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VOLUME 82, No. 26 FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 http://hilltop.howard.edu • • Student, 22, n1vers1 Dies at HU Hospital rove Friends Remember Mark Holland as • 'Compassionate' ID
By APRILL 0. TURNER this summer. And in the Tubman Hilltop Staff Writer Quadrangle, Truth and Crandall Halls will open by December, with air con The University is planning a series ditioning. Elzey said the University of construction projects in the com plans to wire the Quad for cable and ing months that will result in a new other computer services. He did not bookstore and the reopening of Truth however, say when or if the Univer and Crandall Halls, officials said sity would provide cable access to the recently. Quad or any other dormitory. The 4th Street Bookstore will be For much of this decade, schools moved to the Howard Center on Mark Holland around the nation have provided its Feb. IS, /977-April 14,1999 'Georgia Avenue. The new store, students with access to cable televi which will open in August, officials sion. Only students living in certain said, will have a cafe·, a reading area, sections of Howard's Meridian Hill By BRANDI FORTE and will sell everything from Howard Hall have access to cable. Hilltop Staff Writer paraphernalia to Afrocentric books. The University plans to "enhance" Officials say the store will also have Mark Holland, a Howard Univer its classrooms, as 12 to 15 "smart a space for authors to promote new sity senior, died Wednesday of an classrooms" will be installed. The books. . undisclosed cause. He was 22. so-called state-of-the-art classrooms "We hope to attract prominent Friends said that Holland, a senior Hilltop Staff/ERIC HALL are will be filled with computers. authors for book signings," said advertising major, was rushed to Members of the Howard Univeristy Environmental Society. Students with laptops will be able to Thomas Elzey, the University's chief Howard University Hospital late plug-in and download information operating officer, vice president and Tuesday, saying he had trouble and professors' notes. financial advisor. breathing. Hospital officials refused Perhaps one of the biggest initia to reveal information about his death. When the bookstore is completed, Environmental Group Equals tives is the planned computer "Super The District's coroner's office was the University will begin construction Lab" to be bui-lt on Wonder Plaza's 2d unavailable at Hilltop presstime. on the student Health Center. That floor. That lab is expected to be open His sudden death shocked Hol facility, which will focus on women's in late 2000. land's family, friends and professors New Generation of Activism health issues, will be complete by Elzey said the University is con at Howard, many of whom remem spring of next year, Elzey said. sidering building a new athletic cen bered him as an active member in the groups aiming to raise environmen work, live and play. That means the What's more, construction of the University's hip-hop community. ter, possibly near Banneker Park. By JOHN-JOHN WILLIAMS IV tal awareness at universities around environment affects everyone,'' Peter Health Sciences Library will begin "There aren't too many real people Hilltop Staff Writer the nation. The group became an offi man said. on this campus, and Mark was cially recognized organization this Even though it's new, 20 students beyond real," said Bienvenido A different kind of activist has sur semester. have joined the group, organizers Lebron, a junior Radio, Television faced at Howard University. They "We're a new type of activism," say. Members joined for various rea Violence at Black and Film major and one of Holland's don't push for the same issues as the Peterman said. "We 're not talking sons, but all say they want to help closest friends. legendary civil rights activist Kwame about deforestation and saVing the improve the environment around the Holland. who lived in Mt. Vernon, Ture. whales." University. N.Y., was planning to complete his But the Howard University Envi Members of the group contend that Tarik Gause, an economic develop College Weekend ' degree in December. ronmental Society, or H.U.E.S., say the env1ronment affects everyone, ·ment major, said he joined "·because "I remember his smile," said Con they're a group of activists dedicat and say they hope that through their the group is so broad. It allows me to nie Frasier, a professor in the Depart ed to 1noving students to help clean efforts, students will gain a better find out more on the environment. ment of Journalism who said she the neighborhood surrounding the understanding of environmental "Everyone has different things they Ignites Fury knew Holland well. "He was a very University, and indeed, the District of awareness. bring to the organization,' he added. nice young man, and he enjoyed life, Columbia. "Everyone has a stake in the envi 'I think it's important for people to during the three-day event. A man By KIMOTHY K. BROWN though it was short." Carla Peterman, the organization's ronment," H.U.E.S co-founder Jen realize problems in the environment was killed and four police officers Hilltop Staff Writer Some of Holland's classmates co-founder, said H.U.E.S. was nifer Brown said. today," sophomore Erica Rochele were wounded in the 1998 ·shoot-out. In the wake of last weekend's vio learned of his death early Wednesday launched last semester with the Seeds "The definition of environment is See HUES,AS A year after a police shoot-out , morning, during an advertising class. Grant, which helps students start any place where we lence, city officials are calling for an "It's just so sudden and so sad," said abruptly ended Black College Week end to the annual gathering of black See HOLLAND, AS end, a wave of violence at last week college students from schools around end's event in Daytona Beach, Fla., the nation, mostly from the South. left one person dead and at least But national civil rights leaders Brazil three others seriously injnred. strongly contend that much of last It's Tax Time, A Jacksonville, Fla., a man died of weekend's violence was fueled by gunshot wounds Sunday, while a 24- the heightened presence of law year-old Miami woman and 20-year enforcement officials that might have o]d Daytona Beach woman were created a tense environment in which seriously injured in separate stab- violence was inevitable. Blacks ? bings, the Associated Press report The Daytona Beach chapter of the ed. NAACP characterized the treatment What's more, police as unfair and unjust. Furthermore, arrested more than 300 the group said the police unfairly • people, 12 for firearms targeted Black students for crack dents, those possession and related downs. By KEYA GRAVES rare, technologi Activist charges. In addition, police The NAACP pointed to the fact Hilltop Staff Writer cally savvy, numerically issued approximately 2, 400 that while the city celebrated the tra gifted students, filled out fed citations. ditionally white spring break, they By LYNN SIMMONDS llison Harvey, 19, knew it eral and local income tax forms Last year, 329 people were arrest See DAYTONA, AS Hilltop Staff Writer was that time of the year and then turned them in through ed and 926 citations were written A again. That time was yes- email. Others sent their forms in the say Fernando Conceicao, a member of terday, April 15, the day when mil old fashioned way: Via snail mail. t h a t Movement for the Reparations and lions of people around the nation At income tax time, it's the adding Fields should Affirmative Action Committee for frantically dumped their tax forms and subtracting of numbers, the fill start filing her White Bound For NFL Draft Black People of the University of into the mail. But Harvey, a sopho ing in of boxes that sends some stu taxes, because she could Sao Paulo, received wide media cov more English major, says she didn't dents cringing. Nonetheless, students face expensive penalties from erage when he and 11 friends entered spend much time worrying about say they're hoping for at least a small the Internal Revenue Service in the an expensive, Well-known hotel taxes. return . future. • restaurant, ate the most expensive Taxes? "I never know what I am supposed Aisha Diggs, a junior biology dishes available, and "paid" for the Who needs them, she says. There to file under, and the [income tax major, said she doesn't let tax time food with a note that said, "Brazil should be a flat tax rate, she's quick form] is confusing," said Marsha stress her out. She, like many other owed them." to argue. Field, a sophomore English major. students, simply sends all her forms The award-winning journalist at Oh, what about tax forms? "I look Fields says she doesn't bother filing to her father in Texas. - Falha de Sao Paulo, the largest at it, and I'm like, 'I don't _understand her income taxes, because she "Ever since I had my first job, my Brazilian newspaper, is also the it at all.' They should have high "doesn't make a lot of money." dad has done my taxes, so things founder of the Center of Studies school classes to teach people how to But some local income tax agencies wouldn't change once I went to col about Brazilian Blacks at USP since do taxes, and that bank stuff," said lege," said Diggs, who works for the 1994. He said he is outraged at the Harvey, who until this year, tnmed Starbucks coffee shop chain. abuse and discrimination his people over all her pay checks to her moth "I look at it, and I'm like, 'I don't Many students said they fear filing have suffered, and asks: "How much er, who then deposited them at the understand it at all.' They should their taxes, and cross their fingers in did the slave labor of our ancestors family's Jackson, N.J., bank. have high school classes to teach hopes they will not get mail that cost?" Harvey's not alone. In fact, many reads: Refiled. Others said they students say they opted to mail their people how to do taxes, and that don't understand the IRS. His answer: $6 million, he charges, bank stuff," with each Afro-Brazilian receiving W-2 forms to their parents rather Neil Young, a Washington busi Ted White, who has led the Bison football team for than tackle the tedious task of eval nessman who works out of his the last three years as its starting quarterback, will .about $102,000 in reparations. be one of four African-American players in tomor --Allison Harvey, 19, home, said he feels as if he's being The Committee has filed a case uating last year's earnings. Some row's National Football League Draft in New York. against Brazil for reparations. students hired accountants to eval sophomore English major. SeeTAX,AS See Story, Bl. See REPARATIONS, AS uate last year's earnings. Other stu-
Weekend Weather LEFT-OVERS TODAY: Clouds/Sunshine. ROBESON AWARD HUMAN RIGHTS SPORTS AWARDS 68 HIGH, 46 LOW EFµzhan Paley receives the 1999 Robeson A symposium in the Ralph J. Bunche Students discuss the pros and cons of eat The Hilltop selects its pick for this SATURDAY: Rain. 1lmAward. Center addressed racism as human ing left-over food. year's athletic awards. 61 HIGH, 46 LOW rights abuse, See A2 Yee A6 See Bl See B6 SUNDAY: Rain, . 60 HIGH, 42 LOW ' ,. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999': A2 THE HILLTOP CAMPUS Paley Receives 1999 Paul Robeson Award ing high school for two years, he traveled to the U.S. He The student winners of the Robeson Awards were By L YNN SIMMONDS decided that his thesis would tell him ifhe was to be suc Abdul-Amin Mousa for Best FiIm , Cassondra Pope for Hilltop Staff Writer cessful or not as a director. MFA Excellence, Slane Ramon Hatch for Best Under Mousa's 48-minute film entitled Nexus was his final graduate Production, and Jina Johnson and Raena Coax Euzhan Paley, recipient of the 1999 Paul Robeson choice of scripts after weeks of debating over three. He um for Scriptwriting. Honorable mentions were award Award, was honored Saturday along wfth the student likes to deal with realism and to be able to tell one story ed to Xavier Greene and Akim Simpkins for Scriptwriting award winners in Georgetown. from many different perspectives. "Younger people should and Garland McLaurin, Jr. and Melissa Young for their be concerned with film and aware of social responsibili Paley's firs t film. Sugar Ca11e Alley, which has earned Undergraduate Productions. 17 international awards, was shown before the presenta ty. Filmmakers need to be creative and daring enough to tion of awards. Su{/ar Ca11e Alley was also the ftrst film make contributions." Mousa said. All winners received plaques. Some eamed $100, that Mousa greatly admired. Upon discovering that the His film was commended by the judges for having "great scriptwriting software vouchers, screenwriter software filmmaker was black. Mousa felt more excited and dri cinematography, good editing, fine acting and an imagi vouchers, editing training and rolls of film. ven to create his own films. native approach, which reveals a married couple ·s explo Judges included Mbaye Chan,, Bill Duke, Raki Jones, sive relationship." "I thought 'It is possible for black people to do it.' " Paley Tina Mance Lee, Judi Moore Lana. and E. Ethelbert said. Paley's film created universal appeal fo r its realis Pope, a recent graduate ofthe University's graduate film Miller. Duke, Chair of the Depanment of Radio, TV and tic portrayal ofsoc ial issues. Mousa said it reminded him program. directed a film written by a friend, Morgan John of himself and other children growing up in his home of son, for her thesis. Presently she is tom between doing Film, said there were some very good, non-traditional pro ductions. He expected the high quality work submitted by Sierra Leone. another shon film or feature film for her next project. But Euzhan Paley. a filmakc.r who"r. fin•I fi lm was Suxar Cane Mousa earned his bachelor's degree in English, for she's sure she wants to stay away from Hollywood for "Howard's talented students, he said. The works were 1\1/t'y. received the 1999 Paul Robeson Award. Sa!Urday along there were no film studies in Sierra Leone. After teach- some time to develop herself as an independent filmmaker. judged on cinematography. story line, editing, and acting. with the student award winnerl> in Georgetown. Simons Named Hilltop Williams Renamed Business Manager Editor of Bison Yearbook ed me through this process." Simons whatever needs to be done if she sonali ty, she said. She says the must be made on how to keep the By NICOLE A, T ONG said. doesn't have the answers herself.'" By ERICA MOODY-H ANKERSON upcoming yearbook design is "very book at its 272 page limit. Senior Amelia Cobb, a Pre-Med Cobb wishes Simons the best of luck Hilltop Staff Writer clean" and different. But taking all major from Pasadena, Calif. . is the for next year and knows that she will Hilltop Staff Writer To make next year's book better, she the credit is no trait of Williams. "It's current business manager for The be a very