Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 1990-2000 The iH lltop Digital Archive 9-24-1999 The iH lltop 9-24-1999 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_902000 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 9-24-1999" (1999). The Hilltop: 1990-2000. 244. https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_902000/244 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1990-2000 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ILLTOP The Student Voice of Howard University Since 1924 VOLUJ\IF. 83, No. 7 F RIDAY, S EPTEMBER 24, 1999 http://hilltop.howard.edu Campus THIS WEEK'S Crime Takes H ILLTOP a Plunge ----- ------ By J ASON T. SMt I ti OPEN WIDE ,Managing Editor Reported incidents of on-campus burglary and motor vehicle theft plunged from 1997 to 1998, while reports of other crimes declined during the same period, campus police said. Between 1997 and 1998, the number of burglary reports dropped from 80 10 47. while the number of robberies on campus fell by 19. In 1he same period, the number of vehicles reported stolen from the Uni­ versity decreased from 25 to 17. Police report that there was one arrest on campus for drug possession Rumors of changes to WAH{ I in 1998. Incidents of sex.uni offense decreased from eight to seven. the student dental plan The findings come from a report released earlier were false. this semester by Campus Police detailing the three­ year trend in campus crin1e. Schools receiving fed­ See Campus. AS eral financial aid are required by the U.S. Department of Education to publish crime statistics annually and make lhem readily av-Jilnble to students. A Hilltop analysis of the figures come< weeks after MEDIA MAN l'!iolo By Troy 1ieul repons that a student in the Howard Plaza Tower," as n,e n.,, hH>-l('\cl st.nle- or -the -art HU book'ilore ,\ ill haw il.. officln.1 ~:rand opening today at 2p.m. se.,ually assaulted. and following an alleged alterca• Lion be1ween a campus police oflicer and a student. Campus police ""re unavailable for comment Las1 year's decrea,;e lo crime ha, led some 10 ,ay that Bookstore Celebrates Grand 1998 was a banner yc.1r for Campus Police and Chief Reginald Smi1h, who started with the department last year. Marilyn Hoosen. Howard Uniwr-.i1y Student Asso­ Opening, Awes Students ciation president, said tbe ,rati,tics should help stu­ dents feel more comfortable on campus. By Kn.I.I D. Esnms .it Howard Cen1er opened its doors for busi­ Mike Nelms, a sophomore criminal psy­ ··or course anytime our Howard studem, ,ue able to Hilltop Staff Writer ness on Monday. chology major. Nelms said that he finds 1he live in a safer environment it is a posi1hc forthe Uni­ The new two-level store is complete with location of 1he store very convenient versity as a whole," she said. "Since the majori1y of The Gr.ind Opening Celebration for the a video wall, sofa< and lounge chairs, Cyber When Tori Holmes, a junior chemistry crimes on campus are student against student. this New head of Center new Uni \'Cr.i1y Bookstore at Howard Cen• Cafe with lniernet hook-ups. in-housecom­ major, went into the new bookstore on shows that we are relating better with each other· 1er. dubbed "the HUB of the African-Amer­ pulcr outlet and --HU" engraved carpel. Monday afternoon to purchase a textbook, The news of the decreasing crime rnle on campus For the Study of Race ican culturnl experience,'' begin, today and MWly curious ,rudenLs "ent on opening day she was surprised at the building's appear­ w.i., well receh'Cd among this year\ freshman cla'S, and l'v1edia Reltions. will continue through Th,u,day, tu check ou1 1hc new store. ance. who often fall prey to c,1111pus robb.:rie,. Paul Dealm;y The newly ex1>anded Univer,it} Book,t""' "This [bookstcre] is ill," ~id an amazed See BOOKSTORE, AS ..l thjnL it'~ a goc d thmg that c:imp.h <;nm... ,t~\I ~" CRI:'>IE, A5 See Campus. ,1\:, Second Pipe Bomb Blast Jackson to Speak Today at Convocation RACE ISSUES Rocks Florida University Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.. wilt speak at Howard Uni• verslty's 132nd Opening By T IA Mn CIIF.I I. it de1onatcd in a restroom rhnt did not have win• Convocation today At 1 O am FAMUAN Staff Writer <lows. tn Cramton Auditorium. ''If someone would have been in the restroom. Jackson was once an lALI.AHASSEL. Fl. - The second time in lhree the} would be hurt," Cunningham said. "My ears assistant of stain civil rights weeks, TAM LI has been rocked by the detonation were still ringing minutes after." leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., In the Southern