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VOLUME XVII NO. 2 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2002 WWW.SPELMAN.EDU/SPOTLIGHT
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On the verge of war with Hussein
•The tensions between the United States and Iraq increase, raising
student concern and awareness about the potential of war.
Jennifer Jenkins
News Writer
After more than a decade, the
conflict between the United States
and Iraq still remain unresolved.
If anything, the battle continues to
escalate, with the chance of a war
more imminent than ever before.
President Bush recently charged
the United Nations to "show some
backbone" against Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein, who is suspected
of harboring dangerous chemical
weapons.
The White House’s official state
ment, released on Sept. 12, states
"for more than a decade, Saddam
Hussein. has deceived and defied
the will and resolutions of the
United Nations Security Council."
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, Hussein
released a letter to the United
Nations claiming that he would
allow the release of the weapons,
but government officials remain
skeptical.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri
is scheduled to address the U.N.
General Assembly on Thursday,
and it seems that the country could
be headed for war as the world
waits to see what course of action
Iraq will take.
President Bush has no plans for
the United States to patiently
await Hussein’s
response, however.
During a meeting with Italian
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,
who has served as a strong ally in
the United States’ war against ter
rorism, the president was quoted
as saying "Enough is
enough...Make no mistake about
it, if we have to deal with the prob
lem we’ll deal with it."
CNN.com reports that the United
States could take action within the
next few weeks if Iraq does not
honor the resolutions made.
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the
President asked Congress to
approve the use of force while
diplomatic efforts to resolve the
weapons issue are still ongoing.
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The Rebirth of the Living & Learning
Jasmine Guy
Staff Reporter
Change is happening on
Spelman’s campus— from SGA
being just a governing body; to
Ms. Spelman and Court being a
separate entity from SGA; to the
advent of PULSE.
Campus life at Spelman was
pretty dead up until now.
Spelman’s administration has now
taken action about campus life.
Founded on Spelman’s campus
in 1986 and faded out in 1996, the
Living and Learning Program is
back and is moving Spelman into
a new direction.
The Living and Learning
Program consists of programs that
complement the college experi
ence.
The Living and Learning
Program will foster a collaborative
atmosphere for faculty, staff, cor
porate/community sponsors, and
students to construct new under
standings and innovative strate
gies for integrating the in-and-out-
of-the-classroom experience.
Each of the eight participating
dorms on campus (LLCI, Mac
Vicar, Bessie Strong, Howard-
Harreld, LLCII, McAlpin,
Morehouse-James, and Laura
Spelman) will have a particular
focus of interest.
Some of the highlighted pro
grams include community serv
ice/civic engagement, exploring
the Arts, and the Spelman legacy.
The program will also, hope
fully, provide more funding from
the Mellon Foundation for exist
ing campus programs such as the
Women of Excellence Leadership
series and SWEPT.
The program will also incorpo
rate culturally awakening journeys
such as the SCLC Women’s Civil
Rights Tour to Selma, Alabama in
March 2003.
The Living and Learning
Program will also sponsor a con-
Renovating
Lower Manley
Tiffany Flowers
News Writer
Four weeks into the year and the
Lower Manley food center
remains closed. There appears to
be little or no work being done
and students are wondering what’s
going on?
What are they building? When
will it be done? And how will it
benefit us?
These are questions that have
been running through the minds of
many Spelman students, especial
ly commuter students.
Piper Freeman, Food Service
Director for the college, spoke
about the plans for Lower
Manley..
According to Freeman, Lower
Manley is in the process of recon
struction. Most of the process is
currently on paper, but soon the
AUC will witness the manifesta
tion of our new and improved
hang out.
The idea is to have a place
where all students from the AUC
can come and get something to
eat, converse, watch television,
and meet new people.
It will consist of a contemporary
coffee shop, a Pizza shop,
Freshen’s Yogurt, Java City,
Grill works, a Bakery, and a
Grab&Go with sandwiches, fruit,
etc., providing a plethora of food
options.
The center will be open late
and students from all AUC cam
puses are welcome. This will
allow students to interact without
the constraints of visitation.
According to Freeman, it will
be open late so on-campus stu
dents don’t have to wait hours for
delivery food, and off-campus stu
dents won’t have to travel too far
to find lunch.
Freeman thinks that upon the
reopening Lower Manley there
will be job opportunities for stu
dents.
"We love to hire students; they
are dependable, and always
respectful and caring towards their
peers,” Freeman says.
Students of Spelman, and the
AUC as a whole, can look forward
to a new and improved Lower
Manley opening in January 2003.
Photo I Claire Stewart ‘06
With little to no apparent construction , students are
wondering when Lower Manley will reopen.
vocation, on Oct. 3, 2002 in
Sisters Chapel, entitled.
"Undaunted by the Fight- A Panel
Discussion on Spelman Women in
the Civil Rights Movement.”Later
that evening,, the panel will have
dialog with students in their resi
dence halls.
Spelman plans to take this pro
gram to another level by introduc
ing cross- institutional programs
with Mount Holyoke and
Morehouse College.
Students will have dialogues
about race, gender, and class. This
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