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Candidate Perdue visits Bennett
MONYA TOMLINSON
Editor
A North Carolina Democratic candidate
for lieutenant governor made a stop at Bennett
April 11. Beverly Perdue, senator and chair
person of theN.C. Senate y^prcpriations Com
mittee, visited the campus to speak about her
campaign bid.
“I am the best candidate for lieutenant
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VOL LXK NO. 9 April 14,
Bennett College
GreensborO; NC 27401
Watson wins Miss Bennett title;
Stewart wins Miss Royal Blue and White
SHERIEA WATERS
Banner Reporter and
CANDACE D. EVANS
Sports Editor
The campaigning is
over, the votes have been
counted, and the new queens
were named for the next school
year. Miss Bennett and Miss
Royal Blue and White were
crowned April 7 at the annual
President's Ball.
Tanna Watson, a mass com
munications major from Upper
Marlboro, Md. was elected Miss
Bennett College. Natalie
Stewart, an English major from
Pennsauken, NJ. is the new
Miss Royal Blue and White.
The two were selected
Tanna Watson
Miss Bennett
2000-01
after a week of campaigning and
a March 21 pageant- After the
pageant, the judges and the stu
dent body voted for their favor
ite candidate.
Natalie Stewart
Miss Royal Blue and White
2000-01
As Miss Bennett College,
Tanna Watson’s duties will in
clude serving as chair of the
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No id card, no food;
cafeteria enforcing rules
SHERIA WATERS
Banner Reporter
Recendy, several students have
been denied entry into the cafete
ria because they didn’t have a vali
dated Bennett ID.
The question that seems to be on
most students' minds is why are
students just being checked for
identification cards?
“This isn’t the first time identifi
cation cards have been randomly
checked, so students should be used
to it,” said Jimmie Gravely, In
terim Vice President for Student
Development
“This is just a way of getting
students in the habit of caring their
ID cards because that is the rule of
the College.” Gravely said a deci- .
sion was made to check cards to
ensure students were in place in
regard to the registration process.
Some students think that the ID
checks are retaliation from Col
lege administrators .
Sophomore Stacie Murrill, an art
management major from Winston-
Salem said, “This is just a resuk of
the protests and administration is
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Cafe gets 'A' from
health department
Towing in effect for illegal parking
SHAWNTEE ANDERSON
Banner Reporter
At least seven cars have been
towed from campus since officers
of Public Safety have been enforc
ing parking regulations that were
set at the beginning of the fall
semester.
Director of Public Safety, Leon
McDougle said that he is trying to
establish traffic control and safety
by enforcing the mles of parking,
yyi students are required to pur
chase a $35 decal in order to park
on campus, McDougle said. A
memo was put in every student's
mailbox stating the towing policy
would be effective March 15,
McDougle said.
According to the memo, stu
dents, faculty, and staff were park
ing in fire and emergency lanes,
blocking gates, fire exits and
Dumpsters. It also stated that cars
were being left unattended for pro-
Icmged amounts of time.
Students’ cars with decals are
permitted to park in both lots on
Washington Street. Faculty and
staff with decals are permitted to
park bdiind Armie Memer Pfieffer
Chapel and next to Black Hall.
All students that have parked
their cars in those areas without a
permit will be warned by way of
written citation first, and can then
be towed, McDougle said.
“We don’t get pleasure out of
doing this,” McDougle said, “I’m
trying to establish an orderly set
ting.”
Tommy McMasters, fu-st shift
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LASHAINNA CAMPBELL
Banner Reporter
The Dining Hall received a
grade "A” w 92 after a March 27
Guilford Coimty Health Depart
ment inspection.
North Carolina law requires the
Guilford County Health Depart
ment to perform inspections four
times annually. These inspections
are always unannounced.
The grading scale is 90-100 (A);
80-89 (B): and 70-79 (C). Compa
nies receiving a "C" or less will be
closed.
The Dining Hall can be graded
on 11 categories. Depending on the
category and the seriousness of the
health or safety violation, point
deducti(xis can range from .5 to S.
During the March 27 inspection
the Dining Hall had 10 points de
ducted. However, the Dining Hall
received a two-point increase l)e-
cause William Correll, director of
food sCTvices, passed a "Serve
Safe" course.
This course is designed by the
government to help food service
companies become knowledge-
ableabout the seriousness of safety
and health related issues.
If an employee passes the course
his or her company is eligible to
receive a two-point increase on all
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