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Spelman Spotlight
September 28, 1984
Editorials and Other Thoughts
Grant at a Glance
thinking, learning, concep
tualizing and expressing. What
you think and how you feel is
reflected in your attitude.
To feel this sisterhood and to
enrich yourself, you need to
have a positive attitude about
yourself and about the people
around you and about the ac
tivities in which you choose to
engage yourself.
As I speak to you about being
positive in your personal
development, I would like to
share with you thoughts of the
Spelman Spotlight.
The motto of the Spelman
Spotlight is “the Voice of Black
Womanhood.” We, the staff,
sincerely want it to be a strong
voice as we strive to present
issues that are relevant in a clear,
accurate and informative
manner. One of our goals is to
see that you are benefited well
from this publication. We hope
that the benefits you gain will aid
in your development and will
enable you to function within
this college community and
within the Atlanta community.
As you function in these
communities, we encourage you
to express yourself, to allow your
voice to be heard. This can be
done through the Spotlight.
Write letters to the Spotlight
voicing your opinions and con
cerns. Show your creativity by
submitting poems and essays and
other thoughts. We want you to
be heard.
We also want you to expect of
us the best. We have the respon
sibility of keeping you informed
and aware. Challenge us to live
up to your expectations. We
want to be proud of the
Spotlight. We want you to be
proud of it too because it is a
reflection of you.”
Fine Arts Editors
Layout Editor
Kimbei ly Harding
Editor-in-Chief
Natalie Heard
Jennifer Jackson
Carolyn Grant
Copy Editors
Sports Editor
Associate Editor
Mary Jean Hines
Marie Roberts
Lynette Glover
Jennifer Kelly
Literary Editor
Managing Editor
Business Manager
Carol Lawrence
Lynn Lawson
Sharon Braxton
Health Editor
News Editors
Circulation Managers
Angela Hubbard
Jasmine Williams
Stephanie Smith
Debbie Marable
Triphenya Zachery
Art Editor
Debra Johnson
Feature Editors
Advertising Managers
Stacy Burroughs
Judy A. Swain
Advisor
Wanda Yancey
Jacqueline Lewis
Judy Gebre-Hiwet
Political Editors
Public Relations Managers
Photo Editors
Khadija Cabey
Tawanda Williams
Jennifer Satterfield
Sydney Perkins
Darlene Mosely
Nelson Valentine
The Spelman Spotlight is bi-monthly publication produced by and (or the students of
Spelman College. The Spotlight office is located in the Manley College Center, lower
concourse, of Spelman College. Mail should be addressed to Box 1239. Spelman College,
Atlanta. Georgia 30314. Telephone numbers are 525-1743.
by Carolyn Grant
Yesterday I arrived at Spelman.
My arrival was the beginning of a
new experience. I stepped into
sisterhood that walks with me
today. I stepped into a realm of
black womanhood that has
greeted many challenges. I
stepped into learning — on
going process that will never
cease. I stepped into Spelman, a
unique place to be.
As Editor-in-Chief of the
Spelman Spotlight, I would like
to extend a personal welcome to
all returning Spelmanites and
especially to the class of ’88 for
your are just beginning your step
into Spelman. As you do so, I
encourage you to step in with a
serious mind and a positive at
titude.
Spelman has a unique
sisterhood and offers a liberal
arts program that enriches your
development as a black woman.
In order to experience them
both, you need to have a mind
that is about the business of
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What! No Senior Pageant?
by Jasmine Williams
News Editor
The fall has always been my
favorite time of the school year.
The warm welcomes from peo
ple you care about and missed
over the summer months and
even warm welcomes from peo
ple who never spoke to you the
previous semester. The annual
Labor Day Picnics; the pageants,
oh the pageants, some good,
some not so good but all enter
taining and memorable for their
own unique reason.
However, this year, one
“pageant” will be missing from
the lineup. The usual questions
of “who tried out,” “who made
it,” “does she really have talent,”
and “who’s going to win,” will be
absent in the senior class of 1985.
For, those illustrious, dis
tinguished and impeccable men
of Morehouse College have
once again taken our fate into
their own hands and decided
that this year, for whatever
reason (lack of money they say)
there will be no senior pageant.
So where does that leave us?
After “sweating” it out for three
years in Sale Hall, telling
ourselves that it was worth it
because senior year would take
us to MLK Chapel, it leaves our
senior year void of one of our
most memorable highlights of
senior year.
Unfortunately, our dear
Morehouse brothers have a
history of taking us for granted.
We cheer at their games, reign as
their queens and are charged full
price to attend their events. The
pageants began in a democratic
way ... "Anyone interested in
Miss so and so, interviews are
XXXXX XXXX XXXX.” Then one
year they decided that a better
idea would be to invite those
women they thought most
suitable for a class queen. For
tunately they realized that it
would simply be better to stick
with the democratic method!
Is anyone upset about this?
You bet they are. But my fellow
classmates, we allow them to
judge our exterior instead of our
interior. We allow them to look
at us as displays and not as the
dynamic women we are. We
allow them to haphazardly make
decisions such as this one and get
away with it. When are we going
to stand up for ourselves and
stop taking such an complacent
attitude? Did one representative
from the senior class at
Morehouse attend our class
meeting with an explanation?
Were all avenues exhausted to
discover ways of raising the
money, if that is indeed the real
reason for not having the
pageant? I mean, come on, we all
know how the Morehouse men
feel about pageants, They love
them! Did the entire senior class
vote not to have it? I mean there
are a thousand questions un
answered and we have a right to
demand an explanation. The
entire purpose behind courts
and pageants is to promote unity
between the two schools. So
how come we have not received
an adequate explanation?
WHERE IS OUR SPELMAN
PRIDE!
Us simply not having a pageant
for them is not a viable recourse.
Us simply mumbling and com
plaining, is not a viable recourse.
We need to finally take a stand
against this outright disrespect of
brotherhood/ sisterhood.
WHERE IS OUR SPELMAN
PRIDE!