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VOLUME 83, NO. 26 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 http://hilltop.howard.edu Mock Trial Debate Team Wins Big ~lt Tournament This Team Advances To Iowa Championship Next Week I ll.A POii.TEii. Harmon won for being a forensic patholo students go there and compete and win As of Tuesday, Horton said she didn't Week's Campus Editor gist,and Horton captured the award for her b.:cause they had been working on the case know where they were going to get the performance as a forensic anthropologist in all year, Walker said. money because they had used all the money he Howard University Mock Trial the final round. Although the team came home victoriou, in their budget for traveling and hotels Hilltop debate team finished first !><:fore 48 ·11,e students were very strong with their they almost missed an opportunity 10 com when they competed in other competitions. Tteams from colleges across lhe coun communication skills and that's what I pete for the national gold flight competition The team would not need any money if they try last weekend 10 win the national silver did not have 10 compete in the sliver flight flight championship in St. Paul, Minn. round and been invited 10 the gold flight DREWPOWER! The sixteen member team. which is set up national competition, but 1hey did not place into two squads ofeight people placed first Ist, 2nd or 3rd in 1he regional competition. and second respectively. They will move on Horton said money was a concern for the to Des Moines, Iowa where they will com 1eam earlier in the ye.-u-, but they were told pete for the national gold flight champi by the president's office no110 worry about onship against more than 60 colleges and money. Tuesday when they found out that universities from April 14-16. This is the they needed money they tried 10 get in con first time since the team won the silver tact with the president. but they could not. flight competition in 1997 aad went on to so they contacted Pro, ost Antoine Garibal win the gold flight chan1pionship. di. Garibaldi told them the Unil'ersity did The first squad that came in first finished not have money to give them for 1ral'eling. the tournament undefeated in fou r rounds of Garibaldi was una,'!lilable for comment by competition against schools such as Boston Hilltop press time. College, St. Louis University , Purdue and Janene Dates. dean of the school of com many others. munications said the team is definitely going '11,is felt so great," Lenore Horton, a to Des Moines and that there was some senior legal communications major said. kind of misunderstanding. '"I don't think Horton is head captain of the debate team. that that's the case," Dates said. ·11,e Uni She said she and her team mates were a lit versity bas always been supportive of the tle surprised when the judges called their debate team." names as the winners. "Al first we were just Meet Jaha Howard. Lawrence Gar Dates office gave the team $4,000 and the rett, and Margues Rice. These three sining there and they said the plaintiffs had other S8,000 was promised to the team by Drew Hall Dormitory freshman won, but Lhis wasn'1 a civil case, so we just Anis Hampshire-Cowan. secretary of the looked around and our coaches were like have swiftly made a name for Photo Courie,)· or the Mock Truil Ocbot le:un Board of Trustees. Walker said. themselves as the future of that's you. that's you," Horton said laughing. The I IO\\flrd Unhersit) ~lock Thial debate ream finhhed £irst before 48 teams from colleges ncnxs the First year 1e.1m member Keith Royal Howard University politics. Horton and several other team members, counlr) Ja,t \\tekend to win the national ,iher flight champion'ihip JJl St. Paul. Minn. played a witness for the second team. He including Yiraldi Dirocie, a junior political said he was almost overwhelmed by the See CAMPUS, <\' science mrtior. mid Mia Harmon, a freshman think they were judge on the most." Anor in next week. They were having trouble gel• e\'ent. ·11,e level of pride that came from our political science major won All American ney Dr. Felicia Walker, coach of the debate ting the S 12,000 needed 10 fly all I 6 mem team was unlike anything Witness awards. Dirocie won for her per te.1m said. Walker said she wa, crying after bers and the three coaches 10 Des Moines formance as an eye-witness to a murder, the students won. II was rewarding to see the and have a place to stay. See DEBATE, A4
Senior Premiere SHANTRELLE Alabama-Raised, Howard University-Born P.LEWIS Frank B. Tun1er and Jerron E. Redrick find educational, spiritual, and professional growth at HU By]\ IA O\tEII.S.\LL her of black people on Wall Street. Redrick Hilltop Staff Writer came to Howard, despite his father's frus tration with the way the administration ome students come to Howard 10 get handled his older brother's record.s when he a degree. Other students come to get attended the University. Redrick heard Sprepared for jobs when they graduate. from his brother and his cousin, another But for Alabama natives and close friends, Howard alumnus. that Howard Univel'ity Jerron E. Redrick and Frank B. Turner, life was a lot or fun. But when Redrick their mission at Howard i, one of educa ncmally came to Howard. he found that fun tional, spiritual. and professional great was only the half of it ness. '"I couldn't have received a bettercollcgt In the four yeaN thnt the tv. o have walked experience an}·where else;· he said. '"To the hills of the Mecca, and have moved come 10 Howard University a, a fre,hman from eager, yet nameless freshman to some and to leave having a direct line to top busi of the most respected seniors on campus. ness le.1ders, being exposed to many dif Whether i1 be School of Business Student ferent facets of life outside the classroom Council. UGSA or Residence Life, both and to come across great professors inside Check out the Senior Premiere on finance siudents have tackled a myriad of Shantrelle P Lewis. the classroom, is like some kind ofdreamt large campus organizations, leaving each up college experience. I couldn"t have !n belier shape then when they first stepped planned it," he said. See LIFESTYLES, I Ill. Although they have had their personal II all stm1ed on their decisions to come successes, the pair is proud 10 state 1hnt to Howard. Turner came to the University Pl10to By 01.uidra Andmoo many of their accomplishments at Howard a na11onnl merit scholar upon hearing that Good Frknd!,, St.'flio....,Jem,n Redrkk nnd Fr.ink TumC'r h.nc found ,ucces., nt Um,nnl l:'nht'l"ih and Howard University bred the gre.11est num- "ill no" mO\tnfl t(, \\1IJJ Stn"t't. - See REDRICK &TURNER, A4
New Stores Cater to Students' Needs Pro-affirmative action forces seek
By KF.LU D. EsrnKs Parker, who has a strong sense of community, repeal of California's Proposition 209 R01\1EO MUST City/Nation & World Editor said that the last Wednesday of every month, a percentage of the proceed, mnde will go towards By W11, 1, EVANS sales to creme a stale education fund. DIE TI1e 2300 block of Georgia Avenue is going scholarships for Howard students. Daily Californian Half of the fund would be used 10 through changes for the better many students are '"I don·t believe in taking from your environ- (U. California-Berkeley) eliminate all student-related fees for happy 10 say. California residents in the ,1;.11c\ pub lic colleges and universities. Ward Beauty Supply and Subway, a sandwich (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. - deli, are joining the neighborl1ood promising to "A middle-class family with IWO Advocate, of affirmntive action are provide students and the community with first-rate cluldren can barely afford a house service. currently circulating petitions for two and a car now;- Evans said ...The best The University, which owns the building that separa1e ballot initiatives - one of investment we can make is 10 provide the two businesses now occupy, wanted to ensure which also ends siudent fees - to them access 10 higher education." that the businesses were in the best interests of the reinstate race and gender preferences The other half of the fund would students and the surrounding community. in California. be managed by tl1e stme·s Superin --we looked for services to support the com Ron Rodriguez. the official pro tendent of Public Instruction 10 cre munity," said Margo Smith, executive director of ponent of a constitutional amend ate college-bound programs for eco auxiliary enterprises ...Those two just seemed 10 ment 10 repenl Proposition 209, was nomically disadvantaged children. be a good fit:· cleared to begin collecting signa Evans said he is driwn by a con cern tl1a1 California·, budget favors Ward Beauty Supply on Georgia Avenue has tures on March 24. according to Cal lncarccration more Lhan education. been open for three weeks and Beverly Ivory ifornia Secre1ary of State spokesper "We spend more on the California Cameron, manager of Ward Beauty Supply, said son Shad Balch. prison system than California state that the Store has seen a lot of traffic all ready. Rodriguez has uotil June 29 10 Jet Li and Aaliyah heat things universities.'· Evans said ...There are "I think people are just happy to see the store collect 670,816 signatures to place more inmates in prison than in the l!P in the new blockbuster be black-owned and close," Ivory-Cameron said. lfomeo Must Die. the proposition on the November bal California State University system." Ward is the second in a soon to be chain of lot. If he misses that de.1dline, the Evans said he will probably refile beauty supply stores mid is a division of World item can be decided during a later his initiative to collect signatures for Global Enterprises, a black-owned consulting election if he can collect the signa tl,eJune2002 ballot and that be plans See I and importing firm based in New York. Phoco By Eric Hall LIFESTYLES, The ne\\ Sub,n\) !,."\nd,, kh dtU on Georgia A,-enue \\ill tures by Aug. 2 I. to add a reinsrntement ofaffirmative '"Howard made it clear that they wanted a busi opc,n its door. Snturd:iy. April 15th. Mervin Evans. a Los Angeles action in public contract considera ness that would fit-in and be viable," Suzanne tions to the initiative. Ward Parker, owner of Ward Be.1u1y Supply, said. ment and not giving back." Parker said. investment banker, is also collecting He added tl1a1 he is willing to work Parker describes her first few week, of busine" April Wells. sophomore political science nutjor, signatures for mi initiative 10 revise with Rodriguez on a campaiim but as "grea1:· was a patron in V.~,rd Beauty Supply the first week California's constitution and allow has been unable 10 contact him. " I am really was happy to see how the com ii was opened for business and enjoyed her '"preferences for historical victims of UC Regent Ward Connerl)•. who munity and 1he University has crnbr.iced us," racism or sexism." led tl1e campaign for Proposition Parker said. See NEW STORES. A4 Evans said his initiative would include a 1.5 percent tax on retail See, PROP 209, A4 ..------~~------·-··
THE HII.LTOP A2 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 CAMPUS Class of 2003 's Top Leaders Call Drew Hall Home The Freshmen Politicians Say They're Ready for the Future
