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·~-~ _ _,.... • • • • I Established VOLUME 92, NO. 8 WWW.'l'HEHILL1 '0 PONLINE.COM 1924 Thursday, September 4, 2008 CAMPUS EDITORIALS & PERSPECTIVES LIFE & STYLE ONLY ONE PERCENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS OVERRIDES A PAIN FOR MANY STUDENTS. HE' S A FATHER , MUSIC MOGUL, WORKS IN REAL Thursday DONATE BLOOD, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE TROUBLE GETTING INTO CLASSES IS A RESULT ESTATE AND NOW HE' S VENTURING INTO TY. MANY WITH RARE BLOOD TYPES IN NEED OF OF LARGE ROSTERS AND UNWILLING PROFES MASTER P STARTS HIS OWN BLACK NETWORK Notebook DONATIONS. FIND OUT WAYS TO HELP. SORS. TO COMPETE WITH BET AND TV ONE. PAGE 2 PAGE7 PAGES Administration Officially Extends Override, Purge Date Course Override rorms "~II be ac submitting financial aid applications. se Nicholas Owen, lnterim Provost Alvin President Sidney A. Ribeau requesting assist students, making available to them cepted until the close of the business day curing outside loans and securing private Thornton offered to hold regular meet that the Course Override period be ex all private, public and institutional aid for on Monday, Sept. 8. TI1ere will be a one scholarships late. ings between Enrollment l\1anagement tended to Sept. 8. which they arc eligible," Thornton wrote week notice before the official purge date, There is also a new federal provi and student leaders in order to improve He also requested that the purge in the letter. according to an administrative letter sent sion that delays the financial aid package the communication between students date be publicized and that communica ' Wednesday evening. process, according to the letter. and administration. tion between Student Accounts and the -Campiltd by Vanessa IW<.itr, Reasons for the numerous dclars in In the letter, sent to the H oward These actions come one day after Office of Financial Aid be improved. Editor-in-Chief student validation attributed to students University Student Association President Owen sent a lcuer to Howard University "\ Ve wiU continue to aggressively Decrease in Budget Causes Increase in Complaints
BY CHRISTINA L. BURTON • Business & Technolog y Editor
A Howard Universit; depart ment chairwoman received an ca1ful of complaints from 30 frustrated stu dents whose classes were just cancelled for the third time since the ~chool year began. Due to alleged "administrative challenges" from the unive~it) 's high er administration, a few professoM like Pilates instructor Donna Lynn could not teach her 11 : I 0 a.m. ~fonday and \Vednesday Pilates class of about I 00 students, many of whom got overrides into th e class because other physical education classes were closed. In a spur of the moment meet ing with Chairwoman 01: Doris Cor bett, students displayed that they have had enough with Howard's lack of
communication with st cldcnts , nd ~hrisM!Leurr.:.i · &,.._ l ~JCMol;rE o demanded from Corbett a soluti on to Students wait outside of their Pilates class what they could do immcdiatdv. that was cancelled for the second time. fuur classes, according to Cor bett, arc cancelled including Pilates. a little out of the ordinal);" Reidy said, two E."ercise & \\'ellness cla.\scs and agreeing \\ith what HHPL profes~ors Human Anatomy lecture. Corbett said said about this being the first time this Cl- "'It 11<""'1 Lw&TstaoAJg7E:ltlr something will be done to amend stu has ever happened. Proactive members of the cancelled P.E. classes meet with HHPL Chair, Doris Corbett, Ph.D. to find a solution to their problems. dents', but refused to comment fun her The problem will not linger on on the matter. pa~t Frida\; Reidy assured. He also said A student said that professor De the pro\'ost 's office reali:tes that similar Student Voice Concerns About Cancelled neen N. Long-\ Vhitc s.lid the problt•m problems "ith class cancellations ha\'e was that the three prolC~ :or' Lynn. occurred 111 the past and are "oft.:n left Classes, HHPL Chairs Tries to Find Solution Lawrence Enwcle and 111 unknm\ n in a state of suspense almo l" until the instructor teaching the four courses school )Car starts. He said there is not a BY SHIVONNE FOSTER Friday after a scheduled administrative Howe,·cr, that ad,~ce proves difficult for an: not getting paid. However, Associ problem ''ith space, bul that there is a Campus Editor meeting. m;111y students. ate Provost Or. Joseph Reidy said that need for instructors and that the uni\'Cr Lynn came to class prepared f:uneka Glenn, a senior chem 1swrong. sity is in a "tight" financial position. Pilates mats were left unrolled for to teach, but was told b)• Human Health istry and psychology major, is enrolled "The mmor is uot tnu· about "\ Ve don't h~ve a major space is another classes period, and many dis Performance Leisure Chair, Doris Cor in Human Anatom). a course required teachers not getting paid," Reid)' said . sue.'' he said. "I mean, if you just walk gruntled students voiced complaints a.