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Volume XLIV No. 11
Tuesday,May 2, 2006
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Mr and Miss
AUC winners
announced
Ashley Walton, a junior at Clark
Atlanta University, was crowned
as the new Miss AUC 2006-2007
P3
Class of 2006
says goodbye
Take a look at the memories pro
vided by the class of 2006 as
their countdown to commence
ment begins.
P 4
Local author
pens new book
Up and coming author speaks
with Spotlight’s Nicole Barden
about her new release..
P6
Camille Lipford
I’ve learned many things
about myself and life since I
have been in the AUC. I hope
that the Spelman experience
benefits and influences the
generation of Spelman
women who will walk this
campus after I leave.
New Miss
Spelman named
In an evening convocation,
Ashley Moss is named
2006-2007 Miss Spelman
College.
P 3
New preside
sets agenda
Ouleye Ndoye, 2006-2007
SGA President starts plan
ning for the year ahead.
P7
tennis team
crowned
champs
Cosby chair hosts
culminating event
enlightening seminar.
Nicole Barden
News Writer
April 20-22, 2006, stu
dents, faculty, community
members, and international
guests attended the three day
seminar sponsored by Dr.
Patricia McFadden, the
Endowed Cosby Chair of the
Social Sciences. The seminar
entitled “Building Bridges and
Traversing Feminist
Solidarities,” held in the
Cosby Academic building,
was a combination of panels
and informal discussions.
Born in South Africa,
McFadden has spent many
years fighting for African
women’s rights. She travels
extensively and returned to
the United States when she
accepted the invitation to
become a Cosby Chair.
“Usually, I’ve traveled as
part of the movement for
women’s freedom. I’m part of
this tremendous force for
change. For the last 40 years
I’ve worked in the women’s
movement in Africa. I went
to the UN meetings and glob
al meetings about reproduc
tive rights and conceptualiz
ing.”
Cosby Chairs are given the
opportunity to plan a culmi
nating event during the end of
their stay. McFadden decided
to remain at Spelman for
another year and her culmi
nating event was turned into a
spring seminar.
While here, her focus
has been building and sustain
ing solidarity and bridging the
gap between Africans and
African Americans.
“The task is to think more
deeply about our solidarities
as a way to do politics. A task
we haven’t done yet, but the
Women’s Center has always
been on the cutting edge,”
said McFadden.
The opening celebration, in
the Spelman Museum of Fine
Art, featured African drum
ming, a dance performance,
poetry, and a reading by Pearl
Cleage, the endowed Cosby
Chair in the Humanities.
The first panel of the seminar
followed along with a presen
tation from Dr. Desiree Fewis,
a professor from the
University of the Western
Cape, South Africa about lit
erature written as a form of
resistance.
The seminar proved to be a
draw for people around the
world. This was evident in
the first panel that included
Dr. Anne Bailey, Assistant
Professor of African History,
and Dr. Soraya Mekerta,
Associate Professor of French.
Bailey was born in Jamaica,
see McFadden on Pg 2 »>
AFRO-LUTION Magazine's launch makes history
issue at its launch party on April 20.
Chantal James
Contributing Writer
On Thursday, April 20,
Spelman was witness to an
amazing event. AFRO-
FUTION Magazine, founded
by Barbara Furlow ('07), held
a celebration in conjunction
with the former Miss Spelman
and her court and the African
Student Association of
Spelman College to launch its
debut issue.
The magazine, student-
founded and entirely student-
run, plans to serve as a dia
logue between college stu
dents of the African Diaspora,
and is a joint production by
teams of students in America,
Europe and in South Africa.
“This is just the beginning
of a great magazine that will
take the world by storm and
unite cultures from all over,”
stated Barbara Furlow,
•Afrolution Editor-in-Chief
and Co-founder.
The students made history
by inviting Mrs. Angie
Brooks-Randolph, former
President of the United
Nations General Assembly
and the first African woman
to hold the position. About
forty people came from
Nigeria and Fiberia to accom
pany Mrs. Brooks-Randolph.
Mrs. Brooks-Randolph is now
in her nineties, and her pres
ence at the event moved sever
al in the crowd to tears.
The event took place with
the enthusiastic support of
Spelman faculty and staff and
there were rave reviews from
the over 100 people who
attended that evening. A DJ
played African pop. African
dancers accompanied by Sis
Omeliki and drumming were
featured. Attendees enjoyed
food from Soul Vegetarian
restaurant, African film by Pier
Smith, and poetry from the
African Student Association
and Brittany Ray.
“This is one of the best stu
dent led magazines, and I
see AFRO-LUTION on Pg 2 »>