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Howard University, Washington D.C., 20059 ., I Vol'.. 59, No. 14 21 January 1977
' ' SBA Questions Lack College of Medicine of Quality Education Acceptance of HU ' At HU Law School Grads ·oecreas~pg • • By Arlene Wailer i[ 8'1,'. Leila Brown dent body concerning the and Fred Hines ~ ' G rld Sc hool· Editor organization of the protest. there nevertheless seemed Hilltop Staffwriters $ to be a general consensus ' .. fhe law school is on a that ''something has to be The number of H oward undergraduate students who d ownward trend, and we • are admitted to the College of Medicine ha!\.fdecreased at · done," about the education 0 , ' need to arrest it," said God at the school. -0 a steady rate since 1970 despite the fact th~ the total fried Akorli, president of the , Specific complaints of the ~• enrollment has been on the rise since ttiat time, ac StU'dent Bar Association student body inclucle: the cording to annual reports from the Medical School. (SBA) Wednesday, at the law incompetence of ce rtair1 For the 1970-71 academic scti,bol, as he called for a facu!tY members and their school year, there were 397 Religion Move moratofiurn on classes. seriousness of purpose; students enrolled in the Med J!,he SBA, the formal stu failure of the school to ad school compared to a total dent governing body and the h~re to university policies, of 474 1n the 1975-76 To New Building stusJents' official representa for example: tardy posting of academic year, the reports tive in dealing with the grades, failure of in!>trL1ctors said. Figures showing the faculty, initiated the mora to hand out syl lab i at the amount of graduating Delayed torium ih an effort to bring Rev. Martin Luther King , Sr., spoke at tl1e pre-inaugural prayer se rvice l1eld yesterday at the Lingcoln Memorial before start of each semester; the Howard students admitted the problems of the law an cst in1ated 50,000 people. The message he delivered came 13 years after that of h.is son when ''I Have a Orea m'' was given . admission of rnore ar1d more to the school indicate that in school to the""-ttent1on of " non-minority students iiito 1970 59 undergrads w ere ad By Bonita Coleman the Board of 'Trustees. ' the school, the lack of ade mitted and in 1976 only 16 Hilltop Sl•ff writer quate financial aid arid tlie were accepted. Mrs. Frankie Freeman, a ' basis on which it is giveri; Dr. D avid B. Henso n, member of the Board, was King Sr. Tells Crowd 'Sheep Must Be Fed' The. Sc hool of Religion's lack of adequate classroom Assistant Dean for Student · present at the assernbly in scheduled move to the space; and the 11eglect of th e Affairs said the decline · in . newly leased Queen of· the school chapel, but was adrninistration to initiate any enrollment by Huward un unable to adequately res Apostles building since mid adequate steps to reverse At Pre Inaugura l Prayer Ser.;ice Senior Remembers Junior dergraduates who seek to pond to students' questions December hae been delayed the poor bar results of enter the Med school is '' a " since she has just recently pending approval by the Howard la\v school gradu • function of the decreased been appointed to the N overn ber, 1976. always be, as far as I know, Board of Zone Variance ior a ates. By Brigette Rouson of the Lincoln Memorial. competitiveness in the ap Board. ' ' That's what the more of ' the least of these' change in zone instru ctio-n, Dean Charles Duncan res Hilltop Sl.iff writer As one of the highlights of plication of Howard Mrs. Freeman, an attorney President-elect is all about,'' than all the rest'' said Dean Lawrence Jorles. ponded briefly to some of the Inaugural fe stivities, Rev. stu dents when compared to The father of slain civil The 0ew bu ilding, and a graduate of Howard the grievances at the en King appeared three hours said King. '' That's why he's other Black students.'·' University's School of Law, ' 'D addy King' ' returned rights leader Or. Martin however, is fully ~ prepared counter Wednesda y, but in before President jimmy Car up here. Because he said Reasons for the decrease stated she w ould take the yes terday morning to the that he was concerned." Luther King Jr. grew sen for the transition, but dicated that it \vas not his ter was S\vorn into office. in enrollment varied am ong · grievianies of the students to pla ce where his son timental as he addressed the because the permit to teach ''intention to debate Mr. King told the crowd what he King noted that in biblical the differenl: adminis trat ion delivered his mosl' Lincoln Memorial crowd. has n ot been secured the Board. Akorli." felt should be the Chief limes, Christ was said to officials, Dean Marion Mann The essence of the student memorable speech over,. a '' I stand here," he said, academ ic functions have not The Dean s1ated that he 1 Execu1ive's focus once he have told followers that of the College of Med icine complai11ts centers around decade ago. He came to ask '' with a bit of reluctance and started. · 1 ''agrees w ith the students' begins official out1es. failure to help their fellow saidO there are now rnore the quality of legal educa blessing fo r the new ''The sheep must be fed ," nien meant neglecting the timidity upon these This stand still is only in concern. .. about bar results,'' President . . An estimated Med schools for H oward tion at the law sc hool. 0 Lord. hollowed .grounds. Quite 13 the academic area. Already but added that 11 will ''lake said theministcrfrom Carter's students to choose from. , ''T l1e fa culty n1embers are 50,000 peo'ple came out .in years ago, my son stood Howard gr~duate students some time to reverS f' this native Georgia wh o 1s ''So God prayeth, God Clarence Lee, Associate no! doing their job," stated tht=i cold to hear the Rev. ' prayeth, that our here, and delivered his great from v.?riOLIS H.U trend '', believed to l1ave heiJ)f'Cl per Pre~ine11t Dean of Liberal Arts, said the Akor!i 1n an SBA rneeting M.:1.rtin Luther King, Sr. \t speech on ' I Ha\'e a Dream.' professional schools have On the quest1011 of 1r1corn suade many of the lllatks will remember always ' the low Medic'al College Ad held Tuesday, where he out 1·hursday's p re- lnaugu;·al least of these,' " said Rev . Little did I kr1ow that I filled com!)letely the 34 petent fa culty mernbers, the who turned out at the'polls missions T~~ t {MCAT) scores li11ed the purpose of the prayer service on the steps would even be living to be eq uipped r(toms Dean stated that although he 'n record numbers i 11 King, ·•_ 'cau'se there will were the reason behind the three day in orator1um ar1d here today .... B4t God has his Dean J on~f said in seeking has requested spec1f1c·~ small number of Howard how it w ould 01)erate. way of leadi n·g us, and to negot i at ~ ·. the ' initial pur r1ame s of such individua ls, students who are gaining ad ~ Although there was sorne guiding us in paths that we cha se of th · uilding. he oor m1ss1on . di s a~reement ainong the stu - know not Qf." the univers· had any prior See LAW page 2 Lee went further,' ' HU Security Officers Continue Strike Applau se arid laughter k11owledge f this legal fac however, say that he is greeted King as he closed ti tor. The m e was further - '' absolutely~ in favor of get with a story of the country delayed bee use of- certain ting as man~y Bla ck students New Part Time Program at all in terms of patient accusi11g Howard of not doctor who had no degrees, set board rneeting_dates . The as poss i ble in med i cal ' By Brigette Ro~on care," although she admitted bargai ning in good faith'' be but healed well, and whose change in zone instruction sc hool ''bu?.,only if they are Hilltop St•ffwriter ' ' there is a little 1n - cau se of the developmer1t office sign when he could will be brought before the . " qualified.'' ' convenience. The union' s attorr1ey al so not be found proclaimed board meeting scheduled One Howard pre-med To Premiere At l "hc secu ri.Jy strike staged Both University and union called the University's ''Still in business. Just moved next week. student, who didn't want his by ab 6ut 35 Howard U niver officials said the strike ha s temporary hiring of security upstairs." ''We have every reason to name mentioned, told the si ty campu s and Hospital been hampered by the hiring replacements ''an absolutel.,.· Leontyne Price's rendition believe that \Ve will get the Hilltop that there is ''a' lot of guards continued this week, of temporary guards to work contemptible practice.'' of ''He's Got the Whole v ariance," added Dean Social Work information in the MCAT but picketing activity slow in place of strikers, and by ''We view these people as World 1n His Hands'' Jones. that I hod never seen before ed, then halted due to cold the r~turn to work of several professional strikebreakers," preceded the minisrer' s fhe new projected in my classes.'' He said that weather, according to the cam pus guards who were he said of the contracted speech, and followed scrip moving date for the School scores · are a poor excuse to security union's attorney, participating. Included in the personnel. Jordan said full ture reading by Ruth Carter of' Religion is around the fi.rst By Patrice E. Lee - the irldividual wt10 got into use for a university not ad Daniel Jordan. 1 eight people wh o returned participation in the strike by Stapleton, the Presid ent's of February. · Hilltop St•ff writer Social W ork by prac tice, mitting its own students to Pi cketing was les-$'.E'ned, was the only woman to join Hospital secu!.)ty personn"el evangelist sis ter. Lat l': r, the The re sidents 01 the com with a sort of rn o ther w it," the Med school. ''At lea s.I ' ' said Jordan, ''Because it's in the job actio n, according has remained. singing of President Carter's munity want to know the she said. fifty percent of the M ed been cold - very, very cold, to Howard's top security of Talks toward settlement of favorite hymn, ''Amazing impact thf School of Mrs. ,Lucille Baguidy, Ad In a city where there is an school should be Howard and we' re not going to fi'cial. the strike continued this Grace," joined together the Religion's pr/1s ence as an u,r missions Officer of the abundance of social service ~u b- students," he said. ject our people to such Of ·the 24 campu s speci al week at the Federal Media voices of choruses from ban univer si~ will have said School ( of Social Work, agencies, pra cticioners work Meanwhile, the medical harsh conditions." The at µolice who went out on tions Board, according to throu ghout the D .C. area, Dean J ones;,l lierefore, ln ef foresees the new part- ti me at the time classes are nor school ~- at Moreh ouse torney said, however, that strike, there are 16 still away Jordan, but he said, ''As far the Atlanta Boys Choir, and fort s to exe se the u niver degree progtam giving prac mally scheduled. Previous to College in Atlanta is curren the strike is still in progress, from their jobs, said U niver as negotiations are con assembled onlooker s.. si ty' s expa'n:i;ion meetings tici.bners in the social ser the part-ti me '•1dy cor1cep1, tly making expansion plans, along with negotiations with sity Security Director Billy T. cerned, we have negotiated A '' Prayer for the have been Sif;'' for the school vi.ces an opportunity for aa the paraµrofe ssional _according to Dr. Louis H. the University and cou rt ac Norwood. As a result, the with the U niversily. Un Presiden(' led by Rev. Bruce to interact \'fjth thei-r neigh- vancement and extending desirous of an advanced Sullivan the school's dean. tions brought by the union number of contracted fortu nately, the University E. Edwards ended the frosty bors. l the University's commitment degree was often excluded. Sullivan cited a drop in the against Howard. private-firm guards has gone comes to the bargaining morning's ceremony, as the Upon approval by the to the Bla ck community. ''Social Work,'' Bagu idy number of Blacks in the Secu rity at Howard's cam down, said a Howard table unprepared to swarm of people left to see b oard, the present School of Slated to begin in the fall, said, '' is one of th ose Morehouse medical program pus and Hospital are not ad spokesman. negotiate... and they' re still their new President take of Religion build ing will be 1977 term, the program is professions which reguire in 1975, a decline he said is versely affected by the on doing that." fice. Howard University's unoc c upied. Mr. Owen hailed by Baguidy as a not just theory but a"i: tual part of a nationwide trend, going strike, according to p~~Tp~! f!~ntta~a~;ut:sb:~~: ''I believe they are still Choir, who had appeared Nichols, Vice-'Pres1d ent ·for ''career breakthrough fo r the training and experience. as the reason for expansion. spokespersons for both clearly hurts the strike," ad talking." said a University Wednesday night in a Ken Administration' said the working adult." Ours is a practicum based According to Sullivan, places. ''Things are continu mitted Jordan. '' It's because spokesman, ''but who nedy Cen ter concert where complete plans for the Acc g; rding to Mrs. profession.'' Black students made up 7.2 of the University. They knows when something w ill they sung background tunes building's us~ · have not bee.n Baguid 'f!, the profession has Bagu idy cited t he ing. There's no more, dis- solicited people to go back r:ome through." Dr. Owen to Alvin Ailey dancers, did fully d~veloped, bL1t 1t will corpe to realize there are dif economic situation as a ruption," said one H 9ward See MED page 2 to work ... in violation of Nichols, vice-president of not appear with King. be for academic ferent levels of practice. force influencing many 10 representative. Another ''This program 1s geared • spokesperson said the strike law," he said. He sai d he See SECU RITY page 2 See SOC IAL page 2 toward the paraprofessional- is ''not affecting the Hospital pla ns to file court charges Congressman Diggs Shares His African Experiences and Viewpoints ci pally Rhodesia since .they ' Committee on the District of r'epresentatives of the ''front By M.S. Pinkston are the two principals in-. Columbia. line'' Presidents, represen foreign News Editor valved with the front- line tatives of the O.A.U., the HILLTOP: During your Commonwealth Secretary, Presidents. We went to Charles C. Diggs, Jr. is the Kenya, the UNESCO Con first Black Democratic mem recent trip lo Africa, what plus individual coun tries countries did you visit and which were there because of ference was going on. We ber of the House of met with President Kenyatta Representatives serving the what African leaders did you their special in terest We while there. We went t o 13th District of Michigan. A talk with? also went to Angola on this ~ · . Rwanda and Burundi. We graduate of Wayhe State DIGGS: First of all I saw trip. Before going there I met with the new President AfriCan · leaders outside of went to Germa.ny because I .University, he holds of Burundi who jusl took of •eih onorary doctorate degrees Afrii:a. I started the trip in wanted to tal k t o the Ger fice after th e coup. And over Geneva, where the Zim man Foreign Ministry ilbout ~ from Central State College to Rwanda where we have a ALEX HALEY N A US ; and North Carolina A& T babwe Liberation Con their policies in 1.Namibia. new American Ambassador. WITH DELEGATION FROM THE GAMBIA feren ce is taking place and The West Germans are the E State University. No o th er Congressman has , ' wh ile there J saw and held only government that have a !: Congressman Diggs is been there si nce I was there The author of the Nation's Bes tseller, Alex Haley, at conferences with re p re sen dip l omatic mission 1n i founder and past chairman which was five years ago. tended Howard University's seminar in honor of the : or the Congressi onal Black tatives of the Nationalist N am ibia. I saw President We visited Mozambique and Del~gation from The Gambia, Wes·t Africa; birthplace of o Caucus. He ha s served as a groups t hat a r e the re; Neto in Angola, and was the w ere received by Vice Mrf .H"l.ey's fore-fathers. Held in Ho\fard's CramptOn specific ally Mug ~ be and firs! American to be received i full,United States delegate to Pres ident San tos. PreSident Au~1t~r.. ~m , the. seminar in honor of the delegation who 'the General Assembly of the Nkomo, Muzorewa a nd ther e since their in Machel was away at this are... ~1s1t1ng this country to premiere the Televised U .N. and as chairman of the Sithole. I als o met a dependence over a year ag o: time. We end ed at the con shqw1ng of the novel, was sponsored b y the History rep r esentative of the We went to Zambia and now defunct Subcommittee ference in Lesru which was Department. ,t on Africa of the H oUse of, Rhodesian white minority Tanzania; had discussions sponsored by the African Th~ two hour P_!.Ogram introduced the first Afric.tn Fo re ign Affairs Committee group. Also presen t were with Presidents Kaurida and American Institute and par- re.tct1on to Mr. H.tley's book ilnd 'enlighiened .tn during 1969-1974. He is now var iou s other represen tatives Nye rere abou t Southe1 n See DIGGS page 2 ~d~qu.tte crowd of students •nd cO mmunity p.tr Chairman of the House of other African countries; African quest icins, pr1n- tic1 ilnts. Congressman Charles C. Diggs '
