VOL. 1. NO. 1
BENNETT COLLEGE
APRILS, 1993
ENTERTAINMENT
by Deanne McLeod
N'TYCE: Bennett's own
rapper compiles
students'top ten P. 7
IMAGE MAKES
THE MAN/WOMAN
ENTERTAINERS RISE
AND FALL ON THE
PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION
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THE BENNETT
ADVICE COLUMN
DEAR ROXi DEBUTS WITH
SOUND COUNSEL P. 6
BENNETT LINE
A QUICK LOOK ATTHE STORIES WE'RE COVERING
DIS-RACISM: Bennett students getdissed while
shopping and at work. Page 1.
TURMOIL AT THE TOP: Before they
graudate, Bennett seniors take action. Page 1.
Nubian
Bennett College's Spring Festival
Full Schedule of Activities • Page 7
MAN MUDNESS; On-campus construction
brings more than bricks and mortar. Page 1.
TRANSFORMATION :One student's journey
at Bennett to find herself. Page 1.
MONEY CRUNCH: Rising tuition at Bennett
is making it hard on students as well as parents.
Page 3.
BUYER BEWARE: Credit card companies
see students as easy prey. Page 3.
NO BIG DEAL; Kim Hall's opinion about gays
in the military. Page 4.
PRO PRO-CHOICE: Melody Whitaker's call
to action on the abortion issue. Page 4.
COMING TOGETHER: Deanne McLeod's
reflections on coming of age at Bennett. Page 4.
THE X FACTOR: Angela L. Draughn sizes up
our images of Malcolm X. Page 7.
BENNETT FAX
A look at statistics related to Bennett College
Ratio of Black Ph.O Recipients
to Black Enroltment
Colleges and Universities Nationaliy
8a«»d9umat» # of Blvcl'.s Earning
Ifiatitijtion Ph.D.’s 1957-91
Slack
: EmoBment 1990
Ratio
FIskUniverGlty
41
46
Talladega College
26
648
4.0
Speiman College
63
1,678
3.8
Bennett College
21
S65
3.7
Tougaloo College
29
952
3.0
Harvard College
26
1,120
' 2.3
Paine College
11
557
2.0
Cheyney St. Univ.
28
1,622
1 7
Tuekegtie Univ.
54
3,236
17
Hampton Univ.
72
4,846
1.5
Source: National Science Foundation
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THE
BENNETT
BANNER
Student Newspaper of the Phenomenal Women of Bennett College
FEATURES
INTERRACIAL
RELATIONSHIPS
JUNGLE FEVER TAKES
ROOT: SOME CAN TAKE
IT, OTHERS CAN'T.
P. 6
BLENDING IN
QUITE WELL
MINISTER WANTS
STUDENTS TO DEVELOP
REV. SHERRIE COOK:
Juggling school and
work P. 6
Mud and men invade campus
by Sherri R. Gibbs
Bennett Banner
As Bennett College ap
proaches a new decade, the campus
is beginning to take on a new look.
From the classrooms, to the secu
rity house, to the cafeteria, males
are becoming a more common sight
around campus.
According to Dr. Tiajuana
Mosby, dean of student develop
ment, there are about 38 teaching
and non-teaching males on this cam
pus.
“Bennett is under a state
of construction. Therefore, males
are becoming a part of the daily life
at Bennett,” Mosby said.
Derrick Newkirk, assis
tant manager of Marriott on
Bennett’s campus, describes the
women as, “petty, irresponsible,
and lacking home training.”
Newkirk’s experience has
not been a pleasant one. He says
he has had many confrontations
with the young ladies on the cam-
Please see Invasion, page 3
by Deanne McLeod
OF MUD AND MEN: The toll of
campus construction is an increase in
both.
Ml
CLASS
ACTION
AdyhKMy Board mamiMn /from back) Mona Peh^
Erica Warl^ and Shelly MaiMiam. (R.) aase VP
Shahnaz Chowdhury;who resigned.
MCL.«Od
LEAD STORY
Senior class moves
with new leadersliip
by Tracey E. Fox
Bennett Banner
After being placed on probation by their
peers, Bennett College's senior class officers
have resigned and been replaced by an advisory
board.
Last semester the senior class had been
having problems with its class officers. There
had been no class meetings or activities sched
uled. In response, Erica Warley and MonaPerry,
members of the senior class, wrote a letter of
complaint to Student Government Association
President Kim Harper. Yet, little was done.
Harper had intended to meet with Patrice
Holt, senior class president, but their schedules
were conflicting.
Pleaae see Lead Stocy, next page
Bennett Belles tell of
experiences of racism
by Kim Hall
Bennett Banner
Tick Tock. Tick Tock.
What year is this again? Is
this supposed to be the ’90s, a
society in which color is not
judged and every person is
treated as an equal?
Well, the Rodney King
verdict woke up some of those
people who thought we were
living in a hate-free world.
They couldn’t have been more
wrong.
Blacks are faced with
discrimination everyday, take
shopping as a particular ex
ample. As a black person, has
a white sales clerk ever fol
lowed you around in the store,
asked if you needed help a
billion times and pointed to
ward the cheapest sales items
assuming that you couldn’t
afford a higher priced one?
Well, if you’re nodding your
head in agreement, you’re not
the only one. Some students
at Bennett college told of inci
dents of racism that they have
encountered within retail
stores.
Please Me Tkking action, next page
Black
Butterfly finds
roots at Bennett
by Sanya Washington
Bennett Banner
Sabra Ferreira
strongly needed something to
make her life whole, and she
realized a predominantly
white college could not give
her what she longed for-black
culture. Though she was a
young black woman, she had
lived her entire life among
white people.
So she transferred to
Bennett College in Greens
boro, N.C. Eventually, her
passionate interest for black
culture inspired her to find
her birth mother.
Twenty-one years ago,
Ferreira was bom in Frank
fort, Ky. She was adopted by
white parents who lived in a
predominantly white commu
nity in Minnesota. The couple
Pleaae see Ferreira, page 6