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Page Two THE BENNETT BANNER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1978 Housing situation creates problems What a joy it is to return to school and find out that you do not have a room on campus. The residence situation is in sheer chaos. No one seems to have found a place for the many students who are still without rooms. The Residence Life office has, alter nately, no answers and no comments, and the Dean of Student Affairs has taken the matter into his own hands and has taken steps for solving the problem. Why wasn’t this problem solved during the summer when the planning should logically have been under way ? The competence of the person or persons responsible is defi nitely in question. Why has this happened in the past, and why is it happening now? How will this problem be alleviated? Will the guilty party or parties shoulder the blame? This matter has first to be faced squarely. It then has to be seen to so that, at whatever cost, it does not happen again. The administration is supposed to set an example for the students. This is certainly a very poor one. Bennett has been a residential college almost since its incep tion. This is a small college. Living on campus is almost like breathing—you do not really think about it, you just do it. There is a place for everyone that presently wants to live here. It is only a matter of placing them in the traditional manner (which we seem to keep returning to) and ceasing to make changes that serve only to create 1) animosity, 2) problems, problems, prob lems, and 3) more work. We would delight, for once, to see the assignment of housing go smoothly, and would appreciate the liberation of our dean from that which is not directly his job, so that he might be about the resolution of more pertinent student affairs. Make this a successful year. Work! Welcome to your first year or returning year to Bennett College. We believe that high er education, academic excel lence and common sense lead to a successful life in the fu ture. This past summer, the Supreme Court announced its decision in the case of the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke on June 28. Directly and indirectly this decision affects the lives of minority students and women throughout the United States. It also challenges us, as members of both groups, to strive hard to achieve our goals. With this decision, the quota system is challenged strongly as minority groups and women try to gain admis sion to professional schools. ■W^ile the Bakke decision di rectly affects mostly higher- demand institutions and more advanced programs, other col leges and universities are greatly affected also because they have a larger pool of qualified applicants from which to select a student body. With these factors in mind, we encourage all Bennett stu dents to place their best foot forward to strive for academ ic excellence. This is a highly competitive world that needs the minds of competent work ers. WE ARE THE FUTURE AMERICA. Work hard and have a successful year. L Aue. A cowe HALL □□□□□□ mjmnn OTx cawpus, ivKerc do I go ■from here ^ /RevwoLDS \ hall CIxZS FkACrlkB i?T ^ (S™ Letters to tke editor; Housing, campus loiterers kit Dear Editor, We, as concerned students, think that it’s a shame when some members of the faculty and staff cannot settle their differences so that they can work together as one cohesive unit for the benefit of the student body. It seems to us that personal grudges should be re solved or left outside of the office. Greensboro offers wide variety of activities to students by Deborah Tillman As many freshmen and transfer students enter Bennett this semes ter, it may seem that Bennett Col lege, North Carolina A and T State University and Burger King are all there is to Greensboro. As time passes, they will soon realize that Greensboro is a large and progres sive city. Located in the north central portion of North Carolina, Greens boro is known to many as the “Gate City” because it was usually a transfer point to any spot in the state. To college students, Greens boro is known as the “University City” because of the five colleges and universities located in the city. The city is serviced by Southern Railroad; Trailways and Grey hound Buses; and Delta, Eastern, Piedmont and United Airlines. The five colleges and universi ties are A and T, Bennett, Greens boro College, Guilford College and the University of North Carolina- Greensboro. All are available to Bennett students. Also, there are malls and shop ping centers, bowling alleys, ice and roller skating rinks, water slides, movie theaters, nightclubs and discos, parks and picnic areas, and other facilities for entertain ment and recreation. In addition, Greensboro is the hometown of many personalities such as Bob McAdoo, New York Knicks basketball player; Vince Evans, Chicago Bears football player; and “Curly” Neal, famed Harlem Globetrotter. Besides these persons, Greens boro’s colleges have produced prized possessions like A and T graduates Rev. Jesse Jackson, president of Operation PUSH, and A1 Attles, former NBA basket ball coach; Bennett graduate Dr. Carolyn Payton, director of the Peace Corps; and Greensboro Col lege graduate Eileen Fulton, Lisa Shea Coleman of “As the World Turns.” Greensboro is a very progressive city. Many blacks rank high in the professional fields of education, management, banking, law, medi cine and politics. For religious