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Treadway honored at ACES
Dr. Ray Treadway, math and computer profes
sor, was honored at the Sept 16 ACES for his
leadership in develqping the proposal for a $2
million National Science Foundation grant Ben
nett is one of 14 HBCU’s to receive an NSF grant
The funds will be allocated ovct a five-year
pmod, and the first installment, $436,432, was
received OcL 1.
Dr. D(Hma Oliver, vice president of academic
affairs, said the money will be used to improve
Bennett's technology and train the faculty to make
better use of technology.
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VOL LXK NO. 2
OCTOBERS,
BENNETT COLLEGE
Greensboro, NC 27401
East Market area
to be revitalized
The area next to the BP service station on East Market street has been designated
for development during the next 10 years. Photo by Marie Sinlth, Banner Photographer.
Royal couil formally introduced
BY CLAUDIA PEARSON
Special to the Banner
Mattea Hill, a seniOT middle
grades education major from
Uppermarlboro, Md. was "offi
cially" crowned Miss Bennett Col
lege Oct. 8.
The annual ceremony took place
in Annie Memer Pfeiffer Chapel
and was followedbyareceptionin
the David Dallas Jones Student
Union.
During the ceremony, the five
othermembersof the 19W-00royal
court were installed: Miss Fresh-
woman, Lauren Fletcher, a psy
chology major from Houston,
Texas; Miss Sophomore, Claudia
Pearson, an English majo' from
District Heights, Md.; Miss Jun
ior, Tashauna Felix, a biology
major from Pougkeepsie, N.Y.;
and Miss Senior, Jae'La Hall, an
elementary education major from
Wilmington, Del.; and. Miss Se
nior Brandy Jones, an English
major also from Wilmington, Del.
was installed as Miss Royal Blue
& White.
Coronation Week, which be
gan OcL 4, was kicked off by a
kickball tournament, pep rally,
cookout, and a night of poetry.
Sophomore class president and bi
ology major from Fayetteville,
N.C., April McNeil, said that she
is elated about all the events be
cause they [the events] help up lift
school spirit.
Clindel Simmons, SGA vice
president and psychology major
from Bermuda, said the student
leaders planned an exciting week
and there was lots of participation
fit)m the student body.
Fletcher sad, "I am eager to be
a part of the royal court because
she is able to serve Miss Bennett as
well as be a role model for other
Belles.”
BY MONYA TOMLINSON
Editor
The East Market Street Corri
dor - the "shopping" area for
Belles and Aggies - will be revi
talized.
The revitalization will take place
during the next 10 years, accord
ing to a column published in the
Sept. 26 issue of the Greensboro
News & Record. In that column
Robert Davis, vice chairman of the
East Market Street Development
Corp. and director of institutional
assessment at N.C. A & T, said
plans for that site include new
office and retail buildings.
The East Market Street Corri
dor includes N.C. A &T, Bennett,
and several local churches.
The East Market Street rede
velopment project is headed by a
government/private partnership
called the East Market Street De
velopment Corporation.
Some of the efforts to beautify
the corridor and make it a more
inviting place to work and live
have included cleaning up areas
thatneeded it, improving landscap
ing at Foushee Park (located at the
intCTsection of Bessemer and East
Market streets), getting a new
traffic light at Booker Street and
working with Duke Power to bring
more new lighting to the area.
Deteriorating vacant houses
also have been demolished, and
plans are in place to have East
Market Street narrowed between
Murrow Boulevard, and Benbow
Street
The closest improvement to the
College so far is the demolition of
the Cumberland Shopping Center
behind the BP gas station.
According to a column by
Andrew Brod, published in the
News & Record in September the
redevelopment of the corridor is
long overdue. In the 1960s and
1970s, a federal urban renewal pro
gram was put into place to pro
mote the growth of urban areas
across the country, including
Greensboro.
As a result of that renewal pro
gram, the area east of downtown
Greensboro has developed more
businesses and East Market Street
"We should not have
to go way across town
just to get groceries."
-Metody Caldwell
a sophomore biology major
from Newark, N.J.
was widened from two lanes to
six.
In his column, Brod said that
when East Market S treet got wider,
the number of businesses in that
area decreased or relocated.
The American Planning Asso
ciation sent a task force in the early
1990s to study East Market Street
TTie task fwce recommended im
provements to the area that in
cluded demolishing detericaated
buildings and beautifying existing
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