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Guide To A Better You -
Spelman Spotlight
September 28, 1984
by Angela R. Hubbard
Spelmanites, have you noticed
how well your teachers and
administration are shaping up?
For instance, have you noticed
how the teachers are bounding
up to the third floor of Giles Hall
at 8:00 a.m. with zest and vigor
while you wheeze and swear that
those stairs weren’t there yester
day. Or for example, have you
noticed the same faculty and
staff members briskly walking
from Giles Hall to Tapley Hall to
Read Hall and then back to
Manley Center without a hint of
perspiration?
You, on the other hand,
wonder why can’t there be just
oneJ)uilding anyway? Depress
ing isn’t it? Let’s face it
Spelmanites, our faculty and staff
are getting and staying in shape
and it’s due in part to a new
Spelman exercise program
called Fitness for Lunch.
Initiated in 1983 by Physical
Education instructor Veronica
Anthony, the Fitness for Lunch
program was designed to give
the Spelman faculty and staff a
chance to do something
different and healthful on their
lunch break.
This six-week program includ
ed a variety of activites par
ticularly.- swimming, aerobics,
Housing:
by Carolyn Crant
Editor-in-Chief
In a recent issue of theChroni-
cle of Higher Education, there
was a report on the shortage of
dorm rooms on many campuses
across the nation.
The article reported that a
number of colleges and univer
sities are experiencing a shortage
of spaces for freshmans and
upperclassmen.
The Spelman Spotlight inter
viewed Ms. Consuella Lewis,
associate dean for residential life
programs at Spelman, to get an
insight on housing at Spelman.
According to Ms. Lewis, there
really is not a housing problem at
Spelman.
Ms. Lewis said the major factor
that causes many freshman not
to receive housing is their failrue
to get in necessary information
to the admissions office on time.
“We have found that in most
instances, those who do not
receive housing are not doing
certain things on time,” said Ms.
Lewis. Some of those things, she
said, include not sending in SAT
scores and sending in in
complete application forms.
Ms. Lewis said a freshman is
not given housing until her
admissions process is complete
and she has been accepted by
the college.
“A lot of students get caught
up in that process,” she said.
While freshmans go through
the admissions process for hous
Fitness For Lunch Program
tennis, volleyball, bowling or an
individual exercise regiment.
According to Ms. Anthony, there
were about eighty-five par
ticipants and approximately
forty-five persons participated at
least one time.
However, there is good news
for us, Spelmanites. The Fitness
for Lunch program has ex
panded to eleven weeks and is
inviting the Spelman students to
participate.
The program which began on
September 10, 1984 and will
continue through November 20,
1984. It will again include
aerobics, swimming, tennis and
bowling. Students will also be
able to engage in an individual
exercise regiment because the
gym is open on Fridays.
The Coordinator of “Fitness,”
Ms. Anthony, hopes that “this
program will provide an oppor
tunity for the Spelman family to
have fun and fitness.”
So, the next timeyou find your
teacher outdistancing you in
your race to the classroom. Or,
the next time you feel a little
bored from the everyday school
routine, come on out to the gym
during your lunch hour to exer
cise and have fitness for lunch!
For more information contact
Ms. Anthony at Read Hall.
Firf/gss For ujmcR
A Major Concern Among Colleges
This Year
ing, upperclassmen must go
through what Ms. Lewis called “a
lottery system."
“Their housing application is
like a lottery ticket,” she said. “It
gives them an opportunity to
participate in the process.”
Ms. Lewis said 408 spaces are
alloted for freshmans and 584 for
upperclassmen.
Students who do not receive
housing are placed on a waiting
list and some on the list are given
temporary housing, said Ms.
Lewis.
In the Chronicle’s article, it
also stated that at many univer
sities, students are “placed in
temporary housing until rooms
become available or more likely
until they can locate off-campus
accomodations.”
Ms. Lewis said students here
were housed in study lounges
until spaces became available.
She also said that some students
were housed at Pheonix Hall, a
privately owned residential hall
located on Peachtree Street.
By September 12, Ms. Lewis
said their was 100% occupancy
on campus. All students in
temporary housing, she said, had
been placed and also many of
the students on the waiting list.
At the present time, Ms. Lewis
said the process of placing
students on the waiting list and in
temporary housing takes about
three weeks. “We can not
declare a space as vacant until
after registration,” she said. She
also said they are working
toward lessening this time
period.
Ms. Lewis said housing has
become a major concern both
administratively and rationally.
One concern, she said, is
directed at the freshmans
because of the stages they go
through and the transitions they
have to make.
Another concern, she said, is
the cost and space limitations of
building another dorm.
Ms. Lewis said these concerns
bring in the issue of
demographics.
In the Chronicle’s article, it is
stated that “the housing shor
tage has posed a dilemma for
campus planners who do not
want to build new dormitories at
a time when demographic data
indicate a decline in enrollment
over the next 15 years.”
Ms. Lewis said the number of
students in the 18-year-old
bracket is declining and that
“many colleges are trying to
stabilize their enrollment.”
According to the article and to
Ms. Lewis, there are some
colleges who have vacant dor
mitories.
While some colleges are
building more spaces and some
are deciding what to do with
extra spaces, Spelman will be
closing one of her dormitories,
Chadwick Hall, next year.
Ms. Lewis said the third floor
of the dorm, which has 25 spaces,
is presently closed for electrical
repairs. There is a total of 58
spaces in the entire dorm, she
said.
“The question of whether it
will be renovated or not will be
addressed,” said Ms. Lewis.
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