OCTOBER 27 1994 • BENNETT BANNER • 7
Tumblebus is
fitness on wtieels
Christine Lewis
Banner News Editor
Tomillionsofparents, the
school bus is known as being only
a reliable source of transporting
children to and from the schoolyard.
According to, Tammy
Hanna, director of the Tumblebees
Tumblebus at the Children’s
House, the school bus can be a
little more than just transportation.
Taking a ride on the
TumbleBus is no ordinary bus ride.
This is a school bus, with
out the seats, padded floors and
walls for safety, a heating and air
condition system for year round
comfort, with bright colored mats
with equipment scaled down to
preschoolers size along with some
exciting lesson plans.
TumbleBus is a gymnas
tics movement educational class
being brought to the Children’s
House on campus.
The TumbleB us has been
recognized for offering superior
physical education programs.
The programs have two
primary goals: To raise each child’s
confidence level by encouraging
them to go beyond their own ex
pectations and perceived limita
tions, and to develop each child’s
kinesthetic awareness, physical
ability and coordination.
“But don’t tell the kids,”
Hanna said. “They think it’s just
having fun.”
“We have a lot of fun on
IheTumbleBus, we sing songs and
do flips,” said Shienn Rankin,
Greensboro, pre- kindergarten.
Though this innovative,
broad-based approach, the
TumbleBus program will help pre
pare your child for future involve
ment in all athletics.
Hanna believes thatnoth-
ing is more important than achild’s
self-esteem.
According to Hanna, it
is a sad, but well-documented,
that today’s busy lifestyles do not
allow a large percentage of chil
dren the opportunity to participate
in an adequate exercise program.
The TumbleBus is a physi
cal education experience that children
will anxiously await each week.
" I can't wait for
TumbleBus to come to my school
because I have fun,” Crishon
Lewis, Wash., D.C., pre-kinder
garten. “I get to flip around on my
head Daughing].”
Humanities Division
has busy summer
Jenee Hulin
Banner Reporter
The Division of Humanities’ faculty and students had an active summer full of
interesting events.
Vacations and internships were among the various activitivities experienced
this summer.
Dr. David Pinnix, chair of the Music Department, conducted his annual two-
day workshops fw North Carolina Piano teadiers at Burrage Music Co. in Raleigh June 21 -
22. He also played the organ at four weddings. Despite the busy schedule, Dr. Pinnix
managed to vacation in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Wyoming during late July and early
August
Karla Scott, director of the college dioir, kept busy this summer by surrounding
herself with music. In June and July, she took voice lessons with her mentor Mrs. Carmen
Balthrop at the University of Maryland. Scott entertained the audience at opening
ceremonies of “Retrospect: Six Decades-Eva Hamlin Miller” at the African American
Atelier. She performed an opera selection entitled “Do the Drag.”
Six students of the college dioir accompanied President Scott to College Park
Baptist Church and sang at the funeral of the former Sen. Mary Seymour.
Nicole Issac, senior majoring in mass communications from New York,
interned with Amalgamated Qothing and Textile Workers’ Union. The campaign was to
organize wwkers and improve working conditions in Martins villeVa. . Isaac has also been
choserf“Miss Mass Communications” 94-95. Jori Johnson, sophomore mass communi
cations major from New Orleans, interned at the Port of New Orleans, which is one of the
nation’s biggest shipping ports. She worked in the office of Corporate Communications.
Johnson’s job involved executive level planning, decision making, and the execution of
responsibilities.
Dr. Anne Mangum, Enghsh professor, went to classical tour of Greece in July
where she learned and collected information and materials relative to teaching World
Literature and Qassical Mythology.
Dr. Marie Tollerson, instnictor of French and Spanish, led a graip of nine on
a tour of Senegal and Gambia.
Dr. Linda (instrurtor of English) Brown’s next book Crossing Over Jordan is
to be released in 1995 and pubUshed by Ballantine Press.
SepL 20 marked marked the dale for the Enghsh and Foreign Language
Department’s Fall Mixer. The mixer was an opportunity for students to become familiar
with the staff
Panel provides insights
about U.S. intervention
Nicole l\/l. Southern
Banner Feature Editor
Seeking to fill the void of confusion
in the minds of their students about
American intervention in Haiti, the
Social Sciences division held a pan
elist discussion SepL 29.
Various instructors of the divi
sion served on the panel: Dr.
