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SSU’s Southern Regional Press
Institute to hold its 50th session
SAVANNAH
Savannah State
University’s Southern Re
gional Press Institute (SRPI)
will hold its 50th session
Thursday and Friday, March
1 and 2 on the campus.
“SRPI: 50 Years After the
Vision,” will feature distin
guished alumni of the insti
tute who will deliver key
speeches. Vele Keytp Y.
Redding, a graduate of Savan
nah State University’s mass
communication program, who
also attended SRPI as a stu
dent, will speak at the opening
session9a.m. Thursdayin the
Kennedy auditorium. Yvonne
Shinhoster Lamb, aSavannah
native and alumnus of the
SRPI, will speak at the annual
Milledge-Owens awards lun
cheonat 11:30a.m. in theball
room of the King-Frazier stu-.
dent center Friday.
The two-day institute, de
signed for college and high
school students interested in
careers in the mass media in
dustry and their faculty advis
ers, consists of various work
shops conducted by profession
als from some of the nation’s
most elite newspapers, maga
zines, public relations and
broadcasting groups and mass
media educators.
Workshops willinclude writ
ing for print and broadcast
news, script-writing, public
relations strategies and writ
ing, layout and design, web
page design, photography and
film. Sessions on the televi
sion and magazine industries
alsowill be offered and a work
shop on resume and portfolio
preparation for media profes
sionals also will be a feature of
this year’s institute.
Noted media professionals
will participate in a panel dis
cussion of this year’s theme
“SRPI: 50 Years After the Vi
sion,” from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.
Thursday in the Kennedy au
ditorium. The panel will re
view theinstitute’s history and
scope over the last 50 years
and will probe changes in the
mass communication indus
try over the last half century.
Redding, an award winning
journalist, worked as a re
porter for the Savannah News-
Press, now Savannah Morn
ing News and The Times in
Gainesville, Ga., where she
served as city editor in charge
of the newspaper’s 27 person
news team. Redding is
, founder, editor and publisher
of Status Symbol Publishing
based in El Paso, Texas which
Happiness has civic link
From page one
professor and lead investiga
tor on the survey.
“If you had to choose be
tween a place rich in money
and a place rich in social capi
tal, I'd pick the place that has
, moresocial capital,” headded.
. The survey included tele
phone interviews with 3,000
Lawmakers focus on consumers
From page one
the frustration customers ex
perience when they try to con
tact their natural gas provider.
“We had to act with compas
sion and concern for the thou
sands of Georgians who arereel
ing from the shock of their sky
rocketing gas bills,” said Sen.
Walker. “This bill is a good first
step, but we must do more.”
.. “This bill looks after our
families, it looks after farm
ers, it looks after widows, it
looks after small businesses,
and next we have to look after
our children to make sure we
have a future plan,” said Sen.
Greg Hecht [D-Jonesboro].
“The blue flame needs to be
looked at on a continuing ba
sis.”
Still Sen. Hecht and others
conceded thebill would dolittle
produces PROUD (People Re
lying on Unconditional Diver
sity) magazine, anew national
publication focusing on the
careers and lifestyles of jour
nalists of color.
Lamb, director of training
at the Washington Post, is a
graduate of the University of
Georgia. She began her ten
ure at the Post in 1986 as
editor of the zoned District
Weekly. Within nine months
she landed the position of as
sistant city editor résponsible
for law enforcement and court
coverage. In her current posi
tion, she is responsible for
designing and implementing
skill enhancement seminars
for reporters and editors and
for management development
programs for all newsroom
managers.
“lamvery happytobeapart
ofthis 50th pressinstituteand
tohave the honorof serving as
its director. I am grateful for
the vision that the institute’s
founder and its pioneer direc
tors had for helping students
become talented media pro
fessionals,” said Novella
Cross-Holmes, SRPI director
and associate professor of mass
communication at Savannah
State. “I attended the insti
tute as a student and have
coordinated it for several years
since 1986. I am pleased the
institute has survived and ex
panded over the years, and I
hope it will reach its centen
nial and beyond.”
The institute was founded
by the late Wilton C. Scott in
1950 to help high school and
college students acquire skills
in communications. Scott, a
strong advocate for minority
participation in the media,
served as the director of pub
licrelations at Savannah State
University from 1947 to 1972.
In his honor, the Wilton C.
Scott Award for Scholastic
Journalism was established in
1981 at the 31st SRPI and is
awarded annually to an indi
vidual who hasmade outstand
ing contributions to the field
of journalism.
Since 1951, high school and
college students from Geor
gia, Florida, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Louisiana, North and
South Carolina, Tennessee,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Delaware have attended
these institutes at Savannah
State University.
Call 356-2169 or 356-2287
for more information. Inquir
ies can also be directed to
holmesn@savstate.edu.
people randomly selected
across the country between
July and November last year.
In addition, 26,200 people in
40 communities were sur
veyed.
