FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1978
THE BENNETT BANNER
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AKAs Get Undergrad Achievement Award for Service
Junior clothing majors, Gelenia Aaron, Sundeany Ford and Audrey Deleston
model evening wear as part of the spring fashion show.
photo by Joyce Bass
Spring Fasliion Siiow Looks Into Future
With the theme “Spring 2078
A.D.,” the home economics ma
jors and students looked into the
future through a spring fashion
show, April 19.
Junior clothing majors Gelenia
Aaron, Audrey Deleston, Darlene
Donnell, Sundeany Ford and Page
Motley modeled original evening
attire constructed in the flat-pat-
tern class. Spring and winter
coats modeled by the clothing
construction students reminded
the audience that cool weather has
not yet disappeared.
Highlighting the fashion show
in their original future evening
attire were the senior clothing
majors; Gladys Breeden, Raeford,
NC; Alvania Bryant, Fayetteville
NC; Loretta Canty, Sumter, SC
Patricia Carroll, Washington, D.C.
Barbara Franks, Maysville, NC
Joyce McCloud, Charleston, SC
Swanda McCormick, Raeford, NC
Beverly Roberson, Stuart, VA
Vinette Saunders, Washington,
D.C.; and Marva Vaughan, Char
leston, SC.
“I found the fashion show to be
quite unique,” stated Sharon San
ders, ’81. “It felt like I was at the
Ebony Fashion Show.”
Debbie Hodges commented, “I
found the fashion show to be an
example of dedication and deter
mination. These young ladies ex
emplified our designers of the
future.”
by Marion Johnson
“39 Alpha Kappa girls. We wear
those 20 pearls and we’re Alpha
girls!”
The 39 sorors of the Zeta Xi
chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority should be proud to wear
those 20 pearls. The chapter was
the recipient of the Portsmouth
Undergraduate Achievement
award. The award is given to the
undergraduate chapter of the first
black women’s sorority for out
standing community and campus
activities.
Denise Paige, a junior transfer
student from Barber-Scotia ma
joring in political science and a
recent member of the chapter had
this to say about the award: “I
think it’s wonderful! It shows we
have potential. Zeta Xi should and
will strive to maintain the excel
lency the award states they have.
I’m glad I’m a part of the chapter
and hope I can aid in carrying on
the good work of Alpha Kappa
Alpha.”
Following its motto of “service
to all mankind,” the chapter spon
sored several projects throughout
the 1977-78 school year.
Among these projects were:
(1) The Health Fair, which
brought several medical services
to the student body including test
ing for sickle cell anemia, the
Heart Fund, and the Family Plan
ning Council;
(2) The Faculty Follies, a va
riety show involving Bennett Col
lege faculty and staff, which
raised $300.00 for the United Ne
gro College Fund (UNCF);
(3) Traveling Christmas Show,
a holiday event presented to sev
eral homes for the aged and the
campus and;
(4) A Reading Project, a week
ly tutorial session for children
ages 7 to 11.
These are just a few of the proj
ects sponsored by the chapter
which made them eligible for the
award.
By receiving this award the
Zeta Xi chapter has become an
example for other undergraduate
chapters to follow.
Many graduate sorors expressed
their congratulations and offered
words of inspiration to the girls.
Another member of Zeta Xi,
Viola Hemphill, a junior ISP ma
jor from Buffalo, N. Y. summed
it up well. She said, “We have a
group of dedicated hard working
young women who really believe
in what they do. I’m very proud
to be a part of the organization
and look forward to expanding
our services next year.”
7 Nalional Journalists Higliliglil Mass Media Conference
by Joyce A. Bass
and Hattie Purnell
Today marks the opening of the
first annual Mass Media Careers
Conference to be held at A&T
State University April 28-29. Five
nationally prominent minority
journalists will highlight the con
ference.
The panelists will include De-
toit, Michigan’s Dr. William
Banks, president and general man
ager of WGPR-TV, the only black
owned and operated television
station in the continental United
States and Ragan Henry, presi
dent of Enterprises Network, Inc.
Henry’s firm owns radio stations
in Charlotte, N. C., Atlanta, Cin
cinnati, Ohio and in Florida.
Other panelists will be Don Ad-
derton, the New York managing
editor of “JET”; Audrey Kates,
host of “Ebony Exposure,” a
weekly program on North Caro
lina Public Television; and Lionel
Monagas, EEO chief of the Fed
eral Communications Commission
in Washington, D. C.
Keynote speakers for the con
ference, which will include work
shops for high school and college
students, will be Mai Goode, for
mer United Nations correspond
ent for ABC television and radio;
and Roger Wilkins, an urban col
umnist for the “New York Times.”
Roger Wilkins, is a native of
Kansas City, Missouri. He was the
first black to serve on the edi
torial board of a major American
daily paper. He formerly served
as a member of the editorial board
of the “New York Times” and the
“Washington Post.” He also was
formerly assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States. Wilkins
will be the speaker on Friday,
April 28, from 7-10 p.m. in the
Memorial Union.
The second guest speaker will
present his ideas, and share his
views of today’s media on Satur
day, April 29, at the conference
luncheon. Mai Goode, a native of
White Plains, Va., is known as the
“Dean” of black professional
broadcast journalists. He is at the
present time a consultant for the
National Black Network. Goode,
a very active man in the media
fild, was also employed by the
“Pittsburgh Courier,” and Radio
Station KQV in Pittsburgh.
