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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 hilltop.howard.edu VOLUME 82, No. 13 Women's G-roup Aims to Bolster Awareness At Predominatelyjemale Howard, Group Aims for Women's Studies Program
ways to raise the consciousness of By CHARLES COLEMAN JR. female students toward leadership Hilltop Staff Writer roles on campus. "In terms of females in positions Aiming to raise the level of con of leadership, we are definitt:ly sciousness toward gender issues at underrepresented, given the number Howard University, leaders of the (of women] in the student body," Women's Action Coalition say they said Lakeysba Thompson, a sopho arc vehemently pushing for the cre more history major. "Having more ation of a women's studies pro women in leadership positions on gram al Howard, and say that it's campus helps bring women's issues time for a new era of female polit closer to the forefront," she said. ical leadership. Thompson echoed the sentiment of "We seek to make the campus the group as a whole, saying, "We HiUtop Staff/ERIC HALL more aware of the lack of female· would definitely be very interested The Howard University School or Communications Center ror the Study of Race and the Media held its first forum Tul'Sday at WHUT-TV. The forum, caUed leadership, and the low sensitivity in supporting a female candidale on "The ~ the President and Black Loy-J!ty: After the Vote:' drew many or the nation's premier journalists, induding Washington Post Ombudsman E.R. Shipp, toward women's issues," said WAC a HUSA ticket." Boston Globe Washington Bureau Chier D-avid Shribmao, and Pnul Delaney, editorial writer at the Baltimore Sun. The forum wns moderated by host Kojo Nnamdi. President Monique Richards. Still, there are those who don't see SuSto,yonA2 Richards, a senior chemistry the need for a greater concentration major from New Jersey, is quick to on putting more females in campus speak out against the negative opin offices. ions that she says many people have "As long as there is someone in At U. Md., Debate Team Tests Confirm of feminist groups. office who is doing a good job and "WAC is a feminist group, but getting things done, it really doesn't labeling us as 'men-haters' is high matter to me whether they are male Snags First Place Title Jefferson ly inaccurate. We see feminism as or female," said junior biology a celebration of womanhood, and major Nadine Morrison. Many debate team's president, Ekilah Poles, a junior not the persecution of men or any females on campus said they share By IRA PORTER Spanish and French double major. "A lor of thing else," Rfohards said in an mat same sense of political apathy Hilltop Staff Writer schools from different areas of the country Fathered interview after a WAC meeting toward student government, and the competed." Monday. current gender imbalance that some In an intense competition bet ween 26 The University of Texas won the second "We promote the empowerment say exists. schools from around the nation at the Uni place title, while Buenavista University won Child With of women 10 create their own space Tasha Brown, a senior education versity of Maryland at College Park last third place. The University of Maryland, one and use their own voices within major, said she really didn't "care weekend, Howard University's debate team of Howard's toughest rivals and the team society." See WAC, A3 captured the first-place title. that clinched the National Championship last Members at the meeting seek At the annual Capital Invitational, the Mar spring, took the fourth-place title. Slave tin Luther King, Jr. Mock Tri.al Debate Team The Howard team's coaches and members competed against such schools as Duke Uni said it was difficult competing at the Univer versity, the University ofTexas at Austin, and sity of Maryland. By TAMARA TOWNSEND and the University of Miami. "It's never a piece of cake there," said Dr. BRANDON BICKERSTAFF Students Balk at "The competition was very fierce," said the See DEBATE, A4 Hilltop Staff Writers
After nearly 200 years of speculation, scientists have Howard U. Hosts Tribute revealed the truth behind rumors that President Thomas Shuttle Bus Service Jefferson had a sexual relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings, who was the haU-sisterofhis wife, Martha. as well as a schedule in order to best to Black War Veterans Results published in the Nov. 5 issue of the Journal By ERIC HALL and fit the needs of students," Brown of Nature confirmed what many Americans bad long of the Nazis, aod to the courage of men who JEANIQUA FRANCIS said. j speculated: Jefferson, the third president of the United University officials were unavail- , By NICOLE A. TONG were battling racism in a segregated army, Hilltop Staff Writers States, fathered a child named Easton, Hemmings' able for comment Wednesday. Hilltop St(Jff Writer even as they fought 10,liberate Europe. youngest son. As exam time approaches, resi Besides safety, students say the , After the screening, there was an hour-long Some historians have vehemently argued that Jeffer In l\onor of World War II veterans, Cram dents ofMeridian, Slowe and Carv issue of efficient service is a con- ' panel discussion that allowed students, fac son couldn't have fathered at least one of Hemmings' ton Auditorium Tuesday hosted a 90-minute ulty, and alumni a chance to give feedback. er Hal ls say they arc again con cern. "My concern is that some dri children, because of his public views against the mix documentary film celebrating the work of fronting inadequate University vers are not keeping their route," Dr. Walter HiU from the National Archives ing of races, and his position as one of the nation's African American soldiers who helped liber shuttle bus service. said Mikki Grant, a graduate stu said he believes that African Americans have founding fathers. ate the concentration camP.S of Europe-all a duty to record their history. Lisa Thompson, a junior biology dent and Slowe resident. "Some Je!Terson, in a 1814 letter, wrote: "The amalgamation while fighting for equality at home. times they are ten minutes late, or " I believe as an historian, there is a great deal of whites with blacks produces a degradation to which major, said she is not happy with The film, ·entitled Liberators, was written the revised shuttle route. six or seven minutes early and they of African-American history that cannot be no lover of his country, no lover of exccUence in the and directed by Bill Miles and Nina Rosen don't wait," Grant said. written without federal records," said HiU. humao character, can innocently consent." "It's ridiculously plotted. The blum. 'They are trying lo accommodate "You cannot expect other people to do your Despite Jefferson's beliefs, the story was considered Carver and Slowe shuttle [to main The film tells the little-known story of the too many with such a small bus," research. You have to read and find this his true by many in the African-American community. campus] stops at 3:30 p.m.," she • African-American battalions that spearhead tory on you own." she added. "l never doubted it," said Heather Victorine, a senior said. ed Gen. Patton's Third Anny, and helped lib In reference to the film and observing how Thompson said she agreed to live Despite the criticism, Marcus l, erate the concentration camps in Germany. biology major from Miami. "It was common for whites Brown, a senior administration of black soldiers were treated in World War II, to sleep with their slaves. What makes Jefferson an in Slowe because she thought the The 1992 documentary bears witness to the 1975 Howard graduate Dimetrius Jackson justice major, contends that the exception?" shuttle would provide a safe way of role African Americans played in the defeat See VETERAN, A3 shuttle bus is doing fine. 'They are See JEFFERSON, A4 getting to campus. But now, she says, "three weeks afterwards, they headed in the right direction, but got rid of that Safeway. Subse they need fine-tuning," he said. "I quently, several unfortunate events like the idea of having shuttles that have occurred, and I find myself go all around campus, and a sepa walking home at 3 and 4 a.m. in the rate shuttle that goes directly to Opera Singer Leontyne Price Teaches Class at Cramton morning." campus, but the shuttle that runs direct!)' to campus should run just Scores of students flocked to Cramton, nearly dance. Echoing sentiments ventilated by several students, Latoya Brown, a as long as the other." By RAFIAH DAVIS filling the roughly 1,500-seat auditorium. She used terms of endearment, such as "dar- . junior broadcast journalism major, Brown added that the University Hilltop Staff Writer Price, several members of the audience said, ling," beauty," "angel," and "precious"-making Administration should have taken , was every bit the diva they expected her to be. the students feel more comfortable as she helped said that "as a female, I feel it is ' dangerous for myself and other more time to survey students to When the opera singer Leontyne Price took the Her fierce sauciness often made the audience them stretch their voices. female students to walk when it's find out their needs and concerns. ! stage at Cramton Auditorium last week, the l~ugb-speciaUy as she beat her chest and used "Sing with a joy of hearing your own sound," "More people would take the shut • strength of her voice sent the University's Divi dark. words from the French, German and Italian lan Price told one student, in a tone making every tle if the route was simplified, apd sion of Fine Arts students into a frenzy. "l'm not sure when the shuttle is guages. oilier student in the. audience feel as if they were if the drivers stuck to the route." Here ,was ·one of the world's premier opera As she taught, Price used elaborate hand move given special attention. going to arrive, and even if it is 'singers; teaching a course on campus. ments that made the fringes on her !ong shawl See PRICE, A3 going to be on time," Brown said. ' l I 'They nee.d to restructure the route lBvi'IJ WeekendWeather TODAY: Mostly Sunny. WAR IN ETIIlOPA ATROCITIES REPORT 63 HJGH,56WW • MUMlA WRITES '• . THE POET'S VERSE Washington-area residents of Ethiop_ian South Africa's Truth and Reconcilia SATURDAY: Mostly Cloudy apd Erilrellll de.scent say they feel no ilivi tion Commission released its report of Political prisoner and journalist Mumia ' Howard students say they find their 58 HIGH, 51 LOW s100, despite war. apartheid-era atrocities last week. Abu-Jamal writes on the social ills facing voice on the stage--readihg poelry. 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Center for Race, Public Policy Present Yearbook Funds not Enough for Color Forum The Press, The President, Black Senior Photos Loyalty After the Vote By NICOLE A. TONG appointed that they are losing that By APRILL 0. TURNER role of black voters in the election process, seems as though he is inconsistent. Whether Hilltop Staff Writer feature. Senior communications sciences Hilltop Staff Writer their support of Clinton and the black voters you talk about Sistah Soljah, Lonnie Graneer, historical support of the democratic vote were or Jocelyn Elders, the disrespect that was Some seniors are upset with the and disorders major Monique On Tuesday, the School of Communications included in the discussion. shown, and the way that they were dismissed, Bison Yearbook: this year, the Richardson said the issue is deep Center for the Study of Race and Public Poli One of topics presented to the panel was the it doesn't speak well at all of Bill Clinton," senior pictures will be printed in er than money. cy presented a forum entitled, "The Press, the prospect of Jesse Jackson running for presi Mulich said. "Some of the people that have black and white, as opposed to last "I believe a big factor is the fact that the editor of the yearbook is not President and Black Loyalty: After the dent in 2000 . been closest to him and served the most loy year's color photos. a senior," she said, "or else we Vote." "He has been the conscious, the voice, the alty, look at their fates, Betty Curry, Vernon "They were done in color last year The forum, which was filmed in the studio of warrior for our agenda," Delaney said. "Until Jordan, Mike Espy or even Ron Brown. To because the editor of the yearbook could have had a chance to have WHUT-TV Channel 32, was modqated by the general election time, when his message me what Bill Clinton has shown is that just as wanted them in color," said Dana them in color." he has committed adultery in his personal life For others it really is not an issue. Kojo Nnamdi, host of WHUT-TV's Evening gets softer and softer." Williams, the editor in chief of the it seems as though in his political life, partic "I would have liked to have them Exchange" and WAMU-FM's "Public Inter According to Shipp, Jackson has not done yearbook. " But it costs a lot of ularly with African Americans, their is a sim est." The show consisted of a panel of distin enough for the black community during off money to put the pictures in color, in color, but I understand why ilar sort of adultery going on." they're not," said senior film major guished guest: Bonnie Erbe, PBS host "To the election years. and this year, we really did not Moderator Kojo Nnamdi was quick to aid in Larry Brown. "I'm not really upset. Contrary"; Paul Delaney, editorial writer, Bal "For a large number of black people Jesse have the funds." Clinton's defense. timore Sun; E.R. Shipp, ombudsman, The The decision of making the senior If we don't have the money, we Jackson is a senior figure," Shipp said. "And "For every Lonnie Graneer and a Jocelyn Washington Post; Deborah Mathis, White for many black people his time has past. In pictures black and white took place don't have the money." Elders, there is an Alexis Herman or someone last May and was finalized over And some, like senior anthropol House corespondent, Garnett News Service; the time between his elections he has not else promoted or added to the cabinet," David Shribman, Washington Bureau, Boston done enough for those people he has excited." the summer. But Williams assures ogy major Lee Moore, even like the Nnamdi said. seniors that, though they may lose idea of black and white pho Globe and Dr. Jules P. Harwell, author and Audience member Al Mulich posed the Mathis attested that Clinton has a problem color, the pictures will retain their tographs. "I like black and white psychology professor, Howard University. question to the panelist about Clinton's loyal with being loyal. size. "They are seniors so the pic because it shows the character of The discussion addressed many different ty to the black population. "He is not a brilliant man, " Mathis said. "He tures will remain large," she said. the individual," Moore said. "It's issues in regards to last Tuesday's election. "This loyalty that is shown to Bill Clinton by is not a friend to the end, as he expects people Although seniors know that last more imaginative. The controversy surrounding Bill Clinton, the Blacks, I don't at all feel is reciprocated, it who pledge loyalty to him to be." year was the first time the pictures "I'm just trying to graduate, so it were done in color, some are dis- really doesn't matter."