graduate..... on time." By C HRl ~'1'0PHER WINDHAM Asst. Campus Editor Jaha Howard: & 'M.r. Thoroughness' Say hello to Lawrence Garrett. Garen is a freshman from Los Ange Howard was involved in a NAACP les, Ca. College of Arts & Sciences youth chapter in while in Atlanta. He Student Council Chief-of-Staff. and said heard stories about the inactiv a Charles R. Drew Hall resident. Views ity ofrhe NAACP when he arrived at Say hello to Marques Rice. Hailing from Chicago. IL, Rice is Freshman Howard. "I let 'Tyrell Eiland[current NMCP Class Board President of the Arts & Bison Chapter President] know that What are you chief concerns about Sciences Student Council, Drew Hall I was interested in the chapter and I Dorm Council President, and a Drew coming back to Howard Next got involved.'' he said. Hall resident. Year? Now say hello to Jahn Howard. The Along with the NAACP. Howard Atlanta, GA native as a freshman is has put together a DC college con ference and a safe sex health pro vice president of the NAACP Bison Photo Uy Eric Hall chapter. has a 4.0 GPA and is a Drew Jaha f-l O\'ard1 L.1wrenc.-e Garrett, and J\tan1uc. Rice. gram. The Bison Chapter of the NMCP Hall resident.. These three freshman have swiftly "Going against all odds I kind of detectors have been installed. and is a separate chapter from the DC made a name for themselves as the expected it.'' he said. " I wish I could maintenance crews are in the process branch. futu re of Howard University poli of put a blind-fold over my age so that of installing a new PA system to Howard said he would like Howard tics. they could attack the issues instead of replace the old system which has University to be more teamwork ori my age. remained since Drew Hall's con ented. Lawrence Garrett suffered another defe~t in struction in 1957. "I will like "Maintenance in the the fall semester when he was beat "We have made an impact.'' Rice different orga Architecture Studio," G a r re tt: 'The Man' out by Rice for the Arts & Sciences said. " Not as big of a impact as we ni tati ons to --James Young Garrett. a freshman cla,s board presidency. would of like to have. but its proba work togeth Sophmore political Sci 'The loss did hurt," said Garrett. ·· bly some of the biggest improve er," he said. " Architect Major ence major, But it was easier digest because I ments to Drew Hall in a number of If we share said he has knew the position was in good hands years." our program always had with Marques." Rice said that upperclassmen felt ideas with dreams of As fu ture for the future. Garrett that he was improving the dorm for other organi becoming a said he hopes to advance future in selfish reasons. zations we politician. student go,·ernment. "They said that I was using the will double the a11endance of the "I have always wanted to be a politi This summer Garrett plans to have dorm council to improve my politi events." cian." Garrett said. " I am very con an internship with Congressman cal career." he said. "Upperclassmen Next year Howard said he hopes to fident and I will not stop until I Julian Dixon (DJ California. called the dorm council a bunch of remain vice president of the Bison achieve my dreams." winners because we tried 10 make a Chapter. He said he hopes to volun Despite protest from a few council Marques Rice: ' Impact Maker' change" teer with the HUSA-elect adminis members this semester. Garrett was He said some upperclassmen tration of Sellano Simmons and the firs t freshman ever to be select Upon arriving a Drew Hall in explained to him that the poor con Nicole Saulter. "I would like to see an ed as the College Am & Sciences August. Rice said he was appalled at ditions were a rite of passage that all "If you feel like you can do the job improvement in the regis Student Council Chief-of-Staff. the conditions of the all-male fresh freshmen males must live through. don't just sit around and let someone tration process," Last month, after a campaign in men dormitory. Along with the other "I don't understand why you will else do it, you have 10 do it yourself. --Njeri Olatunji which many call " well ran," Garren seven mem- r-=- -...----, have to go through something so ter rible so you will declare yourself Freshman student govern Sophmore fell a couple dozens votes short of bers of the a freshman." Rice said. ment le.1ders on coliege campuses is Hospitality Management becoming the firs t ever freshman to Drew Hall Dorm Coun Despite the notoriety he rraeived becoming an growing trend. Accord Maj or be elected to an ASSC[Arts & Sci ences Student Council] executive cil. Rice from the dorm council Rico did not ing to Lamar Wilson. Copy Editor for board position. decide 10 rake run any student government posi the FAMUAN- the student newspa " Even though I lost. I am still matters in his tion. per of Florida A&M Universi1y. happy I made the effort 10 run." He own hands. " I wasn't sure where my heart was FAMU freshman have also ran for said. Garrell lost to sophomore Wal "I am the with student government." he said. key positions. ter Riley in the election. type of person Rice said he was not mentally pre " Last year a freshman ran for sen Garret said he ran for vice- presi that would not pared to run for any position last ate president.'' Wilson said. Senate dency in order to make an immedi sit around and month. President is equivalent to Howard's ate impact at Howard. not do any~ Rice ,aid he ,till plans to stay active UGSA Coordmator. "It's common "I'm a big dreamer," said Garrell." thing about it," he said. in politic, at Howard next year. for those students to run." I wanted to make a difference at Rice said the poor conditions " There are numerous volunteer. Khalfani Walker. Resident Assistant youth in order to see the fruits of my prompted him to run for dorm coun student government positions avail 10 Garrett and Howard and dorm labor." cil president. able," said he . .. It just a matter of council advisor to Rice. said that he "I would like to see an While running for executive vice " Because the articles in the Hill putting your name on a list.'' is sure the young politicians will do improvement in the ser president. Garren said he was the top in which we voiced our concerns. Even though he is active in politics. a good job in the future. vice of HU Staff," subject of prejudice from upper we have got people's attention " he Rice said politics aren't his stimulate "I nm extremely proud of these --Heather Cabral classmen. said . .. The maintenance of the dorm plans. guys.''he said. " I an1 confident that Freshman Garrett said he rook the unjustifi has gone up dramatically." "I only have one goal," said the will steer Howard politics back on the Psychology Major able criticism in stride. Rice said new windows and smoke psychology m,tjor. " And that is 10 right track." Howard Brings Area Students Together for Youth Summit
By ERRICA B D OTSON ation. This year's theme was The said. "The lies and negative images hope that our message." Harris said. Hilltop Staff Writer \f>ice of Our Children: Serti11g a given to african americans about "Even though it is the same as teach Sw11dard of E.rcellmce. Africa isadisgmcc. There is so much ers, parent~ and the adults in their li\'es are sharmg with them. we hop.: "One of my main goals for the con more 10 Africa than the old stereo that they will receive it because we ference was to have the children walk type." Me1ze said. Walter Alverez, a student at Bruce are younger ano they can relate 10 us away knowing that they have a strong Marlon Smith. author and motiva Monroe Elementary. was one of the better:· students on campus for the 4th Annu positive role models on Howard's tional speaker, voluntarily spoke on al Youth Summit Saturday. By the campus," said Burley Dixon. chair the issues of education and conl1ic1 Students began sheading tears end of the day. he was glad he came. man of the summit. "A big stereotype re,olution. Throughout his presenta when the conversation shifted vio "I learned not to let anyone tell me that plaques black men in particular tion. Smith continually reminded the lence, during a workshop for young that my dreams cannot come true," is that we are not sensitive to the children that they were beautiful and men. Several of the students said Alverez said. needs of the community. We want the they have to overcome fear of failure they lost close family members and Alverez wns one of the many stu students to know that we are hear for to overcome 10 achie,c their dreams. friends to random acts of violence. dents from several local elementary. them when they mess up and we will "Today is a very special day Some of them hung their heads "Unification on this cam junior high, and high be that shoulder they need to cry because we are planting seeds of down. others reached for a near by friend. but many clung to Howard pus would be good. Orga schools. on." greatness into our young people.'' student volunteers. "We hnve to trust nization w/adrninistra Each seminar had a specific mes Smith said. "l wnnt the children to The Youth Summit is a day of inter God in everything even when vio tion." sage that was reinforced throughout walk away knowing that the power active symposiums directed towards lence occurs," Ranson Miller. one of --Corey Manning students in a fun and participatory the day. Professor Charles Metze II, they possess is exercised by the workshop coordinator said. freshman manner. The sessions are divided up an african american studies professor, choices they make ... :md in order to Design Major according to age and or gender and spoke on african american self image achieve success, they need 10 make a It was at that point that he paused students are placed in specific topic and self esteem. He was very vivid commitment to be all that they can be for a word of prayer and encouraged groups that discuss issues ranging and colorful in describing his life through education." he said. the students to pray silently as well. from conflict resolution to etiquette history and sharing some prominent Jami Harris. a senior biology major. "We just want to touch as many kids and self respect to career choices. moments of his life's journey with was coordinator of the program. as possible;just to let them know that The summit was sponsored by the students. "Everyday I lived in Africa "Since we have just come from the we do love them." Bobby Caballero, Howard University Student Associ- was a day of joy and wonder," Metze age group they are in right now. we co-coordinator of the workshop. Bishop John R. Bryant Speaks at Rankin Chapel He !preached on different aspects of ed the first universities." bishop of the Tu nth Epi,;copal District By VALERIE THOMAS one's life and how Christ gave life and Bryant quickly went back to asking A.M.E. Church in Dallas, 'lcxas. He Hilltop Staff Writer it should be cherished and respected. questions. "How did we go from the earned a B.A. from Morgan State "That the banner system He continued by asking the audience pyramids to the projects? he"asked. University and a Master's in .Theol actually works," to gi,•e God a hand clap of praise. Bryant also asked the congregation ogy from Boston University. He --Ebony Hamlet freshman Bishop John R. "Where there is life. there is hope. how a people that were formed from holds an honorary Doctorate from Biology major Where there is life there is a chance, the ancestors that formulated democ Bryant, one of Wilberforce University in Ohio, the most distin and where there is life. there is oppor racy could retreat to a stage of not guished African tunity," Bryant said. even registering to vote. "How did Payne Seminary and Virginia Semi Methodist Bryant shared a story about a visit we go from establishing the funda nary. Bryant has pre.1ched and taught Ep i scopal he made to China. Chinese culture is mentals of algebra to not even know at more than 25 college campuses. in preachers spoke like afric.1n american culture, Bryant ing how to do math." five continents. He was also a Peace at the Andrew said, and he grew an appreciation for Tiffany Nowlin, a sophomore nutri Corps volunteer in West Africa for Rankin Memori it. He compared it to african ameri tional science major was at chapel two years. al Chapel Sunday. can culture. "We hail from a multi Sunday. She was overwhelmed by TI1e speaker for Sunday. April 9th is Bryant spoke about living a life that tude of those who lived lives that mat Bryant's message. "He said what a lot Compiled By Chandra Anderson mailers. "I can do all things through tered," Bryant said. "Our ancestors of people think and never say," Nowl Dr. Frederick Sampson. Pastor Taber, Christ who strengthens me," Bryant built the pyramids, formulated the in snid. nacle Missionary Baptist Church in said at the begining of his scripture. firs t form of democracy, and found- Currently Bryant is the Presiding Detroit.
