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Friday, October 11, 1985
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. 0.
Vol. XLVIl, No. 2
Hill fills bill
by Avanti Allen
She is scholarly, reserved
and well-rounded as well as
highly respected by her peers.
She is Miss Bennett. Penny
Lynette Hill indeed lives up
to the role.
Hill is a senior English
major from Winston-Salem.
She is the youngest of four
girls. Penny is an active
member of the Bennett Scho
lars, Sigma Tau Delta Eng
lish Honor Society, and the
Pre-Alumnae Council. Her
name is on National Dean’s
List. She has been recognized
at each Honors Convention
during her seven semesters
here.
Although Hill fits the de
finition of a college queen,
she is also unique. She strives
for success in all aspects of
college life.
A smiling face best des
cribes Miss Bennett on a typi
cal day as she lives up to the
college’s ideals. Finding time
to help others is another at-1
tribute of Hill’s: she tutors
some of her Bennett sisters.
After a hard week of work.
Hill looks forward to an en
joyable weekend at home with
family and friends. Hill con
fesses “that there is no place
like home.” She enioys goiner
to the movies and football
games. Penny is a loyal Tar
heel fan. Goine to the mall is
another favorite pastime of
Penny’s. “I go to the mall
every weekend and stay for
hours on end and come home
with nothing,” says Hill.
Personal inspiration to Miss
Bennett has come from Joan
Davis, a 1984 Bennett grad
uate. Davis’ outlook on life
captured Hill’s interest. “She
is not one to just accept what
is said but to dig deep and
find tne true value of what is
said,” commented Hill. Davis
was an English major who is
now in law school.
Dr. Virginia Tucker has al
so inspired Hill. She com
mends the English professor
for always being willing to
lend a hand to someone in
need as well as always being
there when you need her.
With the influences and
inspirations that Hill has re
ceived, she plans to motivate
her Bennett sisters to get in
volved academically and soc
ially.
According to Jocelyn L.
Foy, admissions counselor, “1
have had the opportunity to
watch Penny constantly grow
within the last three years.
Penny is truly an excellent
choice for the title of Miss
Bennett.”
Since Penny has been
chosen as Miss Bennett, which
she describes as being the
experience of a lifetime, she
wants to visit high schools to
recruit students.
After completing her reign
as Miss Bennett, she plans to
attend Wake Forest and be
come a corporation lawyer.
Buoyant but business-like Miss Bennett: Behind Penny Hill's smile, there exists
a serious, ambitious scholar who plans to become a lawyer, (photo by Keith
Miller)
Speaking contest enters 1 1 th year
by Carla Bannister
The communications de
partment will sponsor the
Evening of Public Speaking
on Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the
science assembly.
This will be the 11th annual
competition which includes
five different categories — a
speech to persuade, a classi
cal oration, an oral interpre
tation, a dramatic monologue
and a creative work.
The speeches will be judged
on quality of content and pre
sentation.
All participants will be re
warded with a certificate, and
the five winners will receive
trophies. In addition they will
gain self-confidence, poise,
experience and grace.
Mrs. Mary Hopkins, asso
ciate professor of speech and
drama, said that she enjoyed
last year’s competition be
cause the students really got
involved and helped each
other out.
One of last year’s winners
found the experience very re
warding. “I was truly ecstatic
when I won first place last
vear in the Evening of Public
S D e a k i n g , ’ ’ said Kathy
Howell. “The audience was
very receptive and that gave
me the confidence to present
my speech and to present it
well.”
Howell is a junior pre
medicine major from Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. She will also
participate in this year’s con
test.
“I’m looking forward to
this year’s contest with much
enthusiasm,” Howell said. “It
is an opportunity for those
who have creative and ora
torical ability to share their
works and thoughts with
others.
“I just wish that more of
my Bennett sisters would
participate and realize that
if you cannot present your
self orally, you are a lost
cause to our society.”
This is the first year that
the communications depart
ment will sponsor the event,
which was previously coordi
nated by the Interdisciplinary
Studies Program.
“This is traditionally one
of the most exciting events
on campus,” says Dr. Virginia
A. Tucker. “In addition, a poll
last year showed that the
Evening of Public Speaking
was the most popular pre
sentation on the college
calendar among the students.”
“The Lesser of Two Evils” brings quiz-show good to clever librarian
by Dee Evans
Most people only dream of
hearing these magical words:
“Come on down! You’re the
next contestant! This is the
chance of a lifetime to win
thousands of dollars!”
The dream became a reality
for Mrs. Ednita Bullock, cam
pus head librarian, who won
more than $3,000 worth of
prizes on “Wheel of Fortune.”
The show, taped this summer,
aired on Oct. 10.
She had the time of her
life. But she was disappointed
because she didn’t make it to
the bonus round at the end
of the game as the big winner.
Unlike many contestants,
the librarian was remarkably
calm.
