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The News Argus November 1995 Page 5 CAMPUS HAPPENINGS Poetry Corner BODY AND SOUL You always were the loud one but could put a smile on someone's face Never did I take the time to see how talented you were nor how special You played practical jokes and cried with us sometimes but never in the world would I think I'd be so sad around you now Your hair is cute and so is your suit You sure do look lighter than before I see your mother and your father, but where are all of your friends? Maybe they were too scared to be here or...Nah Never mind or maybe they were ashamed because you died of AIDS. Jhonnell Ridout THE GRADUATE Five books as big as dictionaries Four bills to pay with no money My parents, the're on vaction but didn't ask me if I wanted to go. Oh, well it's late now and this place is about to close, and the the big day is tomorrow, all my shoes are worn out and my car is dead, but I guess I must thank God because next week, I am going to be the first black female in my family to graduate from college. Jhonnell Ridout •" Tree of Life" Provides Mind Food BY KEISHA BUTLER Staff Writer Do you hunger for knowledge, wisdom, cultural and spiritual identity? If so, then hunger no more. The Tree of Life will feed your mind, body and soul. The Tree of Life, located at 1404 N. Cherry Street, is a new store in Winston-Salem that is geared toward providing an “overstanding” of the world through the eyes of African souls. The store, owned and operated by Weusi Baraka and Hashim Salih, opened its doors to the public in October 1994. “The Tree of Life is striving to be known not just as an Afrocentric store, but more so as Winston-Salem’s house of cultural enlightenment,” said Baraka. To keep the culture alive, African dance and drumming classes and information regarding cultural history and philosophies will be available at the store. At The Tree of Life you will find incense, oils, health and cooking herbs, Jamaican vegetable and beef patties, natural health and beauty aides, jewelry and an array of books/pamphlets containing information regarding issues that may be important to persons of African decent. The roots of the Tree of Life started sprouting long before it’s doors opened in Winston-Salem last October. The store received it’s origins in Harlem, NY. Hashim Salih gave birth to the idea of having a Tree of Life in Winston-Salem, NC. “When I lived in New York, there was a store called the Tree of Life. It was very impressive. It sold herbs and literature of all kinds. There was even a place in the back of the store, like a small library, where you could go and read a book. If you couldn’t afford to buy a book, all you had to do was go to the back and read it. Anyway, the Tree of Life impressed me so much that I dreamed of owning a place just like it,” recalled Salih. The store in New York is no longer in existence. For further information, call 724- 2200. Each Way Save on airfare to your favorite desti nations. There’s no advance purchase, no Saturday stay required. Flights fill up fast. Call now. Call your travel agent or l*800*644«FLY Bee AIRLINES f M^«r New. 22. 2S an4 24; Dee. 72.&rou^ 2.19H (nct^ Chrkmw and on Trvnton iM Bouon #|ha Irem 12 noy Frk% through f Do«« net ineludc $1 Pntcnger hcMcf 0«r|c ol Botton, Palm Al hrtt art non-refmdiWe. but b« (or a flS in one year farn and ichcdulet are tubi«ct to ctvnft Ri|ha de net onTundaf No RoHda tow(M>ound Monday and northboundWtdn^ids^ Trenton Boston Jacksonville
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