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Page 2 • SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT October, 1988
Editor’s
Note
Dear Spelman Sisters,
Have you heard? According to the calculations of one Eddie Glaude, Morehouse Stu
dent Government Association President, another twenty years has passed, and it is time
for something extraordinarily powerful to emerge from the minds, bodies, and souls of
Black people everywhere. We, as Black college students, have a special place in this
emersion.
I, however, am not yet convinced that we, as students of the Atlanta University Center,
feel the necessary commitment to the uplifting and to the enhancement of our race. I am
not yet convinced that we have adequately identified the problems that exist within the
Black community nor that we are actively trying to devise workable solutions. Of course,
there are those students who are actively working towards these goals, but what about the
many who are not? In order to make a sizeable difference - and we have the ability to do
just that - it’s going to take the cooperation, as well as the enthusiasm, of all of us.
I ask you, why is it that we have been occupants in these United States of America for
over 300 years and yet are still fighting to get jobs, are still fighting to receive good edu
cations, are still fighting for our rights as human beings? I encourage each and every one
of you to write a response; a question, an answer. Please contact Julie Alexander or my
self, or drop it in the Spelman Spotlight Post Office Box. We would appreciate your con
tribution. We need your help.
Cheryl B. Butler
Associate Editor
Spelman
Spotlight
THE VOICE OF BLACK WOMANHOOD
.... Julie Alexander
Associate Editor
Photo Editor
Cheryl Butler
.... Kelly Wilson
TaRessa Moore
Reporters
Priscilla Adams
Beverly D. Banks
Sonya Brooks
Jocelyn R. Coleman
Eboni “Ebbie” Frazier
Joette Harland
Kristen C. Hayes
Typists
Kamela Heyward
Patricia Hightower
Darralyn Hutson
Tajari Jones
Teresa Leary
Cheryl M. Mann
Ladonya Massie
Caesar Mitchell
Stephanie S. Scott
Leisha Stewart
Donna Terry
Wilmetta Toliver
Beverly D. Banks
Lisha Stewart
The Spelman Spotlight is a monthly publication produced by and for the students of Spelman College.
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Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor,
I am writing in reference to the fashion
show which took place during the Upper
classmen Week. When I first heard about
it, I thought that something could have
been thought of that was more culturally
enriching and would cultivate the entire
college community and its surroundings.
Even more so, I knew the turn out would
be good. It was free. It was indoors (you
know how we don’t like the rain), and in
light of the preoccupation many of us
have with the ever changing fashion
world, the opportunity to sneak a peek
seemed unpassable. Also, I knew it
would start late.
Things began as I expected. The turn
out was excellent. The white walls of Sis
ters Chapel were covered with the backs
of the colorful heads and clothes of my
brothers and sisters. It began half an hour
late as I expected. However, something
that I did not expect to happen, did hap
pen.
The participants did not only display
the fashions of European designers - who
never seem to have us in mind in the con
ception nor in production, but only in the
consumption. The models brought to us
fashions from the Mother Land and from
our sisters and brothers in the West In
dies. They displayed the diversity of our
culture which is all inclusive: the twitch
that only a black woman can have in her
hips whether she is in Bill Blass or in Ad
Omelik; the versatility of a synthesizer;
the hollow beat of the drum which only a
human can muster; the suavity of the mis
tress and the master of ceremonies who
sought to set the moments mood, and the
wisdom of our African brother who gave
us proverbs from our past from our pre
sent to assure our future. They showed it
all!!
It was not the typical Fashion Show
where one often feels unfulfilled except in
a very mundane and material sense. It had
the presence of culture and can therefore
be classified as a cultural event.
Earlier in the week, I had heard a
young woman commenting about the low
turn out at an event which was very
“academic” in nature. She made the typi
cal comment: “If it had been a fashion
show, everybody and their greasy grand
parent would have been there.” There is a
whole lot of truth in that statement. I
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