Vol- LI---- No. 4 December 9, 1996 Moving Off Campus Next Semester? Not Likely With Spelman's New Contract by Nadiyah R. Bradshaw Staff Writer about why she wants to move she stated, "I'm a This year Spelman sophomore staying in a College has enacted a freshman dorm. The full year housing con­ room was meant for just tract. According to Ms. two students, but there Emily Mobley, Direc­ are three of us in there. tor of Residential Life, It looks like they just "Spelman is just catch­ threw a bed right in the ing up with the times. middle of the floor for Just about every college me. The room is very in this country has a full small and cramped. I Photo by Maisha Wynn, Staff Photographer year housing contract." Cont'd on Page ll Previously, Spelman worked on a but when spring comes, the college, graduation, semester based housing students are ready to suspension or expulsion, contract in which a stu­ move off. Therefore, pregnancy, part-time dent had the choice of causing Spelman to lose status, unsatisfactory moving off campus af­ money. With the new academic record, viola­ In Short .................... ter the first semester. contract Spelman not tion of college policies/ only saves money but is procedures, or if the stu­ OnSite Info.. Now, once you sign the Beyond the GATES* .< new contract, you are earning more because dent has a contagious disease or owes money obligated to live on cam­ there will be no empty VOICES......................6- pus for the duration of rooms." from a previous semes­ the school year. Ms Termination of the ter. At Your Leisure. 8+1 Mobley concludes that, housing contract is per­ A.C. Holland, a "This new system is in­ mitted only under the sophomore here at deed for the best. Dur­ following conditions: Spelman wants to move Health Vibe. ing the fall semester official withdrawal or off campus next semes­ JaguarSpirit. campus housing is full, leave of absence from ter. When question page 2 Spelman Spotlight •December 9,1996 ' Spelman Spotlight by Jennifer Haile In Short 1996-1997 STAFF Nakia Clements, Co-editor Hostages in Bunia Crystal Slade, Co-editor Erika Ford, Rebels in Zaire seized the last region con­ Business Manager/Co-Editor tained by government troops. The rebels have I ' ' ', 'ft' taken control over all road routes to and from the At Your Leisure city of Bunia, holding over 3,000 government Erica Edwards, Section Editor soilders hostage. As a result, myriads of civilians Ayana Free, Copy Editor within the area have become victims of unwarranted violence and death. j Beyond the Gates RaShell Smith, Section Editor Plane crash in NJ E - A one-engine plane crashed through ! Fashion Expressions Newcomb's Market, a small grocery store in Port Stephanie Scott, Section Editor Norris, New Jersey. The crash killed the pilot and wounded a shopping customer. The tail portion of Health Vibe the totaled plane is the only section visible to the | Patricia Banks, Section Editor [ Tamikia Jones, Copy Editor small community. Volcanic Eruptions I In Short Jennifer Haile, Section Editor in Manam Jaguar Spirit Volcanic eruptions have calmed on the re­ Leslie Wingard, Section Editor mote island of Manam, after taking over ten lives. Originally, the death toll was four, but other On Site Info. hospitilized victims have succumbed to severe Tikenya Foster, Section Editor bodily burns. Spotlight Aretha Franklin Nakia Clements, Section Editor Crystal Slade, Section Editor starts new label Voices and Vent Soul legend, Aretha Franklin, will start a new Allison Taite, Section Editor recording label, entitled ALF Records, which will sign and develop new R&B, gospel and pop artists. Staff Photographer ALF Records has no distrubutor, but will approach Maisha Wynn various labels after Franklin releases her upcom­ ing album. Meanwhile, Aretha Franklin will con­ Layout and Design tinue to be produced by Arista Records. Crystal Slade • * Spelman Spotlight »December 9,1996 page 3 Spelman Observes World AIDS Day sentations, musical selections, The program concluded by Stephanie Scott and photographs of the effects of with closing remarks and offer­ Fashion Expressions AIDS. Over the past decade more ings were made to Hydea and her Spelman joined our brother AIDS awareness material has family. On behalf of Spelman and sister schools of the Atlanta been circulated throughout the College, Dr. Johnnetta Cole gave University Center to face the chal­ media and in classrooms. But it Hydea an invitation to attend lenges of HIV/AIDS at a World may not seem like a reality until Spelman upon her completion of Aids Day, forum on December 2. it effects you personally. high school. Hydea responded The theme of World AIDS Day That is why guest speaker by saying that she had already in the AUC was, "One World, Hydeia L. Broadbent, a twelve accepted an invitation by another One Hope." year