~ bett, Ph.D. not to hold classes for the fo r entering the two dental schools she is in an interview Wednesday afternoon. down the Douglass halls on any after four Human I lcahh Performance and second consecutive scheduled meeting appl)~ng for. "That's j ust not the case." noon, you notice a lot of empty class Leisure (HHPL) classes were cancelled due to "administrative ch ::illengcs." After students were informed Reidy, who said he intends to brief rooms." \ \'edncsday with no informati on about "I can't really say what's going that classes had been cancelled again, Senior Vice Provost Dr. Alvin Thornton T he University has suffered from when or if they would meet again. on behind the scenes," Lynn said. "But 30 students met with Corbett to discuss when he returns to campus tomorrow lowered federal appropriations for the Pilatrs, Hum;111 Anatomy and to have a turn out like this doesn't make a range of personal issues with the class morning, said faculty cmplo>ces have past se\'eral years. According to the two Exercise and \ Vellness courses have sense for us not to have a class." cancellations. At the meeting students' to be "fully approved" by the provost's Department of Education, Howard re not held a class session since the school According to Bison \\'cb 92 contact information was taken; howe\'· office before the) can be paid. This in cei\'ed $20+ million in federal funding year bq;an. students an: enrolled in the 40 student er, not all students enrolled in the classes cludes professors that Howard has to for the 2008-2009 school years making Profc~or Donna Lynn, who capacity dass. were present. employ abruptly to teach a cla.-s opt•nc:d up 35.+ percent of the uni\'er.>ity's total inst mets Pilatcs at 11: I 0 a.m., told 50 Students wen: advised to find Corbl·tt declined comment to because another cla~s is too foll. plus students" ho sat dressed in athletic another P.E. class to enroll into to fulfill "[Illis situation] happened to be > See CLASSES, Page 5 wear she is hoping the i~ue is sc:uled br their individual HHPL requirement~. > s,..., Pll.ATES. P.1~ 5 Poor Economy Helps Community Colleges Republican Convention
BY NATE LEG WHALEY percent according Contributing Writer to the Department Puts All Eyes on McCain of Education. Due to the slowing economy, peo In some ple are cutting corners to save a buck. ca.~es, students at Palin Ticket for Election Some households cannot afford i ncrcas tend communiLy ing tuition costs at 4-ycar universities. As colleges because a result, parents of college-aged students they arc intimidat BY ANGELA P. SMITH are enrolling their children into the less ed by big universi Staff Writer "Since our opponents in this pn:si expensive community colleges, which is ties and need more dcmial election seem to look down on causing the enrollment of many commu one on one atten Following fi\'e days of intemc me that experience, let me explain to them nity colleges to boom. tion from adminis dia scrutiny, Alaska Gov. Sarah Pali n in what the job invokes. I guess a small However, they are more than trators and profes troduced herself to the nation last night town mayor is sort of like a 'community just a cheaper price. "Community colleg sors. "Community as she accepted the GOP's vice presi organi:tcr,' except that you have actual re es a.re quick to adapt and provide educa college allows you dential nomination at the Republican sponsibilities." Palin said. contrasting her tion and training for jobs in newer fields to get your head National Convention in Minneapolis-St. political background with that of Demo such as alternative energy" says Norma straight before you Paul-Minn. cratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Kent, Vice President of the American enter an environ In perhaps tl1e most important Obama. Association of Community Colleges, lo ment 'vith man)' speech of her life, Palin described herself Controversy over Palin, who was cated in \Vashington, D.C. This includes distractions," says as an average hockey mom who "didn't virtuallv unkno,,11 until Sen. John Mc training students in the newer industry of senior psychology need focus groups and voter proftlcs" Cain