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talk about everything." carry them," says Bowman.
And the debates spread Bowman estimates that
AA/Staff
AUC students take a break from their busy schedule to grab a
bite to eat at the Sandwich Tree Cafe.
Good food and spicy
conversation is synonymous
with home to the typical
college student.
So the Sandwich Tree Cafe
kindled fond memories for a
number of homesick Atlanta
University Center students
when it opened January 1996.
Being a Spelman grad, owner
Leslie Bowman, 25, knew how
to cater to students. "School
is stressful. If we can offer a
kind word and food that isn't
that expensive, we can make
them feel comfortable," said
Bowman.
Located on 118 J. P.
Brawley Drive, the Sandwich
Tree Cafe is conveniently
situated at the heart of AUC
life. The shop offers an
assortment of hoagie bun
sandwiches, salads, and cakes.
The average combo doesn't
exceed five dollars.
The art of conversation is
always alive in the Sandwich
Tree Cafe. "Oh, gosh," says
Bowman, laughing. "Students
beyond the two initiators on
the subject, often including all
the customers in the shop.
"Just the other day there was
this big debate over whether
AUC shuttle drivers should
carry guns. Then, it turned
into a philosophical discussion
on whether anyone should
over 150 people stop by the
shop daily. Although she is a
child development major who
wants to pursue a career in
social work, she decided to
open her dream business now.
"I said if I ever had the
opportunity I would go for it,"
says Bowman.
Using her personal
savings, she and her husband
Will attempted to open the
cafe in Union City, but the
location had serious problems.
Later, she learned that the
owner of Soul Source wanted
to rent out his lower level.
Familiar with the locale from
her Spelman days, Bowman
took advantage of the
opportunity.
"I'm not business major
nor do I come from a business
family. There have been a lot
of things to learn. But I've
gotten a lot of support," says
Bowman.
She adds that it's been a
growing experience. Bowman
worked almost 12 hours a day
during the Centennial
Olympic Games and over 10
hours during the school year.
With a small staff of one to five
students, she's making a
personal sacrifice.
"But it's worth it because
I like what I do," says
Bowman.
Miss Maroon andWhite Poised to Implement Platform
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community who are in dire
need of attention and
encouragement. In addition,
she, along with the other AUC
school queens, are trying to
possibly pursue collective
community service
opportunities.
Aside from these goals,
Windom is striving to initiate
some of the ideas of her court
members. Second Attendant,
Latoya Culver, wanted to
begin a bone marrow donor
program on the Morehouse
campus. Windom strongly
stated that the Maroon and
White court will be visible on
campus this year. "The
problem in the past is that the
court has not been seen," she
stated eloquently, "But I hope
we will be able to start with
our activities after
homecoming."
A woman of many talents,
Windom has been involved in
several activities on the
collegiate and national level.
In the past, she has been a
member of the NAACP, New
Life Inspirational Choir, and
the Spelman Junior Council.
Additionally, she has held an
office in the National Council
of Negro Women.
After graduating from
Spelman, she plans to attend
medical school. However, she
would like to take two years
off from her graduate studies
to work in the national
initiative Teach for America.
After her two year teaching
stint, she seeks to resume her
plans for a career in medicine.
After her reign, Stromee
wants to really be remembered
as the Miss Maroon and White
who was actually sincere
about her intentions. "I did not
run for the position because of
the glamour and power," she
emphatically stated. "I ran
because I saw a need, not to
fulfill the stereotypes that Miss
Maroon and White has to be
light complexioned and have
long hair, etc..
"I would be more satisfied
with SGA and Morehouse
students to be able to say, 'That
Miss Maroon and White
served her title. She was with
us — truly our sister, truly our
queen."
Tina Ansa Fanning Her Way to Success
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pictures in them. What's this?
WORDS? I said, 'Oh, shoot.
Must be magic in these pages.'
And I knew right then, I
wanted to be a writer."
. However, Ansa credits her
father for molding her into the
journalist she later became for.
The Atlanta Constitution. "He
made me a big know-it-all
because I loved to research.
Every time at the dinner table,
I'd say, 'Why is it this color?
And what does that mean?
And where does that go?"'
"He'd say the same thing
every time," she remembers
humorously. "'[You] got them
damn, expensive-ass
encyclopedias in there that I
just bought. You better look it
up!"'
"I tell young, African-
American emerging writers all
the time: You are so ahead of
the game," she says. "We
come from a culture that really
has a facility with words,
putting words up against each
other in ways nobody ever
thought of before."
Ansa admits, though, for
I tell young, African-American emerging writers all
the time: You are so ahead of the game,
a long time she sought to write
about those stories other than
the ones in front of her.
"Many times we forget the
gold is right there, right
around us," she believes.
"Our culture, our pasts . . .
People walk on gold all the
time and don't know what it
is. But you gotta recognize it.
You gotta have the equipment
to find it. And you have to
stop when you ain't gettin'
nothing. Am I right?"
EDlfOR'S NOTE: More
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The Hand I Fan With on the World
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