good business manager. asked the staff to write final repons Alena Simons, a senior interna all about communication," she said. tional business major. was recently Hilltop and said its been a good In Simon's high school days, she Dana M. Williams, a junior broad to find out the positive and negative named business manager of The Hill learning experience. cast journalism major, has been re The yearbook staff is dear to her views on the final production of this was a spons writer for a local news heart and she said she feels they are top forthe 1999-2000 year. "It's not difficult; it's just a matter paper in her hometown entitled The elected for the position of editor-in year's book. "l would like to stan a of being organized," Cobb said. all in the project together. "We've had Simons, a native of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw E11quirer. chief of the Bison Yearbook for the lot more book development:" Mich .. describes herself as a moti Cobb said the job of being business 1999-2000 school year. so much fu n." she said. "I truly love Williams said. She wants the next "I loved writing fo r them because it vated, dedicated, ambitious and ver manager consists of handling all A native of Raleigh, NC. Williams them all. They"re my family." yearbook to be more in-depth. was a local black newspaper," satile person. financial transactions to keep the has experience to stand on. From Preparations are already in the Williams plans to use the summer Simons said. Unfortunately, she did "I think I am ambitious because I business operation working. ''As being the editor-in-chief of her high works for the yearbook of the mil months to get organized and to bold business manager, your job will never not write for The Hilltop because she have many things that J want to school yearbook. to working with lennium. Williams says her goal for more staff meetings. accomplish," she said. be complete. You always have to col wanted to focus on something more WHBC, The Hilltop. and even being lect money from someone-mainly toward her career goal. the yearbook of 2000 is to "make it She has a love for publication and One of the many things that Simons head of the Annenberg Honors Pro even hotter" than she made the wants to accomplish is making sure the national advenisers, such as The Rejecting Michigan State. Simons gram Newsletter. wants to own a magazine after she Washi11gto11 Post or The Waslr/11gto11 upcoming 98-99 yearbook. graduates. She plans for her maga everything is more efficient for The decided to attend Howard Universi While having the double duty of Times." she said. Anxious, Willian,s says she already zine to have a focus on make up and Hilltop and to make the new finan ty because she liked its location and being editor-in-chief and layout edi cial transition into the year 2000. She ln addition to Simons being a moti• the diversity and history of the peo has cover and theme ideas. " I want clothes fo r the black woman. target vated, dedicated. ambitious, and ver tor. Williams has worked on the year says she would like to work closely ple. She also commends Howard for my book 10 be different for the mil ing the 18-30 year old crowd. with Aprill 0. Turner to achieve that satile person, Cobb finds her to be book 10 give students what they want. having an excellent School of Busi lennium:· she said. end. Turner was named Editor in very optimistic and aggressive. "This isn't a yearbook for me or just The 1998-1999 Bison yearbook ness. Money, however, is the key factor in wi ll arrive very soon and will be Chief last month. "She appears to be very optimistic the staff," Williams said. "This a "J plan on having a successful fis and research oriented.'' she said. "I an1 most interested with global book to represent a year ai Howard design decisions made on yearbooks. available inside room G-06 in the cal year for the position as business ''However, I find her to be aggressive issues," Simons said. Especially, she University." Wi th the University hav ing 99 Blackbum Center. Students must pre• manager for The Hilltop, and I'd like the most because she is always said, emerging markets. cultural To represent the University. she has "Who ·s Who?" students and over sent a valid Howard University Cap to thank everyone who has suppon- searching to find information on issues and economic conditions. given the yearbook a pa.rt of her per- 150 organizations, hard decisions stone Card to receive the yearbook. ... Stereotypes about Women in Islam Addressed Campus Briefs class in Islamic Theology· were concern of the people ahead of Big Brother/ Big Sister Spring Fling By LYNN SIMMONDS women and about 58 percent of the Allah." She debated within her Hilltop Staff Writer students in the school were self, in her car, about whether or The Howard University Big Brother/Big Sister Student Cluster will have its Spring Fling women. not 10 wear it. "and it wasn't the Saturday, April 17 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Valley. They will be entertaining over 400 freshest looking niquaab," Ennis Shaheed Carter strongly believed "In the West. people have little children from Bruce-Monroe Elementary School. that the stereotypes of Muslim respect for women," said Ranelize. said, laughing. woman being abused, killed, une "Women are to represent nut1uring After praying on her fear, she ducated and oppressed needed to beings. not sex objects." She says got.out of her parked car and went be abolished. As President of the that, in America, in order 10 sell a in to her workplace with the Muslim Students of Howard Uni car, the advertisers simply place a niquaab on. ''It is difficult to walk Howard University Department of Art celebrates 10th versity. he organized a discussion scantily dressed woman beside it. among disbelievers who look at after reading a work by Julia ln lslan1ic culture, the belief is that you strangely. It is very difficult. Annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African-American Childs in African-American Liter by covering the body except for Every morning I still shock the ature. ln her work, Childs "basi hands and face, men concentrate people," Ennis said. But every day, Art cally blasted Islam for the role it more on the woman's mind rather Ennis still is covered. places woman in," Carter said. than her body. Hendi said if he is "l disagree with the covering of Howard University Dcpa.ttment of Art will host the 10th Annual James A. Porter Colloqui the face, but it is a personal choice A panel of two women and one "with a woman, I want to be with um on African-American Art Thursday, April 15, through Saturday, April 17, in the Hirsh her hean, her soul and her mind. I (of the woman]," Hendi said, "If a man spoke on the issue of the role horn Museum Auditorium. of women in Islam. don't want to judge her by her woman chooses, 1 would not Jaaserah Ennis was one of the beauty, her hair or body. I don't object to it. But to go without any Co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Museum and Center for African women; she walked proudly across only want to be with sexuality." head covering is not acceptable. American History and Culture, the Colloquium theme is "African-American Art and Spiri the Bunche International Affairs Ranelize believes that by women She would be violating her own tuality." Featured topics include regional artistic movements and disciplines, religion and Center in a rush, causing her black covering themselves. especially in fa ith." ideological issues and a look at influential artists and new technologies. facial veil and long black anire to the workplace, it prevents distrac Muslim women do not have to wear their outer garments in their The event is free and open to the public. Due to limited seating, advanced registration is move in the breeze of her walk. tions, including sexual harassment recommended. Contact the Department of Art at (202) 806-7047, or the Anacostia Museum She shook hands or hugged others issues. "I believe that men are eas own home around non-marriable with her gloved hands. Only her ily aroused. When the figure is men such as their brothers. sons a.t1d Center at (202) 537-4500. eyes could be seen. exposed, they see it as an invita and husband. Dating is prohibited. "People who think th at I'm Upon seeilfg her, some people tion. The Qur'an says let your head oppressed don"t understand that 1 have asked, "Why are you over covering cover your bosom," Ranelize said. She does follow don't feel oppressed or pi ty burdening yourself?" She myself," said freshman biology answered that she wants her Cre those guidelines herself. Howard University To Receive 25 Computers major Haleemah Shaikh. She ator to look down upon her and see Speaking around the nation in sometimes contemplates going out From State Farm Insurance that she, a servant, went through public relations for the Interface 10 a club to hang out with some the struggle every day and was Council Muslim World League, friends, but remembers about her proud of her Islam faith. Hendi "challenges women to get Howard University received a gift of 25 computers and accessories from State Farm Insur hijab. The covering "is a constant ance yesterday in the Blackbum Center. Harold Gray, Vice President for State Farm's "Covering [oneself) does not pre out of their shell and into positions reminder for me of what's good or vent a woman from working.'' said 10 wQrk with their male mates, and bad. I'm proud to be a woman Seaboard Region, presented 25 refurbished Hewlett Packard VL5 multimedia computers, Khadija Ranelize, a Trinidadian to work for their country." the men don't have this;· she said. 15 DeskJet Printers and most of the necessary peripherals, to Conan Louis, Howard's Vice teacher. And Ennis quickly shat Although women are to be seen as The Friday following the se~ President of University Advancement. ters the stereotype of Islam woman nut11lring mothers, which he thinks nar, Shaikh decided to also wear a being housewives and uneducat is an honored and sacred task, he The computer donation commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Bayou Classic football niquaab. Seeing Ennis encouraged game and reflects State Farm's continuing efforts to promote quality education for all stu ed-for she is a biologist at the does not want women to believe her to solidify a decision she also National Science Foundation. that is the only role they are debated about, but wanted to do dents. Since 1973, the State Farm Company Foundation has contributed more than $2.6 Yahya Hendi of the Musl im allowed to fill. The Qur' an states since she was a child. million in grants specifically targeted to reach African-American students and communi Chapel at the National Naval Med that because women are the first Hendi would rather the focus of ties. In addition, State Farm agents and employees have donated nearly $430,000 to support ical Center in Bethesda says lhe educators ofchi ldren, they should women in Islam to be less about HBCUs since 1985 through the company's matching gift program. Western idea of Muslim women as be educated themselves. Histori the attire they don and more about . being oppressed or uneducated cally some women of lslam have the accomplishments they have comes from a lack of understand taken instrumental roles in their and can make to society. He is cur ing. "Media does aot often differ countries. some as economic rently writing a book called The entiate between Islamic culture developers. \Vome11 of the Qur'a11. He Compiled by Staff Writer Aprill 0. Tume,; Campus Briefs run weekly i11 th{! Campus section and Qur'an Islam ." He finds that Deciding to wear a niquaab,(a describes the importance of ofThe Hilltop and must be delivered.faxed, or e-mailed to the newspaper 110 later than 5p.m. the practices in some countries do scarf that covers the face except for women as equal to that of men and Monday. The Hilltop is located on the Plaza level of the Plaza Towers West, the fax number prevent women from gaining edu the eyes) was a decision Ennis reads from the Qur· an (9:7 1), that is and the e-mail address is [email protected]. cation, but it should not be thought thought about for a long lime but men and women are protectors of 202.806.4758 of as the word of the Qur'an, for it finally decided to do about six one another. "Nowhere in the is the word of man. months ago. The thought of going Qur'an is a wife called a woman. In Hendi's native country of Jor ·to work with the facial veil on They arc called pairs and part dan, he recalls the best four of his made her nervous at first. "I put the ners," Hendi said. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 THE HILLTOP A3 ices & ·ews Candidates Return to Campaign Drawing Board polls were about to close. for a new election, citing poor date Cheo Hurley said re-doing amount of her current budget. Reprinted from TIie Hilltop "I am not completely responsi voter turnout and extra costs. the election is necessary bur Clark said it is the General Mnrch 1995 ble for the error. but l will be held "I don't appreciate the fact that unfonunare. Assembly's responsibili ty to sup responsible by my peers," she they have decided to redo the ''I'm pretty sad that the process ply funds for the new election. By D ONYA MATIIENY said. " It's not an issue of pointing entire election when. in fact. every wasn't done properly the first According 10 Clark. several can .What is your Position Hilltop Staff Writer a linger at students or adminis student at Howard had the oppor time. but it has to be done to didates submitted contestations. trators for this mix-up, but the tunity to vote for HUSA c:mdi ensure fairness to the candidates but they were not acknowledged dates," she said. "I think that stu and the students," Hurley said. on the Kosovo Crisis? In a normal year, the new issue is recognizing the problem because they were submitted after dents will become election-weary Howard University Student Asso and finding a sound and ethical HUSA candidate Chiquita the 24-hour grace period. But the remedy 10 the problem." and the voter turnout will be low," ciation president and vice presi James agrees the process must be Committee found it necessary 10 dent would be planning to imple But some candidates disagree H.USA presidential candidate corrected and the only way to do address some of the issues raised ment the promises made on their with rhe assembly on whether Jamal Jons-Dulani was so stunned so is with a new election. in rhe contestation, in order 10 platform. But because of a deci having a new election is the best by the decision that he said he "Even if I lost by one vote. I secure a fair election. sion made by the General Assem remedy to the problem. could not put his opinion into would srill say th~re was some The General Assembly gave bly in an emergency meeting, "I hope the representatives words. thing done that could only be rec Clark until tO
