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"vVe ahvays strive to do everything possible to reduce crime. The University has to do more and the students have to take extra precaution," Student Leaders -REGINALD SMITH, Ch ief of Campus Police Propose Tuition Campus Crime Increases Slightly Freeze for 2001
As Police Devise New Security Tactics By Tm:1 ISIIA A. Woons Elzey said. "The commillee has just Hilltop Stafi Writer started working on gathering informa tion, reviewing basic issues with what By CIIRISTOl'IU:R WINDHAM station. The move could In a preemptive move to slop a pos• is happening will, economic trends in Campus Edi1or bring an increased sible tuition increase forthe 2001-2002 1he country, and mitions at other amount of patrol offi• school year. student leaders have sent HBCU \ and other colleges and uni TI,e number of reported criminal offens• cers from the District's a proposal 10 University officials ask versities in general and our overall es sligh1ly increased on Howard's campus 4th precinct. ing for a freeze of all ,1udcn1 fees, operating co,is." during 1999, according to a governmen1 "It means we are HUSA officials said. Many stuJents believe ll1a1 although web si1e which de1ails s1a1is1ics on colleges going to increase uni 1l1e report, which was presented to the commi11ee has 10 mee1 two more and Universities. form presence," he said. the Tuition and Rates Review commit tune,. a tuition increase is inevitable. According to crime data released to the "We arc going 10 use tee Tuesday railed Howard's ever Nikkole Salter. the Howard Univer• website (www.ope.ed.gov/securi1y) by 1he 1hose resources to increasing tuition anJ fee schedule and sity Student Assoeia1ion vice presi• University, reported ca,es of burglary and address some of the suggested that the University ·•explore dent, saiJ a decision to incre,he tuition auto the fl elevated from I 998. problems in 1ha1 :irea:· alternative avenues of funding with "ill have 10 go through the commince Burglaries jumped from 47 incidents in Hobart Street has serious aggression." then 10 Elzey and 1hen Howard Presi• I 998 to 64 cases Inst year. Car theft, been plagued by drugs The commillee of students and Uni dent H. Patrick Swygert before the increased from 17 reported cases in 1998 and violence for years, versity administrators decide on Board ofTru,tees makes 1he final vote. 1031 in 1999. Smith said. whether to recommend an increase But she said she thought an increase The number of robbery and assault cases "The Howard Uni after its Nov. 28 meeting. If a fee was likely. remained 1he same. Eighteen robbery cases versity Campus Police increa,e gains support in the commit• ·•With the commenrnry that was were reported in I 998 and I 999, and I 9 and the DC Police are tee and Board of Trustees, it would be made by some members of the com• assault incidents were reported during that reaching out to partner the sixth consecutive year that fees minee I JUSI foresee 1hem increasing same period. ship and come up with were increased. our 1ui1ion costs." said Salter. who is a ··we always strive to do everything pos a comprehensive Thomas J. Elzey, executive vice student ,epre.senrntive on 1he 15-mem• sible 10 reduce crime," Chief of Campus approach to addressing president and chief operating officer ber comminee Saller charged 1ha1 the Police, Reginald Smith said. ''The Uni drugs and violence on for the Uni,ersi1y s.1id the comminee comminee wants to facilitate new pro versi1y has 10 do more and the students that corner." has two meetings in the next two gram, with additional tui1ion money. have 10 rnke extra precaution:· Despite the increase "'eeks to decide if they will push for a HUSA submiued argumems 10 the The University ranks higher than all in burglaries and car tuition raise. Elzey said a tuition commiuee No,i 13. giving reasons why District colleges and universities in most thefts. the I 999 crimi increase is not definite. the Uni\'ersi1y ,hould not raise tuition. of the site"s crime ca1egone,. nal cases are still lower "We ha,·e two more meetings on The report charge, 1he Board of Smith said Howard"s urban environ that the numbers of Nov. 21 and No\'. 28, so it is premature Trustee, with "sy,1ema1ically" incrcas• men1 might play a role in 1hc rising num• 1997. right now to establish what the increase ing tui1ion over the l:bt five bers. Eighty burglaries and will be if there is any increase at all," See TU ITION. A5 ··11 (crime) happens in this area because 34 robberies were you have an awful lot of isolated areas." he reported 10 campus File PhlJIO said. Smith said isolated areas make it eas police in I 998. Both of CbitC or Campus Police, Re1itin:dd Smith abo\e, ier for criminals to conceal ll1emselves. the figures were higher Election Anxiety Fizzles, He said that students who walk in poor that J999 's statistics. Smith said the instal· ly-lit areas and 1rnvel alone late at night, are la1ion of a shunle service ha~ help lower Crimlllll OtrfDNt the most vulnerable. the numbers. "We try to encourage those students to Priva1izaiion of city owned streets on On C1mpw As Close Race Nears End 19"1 1991 1999 take extrn precautionary measures and campus, could help reduce crime, Smith By BR11,;1,.To~ Bom,rn who voled fo, Gvre, ,:ud ;11 first she avoid the dark nreas." he said. "We are added. Mumr/Non•o-,lla,nt marut1ua1t1no 0 1 t'ortlblt ,n offlmn 2 1 Hilltop St,tff \\ iter w::s proud to be fmm the ,tate that makinF strides ,ti incrcasinl! the level of "Universities across the Uni1cJ States 2 who enjoy the grcJtc~t su«.:..:~:-;.., in pr..:," l
, THE HILLTOP A2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 CAMPUS _Brother to Brother Conference Inspirational For Some
BRANDON M. BICKERSl'AFF Sports Week Editor
The conference also featured for "What we are here for is to show workshop was geared toward show erraski Wharton has a dream. College of Arts and Sciences Student began in 1990. ing students their options when "Our main goal is 10 put black the first time a workshop entitled you the right piuh.'" Gill told his The 18-year-old senior ut Council under the theme "Onward choosing a college. The workshop. males in the righl direc1ion by show ·'Street Life: Moving Beyond Crime young audience ...I know that if I Ballou High School in D.C. and Upward: Leading Our Youth entitled "A Higher Education, It's T ing positive leaders in the African in Our Community.'' Facilitators didn"t have the people to help pull me dreams of a day when he won't have Toward the Ligh1... Closer Than You Think," gave stu• American community," said Jarvis Keith Gill and Burley ..JR .. Dixon up, I wouldn't be here right now:· to hustle to survive. For Whanon. ·the all-day confer dents tips for applying for financial Houston, 2000 Brother 10 Brother gave personal accounlS of growing up Gill. who has worked with the con ..Sometimes i1's better to have that ence was a blessing . aid, passing the SAT and ACT tests, .. Questions I had were answered," Steering Committee Chair. ·11,e kids in the rough streets of New York and ference for four years. feels a sense McDonald"s job instead of selling of satisfaction wilh his involvemenl. and better study habits. Students col said Wharton. "I got 10 look at some can relate to the workshops. espe· Los Angeles. weed or crack.'' Wharton said ... Find· ln an empassioned testimony, ..When I see kids who come up 10 lec1ed college applications and ing money on the streets, you might one who understands where I've been cially the street life work>hop." Dixon gave a description of his for me the next year and say. •I came 10 brochures, along wilh financial aid get $ 10 here, $20 there. but it's not and knows what I'm going through. ..The most imponant aspect of mer lifestyle which revolved around Howard because of the conference: packets and guides 10 raking the SAT. wonh i1, gettini: locked up ... They showed me that I don't need Brolher to Brother is the changes in crime and violence. I feel like I did somelhing. "This workshop expo~es the youth Wharton was one of more than 300 $50,000, $20.000 or even $2.000 10 kids' lives because of 1he confer Dixon pleaded with studems to .. The work~hop is effective because 10 what 1heycan aspire to ... said Ryan young men who participated in the go to college. rr they could do it. I can ence. Some eventually end up com• strive for their goals and overcome they see the end producl of what they Ridley. facilitator of the workshop I 0th Annual Brother to Brother doit." ing to Howard University." 1heir environment. can become:· Gill said. ·'When you and sponsorship committee chair for Youth Conference held in the Black• Event organizers said the confer This year's conference fea tured a number of workshops and programs Gil l also offered words of encour• look at my background you see how the conference ...They see positive bum Center Tuesday. The confer• ence has served as a tool for encour black men who look like them and aging young black males to succeed focusing on higher education. 1ech agemen1 10 the students in atten• I got lo where I am now:· ence was hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha The conference's higher educa1ion say. 'If he can do it. I can. 100."' Fraternity, Inc .. Beta Chapter and the academically and socially since it nology. and black male role models. dance.
CAMPUS DIGEST
their common ancesll) 31 an African dance Seminar For The Ladies Jnformathe through discussion, television broadcasts, $71.000 cash award and a minimum com p.m.: and Sunday noon until 7 p.m. Dr. Donaldson Tou,.;aint L 'Overture Byrd extravaganza Monday evening in the For Some and pamphlets. mitment offlve years of service in lhe U.S. While seminars attendees traveled to dif• Navy. founded and served on the faculty in the Howard Plaza Towers community room. fcreot sites ofthe Reading Lounge, WHBC The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Pro· Howard University Jazz Studies program in The program. sponsored by Howard Plaza the early 1970's and he is recognized a, one Towers Student Assisrnn1s. was intended to About I00 women turned oul to experi 830 AM radio personalities Ashley Mcfar gram. founded in 19~8. is comprised of mil lin and Simone Cook. from the Bounce itary personnel and civilians who design, of jazz music's mosl innovati,e and endur• celcbrale the diverse cultures in the African ence a laste of female unity in first }ear of din,pora. the" Sister to Sister'' expo November 9 in Hour. kept the crowd entertained by spin• build. operate. maintain and manuge the ing art1st.s. His group, the Blackbynls. which ning 1he latest in Hip-Hop and R&B. nuclear-powered ships and the many acili• Byrd formed with several Howard Univer In an introductory statement. the orgamz• the Blackbum Reiuling Lounge. ers of the event, Student Assistants Obi.om For almost 3 hours. the expo, which wa.s The ,eminar was presented by the School tie, which support the U.S. nuclear owered .ity students. earned gold records and of Communications Student Couocil and naval fleet. gained 1hree Grammy Award nominations. Nkwonta, Doctor of Dcn1is1ry final year geared 101,ard, women's issues. wa., flood student and Ewa Unuke. a Ph.D. student of sponsored by UGSA. The program·, first director. Admiral B) rd's passion fo r music is matched only ed with infom1ative seminars that incorpo· International Relations reminded all rated fitness. enlertainment, cosmetic indul TI1e cen1ered ideal for the event was for all Hyman G. Rickover. hru. been the director by his love for art. His collection includes African-American, African and Caribbean Howard students that ·we are all one peo gence and food. Howard University females to gather in of I.he program since September I996 and unity excluding the per-judgments, mis has ovcr.een its diversity initia1ives as they art and he continues 10 add works by well• ple with one destiny under God, who should ·'fbe set-up and interior design of the strive to serve our society and to form a reading lounge was very creative and conceptions. and bickering attitudes. relate to the recruitment and retention of known and emerging artists of color to bis "I am very pleased wilh the turn out and minorities. collection. Included in his holdings are common front m n united action 10 free our unique:· stated freshman. Crystal Devone. people fom1 the shackles of pm·erty. oppres ·Tvc never seen anything like this at smooth operation of this event," said Megan Seven of 21 African-American studenls important prints and painungs by such sig More. co-coordmator of the even!. " When accepted in lhe program in I999 and 2000 nificant 20th century arti,t, as: Henry sion and social injustice." Howard !>.!fore," ,he added. Sludents were treated to High-Life music Women's health issues were a hot topic. we envisioned having an event that would were from Historically Black Colleges and Ossawa Tanner, Richmond Barth and Faith exemplify sisterhood and unity, I had oo Universities. These initiatives have con Ringgold just to name from Wesl Africa. Calypso and Reggae With the help of junior. finance major. from the Caribbean and American Hip• Eb.my Smith. a certified aerobic instructor idea il would be this huge. The School of tributed to the Navy being able to mon: than a few. Hop. of Fitne,, \lo,e who dcviscJ ,~uious .,ero c·, student council work,'d hard and vig• double the number of minoritie, in the The College of Art, and Sciences honored orousl)' along with UGSA repre.entalives to Naval Nuclear Propuls1un Program over B~rd yesterday by presenting him with lhc At the beginning of pror,ram. the students bic steps and dietary habits lor the laJies lo watc 'led mi:,ical fes!h'al ,1deotapes from make this fust lime event a ,ucces,:· the past ten years Benny Golson Jazz Mn,tc, Av. ard. The spc· follow. lhc womrn able to learn ubom eat }'i1,;cci and Sv11ch. \tt'l,·u ·s .. num/-w,nmng ing healthy and looking and better about cial ceremony fenrured perfonn:111.:es !>y Donald Byrd Collection on Display at lhc Howard University Ja1.z Ensemble and !PI TOMB! dance video. themselves. The African graduate students. who arc For entertainment, the ladies were gr:,ccd Howard University trumpe1er Darren Barrell, winner of the -Denise Caldwell 1997 TI1elonious Monk Jan Music com• Princes and heir apparent, to their native a mini poetry cipher by male members of kingdoms. paraded wi1h then flamboyant. S.L.A.M. Spoken Lyric"' the Mecca. 1\vo "Hear What I am Seeing, Selrcled Works petition. Howard Student Honored by U.S. Navy from the Art Collection ofDonald Byrd .. is flowing s111a11s, l>abangas uud agh<,Jar, of the represented members, Drew Ander the 1raditional wga of the Africans with son and Olu Burrell, 001h performed two now on display through December 3, at the An African Culturnl Night nt Hownrd Patrick Price 1s the first Howard Univer• Armour J. Blackbum University Center Plll2!l Towers n>yal blood of mhrritancc to the crown. ,elections apiece lhat had the ladies request• - Compiled from ,wff rrp<1rt, ,ng more. sily studem accepted into the U.S.Naval Gallery on main campus. The exhibit, which RcpresentatiH·s from the Betty Ford Nuckar Propulsion Progran1 as a Nuclear is free and open to the public. can hi! seen The ,omnolence in the air crackled as Breast Cancer Cenlcr, suppbcd information Power Otlicer Candidate. Monday through Frida) from 9: .10 a.m African,. Afncan-Amencan, and African• on bre;i~t. o,orian, and ccrv1c-:.il cancer. ,\ccep1ance in the progrnm includes a until 9 p.m.: Saturday from 10 nm. until 9 Caribbean students cruw together celebrate
Students Find Trouble With Senior Exam
N1QlJANDA 8ROWN Hilltop Staff Wriler very effective in evaluating ;audems. randee Gresham. a senior suppose to cover in preparation for same things. 1t seems that there is as,ess whether i.tudents learned exam. Logan said.. However, if a studem does not pass .. The ICSI is a pain but necessary English major, said the the exam:· she said. not a slructured syllabus fo r the what the deparlmcnt said they the cxaminaiion by graduation time. because it demonstrales th at you classes in the College of Gresham is one of many students courses ... should have learned.'" he said. " It is B also a measuring device to see if the then the student will not grr1dua1e learned und remembe r what you Arts and Sciences did not prepare in lhe School of Arts and Sciences Senior Comprehension Exams are and will have to come back to were suppose to learn in your four her for the Senior Comprehension who question the fairness of a com usually given twice a year, once per department has taught what it was prehensive exam for graduating semester. supposed to teach.'" improve on his weaknesses with an year lenure m Hownrd ... i.he said. Examination on Nov. 4. ..Although I forgot some things i1 The exam. which is a graduation seniors. Paul E. Logan, associate dean for The material covered on 1he exam advisor. he said. Logan said the exam is very e!Tec wa, a fair 1e,t and all of my classes requirement for students in Arts and "The test combined every1hing we the College of Ans and Sciences. is determined by every department tive because ";tudents should want were geared lO\vards ii. .. Sciences. i, designed to tesl stu [English majors J were supposed 10 said the exam is nothing more than head. For example. the political sci learn:· she said ... However. because an evaluation test for both faculty ence or English department may lo get what they have paid for 111 the As of now the College of Arts and dents' knowledge ofthe curriculum. Sciences is 1he only school that However, Gresham says the test is we all had different professors, some and sludents. require a thesis stnlement. where as lasl four years ... requires a senior evaluation test. unfair because some professors "do leaching more in-depth than others. ..The Senior Comprehension the biology department may require Senior biology major Monique Rolle said that she find, the exam not cover everything that they arc we all did not learn or know the Examination was put into place to field work or a multiple choice