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...... 111111! ...... T.HmEl.iiHILLTOP . ' PUS/LOCAL ~ Diggs Shares Part Time Prcpgram To Preinier,e • Med ,School Accepting Less HU Students Digg s from 1 SOC IAL from page 1 vices. Mr~ Baguidy envisions alternati:ves may bf' con the progfa m expanding to sidered providing they meet ticipated in by a large group seek a lternatives . for th~ MED from page 1 meet needs of prac- academic standards. of Americans: Republicans graduate stu dy. ''There has tioners outside of the Ther,e-are no conlrols at per ·cent of all first-year• Medical Students Enrolled and Democrats, Black and been an increase in part Washington area. present fon the enrollment medical students in Sep- 500- 0 white, male and female, time study in the last five Stude nts seeking ad- for the fa ll but -Mrs. Baguidy· teml:Ser of 1974, and that \2l Howard Students Enrolled (currently) government and non years. Currently there are 34 m ission musi meet the sa·me was unable to project a even 'l his figure has declined '" §l Howard Graduates Entering Medical School •• government We had n_on students studying part-time." requirements as specified for figu re for the new program to 6.6 percent The result, he ' government types there, that The school's total admission to the full time because of the strong in contended, is a dearth of •00 ,. is non-federal, like Jul ian enrollment is 230, including degree prog schools, which he says are 19651966 196619111 1911-0Qli SECURITY_ from page 1 1ng increases and for better ''They were w illing to do 19G91970 r910,1911 Diggs interview to be '' not adequately responding administration and t-he health and pension :;ila ns. this," said the union to the need for more Black The above chart gives a breakdown of the composition Qf students in the Col lege of Medicine. continued next week Univer sity's negotiations The usuall ''pattern'' Of the negotiator, '' but the offer physicians." Altl1ougl1 the enrollment is steadily increasing, less Howard students are bei ng admitted. representative, could not be University, he said, is to they gave us amounted to a • reached for comment follow federal government decrease. Because they Law School According to Jordan, the policy, giving co..,t-of-[ivin!il demanded payment of social c"entral point of disagree ~ raises only when Congress secu rity and unemployment Education ment in the talks remians the approves them for federal compensation'' out of the same: money. ''We wanted a employees. But jordan said pay rai se. j LAW from page _1 , reasonable wage increase," the guards he represents ''Both of thQse things, th.e News From Black Schools he has not received them. he said. ''We never even got want ''guaranteed'' increases employer is required to ''The faculty cannot be at a wage offer until very on a yea rly basis. . pay ... Well, all of that is com- tacked generally," Duncan recently not until . after the ''Also, we had asked them pletely unacceptable," said remarked. strike. And when they (the to contribute to the union's Jordan. The attorney said he In addressing himself to University did make an offer, pension plan," he said. This considers prospects for the benefited from the lake. new indu st rial port of Terna. the suggetsion mafle by th e it was so smal I as to be in action on the University's strike's success ''good," that In summary, the Volta The project, started by late SBA that he resign, the Dean su lling," he said. part would mean cutting off he hopes ''the University By Regina Lightfoot River Project will provide African activist Kwame responded that he ''has no The attorney said the funds to health and pension •will wake up," and that Hilltop St•ffwriter Virginia Union cheap electricity in the yeai-s Nkrumah, was finished vested interest in the law News from Black schools unionized strikers are also ·plans they presently pay into · ''We' re (stri~ers) going to' ahead for Ghana. sc hool," only a ''construct will highlight news from the w ith out significant delays or vying for annual cos t-of- l1v- for security personnel. stay out there." escalat ion of the original ive one." He added that he University of Maryland, Virginia Union reported cost estimate. wilt ''step aside if and when Virginia Union, Fisk Univer creation of a new fund for Morehouse College • t feel, or if and when Presi si ty, Morehouse College, and investigative reporting. ''The To Nkr11mah. the project rneant an internal supply of Students at ~Morehouse dent Cheek feels I can no Prairie View A&M U niver purpose of tl1 e Fund is to HUSA Announces New Office c heap electricity which were informed that career longer serv~ in this posi si ty. encourage a greater scrutiny of the direct and hidden could raise the wealth of his opportunities for Blacks are tion." Specl'.il to the Hilltop the Community that has mation available on various costs of governrnental ac country in one giant step best in the South. After the assembly Wed Maryland . anything to do with subjects. tivities," said Mark Frazier, However, to the overseas in Black college students nesday, students were re ' The Howard University Howard.'' -, Also the Office pla11s for a ''A tragic reality exists for director of the program. terests which helped finance choosing fields such as quested to break down in to Student Association has Some of the programs that· Comprehensive ''Survival'' Asian, Latino, and Native Students younger than 30 the project, the project social sciences, home workshops by cl asses and established an Office of the Office said would SOOQ referal booklet which would American students on this years of age and interested meant a guaranteed facility economics, and education '' put into writing'' specific Community Affairs that wilt materialize included a Com locate, define, and campus who are neither in a career in journalism are for smelting aluminum at may face better employment complaints, including names ass ume re sp o nsi b il ity for prehe.nsive Health Care• categorize organizations that Black nor White, but who eligible to apply for grants of low cost prospects if they will shift to of certain instructors who University - wide planning.. Week, which would utilize exisl in the Community and are American c1 t1zen s by $1,000, excluding expenses. The new town of Terna, other majors, said the are perfc.rming less than development, and execution primarily the Schools of all centers that exist at birth," said Samuel Cacas, an Applications wi ll be home for the electrical ar1d Southern Regional Education adequately in their jobs. of programs relative to Com- Pharmacy, Medicine, Allied Howard University. Asiart American stu dent at reviewed by the' Sabre smel ting plant, has seen the Board. The students reassembled munity Affairs. • Health, and Nursing; a Com For further information . Maryland University. Fund's board of advisors, birth of a great f\lany new in According to the SREB the to consolidate the grievan George Jefferson, Acting munity Conference on Sur persons can contact the Of • Cacas said that the reasons which includes nationally dustrial enterprises foi the fields most open to Blacks in ces into one proposal which Director of the Office said vival, which would combine fice in room 280 of the Of ·•or this reality are si mple: known 1ournal ists such as manufacture of paint, the South are the health will be submitted to the that it was 'designed to be communi t y and Howard f ice of Student Affairs. these students know nothing .Nicholas van Hoffman, chemicals, cement, textiles; specialities, engineering.. ac Board of Tr1,Jstees. responsible to anything in resources to make infor- Telephone no. is 636-6914. about their ' peoples' Robert Sherrill, Irving Kristal, fertilizers, etc. However, counting, computer scien historical background 1n and John Chamberlain. Ghana still earns most of her' ces, public administration, America to even begin to Each article should con foreign exchange by the sale and urban and regional plan . ·-· .. -- undersiand racism as it cen trate on one aspect of of cocoa. The new indu.stries ning. relates to them. He said the governmental activities for are supplying some The demands in the health ·The Undergraduate result 1s that the racial investigation. Auth o rs are domestic needs, but the specialties field suc"h as nur ' problems of these non- Bla ck required to submit tl1eir coun try is still heavily sing, therapy, hospital care minority students are not finished articles, free of dependent on imported in- administration, dentistry, op dealt with adequately or are charge, to a publication of dust rial goods. ' tometry, veterinary not dealt with at all. their choice participating in The creation of- the lake medicine, and podiatry are Student· Associations ''The monotony of all this the Sabre program. · has brought other benefits. so high that the supply will is that the 1974 desegre Among the periodicals ac When originally planned, it not be enough. gation played for the state of ce pted for participatio n are was expected that some SREB also said tQat Black Maryland, !)le mechanism the New Republic, 20,000 tons of fish would be women in traditionally male • caught annually. L11ke Volta dominated fields are repre Academic Journal • that supposedly correc ts Washington Monthly, such inequities, has not National Rev iew, Rea son, was producing 60,000 tons sented more than white been implemented w ith The Progressive, Human of fish by 1970. At present, women in similar fields. respect to the non-Black Events, and Skeptic. the rate runs at some 40,000 Black women should con minority students," said To participate 1n the tons annually, ~!most tinue to pursue disciplines Cacas. 1rie plan on paper progr<,1.m , a rournal. ' rnust of- enough to fill the gap bet which show favorable job does include all three cacia1 fer an internship program to ween Ghana's marine catch markets the SREB stated. and her seafood con gro~s in defining at least one recipient of a • '' miriority." Sabre research grant. sumption. The plan for th e College Recipients are not obliged to The lake hasbroughtsome ' Park Campus states that "at· take the internships. problems. Its gigantic~prawl Prairie View tention will be paid to con No periodical with a paid disrupted !and communi tinu~p expansion and diver ci rculation of more than ca tions without substituting Prairie View reports that sifica'.tion of curriculum of 100,000 is eligible join the adequate water communi heart specialists may con ferings, the development 'bf Journalism Fund. cations. The inland water sider fingerprinting female new kinds of educational ex way which was hoped for patients as a result of a new periences'' for the 1ninority Fisk University did not come about The report linking a peculiar • student. For non-Black water transportation is not fingerprint pattern with a minority students, there are A $250 million dam and made easier by the lake. heart condition prevalent TOPICS: no suCh courses, he said. power stat ion wa s con These same waters have among women. ''For a campus that has a structed at the Akosombo sp read the disease of bilhar II was found that patients First prize will be $150.00 and there will be 13 other consolation p rizes. goal of encouraging ' the gorge in Ghana, according to zia on a huge scale. The with a valve disorder are development of experiences the Fisk University student United Nations World more likely to have an ar that reflect cultured in newspaper. Created in the Health Organization is using ching pattern in their finger Winning essays will be published in our next issue com ing out 1n April. dividuals' such courses are process was Lake Balta and chemotherapy to cure suf prints than people fre e of vital," Cacas said. an aluminum shelter at the feres. Farmers have the defect. the selected topic as it 1s related to their • • All essays must deal ~with ATTENTION!!! academic concentration ~ • and poems ca n be submitted also for consideration.' All Short artic~es' . ·The Time Is Now To Register For essays must be doublespaced, typed and have a maximum of 5,000 words. THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS •' ' ' All essays due in the U.G.S.A. office, Room 283 Office of Student Life, SIXTH UAL (beside Cook Hall), January 31, 1977, by 5:00 p.m. 1. The Socio-Economic struggle in the developing world. COMMUNICATIONS 2. Ti\e Black professionals in their delivery of service to our community. 3. Reliance of the sciences to the progress of our community. CONFERENCE • 4. Social freedom v.s. Economic strangulation: a case against democracy as • pe~_ ~ed in the Black community. FREE!!! REGISTRATION FREE!!! 5. The contribution of Black literature to political survival. 6. Towards a unified Black society ... For HU Students Who Pre-Register Before January 28, 1977 1 Special Note: Contest limited to Undergradua~s r~ glstered at Howard University. Room 222, Annex 3 Freedmen's Square • .. • For more information call: 636-6919 or 6923. 8:30 • 6:00 P.M. Daily The firs·t issue of the OMO WE Journal is now available at Lionel C. Barrow, Jr., Ph.D. Ms. Peggy Pinn different locatiotts on campus. Dean 636-7690 Coordinator ! • • • 21 Januar' y 1977 THE HILLTOP .. Pag~ 3 s• NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL• • • • ' E~ecutions of Fighters in S~lisbury • By Marazere C. Ubani scheduled to have recon side, the Patriotic Front of whites and Black!