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MU Facutty Senate Vice Chair Hopeful Starmanda ' Bullock, Leader Support The Ph.D. Professor Howard University Mentor IARM>\N'IJ.\ Rlll I l)(K. a,11~!. Faculty Senate <,eholar. adm1n1,tra101, ,1ude111 advoc!!lc. co11sul!J1nl, and commun1t; h, Visionary le~der. earned rhc 13 1· A from lt,1ward I nivt'!'\ll~ ;,11h an empti.a~1, ,n (iraphic VOTING IX"ICiin and a rt1in1.1r in l"rin1n,ak1nJ,1 and i\n Hi~mry Sl'lt' th,'11 pur,;u,'11 gnid·uaic mid1es Wednesday, April 21. 1999 Dedicated al Brooklyn lll'<1t1uh.' of An~ arul 'ktcnct"\ where pa.1nf1ng anti dra.w1ni Wet'\' her Armo11r J. Blackbum Educator 1nt-e-re;;1,. ~he ret11111ed to H,1waro llnlversity f,,r the VI I A . spec1al1tin9 1n Graphic · t · niversit} Center ' l~1gn and pa.1nltfl!l, and ~'tlnt-cntrat•~ in 11 :00 A.1'1,1 . - 1.. ,0 P ~f. .l\rt Histof) lh1~ 11. a~ 10110,..,ed t,y an Problem Solver e-l1en,1v~ ~rud) 1n I urope and Afnca or J)r 13t1lhxk then ohrarned rhc M.l..d . 111 f•aculty Senate ()ffiL-e 1 dueat1onal \dm1n1,1r.1H<,n from lhe \ n1v1"fs11y ol 1',1a,~a,hu,;elts·~ Sch•wl of C.D Powell Du1ld1ng Team Player 1--,t1x:a11nn She ,:1nhark,'d Uf'l>O lx"f d«x1,,ral , ,1ud1c-s ,n H1Y1>,ard l'ni,1'f'>1t~ <'k.'panmcnl tlf • 2.00 P.M. - 4:00 P.t\1. H1~1or"I 11'11~ wo1 k e11 ln1111a1txl ,r1 he,- Ph I) Advocate th ,~etl81Jtl0 t'nti I lt'tl ' ,~ Afrn · 1\n1mt·an Ill th,: Rise and !~vel<'!)ment of Amcncan An , ; '92!\ 197() I rnm the l\."l' • 300 t1,·~1j!11 a~ 11.t'II Who & what you will be voting for As Vice-Chair of the Senate Leadership Profess<)r Starmand.a Bullock \\rill dem<)nstrate the follov.1ing Integrity LEADERSHIP behaviors: Dedication ' • Exercise vis.ion in defining and accomplishing the 1nis.s.io11 of the Faculty' Senate. • Identify and cre.atively 111ili1,e hunian, material, and fi.nanci.al res.ourc,•s to achieve the Council''> gllal!.. • Analj•:rc inf(irmation relati,l<" to pr1.1blems. make decisions. and ,1elegate responsibilities as appn.1pria1e Advocacy • Create a powerful e1prit dt, nrps, and a str<)ng sense of togcthcmei:s thrm1gh effective human relation,; 1ecl1nique,;. VISION Sl!RVIC& ''STAR''BUIJJ' • ~i,~t, 'fing r;f I unJOT l :,cu ti• . '.'(l~ft"I~ • Twenrv-rive Yt!M"' eif ~f'\.'\~t" tt~ f "oliet• "' l·tt•e /lo, • l'11C111t, 1S1 t> s1·,1c,1 \"\I)\ Ill 1.l(l( '. I{: ;1rli!'>t . sl·l•i,1;11·. :1,l111i11ist1·;1t1•1-. s111cl,·11t ,1cl,11c.·:ttc.·. c.·t111~11lt.111l. :111tl ,c11111111111it\ lc:;1,lt·1·' ' ·..=..-- . ' •FRIDAY, APRIL I 6, I999 THJl HILLTOP AS ~ j I CAMPUS 3 • l Afro-Brazilians I ' Dayto;na Officials ~enew Call )Demand Reparations to End Annual Gathering in Black and White" says, "Being REPARATIONS fro m Al Black is to be condemned to sub-cit izenship." Afro-Brazilians are por several southern historically black colleges-led Two days before the ga1hering began, a U.S. Dis DAYTONA. from Al by Bethune-Cookman College and Florida trict court judge ruled that plan unfairly singled out ; "We are in the process of pro trayed in the media as criminals, celebrants during carnival or com A&M- held an event aimed al attracting potential black students. : claiming Brazil guilty for cbe holo law students to a career fair at the Ocean Center peting in sports events. were totally against the black srudencs fro m the Many Daytona Beach visitors, such as St. Pecers• : caust against Afro-Brazilians," Con in Daytona Beach. The group hosted a scepshow, Afro-Brazilians may hold jobs in start. Charles Cherry, president of the Daycona burg Junior College student Victor Butler, com• : ceicao said. dance and an unofficial beach party. : During his time in New York, Con manual labor, in service or in man Beach chapter of the NAACP, said similar prob plained about the unfair treacment experienced by Each year, an estimated 75, 000 students travel ' ceicao said he noticed racial diver- ufacturing. Blacks who do earn a lems occur at other special events in Daytona Black students. "They jacked the prices up and sity which reminded him of Brazil. college degree still earn only 70 per Beach such as Bike Week and Spring Break. to Daytona Beach for what has become an aller• took the new furniture out of the rooms and put old The difference, however, was that cent of the salaries thac their white Weeks before the event, city officials faxed to native to spring break celebrations held by students furnjture in." said Butler. U.S. citizens admit that there are counterparts do. In a country where administrators at several Hi~torically Black Col• al predominacely white schools. there is no black middle class, an Butler also said hotel attendants made people pay racial problems. while the mentali leges letters warning them of heightened security Daytona Beach officials have renewed their calls a $50 deposit juscto visit someone in another room. ty in Brazil is that there are racial Afro-Brazilian with a good job can that would be in force during the planned Black to put an end to the annual gathering, complain issues in Africa and the U.S., but not expect to make about $2,000 a College Weekend, often compared 10 the Freaknik ing of the throngs of people who choke che city's Some have even suggesced that the celebration be in cheir own country. mooch. celebra1ion in Atlanta. beaches. Before last weekend's event. officials had , moved to another beach in Florida such as Miami The fact that racism even exists has In schools. classes like geography Black College Reunion was started in April of planned to demand thacdrivers have passes to drive or Orlando. But until then, it looks as if the fes ti not been confro nted by Brazilians and history do not discuss Africa 1995 when student government associations of along the beach. val will remain in Daytona Beach. particularly because racial creoliza unless it is about slavery, which is tion is common, Conceicao said. provided from a European point of The majority of Blacks in Brazil view. Illiteracy among Afro-Brazil don't identify as being black. There ians is twice as much as that of white Students Find Various Ways t9 Handle Taxes are 120 definitions for black there, Brazilians. he said. Some Afro-Brazilians Conceicao said white Brazilians held in 1997 and 1998 that resulted in a Congres changed in tax forms. In recent years, the agency would rather label themselves as are more sympathetic to the struggle TAX.from Al sional order for the IRS to clean house. has caught up with the technology age. posting lax cafe au lait, sunburned or chocolate. of Brazilian Indians because they are During the hearings. many frustrated and angry forms on the Internet. · Conceicao's concern is that. if a smaller group. seen as exocic and taxpayers told passionate scories about cheir dis Brazilians of African descent do not preservers of nature. Blacks, on the robbed by tax collectors. and is wary of the I RS. "My mom says it's easy, and that it's just fi lling recognize themselves as such, it ocher hand, are seen as being explo "!l's hard enough running and owning your own gust with the IRS. President Cli nton said he was out a piece of paper," Harvey said. "But I see how outraged after hearing some of the stories from causes difficulty in unification to sive because of the issue of racism. business. h's a penny for a penny when you work she gets at this time of the year. I'm not afraid of improve the sicuation. for yourself," Young said. ''It almost seems as if people who said that after dealing with the IRS. Currently, Conceicao is at New they felt embarrassed and humiliated. what the IRS mighc do to me if! mess something Tactics to widen the conscious York University conducting a com they're going to break you." up," ness of Afro-Brazilians have not parative study on how the media iQ In an effort to ease the relationship between tax In response. officials at che IRS have undergone always ended positively. Conceicao Brazil and the U.S. deal with civil collectors and the nation's citizens. the Senate's customer-training seminars, and the agency has Toe last day to apply for an extension for your has been arrested for spray-painting rights leaders, ethnicity and civil Finance Committee held a series of hearings were begun revamping tax forms that haven't been taxes is Aug. 14. 1999. "Brazil is Racist'' on a building wall, rights. The largest paper in Brazil and his friend was threatened fo r will be studied fo r its amount of expulsion from USP when he coverage on the 300th anniversary of protested, naked. that quocas should Quilombo dos Palmares· leader. Environmentalists Student Dies at HUH , be implemented to allow more Zumbi, while The New York Times, : Blacks into the majority-white The \Vashi11gton Post, and the Los ; Brazilian University. Angeles Times will be surveyed for as a compassionate friend. "We go : Afro-Brazilians make up about 50 the amount of coverage given to the Take Action HOLLAND. from A I way back to freshman year--Drew : percent of the population, bul as che 30th anniversary of Malcolm X's Hall days." Pekou recalled. ''I can , educational video entitled "Picture death in 1995. Senior psychology major said he senior public relations major honestly say that Mark kept it real. HUES. fro m A I hopes 1ha1 other students will join LaShaun Seestrunk. who was in a and looked out fo r his people. He was H.U.E.S. during ics firsc major clean four-member advertising projecc just a laid-back brother who didn't let said. up effort. "I 1hink Howard's campus group that included Holland. "Mark anything stop him. read it... is beautiful. but the neighborhood was part of our group••He'II never This Tuesday, the group plans to Holland is survived by his parencs around ic isn·1:· he said. ''There are see the end of the project. We have celebrate Earth Day by holding a and an older brocher. ' clean-up effort at the edge of che diny streets. kids playing in dump foo tage of him on tape. so we can '• University at Georgia Avenue and W sices." Wilson said. remember him," Seestrunk said. De1ails regarding fu neral arrange ! Street, 10 Harvard Street. Organizers Pe1erman. who was Jas1year named Francis Pekou. a senior advertising ments were unavai table late Wednes '. said chey will also help clean-up a Rhodes Scholar. added: "If people major. said he· II remember Holland day. op • along 4th Street; 6th Streec; Hobart can do little things, like throwing out , the hillt Street; around Greene Scadium and trash, all tha1 would help. 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NATION& WOI n · ~ Eve Symposium Addresses Race On The Factor in Human Rights Abuse agency has its own code of practice and children. "Youths are no longer being reha routine stops because ofth e cars they drive • By N ATALIE REID methods of recording and investigating bilitated-instead, they are being disposed or the profile that police officers have • Hilltop Staff Writer abuses, however. Since I 994, the federal of," Shelton said. Youths are being prose placed on blacks. "Ifyou drive fast, you are Diaspora government has been legally required to cuted as adults and placed in adult facilities. a ~uspect, if you allow police to search your ; collect national data on the police's use of There are more than 1.7 million people in car you are a suspect. if you have food The subject of racism as a Human Rights excessive force. prisons or jails and 60 percent are from wrappers on the noor of the car you are abuse in the United States was addressed in racial or ethnic minorities. 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AS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 THE HILLTOP rovost roa Invite and Encourage Students and Faculty to Panicipate in a Specisu • Owll eet1n on at Howard Universi _I • • .m. For additional info,11,·atJ.fon contact: Dr. George H Mitchell,Jr9, Task Force Cbau11.,an, (202) 806-4363 Mr. Steven Brooks, Of6ce ofth~ Provost (202) ·806-2550 ' ' • , . ------' ' THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 A9 tion on al ase . - 270 Park Av,enue 49 ·.• oor Be een E111 47th S,lreet and East 48.th S1,eet ' · .. ·., . [. tee Chai •· ·... n, - - • I A10 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 EDITORIALS THE HILLTOP Founded in I 924 STEVEN M. GRAY, Editor-i11-Cltief KEYA GRAVES, Senior Editorial Editor ROCHELL A. BISHOP, Managing Editor. KEENAN SUARES, Managing Editor BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS NOT WELCOME his past weekend, about 100,000 college Some may argue that usually at these events, students gathered in Daytona Beach, the crowd gets out of control, forcing the offi TFla., for the 15th annual Black College cers to take action. Reunion. It was a huge black beach party in a And even in some cases some innocent person 70 percent white town that the NAACP had to loses their life. But many times the people who fight for them to have. are starting the problems are not even college City officials said they feared a public safety students, but outsiders who just want to join the nightmare and did not want a big parade of cars party. to form a traffic standstill. Why are harsher rules enforced, more police So, they proposed a plan to restrict traffic by officers put to work, and more locks put on the closing certain bridges from the mainland to the doors of the community while the shop owners beach. Passes would be given to residents to conveniently close early or turn their nose up at cross certain bridges, but outsiders would be black shoppers? bused to the beach. Their reasoning was that In Philadelphia last year during the Greek Pic- ambulances and police cars nic, South Street, a strip fi lied need a sure way to get by. with popular stores and the The NAACP could not "They are taking Blacks hangout spot after a day filled believe such extreme mea back to the days of slavery in the park, closed its stores sures were going to be taken early. and filed a suit claiming it when they told slaves when and where they could con The news media reported was a violation of the stu that many of the shop owners dents' constitutional rightto gregate, in f ear of what said they would rather lose assemble. they may be discussing." business for the day then pro The federal judge ruled out vide service for an ignorant the plan and said it singled crowd. letters 10 Ille Edilor out Blacks. These same procedures are not taken with Even though the judge ruled one way, the local residents were unhappy and racial tension white college students when they have their How To WRITE Us was felt. Many residents wanted to ban the spring break parties-students who usually are Black College Reunion, which brings in large more extreme, stripping down to near nothing THE HILLTOP. the nmion ·s largest Black m llegiatc newspaper. in the streets. encourages y()U to share your opinion, on anicles published in the amounts of money. Some signs on yards read, newspnper. THE HILLTOP will only publi,h letters addressed "Violators will be shot." For those of you who traveled down to Flori directly 10 lhe Senior Editorial Editor in response to published da this past weekend, did you learn something? Your voice is articles. The H1LLTOP Editorial Board reserves the right to edit This weekend, many college students will letters for space and literary style. All letters mtL\l be typed. signed flock down to Atlanta, Ga. for Freaknic and later Something like: Racism is still burning and and include a complete address and telephone number. to Philadelphia for the Greek Picnic. whenever a group of black people congregate, important. the white man assumes there will be a problem. The opinionsexpre.,s,.