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For more information, please contact [email protected]. • \ ILLT The Daily Student Voice of Howard University , VOLUME 90, NO. 26 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2006 WWW.THEHILLTOPONLINE.COM T 11 BREAKING NEWS 1 · LIFE & STYLE I U ~ ' ' TRUCK DRIVER KILLS 3 AMISH GIRLS I FITORFLY "IU~l0/3: "'ltlOI~ E ~ I I MOS(L,Y.SUNtlfY SIJlll.•W' s ~ DRIVER ENTERED AN AMISH SCHOOL, BOUND AND EXECUTED SEE HOW STUDENTS HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BEING HIGH: 83, LoW: 60 HIGH: 85. LOW: 61 D ~ 3 GIRLS AND THEN KILLED HIMSELF. THE GUNMEN CLAIMED IT HEALTHY OR APPEARANCE UPKEEP IN LIFE &STYLE. A O WAS REVENGE FROM 20 YEARS AGO, ACCORDING TO CNN. P610 y ~ H.omecom i ng Ticket Li neS Draw Legions of Students . BY JANAE WILSON began pushing, shoving. and year. Waiting in line. Missing Contributing Writer yelling. Some stildents fell to class. I'm just going to pay the ground and were trampled the extra money online," The line to buy home­ in the uproar. Ca111pus Police said. senior advertising major co111ing tickets formed at 6:45 calmed the · situation and · Nellisha Gregory. a.m. on Monday morning, and .finally put up the barricades One of the reasons people continued to get longer at a to separate the lines, wbidi were waiting in line for such rapid rate as the hours passed. kept passing students who a long time was because there By 10 a.m., when Cramton were not in line away from the .were hundreds of students try­ Auditorium opened, the line students in line. ing to get tickets with only two stretched past Cook Hall to "I don't understand why people at the ticket window to the fence surrounding the can1pus police are here. They distribute them. football field. Many students are not doing anything to Many students were very were complaining about other stop the fights," said Robyn frustrated at the a111onnt of people trying to cut them in Nelson, a sophomore unde­ time they had to wait in line line. cided major. and how many classes they "I have been waiting here On the contrary, one were missing because of it. since 7 o'clock this rnorning, Campus Police officer said Rayna Atkins, a sopho­ and you think you can come that they had to put a stop to more political science major here at 10 o'clock and I'm students giving their friends said, "I have been standing in going to let you in front of in line their debit cards to buy this line since 9 a.m., so [for] me? You've lost your n1ind," their tickets for them. Students about two and a half hours said freshman crin1inal justice eventually learned that the now. I have already missed • major Kenese Clay. box office was not accepting one of my classes." Students who tried to any credit or debit cards with­ Some students decided to cut were often snitched on by out the ID of the person to take the loss and faced the l)roM Oemons • Stat? Phocog:raphe:r their fellow classmates in line whom the card belonged. fact that they were probably Although some students decided not to brave the homecoming ticket- lines yesterday, there resulting in Campus Police The long line deterred not going to be able to get were still hundreds of others who spent hours waiting In the queue pictured above. escorting them out of line. many students from waiting to their tickets, like junior print A fight allegedly occurred get their tickets, so they opted journalism maJor Pharroh really mad that I probably at how unorganized the line mittee make the line set up when several students getting to buy their tickets online at Martin. won't be able to get rny tickets was to get into Cramton. One to be more accommodating to off the shuttles tried to get in www.ticketmaster.com. "The line to get the tick­ now," Martin said. ca1npus police officer suggest-, students in the future. the front of the line. Students "I can't be doing that this ets is very inefficient and I'm Campus Police were upset ed that the homecoming com- Miss Howard Reflects Facebook May be Worth $1 Billion BY TRAVER RIGGINS Contributing Writer BY CORTNEY CLEVELAND Analysts agree that if the reports are Contributing Writer Miss Howard, Shayna Students true, Facebook represents a great opportu­ Rudd, a senior print journal­ often intend to visit Facebook briefly, only nity for Yahoo to eclipse its competitors such ism major, has specific words going to dteck their messages. But two hours as Google and Viacon1 in its battle for don1i­ to describe her reign since later, they finally click "log out" and won­ nance over the web .. The previously men­ Homecoming 2005. der where a days time went. This series of tioned social-networking sites are attracting "God has been so awe­ actions has become a daily routine for col­ talks of buyouts and partnerships because some," she said. lege students across the country. The obses­ of great profitability through website adver­ Over the past year, sion so many students have with Facebook tisements. According to CBS News, two of Rudd has worked to rep­ has some companies seeing dollar signs. every three people in the United States visit resent Howard and to act Since the publication of an article in the a social-networking site. In addition to the on her platform, 'Project Wall Street Journal, reports have been swirl­ traffic vohune, advertisers are drawn to the T.E.S.T.I.M.O.N .Y.' ing around the business world as Facebook a111ount of time users spend online. While The project is an acronym and Yahoo negotiate selling the website for a users are browsing their friends' sites, they for 'Telling Each Story To startling $1 billion. are exposed to a plethora of ads. These ads Inspire More of Our Nation's The consensus among Howard students have the potential to generate millions of Youth' to succeed. The proj­ is that Facebook shouldn't go tl1rough with dollars a year for the owner of a website. ect is geared toward youth the buyout, regardless of the price offered. The most alluring quality Facebook pos­ who 'come from backgrounds Nursing major, Martina Witcher, fears sesses for potential buyers is its audience. and circumstances that cause that customer service will become lax. "It Market researcher comScore Media Metrix many to assume· they will not will be better if they didn't. [Currently,] when ranks the site as the seventh most frequented succeed. people have a problem, they just e-mail the site on the world wide web. In addition, the "The goal is to renew our people [in charge of the site] and they try to site boasts 14.8 nlillion unique visitors this youth through our stories," have it fixed," she said. "Larger corporations past August. More than 85 percent of stu­ said Rudd, who has-personal won't pay attention to the users." dents participate on Facebook, if tl1ei.r can1- l·ile Photo exper.ience v.rith bleak fore­ Reigning Miss Howard, Shayna Rudd, thanks those who Sopho1nore Joshua Mitchell agrees. "A pus has a network on the site. Companies casts. have helped her carry out her T.E.S.T.l.M.O.N.Y. platform. merger will compr:omise what Facebook is. are ~ager to capitalize on the young audience "I came from a back­ Soon it will just be Myspace." that serves as Facebook's foundation. For ground • that said 'Shayna Public relations rnajor Soledad Richards corporate America, holding the attention of should not be at Howard.' Let Weekend in· Philadelphia on of her ability and has been a does not think Facebook is worth the billion students is worth $1 billion. alone to be Miss Howard," how to escape the corruption 111odel Howard woman." dollar price tag. Rudd said. of the world. Rudd described being "I definitely do not think its worth $1 Her commitment was With the 2006 pageant Miss Howard as a humbling billion. If anything, Myspace is worth .apparent to others. "Her plat- this Friday, Shayna is ready experience. She said the more tlian Facebook because it form was her passion and that to relirtquish her crown but future Miss Howard should 'appeals to 111ore people." made it much easier for her to not her duties. not let the crown get to her. Apparently, the business follow it," said Phillip Murray, 'Tm riot done," Rudd "It's a hard lesson to learn world disagrees. Myspace was a good friend of Rudd and a said. In January, she will host because you think evei·ything recently purch~sed by News Howard Alum. a T.E.S.T.I.M.0.N.Y. youth comes easy, but it takes a lot Corporation for a mere ·$580 Through.out her reign, conference. "There is always of energy," she said. million. she has worked at a local more you can do," she said.