> b rea k out, Hillto p Stoiffwrite r vened the sta lemated Jos hua Nkomo and Robert due to the c01 1apse of the Mugabe, ha s made it clear to Geneva peacetalks. Geneva conferenC:e on Zim By M.S. Pinkston cr iminal aggression of Jan. The paper cited the r.~ids, seven in the latest in Ian ,Smith's rebel regime babwe on the 17th of .this Richard that the - Africar:is The d ispa t c h fu rther Foreign News Editor 16. '' organ izers' "failure to arrange cluding two women and a executed , eight African month, could not do it w ould not settle for anything quoted Smith as. sayi ng hE! BENIN (AFP) - Ben;n·s sales of tickets to the chi Id. freedom 1fighters c harged because of what observers less than the proposed Black was clinging t i~h t to power ''Voice of the Revolution'' TRIPOLI, LIBYA (AFP) , public . As ~ a result, the with urban guerrilla ac~ ca lled seeming impediment majority rule. in that part of Africa in an at ''.Reactionary and imperialist rli(il1g ·military council's tivities sometime "last year. on the way . of b oth the A ccording to the Black tempt to wade off a rad ical radio resumed playing mar forces'' were still causing Supreme Headquarters took ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA Announcing the execution whites and Blacks since the leaders, any move that.dof!S .Black Government being in tial music at noon Tuesday, trouble and dissension in over. Ticket prices were ad (AF P) - Ethiopia's midnight in Salisbury, Smith' s Deputy last recess 1n December, not guarantee the total Black ~ stituted. after reverting to normal the world, especially amonJ.il vertised and sold at various to-dawn curfew was lifted Minister of justice stated 1976. control of the controversial The rebel leader, ac programmes Monday, in the the Arab States, Y~~ lav sale points in the city and in' for two nights this week to/ Richard's efforts t o bring Ministries of Defense and cording to the report said wake of Sunday's abortive that the Africans were President Josip Broz Tito the suburbs. allow the country' s 10 executed for their part in a the warring factions to the law and Order 1n Zlm the former U .S. Secretary of coup d' etat. train derailment incident in conference table have been babwe;s interim ad state, Henry A. Kissinger, 1976. thwarted by the actions of ministration and thereafter assured him four months 'l ,'ii~ , ' He added that his rebel both the \vhites and th e ''count u s ou t''. ago, that President Carter . t.: administration was out to Black s, especially that of the Another ob sta cle some would back him on the so stamp ou t any form of what rebel leader Smith. observers hinted, was the called ''Kissinger .s deal'' he called ''communist in Smith, after a series oi depar!ure to Lagos, Nigeria, should the ,Blacks' reject the spired guerrilla ac t ivities'' in consultations with Richard of o ne of the key African proposal for a- Settlement in Zimbabwe. in Salisbury, declared th at leaders 1n the settlement Zimbabwe. Replvinll to the protest or the Geneva talks on the iss u e, to participate in the As it now stands in the en der .of Bisl1op1 Abel T. political future of Zimbabwe current Black and African tire per imeter of Zimbabwe • Muzorewa, the leader of the were over and dead. Art Festival (F ESTAC). occupied by the racist white African National Council settlers, correspondents say Smith thus re -iterated the A correspondent's report (ANC), Smith's 1ust1ce the. situation rs highly tense stat emen t of his deputy 1rom Salisbury said Ian stooge said no a.&nount of and a prolonged and b loody delegation leader, Pieter van Smith, the rebel leader, ' , protests could have saved warfare could break out der Byl, the one called the the lives of the executed stated that he hopes the new anytime unless Britain and '' hardliner," orl the peaceful Carter administration would men. America move in swiftly to settlement of the crisis. Prior to the executio n, come to his aid, should a make the hand over to the On the A frican nationalists Bishop Muzorewa strongly total w ar between the Black majority a smooth one: protested the intention an? called the rebel regime to commute the death sen tence to life imprisonment Panama Prospects Brighter or the total release of the men. By Ja son Jett the ne w Secre tary of State operate and detend the And as the rebel 1unta Hilltop St.iffwriter Cyru s R. Vance wi!I meet canal, but r ecognize went ahead in its execution wi t h Panama' s Foreign Panama's sov1?reign juris SAUDI ARABIA' S AHMED ZAKI YAMANI (THIRD FROM RIGHT) ARGUING WITH FELLOW PETROLEUM MINISTERS AT CONFERENCE IN QATlt..R plan, the Bishop condemned Pro s p ~c t s f or grealer Minis ter Aquilino Boyd in diction in the Canal Zone? ~-- - it as ·· a ba stard act," Panarnanian con·1rol and Washington shortly after the If not, the letter implies The radio first began said Monday. BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO million Ethiopian Orthodox charging that tfle execution benefits frorl1 the Par1ama irlaugurat ion. the United States will main broadcasting martial music The Arab Revolutionaryt (AFP) Secessionist Christians to celebrate makes the. nationalists' Canal w ere heighten ed t.hi ~ Congressio nal sources re tain a state of apprehensio ~ after raiders, reportedly led News Agen cy, (ARNA), guerillas from Angolan- ruted Epiphany, the .... country's demands for a total takeover week with President J 1m port Va nce stated last week 1n the hemisphere. by white mercenaries, lan 1eporti ng President Tito's Cabinda, suspected of kid military rulers announced. from the white racist set tlers Car ter announcing negotia that it is necessary to con ded at the capital, Cotonpu, arrival in Tripoli to a warm napping five people in an at It was the tirst relaxation Sunday, i'n an apparent at welcome, ,quoted the in Zimbabwe by the Bla ck s tion for a new canal treaty clude the treaty to avoid Carter's recent statements tack last week on the of the curfew since it . was tempt to overthrow Yu~lav leader as saying even m'o re demanding than w ill be a prror1ty. rnajor trouble 1n Latin make it clear that he wants President M;ithieu Kerekou's this was why it as natural for ever. The negotiations have America. to establish a partnership of Meanwhile, Ivor Ri chard, government. Libya and Yogoslavia to hold dragged along since 1964 During the elec tion cam some kind. The canal issue co nsultati ons in the the British cha irman of th e through both th e Johnson paign, Carter argued against offers the Carter Administra Nor ma I programming res y med later 1n the aay and framew ork of their joint ac Geneva Talks on the political an d Nixon- Ford Adm inis tra relinq uishi ng '' effec tive con tion a chance to create a the radio has si nce broad tion for peace and in future of Zimbabwe, flew to tions. Carter has stat ed that trol'' of the canal to Panama. good image of itself in inter cast i'nessages of support ternational cooperat ion. Pretoria, • South Africa he intends for the dis He plans to use a ''fires ide American affairs. (Azania) tO confer w ith John cu ssions to be finished by chat '' o n television to abate from other African leaders Yugoslav bilateral relations Vorster, tbe South African spring. opposition to any ceding of The government of Gen. for the Pres ident There was ARNA reported. premier on a possi bility of Gen. Ornar Torrijos cont rol to Panama. _ Torrijos Herrera is national no immediate explanation making Smith accept the Herrera, the strongman of I n a letter to President ist but in the opinion of for the resumption of martial LAGOS, NIGERIA - The latest British proposals for Panama's government, said limm\.• C art er, '1 2 Latin United States officials,. it is music Tuesday. Second World Bla ck and . the handover of power to he is ''.optimistic'' of the out American Heads of State ask not headed by Marxists and The State-owned African Festival of Arts and the Black majority w ith out come of the · soon-t_o-bc · ed the question: wi\! the ii is due a ''fair'' solu tion to newspaper, Ehuzu, Mon Culture (FESTAC), currently day carried front-page b loodshed. resurned neg o t i at ion~ . United States join with the canal issue that will im going on is now being run Ivor RiChard who was According to C arte r. Panama in a partnership to prove rel ations with the U.S. photographs of b _odies of dire ctly from 1h e Supreme • white merceriari'es whQ it Headquarters, seat of the , said were killed by Beninese Ruling Supreme Military • Troops 1n the attempted Council, it was reported in coup. Lagos Tuesday. tn Paris, the Beninese Em THE LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT COUNCIL bassy said between 100 and According to the mass 150 mercenaries had landed c ircu la tion DailyTirres ' at Cotonou on Sunday. ncW5J)aper, the action was lt..BU DAOUD AFTER ARRIVAL IN ALGIERS taken to ensure a ''smooth The mercenaries were .. and successful'' FESTAC. The reportedly forced to retreat, Congo-Oean railway, have imp osed shortly after the - 'PROJECT AWARENESS' semi-official daily added that leaving quantities of arms since attacked a small February 1974 Eth iop ian the Nigerian Military Gover and ammuni tion behind. Cpngolese border village, Revolution which led to I.he ,, nment had deplored '' the ,. The· statement blamed ''in Congo Rad io reported last overthrow of Emperor Haile lack of effective coor • ternational imperialism'' and Tu esday night Selassie. IN CONJUNCTION WITH · dination of FESTAC's var ious ''traitors to the Fatherland'' The radio said ten people FLE C ts seeking in·, ac tivities and arran~\emen ts .'' ' for the ''c owardly and had been killed in the two dependence for the oil-rich r------1 enclave w hie h Angola claims is part of its territory. THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENT ASSOCIATION Congo supports the Angolan elebration of Liberation Governmerr·t' s posi tion. •• • • As religious celebrations got underway Tuesday, tens ' PRESENTS • of thousands of laymen and January 25-27, 1977 clergy formed pr·ocession and ca rried the Tabots (Arks ' of the Covenant) to the Cen tral pool of Baptismal Jan hoy Medb, a va st green · open space in the northern part of Addis Ababa. · The clergy re ceived the Benediction of the Ort 1.todox Patriarch Abuna Tekle • a ' Haimanci t HANOI, V_ll:TNAM (UPI) - Reports say communist rule by comrn l ttee h as b'eco'me the way of life in • • Vietnam, less than two years • after the last U.S. backed government in sa"igon folded • its lents and left The Committee of• 492 • members of the National Assembly last summer ap-q.: IMAN ABDUL HALEEM FARR pointed the government, · from the President down to. ' Deputy·Minister for Elemen tary Education. A committee NATIONAL SPOKESMAN FOR of workers at a major Guest Speaker: meeting near Hanoi deter- • mined the production goal Rev. A. Cecil Williams, Minister for the year. • THE NATION OF ISLAM ~ · The Vietnam Workers Glide Memorial Party, at its Congress the week before Christmas United Methodist Church determined &oal s for the coming year ~and Party • • San Francisco, California TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 0 Secretary le DuCJn read the i Economic • Committee •• Emory United Methodist Church report • • at 7:00 pm. ' , 6100 Georgia Ave., N. W. ·.•' .'• _; Washington, D. C. 20011 • Cramto n Audit• :o.riom ' Rev. Steven D. Abel, Minister , ' • " ' 7:30p.m. Until ,' HOW ARD UNIVERSITY .Time: ,.I • FREE ADMISSION ' 41(11 Conn1<1ir.111 ""'"""'· N.W. W11~ 1 ntton , D.C. 2000I • • • • , _Page 4 THE HILLTOP 21 January 1977 •I • • EDITORIALS LETTERS • ' • Physical Plant lnellicient WI-JO'S IN C/..IARGE OF TJ.IAT ADMINISTRATION CAN :Z: GIV£ IA the past few weeks, Howard's campus Plant are major problem areas: DAMN You A HAND has been one white blanket Students have When the Plant is unable to do major or PHYSICAL. PLANT ' gingerly tiptoed to classes in efforts to keep heavy renovation to buildings on this cam DR. CHtEK from skidding on the unattended ice. pus, outside' servic,..es are sought by the SIR ? AN'( WA Y(f;~~:::::;r::::J • university to get these big jobs done. The University's Physical Plant depart· • It is clearly understood that college ment has been the subject of discussion by Ph ysical Plant departments do not come numerous st udents who are concerned fully equipped with heavy duty machinery, about its inability to operate proficiently • and that outside agencies might be secured 0 and professionally despite the elements. to complete maj or renovations: What isn' t Clearing paths and melting ice aren' t the clear is why Howard's Physical Plant can't only responsibilities of the Physical Plant get to the smaller, less costly jobs quicker? According to the Plant's Acting Director Paint-chipped · walls, irregular heating a Lynn Johnson, the primary concern of his systems, and broken down steps are com O department is maintenance: mon sights in many of the buildings I ) ass ociated with this university. Despite what appears to be a well· Much of the dete'rioration of Howard's r_oun ded staff o rganizational structure, facilities is not considered by many to be there are Howard students, faculty mem· major work and it could easily be eliminat 1,' bers, and administrators who are not satis· ed with the assistance of only a few men fied with the Physical Plant's productivity. and inexpensive equipment The Plant has been accused of lengthy, If the Physical Plant cannot handle the see mingly never-ending attempts at re heavy jobs, the least it could do is to ef novating and restoring facilities on this ficiently complete the small, minor jobs it's • • •campus: Howard 's University Dining Hall suited to handle. has been forced to unattractively rope off Howard is not a recently built institution. • orie complete sec tion of its main table Mafny of its buildings are old and need the areas for nearly 2 months because of leaky tender, concerned attention of those in l(.G.