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 ^ 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 ri \o 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

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