Arts and Sciences Honors Dean Clarence Lee CAMPUS BRIEFS
Ralph J. Bunche Center to Host Brown Bag Luncheon
On Thursday, Nov. 19, the Ralph J. Bunche Center will host another of their Brown Bag Luncheon Series. This one is entitled, "Gateway to the U.S.: Drug Cartels' Exploitation of the Caribbean." Speakers will include: Ian Smart, Department of Modem Languages and Literatures, Howard University; Leo Arreguin, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency; and Oneil Hamilton, Jamaican Embassy. The Luncheon will take place from noon until 2 p.m., and all should feel free to bring their lunch.
Roxanna Perez Memorial Fund to be Established
In Roxanna Perez's memory, the Perez family has established the Rox anna Perez Memorial Fund. Target areas for the memorial fund include sponsorship of Washington, D.C. students to attend the annual Black Women in Sports Educational Seminar, an internship stipend for jl Howard University communications student pursuing a career in sports, , and the creation of a Howard Athletic Award in Roxanna's name recog nizing outstanding performance and achievement in sports, Donations should be made out to the Roxanna Perez Memorial Fund and sent to: Roxanna Perez Memorial Fund, 2 Indian Run Road, Princeton Junction, ' NJ 08550. •
School of Business Student Council to Hold 22nd Annual Business On Saturday Oct. 31 the College of Arts and Sciences designated a special day in honor of their Dean, Dr. Clarence Lee, commemorat Conference · ing his 30 years of service. During the special day entitled "Lee Day;' alumni hosted a special dinner "Caring Most for Learners: a Gala Tuinite Buffet" at Mani's Grille and Restaurant in Silver Spring. Pictured left to right: Dr. Clarence Lee, Dean of Arts and Sciences; The School of Business will host its 22nd Annual Business Conference Danielle Hyles, President of Arts and Sciences Student Council; Dr. Jean Tulloch, alumni; Eleonora Carthens, student and Dr. Yasmin next week .On Monday from 5 to 6 p.m. a panel discussion will be held Majid. entitled, "Rags to Riches: Getting Started in the Clothing Industry" in the School of Business Auditorium. Panelists include -Compiled By Aprill 0. Turner designer Aaron "Sir Benni" Miles, Enyce clothing executive Phil Pabon, and Curtis Washington of Duncan Men's Clothing Inc. On Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 5 to 6 p.m. a panel discussion will be held entitled, "Managing Music" in the auditorium. The discussion will be The Search is on for VP of Student Affairs with entertainment A&R executives from Arista, Def Jam, and local record and entertainment management companies. On Thursday, Nov. 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. there will be an Awards Banquet in Blackbum Ball By IRA PORTER activities, student life and activities, vice; Assistant professor of "There are a lot of other people in room. The dinner will feature Earl G. Graves, CEO of Black Enterprise Hilltop Staff Writer special student services, counseling NAMIEP Rochelle Glymph; assis this world who we could consider," Magazine and Pepsi-Cola Washington. Students must sign up for seat services, intercollegiate athletics tant athletic director at Burr gym Welch said. "We want to give the ing in the School of Business Student Council office by 5 p.m. on Tues Currently, a search committee is and career service. Campus orga nasium Deborah Johnson; and university community, particularly day (preference will be given to the Business students). Please direct ques looking for a new vice president of nizations such as the Howard Uni coordinator of the Graduate Stu the students, the chance to shop tions to 806-1516 or 238-0120. student affairs. versity Student Association dent Assembly. Brett Allen. around rather than have someone While Raymond Archer now (HUSA) and Undergraduate Stu With Archer's current position as hand-picked and given to us. As Tips for a Flu-Free Season holds the position of interim vice dent Assembly (UGSA) also fall interim vice president, he cannot be students and members of the uni president of student affairs, under the office of student affairs. a candidate for the permanent posi versity community, we reserve the The Howard University Student Health Center will be giving flu shots Howard is in pursuit of finding a The search committee consists of tion. right to open an equal opportunity every Tuesday and Thursday from now until Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. until candidate to fill the spot perma seven members who will submit a "The only way Archer could employment atmosphere." 3 p.m. Here are some informative tips from the U.S. Department of Health nently after his term is up. The candidate to President H. Patrick assume the position of permanent Marcus Casey, a sophomore eco and Human Services on things one should know about the influenza vac position was open this fall because Swygert, who then makes the deci vice president of student affairs is nomics major, said Archer should cine and how one can remain flu free this season: Steve Favors left last spring. sion. Members of the committee if President Swygert chose him," be able to be considered for the job. Archer was promoted from dean include: Dean of Chapel !Jr. Welch said. According to Welch, if "If the man is doing the job well, Influenza is a serious disease. of student affairs to interim vice Bernard Richardson, chairperson that were the case, there would be he should be considered," Casey I It is caused by a virus that spreads from infected persons to the president in June. of the committee; HUSA president no need for a search committee. said. "He's been here for a while, nose or throat of others. Under its broad power, the office Neville Welch; UGSA coordinator Welch believes this procedure and if he knows how things work, I The "influenza season" is from November to March or April each of student affairs oversees the oper Jonelle Lewis; Dr. Thomas Wes allows for the consideration of a I think he should at least be given year. ation of residence life, student sell, director of the counseling ser- larger pool of candidates. a chance." I Influenza can cause fever, cough, chills, sore throat, headache and muscle aches. I People of any age can get influenza. Most people are ill with influenza for only a few days, bnt some may need to be hospitalized.
Director Attempts to Expand Library Services Influenza vaccine can prevent influenza. I The viluses that cause influenza change often. Because of this. By LYNN SIMMONDS Mekkawi said. Three Howard stu lecture Library in 1972. After 26 form, without the need to carry the the influenza vaccine is updated each year by replacing at least one dents will be part of the final prod years at Howard, he could not books back into the library. And the Hilltop Staff Writer of the vaccine viruses with a newer one. uct, which is a "photo album" of the imagine being anywhere else. From University's homepage has also Protection develops one to two weeks after the shot and may last University. The deadline for the the start of his career at the Uni improved, due to more graphics A photography contest and an up to a year. versity, he said he felt at home. and clearer reference points. upcoming literary magazine enti entries is March 31, 1999. Constantly seeking to expand the "Our hope is to upgrade the Ster tled "Creativity Zone" are two new The idea behind the magazine Anyone who wants to reduce their chance of catching infl1Ull!U resources of the library, Mekkawi ling ( on-line catalog) to a web projects Director of Library Ser "Creativity Zone" is to provide a should get the vaccine. listens to the complaints of stu based system," Mekkawi said. vices Mohammed Mekkawi has medium through which faculty, stu L The best time to get influenza vaccine is between September ancj dents and their comparisons of He said he understands the library's undertaken to expand the library's dents and administrators can share December. A new shot is needed each year. Howard to other area college limited staff is a disadvantage to services to the students. their thoughts through essays, poet libraries and tries to react. During students and that students working The contest, "Faces of the Cap ry and short stories. One goal To learn more about the vaccine, you may contact the Centers for the time Mekkawi has been library in the library are not knowledge Mekkawi has for the magazine is Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at 1-800-232-2522 stone," is inviting all amateur pho director, a digital library system able enough to help students with or for its use as a teaching tool. www.cdc.gov/nip. tographers to capture the essence of has emerged and the library's rank some of their needs. Because of Howard University. "If you know something, don't in the Association of Research this, two new positions, Library The biggest prize is not monetary, keep it to yourself-share it with Libraries has moved up from num Assistant Administrator and Infor -Compiled by Staff Writer Aprill 0. Turner. Campus Briefs run week but "the prize-winning photographs others," Mekkawi said. ber 107 to number 97 the in the last mation Reference Specialist, have ly in the Campus section of the Hilltop and must be delivered or faxed will be placed on the University's Mekkawi began his career at two years. Renewing books has been developed to address these to the newspaper no later than 5 p.,n. Monday. The Hilltop is located on website for viewers to actually see," Howard as a librarian in the Archi- become as easy as filling out a needs. the Plaza level of the West Towers, and the fax nun,ber is 202-483-9501. THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 A3 AMPUS Voices and Views
What concerns, if any, do you express about Howard's Shut/le Bus Service?
"They need to run every "Schedules should be post "It's small and it does not "I just walk because it "I'm pregnant and I 15 minutes instead of 30, ed on the shuttle bus stops adequately service Slowe takes too long." shouldn't have to walk so they can better cater to so students can know what and Carver Halls. The back and forth to cam students' schedules." times they are coming." Slowe and Carver Loop pus." only runs until 3 p.m."
-Keisha Reed, graduate student -Deborah Rodgers, senior -Terrence Jackson, a junior - Sirkar/ Witherspoon.senior -Carol Tho,nas, junior Brother-to-Brother Conference Howard Honors Veterans
in the Works at Howard VETERAN.from Al By APRILL 0 . TURNER Center. The students will be broken p.m. that evening with a dinner said, ·'There is such thing as pay into groups of four and will attend Hilltop Staff Wrirer banquet in Blackbum·s ballroom. back-at some time in the past, black discussions on one of the follow --- The keynote speaker for tbe people did rule the world." Next Trn:sday. Alphi Phi Alpha ing: Money, Power and Respect: evening will be Congressman Eli Dr. Vera Katz. a professor in the Fratemit~ Inc.. 1n con.1unction with Docs One Guarantee the Other?; Jah Cummings of Baltimore. department of theatre arts, i,aid: ··1 urge the Arts and Science~ Student Sexuality and Manhood: Bridging all of you to make a commitment to your Council, will host the Se\'cnth the Gap; A College Education: H's Chainnan of the Conference, P own African-American history. Get to Annual Brother to Brother Confer Closer Than You Think; and The Kobina Yankah is exited about the know other cultures because that is the ence. Black Male Role Model: Decision conference, especially the support only way we can survive." The conference, entitled ·'Do you or Destiny. given by the University The panelists included: Ari Roth. Believe: From Staring Up The The day will continue with lunch 'Tm impressed that these college A11istic Director of Theater J; Dr. Rus Steps to Stepping Up the Stairs," in the Ballroom from 11 to I p.m. students could care enough to orga sell L. Adams, Chair. Afro-American aims to uplift and enlighten the The guest speaker will be Melvin nize themselves to put on this con Studies, Howard University; Dr. Vera young hlack men in D.C. public White, the only black partner of the ference, and I was comforted by the schools, and expects nearly 200 internationally renowned law firm, Katz: and Dr. Walter Hill. National middle and high school males to amount of support we were given Archives. Department of War Records. McDcrrot. Will and Emory. During Hilltop Stall/Ent Hall attend. the luncheon, an essay-winner will by different deans and departments Other panelists were film-makers Bill Organizers say participants will be awarded for essays the young on campus," said Yankah. "It Miles and Nina Rosenblum. have a full day of events, beginning men wrote on the subject ..Tell Me showed me that everyone on cam at 9 a.m. with arrival, registration, A Dream and Do You Believe It pus supports the spirit of Brother and campus tours. At IO a.m., there Will Come True?" to-Brother and service to the com will be workshops in the Blackburn The conference will continue at 7 munity:·
WAC Seeks Stronger Leadership Your potential is worth dents at Howard. its primary goals. a lot n~tO re. WAC/nn11 Al "We sec the lack of concern In response to some critics who among students in general, and questioned the need for groups like about what's going on political cspeciall) among women on cam WAC and argued that they pro ly. I think the females who arc in pus. And one of our goals is to mote division among black people, I "".-b-: ~2 J ..... , ... ,, ,, I• t,.,.. ,j II f: \r: ~r:: t ., office should concentrate lcs~ on lower that apathy through forums Nicole Mason, founder of WAC I• ,du 1 • r, lllJ:I (,., , u J \\' ~ du, j, ~uu giving away doughnuts on election of substance, meetings, speakouts, said, "Bringing women's issues to day and more on what they actual and other available sources of the forefront serves to broaden the ly do once the) ·re in office:· media," Peterman said. focus of the black slruggle as a Carla Pctennan. a senior history The WAC has outlined the pro whole because women's issues .I :,d ·•.t :,., ~I. • r ,., ,;<'J1 • k,( re t major from New Jersey, ga, e her motion of women's studies cours have been ignored just as much as thoughts on thl' kvcl of political es and the establishment of a our equality as a race has been ol("r •~·, 11'.,. 11,,,urnt 1n th"' consciou-.ness among female stu- \\Omen ·s resource center as two of supressed." Ir I Nlpl.r C, ai 11 •( • I inf,,. 1t, u •U\l1 r '\rid pr,o,.-vlt,,r Opera Singer Price Teaches at HU vu , .. n r. i Ina nc 1111 1.c r-., , •
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The stulknh ,, alkec.l onto tht· ,tage. sang .m aria, and then Prin: told them ho\\ th,·, could 11npron: ..\ t thought• U!I i " f'f>"flt,JU l(Y • umes. she ,:mg with the ,tudenh. Alter e,1ch les,on. ... r h llMJ>~ Price huggl·d and kissed the ,tudent \\ ith whom shl' •ould was working "I leaml'd more in those fort) minutes Lhan I ha\'e in all the ) t>;u~ I\ e lx-cn smgmg:· said Sonja Teal. the first student to smg. Teal. .1 1995 Ho,\ ard graduate. On-Campus Neet the ~ - and A\'el') Joseph, the second student 10 perform and Company a 1998 graduate. thanked teachers Ra) mond Jackson Interviews and Sylvia Olden Lee for the tr:unmg they received w 11J be conducted Wedf\esdoy • OYflll bet 11 at Howard and the \lpportunit) ll) ,mg for Price. No ve,ab~r 19. 5 PM Currently. Lee is a , ,i.:al co,1-:h. and Jackson is a piano teacher .1t Ho,\ .uu. Both pla) ed th.: piano for Cont oct yo u r co r•• r 81ockb urn Cent er - different student-. dunng Lhr \lastcrl'la,s .md helpcu Ftle Pho(o choose the students,, ht) pc, tom1ed tor Pnce. cJ,Nra singer Price Teaches ui~t ar HU. ~en t er for more Roo• 1 so "T his was an absl)lutel) 111sp1ring opportunit) 10 infori1ot 1on. share the w isdom and e,pcnence or one of the great est singers of all time:· Jackson said after Lhc ~la" "This 1s the kmd of intense mscrucLion our students He said he hoped that students recognized that the need:· s:ud Professor J ,veldon Noms. Noms has Visit our 11ew web site ot: "irreplaceable element of e.'.penence brings e.'.pan MO\\ n Pnce for man) ) e.ir.; and\\ as able to convince www.schwobcollege.com siveness to Lhe an:· her to teach the \laster Class Sophomore Teriauna H,uns \\ ai. mo, ed 10 tean. b) After the class. the audience \\ as in awe her lesson with Price. Hams sang a short ana from the Giacomo Puccini opera. Gimm, Sc/1;cchii. The "I JU St \\ anted to be in the presence of :-,uch a great audience gave standmg o,auon lad\,.. said Grozelia Herrinl!. :-,ecretar. for office of Harris a - ~ . Charles "You hear that noise? .. Price asked Harris, referrin2 de\clopment in the College of \ fedicine. Hcmng. "no ~ l ll la l a Y•• c•• •• to the applause from the audience. "Tha(s .,., hat it\ :.mg:. at church. "'as able 10 learn a lot from the cla~s. wll ••• tt.e la••t w••k •' J••• life. all about. It will replace more than you kno...... :· She said that Price ·s lessons about projection. e:-cpre:, .,_. Division of Fine Arts Professor J. Weldon Nonis said s1on and stage presence could be applied to any ----- ~ .. c.. be helped bring Price to the Univcrsit). smger. r~ ~-1,,o,.1w.,..