-d on the Editorial Page arc the, iewso[the This is all part of the college experience, get THE HILLTOP Editorial Board and do not directly reflect !he ting together for one big party- right? They are taking Blacks back to the days of slav We encourage you opinion ofHowanl Univen.ily. it, Administrauon. individual Hill All college students do this, black and white. ery when they told slaves when and where they top Policy Board members. or tl1e student body. could congregate, in fear of what they may be I ask these question then: Why is it that when to write letters to Please Address Letters to: African Americans congregate for a party there discussing. Just like those days. today they are ' is a problem? in fear of their lives, afraid that black people will Senior Editorial Editor come together and take over--clairning what we the editor! THE HILLTOP And where will we find a place where we are 2251 Shem1an Avenue. NW welcome? are due. Equality and justice. Washington. D.C. 20001 or via email :u [email protected] THE MlsSION STATEMENT ' - GET WITH.THE PROGRAM Produced ,111irely by tire students it serves. THE HILLTOP is the newspaper ofrecord for 1hc Howard U11iversi1y cmmnw1it)~ \Vi1hi,i its J')(1ges. our readers wilf wirness objec•rfre reporting and PICK UP THE TRASH stories written/mm a uniquely Afrkmi•America11 perspectfre at the premiere ltistoric,llly Black university in the world. We proudly comi,me a trtulitimr of excellence, for our readers and nee in a while on campus, a student can crew that's involved in most events. our di.,ri11g11ish,d legacy desen •e uothillg less. be spotted picking up some trash that But a new type of activist are form ing on cam 0 someone else has left behind. These pus, and there mission is changing. The group few students believe it is important to keep the is called, H.U.E.S., Howard University Envi THE HILLTOP university and the surrounding community ronmental Society, and they are urging and ' clean. preparing students to take to the streets and clean Sn:v,:11 M. GRAY However, are there enough students concerned the campus and community. Editor-i11,Clrief about the environment today? The streets sur The group said the environment effects every Roc11r.1.1. A. Bisuor K f£NAN S\J,\RES rounding the University are disgusting, cluttered one. They consider the environment any place Managing Editor Managing &litor with gloomy gray McDonald's cartons , flyers where we work, live and play. They are not talk KEYA GRAV~:S from the latest parties and ing about saving the whales ''When I dare to be Stnior E J ASMINt; BkOWN --Audre Lorde Copy Editor " ' THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 All PERSPECTIVES OBI EGBlJNA AND DEVIN WALKER The Buffalo Soldier: A Hero or Disgrace to African Culture? sagyefo Kwame Nkrumah resent the negative aspect of African they too have the blood of the said. "In the new African culture. oppressed dripping all over their ORenaissance, we place great We are not only obligated to speak hands. emphasis on the presentation of his out against the Buffalo Soldier of the The Buffalo Soldier phenomenon is tory. Our history must be written as past, but also we must speak out not confined to the borders of the the history of our society, not the against today's modern day Buffalo U.S. When we look at the merry-go history of European adventures." Soldiers. led by former U.S. Gener round of military regimes and mer 'fllrough a dialectical analysis, we al Colin Powell. Mr. Powell served cenary outfits that have destroyed will always make a clear distinction two tours of duty in South Vietnam. mother Africa and her scattered chil between the positive and negative graduated from the National War d.ren throughout the world, we see aspects of African culture. It has College in 1976; was the Senior Mil that including Moi in Kenya, Conte been all too often assumed th at itary Assistant 10 the Deputy of the in Gu inee, Mubarak in Egypt, African peoples' political and mili Secretary of Defense under the Carter UNITA in Angola, and RENAMO in tary interests are synonymous with Administration; was a part of the Mazambique. U.S. political and military interests Department of Defense Transition We are calling on student organi throughout the world. However. they Team under the Regan Administra zations, progressive facu lty and are 001! This can be clearly seen tion where he contributed to the inva alumni to start a movement to remove when we look at the history .of the sion of Grenada (which lead to the Mr. Powell from your board of Buffalo Soldiers. murder of Prime Mini~ter Maurice Trustees. With an initiative of this In 1866, Congress approved legjs Bishop), directed the invasion of magnitude, you wi ll show the poor lation creating six all-African regi Panama (Operation Just Cause) in and oppressed worldwide that U.S. ments, including the 25th and 25th December 1989, the bombing of foreign and military policy does not Cal vary and the 9th and 10th Libya (which led 10 the brutal death have your approval. Remove the Infantries, which would later be of the daughter of Libyan leader R.O.T.C. from your campus and drop known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Moammar al -Qadhafi); and was your name from the list of HBCU's Approximately 12,000 Africans were appointed Joint Chief of Staff by that have sponsored an academic part of the Buffalo Soldiers that George Bush in 1989. scholarship in conjunction with U.S. fought against our Indian sisters and Mr. Powell often refers-to Dr. King Armed Forces. Do not let Mr. Pow ( brothers to seize their land and to as one of his heroes. We beg 10 dif ell, a blood thirsty tyrant , use declare Indian land as a settl er fer. Dr. King on behalf of the South Howard University to disguise him colony. They are responsible for the ern Leadership Christian Leadership self as one who seeks to serve slaughter of thousands of Indians Conference came out against the humanity through his organization, RANDY SHORT within at leads seven Indian Nations, Vietnam War, while Mr. Powell, saw America's Promise. The Pan-African including the murder of Geronimo. it as his moral and political duty to Student Youth Movement would like The construction of Buffalo Sol keep the Great Revolutionary Ho Chi to challenge Mr. Powell to a debate It's Time .for All Blacks to Unite in diers was an act of desperation by the Minh and the courageous peoples of on the role of Africans in the U.S. and U.S. attempting to offset a principled Vietnam in bondage. With a life long other European military outfits alliance between Africans in the U.S. career in the U.S. military. it appears throughout the world. Honor of Diallo and Indians in North America both that General Custer, General Oliver One United African People! r too long, people of the eyes ofDiallo's family. I saw the supremacy on the pyre of Black still figh ting.for their liberation and 0. Howard. Mencahem Begin of One United Socialist Africa! African descen~ have per• same defiant weariness that I have Liberation. humanity. Understanding the role Zionist Israel and Adolph Hitler of F:mined themselves to ignore seen in faces in Latin America, Our generation is being challenged Indians played in providing refuge to Nazi Germany had a more profound Obi Egbw,a a11d Devi11 Walkers are their common struggle for justice Europe, Australia, and my grand to actualize the dreams and sacri Africans. and freedom loving peo influence on Mr. Powell than Dr.. members ofthe Pan-African S1rtde111 and freedom. Perhaps somewhere parents. fices of Malcolm X, Martin Luther ples, throughout the world. They rep- King could ever have had because Youth Mol'ement. in universal oulrage at the brulal The mother of Archie Elliott. Ill. King, Stephen Biko, Patrice slaying of martyred Guinean ( he was slain in Prince Georges Lumumba. Amilcar Cabral, Thomas Amadou Diallo, we have found a County) had a sadness of premoni Sankara, Maurice Bishop, Martin place of convergence. tion. Her face conveyed a sense that Delany, Alexander Crummell, So many black people from abroad she always knew that a racist cop Frantz Faooo, Blaise Diagoe, Mojo are .reaping the fruits of the Ameri could murder her son. and her hopes la Agbedi, Casely Hayford, Andre can Dicam without paying the dues and prayers for his safety could not Reboucas, Carlos Leite, Holy John Pain of Coon Characters Still Lingers On· that African Americans have paid shield him from the guns of police. son, BlaiseDiagne, Edwardlllyden, time immemorial. Maybe now we We must learn each others stories Antonio Maceo, and Marcus Gar ar color skin. big red juicy 'Coons' and wide-eyed "Pickanin and other show like it. Crouch said can become comrades in the strug and our experiences in the purgato vey. lips and pearly white teeth nies' by the white media. the problem with pop culture is that gle, without the shopworn conde ry of white dominatioo-•even when Our feudalistic tribalism is neither Tshine as the characters stand These faces have permeated in pop suddenly it became cool 10 glorify scension that is leading some to we emigrate, in order to work a talisman able to repel bullets nor with huge grins on their faces. If you ular culture making black life a ignorance. poverty and complacency. assume that racism is the burden of together. an assured passage to honorary give these characters a piece of water parade of bigotry and fueling deeply Claiming part of the problem is rap the Black American. We have to overcome our corpo white status. Another Guinean was melon or a bottle of malt liquor. they rooted stereotypes. videos tell Blacks and whites it's Abner Louima's and Diallo's mur• rate parochial arrogance that waxen murdered by oeo-nazis in Denver in become happy. Amos 'n Andy a show that started alright 10 be disrespectful and act dcr are omens that the international our ears and gauze's our eyes from 1998, when told they wanted to kill The characters that are being in 1951. was the first al l black cast ignorant. community can no longer ride free realizing we slaves really have no a black, he responded he was referred to are not the ooon faces of and its stereotypes stirred up much Through the constant negative on the struggle of Black Americans business putting on airs. African. He forgot he was in Amer Amos 'n Andy, but are actors in a new controversy. Like the PJ's it was a images Blacks are continuing 10 lose rescued from their share of suffer There is no reason for us 10 accept ica. comedy series called the PJ's. comedy addressing issue in the black ing. This reality has finally bridged this abuse another millennium. The We must figh t united for national community. Actor Alvin Childress their culture and are getting lost in The PJ's. whose co-producer is false stereotypes about how a black the chasm that the Atlantic Ocean, nascent unity developing in the ful• minority rights for African Ameri Eddie Murphy, has sparked much (who stared in Amos 'n Andy) said he different colonizers and colonial crum of suffering is metamorphos cans and for the other noble causes felt as though the show was harmless person is supJl<)Se 10 act. Black peo controversy among its viewers and ple today need to see more positive histories, and cultures made appear ing in: Brooklyn, London, Paris, worldwide. It is better to die united intellectuals. and was no different from white insurmountable. Brussels, Marseilles, Lisbon, Ams in purpose than divided by nonsen comedies airing at this time. images of black life 10 build self The PJ's centers around a character pride. Foreign struggles for freedom in terdam, Rio, Cartegena. Sa Paulo. sical tribal snobbery that bas not cre by the name of Thurgood Stubbs who What Childress and others forget is abroad will exempt recent arrivals and Caracas. ated one viable Black nation any is the superintendent of the run down the strong difference between black Others may argue that these nega for inactivity in the United States. lo the early I 960s, Malcolm X where. housing projects Hilton Jacobs. Liv and white comedy and that is the tive images are a reality. therefore Police violence is no reciprocator of prophetically predicted that a time One race, one aim, one destiny ing in the projects is not the problem. fact that whites have other shows and artist are just displaying what they the Diasporic origin and is not Jim. was coming when Blacks would should be our sac,-ed goal for the The problem arises with the way the the negative stereotypes about blacks see---their truths. And that these real ited to the cursed lazy domestic unite up after a camel-straw act of year 2000 and beyond. characters act. they drink 40s (a bot.' has been embedded into the minds of ities are part of black life and some Negroes. Diallo's spirit cries for police brutality. tie of malt liquor), one of Stubbs others. people do identify with them. vengeance which can only be real Somehow, I feel that Diallo's mur• friends is a skinny crack cocaine Comedies like Amos 'n Andy and The PJ's writer said. "if you get ired in our unity. der is oracle that the time bas come Randy Slwrt is the current Gmdu addict, and another character an the PJ's are only humorous 10 its' them out in the open they lose the 'Jwo weeks ago when looking into to throw the rancid corpse of white are Trustee. elderly tenant eats dog food to sur audience because it's humor derives power to offend." vive. from the fact that its' characters are ignorant, conniving. and lazy, stereo These negative stereotypes· stem Although some may argue that the types that have been linked 10 blacks from a 150 years of mockery and show addresses real life issues that their power to offend has not APRIL BRYANT for to long. occur in the projects, the negative Therefore when a black artist changed. just as if someone calls a stereotypes hide the message. Direc reaches a certain level ofsuccess it is black person a nigger no matter how tor Spike Lee said, "the PJ's is hate• their duty, not the duty of the white many times that word is used it still Altering Art Restricts Art ful and demeaning toward black peo media, to make up for the past and hurts. ple." For exan1ple. in one episode bury the negative stereotypes that It is important to realize that before arby Park, located in Ingle defined, therefore, making it art no who is the maker of the film Jesse's the tenants receive a new security continue to burn. black artist worry about portraying wood. California, is the longer. Gone creates films about everyday door that they decide to test with The constant portrayal of negative the so called truth it is their duty to Dplace where the Bloods of Art has absolutely no responsibili life because of bis concern about gunfire. images cause some people, black and first make sure the slate of negative Inglewood Family Gangsters get ty or obLigation to anyone !