Voices & Views Do you feel safe on campus? :). ... --:-:.. ·-~(."'.'. ~-...... -. ,:·. ...£It~' . )'· ~ • y • ;· .. (f;: :::·...... a. \ ·,...... ,,·· .' ·~' .... ·1·. · .•. -· ~·'·'·''• •c•.'..L ' :· . . . .;•·; ' . ..,-.-. ; _,. . -.· . "Prcny much. bc-,1dc, the enmc, thm I l..now "No. I don·1 feel ,afe on campu'!i. Tbc preM:nc-e "I do fed ~re oo 1hi, cJmpm,. I h:t\'C noticed more "A'> a fre1,hman. I can only minimally'") 1ha1 I fed ,:ifc ··1 (eel s.1fo bcc•1u\t \.'-h(rcvcr I go. I aJw;iy, h..i\C my friend, 0 of in thC' Orcw Hall nnd Arl'hitecturc llu1ldin1t :uc;;a... ()( t;impu!'. ,c-curi1)' ,, very liulc aru:r 10 p.m. ,;;ecurity and a more >K.'li\·c C:unpu, Police presence on campu\ bccau,c r vc only been hcrc·for a little. I :1round: O,un<>n Deane. S,1pho111c,r~. Bu,in\·,, ~1.•n~cmcn1 Howard\ c.i1up1h i\ gcncr;1lly open to the puhlic .ind thi-, )'Ciff th•1" before. I ,till thinl,. 1w)ce about w.i.lli.· Jon'I fttl h\.c I krkl'A DC well enough to day that l fet"I Hudson Smi1h. Sor>homore. Act1n~ l.00\I. in 11: lhi"' I f1.~I ,·cry un....:1fc waU:ing 10 m)' dorm in J? alone at night, hul I kel :o.ecurc in l..nowi1\J? that home. bul I do ft-el a h~\·d ul' comfon and communil) on from 1hc lit,,r,uy \';hen ,1,,'(un1y ,, minimum:· pt4.)pJc .in: lc.>0ldng oul for 1)1(' ... campu, lhal dt.--e, 3llow m..:- 10 ~y thal I feel ,:ifc." Kry,1al Little. Sophomore. R1olog.y m:,jor Lc:-\in:i Mal'Un, Sophomore. African i.tudie-, m3jOC' Ann Lnwn:nce. Fn:,hman. Finance :ind f.ng,li'ih major r
A3 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEJ\'IBER 17, 2000 Students Get the Boot From the City Boots Force Students To Shell Out Money For Unpaid Parking Tickets By SYREETA SPEARS Hilltop Staff Writer
tevcn Coleman, a fourth-year "I caught the train to the hospital ligate the proper steps needed to con more common on campus and medical student. was rnnning and called the OMV." he said. "They test penalty. throughout the city. Parking enforce late for the hospital when he "I called the DMV and they initial ment personnel l>rowl the campus S told me I had until 7 p.m. to pay the daily in hopes of finding their latest ly told me thM I had to pay over $200 rJCed to his Mercury Villager only to line and after I paid it I found out that find an orange pumpkin-like boot to get the boot off," Pope said. "I had boot victim. wrapped around the wheel. they had towed my truck because I about eight tickets and they would Once the tickets are paid. the boot "I was like what the hell is that on was parked in a rush-hour zone," give me two nt a time. so I requested should be released within two hours. my car," Coleman said. " I have never Coleman said he had to pay for a a hearing. All but one ticket was Those wishing to contest the ticket. seen anything in my life like that towing fee, a boot fee, an impound thrown out and I ended up paying have to go 10 Adjudication Services before. We don't have those in Jer ment fee and four unpaid tickets, all $20 to get the boot removed." in person for a walk-in hearing where sey." of which totaled over $200. According to DC law. a car can be evidence against receiving the boot A boot. issued by the DC Depart Coleman is not alone with his park booted in the District if it has two or may be presented. ment of Motor Vehicles, is an orange ing ticket woes on campus. more unpaid parking tickets: no mat A vehicle cannot be booted on pri stoppage device placed around the Each day students amble to their ter what state the ticket was issued in. vate property such as dorm parking rim of a whicle's wheel to ensure that cars to find they have been given the Once a vehicle has two overdue park lots. the owner pays delinquent parking boot. ing tickets, a boot can be attached at According to DC Department of tickets. Coleman said getting the boot When Senior public relations major any time if it is on a public parking Motor Vehicle, officials. a •ickct removed from his car was a trouble Aaron Pope's Chevy Camaro got space - even if it is parked legally. must be contested or paid within 15 Ph Funding Concerns Keep Illtop Journal From Producing Issue This Semester Students Say Interest is Waning By ERRICA DOTSON Hilltop Staff Writer he llltop Journal. the lirst said students could receive the next Editor-in-Chief Jason Tatum is also The last issue sparked some con African-American produced issue before the end of the fa ll excited about the issue. trover,,y with a few student, and fac Tsatirical magazine. received semester. but no release date has "We arc students striving to ulty members who were concerned rave reviews when it debuted last been set. approach comedy from a collegi:ite the Journal's content. May after months of anticipation '"This issue is going to be 100 per perspective:· he said. "We hope to "In the past Dean Date, has had from students and media publica cent better than our first issue,'' elevate our writing $0 1hat we may people approach her voicing their tions alike. Brown said. "The writers have gone educate, enlighten and entertain our disapproval of the content," Tatum But the Journal, which was sup back. reviewed their previous work, readers lhrough our exploration of said. "But people must realize that posed to be released quarterly begin• taken writing classe.~ and have great parody, tragedy, satire aml Bur• comedy will sometime, offend, but ning this semester. has yet to surface ly improved their quality of writing. lesque, with a non-typical approach. it', all in fun and strictly for laughs," Phoco li)' Ctmt.mdrJ ThfflJhon This issue will be much more We are extremely proud of this After llltop·s debut. the staff decid ThtSoulhtm rap duo OutKa,t , ignl-d the latc,;;t C'l)l>ie:, of th(-ir ::ilhum at \\illi~ on campus and students say they no on Gt~r,.:.i..'l ,\,c.1-a.(;t ,\eek, ilundr«ls o(i,ludcnb bnl\cd the dropping tempera focused than the first." upcoming issue because it is 100 ed 10 create a weekly writing work longer crave the once heavily antic ture and r:.1 in to gct C-OJ>~ of the lilign..-d album. ipated publication. The delay between the two publi percent student produced," shop to strengthen their skills. Tatum "The lirst issue was extremely cations. Brown said. was caused by Some students are awaiting the Ill• said. The llltop also c,tablishcd a funny," said junior radio/televi funding and publication quality. top's retum. sales team to recruit adverti~ers. "People don ·1 realize how hard "Making people laugh. especially The Ill top Journal was founded by sion/film major. Alonzo Ramsey. humor writing is. A lot of students me, is not an easy thing to do and the comedian Chris Rock in 1998. It is "But they have took so long to come came aboard thinking that they could llltop had me dying laughing.'' said designed to serve as an outlet for out with the second issue that the do it and later realized its difficulty. April Hill.junior lntemational Busi young African-American writers to Would you like to write for campus? momentum created from the first It's different than any other type of ness major. " I am excited to hear that get the exposure and training need Call Chris at 202-806-6867 issue has been lost." writing and requires a Joi more another issue will be coming out ed to ,ecure a career in satiric.ti ~oon_,. llltop Faculty Advisor. Jim Brown, work.'' he said. writing. • - SJ\~ I everyone's I nvi tod,,. Equip smart:- \ A laser printer for the price of an inltjet? Cool. Just $199. Now you can have ~OUI very own laser pnntcr At a breakthrough J)fice. Fast Sharp. Clean. Compact. With a toner cartridge that shOuld tasi you all year. And al a per page co<,t lhat's 70% less than 111kJCl Plus a Toner Save button that extends the 11re another 30%. Papers that stand out ·n a teache(s grading stack Professional resumes Art1c1os r1t to submit ror publ,cauon. Alt for J the pnce or a half-dozen inkJCI ca!lndgc,s ~ttcr thmk twice. Everyone ,n the dorm's gonna want to use 11 Grab one at your c;impus bookstore Order ont111e. Or by phone at 800-459•3172. s~o OF.F. 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By V1VANNE ORJI freedom. dams Morgan is home to the city's largest Latino Among its hangout spots, U st reet al,o offers a Hilltop Staff Writer The memorial was comple1ed in early 1997 and A community. Adams Morgan is also best known for installed on 1he two foot high round bao;e on July wide variery of restaurants. For those looking for its international cuisine and njghtlife. This historic 16. 1998 and dedica1ed on July I8. 1998 by Sculp a more sophis1ica1ed place 10 ear. delicious ror Ed Hamillon. As he has done with other works Caribbean Cuisine can be enjoyed al The Islander neighborhood also offers wonderful exmples of 19th and eyond rhe Mall and monuments. rhere is in progress. Hamilton asked his family and friends and ia,ty, mouth wa1ering cnrrees can be enjoyed 20th century archltecture, colorful murals and unique a Washington of neighborhoods, each for reaction 10 rhe design. ··overwhelmingly. 1he al Dukem Ethiopian Cuisine. The Bohemian Cav shops. Howard University's Metidian Hill Hall dom1i B wirh irs own history and culture. One of response was great. I had reduced the number of ern also ha, a Bohemian Resraurant wi1h an ele those neighborhoods is 1ha1 surrounding U S1ree1, tory is located in Adams Morgan. soldiers 10 four;· Hamihon remarked. The de,ign gant selling that serves American Cuisine. With a righ1 off !he U Street/Cardozo metro. Although it .rands at 1he comer of I0th and U S1ree1s. shon walk from rhe Bohemian Cavern. one can may not look like oncofrhe mos1 a11rac1ive neigh Not 100 far from the African-American Civil War find rhe Shonghai Restaurant which specializes in THE NATIONAL Zoo is the nations premiere zoo. It is borhoods. U Street has something special 10 offer. Memorial is rhe h,sroric Lincoln Theater on 121h Nigerian food. For a more relaxed. kick back located at 3001 Connecticut Avenue. from rhe historic African-American Civil War and U Su-eels. The 1hea1er s1ill entenains the local armosphere one may find Uropia. a coffee house Memorial which a11rac1s 1ouris1s from all over the residenrs and visitors with musicals. plays and and bar lounge on 151h and U Streets. quite suit world 10 Republic Gardens. 1he mos1 popular films. able. CARLOS SALZARS WALL OF COLOR WALL MURAL is nighrclub in D.C. which has celebrities from Across the streel from rhe Lincoln Theatre is a U ;tree! also has its normal everyday srores, located on Calvert and Adams Mill. Pairick Ewing to Chris Rock coming in all the 1ime beautiful, bu ilding-high mural of the late jau boutiques, salons and fast food restaurants like when 1hey are in rown. musician, Duke Ellington. In 1929. the nightlife on McDonald's. Piua Hur, Rite Aid Pharmacy. Dol The African-American Civil War Memorial, U Street had a ••jazz theme." lar S1ore. Ben·, Chili Bowl, Boutique U. Alem THE LATINO HERITAGE CENTER is located at 1419 which was built in honor of the more than 209.000 All 1he clubs on U Streel used 10 play jazz. The Bouriques. Wanda ·s Hair Srudio. U-Besl Cleaners. Columbia Ave. African-American soldiers who fought and died in once famous Bohemian Caverns on I Ith and U Eleganr Nails and Lee·, Flower and Card Shop. the Civil War has become one of rhe designated s1ree1 was well known for it"s jazz music. It The owner of Bouuque U. Kenne1h E. Barnes. tour slops for rhc Di,1ric1"s new 'Beyond lhe Mon• said. ··1 mostly enioyed 1hc Fu1ure Fest 1hey had 18TH AND COLlJl\tBIA are two streets rich with restau reopened under new ownership on July 7. 2000 and umenrs · tourism program. featured 1he Jimmy Smi1h Quaner. on U street during the summer of t 998 and t 999. rants. cafes, shops and nightclubs. 111e memorial began in 1992 as a Bill in Congress •·J am so glad rhe Cavern reopened because back II wa, nice 10 see all the people panicipate andcel presented by Shadow Representative Eleanor in 1he days ii used to be my favorire spol 10 hang ebra1e in the festival."" He explained thar. ··1he fes- Holmes Norton of !he District of Columbia. The J\,IERIDIAN HILL PARK (16th and W) is an urbane park out. Ahhough it is not 1he same as ir was in I950. 1ival consisls of people buying and selling clothes. DC Commission ofth e Ans and Humani1ies com with a dramatic water cascade and Paul Dubois' 1922 I can still enjoy ii from rime 10 1ime;· said Alon jewelries. CDs. ere. There is also a lot of dancing. missioned it The Spirit of Freedom. 111c 9" 112·· ,w Mason. a resident singing. cooking and promoting. II is a good way Joan of Arc statue. bronze sculprure con;isls of a fronr high base-relief Orher clubs on U S1ree1 are S1ate of 1he Union for the businesses on U Street 10 make money:· and lower relief on the backside. The backside which is geared towards rhe teenage crowd, 1he U Streei"s diversity. history. and cuhure make ii shows a scene of a family as the soldier. a son. R ST (20th to Florida) contains two blocks of art galleries West African Club. Erico. for 1he more aduh an exccllenr a11rac1ion for tourists and a fully leaves for the war. 111e front depicls rhree infan1ry crowd and clubs like rhe Velvet Lounge and Bar enjoyable place for DC residents. soldiers and a sailor as pro1ec1ors of rlie fighr for Nun where one can lisren to the smoorh. suhry THE TEXTILE MUSEUM (2320 S) has an exhibit of ancient and modem textiles. Number of Disabled Youth High in D.C. By LERQUISHA M. JONF.S Hilltop Staff \1/ritcr Community Organization Helps here is an ou1,1anding num Vanessa Mitchell from Muhi1hera abled youth are pur inro nursing 01her placements." ber of di sabled youth in pu1ic Services Inc. said thm abuse 1s homes because 1heir p.1ren1s some• According 10 Greg C. Vanderheiden Provide Outlet for District Children TWa,hing1011. DC. Many fac- one of the chief causes of disbility rimes do not know how to care for of 1he Trace Research and Develop ror, 1hat are peculiar 10 DC contribure among young people in DC. She s1a1- them and 1hey need bener care:· Par menr Cenrer. rhere are over three mil lion handicapped people in the Unir By CUAIA ODOMS 10 the cause of 1he high proponion of ed. ··Many of the disabled yourh in ents may feel rhat they have no orher Hilhop S1aff Wri1er disabled you1h in rhe Di s1ric1. D.C. become 1his way because of choice than 10 pul 1heir handicapped ed Siates. Many of the social illnesses 1ha1 abuse. A great number of handi child in a nursing home. V:rne,sa Mitchell said 1hat she Every Wednesday night, children participating in the Aesop's Nia pro plague DC con1ribu1e directly to 1he capped youlh have been abused by Many nursing homes are 1101 accu,- believes 1hat of rhe thousands of dis abled people in nursing homes, fifty gram have something positi,•e to look forward to. high number of disabled yourh in 1he their parents and left scarred by the 1omed 10 working wirh disabled yourh, because 1he majority of the perceni of these people are yourh. Aesop's Nia is a program sponsored by St. Augustine Catholic di>tricr. Ms. Jenkins from West view ill-1rea1men1.·· Other contributing foc rors to you1h dis:ibiliry may b,.: poor occupants in rhe home, are elderly. She believe, 1ha1 a large proponion Church. located on 15th and V Streets Northwe.,t. Gillian Prall, who Medical and Rchabi limrion Services staled. "'There arc so many handi environmental surroundings. acci M,. Jenkins ,tated. ··... rhe,e facilitic, of 1he handicapped youth 111 the dis- graduated from Howard University in 1991. has been involved with the capped youth becau,c of lack of pre den1~. natural cnuse5. ]ow income. haven"t prepared for youth ... Nursing 1ric1arc. disabled from birth because program since her sophomore year at Howard and has been the pro natal care and drug use. I blame lhc and lack of health insurance. homes were nor ,er up tor youth. of parental irresponsibiliry. gram ·s director since 1993. parcnrs for the chil,J"s dis:ibiliries D"ablcVirginia Beach. Va.; provides food. toys and other gifts as a part of its Social Services Min the Washington Convention Cenier. 