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I , • THEIIILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 AS ------~ --. - -- ·- . FREE BISON TICKETS! FOOTBALL& BASKETBALL TICKETS FOR HU STUDFJNTS . ., (LIMIT. ONE TICKET EACH) -in Blackburn Ce'11ter, Grot1nd 1:Joor Frida)'~No v·. 13 &. on Tht1rsday, No,,. 19 a11d Fr, ida.y·, No\.: . 20 11 :00 a.m. - 2:0 10 p~n1. a11d 4:30 p.111. - 7:00 p.t11. ·& Game Days 110 a.nt. to 1 p.m. Please 11ote: Stud 1ents 1\,JUST present the new ''Capstone Card'~ p1 hoto ID·. HO\\?A tm L!l\1\'ERSiTY DI \11S!ON OF S111JDl!NT At"F 1-\ IRS l I /02/?~ · \ ' • A6 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 THE HILLTOP • t THE CITY Forum Proposes Solutions to Children's Problems ly is." Cambria added that although there are programs for the youth, they return to school, turning instead 10 the streets. A proposed solution was By JAMYE E. SPILLER are only able to service a limited amount of children because of the bud the creation of a group responsible for helping the youth to rejoin society Hilltop Staff Writer get cuts experienced by the Department of Recreation. when they leave the Center. Its duties would include enrolling them in The allendees came to a general consensus that providing the youth with school. D.C. Action for Children and representatives from other child advoca more activities could prevent them from ending up in the juvenile court D.C. ACT has held seven meetings prior to the Juvenile Justice Crime cy groups met on Tuesday, Nov. 10 to address issues such as the lack of system. and Delinquency Forum. The prior meetings were concerned with Child recreation for district youth. The meeting, entitled Juvenile Justice, Crime The forum also discussed the need for the district's public school sys Welfare, ChiJd Care, Homeless Children and Families, Recreation, Men and Delinquency, was eighth in a series of issue forums hosted by D.C. tem to play a greater role in the prevention of juvenile delinquency. The tal Health, and Maternal and Child Health. noticeable absence of classes that could improve the youths' outlook on Action for Children or D.C. ACT. Cambria addressed the number in attendance at the past meetings. "I life was a major concern to those in attendance. Classes based on such The forums are dedicated to finding solutions to improve the overall wel headed the Recreational, Homeless and Child Care forums. The child care fare of the area's youth. issues as self-esteem, ethics, violence prevention, domestic violence and session was not altended as well, but we did gel a lot of helpful informa The goal of the 22 anendees was to discuss current topics relating to dis teen pregnancy were suggested. tion from the people who attended." trict residents who have been labeled "problem youth." "I noticed a lot being said about the children having no fear," said Car According to the Budget and Program Analysis for the district, the City oline Nickle, an employee of the District's Police Department. "But I Liz Siegel, Counsel for D.C. ACT, saw all of the forums as a success. Council red\lCCd the Department of Recreation and Parks' budget by $6.1 noticed that there seems to be an absence of values." Nickle, who recent "We often ~on't have a lot of interaction with the community, so I see this million. They also mandated that the majority of this money be taken from ly moved to the Disttjct from Britain, deals with neighborhood youth as as a fast way to get community output;· Siegel sai~. She also said these the, Youth Violence Initiative. ' part of her job. sessions provided the opportunity to create a new network for her and D.C. "Everybody ·recognizes the need for more programs," said Susie Cam Another major concern was that children's mental health '!leeds are not ACT, and the people who attended. Due to the positive feedback from these bria, public policy analyst and Howard University graduate. "The City being addressed. According to anendees, once youth leave the Oak Hill forums, Siegel and D.C. ACT look forward to the possibility ofdoing this Council and the mayor recognize it. Still, it's not seen as critical as it real- Youth Center, a facility for youth in the court system, they often do not twice each year. Area Eritreans, City Briefs - . Ethiopians Feel each city. Food-Can Construction in the District To enter, send a record of Western Union transactions to Kevin Hennessy, MS&L, 79 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016 No Division, Area architects are competing in "CANstruction," a charity including name, address and phone number at school and at event that collects canned goods for an area food bank. The event h is being held in the National Postal Museum across from Union ome. 1n addition, applicants can enter by mailing in a 3x5 card with name, school address and phone number at home and Despite War Station. ' school to Deidre Dapice, MS&L, at the same address. The architects, teamed up in IO groups of five, constructed dis- Within their smaller community, plays out of dry goods and canned foods. In one display, called By ALON WASHINGTON the area's Eritreans express sad the Million Can March, architects reconstructed the march on Participants Needed for Help the Hilltop Staff Writer ness and bewilderment for their the capital. This scene used 2,000 cans and included a minia families involved in the border Homeless Walk I Last Sunday's Redskins game attacks between the neighboring ture Capitol Building. People can "vote" for their favorite designs by placing cans of att~acted both Ethiopians and countries. Join the I 0th annual Fannie Mae Help the Homeless 5K Walle Eritreans to the lively sidewalk Hiwot Tekle, owner of Harambe food in bins next to the models. Awards for the best design and cafes of Adams Morgan. To the use of cans will be presented on Thursday. The cans will then on Saturday,.Nov. 21. Registratior, begins at 8 a.m. at Freedom Restaurant in Adams Morgan, said Plaza, two blocks south of the Metro Center. naked eye, it appeared that the two her own Eritrean family was be donated to the Capital Area Food Bank. groups of people interacted without expelled from Ethiopia and left Although this is the first time the event has been held in Wash The walk is sponsored by ForTheLoveOfChildren. AU money any signs of tension, although with no place to go. ington, D.C., it is the sixth year of the competition, which is talc raised will go to its Hope and A Home program, a transitional reports of war in Ethiopia would housing program that provides housing, financial, parenting and suggest otherwise. Despite the con Howard Un iversity employee ing place in 33 cities across the country. The free exhibit is open Belainesh Araia told a similar story. until Nov. 21. vocational training to local families. tinuing bloody territorial war For registration materials, call (202) 462-6503 or visit the web between Ethiopia and Eritrea, many "My cousins were sent to war and site at www.flocdc.org. area natives of both countries feel seven of my family members were Western Union Offering Free Trip! no signs of separation. kicked out of the capital after 20 "Our people are both ~autiful:' years," Araia said. Soul of the Civil Rights Movement said Bekele Negash, an Ethiopian The current fighting interrupted Western Union is offering a free trip to college students who immigrant who has been in Wash five years of peace. According to send or receive money from Oct. l to Dec. 31. Full-time col• ington for 24 years. "The govern Eritreans, Eritrea helped the current lege students between the ages of 18 and 24 are eligible to win On Nov. 14 and 15, the Freedom Singers and Magpie will grace ments on both sides are responsible, Ethiopian government come to a chance to explore Europe. The week long-trip to London, Paris, the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. The groups will not us. We love each other." power, then split off as an indepen Milan and Salzburg will talce place from March 13 to 2 1, 1999. relive the days of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississppi Like many of the Washington dent nation in 1993. The eight winners will receive a treasure map that will lead them through song. The hour-long show starts at 6 p.m. D.C. area's 50,000 Ethiopian immi "The Eritreans worked extremely to key Western Union agent offices, where they will retrieve Attendees will be able to purchase a new anthology that looks grants, he strong!y opposes the hard to develop their country," money to spend on everything from souvenirs, to memorable at the Mississippi movement. practices ofEthiopia's current gov Abraham said. ''Now, we're being ernment, which has imprisoned meals, to entrances into some of the most breathtaking sites in stripped of what we all voted for --City Briefs compiled by Rafiah Davis. numerous political opponents, civic independence. We believe that there leaders and journalists. should be one mentality among one . ~ .. ·, , lr 1.c I "We are looking for mediation, ------people." I i,:--. - not war," Negash said. "War doesn't solve anything." Although there is peace among Yet Eseaw Abraham, an Eritrcan local Ethiopians and Eritrcans, both who emigrated I I years ago, said groups said they want peace in their Dalai Lama Addresses Human Rights the Ethiopians are the cause of the native countries. conflict. "Peace is the only answer," said "They [Ethiopians] stripped my Rezene Sium, an Eritrean district Kennedy Family and Other Dignitaries Attend Buddhist Spiritual family of all of their rights and resident since 1982. " I don' t want property. They think that they 're there to be any type of war, espe Leader's Speech in Gaston Hall better than all of the African peo cially among people who are the Cuomo, daughter of Robert Kennedy, who intro ple, but they're crazy. The Ethiopi same. We're all brothers from the overly common suppression of these voices of By TIM HAGGERTY duced the Dalai Lama. justice is a "hinderance fo r whole society," he ans want to kill every Eritrean." same place in my eyes." The Hoya She introduced the Dalai Lama as a man "who said. shows not how to be a god, but how to be fully The Dalai Lama concluded his address simply, The 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of six human." "So that's all. Thank you very much." In 1940, at the age of five, the Dalai Lama was I f s I A u l A N r million Tibetan people and the head of the First, the Dalai Lama congratulated the laure Tibetan government-in-exile, visited George ates, and said that as a Buddhist, he thanked them enthroned and in 1950 he assumed political town University Monday as the keynote speak for their "altruistic acts." He also said that they leadership of Tibet. His work towards a peace er at the presentation of the Robert F. Kennedy have "moral support in noble tasks" and remind ful resolution of connict with China bas been EARN While Human Rights Award in Gaston Hall. His ed them "it is not j ust you alone, there are other ongoing since then. In 1959 the Chinese army address focused on the difficulty of facing injus people." crushed the Tibetan National Uprising in Lhasa, tice and oppression. He also expressed his appreciation to the RFK the capital of Tibet. . You LEARN The annual award, honoring those who fight for •Memorial for instituting the human rights award. Since then, the Dalai Lama has found political human rights in the face of oppression and injus refuge in Dharamsala, India, which is the scat of He said that he once received a supportive let the government-in-exile. Over 120,000Tibetans tice, was presented to Mario Calixto, Berenice ter from John F. Kennedy and that the signature are currently in exile. Celeyta, Gloria A ores and Jaime Prieto, all from from that letter is still "very vivid" in bis mind. ln 1989. he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his NOW MIRINGII Colombia. He spoke ofthe assassinations ofJFK and RFK. non-violent crusade for Tibetan freedom and bis Master of Ceremonies Tom Brokaw said that Though his address was punctuated by jokes tolerance and willingness 10 compromise. He has $trNt ~ . 18 )fl) be was "pleased to share the stage with these and informality, the Dalai Lama offered the promised China that if Tibet is liberated, he will people of courage." audience some wisdom as well. He said that a give up his h.istorical political authority. ~bld.GM~!lelh. ~~ . The ceremony was attended by numerous "good work motivated by negative emotion can Brokaw, who was the first American anchor to members of the Kennedy (arnily, who were also stain the noble task." report on human rights abuses in Tibet and also App~in~if!y introduced by Brokaw, including Senator According to the Dalai Lama, "those who have the first to conduct an interview with the Dalai Edward Kennedy (0-Mass.), Ethel Kennedy, vision and courage and confidence to face injus Lama, ended the ceremony, as he said, "I love a 9• I I"" or 3t00-6t00pm Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, and Kerry Kennedy tice... these people stand with principle." The living god with a big heart." • Altx•ria·700 Kilg Str..t , ~ d$(.. '/\WW~ • Conntctfcvt II .. $ J~ read about it. the·best way to start your Friday. °"'9 fret. ~ FM. fOt ro the _hilltop. THE HILLTOP fRIOAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 A7 It~ that time of year,,, Nomination ~ac~ets for tne ~ra Annual fxcellence Awaras@lne Mecca will ~e availa~leon Weanesaa~, Novem~er 1~ ~to~ ~~ ~our ~tuaent Council offi ce to nominate tne ~est stuaents, faculfy /staff,ana ~rof essors of ~our scnool or colle~e. ANNUAL H O '\VARO UNIVE RSITY 3rd It's that time of" year... 110\\. Al(I) llNJ\I Jf"I I\ ,1 1 lll"-"l ,\,,f)t.:IAY-IO'i Attention ALL Students: HUSA is how accepting The Howard University Gen eral applications for the folio.wing Asse1nbly E lections petition s and ....,..,,... positions: campaigning packets will be availab le in the HUSA o f fice s tarting Mond ay, •photographer ( video editor) ' November 16, 1998. •set design artists Any validated s tudent in good academ ic •• standing, who w ishes to run for eith er HUSA Preside n t and Vice President o r •poets/spoken word artists either Und ergraduate or Gradu ate Trustee, please obta in the p e titio n s from .... u.r •stage manager the HUSA Office, B lackburn R m . 