purposes, this city contains all denominations of churches. Many offer free bus ser vice to college students and many are within walking distance of the campus. Among favorite churches of Bennett students are: St. James Baptist Church, St. James Presby terian Church, Institutional Bap tist Church, B'ethel A.M.E. Church, Trinity A.M.E. Church, Providence Baptist Church, and St. Matthews United Methodist Church. Although these are just a few facts about Greensboro, we hope they will be helpful in making you feel comfortable in your new tem porary home. Who knows, maybe one day you will be a resident of this growing city. When these members of the facul ty and staff allow enmities toward other members to interfere with their jobs, we as students are the ones who have to suffer. Departments are usually headed by one specified person. This per son heads a supposedly loyal staff that he can depend on in a time of crisis. In our opinion staff members who are unwilling to ful fill their responsibilities to the head of their department should be fired. The student body knows that Dean Bragg’s orders to change the mixed-up housing assignments were disobeyed and students were forced to suffer the consequences. We shudder to think what might happen in future years with an increasing enrollment and the lim ited room spaces on campus. Most students thought that limited room spaces were the biggest problem with the housing controversy, but actually space was no problem; the mixed-up room assignments were the only problems. Now stu dents who have comfortably set tled into what they thought were their new homes are being unroot ed from one dorm to another and the blame falls on one pair of shoulders. So we hope you are lis- rom tlie SGA president’s desk Perkins: Expand self at Bennett by Debra Perkins, President SGA “Don’t Graduate Half Done, Go Out Well-Baked! This quote may sound humorous when you first read it, but examine it again. Be knowledgeable about its implications. Be a 1978-79 Editor-in-Chief Deborah Tillman Associate Editor Debbie Hodges Adviser Dr. Virginia Tucker Layout Editor Sharon Sanders Circulation Manager Janis Badson Cartoonist S. Marie Brown Photographers Myra Davis, Bernetta Hamilton, Pam Paschall Staff Beverly Bernard Barbara Jones Andrietta Brown Donna Jones Betty Brown Terry Lewis Bernetta Hamilton Donna Meacham Carolyn Hazel Romona Reid Marion Johnson Beverly Rumley “well-baked” individual. Be well-rounded. As a new year begins, I challenge you to expand yourself dur ing your tenure at Bennett College. Let your experiences here be a stepping stone into the real world, the world of poverty, affluence, discrimination, and politics. Be productive academically, socially, and spiritually. Your idea of becoming productive socially should not limit you to discos, parties or sorority involvements. Through your involvements in school government and other organizations, gain further insight into campus, community, state and national affairs. Study all you can while time allows. Study music, philosophy, and litera ture to extend your education. Become responsible for what you learn by taking an active part in the learning procss. As I have challenged you to do your best, challenge the faculty to do its best in providing motivation so their students do learn, which is the purpose of education. Keep the channels of communication open by realizing that faculty are people too. I welcome all returning students, faculty and staff and new comers to Bennett College. This is the place to be if you are willing to be assertive. I wish everyone a most productive year. tening, Mrs. Scarborough, because we want you to know just how we feel. Several very concerned students Dear Editor, It is much more than a terrible shame that students who do not drive and are forced to patronize the local stores, have to put up with the unsavory, insulting char acters that loiter in and around the “groceteria” and the grill on Gorrell St. Bennett students suffer verbal harassment as well as countless other indignities, includ ing open solicitation from the derelicts that constantly crowd the sidewalks in front of both places. It occurs to me that since these establishments are scant yards from the home of the president of the college and adjacent to college property, and since city police have in the past demonstrated minimal or no concern for the safety of our students, that some one in the administration of the college, or faculty members who drive by these places and see them daily, would either recommend or take some type of action to see that Bennett students do not have to endure the trash that is dished out to them daily by these nuis ances — who headquarter them selves, by the way, directly across from, and sometimes on, the wall of our Children’s House. Until some concerned party or parties take some action to allevi ate this readily visible and very old problem, not another word should be spoken about STUDENT apathy. Signed, Donna Meacham Note: The editors wel come responsible expres sions of opinion. However, unsigned letters cannot be accepted for publication. If the writer of a letter wish es to request that his or her name not be used, that wish will be respected; but the signature of the letter writ er must be on the letter when it is received in the “Banner” office. The edi tors reserve the right to edit all letters to meet the demands of space.
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