For 11Thtime, Aggies Honor Mcnair's Memory

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FEBRUARY 7, 1997 VOLUME 71 NO &T graduate died in 1986 s ace shuttle exvlosion For 11th time, Aggies honor McNair's memory: He reached for the stars By JaimeeCanty man who dabbled in various arts. He StaffWriter wasa karate teacher with a fifth degree black belt, and was awarded the AAU Karate Gold Medal in 1976,along with Years after the tragic acci- five other regional championships. At dent that took his life, Aggies gath- onepoint in his life, he almost decided ered together to pay tribute to to turn his skills as a jazz saxophonist Ronald McNair in the building into his career. He also enjoyed cook- named after him. Before an overflow ing, boxing and football. Not surpris- crowd of students and faculty, ingly, wasmany things to many people. Cheryl McNair, his widow, spoke He married Cheryl Moore McNair and about the astronaut on January 28, fathered two children, Reginald and the anniversary of the space shuttle Joy Eleven years afterhis death,Cheryl Challenger's ill-fated ending. still travels the country, spreading her Ronald McNair was born to husband's message of determination. Carl and Pearl McNair on October On January 28, the anniversary 21,1950 in Lake City S.C. As a child, of McNair's death in the explosion of he excelled in school and had a thirst the space shuttle Challenger, North for learning. CarolinaA&T took the timeto celebrate McNair graduated from his accomplishments. It was the 11th A&T in 1971 with a B.S. in Physics, service of its kind, and was held in the and was awarded an honorary auditorium of McNairHall. His former doctorate in 1978. After finishing as professors, North Carolina state legis- an undergraduate at A&T, he earned lator William Martin and Greensboro a doctorate at Massachusetts city councilwoman Yvonne Johnson Institute of Technology. At MIT, his were among those paying tribute. experimentation with laserradiation Martin left listeners with this and molecular gases was helpful to thought: "Itis not acalamity to die with understanding the molecule. dreams unfulfilled; it is a calamity to When NASA was looking die without dreams." for astronauts, McNair took the Even before his death, McNair challenge/After a year of training had received one of thehighest honors and evaluation, he was given the a citizen can receive. He was awarded duty of mission specialist for future with a key to the city. space flights. He and a crew spent In McNair's absence, his name eight days in space in February of still lives on. The Ronald E. McNair 1984 on his first mission as a flight program helps low-income minority specialist. see McNair, page 3 McNair was a Renaissance Ronald McNair graduatedfrom North Carolina A&T in 1971 Freedom rings again on King day Campus News 2-3 By Kevin Sturdivant means something more than a day off bring us as a nation closer to- toAfrican-Americans. Editorials 4-5 Features and Entertainment Editor JasonL. Powell, gether to examine our differ- a 20-year-old sophomore from Laurel ences and find solutions to Features 2-3,6 Hill, said, "Itis a dayof peace and har- those, oris it another excuse to Letter to the Editor If someone wereto tellyou that mony. A day you should get toknow our differences you had a polarize and Sports paid vacation day, would somebody that you never met before, build more fences between us? over you gripe the name of the day? no matter whatrace they are." New Most people would Hampshire, readily take a day For most African-Americans known as the Granite State, Editorials/Columns off from work without thinking twice the very nature of the day is a time for does not observe about the of now Dr. David Gaines name the day. If fact, it all tounify. A timewhen everyone can as such. New stands to reason that King's holiday Brian Holloway many Americans come to together on one accord and, as the sate in don't Hampshire is only know the importance of most of Dr. King said, "Let freedom ring." the country that does not ob- the holidays that NOTE: Since the December 12th issue the nation observes. In 1986, when the day was serve Dr. King Day. Instead Veterans Day means something special a was delivered after the majority of the made federal holiday, many Ameri- New Hampshire observes, left for to veterans that most Americans can't students the holiday break, we cans had mixed feelings. But inher- "Civil Rights Day." Some resi- are distributing thatissue aswell as this understand. The same could be said ently the message of thecountry'slaw- dents of the state feel that issue together. with Memorial Labor no Day, Day and makers wasthat we should finally pay one person is big enough to en- most especially Martin Luther King homage to not only the man, but also Be sure topick up your copy of the De- compass civil rights. Joseph cember 12th Day. his message of peace and unity. issue, too. But The A&T Register Staff Martin Luther King Day does the celebration of Dr. King Day see King, page 3 Aggie wants to make his mark world-wide By Nichole Rose munity by teaching less fortunate Staff Writer Malik is a Southeastern five semesters children and the homeless. The idea, Transportation Center Scholarship Graduate school is just one he says, is to expose those people to recipient and a student research as- of Malik's future plans. He also opportunities that they don't have Khalid Malik was named sistant at North Carolina A&T. He would like to own and operatea glo- everyday access to. after the great Muslim general also received the 1993-94 Gate City bal distribution center, and ulti- Malik born in Elmira, Khalid was Ibn Walid, and his future Alumni Chapter Scholarship, and mately retire from that industry and N.Y., and spent his formative years plans are worthy of his name has made theDean's List forthe past giveback tohis family and his com- in New Orleans before moving to Greensboro five years ago. He is the fourth oldest child ofa family of 12,and draws much of Murphy's 'Metro' continues his his motivation fromhis family. Serv- ing as a role model for his brothers and sistersis crucial, he said,because resurrection on the silver screen if they see how farhe has come, and where he is going, they may do the with a By Kevin Sturdivant was in full same - little patience. makeup for the role of Murphy says ofhis attraction to the Malik plans to graduate Feature and Entertainment Editor Sherman director Klump," Carter role. with honors in International Affairs explains. "It to was very odd say the "I thought it was a fantastic and Transportation/Logistics Man- Eddie Murphy is Scott least, seeing him dressed as a 400- idea. The character is somebody agement. He would like to land a Roper, a fast talking, wise-cracking pound man,replete with a few extra who by the very nature ofhis job has challenging position with the oppor- hostage negotiator whose unortho- chins. His transformation was un- to adapt himself to different situa- tunity for career advancement, uti- dox but winning ways make him the cannybut once I sawhis eyes, I knew tions. Each time he's in a different lize his education experience San Francisco Police Department's it was him. and top arbitrator. predicament, in very subtle ways communication skills in the field of "After my initial shock," he's sort of a different character, in international But even his silver tongue Carter continues, "we went transportation. on to the sense that he's trying to connect International economic can'tchange his fortune when heand have a great meeting, sharing a lot rookie SWAT team with the person he's negotiating principles are similar to domestic sharp-shooter of the same ideas about the 'Metro' with." Kevin McCall, played by Michael forms of carriage, he said, but its script. I also discovered that Eddie In addition to ob- Rapaport, come face to face with a Murphy's ownership patterns, processes and is a very sensitive, very thoughtful vious and comic psychotic killer in a lethal renowned gifts, di- procedures and governmentpolicies game of man who has a very strong sense of rector Carter hadalways cat and mouse, in sensed that are often different. Touchstone Pic- himself and a deep perspective on had tures latest release "Metro." Murphy the makings of a good The need forpeople withhis life in general. I was excited at the dramatic actor. When "Metro" director Tho- skills, he says, can only increase. prospect of working with Eddie on "This seemed to be a script mas Carterfirst metwith Murphy to this subject." Businesses today view markets as discuss the that would allowEddie to exhibithis global rather than domestic, he says, possibility of working One of themost popular ac- dramatic together, the skills as well as his come- and the international transportation two-timeEmmy Award tors on the planet, Murphy was in- dic skills," winning director hardly recognized Carter says.

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