102. The full p-acket is due back to the GAEC no later lhan January 22, 1998 with no exceptions, Gnch H USA S late und Trustee cundidace i s required 10 obtain 1.he signatur'CS of at Jen.st 600 · voUdhlctl J toward s tudents. Any q uestions, please forward chem to HUSA .u 806•7007. 1 Each student council is requested to appoint a Local Election's C hair and Stop by 102 Blackburn or contact Candace Taylor s ubmit that infonnation to HUSA by Dcce nibcr 1st. or Novella Ford @ 806-4136 ----I\ . J. Bl.u,·khurn &.:01vcr""11y C'-'lltt.•f • St111c 10.? -;·~~WtJ...·:•: ..r: ·,___ (202)_ H06-1007 '-Vaslun1-tron. DC 40()')9 ,.·:uc (202) 606-9'S4'S AS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 T HE HILLTOP f NATION/WORLD I' Eye on The Diaspora South Africa's Truth Commissionj Wews From around the World Releases Atrocities Report I' Middle ,East JERUSALEM-The military ann of the radical Islamic group Hamas By MICHELLE MULLEN IX non-violent resistance to apartheid, Nelson Mandela's former wife, future. 1 demanded this week that Yasser Arafat halt a crackdown against it or face violent vengeance. The threat cast a pall over last week's effort 10 Hilltop Staff Writer lead the TRC with ·a message of Winnie, who was asked to admit to However, some of the victimsf begin implementing the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, but as of honesty and an open agenda to find murder commiued by her body- said they feel the commission aban- , the truth behind the crimes com- g11ards "After prodd1·ng from Tutu Sunday. both sides were still pledging to move ahead as scheduled. In The Truth and Reconciliation ' · • doned them and did not fulfill the . recent days, Arafat's security forces have detained some Hamas lead milled. she eventually apologized-though , Commission released its final she accepted no responsibility-for promises it made. While the com-I ers and put its founder, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, under house arrest. The commission tried to create a report of the atrocilies commitced things that went horribly wrong," mission has helped 10 ease some ofl by South Africa's former white model which would help to stated EJJis Cose of Newsweek. the emotional anguish the people( South America leaders during the period 1960 to appease the racial conOicts within The TRC enabled victims to hear have endured over the years, they, MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)-The death toll from Hurricane Mitch 1994 on Oct. 30. The commission, South Africa. Given the lack of 1 is now nearly at 7,000. The latest figures come from El Salvador, where lead by Archbishop Desmond resources and limited time, chis the confessions of those who had have not been helped financially or at least 63 people are dead. Most of the other fatalities occured in Hon Tutu, was created to uncover the was not an easy task. Dr. Robert J. committed violent acts against socially. Many South Africans are duras.and ~icaragua. Th~re is also fear that hundreds more may have truth about the inhuman crimes Cummings, an African Studies pro them. Th'e trials also allowed the still living with the same sub-stan- died in northern Nicaragua when downpours touched off a mudslide commitled by the white regime fessor at Howard University, said, victims to interact with the perpe- dard socioeconomic status that they on a volcano. Rescue workers and Nicaraguan air force helicopters are during apartheid and to help the "The TRC represented an oppor trators in ways unheard of in the had before apartheid was abot-! still trying to get to the site of that disaster. victims heal emotionally. It was tunity for reconciling differences. past. The victims could witness the ished. This has brought about rnuch l [But] it was flawed because the designed to enable the country to apologies by those who had tor- conflict within South Africa. Dr.; North America move forward and succeed without commission had no rules, no his lured and hurt them and, if they Hous/011 --Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts set loose a sun-gaz destroying itself in a quest for tory to follow." were willing, could then offer for- Cummings said, "The ANC raised• ing satellite Sunday for two days of scientific flight, accomplishing what revenge. The commission offered legal giveness. This process helped the the people's expectations too high .. another crew failed to do last year. John Glenn, who made a historic Archbishop Tutu, who won the amnesty to those who stepped for victims to move beyond the horrors . .too much, too soon. It takes a return to space last Thursday, did not have an active role in the Spar 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his ward to admit to crimes, including of their past and into a brighter while for transformation." tan's release; the schedule had him wrapping up a workout on the sta tionary cycle at that time. NASA Admioiscrator Daniel Goldin promised to send more senior citizens into space. but only if the research war mots it. Yale U. Faculty Member Under FBI Eastern Europe BERLIN -Thousands of Internet sites in Germany wenc blank as part of a protest over Deutshe Telekom 's rate for connecting 10 cyberspace. Inves(igation fQr Child Pornography Thomas Von Treichel, who organized the strike, said that more than 6,000 Internet sites joined the action. Strikers are demanding that Lasaga shocked students and colleagues when investigation when we are not conducting it Telekom, the former state-owned telephone monopoly. institute a spe By CHARLES FORELLE he resigned from his position as master last Fri would create the risk that we would involun cial rate equivalent to 83 cents an hour for Internet.connections. Cur Yale Daily News day. tarily convey imperfect knowledge or a false rent charges for local connections are around $3.13 an hour. Lasaga cou ld not be reached for comment by sense of certainty," Brodhead said. telephone or at his Cheshire residence last nighc. Local, state and federal officials were also Africa (U-WIRE) NEW HAVEN. Conn. - Fom1er His house was occupied by at least one indi tight-lipped yesterday, NAIROBI -For the second straight year, Kenyan John Kagwe·won Saybrook Master Antonio Lasaga, who resigned vidual. U.S. Attorney Stephen Robinson, Acting Chief the New York City Marathon in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 45 seconds-three suddenly from his position last Friday, is the Lights were on, cunains were drawn, and the ofthe Yale University Police James Perrotti, and seconds ahead of bis countryman Joseph Chabet. It was the second-clos subject of a federal child pornography investi windows were papered over. University Police Lt. Russell Kozak, the Yale est finish in the race's 29-year history. Kenyans also claimed the top gation, television station WFSB-TV reported University officials refu sed to comment on police official handling the investigation, all positions for the men and women's races in the Chicago Marathon a 1\,esday Nov, I0. when they first learned of the FBI investigation. declined to comment. few weeks ago. In add.it.ion to resigning his position as master FBI agents found several pornographic pic Interim Saybrook Master Harry Adams has 1 tures of children and two computers that were said President Richard Levin telephoned him of Saybrook, Lasaga has taken an indefinite Asia used to download, store and print child pornog Thursday and asked him to fill the post. leave of absence from his teaching duties. NEW DELPHI -Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee raphy. the station reported. citing unnamed FBI Yale College Dean Richard Brodhead told an Lasaga currently remains a member of Yale's announced Sunday that his government will surrender its Internet sources. assembly of Saybrook students on Friday that tenured faculty. But on sufficient moral grounds,, monopoly and begin issuing licenses to private providers in a week. The evidence was uncovered in Lasaga's Say Lasaga had stepped down "for personal rea Yale could revoke his tenure in a University tri United News of India reported that the long-awaited announcement was brook rooms during a search executed by the sons." "Prying is fu tile." he said. bunal. made at an information technology conference in the southern city of FBI last Friday. ··we trust your maturity,'' he added. The process is rare and extreme and has not Bangalore, India's computer capital. The government decided in Sep 10 been used in recent memory, said Provost AU tember 1997 to open the Internet to private service providers, but imple Top Yale officials confinned lase night that the University officials continued to decline son Richard. Yale's chief llcademic and finan mentation has been stalled by bureaucratic problems. FBI is investigating Lasaga, but they refused 10 confirm the investigation early this week. but the comment on the scope of the investigation. University released a statement late yesterday cial officer. --Compiled from wire sen•ices by sraffwriter Abiola Heyliger. No criminal charges had been filed against night confmning that Lasaga is under investi There are currently no discussions about Lasaga as of yesterday evening . . gation by the U.S. Attorney's Office. invoking it now, she said. The inventory of items removed has not yet The statement said that Yale will not comment It is rare for Yale to revoke a professor's been released to the public, but that information on specific questions about the investigation tenure, one member of the Yale administration could be known as early as tomorrow, sources since it is "in the hands of the law enforcement added. The standard is ··moral curpitude, not in the New Haven Federal Dist.rict Coun clerk's authorities." criminal conviction:· office said. "'For the administration to speak about the Needs Writers and Graphic Artists to BurnDe orisDisaste r free .Contribute to the Hilltop's New Smokey is counting on you to follow the rules for safely burning debris. Visual and 1. Check local laws on burning. 2. Don't bum on dry windy days. Literary Art Page. 3. Clear a 30-foot cirde around debris before lighting fire. 4. Keep shovel, rake and water nearby. 5. Don't leave fire unattended by an adult, even for a minute. 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Space may hold the cures for cancer, AIDS looked to the stars for navigation, guidance, and overpopulation. If we are not moved by heroes or even gods." advances in space, perhaps more strategic initiatives -John Glenn are required. "T-minus three, two, one, lift off . .." Suggested NASA PR Portfolio he television flickered as Discovery's engines Scenario I -The Space War: The Pentagon announces fired from the earth. Across Howard Univer UFOs exist and General Norman Schwartzkopf will sity's campus, middle-aged front desk work lead the counter-offensive to blast those Aliens back ers leaned forward to see John Glenn return to space. to Mars. They seemed entranced in a hero who revived memo Scenario 2- Space the Movie: NASA hires Steven ries of their adolescence. Spielberg to document future geriatric missions: Aged Elsewhere, students danced to the hip-hop we won't Astronauts: Brittle Knees and Dizzy Spells stop of Howard's Homecoming Fashion Show, With Scenario 3- The Million Martian March: Farrakan, age the determinant of interest, Glenn's mission objec recognizing the disparity between Civil Rights and tives may not be obtained. Space exploration, holds his next march on Mars. Senator Glenn has two unofficial mission objectives. First, to study the physiological similarities between Each is guaranteed to increase public interest. aging and space travel ( dizziness, diminished immu John Glenn's mission is a return to the old days, nity, and blood flow complications). Second, to inspire before the Civil Rights War was won-when white a disenchanted American public. men were the exclusive benefactors of space. On Glenn's mission is being criticized as the latest in a Glenn's 1998 mission the crew is composed of one series of NASA public relations campaign including Spanish man, one Japanese woman and four white the Mars Pathfinder, the Soujoumer satellite and the American men. If this ratio continues the New Inter Hubble telescope. Each lacked the intensity, fear and national Space Station might be an orbiting "Men's tension of Glenn's 1962 mission to orbit the earth. Club." "We should be spending our money on things that So Science and Engineering majors, as you close your really matter, like welfare and education," said Emily books, how many African descendants are astronauts? Wientraub, 19. The real revolution is in our minds. We need Buffa Perhaps this generation emphasizes "the here" lo Soldiers and Tuskegee Airmen for the 21st centu because it saw its presence in space bum up and flick ry. Like soldiers of war, astronauts in space incite race er in the Challenger explosion, causing a deep-seated pride. fear in the psyche of young adults-Space: do not go So, let's sleep on space. there. If there is a space war, we'll get there. And, after Perhaps we need a President like JFK to say, "We do Amistad, who better to direct the movie than Steven these things, not because they are easy, but because they Spielberg? are hard." Yes, it may be Star Trek morality, but our Civil Space exploration in "those days" was war with Rus Rights reality relates to our presence in space. sia. Pilots rode rockets ready to explode and became heroes in an era that ended with the Cold War. Q. Te rah Jackson III is a junior philosophy major. ELIZABETH CIRCO JAVIER L. BENTON • Reading the Scale assin' Conversation with Nick and his twin "What? What kind of question is that?" Nick said -- brothers, Martin and Marc: loudly. "People don't ask questions like that. That's stupid. You'.re crazy. I'm not going to answer that." "Well, I asked," I said, getting