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I THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 AJ Campus Digest Court Halts Delta Sigma Theta Intake Process
''The organization has not carried on with Dawson maintains that even though she ter President Julye Williams all refused to Black College Reunion 2001 Dated Pushed By KELLY M . HARMON any activities. as far as I know, or violated met all the criteria to become part of the comment on the allega1ions or the court Back Staff Writer - The Famuan the court order;• Kirby said. nation's largest black sorority. she was order. Daria Dawson. 20. sued the organization denied membership based on that condition. Rather than sue the organization for mon Despire an event this year in which organizers TALLAHASSEE. Fl. - A Leon County in February based on discrimination According 10 Oelw Sigma Th'em ·s nation call " successful." Black College Reunion offi Circuit judge in lllllahasse, Fl.. signed a etary compensation, Roberts told the court because she alleges that the organization al charter. '·any woman of good character is the student felt an injunction - prohibi1ing cials have scheduled the anmml event for later courr order Inst month banning all mem• "applied an arbitrnry standard for admission eligible for collegiate membership in the date according 10 a press release issued Monday. bership intake :ic1ivi1ies conducted by the the organization from conducting the intake that was inconsistent with past applications sorority." activities - was the only thing that could BCR 2001 will beheld on April 27-292001. This Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta of those being admitted into the sorority," Specific requirements include: Sorority Inc. after a FAM U student sued the compensate for her stress. year's BCR was held March 31-April 2 in Day according to court document,. I. Matriculation at a college or universi organization. A hearing has been scheduled tona Beach. Fl. Black College Reunion is annu According 10 Dawson's attorney. Gary ty, approved by the Scholarship and Stan After a month of litigation, the judge al weekend of activities geared toward studenr for April 17 at which time the organization signed the order, which Delta Sigma Thet:1 is expected to appeal the judge's order Roberts, she was told by members of the dards Commiuee, in day, evening or exten and alumni of Historically Black Colleges and sorority that her application was denied sion classes leading 10 a bachelor's degree has 30 days 10 appeal. Universities to promote 311d educational theme The chapter is permanently prohibited from taking in new members even though because she failed 10 completely and cor 2. Completion of at least 24 semester If the judge's decision is upheld. the order for the event. The release did not say why the rectly fill out the application form. hours or 36 quarter hours at a college or uni can't be overturned unless Dawson or her event was moved 10 later dale. they were set to take in more than 35 new members. according to court documents. Roberts said Dawson believes the sorori versity attorney withdraws the complaint. Roberrs ty violated its own constitution that pro 3. Submission of a completed Application said. Workshops held to Increase Awareness of In a default judgment, because the orga nization didn't respond to the allegations, hibits discrimination. for Membership packet If Delta violates the courr order, the orga Campus Crimes Circuit Judge Torry Lewis banned the orga The sorority's conslitution says "mem 4. Approval for membership by majority nization could be in contempt ofcourt. and nization permanently, from indoctrinating bership in the sorority shall not be denied vote of the members Howard Umversity will host a series of work the punishment would be determined by candidates and/or accepting applicants into or abridged 10 any woman because of her 5. No membership in any society holding Roberrs· office. shops. ·•combat Violent Crime, Against Women race. color, creed. religion. age. national ori membership in the National Pan-Hellenic the Beta Alpha Chapter. The chapter can The plaintiff was contacted, but was on Campuse~:· The workshop, will resume on appeal Lewis· decision. gin or by reason of physical disability." Council Inc. or the Pan Hellenic Conference unavailable for comments on the lawsuit. Monday. April IO with "But I Thought I knew With the court ruling, the university is Dawson suffers from Crohn's disease. a Inc. Him!: Violence in a dating relationship.'' at 8:00 obligated to abide by the judge's orders, said medical condition that afflicts the dige.~tive 6. Financial requirements met Roberts said the organization has no other p.m. in the Cook Hall Lounge. The workshops Henry Kirby, associate vice president for tract causing diarrhea. severe blood loss 311d When contacted, Marcia L. Fudge of choice but 10 comply with the court order. are free and open to the public. Student Affairs. Kirby said the organiza weight loss. among 01hcr things. The symp Delta Sigma Theta's national president's "If they don·1, I'll bring them in on con Here's a schedule of the upcoming workshops. tion. to his knowledge, had not violated the toms of the disease arc triggered by severe office, Southern Regional Representa1i ve tempt," Roberts said. "If they want to play judge's decree. stress. Natalie T.J. Tindall and Beta Alpha Chap- with fire. let them play with fire." April 11- Basic Self-Defense Techniques•· <;:::~~~~!d.s,3o.7,3op.m. Baylor Grad Student Looks at Students B~hind the Wheel April 12-Sexual Assault Workshop for Men. Caner Hall, 7:30-9:00 p.m. traveling with time rather than distance to sent only," English said. '·These are the that 37 percent of speed violators were By Mt t'HEt,LE LAM the advancement of technology. Improved people who spend all their money now and males under the age of 21. April I 3- Relationship Between Se.~ual Assault The Laria1 (Baylor U.) highways, road systems and automobiles live for the moment. They are also the ones There were 30 I speeding citations gh·en and Domestic Violence" have diminished the importance of dis who tend to be the fast drivers." out by the Baylor Police Department last TBA (U-WIRE) WACO. Texas - It's 8:55 a.m. tance. leaving time as the main issue. Once drivers forget that their main prior year. which was an increase from the pre and another student speeds by to get 10 class ·•1 think the way we are oriented toward ity is to concentrate on the act of driving. vious year's 240 citations. April 13 "Rape Aggression Defense·· (RAO) on time. time affects the way we drive." English said. they increase their chances of getting speed· Jim Doak. director of public safety. said System (Women Only) Adam English. a Waco graduate student. Using business and marketing research. ing tickets or geuing in accidents. students are very creative when giving rea Howard University Community Association was intrigued by the number of people he English put people into two categories: ··1got a ticket when I was rushing back to sons for speeding. but the number one rea (2731 Georgia Ave.) saw speeding by as he casually observed those who think about the future and those Houston this summer," said Anthony Le, a son is because they do not concentrate (7:30-9:30) motorists. so he decided 10 find the con who live in the present. Houston senior. "I was going 65 in a 50 when they drh·e. nection between driving and speeding and "Future-oriented people have patience. zone because I wanted 10 get home and it "Generally it's lack of auention." Doak Poetry Festival to begin todny what people think about the two. save money and leave early 10 get 10 places had been a really long drive." said. "We are also seeing that people on cell "We think about traveling in terms of on time. Basically. the one, who don't get The National Highway Traffic Safety phones who are oblivious to their sur The Howasd University Bookstore and Black time more than in terms of space and dis in a wreck." English said. Administra1ion reported that young drivers roundings:· words will kick-off its week long celebration of tance because when we ask for directions, Drivers who take their time on the road. have the highest crash rate among drivers. Doak emphasized the need for people 10 the beauty and spirit of African American Poet we ask how long it takes 10 ge1th ere rather on average. tend to be older. more experi Those in the age group of 16 10 20 had an revert to drivers' education days. and drive ry consisting of panels, reading and poetry today 1han how many mile, away it is," English enced drivers. Younger driver,. on the other average crash injury rate of 3,040 per a, if an ins1ruc1or is watching them at all in the HUB. From 6:00 lo 7:30 p.m. there will be said. hand. seem to be in a ru,h to do everything. I00,000 accidents last year. times because each driver is manipulating a panel reading on poetry. English attributes people's association of ''There are those who think about the pre- In terms of speeding tickets. it was found "a 3000 pound missile:·
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These ,~ere groups d1spropor- a_tor for the ~ensus bureau sa'.d. I_Ju. The Struggle for Jus n the 1990 census 2. 1 million chil Schools"onMarch I. involved JOsc hools uonately nussed ,n the 1990 census. In finished doing the shelters and sou tice Continues dren were missed nation wide. This around the district with Mayor Anthony 1990The District ofColumbi.t was under- ki tchens and also. ~omeless peopl Inumber makes Williams as 1he key note speaker at select• counted by 21. 409 resulting in a loss of These people are waumg a year or a yea up more than half of the US residents ed schools. Mayor Williams emphasized over two hundred million dollars in fund- and six months fo r a homeless she he By ERRICA D OTSON believed uncounted for that year. affecting to children the importance oflilling out the ing. Of those under-counted. 40 percent and the people m the_ parks are ~01 bern Hilltop Staff Writer · funding for neighborhoods and schools census. and encouraged them 10 aid their were children. counted ~I aHso as 11_ stand~ nght no through 2002. parents. The Census bureau_ is diligently invol~- th~y don 1_ e_' HBCU Corner Bowie State University Names Lowe as New President president of Mary Holmes College. Chapman Jr., and associate professor of bridges between the university and fhe pri• vate and public sectors." Langen berg added. By ANIKA RICHARDS II was reported by The Washington Post Government and History. Waller Leonard. Hilltop Staff Writer that the new presidential ,election seemed served a~ the chairman of the search com "Hampton's loss is our gain-all of us in the E;ie on the Diaspora 10 trouble some students who question why minee. University System of Maryland." Holloway was 1101 selected as one of the In response 10 students campaign. Hol Lowe received a tenure fro m Hampton University from 1987- 1990. as an associ ~owi: linalis1s. loway. according 10 the Washington Post, ate professor of physics. He also served a~ News From Around Stale Despite reports, Jaron Locken. vice pres stated 1ha1he was "deeply nauered" by stu T dem an faculty efforts. He a.lso said. "Quite chair of the Ocparunen1o f Physics in 199 1. Unive rs ity ident of Bowie Stale student government. According 10 Bowie State University, The World Presidential said. "Dr. Holloway did an excellent job as often. the agenda is not on the table fo r all Lowe is responsible for a number of Search com president. Yet, I am confidcm about lhe 10 sec. This is favorite tactic in the Wash PJ1am1aceutical Offers Free AIDS drugs to advances in Hampton's international and minee appoint selection commiuee decision and I am look ington area. Basically I was here as a care Under Privileged South Africans national research. He played a key role in ed Calvin ing forward 10 a new president." taker. I am going 10 roll over a new wing. developing the firs t doctoral program. and Lowe as presi In a recent Post article. students were make a nice right turn and head over a dif JOHANNESBURG. South Africa - After helped the university receive a $10 million dent of the reported I<• campaign and petition against fe rent direction. I'll do just fine. and I'll be m:my protests. Pfizer Inc. is offering to give dollar grant from NASA 10 go towards fhe University Inst the selection commiuee for Dr. Holloway 10 snd.'' AfDS drugs to under privileged S<•Uth Africans university's Research Center for Optical Dillucan treats cryplococcal meningitis. a week. he placed as one of the fi nali s1s days before Lowe. 45. is married to wife Mary. and has Lowe serves 1heappcintmen1of Dr. Lowe. According 10 two children: Tanya 23. and Calvin Allen. Physics. fatal brnin infection that occurs in one in out of With all the praise that Lowe received, IO HIV patients. In South Africa the cost for the as the current the Washington Post. students also argued 12. Lowe will serve as the ninth presidem vice president that they were left ignorant 10 the whole of Bowie Stnte University. He holds a B.S. Allen said. "Calvin Lowe was well select drug is SIS, more than what many can afford. ed and will mnrk and shape student per The medicine nmst be taken for the rest of fhe for research selection process. in physics fro m North Carolina A&T Uni and the dean In re.