chose her as ticket mate Friday, wind generated energy to become wind major Ife-Chudeni because she "knew the voters and their distracted Republicans this week as they turbine technicians. Opula, a transfer families, too." had set on reaching out to voters after the In 2006-2007, l ,045 community student from Fres P!'ooloCootle$y of lqrilww1t ext-di 81'1'5tale edl>'suny httnl Palin then discussed her experi Democratic National Convention last colleges in the United States enrolled 6.2 no Community With increase in four-year college tutition prices many resort to ence as a public servant, highlighting her million students, according to the Na College in Fresno, community college record as Alaska's governor and a former CaliJ: tional Center of Education Statistics. Be congesti ve heart failure and l wanted to small-time mayor. tween 2000-2006, student enrolhnent in For others, it is the convenience community colleges bas increased by I 0 of being close to home. "My mother had > Sec COLLEGE, Page 5 > See RNC, Pnge 5 INDEX Campus 2 Business & Technology 4 Metro 6 Editorials & Perspectives 7 Life & Style 8 ~ ... • 2 CAMPUS September 4, 2008 Blood Drive to Help Provide Scarce, Unique es ' BY EBONI FARMER month, and Pt•nn believc:s it is an important time lo spread African -American Blood Facts Deputy Campus Editor f\\\":trt"llC'SS. According to ;\llayo Clinic, one of 12 African Americans carry -Some African-American p atients have rare According to the American Red Cross, African Americans the trait lo.r sickle ccll BY W. HASSAN MARSH Black College Wire Morehouse College is teaming up with At lanta's leaders to develop the $125 mil.lion center that will exhibit the Morehouse King Collection and highlight the role of historically black col leges and universities in social justice struggles. The city has been known for its desire to be a player on the world's stage since a commu nity coalition worked on bringing the Olympics to Atlanta in 1996. tvforehouse wishes the same. "The vision has been that the Center for · Civil and Human Rights will be the primary exhi bition facility for the papers," said Doug Shipman, Executive Director of the Center for.Civil and Hu man Rights Partnership, to Black College \\'ire. However, Morehouse will remain the owner of the papers and the "scholarly drive" behind the King Collection which is currently being held in the Robert Woodruff Library that Morehouse shares with the other Atlanta University Center Schools. "We see ourselves as the public outlet when someone wants to brings their family," Ship man said. "\Vhen a scholar wants to study the King papers, Morehouse is the institution that will be their partner in their academic pursuit." So, the 141-year-old HBCU has been do complex that will be dedicated to the history of ing everything it could for the last two years to civil rights struggles and the future of social justice leverage the Martin Luther King, Jr. Collec global!)~ It will include exhibition, performance, tion that the city ga'!e as a gift to the school. and meeting space as well as a media facility. "It can only enhance Morehouse's reputa "The Center for Civil and Human Rights tion, nationally and internationally, and carries the is a Living institution that \viii botl1 celebrate Morehouse tradition of our alumni, prominent, and educate around civil rights history, espe well-known alumni, [being] closely connected with cially Atlanta's history," said Shipman, adding the college," ·former president Walter E. Massey that history is "a springboard to talk about con said in an inteMew with Black College Wire short temporar)' issues of civil and human rights." ly afier the news was announced two years ago. From the outset, organizers envisioned "It's another recognition that we are among the cenll~r as a powerful economic engine for the the finest colleges in the world, the fact that this city, further propelling it to international stature. kind of collection would be entrusted into our An economic impact stu(iy prepared by oversight," Massey said in the June 2006 internew. the consulting firm Deloitte and released by the However, at the time, neither the school nor CCHR Partnership showed that tl1e project would the city c;learly defined how they intended lo capi generate S 1.2 billion in economic act.iviry for the talize on the acquisition of the I 0,000-piece collec Atlanta metro area and create 1,550 new jobs. tion that was left in Coretta Scott King's basement. The international aspirations were There had been suggestion that the pa highlighted during U.N. Secretary Gen- pers