upset. "And I want you "What would you give Debbie?" Nick asked Marc, to answer." who has dread locks. "No," he said stubbornly. "That's stupid." "Hmmm. Let me think. I don't know her personali "I'd give you an eleven," offered Martin. hope that won't have to alter my rounds of (since the odds of a cab stopping for a black female I ty, so I think I'd give her a nine." "Thanks," I snapped. I returned to glaring at Nick. Chocolate City because I am destined to lose, to are slightly better). A white couple walked up to the "A nine?" I asked in surprise. "You don't know her "Oh, she's making a face," Martin said. "Just for that be denied, to be reminded just how very far we same spot as my date and held out their hands, and in personality, so you'll give her a nine?" face, I'll give you a twelve." still have to go. I have kept quiet on this issue far too less than five minutes they were picked up by a cab "Oh, it's out of 14," he corrected hastily. "A nine just "Nick!" I yelled. "Answer the question! Why won't long, but now I can no longer restrain my anger about driver. means she's above average, which is a seven." you answer the question?" this festering problem that is apparently not getting bet Discouraged, cold and upset at what we had just wit "So how did you arrive at a nine?" I asked curious "Because it's stupid," he yelled back. "I can't answer ter; if anything, it's continuing to spread its rot to every nessed, we gave up on getting home by cab, so we ly. that question." section of this metropolis. walked to the campus of George Washington Univer "Well, she has dreads, which automatically gets an "Why is it that whenever I ask you something you What be this festering sore, this cancer, this no win sity and asked campus security for assistance in get extra point with me, and she's cool," he shrugged. don't want to answer, it's stupid? You're just a wimp. game? Cabs. ting home. "You'd just give her a nine?" Nick asked incredu Answer the question." Now, some of my melanin challenged readers will ask Later that night, at home, my anger took new form lously. "Then what would you give Melinda?" "No." how I can use such strong words on something like as I redirected it toward the true source: taxi drivers "Hmmm. A nine." "OK, a 13," Martin threw in. taxicabs, but when you add into this equation a black who passed me based solely upon the color of skin. "You're nuts! You'd give Debbie a nine and Melin Nick got up and walked around the room. male, it is easy to see how I can have such adamant They made no attempt to stop for me but would bend da a nine! You're crazy." "What would you give him?" Martin asked. "Or bet feelings toward this filthy operation that has denied me over backwards for my white counterpart. In their eyes, "You have to understand that Melinda is one of ter yet, what would you give me?" access simply because I am a black male. they had transformed me from an educated college stu Marc's best friends," interjected Martin, who has a "I don't work with scales," I said churlishly, still pout _This past weekend, the latest saga in the taxicab dent exposed to th~ freezing elements on a cold Hal baldhead, reasonably. "That counts for a lot." 'ing. "I think they're childish. But since you guys seem drama, has spurred me to take action and let it be loween night to a black monstrosity--faceless and "But still ...a nine. That's pushing it. I think Deb to place such value in them, I'd like to know where I known that I will not tolerate this blatantly discrimi emotionless. In a word, invisible. bie's way above Melinda." stand." natory practice of denying black people, especially I became what Ralph Ellison had depicted in his mas "You have to take everything into account," said Marc "The scale is not perfect," said Marc pensively. "I black males, ridership in the city's taxis. terpiece, "Invisible Man," a man who was ignored by thoughtfully. "Looks, personality, sense of humor. haven't figured out how to put looks and personality This past Halloween, when most of Howard was cel the very society he lives in. But instead of reacting with And as far as I'm concerned, things like dreads and together. I mean, what gets more points? A seven is ebrating homecoming in the traditional manner, I my fist I shall act with my words (for now) and make body piercings get extra points." average looks, average personality. But which parts of decided to try something different, and go to George it known that this will not continue. I call to my "Why?" I asked. a person push them above a seven? Do you get three town with my date and look at all the craziness that Howard University peeps and ask that you stand up and "Body piercings say something about a person," extra points for a perfect body and two for a great per takes place during Halloween. The date went off let our collective voices be heard. Now is the time for Marc said. sonality?" smoothly, the scene was as live as the news made it us to speak out against this social injustice and let the "Not necessarily," I said. "The person could be fol "Why don't you just have two scales," I said sarcas out to be and my spirits were high. Around I a.m., my cab companies know that we shall not tolerate this any lowing a trend." tically. "That way you can separate looks from per date and I decided to call it a night and head back to more. I challenge each of you to take a stand and not "True, true," he said. "So they could either gain points sonality altogether." our beloved Howard University, so we decided to catch let this injustice continue like the malignant tumor that or lose them. I haven't perfected the scale yet. People "Great idea!" He approved enthusiastically. "Prob a cab only to witness cab after cab after cab pass us it is. If we were able to 111obilize and take action over get half-points for some things and lose fractions of lem solved." by. program changes two years ago, then I have nothing points for others." *** One particular moment replays in my mind with crys but the strongest faith that we can take decisive action "A perfect score would be a really good friend first, (Sigh). I give up. What's the point in having a scale tal clear accuracy. It had been about 45 minutes into and cauterize this rotting cancer. and then you'd have a sexual attraction to them too," if you can-' t gauge your own weight? our hunt for a cab when my date was standing on the Nick said. edge of the median while I was off in the background Javier L. Benton is a junior political science major. I looked at him narrowly. "Where am I on that Elizabeth Circo is a sophomore political science and scale?" philosophy double major. MUMIA ABU-JAMAL A uiet and Deadly Silence t has often been observed that ly immersed, and to a deeper corporate, ruling-class protected or genocide on the weak and poor. when the peasants struggled and sive that status was, or is. America is a truly violent degree, in a nation that condones media, is invisible to us, and This vicious, circular, and invis lost their battles for their commu Systems are essentially ways of nation, as shown by the thou and ignores wide-ranging "struc because of its invisibility, is all the ible violence, unacknowledged by nal lands ( a precursor to similar doing things that have concretized sands of cases of social and com tural" violence, of a kind that more insidious. How dangerous is corporate media, uncriticized in struggles throughout Africa and into tradition, and custom, without munal violence that occur daily in destroys human life with a breath it really? Gilligan notes: substandard educational systems, the Americas), this violence was regard to the rightness of those the nation. Every year, some taking ruthlessness. Former Mass "[E]very fifteen years, on the and un-understood by the very sanctified, by church and crown, as ways. No system that causes this 20,000 people are killed by others achusetts prison official and writer, average, as many people die folks who suffer in its grips, feeds the "Divine Right of Kings" to the kind of harm to people should be and an additional 20,000 folks kill Dr. James Gilligan, observes in his because of relative poverty as on the spectacular and more com spoils of class battle. The law was allowed to remain, based solely themselves. Add to this the non book "Violence: Reflections On a would be killed in a nuclear war mon forms of violence that the sys a tool of the powerful to protect upon its time in existence. Sys lethal violence that Americans National Epidemic.": "By ' struc that caused 232 million deaths; and tem makes d*** sure that we can their interests, then, as now. It was tems must serve life, or be dis daily inflict on each other, and we tural violence' I mean the increased every single year, two to three recognize and must react to it. This a weapon against the poor and carded as a threat and a danger to begin to see the tracings of a nation rates of death and disability suf times as many people die from fatal and systematic violence may impoverished, then, as now. It pun life. immersed in a fever of violence. fered by those who occupy the bot poverty throughout the world as be called The War on the Poor. It ished retail violence, while turning Such systems must pass away, so But, as remarkable and harrowing tom rungs of society, as contrasted were killed by the Nazi genocide of is found in every country, sub a blind eye to the wholesale vio that their great and terrible vio as this level and degree of violence by those who are above them. the Jews over a six-year period." merged beneath the sands of his lence daily done by their class mas lence passes away with them. is, it is, by far, not the most violent These are not acts of God." This is, in effect, the equivalent of tory, buried, yet ever present, as ters. The law was, and is, a tool of feature of living in the midst of the This form of violence, not cov an ongoing, unending, in fact omnipotent as death. In the strug state power, utilized to protect the Mumia Abu-Jamal is a prisoner American empire. We live, equal- ered by any of the majoritarian, accelerating, thermonuclear war, gles over the commons in Europe, status quo, no matter how oppres- on Pennsylvania's death row. • l ------· -I--• -·~·-- THEIIILLTOP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 All EDITORIALS THE HILLTOP Fo1111ded i11 1924 STEVEN M. GRAY, Editor•in•Chief BRlAN J. COX, Senior Editorial Editor ROCHELL A. BlSHOP, Managing Editor KEENAN SUARES, Ma11agi11g Editor RYAN RICHARDSON, Dep111y Managing Editor _ _.\\ "The most potent weapon i11 the hands ofthe oppressor is rite mind ofthe oppressed."·· Steve Biko Goodbye, Newt - The Republican pany is still reeling from the out ed "Republican Revolution" and the Contract with come of the Nov. 3 elections, which saw G.O.P. hopes America, Gingrich abruptly made his exit from pub for tightened control of Congress dashed by the harsh lic office on Nov. 6. reality that Republicans couldn't simply sit back We remember well Gingrich's grandiose (if absurd) smugly in their barcoloungers during the Monica S. claims of things ofhigh national interest. like the high Lewinsky scandal and watch the votes come pouring er aptitude of men over women as giraffe hunters. in. No longer could they rely on "morphing" Democ Though Newt is gone, we'll continue to miss him if rats into the likeness ofBill Clinton (as they did to great only as a gaffe machine that. while not quite in the effect four years ago) and expect dividends; voters orderofa Dan Quayle, comes awfully close to match were subjected 10 political races more about style than ing his demonstrations of abject stupidity when shoot substance, more emphasis on pithy prounoucements ing off at the lip. than on substantive platforms. But we shouldn't look to our national leaders for As we noted in this space last week, news that the comic relief. G.O.P. did far worse than they hoped at the polls on Rather, they are duty•bound to serve the interests of election day is apt testament to a voter backlash the people, and by our verdict, Gingrich, who cham against the constant allegation-manufacturing which pioned tax cuts for the rich at the expense of funding KJ(/ characterizes much of today's political game. for social programs like increased public school fund Prominent Republicans, once so powerful that their ing, hasn't done much in that vein. offices looked unassailable, have now fallen like so So we give Mr. Gingrich a send-off befitting his new many dominoes: Lauch Faircloth, Alfonse D'Amato, found status as private citizen: don't let the door bit and now, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich have you in the rear on your way out. joined the ranks.of the newly unemployed. Faced with an imminent pany coup, the architect of I994's vaunt- Letters to the Editor IF YOU BUILD IT, THE HILLTOP, the nation's largest Black collegiate newspaper, encourages you to share your opini?ns and ideas. THE HILLTOP will onJy publish letters addressed to the Senior THEY WILL COME Editorial Editor in response to materials published in the newspaper. The Senior Editor ial Editor reserves the right to edit letters for space and style. All letters and commen Homecomipg '98 drew an estimated 50,000 people circumstances. The baseball team has to play its to Howard University. Students, alumni and guests "home" games at Banneker Field. The tennis teams taries must be typed and signed with full addresses and telephone numbers. packed the va,:ious homecoming events. The obvious compete at Banneker High as well. overcrowding qf.the yard led to one basic concern: the How can Howard att.ract top high school athletes lack of facilities 10 accommodate these people. with these facilities? Believe it or not, facilities arc a The opinions expressed on the Editorial Page are theviews of THE HILLTOP Editor ,Since this is t.he "Mecca," shouldn't we already • major factor in the recruiting process. It has been said ial Board and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Howard University, its adminis have the proper venues 10 hold these