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The News Argus, November 2002 t -STUDENT 'eatures MEXICO, from page 5 very little English. I talk with her a lot, and she always asks me how to say different words in English," said Lackey in an e-mail interview. "She taught me how to sew and wants to teach me how to make a tradi tional Mexican meal." Lackey left for Mexico on July 25 in the midst of sweltering heat in the United States. Unexpectedly, the temper ature in Queretaro has not been extremely warm. The weather was not the only thing that differed from her expectations. Lackey did not expect Mexico to be unclean and old-looking. "I didn't expect to see Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants, VW Beetles (the old ones), connected PAGEANT, from page 5 and fitness, artistic expression, and presence and Poise. Fountain modeled a black swimsuit in the lifestyle and fitness por tion. As her talent, she sang "How Many Times." She hopes that more African-Americans will participate in the pageant. She said it is an opportu- houses, or many indige nous (native) people. I thought there would be more large families," said Lackey. "1 have gone shopping, to the movies, out to eat, to the club, and to Six Flags. My host mother has also taken me to see the historic downtown area, museums, cathedrals and markets," Lackey said. The initial culture shock alerted her to the forth coming experience. "Culture shock was a trip. When 1 am with other students in the international program (which includes students from the United States, Canada, Germany, France, and Brazil) I speak English. In my classes and at home I speak Spanish. It is strange to speak English for a while, then to hear people speaking mostly Spanish. I thought nity to win scholarship money and address issues that hinder our society. "I want to reach out to the youth to teach them that violence is not the way to solve problems. I feel that it is more diffi cult for youth in our soci ety, because of all the destruction that is going on," said Fountain. Although she did not come away with a victory this time, she plans to there would be more peo ple here that speak English," said Lackey. Lackey said she enjoys meeting the other interna tional and Mexican stu dents, although she finds it more difficult to speak Spanish with other inter national students. "There are some inter national students here that speak Spanish better than English, so it is good to be able to practice my Spanish with other Mexicans. I have to inter view people about cus toms or culture for many of my homework assign ments, so it's good to know people so I don't have to ask strangers, " Lackey explained. The structure of the aca demic program differs from what she has become comfortable with throughout school. All exams are during the last compete again next year. Preparation for the pageant was somewhat different from others that she has been involved with. "We had to do every thing ourselves, our hair and makeup. I did enjoy the experience, and I will prepare more for next year's competition," she said. In addition to her love for pageants, she enjoys week of the month and are broken down into the first partial, second par tial, third partial and final. "I'm taking grammar, conversation, literature, and composition to help improve what I have already learned at WSSU. When I return, I will have a better understanding of the Spanish language. I want to be able to com municate better with Spanish-speaking people, and I hope to find a Spanish internship when I return so that I can contin ue to practice my Spanish," Lackey said. "Without the support of my family, friends and staff at the from the uni versity, I would not have been able to make this trip." There are three other students from Winston- Salem State who have taken advantage of the working her part-time job, drawing and poetry. She labels herself as an ambitious woman who enjoys balancing school priorities, work and per sonal endeavors. Her parents, Carol and Dennis, have been consis tent in motivating and supporting her. They both own busi nesses and her mom is working on her master's degree. She said watching opportunity to study abroad in the program coordinated by Dr. Olasope Oyelaran, the director of the Office of International Programs. Clarissa Williams, a senior mass communica tions major, and Bobbi Lynch and Tamara Hughes, both senior English majors, are also exploring the Mexican culture. By Dec. 12, the date that Lackey returns, she will have had plenty of licau- do (milk, bananas, sugar, and cinnamon mixed in the blender to a thick con sistency), practiced read ing Spanish subtitles while the television is on mute, exercise - jumping around to techno-latina, and enough elotes and mixed "Saturday-morn- ing" breakfast cereals to last a lifetime. her mom's success has shown her that anything is possible. Fountain knows that to be a winner in a competi tion of this nature that she has to be primed more than any of the other competitors. She said, "I know what to expect now, and I will begin now to condition and equip myself for a more successful outing next year." PLAN, from page 1 faculty and staff was the continuation with the con cept of the university clock tower. The decision was that it was the most needed element for the university, as a place for the identity of the univer sity." The plan divides WSSU into seven sectors that would include the main campus sector, which would notably house a student activities center and would be behind the Thompson Student Center. It would also house a fitness center, movie theater, bowling alley and other activities. The fine arts district sec tor would have the fine arts department possibly moving to a refurbished and expanded Hauser Building, which would link with K.R. Williams Auditorium. A freshmen village would house lower class men in the existing area between Moore, Dilliard and Atkins, while the upperclassmen would live on the other side of MLK in the southern sector. The historic district, which recently had the opening of the newly refurbished Simon Green Atkins house, will be the focal point. The northwest sector would house health sci ence, computer science and physical science. The eastern sector will hold the relocated School of Education, which would be on the lower practice field and would be the destination point of the pedestrian mall. The athletic facilities would also be between Bowman Gray Stadium and the Anderson Center. But what weighed on the minds of many of the fraternities and sororities was how their plots fit into the plan. Dr. Melody Pierce, the vice chancellor of Student Affairs, said, "The plots that are currently there will be reconfigured. The plot area will remain as the plot area. "Due to the configura tion, some of the plots have to be moved any way, because of the pedestrian mall. So what were going to do is recon figure all of them so that everyone will have equal space. The entire area will be cleared, and we are coming up with a design which will give equal space for everyone." As for the time span and cost of the entire process, Hodge said that it would cost about $7 million. "The pedestrian mall is going to take about a year to construct. We're talking about that long before we see the conflict," said Hodge. THREADS, from page 1 which Dobbs and Thompson are both a part of. The list is expanding as the students' clothing line gains recognition. "We met some people from the Livingstone modeling troupe and kept in touch," said Dobbs. "Then they came at us one week and asked if we could make them 10 out fits in two weeks." Immediately, JA-BI- ACH got to work, getting sizes and demonstrating routines for the group to model the apparel. Students at WSSU are beginning to hire JA-BI- ACH to create nontradi- tional pieces for them. Charlie Davis, a senior history major, is having the men design her cheer- leading letterman jacket. "I had had a pullover made for a friend and a tie for my boyfriend," said Davis. "I was very pleased with his (Dobbs) work, so I'm having him do my let terman jacket." Davis said being differ ent and unique are impor tant to her. Promoting black businesses is even more important. "Black people fail to realize that they don't give back. They've got the money now, but they give it to white businesses." Dobbs and Thompson say this is just the begin ning for JA-BI-ACH. They plan to turn it into an enterprise. Thompson, who describes himself as a person "about growth and change" is extremely confident in this. "When you wake up your sheets might be JA- BI-ACH, your doorknob might be JA-BI-ACH, and when you turn on your TV, that might be JA-BI- ACH, too."
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