~ponse 10 the campaign, Student Gov versity. He received a master's degree in spective." patients' life. After accepting his position Lowe said, 'lne HIV and AIDS Treatment Action Cam of the Gradu- Cal,in Lowe. Bouie ernmem President Andrea Allen, who plasma physics and a doctorate degree in plasma physics from MIT. Dr. Lowe first "Bowie State's expertise in educating top paign. an advocacy group. lobbied Pfizer for a ate College al Stale President served on the selection commiuee advised. served as assistant professor of physics al quality teachers and introducing technol year to reduce the drug's price, s.tid volunteer Hampton Uni- ·'J'he selection comminee was comprised of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. ogy 10 the teaching enterprise is greatly coordinator Midi Achmal. versity. He is scheduled 10 begin his pres a variety of members. The process fol In a press release from Bowie Stale Uni valuable 10 our region and 10 our nation. It La.,t month the group broke into Pfizer's New idency in May. fo llowing interim presi lowed line guidelines which required can versity. Langenherg said. "Calvin l..owe is. I believe, exactly the right focus fo r a Yc,rk-ba.,ed headquarters demanding a meeting dent, Wendell M. Holloway, who served didacy." has the mind of a science teacher and the regionally important universuy and pro with Chairman William Steere. TI1ey were met the university for 14 months. Along with the student president, 1he I 8 Dr. Lowe was selected from 65 applicants member selection commiuee was com heart and soul of an academic leader. When duces a solid fo undation for our future ini immediately wifh n lm,er-level official. tiatives:· "With or wifhoul the dcmon,1ra1ion, I'm sure and four finalists. The finalists included prised of the studem president of the Grad you combine these two elements. you have we would have done something." Thabi Nyide, adminis1rn1ors from Hampton University. uate School Chapter, University System of a person absolutely dedicated 10 improving a spokesman for Pfizer\ Johannesburg office Elizabeth City State in Norlh Carolina. the Maryland (USM) Chancellor Donald N. the lives of young people, with the drive and know how 10 achieve that aim by building said. "This is a re,ponsc 10 an unmet medical University of Delaware. and the female Langenberg, USM Chairman Nathan A. need in the country•· Negotiations are still being made a, to how the d1 ug will be distributed. Women Across the Country Bringing Awareness to Sexual Assault Month Pfizer's offer sparked hopes among activists chosen as Awareness month because many campus's Sexual Violence Program. In Dashem Waspoen. a freshman business thnl other pharmaceuticals would follow suit m,tjor. also believes there is safety in num and otTer HIV and AIDS drugs al a discount or By AtLEN POWEi.i, ll campus assaults take place during the warm October 1986 the first group of peer advo Hilltop Staff Writer weather. cates were trained and a 24-hour crisis line bers. " I never walk by myself," said fo r free. Waspocn. One in IO South Africans are believed 10 Morey said that 28 percent of under was ,et up 10 help victims. However. some students like junior Vic have HIV and AIDS. April is National Sexual Assault Aware graduate women at 1he University will be n,e University of Minnesorn Sex uni Vio ness month across the nation, and in the Dis assaulted during their college years. and lence Program works in conjunction with toria Perrymon have 10 travel across cam pus alone. Perrymon said that she carries ~ngry Demonstrators Break Gate to the trict. the month will feature the first DC that the majority of these assaults come the University Hospital and Police 10 pro pepper spray when she is alone. and tries Courthouse Rape Crisis Center Challenge SK run/walk. during th e students' first semester. vide special support to the victims of sex The run/walk held on April 2. was the because of the increased amount of free ual assault. The University of Minnesota her best 10 be alert. Students walking alone should remain in DURBAN. South Afric., Last Friday, first in over 30 events scheduled 10 raise dom college offers. Students that are not wa, among the first Universities 10 es1ab• well-lit areas and avoid talking 10 strange or armed police officers kepi an angry crowd at public awareness about sexual assault. knowledgeable about campus dangers lish a Sexual Assault Victims Right"s Pol suspicious looking males. police officials b:,y outside of fhe courthouse where three men For two decades the Crisis center has usuall y do not take the proper precautions icy and the first university 10 establish a said. They should also report occurrences appeared on charge, of the deaths of 13 chi l been sponsoring events and workshops 10 insure their safety. Campus Safety improvement Program 1ha1 of sex uni assault as soon as they happen. dren after releasing tear gas into a packed disco. 1ha1educa te women on the prevention of "I think the primary goal (of the month) trains volunteers 10 conduct safety audits <'f On Howard's campus the DC Rape and Demonstrators· signs read: ·'No Leniency and recovery from se.,ual assaults. One of is 10 get people 10 realize the extent of sex all campus buildings. Whatsoever for fhe Merciless Three:· "Don't the most well known is the ·'Take Back the ual assault. especially as it relates 10 cam Howard Campus Police records had only Crisis Center i~ sponsoring several events. On Monday, April 3rd, the center sponsored Blame Us," and "No Bail." Night" rally and March. which has been puses:· Morey told a reporter at the Uni three reported cases of sexual abuse in 11,e crowd outside the courthouse broke two held in the District since 1979. The march versity of Ill inois. The University of Illinois 1999. one of which happened off campus. a lecture entitled ''The Nexus of Racism and Sexual Violence in the African American steel gates in an attempt 10 storm fhc courtroom. and rally were both part of the District's wi ll be sponsoring several events 10 help The police department defines sexual abuse Police kept the demonstrntors away by parking Anti -Rape Week. which was lengthened publicize the dangers on campus. as the unwilling penetration of any orifice. Community." The lecture discussed the responses African -American women armored \chicles where fhe fenc~ w-,1s broken. and moved 10 April to coinc ide with The University of Minnesota i, a pioneer or unwanted sexual touching. Jzak Luther. regional court president, said 10 National Sexual Assault Awarenes, In developing Wll)'s that univef\ilies can de.ti Howard female students are conscious of receive from their communities after sexu al assault. and the stereotype of the young th~ A~sociated Press 1ba1 relatives of the vic Momh. with WJ .. ENROLLMENTMANAGElVIENT News Brief #12 March 31 , 2000 . .. . ' (D)HU B.I.S.O.N. REGISTRATION W ' SUMMER SCHOOL 2000 MONDAY, APRIL 17 - MONDAY, MAY 1 HU B.I.S.O.N. will be available to register for Summer School - Sessions I and II, according to the sched,ule below: Session I and Session II April 17, 2000 - May 1, 2000 Session II Only I ' May 2 , 2000 - June 30, 2000 Call HU B.I.S.O. N. at 202-806-4537 between 7 :00 AM and 7 : 00 PM. 11 For assistance, call 202-806-2700 during normal worki ng hours - 8:30 AM - 5 :00 PM, Monday-Friday. 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Tm,; HILl,TOP I FRIDAY, APRIL 07, 2000 A9 AFESTIVAL OF BLACK POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD Presented by Howard University Bookstore (HUB) and BlackWords A weeklong celebration of the beauty and spirit of African American Poetry consisting of panels, readings, performances, book signings, showcases, slams, and children's poetry events pril - Friday April, 7 ' 6:00 to A paneVreading on Erotic Poetry featuring NY poet Robbyne Kaamil, author of "Get Off 7 3 : opm The Titty"; DC performance poet Mikial; DC poet Eduardo Jackson, author of soon-to be published novel "Can't A Brother Get No Love"; and Oakland poet Jessica Holter (HBO's Real Sex and the Punany Project). Friday April, 7 8:00 pm SLAMMIN' The BlackWords poetry slam at Takoma Station 6914 4th St, NW(2 blocks @Takoma Station from Takoma Metro) Sign up at 7p.m. $100 First prize and HUB Gift Certificate. Special Musical Guest: Amie!. Hosted by Kwame Alexander ------.....-,- - ,. - Saturday, April 8 12:00 to Poetry For Children, followed by a children's open mic segment featuring 2:30 pm poets: Lydia Okuturo, author of "Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets," and Storyteller/Poet-TAHIRA. 3:30 to How To Get Involved In Poetry: Open mic's, publishing, and the whole nine. Panel 4:30 pm discussion with some of DC's most talented poets and promoters. 5:00 to Jazz Poetry At The HUB: Featuring Performance Poets, Moonshine, Gerren Liles, 7:00 pm followed by open mic. Featured Band: Temika Moore Trio r , • I "' Monday, April 1O 6:00 to From The Page To The Stage: A performance workshop for poets looking to improve 7:30 pm their delivery and theatrical skills. Seminar leader Linda Joy Bird. Followed by open mic . ..--- - Tuesday, April 11 6:00 to Howard VS. U of Maryland Poetry Slam --~ 7:30 pm Wednesday, April 12 6:00 to The Craft Of Writing Poetry: Awriting workshop facilitated by Pamela Brown-Poetry/ 7:30 pm Fiction Editor with Black Words, Inc. Panelists include: Esther Iverem, Author of "The Time," and Freelance Journalist; Other panelists tba. Followed by open mic. Thursday, April 13 4:00 to Sista's Be Doin It!: An evening with Black Female Poets featuring Laini Mataka, author of 7 :30 pm "Bein' a Strong Black Woman Can Get You Killed!"; and Tonya Matthews, author of "These Hips & Other Songs to Minista to a People's Soul.." Open Mic From 4:00 to 5: 30 pm. Featured Poets From 6:00 to 7:30 Friday, April 14 5:00 to Brothers Spreadin' The Word!: An evening of Black Male Poets with Kwame Alexander, 73 : opm author of "Kupenda: Love Poems," and special guests. • . 4- All events to be held in the Howard University Bookstore unless otherwise noted. 1 For more information contact Howard University Bookstore at (202)238-2640 2225 Geor ia Ave., NW www.Bookstore.Howard.edu or www.BlackWords.com , A 10 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 THE HILLTOP EDITORIALS • ILLTOP Founded in 1924 • Rf•• The Nation's Largest Black Collegiate Newspaper Don't Say It Or Think It he Virginia NAACP is in an doubtful that they do such a thing. How ~ ~o, RE 1tJ..'-"'(; uproar for the third year in a row, ever, they are well within their rights to as Virginia Governor James do so. 1 lS At {rl\M ~ ✓---- Gilmore signed a proclamation declaring That is not to say that the NAACP should April to be Confederate History Month not be outraged. Still, the open expression fOR CoNfEOERMi- !)I\'( there. He placed language ------~ of such an absurd sentiment in the proclamation con- Our View: shows them that they still -rr's cA,t.J') '-W \4o demning slavery, but that have considerable work was not enough to placate We should be chang- when it comes to achieving _ WA.NiS the group. The NAACP ing their attitudes their .goal of eradicating claims, and rightfully so, instead of forcing racism and prejudice in this Bl:~ that Confederate History them to stop. country. Rather than mov- Month celebrates people ing them to try to quash • whose goal it was not to people's free expression, it maintain states' rights, but to keep the should spur them to work harder to institution of slavery alive. change people's attitudes. Changing the People have the right to celebrate almost laws on the books takes us only so far; at anything that they want, as long as it does some point, we have to change how peo not infringe on the rights of others. Con- pie think. Confederate History Month is federate History Month is an obscene the perfect time for the NAACP not to thing to celebrate. True, it celebrates men condemn the existence of the month, but who fought brvaely in a war, but we should think about the cause they were to challenge the celebrants to examine fighting for. Does Bavaria, a German why they would put such pride behind .., . state, celebrate Nazi war veterans? It is such an ignoble cause. • 'Ground Zero' is a Ten "Player-hating" runs wild throughout the quality of the photos, this year's book is ' Howard's campus. Hard-working student lead- complete. Students would be hard pressed to ers are constantly being criticized, blamed and find any fault with the yearbook. scrutinized for things that are often beyond Putting out any type of publication is difficult. Dear Editor: their control. Sure, it is our job as students to But when people who have no idea constantly How To Write Us recognize when our leaders fail to criticize the style of writing or Several times this semester, and as recently as March 31, 2000 in the tasks at hand, but sometimes Our View: photographs, then the job THE HILLTOP, the nation's largest Black collegiate new~P.aJ)!!r, one of your editorials, The Hilltop encourages y~ ko share__your or.1nions on articles publishecfin the we go too far. becomes more complex. Like has reported the University's newspaper. 