would be exhibited at a museum that eral Ban Ki-moon's visit to the Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin had been planning. University Center to view the papers. Theonlythingthatwasclearwasthatadcalthat "Toda)) my admiration grew even fur a. e£1Bd by Oz 5wtty Mia origftilly dli adsd For Owbnltl CHU... on Bmillh\Gll, mobilized S32 million in 11 days to save the papers ther, as I Saw the papers lodged in this library," from auction would be used in some significant way. Mth origfml ~ns by Dani& Bemiinl Roumiiln,. ill Hilitiiln-Arneril;;in Ban told an audience of the city's movers and r;ampa r who MIMI d;weLli violn will ill variety af ....Dly ~ But the loan had to be extend shakers, faculty and students at Woodruff. ~mbut ml&ic byElan Vytal lalca W~. • ed due to slow fundraising. Early op "Seeing the original of 'Letter from a Bir pos1non to the plan to6k many forms. minghamJail,' with paragraphs that Dr. King wrote "Will the legacy of freedom be secure on scraps of paper, l could only imagine what in with the pending transfer to Morehouse Col tellectual courage and conviction went into the ef res ·rrec on lege?" asked Pulitzer Prize winning Kjng bi fort," he said, according to the UN news sernce. by OB IE Award-winner Dani G!I Beaty I muslc by Dan lel Bernard Rou main I ographer Taylor Branch in a scathing op-ed in Th.is is all, in fact, an effort bydiversestakehold directed by Oz Scott I a co-produdiol'l with Hartford Stage ~e Atlanta J ournal-Constitution in J uly 2006. erstobrandAtlantaasaleaderincivilandhuman rights. ·He cited murky terms of sale and the The Center has had conversations Now through October 5, 2008 lack of facilities on Morehouse's campus. with the UN to host conferences and events in Crystal City Since then, the mayor, who led the charge on human rights, according to Shipman. to buy the papers, business and commurnty lead Like Atlanta, Morehouse has worked to at ers have made significant progress in designat tain an international profile over the past several ing how and where the papers will be used. years charging the Andrew Young Center for Inter It will anchor the Center for Civil and Hu national Affairs with the task of globalizing the cam man Rights that is slated to break ground in 2009. pus and its curriculum in 1998 and the Leadership vVoodruff Library has received a grant Center with educating globally-conscious leaders. to help fund the processing of the paper and has The Kjng Collection energizes these ef engaged ·in a joint initiative witl1 Boston Uni forts. "l\1orchouse's foture dept•ncls on cultivated, versity where over 80,000 items tl1at belonged visionary leadership that is rooted in deep mem to King remain and Stanford's King Institute ory," said 'Walter Fluker, executive director of the to make a master catalogue of all archival ma Leadership Center a~d interim director of the King terials. Library officials said that tJ1e collection Collection. "The King papers help provide that." Arena Stage Th would be available for scholarly use in late fall. · The Center will be a I 00,000 square feet THE HILLTOP 4 BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY September 4, 2008 Student Loans Still a Problem for Minorities BY GRACE SALVANT incomr dcdining students .ire left with one problem students more acu·"ible :md affordable Contributing Writer \Cl) frw options" hen it romcs to getting "The} denied my !0;111 applk .1- loans. It \\ent into eflectjtllY I. 2008. assist.uKe. tion," she said. •· l'he\· said that bcc<1use Rep. George ~till er 1D-Calif .\, Raise \'our hand if you have .Junior English m;~or Stephanie of the failing econom); they had 10 he who sen·cs as Uh;urman of 1hc Educa- S22.000 just l)ing around in \Our sa\ings Rivas said, "~h fr<·slnn,111 yt•ar, I decid more selective about whom thC) gaw 1ion .md Labor Committee. and Sen. arcount reach to pa} for the 2008-09 ed to lake out a loan with Chase b;mk. lo.ms to. and J have a balance• from la,1 Edward Kenned\ t D-Mass . the Chair school H"ll' I 11· earclwd and round 1h,1t 1he\ had se mester." ni.m of lh< House and Senate Education I didn't think so. the lnwot in1 c1l'st 1.1k , a\ailahk at that Tht·n: .ire \'arious factors 1h.1t Glll UommiHt'l'S both co-sii..'11ed the law. T he popular term "broke col time." influence a loan application and 11 h1•1her .\ ccordinh to a press release, Mill lege student" is familiar to many as 1he) But Riva.