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Spelman Spotlight
September 1981
SSGA Builds Spelman Morale
By Bridgett M. Davis
Pamela Scott encourages communication with students Renee Lewis, Photo by Whitney Young
Anneice Pratt, Shirley Hawkins and Emma Landon.
“The basic thing that I’m going
to stress this year is building the
Spelman morale, because at this
point I think it’s very low and
those who do have a high spirit
for Spelman aren’t verbal
enough," says Pamela Scott, the
S.S.G.A. President for the 1981-82
academic year.
Pamela feels that by initiating
activities between faculty and
students, the S.S.G.A. can
rebuild the Spelman family. She
hopes to achieve this goal
through such events as arranging
times for the faculty and students
to eat together, and by spon
soring a “Be Kind to a Teacher"
and a "Be Kind to Students Day".
“The freshmen sisters have
something that upperclassmen
don't have,” says Pamela. She
believes that the pride instilled in
the new Spelmanites during
their freshman week has not
subsided.
In discussing the areas in
which Spelman needs the most
improvement, Pam expressed a
desire to lead Spelmanites
toward more involvement within
the community. This year,
through the newly created Exter
nal Affairs Board, Pam has im
plemented a Community Out
reach Program. "We’re going to
try to work with non-profit
organizations so we can let
people know that there are
talented people in our school.
While extending itself to the
community, Spelman’s S.G.A.
also concentrates on improving
its repoire with the other
schools. “Already, I've been with
Dennis Blackwell (S.G.A. presi
dent at Clark College). We sit
and talk and we find that we’re
doing things at our schools that
replicate — we want to begin to
share ... share ideas and parts of
our heritage.”
One of the most prevelent
issues confronting the college, in
Pam's opinion, is the over
emphasis of parties. The S.G.A. is
trying to emphasize academic
and other cultural aspects of
Black people, “ ‘cause we’re
about more than parties, and if
we aren't, we should be."
Included in Pam’s list of
proposed cultural events are
presentations of book reviews,
listening to jazz artists and Black
composers, and more. Pam is
certain to add, however, that it
won't be “a dry year with no
parties, but...,” the SGA will be
run like a business and she
expects others to perform their
tasks, lest they be fired. “Yet,"
adds Pam, "nothing I do within
this administration will be new.
It’s just a new approach."
What is Pamela's basic
philosophy by which she runs
her administration? “Above all,"
exclaims Pam, “the way we treat
each other, our schools and
ourselves is reflective of the way
we feel about our creator."
Photo by Whitney Young
‘ ../cause we’re about more than
parties...”
Class of ’82 Leading the Way:
Interview with Senior Class President
By Lisha B. Brown
Associate Editor
Senior Class
Meetings held
1st & 3rd Wed.
of each month
at 6:30 p.m. in
Giles 18.
This year’s senior class is
bound to bring about new ideas
and a most ideal form of
leadership for its fellow
Spelmanites under the guidance
of its president.
Sharon Sneed, a native of
Chicago, Illinois, is very
Sharon adds that special personal touch while talking to Eloise
Natchett and Tonita Anderson.
enthusiastic about her position
as senior class president. Her
positive attitude towards her
staff and the successfulness of
this year is boosted by her deep
feeling of supportiveness from
her fellow classmates.
When asked why she decided
to run for the position Sharon
replied, "Our class was dis
intergrating as a whole and I
wanted to bring it back together
like it was our freshman year." To
combat the apathy that has
seemingly struck the class of '82,
the president and her executive
board plan to personalize their
administration.
"The committees we will form
will involve a more personal
level. We intend to ask those
who aren't as involved in our
class to participate and head
committees to make them more
active in their class,” states
Sharon. According to the ideas
of the senior class president,
total class participation will be
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necessary for a successful year.
To further the interest and
participation of not only the
seniors but the other
Spelmanites, Sharon wishes to
devise fun, yet informative fund
raisers. “I want to get away from
parties as our main source of
fundraising and emphasize other
activities such as forums," says
Sharon. The first fun fundraiser
sponsored by the senior class will
be a car wash.
Sharon, a psychology major
who wishes to continue her
education in the South, stresses
the importance of everyone's
first three years at Spelman.
“They (lowerclassmen) really
need to know how important
those first years are. It’s all right
to have fun, but there should be
a balance of fun and academics."
With a more jovial note Sharon
says to her fellow classmates,
“Schedule your time, work hard,
and enjoy."
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