1 HILI.:fOP w1ll only publish letters addressed When the 1998-99 edition of Dana Williams and her The Hilltop, we're sure the enrollment incorrectly. The number direc_j]x_ to the Editorial Editor in response to r.ublished articles: The HILLTOP Editorial Board reserves the right to edit letters the Bison Yearbook was distrib- staff should be com- Bison Yearbook's staff puts of students enrolled for the current for space and literary style. All letters must be typed, signed and uted, the actual cover caused mended for putting out its heart and soul into what academic year has averaged more include a complete address and telephone numlier. than 9600 students, which is sig some controversy. The olive a quality yearbook this ever it does. If you know you nificantly more than the "rumored" The opjnions exr.ressed on the Editorial Page are the views of the green, coral-colored book was year. put everything into your job, and unsubstantiated figures that THE HILLTOP Editorial Board and do not directly reflect the the subject of lots of ridicule and what outsiders say means have been reported in the newspa 9pinion of Howard University, its Administratio!k, individual speculation about the Editor-in- nothing. Of course, there will per. Even though I provided the Hilltop Policy Board members, or the student body. 1 ne opinions expressed on the Perspectives_page are those of the writers and do Chief Dana Williams' so-called ,....______, be critics and "haters" even University's factually accurate nol represent the view of the Edi1orial Board. aspirations. Williams was immediately con- after this editorial. After all, isn't that what H.U. enrollment figure in a March 3 Hilltop interview with a Hilltop Please Address Letters to: sidered an "AKA prospect" as. if that some- stands for ... "Haters University?" Someone will staff member, inaccurate enroll how validates her. Low and behold, Williams complain about their class picture, the subject ment figures continue to be report The Editorial Editor is still not a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha of the writings or even Williams' letter and pic- ed. It is important that the Hilltop THE HILLTOP 2251 Sherman Avenue NW Sorority, Inc. ture towards the back of the book. readers know the University's cor Washington, D.C. 200b 1 We feel the criticism was not justified by any So, our message to the Bison Yearbook staff rect enrollment figure, as I have means. Some students on campus totally over- is: pay no attention to the naysayers and emphasized on more than one occasion this semester. Good jour looked how good last year's book was and actu- doubters, because that comes with the territo nalistic pactices are grounded in THE MISSION STATEMENT ally paid more attention to colors. Well, this year ry ... just stay focused on the job at hand. The facts, and should not be based on Williams and her staff quieted a few critics. This only conflict would be if Nikki Young's staff rumoi; speculation, or unattributed Produced entirely by the students it serves, THE HIUTOP is the newspaper of record for the Howard University community. year's edition, "Ground Zero" is one of the best next year can exceed the quality of this year's sources. Therefore, it is my hope Within its pages, our readers will witness objective reporting and yearbooks Howard University has seen in years. book. For the University's sake, we sure hope and expectation that you will print stories written from a uniquely black perspective at the premiere From the silver and black, plexi glass cover to this accurate enrollrrient figure so historically black University in the ,vorld. We proudly continue a so. that there is no further misrepres tradition of excellence, for our readers and our distinguished ntation of the number of students legacy deserves nothing less. -who are officially enrolled at the University. HILLTOP OPEC's Oil Squeeze Antoine M, Garibaldi THE Provost and Chief Academic he Hilltop is sure that ing an era similar to the oil shortages and Officer APRILL 0. TvRNER Howard's highly motorized com- high inflation of the mid-l 970s. Editor-in-Chief munity has noticed .------~ Fortunately, after much ALENA SIMONS the increase in gasoline prices Our View: pleading and begging from Business Manager over the last few months, our energy secretary, Bill JASON 'f. SMITH KIMOTHY K. BROWN reaching as high as $ 1.50 a The price scare should Richardson, the OPEC coun Ma11axi11K Editor Ma11axi111; £,liror tries agreed to raise their oil gallon in some places. It cause some change in IRA PORTt:R TORI MASON PR!Nt:J,: MHOON resulted from a squeeze in oil U.S. policy. quotas in order to take pres Campu.1· Editor KYI.A K. WnsoN Adre11i.1•i11~ sure off our gas prices. By Copy Ediror.1· Mww~er prices from OPEC countries CHRIS WINDHAM the middle of the summer, that started in March of 1999 Assistant Campm· ERK HAU, JAMAL P{Jpf. prices should be back to nor Editor Photo Editor Adl'f'nisii1/.i Layout that eventually pushed the price of a barrel mal. However, the government should not Mana}ier of crude oil up to $34 a barrel, more than RANDY SHORT just look at this as yet another crisis avert City/ Narion & W1rld R{ltation CHR11'>'TINA ACKAH ' ' triple what it was at the end of last year, and ed by diplomacy and move on. This sce Editor Editor AssrrANT BUSINESS MAN,\Gf::R a 9-year high. The high prices were a bur nario has occurred twice in 35 years, We MARK . llARRIS,JR, BRANDI F '· ( ' ' ; THE HILLTOP FRIDAY APRIL 7, 2000 All _, .... - PERSPECTIVES Why Diallo and Malcolm We Deserve B.E.T.ter .F.~-Are Not the Same By Damon Waters By Michael Winfield s I flipped through a seem ingly endless number of tele !though he was a self-conscious Polish exile liv ing in Britain in the early 1900s, Joseph Conrad vision channels two \Veeks understood the modern Negro. Describing an ago, during spring break, I began to be anarchist character known as the Professor whose persona infuriated by the dearth of entertaining , is a result of routine injustice by society, he wrote: " ... it viewing choices for African Ameri was extremely difficult for the world to treat him with jus cans. As I lay across my sofa and tice-the standard of that notion depending so much switched from channel to channel, my upon the patience of the individual. The Professor had temperature rose at the paucity of good genius, but lacked the great social value of resignation." television for someone tired of videos, poor attempts at com ' I find it humorous that Conrad states that the Profes- edy and poorly acted movies. Though I have more than 200 sor lacks a social value; after all, what social values do channels, I never came across anything worth my time as • anarchists have? However, the point is salient: a good wt+Y A~t:: vie an intelligent African-American television consumer long part of the .Professor's social Hell is of his own ing for programming geared toward me. Where have all the design.This is not to say that the Professor created the WAiCHIK& TV? good Black shows gone? Better still, what is the purpose , society that spurned him or the academic hegemony that of having a Black Entertainment Television, when I am dis maligned him, but, as an anarchist, he does lack an gusted by the scarcity of visually stimulating and appeal ) essential faith in the possibility of justice that renders ing shows that BET offers. 'him hopeless and unsympathetic. Part of the point of I yearn for the days when The Cosby Show, A Different justice in America is that it is slow. The age of speedy, World, Promised Land, and many other good shows were ' scandalous trials was supposed to have b_een circum on television. What has happened to Black television? I vented by the Constitution. To demand justice that is do not mean those shows vomited forth by the network of speedy and overwhelming is to ignore the potency and "U"tterly "P"athetic "N"egros. I long for the days when poignancy of the law and instead appeal to the mercies Black talent was put on display, not stereotypical buffoon I of myth, superstition, and Heaven. ery, hyperactive sexual desires, and the modern day urban ' ization of Black culture that ignores the other side of the 1 This brings m_e to Malcolm F. Malcolm F. was a petty Idrug dealer. It .is known that he used the profits of his community. What has happened to a better and more , drug sales to purchase diapers for the unwed mothers respectable representation of the community by family 1 in his building. Blood staiued the muzzle of the police oriented shows and informational programming meant to Ipistol that halved his head. Usually. petty drug offend stimulate and educate? But I digress. ers are not executed. Petty drug offenders are taken to My more significant topic is the nauseating lineup repre the precinct, used as stool pigeons to broker a deal, and sented by the network that claims to designate "Black Star released. That police executed such a minor criminal Power." What stars? I doubt the stars are on the outdated, 1in gangland execution style is disturbing; the officers years old sitcoms, or the hours upon hours of the same I should be censured, fined and dismissed. But there was videos played ostensibly perpetually or on the ribald and I no injustice. humiliating, not to mention overtly self-degenerating Comic I There are two types of economies: legal and illegal. View. Black Entertainment Television, sadly, is the only net , The drug trade is illegal. The drug trade ( although it work that we can claim to ourselves, yet anyone who would 1 passes through various African nations) is not the cash proudly hail its existence must be suffering from a momen i cow of Black people. In America, most likely any The Hurricane 1 tary lapse of discretion. We should have, in fact we deserve Blacks associated with the drug trade are petty con to have, better from the only Black station on the airwaves. sumers or petty distributors, the street corner dealer or I find it grievous that the NAACP challenged ABC, NBC, the mystical friend bf a friend. Malcolm F. was selling By Q. Terah Jackson III and CBS to offer more racially sensitive programming, but heroin. Heroin is grown in Asia, especially in the "-stan" ignored the fact that the "Black" station had nothing cre countries, and pipe\jned here. Malcolm F. did not cre Denzel was robbed at the Academy Awards - and with him 'Tu just like trickle down ... Reaganomics," he said" it doesn't ative or worthwhile to view. ate the drug trade or refine the drugs. He did not grow all black ptry,le. work.'' Sadly, CBS had to take the lead in bringing forth the only , Ithe drugs or sell them to harm others. Malco)m F. took "Oh shoot! 'Nikkole Salter gasped as she lost hope -that this Both theories described how the "have nots" mig!_it benefit Black show of the season in advantage of the existing economy and allowed it to pro time maybe , fi.nall)I a Black person would reoeive 1he credit from the improvements of an elite class. The significant dif City ofAngels. City of Angels vide for members of his commnnity. But the economy 1hey deserved. ''I'm going to sleep," she said, "there is no1h futence was Reagan dealt specifically wi1h money and not edu is good show in danger of being canceled like all the other ing ror me left." he invested in was illegal. Malcolm F. abandoned the cation. Anthony was right as long as individuals mentor indi good Black shows of yesteryear because it is not being Though I hadn't seen the movie, I was caught up in 1he hope viduals our entue community will sufler. watched at the same frequency as other shows on the net American justice system when he stepped outside of it -1he silent prayer fur OJ's innooence, the shock from 1he Rod ''It takes a a village," Hillary Clinton said on television. work. While shows like Malcolrn and Eddie, Martin, to make a living. The ·reason felons cannot vote is that ney Kingv,:rdict, and therearfromDiallo's murder. Stteetschol When I heard her quote this principle of African lire, it res . the crimes they have committed are of an order that ars and Ph,Ds agree that Blacks today have no common strug onated a deaf tone. As Lazarus, the black teenager from andThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, among others, remain ldemands restricted citizenship. Drug dealers directly gle- no common _pain. From our parents to 1heir grandparents, Brooklyn, questioned the white Canadians' motives who gross and embarrassing hallmarks of Black television, from Afro-Arnencans to Negroes, they shared a common lan sought to make it literate I could understand his dilemma as a decent shows of a Black nature are canceled left and right. Iinterfere with the political legitimacy of the government guage. This commtmal connection was ll!aintained because graduate of a white elementary school; I can understand his Instead of begging the major networks to put more Black because the government controls the States and formu the doctors, the preachers, the teachers, and the septic tank cl<>an question when Harvard declares they will graduate 1he talent Jaies laws by commerce. Creating an economy outside ers all lived down the street from one another; the profession ed tenth; it becomes apparent when more whites and Asians faces onto their white shows, why cannot we use our sta IGl".lhe purview of the government is akin to rnfAting one's al. business, religious, academic and labor segmmts of the!;,lack mentor black children than Howard students. Each one teach tion to create these Black shows? Why cannot