~ w:L~ soon deterred after or not it gets approved or de nied. et said the da) the law was passed was struggle to pay for day to day necessities, rt·ali1ing 1h a1 intncst ratt·s \H'rc skyrock These factors inc.ludc the credit "a pi\ otal d<1) for many low :ind middle The Biz kt alone tuition, room and board and eting and dccidt·d to 1ak1· an ahl'rnatc historr of both the applicant aml cosign inctlllll' students who depend on need other costs of matriculation. rout1· in pa)'ing for her second y1·ar. er, the abilit) to n:·pay and most impor hased loans to help pay for college." So how does the not-so balling · "I fch like I wa.s going to be p;wmg tant!}~ tJ1e borrower's income. ~kl issa \ \'agoncr. spokeswoman Bison pm this hefty fee? Do the) have Let your money back loans for tht• rest of Ill\ life." she 11.fan) African-American and l. 1- for Kenned}. s;ud that "Senator Kenne 111·;llth) parents? Some do. Arc they s.1id. "I lalktd \\lth people in financial tino st.idents come from low-income d' bclievrs strongh that we cannot allow DRIP: Investing awarded ~cholarships? Some arc. .ud. and they set up .1 p<1yment pl<1n.'' families. This ob\ioush alfrcts ho11 thq toda) s lmt-sling isn't ns h.ud, or a' .xpcn Charl 1q,l 1 1 th 011 1 if E-MAIL YOUR STORY IDEAS TO OnGrmm Compari~. u•huh /110. i&s frtt ltcltt1< 1w/(J, lul/JJ itwlm/J /,19 anti 11 II ustrl lt\lbo~J.r. //;&•In b; 11111/url at ti•!)'" [email protected] /m(a lil/f:trl.111/11 ur 1'1<1 lfrr COtn/'ll!Y '1 Jl(b ------ - - ~- , · "' '" •ltlJor1•-r .~--·' .. ·- ~ · .~ ' • . THE HILLTOP -- -~ NEWSI 5 Classes Cancelled for Lack Of Faculty, Budget Limits Continued from front, TEACHERS ln the 2009 operating budget. it i~ chidly nott·d that the uni\nsit) i~ funds. "planning for brcaken:n operation~." Faculty salarie:; are a big part of "\\'e rc.1lile that what h,1d bcl'n the school's budget. This year, it will cost affordable in the past is no longt·r al~ the university upwards of $215.5 mil fordable," said Reidy, who taught U.S. lion to pay instructors, 37 percent of the I listory courses at Howard since bcfort. school's funds. 1998'. According to the universit)' bud "I understand that [students] ate get, a 0.4 percent - or $229,000 -salary upset," lw said. "l would be upset if I increase was implemented this year. wen: in thrir shoe-.'' "\\'e are at a point in time where Reid\ said he wants to make the we have to look at the expenditures probkm go away before Friday. He ~.tic!. across the board." Reidy said of How " I am hopeful that we ma) be able to arcl's lowered funding. He did mention c:rcatt· some kind of alternatiw; some that Howard is "by no means" nearing thing with the least ad\·erst· impact on bankruptcy. students, especially seniors graduating Instruction remains the biggest in December." concern to Howard's budget, he said. He added, "\Ve don't want to Even the cost of undergraduate tuition create the impression that we don't care grew to S11-,205 for new students this about graduating seniors." year, up from S 13,215 last year to make 0-- .al S.f1D' b..,..& Tectriol:>gy Edilr:r up for the school's lack of funding. Students gather in the hallway outside of Chairwoman Doris Corbett, Ph.D.'s office waiting for a meeting to discuss class cancellations. ' Struggles to Register for Requirements Provides Challenges for Seniors Mahone said she and a group of Continued from front, CLASSES for the spring semester it will change her spnial a. Grab a story at the Budget Meeting on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. • • •a·... -·~ - ·-- ·-,... ~"!--..._.. ... ____ lo;', ....,, ...._____,, ··~.:.1111o..,.. THE HILLTOP - - - - . ---- -~ -~ ~ ... - - .. 6 1METRO September 4, 2008 ""-tic. ~"'-"'-~com Popular spots, like Dukem Restaurant, occupy an area often referred to as "Little Ethiopia." This section of the U Street Corridor offers city residents and visitors alike a taste of Ethiopian cuisine, language and culture. Ethiopian Conununity Provides Added Flavor to City Culture BY VALITA WALSTON ownership. manr Ethiopians have in llowcvc1, in,\ city \1hosc cultural and demographical landscape some auivi1y and a level of comfort with the Staff Writer corporated specific aspects of their cul identil) is rapidh d1anging. the Ethio- thing Asserru1e\\ credits to Ethiopian c11h11ral diver;ity especialh the 1\frican ture i1110 mainstream D.C. cultural values. Americ.111 demographic probably had i\mong the Illa!\\ groups that "[think the two cultures arc "Ethiopians arc suc an influence \1ith the Ethiopians that make up \\.ashington's di\erst• com interchangeable and they influence cessful people in gcner;1J as a sc1tlcd here." Assemncw said. munity is it\ Ethiopian popul.11ion. !·or each other." AssemnC\\ said. culture. where\er Ethiopians 1"111: \\a.