>ut itself. what is going on with black men. The harsh realities of life in the jumped in or "initiated". While kids Art itself cannot be defined by race, Smith said we must put a face on the white. to see these roles as truths. In stereotypes is clean. Until there is an projects are taken lightly. Co-creator a recent documentary, Teach the equal balance in the mass media play on the merry-go-round, guys but by what its contents are foc used lives that are being lost. Larry Wilmore wants us to believe, get beat up in the parking lot. upon. Therefore, altering art because He said if everything was perfect Children, producer Mary Magee said black artist must carry the weight for ' These characters come from my that children from the ages of 6 to 11 their people. These are the same guys I grew up it's not positive is restricting it's abil and black men were scoring high on life.' Bu\ he does not understand with. Finding dead bodies witliin the ity to be art. 1es1 and not killing each other there spend more time watching television They can not back away from their why black artists do not have the than in the classroom. bushes of the park is nothing shock Artists don't see the world the way would be no need for his fi lms. duty by simply saying they a.re writ• same freedom and options as whites Children mimic the characters they ing or new. Centinela Park, Will it wants and the world Through his art, Smith reaches out ing, singing, or drawing about what when creating comedy. · see on television shows or music Rogers Park, Jesse Owens, Echo reciprocated. into the streets and tells what's going they see. Black artist must realize that Black artist have an obligation to videos. by copying certain dialects, Park, Griffith Park and Adams Park Well. the world reciprocated quite on everyday, but yet we try to ignore they are representing an entire group their people to shed positive light on clothing, and even mannerism. The are located in Los Angeles with sim loudly about Fox's new television it. We call it "negative portrayals or of people that are under constant l>lack life, because there has been a PJ's when it aired was the highest ilar reputations of violence. show "The PJ's'". This cutting-edge stereotypes of black life". scrutiny---people that yearn for long history ofnegative portrayals of rated show an1ong 12-to 17-year-olds If I were asked to put this on fllm satire by co-creator Eddie Murphy Many believe this violence does blacks. something 10 believe in. takes a look at the pitfalls and hidden not happen and artist are trying to and the night it aired, 12 million or even canvas , many critics would In the early 1930s, with radio shows homes tuned in. say that I am portraying black men as pleasure of life in the big-city hous glamorize it just to make a buck . ing project. The controversy sur What would people rather the artist like Amos 'n Andy, and even still But essayist Stanley Crouch said Keya Graves is senior editorial edi gangsters and that I'm providing today blacks are portrayed as the problem is deeper than the PJ's tor and aj1111ior jo11malism. another nco-blaxploitation dirge to rounding the television show is the sugar coat the truth to make the black oppressed black men. notion that the PJ 's promote racial experience easy on the eyes? stereotypes and myths. Sometimes we as black people want But, this is where I came from, so The characters live in the projects, to project such a good image of our why should I have to alter its whole drink molt liquor, poke fu n at Kore selves and worry about what other Let Your Perspective Be Heard!!! meaning just because it's not posi an grocery stores and one character think just so we will be accepted by Articles to the Perspectives section of The Hilltop are due no later than tive? Smokey is a crack addict. the white community. Why must we Art is the most intense mode of the This has some cultural leaders look at this subversive medium called 5 p.m. Sunday and can be submitted via email or by snail mail. The individualism that the world has accusing Murphy of racial stereo art with such an extremely critical known. It answers to no one and it is typing. The writers from the show are eye? Hilltop's email address is [email protected]. Our snail mail what it is. It is one of the means frustrated and said, these characters · This is not fair to the art and artists address is I' whereby man seeks to redeem a life come from their life and that there is as well as the black community itself. which it experiences as chaotic, a do'!ble standard because it is not a These are depictions of lives shown 2251 Sherman Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 Ii senseless and largely evil. It is the problem when whites do it. 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THE lilLLTOP • • ' . • • GD • • SPORTS B6 • • 0 • FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 • http://billtop.howard.edu • FIRST heallh A Daddy and His Little Girl ~y ALICIA NUNN What lvu Don't Know wasa daddy's girl. My dad and I had a special relationship. He spoiled me and he was very proud of me. He didn't always Just·May Hurt lvu Itell me so, but he told everyone he knew-our family, his friends and his co-workers. We never told each other how much BY FELECIA DAYLE we loved each other. We took our relationship for granted. I just Hilltop Staff Writer assumed he would always be here. And certainly, he didn't think he was going anywhere any time soon. I knew that he loved me ophomore English major Dana Ferrell knows cooking .. and he knew that I loved him. The smells of baking barbecue chicken, boiling rice and It was a year ago, April 4, 1998, when my life drastically changed. steaming vegetables often seep out of her East Towers Like a football game, I can give an instant replay of everything that apartment. Her culinary powers are so strong that happenedjustasifithappenedtoday. friends 0ock to her room for dinner parties almost on It was my freshman year at Howard, and it was going well. I had aS weekly basis. met some new friends and I was doing well in my classes. I missed But oo matter what's on the menu in her kitchen or how much my family, but I loved it here. food her guests consume, Ferrell says because of the great quan The Sunday before I was to go home for Thanksgiving, my mom tities she cooks one thing is a given: there will be leftovers. And called. She sounded a little strange. I felt numb. lots of them. "Your daddy is in the hospital. While I was ~t church your daddy But food nutritionists and others agree that most students don't was watching TV and your brother was downstairs," my mother know enough about proper food storage. Across the nation peo said. "Marlin (my brother) heard a loud thump, so he went upstairs ple are suffering from food poisoning at alarming rates, scien to see what was going on. Your daddy was lying in the middle of tists say. the floor shaking. We think it was a heart attack or stroke." Julius Martin, a senior computer based information systems Upon hearing that news, my heart skipped a beat. I felt helpless. major, knows all too well about food poisoning. He was admit I kept thinking if he dies, I wouldn't be there. I won't get to say good ted to the hospital after getting food poisoning from chicken he bye, what kind of daughter am 17 prepared in his kitchen. Thanksgiving. When my mother picked me up from the airport ''The next day my stomach was tightening up and I was throw we went directly to the hospital. It was after visiting hours, but they ing up. I was hospitalized and they gave me all these different let me go up to see him anyway. I never thought I would see my kinds of shots. I missed school for a week," said Martin. daddy lying in a hospital bed. I tried to stay strong for my dad and So how long can you keep leftovers in the refrigerator before my mom. The doctor came into the room and she was talking to the growth of harmful bacteria makes your food unsafe? Can my mother. I heard her say the words "mass" and "tream1ent." What you keep vegetables stored longer than meat? lf that leftover did the doctor mean? I thought he had a stroke or heart attack. In meat loaf smells good and tastes good. does that mean the it's the car on the way home, I asked my mom what the doctor said. still good to eat? "I wanted to wait until you got home to tell you. The doctors think If you don't know the answers to these questions you could he might have cancer. He didn"t have a stroke-it was a seizure. be making yourself sick. He'll have to undergo treatment," she said. Donald Schaffner, a food scientist from Rutgers Universi I was angry with her for keeping that news from me, even though ty, said that a major source of food poisoning comes from I knew she was only trying to protect me. The doctor released my the bacteria in leftovers in our refrigerators. He also said that dad Thanksgiving morning. We had a normal Thanksgiving din• many times people suffer from food-born illnesses because ner at our house with the entire family. of the common mistakes they make when storing leftover It was cancer. He would start treatments to combat the disease food. after the New Year. I went back to school. Things began to fall apart. Dr. Eleanora Isle, nutritionist at Howard University, Col . Classes that seemed simple were now hard. I stayed in my room. lege of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Science I tried to study for finals. but my nund was at home in Indiana. agrees. "Students should carefully store all cooked and Christmas break. My dad was at home. He was moving around. uncooked items," she said. lsle streSses that if food is not Things were looking a little promising. Then, more bad news can1e. stored and prepared properly bacteria could grow and the My mom told me that the doctors said that the mass on his lung eater could contract a terminal food-born illness. was the size of an orange and that the cancer had spread to his bones But for Ferrell, all of this is old news. and brain. Prognosis-one year with treatment. l went back to "l learned about food storage in my high school home school and be went back to his treatments. economics class:· she said. I st!rted the new semester. I triep to focus on my studies. My dad Richard Daniels of Audits International, who did a was always on my mind, no matter what I did or tried. I cried a lot. study of food in more than I00 homes, said that con I never went out, unless it was to get something to eat. Most of the sumers treai food improperly because of the lack of time, I just ordered a pizza and watched TV. knowledge about proper food handling and storage My father was going to die. There was nothing I c-ould do about practices. He recommended that students put lefto,·ers it. l felt helpless. I prayed to God to give me strength and to help in the refrigerator within an hour after being set out. me accept the things l could not change. I thought for a while that I was accepting it. See FOOD, 82 Things weren't getting any better with my dad. He was sent back to the hospital for surgery. According to the doctor, he was too frag ile and they wanted to monitor him in the hospital. Spring Break. When my mom and I came home from the air Olli!G port r played the messages on the answering machine. A doctor's voice said that we should go to the hospital. She said that my father might not make it through the night. My mother called the doctor What's Hot: Fingernails !Nas Releases Third Album 'I Am' back and I went in my room and started crying. I tried reaching become popular with the masses, 1 Hate Him No»i Late,; Whenever, displays excellent lyrical usage. To top it off, my brother, but l couldn't find him. BY ALIKE BOGGAN except those men who grow the nail \ But You Must Listen the track is laced with the background of R. At about 11 at night my mom and I went to the hospital. It was Hilltop Staff Writer on their little finger, as many men of ! Kelly's "'When a Woman·s Fed Up." unbelievable. }!is hair was gone. He was naturally of small stature Asian descent have been known to l ------ Nas' work is inspirational. On "We Will before, but now he looked like a skeleton. He was not alert. We sat Of all the different parts of the Bv B~\NOI FORTE Survive," Nas pays his respect to the late rap there and we looked at him. My heart wept. I tried not to show any human body that can be decorated, d~ven with all the creative types of ! Hilltop Slaff Writer legends, the Notorious B.1.O. and Tupac emotions because I knew this was hard for my mom. I thought to fingernails are one of the easiest people in this world, most nails tend 1 Artist: Nas Shakur. His metaphors speak to Biggie in his myself, this is it. We fe lt like we were waiting for him to die, so we and least painful. Just about every- to be shaped evenly, with rounded or ! raspy voice: ··You was like god to us. in the . C I dd . . Album: I AM ... went home. Neither of us could sleep. My mother went back in the thing you do with your body you can square tips. o ors an cs1gns vary i Hilltop View: l'alidated form of Allah." In 1he second verse Nas has morning. I called my niece's mother to see if she and my niece could do with your nails. You •can color from person to person, but this sea• i an intimate conversation with Tupac extin go to the hospital. We went. He perked up when he saw my niece them, extend them, pierce them, and guishing the feud that once existed between son bright, fluorescent colors and i Nasir Ben Qiu Dara Jones a.k.a. Nas brings and I come into the room. He looked much better than the day reshape them. These types of deco- pastels appear to be popular for i the artists. Nas demonstrates that he is a before. He was responding and talking. rations are cheaper too. The cost to the microphone a prophetic wisdom. Nas mature man as he utters: "Where there ever Summer, dark colors for Fall and i was just a teenager back in 1991 when he I was home for a week. I always thought of my daddy as a strong range ofmost manicures (including Winter. and natural colors that are ! be an another emcee as nice/will you return man, but he was deteriorating before my eyes. His pride had been the addition ofacrylics) is $1210 30. released lllmatic, which brought lyrical life similar to your nail bed-dear- i to the world of hip-hop. Eight years later the stripped from him. He couldn't go to the bathroom. He couldn't walk Some people use their nails in and the classic French Manicure are i poet continues to lay down the foundation for and as time progressed he couldn't speak clearly. I was watching order 10 highlight their hands while good for all seasons. l my daddy die before my eyes. All kind of thoughts ran through my others do nothing in order to take the the hip hop community with his new release Whatever your preference, even if i JAM .... head, but the main thought was "Wiry' him?" attention away from their hands. Flo you don't like coloring your nails, i The heavily anticipated album was worth March 29, 1998 I visited my daddy in the hospital for the last Jo (Florence Orfffith Joyner), CoCo make sure you treat your hands right. · the two-month delay. Nas paints a clear pic time before going back to school. I told him I was leaving and we (of SWV), Patti LaBelle, Gai l Dev- Using gloves when doing manual i talked for a little while. He told me he was okay and that he wasn't ers (track ture for all people to dissect. His lyrics are labor with your hands, and giv- ! thought provoking, his production is authen sick. He didn't want me to worry about him. I gave him a hug and star), and ing yourself periodic mani- i told him I loved him. In my heart, I knew this would be the last Mary J. Blige tic, and his theme is a simple yet powerful cures are the best way to i statement of being: "I Am." With this album, time l saw him. I said goodbye and I went back to school. are some of the do this. j The doctors told my mother that she would have to take my father women who have the rap phenomenon from Queensbridge, home or to a hospice, because it was nothing else they could do turned their nails NY shows signs of maturity. After all, he for him. She found a nice hospice for him because she knew she into accessories stopped playing Escobar back on the "Firm'" couldn't handle him by herself. of their l album, and has taken a greater role as a Black man who has redefined his art form April 4, 1998 He had only been there for a few days. when my wardrobes. They Artist: Nos mother called me early in the morning to give me the number to had nails that 1 f i through real life experiences. , Some months ago, many hip-hop lovers his roori because she would be there all day. She told me things were out of this O were not looking good. He wasn't responding. When we hung up warId ... 