events? Sure, it's this school is not for athletics at all. True. Howard Uni a good thing Homecoming is back on campus. but if versity should focus on academics, but sports is a tration, individual HILLTOP Board members, or the student body. major activities are in Cramton, Burr and Greene, then major fund-raiser and a part of the whole college cxpe what's the point? These three places combined still _rience. Participating in sports is how many students don ·1 measure up to the large facilities on most col arc able to pay for school. Please address letters and commentaries to: lege campuses. Solution: a Howard University sports complex able Many people think black colJeges can't afford world to accommodate a variety of sports such as football. Senior Editorial Editor class facilities. That's very inaccurate. Take Howard basketball, track and tennis. Sure, tuition will rise dras University, for example. This school has the highest tically, but that happens every year. THEHILLTOP endowment of any black college in America. Since Rankin Memorial Chapel is also too small 10 accom 2251 Sherman Avenue, NW that is the case, shouldn't this school have the best of modate the number of students that attend Chapel on· everything? lf one travel down south to the Atlanta Sunday mornings. One key solution would be 10 Washington, D.C. 20001 University Center, one will see real college-style move Chapel services 10 Cramton Auditorium. But facilities. There are high schools with better buildings maybe that would make too much sense, right? or via email at than Howard. It is embarrassing for guests 10 see So the point is to invest in constructing quality facil [email protected] Greene Stadium-and Burr Gymnasium is older than ities and purchasing quality property, not crack hous dirt. es. It's about time for Howard to finally live up to its Much to their credit. the athletic teams here have good n:irne! THE MISSION STATEMENT been able to maintain stable programs, considering the Produced entirely by the students it serves, THE HILLTOP is the newspaper of record/or the Howard University community. Within its pages, our readers will witness Where's the Shuttle objective reporting and stories from a uniquely African-American perspective at the pre miere historically Black university in the world. We proudly continue a tradition of excel Convenience? lence, for our readers and our distinguished legacy deserve nothing less. There is a problem at Howard University, one that the Safeway in Adam ·s Morgan without the assistance THE AD POLICY THE IIlLLTOP poses a threat of danger 10 students. This problem is · of the shuttle- and arc forced to walk several blocks, one of security, one that could affect numerous stu with heavy bags, to the shuttle at Meridian Hill Hall EDIIORIAL S IAFF dents, but one that is overlooked by the powers that be to get back to campus. See any security concerns evi .. at Howard. The problem is the schedules and routes dent in this statement? Here's a few: I.) Students are THE HILLTOP's deadline for adver Aprill 0. Turner, Camp11s Editor , of the shuttle buses that the University has contract walking through somewhat dangerous neighborhoods ed, ostensibly for our safety, but in reality, to the detri with money 10 go shopping, 2.) On their way back, SIU· tisements is the Friday before publica Jawn T. Smith, Tem1>0 &litor ment of it. dents are burdened with heavy bags, which would hin tion. We require seven days prior notice. Rafiah Davis, City Editor Having shuttle buses creates a sense of false securi der them in trying to protect themselves or run. 3.) Very ty in the students, because they believe that they will few of us know karate. A 15-percent design fee will be charged Natalie Reid, Natio11/\\l>rld Editor have t.ransportation up and down Georgia Avenue and In that san1e vein, students getting off of the Shaw to and from their dorms to campus. Of course, this is Howard Met.ro stop frequently end up walking up to all accounts submitting non-camera Erika \Vortham, Rotation Editor what the shuttles are for, and this is the service that the Georgia Avenue at any time oft.he day and night. Those shuttles should provide. The point of shuttle buses is ready artwork and requests for specific Kimothy Brown, Sports &litor who have the misfortune of getting off the last Metro to offer extra convenience and safety 10 I.he students placement on a page. Mia l\·11itta, Copy Editor of the University. Unfortunately, the shuttles that serve of the evening do not have a choice-they have to walk, or they would be waiting all night for the shuttle. Not Elizabeth Clrro, Copy &litor the student body are inconvenient and at times pose Jasmine Drown, Copy Editor dangerous threats to the students. only is this shuttle inconvenient, it is also unsafe. Stu dents should 1101 be walking up Georgia Avenue in the The Intra-Campus Shuttle takes too long 10 get from THE HILLTOP accepts checks, Nicole N. Neely, Design Editor 'Howard Plaza Towers to the Howard-Shaw Metro middle of the night. It defeats the purpose of having a Amenhotep Wilson, Design Editor shuttle all together. money orders and cash. Classified, cam ,. stop. It takes anywhere from forty minutes to an hour Edouard Leneus, Phot0 &lit0r to get from the Towers to the stop. This is ridiculous, On the topic of convenience, the shuttle that serves pus and local advertisers must remit and students at the Towers have found it more conve Carver and Slowe stops at 3:30 p.m. Are we to assume P. Kobina Yankah, Staff 11/ustrotor nient just to walk. Waiting for the this shuttle, at any that all those students do not need to travel directly payment upon placement of the order. of its numerous stops, can be agony. No matter where between campus and their dorms after 3:30 p.m.? And THE HILLTOP has the right to refuse one is trying to go, it is usually quicker to walk than Meridian's shutlle is too big to fit down the streets of BOSlNF.SS STAFF to wait for the shuttle. its route. Often, it is involved in traffic jams, which can any advertisement. Please call Also, whoever creates the routes acknowledged the be very annoying and time-consuming. Aillcll• J. Cobb, 81tsiness Manager need of students to go to a grocery store, but-hello The entire shuttle system needs to be reworked. 202.806.6866 for rates. the Safeway on Rhode Island Avenue is closed. Despite Obviously, the needs of the student body are bigger Bernadette Lumas, Asst Business Manager this obvious and outdated fact, the shuttle continues to than three shuttle routes, but this is a problem that An'clle Anderson,Ad1•er1ising Manager go by there. The route should be redirected to a super affects the majority of the student body and, as an issue market that is actually open. As of now, students go to of security, should be looked into immediately. Keyana A. Jame,;, Office Manager I A12 THE IIlLLTOP G FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 hilltop.howard.edu The Poet's Pen • t read off of a paper or anything, but I don't perform in she perfonned in various open mike ciphers on and off ized it had to be done. Student Voice Heard the sense of giving people a perfo,mance with a band, campus. Despite the apprehension she fell when she "When people started feeling me, I knew I had a gift deejay, or whatever. I just recite and hope everybody first started reciting, now, she said, she believes her and a responsibility to share it," he said. "I look at the Through Spoken Verse feels what I'm saying.'' poetry must be heard by others. world and see things I like and don't like. I talk a lot Harkins said she refers to her work as messages because ·'My poetry is something that everyone needs, like a about people, relationships and attitudes people have, . they either teach listeners something new or make them vitamin for their bodies," she said. "I write about my especially those that need to be flX~- To me, it's like contemplate what they already know. Although her work surroundings, my everyday life. Most of my poems arc I'm kicking a conversation 10 you. It's the way others By T ASHA STEWART mainly discusses a~pects of African-American life, aboul action and empowcnncnl for African Americans. feel, but don't know how to put into words." Hilltop Staff Writer Harkins said she doesn't want her work to be pigeon l see what everyone else docs, but doesn' I want to talk Anderson called junior broadcast journalism major holed. When one write.~ about the out loud about. I'm the word Brandi Forte, another poet on Howard's campus, his f the movie Lm·e Jones entices your taste for poet same thing repeatedly, people know behind those images," she said. "soul sister." They collaborated on a piece for the ry, then the fLLm Slam must be increasing the what to expect. she said. "Poets are born, not One of the on-campus poets Homecoming event, Artistry In Motion. Both Forte Ihunger. Slam features the spoken-word anist Saul '"I write abou1 my people, our cul whose work Spencer admires and Anderson had strong words for those who hopped Williams, in the role of a convicted dn,g dealer who uses ture and anything that penains 10 us, made. You don't most is Drew Anderson. The on the poetry bandwagon after the premiere of the his words to fight his battles when he is incarcerated. but it's possible to do it all." she said. senior biology major said movie Love Jones. However, many Howard University students say "That might sound broad, but any become one overnight. though he literally has been "A lot of people came on'{the poetry scene) think they've been hungry for the spoken word for years. thing I write or hear others recite writing his entire life, his first ing they could write prose after 1hc movie came out," Though some think the poetry scene just "arrived," applies to us as long as it's important Poets are ordained by cipher was in the Punch6ut dur Fone said. "But that's not IIUe. Poets arc born, not many student.s have been living their lives as college to what we're going through, even if ing a Campus Pal even!. made. You don't become one overnight. Poets are poets for quite some time. Among them is junior jour it'sjustto make us laugh. I'm work God."-Brandi Forte "I really wasn't felt so l start ordained by God." nalism major LaQuis Hark.ins. She said that although ing on striking a balance between ed going to smaller spots where Anderson said the movie over-glamorized the poet she's been writing since slie was young, she began tak education and cnlcrtainmcnl." people gave me more love," he ry scene. ing her writing seriously a year ago. After perforn1ing Sophomore speech communications major Zenobia said. ·'Before, I'd just been writing and keeping it to "I call all those fake poets 'hoets.' I'm slave to the in last year's Spring Black Arts Poetry Show, she ' Spencer also writes and recites, bul has been doing so myself, but people started seeing me and requesting me. pen, but hoets are slave to the wa,c (of popularity]." started meeting more poets on campus and visiting dif for several years. A writer since she was young, she Once I discovered places where there was a venue for he said. "They speak for effect, or the props they think ferent places where they congregate. decided to share her work with others af1er going to a it, I really started perfom1ing." they'll collect. Hocts speak fo r the applause. But She has fell inspired ever since. poetry club one night when she was in high school. She Anderson said in the bcgi,ming, the idea of baring his poetry is more than just running your mouth. You have "I don't even consider what I do as poetry. I write and quickly became a regular at a weekly poetry show held soul to the world through his work scared him. But sim to actually be saying something." recite messages," she said. "I say, recite and not per in the back of Litex, a black-owned bookstore in her ilar to Spencer's experience, when he realized people form, because I don't think that I perform yet. I don't hometown of Chicago. When she arrived at Howard, understood and related to what he was saying, he real- The Ridicule, The Shame: The Night Life. friends and I stood on Georgia Avenue pleading for the alley towards the tacky club, so did the comments. And Howard? Lastly, why, If I have so much lo offer. am I By ALEXANORLA VAUGHN speeding cabs to stop, I felt cheap and degraded as guys as owners of the club asked me to come in and dance, seen as an object to be screwed even when I have on drove by in their Lexus' and yelled, '·How much?" guys tried to put their hands on my waist. sweat pants? am a country girl from Killen, Ala., a peppered "Slut," and "Can I take you home?'" Disgusted at the thousands of other near- The standards are quite different for women. I must town with no night spots. However, I broadened My dress was appropriate for the fact that I naked girls, my friends and I ran out in front be beautiful. I must be quiet. I must be submissive. I l my horizons when I came to D.C. would be crammed in a matchbox with hun of cabs in hopes of quickly getting home. must never have a bad day and I must be able to han Like many other freshmen girls, I was fascinated and dreds of other sweaty, foreign bodies FIRST' . •. . Hatred and frnstration enflamed me as dle everything. God forbid me to ever leave my hair strangely attracted 10 its club culture. While various body parts trying to move enough to call the ·· PERSON guys drove by and videotaped my friends uncombed or to tum my underwear inside out. The people enjoy this unique ritual, the experience has movement dancing. If God blessed everyone and me as if we were cheap whores or standards arc different and unfortunately what will be become progressively worse each time I stepped out with a liule common sense, why wou ld these porn stars. will be, so next Sunday night when my friends ask, of the Quad in hopes of gracing D.C. Live or the Ritz. Neanderthals. who knew where I was going, try And now the questions come: Why can't I "[Alexandria], what arc you wearing to the club?" I will My worse club encounter occurred during the week to lower my self-esteem? wear