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Volume XLV March 30,2001 Spring Break Excursions -Finally! The sun is beginning to stake its claim in 2001 the sky as we delve into Spring. Check out the baddest stores to buy the hottest threads for Springtime. See “Fresh and clean for Spring” ...page 5. -She’s friendly, intelligent, and beautiful: Welcome the new Dean of Chapel to Spelman College. See “Spelman Welcomes” ...page 4. -Exclusive interview with Jay-Z’s girlfriend! Well not really, but Blaine Bercy dispels this rumor and talks about her life since becoming one of the co-hosts of Trackers. See “Trackers co-host” ...page 7. all this and more... Inside Jamaica , New York,...wherever your Spring Break destination was the Spotlight hopes that you were able to lay back and chill. Aaaaah! the memories...check out the photos of seniors parlaying in the night, Jameta (or shall we say Stella?) in the Carribean, Rashida and crew in New York, Cynthia and her friends in Manhattan, and Jessica and her girls looking fly in the Bahamas! Continuing Education Program provides opportunities The Continuing Education Spelman’s program. The Spelman very helpful in assisting students Spelman setting very well.” Kristina Swann department also offers develop­ continuing education program with financial aid, [taking advan­ Spelman sophomore Jovana Campus & Local mental resources to several orga­ also holds a partnership with the tage of] learning resources on the Joyner, who is enrolled in the tra­ nizations and its employees school’s education department, campus, and [finding] outside ca­ ditional fouryear program, shares her thoughts on members of the Spelman’s continuing edu­ through Quality First Customized which includes 78 education ma­ reer-oriented opportunities avail­ Continuing Education program. “I cation program provides educa­ Training. This program provides jors and community student teach­ able to students. I would have not believe that the Continuing Edu­ tion as well as training programs on-site training for employees, as ers. come this far without such great cation program here at Spelman for students of various ages, edu­ well as basic communication, Through workshops for the support from the staff that the pro­ College was a good idea and a pro­ cational, economic, and cultural team building, and conflict reso­ Black Arts Festival, the Spelman gram has to offer, along with the gram that has given the educa­ backgrounds. Established over 20 lution skills. continuing education program of­ academic curriculum that the pro­ tional opportunity to those who years ago, the program consists of Jamila Canady, interim di­ fers training through the arts, as gram entails.” were not able to complete under­ four major components, including rector of the continuing education well as through modules via sat­ In addition to more oppor­ graduate education upon matricu­ the Gateway, Early College Sum­ program, comments on the suc­ ellite. Canady comments on these tunities for returning undergradu­ lation from high school. The mer, Quality First Customized cess and the expansion of this par­ opportunities as well as the ben­ ate students through the depart­ chance to fulfill that dream for Training, and Elderhostel pro­ ticular program. “We have been efits that the program provides for ment, there is the experience of whatever reason is most essential. grams. very successful in expanding in lifelong learning. “Lifelong social interaction with younger I do believe that there definitely Gateway, one of the most new and diverse areas, and ac­ learning is a process for every hu­ students. Catherine Orr, a psy­ should be more involvement with popular Continuing Education quired a three-year contract train­ man being, which addresses a chology major, shares her experi­ the continuing education students programs, caters to adult women ing employees from [the U.S. De­ broad range of activities and ences. “I have enjoyed my expe­ and the traditional Spelman stu­ returning to college to complete partment of] Housing & Urban events. This process should be rience at Spelman and am so im­ dent body. Unless there is a class their undergraduate studies, and Development (HUD), Welfare-To- significant and beneficial in every pressed with my young sisters’ with both the traditional and con­ also offers an international aca­ Work, and Upward Mobility, way.” wisdom and knowledge. I have tinuing education students, there demic program one week out of throughout the United States.” There are over 50 students learned a great deal from my fel­ is a limited amount of interaction the year for students over the age The Continuing Education enrolled in the continuing educa­ low sisters. My experience here at with students. It is important that of 55. The program also hosts a departments from Atlanta Neigh­ tion program. Theresa Ringo, a Spelman has been tremendously inspirational, and although awk­ we learn from their experiences six-week, residential college pre­ borhood Development Partner­ junior and continuing education that education is more than a paratory program for prospective ship, Clark Atlama University, and student association