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THE VOICE OF BLACK WOMANHOOD SPECIAL EDITION: Freshman Week INSIDE TODAY Freshman Writes Home p. 3 Highlights of Freshman Week p. 4 Honors Program .... p. 6 Security Story p. 7 Action at the Omni The New ~~ Spetmw , gPOTLIQHT VOL. XXIV, NO. 1 Atlanta, Georgia September 12,1980 Why They Chose Spelmcm By Cynthia Williams The incoming freshmen class of 1984 at Spelman this year is just as versatile as any other before, and chose to attend Spelman for a variety of reasons. As many high school students, fresh man Lanita Gregory from Boston, Massachusetts desired primarily to leave her familiar home surroundings and ex plore a new state. Lanita expresses this common sentiment by saying, “I knew I wanted to get out of Massachusetts and go to school down South.” Information concerning Spelman was scarce to Lanita at first, but soon after her initial interest, opinions started running high. Many of Lanita’s friends and acquain tances voiced factual and heresay infor mation. With the assistance of her high school counselor and a Spelman recruiting representative, Lanita made the momentous decision to attend Spelman. Lanita further verbalized the situation by stating, “A lot of people star ted telling me about Spelman and my high school counselor really felt I should go, so eventually I just said Spelman’s it.” Freshman Cordelia Daniel from Jack sonville, Florida didn’t have one par ticular reason for choosing Spelman College, but a great many of them . Cor delia saw Spelman’s location as an ad vantage as well as its size. Cordelia also talked with a Spelman representative and reasoned Spelman could be pretty positive for her future. Cordelia summed up her feelings by saying, “There was one not particular reason, but I did want to go to a private school because of its size.” Many Spelmanites would argue the in fluence Morehouse College has exerted on their lives, but for freshman Eloise Matchett from Valdosa, Georgia a More house man played a primary role in her decision to come to Spelman. Eloise felt Spelman College would ultimately be her choice for college, but further added, “My brother who went to Morehouse really pushed me a lot to attend Spelman and did influence me a great deal.” Eloise had heard the name Spel man College spoken of in high regard and particularly the Psychology Depart ment of which she possesses an interest. Tanja Reed, also a freshman from Valdosa, Georgia was influenced mainly by her high school counselor. Tanja is hoping to work a great deal with Spel man’s Sociology Department. Tanja feels she had an added advantage by having a friend who now attends Spelman. Freshman Karla Sanford and Belvet Perry, both from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma had similar reasons for deciding upon Spelman College. Many of their peers attended Spelman and they both preferred a small private institution as opposed to a large siate-operated university. Karla and Belvet visited Spel man befoie making their final decision and felt the visit was impressive. Karla expressed her view by stating, “The people here were really nice and Spelman is one of the better colleges.” Belvet ended the conversation by saying, “We both heard a lot of positive things about Spelman and I was very im pressed after the visit.” While all of the above mentioned freshmen have come to Spelman from other states and cities, freshman Marcia Ward is a native Atlantan. Marcia knew a few women who have recently graduated from Spelman. Even though Marcia lives here in Atlanta, she felt the need to have an indept tour of Spelman’s campus before making her decision. Marcia did add that her primary reason for considering Spelman, like many others, was its location. Mar cia elaborated by saying, “I didn’t want to go to school of Atlanta and Spelman seems pretty nice.” In essence it appears to be an abun dance of reasons one may finally choose to attend Spelman College. The class of 1984 most certainly does possess a fairly high representation of those reasons and factor. And even though the reasons are indeed as versatile as the students, they all seem to add up to the thought of freshman Lanita, Gregory when she stated, “Spelman is