Inthe specificcommunities,
civic leaders plan to use the
survey results to find ways of
increasing residents’ involve
ment, researchers said.
toreduce the exorbitant prices
consumers have been scream
ing about. Asked if the mea
sure would give any relief to
consumers, Sen. Robert Brown,
[D-Macon], who co-sponsored
the bill, responded. “It gives
some, but it is limited. And, I
emphasize limited.”
“The only thing that is go
ing to lower gas prices is less
cold weather,” Sen. Susan
Cable said. Sen. Hecht said a
committee of five senators
would be appointed to exam
ine what could be done to pre
vent skyrocketing prices.
Both bills would direct the
Public Service Commission to
provide money to help low in
come consumers. The mea
sures also attempt to encour
age residential gas customers
to shop for the best deals from
marketers by having the PSC
publicizethepricestheycharge.
City / Region
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,
and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
celebrate Founder’s Day
Epsilon Gamma Sigma
Chapter and Epsilon Beta
Chapter Paine College of Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
and Eta Theta Zeta Chapter
and Kappa Delta Chapter of
Paine College observed their
Founder’s Day program re
cently at Mount Zion A.M.E.
Church.
The theme was “Zetas and
Sigmas: Celebrating a Heri
tage and Continuing the
Legacy in the 21% Century.”
Mrs. Betty Bryant and Mr.
Leroy Griffin presided over
the program. The speaker
for the occasion was Mrs.
Barbara C. Moore, vice presi
dent of Benedict College.
Selections were sung by the
Zeta Chorale and the med
leys of Greek hymns were
played by Mrs. Mary Terrell
and Mr. Julian Green.
Dr. Samuel Richardson was
“Sigma of the Year,” and Dr.
Deborah W. Austin was “Zeta
of the Year.”
Paine seeking Upward Bound’s prospects
AUGUSTA
The Paine College Upward
Bound Project is now recruit
ing students for the summer
session which begins June 4th
through July 21st. applications
will beaccepted until March 9,
2001. The collegeis alsoin the
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Dr. Samuel
Richardson
Remarks were madeby Dr.
Richardson, president of Ep
silon Gamma Sigma Chapter
of Phi Beta Sigma, Frater
nity, Inc. and Dr. Lola
Richardson, Basileus of Eta
Theta Zeta Chapter of Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Auxiliaries in attendance
were the Beta Sigma Club of
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,
Inc., Amicaes, Archonettes
and Amicettes of Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority, Inc.
The program wasco-chaired
by Mrs. Betty J. Bryant and
Ms. Brenda White.
process of locating former pro
ject participants.
Upward Bound isa program
designed toimprove academic
performance and increase mo
tivational levels to enable eli
gible participants to complete
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AUGUSTA FOCUS
Deltas on parade
From page one
sity of Georgia, University of
South Carolina and Tuskegee
University.
Christine Miller-Betts of the
Augustachapter was awarded
the “Delta Dears” award, not
ing her achievements as a se
nior soror who continuously
“gives back” to her commu
nity. Ms. Miller-Betts is ex
ecutive director of the Lucy
Craft Laney Museum and is
active at Tabernacle Baptist
Church. Dr. Louise Rice, first
national vice president and a
direct report to Ms. Boyd, was
honored with the local
chapter’s “Delta of the Year
Award” for 2001. Dr. Riceisa
professor in the learning sup
port department at Augusta
State University. Augusta-
Richmond County commis
sioner and mayor pro tem
Willie Mays presented Ms.
Boyd with a key to the city.
Ms. Boyd is a graduate of Ala
bama State University and
holds a master’s degree in sci
ence from Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore.
secondary school and success
fully pursue post secondary
education programs. Partici
pants must be potential first
generation college students
enrolled in the high schools of
Richmond County and meet
the U.S. Department of
MARCH 1, 2001
Christine Miller
Betts of the Augusi;
chapter was :
awarded the “Delta’
Dears” award. .
Other Delta members in
clude TV star Phylicia Rash:
and Dorothy Height, recent
retired president, Nations
Council of Negro Women
Uponacceptingher award, Vi
Miller-Betts said, “It’s a won
derful feeling, but it’s mu;
more rewarding to serve ’ |
The Founder’s Day eve:;
was sponsored by the Augu:+,
Alumnae Chapter. The sorc,
ity was founded in 1912 o
Howard University by <
women. The Augusta prograr
was held at the Gilbery
Lambuth Chapel on Paine,
campus. Ms. Boyd also «
knowledged other Greek {l4
ternities, sororities and noy
Greeks. Shealsonoted the i
between African-American?
spirituality and “my hroth
and sisters in Christ.”
Education’s guidelines for ps
rental income and educatid
background. Interested hip”
school freshmen and sophg
mores should contact the
school’s guidance counselor
the Paine College Upwaiy
Bound office at 706-821 821
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