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WLI to sponsor presentations
honoring Wonfien's History Month
The Women's Leadership Institute is sponsoring
three different presentations during March 22 and
23 to celebrate Women’s History Month. The
theme of the presentations is "Women Putting Our
Stknp on America." The presentations will be
conducted in the regularly scheduled classes by
professors from various disciplines and depart
ments including Dr. Jewel Cooper, an assistant
professor in the Curriculum and Instruction De
partment, and Dr. Audrey Ward,an assistant pro
fessor of English and Research Associate.
Bellespeak
Features
Critic's Comer
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Belles talk about recent
smoking ban
Pages 4
Due to equipment failure, the
Feb. 12 issue featuring the
Valentine's Day wishes was
postponed. The Banner staff
apologizes for any inconve
nience caused.
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Book about segregation
gets "thumbs up" rating
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The Bennett Banner
The Newspaper Produced By And For The Phenomenal Women of Bennett College
VOL XXI NO. 8 Mardil2,1999
Bennett College
Greensboro, NC 27401
Spring-like
During the early weeks
of February, Bennett
College experienced
unseasonably warm
weather, with tempera
tures ranging between
the lower 70’s and the
lower 50’s. Shown is the
Annie Merner Pfeiffer
chapel. Photo by Leah
Whaley-Holmes, Banner
photographer.
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Tannenbaum-Sternberger
Room formally opened
Fryar crowned as new Miss UNCF
BY BRANDY JONES
Editor
The formal dedication of the
Tannenbaum-StembergerFounda-
tion Conference Room in the base
ment of Carnegie Negro Library
took place Feb. 12. Approxi
mately 25 people were on hand to
participate the in ceremony.
The Tannenbaum-Sterberger
Foundation is a philathropic orga
nization that funds projects that
focus on higher education. The
foundation has donated funds to
13 colleges and universities for
many years.
Bennett, one of the long-tme
beneficiaries of the foundation,
used a $25,000 gift that was
awarded in November 1998 to
defray the cost incurred by the
renovation of the Carnegie Negro
Library. The renovation was
completed in the summer of 1997.
The Carnegie Negro Library also
known as the "Old Negro Library'
for four decades, was once the
only library in Greensboro acces
sible to African-Americans for
learning and social activities.
During the dedication, Provost
Charlotte Alston talked about the
importance of the renovation of
the library. She said that the
Carnegie Library should be uti
lized to continue the rich tradition
of educating and community out
reach.
Turn to Opened on Page 3
by rungano nyajeka
staff Reporter
Elizabeth Fryar, a junior from
Winston Salem, who is majoring
in biology was recently crowned
as Bennett College’s Miss United
Negro College Fund 1999-2000.
Fryar also placed fourth runner-
up for the title of Miss National
UNCF, at the National Alumnae/
Natioi^ Pre-Alum/United Negro
College Fund Conference in At
lanta Feb. 4-7.
Eligibility requirements for the
campus crown include a contes
tant who is an active pre-alumnae
council member and raise at least
$600 by Jan. 4; Fryar raised
$2,650.
Fryar said that she is very enthu
siastic about assuming her new
rolein thepre-alumnaecouncil. "I
am very confident that my fiind-
Elizabeth Fryar
Miss UNCF 1999-2000
raising skills will help the PAC
raise funds effectively," Fryar
said.
As a UNCF campus queen,
Fryar is required to represent
Bennett at the annual UNCF con
ference.
Bennett College had held the
Miss National UNCF title the past
two consecutive years, until 1998.
Jamila Mcfarlane held the
crown of Bennett College Miss
UNCF 1998-1999. Mcfarlane a
senior from Queens, N.Y. who is
majoring in business administra
tion ranked first runner-up at the
past year’s conference.
"I have enjoyed my term as Miss
National UNCF and especially
competing for the national tide,"
Mcfarlane said. "I have gained
something other students wouldn’t
have gained — I came out with
more than I went in with."
Each institution’s ranking is
calculated per capita. The con
testants are judged by the total
amount they collect in direct cor
relation to their institution’s stu-
Dance ministry troupe debuts
BY MONYA TOMLINSON
Staff Reporter
Turn to Fryar on Page 3
The campus ministry has added
a new attraction to its repertoire—
dance.
Feb. 7, the 11-member dance
ministry troupe made its debut in
the Chapel performing an inter
pretive dance routine to the song
"More Than I Can Bear."
The idea of a dance ministry
came from Claudia Pearson, a
freshwoman biology major from
Washington, DC.
"Reverend. [Shirley] Canty said
she wanted to find away to expand
membership in the campus minis
try," Pearson said.
"I suggested that we start a
dance ministry so that people can
express their love of God through
dance." TheRev. Canty, the cam
pus chaplin, said that she is very
exited about the newest ministry
on campus.
"It’s [the dance ministry] a way
of getdng more students involved,”
the Rev. Canty said. Pearson said
the dancers will probably use more
fast-paced, lively music, like Kirk
Franklin for the next scheduled
performance.
After the first performance, “I’m
excited about being in this minis
try because I’ve been looking for
an organization like this at school,
said Melvette Melvin, a fresh
woman social work major from
Washington DC. "I finally found
one."