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Friday, November 14, 1980
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VoL XLII, No. 4
Bailey rejects all labels
Myra Jewel George
“I don’t just sing,” she said.
“I’m an entertainer.” From start
to finish Pearl Bailey tore down
many misconceptions and gave her
philosophy about contemporary
events.
On Friday, Nov. 7, Miss Bailey
toured the campus, met with vari
ous college officials and addressed
the campus in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer chapel at eight o’clock.
Miss Bailey’s visit was sponsored
by funds from the Andrew Mellon
Foundation Grant. Her itinerary
included meeting with representa
tives of the college in the faculty
loung,e at noon, a press conference
of campus and local media repre
sentatives at 1:30 in the student
union lounge and a tour of the
campus. After her address in the
chapel. Miss Bailey attended the
alumnae dance at ten.
Members of the A&T Register,
Greensboro Daily News and News
2 staff were present at the press
At the reception following a press conference, Pearl Bailey got a chance
to tall( casually with many of the Belles. Later that evening. Miss Bailey gave
an address in the chapel.
Photo by Shelly Coston
Accident not fatal
Veronica McKinney
On Nov. 1, 1980 a Bennett stu
dent was hit by a car while jay
walking across Market Street at
9:15 p.m. The car was loaded with
N. C. A&T Aggies.
Priscila Tavalez, a junior major
ing in Secretarial Administration,
was on her way back to Bennett
after visiting a friend on A&T’s
campus. She said, “I was crossing
the street and looking for traffic,
but I didn’t see any cars coming.
I went to cross the street and the
next thing I knew a car had come
from out of nowhere.”
The driver of the car was Ken
neth Pierce, a junior at N. C. A&T
State University majoring in Busi
ness Administration. Pierce said,
“I didn’t see Priscila period, and a
witness told me that he saw her
when she walked in front of the
car before I hit my brakes. She
just didn’t look with caution.”
Tony Anderson, one of the men
in the car, called the ambulance.
which took Priscila to the hospital.
Beverly Bernard, a Bennett Belle,
went along with her. Beverly, a
junior majoring in Mass Com
munication, said, “Priscila was
unconscious, very confused, and
she couldn’t remember too much.”
Pierce said he had been drink
ing beer earlier with his friends
but not while driving in the car
nor before the accident. He also
said he was coming from A&T's
campus, on his way to Bennett to
visit some friends and that three
of his friends went with him for
the ride.
The police arrived at the scene,
asked questions, and measured the
skid marks from the car but did
not charge the driver with a
violation.
The men involved in the acci
dent came to Bennett later to see
about Priscila and were asked to
leave the campus by the security
guard because of their disorderly
conduct and their failure to ring
the doorbell as they should have,
according to witnesses.
Deidre Kennedy, a senior ma
joring in Early Childhood Educa
tion, said, “After the accident
Kenneth and his friends came to
Bennett and I smelled alcohol
when they came in Cone Hall. I
asked Kenneth what he was
drinking, but he never answered
me.” Sonia Offley, the assistant
resident director of Cone Hall,
said, “I was very upset when I
found out about the accident and
I would like to stress that people
should never go anywhere by
themselves, especially at night,
because it’s safe to have one or
more persons together in case
something happens.”
Priscila has a broken bone in
her knee, head contusion, a lacer
ation in the upper part of her
head, bruises and a swollen foot.
She will be giving the policeman
a statement later in the week be
cause she was too confused and
upset after the accident.
Photographer a success
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Yvette Barbour
Photographer Peter Magubane,
who held his exhibit at Bennett
Nov. 3 through Nov. 7, expressed
his thoughts about South African
life and photography while he was
here.
Magubane is originally from
Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior
to visiting Bennett, Magubane has
been in New York since February
1980 taking a course in documen
tary films. He hopes to go back
to South Africa next year. Magu
bane said, “There is a need for
blacks in South Africa to have
some kind of knowledge in mak
ing black documentary films, be
cause South Africa has material
that has not been tapped.”
Magubane said, “I have been
self-taught.” When he graduated
from high school, he joined a black
magazine called Drum. “It was
the only instrument we had,” said
Magubane. It was the articles for
Drum Magazine done by two
friends, a writer and photogra
pher, about the treatment blacks
were getting in South Africa that
motivated his interest in photog
raphy. At the time, the only va
cancy that was open was a driving
vacancy. Magubane said, “In or
der to be in the organization, I
grabbed the first opportunity I
could get.” He stayed three
months and was moved to print
ing and developing. His first as
signment was a political assign
ment which was outside Johannes
burg. Since then he has never
looked back.
Magubane said, “I lost seven
years of my career due to my
detention from 1969 through 1970.
When I got back from detention,
I was banned for five years. I
wasn’t doing any photographing
for seven years. I spent two years
in prison, of-which 586 days were
in solitary confinement. He added,
“When you are banned in South
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Reagan takes victory
Myra Jewel George
The results of the presidential
election were apparent even be
fore all the polls had closed. Re
publican nominee Ronald Reagan
had taken a sweeping victory,
winning all but six states. Pres
ident Carter had failed completely
in his bid for re-election. Carter
conceded Reagan’s victory while
the polls in the West were still
open. In one day the American
voters had set the course of the
nation in a startling, yet irre
vocable, path.
A simulation of what a large
portion of the nation must have
felt was evident in the dormitories
on Bennett’s campus. Desolate
faces and grim expressions re
flected the horror, shock and dis
belief of what had happened and
what was yet to happen in the
four years ahead.