“I didn’t jump up and down
like the folks you see on T.V.,”
commented Bullock. “I wasn’t
even nervous. I thought I was
calm. At least I felt calm. I
thought I was. My aunt was
more excited than I was.”
Bullock, along with her
aunt and a friend flew to Bur
bank, Calif, for the show
upon which she won $3,358 in
prizes, including a vacuum
cleaner, a washer and dryer,
small kitchen appliances, a
T.V. snack tray, a $129 Gucci
gift certificate and several
other prizes.
The winning phrase of the
particular round swept by
Bullock was “The Lesser of
Two Evils.”
Bullock went to Charlotte
for an audition which in
cluded solving 15 puzzles in
five minutes and playing a
modified version of the game.
Her reactions and ability to
call out numbers were tested.
About five days later, Bul
lock received a postcard of
acceptance. By this time
Bullock says she was “excited
and readv to win everything
I could.”
On the show, Bullock’s anti
cipation was so high about
winning that she hurriedly
answered the background
questions asked by host Pat
Saiak, and she reluctantly
didn’t elaborate on such
things as her three sons or
her occupation. In contrast,
most contestants try to tell
their life stories.
Bullock remembered
Sajak’s advice that the more
time the contestants spend on
general conversation, the
fewer games they play.
Bullock was prepared for
the small talk. “One man
could do impressions of Clint
Eastwood. So he willingly of
fered to do one. On top of
that, it was not a pood im
pression,” said the librarian.
This unfortunately cut down
time so Bullock and her com
petitors were unable to reach
the fourth round.
Bullock says it was easy
to work with the host and
his assistant Vanna White.
Bullock has been around cele
brities before and she wasn’t
stunned by “stardust.” She
enjoyed meeting the people
behind the scenes who did
most of the technical work.
Many of Bullock’s friends
told her that they were
shocked to find out that she
would participate in a game
show. “Everyone would come
to me and say, ‘I can’t ima
gine you being on a game
show. I can’t wait to see this,”
said Bullock.
You won’t normally find a
librarian before T.V. cameras,
but Bullock, like all contes
tants, believes in the All-
American adage “What you
have is never enough. More
is better.”
And certainly if it were her
choice, she would have press
ed her luck and gone for it all.
Jackson Appears
Rally for justice
by Mardell Griffin
Leading a Sept. 18 march, Jesse
Jackson admonished investors
with money ties to South Africa
to “dismvest” their funds from
the racially-torn nation and “pro
tect” American jobs.
He also called for U.S. govern
ment sanctions against South
Africa and consumer boycott of
companies with South African
fineincial holdings.
“Take the profit out of apar
theid,” Jackson said to a crowd
of about 2,500 gathered at A&T
for a protest against apartheid
that included a demonstration in
front of the NCNB building.
“When you take the money out,
you take the motive out.”
“Slave labor undercuts organ
ized labor,” he said. “American
steel workers are striking for $9
an hour. They can’t compete with
South African workers who get
57 cents an hour for the same
job . . . It’s not just a black
issue. We are tired of Americans
losing their jobs.”
Jackson accused President
Ronald Reagan of “immoral”
leadership and said he should
impose sanctions against South
Africa “until there are open, free
elections for everybody.”
“Every moral and ethical means
used to stop the Third Reich in
1945 should be used to stop apar
theid in 1985,” he insisted.
Singhng out the IBM Corpora
tion as an example of comi>anies
with large South African invest
ments, he said, “We must boycott
their products. They cannot have
South Africa and us at the same
time.”
Jackson who is a member of
A&T’s Board of Trustees, called
on the board to “go on record
against companies with invest
ments in South Africa.”
“We cannot ask of others what
we will not do,” he said.
The orderly crowd of mostly
A&T students, but including
groups from Bennett and other
area schools proceeded down Mar
ket St. from A&T, shouting var
ious chants. “Aggie born/Aggie
bred/We won’t stop ’til apar
theid’s dead” and “Reagan, get up
off you chair/We all know you
don’t care” echoed along the route.
Police estimated the marchers
numbered 5,000 with the addition
of people who joined along the
way to Governmental Plaza.
Jackson left the demonstrators
at the corner of Market and Elm
Streets and entered the NCNB
building. The crowd chanted
“Take your money out of the
bank,” and “Don’t walk through
that racist door,” and booed
people entering and leaving the
building.
“NCNB will not make any more
loans to South Africa,” Jackson
announced upon rejoining the
march. “They are also stopping
all loopholes for private business.”
Later an NCNB official at the
corporate office in Charlotte con
firmed Jackson’s remarks. The
bank stopped corporate loans to
South Africa in February and
used Jackson’s visit to disclose
plans to tighten bank policies
governing loans to individuals
with South African holdings.
“The position taken by NCNB
is a forward-looking position,”
Jackson said at Governmental
Plaza at the end of the march.
He closed the program with his
traditional “I am somebody”
chant.