The A&T conference is being
sponsored by the Mass Communi
cations program, and financed by
a grant from the Kellogg Founda
tion of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Panel sessions will be held on
tomorrow, Saturday, April 29 in
the Memorial Union on newspaper
management, the Black Media,
new media technology, broadcast
ing, public relations, advertising
and media employment opportuni
ties.
Student participants are asked
to pay a $2 registration fee. Per
sons interested in registering for
the conference should see Omega
Wilson, Room 227 Crosby Hall at
A&T State University.
Ten Inducted into
Scholars Program
by Dotty Brown
The Bennett Scholars wel
comed ten new members into
their pro^am during an in
duction ceremony on April 11
in the Science Assembly.
The Bennett Scholars Pro
gram (BSP) was begun by
Mrs. Janet Cochran, a former
English instructor, and Dr.
Ebele Eko, a former language
instructor. The idea behind
this program is to sharpen
the intellectual curiosity and
critical ability of superior
students.
This program is not re
stricted to students of one
particular area of study but
is open to students in all areas
of study. Some qualifications
for being admitted into the
Bennett Scholars Program
are:
—Must have a 3.20 grade
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Students Experience Legislative Process
BC Sends Delegation to NCSL
by Marion Johnson
The forty-first session of the
North Carolina Student Legisla
ture (NCSL.) which convened in
the state’s capitol for the first
time in 17 years, made an invalu
able impression upon the Bennett
College delegation that will ulti
mately spread throughout the
campus.
The delegation consisted of
House members; Debra Perkins,
Libby Malloy, and Marion John
son; and Senate members Frances
Gaines, Kay Dolberry and Becki
Holder.
NCSL allots its student mem
bers an opportunity to experience
the legislative process and gain
insight into practical politics.
Frances, a junior ISP major
from Chester, Pa., commented on
her experience at the session: “I
think that NCSL is definitely
beneficial to anyone that partici
pates because the more you do,
the more you learn. I think my
role would be to explain to the
student that her input does not go
unrecognized in NCSL.
“There’s a lot of work cind im
portant research involved, but the
outcome is very rewarding in the
end, especially when a bill that
you have worked for and fought
for is finally passed at the legis
lative session in Raleigh, Keeping
this in mind, that thought alone
is an inspiration for a student.”
Each school’s delegation works
as a team to research and draft
legislation which they present for
debate in the House and Senate.
The proposed legislation is sent
through a series of committees
where it is revised and/or amend
ed. A committee report is sub
mitted to the House and Senate.
It is then subject to affirmative
and negative debate in both
Houses. The various delegations
then vote on whether to accept or
reject the bill.
If the legislation passes in the
NCSL House and Senate it then
goes to the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly where the whole
process begins all over again.
Attending the NCSL session for
the first time was sophomore Lb-
by Malloy a political science ma
jor from Fairmont, N. C.
Libby stated, “I feel that my
experience at the NCSL session
was an interesting and educational
one. By attending just a few com
mittee meetings in such an edu
cationally-oriented enviromnent,
one would be encouraged to learn
more. The reason I benefitted so
much from NCSL is because some
day I hope to be a member of the
North Carolina Legislature either
as a Senator or a Congresswoman,
and NCSL gave me some insight
as to what to expect.”
The legislative process can be
a very detailed and difficult one.
Many biUs are passed, and a few
without amendments. But there
are some bills that after consider
able debate are not passed.
An example of the first kind
would be a bill proposed by UNC-
Wilmington entitled:
“An act to provide unemploy
ment benefits to those persons dis
charged due to labor disputes.”
This bill went through the Com
merce committee without having
any amendments made. It then
passed in both houses after little
or no debate.
But there are some bills that
after hours of debate fail to pass
for one reason or another. One
such bill was on “state income tax
reforms to help curb population
increase” proposed by Wingate
College.
Despite the failure or approval
of a biU NCSL, is definitely a
worthwhile organization. Just to
watch and listen to the debate
that occurs is a lesson within
itself.
Becki, a four-year member of
NCSL and a senior majoring in
ISP from Raleigh, N. C. had this
to say about her years with NCSL;
“Being a prospective law student
and U. S. Senator NCSL has
helped me to understand the pro
cedures and processes that con
struct the legislature, whether it
be state or national.
“I have learned how bills are
written and about the legislative
atmosphere in general. Through
NCSL college students have an
opportunity to take an active role
in the making of state legislation.
I have taken a part in NCSL and
suggest that anyone, regardless of
major or home state, take the
same step.”
Knowing law and when to use
parliamentary procedure can be
valuable to anyone. Learning par
liamentary procedure is another
asset of NCSL. It is used consist
ently in the House and Senate.
It is the hope of the Debate
Club and the Bennett delegation
to get many Bennett students in
volved in NCSL next year. It is
an experience that should be felt
by every student.
And we thought the Faculty Follies were hilarious! Well, students got another
glimpse of the Bennett staff last week as they presented a variety show. One
of the presentations was a skit, “A Visit with Bubba's Teacher” starring I. to r.
Mrs. Rosa Hooker, Mrs. Annie Purcell, Mr. Henton C. Jenkins and Mrs. Lols
Goode. photo by Myra Davis