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IN THIS Low AUC voter ISSUE turnout despite NEWS The Lady Jaguar vol SSGA efforts ••• leyball team ended their Leigh Davenport • AUC Vote: SSGA season with Editor-in-Chief a victory against expresses disappoint Tuskegee. PAGE 3 When the polls closed at ment wih turnout. Clark Atlanta University’s gym Will the proposed Story on Page 11 on Tuesday November 4th, only changes to the HOPE Scholarship mean fewer 104 people had voted. That is of Georgia’s black stu not even 10 percent of the num "Karen Handel basically told dents in colleges? See ber of students registered to us the AUC wasn’t worth her the stats. PAGE 4 vote in Fulton county. time, and apparently she was "The most upsetting part is right," said SSGA vice-presi Morehouse and that people just gave excuses dent Flojaune Griffin. like, I didn’t have time. They Karen Handel won Fulton Spelman visit Utopia laughed at it like it was a joke," County commissioner with ARTS & LIVING said SSGA president Asha 57.79 percent of the vote. The Matrix Jennings. There have been two Meet trilogy final Astid Thomas • Utopia: The annual Jennings and the rest of the the Candidate forums in the ly has a News Editor Homecoming review SGA is extremely upset that AUC. Handel declined to par their numerous attempts to ticipate in either one. conclusion in words and pictures. in theaters. "I love the idea of our two encourage voter registration Along with the forums, SGA Read the institutions joined for home Story on Page 6 and participation went seeming has held four voter registration review of The Matrix coming. Our experiences at ly unnoticed by the Spelman drives and went door to door Revolutions. PAGE 8 Spelman and Morehouse are so homecomings were good, but community. the night before the election intertwined that it only makes coming back together is a nice This year the SGA intro reminding people to vote. The sense for us to celebrate home tradition because there was duced the R.I.G.(Register in day of the election student rep coming together," said Ebony more student participation and a Georgia) campaign as a campus resentatives went through the FEATURES McNeal, a P.U.L.S.E member variety of activities," said Erica wide incentive to vote in classroom building hallways and homecoming Deputy Fields, a junior Dual Degree Georgia. Many local politicians with bullhorns making public Our trip to Utopia is over; Director. major. have called the AUC a sleeping service announcements. time to go back to School This year, Spelman and In response to the students’ giant, due to the large number "A lot of teachers closed Daze, but the Fusion of Morehouse came together to opinions, both colleges came of voters that do not participate Morehouse and Spelman continue the tradition of a joint together equally on a financial in elections. See VOTERS, page 4 for homecoming makes homecoming. basis to organize and plan for great memories. "I though that joint home homecoming 2003. Check out this week’s coming was wonderful this "It’s not about the people Opinion Poll. PAGE 6 year. It was good to see who plan it, its about the stu Prank calls received from Spelman and Morehouse come dents," said Melanie Bullock, Spelhouse love: a tragic back together and celebrate co-chair of P.U.L.S.E and one curse or a alleged Greek council with each other after last year’s of the directors of homecoming. beloved institu individual efforts," said Sheena The main focus of both col tion? Chelsea Blackwell, a junior English leges’ homecoming staff was to Leigh Davenport also said I had the opportunity Rodgers major. ensure the students have fun Editor-in-Chief to give one of the members of explores our the fraternity oral sex, or lasting rela "As a sophomore and not and enjoy all the activities that tions with the having witnessed a joint home are planned. Even though it Several students have make myself orgasm over the brothers coming, I was excited," said was a stressful homecoming received prank phone calls in phone. I hung up." across the Rachel Wilfred, a P.U.L.S.E prepartion, the students were the last month from males who To date, no one has been street. member. satisfied. claim to be members of a harmed as a result of the PAGE 7 Last year, both colleges "Its was an incredible work Greek Council. The calls show phone calls but students and decided to deviate from the tra ing experience planning home up on Caller ID as Spelman administrators are concerned. dition and have separate home coming. Definitely, the results Campus and usually occur in "These phone calls could comings. Since many students were pleasing," said Bullock. the late night to early morning