1.hrough the Urban Scholarship Program. The Raleigh. N.C. and Baltimore. Md. The rouma istry. The families of the cnildrcn involved in Aesop's Nia are automatic From wraps 10 rwists, local hair s1ylis1s and bar program is a collaborarion between branches of ment will conclude with !he finals in Wasbing recipients of these services. bers will style and cul in competition for more the Narional Association for 1he Advancemenr of ron on February 18. 200 I. The Aesop's Nia program brings members of the community and mem rhan $35.000 in cash and prizes. The event will Colored People. chap le rs of I00 Black Men of Tickers can be purchased in advance for S 15 bers of the St. Augustine Church closer together ;.This program tn1ly feature up to five competitive caregories: Barbers' America and affilia1es of the Urban League. 1hrough G'Natural Herbal Products. (301)333· reaches out 10 our neighbors:· said Monsignor Russell Dillard. Cur: Stylists· Comb-0111; Student Cosmetologists '"The Urban Scholarship Program has touched 6130; Action Beauty Supply. (30 I )808-0708 and II is a cultural group that focuses on positive self-s1a1emen1. "It builds Comb-Out; Men's Total Look and Salon Pre !he lives of nearly 300 young people who may nor 111 By JOI RIDLEY This fence bt.-came a focal point of unresr in the later pan residences afler World War II. the neighborhood fell vic• involved in improving rhe neighborhood and was unsuc Hilltop Staff Writer of rhe 19th cenrury. In July of 1888. 1he fence wa, rom lim 10 population turnover. crime, and olher social ills dur• cessful down by proresting African Americans, which signaled ing 1he I970s. Presently Howard has begun mking an active role in the a movemenr toward rhe inregrarion of the area. In past yea.rs. 1he area has mer financial difficulries. yet communi1y·s restoration by taking the lead in imple The LeDroir Park Hisroric Dis1ric1 is one of the hidden In 1893, a barber. Octavius Williams. became rhe first with rhe assis1ance of the University and other financial menting an ambitious revitalization plan, The university trea.~ures of the areas surrounding Howard University.11,e African American 10 move into rhe subdivision. The contributors, the park is on the road to resurgence as one purchased a liquor store near the campus and convened neighborhood has been reknowned because of irs anis LeDroir Park area was in1egra1ed for only a shon time, of 1he capiml's premier landmarks. ii into a security office. staffed jointly by the Howard and tic design and its residenrs. distinguished African-Amer and by 1he beginning of World War I, 1he white families LeDroi1 Park remains essentially intac1 today and serves Me1ropoli1an Police depanments. At the same time. the icans in government, activism. and the ans. had moved out. as home 10 many prominem African Americans. university renovated its hospilal on Georgia Avenue. The LeDroir Park Historic District was originally a uni Among the prominent African Americans who lived in The Transponaiion and Community and Sysrern Preser adding a new emergency room and trauma center. fied subdivision of subs1an1ial houses designed by James LeDroil Park were Roben A. Terrell. rhe first African vation Pilot (TCSP) Program donaied a $500.000 grant With Fannie Mae as Howard"s s1ra1egic partner, the Uni McGill and constructed mainly between I 873 and I 877. American municipal Judge, and his wife. Mary Church for the restora1ion of one area of LeDroir Park as well as versity is rehabilitating 28 unoccupied houses and devel LeDroit P:1rk presen1ly contains 50 of 1he original 64 Terrell. a distinguished civil rights activist. She was lhe over $435,000 10 help ease congestion on Pennsylvania oping housing on 17 vacant lots for sale to homebuyers, McGill hou,es. The 400 block of U Street is lhc only firs t African American 10 serve on the DC School Board. Avenue. one of the region·s major transponation corri The plan further calls for !he development of a town cen• block lefl which includes all of the original McGill hous Mttjor Christian Fleerwood. a Civil War hero. General dors. rer conraining shops. res1auran1s. and other amenities. es without any intrusions. Benjamin Davis. rhe firs! African-American general. and The TCSP program. creared by the Transportation Equi- Universily otlicials envision the dcvelopmenl ofan exlen• Amzi L. Barber. one of 1he founders of Howard Uni• violinist Clarence Cameron White also resided in LeDroil 1y Acl for the 2 Is1 Century. gives slate and local ofl1cials sion 10 an ans dis1ric11ha1 the city plan, 10 develop in the vcrsiry. developed LeDroit Park. LcDroil Park was orig• Park. Walter Washingron. the first mayor of DC elected rhe opportunity 10 use 1ranspona1ion funds 10 build more Sevenlh s1ree1 and Eighlh s1ree1 corridor downrown. inally developed as an exclusively white residen1ial area. under home rule and his wife were also LeDroir Park res livable communiries. Howard plans 10 build a jau museum. renovare the This policy was enforced 10 1he ex1en1 thar a fence idenrs. Poe1 P:ml Laurence Dunbar also resided in !he area In an effon 10 improve some of rhe social ills 1ha1 cur Howard Theater. and encourage rhe Smi1hsonian lnsti• enclosed the area and guards were srarioned ar the ga1es as well. renrly plague LeDroit Park, the LeDroil Park Civic Asso lution 10 bui ld irs Narional African-American Museum in 10 restrict access. With the decline in 1he number of LcDroit P:irk's older cia1ion tried several years ago 10 get Howard Universiry 1he revitalized dis1ric1 around 1he campus. THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 AS Don't Blame Nader for Close Race, Some Howard Students Say By SHARIA DAVIS Texas Gov. George Bush. about inventing the Internet. a better understanding of Nader," said would these three have voted for Hilltop Staff Writer "Ralph Nader is not the cause of "There are several things Gore did Chambliss. Bush or Gore? this presidential (mess)," said 19- wrong, but he also played a role on Russ also defended Nader by say In a denounced voice, Russ said that Shortly after I a.m. last Wednesday, year-old Russ. "People who voted this election to make it come this ing that she does not think Gore is she would not vote for Bush and junior Belvey Russ stood with hun Ralph Nader wouldn't have voted close," Beal said. deeply concerned about Universal Gore would have been her last and dreds of cheering voters who filled for Gore if Nader wasn't running." Nader supporters in general do not heath care. final choice. Russ said she would the National Press Club to hear Green Russ, a Green Party supporter, said agree with Gore's beliefs on certain "Al Gore tries to talk the talk, but have voted for either David Party presidential candidate, Ralph that Gore ran a poor campaign, which issues ranging from the death penal doesn't walk the walk," Russ said. McReynolds of the Socialist Party or Nader thank his supporters for a hard was evidenced by his not winning his ty to racial profiling, to Universal The Green Party is not only con John Hagelin from the Natural Law fought campaign. hometown of Tennessee and the two heath care. Twenty-year-old Tarica cerned with health care, but with Party. Neither candidate made the After Nader's concession speech, other popular Democratic states Chambliss, an exchange student at ensuring safe and tolerant communi ballot in her home state of Virginia. Russ said she left the Press Club ,Arkansas and West Virginia. Howard from Stanford University, ties. Russ, Beal and Chambliss said Chambliss said she does not see any enthusiastic about Nader's presiden Twenty-year-old Khalilah Beal, a said that Gore is no different from they supported Nader's fight for the difference between Bush and Gore. tial run. senior math major, also thinks that Bush because neither are truly con equal treatment of everyone from "I would have reluctantly voted for But when she returned to her room Nader is not the cause of the presi cerned about police brutality or Affir racial minorities to homosexuals. Gore," Chambliss said. in Slowe Hall, she was disappointed dential hang-up. To Beal, Gore did a mative Action. "Everyone should have equal When asked if she would have when students shouted furiously that number of things wrong to not win "Blacks are Jocked up in the Demo rights," Russ said. voted for Gore if Nader were not in Nader was the cause of the close race votes, including not using Clinton cratic and Republican mind frame, But the question still remains: If the race, Beal plainly answered, Ralph Nader between Vice President Al Gore and more in his campaign, and lying but if they read more they will have Nader had not run for president "No." Students Leaders Propose Tuition Freeze U. Michigan Admissions Trial From TUITION, Al sity has been more profitable in the "Tuition should not be increased, years at a rate higher than inflation. last year and it is pushing to become point blank," said Sellano Simmons, To Get Started in Detroit Howard is one of only three insti- more financially independent. HUSA president, "If it is, the service "Our endowment has grown over should reflect how much we pay to tutions that receive a direct federal By JEN FISH & LISA KOIVU sion processes but the law that was used to construct appropriation and this appropriation a few years and as of Nov. 10, it was attend Howard." Michigan Daily (U. Michigan) those policies, specifically the 1978 Supreme Court ''They do it every single year and has also increased with each year up to $327 million and our private ruling in the case of Regents of University of Cali that tuition increased, according to funding has slowly grown over last I understand inflation, but if they are (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich.-The wait may fornia v. Bakke. the report. Last year's tuition hike year as well," Elzey said. "One of the not going to manage the facilities soon be over. In that case, the high court ruled the use of racial was met with a $5 million increase in goals of Howard University is to better, why are the students continu After three years of gathering evidence and legal quotas unconstitutional, but Justice Lewis Powell the Federal appropriation. become more self sufficient, we do ally having to pay more money," said maneuvering, the lawsuit challenging the use of race wrote in the opinion that attaining diversity is a com The report also compared Howard receive federal appropriation, but we junior political science major, Dono as a factor in admissions to the University of Michi pelling governmental interest. to other schools with comparable are working toward being able to van Fox. gan College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts is CIR chief executive officer Terry Pell has told The educational experiences; however support more things with our own HUSA asserted in their report that headed to its first hearing in federal court. Michigan Daily that his case is watertight, based on alumni giving and financial aid pack resources," Elzey said. a tuition freeze would force the Uni Judge Patrick Duggan will hear oral arguments for a firm constitutional argument. ages at those schools is greater than These resources that Howard versity to explore alternative sources summary judgment Thursday in federal district court Pell contends that the use of race in admissions is that at Howard, according to the receives are resources that student of funding and reallocating current in Detroit. Last spring, both sides submitted motions discriminatory toward whites and therefore uncon report. members on the board feel should be financial resources. for a summary judg111ent - in which the judge is stitutional. but the University intends to use the Bakke Elzey pointed out thatthe Univer- used in a better fashion. asked to make a decision on the case based on sub case to justify its policies and prove diversity is ben mitted evidence without going to trial. eficial to students. HISTORY The intervenors agree with the University but assert The suit was initially filed Oct. 13, 1997, by the that affirmative action is necessary to correct past dis Washington, D.C.-based Center for Individual Rights crimination. The Hilltop is looking on behalf of two white applicants, Patrick Hamach THIRD PARTIES er and Jennifer Gratz, who claim they were unfairly The intervenors are comprised of a coalition of civil evaluated under the LSA admissions process. rights groups and Detroit high school students. To be or talented writers like you! CIR filed a nearly identical case in December 1997 allowed into the case, they had to prove they had an challenging the admissions system for the Universi interest in the lawsuit and neither the plaintiff nor the ty's Law School. defendants would adequately represent their interest Ctal 202-806-6867 or more Since then, the case has been subject to numerous in the case. delays. In August 1998, the Sixth Circuit Court of In addition to gaining the support of the intervenors, - Appeals in Cincinnati allowed the entrance of the a number of other colleges, corporations and other • • intervening defendants after Duggan initially denied groups have thrown their weight behind the Univer in o tion. the inclusion of the third party. sity's defense. Last month, 20 Fortune 500 companies THE LAW -including Microsoft, Intel and Kellogg - filed an University Deputy General Counsel Liz Barry said amicus brief, or friend of the court brief. in support The Hilltop. We Pay. the case is not about the University's specific admis- of the University's admissions practices. ' • \ . ------·------...._ __ .. ,._,..,. __ ___,~------·- - ·- I A6 FRIOAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 T HE H 1L1; rop CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, GREAT MINDS DO NOTTHINKALIKE. BUT THEN AGAIN, SOME DO. ,··:· ·.•. ·~ . 'l·,:. ... f •' ·,·_;.,1:•... . '• .. .; i'.J :_, ~, ·;-"'., ....;Y: •.:, . . 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Ml "-''•11"'',WA( ~ .. ~,,d (,r,,.o/ "'\O''vfh"" ,,,,,,~ ... \ THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 A7 SATIRE By EWA UNOKE who comments generally on foreign elections argues Yet we cannot see the logic in the Libyan diplomat's blood and sweat built this nation. The common Nation & World Editor that there is no problem with the US electoral sys remarks. Is Libya a super power? In international denominator is that both peoples came to the Unit tem, "the world outside this room understands that politics, does he not know that it's a jungle out there? ed States in boats. Whether or not one group is dis The following is a response to a letter sent by this is a regular, normal, legal, clear, transparent, The US refused any assistance from the OAS of enfranchised in Florida or not, there will always be an African Ambassador whose identity will open process for United States democracy." You see? which it is a leading member. Furthermore, inter a common ground, love for America. After all, a remain confidential. According to Stephen Mufson of the Washington national observers and the UN were not invited, as Shakespearean sonnet reminds us that "Love is not Post, the State Department's Boucher, this month is the case with Third World n11tions during elections, love that alters when it alteration finds, nor bends Mr. Ambassador, alone had condemned or criticized the legislative so as to authenticate such election results. with a remover to remove. Nay it is like an ever fixed Re: The trouble with America. Felicitations and elections held at Azerbaijan as having "failed to meet No problem. Bush and Gore get ready with their mark." Such is the American love. Bush and Gore thank you for appreciating our work at the Hilltop. international standard." This month also, Boucher transition program while they also dust their con love America. We too. As a rejoinder to the issues you raised in our recent tele declared that local elections held in Zanzibar was stitutional law books in a comic, political gladiato You just have to understand the elements of the phone conversation we are pleased to present a sample "marred by numerous irregularities," while the pres ry of our time. While the election fever rose to its American democracy. The democratic export brand opinion of the American people towards the present elec idential elections held in Kyrgyzstan were "flawed." peak, executions climaxed in Texas. Over two mil is not for domestic consumption. It is for export only. toral melo-drama which is unfolding in Florida. Mr. Ambassador, diplomats are also reacting. lion Americans remained holed up in their jails. Gun The Florida model therefore is a crafted, custom The District of Columbia continues to make plans According to our sources, the Libyan envoy in the trotting youth continued to snap off lives, hate crime made foreign policy alternative to test the political to receive a new Boss despite the Florida dilemma. United Nations has decried the "Florida model" of spiraled to the apex, claiming hundreds of lives temperature of the gullible world. Although, DC President, Janice Davis is nervous and democracy, stating that "we can see from the elec including a Howard University student, Prince Jones. Florida is only a democratic hiccup. America "worried that we will never get the right to vote," tions that we are the true democracies and not this Mr. Ambassador, this is America. We remember merely sneezed and the world caught a democratic State Department spokesperson, Richard Boucher ridiculous American model." the founding fathers and the men and women whose influenza. There is no problem in USA, gaskia! • • NEWS res1 enc Ill By EWA UNOKE est groups and party loyalists. The outcome would ground Nation & World Editor the wheel of commerce and cost the taxpayer's several mil By CLEMENTI,\ EUGENE MONTSERRAT lion dollars in pecuniary value and high human toll. Hilltop Staff Writer The Prime Ministers of the Organization of Eastern Bill Clinton is still the .President of the United States. The optimists do not think so. They believe it is a great Caribbean States (OECS) will assemble in Montser Therefore, there is no presidential eclipse whatsoever. What experience to witness a historic moment, which they might rat, Nov. 22- 24 for a special meeting to discuss trade, we do not have is a president-elect and citizens have been never see again in a lifetime. To them, it is a free trip to Dis JAMAICA neyland, to have political fun and humor. The island of Jamaica bas begun the debate con tourism and aviation. The OECS Secretary Gener reacting to the situation in Florida. al, Swinburne Lestrade is expected to address the Some Americans argue that you cannot cook the demo Commenting on who becomes the next President after Bill cerning legalizing marijuana. The National Com Clinton, the "Nation and World" had warned the Howard mission on Ganja began its sittings last week, despite caribbean leaders on the prospect for regional inte- cratic gration.