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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 hilltop.howard.edu VOLUME 82, No. 14 Watts General Elected Assembly to High Fails to Reach House Quorum, Post Again
By J ASON T. SMJTH By J ASON T. SMITH and B OBBY WHITE Hilltop Staff Writer Hilltop Staff Writers
Marking a new era of House lead Failing to reach a quorum for a third consecutive month, ership, Republicans Wednesday Howard University Student Association President Ne':'ille elected J.C. Watts of Oklahoma Welch canceled Wednesday's General Assembly meeting, the only black Republican member blaming the scant atiendence on the day's on-campus even ls. of Congress-to chair the Repub Welch rescheduled the Assembly's meeting for Monday. The lican Party Conference. Wans' elec Assembly has not bad a quorum since its emergency August tion came on the same day that meeting, during which, it voted to boost the Student Activ Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.), was ity Fee by 80 percent. elected by House members to suc The Assembly, which comprises of representatives of the ceed Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), University's student councils, oversees HUSA'.s functions, as speaker of the House. all general elections and the disbursement of the Student Wednesday's vote makes Walts Activity Fee to student organizations. the first African American to hold Because of its failure to obtain a quorum this semster, the the third-highest Republican scat in Assembly is in direct violation of the HUSA Constitution, the House. The vote also comes on which, in article IV, section 2, clause E, says the General the heels of this month's mid-term Assembly "shall provide for the functioning of HUSA on a elections, in wbich Democrats 12 month basis from noon Commencement Day to the fol gained five House scats. lowing Commencement Day at noon." In addition, Rep. James E. Under its Constitution, HUSA is required 10 submit bud Clyburn (D-SC), was elected get reports to the Assembly every two months in order to See WATTS, AS "receive that body's recommendations and approval." This has created "a crisis in the Student Government. Stu dents are leaving [the University] because the Student Gov ernment is not doing its job," said Erick Watson, an Assem bly member representing the College of Engineering, _Hilltop Architecture and Computer Sciences. The meeting's cancellation, Welch said, has created a sense of urgency. With roughly two weeks left in the fall semester, Editor the Assembly has little time left to address issues which Welch said were of importance, such as a proposed boost in tuition and the technology fee. Welch refused to comment on the proposed fee increases, Wins saying only that the proposed hikes were tentative. Welch said one of the reasons for lack of attendace was Hearst See ASSEMBLY, AS Award White First to
By RAflAJl DAVIS Hilltop Staff Writer Join Blue-Gray
Stc,•en M. Gray, editor in chief of All-American quarterback completes The Hilltop, last week won the sec ond place award for feature writing 200 of 357 passes for 3,049 yards in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's annual competition, By KIMOTHY K. BROWN marking the second time a Howard Hilltop Staff Writer University student has won an award in the nation's most presti All-American quarterback Tod White became the first gious collegiate journalism com Howard University football player to be named tot.he annu ~tition. al Blue-Gray All-Star Football Classic. The game, scheduled ,Gray, a senior journali sm major, for Christmas Day, is held each year in Montgomery, Ala. woo the award and $1,500 pri1..e for The Revolutionary The contest features top college senior players from a story he wrote last summer at The throughout the nation. White will be on the 40-man north Post about District counselors who team. clcliver HIV test results, and work University Mourns Death ofActivist Kwame Ture "It feels great, it· s an honor to be playing in the classic ,v_jth HIV-positive pa1ien1s. on Christmas instead of oeing at Howard. My whole fam · The story, "For HIV Counselors in '"When you struggle for your people, your people struggle ily will be there to support me," White said. the District, a Tust of Courage," By APtUU, 0. TURNeR for you," Tore told a crowded Rankin Chapel last February This season, White has completed 200 of 357 passes for was the last of a round of stories Hilltop Staff Writer during his last visit to the University. 3,049 yards and 29 touchdowns while throwing only 7 inter Gray wrote on HIV issues. Gray, A brilliant, fearless scholar who fought for what he belic,•ed ceptions. He is fifth in Division I-AA in touchdown passes who has interned at The Times e was called a civil rights activist. in, Turc was arrested more than 30 times over the past thirty with 90. He also threw a MEAC-record 8 touchdown pass Picayune of New Orleans, Knight Some called him a revolutionary. And others years. He first plunged into the Movement in 1961, helping es in a recent game against Norfolk State. White is 6 touch Ridder Newspapers' Wasltington described him as the man whose powerfu I to organize the Congress of Racial Equality, which worked downs short of the overall Division I-AA record behind for Bprcau, the Bosto11 Globe, the Los voice gave new meaning to the phrase "B lack to desegregate interstate bus terminals in the South. mer Montana quarterback Dave Dickenson. Angeles Times, and the \.lhslri11gto11 Power." "Our generation lost one of its strongest voices," said Pres White and the Bison will compete on Senior Day against Pqst, spent five months last semes• HKwame Tore, the Howard University graduate who helped ident H:Patrick Swygert, who was a student at Howard with Delaware State in the final game of the season tomorrow. ier covering national public health shape the Black Power Movement of the 1960s, died Sunday Tore. '"We join the many people touched by Kwamc Tore in White will join other senior teammates in their last game at issues fo r Newhouse News Service, of prostate cancer in Conakry, Guinea. He was 57. this moment of great sadness. It was on campus that Tore Greene Stadium. and focused on HTV issues. ' 1l1re, who graduated from the University in 1964, earning began his participation in the struggle for libcratiQn of African "It's kind of funny, this being my last game," White said. At Newhouse, Gray wrote about a degree io philosophy, will be buried Sunday in Conakry, rel people," Swygert said in a statement issued Monday. "I've been playing with some of these guys for five years, the escalating rates of HIV infection atives said. Lawrence Guyot, the community activist and chairman of and it all ends <;>n Saturday. It's like we all grew up togeth among people over 50, and traveled Formerly known as Stokely Carmichael, Turc was born in ANC IB, said he had the privilege of working with Ture dur er." to Alabama to exantine that state's Trinidad in 1942 and lived there until moving to New York. ing the Mississippi Freedom Summer, during a time in which Blue-Gray Executive Director Charlie Jones said he likes . controversial practice of segregat While at Howarp in the 1960s, Turc was a freelance writer the names of blacks who registered to vote were printed in to invite players from smaller schools so they have a chance ip~ its prisoners based for The Hilltop, and plunged into the civil rights movement, local newspapers. Guyot said that as a result, many black peo to show off their talents. He says White has a "cannon for rising to lead both the U1tiversity's and the national Student ple lost their jobs. an arm." ·:See AWARD, AS Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC. He later "He stood for what he believed in," Guyot said. Following the· Delaware State game, White will begin his · became prime minister of the Black Panther Party. See TURE,AS quest for NFL membership.
NA1DUWOIII.O PBISPECllvfS WeekendW TODAY: Qoud), Chance of Rain ·RAPPER'S DELIGHT CONGO STRIFE KWAME TORE WRITES PLAYER'S CLUB 55 HIGH, 42 LOW .Undergrad uate Student Assembly held a A panel discussion sponsored by the TI1e Hilltop reprints a 196 1column by More Howard University women SATURDAY: Partly Sllllll)', Breezy .freestyle rap contest Monday. African Students Association ,. Howard Universi!)' alum and civil rignts say they're tlocldng to male strip 47 IDGH, 38 LOW addressed the war in the Congo. activist Kwame Tore, who served as a clubs. 'See A2 SeeA8 freelance writer at the newspaper. See Bl SUNDAY: Swmy See All 48 IDGH, 27LOW A2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 T HE HILLTOP CAMPUS Rappers do Battle in Verbal Armageddon Howard's Best Emcees will., have a Final Battle on Dec. 3 By BRANDI FORTE emcee with the most ' balanced under-represented." emcees showed commendable Hilltop Staff Writer attributes of frcestyling, writing, Kennerly had also hoped for a poise, as the pressure of the audi battling and substance will pre belier turnout of female emcees. ence did not seem to reach the Like the apocalypse foreshad vail." "We definitely wanted to involve stage. owed in Revelations Chapter 7, The event began with the intro female emcees from the outset of UGSA Coordinator senior Jonelle over 350 hip-hop fans rushed to the duction of the contestants and a the tournament process. Even Lewis believes that hard work was Verbal Armageddon like it was moment of silence for the revolu though we targeted female emcees the component of progression that Judgment Day. Not just scholars tionary and former Howard stu with specific flyers in residence made the contest possible. majoring in academia, Howard stu dent Kwame Tore, who passed such as the Quad, only two came "As coordinator, I feel that dents took the mic as emcees and away Sunday morning. out to compete," he said. "But they Howard University needs to see rhymed like it was the last day. As it came closer 10 battle time, definitely represented hip-hop in its more positive hip-hop oriented pro While some artists recited the energy that resonated from the truest form." grams. The University as a whole metaphor-clad verses, others like darkened stage vibrated into the Many emcees rhymed using a bas a negative view of hip bop, Defru, Dead End, STARORiON, ears of those in the attentive and ,. combination of wrillen and and doing something like this is and Raze spit lyrics that won the involved crowd who were antici freestyle lyrics that continuously positive PR so that we can be more crowd's approval. The Undergrad pating hearing the best emcee on challenged their opponents to opened to the whole hip-hop genre uate Students Assembly (UGSA), campus. respond with even stronger lines. and culture," Lewis said. in conjunction with Howard stu Audience members included Much of what the audience heard Kennerly, who initially conceptu dents Iman Kennerly, Shayla Mon women who said that they were was spontaneous as emcees alized the emcee battle, was the Eric llaJJ/fli/Jtop St(iff roe, Nelson Benoit and Amar Keit disappointed al the disproportion rhymed about each other's clothes, mover and shaker running around er, were responsible for making the ate ratio of male 10 female emcees, sneakers, and jewelry. the Ballroom of Blackburn center Perfecto p,rfomis in the ,,,rbal Armageddon held this pllSI Monday. lyricist competition a reality. but gave approval to senior Falona "I'll write a rough rap and come making sure the show flowed with Armageddon?" End (Rakim Barnes), Raze (Harnil- "The focus of this tournament is 'Flo' Brown, a veteran of the mic. off like a hubcap," freestyled Dead the vibe and sounds of the DJ, "The best emcees on campus are ton Notah), STARORiON (Charles 10 provide Howard 's emcees with "I was impressed," said freshman End. junior Marshall Lowe. gonna baule it down 10 one cham- Coleman), Remi Martin (Jarrod the opportunity to showcase their political science major Erica Brice. And Perfecto addressed the Out of the 22 emcees, by process pion to see who carries the torch of Croxton), Rah Vital (Rahim skill and compete in a non-com "I found out that some people have crowd, saying: "As soon as I spit, of elimination, only eleven will Armageddon," said Kennerly. Mohammad), Friction (James mercial hip-hop event," Kennerly skills who I didn't know had skjlls. the game's over: you can say it was step to the mic December 3, and Will it be Defru (Defru Joseph), Collins), Perfecto (Jeff Walsh), said. "We've created such an I just hope next year they have a nice whip like a Range Rover." who knows what verse will save K- RUCKUSS (Keenan Bates) Sizwe (Sit.we Andrews), or Akir intense level of competition that the more females, because we were Despite the crowd's numbers, the them from the apocalyptic "Verbal Vainglory (Keith Brownbill). Dead (Steve Woods)? Washington Post, Kansas Theater Arts Department City Star lrial Programs Presents Spanish Classic By C YNNE' SIMPSON "We rehearsed froln September 10 genius, Lorca is a well-known Hilltop Swff Wrirer November," said Shannon Thomp Spanish poet. The presentation of Set for Howard son. a sophomore acting major who strong female characters is very Howard's Department ofTheater plays a mourner in the production. typical of his work, as exemplifie~ Arts is presenting The House of Rehearsals even for professional i'l his earlier works, Blood H!?dding By J EANIQUA FRANCIS members will come to classes and The second program will allow Bernarda Alba, a play depicting the productions generally on ly last six and ~rma .. Tl,e HouseofBemar. Hilltop Sraff ~Wiler share their experiences and exper 10-15 journaljsm students to go to lives of Spanish women during the weeks, she said. da Alba was completed just prior IP tise in the print field. In addition the \\bsl,ing1a11 Post for class cred 1930s in Ira Aldridge Theater now Freshman acting major Latrice his assassination at age 38 by Fraq In Spring '99 the School of to speaking to students in the its and to auend seminars fo r the through Nov: 21. Martin also played a mourner in the cisco Franco's fascist soldiers dur Communications will introduce classroom, it is hoped that the stu semester. This course is geared The all-female cast depicts the production. ing the Spanish Civil war. . two trial programs to its Journal dents will be able to access ihe toward serious-minded, upper struggles of socially and sexually "We researched and learned the "I really like the story line ism department. Star staff members to have onc class journalism students. repressed women in a society that customs and t.raditions of Spain to because it's a show that deals with Howard was selected as one of on-one conversations about the For that semester, ihe students dictates that women should adhere better understand the characters," women. Although it's a different ten schools given a grant to pursue print medium while they are in will meet with various members of 10 stric1 conduct while men are she said. ·'We felt that it was a rime period. rhe struggles today a program where the journalism D.C. the Post staff to ask questions alloweo freedom. show that shouldn't be taken light are similar;· Martin said. department works in conjunction 'The first staff member of the about what specific positions are This social critique is portrayed ly both from the technical and per lt might seem that portraying a with the Kansas City Star. The Star to visit will most likely be like in the field. through Bernarda Alba, a stern formance aspects." story based on European history Howard University Journalism Stan Austin, their on-line editor. "What exactly the students do mother determined to preserve the The play began Nov. 11 and has would be foreign to the castrnem Department bas had a long-stand Austin will be discussing the tech will depend on what is going on in Spanish tradition ofextreme moral been receiving good reviews from bers. But Thompson says that "It's ing relationship with the Star, and nical side of the print journalism the news," said Hines. ity through her five daughters. students on campus. a powerful play and Howard has the two teamed up to write a grant field. There is also speculation The fu nding for this program Motivated by the influences of "Every night is a different night, successfully presented a Spanish proposal to the Knight Founda that Austin will help dexelop an was provided by lhe \'>bshi11gto11 society to maintain honor and but we strive for mostly good play with an entirely African tion, creating a new program in the archive for The Comn11111lly News. Post. social class, she deprives her nights," Thompson said. American cas1." Department. According to Dr. Star visitors after Austin are not This will be the first time that the daughters of any contact with men. But she expressod her disap The stage manager. Paul Hood, a Barbara Hines, dean of the jour yet known, but expected subject Journalism Department is The play takes place in a small pointment that more students senior theater arts major, says that nalism department, it is the goal of mailers will be reporting and auempting programs like these. vi llage in southern Spain and the haven't come out 10 support the he fou nd the production worth all the Knight Foundation to build media writing and graphic design The continued participation in strong sense of tradition is excel production. She attributes the prol> the hard work. stronger relations between uni in print journalism. these programs depends on bow lently portrayed in the costumes lem 10 poor publicity. , " lt"s a deep piece and we've versities and newspapers. "Also, they will visit student positive the feedback is from the consisting of long cloaks and "They haven't publicized the play worked hard but all ofour work has The money provided in the grant activities [that arc geared towards students. authentic looking lace shawls. The as much as they could have which been worth it," Hood said. will be used to bring designated print)," said Dr. Lawrence Kagg make-up and demeanor of a has a lot to do with fund ing," Tire House ofBernarda Alba will staff members of the Sta-r to wa, a professor of print journal somber Jookjng stage of "mourn Thompson said. be showing at Ira Aldridge Theater Howard for a week. The Star staff ism. ers" transcends time and takes the Howard's presentation of The through Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tick viewers to the Spanish villa where House ofBernarda Alba celebrates ets are avai lable at Cramton Audi Bernarda and her daughters reside. the centennial of the birth of its torium. Prices are $7.50 for stu For the cast, this production has author, Fredrico Garcia Lorca. dents and $12.50 for the general been a long time coming. Hailed by Spain as an artistic public.