~ I pipes in the cei ling. charge of maintenance: · Johnson says that the pipeline sys tem The smaller, · less complicated renova • I had to be redesigned before the Dining ti o ns which need to be made on this cam· Hall's cei ling could be renovated and the pus have a way of piling up on the Physical Bring It Down Front presently restricted area restored to full use Plant It · may t-ake weeks to have weak • by st udents: An outside engineering agency steps or leaky faucets repaired: ~ than letting u s tell them W ashington, with its tremen cards fall where they may. has been secured to do the design, which And, if Dr. Cheek would ever come out most sincerely the problems dous f esources. Dr. Cheek needs to come will cal l for underground digging so pipes of his shell and stop hiding from the stu· and co ncerns of the student There is so much research, off the fourth floo r sometimes and see what can be placed there. dent body, he would re al is tically under· body and then sending u s studying, pondering and on our way, hoping things action required that it sobers Howard is becoming - a · I As for the Physical Plant's lack of experi· stand many of the gripes people o n his would change. the mind and spears the place where some faculty ence in eliminating the icy pathways and own staff, faculty members and students Well, sadly very little has spirit and . administrators do ,. c hanged. Most of the same We are the consumers of nothing more than collect o [slippery steps on campus grounds, caused have aga inst the Physical Plant's slow com· Q~ problenis and concerns that How a rd University's their c he'C k s and poison t he by the recent snow storms, Johnson says pletion of minor projects: . " were expressed years ago are education. We know best minds of the students. Moreover, Dr. Cheek had [that the Plant's grounds staff of 17 people We cannot afford to allow the Physical , -• still presen t. Truthfully, I what we were receiving. In .... su spec t, they will probably some cases, we' re getting bet ter come to the sober un is capable of clearing snow up to four in· Plant o r any other department on this cam· ~ · be here years hence for the the short end of the stick. derstand ing that Howard's • simple rea son that we have I realize that there is a problems are not going to ches of accu mulation: pus to fall snort of its specified purposes f • ' l 0 ) 'got administrators who don't tremendo u s danger in fade way. He need s to u n "That ai n' t a lot,'' Johnson admitted in for being • j derstand that the ship thal ' ~· &!_v e a damn! generalization, but when Jeference to the smal l size of the grounds The maintenance area of this university Studerits leave here year real it;y reaches these stages, he's the Captain of is goinl even generalizations have astray with him as t'1e staff and their work limitations. is clearly inefficient when it comes to """ . after year hurt, frustrated, and disappointed"not their'} place. navigator. _Many students at The size of Howard's Physical Plant's staff building problems with becau se , of what Howard There must be a r ude Howard still wonder what correcting small • working expediency, and limitations of [the speed and ease. University is, but of what it awakening at Howard's .ad-· he look s like. That is a could become. ministration. What they have shame. The Howard Univer sity failed - to understand before From historical accou.nts, By William Scott • co mmunity, with its makeup must not be misunderstood it was nothing for students ' f • oi diverse people, cu stoms any longer. to see former Howard President Mordecai Jof1nson It is extremely fru strat ing and h e r i tage- ha s more As Editor of the Hilltop, r HU's Troubled Law School potential than most U niVer walking around the cam pu! and disappointing to know can not allow the concerns s1 t ies in the \vorld. and talking to the stude ~ that after three years of of the students to go ' . . I say that not in the vein of like a president should. meeting with various unheard J have ·tried to Unless Or. Cheek wants tc administrators, very little, if ego tripping, but rather in balance the paper where the • be remembered for havi n@ Why are some present third year stu·. anything has changed as a the vein of reality and vision. reader •would understand ~The recent moratorium on classes at the spent more time on lhE dents actually haviQg second thoughts result of those meetings. What other university can that Howard was not all bad fourth floor, havipg student! Law School forces one to ask questio ns. In reality, all my fellow you attend and find more and not all good. ~ I about their enrollment at the law school · wonder what he's dong and i[What has happened to Howard U niver· student leaders and l have third world students with But when things start unless some fol k s arE wishing 1hey had gone elsewhere to obtain received from the ad keen mind s as sembled in si,ty's School of Lawl What has become of reaching " the stages of sym replaced, H oward U niversi t~ m in istration is symbolic a legal education? one spot while in the heart bolic satisfaction then The will only b·e known as a l he institution whic h produced Thurgood sa t isfaction-nothing more The students haven' t changed. The ·law beat of t he world, Hilltop is forced to let the historical reference in ti me. Marshall, Vernon Jordan, Luke Moore, ' school is still admitting educationally and Spottsworth Robinson, Dorsey Lane, economically " disadvantaged" students. Letters .-. _ ____:. ______----' •~-- Damon Kieth, and the too numerous to And admittedly, the majority of applicants mention state and federal judges, civil now are better qualified, educationally, rights activists and practitioners who have than those of years gone by. Security Officer excelled in the fields of law and politics? Ye~ when Charles Houston was at Dear Editor: What is it about the legal education at in the community. Guidance, doctrine of change as ba s been deemed it necessary to carry Howard, the pass rate for graduates on the After reading several accounts truth and wisdom were the prevalent during the twenty through with thi!> job action will the Law School which prompts recruiters have an obligat ion not only to bar was close to 90%. There was a standard of the current Security Officers rnianstay s of the institution that years past Cha~g e is never from law fi rms and eveQ some judges to strike at Howard U niverslty and held high the princi ples of liverty without high cost the institution, but to them of excellence then - a time when Howard the , Howard Universi ty and justice for all. That image Blacks have suffered a long selves. ask applicants, " With your background, HOSPITAL, I receded into deep f"em ains intact. road during these years. Accom- If they are lo have respect and produced competent and respected attorn 1 why did you decide to· attend Howard's conciliation with myself. Being find myself embroiled in a plishment was not w.i thout com dignity, they must carry to every eys. involved as a striking officer, I struggle tha,1 is both sensele ss petent leadership. As the reins of assi gnment an awareness of and law school?" One recruiter reportedly told admittedly have much at stake and unnecessary. There 1s suf- leade rship fell to her then, so sensitivity for the reasons they However, that time is passing by, and pe nd ing the outcome of this job fering on both sides as there are they rem ain with her now. were employed. a third year student that he would rather action. heavy dues being paid b1y both Similiarly, the price of respect It is past time for Brothers to unless we recaptu-re it - unless ~ that stand hire a low ranked person at Harvard I, like my fellow officers, have sides. and dignity seldom comes bicker. The double-edged sword ard of excellen.ce is ~eclaimed, the school fa mily, home and necessi.ty con On the one hand, the univer- chea'p. Therefore, appreciation of mal ice and mistrust, so University's Law Sc'1ool, than the number frequently used against Blacks, should be closed because it would not be siderat ion. And I, '° like my sity con tend s she will not allow for accomplishment is always one ranked person at Howard's. fellows, had initial reactions of an outside en tity to come in and h1glt Once attained, the cost of should be forever sheathed and serving the community. ,'!> confusion and distrust vented upse t the apple cart she has pt'eservatipn must remain con the horlzon of this .new day . • Why have some law firms which have faced with a kinship of blood \ During this semester, a series of articles toward an administration that pushed for a hundred years. slant. As Jhange is the order of traditionally rec ru ited at Howard decided seemingly forced me into the On the other, the S.ecurity · this society, so that change must thickness. will explore the rich heritage of the law street. My prayers circumvented Officers maintain they will sell be recognized and respected of n ot to ''waste the time or money'' any- the adverse attitudes that welled their labor w11h dignity and the merit of wha ~ it is. Albert J. COLLIER, Sr. sc hool and cbntrast that with the pre!lent more? ins ide of me. However, there respect as warrants their In the event of a set.tlement, Security Officer condition. reamins one question. Where position. So, which is right? the Security Officers who Howard University Hosµ,i r..il lies the sol ution? In seeking a sol ution, two Years pa st, Howard UniversitY things must be remembered. was the leader in all segments of Howard University, if she is to the Black community. Her maintain the image of a strong, THE HILL TOP STAFF 1976-77 beacon was the light that shown vial:ile force in the educational t the path to many of the leaders community, must accept the Dear Editor: Campu s cond1t1ons servea We sincerely apologize to only to exacerbate a bad Wi 11 i a m Scott ...... r •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Ed i tor-i n-C h ief the Hqward University Com si tuation. Roy Betts ...... Managing Editor munity for the unfortunate Charles Banks ...... ;...... '...... Advertising Editor can cellation of the Trammps We are doing everything Dear Edi tor: assistance in this matter. con cert last Friday. possible to re-negotiate w )th Fred "Hines ...... •...... News Editor My na me is Ronald Terrance I would like for myoinvitation the Trammps but in the Peter Harris ································-············································································································Sports Editor Murphy and I'm very much in to be published in the next As yo.u all know w eather mean time keep your eyes terested in forming a line of Editor edition of your school paper or condit)ons over most of the focu sed on the upcom1n" Vance Hawthorne ...... ~ ...... Feature correspondence w ith intell igent, new letter thereby enabling all nation are te1rrible, sub entertainrnent as advertised Sam lfeagwu ...... :•...... •.•...... Copy Editor w itty and sometimes humorous parties wishing to correspond seq uently automobile travel !ast w.eek 1 Gordon Barnaby ...... :...... :...... •••...... 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Hilltop happenings, advertising and letters to the editor is Tuesday, 5 :00 p.m. leila 8rown ...... Graduate and Professional Sch. Editor~ Our addreu is 22f1)4th St., N.W. Our mailing address is Howard Unive:rsity, V'lashington. O.C. 20069. Phone number 12021 636-6868. Tihe opinions expressed in the editorials are thosa of THE HILL TOP, and mey not necessarily represent thol8 of the.ad1'inistration or all segmenb of the HOWBrd eommu.nitv et-large. -. • < ' • • 21 lanuary 1977 THE HILLTOP Page 5 ' -- - . Howard - A Black University? Human Interest By Dorian Bell thropists. The rhetoric of Martin true for ~II of our Negro polit1c11ans but few people do. Luther King and Malco lm X can be who, ,.believe ~.hey wer~ electe~, , ?n Ten years ago when black was tfhe notion that Howard Univer found in the 19th century state- t~e . st r ~~gth <:>f their own in- beautiful and Indians were martyrs, By Roy Betts ments of Frederick Douglas, Booker dividual merit. We pseudo- it looked like a new beginning. sity is a black university is question 1 Hilltop M;in;iging Editor able. What is it that constitutes a T., David Walker and others. We inte lectuals nonchalantly ref~r . to Most of us, though, were unaware ' black universi ty, and what are its are now nearing the final decades · ou~selves as . black, never realizing that the period of the 60's reflected The dawn .of a new day . ' 10 priorities? The majority of students, of the 20th century w ith redun.dant we re breaking ou r backs . _be the period of the 40's, the 20's and What does it imply? stat f, faculty and adm inistrators are philosophers and intellec tuals pas tel. We ra rely itake an °?1ective Reconstruction. Now we're back Are we headed for better days? initiating our young into the Ameri- look at ourselves. When whites fl_ed on the range (pardnuh) and cow- black, but do these facts togethf;?r Or will the racist ~ incompassionate can mainstream-flowing always, of to the suburbs, ?ur black in- boy boots have nothing to do with or alone constitute a black univer attitudes of men, here-to-fore , be course, downhill. ran beh1n? them, and how we th ink-they're just a style, S•tyl telle~tuals allowed to linger and swell with that 1s a cold, unq~est1onable truth. like dashkis. Think about it Now..., who's going back on the undignily, ill- repute and shameful The Greek-owned Soul Shack, for Our most inspiring innovative in block? Some of us are afraid of Yeah, and black people all over regret. dll in tents and purposes, has the tellectuals are not welcomed at poor, uneducated black people, the world, especially here, have lost The dawn of a new day. resemblence of what is reflected at , HU. Those fhat once taught here and even afraid to admit it We are a history, a culture somewhere.· What ·9.oes it imply? HU, but on a smal ler scale. How are gone for variou s reasons. Our of a strange mentality. We su pport Where are \heylfach of us must find Will Howard U niversity'.s student ever, we w ould be hesi tant to refer young energetic minds are told two the liberation struggles in Africa, them deep within the recesses of association. be inspired by the to 1t as a black record shop or a thir1gs: To get a good job, get a but we won't dance with them. ourselves. Question: If our history co ming1 of a new year and blacl!' busi ness. This particular bus1- good education. But what is a good We' re going to uplift the black and culture have been denied us, religiously see k to improve its bleak r)ess reflects th e aspiratio ns and de education, a BA?, an MS?, a Ph. D? com munity as soon as we get a wouldn' t a black university require showiflg .of the fall semes ter? sires of its Eurocentric owner. No AND THEN, WHAT IS A GOOD ''good job." at least one black history or litera The dawn of a new day. Roy Betts JOB, ) 10 ONE WE LIKE/ rn.ajor policy changes are made by uuu1, ' -' 0001, · The confusion lies in the direct ture course? Wou'fdn't you take What does it imply? the ~taff or n1anager s to benefit • ion o u r though ts are led. We may one? Jimmy Carter took office yester those whom they serve. The had problems. wit ~· the Plant in at A college education seemingly think we control our own thoughts Do rian Bell is a sen ior English day. His cabinet appointments are business' financing is not depend teaches us to think for ourselves as ma·or at Howard U niversit . 1 already a disappOintmenL What can tempting to obtai bulleti11 boards er)t upon financing by its expend \ve are pu shed into the job market. the ge_neral public expect from the last fall before the' s ~me s ter ended. dble employees. This is actually the Most of us niggardly believe that Georgia peanut farmer next? Fewer After several trying week s ~ very na tur e of HU . It caters to so meone should give us a job. Even HILLTOP FOCUS jobs and higher prices or more without bulletin b pard s, instructors blacks JUSt as the Soul Sh ack, but though, however, in general most its f1nanc1ng arid rnaJor policies are of us blacks have never seen an op dependent upor1 Eurocentric ap portunity to realize our fu llest ''Will Howard University's stu~e nt proval, 01 the interests of whites potential in the ''job market." That whor11 we never see. What we includes sports. A young black man have therefore, are black students, association be.inspired by the co J ing of a ' , \vith co llege rlegrees is at the height fac111-lty, staff and ' adrninistrators of his physical energies, and his being led-as much as we try to agressive intelligence is most eager new year?'' deny 1t-by those whose interests to learn and experiment Being • are questionable, to say the very black he is likely to be locked in a • leas t. iob, so me t all it a career, unfulfill- federally funded programs that may in the journalism d} Rartment w ere 1 1ng. unchallenging. and demotivat lead poor people to their own self finally ac commodaf(b But tt1is 1~ r1ot the cr ux of our . 