•hington area has been over 20 \cars this tommurutv has lrft a In 2005. members of the go they bring \\ith them \'alue, speculated to ha\e the largest popula unique and culturally t·miching impres 1·onm1unity petitioned to have a culture and identity," A.'scmn1·w tion of I:1hiop1an immigrant-: ho\,ever. sion on the cit): section of the city gi\'Cn the name "JVlzerez·er Ethiopians go, thC)' bring said. accordini: to Andrc\1 L.-iurence, head of "Ethiopians .ire ad\cnturous b\ "Little Ethiopia." with thern valut', culture and identif)~ ).• Large nwnbers of Ethio the Ethiopian-. \merican Cultural Cen 11ature. You "ill ah' .1) s find .m l:thiopi :\!though the peuuon. pians began to migrate out of Af ter. an •·exact numbl·r for the Ethiopian iu1 anp' hl·re in thl· ''°rid \1'herc thl'n- is "hich "a.s supported hr\\'ard One rica during the I 9i0s due to \\Ur population cannot be gi\cn:· due in opportunit\," said \\'ondimu \ cmne" Council ~lemberJim Gral1an1. did -1f '011di111u ~4ssenznezl' \iolentt. large p.1n to a lack of documcn1ation. head of Public Relations and Public Di· not pas< in council. it BY MELISSA MONTGOMERY hm, Republican \-alues and policic.• Republic.ms "ho fought said. Contnbutmg Wnter should be applied 10 urban i"sues," to give blacks the right Martin Luther coggins s.1id Rid1ard lvorr founder of Hip 10 vole. , \brah.un King, Jr. and feels that this Hop Rl·publicam. Lincoln ".~, .1 p.1rt T.D. Jakes war\ prc,i !:or )t"ars. political alle1;i.u1n· Dame In ,1 ~pn·rh ddiH:rcd last li11:sday al the lkmon,111< l\ational ConHnlion D:\G,, Elcn11or 1lohm·s No1 ton, lhl' J)j,11 itl \ Congi t"ssional Rep· DISTRICT LINKS FOR YOUNG REPUBLICANS 1< 1·11 1 11\"C. •.1id th .. 1.-,l·11 though D. C. is not w t lhl' ;'>I I st.lie, II' 1i1i1.~ns do 1101 dcsnvc to be denied th1 111,ht lo \ otc in \\'.1•hi11gton. Norton .•1long with City Council Chair \'in Rep blicans for Re.p.uf>lieaB National Republican Youth lcnl Gr.1y, \1.i)or Adri.u1 l·hny .ind member.; of D.C.:. \'otc. an urga11iz.11iun th.it works "to end taxa- ack Empowerment Committee ~joricy 1io11 \1itho11t n·prc."'l'lltalion," rallied in Denver at See We/; S · t ~ Upt. n11 frlg AlexbJ ria Rep"blrca ' C 'on thr. -15 convention 10 bring a\,arcne ·Comfnlnl ~~ l i1liJa llalston. ~~'!U llnkr THE HILLTOP S & PERSPEC'l1VES I 7 7 ,, ove.v- ... 1Je.. . Dai I Sudoku y ' Directions: Each row, each column and each 3x3 box must contain each and every digit 1 -9 exactly once. 2 7 8 6 9 1 4 I• I . 1 3 2 Ch111H Molz Ill- Cartoonist 3 8 6 9 Course Availability Issues 8 1 • Cause Students to Stress Out 4 3 8 1 The mere thought of How class sections to accommodate in belwccn classes to be sent from ard's registration and override those numbers? office to office. process sends chills down the Of couNic validation, the Then afterwards, }'OU have average Howard student's bod): I 0-letter word that every Howard to wait in more lines to sign }'Our This isn't became they don't want student .ibhors. also plays a role name on a "aiting list for a class 6 8 7 to start classes ... it\ be- that you arc required to cau~ they CAN'T. take. \\'hen students ar- Our View: The merry-go- rive at Howard they re round process of becom 6 8 9 2 5 ceive a scheme that serves The ad11zinistration knows how ing validated and finding as a guide to graduating the classes that you need on time. However, many niany students will be enrolled has many students second of the major classes and for the year, so they should guessing their decision to 5 9 prerequisites fill up before attend Howard. A common the majorit)' of stud.. nt~ acco1nodate class availability complamt is that students can register ~or 1hem. accordingly. at othc: uni\"Crsiries. \\ruch \\"hen students ap are sometimes predomi proach the teacher of the nantl} white, don't have to class they arc told that go through this unneccs- overrides are only being 5ar) back-to-school stress. Do you want to write for The Hilltop? signed for "graduating seniors" or in t)l·ing ,1blc to attend classes. In There is no reason why they turn them away all together. order to be seen by a financial aid there should be a shortage of Come to our next budget meeting! The override process has become or student account representative teachers and a surplus of students. even more difficult this year, espe vou h;\\ c to wait in line during If there appears to be a lack of @ cially since teachers have become class 1ime. teachers \\ithin the university then Sunday 6 P.M. in the West Towers stricter about signini: them If )"f}ll choose to go to class the ,choo\ should not accept such Our quc tion is: if the ad i1 tcad of w:uting in long lines. a large number of students. Being ministration kno" s how man) then the ';\:' buildin! will C\"Cntu able to attend class 1s what we pay students they have accepted. \\ h) alh purge ) our account. If you 're for so wh\ arc so manv students . ' are there not enough teachers and lud.., then \'OU can find a ";ndow unable to do so? The Nation's Only Black Daily Collegiate Newspaper Vanessa Rozier How Do I Beconu tho huge 11ee wi1h a Caribbean flag on l!..'dit or· In-Chief Poplllar Kid in College? it . .