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V y THE VOICE OF BLACK WOMANHOOD
Vol. XXIX, No. 1
Atlanta, Georgia
by Carolyn Grant
The new computer center at
Spelman that will provide 32 new
computer terminals for student
use is expected to be completed
this month according to the
director of the center, Mr. Leslie
Pinket.
Presently being constructed
onto Tapley Hall, the center,
Pinket said in an interview is a
two-story building with the
second floor extending over to
the annex of the hall.
Although the center has two
floors, students will only be using
one and that is the second floor,
said Pinket.
Pinket said on the first floor
will be located two computer
storage areas and a computer
power room.
Though students are not to be
permitted in these areas, Pinket
said he anticipates “having
students work in this area, but
the selection has not been totally
defined at this point.
On the second floor, he said,
which can be reached by stairs or
by elevator, will be located the
computer terminal room, a com
puter science lab, classrooms
and offices for faculty. Adjacent
to the terminal room will be a
workroom which will provide an
area for students to check their
computer listings, work out
problems and make corrections.
Pinket said in the classrooms
will be six television monitors
which can “display programs
and other information from the
computers on the first floor.”
“Teachers will use the monitors
for visual instruction," he said.
“At the present time, Pinket
said students who take courses
other than basic use the three
terminals currently in the math
lab or one of the 16 terminals at
Woodruff library.
Students will still be able to
have access to those terminals he
said, however “having more
terminals available makes it
more convenient to do
assignments.”
Not only is the computer
center to be used by computer
science students, but "it is to be
used by the entire campus,” said
Pinket. The computers will be
fully integrated into several
course’s around campus, he said.
Pinket, who began working for
Spelman in August of 1983, said,
“In 1982, a decision was made to
do two things at Spelman.”
“One,” he said, “was to develop
a computer science major. The
other "was to integrate com
puters more fully into the com
puter sciences.”
Around that time, Pinket said,
the decision was made to acquire
the center.
Pinket said he along with a
committee did an extensive
study in which they looked at
Spelman’s computer needs on a
five year basis. The study, con
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ducted and published in 1983, is
known as the "Academic Com
puting Needs Assessment.”
The committee, Pinket said,
met with some faculty members
and looked at every class where
they anticipated use. They also
studied how they would use
computers and to what extent,
he said.
The areas of use studied,
Pinket said, were programming,
statistical analysis, computer
assistant instruction, simulation
and modeling, graphics and
word processing.
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SSGA Plans
To Answer Call
by Lynette Glover
Spelman’s Student Govern
ment Association’sthemeforthe
1984-1985 school year is
“Spelman Sisters Answering the
Call for Excellence.”
"This theme encompasses all
the goals established for this
school year,” explains SSGA
President Pam Cook.
This year the SSGA has several
goals which they have set for the
student body. They want more
students involved in SSGA ac
tivities, especially commuter
students. They hope to ac
complish this through a social
affairs board. They also want to
increase the political, social and
cultural awareness of Spelman
students. They hope to help
Spelmanites realize the impor
tance of our traditionally Black
institutions as well as instill a
sense of unity in students
through sisterhood. Finally, they
hope to increase alumnae and
student interaction.
“We're going to have different
themes for each month,” stated
Cook. September is Spelman
Sisterhood month. Spelman
Sisterhood Week will be held the
last week in September, the 23rd
through the 29th. Activities are
planned each day.
On Sunday there will be
worship service at Sisters Chapel.
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