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Miss Blue & White joins
local leadership program
Brandy Jones, a senior English major and the
current Miss Blue & White, will join 33 other
participants in the next session of Leadership
Greensboro, a civic leadership program spon
sored by the Greensboro Area Chamber of Com
merce.
During the nine-month program, Jones a
Wihnington Del. native, and the other partici-
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The Bennett Banner
The newspaper produced by and for the phenomenal women of Bennett College
VOL LXK NO. 1
SEPTEMBER 24,1999 BENNETT CX)LLEGE
Greensboro, NC 27401
ACES features
guest minister,
communion
BY CLAUDIA PEARSON
Contributing Reporter
The second ACES of this se
mester featured a visiting minis
ter and a communion service.
Approximately 550 assembled
in Annie Memer Pfieffer Chapel
to hear the Rev. Otis J. GordonJr.
pastor of Grace A.M.E. Church
in Warren, Ohio.
The Rev. Gordon was invited
to Bennett by Dr. Lenora
Brogdon-Wyatt, Humanities Di
vision chair. Gordon was visit
ing Greensboro that week to par
ticipate in a revival at Poplar
Grove A.ME. Church.
Gordon’s sermon, "Don’t
Leave Jesus," focused on cling
ing to Jesus to maintain hope and
peace. At one point during the
program, Gordon asked whether
any one present wanted to be
saved. Eight Belles went to the
front of the chapel and were coun
seled by the Rev. Shirley Canty,
campus minster.
Lakeisha Williams, senior so
cial wwk major from Syracuse,
N.Y., said she that was inspired
by the service.
Williams also said that she was
encouraged to keep on doing what
she is doing for the Lord and that
all Bennett women left the ser
vice with something positive.
“Gordon was eager to preach
the Gospel and excited about shar
ing God’s love with the Bennett
community," Canty said.
Belles experiencing
postal problems
The ATM was Installed In the Security House
In August. Photo by Marie A. Smith, Chief Banner Photogra
pher.
ATM installed
on campus
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BY SHANTE DAVIS
Staff Reporter
Belles no longer have to
travel to neighboring colleges or
local banks to get quick cash.
The campus now has an Auto
mated Teller Machine.
The ATM has been here
since Aug. 20 and is located in
the Security House.
Leon McDougle, director
of Public Safety, said it was bet
ter to have the ATM installed in
the Public Safety office. “My
staff would always be there [in
the Public Safety office] to pro
tect.”
The machine, which is avail
able 24 hours daily, dispenses
cash in amounts of $10. Users
can get up to a maximum of $50
per transaction. There is a ser
vice charge of $1.50 for each
transaction. Most ATM cards
including those linked to theCash
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BY MONYA TOMLINSON
Editor
You’ve got mail, or not...
Since the beginning of the fall
semester, students say they have
been experiencing problems with
mail delivery and service at the
campus post office.
The complaints are stemming
from the shuffling of post office
personnel, and the — often spo
radic — hours of operation at the
post office.
Regular hours at the post office
will be confirmed soon, accord
ing to work-study student at the
post office, Aja Thomas, a sopho
more English major from Wash
ington D.C.
"We are still receiving
mail for students who
have graduated or with
drawn."
Yolanda Scott
a work-study student
assigned to the post office
Another problem has been the
lack ofadequate mail boxes. There
are£q)proximately 500mail boxes,
and there are more than 600 stu
dents enrolled this semester. Some
freshwomen do not have boxes
and others have had their mail
hand delivered to their dorms.
m not sure what is hj^pening in
the post office but I know that I’ve
been waiting for my mail for a
while,” said Teneisha Parker, a
sophomore political science major
from Tarboro, N.C. Parker said
she has been waiting for mailbox
assignments for since the spring
semester.
Roosevelt Oglesby, supplies
manager, is now supervising the
operation of the post office. In
addition, work-study students have
also been assigned to the post of
fice.
“The work load in the mailroom
is enormous right now, so I hope
everybody has patience,” said
Yolanda Scott, a sophomore ac
counting major from Ocala, Fla.
“Working in the post office hasn’t
been easy," said Scott, a work-
study student assigned in the post
office said. We are still receiving
mail for students who have gradu
ated or withdrawn. We end up
delivering new mail to the dormi
tories for because so many people
are without boxes.”
Scott also discussed the new
electronic stamp machine that will
be used to replace paper stamps.
The machine will be put in to op
eration later this semester, and until
then postage stamps are now be
ing sold at the campus bookstore.
The Institutional Effectiveness
Office will be circulating Customer
Service surveys throughout cam
pus. The surveys may be used by
students to voice their concerns
about the campus post office and
other campus services.