1·Jte rall y.1 h Y u i received their bootleg copy of 15 songs that to us like the resurrection of Christ?" Nas a_ve any ques- are not all included on/ AM.... The original the phone, I sat in my room watching TV. At 4:30, Eastern Stan• Even nail colors i' also has hot tracks featuring Aaliyah, OMX, 110?s or bsugg~- i bootleg LP is entitled/ AM.. . Autobiogmp/ry, dard time, (3:30 at home) I called my daddy's room. My aunt and decorations for Nature, and Scarface that set the mic 011 fire. ttoFns a. outt e i a drama that details the life of Nasir Jones. answered the phone. I talked to her for a little while, and then I men are becoming asb.,on sec- , After a three-year hiatus, Nas makes it talked to my mom. She held the phone to my dad's ear. I said socially acceptable . . ! The·album addresses the concerns that l/1· tJon,e-mru1 ' maric (1991) did not have room for, that It clear that an artist's work always comes full "Hello." I could hear him breathing on the other end, but he couldn't now (even if they arc meat: circle. Again, Nas goes back to the basics as say anything. My mom got back on the phone, we talked a li11le on people who appear »bs Written (1996) was not ready for, and he revitalizes hip-hop, all while representing more and I hung up. About thirty minutes later, my mother called , to be mentally dis issues that Tire Firm (1998) couldn't tackle. QB to the fullest. Nas fans have ~7 back. My daddy pass_ed away at 3:55. ,, ! turbed), thanks to None of his former works were mature "Nastradamus," his next LP, to look forward After he heard younoJce on the phone, be went peacefully, she. ; entertainers like Mari- . enough to espouse what Nas created with/ to sometime in October. Anticipated songs said. l lyn Manson, Dennis i AM.... like ··1AM," "Project Window," "Poppa was I held all my emotions in. AJI my friends were amazed at how i Rodman, and Tommy Lee Jones. ! As the woodwind and percussion instru- a Rollin Stone," and other classic singles are well I was taking it. The thing was, I wasn't dealing with it. I went i However, guys are more into nail 1:, ments form a hip-hop orchestra, the album expected to be on the album. home a couple of days later. I cried in the airport, but I tried to con- l colors than nail enhancements. begins with a cascade of Nas' greatest works, As the 25-year-old lyricist looks out his vince myself that everything was okay. I was strong. I helped my i Although the fashion world usual , bringing hip-hop audiences back to their project window he continues to write with mother with the funeral arrangements. I viewed the body for ' ly plays down hand decorations, last [email protected] (the "0" in ! roots. prolific imagery. And who cares that Blaze approval before visitation. I went to visitation, to the funeral and year numerous magazine spreads L0vely is the number zero, not the i The first track, "N.Y. State of Mind Pt. II" magazine didn't list Nas in the Top Ton to the cemetery. I would have my moments where I would cry, but featured models with long, razor- letter "O.") , explores the hard-core psyche of a vividly emcee category in its February issue? After sharp nails. Luckily, that particular described NYC young man. Predicted to be all, Nas is a lyrical genius and he needs no See FIRST, 82 style of claw-like nails has not ! one of the hottest singles on the LP, "K-1-S validation sticker to make him a pioneer. : S-l•N-O," is a ghetto love story in which Nas FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 B2 THE HILLTOP IEMPO music ''Foolish'' Soundtrack Not at all Foolish performed by C-Murder, and included on his album BY KlMOTIIY K. BROWN Bossali11e. It contains ~lements from "The Message." C Hilltop Staff Writer Murder shows he can flow with the best of the best on this track. Album: Foolish Soundtrack The low point comes with the song ''For Money," per Label: No Limit Records formed by you know who. Silkk the Shocker. Once again. Hilltop View: Validated Silkk makes the mistake of going solo. I found myself say ing, "Silkk, please stop the madness!" No Limit super-producer Master Pis at it again. This time However, the "Foolish" soundtrack redeems itself with he created a sure-shot hit comedy, Foolish. TI1e movie co songs by label wild-man Myst.ikaJ and emerging superstar stars comedian Eddie Griffin along with appearances by Mr. Serv-On. Mystikal contributes with the song "That's Andrew "Dice·• Clay. Marla Gibbs, Bill Duke, Traci Bing That s••t, which is the best new song on the entire album. ham and others. In true Mystikal form. he provides great lyrics along with The 18-song soundtrack to this much anticipated movie banging beats courtesy of newcomer LT. Hutton. is sure to provide listening pleasure for the ears of the No "Put 'Em Up" is another one of the best songs on this Limit faithful. It features brand new tracks from the No album. Mr. Serv-On's now complements the usual great pro Limit roster and West Coast rappers Daz Dillenger and duction provided by the tightest member of Beats by the Kurupt. What's unique about this soundtrack is 1ha1 it Pound. KLC. combines new musical material with old school classics like Not to be forgotten is "Don't be Foolish," with Snoop Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On," Kool & The Gang's "Jun Dogg. Kurupt and Daz. This song is produced by another gle Boogie" and Parliament's "Aqua Boogie." newcomer. Mark After Dark. It has a West Coast sound, Of course, the old classics never disappoint. The brand which will no doubt please the fans of No Limit Records new tracks are not bad either. The first hit song is the title on the left coast. track "Foolish," featuring Master P, Mo B. Dick and Magic. All in all. this soundtrack has something for everybody, Aside from Mo B. Dick's obvious lack of singing skills. this young and old. Along with the new music, it has classic Master P, left, is seeking to conquer both tlie music and film industry song is preny decent, summing up the plot of the whole tunes that should leave some in a sentimental mood. So. the movie. "Foolish" soundtrack gets five stars. two thumbs up, and "Like a Jungle" is the next hit on the album. This song is "A" or whatever. ...... , ...... , ...... , ...... ,, ...... , ...... Tisdale Trades in Hard Wood for Sntooth Jazz of Tisdale's own 5th Quarter Band. BY J ASON T. SMITH With many standouts on the album. Decisions is sure Hilltop Staff Writer to please everyone, from Howard's closeted culture of jazz aficionados to those who just need some sul howard woQ~ Artist: Wayman Tisdale try music to parlay or study 10. Album: Decisions But make no mistake, this "smooth jazz" ain't your Hilltop View: Validated ordinary elev-ator music. Tisdale's "Mexicoco" is a hot. upbeat piece with strong Mexican Mariachi over 1. 1llD9S Fall lPlrl-Tbe RoolS It would seem that Wayman Tisdale made two out tones. The staccato beats invite you to the dance noor. standing decisions that would shape his life and his And Tisdale stays with his international theme with 2. Rooll 112-112 career. The first was his decision 10 join the NBA, the "African Prince." 3. llve-USber second to retire from the league to pursue a career as He further proves himself as an awesome bassist 4. Tbe Prol8sslolaf--UJ Clae a jazz musician. with his two tribu1ary pieces rooted in gospel. "Toke 5. The Movement-llaltem World After 12 years with the league. Tisdale. a 6'9" for the Lord Along With You," and "Louis." ''Take the ward, traded in the rock and the hard wood for his bass Lord" is pure Bapticostal (a amalgamation of Baptist &. Doc's Da Name--Redmaa guitar and some smooth jazz. and Pentecostal) shoutin' music at its best, while 1. IAm ... -NAS Decisions, his first album since the end of his pro "'Louis." is a more introspective piece that begins with 8. HIStla'Z ll8aV8lt-MAG basketball career. is a true testament to the smooth jazz a congregational call and response and ends with the scene. His savvy and varied approach to song writ even more inspiring soul searching tunes of the sax 9. Famna1-nc ing and producing gives the 12-lrack album a clear ophone. "My Only" is a true gem as well. Tisdale 10. Grev Slles----crooked 1.enaz mellow edge. Well, that and the band he assembled: teams up with producer and solo artist Chuck ii Book Brian Culbertson (keyboards). Marcus Miller (bass). er and songbird Lalah Hathaway. A ll'eekly ro1111d-11p of11111sical hits selec1ed by The Hilltop~ Gerlad Albright (sax). Marc Antoine (guitar). Norman Overall. Decisions is a wonderful. insightful album. staff Selections appear in no parricular order. Brown (guitar), Lenny Castro (drums), and Everett Tisdale has true skill that rings clear with every Harp (sax). And don't forget to count in the members chump of his bass. ·····················"······"········--·····"'"·······"········... ·· ····················"••················ ...... The Hidden Dangers ofLeftovers Daddy~ Little Girl Rating System: We at The the same temperature. According to him. it is a bad idea H11/top believe in empowering SeeFOOD,B2 to store eggs in the door of the refrigerator. Eggs? Isn't From FIRST. BI the student. For that rc:,soo, we the refrigerator door made 10 put eggs in? Yes it is. but have given our cndre of music "lffood is left out for more than two hours bacteria will Schaffner said that the door is the warmest part of the and movie reviewers the power grow rapidly," Isle said. But there is another side 10 the rcfrigeratot and bacteria will grow on eggs rapidly if the I never let it all out. I was trying 10 srny strong for my mother. This was to Validate and Purge, just as story. lf you put the hot food in the refrigerator too soon 1empera1ure in the icebox is not cool enough. hard for me. but I figured it was harder for her. She had spent nearly 30 the power-wielding sorcerers in you could contaminate other foods. Warm dishes can dra The experts also advise that leftovers should no1be left years of her life with this man- someone she had planned on growing old the Administration Building have. matically decrease the 1emper-a1ure inside your refriger in the refrigerator for more than two to three days. with. ator, making ii a hotbed for bacteria growth. According 10 the Agricultural Department, the leftovers Essentially, if we find the CD or It was later when I realized that my daddy was gone. It was af1er every "Your refrigerator should never go above 40 degrees window of safety is less than three days. Meat with or movie agreeable, we will VAL Fahrenheit," Isle said. '1b be safe you should buy a sim without gravy is good for only two days. The same for fish. thing was done. l was back at school. And then it hit me. My daddy left IDATE it for your listening ple thermometer to test your refrigerator's temperature.'' And how about frui ts and vegetables? If the fruits and veg me. Why did God wke him from me• \Vl,m did he or I do wdeseri•e 1his? pleasures. But if the music or Many students believe that heat kills bacteria so there etables are not cut they will last longer. I cried every day. I couldn't tell my mom what was going on because I didn't movie ~tinks to high heaven is no need to worry. But experts attest 10 the contrary. want her 10 s1ar1 crying. I felt abandoned. My daddy wouldn't see me grad then it will be PURGED from However. you do not have to go home and throw out our gotta-gee-it list. ''There are so many ways that the food you just take from everything in your refrigerator. Food scientist said that uate. or walk me down the aisle for my wedding. How would my children the stove can get infes ted with bacteria," said Isle. -The Editor food items such as coffee. cheese, pickles and most know who their grandfather was? I could tell them stories, but they would One way is cross contamination. which occurs when you condiments can be stored fo r months. never know for themselves. They would never have memories of their own. use utensils that were used in other foods. "If you are using a cutting board to cul meal and later you cul vegetables Isle said that the be~t way to store your leftovers is to It hurts and it still hurts. I miss him deeply. I wish I could see him again on it, then you have cross contaminated your vegetables." freeze them. "Bac1t 1w hardly ever grow when the food or just hear his voice. Sometimes it all seems like a nightmare and I'm wait• fly Virgin the airline w11h thf is frozen." explained Isle. ing to be awakened. The bacteria that grows on the food is microscopic, so Martin, whose refrigerator usually stays stacked with · mega-cho ice ol infl ight you cannot always tell if it is edible just by smelling, look leftovers, adds another word of advice. "Before you eat If God gave me three wishes. l would wish to see him every time. My ing, or tasting it. However, there are some precautions you make sure that your refrigerator is working and freezing daddy will always be with me. 1 know he looks down on me from heaven entertainment. can take in order to keep yourself healthy. properly so that no bacteria or other infestestations gets and every once in a while he drops in. If I cou'td say something to him. ·J Schaffner said that all parts of the refrigerator are not on your food.'' would tell him that I will :1lways be daddy's baby girl and I love you. BUT ATOIHII fUWIJlUAOPMi- GET Sr/, Off A 8~Wll fOUlH CWilUf l(llPAU. (Hf(K OUl OUR ~I>a-•• .:a 7th: C::::re>ss-tc:>w::r.:a. 