• omelet student community that this election is "dicey" because of calls to sabotage its activities. Meanwhile, the the mood and the elements which were still brewing up at National Alliance for the Legalization of Ganja in without Commentary break- the eve of the elections. We cautioned that people should Jamaica is not satisfied with Prime Minister, Perci BARBADOS ------~---- I n g turn out en-masse to vote their conscience because many val Patterson's response to the concerns of the Com- The Caribbean Community and Common Market things were at stake and therefore, it was not yet time to relax • • some electoral eggs. Yet, others are emotionally charged DIISSIOn. (CARI COM) will bold a regional consultation on the since they feel the Florida fraud is "a ripping of the foun and rejoice. implementation of arrangements for the transforma Howard community should roll their sleeves and fasten tion of the Caribbean Communit}'. to a single market dation of democracy." But, further discordant voices abound HAITI as citizens and residents declare their anger, frustrations and their belts for a roller Nine Haitians, eight men and one woman, were res and economy in Barbados, Nov. 20- 21. The private coaster political adventure, because which ever way the sector, trade unions, Caribbean Development Bank feelings: ''Amazing,'' "funny,'' ''unfortunate chaos,'' ''ener cued at Long Bay Beach in Jamaica on Tuesday Nov. gizing, not embarrassing," "history in the making," "healthy electoral result goes, one of the two men, whom we argued 7 after their boat drifted ashore. The group left Haiti and the Organization of Eastern Carribean States were not the most knowledgeable for the job, are ordained Secretariat are expected to join carribean island for our democracy," "a passing phenomena," "a weird in two canoes, but one canoe sank, forcing all nine moment," "two Americas," and "country polarized." to lead America and her people into an uncharted democ people to ride in the same boat. The canoe could not leaders for the consultation. The meeting will be ratic sea. chaired by Barbados Prime Minister, Owen Arthur. These voices represent optimism and pessimism. The pes bold all nine people.The group remains in police cus simist believes the US is gradually drifting toward an Could this experience lead to the erosion and global rejec tody pending a decision by the immigration author unprecedented political cataclysm. They fear that any tion of the American democratic model in future? Can Amer ities in Jamaica. ST.CROIX attempt by the Democratic flag-bearer, Al Gore to contest ica ever raise a voice for or against any electoral process in Alco World Alumina and Chemicals, a refmery plant the result of the elections through litigation could open a other nations of the world after the Florida experience? GUYANA with operations in several countries in the world will Republican legal Pandora which would further damage the These are tough questions. However, what is not so tough Snriname and Gqyana have Jong had disputes regard lay off 350 employees in January 2001 when it's plant image of the state. Further litigation may result in open to answer is the truer reality that the American presidency is indeed, in limbo. ing their maritime boundary. This led to the closure in St. Croix is shut down. Officials of the St Croix protests, riot and demonstrations by pressure groups. inter- of a Canadian oil company . a Jew months ago. plant said the company is suspending operations Meanwhile,. discussion between the neighboring because its refineries in the US are meeting demand. countries remain at a deadlock, which has increl!Sed the tension over the boudary. ST.LUCIA The island of St Lucia will be host to the Export BERMUDA Develqprnentand Agricultural Unit (EDADU) of the Arthur Hodgson, minister of environment of Bermu Organization of Eastern Carribean States regional da was fired by the Female Premier of Bermuda, Jen wQl:kshop for manufacturers. The workshop, which nifer Smith, for challenging her leadership. 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He said that if one network Hoya Staff Writer toral College can proceed without Florida election system has a history ofproblems go on for an makes a projection of a state, "no Florida·s votes. thanks to the framers ex tended doubt there is pressure to match it." (U-WIRE) A panel of six legal of the Constitution. ''The framers similar to those it is now experiencing, including period of Koppel said this story has not been experts debated the numerous possi understood that the electors some time. more difficult to cover as a journal ble outcomes of the hotly contested limes would not be able to do their 7,000 votes having been thrown out in 1996. Sc hot land ist. "What's complicated matters is legal wrangling surrounding the 2000 jobs," Sunstein said. Lash agreed and said this that nobody really has the answers presidential election part of spe also added that he thought Florida just yet." he said. He added that. as a as a or di.regarding votes that were hinges entirely on the state, Sunstein e l ection cial Friday night broadcast of "Night was justified in disregarding the journalist. he would rather be in 1he allegedly miscast. There has been no said Florida has no more power than makes a good case for having a stan line" from the Georgetown Univer 19.000 disputed ballots because the middle of a story than have nothing definite timeline set for resolution of intended, but that the dilemma is the dardized federal ballot and an sity Law Center. American political system "assumes the conflict. closeness of the vote. He did say that upgrading of voting machines. to repon about. as happens during the Hosted by 'Ted Koppel. the program an in1elligeo1:li1era1e voter." Karlan Kogan said the Florida election sys the framers would be disappointed. Asked if the media's premature call summers of presidential campaigns. centered around questions from the disagreed, saying the framers had tem hns a history of problems simi though, because the electoral college ing of Florida should preclude net He said he does not know how the studio audience in the Moot Court instead established a system to allow lar to those it is now experiencing, was intended 10 prevent disorder and works from making election night election will resolve itself but said room, which Koppel said struck him everyone to have a vote. including 7.000 votes having been tumult. projections. Koppel said, "You since former Chief of Staff to Presi as a "particularly appropriate sening Following last week's national elec thrown out in I996. Kogan said that Kogan said if a judge ultimately couldn't ban it if you wanted to," dent William Jefferson Clinton (SFS for a town meeting, in which we can tions. neither Vice President Al Gore never made the news because that Sunstein said the media should police '68) Leon Panetta has indicated that only hope, at best. to illuminate the nor Tux as Governor George W. Bush decides the winner of the race. it rnce was not nearly as close as this would not be undemocratic because itself in the future to prevent such Vice President Gore should concede political, legal and constitutional has of yet secured a majority of the one. errors, but that there should be no the race, it is a very strong possibil problems that now confront our electoral college votes because sev "someone has to decide." Sunstein Sunstein said there is a precedent laws again,t projections. ity. nation." eral states, including Florida. are still agreed, saying that it wouldn't be a for a revote in federal elections. but In an interview with The Hoya, Concluding the broadcast, Koppel The panel was comprised of George political decision because ofthe mag 100 close to call. On election night. there has never been one in a pr~si Koppel said the incorrect projections offered a closing thought on the 2000 Kogan. former chief justice of the the major networks prematurely nitude of the situation. dential election. He said the revote nbout Florida were unavoidable. presidential election. "Still, you have Florida Stale Supreme Court, Roy called Florida twice, eventually The panel agreed that if the elec would be limited only to those who toral college fails 10 come to a deci "When out of six million votes. the to believe that one of these good men Schotland of Georgetown Laiv deciding it was in fact too close 10 voted in the original vote. Potter said sion for any reason. House Speaker difference is a few hundred - will, ultimately; put the nation's inter School. Pamela Karlan of Stanford call. Since then. there have been two a revote is "very difficult to imagine." Dennis Hastert (R-111.) would · nobody could have gotten this right," ests ahead of his own," he said. "And University Law School. Cass Sun recounts, one by hand. and the mar because it will be "mechanically dif become president. with Senate Pres Koppel said. In the past, he said, that man will have won a moral vic stein of the University of Chicago gin in Florida is currently just under ficult," and courL~ will be reluctant 10 ident Pro lempore Strom Thurmond each network had its own projection tory of a kind that always pays divi Law School. Bill Lash of George 400 votes in favor of Bu,h. Several order one. (R-S.C.) next in line for succession. numbers, but this year they all relied der.ds down the road." Mason University Law School and lawsuits have been filed by both Asked if the framers would be dis on the CAMPU~ COLUMN By CHRIS WINDHAM WILL RETURN ON DEC. 1 Change YOUR World! ( 11 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:" 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. Psalms 92:1 Suite G 202.887 .0912 TRAVEL Thomas K. Pierre, Jr., Director Presents T~e 2001 Ja~an ~xc~an~e an~ Teac~in~ Pro~ram A Teach English in junior and senior high schools in Japan 8llSUlvin1 losnel CURCI Learn.about Japanese culture and people Sunday, November 19, 2000 Gain international experience 6:00 PM Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel Re~uirements 2395 Sixth Street, N.W. Howard University Main Campus • Have an excellent command of the English language Washington, DC • Obtain abachelors degree by June 301 2001 J • Be aU.S. citizen Admission Is Free-Jesus Paid It All! • Be willing to relocate to Japan for one year I Applicalions are now available. The deadline lor applying is December 6, 2000. For more inlormalion and an applicalion conlacl lhe Embassy of Japan in Washinglon O.C. at 2520 Massachusells Avenue. N.W.. Washinglon. DC 20008. Call (202) 238-6772 or 1-800-INFO·JET. The applicalion can also be lound at w111w.embjapan.org. FRID,I.Y, NOVEMEBR 17, 2000 AlO THE HILLTOP LTOP JASON T. SMITH, Editor-in-Chief IRA PORTER, Managing Editor MICHAEL WINFIELD, Editorial Editor . Founded l n 1924 0 CHRISTINA ACKAH, Business Manager KALILAH BARNES, Advertising Manager HU O PllLlc.E 4 D 0 0 0 While Campus Security ------~ ------Was Sleeping... -·--·- - t's cold out. You're walking home from the statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Edu ' Iundergraduate library at 10pm. No shuttles are cation Office of Postsecondary Education, on-cam in sight. How safe do you feel walking home alone? pus crime declined in 1998, but increased signifi You see a campus police vehicle driving down 6th cantly in 1999. When compared with nearby Street and wave for it to stop for you. The officer universities, including UDC, George Washington, driving says he can't stop because he has a security American, Georgetown and Catholic Universities, issue to attend to and you think, "I have a security Howard was identified as the only area college to issue too--getting home in one piece." Do you feel have an on-campus murder and considerably high safe threading down 4th street under the dim street er numbers of aggravated assaults, robberies and car lights? thefts. You arrive at your dormitory, and the security 1999 was not a safe year for Howard U. and if cam guard who is paid to "secure" the entrance is, instead, pus security doesn't improve its system by adding Letter to the Editor taking a nap. How safe do you feel knowing that officers and implementing new, effective operations, ANYONE could walk into the dormitory while Mr. this year may result in our campus going down in his Security Guard catches some Zzzzzz's? tory as the most unsafe. More on Gore The Mecca is rising high above other area univer Campus security, what are you and what are you Dear Mr. Windham, On Matters of Style and Taste sities in on-campus criminal offenses. According to doing? We know what you're not doing-your job. I found your commentary "Why Did Dear Mr. Michael Winfield, week, "Underweight Fetuses, We Let Gore Use UsT' ( 10/6/00),on Gore Pakistani-Porn, and Atheists," visiting Howard to be quite informative. I am writing about what I sense and your dissenting opinion edi I would like to know who you decid is an incorrigible immaturity on torial in the Homecoming issue Sloppy, but NO Seconds ed to vote for in the election Nov 7. your part. As an editor, it is your calling Homecoming "a sex loco • William Taylor job to provide quality articles for motive with ganglions of freaks," Class of I 998 the reader. Part of that process or something similar. You are a e now know why the cafeteria serves slop. does not support the activities of criminals, it vehe means understanding your read foul minded person, and obvi W We now know why so many cafeteria work mently rejects the prison industrial complex, and What's Your Opinion? er's sensibilities. As a reader, I ously do not believe in Christ. I ers are on furlough serving slop. Sadexho Marriot's beseeches the administration of Howard not to be a was highly offended by the taste sincerely hope you find a woman one-year contract with Howard University is up for submissive and conciliatory field slave. There is no e encourage our readers less cartoons of Al Gore as to alleviate your emotional scars. review, and it is the Editorial Board's opinion that it reason students should slap down a G to pay for more to write letters to the Edi Christ (Nov. 3, AIO) and a black You should be ashamed at your not be renewed. Divestiture from Sadexho Marriot prison construction, construction done to improve tor. Tell us what you think woman as a dominatrix (Nov. 3, lack of restraint. is analogous to American divestiture from South the waning economies of white suburbia. There is about the paper and its contents. A 11) in past weeks, both of which I found insulting and blas Africa; while South Africa supported state-sanc no reason students should fund the imprisonment of We strive to produce a quality week ~ Ibrahim Abdullah Ngaawizi ly with news pages that are devoid of phemous. I also was appalled by Class of 1974 tioned racial segregation, which is abominable any their own for the privilege of supping on Chicken the vulgarity of your piece last where in the world, Sadexho Marriot actively builds Bacchanalia and loathing every bite of it. The slant or personal bias. Please address all and maintains prisons. While the Editorial Board demand is to divest, to divest NOW. letters or comments to The Hilltop. • 2251 Sherman Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20001. You can also e-mail us at [email protected] Election 2000 The Hilltop. Be Heard. Contributory Negligence ccording to Bill Clinton, no American can ever adigm has already been imported through the infor }IE Adoubt that his or her vote does not count. But mation highway. In such conflicts, would the US still in performing