One concern was about educa
tion. “With Reagan in office, the
Blacks don’t have a chance,” said
freshman Rhonda Whitted. “Rea
gan is a racist and he could easily
—now that the Senate is primarily
Republican—could easily cut out
BEOG as a part of government
spending without hurting Black
people per se.”
Another prospect is of a war.
“I wasn’t particularly in favor of
Reagan winning,” said junior Car
la Burley, “but I think he’s more
susceptible to starting a war.”
Sophomore Felicia Clark is most
concerned with Reagan's age, 69,
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conference, as well as Peter Magu
bane, renowned photographer.
Portions of Miss Bailey’s chapel
address were televised that night
at eleven by News 2. During her
address, Bailey spoke out on her
political stand and her views
about education and equal rights.
Responding to Carter’s defeat,
she answered, “It didn’t surprise
me at all.” She felt that more
“hate was preached” during the
campaign than any other one. Al
though not surprised, she was sad.
“The map made me sad,” she re
called, referring to the map of
the U. S. which showed how each
state voted.
Miss Bailey is no stranger to the
political arena. She served under
President Ford as Special Adviser
to the U. S. Mission to the United
Nations. Defying the concept of
labeling one’s politics as Republi
can or Democratic, she stated, “I
am supportive of what is good for
America.”
Throughout, Miss Bailey avoided
labels. “We’re so hung up on
labels,” she noted. “If you give
these subtitles, live up to them.”
She laughed and quoted her hus
band’s favorite saying, “Every
body should have been born
with polka dot eyes. Then they
wouldn’t worry about it.” More
seriously, she said, “If I’ve got on
a red sweater, I don’t have to run
around saying it. I know it, and
it’s up to you to find out.” Of her
self she says, “I belong to human
ity. There are no labels.”
About education. Miss Bailey is
firm and certain. She attends
Georgetown University in Wash
ington, D. C. where she and her
husband, drummer Louis Bellson
Jr., and two adopted children,
Tony and Dee Dee, live. “I went
back to school,” she explained,
“because I always wanted to be
a teacher. I always wanted to
learn.” She said that her choice
of Georgetown over Howard Uni
versity had nothing to do with
racial influences. She insisted that
she goes to the school which has
the most to offer her. She has
studied here and abroad and said,
“I would even go to Bennett,” if
the school was teaching something
she wanted to learn. “We put
values on the wrong things,” she
noted.
At Georgetown University, Miss
Bailey says, “I’m a full-blooded
student. She eats and studies with
her classmates. Miss B'ailey made
the Dean’s list last fall. “I go to
a tough school,” she began. “I
don’t have time to play.” Of to
day’s students she noted, “Every
body’s into television or promotion
or business activities.” Her advice
is, “Learn some English. I haven’t
heard a young person say a com
plete sentence in years.” She de
clared, “It should be mandatory
by the Supreme Court from kin
dergarten right on to college for
students to take reading, writing,
arithmetic, and learn to spell.”
She had some advice for rising
actors and actresses. “Just because
you do one play,” she said frankly,
“you’re not an actor.” The tech
nique is in the book, she contin
ued, “but what you read is about
one-one thousandth of what’s on
the stage. Not only with drama,
with anything.” She explained, “I
speak from my heart. I speak
from experience.”
Miss Bailey also discussed equal
rights. “Women can do practically
everything a man can do,” she
claimed and referred to Cleopatra
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Honors convocation recognizes 29
Myra Jewel George
Twenty-nine students were hon
ored in Fall Honors Convocation
held on Thursday, Nov. 13, 1980
at 10:00 a.m. in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer Chapel.
Fall Honors Convocation recog
nizes the cumulative averages of
students, rather than semester av
erages, as does the Dean’s List.
Sophomores must have a cumula
tive average of 3.29 or above for
two semesters of work; juniors,
3.30 or above for four semesters
of work; and seniors, 3.40 for six
semesters of work. Freshmen are
ineligible since they have not
earned a cumulative average at
the time that Fall Honors Con
vocation is held.
Thirteen sophomores were in
cluded in the ceremony. They
were Adriane Elizabeth Baugh
man, Beverly Youtha Bell, Myra
Jewel George, Donna LoJoie Jes
sup, Jacqueline Elaine Johnson,
LaVoris Ann McCrary, Rose Lynn
Nelson, Gloria Cecilia Nunnally,
Wanda Gayle Parker, Jacqueline
E. Schumpert, Nseobong Grace
Usoror, Gwendolyn Carol Walker
and Dawn Ruth Wilson. Myra
George was recognized for main
taining a cumulative average of
4.0.
The twelve juniors included
were Cynthia Annette Asbury,
Valerie Dawn Callendar, Qundal
Yvette Chambers, Olivia Lois
Dabney, Wanda Yvette Dick,
Juanita Harris, Sandra Maureen
Jones, Debra Jean Moore, Pauline
Ntiyanu Nzeribe, Terry Lynne
Phillips, Artreatha Tharrington
Plummer and Iris Willette Settle.
Linda Faye Anderson, Lisa Ann
Johnson, Mary Jane Simpkins and
Linda Beatrice Smith were the
four seniors honored.
Representatives of IBM, the CIA and other companies and agencies
participated in the Career Awareness Program held on Monday, Nov. 10.
Informing students about career options seemed to be more the issue
than recruitment. Photo bv Shellv
Photo by Shelly Coston