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Female Students Vow To Be ‘HO-NO-MO’
Barbara C. Williams
Contributing Writer
As the school year comes to
an end, many Clark Atlanta
University females said they are
vowing to be a “HO-NO-MO.”
According to Aisha Haynes-
Andoh, a senior at Clark, “Ho
No Mo” is a term that stands for
a set of rules that equal self
respect for women. “What we
as women have realized is that it
is nearly impossible for us to
have causal sexual relationships
with no strings attached,” CAU
junior Lana Avery said.
Erica Blevins, a senior from
Oakland, California agreed.
“Instead of responding to most
guys’ ‘take it or leave it’ attitude
by ‘taking it’ we’re saying we
need more [out of a relationship]
by telling them to ‘love me’ or
‘leave me alone’.”
The rules were founded by a
group of CAU female students
who said they are fed-up with
negative treatment by men. “The
first and most important rule”
Haynes said, “is to abstain from
sex unless you are involved in a
committed relationship with
your partner.”
According to Tiesha Brown,
a senior at CAU, the second rule
of “ho no mo” is for females to
take more mind control and to
make good character judgments
on potential boyfriends. “If you
tell a guy that you won’t have
sex with anyone, unless he is
your boyfriend, and soon after
that he askes you to be his
woman, common sense should
tell you that he is full of it,”
Brown said.
According to the group, sin
gle women are not the only ones
subscribing to this new way of
life. Often women in relation
ships find themselves with a
physically, mentally, and spiritu
ally unsatisfying partner. They
may seek fulfillment through
sexual relationships with other
men.
“A lot of women who are in
relationships are still players,”
said Monique A. Jackson a CAU
junior, “but with the threat of
AIDS every where, there really
are only two sensible options;
monogamy or celibacy, or sim
ply ‘Ho-No-Mo’.”
‘Thank God For SI’
Students Herald
First Year Efforts Of
Supplemental Instruction
By Catrina Harvey
Contributing Writer
Next fall a new program
designed to improve the perfor
mance of students enrolled in
“high risk” courses will be offi
cially implemented at Clark
Atlanta University .
The Supplemental Instruction
(SI) program began as an experi
mental effort during the Spring
‘94 semester. The program is
designed to assist students in
high-risk courses including eco
nomics, chemistry and physics
and the like, according to SI
leader Pamela Gardner.
According to Phyllis Wyatt-
Woodruff, director of SI, the
program avoids the remedial
stigma often attached to tradi
tional academic assistance pro
grams.
“Were trying to give [stu
dents] a preferred course. If
you’re not applying your read
ing nothing is going to help
you.”
Gardner, who graduated from
Hampton University with a mar
keting degree, said the program
consists of a minimum of two
study sessions per week and stu
dents are encouraged to help
each other to learn the material
for the class.
She said the main purpose of
the program is keep students
more organized and active in
these courses.
“Students are assigned group
exercises, vocabulary exercises
or informal quizzes throughout
Jhe study session to make sure
everybody is on the right track
and everybody is understand
ing,” Gardner said.
However, she firmly main
tains that SI is not a tutorial pro
gram, “I guide the students
along to make sure they are
going in the right direction. If
students are having problems,
we discuss the things they are
doing wrong. The SI leaders
conduct and facilitate study ses
sions, but do not serve as
instructors,” she said.
Gardner is currently working
with Dr. Ajamu Nyomba, an
economics professor.
“Thank God for SI,” said
junior Chandra Thomas, “The
program is a life saver. It rein
forces the material and encour
ages me to study regularly. If it
wasn’t for Pam and all the SI
groups, economics would have
been impossible to understand.”
CAU student Tojawna
Jackson said, “I think it’s very
beneficial to the student because
it gives you a chance to discuss
ideas outside of the classroom.
It’s helped me because it gives
me a chance without the pres
sure of the classroom and also
when I know something and
when someone else doesn’t
know it, it gives me a chance to
explain it to them. The program
will be a success, if students
Christian Gooden/Staff Photographer
Supplemental Instructor, Pamela Gardner (second right), listens and takes
notes in a CAU economics class that she will later use to assist students in
tutorial sessions.
take advantage of it”.
The Supplemental Instruction concept was ini
tiated by Deanna C. Martin, PhD., at the
University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1975. Si’s
goal was for the improvement of student grades
and student persistence toward graduation.
Presently there are many colleges participating in
the program.
Gardner said, “1 guide students along to make
sure they are going in the right direction. If stu
dents are having problems, we discuss the things
they are doing wrong.”
Gardner noted some prevalent problems,
"Students are not studying until the day of the test,
studying the wrong information, or not studying at
all. And in many cases students study, but have a
hard time understanding the format of the test.
Whether it’s a multiple choice, problem solving,
or fill in the blank,” she said.
“I think SI is beneficial if you can get the students
to come to the study sessions. When the program
first started out, there wasn’t a lot of participa
tion," Gardner said. "1 guess when the grades
started getting really bad, a lot of students decided
to come to the study sessions. It’s helpful when
there is more than just one or two students
because students are able to talk, and come up
with different ideas.” She added, “ I think that
students at the beginning of the program were a
little gun-shy, but as the semester progressed and
their courses became difficult, there was a better
turn out.”
•All interested students may contact Phyllis Wyatt-
Wood ruff Dr. who is the director of the Special
Services Program here at Clark Atlanta
University at (404) 880-8263.
CAU STUDENTS WANT MONEY, BUT FAILED
TO MEET PRIORITY DEADLINE
From the Office of Financial
Aid
During the week of March 7,
1994, the Office of Student
Financial Aid held its' annual
Financial Aid Awareness
Campaign. This was a great
opportunity for students to ask
questions and submit documents
for the 1994-94 academic school
year. Throughout the week,
there were a host of signs, ban
ners, posters, balloons and pop
corn advertising the Financial
Aid Awareness Campaign. T-
Shirts were given out as a result
of a daily drawing for students.
The advisors even made special
visits to the dormitories every
night for two weeks. The pur
pose of the campaign was to bet
ter inform students about the
financial aid process, make them
aware of deadlines and give
them the opportunity to ask
questions. Still, even with
awareness week and dormitory
out-reach, the majority of stu
dents at CAU did not take
advantage of the opportunities,
thus many of them failed to meet
the priority deadline of April 15.
As of April 22, the Office of
Continued P7