Johnson Adefila, associate profes
sor of History; Dr. Stuart A. Taylor,
chairperson of the Business and Eco
nomics Division; Dr. Matthew
Redinger, assistant professor of His
tory; Dr. Michael Reed, associate
professor of Psychology; and Dr.
Krishna KasibhaUa, acting director
of the Social Sciences Division.
Adefila offered extra-credit to stu
dents for writing critiques on the
discussion. Three of the students
are: Jocelyn White, a sophomore
majoring in Psychology from Wash
ington, D.C., Terri Tyneen Moore,
a sophomore majoring in biology
from Alexandria, Va., and Sabrina
Tarver, a senior majoring in busi
ness administration from East Or
ange, N.J.
“Why is the United Stales
intervening in Haiti? This is the
quesfion everyone is asking,”
White said. “The United States
intervenes when they see that a
country is having political, social,
and economic problems. 1 person
ally feel that our men and women
should not have to go somewhere
else to solve someone else’s prob
lems when we can not even solve
our own,White said.” “1 can un
derstand that the problem with
young Black males might seem
mediocre to that of many people
dying in the streets of Haiti by
their government, but our prob
lems are just important. White
wrote.”
“This forum helped me to un
derstand the many different points
of views about the intervention.
Even though the panelists hiKl dif
ferent opinions, they all helped to
explain the intervention lo me a
little better, Tarver wrote.”
“'I'he Haitians friMn day
one have been treated as children,
Mcx)re wrote.” How then can we
expect them to act as atlulLs? How
can there ever be pcace until there is
peace of mind? Soldiers do not
scilve the problem, they only sub
due it fora time," she added. “When
they leave, the problem still per
sists. America must re;ili/,e tliat
once they intervene, they are lU-
ways a part of Haiti. Just as with
children, your responsibilities do
not end witli walking, txilking, and
learning to read, but continue on for
the rest of their lives." “Interven
tion is synonymous with longevity.
America must consider this, then
decide what is uiily the right tiling
to do."
Local women's center offers a variety of assistance
Nicole L. Isaac
Banner Staff
In a time in where a woman may
need a confidant to rely on, or
some helpful advice and informa
tion on pregnancy, abortion or
adoption, the Greensboro Preg
nancy Care Center is here to offer
their services to the women of
Greensboro.
The non-profit organiza
tion which made it’s mark in
Greensboro in 1985 is not a medi
cal facility, but provides free preg
nancy tests, pregnancy informa
tion and assistance, abortion/adop
tion information, medical, housing
and legal referrals, maternity and
baby clothes (for newborns to 24
months) in addition to several other
services to women who may be
facing pregnancy. The center is
part of the Christian Action Coun
cil, and is one of the 450 centers
nationwide.
“We are here to help the
woman,” said Renee Stout, direc
tor of Public Education at the cen
ter. “Our doors are always open.”
The Greensboro Preg
nancy Care Center has more than
200 volunteers in addition to four
staff persons who provide care and
concern to each and every one of
their clients.
Since the centers estab
lishment in ’ 85, they have received
nothing less than positive reactions
from the Greensboro community,
which can be proved by the num
ber of perscMis who volunteer their
time at the center, and the contribu
tions the center receives from vari
ous businesses, churches and indi
viduals within the community. In
1993 the Greensboro Pregnancy
Care Center collected $187,670 in
contributions.
“We also host a fund-raiser ban
quet every fall held in the Koury
Convention Center,” Stout said.
At this year’s annual banquet over
900 people turned out for the event
which provided testimonies from
clients, and showed slides of the
work the center has done.
The center provides a
number of council sessions as well
as programs to their clients. Among
the many are the Post Abortion
Counseling, Post Adoption Coun
seling, Womens’/Teens’ Support
Ciroup and “The Great To Wait”
program which teaches
abstainance. T he l^regnancy ('are
Center even provides support
groups for men in relation to preg
nancy issues. Over 7,0(X) women
have been reached through the cen
ters many programs.
When asked how do they
explain the choice of abortion lo
their client.s, “We are not graphic,
we do not use scare taclics.”Stoul
said. “We jusi give scientific facts
about abortion.”
Stout repeatedly empha
sized that the Pregnmicy ('iire ('en
ter is here for the wom;ui, :uid that
their d(X)rs are always open.
“We can be de.scribed as
compassionate, open, confidential
and caring,” Stout said.
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