New Law Library to be Constructed by 2001 CAMPUS BRIEFS
By LYNN S IMMONDS Howard's Law School next year in "False walls create a small work Funding for the new library is Zeta Phi Beta Hosts Annual Toa N.W. The University announced in'. Hilltop Staff Writer time to see that a new library is in area behind rows of shelves for derived mainly from Congression August that the library will be · the process of being built. some, while one large room accom al appropriations. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Alpha named the Louis Stokes Health Missing tiles create a pattern in "Everybody recognized that we modates four to five workstations Chapter will present its annual Toa Sciences Library in honor of the Presently, the 10 to 12 thousand Social Sunday, Nov. 22 at 3:30 retiring congressman·s 30-year the ·Howard University School of needed more space," said Richard for others. This is a good-sized books in storage are .being inte Law Library ceil ing, the carpet is Leiter, assistant dean of the Law staff and collection crammed into p.m. in Blackburn's Hilltop health career. The library will be a grated into the on-line catalog sys Lounge. Refreshments will be four-story information technology · worn, and aged watermarks accem Library. · the library. The library should have tem. The staff is "workjng little-by at least a 65-square-foot building, served. facility that will store 400,000 vol-: the dated, drab walls. Walls which Due to lack ofspace, one-third of little to get all books catalogued but currently, it is operating on 20 umes, periodicals. and electroni- ' can only hold about 75 students. the library's collection is in storage. before the completion [ of the new Special Memorial Service to be square feet," he said. cally-formatted material. The The bui lding endured a fuse fire The library has over 80,000 vol Held for Roxanna Pertt The new library will have open · library]," Leiter said. "We should structure will seat 6 I5 people in : last month-the building was built umes, which is "more books than spaces wired with power and data . stacks, a reserve room, 90 open be able to move in the collection for "1967 standards." Despite sen we can put on the shelf," said Leit Tonight at the Lady Bison basket ports to support lnternet and timentality, Howard law students er. The library has mostly new carrels, 11 group study rooms, 11 and close for a week or less." The new facility will be built over ball game versus University of World Wide Web connectivity. are more than ready to move to the material, but Leiter recognizes that private studies, a rare-book reading Maryland in Burr Gymnasium a the front portion of the law Ubrary's new, four-story, 76,000-foot law the older books and journals are room, and one classroom with special memorial service will be College of Engineering, Archl- : parking lot, but new parkjog spaces library that wi.ll begin construction very important, especially in law. "state of the art" technology. held for Roxanna Perez, the class lecture and Computer Sciences . this spring and will hopefully be "It's like an old car," said Clayton All the carrels will allow for the will be made. The number of park of '98 graduate who died recently to Hosts Thanksgiving Dinner completed between the fall of 2000 Harris, president of the Student use of laptops and will be comput ing spaces will not increase or in a car accidem. Roxanna's par for Senior Citizens and summer of 200 I. Bar Association, of the old law er-wired. decrease, but will be_replaced. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fernando A ground-breaking ceremony was library. "It still gets us around but Perez, are scheduled to be present. The College of Engineering, held on Oc1. 28 to celebrate the we need a new model." Harris is Roxanna was an intern with the Architecture and Computer Sci much-needed new building. The aware that some studems use other men's basketball team and the ences Student Assembly will hosts: poor condition oflhe building, lack libraries rather than the Howard Sports Information Office and a Thanksgiving dinner for Senior : of space, and a strong recommen Law Library. While he recognizes worked as the publicist for the Citizens from the LeDroit Senior : dation from the American Bar that the resources in the library women's baske1blll team. Free Home on Monday, Nov: 23. The , As_5ocia1ion were the impetus for "are no! as up to date as they could student tickets will be available for dinner will be in Lewis K. Down- : beginning con.struction of the new be," he is quick to say that the com the game at either Blackburn Cen ing Hall in the Engineering facility. petent and swift staff compensates ter or Cramton Auditorium. Library at 5 p.m. The accreditation team from the for Howard•~ weak points. American Bar Association, which Within the last five years, the staff Howard Uni,·ersity to Break Ground for Louis Stokes Health visits the Law School every seven at the library has doubled from six - Compiled by Staff Writer Aprill ' Sciences Library Trm,er. Ca111pus Briefs run years, requires the library to pro to 12 full-time workers, and on-line a weekly i11 rhe Ca111p11s section of vide seating for 60 percent of the catalog was established. But Today President H. Patrick The Hilltop a11d 11111st be delivered student body. The library would although the staff has increased, the The new, fou.~tory 76,000-square foot Howard Unh'ersily S<:hool of Law Library Swygert and Ohio Congressman or faxed 10 rhe newspaper no later • need at least 250 seats- the new space bas not. wlU seat more that 295students 11nd house up to 215,000 ,·olumes. The design allows Louis Stokes will break ground for rhan 5 p.111. Monday. The Hilltop library will seat over 295. A reac "A lot of people are crammed for 90 open carrels, each win;d for romputer use, 11 private studies, 11 i,-oup ;-tudy the University's new health sci is locared 011 rhe Plaza level ofrhe credidation team will visit into small spaces," Leiter said. rooms, and n rare book reading room. "- ences library at I p.m. at the inter Plaw 1bwers Wes r, and the fax ' section of Fifth and W Streets, 1111111ber is 202-483-950/. ., ' \ ' ·. THE H ILLTOP FlUDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 A3 CAMPUS Forum Held on the Role of the Student Trustee Role of the Studem Trustees." The trustees met in September. student trustees on the panel By P. CHRl5TOPHER WINFIELD Incumbent Undergraduate 'll'ustee January aJ1d July to vote on pro addressed the audience on the Hilltop Staff Writer Jonathan Hutto, who moderated the posed changes to the University issues and goals facing a student .. event, said the forum gave students brought up by the ,•arious trustee trustee. Kasim Reid and Kevin '. • Should we raise tuition for the an opportunity to learn the history commiuccs. All trustees, including Bryant, undergraduate trustees in :Coming school year? How do we and responsibilities of the student the students, are allowed to sit on 1990 and '92 respectively, talked of :recruit more studenls from the trustee position. two of the policy-making commit the need for student trustees to use :southeastern part of the country? "It's a very ,rtisunderstood role," tees. information wisely when preparing .Should we add a new branch of he said. "[Students running for the Students and faculty take up fo ur to vote, and have a long-range ~ tudies or merge the schools we position and others of] the student seats on Howard's trustee board. vision of what they would like to :aJready have? body need to know what they're But beyond those engaged in high acc-omplish. : These arc questions that most col getting into." er education, the othcr26 members Undergraduate trustee for the :1ege. students will never face during Two of the panelists, Nichols and of the board possess a myriad of 1995 and 1996 school years Omar .-therr school careers, let alone dur- Jackson, held their positions in different talents and backgrounds. Karim highlighted the need for stu ~ng their lifetimes. But on~ Howard 1969. TI1at was the year the trustees Some well-known Howard dent advocacy _and activism. "The '-undergraduate and graduate stu and then-Uni versity President trustees are Earl Graves, the board members really lean on the -
"' ii-1/, ..• A4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 THE HILLTOP~ CAMPUS Howard Students React to Shocking D.C. Police Statistics
the last 5 years at the hands of go out 10 shooting ranges to prac deaths at the hands of D.C. Police and they should be held account cers have fired their weapons at By MELVING MOORING II police officers. Detective Johnny tice.'' have caused students to be fearful able.'' cars 54 times in order to prevent~ Hillrop Staff Writer Watson of the homicide branch said In 1996, nearly 75 percent ofD.C. when walking the streets. The many shootings also include "vehicular attacks." In the same year, nine people were killed and 19 _ experience is the main reason why officers who used the standard "It disturbs me because r could D.C. officers who were shot and the death toll is so high. Although Glock semiautomatic handgun killed by other officers. On July 18, were wounded. Police officers arc Wilh light-trigger, highly easily become an innocent only to shoot unarmed people in_ advanced nine-millimeter Glock residents believe that insufficient which docs not have a safety-did bystander," said junior chemical 1998, OfficerTbomas F. Hamlelle, gun training is to blame for the extreme cases. ha,ndguns, the District ofColu mbia not meet the basic fi rearms stan engineering major Tshilumba Jr. was off-duty outside of a local large number ofdeath s, police offi dards. Also according to the inves nightclub when he was shot by a The shootings by D.C. Police offi police officers have shot and killed Ngnadu. "As an African American, cers feel that the training is com tigation, there have been 120 unin fellow officers. cers has cost the city more than the· more people than any other metro I'm already viewed as a target." politan police department. Resi plete. tentional discharges of the gun in Watson said, "This j ob is a questionable bad publicity. There dents blame poor training and poor "Gun training is very efficient," the last eight years. In this decade, The recent investigation also has responsibility. You must act accord have been more than 70 lawsuits - supervision for the many shoot said Detective Watson, but he fe lt 19 officers have shot themselves or Howard students doubting the ing to the situation instead of just fi led against the District. In the last ings. that officers were not practicing other officers accidentally. Detec responsibility of the local police reacting." 6 mon ths, settlements tota ling! According to an investigation con enough on their own. He compared tive Watson recal led an incident force. "I'm not a cop; however, I Pedestrians arc not the only peo about $8 million have been seuled f ducted by The Washington Post, gun training to the training of an when an officer was shot in the understand that they are in ple who are fearful. There were on citizens due to the injury and < D.C. police have shot and killed 85 athlete. "Athletes must train during building of the Police department. demand," said senior Shawn L. also several incidents of unjusti death suits against D.C. people si.nce 1990. In the District of the season and [during the] off-sea Howard students have become. Diggs. "I don't feel that the shoot fied shooting of offenders in vehi "It's sad equate a person's life to Columbia, 57 people have died over son," Watson said. "Officers need to more agitated about this issue. The ings advocate their irresponsibility cles. Since J 993, D.C. police offi- financial gain:• Watson said. '. Brother to Brother Conference Unites Youths Author Bari-Ellen Lamont Geddis, a graduate student in the Assisiant to Vice President of Student Affairs School of Education, conducted the lecture for William V. Keene for his commitment to com Roberts Visits HU for By i RA P ORTER the workshop "Sexuality and Manhood: Bridg munity service. Keene said he has dedicate'd a Hilltop Staff Writer ing the Gap." Geddis supports the major part of his life to community service: how conference for many reasons. "I think it's good ever, he said, he doesn't feel like he does any Women's Week because it gives them the positive light on col thing that extraordinary. The Seventh Annual I998 Brother to Brother lege students," Geddis said. "Everything you do "Everything is service," said Keene. "I feel received 50 percent more when Youth Conference, "Do you Believe?:' com affects several generations after you." Geddis sorry for people who don't feel a need to By L YNN StM~tONOS payday arrived. Roberts went to menced at Howard University Tuesday. cited the importance of influence on youths. He serve-they are really missing something." flii/top Staff Writer work every day throughout the time Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. said he thought it was important to relate 10 the Keene said he thought the program was a suc she was suing them. She said, " It. and the School of Arts and Sciences student youths and let them know they can reach out to cess. Bari-Ellen Roberts. author of was never about my qualifications, council, the conference brings elementary, mid hi m-in short, it's important to Bridge the Gap. "There will be a number of young men who Roberts vs. Texaco. came to it was never about my performance. dle and high school boys from the district area "I'm not some abstract figure." he said . "I learn auended this conference whose lives will affect Howard during the first Women's It was about the package.'' · together tci participate in workshops and gujd from young people, 100.'' ed by this conference," he said. Week to share her experience with After filing a suit against Texaco, ance sessions. This year, over 150 youths from Amione James, 15, a M.M. Washington High Keynote speaker for the evening was Con discrimination in the workplace. she found that she suddenly had D.C. came together to celebrate the event. sophomore. said he was glad he auended the gressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.). Roberts was the lead plaiJ1tiff in very few black supporters from the The day began with the welcoming ceremony conference. Cummings offered advice to audience mem the largest discrimination suit in company. She said Blacks would in the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, fol "I think it's really good that they give us lec- bers. "Your mission is to be leaders,'' he said. history against Texaco in 1994. In say that the situation was "not that lowed by workshops in the Blackburn center. 1ures..:..i1 gives us encouragement," he 'said. "Leadership is about standing up for what you November 1996, Texaco paid $176 bad," or that "things arc just !he way The four workshops covered the subjects: "Sex "Coming to Brother to Brother makes me think believe in. Our children need you and they need million 10 1.400 of its African they are-accept it," or they did not uality and Manhood: Bridging the Gap;" that all these black men around me arc brothers.'' you desperately. Not only do they benefit, you American employees. After the want to "cause trouble" for fear of "Money, Power and Respect: Docs one Guar The conference cu lmjnatcd in a banquet at the bi;nefit.'' case against Texaco, Roberts real losing their position or being black antee the other?;" 'The Black Male Role Model: end of the day held in the Blackbum Center Ball Keene said he feels it is important for Howard ized that the point of her case was balled. Decision or Destiny;" and ''A College Education: room. Recognition was given to the winner of students to carry on the tradition and for people overlooked. ''Not one person asked ''This racism is so institutional It's Closer Than You Think.'' the conference's essay contest. Vaudas Bostic of 10 continue to give back to the community. me, 'Ms. Roberts, how does it feel ized. It's everywhere," Roberts said. During the workshops, elementary and middle M.M. Washington, who was unable to attend ''The community is in ~esperate need," Keene to be discriminated against?' They· ·'Corporate America is just a micro school students got a chance to interact with high because he had a special culinary arts class. The said. "Education is empty without finding a way asked about the tapes and they cosm of America." school students. Brother's Keeper award was given to Special to put that education 10 serving the community.'' asked about the money.'' Although she has had to deal with Comments on the tape made by discrimination iu corporate Amer white employees a1 Texaco referred ica, Roberts continues 10 encourage tq Blacks as "the black jelly beans young people 10 go out i,;ito the stuck to the bottom of a bag" and business industry. "We [Blacks] -,, they said that, "just when they were belong everywhere," she said. getting used to cthno-rcligious hol Roberts shared her thoughts on idays such as Hanukkah. blacks why Blacks can't get together and came along with Kwanzaa." progress. She said her case was not about ··we suffer from three things: ~- the tapes of name-calli ng and crude denial, apathy and fear. I had al l comments, for they surfaced during three," she said. "I could have lis the case, not before. It was not tened to all those. but God 1old me about th e money. It was abo111 10 go on. Where I come from, you Whites at Texaco who held the don't do anyth ing for self that same position as the Blacks yet doesn't help the collective." - • ... During Women's Week, p ;;,: • • ~ Sisterhood Bonds Strengthen