what I want without being perceived as something calmly reply, "too-shirt and my panties." of Homecoming, when l decided, along with 2,000 oth When a cab finally stopped, men.still harassed my that I am not? Why do men act as animals when they ers, to go to a "pink panty party." As a girl who is wel l friends and I, and were especially torturous to one of sec a skimpily dressed girl. Why do I have to dress Alexandria Va11gh11 is a freshman majoring i11 lmer- endowed in the back, I unwisely chose to wear a black my friends who God endowed heavily in the fronl. As skimpily in order to get in to a club and bump body 11ario11al B11si11ess a11d Markeri11 Posh Spice dress and for tliis, I was tonurcd. As my the night progressed and we walked down a primitive parts with strange. crusty old men whcr claim to go to The Real World Just Blow It Up! he holiest novelly item for home decor Inflatable Chair Sales seems to be the crafty inflatable furniture Tconcept. The sale of these trendy, space-effi- Soar cient, inflatable chairs and recliners has boomed By L AURA FtmNANDES especiaUy among young consumers at stores such as Dereck Rodgers has always been an advocate for Hilltop Staff Writer Urban Outfitters. modest celebrations. So, it comes as no surprise that after "Their cheap, comfortable and they add flavor to a helping his Cross Country team to a Mid-Eastern Ath drab donn room," said junior Kristy Hindt. The letic Conference Championship, all he did was go to the Howard Plaza Towers resident has two chairs, each movies with a few of his teammates. of which cost between Sl4 and $20. "[My teammates and I) were having a good time with Retailers are taking advantage of the furniture trend it, but we weren't being wild with it. We did what were that has stimulated a parycularly young market. The supposed 10 do;' said the I 9-year-old Illinois native who chairs and love scats can be found jn stores includ ran 5.3 miles and was placed 21 out of 77. ing Nordstroms, Urban Outfitters, Linen & Things Despite the end of the cross-country sea~on, his days and even Sam Goody. Prices range from $14 to $79 of rnnning arc not over yet. He will soon start traini ng File Phoio depending on the size. Most arc made of plastic, but for indoor track. And through it all, Rodgers vows to get Ocrcc.k Rodgers and bis girlfriend Ocvia Carter, will <'Clebratc there are some that arc covered with velveteen fo r a a high grade point average fo r this semester. their two year reunion on Nov. 18. softer touch. "I go1 all [sa1isfaetory marks] on my progress report, All stores report strong sales but also high returns. but still I could fool around and lose my scholarship with all [satisfactory marks] on my card," he said while lying "They are selling great but a lot of customers bring in his bed underneath a thick comforter on Sunday afternoon. them back because the air pump doesn't work or It's 3:05 p.m. and Rodgers, a mechanical engineering major, hasn't inched from his bed all day. He admits that after popping them," said Urban Outfitters cashier he didn't go to bed until 4 a.m. this morning. Josh Radding. "Their a great concept but they are "I was talking to my girlfriend on the phone," he said. terrible for smokers. The chairs with the metallic Thoughts of his girlfriend, Spelman College freshman Devin Carter, have been a constant source of inspiration colors can also be annoying to look at all the time." Rodgers said. Nov. l Swill mark the couples second anniversary, he said. As a pre-celebration of the coupling, Besides being affordable, the furniture serves other Carter flew up from Atlanta and met Ocrcck for Homecoming. fu nctions which may explain its popularity. For the Now, after homecoming, all Rodgers has left are the memories. And a bunch of dried niby red roses that hang dorm student, it provides an alternative place for upside down in his window. They're.the roses that he gave Devi n when she came to DC al the beginning of Home coming week. guests to sit. REAL WORLD, Continued on B3 -Jason T. Smith See CHAIR, B2 B2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 THE HILLTOP Music Review Falling prey to the 'sophomore phis' Three 6 Mafia lends its south By BRANDON M. BICKERSTAFF jinx; the album's production strad ern flavor to the albu m in "2 Hilltop Staff Writer dles the thin line between consis bogus:• but even the featured artists tency and redundancy. Many of the are upstaged by the energetic deliv Crucial Conflict songs sound extremely similar, ery of Wildstyle. ALBUM: Good Side Bad Side while the "giddy-up" style starts to Despite its abundance of short PRODUCTION: Wildstyle get annoying towards the middle of comings, the album does have a few LABEL: Pallas/Universal the album. And while Wildstyle bright spots. In the R. Kelly-pro Featured Artist: R. Kelly, Do clearly outshines the rest of the duced "Ghetto Queen," Kelly or Die, Three 6 Mafia group with his rhyme delivery, his shows the youngsters how a love production becomes repetitive and ballad is supposed to be done. Never, Kilo, Cold Hard and Wild• rather boring. Another pleaser is the mid-tempo style, collectively known as Crucial Up-tempo songs such as "Scum "Faceless Ones," where Crucial Conflict, return to the rap scene my" and "Swing it Over Here" Conflict's lyrical delivery as well as with their sophomore effort, Good offer no diversity while "Come the track's production are both up Side Bad Stile. The album is the On," the group's unsuccessful 10 par. With a harmonized chorus group's fo llow up .10 their 1996 attempt at a love song, is delivered slightly reminiscent of the group's debut, The Fi11a/ 1ic, which fea over an excessively sappy track. midwest rival Bone Thugs-N-Har tured such hits as "Hay" and Poorly sung chorus and insignifi mony, "Faceless Ones·• is one of the 11Showdown." cant lyrics also fail to contribute: few jewels that save Good Side The Chicago based quartet wields "Hey it's bee11 a /011g day/Time to from complete mediocrity. their "giddy-up" rhyme style over 11111vi1uV Let's ger lost and sip some Die-hard Crucial Conflict fans 18 tracks, 17 of which were pro wine/ lirtle rasre of Bump 'N' looking for the same flavor offered duced by Wildstyle. The album, Gri11d/To11ighr is the 11ighr on the group's debut will enjoy much like the group's debut, takes baby/He11' is go1111a be sway be Good Side Bad Side. However, for their audience on a journey through tool You amaze me Boo/Got me those who were looking for the Chicago's rough and tumble west screami11g' 0111 like gravy/ Goo group to elevate past the minor suc side. In fact, Good Side Bad Side is Goobidy-Goo ... " cess of The Final nc. the bad side almost too much like the group's Good Side Bad Side doesn't far outweighs the goo.d. Courtesy of Universal Records flrst album, leaving fans little rea receive much help from cross-town Crucial Conflict return to the rap scene with their sophomore effort, Good Side Bad Side. son to buy the second. ally Do or Die in "Airplane." Mem- Chocolate Boy Wonder Creates a Winner Inflatable Furniture Pete Rock Fuses Versatility, Beats in New LP Starts A New Trend with his mix of guest performers. On By NATASHA T HOMAS "Half Man Half Amazin," the DJ al lows Hilltop Staff\Vrirer Method Man's raspy voice to weave in From CHAIR, Bl and out ofhis beats. For people from the Artist: Pete Rock West Coast, Mc Eiht adds his trademark ·'[ hate it when people come in my room and sit on my bed, its just Album: Soul Survivor style 10 the track "One Life 10 Live." so personal. This way my guests have a p1ace to relax," says Hindl. Label: Loud"Records Contrary to what most believe, Rock Sophomore Lekeyah Quinine likes her light blue chair because it Featured Artists: Kurupt, Method docs have skills at rhyming. On "# I Man, Raekwon, Prodigy, Peter Gunz, Soul Brother," Rock lets his listeners holds her stuffed animal collection. Large Professor. Mc Eiht, C.L. Smooth, know 1ha1 he can hold his own. Another benefit for dorm students, Quinine explains, is when it Big Punisher, Noreaga, Cappadonna, Along with Large Professor and Kool · comes time to move out. Students can just deflate their furniture, Sticky Fingai., Heavy D, Beenie Man, G. Rap, Pete brings back a taste of the instead of worrying about summer storage, she said. and others. old school on "fruly Yours 98." On this ,_ During the age of commercial rap. pro track the trio rhymes about the good and 1\rm:ric,m flcarl a,a Get off it. Exercise. A,,,x;i,1tion .~ ducer Pete Rock, forme rly of"Pete Rock bad things girls c.in do to you. _, - and C.L. Smooth." bring rap music back Rock also brings a variety of styles to to its foundation. His new album So11I his album. He ventures out on songs like S11n•ivor, bas 17 tracks of real hip hop. "Take Your Tune." "Mind Blowio" and Rock used an unbeatable formula: tight the title track "Soul Survivor.'· These beats coupled with tight rhymes and songs offer a jazzy, smooth R&B feel topped off with versatility. Rock, also with guest vocals. known as "The Chocolate Boy Wonder," On Soul Survivor, Pete Rock proves 10 for his skills as a DJ, laces every track listeners even through the years ofcom Counesy of Lood Records with head-nodding beats. mercialized rap, he is truly a soul sur Pete Rock brings rap mu~ic back 10 its foundation with Rock offers something for everyone vivor. his new album Soul Sun•fror. (1..,.,/ f,1i,h ~,,,., , ,,: .,._, , v.,., ,~,'· ,., mo )tlU aucss rr \/AS 1'11101Ef'? '!F or. I?( D /\ 6(0/(. ohannesburg AU Ali••· \JELL f'II' ••• '$ A ·--in:Do ___ .A//·,. 1-1 111RACLC '! _....,..IO~..... '""' C/1 ,-.J ./AL K. MiidjjTrow/ -. on ('..-1.,..,...,-.1 t.a._L_ 3301 M S~N.W. Wut.np:,n [202}-337-6-464 ., "" .. . C , , • -, I I r ,. , , • , • .• • read about it . .' hilltop. howard.edu • the hilltop. the best way to start your friday. • ', FRIDAY, NOVEl'vlBER 13, 1998 B3 THE REAL WORLD 'ANDI~E'EDWARDS . ROBERT OCO MITCHELL ANDACE BATES fIANA ODSON McCAULEY, III Trying to control her academics has kept Coco Mitchell bas found a change. When Candace Bates is creating a scrapbook of She sums up her experience at Candice Edwards occupied, even during the she thought she was seeing clearly her per her events during her first Howard Home Howard, so far, as wonderful. most social campus event: Homecoming. Things have really been Jooking up for spective on the behavior of her peers-has coming. She calls her experience nothing "I've been having fun. That's what r1 1 There was no room for fun and socializing Robert McCauley. III. A mid-semester opened her eyes even wider. As she less than exciting. college is all about; besides just I that week. She did not participate in any scheduling glitch that threatened to force matures and new friendships and relation "Peter Gunz walked right in front of me studying and hard work," she said. , activities during Homecoming; instead she him to take I3 credit hours instead of 16 ships grow, Mitchell is realizing what col during the step show. r know he was look Dodson enjoyed the step show and I studied and completed assignments. was fixed by counselors. The problem lege is all about: experiences. ing at me like I was crazy [because] I was the Mr. and Ms. Howard Pageant Along with homework, Edwards was disap• was rectified in time for midterms. Mitchell took advantage of the universi doing triple takes," she said. Visions of during Homecoming. Surprised by 1 pointed when her cousin and friend did not With all satisfactory marks on the ty's Homecoming activities and loved the celebrities filled her eyes, while she col the mu ltitude of different activities, visit. semester report, the still undecided major business of it all. lected their autographs. She met Kid she was pleased that " there was has been working towards academic suc Next year she says she will definitely par- "I like being in crowds of people," she Capri, Sporty Thievez and Tony Terry . always something 10 do. 1 got a mil· ' ticipate in Homecoming. Edwards did go to a cess. But with two JO-page research says. With visitors coming to participate in "It was a cool time to meet more people:' lion flyers." couple of clubs bu1 found tha1 partying papers due before the Thanksgiving Homecoming, Mitchell, a natural social said Bates. "[Homecoming] made every The only factor that put a dent in the "didn't fit into her study schedule." break, McCauley says the road ahead of butterfly, met many non-Howard students one more sociable." number of activities she participated Thoughts of leaving Howard University him will be a tough one. during the festivities. Next year Bates says she's going to make in was the cost of the events. Dodson "I procrastinate a lot, but I always man I have crossed her mind due 10 frustrating situ- In her eyes, Homecoming was a time to a point of getting to the game earlier. found them 10 be 100 expensive. ations with a<;lministration. age to get things done. I was supposed to relieve academic related tension, so she "You can't enjoy the game if you're "I'm going to save for next year," "It's just the'hassle of the administration change that when I got here," said Robert, spent time with her mother who traveled looking for a seat the whole time." Other she said, ''and buy all my tickets in and people not being•able to speak [to me]," who added that he made out a work from London for a visit. Despite a con than that there isn't anything about this advance." !she said, adding that the School of Education schedule to help him manage time belier. stantly filled dorm room, Mitchell was year's Homecoming that she would Feelings of homesickness swept administration has gave her the "run around." With a psychology book lyiog open able to spend one whole day with her change. However, going to the step show, over Tiana during Ho meco ming ~ "There's not enough people to help the stu- face down on his bed and a Rambo movie mom. football game, movie n\ght and dance weekend. Dodson's boyfriend from dents, they're 001 available and everything playing on his television, Robert says that Since "there were too many Homecom • clubs left no time