our ci vie responsibilities, did Howard play the Big Brother-arbitration role? We doubt JUDGED BEST NEWSPAPER AT THE University students from Florida forward their it. HBCU NEWSPAPER CONFERENCE absentee ballots back home for counting? Something precious has gone out of the American 2000 Numerous Florida residents did not mail such bal political culture. And nobody knows how to get it lots back home. Their votes, no doubt, could have back. New fears and new pressures are gradually • CHRISTOPHER SHANNON WASHINGTON given a decisive win to Bush or Gore. The prevail robbing our society of its innocence. Fears of the WINDHAM PRODUCTION EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR ing cloud of electoral eclipse and uncertainty could unspeakable. Whoever wins, things can never be the have been avoided if such students had played their same in America, politically. ROBERT FORD CHANDRA ANDERSON part expeditiously. All of us are guilty-Bush, Gore, Journalists, gov ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR This uncertainty is causing serious ripples of fear ernment, Florida Electoral Commission, public and CAMPUS EDITOR and apprehension throughout the world. Many Howard students who did not exercise their franchise MICHELLE STONE nations of the world use the American system of and above all, the overgrown American media. NSENGA KNIGHT JAMAL POPE democracy as a political thermometer in assessing It is a case of contributory negligence arising from CITY EDITOR PAGE DESIGNERS their own performances. certain acts of omissions or commissions. For now, In 1996, when the US accused General Sanni Florida is like a quicksand. The more we wriggle, EwAUNOKE KARLEEN ROY Abacha's regime in Nigeria of being a military the more we sink. NATION & WORLD VINCENT SMITH junta and therefore an illegitimate government, the The tripodial equilibrium on which Woodrow Wil EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Abacha spokesmen reminded the US that several of son's self-determination doctrine rested has broken its presidents were ex-generals, such as Eisenhow and the center cannot hold. Let this not be the begin GINGER SKINNER SUMMER BROWN er and George Washington. In future, massive rig ning of an end to a great political empire. No. It's ENGAGE/CALENDAR ARTIST ging will bring unprecedented conflict and crisis in a bad dream. This one is over, God, give us anoth EDITOR er dream. the Third World because, the Florida democratic par- ANITA BARKSDALE TORI MASON ASSISTANT BUSINESS LIFE & STYLE EDITOR MANAGER BRANDON BICKERSTAFF TIFFANY EWELL Stop Before lou Get Burned SPORTS EDITOR OFFICE MANAGER CAMILLE M. HARVEY ASSISTANT SPORTS ARDELLA COLEMAN and student assistants looking for the students T ast year, three students were killed in a dormi EDITOR ADMINISTRATIVE ' Ltory fire at Seton Hall University in New Jer responsible for pulling the alarms. What about the ASSISTANT sey. Fifty-four more were injured. It was all because fact that no one left the building when the alarms JAMYE SPILLER they did not respond to a fire alarm in their dorm. were pulled? What about the fact that this problem CHIEF COPY EDITOR Its a macabre scene that could play out at any Uni is not only a Meridian problem, but one for all the versity in any town at any time. dormitories? Students do not respond to every alarm pulled Although that incident occurred at Seton Hall, it Now in its 76th year; The Hilltop is written and produced every Friday by the students of Howard because these immature students pull the alarms so could easily happen here. Every year it seems there University. With a readership of more than 10,000 students and community members, the Hill are some Howard students who find it amusing to much that when there is no real fire no one believes top is the largest black collegiate newspaper in the nation. pull fire alarms in residence halls. it. It is important that those students going around The opinions expressed on the Editorial Page are the views of the T)le Hilltop Editorial Board It is sad and unfortunate that these few students are setting these alarms off hurry up and learn that fak and do not directly reflect the opinion of Howard University, its Administration, individual Hill not mature enough to know that pulling false fire ing frre alarms is not a joke. It is not funny or a laugh top Policy Board members, or the student body. The opinions expressed on the Perspectives page alarms is serious, but it is more serious when there ing matter when they pull these false alarms because are those of the writers and do not represent the view of the Editorial Board. they put students' lives in danger. It will not be funny are frre alarms pulled and no one evacuates the build The Hilltop encourages you to share your opinions on articles published in the newspaper. The if someone dies as a result of one of these pranks. ing. At issue are a series of prank-induced false Hilltop Editorial Board reserves the right to edit letters for space and grammatic~! errors. All alarms in the Meridian Hill Hall dormitory. letters should be typed, signed and include a complete address and telephone number. Please There are several community directors and resident send letters to: 2251 Sherman Ave., Nw, Washington, D.C. 20001. Questions, comments and letters can also be sent via email to: [email protected]. The deadline to submit ads to the paper is the Friday preceding publication.The advertising department can be reached at (202) 806-6867. The editor can be reached at (202) 806-4748. ; ' f I THEH1u;rop FRlDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 All PERSPECTIVES Fear the Mullet Bryan Bracey Sweel !nullet!" shop and says, "take some off of , 'Hshouey! ted a voice from the sides but leave it in the the crowd. The mul back" or worse yet, ''lei me get let had been noticed and scurried a muhe1!" or "stra~ten up mY. away from the cal I. There had Canadian P.assport. Whal kino been a mullel si,ghti ng. He was of an individual could do such a a technician ror til e World thing? Only a mullet. Don't be Wrestling Federation when !heir fooled, mullets come in many tour stopped a1 1he MCI Center forms (i.e. the Business mullel, in early October. For lhose no1 Femmullet, etc.). The key 10 rec familiar wilh a mullet it shall be ognizing these mullets and con technically defined as a haircut, trolling the mullel population is most conunon in white males, education. I recently spoke with consisting of short hair on lhe an eight-year old boy on ly to sides of the head bu1 signifi find out that he had no knowl cantly lon_ger hair on the oack edge of mu lie ts. After! brought often reacliing below the shou l him up 10 speed, he was jusufi der. Also known as, "the Hock ably appalfed. More children ey Haircut" or "Canadian Pass must be informed and saved port." Whal separales a mullet from P.Otential mu lletude. Do from any other haircut is lhat it yourself a favor and visit mul represents more than just a fash letsgalore.com. You will be pro ion statemenl. Beyond the tech vided with information pertain nical definition, a mullet refers ing to lhe various mulrets and to the individual @Ssessing the the evi Is associated wilh them. mullet hairstyle. For all intents It is also imperative 10 exP.0Se and purposes the mullet hair the mullets among us. Much to style is an idenlifY.ing charac my dismaY. upon arriving at teristic of a mullel (the person). Howard University, I discovered In short a mullet can be identi that several sludents bad never fied by his or her haircut lhat is seen mu Uels or even heard of lhe long in the back and short on the term mullet. I currently hold in sides. A mullet is a species unto my hand a list of mullets. I plan itself and is 10 be dreaded. on sending lhis list to my con I write 10 you today because gressman. I encourage you to these mu lie ts represent a clear compile a similar list and send it and present danger to lhe nation to your congressman as well. al security of tlfo United States Don't be afraid 10 poinl out a of America. More imporlantly, mullet and say, for example if we allow mullets 10 reach epi "Mr. Smith, you are a mullet!' 1 demic proportions, they will cer The mullet will likely reply, tainly spread 10 the Black com ''Have you no sense of decen munity. Without offending cy?"' To which you should say, "I anyone, one must admit that any have a sense of decency and a trend, however foolish, can sense of urgency. I will not make its way 10 the Black Col allow mullets to corruP.t and lege Student demographic. It infect Black America." Mem may be hard 10 picture a Black bers of the Howard University mullet now but there are a lot of community! il is our duty to other •'fashions" that I never inform fell ow Blacks about Satan, Slowhand, and Sexism thought I wou ld see on Blacks potential. coven dangers in the either. world. Mullets are just tbal. Why fear 1he mullet? Nol on ly Keep our environment mullel are lfiey unbecoming, but notli free. Heed my warning. Fear Michael Winfield ing says ~ophile, incest, while the mullet. trash, or high scnool dropout like a mullel ooes. Ifthal doesn't got this thing in my hand !Ind I'm thinkinir: Daiµn. peo_ple gi -.:e on a 700 word piece. And came prepared to do battle. rolled up me some dumb perspectives. Now, I tencl to like stuff that 1s her sleeves, and showed up with a freshly printed P.erspective for do il for you, imagine an indi Bryan Brocey is"junior Sociology nznjor. funny or provocative or intelligent. Promote Satan if you vidual that goes into a barber- I/is article ls 1m11slated/mm the Russian. I the Editorials Editor himself! I was offendecl by her determination. want,jusl make it good. Know words bigger lhan your name. But and I wrote a reply lo her piece that smashed 1t from every angle. now r get lhis resp L- - f _A12 ______F_RmA_v ,No_vEN_BER _11,2_ooo ______T_HE H_ILLTC l~?ARD vs. 1:·;_...... ,- e a,Nar State ..,._._ ._ StaaacliLllm ✓ e>me>..-...e>w _..._«>"- 1 a @ «>«> ... STUDENT TICKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FRI., NOV.17 FROM 11 AMT@ 7 PM... WHJLE THEY LAST Reminder: No Free Student Tickets are distributed on the day of the game. HU SHARKS "!S- U.IVI.B.C. Fri., N--""- 17, &:30p111 ' BURR POOL Women's LADY BISON V I a Sat., ov. 18, 7: m Is Men's Bas n Callfornla Wrestling at Old Dominion lnvltat•1 Division of Student Affairs November 2000 - - -..------. _- - -- • • • I • I The Bison were pummeled last weekend by the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. Story on 82 Engage B4 See W11al's 1111 With 11111 ans In oo • ..,_ ~ I PoelJV, PNIS8 and mucb more. 8 C81endar 111 :.tl '------=------===:::'. BISON ROUNDUP A LOO NC A&T Stato 31 Hamo100 Univ 28 lat Hamntoo VA\ S C S.!ate 57 Moman Stato 37 lat Ota09®Yro SC) Bethuor-C29trn:m 3S Howard llnlv O(AtVYaNliOOJQQ P C ) Pelav@m State 31 Norfork State 28 (81 Norfolk Va} J Lady Bison Selected to Take MEAC SATURDAY'S GAMES ! Schedule fot WHk of NQYOO)bfr 18 ' By BRANDON M. BICKERSTAFF and competitors in thi\ year's MEAC race. despite a ably be team chemistry. Howard bring, in a talented MEAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: BethvOt:Cao~man )'$ flodda MM TYRONE McC,\.NDIES coaching change. So. wi1hou1 further :,do, let's run bunch of freshmen players, but inexperience could be N C A&T State YS S C State {Chadotte N C ) 1PM MPmaoS1010 QI HilMA!PO Univ 1PM Hilltop Staff Writers down the conference. a slight hindrance. Detawara State ru Howaca Unix l PM I Howard Lady Bison (19-10 o,·ernll, 16-2 MEAC) Norfol']s Sla18 Y3 Tft!D1 Southem (Sao QiAQo Cs'tkf ) 3PM (D$0 I The bunt for the MEAC Women's ! The Lady Bison were selected 10 finish second in lhe Hampton Lady Pirates (16-15 overall, 11-7 ! Basketball title looks to be an conference by 1he coaches. The Sports ll~ek staff MEAC)· The Lady Pirates return all but one player MEAC STANDINGS ! interesting one 10 say the least. would beg 10 differ. The Lady Bison will return top from last year's MEAC Tournament Championship The graduation of many key 1alen1s such a~ Asia Peuy, Chanell Washington, and team. Traditionally a smaller, quicker ream. Hamp Conle e e ~ w -➔-- ...... - ...... -. - - .... - - - • • • • -B2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 THE H ILLTOP Lady Bison 'Bethune-Cookman Shreds Bison prepare for .:Bison give up three touchdowns in the third quarter, fall 35-0 to the Wildcats. MEAC By CHRIS COOPF.R saw the Bison defense give From LADY BISON Hilltop Staff Writer up two big plays. The first was a 30-yard srrike 10 Eric After hanging tough in the firs1 half. the Howard Bison fell vic Lash on the second half's saw limired playing time lasl -iim to Bethune-Cookman·s air auack in lhe second half. resull opening play. A few plays season, bur will be a great asser ing in a heartbreaking 35-0 loss al Greene Srndium last Sarnr- larer, Suber found Treran 10 rhe ream this year with her day in front of 1,589. · Porter for another 30-yard size and inside scoring ability. The Wildcats snapped a three-game home winning meak for pass. The lone sophomore on this the Bison. who had been perfect at home this year. The Wild 1\vo drives later. Suber year's ream, Asia Perry also ems also ensured a final game showdown with Florida A&M for zipped a 26-yard touch saw limited playing time last the MEAC conferenc.e crown and a benh in this year's Division down pass 10 rhe srreaking season as a freshman. Howev Lash with 4:08 remaining I-AA Playoffs. e,. when she did play, she With senior quarterback Bobby Townsend out for the season in the rhird. showed a drive and determina with a separated shoulder. the Bison looked 10 Donald Clark 10 Subcr's final touchdown lead the offense. The signal-caller put fonh a valiant effort but came in the third quarrer on tion rhar. if continued, can help he, along with the rest of the Bison offense, was unable lo pul a faked field goal. Suber her team win many close any points on the board. Roy Anderson and Travis Coleman also shoveled the ball to kicker games rhis year. The 5· 8'' took some snaps for the Bison. but the three combined for 58 Danny Mathis, who rroued guard out of Perris, CA has the yards. compleleing just 5 of 25 pass auempls. nine yards for the score. size of a small forward wirh the The Bison defense played well in the first half, containing The Wildcars· sudden range and accuracy of a shoot Bethune-Cookmnn's super freshman quarterback Allen Suber. offensive explosion forced ing guard. If Perry can improve The Bison defense also held the Wildcats scoreless. until Mar the Bison out oftheir game her ball handling, she can plan. which was 10 run rhe quis Williams scored from one yard out wilh six seconds remain become an offensive threat the ball in order to keep the ing. Lady Bison can use in al least Sophomore linebackers Tracy White and Nicholas Henderson game close. However. rhe each had solid games, finishing with seven rackles a piece. Bison·s usually polenl run three posirions. The Bison went inro rhe half down by jusr seven points againsr ning game look a back sear. If this year's team has any an offense known for pulling up big numbers. The Bison opted "We didn'r wanr to get ..... one weakness. ii could be inex 10 play wirh the wind 10 their backs in the third quarter. hoping inro a pass, pass, situation perience. Howard has six 1ha1 the 35 mph gusrs and field position would be in rheir favor. with !hem ...we had lorry to Phoro by Mark Coleman freshmen on rhis year·s squad. "h was all abour field posirion," said Bison coach Sreve Wil make some plays rhough.'' Toe Howard University defense contained the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats throughout most of the Simone Agee. Essence Cog son. "When we had the wind, they made big plays." said Wilson. first half, but allowed Utree touchdowns in the third quarter. Bethune-Cookman will meet Florida gins and Laura Askew are In rhe second half. il did not rake long for Suber ( 11 of 21, 212 The three-pronged rush A&M in a showdown for the conference title and a berth in this year's Division I-AA Playolfs. among a host of new ralenl. yards and three rouchdowns), 10 show why he was selecred High ing auack of senior Jer Despite rhe abundance of ralenl maine Hutchinson. sopho- School Player-of-the-Year lasr year in Florida. Suber led the "Once we fa ll a pan, we just c:m · 1 ger ir back 1oge1her," among rhe freshman. chemisrry Wildcars on three touchdown drives in the third quarrer 10 place more Vincent Neclos. and freshman Jay Colbert combined for 170 rushing yards. but rhe Bison couldn't keep rhemselves our Hutchinson said. "We jusr nave 10 gel the nm and pass rogeth will play a major factor in the rhe game our of the Bison's reach. er. We've had trouble wirh the pa,s all year. and reams don't A seven-yard touchdown pass 10 Antonio Stanley wilh 11 min of three-and-out siruarions. The Bison convened onjusr rwo our ream·s success rhis year. respecr it as much now:· utes and 10 seconds lefr in the quaner capped off a drive rhar of 11 third down si111a1ions. Ooh La La Dancer of the Week Sharks Victorious in MEAC Showdown By CAMILLE M. HARVEY Despire only having six men compete versus Florida Assisrant Spons\Veek Ediror A&M's I 4. the Sharks srill managed 10 pull oul lhe vic Name: Melissa Morgan rory. The Sharks losr only two events, the I00-yard While most srudenrs were enjoying rheir Friday off. brcas1s1roke and the 50-yard freestyle. North Carolina Class: Freshman Howard University's Swimming and Diving ream traveled A&T did nor have a men's ream. The meer marked the Age:18 10 Greensboro, NC for the MEAC showdown in the men's ream's firsr victory of rhe season. swimming pool. The meel was an imponanr one for the The Lady Sharks won every evenr exeepr for the 200-yard Born: March 2, 1982 Sharks for many reasons. individual medley, in which they were disqualified. 