old little girl who is living college, but she would like the The program was filled with with AIDS, has committed her opportunity to pass the blessing information about AIDS (ac­ life to AIDS awareness and edu­ onto her younger sister. quired immunodeficiency syn­ cation. She travels around the For more information on drome), which is caused by HIV, country lecturing at high schools AIDS awareness, please call: 1- the human immunodeficiency and making television appear­ 800-551-2728 or (in Atlanta) virus. There were medical per­ ances on shows such as 20/20, (404)876-9944. spectives, chart and monitor pre- etc. Christmas Celebrations Worldwide aspect of the holiday season. by Ayana Mt. Davis December 24, and the two days Staff Writer following it are also national holi­ "The main difference be­ days." tween Christmas in the U.S. and Christmas is like no other "The day after Christmas, in Namibia is that there is no holiday season. Thousands of Boxing Day, is also a national emphasis on gift-giving," says colored light bulbs adorn trees, holiday, and we usually chill out Nangula Geingob, a sophomore streets, and houses. Malls are or visit family and friends," ex­ from Namibia, Africa. "Our crowded with shoppers making plains Lynette Thompson, an Christmas is more orthodox. We last minute purchases. Lighted exchange student from Aberdeen, spend most of the Christmas day replicas of the nativity scene with Scotland. in church , eating or praying." Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus "Our Christmas day consists "We don't traditionally ask illuminate church fronts. Sur­ of cooking," states Herana for gifts," says Moffat from St. prisingly enough, various Christ­ Moffat, a native of St. Lucia. Lucia. "Usually there is a simple mas traditions are celebrated in "Pork, yams, cassava cake and exchange of gifts but no lists are similar ways in countries around bread, fruit cake, and alcohol made like here (in the States)." the world. make up our traditional Christ­ From around the world, "Christmas is the biggest mas dinner." Christmas and the essential mean­ celebrated holiday of the year," While Christmas has be­ ing of the holiday, is a celebra­ says Hana Weisserova, an ex­ come a commercial season in tion be it through the gathering of change student from the Czech America, other countries do not family or religious observance. Republic. "Our Christmas day is require gift-giving as a necessary ,afSe 4 Spelman Spotlight »December 9, 1996 Documents Show Thurgood Marshall Passed Information to the FBI Gregg Wright Contributing Writer between Marshall and Hoover then screened the files before re­ became cordial. The reports then leasing copies. The 1,300 page Newly released FBI docu­ make mention of Marshall pass­ file released by the FBI casts a ments show that the late Supreme ing information on to the FBI. new light on Marshall's life. Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall "If you look at this in the Marshall died after a career as gave informationto the FBI while context of the survival of the one of the most important civil serving as an outspoken leader of NAACP, he probably realized rights lawyers of the century. the civil rights movement. that he couldn't survive without Marshall's major victory was the Marshall, who served on the mollifying Hoover," said 1954 court decision banning ra­ Supreme Court from 1967-91, Alexander Charns, author of a cial segregation in public schools. publicly criticized the FBI and its book on the relationship between Thurgood Jr., said that documents director, J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover the FBI and the high court. indicating a cooperative relation- was seen as an ally of white su­ "He seemed to rely on the ship between Marshall and premacy, instead of helping civil FBI for a lot," said Marshall's Hoover are an "ironic twist," rights enforcement. son, Thurgood Jr., who also re­ given their earlier animosity. During his early years as ceived a copy of the file. "There The files on Marshall sug­ counsel for the NAACP Legal was a running conflict between gest that while he publicly criti­ Defense and Educational Fund, the two entities. By the time I cized the FBI throughout his ca­ Marshall had an uneasy relation­ came along, from our discussions reer before becoming a judge in ship with Hoover. The Bureau it seemed he was more aligned," 1961, he kept a private relation­ stockpiled files on Marshall dat­ with FBI issues. ship with its director. Says ing back to the 1940's when he The FBI files on Marshall Alexander Charns, "It makes you was said to have communist ties. became releasable under the Free­ wonder what would have hap­ Beginning in the late 1950's the dom of Information Act once he pened to Marshall had he not files show that the relationship passed away in 1993.