1ng with 11 0 opportunity to prove destruction? Mr. President, the ~1 tuat1or1 dS p~eudo- 1nt el l ec tual s . himself at all. Stifled, he will be directi,on of this country is 1n your Now th e Physic I Plant has ir1- What matter~ rno~t is riot \vhat this come fru stra·ted. But he's making hands. The people will be watching flicted th e univer 'l ty dinir1g hall ur1iversity o r any others profess to money, driving a · nice ca r, and an your every \,TIOve. with its jurnbled rn iscues and be. Question: Are w e to fo llow in active member of Foxtrappe. I• For so me, 1977 will be a year of sloveness. ., the footste ps of our fathers? T h is The H i lltop focuses this week on Mr. William Bryant, Head Re sidence Well-these are the track s we've prosperity and great material ac A sec tion in th'e rnain dining poses a very serious question for Col1nselorof Cook Hall D o rmito ry at H oward. University. been following. cumulation. Thus far, however, the room of the has bE>en· those seeki ng ·to restore the crum A s Head Residence Counselor of Cook Hall Dormitory, Mr. William c af~ter i a only accumulation most of us have roped off for over two long months. bled foundation 1n an intellectual That energy cou Id have been of Bryant has obtained the sincere admiratio n and respect of many ad seen is in ir_iches of snow o r layers The sight is quite " unattractive. corn n\un1ty bent on fo!lo\ving in insurmountab le u se in our own ministrators, faculty members and students for his outstanding work. of treacherous ice. Se rious actions need to be taken by the treadmill foots teps of a cultu re neighborhood s that we run from. A s a patient, very dilligent counselor, Bryant or ''Mr. B'' as he is com And here at Howard, the Physical the Ph ysical Pla n t now to correcl that( once u:..ed us as Missouri The thought of start ing our own in monly known by most of the people wh o know him best, has served the 1 .Plant has already gotten off to a bad this problem of lack of expediency. ,. rnU!es. It has been asked \vhether sti tutions rarely crosses o ur minds. Howard community for seven years at the helm at Cook. st rat. The studen ts and faculty n1em.bers we as black intellectuals have The old heads tell us, '' You Know Down through the years, Cook Hall ha s been noted for its unique ability 1 , For most students, the unat can'not tak e any more of th is taken any d1rectior) al all, or son, Ah coudda ... " And too, that to harmoniously join men together wh o come from widely diversified 1 tended ice ts nearly unbearable. So, laz iness and s h or i -~1 gh tedness . ' \vhether we've merely ass umed a neighborhood we despise so much, · backgrounds to attend HU. The setting is often described as one big happy ' they are mad. The dawn of a rlew da)'. role of nonbelligerence to stay the that makes the rest of us look so fa mily where everyone looks, out for the other person. Administrators and facu lty mem . What does 11 gerloc1dal tendencies of another bad, ha s put many of us through An enormous amount of credit goes to Bryant, for he is largely re spon imp~! I bers cry aloud against the Plant Maybe Pre si deot ~ Cheek w ill sc h ool. We have a bad habit of mis si ble for the unified atmosphere wh ich exi sts at Cook. because of its failure to complete come out of hibernatior1l' Or will taking the feather for the flock. In 196S, Bryant obtained a B.A. and M .A. 1n Education and Sociology As much .is we spiel the vic tories ma1or or minor projects without Luther '·BroWn decjd e to run for Much and rn os t of our finan ci al aid whit~ attending North Carolina Ce ntral and Howard. He has"also studied at oi the NAACP and its affiliates, it creating long, drawnout com- HU SA president aSainl and universi ty funds are a result of George Washington UniverSi ty in cour1 se ling psychology. mu st be ar1alyti ca lly understood plications. • The dawn of a n·t';w day. those vo latile prone communities He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma and o th er profess iorial o rg anizations. tt1at it and it~ cou nterparts are ir1- The School of Communications' What does it imply1 Who kno"""s! we seem to abho r. Th e same holds The Hillto salutes " Mr. B." flut~nccd prirnarily by white philan- Journalism Department at one time Only lime wdl. • 1 t e ll ~ The Realization Of Life Health Students Reach Oat ··--< 1J By David P. Har vey - fession will ''come alive," so to Students are in the best position to By Karl E. Hammo nds see the truth and to put it into prac speak; involve the audience; and • tice. motivate the participants to further - The Howard University Health Hel l<>, I would like to \velcome investigat e said health profession in Time is constantly.moving and in "Science Institute see ks to increa se you alt to H oward U n1vers1 ty and I the real sen se. f ollow-up high ten to twenty years, we students the r1umber of D .C. Black high hQpe everyone en1oyed th eir sc hool student visitations to will be the next President of the sc hool students entering a wide holidays ar1d are still in good spirits. Howard's facilities can be arra nged United States, the next Su pre me variety of health professions. As a In these first t\v o weeks of school, through the ~ propet authorities. · Court Justice, and sooner a Dr. part of our Outreach Program we vou may have met with so me pro Students can thefeby view post King. J ~. We have to lay a founda are conducting a se ries of lecture blems or difficulties. I hope every high school training as a real, desir tion of truth and righteousness demonstrations on health-related one of you were able to work it able, and necessary; tool for deliver now, or it may be too late in the careers at the Stodder! Terrace out and corne to a positive result I y of quality, compr'ehensive health future. Whether we realize it or not Recreation Center. th Roots) To Be Aired On National Television ' I Worth A Ban Speci•I To The Hilltop One on the nation's best Lorne Greene, George . Monday, Jan. 24(9:00- seller lists, is Alex Haley's Hamilton, Burl Ives, Law 11 oOOp. m., EST) just di~n ". look hard enough critical[y acclaimed noveli rency-Hilton Jacobs, Carolyn by Brendy• Cole Tuesday, Jan. 25(10:00- Hill_lop St•ffwriler or didn't,want to. This leads· ''Roots," the ·monumental zation of the h istorically Jones, Doug McClure, Lynne 11 :00p.m., EST one to asssume that their saga of an American farTiily documented emergence on Moody, Robert Reed,' Weden5day, Jan. 26(10:00- only interest (and the actors' dramatized through 100 one American family-his Richard Roundtree, John 11 :OOp. m., EST) If you' re thinking about too) was profit ~ tumultuous years of masters own-from the arrival of Schuck, 0. J. Simpson, Thursday, Jan. 27(10:00- going to one of the ·new Playing at the Town and slaves, will set a pre young Kunta Kinte as a slave Madge Sinclair, Leslie 11 :00p. m., EST) movies released over the theater, Monkey Hus1le is a cedent in network pro in 1767 through the family's Uggams, Ben Vereen, Ralph Friday, Jan. 28(9:00- holidays, check them care waste of time and money. "gramming by airing its epic freedom after the end of the Waite, and Cicely Tyson as 11 :OOp. m., EST) fully. Some are losers. The plo~ if any, is a con 12 hours over eiW"it con Civil War. Kunta's mother. Saturday, Jan. 29(10:00- Monkey Hustle is a farse in tinuation of rip- offs that secutive nights as an ABC People who actually lived The schedule for ''Roots'' is: 11 :OOp. m., EST) -the continuing genre of new make Up the lifestyle of a Television Network non- black and white, male and • Sunday, Jan. 23(9:00: Sunday, Jan. 30(9:00- and profitably su ccessful respec iable smallt i me ~ i fiction ''Novel for Tele- female, loving and punishing 11 oOOp. m. • EST) 11 o00p. m.• EST) Black comedy films, s u e ~ as hustler, played by Yaphet 4 vision. " one another-populatP the • Car Wash, Norman is that Kotto. He only, rips off Beginning on SUNDAY, hundred-year tapestry that You etc. Using common whites, and. blacks. who de JAN . 23 (9000-11000 p.m., makes up the story, linked place sterotypes, Hu stle serve it - like the town' s big ~ EST) , with the birth of Kunta by the descendants of ''The. ASTROLOGY BLUES never gets off the ground, time con man, portrayed· by Kinte in Gambia, West African'' through· many because there is no co ntinu Rudy Ray Moore. the two Africa, and his abduction generations, ending with ' ous effort to make the film put their differences away,_ onto a slave ship in 176'7, the author Haley, who spent 12 its all gone too far, appear real. however, when town film presentation of Alex years traveling a half-million a lhis a~rro-astro/Ogica/ - Matriarchal families, and councilman fails to stop a Haley's- Number One , best mites across three con a~trology . . ye sterday a children dropping ou t of highway from being put seller will c ontinue its tinents to verify the dusty sister refused to believe elementa ~ y school, are just through 'their neighborhood. powerful story on the air' for documents that led to the when I told her I wa s some of the typical roles that But this is not the orfly story the next full week, with two reality of the past aquariu s, sfie said all present a negative attitude line. . hours o n Monday, o ne hour The ma ~ sive all-star ca st aquarians have dimples throughout the film. There is There ' is also a ti red love. ea c h o n Tuesday, Wed recreating the sweepinf.., and was demanifing to no sens1t1v1ty, no creative triangle that i n cludes a nesday and Thursday, two drama includes John Amos, gesture. Blacks are seen in musi cian wh os e return hours o n Friday, an hour on Maya Angelou, Edward know where mine were this movie the way whites home finds an unfai thfu l Saturday, and the tri Asner, Lloyd Bridges, Ge«ge Winston Napier want us to appear on screen girlfriend. He als o feel s d is- · umphant conclusion in two Stanford t:lrown, newcomer and off. appointment when he d is I - - hours o n SUNDAY, JAN . 30. LeVar Burton (as the young Good Black screenplays covers his younger brother's -Kunta Kinta (John Amos, right), stolen from Africa~ a boy, '' Roots," which already Kunta Kinte), Chuck Con are not hard to find; the pro fr iend ship w ith the ma in marries Bell (Madge Sinclair), the plantation master's cook, as has 450,000 copies in print nors, Sandy Duncan, Lynda ducers of Monkey Husile character. and is currently Number Day George, Lou Gossett, the elderly slave, · Fiddler (Lou Gossett) looks on, in ROOTS, These tew, minor '' p lots' ' only lead to co nfusion for the viewer. Even the pre sence of such fine a ~ tors as They're Sweet Honey! Kotto, Moore, and Rosa lind Cash only 1 makes you w o n der why they would lend their talents to suc h a With Or Without the Rock terrible movie. by Peter Harris At times, it looked like the evokes a happiness whic h ·replacing original member punctuated most of their film was rushed ihrOugh to totally engulfs its members Louis Robinson. songs with grunts, moans, meet a deadline and didn' t make it. Scenes are ch oppy, • and their audience - in th is" Sweet H o ne_y 's songs wails, laughs, and plea s to case, a rol lick ing fu ll-house ranged from outright social get everybody involved. the music is too loud, and A cap pella singing is a aud ience/ co ngregat ion. protest ('' Rumble in Sowe Carol Lynn even topk off the color track is off balance. There was'no blood o r go re, powerful music form. One Ra nkin was an abso lutel'f to''), to the anguish of 1 v~1ng up the •aisle· o nce, bringing that ea si ly captures the hap perfect setting for W ed a lover - and ecstacy of 'off the pulpit some of Swe.et thankfully, but neither was there much of anything else. piness o r sorrow of the per nesday's hou r-long Baptis t havi ng h im back ~ (''C.C. H o ney's electricity that was· St ill, maybe so mething form er \and th e i magi nat ive l1ymn-singi ng sessio n. Rider' ' ), to th e joy of simply immediately seized upon by fancy of the listener. Like master prea c her s, bei ng alive (''Doing Th ings th e ecstatic hand-c lapp i ng positive can come out of this m ov'e. The ob viou s U n in hibited proof was on Sweet H oney al ternate ly Together''). And the listeners fias co of M onkey H ustle d is play i n the Rank in C hapel ca rri ed thei r l is teners way felt ea ch different mood as ; Wednesday as Sw eet Honey up, then eased th em back they were swept along by Swe·et H o ney 1 n e : should sh i>w movi e makersf in th e Roc k , a gro u p done; thei r five- part har thei r varyi ng vocal colors. Rock 's music . comes- 1rom S . that a loC1 sy script. tea med down deep, s eemin~ fy from _g with ex cellent actors w il l not composed of five sis ters monies often compelling the Sw eec H o ney's mu si~ goes Q, I• - capable of starting a hand congregat ion to erupt w ith: back to the basics of Black a wellspring of emotions. - - always prc)duce ·a hit holding revival between th e ''sing it sister! weell! o r yes, music. It is w ithoUt trap Their performa nee ~ l Rankin. ~·M.. e~m~be .. rs.. o•f•S•w~ee-t•H-o•n•e~y•i•n•t•he_R_o•c•k~p•r•e•p•ar•e-fo•r•a-se•l•e•c•ti•o•n•t•r•o~~-th•e•i•r•in-n•o•va•t•iv•e-so•n•g•s•.-----"'1r---"'.'.'-- Black Pa ri th ers and the KilJ yes 1'' pings, bereft oi today's elec w as intima.te, alive, and ' ,A· Kll!x Kla n, pe rform ed th e Sw eet H oney is Evelyn tr onics. What carried them shared. Y f ir~t in the Fi ne Arts' Student H arris, Patr icia Jo hnso n, Wednesday was a si ncer ity • Cou ncil series of presen- C arol Ly 11n Ma i llard, and fortitude behind whic h They sing: '' ... D o everything 1 • tat i'o ns. Ya smeen W illiam s, and Ber· only their naked voices were together is what I mean; do Sw eet Honey performs nice Reagon. W illiams j ust offe red . everything ~ther natural ly, " w ith such verve. The gr ou p joined in early Decem ber, U nab as hed ly the si ngers Indeed. ATTENTION • • ' ( DAR • • Constitution Hall STUDENTS ' - Next M ·on. Tues ~ & N.W~ Jan. 24-25 18th D St. > • Larry Coryell . ' ' ' • ' Mon-Wed This Saturday The Liberal Arts Student hbpe this will become a v1- • ' Jan 31, Feb 1-2 ' ' Earl Klugh January 22 8:30 pm Council IS sponsoring a able and effective mechan- with Randy Crawford • • • ' ' Student-Faculty-Ad minis tr a tor ism for these parties to 1n- Thurs - Sat DIMENSIONS • Feb 3-5 Get - Together Program formally discuss their ideas, Pat Martino UNLIMITED, INC. beginning January 27, 1977, goals and concerns with Fri-Sunday Presents • ' Feb 11-13 • at 7:30 PM 1n the Cram ton one another. - Auditorium Lounge. • HELD OVER! . - We strongly urge that all Tickets Now Thru Jan. 30 The purpose of this pro- their inter- WIST IND THIAnE Dexter students exhibit THI SEXUAL MUSICAL, • 3 VEA~ IN - VOllK 1 JOl . 