111is year marked rhe first Black College lnvirational hosr Nicola Fenry and Charles Washingron were also acknowl Sign: Pisces ed by North Carolina A&T. The meet pined rhree MEAC edged for rheir sportsmanship at rhe dinner hosred by reams. Howard un;vers,ry. North Carolina A&T and North Carolina A&T. Major: Physical Therapy Florida A&M. against each other in a mre march-up The Shark, will nave rheir last home meer ofrhe ,emes berween Historically Black Colleges. No other MEAC lcr rhis Friday against Universiry of Maryland, Baltimore schools have simming tearns. and rhe three schools rook County ar Burr Gymnosium at 6:30 p.m. rhe opportunity to compere roger her. "It's your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your MEAC Conference Predictions altitude." \ From MEAC MEN new. Ir will take a while before th1> team can gel. On rhe rebound, a game 10 go along wirh his 14 points. Helping other hand. rhe Bulldog's lenaciou, dcfcn,e will keep him down low will be the undersized forward Tarrell rhcm in plenty of ballgames. Robinson. who held his own wirh 7.3 rebounds a game. Lady Bison head MEAC competition James Miller will have the poinr locked down with his 40 Co11pin Stale Eagles (15-15 overall, 13-5 MEAC)-The percent shooring from 3-poinr land. He could be moved Eagles looked slow on rhe floor last year against Sourh 10 shooring guard if juco transfer Jelani Dukes (16.0 ppg From MEAC WOMEN Carolina Srnre ln 1hc finals. To make mauers worse. Cop and 7 assist per game) becomes rhe player Hunter wants pin loses Jorge Cajigas and his 15 poinrs a game. Bur Fang him 10 be. The Aggies will be extremely hungry afler Hampron in lasr year's MEAC Tournament Champi Mirchell's Eagles are like Mike Tyson, his ream appears blowing a sure victory againsr Hampron in rhe quarter onship game. The Bears will be compe1i1ivc again rhis sea 10 be down. bur they can still knock you our. Returning finals of last years tournament son. will be Joe Brown. who dropped 13 poinrsagame. whi le Senior guard Shakira Smirh will be Morgan's mainstay. lighting opponcnrs from the ourside. Brown is a smooth Morgan Stale Fighting Bears (5-24 o,·erall, 5-13 The 5-1 Osenior led her ream wirh 16.4 points per game and crafty player who can keep Coppin in the game by MEAC)- The Bears will emerge from rhe bonom half of and six rebounds. She also led the MEAC in steals. himself. Giving him the ball will be junior point guard rhc MEAC this season. Gone will be 5-9 dynamo Jimmy recording 4.34 per game. The Bears will also have Rasheem Sims. The .. Philly Delight .. averaged 3.4 as,isrs Fields. bur rhey will return 6-11 Micheal Canady 10 Bal Tamara Parham and Kimberly Harris 10 help our on the a game. Joining him offrhe bench is swing man Michael rimore. Last season, he averaged 10.3 points. 7.3 • inside.The two combined for 13 rebounds per game. Mor Posrer. who gives rhe Eagles a huge spark whenever he rebounds. He also relumed 49 shots 10 his opponents. The gan will make things inreresring for reams in rhe four ranks is in the game. The Eagles chances on winning rhe Bears will also be helped by the rerurn of Cunis King, a of the MEAC. MEAC will hinge on rhc developmenr of their big men. fonner All-MEAC perfonner. Afler a disappointing trans Coppin Stare will carry rwo 6-10 and rwo 6-8 players as fer 10 Drexel. he rerurned to Morgan 10 finish his career. Coppin State Lady Eagles (13-15 overall, 11-7 well as 7- 1Jason Jacona. lfrhe Coppin', brural early sea The key of improving for Morgan will be defending their MEAC)- Derek Brown rook over in mid-season afler Jen son schedule does nor shnner their confidence, rhen they home turf and making things happen on the road. nie Hall resigned unexpectedly. He guided rhe Lady can make March in rhe MEAC very inrere;,ting. Eagles 10 a 10-9 finish and a firsr round vicrory in rhe rour Howard Bison (1-27 overall, 1-17 MEAC)- Before you nament Although he loses Liesha Mitchell, the cupboard Norfolk State Spartans (12-16 overall, 11-7 ll'IEAC) jump up and compose your lener 10 the editor, lei us is not bare. Back is Keisha Brooks who plays the game ll would be easy 10 wrire the Spartan, off this ,eason. They cxplatn ourselves. The Bison have the best group of the way ir should be. She is rhe only play 10 average 20 losr rheir go 10 player in Damien Woolfork. Bui we don·r guards in the country bar none. ll didn't help thal they had . points and one of the three 10 average a double-double buy into thar one bit Dion Dove is the next superstar down a .. Number one ream in America" schedule and thal they 1hroughou1 rhe season. To be competitive rhe Eagles in the Tidewarer region. The 6-2 senior led rhe team with losr their coach in mid-season. The Bison will have some musr gel help from junior center Jackie Johnson-S1ew srabiliry wirh Frankie Allen, who should make them a con File Photo 75 assisrs and 49 sreals last season. Running beside him an and senior guard Javonli Jones. The Lady Eagles also will be Terrence Winston, who averaged 12 poinrs a game render wirhin two years. 1Jie difference will be the rerurn like 10 run rheir competirion ragged with a tenacious full Chanell Washington returns to the Lady Bison :LS the of Ali Abdullah. The junior makes the Bison go and gives team's only senior. Washington's leadership \\ill be vital as a freshman. Working down low will be Darrell Neal. court press thar allow them 10 gel easy basket who finished 8th in rhe narion wirh I0.4 rebounds a game. rhem an added rhrc.'ll from the perimeter. The guys rhat to tl1e leant. The scoring will be down withour Wool fork. but the Spar played last year are nol 100 shabby either. Jonathan Bethune Cookman Lady Wildcats (13-15 overall, 9-9 rans will be dangerous come rournament time. Srokes and Reggie Morris are as good as !hey come. They MEAC)- The Lady Wildcats return last year's Rookie of Delaware Slate Lady Hornets (11-17 overall, 8-10 also have Ron Williamson to add yer another weapon. the Year Exzavia Cunningham. Her game is as crazy as MEAC)- New coach Ed Davis, will look lo keep the Lady Bethune Cookman Wildcats (14-5 overall, 12-6 Teams won'r he able 10 bully Howard around down low il is 10 say her name. She average I8.4 poinrs a game and Horners on rhe road 10 respectability. Don't look for good MEAC)- Afrer finishing last season with lhe most con wirh rhe addirion of Darren Kennedy and rugged Ronald finished second in three-point accuracy (36 percent). things 10 happen in Dover. The Homels nor only lose play ference wins in school hisrory. B-CC wi ll be looking 10 Miller. If Allen can gel these boys 10 believe in rhem Returning 10 run the poinr will be senior Dena Thomas. ers 10 graduarion, former coach Jackie Devane look Jew climb rhe ladder 10 the rop. The Wildcats will rely on !heir selves. and he can. the Bison will surprise everybody rhis Last season she led the conference wilh almosr 5 assist a onda Brighi up lo Monmouth University with her. Ir will a1hle1ic abi lity and pressure defense 10 compete for this year. game. The key 10 this team will be the developmenr of be a rebui lding year for Delaware Stale and with nine year's crown. The hean and soul of this team is senior fo r it's big people. Ir people can exploir B-CC's youth and freshman. rhe rimes will be bad. ward Derricus Lockwood. Lasr season. Lockwood aver Florida A&M Rattlers (9-22 overall, 7-11 MEAC)-The lake advantage of ifs lack ofexperience heigh 1. rhen look aged 8 poinrs and 4 rebounds a game. Look for 5- 10 Ranlers will be led by 6-0 Morris Scou. The senior for the Wildcars 10 drop a notch or two. North Carolina A&T Lady Aggies (4-25 overall, 1-17 Moses Cage 10 handle rhe rock for Horace Broadnax. guard, averaged 9.0 points per game. He finished liflh in MEAC)-The Lady Aggies. another once proud program Cage, who played al Hillsborough Communiry College. the country in steals (86). For a linle man, he can gel up Florida A&M Raulerettes (12- l6 o,·erall, 9-9 MEAC) are coming off a terrible year. Nol 10 mention 1ha1 rhey has an oursranding resume of 12.5 poinrs, 6.5 assbl. and above rhe rim. He's a fearless comperiror who will ch&l Up the road in Tallahassee. a once proud Raulerene pro have a murderous non-conference schedule. rhey don' 1 5.2 sreals a game. Broadnax has reshuffied his lineup and lenge rhe big men. Afr er Scou. there isn ·1 much lo talk gram is falling to pieces. Claudeue Farmer has another have a experience guard back. But rhey do have one of rhe key will be how quickly these players grow inro rhese about The Ranlers are hoping rhar rhey can have a sea void 10 fill with the losr of forward Tomekia Pererson ( 14.1 the moM prolific scorers of all rime. Senior cenrcr Malvca roles. son like 98-99. where rhey surprised rhe conference and ppg. 7 rpg). She will have 10 rely on rhe guard duo of Akira ra Johnson was ranked lirsl in lhe country in rebounds adv:mced 10 the NCAA tournament. Don ·1 look for il 10 Hearly (8.8ppg. 4.6 rpg) and Neisha Cameron 10 use their (13.4 a game) and 3rd in blocks wirh 3 a game. She North Carolina A&T State Aggies (14-15 overall, 10- happen as FAMU is a year away. experience 10 help FAMU maintain respecrabiliry. Lack exploded againsr Coppin Srate during her sophomore sc.'l 8 MEAC)- Chris Hunter will return a host of players fro m of deprh will keep FAMU in rhe middle of the pack this son wirh ,1 43 poinr. 27 rebound effon. She is differently last year's ream thar finished sixth in his lirsr season in Maryland Eastern-Shore (12-17 overall, 8-10 MEAC) season a pro-caliber player. If the Lady Aggies can avoid Greensboro. Anchoring rhe anack will be junior forward The Hawks wi ll drop because graduation has taken 1.21!0 See MEAC WOMEN on B3 Bruce Jenkins. Jenkins conrrolled rhe painr with his 7.3 See MEAC MEN on B3 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 B3 Bison Look to End Season on High Note THE EXTRA POINT Howard hopes to defeat the Delaware State Hornets on Senior Day Wheres Ya Heart At? By TvRONt, McCANDIES Carrying 1he load on 1he defense will be senior line Hill1op Scaff Writer backer Richard Mason (85 tackles. 101ackles for losses, By B RANDON M. B ICKERSTAFf' 4 sacks). SportsWeek Editor Wi1h back 10 back losses 10 Be1hunc-Cookman and Sieve Wilson's Bison will have 10 go wilh Donald Clark South Carolina S1a1e. 1he Bison will 1urn !heir a11cn1ion a1the helm !his week. wilh Bobby Townsend our wi1h a ''I'VE SEEN ENOUGH.'' 10 the Homers of Delaware S1a1e University 1omorrow. separated shoulder injury. The Bison will rely heavily on That's wha1 one member of lhe Howard Unh>ersily a1hlelic coach The Homers (64 overall. 4-3 in 1he MEAC) are looking the running back combina1ion of Hu1chinson (612 yards ing staff said as she exiled 1he press box during the 35-0 debacle at for their fifth s1raigh1 victory of 1he season. af1er starling and 6TDs) and sophomore Vincent Neclos (46 carries, Greene Sradium last week. off 1-5. 268 yards). Receivers Jevonle Philpol (20 yards per l share her sentimenl. Last season. Delaware S1a1e rallied from a 10 poin1 ca1ch) and Thuric Rice (266 yards. 3 TDs) will carry a I've seen 1he Bison ge1 beaten by less al 1he hands of beuer reams deficit to derail 1he Bison 42-25 in Dover, snapping a 1wo huge bulk of 1he Bison passing attack. 1han Bethune-Cookman. However, in my three years as a Bison sup game losing streak 10 Howard. This game will be 1he las1 Wilson believes 1ha1 lhese two are ,,ery impor1an1 10 the porter. I have never seen them play as poorly. After hanging with 1he played for seniors Bobby Townsend. Cedric Dickens, Ayo Bison's game plan. Wildca1s lhroughoul the first half. the Bison seemed 10 give up in the second half. Things like this cause me 10 ask dele Harrison. Charles Card. Rashod Parks. Novell Goff, "You can·1 run 1he football from endzone 10 endzone," "Where's ya hean al?" . . and Jermaine Hu1chinson. Wilson said. I know the ques1ion is granuna1ically incorrect, bur really. where's ya heart at? When did you stare carmg less aboul The Hornets will come in10 Greene S1adium on a roll. Defensively, the Bison begin and end wi1h sophomore winning and more abou1 your game s1a1s? Oh. yes boys, I'm 1alking 10 you. . During 1heir current four-game winning s1reak, Delaware linebacker Tracy While, who leads the conference wi1h I've been holding chis in for a while now, ever since I watched lhe ream get hammered _by Towson a hule _over a S1a1e is averaging nlmos1 40 poin1s per game. The high 11.6 cackles a game. He leads a fierce front sc,,en along mon1h ago. I cried 10 have failh. I cried 10 be pa1ien1. 1elling myself 1ha1 1he Buffalo Soldiers could pull a wmmng scoring Horne1s, coached by Benjamin Blacknall, have with junior defensive end Oby Arah, who is fifth in the season our of 1heir hats wilh drive and de1ermina1ion. never asked for a Black College Championship. 1101 yet a1 many weapons 10 lhrow al Howard conference in sacks despi1e missing 1wo games. Also. r leas!. All I wanted was a decent standing in 1he Ml;AC. I thought i1 was a simple cask. Howe,·er. after wa1chiog 1he The Hornc1s ground auack will be led by senior full sophomore Vontme Long (70 cackles and 3 in1erceptions) way 1he Bison played last weekend. I now know l was sadly mistaken. . . back Grayland King (152 carries. 1,027 yards. IOTDs). looks to have a big game against 1he Delaware Srn1e pass Never mind 1he fact 1ha1 Bethune-Cookman was playing for a shot 1he MEAC 111le. Never nund the face 1ha1 King has several long runs to his credi1. including an 80- ing auack. ar Bobby Townsend is gone for the season. Never mind 1ha1 lhe Bison cornerbacks ge1 spanked like imolen1 children yard jaun1 earlier 1his season. A big blow 10 the defense came when ii was learned thal every week. There is no excuse for rolling over and leuing any learn come in10 your home and run you up and down Another weapon will be senior quarterback Rashaan Brian McDonald will nol play lhis weekend due loa knee 1he field. Ma11'1cws ( 148 complc1ions for 2. 104 yards and 281ouch injury suffered agains1 Bethune-Cookman. McDonald has downs). who can pick a defense apar1. Manhews is sec been a rock al 1he s1rong safety posi1ion and is nor a guy Am I a disgrun1led fan? You're damn right. I'm a disgrunlled fan! When Kevi~ S1ewar1 passed theSporis\\~ek 1orch ond in conference his1ory behind Howarcl's Tod While in 1he Bison wane to lose. on 10 me. he assured me I would have a greal ream 10 cover chis year. For a while I beheved 11. Afler lhe Bison blew passing touchdowns. Howard can 001 allow 1he Hornets to score quickly. Wi1h 1he Hampton game. I s1ill believed. When 1hey were thumped by FAMU. I s1ill believed. I '1ar1ed 10 believe more when 1hey bea1 Nor1h Carolina A&T Bur then came Bethune. and my hopes were lost. Mauhews · favorite 1arget is senior wide receiver Darner that being said. lhe Bison can not allow big plays or make There is really no =on the Bi By DEBI J0'1ES Palmer said Spurrier's failure 10 win in Tullahassee Independeot Florida Alliga1or (U. Florida) always adds a bi1 of mo1iva1ion. "II would be tremendous. We really wane 10 win badly. (U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -The Florida foo1- II would be greal 10 gel thal win for Coach [Spurrier]." Lady Bison expected to dominate ball 1eam made a list before the season started of goals i1 he said. wanted to accomplish. Second on thal lis1: beating Flori The Gators wi ll go in10 Saturday's competi1ion as the from M E AC WOMEN da Seate. underdogs. UF coach Sieve Spurrier said he wanted 10 emphasize Mitchell said he was nor necessarily surprised 1he 1urnovers (lhey average 30 per game), 1hen i1's conceiv Fuller can seep up. then SCSU can make some noise. bea1ing lhe Seminoles a liulc more 10 his team now tha1 Gators were named underdogs. but 1hai 1he players did able 1hey could move up. If nol. it'll be a long season for the Sou1heas1ern Conference Eas1crn Division 1ille is 001 really pay auention 101hose kinds of things. 1ha1 Aggie Pride. Maryland Eastern-Shore Ladv Hawks (9-t 9 overall, secure. "I know we can go up 1herc and bear chem if we play a 7-11 °MEAC)- Playing with 1hei~ third coach in as many "This is lhe game we mos1 wan1 10 win." quanerback good "I game," defensive end Clinl Mitchell said. don't South Carolina Slate Lady Bulldogs (5-23 O\'erall, 4- years. 