for schoolwork. "'This her Colorado Springs home came to this month he will make room for more takes so long to be processed," said Edwards. ing activities," the first year student from • weekend, J did no homeworkt admitted visit and left shortly after. He left her She has told her mother of her stress and studying. England made an agenda. The step show, the freshman. with memories of home and times· "It's a little easier to study now since it's thougbts on leaving. But since Howard is her the Mr. and Miss Howard pageant and the But determined, Bates has not missed shared. mother's dream school she bas been trying to gening colder outside and all you want football game were at the top of the list. one class this semester, "I'm afraid that the Although Tiana bas been calling convince Edwards to cope with the problems. to do is to stay inside," he said. "I really liked the step show. It was the one day I miss class is the day something her family ru1d friends less often since Ultimately, she says she will stay. Robert also says that he is still grappling first time I've been to a formal step show," important is going to happen." the start of the semester, a visit from with living in the all male freshman dor "l really like Howard. I enjoy the people she said. Involvement on campus bas helped Bates a familiar face is hard to forget. here," she said mitory, Charles R. Drew Hall. The game would have been more enjoy grow and learn more about herself. As Between Monday and Wednesday of Edwards will endure the stress that adminis "When my friends came up for home able if she had a better seat, she said. Chapel Assistant, she organizes programs • Homecoming week she only aucnd• coming they called Drew Hall grimy,'' trators briog because she feels she may nm A plan was also needed in order 10 avoid and counts donations. ed one class; preferring to read a new into the same problems at other schools. She said a disgusted McCauley. Citing the spending too much money. She was trying Another big accomplishment that cannot Stephen King novel in the comfort of number of mice caught in his neighbor's would rather deal with them now. 10 stay within a budget but she says she be overlooked is her declaration of a her room. rooms, he said "if[l] knew Drew was like She has returned to her Brooklyn home went over it anyway. Mitchell said, "The major: Child Psychology. As her friends talk of returning this before then I would have chosen to twice since the· beginning of the school year prices for Homecoming [events] is ridicu "I was so tired of being undecided. I felt home to Baltimore, Boston or New and would have gone back more if it was not live in Meridian or something." lous." Trying to purchase a ticket for the like a bum," she said. Her love for children, York for Thanksgiving, thoughts of McCauley's disappointment with Drew for her friends, who jokingly called her ''a pageant on the day of the event was one of which is evident in her participation in the home flood her mind. but she will not Hall is coupJc.d with an overall disap big baby." She will, however, e njoy Thanks her lessons after being told the tickets Big Brother/ Big Sister program, has led be returning until the cod of the pointment with Howard's bureaucratic giving at home. · were sold out. her to this career choice. Her little sister, semester. Due to a scheduling conflict, Candice finds setup, he said. But, he said, "A lot of S taying focused during Homecoming from the program, is 5-years-old and Bates So far all her grades are good and things have been a disappointment but I that she will have to drop a class. She will was quite a challenge for Mitchell. Assign- loves to spend ti me with her aod all the she is confident she will end the can deal." balance hc_r time better next semester to avoid . • ments that should have been handed in that other children. semester with a high grade point problems. week were forgouen, and her scat Bates says she has soothed her feeling of average. Dodson looks forward to With schoolwork as her first priority, she -Jason T. Smith remained empty during classes. School homesickness by joining the Texas Club. next semester. but winter break and speaks the words that she lives by: "Anything work took a back seat 10 Homecoming and but she still misses "my room, my tub and • all the comfortS of home are on her can become hard if you don't keep at it." socializing, hut she is not willing to let her my car.'' She will go home for Thanks mind. she says. academics suffe r for too long. giving, she says, in hopes 10 see the fam -Lym, Simmondds ily and friends she calls every other day. -ly1111 Simmonds - Lynn Si111111011ds - Lynn Simmonds HOW TO FIND AND WIN GRANTS AND CONTRACTS HAVE YOU MARKED ANYTHING OFF OF TODAY'S TO-DO LIST?!? 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FACIUTA TOR: Mnt lbs ln.tlrpclQr: Dal'id G. Ba11tr, lht author of I.be "I/ow To• GN.ts MmwaJ Ill Its third cditilll, h Ollt'otdlt ktlllna 1111\horillts Ill &fllll ac11ui1ilion. lib book hu sold tbQusuds or coplt$ ind h tht book l'tQ)fflmtDCkd bf tht Amerlran CouneU on Educadon (ACE) as • "nnut" book for all grantsl'tktn. Ptt#lltly, Dr. Blott tranb tht ~II)', gMn, lcct11ra on putsetkiai. Ht b • lrae tcadltr's letditr and lJ dtdktttd to~ IJlllbttttn to de\'dop the 1kilh wy Dctd to SU(ffld. Or. Ba11tt b alto the _.thor B4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 THE H ILLTOP The Howard University volleyball team has been one of the most successful ath letic programs on campus for a number of years, according to head coach Linda Spencer. With dedicated captains like Rita Floyd, Chazara Clark and Alena Simmons it's no big surprise why. So far this season, the volleyball team has excelled in 'their division with hopes of winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con ference (MEAC) title. Floyd, a middle blocker, wants to help her team win the first round:of the NCAA tournament. When asked what kind of pressures were placed on Floyd as a team captain, she unpretentiously responded that, "Pressure is not something a position gives you, it's something that you place on yourself." Her humility and maturity undoubtedly con File PhOIO tributes 10 her success. sure rises. One of Howard's volleyball players gets in the air lo make a spike. Spencer who is also the assistant coach Floyd mentions that for the most part, for the women's basketball, acknowledges volleyball has gone unnoticed on campus. revenue sport (unlike football or basket Michigan, California. North Carolina, the seventh man on the court. Watching Floyd that this year she is dealing with a pre Although it remains one of the best kept ball) acquires a large amount of its sup Virgin Islands, Wisconsin, Maryland, lead Howard's volleyball team down dominantly inexperienced team with a secrets on campus, it deserves a 101 more port from fellow athletes. These young Massachuse11s and Georgia. As coach "legacy road" is something you wouldn't vast amount of freshmen. She admits that support from Howard students. The non- ladies have come all the way from Texas, Spencer puts it, student support is like the want to miss. Coach Paul Cotton's Devotion To HU White Leads Howard to, 32-31, Wrestling Victory over South Carolina State ancing school and wrestling. ning hack Frank Williams scored on a 38-yard run. BY FARAH ANTOINE Consequently. coach Collon has made the mainte• By KIMOTII Y K. BROWN After wide receiver Cedric Redden caught a 7-yard Hilltop Staff Writer nance of lhis balance a priority. Hilltop Staff Writer touchdown pass from White. Card ran for a two point conversion. Howard's wrestling team is made up of 21 mem Three touchdqwn passes by All-American quar The first half ended when Bulldogs' kicker Cedric Former HU alumni Paul Cotton has been coaching bers including returning members: senior C. Jamel terback Ted While coupled with several unusual Oglesby made a 27-yard field goal. Halftime came wrestling at Howard University since August 1983. Crawford, sophomore Kelly Miller and senior Jessie plays enabled the Howard Bison 10 defeat the South with Howard maintaining a 24-22 lead. Collon, a native of Chicago, Ill., has set high stan Moore. dards for his athletes. Having "low tolerance for the Carolina State Bulldogs, 32-31, Nov. 7 in Orange The calm, scoreless third quarter demonstrated Many are not aware )hat the wrestling team is made burg, S.C. great defensive plays by both Howard and South Car viation of goals", it is not unusual for him 10 up of men and women. Title nine laws established approach his ream members on campus 10 make sure The Bison (4-4) entered the Mid-Eastern Athletic olina State. by the NCAA promoting gender equity has made it Conference (MEAC) contest looking 10 win their In the final quarter, the two teams each scored once. they stay focused on academics and athletics. possible for freshman Faye Golden 10 compete as the Collon acknowledges that a university campus second straight game. Howard had also hoped 10 The Bison scored on a long touchdown pass by first fe male on HU's wrestling team. Sophomore remain in the hunt for a Heritage Bowl be11h. South White. Receiver Toyas Rainey caught a 63-yard provides students with many activities. With so Ahhcia Anthony is another female on the team. Hard many distractions, one of his demands is that bis ath Carolina State (4-4) was also making a final effort scoring pass. The Bulldogs a11emp1ed 10 tie the work and training may lead these ladies 10 win in the ar post season play as well. game when defensive back Jermaine Derricoll lined letes apply themselves at all times. This shows ded women's national championships al Northwestern in The wild antics began early in the game when up as running back and scored on a J-yard run. ication. True commitment is the prerequisite he Apri l. requires and is an accomplishment that the wrestling Bison wide receiver Stefan Cameron recovered run As the Bulldogs auempted 10 tic the game. Howard The men's national championships will be held at team has almost fully achie' WE'LL GIVE You 10 WE EKS. ___ ,...... -~ 'nl.d .,._ ~ ~, 'J-$4 ''l\')ij.Ua,,,itt.-LU,M«n •·• ' • t .- I t• 'l' ' 1" I ( fj ,• I , I 1,. I• , I j,; • •1 ,1 • t W !~';i a-io-1.-.. H~ n. 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Branch near campus at \ • Opportunity to establish credit l 210 Michigan Avenue, NE • Free Chevy Chase Check Card ' ' • Overdraft protection ' --- ....- ----···--- - ·- ' . _ •~hevy Chase Horne Ba~~king We look fol'\fard to seeing youi ' -- - ' For more information or, the Student Banking Package, call ' 1-800-987-BANK. \r~lb "OJ" Miles CHEVY CHASE" BANK Sonya LHu ghes BUSA Prognim Coordinators !'I ....______www.chevychasebcnk.com ..;;...... ;;...... ;.;;..;;~ ·----···- ... ::-.. -...... P6 · FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998 T HE HILLTOP .. , . ( 11 •• ' I . . .•,, j, J'ff£ UDIBS op· ,.1 ALPHA CIIAnHR I, ,_ ALPHA IAPl'A ALPHA. 80B.Oltl'fft INC I' , • ' , ., ~ I •II ~t l't • :~ '• J ~, . ~ ~· AKA WEEK ~ .., EMBRACING THl·l~IGHT: 90 YFARS OF ALPHA EXCELLENCE ' I ' f'l .. Saturday2 NDvember 14, 1·991 . . Habitat For Humanity &:OS AM Coommruty Servwe . 1 Sunday, N(P. ~ I Sj 1'991 CaD to1 Chapel 11 :00 AM Rankin Clmp15l ' ' I l'):! ~pmg Senditi from J: 08 PM Rmtin Chapel . . . Prayer ,and Mreditatiofl~' Monday. November l6, l 998 t I , , I 1 ~The Blac\. Par.nity: . 1 :OS V1'v1 . !· ,. • r . • Humari'·Ew1-ogy .. .· "' 11 Sttenathem.1lll Out F1Xffldation • A~•clitorium ,_ T\ledtym November 17 j 1998 1 1 • · ~Lilpua &, Sickle CeU: 7:08 PM UGL-1.AI 1 Increalmg the ~"wmness ~ · Wednesday., November ts, 1998 : ~~pportwmies Beyond the 7:0S PM 81a.ckbllm Mecca'' Wat81llruom Thuriday~ November 19; 1998 '•Bu.il.d:ing a Better: Y~ 7: 08 PM Betbunt Annt,X ' St!minm Room ! Frid&y7 Novanber 20, 1998 Poetry (:ip!ler.: 7;03 PM uspea.kina 1Jl the Lip of1'ruthn ! Slitmday ~ 'November l l, 1991 . Celebrating Edu By CvNNEI SIMPSON who use this new drug. There is also an increased Hilltop Staff Wrirer chance of developing ca1aracts in the eyes. The FDA insists tha1 doctors carefully consider The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which women are the most at-risk and therefore in announced lase monrh the approval of the drug need of the pi lls. However, the cask of detennining Tamoxilin for women at high risk for breast cancer. who is the mos1 a1-risk is a difficult one. This drug makes 1he firsl medicine to win govern The American Society for Clinical Oncology is ment approval as a means oi reducing 1he risks of preparing guides to help doc1ors determine which the deadly disease. women have the highes1 cancer risk. The Na1ional ..Needs Writers and A National Cancer lns1itu1e study found that 1he Cancer lns1i1ute also provides a computer program women's chances of developing breast cancer, who to help docrors de1ennine a palicnt's risk. took the pills daily, were significantly reduced by 44 "For the right patient this represents a very good percenl.. There are also studies of women who 100k op1ion;· said Michael Friedman, a cancer specialist, Graphic Artists to Tamoxifin for al least 3 I/2 years. The women in this "but i\ is not universally beneficial and shouldn't be study had fewer breast tumors than women who took misused. The key here is to be an infonned consumer." a placebo. There is no proof that Tamoxilin really prevents While the success ofTamoxilin has been exciting breasr cancer. According to the FDA it may jusl delay Contribute to the for cancer researchers, the FDA warns that the drug an inevitable tumor. However, the American Cancer can also cause life threatening side effec1s. Socie1y maintains that it is very hopeful that Tamox A woman's risk of uterine cancer doubles and the .ilin will successfully help many women prevent risk of po1entially fatal blood clots triple for women breast cancer. Hilltop's New Visual and Literary Art read about it. Page. the hilltop. ..Feel Free! Submit Your Camera the best way to start your.Friday. .Ready Strips, Poetry, etc. to Amen. 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