\.~ I conlinucd 10 walk across the Danielle Kwateng Traver Riggins \'ard to the sound~ of the ~!arch l C:Ul remember before ing lfancl. l nmld see students that J\lfanaging Edit-0r i\Ianaging Editor en1ering college, watching teJc:,;. had Black Power shirts on, pass sion shows such as ·~\ Different mg out fl)cr~ to what seemed like Mercia Williams-Murray World," ;md imagining if my col some type of political meeting in De/1uf) J.\lanaging Editor lege experience would be anything Douglass Hall. From d1c group of like TV. I watched as all of the studt•nts standing in a circle listen Sbivonne Foster Brittany Hutson Jada F. Smith jocks would sit around makmg ing to t•arh other spit rhymes. to Campus Editor Sjxruzl lsSU1 ' Editor J\~1tio11 & J1 or/d Editor jokes and thro\\ing footballs across the lml' .\rh studcnb expressmg the tables. The Grech \\Ould ;ill thcmsckcs through major fashion Eboni Farmer AleesaMann Natalie Thompson of a sudden break mto step in the stak mcnt~. I began 10 come 10 a D,puty Campus &litor Ii.fl & S!J'le Editor .\ffh'O &J1t01 middle of the Pi1 and our favorite majo1 realization, there is no pop- Deontay Morris Flynne Bailey Christina L. Burton characters would sit and gossip 111:\r kid in college. t) pcs of people, and that is what Sports &litor F..diton'ab & Ptrspt"Ctu·es BusmtJS & Ifdmo!JJgi &litor about what was hot on campus. ,\s a freshman we enter makes the experience e\'Cn more When I arrived on How school in sc;irch of away to quickly remarkable. You shouldn't con Crystal Allen Chris Holiman Oscar Merrida IV form to your surroundings to try to ard's campus, i1 was somewhat of fi1 in. \ \ c w.11ch all of the differ Copy Chief J.\lultinudia &/itor Photo l£ditor the same scene. l began wondering cnt groups around us, and in our reach the goal of being the popu Charles Met7.e ill where 1 would fit in, or better vet, heads dclt'rminc which ones we lar kid. You will find that through Afiya Hosten Cw tooniit Allexthea I. Carter what things would I be apart of? think arc the "coolest". Some of out your experience, every group Assistant Copy Chief As I looked around at the other us pick groups th.11 ''c think fit our has .1 unique pl.ice on campus. Tyrone Clemons kids entering school \\ith me, I felt personalities, orher umes we con <)f course \'OU will grow CierraJones Travis White like the same d10ught was running form just to be apan of a group throue.hout \'Our college expcri Copy Editor Plwtograpli er~ through C\'Cryone 's mind: how do \\·e quick!) go from the .:nce, and you will be slightly dif ferent once }OU leave. But )'OU must ------·------·----·------·-·· - ·------I become the popular kid? sm t ...... fl----·· . THE HILLTOP I 8 LIFE & STYLE September 4, 2008 Paul Couture Creates a Whole New Buzz BY ALEESA MANN well with people," Couture said Life &Style Editor of his single. Couture is now putting the \.\Then electric guitar riffs, a finishing touches on his debut al booming bass line, smooth R&B bum which balances slow tracks vocals and techno vibrations and melancholic lyrics "~th fast Ir seamless!) come together on one ) songs that hype audiences up for single, it is apparent that Paul a long night of partying, Couture has mastered the art of "The album is on just cap bcin~ a cross-genre artist. turing people's full emotions and "Pharel! told me a long feelings. My whole expectation time ago that everyone's sound for the album is that people enjoy comes around and I've been do it," he admits. ing this for a long time and it re "I can't really predict the ally wasn't my sound," Couture numbers, or [the) fans ... but as admits. long as I have one of those al He continued, '·Now that bums that makes you take the kmd of mix bet"een rock and long ,,·ay home. I'm happy." hip-hop, and dance and soul J As a breakthrough artist, combined is really creating a Couture realizes the music in whole new buzz." dustl) has been saturated with Couture got his start aft r song<1 that rehash the same tried helping a friend produce a demo and true messages, but hopes his for an audition and soon broke personal style sets him apart from into the mtt~ic indtt5try as a pro his musical competitors. BY LENZY BETIERS ducer. As a producer he refined "\\'ith artists what sets Contributing Columnist his writing skills to a seemingly them apart is wheh they find new innate ability. ways to talk about the same old Teddy Peoherai;sclown had "The best songs really just things," Couture said. lo h,1\C a Jillie ch;11 with Kirk come to you... it just kind of rolls "I really try to use a lot of Franklin ,11\c1 lw H·madc off the tongue and you just don't imagery in a song. \.