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Catwalk collapses during Nubian Nuance show
MONYA TOMLINSON
ChiefEditor
Ten students fell when the catwalk to the
stage collapsed during the Nubian Nuance
fashion show April 5. The catwalk col
lapsed during a break in the“WOW!
Fashions of the World” program, while
members of the audience were dancing on
it.
The accident occured when master of cer
emony, Derek Mitchell, student at NC A&T
State University, urged members of the
audience to participate in the “Cha-Cha
Slide” on the catwalk.
Organizers of the event said they did not
understand why people got on the catwalk
Tiffany White, a junior mass communica
tions major fromUpper Marlboro, Md. said
the emcee said the students could dance on
the catwalk.
“It was like we fell out of the sky,” White
said. “One moment 1 was dancing, the next
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Bellespeak
Critic’s Corner
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“School spirit:
Where is it?”
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“Where happened to
the school spirit?"
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Music Soulchild’s
“Ajuswanaseing”
The Bennett Banner
Vol. XXII No. 3
New parking
violations
strictly enforced
BY SHAWNTEE ANDERSON
Managing Editor
Picture this.
A student is late for class. She decides to park
her car in a parking space designated for faculty
and staff only. She knows she’s not allowed to
park there, but it gets her closer to her classroom
as the clock ticks away.
She arrives to class on time, but on her return
she notices an orange contraption - a boot -
on one of the wheels of her car. She knows
she’s busted.
The Public Safety Department has a new pol
icy for enforcing parking regulations. At a pub
lic safety officer’s discretion, a boot can be
placed on a car as a method of dealing with
parking violators.
‘There was a memo placed in student’s mail
boxes describing the procedures in which one
can be penalized for violating parking regula
tions,” said Tommy McMasters, first shift
supervisor. The memo stated, effective Jan. 5
that a written warning citation, immobilization
of vehicles, or towing will be used to enforce
April 20, 2001
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Collins to become
14th president
Althia F. Collins will take
over the duties as president
of Bennett College July 1.
The Board of Trustees
made the announcement
April 7. Collins, who will
become the
College’s 14th
president, is
the chief exec
utive officer
for Academic
and
Educational
Resources,
a Vi rgi n i a-
based consult
ing company,
formed in
1 9 9 8.
Collins, a
native of Tennessee,
received her undergraduate
degree in sociology from
Carson-Newman College.
She earned an MS degree
in English education and a
doctor of education in edu
cational administration and
President-elect
Althia Collins
supervision from The
University of Tennessee.
Collins has been employed
at several institutions
including Motlow State
Community College;
Knoxville
College; and
Georgia Military
College in
Augusta. The
selection of
Collins selection
completes almost
a year of work by
College’s the
search commit
tee.
Collins said she
has appreciated
Bennett’s reputa
tion for many years .
“I also want to lead
Bennett College into a new
direction that reflects 21st
Century issues and ideas,”
Collins said.
More infoimation about
Collins is available at
WWW. hennett. edu
Marriot sponsors hunger awareness project
BY LASHAINNA CAMPBELL,
Associate Editor
Sodexho Marriott food services spon
sored a Global Banquet April 11 to pro
vide a visual representation of the seri
ousness of hunger in the United States.
Three tables were set up, each repre
senting a socio-economic level in the
United States. Twenty-two student vol
unteers were asked to sit at a table that
represented different situations dealing
with hunger in the United States.
Table One represented the elite, the
people who do not suffer from hunger.
The participants at this table were served
rib-eye steaks, lobster tails, salad, garlic
bread, a baked potato, clam stuffed with
lobster, cheesecake and sparkling grape
cider.
“This is an important message that
people need to know about,” said
Shemell Brown,a member of Table One.
“Some people are eating this well
while others are going to bed hungry that
is a problem.” Brown a sophomore psy
chology major from Queens, N.Y.
Volunteers at Table Two were served
spaghetti, garlic bread and vegetables.
This group represented the middle class
or people who are not elite but not poor .
Soundra Jones said they[ middle class]
eat on a regular basis.
The members of Table Three were-
served baked beans, a slice of bread and
a glass of water. “These people usually
eat one meal a day and they usually go
to bed hungry,” Jones said.
Rhondala Jackson a member of Table
Three said, “ It’s amazing how people are
living and no one seems to care. 1 thought
that this experiment was very interesting.”
Jackson is a freshwoman political science
major from Detroit, Mich.
“Our [Sordexho Marriott] goal was to
heighten awareness among the students,”
Jones said.
“We believe that if we could give a
visual representation[of hunger in the
United States] to students, it would help
with our efforts for a food drive, that
many people in Guilford County would
benefit from.