Reynolds. a founding editor and ({J(tMXUJJ Q[nilJeWilg @IJuuld ~~ By LYNN Sli\lMONUS and columnist for USA Today, was the CHAR.I C HESTER moderator for the panel of five Hilltop Sraff Writer.I' women. ;, She referred the Lewinsl..-y-Clinton A small group of women-SIU· scandal before stating that all women .... dents and staJI. young and old-gath should be able to say, "I don't have • • ered in the Blackbum center, filling to latch on to somebody to be some r ~ the rooms with echoes of "Amen. Go body. Some of us feel we have to latch sister-girl," and 'Um-humms." Sis on to a borfriend or husband or some • terhood at Howard University expe bodr, else s boyfriend or husband. We rieoced a rebirth through die fiist Spir don I need to do that because God is J imal Women's Week, presented by the ~ in the midst of us," Reynolds said . .~ Office of the Dean of the Chapel. The panel discussed combating the The theme of the wcck-lo11g con three D's that weigh down many ference was "God is in the Midst of women; "Doubt, Depression and Dis Her." . tractions." "'The theme means that no matter "All you have to do is tap into where she finds herself, on the moun yourself' and say yes to life, said Dr. tain top or in the valley. God is always Michelle Balamani of the Baralca present with her. I hope this week • Counseling Center. The women speaks to the mind, body and soul of spoke about the powerful minds of all women," said Rev. Valeria Lassiter, women, and the power that all black chairperson of the spiritual week. women hold. The office of the Dean of the Latanya Johnson. first-year law (ff{OllJIMA Q[niDetAilg ~~uPJWU @ID/~~ • Chapel organized a minimum of two stud em, spoke ofhow her depression services per day. Reverend Susie during her undergraduate years at Owens, Reverend Jacqueline McCul Howard ~early crippled lier. She lough and Reverend Valeria Lassiter wanted to clmunate ilie year's worth arc some of the nationally known of D's and F's that revealed her con ~ ) ministers who were participants of fusion from her transcripts. Johnson Women's Week. Women's Week began when Rev. missed weeks of classes at time and ' •' Lassiter welcomed the women, say instead attended a religious choir. She ing, "You will not leave here the way graduated in I992. you came." And then Owens took Her voice wavered with deep emo position at the podium. tion as she told the panel and tlie men "II is commendable for a universi and women in the room that, at 30 ty to allow a Women's Week of this years old and six years later, she has kind," said Owens. She then began her retumed to school to become a lawyer. sermon explaining the book of "Howard University is one, of the < Psalms, preaching "We have to learn most diverse campuses and I am • to be inspired." thankful for a conference like this," McCullough took control of the Johnson said. "I hope these types of sanctuary Tuesday with her message things l women's conferencesJ sprout ~' @fOINllWel, 211! ol 2 ft-""· "Faith and Forgiveness." The crowd around campus." of fifty to sixty women and few men She wishes a "support network" all sat with faces full ofexpcctation as had been around on campus when she McCullough asked: •can you imag was an undergraduate. ine missing your opportunity 10 do According 10 Rev. Cynthia Woods, i& 11w cfjtaJJ,au,, (fj~ what God wants you to be?" Pastor at Georgetown University. Augmenting the religious root of many times women listen to com the week, panels speaking about the ments that rank them as second-class • other pans of a woman were also citizens and comply rather than assert • well-attended. A panel of women themselves . spoke on Monday about "the mind of "If r,ou are a leader, embrace it as a woman." Rev. Dr. Barbara a gift,' Woods said. /
THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 AS CAM PUS : ~ University Mourns I Death of Activis·t Kwame·Ture
. the end of an era, and the beginning TURE,from Al of a new one." Jonathan Hutto, the undergraduate I feel that I have lost a good friend. trustee and former HUSA presi He and I differed on some issues, dent, held bring Turc to the Uni but whenever you risk your life for versity in February. Hutto said he something you both believe in, you hopes Tore's dream will live on. are bonded for life." "My hope is that his service and Dr. Mary Hoover, a professor in love for his people will motivate all of us to continue to struggle for that Photo By Jason Micco/o.John.son the School of Education, first met In New York in June, the civil rights activist Kwame Tore, signed documents gh'ing u,e Moorland.Spingam Reseraclt Center his personal papers and other arehival day when all people can breathe Tore in California in 1966. Hoover materials. Pictured is Tore with Dt TI1oma5 Battle, Director of the centet said that Ture, on his own, symbol free," Hutto said. izes the Movement. Political Science Professor Dr. ..,, - "He is the only black leader who Joseph P. McCormick, 2d, was a ~~ "" II influenced three aspects of our junior in college when farst learned 111!'!:l t r' Black liberation movement. .. the of Ture's work. ~ civil rights movement, the black "He was one ofth e first to say that p; .... I" power movement, and the pan we reject nonviolence, and in that -- sense, it represented a kind of African movement," Hoover said. "-""'~ In June, Ture signed legal docu aggressive nationalism that we iJlll■,II" ments in New York naming the Uni hadn't seen during the early 60's," versity's Moorland-Spingarn McCormick said, pointing to the i,111111 1 Research Center as the chief repos fact that Adam Clayton Powell, the :;: ...~ itory of his personal papers and former New York Congressman, other archival materials chronicling was the farst to coin the phrase ~ r? - --- his life. "Black Power''. §:\ William V. Keene, executive "In some respects, he represented assistant to the vice president of stu the most progressive thoughts at dent affairs, who atten~cd Howard Howard. He was one example ofthe ~ with Tore described Turc as an mindset that has been at the Uni "exceptional person." versity for a long time ... that calls for "He is a giant in African history. black people to challenge the status He dedicated his e ntire adult life to quo, to produce a better situation for the uplift of African people world black fo lks both home and abroad," wide. He was brilliant, uncompro McCormick said. mising and tough." "The essence of our struggle is The Howard University Student eternal," Tore said in his February Association held a candlelight vigil address at Rankin. "There is no Wednesday The Yard. time to sit back and relax. the more "The vigil was to celebrate you struggle, the more you know." Kwame's resurrection, not mourn his death," HUSA President Neville SrajfWriru Jason r Smirh ro111ribwtd to FiltPlwto Welch said. "Kwame's transition rliis story Ture visited Howard la.
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• • I rar __ onnec Former Rhode Island Safeway rea Patrons Find Other By Louis Thomas ter than her momma and I'm a Hilltop Staff Writer computer specialist," said Pam Johns referring to her 10-year-old Places to Shop Huddled around a computer in daughter Jessica. the Martin Luther King Memorial Jessica uses the computers in the By JAMYE E. SPILLER "It seems as if they felt that just Library, located at 901 G St. NW, library while her mother does work. Hilltop Staff Writer because this is a low income 'neigh three students supported each "It just has so much information on borhood they could send low qual other's web searches. Tuaching [the web]," said Johns, who likes to Local residents and Howard stu ity food to this area. This is a his each other to become computer lit use the web as well as books when dents have tried to regroup and toric place, these people deserve erate, 16-year-old Uraina Dunmore helping her daughter complete ponder possibilities on where to do the same as residents in George assisted her friend Jamal Shaw with school projects. their grocery shopping since the town," Jackson said. setting up an e-mail account. "I am here to see my college men closing of the Rhode Island Safe "Now, I use the Giant, but that's Dunmore put aside her two-page tor to talk about scholarships," said way. unsafe. I have to catch the bus and report on the word pride to lend a Crossland, an eleventh grade stu Safeway closed their doors Oct. you have to deal with drug addicts hand to her schoolmate, while dent at Margaret Mary Washington 3, after they reported a loss of and alcoholics. People have been • friend, Ciarra Crossland supplied a High School. She said that she is money. Residents of the neighbor getting robbed." sidebar conversation. used to the computers. hood protested and organized a Neighborhood residents have had "Computers are more convenient "I am in business medical admin boycott of all Safeway stores as an to adapt to the loss of the local gro than writing," said Dunmore, an istration class, so I'm on the com initiative to keep the market open, cery store. While some residents eleventh grade student at Eastern puter everyday. Other classes from but were unsuccessful. spoke of taking chartered buses High School. She has become com D.C. pubic schools come to get Resident and former Howard from 5th & Rhodi: Island on Tues puter literate, since she goes to the familiar with the Internet." University student, Izreal Brown days and Thursdays to area grocery library to work on them at least Keith Kirklend, an eighth grader did not think highly of the Safeway stores, many would rather find twice a week, something she was at Shaw Middle School, contends store, but knew it was the closest other routes. ~ot able to do two years ago. that they have computers in his place for students. "I have to get my son to take me t The computers, donated by school, but the assignments do not "I mean it was dirty, but it was the shopping in Maryland," said Fran :,Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, have require students to use them. And only place for us to go." cis Butler, an elder resident of the :,,een in the Young Adult and Pop while others from his school come Brown has turned to other neighborhood, who lives on 4th & ':tilar Library for a year and a half, to the library to use computers he options since the store's closing, W Streets. "The Safeway was very ;according to Felicia Jackson, who said he's not there "too often." yet still finds a way to use dis convenient, if you lived around ,)las been a librarian at the MLK Other students find themselves counts offered by Safeway. here and you don't have anyone to J.,ibrary for 27 years. The section spending much more time in the "Often times, I' 11 walk to Slowe take you around." '-vas the first to receive the upgrade library. and catch the shuttle to Meridian Local Kevin Johnson, who lives ltnd since then other departments in "I visit the library as often as just so I'll be able to use my Safe on the 200 blockofV Street, would the library have also received com every other day, and on the week way card. It gives you a discount, visit the Safeway as often as every puters as well as other library end," said Leroy Ware, a 17-year and to me any little ·extra thing Saturday. Now, he finds other branches. Jackson said that stu old senior at High Point High counts." methods to transport groceries dents wasted no time taking advan School in Beltsville, Md. Despite File Photo Eastern High School students, Uraina Dunmore and Jamal Shaw surf the web at Brown said he uses the shuttle from Giant. tage of the technical opportunity. the fact that he has access to a com the library. system more frequently now that "Sometimes a ride, sometimes "Half come to use the computers puter at home he comes to the Safeway has closed. However, he bus and sometimes feet," he said to do school work, while half use library to use the printer. Unfortu both students at Wheatley Elemen classrooms, neither one of them said it is a big hassle to ride the referring to the way he gets to the them to chat or search the Internet," nately, on this day the printer and tary School, stood by while their has used them. shuttles to the grocery store. store. she said. one of the six computers were out father, Harold Flood, discussed the "Why aren't they using them?" "They need shuttles that go Some feel that Giant is too expen In the Young Adults and Popular of service. importance of computers in the Flood asked. "I don't have the fog directly to a store. The bus is usu sive. Slowe resident, Sahan Cama Library the computers are reserved "Schools stress us to use the com library. Flood, an electrician, giest idea. Children need to know ally crowded, and if you have a lot ra, chooses to go to her residency for students between the ages of 12 puter and assignments do call us to offered to run the required wires how computers work." Flood said of bags you have to put them in the Maryland to do her shopping to and 19. The six computers in the use a computer," said Ware, com through his daughters' school, but they stopped by because they were aisle. Then, you have to watch to avoid spending the extra money at section are shared by signing up for plaining that at school there are not was denied. Together, he and his in the area, but added, "Now, I make sure no one is trying to steal Giant. intervals of 30 minutes. enough computers for everyone. daughters explained that although know this is where we will be on from you." "I knew it was dirty," she said of "She probably knows the web bet- Shannon, 7, and sister Shayla, 4, there are computers in both of their the weekends." Alexis Jackson, a two-year resi the former Safeway. "But it was dent of Slowe Hall, agreed that the just service to me. Still, it's incon Safeway needed drastic improve venient for me to go all the way to ments. Maryland."