1he Lady Hawks can·1 possibly hope to fini The Legacy of Self-Taught Artisan Lives On ·'Holy Mountain Ill' By VIVIANNE ORJI gaze in harmony. while children play in the verdant nower Hilltop Staff Writer ing field. The pairing of animals (such as wolf and lamb, cow and bear) follows the biblical tcxt ,ind the example of artist ··nie world is in a bad way.... I mean war. And men have Edward Hicks"Peaceable Kingdom." Pippin. however. never loved one another.. .. replaced lhe "little child" of baiah's prophecy with the white Then one thinks of pence. I thought of that when I mad,' 1he robed good shepherd of African ancestry, who stands at 1he Holy Mountain." These are rhe ardent words of Horace Pip cenrer of the pastoral scene. Departing further from Hicks" pin. one of the first self-tnughr African American ar1is1s in interpretation of the biblical verse. Pippin introduces two this country to gain wide recognition. He was born on Febru exotic symbols of evil - 1he cockatrices - mentioned in Isaiah: ary 22. 1888, in West Chester. Pennsylvania and grew up in these bird-like serpenrs. whose lethal glances destroyed all • Goshen. New York. Horace began drawing in grade school beings. perch on a tree limb ar the far right and on a log in the bur never received formal an training. lower cenrer of "Holy Mountain 11 1:· Pippin served in an African-American regiment on the Pippin·, letters abou1 the "Holy Mountain" paintings reveal French from in World War I. In October 1918. he suffered a that he was deeply troubled by human evi l. In the background • crippling wound to his right shoulder. Haunted by wartime of "Holy Mountain m:· an elaborate al legory of good and •l memories and fru,trated by hb disability. Pippin trained him evil unfolds amid the den,e forest. At the right. soldiers and ~ self 10 paint using his left hand 10 support his ,njured right tanks recall ··1he struggle that we went through in 1917 and arm. By the 1920, he had begun his first series of painting, 1918."' Bombs raining down on the forest from planes al the depicting battle scenes. top of the composition reinforce the allusion. Where he repre \ On July 6. 1946 he suffered a ~troke and died, but his painr sented the figure of a lynched man hanging from a tree limb. •' ings still live on. The exhibition of Hornce Pippin's "'Holy Pippin explained. "To the extreme left you will see what they ' Mountain 111:· which explores the biographical. religious and did and are still doing in the South."' Clearly visible in the •' symbolic dimensions of a 1945 painting. is on display at the • forest gloom. white grave markers in the center of the forest • Smirhsonian"s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. are meant 10 commemorate the war dead and victims of racial • Pippin's "Holy Mountain 111:· a highlight of 1he Hirshhorn violence: ··As the men are dying, today the little crosses tell • Museum collection. is a quiet tour-de-force that combines a us of them in the first world war ... today all of that we arc • biblical vision of peace with trenchant social commentary. going through now. But there will be peace:· said Pippin. • In 1944. Pippins wa., moved by news of global connicr dur "fhe work is an allegorical masterpiece:· says Zilczer. To :• ing World Warn and by press reports of discriminution and elucidate Pippin"s life and artistic inspirations as well as the : lynchings in the segregated American South to begin a serie, context of his umes. Zilczcr has assembled a range of • of paintings of rhe ··Holy Mountain·· described in the book of archival materials and artworks for this compact narrative j Isaiah in lhe Old 'lesrament. Each of the three paintings in rhe exhibit. Among these series bears a significant date from World War II: Holy are a rare letter in the ar1is1·s own handwriting. dated 1944. • Mountain I is inscribed "June 6." D-Day: Holy Mountain ll, from 1he Joseph H. Hirshhorn Papers of the Smithsonian ..• commemornres the bombing of pearl Harbor on December 7: Archives. and lhe painting "A Peaceable Kingdom." ( I!!46) and Holy Mountain Ill in 1he Hirshhorn Museum's collection 3 by Pennsylvania fo lk artist Edward Hicks (1780-1849) -part ~ has the date "Aug 9. 1945"" beside the artist's signature. Herc, of a series that greatly innuenced Pippin• lent by the Phillips .. Pippin alluded to the bombing of Nagasaki. Japan.which collection in Washington. D.C. 1\vo others of Pippin's paint • effectively ended World War II. ings from Hirshhorn·s collection. military photographs from ·•• "Holy Mountain Ill." the third and most complex version of the National Archives, a British engraving from a r.ire Bible ..• ... the theme, blends biblical narratives with historical all usions in the Libr,u-y of Congress and correspondence from the l and evocations of contemporary events. "Pippin·s painting Smirhsoni:m·s Archives of American Arr round out 1he series. • transforms scriptural prophecy into a profound meditation on The "Holy Mountain Ill'" exhibition is free and open to the war, public seven days a week. It will be on display al 1he Hirsh injustice and peace." says curator Judith Zilczer, who orga 1 ''/Joi;• Mom,tai11 Ill" is fxing sho..-~asrd aJ tht S111i1hwmUm llirshQm M11sr11111 tmd SculplurY (',ardeu 10 honor s,lf horn Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gar• umg/11 A/detm-Amtrirau arlist lloroct lfppi,r (pict11rtd). nized the exhibition. den. Independence Avenue at Sevemh Street S.W. through In the foreground of "'Holy Mountain 111:· domestic animals March 5. 2001. 1I and beasts of prey THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 BS My Sister ... My Hero By JOHNNY J. JONES engage ETC ...... :~...... Hilltop Staff Writer She stood close to me and my eyes stopped moving, When I think about people that I have I stopped thinking and allowed my senses to take over. grown to admire in life. many come to Everything stopped I watched her... l couldn't help but to, mind initially • Mama. some teachers. . ' I and slowly. slowly began to see what makes man Michael Jordan. etc. But when I think --:--.. '; inadequate, unable to subsist without woman. long and hard. a person that I look up to She was not ·pretty; had a sort of greatly is my older sister, Cicely. '. inconceivable, but rhythmic presence, My sister was born 1wo years before me and we were very close growing up. controlling my eyes, manipulating my thoughts, .\ Stunned me, dazed me and forced me to gaze I didn't need an older brother because "I •• she was able 10 perform anything a boy I at her bronze, liquid eyes, long. twisted, sun-stained hair, could. just a liule belier. With her slen and all the form that name her ·perfect Woman~ der. yet. agile build I have witnessed my sister slam home run balls over tall hous So, I continued to look, caught off-guard, es. dunk on eight-foot basketball rims slightly self- like Shaquille O'Neal when she was 13. conscious... See. 'cause I'm female as well as beat-up our older cousin, Ste a Woman too vie. She was quire impressive. Many things she did were mesmerizing. I was and yes, I love a Black ,nter• ru ption truly in awe of C.C. man to infinitude, Also. she provided an inside track on but I appreciated her, lltil· learning about girls because she was lated by her, one herself. She taught me a 101of things a little aggravated by her to say to girls ('"Hey baby. are you a rose, desirableness. 'cause you look so delicate). Through So, this must be why man wants to absorb her, watching how she demanded respect swallow her and become saturated with woman. from guys, I also learned how 10 treat women beuer. Myself was taken aback, wanted to step forward She wasn't that bad in the books either. to talk to her, breathe Iler mentality, She maintained good grades throughout her schooling and really turned her edu this feathery she-devil that entranced me had made me cation up a notch in high school, earn forget my place, placed me in her hand. toyed with me ing herself a scholarship to Alabama ' and blew me away, erasing all memory of State University. I was so proud of my my own femininity, filling my mind with hers, sister that I actually cried at her gradu \ teaching me woman ation. My hero was going somewhere in Now I know what binds man, blinds man, intertwines man life. She was on a roll . until reality final to you, she, her and me. ly caught up with her. - l adyBlue My sister wcn1 off 10 college in August • of 1997. A sparkling freshman. C.C. .. was doing fine until the death of my grandmother the following November. .. which caused her 10 miss a substantial Straight Boy in Room 238 ..... amount of class and allowed her grades I to sUp. While many would have given up after losing someone so close to them. Damn. she did her best 10 persevere. However. life's harsh reality paid her another visit He the following year. Had I saw C.C. around Thanksgiving of 1998 and knew something was different "Futtt 0/ NaJtt" "· by Mousa Amoko•A"a Potential. about her. Let's just say that some things were a linle more protrusive. She never wore big clothes. but she was wearing a large sweater with a full face to go with - British Jaylon it. Not wanting to believe what I already LIGHTS. CAMERA, knew, I asked a question I obviously knew the answer to. "C.C., are you preg nant?" And with an almost care-free response. she replied. "Yeah. I'm preg ACTION! BE nant." fridaJ, •q~:• I ,.,·. ;.,•·•.· ·. When she informed everyone later that * ···1 evening, my father. stepmother, grand -": ....: i•· •• W°",1(.~-.~,. l mother. aunt. and my Ii Ille brother took WHERE THE- the announcement as if it was normal. I No Doubt Entertainment presefl!s however, was outraged. "How you going to go 10 school and have a baby, c.c.r She just said she could handle it. My hero demonstrated her humanly aspects. ACTION IS, WRITE She had 10 take a hiatus from her RECORD schooling to have her son. Edward, Jr. However. even with a son and a dead Dr DOftT beat dad, she found a way to weather the FOR ENGAGE! storm. She eventually re-entered school while working to take care of Lil' E and taught me a valuable lesson along the way. CALL GINGER@ Although life may appear to provide a lot of dilemmas for us to handle alone. we can persevere and fight through adversity. 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They are lucky anJ Special 10 The Diamondback year, her boyfriend broke off their evidence and her parents were left the time of the rape, Kristin's friends Cooper urged victims to seek out• fortunate nol to have to," he said. year-long relationship. with no answers as to why Kristin urged her to report the rape to the side help. The University Health Cooper's program. called "Kristin's (U-WIRE) Maryland-Kristin Coop Cooper said Kristin was devastated had done such a thing. Cooper said. police and to her parents. Center and the counseling center Story," was brought to the campus by er appeared 10 be a 1ypical college and called her in Colorado every The answers came on Jan. 2, 1996. With no possible legal action, have several counselors who special a national joint committee of the s1uden1. She experimen1ed wi1h night for two months. sobbing. As when Andrea Cooper's best friend Cooper decided she had to do some ize in helping victims of sexual Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Ch! makeup in junior high school and time passed, Kristin called less often got a call from the police asking if thing and turned her attention 10 assault and rape. Omega sororities. Each year. tho excelled in the performing arts when and Cooper thought her daughter's Kristin's parents knew that she had speaking out against acquaintance ''I think Kristin wou ld be alive committee chooses 20 campuses she was in high school. She went off life was returning to normal. been raped. rape. today if she had sought counseli ne." across the country where Cooper will to college, joined a sorority and was Cooper lived under that impression Cooper shared excerpts from that Over the last two-and-a-half years, Cooper said. speak our against acquaintance rape, having the time of her life. until slie returned home with her hus journal that painted an emotional pic Cooper has spoken ar 85 schools in Cooper said it is important to learn which she describes as a "uniquely No one could tell she was suffering band after a New Year's Eve pany in ture of what had happened to Kristin attempts to teach victims how 10 gel the signs of depression. Some signs intimate cruelty." • from depression brought on by date 1995. All the lights were on in the and the violation. pain. anger and help and teach friends how 10 be are continual feelings of sadness, Jennifer Goodman, vice presiden} rape. Kristin's friends, who noticed house and music w-Js blaring from guilt she felt following the rape. From helpers. In light of recent acquain emptiness and he lplessness, of the Panhellenic Association. had she was sad, were untrained to rec the stereo. As Cooper walked over to Kristin's fellow sorority members, tance rapes on and around the cam decreased energy. sleeping or eating been corresponding with Andreh ognize signs of depression or help the stereo to turn down the music, she Cooper found our the rape had hap pus. the Panhellenic Association. problems and difficulty concentrat Cooper 10 bring her to Maryland. someone who has been victimized. saw Kristin lying on the floor. Her pened while Kristin was home in Student Entertainment Events. Delta ing. Another way 10 help friends who "I heard wonderful things about the About 750 campus students listened initial thought was that Kristin had Colorado hanging out with cowork Delta Delta sorority and Alpha Chi have been victimized is to be a good program. II was an amazing thing to in Ritchie Coliseum Monday night to fa llen asleep in front ofthe speakers. ers. One coworker asked Kris1in to Omega sorority sponsored the event. listener who is available and free of get to bring 10 campus. especially Andrea Cooper tell the story of her "As I got closer, she looked like she stay at his apartment after others had "If I can get ar least one person to judgment, Cooper said. with all of the reported rapes surfac daughter. who was raped by an \\ lsn't breathing," Cooper said. "As left. Once they were alone. according seek help after telling Kristin's story," Adam Proger, a freshman letters ing on campus:· she said. "Whq acquaintance, suffered from depres I leaned over to feel her pulse, I to what Kristin wrote in her journal Cooper said. "I feel as though I and sciences major and member of knew back in April what the atmos_: sion and eventually committed sui• looked down and saw a gun between and what she told her friends. he accomplished something." Alpha Thu Omega fraternity who said phere would be like on campus." , cide. her legs." raped her. ln her presentation. Cooper said a he is dealing with the rape of some The Sexual Assault and Abuse Hol• In 1994. as a freshman at Baker When Cooper called the police, she Once Cooper found out who •he woman is raped every two minutes in one close to him. said he saw the pro line can direct students to 24-hour College in Kansas. Kristin gave her was t0ld the scene would be treated man was that Kristin described in her the United States. according to the g,am as an eye-opener. helpfu l 10 hotlines by calling (301) 314-2222. parents no reason to worry about sui as though the death was a homicide. journal, she told investigators, who U.S. Department of Justice. and 68 him and others in similar situations. cide. Andrea Cooper said. Then. dur- The journal found near Kristin's body said there was nothing 1ha1 could be percent of victims know their "Most people don't deal with this I • • This season, Deion's biggest contribution to Washington won't happen on a Sunday. J •• ' n ·I, ' , ell 1 -l I ,.~)I l i l i •. • • ,•' •' 'I I l 'l ' ( I Join Deion on Saturday. 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Com~tible Df.c!tal mukl-nttWOrk phonoi rcq\lired.AT&TWirelus St..vice-s will prov!~ wl~le-u Ion& di.s.tu'l 1 B9 ·~ THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 • How.ARD UNIVERSITY SUPPORT ORGANIZATION (HUSSO) and HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL , (HUH) · · mv1te• • All Howard University Students Who will be remaining on campus over the Thanksgiving Break to a • inner in the Hospital Cafeteria 2nd Floor on Wednesday, November 22, 2000 2:00·- 5:00 p.m . . . . • • • . Michael -B·: ·j ones, i President, HUSSO Sherman McCoy, CEO) HUH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 THE H ILLTOP 8 BlO Illegal Drug Convictions May Limit~Financial Aid for the campus, had no comment on Education Department. Ronan Lynch tion on a drug-possession charge. 