23rd ST . N.W; • 3 VEARS I ~ lONOON • ' "¥:>W COMING TO WASH INGTON . WASHINGTON. 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Moil O.der1· Send Art Young's, Soul Shack, Record Rack c+.cli/'""""Y orde r pc ~ otJI • to: PO I ) • • • 21 January 1977 THE HILL TOP Page 7 ' • TLI ... concerts, prbfiles, reuiews .. :. • jean Carn • c • Debuts Melvin Lindsey - The uiet Behind The Storm ' With A New By Deborah Peaks Melvin did not have a license at the time either, but he He b elieves that the ''Storm'' was a big change for Hilltop St•ffwriter was ' confident enough to realize that he was read y for WHUR i>ecau se they were before into a heavy Jazz, for such a venture. He decided to try the job, ·and asked Ja ck mate '' but you've got to give the people what they want Shuler, a communication student with an engineer's to hear'', Melvin added. Evidently Melvin is one that the Sound Forget what you've heard about star s,-especially the license to be his engineer for the weekend show. people want to hear. ' .... line about stars being born stars, because they aren't. During Melvin's maiden broadcast, th e switch board at Since Melvin's ''Quiet Storm'' began broadcasting They are instead, the results of hard work, discipline and W H UR stayed · lit up from the number of people ca l ling along with various engineers: Jack Sc huler, Wrett let us not forget expertise. complementing Me,lvin and asking questions about the Weatherspoon,i and current enginee ~ Pat Lawson, WHUR Such an example of a star is Melvin Lindsey. show. has moved from rating 16to11 inPhiladelphia 1nter Carden of Love Lighc, in • ' national is simply entitled cludes a· culmination 01 "' fir st love·· h1ghl1ghts derly1ng rnes~age throughout /ean Carn. progressive tunes including Walden's versatility as botji the album is of love arid The vocals of this some phenomenal guitar pianist and COrTi f)O Ser. peace 01 1nind. songstress are by no means solo isl It is clearly the intent of new to the music world. Walder1, noted for Devadip Carlos Santana and Walden to produce a Jean has worked with the replacing Billy lol1h<1n1 ir1 the Perfection light Sy.m masterful col lec t ion . of likes of Duke Ellington, Mahavishnu Joh 11 Mclaug!i· phony - arranges and con arrangements with a fine Brother Ahh, Mtume, and li11's group, a11d his group ducted by Michael Gibbs is a group· of 1nusicians who do Earth, Wind and Fire. And f!nergetic so und re1ninds so othing composition. a superb job. sh~ ' pas recorded wilh Doug 011e of "'Return to Forever'' The hard driving and· Contemporary artist 111 - Ca~n, Norman Connors and o r ··weather Report'' with funky drumming of Walden cluded on the albu1ii are Azar La.wrence. So the !>O!iie additional ele1nerits. thrust you into the up- · David Sancious: keyboards, angelic voice of lean Carn is. Walden combines son1e tempo number '·You Got the Jeff Beck : guitar, Cissy somewhat of a musical rhythm and blues vocals, Soul." Walden's tendency to Houston: vocals, \A/illie Lee : legend. electonic orchestration and start his co mpositions bass, and Mahav1shnu John , Jean emerges from a acustic music to J)rodu.ce an smoothly, then gradually and Mclaughlin. strong Jazz background, 1r1tense sound. at times abrubtly, bring his C.Jrden of Love Light is a exemplified on the '' Delightful'' is · the most group into a mass collection of very 1nte11se albums she did with Doug invigorating tune on the crescendo. compositions. Walde1i's -Ca_rn on the Black /dzz :abcl album It includes Ray1n o1id T he electronic or- hard driving percussion a11d Her music now displays a Gomez on lead guitar and he ches tatior1 displayed in ''The his dynamic lead guitar solos. ·.transformation into a more i~ clearly one of the rnost Sun Is Dancing'' parallels by a group of tlie best popular, con temporary underrated musicians on the that of the most progressive progressive 1azz music1aris idiom. scene. Jean Bell and Patty artist today. business maJ • I ' l , Page M THE HILLTOP 21January, 1977 , , ' I , Jones Shines In Black Football Inaugural: Three Bison arid Porter Two-Mile Relay ' r By K~ren .i\iackey money fo r Bla ck ~allege s On a pos1t1ve note, Porter Hilltop Staiffwriter and secondly to give ex did add. ''The players had • posure and recognition to the advantage of being ob sc The first Black College Al l Black co llege athletes, says served by sc outs, although a.• American Football Classic Porter. , • !he pro drafts are 5 was held Sa turday January 8, Porter complained that questionable. In essence, ~ 1977 at the Los Angeles there wa s virtu a lly no each player is a free agent. ~ Memorial Coliseum. publicity, '' wh ich accounts which gives 'them greater > " Three of H o ward's· football for the poor attendance." leverage for bargaining !! players, defensive tackle '' The media in this country is p ower." f' Kevin Cunningham, John rlirecterl for wh ites'' Dupree, and Talbert Hutton, BL1rr 's idle pool has snagged both class sch eduling and swim team practice. along with head ·coach Doug Porter, participated in the ·Wrestlers Get NAACP-s ponsored ' Freedom Bowl. ' Pool Shut Down Biggest of The Bison All-S tars took unanimous pride and honor Performance Royale for being asked to play. Jn •0 Dupree's words, the entire By Muriel Hairston opponents he said. < Problems Plaguing Burr affair was '' most graciou s." Hilltop St;1ffw riter • Esa w 's older brother Jam,ss Dupree, an offensiv e won two dec isi ons, volleyball." '' It is cold in The pool must be al lowed guard, commented o n the Wrestler Rober t Roya l By Andrea She lton wrestling opponents from here," blurted out the same to fill, ..: lear, and then it mu st exposure Black football' should be renamed Rabb it. Hilltop Staffwriter He amazed his teammates both Baltimore and John dissenting member, ''And be \acuumed, Pritchitt ad received. '' The F ~ edom and opp onents fr om the stown, Rucker said. there are no baskets!'' added dP ~ : . Noting Pritchitt' s time Bowl and its sponsors are Univers ities of Baltim o re and ''We al so had an out ·· w elco111e to the Ho\vard another. ' ' Just a temporary ::stimate, Dr. Tyrance fi rm ly doing .m'ore for Blacks in Pittsburghat Johnstown, Pen standing performance from ' Health Habitat ladies and condition," repeated th e stated, ''No We have to do athletics than any o ther ef· nsylvan ia la st week Oy pin returning MEAC champion ger1tle n1er1 Your mem· guide, a b it less tolerantly better than that." The fort '' he said. '' It was greatly - proiected date fo r com· ning his opponent in a Marshall (Chip) Woods," bersh ip here d! HHH is the than before. appreciated by the coac h es record-breaking 16 second s. Ru cker said. The final score key to 1l1e physical fitness With composu re regained plet ion of repairs is January and players." 3-1 st, w ith classes to resume '' A match is supposed to for the Baltimore m atch was Zacl1 Jor1cs cnro t1t e to a spa rkling first leg in the uto pia, the stepping stone to he tugged at his pants, Offensive tackle Talbert 1 :56 last eight minutes," said H oward JO, Baltimore 24, the 1o untai11 of flas hed a c rooked sm ile, and in the water on Febru ar y 1st Hutton, a 23-year-o!d t wo-1nile relay. wrestling coach Sam Ru cker. althougli Howard had to youth. . . Please follo\v me, led u s to a small ante- room Pr i t c hitt pointed out, physical education major, ''To pin a man in sixteen give up a few points. io yo ur tour is al)out to begin. off the gym flO or. ''Jn th is however, that the pool spoke of ' 'exceptional chie ar e two of the hardest sec onds is great." ''We lost to the University · By Joseph Saxon Our fi rst stop \Viii be the area we conduct weight cou ld b e made operable in coac hes and very good team r unners on the squad . Tonigh.t the wrestl ing team of Pittsburgh 27-22 because Hilltop St"ffwriler swimming IJOol." training. Tae Kwon Do, slim le ss time '' with ou t the morale." He admitted that •Whether th ey' re ru11111ng travels over to American we had to forfeit points,'" ·. A ll st;irry -cycd, the group r1ast ics, and judo." '' It is co ld lights," but added that the there were a few things that three l~ps or fo r t!1ree University for a 7:00 pm dual R'ucker added. ''We don't 1\ ~trong perforr11ance by osse 1nbled d uti fully, and in here too, and what ar e all lights w ere needed by the needed "ironing out'' n: inutes, the tw o can ofte11 meet. I have wrestle rs 1n so me le.icioff rur1ner Zach Jones fo llowed th e 111an 1n the' these cracks ir1 the floo r?' ' swim team. Neither h e nor Cun· be found pushing ea c h 01her ''Besides Royal, w e had weight Cla sses. causing us to c•nabled H oward U n1vers1 ty' s blue and wl1ite S\Vea ts. rf.s 1f No one flinched, it was that Mr. Isaac Darden, director ningham w ould comment to the limits of their en· five,other winners,'' Ru cker give up points," he said tvvo-m1le relay to capture he sens'ed a focu sing on his same dissident gentleman. o f gym operationsµ pointed about their conta c ts with durance. Jones attributes his exclaimed with a cheek-to frown 1ng . ''But I'm optimistic,' ~t;>c ond place last Frid ay attire, he abruptl}' turned The guide, obviously out that other problems pro-scouts. existing at the gyman si um c heek grin. Garry Greene at he c o r1tinued. ''I hope we will 111ght at the CYO Track success to his positive aJ) around and rnuttered: ' ' If 1rriatated, stared sternly and Dupree, however, ''talked are: the broken w ind ow in 191 pounds, and ·David win today against American C la ss ic His performance off proach. yo u w ould like to order this sa id a little above a to some of them, but none the south gym, the b oarded Es aw, 177, both pinned thei r Univcrsj t y. '' ~ et a dropped. baton in the ''You've got to believe 1n ha11d so me, off icial HHH \vhisper," Ju st a temporar y of them were talking con up skylight above the pool, 1eature 1111le relay. yourself," the rel ax ed 1unio r sweat su 1t, plea se see the cond ition. ·· trac t." the cracked floor in the H oward's o ther lone en stated matter-of- fa c tly. ·· 1 receptio111st 1n tt1 e 111a i n of Although it m ay have Cunningham, a 6-8 defen \veight room, and the trant. f... c nr1 c Higgin s, like to compete as far as fice.'" Ttiere \va s a little been a humorous dialogue, sive tack le, hopes the Blac k constan t heat ing problem 1n cl ocked 6 J. but failed to ad n1ost things are c o ncerned. c huc k le, his pants \vere 1ust such conditions exist now in Classic will '' develop as big Did·You the bu ild ing. var;ic e to the finals of the 60 For most athle tes, sp o rt s a bit to o ... our atte 11 t1on was Howard's Burr gymnasi u m. as the Cotton Bowl." Even ' D arden, wh o sends 1n yard dash. play s a big part 1n thei r quickly averted. '' H ere we Dr. H erman Tyr an ce,~ head oi though he is a marketing .. w or k requests to the 1 I O n a night c haracterized outlook. Consisteri cy and at are. the Physical EdUcation . maj or, the senior expressed by several upsets, I ones kept We filed i 11 and gathered PhySical Plant. feels there is Know ThaL? ti tude are the keys for rne." Ocparlment, remarked, '' The a d esire to play p ro football ''improper communication h 1 ~ co1nposure as he thrust Last Friday was the first again 011 the p o ol d eck af!er s1tuat1 o n 1s very, very next year·. betw een th e Physi cal Plant By Sheila (SAM) Maddox Howard 111to a lead w ith a t i1ne Jones arid Archie c o rn removi ng our shoes. \.Ytth bacl . stu dents are com· Porter, o ne of the four and.ours elves." 1:56 cloc k111g 111 his half inile bined their tal ents on the o pen arm s he JJ0 1n! ed ~ J)la1 n 1r1g bit t er ly." In assistant coac hes for the Hi.l ltop Staffwriter . All parties at the gym are , debut, . f-ellov-.' half- miler two mile relay. )ones sa1(l, ''I "' N o tice the large pool .i11c! rere re11ce to the p ool So uthe st team (Centra l In: sym pathetic toward s the \t\1 ( ha~I Arc l11e contir1ued liked it and 1'1n sure w e' ll ~ lld \ lou s locker ruorn s spec 1f1cally, Dr. Tyran ce sai d, tercol\egiate Athleti c As HU basketballers Gerald " [Jr. G" Glover an.9 Gerald tllC' tc1rr1d !Jtlll' \v1lh a ·1: 55. Physica l Plant that at times run 11 again." r1earby." " f"h e pool does 1101 ·,, The J)OOI has been c losed sociation and MEAC) is still ''Tub'' Gaskins were at one time star wide receivers for t\11ci alth ough fr es h111a11 Karl w ork s understaffed, and have any wat e r 1n it,"" a~ a preven tive measure." op timistic d esp ite the disap their respec tive high scl1ools. ' For ' t t]_e second 11n1 e 1n they al so realize the chan· Butler \vas eventually passed sh outed o r1 e group inember. pointing attendan ce figures Glover caught ·15 of his ca reer total. 21 touchdowns, two years Howard's mile lohn Pritchitt, the pool nels with wh om the plant by 1) erei1r11al tra c k power "' Ju st a te rn p orary co n (9,000)." A' ll three made the ''All City 1·ea1n, and led the Sou thwest H igh Villan ova, he ran an ex relay team failed to place 1n OJ)erat or, recalled the in rnust co llaborate, ma.inly the d1t1 on, " th e guide cooly ( Howard)ptayers were 1n School football learn of Atlanta to a stat e cha1n pionship celle 11t tim e o f 1:58 the final sta ndings o f the cident that prornpted the administration and outside resjl onded. good shape, played w ell, and in 1974, his senior yea r. CYO Classic. Ho\vard was closing: ''Someone kicked .a contract ors. But they are Anch o rn1an Aar o n Pharr W ith to rr1 stockings arid represented Howard satis Gaskins was an All lnterhigh wide rece iver with 16 originally scheduled to run light out of the wall, and very critical of the Plan t's c om, pleted the quartet by ur1ticd loces, the gro up factorily,'' he said. career touchdowns in his sopho m o re and junior years, in t,he Metro Mile rela y, .but broke a lense." As a result -an work, and rightfully so. It is br1 ng1ng the bat o 11 ho ine 1n trooped d own the co rr id o r The primary purpose of but moved lo quarterbackcompleiing si xty percent of his was instead entered 1n th e often months b efore .. l .OJ , for an o veral l tin1e of af ter the fearless leader. el ec trical malfunct ion was tl1e Black Classics, sponsored ' creature feature' af te r t\vo requests are responded t o. passes at D .C.'s Ea stern H igh in his se nior year. 7. 51 , ahead of Penr1sylvan1a, ·· o ur next sto p is the HHH uncovered and the p ool was by the Sc h olarsh ip Branch of area schools dropped out o f ordered closed, he said. Prit Repair \v ork at the gym, as V11 g 1n1 a, and C atholic so uth \v1ng. " he informed the NAACP, IS lo raise U n1 v er ~ 111 t• s the Metro. La st Friday's u s. "' These fa c ilities are used chitt foresees the repa irs one gym· staff member snor A bubbl111g track coach finale, like last year' s, was fo r ar c hery, badminton. taking up to three weeks, ted, ''is li ke putting a ban· .------ W1ll1am tv1oultr1e later said, c haracterized by pu shing ba sketball, fencing, golf, once rewiring is co1npleted. daid on a hole; it w ill last till " O ur l\vO mile relay team and su b se q uent gyn1na sti cs . tenn1i; and the st1 c k' em w ears off ' ' "'-·--""·"'..