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I had the d istinct honor of m octang and introduc ing a ··d rc:u ncr :· R e, crcnd Or Martin Luther Klnl,;. Jr Or. Alv is V. Adair, Ph. D . l ..a1c r as I began to c hart m ,- career poth and 10 search fo r .. kno" ledge.. . and ··the true rn~ uung of hf"e. - I r e m e mbered .. the drc::uner ·· Perhaps the m ost lasung thing that he gnvc me " :as the bclae£that ne as a people had not onl :-, the nght to --c1rea1n.·· but to make th= become rc:llttJCS. in:roug.h 27) cars of cornin1tmcnt. sclf"-dtsc,plinc and d ~ tenn,nutaon. I h.:ave a.ctual v .c d the drcJrns o f t hat ) o u ng and aspumg profe55,or For tlwt I ha, e been ,., c U r e,.":udcd I shared "1th ) o u Ah·1:!> A d ::ur a s h e was an 197 I So. "ho , 5, AJvis Ad:ur o n the bn.nk of the 2 151 oentury ·• I am no" a run profcs-.or an the Sch ool of Social \Vo rt.. and the Graduate Sch ool Allo,v m e to further cnl1ghtcn l have an.sen from .. ,he d.re:ln1 •• I st.and firn\ly ,,1th a con ..-.c,o.. us v as aon t o "ard the future and the ne" n:1illc1uun,. Just ::as a people n 111 perish ,vathout a , 1s1on. so ,, 111 thas U n1, c r s, 1;- I ha" c al lo " 00 n1;- n11 nd t o e,pond and rccctvc n c \'\ abslr..tctions. the anformauon s uper hig.h,,·a) and t he Yinu os1t) of the c lassroom \ Vhalc .. super h1g JH,a) ·· 1<: onl;- a ane tophor.. fo r the U n.h crsity . 11 means the difference bet" ecn a nat aon:.al p resence and a g lobal one TI1c k n o" lc;..-dgc I souH,hl tJ,cn has been u.<;cd t o educate g 1fled minds from ni.an) lands. t o rc«c;.irch the blac J... c,p.:n encc ::u\d to docun1cn1 it with dc..-scrvin g culrur~ scosau, icy a nd :1ccur-JC:- N\O\'\ ledge "1tho ut apphc:, uon 1s 1nea.n1nglcs,. Ho" c, e r . " 1sdo n1 as 1.he appl 1ca1Jon o f kno"lcdgc and ..., ,sdom is" hat I bnng to 1t1L<: pos,uo n LLD H ooor.i:t"). M-,nr,wia C,,lle~e. 1973 A-._·••a..;1..a111 1-"1,> t cs'-OJ . t 1 )7 I Ph D . PS)-cbc.•lvgy. UruveNit)' o t !l,hc bigun .. 197 1 A,,o-~aah.: ,,,_, utc-,...._...,, I,,-, i; .. -,-, M S P ~_ycholog~·. V1~m1,.1 Smtc C,>IIC};e. 196c1 P1-..:,1.Jcnl . .-\U~n l ,u,,-.:....,'-ll'- I 9T"'-7'> 13 S P: A motivated [acultv. e n couraged b1· s up_por1i,1 e ,nanage ,ne nt und c h c~llenged b1· bright and vibrant student s 1s the cor e ofthi s great 1,niversit)'.' Then I supported a - cause.·· The c::iuse I sought then to define has given me the abilit) to n ot onl) question. but to f"ormuJatc solutions. L A leadership role o f the graduate faculty tn.istcc. rather than a mere presence o n the l~o ard~ al'-vays planning senate £ace- to- face interactio ns with the B o ard. Cs:>rnrnunicatc. Cornrnunic·atc, 2.. A 21 •• century covenant of mutual respect and trust amo n g faculty, administration. trus tees and s tudents 3. Remo,-al o f all « n o1'Vithstanding'' c lau.scs and t.hc reason s for s uch fr<>m all ,vrittcn documents o f the U niversity • 4 . Competitive s alaries and benefit packages fo r faculty • 5. E levation o f library services a,nd resources as t <>p budgetary prio nt:tes 6. E levatio n of the 1-loward U niversity rcs~--a.rch enterpris e to cabin et and h<>ard level o pcrari<>ns 7. E nhance fund.rais ing b y the Board of·1·rustees 8 . fiigh prio rity o n the l-Ioward University I Jospital and the physician pracocc plan 9. Continue to s u pport the meq;crs under the contn>I of' the tacul tie!-- 1 0 .. Continue to su rt the rofcssional sch ools and their unique n e eds The .. movement- of" reciprocal rcspoc:t and trnst that I joined in the 7o·s n ·ith vigor a.ad youthful vit.alily. c::in no·w be v1c •wed from IJtis mighty hilltop ..., i th pcrspcci.ivc and oonlcX1urc. This allC>W'S me to rnc:asurc progress ... the distance between tn'O points. It is fining to no,,· speak to the - mission'" and its rclutionship to .. leadership. - A mission should be defined b~· a plan to arrive utan eventual destination.. the tne3ns to get there and the leadership to pave the WU) , In m y role as 8JUduatc faculty tTUS1cc. I will exercise that leade rship in shaping 3 vision of gJ'OWlh. p.osperity and academic c.xocl.lcncc in u r.spidly c hanging technological "-odd. It is not enough for Ho-.vard Unh-crsity to merely survi-..-c. It must claim its full rightful place among the pill,ars of academic gi-cat.ncss in the - · ,vorld order. As a forrner c hief" c.-.:ecutive. I am experienced in mobilizing tnJstcc boards and frJ.rning board agendas. ✓ Author of a major book. research and $1.tllistics book i n pr<>gJ"CSS. several articles and several grants ✓ Repeatedly voted Outstanding Professor by students ✓ Mcinbcr. 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AUSTIN l HiU1op Staff Wri1er Reeves plays the role ofNeo, a man living a dou Hilltop Staff Writer ble life. By day, he is an upstanding citizen with a Keanu Reeves has come a long way since he computer analyst job. By night he is a mastermind arisa Mason is a 29-year-old wom3!1 played a clueless teenager in Bill and Ted's Excel• computer backer in search of the secret of the mys lent Adventure. The teenage comedy w·JS an instanl terious Matrix. In his search for the Matrix Neo from Washington, O.C. who has been characterized as "at risk" for success, became a cult classic and resulted in a finds legendary hackers Morpheus (Fishburne) M diabetes because her grandmother has diabetes sequel. It seemed as 1hough Reeves· career was and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Weaving). What follows and her sister recently developed the disease about to take off, but he disappeared without a cin next is a roller-coaster journey 1ha1 will leave you during a pregnancy. She is also considered 10 be ematic trace. breathless. "at risk" for obesity because she is a black Nearly a decade later and you have the new, The Marrix features some bone-chilling beats pro woman. improved, and fine- tuned Reeves. With movies like vided by some of the best heavy metal bands in the Speed, The Devil's Advocate, and now his latest Statistics say Mason has nearly a 50 percent business. Marilyn Manson, Prodigy, Rob Zombie. chance of being overweight or obese, as are installment The Matrix, Reeves has become one of and Rage Against The Machine are just a few of the most sought-after leading men in Hollywood. nearly I out of 5 black women in America. As the groups that provide the up-tempo futuristic a result, black women also suffer from a high The Matrix is destined 10 be a box-office block sounds. buster. It mixes science fiction with heart pound rate of hypertension (high blood pressure) and ing action and dazzling special effects. What sep Without giving away 100 much of the plot. The the highest prevalence of non-insulin dependent, arates The Matrix from other "sci-Ii" films is that Marrix takes a long bard look at computers, tech or type 11, diabetes in the nation. it has a decent plot and good acting. Much of this nology and its many consequences. Cyberspace Dr. Othella S. Randall, a Howard University can be auributed 10 Reeves· co-star Lawrence will never be the same. Hospital med.i cal doctor with HU-General Clio• Fishburne (Higher Leaming, \Vhat :r Ltwe G(!t To This movie is a definite must see. If you like ic Research Center (GCRC). is the Program Do \Vith It? and Boyz N' The Hood). action. adventure and science-fiction with a futur Director of a study presently being conducted From the first action-filled scene. you realize that istic "doomsday" feel you' ll love this movie. Rush Keanu Rm'1.'S and Lawttnce. Fi'ihbume ~tar in the number one mo,ic H'fhe Ma1rix!' entitled Cardiovasc11lar Disease Risk Factor you've just left the security of your normal life. For 10 the theaters and see this movie. It's one of the Reduction. The program addresses the issue of get what you've been told, it's probably a lie. Trust best of the year. prevalence of obesity and concomitant disease risk factors such as diabetes. hyperlipidemia (an ,., ...... , ...... ··························•···•···•····.. · ·····...... , ...... increased level of fat cells in the blood) and car diovascular diseases, all of which are associat Action-Packed Film A Go-Go ed with the incidence of obesity. Presently, I.here are 45 10 50 participants, both ously empty: It doesn't seem as though things can get any worse, but men and women, enrolled in the study. But the BY JOHN•JOHN W tLI.IAMS [V Ronna's night has just begun. primary focus is women because they are at a Hilltop Staff Writer Simon (Desmond Askew) is a Brit with a short fuse and a naive higher risk. demeanor. Simon and "faye Diggs (How Sre/la Cor Her Groove Back) arc Although Mason may believe black women A supermarket checkout girl, a botched drug deal, two soap opera stars driving from L.A. 10 Vegas with their two friends in a beat-up car. The tend 10 be naturally bigger than other women, and a trip 10 Las Vegas. It's enough 10 make your head spin, but direc four are expecting a week of dice, slot machines and cards. What they her enrollment in the study has resulted in her tor/cinematographer Doug Liman found a way 10 balance ii all out get is a fire. a shooting. a stolen car and a crash. What a trip! becoming increasingly concerned about her smoothly. TY actors Adam (Scou Wolf-FOX's Party of Five) and Zack (Jay Mohr weight and the risk factors i.nvolved. After a three-year sabbatical, Liman is back with his latest hit Go. a Pic111re Perfect) are two ••friends" trying to buy some ecstasy for the party The success stories of the program come from great follow-up to his breakthrough film Swingers. Fol lowing the unique they're going to. What they wind up with is a body 10 dispose of. the treatment of obesity rather than the related vibe that has made Liman an instant success. Go is a stylish, hip and fresh diseases. Or. Randall stated that obesity-relat movie with a Pulp Fiction/ Dazed and Confused feel. Meanwhile, Ronna's buddy Claire (Katie Holmes-Disturbing Behav• ior and the WB 's Dawson Creek) goes 10 a party. chills with a drug deal ed disease affecting the patient is not taken into The movie is split up into three different stories that are all intertwined s account when treating the patient, but the obe· er played by Timothy Olyphant (Scream 2). hooks up with him, is held at some point in the movie. The way that Go differs from Pulp Ficrio11 sity alone is treated. The technique of simply at gunpoint and parties like a madwoman. is 1ba1 ii is easier 10 follow than the Thrantino classic while maintaining treating obesity has remarkably resulted in the sharp wiuiness that Pulp Ficrion prided itself on. Go is a cult classic waiting 10 happen. The transitions in this movie are reducing the risk for other related ailments. great. the effect of the different story lines meeting as one is phenome It's Christmas Eve in Los Angeles. and checkout girl Ronna (Sarah Pol The study has had a positive impact on nal. the young thespians do a great job meshing together. and the sound• Kuf,c llolm,s ptais• ch«:k 001girt "ith •• ley) has come to the realization that she's about to be evicted from her Mason·s life, as well as the lives of many other track backs the film up perfectly: •t>P E3 C • C • IC~ -- - = Howard University Elookstore. I I ~ = c::::> c::::> ••-•· <::> .._. --~ ,,_- 1 WE BUY THE LARGEST RANGE O F BOOKS - < HARD OR SOFT BOUND. r,~ THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 BS To commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary ' ' of the Howard University Armour J. Blackburn University Center President H .. Patrick Swygert and the ' Division of Student Mfai rs cordially invite you to the Unveiling of the Portrait of Dr. Armour J. Blackburn on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh .of April at Noon Armour J. Blackburn University Center Grand Foyer Reception Following ,., ,1 • , ,1 '" • ~ At Homewood Field On University Parkway. 3 blocks off Charles St. Women's and Men's Teams Johns Hopkins University At Hampton U. In Hampton, VA Baltimore, MD. Call (757) 727-5641 for infortnation Call (410) 516-7490 for info Division of Student Affairs April 1999 B6 FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 THE HILLTOP SPO soons Spons commentan, Photo • Gallerv When it Comes to Quarterbacks, Bet on Black Well, the NFL Draft takes place tomorrow, of winning games. But White is not a scrambler; he's a pocket Cincinnati Bengals' starting quarterback situation. The incum and one of our own is a sure draft pick. All quarterback like Warren Moon. Despite that, White has a strong bent Jeff Blake performed well, allowing the team 10 win a few American quarterback Ted "Sweet Flight" arm and rarely throws interceptions, which should impress NFL games. After Blake suffered an injury, fom1er Pittsburgh Steel- • White is currently rated the 79th best prospect teams. ers' and New York Jets' quarterback Neil O'Donnell was signed • in the United States. Several scouting reports White signal-callers like Kemucl.