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Rwandan army. .. ., . · coyunanded by Rwandan officers, · Godwe!J Khosa, an electrical engi 'News from A·round The World 13 addressed the \\'at in the Demo He dismissed untrue facts that this mutinied. Zihindula's said, "The neering student at Howard from Zim Asia security guarantees. cra1ic Republic of Cong6. The war is a race between the Hutu and Democratic Republic ofCongo has babwe asked both men, ''Why is Zim INDONESIA-Former Indone panel consisted ofMulegwa Zibin Tutsi people. He wanted to empha been invaded." babwe backing [President] KabilaT' sia President, Suhano, holds $2.6 JERUSALEM-On the West dula, a member of the Congolese sis that President Laurent Kilbila i& Uganda, according to Kabopero, Kabonero replied, "My friends say million in bank accounts, uot the Bank, soldiers and protesters Civil Society and Ric))ard not advocating for genocide bu't agreed wilh President Kabila to Congo is rich in gold:' Mr. Zihindu• billions of dollars that the media clashed when a group of Palestini Kabonero, a representative from rather for Congolese people to have joint command of the army. la said, "My country is a rich coun has repo1ted. State Secretary Akbar ans tried to prevent a bulldozer the Uganda Embassy. reclaim their land. The Congolese was not large try. We should ask my good friend Tanjung said the attorney general's from beginning work on a bypass Zihindula staned the discussion "This is the first ethnic strife. We enough to drive out the Sudanese here, [Kabonero] \yhy he is also office had looked into 70 banks in road for Jewish settlers. The road by trying to dispel misconceptions have lived in harmony since 1896," troops, which had suppoJted oust involved in this war?" the country in investigations of the will require the confiscation of 40 about the war: there is no rebellion be said. ed President Mubutu. Uganda ·s At the close of the discussion, autocratic former leader's wealth. acres of Arab land in al-Khader, . in the Congo, genocide has not Zibindula also said that Rwanda government troops position will not Kabooero said, ''We only hope to find Suharto is said 19 amassed riches near Bethlehem. Palestinian leader, taken place, and Rwandan troops and Uganda helped the Congo peo cease-fire umil 11 neutral force such a solution: to have peace;' Zihindu through government contmcts and Yasser Arafat hinted at armed con are not merely trying to protect ple overthrow former President as,.the United Nations steps io to la's closing remarks were, "Congo is siphoned money from projects and flict with Israel, warning that "our their border from being invaded by Mubutu. They helped install Kabi secure the borders. Kabonero said, a wealthy country. I know we can do state owned corporations during rifle is ready" and repeating that be the Hutu people, but are invading la as President thinking he could be "[President] Kabila must accept the better. We need to Jive in peace." his 32-year mle. will declare statehood next year. Congolese territory. their pawn. Wheq they realized that ideal that there is a rebellion Howard students can help the situ On the lauer security,issue, Zihin President Kabila would not take amongst his people, until that hap ation;according to Zihindula He sug MALAYSIA-President Clinton SOUTH AMERICA dula stressed that after President orders from them, according to pens, th\: conflict wi!J go on." gested the need for students to take a and other world leaders are travel BRAZIL-The In1ernational Kabila came to power-assisted by Zihindula, they planned a revolt. Kabonero said that Uganda js leadership role. It is the students ing to Malaysia's capital for the Monetary Fund will provide Brazil Uganda and Rwanda in 1996--the President Kabila was worried interested exclusively in peace. responsibility to Jet the American annual Asian Paci.fie Economic with $42 billion. This package is to borders of R-,vandan and Oganda about the sovereignty of his coun "We oppose dictatorship. We will people know what is really going Corporation (APEC) Summit. belp Bmz,il re-develop the country were being patrolled by tbe Rwan- try and when be learned ofa plot by not allow a leader to hide behind a on. world economic and defend the l:NDONESIA-Thousands of . country's currency. The $42 billion students trying to march on parlia was compiled by a dozen nations Southern States' Ban . U.S. Aids Hurricane Victims ment were fired at with plastic bul such as the United States and the ' lets, tear gas ,µid water cannons by IMF. By J EROME D ENDY gency food assistance consisting of soldiers and police. The protest Interracial Marriage Hilltop Staff Writer rice, beans, oil and soy blend ~om. The Office of Foreign Disaster sparked because students accused WEST INDIES By MICHELLE M ULLENIX 1999 which will speed up the the country's highest legislative HAITI- Fony thousand Haitian In response to the huma.nitarian Assistance will provide $16.3 mil Hilltop Staff Writer process of removing the ban from needs o( the victims of Hurricane lion for water. sanitation and other body of trying to stifle true demo refugees who have been living in the Alabama Constitution. cratic reform while bolstering the United States for several years Mitch and posing a challenge to relief assistance. Alabama and South Carolina are Dyonicia Brown, a freshman U.S. s1rategic interests in the hemi Habibie's position and·entrenching in legal limbo will be granted per .the only two states that have a Jaw. So far, 450, 000 poun4s of relief manent residence status. President International Business m,ajor from sphere. President Clinton has the political power of the already which bans. interracial marriages. supplies have been delivered and strong military. It was the worst Clinton signed the Omnibus Bud Louisiana said, "I have no problem ordered a comprehensive relief According to the Associated Press, approximately 75 people have outbreak of unrest since riots get Agreement granting the status. with interracial marriages. I'm . effon by the U.S. government. Republican Attorney General Bill been rescued through the 73 rotary The beneficiaries of the immigm appalled by [the ban in Alabama Although the hurricane has taken forced Indonesia's president Suhar Pryor from Montgomery, Alaba and fixed-wing missions of the to to step down in May after 32 tion measure include Haitian and South Carolina]." a ca1astrophic,toll on many of the ma. will try to get a bill approved Department of Defense's U.S. years in power. Suharto's successor refugees and children who fled Interracial marriages, especially Caribbean regions, the countries Southern Command. There bas repealing the constitutional ban between African Americans and that are most devastated are Costa is president B.J. Habibie, a protege Haiti during the I 991-1994 mili 0 even though·fedeml law overrides also been over 7 IO ro!Js of sheet of Suharto. Habibie said the Peo tary rule and who were interdicted, Whites in the South- where slav Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, state law. ing, 15,000 water jugs and 6,000 ple's Consultative Assembly wi!J found to have a "credible fear of ery was widety'practiced: continues Honduras and Nicaragua. These In I 967 the United States blankets supplied to the.Se five pave the way for free election in persecution" and were a!Jowed to 10 cause conlroversy. . countries will receive suppolt from Supreme Coult ruled a similat ban countries. 1999. go on to the US. mainland to apply the U.S. Agency for International in Virginia which proved unconsti Sue Anne Pressly. writer at The A special Joint Task Force is for asylum. The move is not an Developmenl, the Department of tutional. It was not until November Washington Post said, 'These days, being established to coordinate the MIDDLE EAST amnesty for all Haitians, only cer Defense and the Depanment of 1998 that residents from South Car there are about 326,000 (black lnilitary's ongoing response in the ISRAEL-The Israeli construc- tain people are eligible. white J couples nationwide." Agriculture. olin'a voted to remove this portion In coordination with national dis region. Also, emergency supplies, tion to develop a new Jewish quar For the government to tell a per of their constitution-wrillen in aster response offices, the U.S. personnel, search and rescue per ter in east Jerusalem aggravates UNITED STATES son who 1hey can and cannot marry 1865. Agency for International Devel sonnel, engineering support 10 Palestinians. The plan is expected FLORIQA-Pope John Paul II is "racist and immoral," said Dr. "Any provision of the constitution opment has deployed an IS-mem address the devastation of infra to antagonize the Palestinians, replaced Bishop Joseph Keith Nikolaos Stavrou, a Political Sci of Alabama, or for that matter the ber Disaster Assistance Response structure, and other items are however, the Israeli security Cab Symons of Palm Beach, who ence professor at Howard. "No role code of Alabama, that classifies Team to manage the relief efforts among the types of assistance to be inet is going ahead with the plan to resigned in June after admitting for the state to dictate private our citizens or any persons based on in the five countries. USAID has provided in up to $30 million in build a dozen roads on Palestinian that he molested five boys 40 years rights." lands for Jewish settlers in the West ago, wi th Monsignor Anthony the color of their skin, their race, provided $3.7 mill i'on in relief by defense articles and services. should be stricken," Pryor said. "It Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin O'Connell, 60. Symons was the While doing a random survey of support of the logistical operations Under the Presidential Food lni Netanyabu personally authorized first U.S. bishop to resign because should be repealed. It bas no place Howard students, asking them what . of the Department of Defense in tiati ve, 1he U.S. Depanment of publication of the bids in his capac of sexual abuse of children. in a modem constitution or in the they thought about interracial mar the form of deliveries of plastic Agriculture has authorized the ity as housing minister just a day Jaws of Alabama." riages, many of the comments were sheeting, blankets, water contain delivery of 10,000 me1.ric tons of after his Cabinet ratified the agree -Compiled from wire services by If South Carolina does vote to similar to Zina Abdelaziz's. The ers, emergency healthcare and the wheat to Honduras and Nicaragua. ment signed with the Palestinian staff writer Natalie Reid. remove·the biJJ Alabama wiJJ be the junior pre-physical therapy major local purchases of food and other This initiative is part of the 2.5 mil last state with such a prohibition. from North Carolina said, "No emergency supplies. lion metric ton food, which was The NAACP and black legislators problem. A lot of people in my The Office of Food for Peace is announced by President Clinton are planning to encoura'ge a bill in family are interracial." providing $20 million in emer- in July. The Media Targets Young Adult Habits, According to Stanford Studies Can television, music videos be blamed for youth's smoking; drinking habits?
By LYNN SIMMONDS not effected by the advertisments. mated frogs endorsed alcohol in to listen. I"ll ta~ them.more seri view it, ., a broader sense, media. . Hilltof) Stoff Writer • Omelha Lewis-Jack, a Howard Budwiser commercials, and ously if they tell me not to drink "Media gets you at different As a psychologist specializing in University Clinical Psychology camels in the Joe Camel tobacco alcohol because they don't' drink ·points in your development," she SUOOk111Ce abuse, Lewis-Jack discussed Young Adulls who watch a vas1 professor said the opponunity to cornmericals smoke slim ciggars. much," Gooden said. Alt))ough said. What may not be no1Jced now her rcoccuning experience with stu amount of television and music drink and smoke arises as students Donniece Gooden, a junior polit parents are usually the primary fig may affect the viewer later. She dents who say that marijuana is not a videos are more likely 10 start leave their homes to en1er college ical science major said, "Influ ures in a child's life, media's influ stresses that the influences of ''real drug" and many people smoke it. drinking and smoking at a younger and become independent. ences on smoking stan with par ences are unavoidable. Lewis-Jack · media do not disappear. "Children She said the misconceptions of smok age than other adults who ignore "N<,>w they want to do what was ents, not so much the media," said, "The identification with chat-· take in (media influences] and may ing marijuana has been passed down the media's addictive advertise already implanted at a young age. Gooden, a smokerwho is trying to acters starts really young." By the not talk about it. They keep it and can be blamed for its prevalence. ments, according to Stanford Uni They want to see if it is real ly cool quit said, "Smoking is a learned time young adults attend college, inside, process it and wait for the Ashanti Quinn, a 20.year-old polit versity studies. The studies of when they gel to an age that they behavior." She recalls car rides media and advenisements do not appropriate moment to try it out," cal science major, began smoking at 1,533 ninth graders show that can try it," she said. where her father would be inhaling necessarily cause them to smoke said Lewis-Jack. "As Jong as we tbeageofl5. '1l'callyhatedsmoking. youths who renled Rated-R movies According to a study by !he jour smoke from a cigarette, while but instead "trigger something that keep the perception that it is cool I !bought it was disgusting, but my are less likely to stan drinking and nal 'Pediatrics, ·over the next 18 telling her how it was bad for her is already there. It stans early:' he we pass that idea down to the next brother started SIT\Oking in the house:' smoking, months, 36.2 percent of 898 non health and not to do it. said. generation:• and eventually Quinn adopted the However, the young adults who drinkers began to drink. "If I saw a cigarette commercial She explains that w.hen people ,The perception of what is cool is habit. already indulged in excessive Young adults are seen smoking and my parents told me not to watch a ·movie· they may pick up handed down from generation to "It'~ rea!Jy so addictive. I feel bad, drinking and smoking habits are on the big screen: dancing, ani- smoke, but they do, )•m not going something new each time they generation by family, peers and in but I can't stop." bugs --r hire. looWnc few wetm:ility In a pe,fon,_, ~ tudr&rol. 110A11ards,no..io.s.110..-, ...,_,. h,n.top.howard.edu or lftsurwe co dNI wich. w: 'ti I but raw talmt. but ._ nwdl ,_ aslt? tf-. SUYS wfl ~ b- cnunbs (11tenJ11). ther're alK. b awd-me for yo1r co.nu.. -. remember the name- tuck and rolll tlie hilltop. the best way to start your frlday.
