The S THÈ VOICE Of Af&CAN A WOMAÑHOOb Vol. LIV---- No. 1 .................................................................................................................. October 22, 1999 page 2 Spelman Spotlight -October 22,1999 Spotlight ANNOUNCEMENTS The Spelman Spotlight FALL 1999 STAFF There will be a book signing by Dr. Alma-Jean Billingslea- Jamilla Coleman, Senior Editor Brown of the Spelman College English Department at the Auburn Andei Williams, Senior Editor Mesha Williams, Senior Editor Avenue Research Library on Sunday, October 24. She will discuss her work. A Crossing of Borders Through Folklore: African- Kiesha Williams American Women’s Fiction and Art. The event is free and open to Advertising Manager the public. For more information, contact the library, 404-730- 4001, ext. 302. Najeema Davis-Washington A & E Editor The Spelman Comprehensive Writing Program will conduct Kristin Wyckoff the workshops, Research, Part I: The ADW Research Portfolio Beyond the Gates Editor on Tuesday, October 26, and Research, Part II: Documenta­ Crystal Flowers tion—Avoiding Plagiarism on Tuesday, November 9, in The Jaguar SpiritZHeaith Vibe Writing Center on the third floor of Cosby. Students are advised to Editor sign up in The Writing Center beforehand to reserve a space. Heather Holloway The Goizueta Business School at Emory University will host On-Site Info. Editor an MBA Information Reception on Saturday, October 30 from 1 -4 Rayna Ward p.m. at the Goizueta Business School building. Harvard University, Voices Editor Stanford University, UVA, and MIT are among the schools that will be in attendance. To register, contact the Admissions Office at 404- Kelli Nero 727-6311 or Goizueta Eventsi® bus.emorv.edu. Larry Ware Photographers The National Science Foundation (NSF) will award approxi­ Lillian Hardy mately 900 new Graduate Research Fellowships, including awards Shani Stewart offered for women in engineering and computer and information Layout science. The deadline for applying in the 2000 competition is The Spelman Spotlight is a bimonthly publication. We welcome all submissions. November 4, 1999. For additional information, contact the NSF Submissions are edited for space and to correct errors in grammar and punctuation. Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 423-241-4300 or http:// Opinions in the Voices section of The Spelman Spotlight are solely the views of the author, not the opinion of the Spelman Spotlight. They do not necessarliy www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.html. reflect the opinions of Spelman College, its administration, or the Spelman Spotlight advisors. Letters and opinions must be typed, signed, and include full address and telephone number. 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Her book, the soon to be released A Associate Professor of En­ Not So Simple, has been New Introduction for glish Akiba Harper smiles 9 li;. ** Mil - - r noted by The New York ■Si Simple’s Uncle Sam. at the aspect of telling the Times Book Review. “Hughes’s work is “simple” story of how she “Working on my applicable to anything, became a nationally rec­ Ph.D., I had to select a whether it is writing or re­ ognized expert on topic that had not already lationships,” she says. “He Langston Hughes and his been researched exten­ is truly one of the most works. sively,” says Harper. prolific writers of the pe­ Now a lecturer on “There were no book stud­ riod. I want to make people Hughes in the Spelman ies on Semple and there mindful of his work.” community and around the was a need for them.” country, Dr. Harper became interested in the literature black beauty and I was to receive her bachelor's and life of the Harlem Re­ totally amazed to hear degree in English from naissance writer as a stu­ these same affirmations of Oberlin College and then dent in Hampton black pride during the earned her master's and University’s pre-college twenties.” Ph.D. from Emory Univer­ program. She remembers Harper’s interest in sity. her first reading of Hughes Hughes continued to grow Harper continues to to be his poem, “My and led her to write her contribute to the legacy of People.” honors thesis, titled Hughes. She has written “I was so taken by it,” “Langston Hughes as a extensively on Jesse B. says Harper. “In the six­ Proponent of the Black Semple, Hughes’ main ties, everyone was about Aesthetic.” She went on character in a series of : iL -iV i Department of Public Safety Tries to Maintain Lines of Communication asked, “How do we as se­ ways be vigilant and an­ Daria Hall On the afternoon of curity enforcement define ticipate that there are po­ On-Site September 4, a Spelman the line between protect­ sophomore was the victim tential dangers wherever In response to the in­ ing a student’s personal of armed robbery and you are in public.” cidents of a missing choices and opening them physical assault on Park Public Safety has be­ Spelman student and an to the public?” Street, which intersects gun the adopt-a-dorm pro­ assault on another, the President of SGA with Lee Street at the cor­ gram, whereby officers Spelman Department of Geniece Davis responded, ner of Clark Atlanta provide informational ses­ Public Safety is hosting a “We expect Spelman se­ University's Music and Art sions in Spelman’s resi­ series of forums to keep the ous evening. curity to inform us of Complex. dential halls about safety student body informed. The Spelman student what’s going on before the Bowser reminds stu­ tactics on and off campus. Director of Public body, however, was not media and other sources dents that “crime in The next Public Safety Steve Bowser says, formally informed of the outside of Spelman distort America is a reality” and Safety forum is scheduled “We are always looking for incident until September the facts.” that students “should al- for October 28. better ways to improve 10, when a press release campus safety, but the most was issued to the school effective thing we can ever community. Between the do is to get more commu­ WE PAY TO PLAY nity involvement.” incident’s occurrence and the issue of the press re­ As a thriving leader in the luxury travel indus­ A number of students try, we have too many clients and not enough have expressed concern lease, news media got hold sales people. As one of our vacation consul­ about the extent to which of the story. 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Then relax and nal ones. Do not tell your­ not Just a Black tell yourself that tomorrow self that you cannot live According to the will bring a brighter and without him/her. Instead, Disease American Psychological passing the trait on to the Crystal Flowers Association (APA), a cer­ child. Jag Spirit/Health tain amount of anger is Spelman junior Shani necessary for our Traditionally, sickle­ Stewart, a carrier of the survival.Without anger, cell anemia has been pre­ sickle-cell trait, says it does we would allow people to sented as a disease that affect “her search for a soul take advantage of us. An­ only affects the black com­ mate.” ger sometimes sparks that munity. But recent studies “I inherited the trait drive for power within our might prove otherwise. from my dad and I hope souls. According to the that I don’t pass the trait There is, however, an Sickle Cell Foundation of onto my child,” she says.