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Co-advisory chairs Michelle Warner, C’91 and
Tayari Jones, C’91, heads of the Spelman
Women’s Action Coalition (SWAC), predict a good
year. Through SWAC and the SGA, students’
interest pertaining to food services, residential life,
the environment, women’s health, and other
concerns will be addressed via committees
established by SWAC members.
Jones states, “We plan to get more political this
year."
The new and improved role of Miss Blue and
White and her court officially begins this semester.
As a SGA officer, Dawn Harris, C’91, predicts that
she and her court, Monica Gayles, C’91, Cecelia
Armstrong, C’92 and Desiree Sapp, C’91, will add
"a new dimension" to the SGA.
The major projects that Harris and her court will
undertake is renewing the fountain in the oval, the
National Women’s Health Project and Founder’s
Day.
The Miss Blue and White court will sponsor at
least one forum a semester for students. Harris,
who placed second runner up and received a
$1,000 scholarship in the Black College Hall of
Fame, says she expects "students to be a lot more
informed and become more involved" in school
activities.
pm in the Manley Center Board Room. Student
body meetings will be held at least once a month.
Overall,the Spelman SGA’s forecast for the ‘90-‘91
school year includes each officer doing her job
and catering to the students’ needs.
Left to right: Shawna Green, Vice President, Felicia Lasley,
President and Stephanie Jackson, Tresurer
C^eiehrate Our C^ueendon
by Lofcstiui Hicks
"Miss Blue and White will be more in depth with
the students as opposed to being just a title,"
Harris said.
The heads of campus publications hope to
improve the printed periodicals of the student
body. Associate editor of the Spelman Spotlight,
Raye Belcher, says that after learning from the
problems experienced last year of low student
involvement, this year, there will be regular
publication and "a bigger, enthusiastic, dedicated
staff."
"Totally revamped and reorganized!" That’s how
Deleesa Minott, C’93, Editor of the yearbook
explains this year’s Reflections. She plans to
make Reflections, "not only a Spelman publication
but also a publication worthy of entering the
Columbia Scholastic Press Association."
Minott says the 1990 edition of Reflections is on its
way.
This year, the SGA will hold meetings that are
open to the student body every Tuesday at 4:00
Some Egyptologists regard Hatshepsut as the greatest female ruler of
all time. As the first woman in recorded history to preside over a
nation, Hatshepsut cast aside the theory of male supremacy.
Her father, Thothmes I, appointed her manager and co-ruler of his
kingdom where she successfully reigned for 33 years.
Hatshepsut's body was discovered in one of the sacred tombs in the
Valley of the Kings. The legacy of Hatshepsut remains on the walls
of temples that stand even today. This strong Black woman represents
our history.
"History is a clock that people use to
tell their time of day. It is a compass
they use to find themselves on the map of
human geography. It tells them where they
are, and what they are."
John Henrik Clarke
The clock in the Black community is ticking and it is our "time"
Black women to wake up, sit up and speak up. We need to study our
history and pass on the knowledge that we learn to those who do not
know. Always remember the famous words of the great Marcus
Garvey, "Up, Up, you mighty race! You can accomplish what you
will."
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