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Bennett CcHlege
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1979
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VOL XU, NO. 5
Law revisions
by Lisa Harris
The Student Senate is in
the process of revising the
constitution and activating
the different college
committees.
The Student Senate has de
cided to revise the present
constitution, which is 10
years old, and to activate the
committees that exist but are
presently inactive. The ad
ministration agrees that it is
time for these changes to be
made.
The constitution needs
modification to meet the de
mands of this decade. Ellen
Brinkley, SGA president,
claims that “there is a need
for new and better regula
tions because in the past
things were not recorded cor
rectly and we in turn are
faced with more problems.”
The activation of the col
lege communities is equally
important because the Stu
dent Senate cannot do the
work of its sub-committees.
Harold E. Bragg, dean of stu
dent affairs, is supposed to
assist the Student Senate in
re-establishing the commit
tees by presenting the names
of the individuals who make
up these groups.
The Student Senate is also
trying to include a conference
to Washington, D. C. in its
budget to get consultation in
revising the constitution and
reorganizing the committees.
Brinkley hopes that it does
not take too much time to
revise the constitution and
that it can be done by SGA
election time. Ellen asserts
that “the Student Senate in
the past has tried to do just
what needs to be done, but we
are trying to prepare for the
future by changing things so
that the next president will
hopefully implement the ideas
we have put down.”
Photo by Myra Davis
David Ruffin, special assistant to the Governor, was the guest speaker at the SGA-sponsored Thanksgiving Vesper.
Shown with Ruffin are SGA officers Ellen Brinkley, president; Joanne Joyner, secretary; Sharonlyn Jones, vice-president.
Also pictured is Pamela Griffin, Interdormitory Council president.
Bomb is hoax
Comp, data bleak
by Bernetta Hamilton
A bomb threat, the first in Ben
nett College’s history, emptied
Player Hall Thursday, Nov. 15,
but the Greensboro Police Depart
ment’s bomb squad found no
bomb when summoned to the
dorm.
Zack Browning, buildings super
intendent, said, “We received the
phone call from the dorm director
of Player Hall at 2:55 p.m. report
ing the threat and then we called
the city police. Ten minutes later
the building was evacuated. Al
though this was the first threat,
everything went smoothly.”
The prank call was made to the
first-floor telephone booth in the
building. Cathy Morrison, a senior
biology major, answered the
phone.
“The only thing he said was
‘there’s a bomb in the building’,”
said Morrison. “When I asked him
to repeat it, he said the same
thing. I couldn’t recognize his
voice because it sounded muffled
as if he was speaking through
something.”
It is believed the same caller
telephoned the second floor booth
first.
According to Debbie Wright, a
senior art eduction major, a man
with a muffled voice called second
floor and asked for the number
to the first floor.
She gave him the number and
he apparently called the first
floor.
When Morrison received the
call, she told the dorm director,
Geri Johnson, about it. Johnson
called Browning.
“When I heard the call, I
thought of the KKK (Ku Klux
Klan) shooting and called security
immediately,” said Johnson, re
ferring to the Nov. 3 incident in
Morningside Homes between Klan
members and communists, which
left five dead, including a former
Bennett student. “I did not panic
because I felt it would get the
girls upset.”
But Browning said only about
25 percent of the dorm residents
were upset.
He added that about 50 percent
of them apparently considered the
threat a joke while about 25 per
cent were curious.
by Beverly Rumley
Tabulations from the Nov.
15 English Comprehensive ex
amination revealed that over
40 percent of the aspirants
failed the test.
Fifty-nine of the 104 stu
dents passed the examination
while 45 missed this oppor
tunity to fulfill the require
ment for graduation. The sta
tistical breakdown was
56.73% (pass) to 43.27%
(fail).
The passing rate diminished
two percent in comparison to
last year’s results, according
to Dr. Lynn Sadler, chairper
son of the Humanities
division.
Students were given a range
of topics from which to write
an essay. These subjects in
cluded “The Presence of
‘Hate’ Groups in Our Society,”
“The Enigma of Racial
Discrimination” and “Three
Ways to Improve Bennett Col
lege.” Exam directions asked
the writers to provide a title
and thesis statement, to draft
a minimum of four pages
(writing on alternate lines)
and to compose at least five
paragraphs.
The finished essays were
judged in four major areas—
content, style, organization
and mechanics. Any combina
tion of four major grammat
ical errors resulted in auto
matic failure.
The most frequently made
errors involved pronoun prob
lems (220), shifts in point of
view (208) and improper verb
forms (154). However, the
other major errors — run-on
sentences, sentence fragments
and improper subject-verb
agreement—also cropped up
often on the essays.
Sadler noted that of the 140
students expected to take the
exam, only 104 reported. She
also said that she was “dis
mayed” by the tardiness of
some students. “I can’t believe
something as important as
this test would be looked at
in a frivolous manner,” Sadler
maintained.