be really harmful to the greek PERSPECTIVES had different opinions about the Since this year’s theme was, hours. The calls end in asking organizations on campus. A new situation, P.U.L.S.E, decid "Utopia: Where No Boundaries for the person to meet some lot of students may not realize The edgy urban board Exist," which reflected the lega where the following day. that this has nothing to do game Ghettopoly has ed to conduct group discus with membership intake, and made front page news for sions, polls, and questionnaires cy and tradition of the joint "My phone rang at about 3 weeks. Spelmanites to evaluate the students’ feel homecomings, it was a time of a.m. in the morning and when I it’s also just a false represen sound off about the ings and opinions about the sep perfection and unity. Both col answered, the person said he tation of how the organiza stereotype. arate homecomings. In addi leges wanted all students to par was in the brother fraternity to tions operate," said Tanesha PAGE 9 tion, they received feedback ticipate and enjoy all the activi the greek organization I was Stewart, member of Spelman’s from alumnae that they pre ties. interested in," said Rebecca Eta Kappa Chapter of Delta Autumn: falling leaves, ferred the homecomings remain "This year’s homecoming Chattman, senior. "He said that Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. giving thanks, breaking joined. was exciting, crunk, enjoyable, he had just met with them [the "Members of all greek organi up? Is this; inethe most poppop- "I felt that the separate and overall great," said Bullock. sorority] and that they asked zations are strongly urging ular season him to help weed out their students to disregard these to fall out interests. He then asked me to phone calls." of love? DON’T FORGET TO VOTE!!! meet at 4 p.m. in lower Manley Miracle Myles, a members Read the Morehouse student Khaatim S. El will participate in a the next day wearing a of Spelman’s Mu Pi Chapter Perspective.re. run-off election for School Board Representative Spelman sweatshirt. Right PAGE 9 against Byron D. Amos on Tuesday, November 25. before he got off the phone he See CALLS, page 3 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2003 NEWS THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT From the Editors 2003-2004 Editorial Board Where’s the Spelman vide our Spelman sisters with a of Representatives committcss, students got in but somehow Spotlight you ask? It’s in the paper that represents them. working for the SGA or run couldn’t make it here, under Spotlight office in Lower To say that criticism is part ning for class council. These stand that we have all been Leigh A. Davenport Manley, room 104. It’s still in of life is obvious. We all expe same people are also the presi blessed. Everyday we drag our Editor-in-Chief the office because if we pro rience criticism in everything dents of clubs, and organizers feet across the yard, with our duced the Spotlight with the that we do. However, there is a of protests. While you are heads hanging complaining Charli A. Penn equipment supplied to us in our type of criticism that Spelman reading you can probably name about how tired we are, under Editor-in-Chief office there’d never be another students seem not to believe in. the people you know that are stand that someone else, would one. It’s called CONSTRUC truly active within the Spelman have given so much to walk in The Spotlight office in it’s TIVE criticism. This is when community. that same path. Erika Parrish entirety (minus staff' donations you don’t sit in your room hav We’ve talked about, ana Perhaps the reason that we Executive Production Editor & contributions) consists of 5 ing pow wow sessions about lyzed and complained about as editors of the Spotlight are desks, a phone, two Dell PC’s why the Spotlight isn’t weekly, the apathy, but apparantly it’s so dedicated to our job is because we understand that Kenisha Everette one which is inoperational, a and how come SGA didn’t do not going anywhere. At least really old microwave (which MORE to encourage voting, we could hope however that if opportunities don’t always Photo Editors we really don’t know why it’s and how come homecoming you’re going to be apathetic, present themselves in the way even there) chairs from Lower wasn’t that way you thought it don’t dare complain about that you want them. Astrid L Thomas Manley, big file cabinets, and should be. This is when you something you don’t like. If Sometimes you have to create News Editor ocassionaly a family of visiting approach the organization for you don’t vote, you can’t be them for yourself.

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