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Jir:1.,., · ,· 1 , -~··, 1:12 - lPAGE PERSONAIJ BIOGRAP.HY , i The names that appear on the sigtled petitions * 3 - S PAGE ESSAY ON TOPIC 1 01 • .)•r, ,.11>EAOLINE:· NOV STEVEN M. GRAY, Editor-in-Chief BRIAN J. COX, Senior Editorial Editor ROCHELL A. BISHOP, Ma11agi11g Editor KEENAN SUARES, Managing Editor RYAN RICHARDSON, Deputy Managing Editor "The most pot em weapon in the hands ofthe oppressor is the mind ofth e oppressed. " -- Steve Biko Requiem for a Revolutionary '~nd, in honoring him, we honor the best in ourselves." all and lanky, with a handsome face and eyes churches, he was unafraid to speak the truth to those which penetrated to the depths, K wame Ture, in power. He never lost the strength of his conviction Tn~ (born) Stokley Carmichael, was a voice in that African people were destined for so much more the wilderness which spoke with every fiber of his than privation and famine; that we, too, required equal being of the need for justice on this earth for Africans ity of opportunity. throughout lhe diaspora. He passed away on Sunday Although not a martyr to the cause, like Fred Hamp 1/' ~ i of this week, in Conakry, Guinea, after a protracted ton or Malcolm X or Dr. King, who among us can claim ""'1(1"" ; struggle with prostate cancer at the age of 57. K wame that K wame Turc did not offer up his very life for the • 1>' • Ture was, even in death, exactly as we recalled him in cause of freedom? .#;, • li fe: Ready for revolution, as went his trademark phrase. On Nov. 5 of this month, Ture issued a statement in • f," Y4"K • Arrested more times than even he himself could a press release from the All-African People's Revolu • count for the cause, we remember how he joined the tionary Party. It would prove to be his last: '171irty years ~ • Freedom Rides in 1961 nearing the conclusion of his later, I still live in Guinea, working, studying and . ,,_1 .... ::'.) .. freshman year here at Howard. One of the chief archi struggling for the African Revolution. And I will con • tects of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Com tinue to do so until the last second, of the last minute, • minee, he served as its chairman during the high-water of the last hour, of the last day. And it is my wish to • mark of the black liberation struggle. When, as an orga• sleep here in Guinea, eternally." v .nizer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Com Kwamc Ture got his wish. He is free now. Free from { f// · • minee, he led a voter registration drive in Lowdnes the anguish of his cancer, free from the burden he took A .5 f;,J RI T 1HA T CA WOT County, Ala., which resulted in registered black voters up on our behalf at this University those thiny-some outnumbering registered white voters in that segrega years ago. Not that he would have had it so. Can you B£ E?URIE:O tionist stronghold in the South. still see him, speaking, and marching aod writing. per When he was wounded by a sniper in 1966 at a rally haps even registering voters on the edge of another Dear Edilor. tiful. quiet, and submissive. The article, '11le Ridicule, the Shame: the These are the ideals she believes that she THE HILLTOP, the in Greenville, Miss., he began to voice the words world? Night Life", !November 13] which asked must live up to, but that is nation's largest Black col- which would later come to characterize the ambition We can. why a girl cou d 1101 dress in skimpy cloth pan of the problem. She is trying 10 fi t legiate newspaper. encour- of bis life--"Black Power!" He carried his convictions with him to the grave, and ing ancf not be viewed as a slut. was so mis• in10 standards sel by people otlier ll,an her- ages you to share your guided that I felt a.n immediate response was self. These standards are not e,-en correct in opinions and ideas. THE Characterized as "too radical" for Roy Wilkins. Mar• no one-not snipers, not police dogs, not government necessary. many cases. HILLTOP will only publish Lin Luther King, Jr., eventually even SNCC and the wiretappers, nor the ever-present doubters, none could The girl in question wore a black posh Personally. I do not want a woman to be letters addressed to the Black Panther Party, some viewed Ture's philosophy defer his dream of a United SociaJist African continent. spice dress and went out with quiet or submissive. Genetics and the Senior Editorial Editor in other skimpily dressed girls tu a pink proverbial "eye of the beholder" determ.ine response materials pub of Blacks having to form their own destiny without And as his electrifying voice and his defiant visage fade pan1y party during homecoming. her beauty. Men have ideals that they are 10 white assistance as sacrilege. He was wise enough not into our collective memory, and Kwame Ture is admit She felt that her self-esteem was lowered supposed 10 live up 10 also. However, it lished in the newspaper. when guys passing by in cars insinuated that would not make sense lo complain about 1lle Senior Editorial Editor to subscribe to that fiction. So like other expatriates like ted into the Pantheon of our finest daughters and sons, she anCC. make a change. rh 1io11 individual HILLTOP wearing tight clothin~ and wants to be girl wrote a sieamed article about how ::,he B · • judged by her mind, she should be sell ing hated the experience, bul concluded by say- oard members, orthesru- bool • he arrest of former Howard stu less inseparability of intellectual ferment and dent Dion Diamond in Baton social ferment, of thought and action. The Rouge has raised a plethora of intellectually aware student quickly perceives political constitutional questions. the injustices of the system in which he lives But his case has an additional and moves to act against them. He has no significance which has received less notice. other base from which to act than his own Dion's arrest, as he arrived at Southern Uni campus. versity to speak at the invitation of the student The crisis generated on Southern Negro • body president, constitutes one of the most campuses by the bursting of a social move flagrant violations of academic freedom in ment against the vestigial bonds of adminis recent years. Flagrant as it is, it appears to be tration-student relations may now be knock quite in the tradition of Southern University, ing on Howard's door. The knock was whose Uncle Tom president has barred the re inevitable. The crisis is not. We know of no registration of some 40 student leaders of better way to avoid following in the footsteps recent anti-segregation demonstrations, and of Southern University than by taking the who has worked hand in hand with the racist advice given by Dr. Adolph Reed, professor of police in Baton Rouge to intimimte such history and political science at that universi leaders. ty to President Felton Clark, and we respect Howard students have been fortunate in not fully submit his words for the consideration of being saddled with an Uncle Tom p1esident. Howard authorities: Only recently, The Hilltop had the happy task "As a matter of fact, Mr. Clark, if you were of congratulating the administration, and par to explain to your administrative superiors that ticularly President Nabrit for their fo1thright you cannot channel nor control the currents of support of Project Awareness-at a tilll! when history, that young people called Negroes can the rights of students to hear controversial no longer be expected passively to read of and speakers was under attack even in tl:e cos be told of the platitudes in what Myrdal refers mopolitan City Colleges of New York. When to as 'the American Creed,' and simultane the presidents of those colleges were com ously observe that functionally the 'Creed' is pelled, under an avalanche of studert and a mirage as it relates to themselves, the fac community protest, to reverse their speaker's ulty would likely support you to the hilt. .. " ban, President Nabrit's position was, ih my I strongly urge the Administration to ponder view, gloriously vindicated. (And, of crurse, these words carefully, for many of us are dis the Project Awareness debates have im?res quieted by reports of a 'crackdown' on stu si vely vindicated themselves.) dents thought to be responsible for last week's Freedom of speech, the right of assembll the demonstrations. Already Project Awareness sacred right of peaceful protest against S(icial has had the key to its Slowe Hall office con ·injustice-all of these civil liberties have teen fiscated by order of Administration officials eminently defended by the renowned civil on the grounds that the office was used by stu rights attorney who now occupies the Presi dents who planned the demonstrations. To dent's chair at Howard University. His imu hinder Project Awareness in the midst of guration considerably enhanced the reputaton preparations for its next debate can only injure of Howard as a source of leadership in he one of the most valuable enterprises on this struggle for human rights generally and Negro campus. freedom in particular. The fact that the Pr1s And when will the Liberal Arts Student ident's son, James Nabrit, III, is aiding in Dion Council office be closed down? Doubtless Diamond's defense, can only add to the rep1- some of the conspirators found their way into tation which we proudly bear. that office and there exchanged plans for the Yet recent developments threaten to sta.n Rebellion in hushed whispers. In fact I recall this reputation. A number of Howard studen;s having seen some of the culprits skulking gathered last week in front of the School of around the Hilltop office! Religion to hear remarks by Charles McDev, Rumors are afloat that several students asso chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coord~ ciated with the demonstration are about to be nating Committee, the Southern organizatioi called in and grilled by University officials whose role in the sit-in movement and in the indeed, this may have already happened by the current voter registration drive has won inter time these words appear. Let us hope such national recognition. Mr. McDew had jus; rumors are false. Grillings may yield some emerged from a Baton Rouge dungeon. He interesting details about the Conspiracy and had been arrested while bringing books and may intimidate some, but I submit that the food to Dion. authorities could better profit by an effort to The Administration's response to this demon understand the depth and significance of the stration is solidarity with embattled students phenomenon 011 which they have had only a of the South was Mr. Carl Anderson's order for partial glimpse. the group to disperse. The students' answer One final point needs to be made. Hovering was unequivocal. They sang, "We Shall Not over this discussion like an ominous buzzard Be Moved." . is the argument that Howard is financially I stand squarely with the students. The real dependent upon Congressional committees issue here is not merely one of legality. The largely controlled by Southerners, and there students had tirelessly explored every pre fore must be especially careful not to permit scribed channel to secure permission for the student activities that might antagonize these demonstration, only to be bureaucratically hostile elements. I have always thought this shuttled from one office to another until they argument and exaggeration too often had completed a frustrating circle. The issue employed to rationalize many of the abnormal is rather the policy of the Administration, conditions that prevail here and have sug which has decreed that the University shall not gested a policy, via Dr. Reed, which would be "used as a base for social action." remove the obstacles to healthy protest activ I am frankly at a loss to understand this pol ity and yet relieve the university from any icy. Howard students who have participated responsibility for such activity. in protest activity have never claimed to speak If I am wrong on this point, then Howard is for the University, only for themselves, so in the same boat as other Southern Negro there can be no question of the University's schools and we are all in trouble. For such having been "used," or of its official position ;;chools are suicidal. Ultimately they can have having been compromised, or of its being no valid purpose but to give birth to the kind liable for their actions. of militant leadership that will destroy the very There has been talk of forming Young Demo need for such colleges. This, then, is the ter crat and Young Republican clubs on campus. rible paradox that casts a strange shadow over - May we respectfully suggest that both of these our educational experiences. The men who political organizations and their adult coun preside over such institutions are not to be terparts are engaged in the profoundest "social envied. I know that I speak for the demon action?" Would the Administration render strators when I say that our sympathy for their itself ridiculous in the eyes of the nationwide positions is not factitious, and we sincerely college community by barring such clubs want to join them in evolving new attitudes from campus with the same arguments it is and policies that will accommodate the new using against the demonstration? Would the and inexorable-forces that are at work upon our generation and that permeate our thinking On Feb. 1, 1961, Dion Diamond, a field acceptance of such clubs by the Administra tion mean acceptance of their views? Hun and our actions. Institutions that do not grow secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordi dreds of colleges have answered, sanely, "of and change, like living organisms, will crum nating Committee, was arrested on charges course not!" ble and die. And of one thing we are certain: of sedition after entering Southern Universi- The President has decreed that the campus however many new buildings are constructed ty in Louisiana's campus for a speaking shall not be used as a base for social action. on our campus, however many instructors are engagement. What follows is a reprint of an But history has decreed otherwise. Universi added to the payrolls, however many new stu ties have been bases for social action since the dents are enrolled-there can be no healthy article that appeared in the March 23, 1962 Middle Ages, and in our own generation stu growth and change at Howard University of The Hilltop. It was written by K wame dents of Hungary, South Korea, Poland and except as there are those among us whose Ture, the former Stokley Carmichael. Spain have been in the forefront of the strug answer to injustice and intimidation is "We gle for a better world. They exemplify the age- Shall Not Be Moved!" ; > • l A14 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 TUE HILLTOP ( ()'/' ,fl (fl~I I • •• , .' • 'I I • ,' . .. ' I •,, I• .•.. . • At Bun Gymna1lum on Nov. 20, 1998 at 7:00 PM - . .r ;:a ;.·i ,, ~· ' •• ·-· # ~ ' ·t ,. ..• _1t . . • 0 • ' ., ' .,, I ' •.. Ol At Burr Gymnasium ·on Dec. 2, 1998 at 7:00 PM ., ~( f :, .,I· 1 ; -- ' , " ,l •· <- J ' " I ..