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A7 B1 The Student Voice of Howard_University Since 1924 80th Year of Print VOLUME 87, NO. 6 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2003 www.thehilltoponline.com earc By Ruth L. Tisdale Bethune Annex, Tubman but the procedure that said that the people who con­ Campus Editor Quadrangle, Drew Hall, and Resident officials search ducted the search should have Meridian Hill Hall. should be changed. conducted themselves more "The university reserves Director of On Campus "When someone came into properly. the right to enter ones premis­ Housing Charles Gibbs said my room at 3:ooa.m., all they "The people who conduct­ es at anytime for purposes of that the reason for the searches did was just peek into my ed the search were rude and maintenance and establish­ was because unauthorized peo­ room," sophomore dance unfriendly," Atlas said. "They ment of order for security pur­ ple were reported in these major Lynet' Rochelle said. "If should have been more profes­ poses. Room inspections are buildings. they were going to wake me up sional when they came to permitted at anytime with rea­ "In the specific case of to do a dorm search; then they everyone's rooms." sonable notice to the student." Meridian [Hill Hall], there should have searched my room Gibbs said that he made The clause, found in section were three people who were completely." sure that resident officials were one of the Housing Contract, as found during the dorm inspec­ Junior biology major Deola very professional when they well as recent dorm room tions," Gibbs said. "These Awosanya said that officials were conducted the dorm searches has many students searches might have inconve­ only asked to see her identifi­ searches. who reside in Bethune Annex, nienced some, but the safety of cation. The time at which most of Tubman Quadrangle, and all of the students is top priori­ "They didn't even have a the searches took place was PHOTO BY MAYA GILLIAM Many students had their dorm rooms, like this one, raided in Meridian Hill Hall ready to ty to Resident Life." list of who was a resident or another concern of students. search of unauthorized persons. protest. Many students agree with not so how would they kuow "They [Resident officials] This anger stems from the fact that Residence Life who was a resident?" came at 4:2oa.m. to search my had just finished typing a recent room searches that have should be able to search rooms Sophomore business man­ room," senior political science paper for my 8:oo class and I been performed in Cook Hall, if the need becomes necessary, agement major Saajida Atlas major Mercedes White said. "I was awakened by people bang- See DORM page A 10 Howa rd • A I um D I Exhibit to Open Soon By Brandon L. Barber Contributing Writer Howard alumnus Peter L. Robinson, Jr.'s exhibit PHOTO BY MAYA GILLIAM "Explorations of Color, 1950- Students come from near and far to attend this tier two 2003" will open September 14 institution. and run through December 14 at the Gallery of Art, located in Lulu Vere Childers Hall. Howard Declared a Robinson's "Explorations of Space and Color" will show­ case his keen eye in making Tier Two Institution abstract expressionism a hall­ mark creation. Through his By Melanie R. Holmes of the University of use of simplistic shapes and Hilltop Staff Writer Communications and vibrant colors, Robinson's art spokesperson for Howard embraces and exudes warmth Out of all the universities University said. and fantasy. throughout the country that are Seven factors were used to Robinson, a Washington, categorized as "National rank universities: peer assess­ D.C. native, graduated from Universi ties-Doctoral," ment (25 percent), retention Howard with a degree in Howard recently ranked 117 out (20 percent), faculty resources Public School Art. He joined of 248 and was declared a tier (20 percent), student selectivity NASA in 1962, working in art, two institution by the U.S. (15 percent), financial graphic design and the visual News and World Report's 2003 resources (10 percent), gradu­ information program. In 1973, edition of "America•s Best ate rate (5 percent), and alumni he received the NASA Medal of Colleges" for the year 2004. giving (5 percent). Excellence for work on the "Universities across Harvard, Princeton, and Apollo program and in 1975 America that offer graduate Yale claimed the first three Photo by Courtney Wade the NASA Space Ship Award doctoral degrees are catego­ slots under tier one and were Black families converged on the National Mall for a weekend of fun, entertainment and edu­ for his role in making art a rized on how they rank among cation. The event was open for all to attend and ran from Saturday through Sunday. It each other," JJ Pryor, the assis­ included speakers and vendors to keep those in attendance engaged and lively . See HOWARD page A 10 See EXHIBIT page A 10 tant vice president of the Office Dental School Helps Grad Trustee Ready to Begin School Year D.C. Community By Danielle Scruggs have begun to take my plat­ Asst. Campus Editor form in the direction of estab­ By Ashley Scott to enter the field of dentistry. lishing initiatives which will Contributing Writer The community-based With goals that include foster the continued develop­ Dental Education Program will improving the graduate and ment and improvement of our Beginning in October, the be implemented in three main professional programs, estab­ graduate and professional Howard University Dental ways. The curriculum will be lishing more joint degrees, and schools, so that we are on par School will be doubling its cur­ altered in order to have gradu­ bridging the gap between the with the growth rate of the uni­ rent community service efforts ates who are more culturally board of trustees and the stu­ versity as a whole and maintain by sending its seniors to work competent and can communi­ dents, Graduate Trustee our position as the zenith of in several health clinics cate better with the people in Charles Coleman is prepared to higher education in black throughout the metropolitan the neighborhoods they are begin the new school year. America," Coleman said. "I am • area. serv1ng. PHOTO BY MA YA GILLIAM Coleman said that he focused on areas that will help The main goal of this new "This program will help Dental students work on a patient at Howard's School of hopes that his new initiatives enhance the prestige of our community program is to pro­ students get more experience Dentistry. The school's seniors will be working in area clin­ will help put the graduate and grad and professional pro­ vide dental services, including on more advanced cases," ics as part of community-based Dental Education Program. professional schools on the grams and aid us in becoming preventative care to those in Chanelle Small, a first year den­ same level as the rest of the as competitive as possible." deprived areas and' to provide tal student said. lion by the Robert Wood university. more opportunities and schol­ This effort has been made Johnson Foundation and its See DENTAL page A10 "As Graduate Trustee, I See TRUSTEE page A10 arships to minorities who wish possible by a grant of $1.5 mil- Based Dental Education Cancer Center Teaches Breast Cancer Awareness By Kaneicia M. Brown breast cancer," Bolden said. "It another thing our community Hilltop Contributing Writer was sad because she wasn't needs to address." a I 7 :.. diagnosed until the final stage, The Howard University Washington, D.C. has the and she only lived a year after." Cancer Center is working hard highest breast cancer rate in the Bolden also admitted that to educate the surrounding U.S. and African American she does not check herself community about this deadly women and men die of breast properly, and she has not been disease. The Center has target­ Do you think cancer more than any other professionally checked. "I'm ed the five wards with the high­ race. Howard University not sexually active, so I've never est mortality rates, and is look­ dorm searches Cancer Center is a playing a been to a gynecologist," Bolden ing to add three more schools to vital role in educating African said. the program this year. were justified? Americans about the disease Allen Gotora, a sophomore Representatives from the cen­ that kills thousands of African­ Pl!OTO COURTSEY OF COLUMBIA.EDU dental student, feels women ter also spoke at a session on PHOTOS BY LATINA FRANKL!~ need to realize breast cancer breast cancer held by Alpha American women and men the early education of breast as well, especially in African affects women both young and Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.