we demand w-n money. It is treason. . . - - society reinfurced their cultural values. one is a myth as long as Whites teach Blacks African cultural of BET the same we der ,and of the 'major' networks? In pa'!, this networl<. was rorced on Blacks by segreganoo values. Black people, \\IC need to take care of our own. Not as Another Con~a,ctp11ssagec.c;omes,:t0 I ! The obilizatio.n for Global ustice I I By Lori Thompson - \ -The International Monetary Fund empower multi-national corporations by liber oped during the colonial period. The IMF and to finance global economic investment that is the recent changes in U.S. economic and , (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) alizing trade and forcing c~untries that accept WB are simply filling the role that imperial in the sole interest of the world's richest peo social policy are manifestations of structur , will hold their annual spring meet- IMF and WB funds, countries almost exclu rulers played in the past. Under these policies, ple. A visit to the IMF website al adjustment. Deficit reduction, balanced ings in WashiI)gton, D.C. on April 16-17. A sively in 1he so-called 'Third World" or "South," those who bear the worst of the effects of (http://www.inf.org) reveals that the IMF is a budgets, the privatization of social services diverse coalition of social and economic jus to impose structural adjustment policies (SAPs ). IMF/WB practices are people of color and member-run organization and that voting and the former Republican "Contract with tice groups that includes student, labor, envi SAPs require countries to dangerously reduce women. People working in factories operat power in the IMF is directly proportional to America" are all components of the logic of rbnmental, and faith based organizations will public expenditures, devalue the national cur ed by multinational corporations are mainly the resources that a member country con structural adjustment. While corporations clonverge in solidarity for a Mobilization for rency to make exports cheaper, lower or elimi women and children. Workers wages in tributes to the IMF resource pool. Countries receive massive tax credits and incentives for nate environmental standards, freeze wages lobal Justice that will encompass ten days national and international sweatshops amount with the largest contributions have more vot developing businesses that employ workers in and, basically, open up the countries to increased f non-violent protests and educational to pennies an hour, yet in the West we pay high ing power and their representatives are jobs that pay between five and eight dollars exploitation in exchange for IMF funds. The prices for goods that cost next to nothing to ents, focused on the IMF and WB, from appointed, rather than elected as in other an hour, citizens are faced with an increasing practice of lending funds to poor countries is produce. Consider the living situation of the cases, to the IMF Governing Board. The pril 8 through April 17. Howard students tax burden and cuts in services. This strate carried out in the name of economic develop person who produced the clothes on your U.S. , the largest contributor, enjoys 17 .3 per tjave begun the process of mobilizing stu gy amounts to a massive wealth transfer from ment and the IMF celebrates their lending prac back-and you don't have to look outside of cent of the total share of IMF voting power, I \ I ' ' • THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 BS • • ' ' ' • ....------~-~-~------. T11 E ffll.LTO A12 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 I f ' . () D LAST HOME GAME! ( 6-3 in MEAC as of April 3 ) HU Home Baseball Games are played at: Double-Header Double-Header JOE CANNON STADIUM IN GLENN BURNIE, MD TAKE BALTIMORE-W ASIDNGTON PAR.KW AY TO EXIT #100 (Glenn Burnie); TAKE FIRST EXIT ONTO DORSEY ROAD; TAKE FIRST LEFT AND FOLLOW ROAD TO STADruM. STAD[UM TELEPHONE NUMBER (410) 22U652 LAST HOME MATCH! At Greene Memorial Stadium Sal • 8 f#ll!$lflll/lfUif/Jf; ···••nal F• -- FDDTBALL 011111111•••-•IIIB 0 Te11n1en Stale U. ft•ll'II 7-Bdl Nadenal ADU-I ~#B11.E TENNIS Clla111•••••••• c ■. •• ■eallbln ••r1• -.a--.a• Nad■nal C••······· ····••TON Cll■ID■l•n••·· G Sll'l ■denl u. •r11 -.4-~lllh (iJJJfJj)!!J!lUJf, !fMi11/IH (INDOOR) ------APrll -aoah aaaurravm Division of Student Affairs April, 2000 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 http://hilltop.howard.edu The Rebirth ofArts & E11tertai11me11t • selliOr Prellliere The Wln Souls of Shantrelle Lewis Bienvenido "Benny" Lebron. "The ing to be, the woman is a walking ing crawfish boils, going to second myself to an organization that upholds By DREW ANOF.RSON first time I met Shantrelle, she was ambassador for her city. If you ain't lines, sliding down levees on cardboard the attributes of scholarship, service, Hilltop Staff Writer in front of Old Bethune doing the from "the crib," she's probably the boxes. It's a lot of stuff that I miss and and sisterhood. And I think there is "Trick Get Off Me' dance, and I first person you ever heard say treasure about New Orleans." only really one out there that does that, "I'm probably the most loved and hated said to myself 'Who the hell is "wardy;' and when everyone Not the least of which is her family, so go figure .." person that you'll probably ever meet this crazy-a$$ girl?' I would caught on, she nipped it to which she declares as being very The bold, outspoken graduating senior in your lifetime," announces an unmis have never known then that "Lil' Wo," way before Black instrumental in her becoming the per• recently stepped out of the pre-med takably Southern female drawl, thick she would become my sis Rob ever came out. son she is. culture which had been her security net er than gumbo. And upon observing ter. I love that girl." New Orleans has given "I gotta say all three of my parents are since the fifth grade, choosing another her forceful persona, strong opinions, "I've evolved since her much in the way of the people I look up to the most. My path in her battle against mediocrity. and fierce loyalty to those she consid freshman year," sweet memories, as daddy was there giving me that tough You want ambition? Check this out. ers her friends, this writer doesn't quite reOects Lewis. "I well as some not so love, my momma just loved me uncon "I want to be more powerful than Oprah doubt the truth in that statement. came here a little sweet. ditionally even in my teenage years Winfrey and have the media under my Some people aren't big on the Zodiac, 'hot girl' from "Growing up in when l was a little rebel without a control. I plan to be that one you see on but every now in then you meet some 1he N.O. wear New Orleans was cause, and my stepdaddy was always TV everyday, on the cover of Essence, one whose personality is so in line ing my little bo1h good and that mediator who just listened to me. Black Enterprise, Ebony, Time, Life, with their astrological description that fisherman bad. New And I gotta give a shout out to my freakin' Money Magazine and the it's eerie. Such is the case with hats, my Orleans has grandma, too. She is like the epitome newspapers. But God might just want Shanrrelle Patrice Lewis, for whom the Baily's a color- of humility. She's a proud, strong me to be a schoolteacher, you know word "Gemini" says it all. a n d s truck woman and I love her more than words what I'm saying? So I just hope that if "A Gemini is an individual with two m y could even express." that time comes and His path for me is sides, and I'm like that," she continues. Since this is not a resume, it's not par not the path that I chose for myself, "There's that Shantrelle that's just loud ticularly pressing to mention Lewis' then I'm humble enough to accept and out there and "bout it, but then many involvements (Executive Arts & that." there's that very serious person that"s Sciences Student Council President, So fitting that the Gemini's favorite like, "don't cross me or step over that musical artists line because I'm about business."' are the Dungeon The duality of Gemini is indeed rep• Family's Goodie resented in this New Orleans, La., Mob and OutKast. If transplant who loves to travel. any group represents She admits to generally prefer• duality, it is that part ring the company of males nership of Big Boi's crass over females because they thug aesthetic and Andre's are less petty and tend to moody poetic musings. Fit solve problems with their ting, too, that OutKast and heads instead of their Goodie's "In Due Time" is the hearts, yet admits to music she uses to get hype before herself sometimes a rest. And fining that the initials holding grudges. S.P.L. can manifest either "Sou1hern "I'm just com PlayaListic" or "Shantrelle Patrice plex, you know? And that's on some Bo's (translation: Girbaud's). Now on Lewis". real stuff because I have strengths but the daily, you'll see me in some nice Parting words of advice from Da l have the same amount of weakness slacks from Banana Republic or Unit Super mac to those who will come after es, and I have lots of friends but I have ed Colors of Benetton. I'm just that her? the same amount of enemies."' type of woman. I can chill, but I can "caste "Know thyself. And once you get to Ask her about some of those close conduct business. But my freshman system" Howard, take advantage of every single friends and she' II mention her people year I was just loud for no reason! I s1ill is out of p u s opportunity that you come across. back home (Robin. Susanne, Toshika. had my head 011 straight, though, this world Pa I s , These are going to be the best years of Jerelle, Danielle), the infamous La because I already knew who I was as a and a lot of Louisiana your life. Enjoy it while you can and Familia clique (Benny, Steve, Black, person and wasn't trying to find people don't State Club, don't let any moment pass you by." Chimu, Big Mamma Cara, Mike-Mike, myself." like to bring it UGSA, etc). Albal, Deverick, Wescobar, and Mark, Well said. But who is this "Lil' Gooch" up. If you ain't But the one rest in peace), Tiffany, Jewel, Brandon, character? 'high yella' or called ''Da Super Millicent, Rita, and the list goes on. "That's my Iii' burgundy Nissan Sen 'passez blanc' and mac" did share this And Shantrelle also holds a special tra. And I just wanna say they got this your last name ain't somewhat mysteri bond with her "sisters" from Suite 3 I 0 Iii' chick from Louisiana who got a car Broussard or Comeaux ous proclamation. in Old Bethune Hall, 1996 (Amber, just like mine, but that ain't the real or something like tha1, "Let's just say in a little Loren, Jamila, Chanel, Joanne, and deal because she doesn't have no dice then it's like you're beneath while the people that Nikia). All of these are friends she has in the window. I call i1 Lil' Gooch people. That's just how ii is, didn't know are going to maintained since she was a freshman. because brothers back home be sportin' and it's really a shame. But on know, and the people that Ahh, the freshman Shnntrelle, whose the Gucci's. That's my partner, right the other side of that. growing already knew are either gonna since-evolved contemporary speaks of there. It gets me where I gotta go.'' up in New Orleans was real. be 'beaucoup happy or they're her in almost a third-person sense. It is almost impossible to talk about because we're so different! We're gonna be hating on me even more, "My nickname for her was 'Crazy Shantrelle Lewis without somehow like our own little world, ya know? and I'll just leave that there. But on Girl,"' says her La Familia "brother" mentioning New Orleans. Without try- Getting cold cups in the summer, hav- that note, I can say I wou Id devote • • • Susan Taylor Leaves Essence • Prophetess Juanita • Magazine • • Bynum Says No To • By J A,\1YE E. Sl1UJ':R • Sex Assistant Ufi:slyles F.ditor • Famed autho,: celebr:ued motivational Speak By BRANDI FORTE e,; and longtime editor-in-chief ofEsser,oe Mag LifeStyles Editor azine Susan Thylor. made an olficial anrlOllnCe ment in theApil 2CXX) issue ofthe magazine lha! In a world that straddles the fence, one must stand she will be mealing her current position. Toylor for something, or he or she will fall for anything. In has 1-toclitor-in-chief of the magazine tor the No More Sheets, prophetess Juanita Bynum address past 19 years. She will now =me the role of es women and men in the spiritual realm. She talks publications direaor about premarital sex and the price th at men and Essenoe began as ju.st a magazine. N01v, it women pay by sleeping with each other 10 soon. includes ocher enterprises such as The Essence • Bynum describes sex as sacred and explains the spir Awaids, a m'lil-on:Ier catalog, hooi~ eyewear; • itual and mental exchange that people explore. books and the Essence Music Festival. Essence • The spiritual coma that Bynum once experienced at also owns the magn:zine dedicated to Hispanic • an early age is her life testimony to young women and women, •~na." • men who feel that there is no way out. From describ As the new publications director. Tuylor will • ing how to deal with pain to the recognizing the over;ee the direction of the m1gazine as well 35 Susan Tuylor \\111 no longer head the • popular Essence Magazine. stages of deliverance, the book is awesome. Bynum the other~ of the COmpan)' She will he.'XI takes readers through steps where one can come to the award.5 show. the music fi:stiv:u nnd assist in grips with their own fears and realities of being sin comfurt, and I'm changing that berore it pro the development of new Essence businesses. gle before embracing marriage. gresses to ixun. befi:ire ii OIO\CS 10 migraires. sleep She will continue to write her popular monthly "No more sheets" is n metaphor for the spiritual ~ depression, a heart auack," column, "In the Spirit." sheets that one sleeps on when they're living in sin. Tiie new editor-in-chief will be Howard alum When asked why she decided 10 make the Each sheet represents the layer and depth of sin that '\ change Thylor s.iid lha! she h.'XI grown used 10 na Monique Green\\OOCI, lhe m1gazine's current people become bound by.Bynum does an exceptional Kl\l\fll 11111111~ wooong long hows and doing normal things at execuci,eeditor. Her first issue 35 editor-in-chief job in relaying God's word to a society that cries for ' top rates ofspeed. "l\ebeen living in sweet dis- will be lheJwie 2IXXl issue. direction. No More Slleets by Juanita Bynum ls worth reading ------...... ------~ ------,------ B2 FIUo,w, APRIL 7, 2000 T HE HILLTOP ENTERTAINMENT Romeo Must Die By K,t;Mt D. JAMf.:S • Hilltop Staff Writer Produc1ion Company: Warner Bros. (WB) D ' Angelo is a talent we all Starring: Jct Li. Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington and know has the Delroy Lindo po1ential 10 do Grade: C+ great things. That being said. If you like The Mairix and Rush Hour this is a so the ,oul fu I so combination of the two in Romeo Must Die crooner is now .Though Jet Li (Lethal Weapon ) performs out• being forced to standing martial art stunts, the story is a bit soppy ai cancel certain times and the plot, a little complicated. !our dales in sev• Li ·s character. Han, escapes from a Hong Kong eral major cities prison while there is a brutal race war heating up this week. So. if ~--- between the Blacks and the Chinese back in Ameri you live in Wash- D'Angelo ca. What are they fighting for? Both parties simply in gton D.C., want more waterfront properties than the other par Boston. Cleveland. or Toronto then you ties in the Oakland/San Francisco bay areas. What should start cursing right about now. He's makes matters worse is the fact that the feuding fam been diagno,ed with laryngitis. Doctors ilies go by orders from a white guy by the name of say he JUSt needs 10 rest. All of the Jates Mr. Roth, who·s interested in buying current up-for will be rescheduled for late April. grabs N.F.L. expansion team, the Oakland Raiders. Furthermore. Han has to dart attacks from addition al. foreign enemies. Anti-conformist sons on both disputing sides end up dead, as Han and Aaliyah. Rnekwon the Chef is serving up the next mediocre in her cinematic debut, pair up and try to level in the dialectic of the Wu-Tang resolve the bitter hatred that each clan possesses for dynasty. Not only is he appearing in the each other. Delroy Lindo (Cider House Rules Mal film "Black And White;· but he and Wu colm Xi) portrays the 1-don't-want-to-get•my-hands• associate Power also oversaw the movie's dirty boss Isaac O Day, with Isaiah Washington (out soundtrack. On that album he appears on a ofSight love Jones Clockers) as his convincing, con sin1tle ti tled " lt"s Not A Game·· alongside niving right-hand man. Mac. OMX is impressive role An;erican Cream Team and, unlike past Wu (minimal) as Silk, a club owner. diminishes quickly. (Trust me.) Howard·s own big boy Anthony Ander affili ated groups. thi s collective can sup son exposes the lighter side of Romeo as a hilarious port themselves without constant Wu Maurice. Downtown footage of the aforementioned appearances. cities is immaculate. threc- Lil Kim: The Bootleg Version ...... Well. we hope ·.. f .- "- this isn·, true, t but ... according returns still letting compe1ition know that jealou, friends who devise a plan to elim• delivery. Kim provides rugged flows rem l•:rI }• .--... , ..• . ' 10 press reports, By ROBERT FORD they are far behind. inate the Queen. Little do they know that iniscence of ··Hard Core:· ,. ' Whitney Hous Hilltop Staff Writer On the track ·•Diamonds." Kim make, 11 the Queens aunt has reeei ved word of their Between "Hard Core·· and the "Notori lit . ' ton was kicked clear that there is no getting next 10 her plln and informs Kim about the plot. ous Kim". the Queen Bee·, competition out of the Album Title: Notorious Kim without spending some dough. She flows Together. Kim. her aunt. and her little has made drastic improvement. Maybe ~;•~ -1'··.. "~. Oscar telecast about the many guys she has tricked into cousin Shanice. they all set out to surprise Biggie should have left some flow, for by musical Record Label: Bad Boy/Queen Bee ' ....~, giving her money. while on her road to the jealous friends. by beating them to the Kim to kick. because the Queen·s lyrical -- director Burt Records ,kills on thh album leave you wondering; riches. punch. I w,>n't give you the ending. but I Bacharnch after Grade: C what happened t(> the ··Hard Core·· Lil I ,• • ·• 1had b*@#Ses rocking the red. yellow. 1hc singer was guarantee you it will leave you wanting Kim. The production on the ··Notoriou, r and green wigs;· here she reminds ad,cr more. Whitney Houston ··out of if. dur- ··Tuey say my music too hard and my saries (see Foxy Brown) that she i, the pio Kim" leaves a lot to be desired. It lacks cre ing rehearsals. ativity. just more of Puffy capitali1.ing off mouth to nasty/ my clothes 100 tight and neer of this flamboyant style of female rap. ··Still that"s not all. B@#S*es have the Whitney·s gall/ to be biting my rhymes. say Big writ of someone else·, hard work. 11,cn again my a .. to sassy;· after a four year hiatus. Kim discusses one ofher wild escapades spokesperson say they pulled out of the the self-proclaimed queen of rap is back. ing my rhymes/. My n•@#a gone now. so its the bootleg version. and lets hope the show. to be replaced by Faith Hill, after a on the blazing hot track ··1 Know It Hurts:· street copy will be nothing like wha1·s Returning as the Notorious Kim. the who writing my rhymes. no disrespect/ sore throat made , inging impossible. But Shanice (A.K.A. Lil QB) is introduced on promising in the stores ,oon. Queen Bee seeks to reclaim her throne. ya'II b@#$*e, only publishing checks:· the reports ,nsi,t Houston was dropped like this track as the Queens little cousin. This Other featured gue,t on the production Firearms, designer clothing. vulgar lan track strongly resembles The Notorious The Queen puts an end to alI the rumor a state trooper\ daughter. Sources inside include Lil Cease. Tonya Stephen·,. and T Whitney's camp tell us they are very con guage. extravagant jewelry. oral sex. and B.I.G:s ··warning;· off the ··Ready 10 Die" and speculation about Biggie writing her Boy. Though she is not the Li l Kim of old. expensive cars, it's all here on the Notori Album. lyrics on the flaming hot trnck ...The Best cerned with Houston\ well being and that for her die-hard fan,. ,he will ,till sati~fy she's only listening to ... (gulp) ... Bobby ous Kim. Even with her absence the Queen It's an intense story about three of Kim\ In Me:· With a deep voice and a strong a hunger that ha, not been fed in ye;irs. Brown. Clive Davis has to be wondering whether ,he'll be OK for his 25th Annivcr• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• sary Special to be taped April 11. Carlos Santana If you've never heard of Nigerian singer and sax player Femi Kuti then you don't know what you·rc missing. His new album Does It Again "Shoki Shoki" marks both his highest pro• file international release and his ascendan cy as patriarch of the Kuti dynasty because By BtlANDI FORTF. he i, the son of famed Ni~erian LifeStyles Editor singer/afrobeat pioneer/and activist Fcla Kuti. You don't know? Better axe somebody. "You remind me of a west side story:· Which west side Femi is also featured on the Common sin story? Latin guitarist Carlos Santana does it again with gle 'Time Traveling:· favorable hit single . .. Maria Maria:· The words echo from radio station to the DJ booths of 9th and F. street night clubs. This work shows that Blacks and Latinos can col laborate musically to what? Make the world learn how to The stage play "Selena Forever" is cur salsa to an exotic. but sincere love ode 10 women of color. rently gearing up and doing some fine tun ing for its national tour and early reviews Music heals the wounds of the Black & Brown recent inner are that people will just adore the project. city wars, and makes people like Malcolm X and Caesar ··Selena Quintanilla brought Latin music Chavez proud. Perhaps the Maria that thumps through the into the consciousness of mainstream funky strings of Santana·s guitar could be a girl at Howard America five years ago." ,ays producer or even a chick on the metro. The song is graceful in its Michel Vega. '·Her li fe story continues to soulful approach. The singer whose name remains anony inspire millions of you ng people. ·Selena mous, carries his own weight. surprisingly to haters, but hey Forever· is a unique way 10 experience even Santana can let newcomers bless his universal work. Selena·s li fe through live musical perfor Maria touches the spirit, makes you want to be a west side mances. Thafs what she was all about." 24 story, or better yet for cats like me who come from the west. year old New York native Veronica Vazquez tell our '•WESSIDE'' story. was discovered through a talent search that ·'Maria Maria·• is baking hot, and the 52-year-old artist took place up until last November and is knows how to make music over and over again. The words now the show's leading lady. are perfectly simple. And for once women are breathtaking beings lhat even Santana can only describe through the radi ComPUed by Black Y0ICOS com ant plucking of a guitar. Meko. OOPS. I meant to say "Maria." is pretty cool, have you met her? Cop the album . Carlos Santana docs it again with the hit single 'Maria Maria.' I TH£ H1u:ror FRIDAY, APRIL 07, 2-000 B3 • • • WHERE WILL OGUN LIVE? Love to HATE • • (/or the t11rmoil of2Pac) • "There's a thin line," so you better believe it • 'Where wiU Ogun live it1 a world full of ni••••s? from Indonesia where the cloves r so sweet 'Irust me, this s**t, is too strong to leave it. • on the sixth step ofmuroon colored stairs that u withstand heat of the spnrk... • on the comer wit' an iron pipe pincher in right hand In Salem lot where tobacco is grown and weaved into • and nn eye-full ofgangrene plumbing rage in the other Money, paper, cheese, or skril/ • fl>nta leaYCS • left Ukc a noose wrapped around smoked nt-cks ... Different word, same meani11g, but as n***as we will • where the first llnme lights the color of spring in a 'Newport misty hole... • traps the soul into darkness still live with pleasure! Beat your a** to death or let your a** breathe, for show of glow from ever-essence on a Camel's hum1> too heavy for the ride Every n***a I know lives for the CREAM alone In the forest 'cuz llblll•• b... But it seems, in doja bush or green is too potent to be I sit and put in work on t-orners lit... asking Legba and if Marlboru ab II saddled OD 11 dog with ll N***as are lookinfora way out what Ave.-bhd.-St. should I take And the "money ain't everything" phrase is played out double-edged I put the pistol close to my tree whowou and hope the hole I shoot throu ith Sbaogo's rather Is the sap of my honey This thing has killed many nd swords and knife ashe. Bought and sold lives plenty lightning... Who don't give af"'*k about money, there ai11't too ma11y • ashe! is the itatioru, of thic • like rolled tindu lea,·es equl orisa like monkeys on my ba • zes or menU1ol and solid Who would walk pass a dollar and quietly leave it • as n•••a runs in Ghede gue They'll make a U-turn and quietly retrieve it. • fare dance • I should cut a tattoo lo my heart It's bought more things than the physical • when cold blood runs warm Wives, children andfreedom some of the mental • like lite no longer exi~ts • I jump into stab wounds permanen jiggy-cbek chants Slaves bought they're freedom across the globe • • pop scars in the spirit the anger to kill the Master '~in't no price too high," are the words to be sold • I animate Jo,-e unconditional re the slave • ·cuz of lack ofpr115er I on one-tyme justice from bullet burns I take this s**t serious, like life or death • or lnck or powft Havi11' no mo11ey is hard to accept • ._of lack or prayer • but where can babatunde lay his legs and rest his btad? If me anti money were i11 the ring, it would be a good a** fight • • The world 011 it's side but I'm way too tight • 't'.'here wlii Ogun ih·e in a world full of ni•••s? • in the House of SamJ)2trna 234 To fall down by the 9th is not my style • I 'll rather fall or win in the.first and collect and collect my pile • • Of millions and millions for 30 secs ofsweat • Bet on money because that's win-win bet, • • • Write Either way u look at it, it's still in rny favor • To for Whether I fall of stand I gets rny paper • • I win the JO to 1 odds n***a, that's my flavor • N***as on money side no askin' for favors • Lifestyles Contact • See money hates you just as much as me • Thefu1111y things is that we are partners to be • • • Brandi @ 806-6866 I love the fact that I'm way too real • • I hate the fact to feel me, I need the bills. • • -The Man • • R(St3urants. Cinemas. 