__---:------:------J,; THE HII,LTOP • • • • • • Sports B4 • • • I • ScVfech B7 • ' • • ~Y, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 • • • I hilltop.oowardectu • • • • • • . ca's west coast-'{b.ete r.,1js\andsonAfried at uo-ward. ~ofsev'l dentseoroll Cal"' Verde cocape Verdean stu l are ab • Tfie hit cartoon South Park is quickly becoming pol!ular among Howard University students. Tak BY IRA PORTER ing_off where Beavis & Butthead and The Simp Hilltop Staff Writer sons left off, this series is not your average car • At an early age Shandra McDonald had a disturbing experience. It was tooh. • • s Juth Park, which airs every Wednesday at 10 • this experience, involving a middle school teacher, that inspired McDon ald to write her thesis film "Claudia Makes a Difference." The film tells • p.m. on Comedy Central, goes boldly where no • the story of a 13-year-old African American girl who is mistreated by oti¢r cartoon has ever gone before. It takes bold • strioes to offend every race, gender, religion and a racist white teacher. In the end, with the support of two of her best lif4 tyle. It devotes entire episodes to explicit friends, one black and one white, and the help of another white teacher, language and blasphemy, but many Howard stu • she overcomes her tumultuous circumstances . For her work, 29-year-old McDonald won the Directors Guild of Amer dents find it hilarious. S~t in the Colorado town of South Park, the irk ica award in a student minority film competition, tying for frrst place. some cast of characters are mostly foul-mouthed • Along with the award, McDonald received a $1,200 in cash and 2,000 elelnentary school children who seem ambivalent • feet of film. She also flew to Los Angeles for a screening of her film . McDonald, a recent alum of Howard University's graduate depart tov.!ards ridicule and death. Photo courtesy of SAM South Park has quickly become a favorite among Howard Students: ment of Radio TV and Film, explained why she was inspired to cre S~uth Park features a television show hosted by • ate the movie. "Claudia's story is my story and that of so many peo Jeshs, a transsexual and racist parent, an inaudi dents was Warner Brothers' Pinky & The Brain, Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Sout~ ple from my generation," said McDonald. "I refuse to be denied of ble:io.d who gets killed during every episode, and a cartoon about two talking lab mice--one bent Park made its debut on Comedy Central on Aug. my own experiences." a lii ing piece of "dung" that carols and campaigns on world domination and the other a total idiot. 13, 1997 after an intense bidding war. And les;s McDonald wrote, produced, directed, and edited the film by herself. forl:righ-fiber diets. However, with the emergence of South Park, than a year later, the series won a Cable AC~ She said directing is her frrst love and she plans on making it her career. S~dents seem to ignore the show's blatant Pinky & The Brain's popularity has quietly faded Award for Best Animated Series. ! "I've always been directing and telling stories ever since I was a little racism and gross story line. Instead, some appre away. The two creators met in a film studies coursb girl," McDonald said. ciale it for its clever and satirical nature. Since Howard's dorm rooms are not equipped while attending the University of Colorado. Aftdr She wants to write about the many facets of black people that Holly "' think people should be able to not only laugh with cable, students go to considerable lengths to receiving several accolades for their witty • wood does not explore. McDonald believes that many stories are over at @!hers, but themselves as well. This cartoon keep up with the program. comedic shorts, the pair decided to get togeth!ir "In the East Towers, people borrow my volumes and create an unusual type of cartoon based on due. "I feel a strong obligation to our people; our stories are more than all~ws us to do that," said junior biology major just violence, crime, and drugs," McDonald said. of [South Park] episodes all the time without their hometowns of Littleton and Conifer, Colci. Keyin Stewart. McDonald cited the difficult task of getting publicity for her work and Stewart also finds it amazing that South Park returni1_1g them," said Stewart. Although a new cartoon may dominate next year~ Throughout the school year, several dorms have college must see TV, South Park certainly look[s offered some advise to students aspiring to work in the industry. "Write seems to discriminate against blacks, whites, about what you know... Always believe in yourself, in your story, and per Jews and homosexuals without regard to any hosted South Park marathons. It's clear that South like it will remain popular-if only among an Park's popularity has transcended all aspects of underground culture-for the remainder of th~ severe. One of the most challenging parts about ftlmmaking is perse no!f-worthy opposition from these groups. verance; you got to be a fighter," added McDonald. Last year, the cartoon of choice for Howard stu- campus society. '90s. I ! J ------. ' B2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 THE HJLLTOL You Don't Want To Know! Stop By Room 112 [ I Still Know takes place one year after the horrific 'I Still Know What Tuu Did murders in Julie James' (Jennifer Love Hewitl) home Last Summer' Stinks town. Julie is attending college in Boston, and is still haunted by the terrors of the summer before. Her By BRANDON M. B1CKER~1AFF' grades are slipping, she has become delusional, and Hilltop Staff Writer By JOUN-JOHN Wltl.lAMS IV her relationship with long-time steady Ray Bronson Hilltop Staff Writer (Freddie Prince, Jr.) is on the ropes. When her best Artist: 11 2 friend/roommate Karla Wilson (singer Brandy) wins Album: Room 112 Last fall, audiences got "hooked" by / Know What tickets to the Bahamas for the fourth of July weekend, Hilltop View: l'alidated You Did Last Summer. It was raw, hip, and fresh. The Julie accepts. After failing to convince Ray 10 go on movie had Generation X'ers across the country beg the trip, Karla invites Will Benson (Matthew Settle) Members of the Bad Boy Entertainment recording ging for more. It was only titling that there would be 10 take Ray's place, as well as her boyfriend Tyrell group 112 have been doing more than lounging a sequel to 1he $125 million box-office smash. Martin (Mekhi Phifer). around in thelr rooms. Instead, they have been work I K11ow What lou Did Last Summer had the audience Upon arriving at the plush tropical paradise, the ing on Room 112, the group's sophomore album. at the edge of their seats after last year's ending. It group learns that their vacation fa lls on 1l1c same day The album looks to exceed the success of the made everyone wondered what happened to Ben as the start of the hurricane season. All the guests have group's self-tilled debut, which, despite a number five Willis, the man with the hook, who sliced or gutted left, nod the island is deserted with the exception of position on Billboard's R&B char1s, sold only anyone who got in the way of his revenge oo the group the hotel crew. What follows is a gang of murders by 974,000 copies, just missing platinum status. of teenagers who hit him with their car and dumped the man with the hook. There were a few good death Room I 12, which was released Tuesday, shows the him in the ocean 10 gel rid of the evidence. scenes, including my favorite, the death of a certain group's diversity through 19 sou lful tracks. The But what audiences were treated to this year was 96 black cast member. Not even this was enough to give majority of the album was wriuen and produced by minutes of pure rubbish. Sequels are usually a disap this movie a passing grade. The ending was terrible- the group, with help from Stevie J, J-Dub, and the pointment, and / Still Know is no exception. [ had my it foreshadowed yet another sequel. album's executive producer. Sean "Puffy" Combs. first reservations about the movie when I learned that I wonder what the next sequel wou ld be called? "I Fans expecting another ballad-heavy sequel 10 the mastermind Kevin Williamson, who wrote Scream, L..------'1 Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Again'' or first album are in for a surprise. The Atlanta-based Pl>Olo Coonesy of Bad B~ Entenrunmc!nl Scream 2, I K11ow What You Did Last Summer, and perhaps my personal "ghetto fabulous .. favorite, "I quartet of Q, Daron, Mike and Slim offer the same t 12,the R&D quartet from Atlanta. ha\'e returned "ith their the WB hit Dawson :r Creek would not be a part of this sophomorenlbumRoom /12. , , Still Know Whal Had Happened Last Summer.. ? harmonized vocals that made their debut a success, 1 movie. But, I brushed ii aside and said that it would (You get my drift). A word of advice: gel Kevin but have traded some of their now-famous love bal meaningful lyrics in .. Your Lener:· the album's finale.,.:.• nol be that hard 10 make a good sequel. Williamson 10 write the next movie. Ifanyone can sal lads such as "Cupid," and "Now Thal We're Done," lt tells the story of n man who finds a Jove letter from.. , In short, the plot was horrible in every sense of the vage this mess, he can. But, after seei ng this one, I for upbeat dance grooves. The result is an album that the woman he loves. The man is elated at his discov-•.,!1 word. It was juvenile to say the least. The themes were doubt he would want to. All in all,/ Still Know blows. is sure to get plenty of play in the club as well as in cry, until he finds that the letter is not addressed 10 him., • copy-cattish, or just down right horrible. Save your money. the bedroom. "Your Letter" caps off a delightful album that is sure- Songs such as "Anywhere," a seductive mid-tempo to please past, present. and future I I2 fans. The track coupled with the group ·s smooth vocals, display group sings: " I saw a name I did11 i recognize// felt N EW RATING SYSTEM: We at The Hilltop believe in empowering the student. For that reason, we I 12'sability to make heads nod. Other favorable songs tire tears come 10 my eye.r/Seems rhat the lo,·e that have given our cadre of music and movie reviewers the power to Validate and Purge, Just as the include "Be With You," "Stay With Me," and the you ve been /ongir,gfor/1\bs another love. 1101 mine/No 1, power-wielding sorcerers in the Administration Building have. group·s current single "Love Me" featuring Mase. you nel'er showed" sig11/B111 it was right there in the Conceived by junior biology major Kevin D. Stewart, it's new and something that is uniquely l lines i11sidel)o11r Le11er. .. " i Though the group has included more dance tracks Howard! on the album, songs like "Funny Feelings" and "Your This combination of slow jams and dance tunes 1 If we find the CD or movie is agreeable, we will VALIDA TE it. But if it stinks to high heaven then i Letter" show that the group still possesses a talent for should help push the album above the platinum ,, it will be PURGED from our gotta-get-it list. Simple, right? making exceptional Jove ballads. "For A While," a plateau. The collaboration of creative cffons and * Yeah, we know, it's going to take some getting used to. But if you can adapt to registering for class ! song featuring Faith Evans, blends her sweet soulful soulful singing definitely makes stopping by Room es over the phone and computerized ID cards that also let you into buildings then we are pretty ! vocals with the group· sown silky sound. 112 worthwhile. f' sure that you will survive. Relax, change is good. - The Editor i 112 combines quality production, rich vocals, and J Kima, Keisha and Pam's New I The Gambino Family Debuti LP is the Total Package 1 Pumps Out Banging Beats~ ~ Another song of note is ,.To ,\II M} Thug Ni-er<.·· By ALANI VAZQUEZ 1------By K1Mon1, K. BROWN fca\uring , ariou" No Limit rappc~. 11,is i, ano\het ~ flilltop Staff Writer Hilltop Staff \Vriter well-produced produc\ of Bea~ By The Pound. I\ rec- ~ ognized friends of No Limi1 and shows appreciatioQ Artist: Total Artist: The Gmnbino Family for bluck men who ·'keep it rea1:· Album: Kima, Keisha and Pam Album: Gheuo Organized Label wild man Mystikal contributes to another Hilltop View: Validated I/ii/top View: Validated notable song, "Only a·, Ride·· 111 true ~l)>liknt form, he s1rcngthcns an otherwi,e lyric.ti I) \\Cal.. ,ong, com Hip hop's bad girls arc at it again. With an already impressive and growing roster ofrap ing in u1 the end to Ji,en things up. The beat on tha · They ha,•e returned to the music pers, No Limit Records introduces their latest group, track is not the best. but Mystiknl seems 10 rap well scene with their blazing second The Gambino Family. This quartet of 1eenagers should with any beat. , r album entitled Kima, Keisha. and impress die-hard No Limit fans with their debut ·'Ghc1- The Gambino Family does get serious in the song Alm. With Missy Elliot producing 10 Organized ... ''My Childhood," which reflects on the trials and and writing almost all of the J 8- Growing up in the New Orleans neighborhood of tribulation, of gro" ing up in the New Orleans ghQI· tracks, this album definitely can Parkway, Gotti, p·heno, Regginelli and Mclecior hus 10s. It should ha,e emotions flowing the same way tfte not go wrong. tled their way into the rap game. Goui and Reggincl hit "I Miss My Homics" did. The album begins with Total's li·s firs1 cousin, Master P. promised to give the group Overall, "Gheuo Organized,. is an album that should first single, ''Trippin' ," in which a record deal once he started hi s record label. In true grow on fans of No Limit. It might not jump out as a the trio spits sexual lyrics over a ' f •• ' . Master P form, he Jived up 10 hi s promise and signed hit at first. but eventually it ,hould have clubs from the bouncy dance track that is sure 10 ... ' ' the group 10 No Limit Records. Dirty South to the West Co,"1 jumping for joy. gel you out of your seats and onto :\ '...... "Gheuo Organi1ed" is a the dance floor. The vibe contin- typical Bents By The ,, i ues with another highlight of the :· /:_.:··::·:·:; ·:· :::.. ,. Pound produced album. ( .; album emit led "If You Want Me," : ~ This 18-track album com ~ 'I fea turing platinum artist Mase rip- • • • • • bines banging beats with ping through the beat with bis Pl>OlocourtcsyofBad Boy Entertainment clever lyrics. The track enticing rap vocals. Total's Kima, Pam and Keisha (l•r) return with their self•tlllcd sophomore nlbum. starts out strong with 'Tm , >t ''Do Something," the houest a Baller.'' featuring Master { ,, song on the album, begins with include "Press Rewind," featuring Carl Thomas of Bad P. This particular song rap artist, Mocha, dropping her ill lyrics, and Total and Boy, and "I Don·, Wanna Smile:· Even the legendary includes beats that should " Missy singing the hook: "I know my 111011 i11 there, you s Heavy D gets down fora hot song entitled "Most Beau be familiar to New best to pttl him 011 the phone/ Cause I'm out in your. tiful." Orleans area fans. Master from yard and I'm very pissed off." Except for some explicit interludes, you will definitely . P makes a point of naming Total wi ll even satisfy rock fans with the hard track be satisfied with this one. Total, Puffy, and Missy have several New Orleans entitled "Rock Track," produced by none other than l created a hip hop masterpiece. Platinum plaques and j neighborhoods whi le chal Puff Daddy. plenty of stacks are the only things coming Total's way. lenging haters to meet him To show their versatility, Kima, Keisha. and Pam team I for a fight. This song up with the sweet vocals of Kelly Price for the smooth should have No Limit fans Pl>Olo COUJ1esy of No Lrnut Record.s, In keeping "ith the Master P troditlon of Louisiana style-nip, ·n,e Can,bino P.unily makt$ · slow song "Rain." Other smooth tracks on the album bouncing. J •1 I _. «c - · u ,.,. Want to escape 1 ,! KID MANGA RULES THE WORLD P. Kobina Yankah ;.i those winter blues! ( Q (L, .,/ ,.(s •h ~ .. ,..',. • ~.- .. V,11 ,,,_,l, ohannesburg ,..... -ato.--..,.,., ..... ,.,...... ,.. _...... iikiidijrMvl - - •OU:..___,l., c.-1.,.1111, ....