10 alert the Education Department of those who need it most," Ringor said. the fairness of the law. She said it is .. Everyone will agree it cou ld have Dia111011dback staff writer and two years for a second convic any drug convictions or risk penalties " It is not a sound anti-drug policy." a fedeml re:,triction and should be fol been done better:· Freeman said. She (U-WlRE) Maryland -A word of tion. They can be sus1>ended indefi for lying on their forms. Senior government and politics and nitely for a third conviction. If con• Leith said this law is not the first to history major Nicholas Blendy is lowed as such. said the question will be simpler and warning to college students who dab more direct on next year's form. ble in recreational drug use: the ne." victed of selling a controlled use financial aid as an incentive for also skeptical about the rigid stance Leith said in;iitution officials are substance. a student loses two years civic duty. Registration for selective of the law. not required to do any more after fil Leith said it is unlikely the law will ti me you have a little illegal fun, your uqdergo any changes for at least sev entire education may be going up in of eligibility for a first offense and service also affects one·s status for Blendy. a presiding officer on the ing the student aid applications, but they do have a responsibility to go eral years. smoke. can t'eceive an indefinite su~pension federal grants and Joans, Leith said. Judicial Board, said the law may for a second conviction. However. not everyone thinks this come down too hard on some first further if they are aware of misrep• ..The regulations are written to Because of a new law that took interpret the laws, and I do not thi nk effect this fall . college ,tudents with The convictions are self-reported, law is either justified or practical. Tite time offenders. resen1a1ion by a student. A student you'll see any change until the next drug-related convictions may not with ;iudcnts answering the question restriction has come under criticism "I can understand the law with who falsifies a claim of innocence reauthorization,.. Leith said. receive some or any federal financial of whether they have been convicted by some who think the law is inef regard 10 distribution, but I think it can be subject IQ a$ 10,000 fine or a on drug charges on their s111dcnt aid fective and may actually do more may be overly harsh on first-time prison sentence. The drug-conviction restriction was aid. imposed by Congress when it Nearly 7,000 students across the applications. College and university damage than good. possession;· Blendy said. "Even the Of the 8.6 million applications renewed the Higher Educmion Act in nation have been affected by the law. officials may award aid this year to Kristi Ringor. a spokeswoman for universi1y·s zero-tolerance drug pol processed through Oct. 15. 1,311 1998. Leith said there will not be any including four campus ,1uden1s. said those who left the question blank - the U.S. Students Association in icy allows for some leeway through applicants have been ruled ineligible. opportunity 10 make any major Wi lliam Leith, director of Student about 275.000 applicants have not yet Washington. said her organization voluntary drug 1e,ii11g, but this law and another 5,617 must complete a changes in the Jaw until the next Financial Aid. answered the question. down from fought against the approval of the never allows for a single mistake or waiting period befo,e they become Students can lose one year of fed about 790.000 when the law went policy and remains opposed 10 it. for a second chance ... eligible for aid again. said Karen authorization period in 2004. eral aid eligibility for a firi.t convic- into effoct - but students are advised .. It denies access to education 10 Susan Bayley. the general counsel Freeman. a ,pokeswom.111 for the • I Student Participation Helps Get Out the Youth Vote I From YOUTH.BIO ,he said. 10 register more than one million new 10 vote in the election, but campaigns an absentee ballo1:· selling hip-hop magazines. said the ,ter's Operation Vote Bison helped Rap the Vote. hip-hop's answer to voters. said Steven Friedman, a such a, Rock the Vote. and Operation The majority of Rap the Vote and mus,c industry·s involvement in vol Howard students get to the polls in Rock the Vote. al,o played a signifi spokesman for MTV. The network Vote Bison quickly persuaded her 10 Roe~ the Vote's appeal wa~ due 10 the mg initiative, arc impottunt. record numbers. cant role in educating young adult; did a poll one week before the elec "chose or lose... she said. presence of celebrities. Rock the "Entertamment-based initiatives ··We arc proud of our efforts." said on the importance of voting, partic tion and found that 61 percent of the "The campaigns were very influ Vote aired public service announce• are effective 10 a certain extent:· she Jemu Greene. a spokeswom.in for ularly minorities. survey's participants were familiar ential." Morgan said. "They made mcnts that featured rapper,, Eve. and ,aid. ·11tey place a youthful spin on Rock the Vote. "We lifted barricll> 10 .. Ninety percent of the black com with MTV·s voter campaigns. me wmu to go out und vote:· P11ff Daddy. an issue that could be deemed im:1- help young people 10 register to vote. munity is voting democmtic. so when Eighty-one percent or those polled Morgan registered to vote in Slowe "It is helpful 10 have celebnties evant. and thi,. in turn. compels to \(now the issues and moM impor they see my face, 1tell them 10 ,-01e. said they were more likely 10 vote Hall and on Election Day she voted saying ·get out and vote·:· Greene media such as urban radio stations to tantly to get out and vote." I say mp the vote:· Simmons said dur because ofMTV's efforts. Friedman for the first time. said ...The way 10 motivate people is election coverage:· • More than 500.000 voters were ing an interview on the syndicated said. "It made it easier:· she said... ,1 through celebrities ... Akiba Solomon. political editor of registered by the Rock the vote alone. talk show .. Arnerica·s Black Forum." Sophomore broadcast journalism saved me the trouble of dealing with I Youth campaigns have combined major Jami la Morgan was not eager the Source. one of the country's top- Students Push to End Election Anxiety Fizzles Crime on Slight Increase Marriott Contract As Race Nears End From CRIME. Al es such as murder, rnpc. theft. arson From CAFE. A I people meeting every Friday:· From ELECTION. A l election:· Voters. according 10 Disciplinary actions are also post and assault. hate offenses and arrests sessions on American University's Howard University ,mdent leader,, McGhee. would be biased because of ed on the go1•ernmcnt site. Howard for more than 6.000 colleges and campus to push for a new cafeteria will meet at 7 p.rn. Nov. 16th in Dou all of the activity that has taken place tnade 17 judicial referrals for universities. Colleges were required company at AU. glass Hall. Gov. George W. Bush Wednesday since the original election on Nov. 7. Weapons possession in 1999. the 10 report such crimes on their cam AU Movement member Andrew To reaclt this coali1io11, email McGhee said that Gore has most for a District university. Cam puses 10 the Federal Office of High was 10 manually recount all 6 million Dadko says American just reentered 11011111reprism1footi,11 H U@lun of Florida ·s controversial votes from exhausted every possibility 10 garner pus police also made four referrals er Education by Oct. 17. This was the a I0-year contmct with Sodexho. but mail.com. American University:-. any additional votes. so he pro~se4 for liquor-law violations and one first time colleges were required to Miami-Dade. Palm Beach. Broward hopes that by educating the student members of Tire Mm·eme//1 ,:_(,111 bf the recounting idea. ' referral for drug abuse:· submit most of this information to and Volusia counties and make it the 1 body. they might convince the school ret1chetl m uwofl><>[email protected]. .. Gore and the Democratic: party The site provides data concerning the government. final word in determining who would 10 terminate it early... I t's a growing understand that they are in a no-wrn on and off-campus criminal offens- capture the Oval Office. base of support:· he said . .. We got However. the proposal was almost situation. You always want to call a immediately di~misscd by Bush. truce when you are in a tight bind;' because of Florida·, top elections McGhee said. officer Secretary of State Katherine Many Floridians agree that Gore Harris. a Republican. announced 1hat is in a tii;.h1 po,ition. However. many she would not cemfy any hand Democrats said blame the Republi counted ballo1,. This proce" works cans for the election gridlock. in Bush·s favor as the recounting of Theodore Sapp. junior radio pro vote, was viwl 10 Gore·s anempl to duction major from Fort Myers. uncover Democmtic votes that may voiced hi• mistrust of the entire have been previously undetected. election proceedings: ..I can·1 predict .... Bu,h's offered 10 drop any pend any outcomes but something is real .. ing litigation if he would accept the ly fishy. She [Harris] is a Republi .. : machine vote and wily or the s1a1e·s can put into power by the Bush ab,entee ballots. which will be camp. ofcourse ,he has a bias opin . counted by tomorrow. Gore b:ilkcd at ion:· Sapp say,. the prop,1'al. Alysha Cobb agree,. While the -...... Now. with both candidates nured broadcast journalism major from ... in legal banles which could go all the 1hmpa voted Democmt for her first .... way to the US Supreme Co11rt. Har election. she based her decision on ... ris is expected 10 certify the absen .. the le~,er of two evils:· 16-1 !"'~ tee ballots tomorrow and hand the "However. [Florida) ne\'er had a ,. . \late, 25 electoral votes to the win• problem counting the ballots until the ncr. Governor of our state had a brother i:-:- : While residents of the sunshine a, a presidential candidate:· Cobb is .... . state are divided on who should be referrmg 10 Jeb Bush. the governor ...'"'"' 1hc next pre,ident. they agree on one of Florida. who many feel is the ~. thini:- the anxiety is over. hurry up main conmbu1or 10 why George W...... and make a decision . Bush is;,lightly ahead of Gore in the .. , felt we were important. This Slate. election proved 10 all those who .. Jeb Bush is·our governor and 1 didn't vote that every vote really does know there is some serious cheating count. But now I just want to know going on:· says sophomore radio who it it's going 10 be:· lchile said. television-film major Prentess Bur Senior political science major ney. The Miami native feels that Bush Kionnc McGhcc kgree, with the is not going 10 be good for the coun Harris decision not 10 accept any try or African-Americans. ballots passed a state law mandated ..The way he shut down schools deadline. and exercised the death pem11ty so McGhec. a Republican from Dade freely in lexas, rd rather see the County said ...A revote of the entire election remain in limbo, as long as Mate would be detrimental to the Bush remains out of office:· Happy Birthday Shannon, Michelle, and Jason! ( , How should we protect the rights - The Potluck Bunch of .-tists In a digital world? Get the onRne naislc debate from a different point-of-view. t : .:-.....,·...... - ARTISTS l ..,.~· ....~· ;:.... AGAINST .:=: . PIRACY -- www.ArtlstsAgalnstPlracy.com .....-· . ...: •. t· FRIDAY, NOVE'MBER 17, 2000 B11 THE HILLTOP -.. -. CAT~ENll •• ,i ,.,, ~ ' } _1HTH _l2TH 20TH 22ND 23RD • •• ;I 17TH 21™ ~ ,j - .... !id w•! it 1980 1980 1797 1939 1865 1965 1934 ... ·:,.c. -0 " Imitation o f ', J Wally "Famous" Isabella Baumfree, Morgan State Col- Shaw University is M uhamm ad A li Li fe", Howard Univer- defeats Floyd ~at- the s to rA o f a n . .ti sizy's WHMM- Amos' signature later known as lege 1s established in founded in Raleigh, ,,. Sojourner Truth, is Baltimore, Mary- North Carolina. terson, wrnning African- mcrican T starts broad- panama liat and mother of a daug- embroided shirt are born in New York. land. the world heavy- casting as the !st weight title. fchter who strui les . ,'• African-Ameri- donated to the o pass for w 1te, can owned pub- National Musuem . •J ~ e ns in New York .. ,, lie-broadcasting of American Histo- 1ty. .. TV station. ~•s Business . ·,: mericana collec- ·"U·! tion. n2 • , I"" 0 rF· 17TH can be purchased by calling 202-432-SEAT. For information, call 202- Theatre Company, 1835 14th St NW and TheP~rchased Experi ences: i RIDAY, 628-4780. Don·, Count Theatre Company presents fo ur plays. including "Sexu-: : . . . . al Perversity in Chicago." by David Mamet. Three one-act plays\~!~ : ''The Grinch," starnng Jim Carrey, 1s back to steal Christmas from S fo llow: ··words. Words, Words" by David Ives; "Never Cry Zomb1~!7 : Whoville. Don't worry it's only a ~ovie, and it opens today. Check UNDAY, 19™ by Daniel Louie; and "The Damnation of Joh n Smith" by Rachcl.~ Docal listings for theaters and showtimes. Mariner and August Maneis. The plays start at 7:30 p.m. For infor- : : Toke a spin on the ice, but wear your knee and bull pads today at the mation. call 202-543-3955. i :Enjoy Jazz every Friday from 6 to9 p.m. at Westminster Church, 400 National Gallery of Art's Ice Skating Rink, 700Constitu1ion A\e. NW. , . . : l I Street SW. Tonight hear from Jacques Johnson David Panze~ James the outdoor rink thatJ·usl re-opened last week. Todav from I I a.m. 1o .Jus Us E_ntertamment presen_ts a showc_ase of local and regional UP,•, : ' • • • ' d ' ' and-commg ,tan, of R&B and hip-hop tomght at IOp.m. at Metro Cate: : , Mabrey, Jesse Adams, Percy Smith, Maqone Clark an Arnold Ster- 10 p.m. you can show off your grace and skill for $5.50, and an addi- 1522 141 h S NW F 1. 11 fi . 11 202_588 9118 t :ling. Admission is only $5. For information, call 202-484-7700. tional $2.50 for skate and locker rentals. For information. call 202- I. · or ormation, ca • · . l : 131.4215. ,I 5 :side-splitting comedienne Sheryl Underwood, of Def Comedy TUESDAY, 21 T • I : Jam fame, will be at the lmprov Comedy Club, 11 40 Connecticut Ave. Washington Performing Arts Society Children of the Gospel Mass I iNW, thr?ugh Sunday. For information, call 202-296-7008 or visit Choir perform at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall its --voices or the Joko Tour 2000 with Youssou Ndour & Le Super Etoile (I can't pro:-: : www.dc1mprov.com. Next Generation VII" concert at 2:30 p.m. Led by Co-Arti,tic Di rec- nou ncc ii but ii looks interesting) will be at the Lisner Auditorium'. l : • • ? tors Evelyn Simpson Curenton and Thomas Dixon Tyler. the choir is 2 :51 and H Streets NW. tonight at 8pm. Tickets are $25 to $30. Forl :Want some cheap, I mean,_me_xpens1ve laughs. Chocolate and composed of some 200 Washington-area vocalists ranging from information and the correct pronunciation. call 202-994-1500. 'l :Teddy Carpenter will be cracking Jokes at Jokes On Us Comedy Club, grades 4 through 12. Tickets are $20- $45. For information. call 202- : p12 Main St., Laurel (Md.), at 8:30 and 10:45 p.m. For information, 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org. • L :cail 301-490-1993. WEDNESDAY, 22ND -r : Cirque du Soleil is not your usual elephant-marching and tightrope- ·l :,SATURDAY., l8TH walking circus, but unfortunately, today is the last day 10 ,ee it. Its Roll up your sleen'S, open your heart and join hundred~ of friendjf , newest production, "Dralion," is a performance of human skill and and families in making food for area shelters at the District ofColu m-: : energy and can be enjoyed tonight at Tyson, Galleria. 200 I lnterna- bia Jewish Community Center. I 529 I 6th St. NW. For information: :Join the Help the Homeless SK Walkatbon at Freedom Plaza, 12th tional Drive, McLean, VA, at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $34 to $55. ,md to lend a helping hand, call 703-683-8430cxt. 702. • l :and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, sponsored by Fannie Mae Foundation. For information, call 800-678-5440. ' :Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the walk starts at 10 a.m. For infor• l : mation, call 1-877-WALK-HTH or visit www.helpthehomelessdc.org. THURSDAY, 23RD '!'F..J.J TK~"JrV:'.J"l'J, D.AY"l I ,, : :Sisters in Spirit Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams and Mary Angel- MONDAY, 20™ Irs a day of thanks, it 's a day of giving, it's a day of EATING. Happy t :ta Christi will speak to your heart tonight and tomorrow night at 7 Thanksg iving. Today's event is to enjoy the hol iday with people you: :p.m. at D.A.R. Constitution Hall, 1776 D St. NW. Tickets are$35 and Tonight you can see four plays for just $9.99. Yes, $9.99!! The Source are thankful for. And remember, don't dri nk and drive. ,: ~------~------~ " THE HILLTOP STAFF WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL A SAFE AND H APPY THANKSGIVING! ,;, .... - r Are you man enough... To be different and not care what others say? To be yourself and free your mind? To be gay, bisexual or same gender loving I (DL or not DL) and committed to liberating Black people? Are you man enough to love another man? Then come join other Howard University brothers to discuss the start of something new. Saturday, December 2nd, at 6:00 P.M. For the location, call: (202) 546-8200 You ready? Sponsored by the Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay Organization of Students at Howard (Bl.AGOSAH) and Us Helping Us, Inc. OPEN S NOV EMBER 22 IN THEATRES EVERYWHERE B12 FRIDAY, NOVE\IBER 17, 2000 Tm IIILUOP HILLTOPICS AJI HfLLTOPICS are GRADUATING IN 2001? .. L.ast chance to take your Yearbook Vaa's Mankosa's African Hair due, paid in fuU, the Picrurcs! 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