president, dis­ ward at first, during January 2000, choice.” Spelman students in their junior Morris Brown College have also cusses how she benefits from the I became comfortable and ad­ year of high school. developed partnerships with department. “The department is justed into classes and the The Spelman Spotlight SPRING 2001 STAFF Dear Sisters, Cynthia Daniels Executive Business Editor Mia Radford Executive Production Editor Rashida Rawls We hope that spring break your Executive Managing Editor proved to be relaxing and fun! Con­ Jennifer Smith Campus & Local News Editor gratulations to those Spelmanites Jameta Barlow Health Editor who will participate in Honors Beth Perry Arts & Entertainment Editor Aja Edmond Features Editor Weekend. Let’s keep the grades up Yolanda Johnson Sports Editor and the hard work going. Nichelle Fonville Opinion & Editorial Editor Meigan Thompson Layout Artist/ Photographer Jamie Swift Layout Artist/ Photographer Fresh women: Don’t forget your Toni Scott Office Manager white dress and black shoes for Ms. O. Scriven Founder’s Day, April 11, 2001. Faculty Advisor The Spelman Spotlight is a biweekly publication. We welcome all submissions. Submissions art edited for space and to correct errors in grammar and punctuation. Opinions in the Opinion and Editorial section of The Spelntan Spotlight are solely the views of the author, not the opinion of the Spelman COMING SOON: THE Spotlight. They do not necessarliy reflect the opinions of Spelntan College, its administration, or the Spelman Spotlight advisors. Letters and opinions must be typed, signed, and include full address and telephone number. SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT Please mail all correspondence to: The Spelman Spotlight 350 Spelman Lane SW-Box 1234-Atlanta, GA 30314 ONLINE! Phone: (404) 525-1743-Fax: (404) 215-2780 Announcements Spelman Model Institutions for Excellence Program presents 13th Annual Science Day on Friday, March 30, 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. More than 80 Spelman students will present their research projects in Spelman’s new Science Center. The Model Institutions for Excellence Program (MIE), funded by NASA, will team up with Kimberly- Clark Corporation to sponsor the event. This year’s theme, “Science in the Liberal Arts: Opening Doors to Careers,” will focus on possibilities for careers in the sciences. The venture is a group effort involving students, faculty and staff in the sciences, engineering and mathematics. For more information, contact Dr. Kerri Burton-Danner at 404-221 2024. 3B Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. presents RUSSELL SIMMONS AND KIMORA LEE SIMMONS SYMPOSIUM. This event will take place on APRIL 7™ 2001 @ 10:00 am in Sister’s Chapel. It is sponsored by Baranco Automotive group. Please arrive early. There will be free giveaways of products such as Phat Farm clothing, and, of course, the event will be lots of fun! The Environmental Task Force will hold its annual Environmental Awareness Week the week of April 13. Each day will be full of environment related activities and information sessions. Keep your eyes peeled for flyers that signify the different kinds of activities that are going on for each day. Atlanta-based, Talented 10th Enterprises (TTE) continues the pursuit of economic wealth and independence in the black community. From March 30 through April 1, 2001, TTE will host its 4th Annual Entrepreneurial Conference, “Empowerment 2001: Achieving Wealth Through Business & Technology.” The seminar will be held at the Laudermilt Conference Center in Atlanta and the guest speaker is Michael Eric Dyson, one of the country’s foremost Black intellectuals. Student discounts are available For more information about this year’s conference or TTE, go on line to www.empoweredonline.com. The Spelman SSGA reminds all students to please vote on Monday, April 2, 2001 in Upper Manley. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Giwayen Mata Dance Troupe will present “Rising to Our Power” on Saturday, March 31, 2001 at 2:oopm and 8:00pm, and Sunday, April 1, 2001 at 2:00 and 6:30. The performance will take place in the Baldwin Burroughs Theatre located in the Fine Arts Building at Spelman College. Tickets range from $8-15 dollars. For more information contact the Women’s Research and Resource Center at 404-681-3643 x2161. The Freshman class of the AUC presents “Midnight Masquerade” on Saturday, March 31, 2001 at the CAU Student Center from 9pm to 2am. Attire for the event is formal. The ticket prices are $7 for a single and $15 for a couple. Tickets may be purchased in the Spelman SSGA office. Campus £r Locai Volume XLV '______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 Spelman S.G.A. takes intitiative to improve dining services tions. Based on responses, the food, food diversity for vegetar­ nose, mouth. The gloves are ob­ each week. This system allows for committee has found that students ians, and healthier food selection viously contaminated and [thus] so students to choose from seven, SSGA Office are most concerned about safety of choices.
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