·«•u,...i 7 -1' .,. " J)IE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 B3 • • • • the Atlantic City Seagulls in the United States Basketball League (USBL), and boxing sensation Roy Jones, Jr., who t~st when we thought Mas owns a CBA team, have both tet:;P had done it all, he has tried their hands at pro ball. ll)anager d to surprise. us once In September, Forbes Mag again. Percy Miller also azine placed Master Pat No. kpown as Master P, rap 10 on its list of highest paid rrjogul and entrepreneur, entertainers, ahead of such fipally has a chance of living people as Sean "Puffy" his lifelong dream of playing Combs, Celine Dion and the ' . professional basketball. Mas- Spice Girls. ter P has signed a contract However, years of non with'· the Ft. Wayne Fury of physical activity can hurt Indiana. Miller in the long run. But Miller, a former high school not to worry, says Miller, stat in New Orleans, La., is who regularly overcomes the trying to make the Conti odds. nental Basketball Associa Master P and his younger tion (CBA), one step below brother, Vyshonn "Silkk the the National Basketball Shocker," participated in a Association (NBA). At 6'3 charity basketball game at and 195 pounds, Miller is the University of Houston built for basketball. Master three weeks ago. Playing P's college career was short. with NBA stars such as As a walk-on at the Univer Stephon Marbury, Nick Van sity of Houston, he injured Exel, Rasheed Wallace and himself and later withdrew. Anfernee Hardaway, Master · In addition to playing bas P scored 22 points. ketball, Master P is quickly Head Coach Keith Smart of emerging as a sports busi the Ft. Wayne Fury was nessman. Last year, he start pleased with Miller's ball ed 'No Limit Sports Man handling skills and court agement, which already vision. However, he thinks represents four NBA play Miller's success must be kept ers, including Derek Ander in perspective. son of the Cleveland Cava "He's a born leader," said liers and Ron Mercer of the Smart. "He can handle the Boston Celtics. Both players ball well on the fast break." along with artists from No It will probably be difficult Lynit Records live in a dor for Master P to get any real "!ttory in Baton Rouge, La. playing time since the Fury 'What I offer my players is has two talented point that I show them how to start guards: Damon Bailey and up their own businesses and Moochie Norris, two former hqw to prepare themselves 1996 NBA draft picks. for the future," Miller told It remains to be seen The New York Times. whether or not Master P can Master" P is following the be successful at his quest for le~d of other superstars turn• professional basketball glory. in'g to professional basket But like other Master P ven ball. R&B singer R.Kelly, tures, this one will surely be Photo Courtesy of VIBE Magazine wµo played last season with "bout it, bout it!" Master P, founder of No Limit Records, recently signed with the Ft Wayne Fury of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). t.. By THEO SPENCER Hilltop Staff Writer a 35-0 advantage. By KIMOTHY K. BROWN Morgan State scored its only points of the game early in the third quarter when placekicker Cody Vasquez Do you know why the NBA season has been canceled Hilltop Staff Writer made a 25-yard field goal. The Bison scored two addi until Nov. 30, 1998? Even the most casual sports fan Second-year running back David Johnson ran for tional touchdowns in the third quarter. First, running cljn tell you the NBA is experiencing a lockout. Do you three touchdowns and quarterback Ted White threw for back Tyrone Lewis scored on an 11-yard touchdown run. kJ;low why there is a lockout? This is a question most four JlS the Howard Bison rolled past the visiting Mor Johnson scored his first touchdown when he ran up the p~ople could care less about answering-they just gan State Bears, 69-3, on Nov. 14 in Greene Stadium. seam for a 46-yard score. wµnt to see basketball. Well, for those of you who are The Bison (6-4) were seeking to win their third con Johnson added two more touchdown runs of 9 and 49 stjll wondering what the hold-up is, this is the article secutive game and hoping to remain in contention for yards in the final quarter. He ended the game with a fcl,r you. Think of this as your introductory course in Photo by David Vita the Heritage Bowl. Morgan State entered the game with career-high 159 yards on 13 attempts. Fellow sophomore wPY the NBA season is taking so long to get started. Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley, are trying to salvage the a 1-6 record. runner Jermaine Hutchinson added 84 yards. Bison head fhe NBA lockout is the product of an unresolved 98-99 basketball season. Howard began the rout early on as sophomore running coach Steve Wilson said the duo's success was a pre wprk agreement between team owners and the NBA back Jermaine Hutchinson sprinted down-field on his view of next year. Pl~yers Association. After the 1998 playoffs ended, lete is considered a franchise player, the player should way to a 58-yard touchdown, minutes into the frrst quar "It's good to see, they'll be part of the group that's the owners decided they were not going to allow receive the salary asked for. Thus, the Larry Bird NifA ter. White contributed to the scoring by hitting receiv bulk of our runrung offense next year," said Wilson. pJ;ayers to play unless all parties came to an agreement Exception was born. The Larry Bird Exception allows er Elijah Thurmon on a 20-yard touchdown pass, giv The defense was also impressive, holding the Bears to b¢fore the season. Basically, the failure to reach this teams to pay their players any amount. ing the Bison a commandmg 14-0 lead at the end of the only 143 total yards, despite Morgan State running back agreement lead to no basketball play for October or During the '90s, owners noticed rookies' salaries first quarter of play. Jerome Hinton gaining 116 yards on 20 carries. Quar Npvember. If an agreement is not reached soon, were escalating. The NBA decided that '95 would be The second quarter was a carbon copy of the first: terback Willie McGirt was only 6 of 17 for 44 yards and December and possibly the remainder of the NBA sea the frrst year of the rookie salary cap. Essentially, an Howard's offense kept scoring while the defense held 2 interceptions. so'ti will be lost. NBA rookie was guaranteed money depending on his Morgan State at bay. White engineered an impressive As a result of his four touchdown passes, White During the '80s, NBA owners decided there should position in the first round of the draft. He was also guar 17-play, 81-yard drive, capped off by a 1-yard touch became the 4th all-time leailing passer in Division I-M be..._:1 salary cap on players' salaries. A salary cap anteed a three year contract and free agency. down run on a quarterback bootleg. Then, White with 9,466 yards and 90 touchdowns. wpuld help small NBA franchises compete with big Unproven college players started leaving school early. managed to throw a 78-yard touchdown pass to wide Greene Stadium was treated to a post-game perfor g~r franchises for free agents and control players' ask College players confident about making first round receiver Toyas Rainey to extend Howard's lead to 27. mance by Southwest DeKalb High School of Decatur, iq& prices. NBA draft pick began to leave college to make money. 0. However, placekicker Jason Walker's extra-point · Ga. ~ecause the Boston Celtics had already signed many Because it is hard to determine the ability of a player attempt failed. The end of the half saw White toss his Howard may have been eliminated from post season p\ltyers, when Larry Bird started negotiating his con after three years in the pros, owners use the Bird third touchdown pass as he connected with running contention when Bethune-Cookman defeated Norfolk tract, the Celtics realized they could not sign him and exception to sign a player they think may be good. back Stuart Broome on a 2-yard touchdown pass. State. However, the team will look to end the season on cqmply with the salary cap. Well, no NBA basketball means at least one thing: Broome then ran for a 2-point conversion to salvage a winning note when they face Delaware State tomor Jne Celtics pleaded with the league to make an NHL hockey is going to have a couple million more Walker's miss. Halftime came with Howard holding row in Greene Stadium. eJ!ception to the cap. The owners decided that if an ath- fans. Melvin. Certified trainer Reginald athlete to attain at certain level of Dr. Diane Davis of Bowie State of therapy on Wonsley undoubt- panelists did a good job of I By FARAH ANTOINE B~tler, Jr., one of the six panelists, mental stability to heal completely. Un1vers1ty spoke about the psy- edly got the attention of all par- expressing diverse ways that an Hilltop Staff Writer said the conference was "very He tnade reference to the stress chological effects of injury on ath- ticipants. injured athlete can heal. enr1ch1ng" and acknowledged the that the injured athlete has to deal letes. According to Davis, many More thanl20 Howard faculty The focus of the conference was fact that 1n attendance were "peo- with. Physical injury often termi- athletes are not mentally prepared members and students attended. Members of the physical therapy to stress the need for athletes to pie from all walks treating mind, nates contracts that a team has to deal with their injuries. As a One of the directors was Dr. Mar- aiid physical education departments develop a healthy attitude before body, and soul." made with the injured athlete, result, the athletes return to the jorie Leppo, a professor in the phys- held a conference last Friday in devoting themselves to a sport. Wonsley gave his own personal financial troubles soon arise, and sport before they're fully recov- ical education department. Biirr gymnasium to address the Injury, which is inevitable in sports, treatment and rehabilitation of account of the physical as well as the athlete's self-esteem is often ered, which causes re-injury. Co-director Dr. Jerome Danoff can be treated in a number of ways. injured athletes. emotional _therapy that was neces- affected negatively as the athlete Cornelison gave her account of of the physical therapy depart- The athlete must be mentally able Among the panelists were for sary for him to recover. In 1986, becomes dependent on others to therapeutic touch as a way of ment was also pleased with the to deal with the consequences of the mer Washington Redskins player Wonsley suffered a neck injury perform simple tasks. Spiritual improving athletic injury during conference, saying that "we met . . . lllJUr1es. O_tis Wonsley, Alice Cornelison, which cost him his career. His lee- growth thus becomes mandatory rehabilitation. Her demonstration our goals (in this) heavy discus- R,N,- and personal trainer Dana lure highlighted the need for an for the athlete's full recovery. of the therapeutic touch as a form sion". According to Davis, the six I B4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 THE HILLTOP 1·- 1 ' • ' I oward's en occer DIVISION I-AA TOP 10 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLrl :• (1) BETHUNE-COOKMAN (8-1) I Team ins 1998 id- (2) FLORIDA A&M (9-1) • (3) TENNESSEE STATE (8-2) • (4) HAMPTON (8-2) '• (5) SOUTHERN (7-3) 'I __ontinent Confere nee (6) ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF (7-3) • tournament. We were lucky to come out victorious." (7) JACKSON STATE (6-4) ' By CRYSTYAL NELSON Forward Gregory Simmonds was named Most (8) HOWARD (6-4) ! Hilltop Staff Writer Valuable Player of the conference after scoring five (9) TEXAS SOUTHERN (6-3) goals-two against Valparaiso on Saturday and three (10) NORTH CAROLINA A&T (7-3) ! on Sunday against Missouri-Kansas City. The Bison . . I Howard University's men's soccer team defeated who made the All Tournament team were Raymond Courtesy of ESPN/USA TodaJ #3 seeded Univ. of Missouri at Kansas City in the Goodlett, Jonathan Rutland, Gregory Simmonds l Mid-Continent Conference in Valparaiso, Ind., 4 to and Carlington Clark. I 1, last Sunday. The Bison also played Saturday Commenting on his team's performance in the con ------1 against #1 seeded Valparaiso in the semifinals and ference, goalie Nigel Burgess said, "We rose to the defeated them 3 to 2. occasion and put away our chances skillfully and ! Assistant Coach Curtis Landy said, "The team played defended very well throughout the tournament to well at different times of the game. Overall it was a good defend our conference title." UPCOMING MEAC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL GAMES (NOV. 21) J • ELEWARE STATE @ HOWARD ' ORIDA A&M @ BETHUNE-COOKMAN 'l AMPTON @ MORGAN STATE ORTH CAROLINA A&T @ SOUTH CAROLINA STATE • Courtesy of ESPN Sportszone ' I ?? ■ ■ PRESENTS JOIN THE HILLTOP PHOTO STAFF! INTEREST MEETING SUNDAY AT 4PM IN THE HILLTOP, WEST TOWERS t I ' FOR MORE INFO CALL ERIC @ 865.8219 -r,r-· - -· ··. I hilltop.howard.edu • ' .llllf, • ' • i ••'• the hilltop. ' 'I I I ! '1 •I I I :' the best way to l l I F Q ! \ ' YB ' start your friday. "' 'I I B ! • •' - •I I ' ' ' 1 , • -'10 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEl'rIBER 20, 1998 BS IN MANY COMPANIES IT TAKES YEARS TO PROVE You CAN LEAD ... I WILL SING! Serve the lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psalms 100:2 The 't' n ,,I Howard University Community Choir II I! " ' It presents a ,I,, ,,I i Thanksgiving Gospel Concert 1' r . Sunday, November 22, 1998 6:00 p.m. Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel Howard University- Main Campus 2395 Sixth Street, NW •I Washington, D.C. I' I WE'LL GIVE You 10 WEEKS. Enttr imo his gatn with tlia11ksgfri11g, a11d into his C()11rts with praiSt: ~ tha!lkful unto . ,.,. t I, t I• 11 , l ii t ~ , , • , ,~, . '. ' . him. a!ld bless his namt. For tht lord is good: his mtrcy is ti•trfosting: and his truth ! f , , f(' I ) I• l t o/ ••• • 11 t •~ , ' 1" t f I f +.s • • t ' ,,. " " • .. mdurtth to all gtntrati011s, Psalms 100:4.5 • '='' •. . •✓, . ., .... ,( ... • • f I t t • • -. . r o JI f I • • f t • f • • .• . • • .. • - • t . Admission is free- Jesus paid it all. l• ,. I#' • t • I • • ' I• ' • • ' .. Io t I I o o O • • I ... " . , t , ,.::, \• ft • , I: I I Thr Ft'.-. Tb4• J>roud. 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YOGDg ~ I. willi ihc tminpcl K.-a11X's 6fc11yle. I~ llltDltrlhc ll(I' :20:98 THEY 'RE REA L LY milmum 1·i:hl11 lllldaslmng rclxiol ia die ~Olds cl M1m11 Gtirey, •ho sa.id. "Ip AFTE R YOU. )W mighty rxmc11 w KCCC!plish •II.uni~." Poo. Tbt stragg11 contiouu!II' GENE HACKMAN ENEMY OF THE STATE ~f.• PIXAR t:Ma'f,f& l )i ! l ~b- -,,t ,\ _I B!xloo.11 l':!Mf\l:\ (.('flirt • ' II r to~ novemberlS l u 1~111~"' Y,~~ I "' m111•m• ~ ::,, ... ·-e - ~HIIIIIIN BIIHI 1111 CIMIION DIil ~ ii ,i: ~~ .... • -~ i '-- -.. e -.. · - '<- '--- ...., ~ < .. -~ --: -f9' . • • " Very Bad l. l1i11gs is a s111)crf1ly nasty i>lat~ cou1edy .·· . THEIIILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 B7 • a1ns • 1croso rren • department's trial attorney, made of America Online, Inc., testified which gained 15 million new cus By MIA SOMERSALL the accusation that after Netscape's that his company issued the tomers in '97. Hilltop Staff Writer refusal, Microsoft set out to destroy Netscape Navigator browser to its The government also has yet to the company by influencing other clients until Microsoft offered to prove that the alleged monopoly companies to abandon distributing place a shortcut to the AOL pro by Microsoft has had any effects It seems nothing has gone right Netscape's browser. gram on the Windows desktop in on customers. Warden made that for Bill Gates, the nation's richest During the same time, exchange for the distribution of point by asking AOL's Colburn man and the founder of Microsoft. Microsoft's Internet Explorer Internet Explorer. AOL agreed. The whether the accessibility of Inter After Gates testified in an August browser software was in competi quality of the Microsoft product, net Explorer on AOL has been deposition, the Justice Depart tion with Netscape's browser. Colburn stated, was not a factor. bad for AOL users. Colburn ment, which started the antritrust When Internet Explorer purchases Colburn also stated in court that replied that it had not. ligation Oct. I 9, claims that straggled behind the industry giant, he was the author of an internal During a recent interview with Microsoft, the maker of the Win Microsoft proceeded to include memo that quoted Gates as saying ABC News correspondent Kevin dows program, which is used by Internet Explorer in its Windows to AOL, "How much do we need to Newman, Gates said that the jus the vast majority of nations com operating system. This tactic pay you to screw Netscape? This is tice department is setting out to puter users, has been monopoliz allowed customers to have the your lucky day." twist the competitive spirit of ing the computing industry. browser for free, eliminating the Although a large amount of evi Microsoft into something illegal. James Barksdale, the president of need for Netscape Navigator. dence against Microsoft has been Gates asserts that it is not. "[It] is Netscape Communication, testified But this is only a small piece of the brought forth in the trial so far, the capitalism at work for consumers. that on June 21, 1995, Microsoft evidence that