-y's 1im Couch and UCLA's to provide the team with 'veteran• leadership. O'Donnell did a say he can be selected anywhere from the third Cade McNown will also be drafted in the first round, rounding little something special but it was the same old story. The Ben• 10 seventh round. out the field of six. Couch has been surrounded by media hype gals were not good enough to even reach the playoffs. although White is not the only African-American since he first set foot on the collegiate football field. He was the team has numerous talented players. Blake will probably start quarterback prospect. There are six others. . regarded as an obvious Heisman Trophy winner. We all know again this upcoming season regardless if the Bengals draft a quar who wi ll be drafted, all of whom should eas- Kimothy K.Browo Texas' Ricky Wi.lliams snagged that honor. Because of a poor terback. ·1 k h · · F' II h Sports Editor workout, Couch's stock fell. , y ma ·e I e,r respective teams. ,na y, t e -•---- The days of Blacks strictly playing certain positions like run tide is starting 10 turn! Smith of Oregon is now the first-pick favorite. He is extreme It was common practice for teams to be led by White quarter ning back and wide receiver are long gone. Sure, we will con ly accurate and can scramble like the old Randall Cunningham. tinue 10 have those positions on lock down, however we now backs. After all, quarterback is the "critical thinking' position Who would have ever thought a Black quarterback could be cho• on the team. There was no way a Black man could handle such sen with the first pick. Smith will crush all the stereotypes asso know any position on a football team is ours for the taldng. We a responsibility. Fast-forward 10 1999. Four of the possible six ciated with Black quarterbacks. Of course he can run, but he is are beginning to break away from the practice of "stacking,' pur• quarterbacks who should be taken in the first round are African smart and has the leadership skills necessary to win games at posely assigning Blacks 10 play specific positions on an athlet American. Aki Ii Smith of Oregon, Donovan McNabb of Syra the next level. ic team. cuse. Daunte Culpepper of Central Florida and Shaun King of Former Washington Redskins' quarterback Doug Williams NFL teams have the responsibility 10 be honest and evaluate Hilltop Stafl/Mark Coleman Tulane are among the top quarterback prospects in the country. shocked the world when he Jed the team 10 a Super Bowl vic players for what they can do. They should look past the preju WNBA player Ruthie Bolton-Holy Although not considered among the most coveted, Michael Bish tory. Williams was the first ever African-American quarterback dices and discrimination, a common occurrence in the past. field, tlie Sacramento Monarchs or op of Kansas State, Aaron Brooks of Virginia and White will 10 accomplish that feat. He was not supposed 10 win in the NFL. Watch the NFL Draft closely (those of us who have cable) 10 S1llnd. Men's Coach of the Year: Keith Tucker, Soccer The men's soccer team experienced great success this sea• son, due in large part to their dedicated head coach, Keith Tucker. Despite the lack of fanfare on this campus, the team continues to accomplish big things every year. Women's Coach of the Year: Sanya Tyler, Basketball Hilltop Stlff/M:ul: Coleman \\'omen's 1rnck team member Tia Arguably the best women's coach in the MEAC, if not Clemmons warms up during the the country. Regardless of the team's injuries this season, Howard Relays. she Jed her team to a 15-11 record while advancing in the MEAC Tournament. The team recorded huge wins against the University of Maryland and the University of Min• nesota. Men's Team of the Year: Soccer The team won the Mid Continent Conference while advancing in the national tournament without the hype and glamour the football and basketball teams enjoy. With a strong and d~>dicated group of members, the team will always be among the best at Howard University. Women's Team of the Year: Basketball As mentioned previously, the team was able to end the season with a decent record despite the injuries of a few key players. With the emergence of freshmen standouts Yetta Enobkhare and Courtney Kirk, the team will be at the top of the MEAC standings for a while. Men's Rookie of the Year: Adrian Thompson, Wrestling Hilltop StruT/Mark Coleman The freshman from Florida consistently placed in the top 1\-Jck team member Dana Crawford three in nearly every tournament this season. He is also embraces a fellow runner during the regarded as one of the best wrestlers on the team in gen Hilltop StaWKevin Stewan Howsrd Relays. eral. Kin1othy Brown gave the first e,er SportsFriday uw-anls. Women's Rookie of the Year: Yetta Enobkhare, Basket• season after the 65-47 win over the Maryland Lady Ter Women's Scholar Athlete of the Yea.r: Gia Landry, Ten• ball rapins. nis The freshman from Mississippi was one of the best play Men's Most Improved Player: Antonio Michell, Bas Some people would say this award should go to Carla ers on the team. Enobkhare always showed up for the big ketball Pete'rman, the Rhodes Scholar. But Peterman is no longer games, scoring much needed points and grabbing key ·Michell was by far the most consistent player for the a lacrosse player, she's a manager. The award goes to rebounds. Judging from her good performanc~ this sea• Bison during an extremely difficult season. Michell was Landry, who has an impressive 4.0 grade point average in son, she will develop into a superstar for the next three fourth in the nation with a .524 three-point field goal per biology, one of Howard's toughest majors. years. centage. He should be a crucial part of the Bison's MEAC run next season. Best Single-Game Performance: Ted White vs. Norfolk State, Homecoming Men's Game of the Year: Howard vs. Hampton, Foot· The Bison quarterback threw 8 touchdown passes, break ball Women's Most Improved Player: Mona-Gail Baker, ing several MEAC records en route to a commanding 54- The annual Howard vs. Hampton Classic in RFK Stadi Basketball 20 Homecoming '98 victory over the.rival Spartans. um was a great game this year. It was in doubt, tied 31-31 It's not like Baker was a bad player to begin with. How in the last quarter. Unfortunately, Hampton was able to ever, she was basically the centerpiece of the Lady Bison Most School Spirit: Blake Carlton, Freshman, Atlanta, score on a long touchdown pass, leaving the Howard foot frontcourt. She was a force in the middle; scoring, rebound Ga. ball team and fans dejected w ith a 38-31 loss. ing and blocking shots. This freshman was visible at every big sporting event. He often started the "wave" and several other cheers to pump Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year: Jarvis George, Foot up the home crowd. This probably won't change once he Women's Game of the Year: Howard vs. Minnesota, ball becomes an upperclassman. Basketball The junior communications major has a 3.6 grade point Hilltop Staff/Mark Coleman This game was also in doubt until the very end. It was a average while playing football, arguably the toughest Intramural Player of the Year: Conway Martindale, \Von1en's Lacrosse team member see-saw battle that finally saw the Lady Bison pull out a sport. He was also a Burger King Scholar Athlete. George Casey McDaniels plays hard during Yonkers, N.Y. a recent game. 53-51 victory over the highly regarded Lady Golden is commended for being able to excel on the field and the He plays for th.e basketball team "Okay, I Reloaded." He Gophers program. This was the second biggest win of the classroom. has cornrows. He's from Yonkers. Enough said! ' B7 THE HILLTOP • FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999 SPO Photo by Lawrence K. Johnson, Jr. Ted White, who is scheduled lo gradute from Howard, ml! participate in the annual Notional Football League Draft tomorrow in New York, N.Y. White Enters Tomorrow's NFL Draft Now White has his sights set on becoming the school's to see my mom see me graduate in May, as well as go in White's greatest at1ribu1e is caring for his fellow students, BY 0 £NNIS FREEMAN highest draft pick in the history of the football program. the NFL Draft," said White. according to his closest friends. Hilltop Staff Writer When White came 10 Howard, he was compared to Jay The NFL has noticed the emergence of black quaner "He's a great young man." said Sharon Fletcher, the Walker, another Howard All-American quarterback. backs. During the 1998 football season. the barometer of school's academic counselor to the athletic office. "I have Ted White, Howard University's starting quarterback for Walker, who was drafted by the New England Patriots, success for black quarterbacks has risen. the past three years, will be in tomorrow's National Foot was a role model for White and other future quanerbacks. ' I think there's a new trend coming in. where you have a great deal of respect for him, because even with all the ball League Draft i.n New York, N.Y. Now White has somersaulted past Walker not only in more black quanerbacks who can run as well as pass." attention that he's getting with th<1 draft coming up. he's The 6 foot 4, 225 pounds White is expected to be taken nearly every statistical passing category, but also by said•White. ' It's something that we were not able to do even more determined to graduate on time. He remains in the third round of the NFL Draft. Four other Black quar being wooed by pro scouts. But White, despite being in the past... There was a time when black quanerbacks focused on what he has to do. and a lol of that has to do terbacks will be taken in the first round: Akili Smith-Uni swamped with all the attention of his chances of making in college, once they reached the pro level . were switched with his upbringing. He's very grounded and remains versity of Oregon: Donovan McNabb-Syracuse; Dante the NFL, seems to be keeping things in perspective. to wide receiver, because we were always told that black foc used on his priorities." Culpepper-Central Florida; Shaun King-Tulane; and "If you believe in God anything can happen,'' said quarterbacks don't think like white quarterbacks.• Being a leader on and off the coun is nothing new to Michael Bishop-Kansas St. White. ·•1 came 10 Howard to be a great student as well White, who will be graduating in May. said his degree White. He is a role model to his younger siblings. ln the past, there has been only three Black quarterbacks as a grem athlete. I'm fo nunate to be in a position to be is equally, if not more, imponant to him than being draft chosen in the National Football League (Doug Williams drafted as a great quanerback. ed to the professional ranks. "I have to be a better father-figure 10 my younger broth Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Andre Ware-Detroit Lions; Steve "Coming out of Howard University, that's a tremendous "That's one thing that I really thank God for," he said. er and sister," White said, 'Because I know what kind of McNair-Tennessee Oilers) until now. thing, especially coming fro m my background. I was 'Tm going to be the first one 10 graduate out of my fam father he was. I haven'1 even talked to my dad in a cou White, who has a rifle arm and an intellectual knowl raised in a single-parent household. I have one younger ily. My ,mom is really happy for me. I think she would ple of years and that's sad to say. I'm pretty sure that he's edge of the game, is Howard University's foo tball pro brother and a younger sister, so I was kind of the role want this degree more than she would want this NFL con not worried about me. It's sad for a father and son to be gram's all-time passing leader and an All-American. model for them as well as a father-figure. It's just great tract. That's something that's just temporary." like tl)at, but he made it that way." Year of the Black Quart.erback Each one of these quanerbacks led their respective teams .(Possible draft position: #2) High school All-American 402 passes for 3,690 yards and rushed 141 times before BY KEVIN 0. STEWART to winning seasons and some into bowl victories. In addi foo tball player from Illinois, McNabb came 10 Syracuse 463 yards and 12 sacks. He completed an NCAA-record Hilltop Staff Writer tion to these accolades, some of chese quarterbacks have because he lit the veer-freezing options offense and Iik ed 73.6 percent of his passes as a senior. set team and conference records. Here is a rundown of the coaches. He was also a star basketball player in high This year's draft will prove to be pivotal for the NFL. those black quanerbacks analysts say are likely to be draft school. Redshin in 1994, he started the next four years. Not since the 1983 draft has there been such excitement ed in the first round in their possible order. He was named the Big East's Offensive Rookie of the Year 4. Shaun King (Tulane) (5'11 ", 210, 4.7S) (Possibie for the quality and quantity of quarterbacks expected to in '95 and the Big East's Offensive or co-Offensive Rook draft 11ositlon: #29) King was a top prep quarterback and be draf1ed in the first round. ie of the Year for the past three seasons. McNabb was third Tulane's top recruit in 1995. He came right in and played As you will recall, the 1983 draft produced the best crop 1. Akill Smith (Oregon) (6'2", 220, 4.7) (Possible as a freshman. King came into his own in '97 playing in draft position: #1) Parade high school football All in the nation in passing efficiency as a red-shined fresh of quarterbacks (QBs) to be drafted and is considered the man in '95. He had his best season in '98, completing I57 the new head coach Tommy Bowden's no-huddle offense, granddaddy of QB classes. Names such as Dan Marino, American, Smith was one of the top handful of prep QB which generally had him operating out of the shotgun. He prospects in the country and a top baseball player. Draft of251 passes for2, 134 and rushed 135 times for438 yards John Elway, Jim Kelly, Ken O'Brien and Tony Eason were and 8 sacks. He finished fifth in the Heisman voting. was named All-Conference and Conference USA's Offen all taken in the firs t round of that draft. ed by the Pittsburgh Pirates, he spei:it time in the minor sive Player of the Year. He also led the nation in passing A record six quarterbacks were taken in that round, but leagues, but returned to football at Grossmont Commu efficiency, led Tulane to a perfect season, and was a Heis this year's draft could possibly yield seven quarterbacks nity College (Cal.if.) in 1995. He came to Oregon in '97 3. Daunte Culpepper (Central Florida) (6'4", 247, man vote-getter in '98. His senior stats were 223 com to be drafted in the first round. and shared time at QB, s1aning six games and complet 4,68) (Possible draft position: #JS) Culpepper, who was pletions for 328 attempts for 3.232 yards and rushed 140 Akili Smith (Oregon). Donovan McNabb (Syracuse), ed I04 of I90 passes for 1,298 yards, scored I 2 touch adopted by then-62-year-old widow Emma Culpepper, times for 532 yards. downs and six interceptions. During his senior year, he Tun Couch (Kentucky), Daunte Culpepper (Central Flori struggled entering his senior year of high school with a Other notable black quarterbacks that are likely to be da), Cade McNown (UCLA), Shaun King (Tulane), and matured and lived up to expectations. He started every 1.5 GPA. Many possible chances to attend big name col game and completed 191 of 325 passes for 3.307 yards. drafted in later rounds are Joe Germaine (Ohio), Michael Joe Germaine (Ohio State) are likely quarterbacks to be leges disappeared. Although a premier high school ath Bishop (Kansas State), and Ted White (Howard). While drafted this year in the first round, though-Germaine has He rushed 74 times for 183 yards and 3 sacks. Smith was lete, only Central Florida's assistant coach Paul Louns named Pacific-IO co-Offensive Player of the Year and analysts believe that it's unlikely the Class of '99 will the ability to fall slightly into the beginning of the sec• bury heavily recruited him when he was able to get his played in the East-West Shrine game. match the Class of'83, it might be the second-greatest year ond round due to team needs. Ofthose seven quarterbacks, GPA up to 2.0. He was also drafted by the New York Yan for quarterbacks. It'll be a number of years before we five are African Americans: Akil.i Smith, Donovan McN• kees. Culpepper went on to be a fou r-year starter at Cen know for sure, but they are sure to have immediate impacc abb, Daunle Culpepper, Shaun King, and Joe Germaine. 2. Donovan McNabb (Syracuse) (6'2", 22S, 4.62) tral Florida. 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