\'here you Franklin's '92 dassic "Silver think too hard about it and just might not hear it all the first time, and Gold." Prnblcm was I· write it down and hopefully it second time, the third time, but Pain's ,·crsion was about mix all makes sense at the end of the every time you listen to it you ing silver and gold l'a11611 lo· day," he said. catch something else." )il'lhcr cr1-.1tin s \\hat Fr.mklin After successfully penning Outside of his musical as calkd an 'Alcoholic Anthem'. songs for artists like Hillary and pirations, Couture is working on Herc\ a somt• of the lyrics: Hailey Duff. Couture made the a clothing line and anticipates "You '11 be h ~ n gi n g, "'':111ging. transition from producer to solo a career that branches out into drinking t\\O t\ pcs of Patriin. artist. P- • ·n-e ....., •• other succes.,ful ventures I clone mixed up sihcr and "l was reall)• nervous about Emerging artist Paul Couture brings his signature blend of hip-hop, R&B and pop music to the mainstream. "I hope to be able to be gold/ I done rnixrd up ,ihrr [going solo] because it's always the new \\'ill Smith or some and gold/ I'mma ll')in' to get easy to be behind the scenes and artists like Prince, Couture has single "Self-~fade :O.Iillionaire" being empowered. \\'ith "New thing like that." he said. dnmk befun: this party/ Somc let evervone el~e take the risk, but definite!) charted himself on the features a hook from Ludacris. Chick" this girl 1s so strong and ':Jll5t kind of be that op bocly ·, gonna ha\ e to carl'j m<' obvioush· it all turned out for the road map to success. TIUs year and his song "Xew Chick" \\'as bad that she'> kind.t out of your tion for kids and people to have home/ I done dnmk the silvtr better and rm grateful for it," he will be Op<'ning shm's for rap featured in ~cky Hilton's debut league and you 're tl')ing e\C:f\ · a good role model to look up to and gold." I don't sec thl'.' prob Couture said. rock duo Sch' ·a\7.e and rapper fa,hion 'how for her new cloth thing vou can do to kc:ep her. and be out there and try to do lem. \\Ith the self-proclaimed Tyga in hb home s·atc of ing e. Chick. You would do am1hing for poo;itive things "ith the success I frxa.' Iii . ' work ethic of Michael Jackson He has alrcadv collabo "I wanted to make a song you new chick, and l think that hope to have." Diddy's beC'n making hl'ad and the musical influence of rated with big industry artists: his that was more about women that message cirried across really lincs n·tcntl}' bt·cauw of his riclintlous \idco blug r.mts. In the first video Didd)' tomplains that he's being liin:l'd lo fh' l'ommcrrial bt•c;111sc it's costing Master P to him S200,000 t'l'C.~ty time ht· flies his p1i' .1tc jct round trip frc•m .Ne" Yo1k to l~A. l\ty fa. \nritc part of the r:u11 ''Shout Launch Black out to all Ill) Saudi J\1.ib1.111 hrotlll'rs and •i tt'J5 and all my brothers ru1d ~i\l<'J" from all the TV Channel tountrit-s that ha\e oil, if nm could all plc".lSC' st·nd mr some BY GEORGE CHAPMAN JR. oil for my j<'t." ,\11 I ran s.1~ 1~ Contributing Writer I'm gl.1d I don't ha\ e that prob lem. :0.1) jct i' .1 h) briJ ... I ht Coso/ Show, Dora tht Explorrr and Master P: when mentioned Didd} also 111.1dc lu:acllincs af. side b\ side you're probabh· not sure "hethcr you should laugh or put .,! tcr his \CI) l·dut.\tl'd opinion the kich to bed \ctuall}; vou should just sit b ...-k and \\atch l\lastcr ,1hout Republit.111 vin· prr•i• P prcparn to launch his own cable network, Better Black rv gr.ired dcnti.1! nomim'l' S.1mh l'.1li11, towarcb African Americans in 2009. "You .ire hugi,>ing the jcxpll' Master P, now known as P. Miller is adding to his extensive rep· ti\'cj nut. I don't 1'\l'n under ertoire as he prepares to launch his new brainchild Better Blad, TV stand what planet ) _,, ,_ ----u-... - . . THE HILLTOP • -- - ~ -~- ~---~-~- C. \ i.1te \1111 also be hosting a small rally in lVl.YW. ry1n. org fmnt of the U.S . .\!mt in Dl'm1·r on \\'edne