the government is prosecution has far from proven its The rules aren't designed to protect pressured his company to help using to suggest retaliation from case. A major setback for the jus our competitors or to make sure divide the browser market by mak Microsoft towards Netscape. tice department, according to their feelings don't get hurt if some ing it only for computers on which Microsoft is also being accused of Microsoft, occurred when one says, 'yes, we're competing.' Windows was not installed, thus threatening Apple Computers, Inc. Microsoft lawyer John Warden They're designed to make prod eliminating competition between Apple says that Microsoft made it cross-examined Netscape's Barks ucts and the PC industry deserves File Photo Bill Gates, the nation's richest man and the founder of Microsoft, is currently in the the companies. He also stated clear that it would withhold a version dale. He presented the fact that, an A plus in that respect." midst of trial. Microsoft threatened to withhold of Microsoft's Office program if despite the prosecution's image of Though Gates will not be a wit technical information that Netscape Apple did not agree to abandon use Netscape as the victim of ness in the trial, exerts of a tape of In the deposition he denied imme also disputed claims that Microsoft needed if the company rejected the of Netscape's browser on its PCs. Microsoft's attacks, business has his oral deposition, taken in diate knowledge of the alleged made any anti-competitive deals offer. David Boies, the justice David M. Colburn, vice president been going very well for Netscape, August, were played for the court. offer to Netscape Corporation. He or propositions to any corporation. ear u er • rea rou ID • e? grids to our homes. The bad data a few of the questions Howard • By KEVIN D. STEWART that would be sent out could cause should be concerned with as the Hilltop Staff Writer a credit card bill that is 99 years millennium approaches. rain overdue, busy phone lines, inter A large number of programmers Imagine you wake up and it is rupted e-mail due to electricity are racing to beat the clock to fix Jan. 1, 2000. As you begin your blackouts, bare local supermarket the Y2K bug. Many companies major kinds of human brain cells." disease, which is caused by the day you try to turn on a light, but shelves, and even, as the article are being formed·to solve this spe- The team used the brain cells of inability of brain cells to produce there is no power. You go to check suggests, your grandmother get cific problem. · By KEVIN D. STEWART a 15-week-old fetus, keeping them a enzyme crucial for the break for the morning paper, but it is not ting "a notice to enter kinder A simple f,x can be very easy: Hilltop Staff Writer alive for the past two years. These down of a certain lipid (a sub there. You try to turn on the water, garten." To make things worse, the "Just find each date field in a piece cells were tracked using a "sophis stance related to fats), often leads but there is no pressure. No it's not money in your bank account could of code and expand it to four digits." Breakthrough discoveries in ticated molecular fingerprinting to the death of the afflicted indi the West Towers, it's the year2000! disappear. The article suggests that the problem brain cell growth could lead to system" which determined that vidual within a few years of birth. To top it all off, you receive a bill Small banks are lagging in keep is that programmers are not willing possible treatments for brain and they were able to develop into the The cells injected into the rats from Howard saying that your ing up with the changes. Although to invest the enormous amount of spinal cord irtjures and diseases major types of brain cells. These were able to migrate properly to tuition is 99 years overdue. the industry says that all your time and testing that is required. Programmers have developed that affect the nervous system. findings were reported in the different regions of the brain, and These are just a few of the sce money is safe, you should keep copies of old financial statements, shortcuts to alleviate this problem. Organs such as the brain and November issue of Nature they produced the proper enzyme narios that are being predicted by some computer programmers and including credit cards, invest One the most popular methods is spinal cord are composed of spe Biotechnology. to prevent the Tay-Sachs condi analysts. This impending problem ments, loans and tax records, to be called windowing. Instead of cialized cells called neurons that In another related experiment, tion. It is not known whether these is better known as the Year 2000 on the safe side. expanding the year fields to four transmit signals from one location Ronald D. G. McKay and Oliver cells will continue to work into (Y2K) Bug. The Y2K problem Although air traffic control, the digits, "the existing two-digit field in the body to another. When Brus tie of the National Institute of adulthood. However, the results was discussed in an article in the Social Security Administration, is assigned two windows that humans reach a certain age, Neurological Disorders and still imply a possible therapeutic October issue of Popular Science. and military missiles use comput define the century." Digits that fall growth and cell division of these Stroke in Bethesda injected use of these cells in combating But just what is the Y2K bug, and ers, they will probably not be between 50 and 99 in the year field neuron cells subsides. human fetal neural cells into the Tay-Sachs disease in humans. what effect will it have on you? affected, but some things such as are interpreted as occurring in the When we sustain damage to these brains of developing rat embryos. Researchers have also attempt The Y2K problem is the result of publicly owned utilities could. 20th century, while numbers organs, such as a severed spinal These cells became "intertwined ed other experiments, some of years of shortcuts programmers In United States' hospitals, med between 00 and 49 are interpreted cord leading to paralysis, they typ with many of the rat's own cells." which attempt to determine the have taken to save computer mem ical records could be lost, IV feed as the 21st century. Programmers ically cannot repair themselves. Previously, researchers have effect of neural stem cells on mice ory. Especially at risk are main ers could malfunction, and dialy do not have to expand every data Treatment for stroke victims and injected, in vain, brain cells from that have inherited syndromes of frame computer systems, firmware sis machines could shut down. field, which saves time. The dis those who suffer from neurode aborted fetuses to test for their the nervous system that mimic that controls many facets of man Pacemakers and other medical advantage of this is that it is only generative diseases such as effect on the brain. The problem human diseases such as sclerosis. ufacturing, and older personal implants will not be affected. a short-term solution that will have Alzheimer's and Parkinson's is lim with these experiments was that The injection of fetal brain computers (PCs) which run on l\1acintosh computers will have to be fixed before 2050. ited, but researchers hope that these the cells were too mature to be cells into rats raises ethical con outdated programming languages no problems. IBM-compatible PCs Another alternative is called enc,q> new fmdings will lead to improved re-designated for another specif cerns for some. The women who such as COBOL. Instead of show built before 1996 with Pentium or sulation. It works by setting com treatment and possible cures. ic job. Scientists believe that all agreed to donate their fetal tis ing years as four digits (i.e. 1998), older chips may. Versions of Win puters back by 28 years. The 1972 The Oct. 3 I Washington Post brain cells develop from the sues for research were not told years appear in computer code as dows (3.1 and older Windows 95) calendar is exactly like that of 2000. reported several new discoveries in neural stem cells. By isolating the brain cells would be inte two digits (i.e. 98). The "19" is will need software updates. This may work until we reach 2100. brain cell growth. A group of these cells before they are desig grated into rat brains. understood. That means when the The Y2K bug could cause prob Analysts are concerned that pro researchers, led by neuroscientist nated to a specific function is Yet these findings could bene year 2000 rolls around, computers lems for Howard in many forms. grammers are creating shortcuts Evan Y. Snyder of Harvard Uni the key to the success of the fit mankind by leading scien will think the "00" means "1900." Will records be lost on students' that could cause us to spend years versity. were able to isolate from a recent experiments. tists to a "renewable source of The problem is that society has fmancial status? Will the comput trying to correct them. Yet this human fetus a certain type of brain Scientists have injected neural human brain cells" able to treat ' ers in Howard's resnet labs crash? seems to be the bnly way to meet cell called neural stem cells that can stem cells into newborn rats with a variety of nervous system become computer dependent. Will students' class schedules be the demand for fixing the Y2K "multiply indefinitely in laborato "a condition resembling Tay related conditions. They control everything from defense systems to electric power purged by the Y2K? These are just problem before the millennium. ' ry dishes and develop into all the Sachs disease." In humans, the artment ...... reates nitiative to ncrease • inorit octors field experience, formal instruc Duffield said. students) work on research projects . imately one third of the student par Despite the program's success, it By KEVIN D. STEWART tion, internships, high faculty to This past summer, the course was with faculty mentors and act as ticipants are still undergraduates. suffers from a lack of funding. The Hilltop Staff Writer student ratios, research projects, taught with the help of Howard fac peer-mentors for the Tier I students. After participating in this interdis annual budget for the Forest Biol and presentation experience to ulty members. Raymond L. Tier II students continue their ciplinary research atmosphere, ogy program is approximately Administrators around the coun encourage undergraduate minority Petersen, Richard M. Petersen, research projects during the fol many students decide to continue $45,000, with the field course try have been trying to find ways to students to consider graduate Muriel Poston, George Middendorf, lowing academic year. their education at the graduate level. accounting for one half of the bud increase the amount of minorities degrees in biology. and Mary McKenna of the Depart The selection of students for "We believe the record of the pro get. This allocation is smaller than those of well-known programs with who obtain graduate degrees in the Professors of Biology Dr. Raymond ment of Biology taught various admission is based on their demon gram in encouraging minority stu less than spectacular results. scientific fields. Many have Petersen, head of the Forest Biology aspects of forest ecology during the strated interest in biology. A high dents to pursue doctoral degrees in "We are always trying to find pumped funds into various pro Program, and Dr. Richard Duffield, course. The dedication of these pro grade point average is not neces less traditional areas of biology, money to support the program. grams to achieve these results. the program coordinator, have been fessors to their students can be seen sary, and all course-related expens such as environmental science and Only IO percent of the funding go A program in the Department of with the program since it began. with the addition of Dr. Lafayette es are paid for by the program. ecology, is excellent," said Duffield. • to salaries for the faculty in the Biology at Howard has been doing Each summer a one-week field Frederick, professor emeritus, to Of the approximately 150 students Many research projects are summer. The rest of it goes to the some remarkable things with very course is held in the Monongahela the list of teaching faculty. who have participated in the pro designed to require an interdisci course. The faculty spends its own little financial support when it National Forest in West Virginia. During the field course 25 stu gram over the past seven years, 15 plinary approach. Each year, Tier II time during the academic year comes to the training of future biol This is central to the success of dents are divided into two tiers. percent have gone on to gradual~ students deliver oral presentations without pay to work with the Tier ogists. the program. Tier I students, usually sophomores study in ecology, plant sciences and or posters of their research findings II students as they prepare for var For the past seven years, Howard "When we tell students that we are or juniors, complete a series of field environmental sciences. Of the 6 at various local and regional scien ious talks," Duffield said. University. The University of the going to the forest, they believe that laboratory exercises in plant iden percent currently enrolled in Mas tific meetings. Students are strong Howard's small investment in this District of Columbia, and the they will be roughing it out in tents. program meant to encourage tification, entomology, hydrology, ters of Science programs, five attend ly encouraged to publish their find minorities to pursue graduate USDA-Forest Service have been The students are provided with a forest ecology and mycology. Tier Howard University, as do two of ings, as Dutton believes that it degrees has already paid off, and running a Forest Biology Program. room in a cabin that may be better II students (those who have com the seven students enrolled in doc builds confidence. To date, six proves that bigger is not necessari The program uses a combination of than their own bedrooms," Dr. pleted Tier I or first year graduate toral programs in biology. Approx- papers have been published. ly better. l I - - B8 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 THE IIJLLTOP ---Hovv ard ______· ______,~ IJniv ersity ...... ,;,,_..-...... ~!""""""'"" Support ...... --- ~~, ~ I ~---· Staff,_.;_. · ------:....------....,_;,.;;.,_- . . ----- ...,_ __ Organization- , . , f I ' HOWARD UNIVERSITY SUPPORT STAFF ORGANIZATION ~HUSSO) ¥ ou are invited to a ·.Thanksgiving Feast • · November,27, 1998 . . 2:00 p.~. HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CAFETERIA '· _____,,,_...... - --..- - ,___ ✓ Contact Person: Alicia Taylor, HUSS~ Chaplain 806-6388 . , TuE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 B9 BIO FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 _ THE HILLTOP ;::=:=:::=:==::::===::===:::::::::::::::::::=:==;;::======::::::::::::======::::, -T ...• ------...e>w.a::r IiIOWAR.I > ""l.JNIVER.SITY I• I SUP.PORT STAFF C>R.GANIZATIC>N (H.USSC>) I• • •I I• i • •I •I i ~appy Thanksgiving I ... '• • -Y-ou are invited to a Tb·a.•:1.ksgiv-i••g Fea.st • •I Nove:a.. ber 27, 1998 I t I 2:00 p.n;i.. '• • •I I HOVVARD UNIVERSITY ' HOSPITAi.!. CAFETERIA I : '• • •I Co:ntact Person.: Alicia Taylor, EIVSS~ Chaplain 806-6388 iI •I ~=~----.;,;,;.-;;.;.....;.~~~=..;..;.~~.;.....;.....;...,.....;.;.._;;.;;;.;.;;~.;;.._------;.....;..;;~~-----~-,- :' I• "@4 ([[un1.e~ 1[[.et ~s J\bor.e ~int!" · I • I • • • 'The Community Of Faith Invites YOU II TO •I ' • '!An Awesome Event'' I I Chapel I Boward Uai..ea sity Si:dla Aad Dcnrard Plac,e. N W Tllunsd , Meet Us @ The Flag Pole On The Yard •I • Bring Non-Perishable Food Items/Toys l Also Bring B<e1:y~pe1ated C&ndles or Small Flashlights j I • • For Frrtbsr Jef-,n,e!iM cw-e ct; Clara Caye ■ • 6-5064 Betty I -ancas1er-Sllort 6-2650 Ma•1tlrt llbi z ► :art 6 6639 .Jacki1' G1a•«D-Deckard 6-1569 Barbra w._.._ 6-22SO rc1wY LiviJac.s1oa 6-0443 ...... 6-7041. Keitla Miles 6-26.SO Raymoad Smitla 6-2253 • • J ' . . .. , .._. ,.,., TBEIIILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 .. .. ,Bll .j l I '• . 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