6 • BENNETT BANNER ‘APRIL 9, 1999
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Attorney General Easley speaks
about predatory lending practices
BY MONYA TOMLINSON
Staff RefX)rter
North Carolina's Attorney
General Mike Easley spoke in the
Little Theatre, April 6 about his
role in enforcing laws to protect
people from deceptive trade prac
tices.
Speaking to an audience of ap
proximately 100 that included stu
dents, staff, faculty and commu
nity leaders, Easley said thatmort-
gage lending companies target mi
norities, particularly African
Americans, and senior citizens.
“Lending groups have been
known to target those who know
little about finance," Easley said.
During the program, Easley
played a video of a segment from
ABC's Prime Time Live news
program about homeowners who
were not treated fiairly by various
mortgagelendingcompanies. (The
video was first aired on network
Attorney General Mike Easley
File Photo
television in 1997.)
Easley talked about various
techniques used by mortgage lend
ing companies such as "flipping"
and "packing" to cause
homeowners to pay more money
or eventually lose their homes.
"Flipping," Easley explained, is
when mortgage lending company
encourages homeowners into keep
refinancing their mortgage. Pack
ing is when a mortgage lending
company adds unnecessary items
to a mortgage loan package, such
as a cancer insurance policy.
Easley said his plan to protect
people against predatory lending
involves "Legislation, litigation,
and education."
He said that his office will ac
tively investigate lending compa
nies. "I want to write laws to
monitor how often a company can
flip mortgages, "Easley said.
Easley suggested educationing
consumers about the dangers of
home equity scams.
Easley has spoken at several
meetings across the state about his
plan to protect homeowner.
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sophomore psychology major
from Spring Valley, N.Y. Cleve
land who helped to organize and
coordinate the on and off-campus
activities - for Belles, alumna,
and prospective students - also
served as student co-chair of the
committee.
Brandi Hunter, a senior mass
communications major from Har
risburg, Pa. and this year's chair of
theSteeringCommitteefor Nubian
Nuance said the primary purpose
of the annual spring event is to
help improve student morale
around campus "It [ Nubian Nu
ance] also helps put Bennett in the
public eye," Hunter said.
The week's scheduled events are
to be kicked off April 7 by "Noon
Time Jazz" a live performance by
Keith Byrd in the cafeteria fol
lowed by a dinner time picnic in
the quad. Male visitors have
been invited to join Belles in
activities on the quad such as
volleyball and tug-o-war.
The main attraction of Nubain
Nuance is the President’s Ball, the
formal event at the Hilton Hotel
April 9. During the ball the
pageant winners of the Miss Ben
nett College, and Miss Royal
Blue and White competition will
be announced.
The four contestants who com
peted in that pageant March 30 are
Brandy Jones, a junior English
major from Wilmington, Del.;
MatteaHill,ajunioreducation ma
jor from Upper Marlboro, Md.;
Shaneik Issac.ajunior music major
from Washington, D.C.; and Janell
Catlin, ajunior biology major from
New Jersey.
Nubian Nuance will close with
a Sunday morning worship service
April 11 in Annie Memer Pfeiffer
Chapel..
Relationship seminar
takes place in Jones
BY AISHA HART
Staff Reporter
A seminar about relationships
and trust took place in Jones Hall
March 31.
During “Do you trust in Prin
cess Cinderella?: Where Do You
Place" students discussed ways to
help women understand that they
don’t have to put all their trust in
men and that they should concen
trate more on their spiritual life
while trying to better themselves.
The seminar was facilitated by
Gayani Ekanyake, a freshwoman
fashion merchandising major firom
Baltimore.
“I planned the seminar because
I read a scripture in my Bible and
I previously saw myself in that
type of situation,” Ekanyake said.
She said that the foundation for the
seminar came from the book of
Psalms.
Resident Director Nicole
Marshall participated in the semi
nar. “I want young women to put
themselves first showing self-re-
spect and honor knowing the per
fect mate will come in God’s time,"
Marshall said.
Marshall said that more semi
nars because she said the seminars
should take place because the dia
logue will help change the mind
set of Bennett women..
The seminar was sponsored by
the House Council.
FREE
W/bmen
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J_Jefense
Workshop
for students, stafT and faculty
April 7, 14, 21 & 28 (Wednesdays)
5-6 pm
Goode Gym
sponsored by
Ihc WL! Cenicr for African Women aiul
Women of ihe African Diaspxira
Greensboro JikJo &. Jujusui AlliarKcs
For more information, call Dr. Lena D. Cobb at 370-8690 or 370-0436
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“Girl Talk Health Foriim”
DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 20
TIME: 7 P.M.
PLACE: PFEIFFER RESIDENCE HALL
Topic: “Shape Up! Eating Healthy’
Speaker: Dr. Benita Bell
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department
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Sponsored by the Women Leadership Institute
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Psychology Department
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For more information call:
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