• 'j l.ffLJ ' , , , ~~ disqualifications (Villonova). ·1;; ' was super, and Zac h w as o ne o r o ur ri1 os t c onsistent rur1ner ~ O \'l:'rall, our half One su ch bumping in Greene , Esaw Sacrificing in .. ~··~f.-~,~.;®"",'t;.1~,~;~~;;~~ ~.-~ 1n1l (.' rS have bee n worki11g cident, between Howard I·~ ver.Y hard, and we are ex and Villanova saw the Bison tr er11e ly pleased with ther11 ." hopes for victo ry e nd i 11 a dropped baton. Heavier Weight iClasses . i? · { · ~ -· ~ --- · ~ ~ 11 J) ra c t1 ce, 1011es and Ar- , couple of points. The second match I think I in- Basketbal I Heads timidated the !;> oy because I •<• hurt him." ''My problem is ir's hard to stop eating." sai d •> 1ntramu ral Agenda Esaw. But, he continued, ''I want to m ake weight 167 for •> thi s afternoon's match a Greek \veeke nd, pitting al l "• By Calvin Smith • aga inst America11 University campus Greeks and thei r '0 TOYOTA - DATSUN Hilltop St"ffwriter < so I guess I' ll have to miss a pledge clubs against one • few meals." , The Office of Studen t Life's another. A third-year wrestler, Esaw rec reatio nal staff held a According to Adam s, says he has made a few ob-· meet!ng on Friday January members of eaCh fraternity Gary Greene James Esaw servatiq ns about the' team Sh~p w ill be al lowed to play in the Independent Repair 14, to launc h the second half To remain on top Greene and the sport ''This is the of this year's intramural activ- undergraduate division as will stay in tip-top shape for best and most talented team ' In The District Of Columbia w ell as the weekened tour ~y M urie l Hairston 1t1es . Ex1 st1ng and proposed 1 the rest of the year, he says. since I have been here," he l programs highlighted the al- nament. ''lnst ead o f the Hilllop St•ffwriter His training will help him in boasted. ''The feJlows are ; fraternities· playing abou t te rnoo(l. ~ scho larship money, he already experienced, unlike , five gdm es th ey could play Heading the sla te for this Gary Gree ne, better hopes, as well as perhaps in past years when we had semes ter's ac t1v it1es will be ten games," explains known as '' Hit Man," is on enabling him to become the to teach them a lot of the ;annual Intramural Adams. ''Not only does th e the move--- or better yet on 1977-78 captain of the team, things." merge allow for more games Ba sketball League. All non the mat. one of his goals. '' I predict about fou r but it should al so add unity varsity athletes are eligible to Greene, a fres hman What Greene desires may champions from ~award in QUALIFIEd TECHNICIANS partic,wate. The O ffice of amongst all Greeks," he con bu siness major from Flint, come true, according to the the MEAC," he concluded. ;' S.tudent Life will provide tinued. voice of experien ce: James One thing that has ' Michigan, says he has earned 4n1form s \ h IS year. Bowling is also being in- the t itle because ''I' m always Es aw . Esaw, a 1un1 or amused Esaw is wrestling at 5cheduled games begin tramurally offered. The ac ready to go, always active." business major is now away games. ''The other To Handle ALL Your February 1. tivity is offered becau se of H is past record proves that. ca ptain of the team. Like teams are astounded when . The league plays according its success last year, · ac I n the rt:cent Washington Greene, Esaw has been they see a Blac k team beat a Lo the 1977 NCAA rule book. cording to Joyce Willis, Lee, Madison and Johnstown wrestling si n ce junior high. white one," he laughed. ''Yet The only change will be the · Graduate A ssis tant for in Triad Tournaments he has This year, Esaw ·has done they' re not really prejudiced tramural activities. ~1 s ai lowance of the dunk. pinned four opponents and ''extremely welt," according about it'' MECHANICAL PROBLEMS ' 'T here will be no dunking in For the Bowling program, w on six matches. to wrestling coach Sam Esaw adds that there is a ',. ~he Intramural Program be arrangements have been '' I had to sacrifice in the Rucker. ''He has won first big difference in audience I Cause it w ill be difficult to made to utilize the facilities Triad," said Greene. ''I plac e in the Washingt on- Lee turnout: ''At away games, we 5epla ce bent or broken of George Washington wrest led heavyweight at Tournament, won matches usually have a nice size NOW WE HAVE IT ~im s,"explained Intramural University's Marvi n Cen ter. "191 ." Greene normally 1n the Madison match, and cr owd," he said. ''However ~oordj nator Rooseve!.t Adams Bowling will take place in wrestl es in the 177 weight recently the Triad Tour the opposite 1s true at LET US ltEEP IT IN D. C. 1 the evenings, beginning in ~t a recen t teatl)s' captain c lass. i nament." Rucker said 1n Howcird. meeting. ''Anyone who February, with all expenses ''We've had good com praise. ''The turnout at home can ~unk s recieves a technical paid. Transportation to and petition," he says of this ''In the Triad I wori two be impr oved," he con foul,"says Adam s. from GW w ill be prov1'ded year's season. ''This has decisions," Esaw said. '' Nor tended. ''I think the reason AMBOSELI FOREIGN CAR 1 Adams may m6 dify th is by the Office of Student Life. enab led u s to gain a lot of mally I wrestle at 167 it's so sma!l is because either There will be a swimming ~ear's basketball league. ln- experience. This plu s the pounds but that day 1 was many people don' t know 1781 Florida Avenue, N.W. ~tead of having four tournament in March or r ight attitude and over-weight I had to wrestle abou t t he ma t ches or divisions (Undergraduate April, Willis say s. Thi s aggressiveness will deter at 177. haven't. been exposed to the Phone 387-7170-71 ' . A&B, Professional and Frat- program h i nge s on the mine who co mes out o n ''The first match I was kind sport However, once they ernity) . he may eliminate the timely repair of Burr Gym's to p, which is where l want of rusty fro m vacation '' he come to a match, they pool. fraterr<1 ity league and sponsor to be.'' admitted, ''But l won Qy a usually come again." ' , I , I J • 21 January 1977 THE HILLTOP. Page 9' • • • Williamson Matches Wits Bison Seek Third with Predecessor MEAC Win By Sheil• (SAM) M•ddo• Hilltop St;1ffwriter Coming off two straight home losses, the Bison basketball team travels to Delaware State University, in hopes of increasing its 2·1 MEAC record. On ·wednesday, guard Gerald Gaskin hit si x last minute throw s to help pull H oward away from a stub born Maryland Ea stern Shore •' for a % -89 MEAC victory. 1, Leading 71-48 with 13 :47 - left 1n the second half, • Howard saw that margin - - dwindle to 89-84 with 1:10 ' Sandra Watkins leads the pack for a layup. Oiarlene lefl Ma'ryla!]d guard Ken • Si mmon s, - wh o led a l l Jol1n Smith(w. ball )c rouches for a jumper(I.) and is poised just before a dunk(r.) Marks( in white) trails tile play agai nst Morgan. 0 scorers with • 34 poi nts, hit • in last weekend's game with Morgan . fou r baskets during the comeback. By .Steven Jones lacks depth. T~e team has Maybin showed his ability to Bisonettes Lick HiU: op St.1ffwriter only nine pla ~ ers including sc ore both inside and out Gaskins then hit two free f ive f re shm"'n a nd no side with his 8 for 11 When• • the Bison venture throws and Gerald Glover int o th ~ H o rnet's ne st seniors. shooting. o ne, sandwiched around a ''They are lea'rning to play Delaware State wtll not Maryland; Look tomo rrow at Delaware State Maryland layup. H ow a rd' s it will ·be the second time together," Emery said after wen many games this year Mike Nettles, to tal ing 16 th is sea so n that they will the loss. '' They are learning but with Marshall Emery at points and ei ght rebounds, lock horns with th eir old each other, and they are en- the helm the Hornets don' t To Hornets then blocked a shot. thusiastic." The patient figure to be losers for long. mentor ' Marshall Emery. Gaskins, ensuing tw o free , The first time th e Bison Emer y is hoping that his Before being fired fr om By Lawrence Livingston Watkins scored 19 points shots made the score 95-67 John Smith, su rrounded by Morgan Bears underneath, . team will cut down on its Howard 1n 1975, Emery and 16, before with 28 seconds left and ' p Iaye d St a t e th is season, Hilltop Staffwriter David ~ on stretches high to lay one in. . . d h H men ta 1 errors. compiled a 138-93 record fouling o u t with 4 :45 sealed the Eagles' 13th loss. t h ey c ru c 11 1e t e ornets at . ronlorrow the wornen's for a 59.2 w 1nn 1ng per last Saturday, · M o rgan Dent, 6-10, suffered a pulled Burr gym 105 - 78 . The Bi$on, ''We a ~e dotng th_1lngs ;low remaining in the game. John Mullen, wh o did not centage. His 1972-73 team basketball team travels to gave Howard its first Con- groin muscle during the lat arcenjoying a 10-4 sea son so that _aren .t necessar1 y re., ec Dover, Delaware to play the suit up for Ho ward's loss to was 22 -6. H o ward coach Sylvia ference loss at the D .C. Ar- ter portion of the game, far (2-1 in the MEAC) while ted 1n wins and losses, he H ornets of Delaware Sta te. Morgan returned and scored Emery managed his record Groomes said that she was mory, 78-74. trying to take an offensive Stat e is suffering through a 1- added_ ''We wan! respec- 1n a 6:30 game. 13 points and collared seven 12 year. tability. We need to learn w i thout having the '' not at all pleased w ith the fou l. The injury kept him out The Bisonettes will be ex rebounds. Glover had a Howard played without 6-9 how to play the game in d o minating big men that team' s performance." She for the remainder of the pec ting a vic tory havi ng game-high 14 rebounds. center John Mullen. Desp fte the losing re co rd, telligently, ' from the neck many coa ches need to w in. added, ''Our team decides game and left him unable to defeated Delaware 1n a Mullen missed the Morgan. Emery is apparently still op up,... H is learn s were n oted fo r to play a bit too laie," Howard' s foul shooting, play in .Wednesday' s UMES previous matchup, 4S- 36. game due to personal timisti c. After the first loss to Emery has some good their quickness, intelligent referring to H oward' s usual atrocious the las t two games, game. .... Winsome (Skinny) David reasons. H oward coach A.B. Howard, Emery was quoted young talent with wh ic h t o play, and sticky defense. practice of late game rallies. improved consi d erably Forwai-d John Smith suf son, leading scorer and in the Wash ington Afro build, a winner. Five- nine When the Hornets played Davidson says that the Wednesday. The Bsion came Williamson explained that fered a bruised thigh, during rebounder for H award, says American, ''W e' re i u st a very freshm a n guard Charles here in December, Emery's team ''always co mes back 1n away 26 fo r 39 from the he also '' needed to get his ' the latter portion of the ''although we beat thern by young tearn . I h ope these Shealy, and 6- 4 junio r for strategy of sw itching from the second half; we're a strip. Gaskins was eight for head together." Dorian Dent game but still managed a nine points, Delaware State kids don' t get d own on \vard M i chael Jo hn son zone to man- to-man defense second half team." eight started in Mullen' s absence. Bison- leading 20 points. was a rough game." them selves. We were en exhibited devastating out held the Bison in check for a In preparation for th e Hor couraged by so me of the side shooting touches and half. The Hornet's lac k of nets, Davidson says was th ings they did out there." scored 16 points earlier depth and the Bison' s sl1c • working on her rebounding In additior1 to inex against Howard. Six-six superior strength, however, perien ce, Emery' s team also fres hman fo rward Charles led to the blowout. abilities and free thr ows ~ She says she w ould like to '' be more cons isten t at th e free For Eigh! Black Schools in Division I throw line." Davidson says of the 5-3 Bi sonettes ''W e need to work together. We play good invidual ly but we need more Preparation Mandatory team spir it." Wednesday the team • By Peter Harris for usually more than five added, knew that ·· some traveled to Maryland Eastern , The eight Bla ck colleges years in advance. current D ivision I schools Shore. Howard won 56-31 . w hose footbal l programs ''Two or three guidelines are n o t up to the level of San d ra Watkins led all have been pronlo ted into have to be written'' some Black schools who score rs a nd forward AY, t he NCAA ' s prest ig i ous ch anging the scheduling played in Division 11 . '' Skinny Davidson c on · D ivision I must fully ''equip'' requirements, Porter con- Porter, a coaching alum trolled the back boards as " 1 . their team s if they are to tends. ''If the NCAA keeps nus from Grambling, also the Bisonettes dispatched \\' ' \ '~ \ make authentic ''inroads," its current guidelines, it may holds.that the white media's Maryland in the early H oward head football coach force the Black schools into silence could hinder the evening game. Wednesday in Doug Porter warn s. having to p lay each other. " new Black en trants' efforts at Princess Anne, Md. Porter, a week back Even such 'fraternal' play sc heduling ma1or Division J Watkins, a 5-3 guard with from the Association' s 71 st w ould not have been too schools. a deadly pu sh shot, hit 12 conven.tion in Miam i, em- bad if the eight Bla c k ''If they were journalists points on si x field goals. phasized also that sc hools had formed a Con- with a con sciou s, they David so n grabbed 12 , schedu l ing and media feren ce. Then there w ould w ould have long ago asked rebounds as Howard built cove rage may present a naturally be intra-league to find out what a Jackson up>a 28-17 halftime lead and to problem to th e entrants as play. But such a move migh t Sta te is doing to produce a was never_ tl)reatened. well. . have insured the schools• Walter Payton. Or what an last week, aga inst Morgan, ' ' It is unfair to send a kid needed network te levision · El izabeth City is doing to Da v id son and Sand,ra to play Division I without coverage, according to a produce a Jethro Pugh," the Watk ins had the hot hands • giving hrm the same tools to spokesma n 1n Howard' s head coach said. for the H owa rd team. Via w ork with," Po rter main- athletic departmenl ta ined Monday in his office. As it now stands, South ''Some Black schools have Carolina mu st meet its Mid been guilty of th at in the Eas lern Athlet ic Conference pa st . They scheduled o bliga-t ion: six intra D ivision I schools but didn't conference games. ''Are they equip their people." (S.C.St.) going to increase 1n-• He insists that su c h scholarships while all the prepa ration includes others are limited (to 60 in utilizing th e full 90 scholar- Division I I)? '' Porter asked. ships available in Division I, ''T·hese are problems the xes. in addition to making a com- MEAC ha s to solve." idental mitment to improve fa ci lities Even w ithout the con and traininR of th e athletes. ference status, Porter says bagga e. ''This is the first time ever that media coverage '' was a that any type of recognition co n side·ration'' when th e *Perso was given (saying) that Black resolution was drafted. schools play a good brand of ''Their thinking is that *Optio al' f ootball," Porter poin ts oul even with a one-shot I Is 11 cra;y to