to stay comfortable and casual? Try an ankle-length, rip- stop dress with empire waist in neutral shades like khaki and ol ive. This military-inspired dress has a chest pocket and locdcs great when teamed up with a hooded, zip-firont sweater. • A nice altonative to traditicMial denim skirts and dungarees is the denim dress, an essential this ^)ring.Casu^yetstiDflirty,denim dresses on be woni widi a T-diirt mdemealh for a qx)fty look or solo for a more feminine feeL • Relaxed dresses arc well suited for school wear (V even wedunds; try teaming than iq> with chunky Mwials or comfy sneakers. Other dress details that stand out this season include emtnoidery, ribbons,puckoednecklines,ankle- lengdi hems, and chest pockets on apron dresses. This fashion season, more women will be dressing up in a dress. next semester, study abroad without leaving the country Experience a semester you’ll never forget in Hawai'i University of Hawai'i at Manoa, A Semester Almost Abroad program for complete information, connect to: www2.hawaii.edu/almost or e-mail anitah@hawaii.edu On-campus housing and meals available
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