Those failing the exam will
have three more chances to
pass. A course designed for
these students—English 318
(Composition: Theory and
Practice) will be taught
spring semester by Mrs. Gil
lespie. As long as a student is
not on probation, Dean Tipton
will give permission for the
student to carry this course
as an overload.
Sadler did cite one positive
effect of the exam. There has
been an increase this year in
students, both passing and
failing, who have reviewed
their tests.
What’s happening on campus
Rev. Joseph Quartey, pastor of
the Ebenezer Church in Accra
Ghana, West Africa, visited the
campus Nov. 21-24 and experi
enced his first Thanksgiving. He
had holiday dinner at the home of
Chaplain Peter Addo.
During his stay, Quartey’s
rounds included a guest appear
ance on Channel 2’s “Good
Morning Show,” a visit to the
Greensboro Urban Ministry, and
luncheon with Rev. Green, pastor
of the St. James Presbyterian
Church. Quartey also conferred
with N. C. Representative Henry
Frye and his wife.
The Business Club is now spon
soring a membership drive for
interested persons majoring or
minoring in Business and
Accounting.
Union celebration slated
by Denise Wilder
1980 is the thirtieth anni
versary of the David D. Jones
Student Union, and Dean of
Student Affairs Harold E.
Bragg says, “Therefore a
series of activities, exhibi
tions, lectures and so on are
scheduled to take place in the
Union beginning next semes
ter for the year to commem
orate the Union.”
Very few people now mingle
in the Union for social en
richment, but the upcoming
events should stimulate new
interest in the Union. Bragg
admits the Union neods quite
a bit of work on it and ex
plains that “some people are
not aware of the fact that our
Union was one of the first
major student unions on any
black campus and one of the
first unions in this part of
the country.”
The Union’s anniversary
will be celebrated the entire
year of 1980. Definite plans
have not been approved yet,
but Bragg says several things
are now being discussed in
order to make the celebration
successful.
Never before has there been
a celebration of this kind for
the Union. “We thought by
highlighting the thirtieth an
niversary we would draw at
tention to the Union and the
role it plays in campus life,”
Bragg says. Anyone with sug
gestions for activities for the
celebration is asked to for
ward them to the Student
Union Board, c/o Ms. Powell.
The David D. Jones Student
Union was named in honor of
the former president, David
Dallas Jones. The Union
houses the post office, book
store, snack bar. Coffee
House and the dining room.
Located on the second floor of
the Union are the offices of
the Dean of Student Affairs,
Co-Curricular Activities, Stu
dent Government, Placement
and Residence Life.
The administrative body of
the Union is the Student
Union Board, along with the
Director of Co-Curricular Ac
tivities. The Board’s job is to
carry out the policies of the
Union and to coordinate the
activities of the individual
committees under it in a
(See Page 4)
Ollie Sims, club president, states
that the purpwDse of the organiza
tion is “to give students on cam
pus a chance to get together and
share ideas on business concepts.”
The groups also affords students
the opportunity to get acquainted
with their peers and discuss fu
tures in business. Those interested
in joining the Business Club
should contact Sims, secretary
Pamela Griffin, or treasurer
Susan Edman.
* * *
Five Home Economics majors
at Bennett were recently inducted
into Kappa Omicron Phi, a na
tional honor society. The inductees
entered Delta Mu Chapter at
North Carolina A&T State Uni
versity along with 14 majors from
that institution.
Senior Belles honored were
Bebe Davis, Concord, Rose Irby,
Blackstone, Va., and Valerie Lit
tlejohn, Spartanburg, S. C. The
juniors tapped into the organiza
tion were Leila Mickens, Sumter,
S. C., and Regina Pegram,
Durham.
Founded in 1922, Kappa Omi
cron Phi is one of three national
honor societies in the field of
Home Economics. It emphasizes
intellectual and scholastic achieve
ments. A minimum cumulative
grade point average of 2.7 is re
quired and a minimum of 3.0 in
the major field.
Chaplain Peter Addo is inter
ested in recommending interested
students, who are committed
Christians, for The Mission Intern
Program, which places mission
aries throughout the U. S. as v/ell
as overseas. For more detailed in
formation, contact the chaplain at
the Interfaith Center. This pro
gram is sponsored by The Board
of Global Ministries of the United
Methodist Church.
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The Bennett College Players’
productions of “The Sirens” by
Richard Wesley and “The Owl
Killer” by Phillip Hayes Dean will
be entered in North Carolina Cen
tral University’s Black Theatre
Festival to be held February 18-23.
Linda Norflett, chairperson of
the Drama Department at NCCU,
heard of the great reaction Ben
nett’s Drama Department received
from these two plays and invited
the entire cast of both plays, all
expenses paid, to come and par
ticipate in NCCU’s annual event.
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The Pi Gamma Mu Honor So
ciety is sponsoring a Black History
Quiz during Black History Week.
All sororities and clubs interested
in participating in the contest
please notify Mrs. Addo. Rules
concerning the contest will be
given next semester. Prizes will
be awarded.