love r,1arke1 pe'11s !Ila! give you the smoothest th•nnest line in *Tour itf '' H o pefully th is w ill give (television) deal, it would be 1own a11d fepl so r ght u11our nar1ct? Is •t m ad to1vorst11p pens w 11 h clever inroads to other Division I more lucrative than their little inetal "collars !O i..eeo the•r ;Jl astic p{ltn!s lro1n getting squishy' ~ '', ' I,I schools." curren t regional set up," he Not 1' 1r1e oen is a P1101 •na n.. e· pen - - '- ,' As D ivision I members, said. Our Rator Pou1 t al only 69c g ive~ the eight new entrants ·-- If the schools get regional tne ~ 1no oi ex1ra !one oehca1e hne you II fhp ~V.;~· Alcorn State, Florida A&M, network coverage, Porter ex over And tor •r1ose torn es you ,•,ant a httle less • 1 Grambling, Jack son State, plained ea ch school gets fine. have at ong :11th oui 1Pe :Joint quad double • 59c F1neloner It r1as the ,v1!1 and lort•tude ro South C aroli na St ate, $156,000, and receives actually ·11r1te tnroug h caroor1s ·$299 $309 Southern, Tennessee State, $300,000 each for a national So oon t settle for a casual relat•on sh1p and Tex as Southern --- must show ing. last year a Prairie Get yourself a 1ast111g one or 1'.'IO. 10 have ' play at least SO percent of its . View versus Mississippi and to hOld at your college oooi.. store $50 DISCOUNT FOR ALL GRADUATING SENIORS games aga inst other D ivision Val ley tel ecast made only Pi lot Corp of America . .11 i 5 36th St I si:hools, according to $10,000 for each school and Long lslanoC1ty. NY 111 01 $50 MINIMUM DOWN PAYMENT DUE BY MONDAY, NCAA laws. was shown only in the tw o ' Obeying that rule will be markets, Porter revealed. FEBRUARY, 28, 1977 • - d i ffic u lt for th e former In the original 'Black FINAL PAYMENT DUE BY FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1977. Division 11 sc h ools. ''Most school' resolution, 16 Black sch ools' schedules are schools were submitted to set up two 10 four years in be reclassified in Division I, PILOT ad va n·ce'', Porter say s. Ex · including Howard. The eight For further information, please co'!tact Bonita G. Davis Office cept for Grambling the other sc hools were selected, Po r· fineHne marker ~ns of Student Life - 636-6923 or Belinda Lightfoot Office of Student schools played the bulk of ter said, as ''these most likely ~ee. KQ,Ve\. QQ.ave 'f1'A teat their schedules aga i n st to compete in Division I'' Life - 636-7003 or any class officer,, Division II schools last year. based on answers to a com A' nd major D ivision I prehensive questionnaire. ' schools have full schedules Most major schools, Porter _ .. ,. • • ' I I __ THE _tlllllOP ' ' - PUS SPEAKOUT , ·''' :~~ K im (Cookie) Cl•rk Ford ~).~ Phy 1ic 1.I Educ.itlon ,i~: Juni QJ. , :~~ Aqu • r i u s PHOTOGRAPHY BY . . ~~=· 1. Gary Gillmore's eKecution and the ~\] =:~ publi ci ty it received from mass media has =.·:: :,:: set the wheels turning 1n the d1rect1on of::.: KEVIN SCOTT ~·:·: reinstating capital punishment into our :.:: :=. cr1m1nal justice system In evaluating the ·=·: :~: poss1b1lities of reinstating capital punish- ·::: ;,:, ment, we must first look at who makes up :='. =,:,: the va st ma1ority of those on death-row ::: • .::: (Blacksi and secondly for what reasons ;,: <= (rape, murder, etc of a White per5on). /ust ·:: QUESTION 1. =.~:' by a process of elim1nat1on, unfortunately .~ :' :~: for the Black individua ls presently on :'..· What implications j,~ death-row·, they w ill be the first to go. :·, ; .,, =f· Even though, unlike Gillmore, they do not ~: ....- ;::>" wish to dte! :.: • will Gary Gillmore's J>. 2. I do not feel that HU's. phys1cal plant i!~ , • f:: ha s effectively attempted to rectify the ~'.:; execution hold for Studies M presently hazardous icy cond1t1ons, the (·,,..-r on some ice ;;.various cai:npus park ing lots have not .~=: Blacks on Death-Row? .=~~ been sufficiently sanded or salted down -:: . >;~ and no v1s1ble attempt has been made to ::: Betty Thompkins "'>.~ rid the ice that is in the valley. The same :::: Microbiology =;:: holds true for areas around Cooke Hall ·:,:, Senior .~: and the 'A' Building. Maybe a tragedy ::· s;ig. . , . .';'. :·!: must f1rsi ocCur before any.action is taken ::· 1. Gary Gillmore s execution has once =:.= ··: and the results are observed By this lack ~: again opened the door to capital punish- ::· • itself I t · · :.: ,,· i: .. '.='.: '"' 1 :1::1 >, >.:~· L. W•ll;ice ~:'.; \$ ;'.·~~n ·.·« $:::·:~ is my op1n1on that this execut1on t~~'.\~,,..... ,i_:, will result in a clearer presence of many ~:,:.=;~ 'f;white attitudes who feel the barbaric act '.~~~~; ,:::: of capital punishment is a more effective ::::-.:~: i::~deterent to violent crimes than re a l1st1cally~;::;;;{ n:: analyzing the causes of these acts. Blacks '·::f;;, , ;t'. must deal with a system that. due to 1t~ ·f('.i lll!llll!•"fl'i-1';: racist foundations, leaves us JObless, =:::;>.{: '=·; without proper food, clothing or housing· ·.:-;:, ' '.~ the essentials of surviving in this country, ':;1. ~='.. no t to mention the mental scars that ac- -:::;. QUESTION 2. ·H· company this deplorable situation. Many ::;.,:; ,:. advocates of the death penalty will :.:.~!l How effective has ::. probably hot examine these economic ··.. ,::~ f ·; =and sociological factors which should be ::::'.· Howard University ·+ .. of major concern in formulating solutions. ~:j · : to eradicate the problem of violent c r imes =.=:·:.:~ J e~n Speller .'. .. and crime 1n general. Due to the over·:~.=:;· ·.: Regin~ Jefferson Physical Plant been :\:: Nur sing ;:whelming number of Blacks on death- :::/:":': :·, M~the m ;i t ics 1~. Fr esh ~ .;i n ~;-: raw, this initial execution .could be viewed :?,: ·;·~ ,;; freshmiln in dealing with the ;t;Aqu;ir1us ;,:·: as another not so subtle form of genocide. :·:~:;:, ·: T~u r us 1~~ 1. Gary Gillmore's dec1 s1on has made 11 ~~: Whites can now legitimize the killing of ;;=~~~:: effects of the ::\:;a lot harder for Blacks. I don' ! think the ~:j B l acks under the guise of el1m1nat1ng ::,::1}· 1l31acks stand a chance. There are indeed :=. violence when the issue should be ::: ::::: current icy conditions ~: more Blacks on the 'death-row! As a result :;:: eliminating the causes 'Of that violence fff:IT ;&:of this execution, Blacks don' t have a ·=T. 2. 11 seems to me, e.fen in the midst of :f:·~] on campus? ;:ii:cho1ce as to what they'd prefer life 1m- :·:;: this extreme cold, we could do better in ·:.:.:;i :]:prisonment to death. ~t: salting.. sanding.. and removal of ice 1n t.~~l;~ .~= 2. I don' t think the U n1vers1ty Phys1~al ::f: strategic places. I don' t understand why I :;;~·1 1 :·~· Plant ha s been effective 1n dealing with ··:~ see people slippi ng and falling on ;·::::i:i: ...... <::~·=·=·==·=·:·::·.:::·:·:::·::·[{ the icy conditions Cer_tain areas have ~t sidewalks that are wal);:ed ·on by a great :i:~;'t ,: ::" ;=:::::;..:: · :~-=.=: ·=·::=~·::':::·::::::·:·::i;:t,:· been cleared but cond1 t1ons are worst ::. many people These are the primary areas ;::.p. "''••'•••-""""" """""'"""'""'"'.".'" O•O N-X, • d d •"< ::.] I :=~:.: ··: :.::~:=:·'.:,",=·=·::::::·::~~=·~~f. where clearance 1s nee e most ::~ that should be attended ~::,, :: . : ... :. . ··. :·::::: ·.· .:·.:: ::·:: :·:·: :·:·: ·:=:.'::: ·.. •: ~ :=:: !~ • \ ' • I' • AKA ·Disco • Sigma Smoker Food Co-op. Against the H.UJ.C. Attention DIP Bible Study ' Alpha Chapter fhe weekly Dormitory Bible fhe Brothers of the prest1g1ou s It's time aga in for Howard Death Penalty• The How a rd U n1versity Im There will be a general The Dormitory Improvement Study ~ill be held in the lounge Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, In U nivers1ty's only .food proved Comm1ttee (HU I.Cl in meeting of the lnstttute of Elec Program (DIP..) 1rv1tes every con corporated invite all young men cooperative to begin functioning Speakout Against the Death conjunction w ith the HILLTOP trical and Electronic Engineers cerned resident to attend the area of Cook Hall on Jan. 25 from offers to take you .interested 1n Sigma to attend this semester. Penalty Speakers from lawyers will begin a column entitled Ac (Haward University Chapter) on meeting scheduled on Tuesday, 7 p.m to 9 p.m. Topic will be Ephesians 2. Sponsored bY their Annual Smoker. Sunday, Through cooperative groups, student and civil liberties tion Line Action Line' s purpose Friday, lanuary 21 , at 1 pm The Jan. 25 1n the Faculty dining Ch the Howard University Christian " Uptown Saturday Night'' January 23, 1977, at 8:00 p.m , economics we can bring to our organizations. Friday, Jan 21, 8 is to assist students 1n solving meeting "!>'Ill be held in Room room at 5 p.m If you w ish to be an active Fellawship-lgb1mo Ot1to Can"er Hall lounge members the best in fresh fruits, p.m. Howard University, Locke any grievances they may have. G016, Engineering Building tomorrow, )an 22 at the vegetab les, nuts, 1uices and Hall, Rm 105, 2400 6 St NW. All Electrical Engineer ing member of the DIP Task Force, honey all at near wholesale Sponsored by Militant Forum Send a letter stating your students are requested to attend please come. Refreshments will Tutor Needed Black Beret Lounge, Gamma Ru sh be served For add itional in prices, exactly seven dollars for For more information call f:h7- problem along with your name Tu tor needed for Electrical formation contact Hilary Whit The Alpha Phi Chapter of two weeks worth of food 1970 and address to: Action Line, d o En gineering student. Call 232· 1140 Connecticut Ave NW field 1n HUSA, 636·7007 or 636- Si gma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. products Meeting and HILLTOP H.U l.C will then go H ow•rd Univer sity C h~ p 8606 for details. • 'There w1!I be a cash bar with will li0ld its annual Ru sh Party registration: Monday, Jan 24 at through the necessary channels ter of the Institute of Electricill 7008 • ' sounds by SteveCrocket's Sound Romantic Bazaar on Sunday, January 23 7 30 p.m., Douglas Hall, Rm 116 towards allev1at1on of your •nd Elec t roni c Engin ee r s CLASSIFIEDS Machine; and 11's all starting at We ask that all ladies 1n· All conscious and progressive problem. presents a work sh o p o n . Grad Student 10 pm. For ticket 1r1fo cal l 197- terested 1n d1scoverrng what people welcomed, seek the lightt The Rom;ince lilnguage An Oscilloscope, lo be conducted 1705 vr 636-01:193 " true sisterhood" 1s all about, in Asante sana Chakula nual B.l.1ililr will be better than Saturdily, Januilry 22 at 11 il.m. New Blilck mag.uines! FIRST serving the1 f community, and Council ever this yea~ Exotic foods and by M r. Walter O li\ler. WO RLD: An lntern•tion;il Jour An.d Please .Do Dress see k in g to become better Ve nu e: Roo m 3113, unusual gift items will be the or Meeting Meeting to be held January 27, nill of Bl;ick Thought (the SUC· women please attend Enginee r i n g Bu i ld i n g. A l l Black Career der of the day on Wednesday, at 630 p.m. Dinner Will be ser cesso r t o 1 Bl;ic k World Our Rush will take place Sun Engineering , as well ;is non /anUary 28 1n the Locke Hall ved at 6:00 p.m. 1n the Faculty m•gaz ine) ~nd AFRICA Social W ork day, Janua ry 23 at Frazier Hall Enginee ring students, urged Lobby. THE IN TER N ATI ON AL • re D1n1ng '!all. milgazine, iln i nform~tive mon Lounge at 2 - 4:30 p. m Symposium STUDEN T A SS O CIATION will be to illtend. thly about the poliricill itnd Si gma Gamma Rho is the only Come and share the fun and Speak' er electing officers Friday, Jan. 28th economic developments of way to go! 19 speakers representing all fellowship. Proceeds will be Recruitme.nt c areer~ fields Career and between 9am and Spm Further Chapel Ushers Africil and Afric;in people. Both used for language clubs, scholar The U ni ve r si ty of Te11: ils The School of Social' Work employment 1nformat1on notices will be posted. • re now • v•il;ible i n the ships, and cultural activities. There will be an important School of Llw will be recrurting Alumni w ill present John Jacobs Wednesday 1/26, with com bookstore a(,ld from Brother HU Hotline • meeting of al l HU Chapel ushers on Wed. Jan 26 between 9:00 of the Urban Le ague on Thurs. plete sessions at 9·30am and , Ndikho, it vendor ne;ir Cr•m· 1mmediaJely fol lawing service on AM and 500 PM 1n Room B-16 Jan 27, 1977 at 8 00 p.m in the The Howard U n1vers1ty 1:00pm ton. Newspaper Sunday, 1anuary 23. Douglas Hall soC1al work auditorium. Hotline will hold its ftrst training George Washington Univer· session of the semester, Satur sity, M.;irvin Center, 22nd and H Carribean Seminar Mr. Jacobs' topic for the day, January 29. Sts NW. More 1nformat1on call Experience! RECRUITING SCHEDULE ... RECRUITING SCHEDULE evening is "Speakou\ For Survival Those who are interested 676-6495 '' The Caribbean Institute of (S 0 .S. 76)'', a research proiect should pick up an appl1cat1on Students are needed to write Science and Technology tr1cal Engineering, on the D.C Welfare System from the University Counseling for and help produce monthly presents a sem1narfd1scuss1on ·on Recruiting Schedule Jan 31 , US. MARINE CORPS sponsored by the Urban League. Seryice between 8 a.m and 6 issues of the School of Com M1crob1ology and Chemistry. Thank7You Current Problems 1n Education: • Feb. 1-4, 1977 All majors ALL are cordially 1nv1 ted. pm before Wednesday, January munications' newspaper The Alr1ca and the Caribbean MS - Ci\lil Engineering, • 26. 11 you like helping others Communicator will be pub The seminar takes place Wed· FEBRUARY 2, 1977 Science and Inorganic then check us out, we' ll like you. rhe H.U.S,A. Office of Com· lished 1n February, March, and AMERICAN HOSPITAL SUPPLY Chemistry · nesday, Janaury . 26, at 8 pm HONNEYV\l'ELL INC ·, Coffee House munity Aff;ilrs wovld like to e J( Aprtl First deadline for copy 1s • CORP The Howard Un1vers1ty• Venue. 1301 Delafield Place, E.E, ME., Bus for pos1t1ons 1n Hotline 1s back in ful! swing tend a most sincere Thank You Feb 4 Information and assign NW. The matn speaker will be Business ~ Admin1strat1on, REYNOLDS M ETAL COMPANY Sales only. C1\1 1I, Electrical an d The first of the monthly coffee If you feel up tight, or down to those individuals who con ments available in the Com Raymond Haynes. Marketing and Finance houses of the Spring semester, tributed to the Christmas Toy munications Student Council of • GOODYEAR AEROSPACE COR· Mechanical En g1neef1rig low, or need to talk to someone LINCOLN NATIONAi. COR- sponsored by the Howard about schooling or some Fund Drive. fice, room 209, Freedmen's An PORA Tl ON PORATION U nive.rs1ty Christi an Fellow ship Because of the generous effort nex 3 during posted office hours. BS / MS . - Electric and FEB RUARY 4, 1977 emotional d1fficult1es or need to MBA's & law. lgbl:fno Otito, will take place on know where to get more in put fort't many 1nner-c1ty you ths Phone: 636-7690/91 /92 Valuable Poli Sci Seminars Mechanical Eng ineering • BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Jan. 22 at B p.m until. Location, opportunities for experience 1n PHILIP MORRIS Bus iness, Economics, Finance , formation on social assistance were allowed to enjoy ii Christ DEPARTMENT KORVETTES Accounting, Compute,r and Liberal Arts 2417 First St., N.W . Come and be services, health or sex related mas otherw ise not possibl ' , , I ,