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Editorials and Other Thoughts...
Karen’s Komer
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Letters To The Editor
Dear Readers,
I address this month's column
to the archaic rules and
regulations that are imposed by
Spelman College. I don’t know
how long these rules have been
in existence, but I do know that
many of them should be abolish
ed, or at least modified.
According to the Spelman
Handbook, if a student wants to
enter her dormitory after 12:00
midnight, she must first obtain a
key at the security guard booth
and then return it to a locked key
deposit box immediately upon
entering her dorm. In effect, on-
campus students are not even
allowed to possess a key to their
own home. Does this make
sense? What exactly is the pur
pose of this rule, other than to
add unnecessary inconvenience
to the life of Spelman students.
Spelman’s rules on visitation
are equally silly and out-dated, if
not more so. The administration
generously allows Spelmanites
to entertain in their rooms, but
students are expected to leave
their doors open during this
period and male guests are
required to depart at 11:30 p.m.
For Spelman students, especially
those over 20 years of age, this
restriction is not only in
convenient, it is also insulting.
The administration may contend
that this rule is designed with
concern for the students’
studies, but it occurs to me that
Spelmanites are mature and
responsible enough to sensibly
regulate their own time. And
what is the purpose of the
“open-door” policy? I don’t
even care to speculate on that
one.
An editorial on Spelman’s
ridiculous rules would not be
complete without mention of
the administrations decision to
reinstate the curfew for second
semester freshmen. What was
the reasoning behind this? In
stead of progressing with the
times, we seem to be regressing
into the past. Surely, after several
months away from home, even
freshmen should be allowed to
exercise some sort of freedom
over their own actions.
I will be departing dear old
Spelman next month, but I can
only hope that, for the sake of my
future sisters, the administration
will take a closer look at the
restrictions which they impose
upon their students. Spelman is
supposed to be the epitomy of
black womanhood, but the
students can only live up to that
image if they are given the space
to grow.
Dear Editor,
I would like to congratulate
you on the successful and well-
informative issues of the
Spotlight for this school year.
Each issue has contained articles
of utmost importance, but there
are two distinctive articles that I
wish to personally thank you for.
The first one was printed in the
January 27 issue and is titled “The
Spelman Steroetype: Is It You?”
I think this particular article
should have been printed
nationwide, because I have
come in contact with many
people who don’t attend school
in the A.U. Center, who for some
reason or another have opinions
about Spelman women that just
simply aren’t true. This article
was also very well written,
truthful and straight to the point.
The second story which es
pecially appealed to me was
printed in the April 9 issue. The
focus of this article was the lack
of concern that is shown by many
members of the Spelman faculty.
As mentioned in the article, it
makes one wonder if the
evaluations are actually taken
seriously and if they are, why
does Spelman still employ inade
quate personnel? To sum it all
up, this article definitely pinned
the tail on the donkey.
Thanks, Editor, for a successful
publication and may the entire
world someday share your
thoughts and common
knowledge.
Kimberly Hunt
Senior
Dear Editor,
I really enjoyed the last paper.
It showed true journalism quali
ty. A paper should tell the facts,
and not try to spare feelings.
Sparing feelings is something for
the home and not for a serious
paper. It is only appropriate for
us as the student body to know
what is going on. Everything is
not a bowl of sweet, hot
chocolate around here, and it's
about time we got realistic. I’m
writing this because the editor
was able to withstand pressure
she got from people just because
she knew what she was doing.
Maybe some of the same people
who ridiculed her, will be the
first to say they know her when
she’s the editor of a major paper
in ths country years from now. I
hope we continue to have sharp,
gutsy editors in years to come.
Sincerely,
Mitzi R. Slack
Senior
Dear Editor-in-Chief,
I would just like to commend
you on what I feel has been an
excellent year for the Spelman
Spotlight. You have done a very
good job of informing the
students in the A.U. Center of
the various views and feelings of
our Spelman sisters and the
changes that affect their lives
while at Spelman. I feel that,
being a student of Morehouse, I
have learned much about my
Spelman sisters, mostly through
your editorials, and therefore I
can appreciate the ladies of
Spelman that much more.
Sincerely,
Derek Holtzclaw
Morehouse College
Dear Editor,
I am a student here at Spelman
and I am writing in reference to
the April issue of the Spotlight. I
wish to commend you and the
other writers on the poems in the
aforementioned issue. I enjoy
reading good poetry, especially
when they are originally from
Spelmanites. It is really
refreshing to know that women
have much more on their minds
besides boys, babies, or a bunch
of bull. We are very lucky to have
you and I hope that you will
continue to print issues that
include the artistic efforts of
black women.
I would also like to add that the
article concerning problems that
students encounter with some of
the instructors applies also to
me. You are correct about that
and I congratulate you for com
ing forth in that way. So, again I
say, I’m proud that youiare our
Spotlight editor!
Kimberly Felton
Junior
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