ofancxplosivcdevic,:. At 10:4711.m. Wednesday, Cunningham said he and another officer wem in10 Leadership Conference. In a bomb wcn1 off in a second-0oor men\ bathroom the restroom after the e.,plosion 10 see whether 1971, Jackson founded Peo­ in the Perry Paige building, which has four Ooors someone wa., injured. No one wa.s in the restroom. plo United to Savo Humanity of laboru1ories. but Cunninght1111 and the other officer did find (PUSH), a group committed Although administrators and faculty in nearby another suspicious pt1ckage on the floor. They to economic empowerment lwenty Student Lead­ offices felt 1hc blast from 1hc explosion, no one was immediately began running through the halls and encl edueallonal access for people of color. hurt. Studenis and faculty were immediately evac­ telling people 10 leave. ers Discuss race in Thirteen years tater, the uated. Eddie Jackson, ao;sociate vice president for pub­ Reverend founded the America. FAMU officials said that a phone call wru, made lic affairs, s,1id the bomb ,v-.i.s stronger than the one Natlonel Rainbow Coalition, to a local television Mation 15 minutes before the that detonated in Lee Hall Aug. 3 I. At press time, a program to bring people See Nation & World, c,plo,ion. Al press time, It was nol known wha1 investigators still had not identified any suspects together across lines of race, station was contacted or whether the school \\as in the first bombing. despite posting a $10,000 class, gender and belle!. A.9 alerted. reward. A Navy ROTC officer discovered the bomb The bomb in Lee I lall wa., found in the men's Filo Photo when he wa., entering 1hc bathroom. resLroom on the first floor. A phone cnll was made "ILblew the door open," said Ca1>1. Robert Cun• before the explosion to TI1omas Cavano. coordi­ BOOKS GALORE ningham Jr.. profes.,or of naval science. Cunning• mtlor of administrntive services and Lee Hall's ham ,aid the explosion had a lnrgc impact b«au-;c Se,• FAJ\lU, A5 District Medical Marijuana Initiative Passes ,. ,:... , . .,..'" From Nikki With Love ... Congress Outlaws Legalization of Drug In Capital ?:··" ;___ . '"""i'·.,,. 1}i·., ~- •• ·,. By J ASON T. SMI I'll and to release the results but fe lt com­ tion of Congress·, true intentions. ~ 1 • .• • ·-•. .co-·. K 1: 1.1.t Esnms pelled to abide by the law. "'I was under the unprcssion that 1he ->' _: ,'. >. ·""' Hilltop Writers "Once the dilemma became appar­ U.S. was giving money to the drug \: /.,:-., J \\ lt ,,;·•.:•~· . 1=!!i, ent, the board sought immediate relief trade,'' said Wayne 111ylor, sophomore , ·~·•· I.~, . r ",,' If District voters had their way, in the court. the proper forum for such business mnjor. He foll the real reason •: I ,.: .· j~ growing, selling, and smoking mari­ a resolution,'' said Wilson. "Recog­ why the government does 1101 want juana in the nation's capital would be nizing the right to have one's vote marijuana 10 be legalized in the Dis• legal. Last fall. nea.rly 70 percent of the counted is a precious constitutional trict is because it would hurt area busi­ Students are flock.in2 tQ ,-oters supported Initiative 59, a mea• righ1, which must not be taken lightly. nesses. an ar~ book store, tinct sure that would legalize the herb for The board argued that the District of "If the government legalized mari­ out why... medicinal purposes, according to the Columbia voters were entitled under juana, they would be allowing com­ D.C. Board of Election and Etl1ics. the First Amendment to know the elec­ pelition against itself," ·Thylor ,aid. See Thmpo, B I But shortly before the Nov. 3 ,-ote, tion results and to have them certified. Some student, could ,ee Cungre,s 's Congress passed laws that would make The board is gratified that the court has reasoning for keeping marijuana ille­ legnlizntion of the drug impossible, affirmed this position." gal in the capital. sending the hopes of vo1ers up in Supporters of the measure say the "Congress can do what they want," smoke. drug can help ease pains brought on by said Dana Camak. a junior telecom­ The board reports that 141,977 vot­ cancer, AlDS, and other illnesses, munications management major. ers turned out last fall and that the while detractors say legalizing mari­ "Marijuana i~ not the best drug to be Weekend Weather measure won out 69 percent to 3 1 per­ juana opens the door to similar initia• filtering in the community." cent. Results were released Monday. Lives supporting more serious drugs. Another student agreed with Con­ TODAY: Sunny District officials held up releasing Reaction to the vote on Howard's gress, but for a different reason.