4 • BENNETT BANNER • APRIL 5. 2002
• REVIEWS • BRIEFS • REVIEWS • BRIEFS • REVIEWS •
riefings
0N& OFF CAMPUS EVENTS • ACTIVITIES - ANNOUNCEMENTS
BY DARNITA L. HOWARD
Online Editor
Time to Register for Fall Classes
Don’t Pre-registration ftv £bU sonester 2002 is April
9-12. A note to the wise: Early r^istration fees must be paid
by July 10,2002.
Volunteers needed
Do you need volunteer hours? Communities in Schools needs
you fOT the GREAT LEAPS Reading PlojecL This iwoject is
designed to increase the reading ability of students in the 3rd-
Sth grades. Volunte^ are needed at Bri^twood El^entary
School. Fot more information, contact Sallie WUliams at
418-0771.
Bennett License Plates for Sale
Show your school pride by displaying an official Bennett
College license pU^. A total 300 applications are needed to
be purchased so that the license plates will be available to all.
The cost is $25 for the regular plate and $45 for the pCTSonal-
ized plate per year. For each licmse plate sold, the college
will receive $15 to be used toward the Alumnae Scholarship
Fund. For details contact the Office of Institutional Advance
ment and Alumnae Affairs at 517-2246.
CaUfor Student Papers
Students are invited to present their research at the "Student
Research Symposim" April 12 from 1 to 7:30 p.m in the
Pfeiffio' Science Auditorim. The program, Builders:
Research and Leadership at Cultural Crossoroad, will
feature original research presented by students firom all
disciplines. Elmore Philpot will be the keynote speako’ and
Tom Joyner Jr. will be the evening speaker. For more
information contact Dr. Audrey Ward at 517-1502.
President's Vesper (^proaching
The President's Vesper will be Thursday, April 18 at 4:00p.m.
„ in the ChapeL This is worth three points.
ViLA!CK/ie^/e^
ON THIS DAY IN APRIL
COMPILED BY
SHANA L. SCOTT
Banner Reporter
• 4,1928 Maya Angelou is bom
in Saint Louis, Mo. A well
known poet and writer, Angelou
was the first Afirican-American
streetcar conductor in San
Francisco. She was also a
member of the Bennett College
Board of Trustees.
• 7,1915 Billie Holiday aJc.a.
“Lady Day” (Eleanor Fagen) was
bom in East Baltimore, Md.
Holiday became one of the first
black vocalists to be featured
with an all white band. Despite a
lack of technical training,
Holiday’s unique diction,
inimitable phrasing and acute
dramatic intensity made her the
outstanding jazz singer of her
day. One of ho* popular s«igs,
"Strange Fruit" was about
lynchings in the South. As her
trademark. Holiday wore white
gardenias in h^ hair.
• 16,1973, Leila Smith Foley
became the first African-
American female to be elected
mayor of a U.S. city, Taft, Okla.
• 27,1927, Coretta Scott King
was bom in Marion, Ala. Mrs.
Scott King is the widow of
famed civil rights leader Martin
Luther King. Mrs. Scott King
remains active in civil rights.
Brandy is back
with a different sound
Critic's & rner
reviews &
previews
BY SHONTAE HARRELL
Banner Reviewer and Reporter
FuHMoon, Brandy’s long
anticipated third album, hit
st(»es March 5.
It has been three years since
the release of her second album
1998’s, Never Say Never.
Brandy's new sound is different
from that of her past reccsded
teenybqq)er lyrics.
On Full Moon she collabo
rated in die studio with well-
known inoducers and
songwrito^ such as Babyfiace,
Neptunes, Soul Shock & Karlin,
Mike City, and Rodney J«kins.
During a three-year hiatus
Brandy was very busy with her
personal life: she moved out on
ha* own, spent some time soul
searching and got married.
Brandy and h» husband are
expecting their first child, a girl,
in July.
She said she chose bo name
hCT new album Full Moon
because she has completed a
complete circle, and she now
feels whole.
Most of the relationship
centered lyrics incorporated in
her music are a reflection of
Brandy’s renewed life. Brandy
tdd MTV News, “It is a ccmcept
album, it’s autobiogr{q>hical.
Everything that I’ve gone
through in the last three years is
reflected.”
“What About Us” the first
single released from Brandy’s
third LP. In this particular song
Brandy roars back at an untrue
love. “Why don’t you return my
calls?” she asks her would be
Mr. Right
Brandy also uses sassy yet
sexy lyrics, which proves that
she is not a little girl anymore.
“I can’t take this bulls**L” Even
hCT voice is deq)er than ever,
adding an extra depth to chorus.
Full Moon is very diffo’ent
from her previous musical
works. It’s ghetto, pop and
R&B at the same time.
This record has a lot of
elements to it Anything can
happen on a full moon. Mike
City, Babyface, and Ruff RydCTS
wrote Full Moon, die title track.
Brandy perfcxms a duet with
Ray J, her brother, on “I’d Die
Without You,” a remake of PM
Dawn’s 1993 hit
On “It’s Not Worth It,”
Brandy refuses to teeak up with
h^Bf^yBoo. This track also
includes Michael Jackson’s
vocals to create a sample like
noneotho’.
On die track “I Thought,”
Brandy cuts off a zero and gains
independence, and she testifies
about getting caught up in the
rapture of love on “He Is.” This
CD is not one of my favorites at
this particular time, but I hope it
will grow on me.
Brandy is enjoying the
experience of marriage and being
pregnant while juggling a
prominent career. In in her latest
release she has proved herself
more than capable of managing
both her p^sonal life and career.
I give Full Moon three bells.
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Publication Schedule
Spring 2002
Deadline PuMication Date
Apr. 12 Apr. 19
Apr. 26 May 3
Dates subject to change
without notice.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
It's research paper time! So, if you
need your paper proofread, then call
Damita at 855-0577.
Prices are negotiable.
Smooches to my road trip partners
and true Bennett sisters —
Amie, Marquita, and Lisa
Always
Carah*
Good Luck on exams Barge Hall
Sisters
BOB
Love Alexis Mitchell
CONGRATULATIONS
Greetings to the Sop^sticated
Sof^omore Class ”2004!"
Toccara Davenport
CongratulaticHis to all hard
working ladies of Bennett College!
Keq) up the good woik.
Takesha Briggins
Congratulations Gina!
On your Zeta
accomplishments
Love, Sinclair
To my SGA sister,
we tried hard and I am
so proud of you.
Shana
Congratulations Brandi
on joining
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.
accomplishments
La'Shainna
Congratulations to Dr. Cobb
for her Mellon Fellowship
From Amber Lugo Knox
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Boy baby clothes for sell.
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(336) 392-3532
Selling: Math 120 Finite Math
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come to Player 110
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contact her at exL 1899
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Comros, wet sets, weaves, and
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Prices are negotiable
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