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G:r Where you are in li fe. the Blairs ·-"""ooz"'""u Tm: Huxror FRIDAY, Al'RIL 7, 2000 NEVER A WOMAN WITHOUT A MAN I eliminate All the Newports I've smoked ~FRO RHYTHM SONNET All the tears I choked All the fears I cloaked I All the illusions of gun smoke All the bills I've collected l I called to udu by sheker' etime All the breasts I've developed And all the losers I fu**ked All the good people I plucked earth tone's leaves through root vines ago now so And all the things I've seen All the conversations I blak clump melt lava red rhyme 'tis mine And deep meanings And even when life wasn't real l yet still fulfilled roll like windstrument make Bakongo blow And I eliminate All those who hated on me grew deep moss green beneath seed to light to And never met me All the poets who never felt me And all the words I never spoke find yellow glow slid translucent warmth blind All the times I was broke but I embrace bosom of blu felt us so maroon alone all those who have been by my side And those who never made it purple melody of melancholy song through the wihd and it's a sin carried clav'e rh~hm seis string stroke viola I thought about taking my own life • but for the mornings I had conversations grabbed grebo guitar strum violet la's wit God And felt the light seeking cello to bump b-b bump bump And for all the rivers I have cried back to jemb' econga dijeerdoo thump To this day I won't lie When I say one day this war will end skin slap rap tap tongue drum dark orange set But my words will forever stand And yet I am never a woman -ing clouds wite within the browns that soak wet without a man -Brandi Forte , -A.K. 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I I I Howard University Office of Parking and Shuttle Operations Student Lottery 2000-2001 The Essence o• f Eclectic, Efficacious and Efficient NAME: ------,------:.._,;:;;.._. Leadership SSN: ______2000 Howard University-Office ofStudent Activities Student Leaders HOWARD STUDENT ID#: ______Retreat r.,.....,_.r,,,,... SCHOOL ENROLLED~:______ L""LASSIFICATION::,.______~ All newly deded ll1ldcnt kadas constilllling 1hc governments 111d boards of lhc Unn'Cl'Slty are iDvilcd to LOT DESIRED: (please circle one or the following) lllmd this "'CICkcnd reueat. Notwilhsianding. fwaidm!1 Vice p,,.cj,tmts, TreasuRn. Editon-in.Qiiet Cllailpenons, aod i:;nanc1a1 Mvison are Ill stronaJy ~ llDd in !llOlt cues are required. to ltteDd tbil MICkelld rctrca in order to pirtic:iplte in fioaoci•I, p.og,•mming, c:ommunity scrvic:e, parlilmczal)' Did you h av e parking during the 1999-2000 school year? t'Yes) _/ (No) _/ procedure, IIDl0llg otber areas. ICllliDlft and "'Olbllopl memt to assist your ITPDSitiOD i'IIO office for upoomi113 year, All lnlot'SUXI pawww .ire rcquin:d to regi.slt:rwitb the Office of Studeol Activities by Friday, April 14 • th die cm ..rw- (5 PM). Applicatiom DIIY be picted~ from tbe Ofllce c,,r Smdcor -'dmtics in the Drew 9th & V Street 5 & W Street Armour J. Blackbum UDMnity Center, Suite 117. Inquiries Olly be made viJI ~11806-"IOOO or '\-ia e-tmiJ '-1'<;)ll "tf I L,I :On1. 8th Street E ast Towers West Towers Tbc bus will leave campus Friday, April 2811 8:30 AM 11111 rc:tm! Sunday, April 30 II 12 Nooo. Banneker north & south Friday, April 28, 2000 through Sunday, April 30, • Bring your application to the Office of Parking 2000 in the Administration Building in Room B-11. at the William F. Bolger Center for Leadership Development • Applications must be completed and turned into the Office of Parking by April 30, 2000. llloWilla r. 9o!8' Sp, .. 1 ed by the Offices of the V,oe President for Student Affilin llDd the Dean for Sllldem Life 111d Activities [Thank you for your cooperation] SELMO & FRIENDS THE PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP In conjunction with = YOLOEN TERTAINMENT (You Only Live Once Ent.) CORDIALLY INVITE YOU T O Join a World-Class Leader in the Beverage Industry! THE EXCLUSIVE ********************************************* 4 TH ANNUAL The Pepsi Bottli ng Group, a leader in the beverage industry, is seeki ng dynamic, highly motivated individuals for a unique and challenging GRADUATION CELEBRITY experience ... CELEBRATION Job Title: Summer Intern Number of Positions: 2 SATURDAY, MAY 13th Duration: Six weeks (Start Date flexible) AT THE LUXURIOUS Stipend: $ I2.00 per hour Location: Pepsi Bottling Group's Chesapeake Market Unit LOEWS L'ENFANT PLAZA (Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area)-local travel required Work Week: Approx. 32 hours per week HOTEL lOpm-until Hours: Vary, based on assignment - Hours of Operation: (GRAND BALL ROOM & SOLARlUM) 6:30 am - 8:00pm Director of Sales/ On-Premise 480 L' Enfant Plaza, S.W. Washington, DC (202) 484-1000 Reports To: The First Indoor & Outdoor Graduation Celebration Job Summary: This individual will assist Sales, Operations and/or Marketing personnel to execute DRESS TO IMPRESS *NO JEANS OR SNEAKERS * specific programs and strategies, including product availability at the customer level , in ********************************************* order to enhance Pepsi's overall presence and sales performance. D iscount Rooms Available Qualifications: call I (800) 635-5065 ask for the HU RoomBl ock □ Juniors and graduate students preferred (w ill consider sophomores) Tickets available soon @ Up Against the Wall on Georgia ave □ Attention to Detail School of Law Undergraduate Schools □ Ability to work independently o Good interpersonal skills College of Medicine College of Dentistry o Good communication skills o Good time management ski lls School of Social Work College of Pharmacy o Good organizational and prioritization skills □ Prior work experience preferred Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Consumer Products experience if possible) If you missed 97'& 98' at the HY ATI REGENCY o Interested candidates must have a car or 99' at the Convention Center don't miss the o Ability to lift a minimum of 40 lbs. FIRST GRADUATION CELEBRATION of the MILLENNIUM !! ! Interested candidates should submit resumes to: Glynis Conner, Howard For more info call (202)2)~- 27o7 or E-mail [email protected] University, Auxiliary Services, 2244 Tenth Street, N.W ., Room 401 please call only 9pm-l2mid on weekdays & l2pm- l2mid weekends Washington, D. C. 20059. Telephone number (202) 806-2414. • '• •' B8 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 THE HILLTOP' , Tutor counselors are needed for a six week All HILLTOPICS are residential program. Current junio~ senio~ or graduate student with proficiency in due, paid in full, the english, mathematics, science, computer science, engineering, or spanish and 2.00 or Monday before publi better g.p.a. $1500 plus room and board. Applications and fact sheets available. cation. Announce Howard University Upward Bound Program ments by campus Undergraduate Library RoomL-41 organizations for (202) 806-5132 meetings, seminars or Outdoor FUN summer JOBS Summer day camp for kids in Darnestown, non-profit are charged :MD needs enthusiastic counselors and instrnctors in kayaking, climbing, horseback as individuals adver riding, swimming, sailing, canoeing, gym nastics, and more. CDL a plus. We will tising for the purpose train. Call for your application for summer of announcing a ser fun. Valley Mill Camp 301-948-0220. Summer Crewleaders! Lead urban youth in vice, buying or selling DC to complete challenging conservation work projects. 21/older; driver's license. are charged $5 for the Application: Chris/Student Conservation frrst 20 words and $1 Association# 703-524-2441. for every additional FORRENT Looking for a place to live? · five words. Local www.housing 10 I .net. .. • Your move off campus! companies are Search for apartments. charged $10 for the Free roommate sublet listings. frrst20 words and $2 FOR SALFJSERVICES Car For Sale for every five words '91 Subaru Legacy- Black, auto, AM/FM cas. $2875 OBO. thereafter. Personal Please call 202-387-0805. ads are $2 for the first BlueCross BlueShield Student Health Plan now available for as low as $21. 70 a month 10 words and $1 for (depending on your state of residence). Please call 301-652-4000 for a free applica every additional five tion and brochure. words. Resumes, Resumes Expert Resumes and Cover Letters ANNOUNCEMENTS Special Offer: starting $25 10 copies of Resume+ Disk The ladies of Alpha chapter (Writing/Layout Included) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Call (202) 581-0689 present. .. "Health Week 2000" Torm Paper Assistance 9th Call to Chapel Writing, Editing, and Research 10th Heal Thyself Low Rates. Guaranteed Results. 11th In Times of Sorrow... Don't Stress ... We Do It All. 12th AKA Meditation through Yoga Call The Editors Corner 13th The Future of Health (202) 581-0689 14th The Latest Outbreak PERSONALS ATIENTION!!! All Student Organizations with tax ID # Wed., May 3rd Go to room #122 with your ID card to The College of Arts & Sciences, School of inquire about us or pick up your organiza Communications, & The School of tional fun.ding checks. For further Business present Senior Night@ Republic information, call (202) 806-7008. Gardens. That's Wed., May 3rd Fine Arts Standing Committee (F.A.S.C.) Free Food, OPEN BAR b/4 7pm & Live in conjunction with the Playwright's Lab Comedy. presents A Pedonnative Collage. A series of individual pieces connected by a Selmo & Friends cordially invites you theme that is promoting the artists within to the Exclusive Official 4th Annual the Division of Fine Arts. The Celebrity Celebration Saturday, perfurmance will be on April 20, 2000 at May 13th at the Luxurious 7:30pm in the Environmental Theatre LOEWS L'ENFANT PLAZA Space, Fine Arts Building. FREE HOTEL (Grand Ballroom& Solarium) Division of Fine Arts Professional Spot Cash Bar Available & Moel Specials light Series presents Woodie King, Jr., Discount Rooms Available call 800- Producing Director. New Federal Theatre 635-5065. Ask fur HU Room Block. Company (African American Theatre Tickets available soon @ Company), New York, NY on Thursday, Up Against The Wall on Georgia Ave. April 13, 2000 at 3:30pm in the Environ For More Info e-mail: mental Theatre Space, Fine Arts Building. [email protected] All students interested in perfurming, arts management, production and directing are E.N.V.Y them invited to attend. For more infurmation and that you should call (202) 806-5462. FREE Thank you for leading 61 E.L.I.T.E Division of Fine Arts Professioµal Spot into sisterhood. light Series presents Ron Hines, Produc We love you 47 E.N.V.Y ing Director St. Louis Black Repertory Company (African American Theatre THE REVOLUTION IS COMING .. , Company), St. Louis, Missouri, on April FRIDAY, APRIL 21ST 2000 10, 2000 at 2:10pm in room 2103, Fine Arts Building. General auditions will "They ' re C orrung. ... " occur. All students interested in perform ing, arts management, production and Congratulations!!!!! directing are invited to attend. For more Khalilah infurmation call (202) 806-5462. FREE Denise We Love You SPORTS & ENTER'IAlNMENT LAW -The VB Crew CONFERENCE at the Howard Universi ty School of Law on Saturday, April 15th, 21-A-OO 2000. Topics covered will include: Alter I know you're about to act a fool for the native Careers in the Entertainment fudus crimson and cream if you touched your try, Careers for Women in Sports, Work elbow to the ground just for purple and ing your first music deal and more! gold!! Registration begins at 10am and there will -Coop be a reception from 4:30-6:30pm. HU Law is located at 2900 Van Ness St., NW To Spring 2K: (Van Ness/UOC exit on the Redline). HU was not ready fur you, $5 for students with ID; $7 for the general You are so live ... and we are so proud! public.Questions to "Perrection breeds perfuction ... " [email protected] Always Alpha, 39-A-98 Help Wanted Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Beta Chap $1500 weekly potential mailing our ter Beta Chapter & Sehno Presents ... circulars. No Experience Required. Free Spring2000 infurmation packet. Call 202-452-5940. The Masks of Heru COMING our PARTY The Shaw EcoVillage Project is hiring The 6! E L .I.TE. team leaders. During our 6-week summer Friday April 7th program, we need you to lead and moti @ Club U: The Reeves Center vate small groups of teens through a com On the Corner of 14th and U St. NW munity project. We will pay you and Superstar Luxury Shuttle assist in finding affurdable/cheap sururner Leaving The Quad and Meridian every 1/2 housing. If you are interested, call hour starting @ 11 p.m. Pascale at 202-332-1468. Doors Open 11 :30 p.m.- 4 a.m. Part-Time Administrative Assistant needed. Flexible hours. Experience 18 to Chill preferred but will train. Please fax your 21 to Spill resume to (202) 833-2391 and call No Sneakers or Athletic Wear (202) 833-BEST to schedule an interview. Greeks &5 b4 12 a.m. LOOK! General Admission $7 b4 12:00 a.m. Lifeguards and Pool Operators needed in For Info Call (301) 346-7129 or (202) 865- DC and MD areas. FT/PT Flexible 9657 hours, good pay, and great places to work. Call Renee 301-864-4900. CHILD CARE- Earn xtra $ working special events. Temp. 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