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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1980-90 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. I • r;;-\. ' Friday • April 12~ 1985 h '" -, Volume 62 ' I, ' •., • I' Ii..,) ·"- Number 22 - . -<. ""-~ • The Nation's Largest Black Stude~t Newspaper• Howard University, Washingtpn, O.C. 20059
• ''Mark o( Excellence' , Hilltop reclaims youth • ·regional award Ill By Marian Dozier good, but the Diamondback's cover The H1lltop. Hm"" c11nchea"'"''"'"' second place age of local news was better,'' said in a contest of 16 college newspapers Roland. in its ·region , and was once again The Diamondback, a daily news repo t nudged out of top honors by the Uni paper that infonns a university 'com versity of Maryland's Diamondback. munity numbering more thiln 35,00o, The award marks the third time in has won four of the last six best all The School of ljluman Ecology has four years The Hilltop has olacr.rl around regional awards, but there are published a rep?rt recommending second in the Mark of Excellence reasons . Awards contest sponsored by the So stra1egies to redu9e the nation's high '.' Univefsity of Maryland. has rate of Black yo~th unemployment, ciety of Professional Journalists, Sig ma Delta Chi (S PJ, SDX). great~r resources, better facilities and resulting fron1 a ~ipartisan, interrac · more people that help to malce the nationally-sponsored contest . ial national conf~rence held at Ho 91ne better product,'' said Henry Hall, ward in March 19.83 on the problem. now i1• its 13th year. is administered region
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(Jjp.ital Cities.«IJ ·o cap1tal1ze on me· r· ger· C.itiesb1nat1on/ABC radio.tosell.someofitscom l)old1ngs. Present regu·- . fJo train e er ...J"' t lations prohibit ownership of an AM. By Francesca Hare 11.111or s1&11 R~r- FM or TV combination in a single llollmp Stoff Rof">rl•• !or for the program. who is respons , Congressman Mickey Leland (D.. Cities owns seven TV stations in Phi~ stations are up for sale. It is expected market. Under a ~· 'grandfather'' pro- ible for recruiting participants, said, Tx.) said minorities should consider ladelphia; Houston; New Haven, that other properties will also be put vision, A~C was allowed to keep ··sometimes it's hard to get the ~enior purchasing the media holdings 6eing Conn.; Buffalo. N . Y . : Fresno. on the market. Because of FCC regu- such combinations when the FCC Senior citizens of Washington can citizens into the program. People get divested by Capital Gities Com- lations prohibiting a company from rules took.effect. Butasanewowner, receive free job training at the D.C . used to ·a certain stage in life or some munications Inc .. as a ·result of its owning two TV stations whose signal Capital Cities/ ABC Inc. would have Office on Aging Older \VorRers Em- timeS they just don't want to be a g re em en t to buy American areas overlap,, ,Capital Ci~ies like_I~ to dives} itself of the offending prop- ployment and Training Center. bothered, so I get their confidence." Broadcasting CO. Inc. (ABC). e'This is a r will also sell its Philadelphia station if erties. This traini11g program is offered to Janelle Thompson, program Leland. who is chainnan of the it is to retain the ABC New York The radio stations th.at may be U.S. citizens " 'ho are D.C. residents coordinator, said she feels that the Congressional Black Caucus and a magnificent chance station. availaDle include those in New York, and participants tnust be ;~ ~e 55 or older worker is the most reliable. member of the House Energy and f. • • ''This is a magnificent chance for Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, San over a,.(1 fall inti> the low-income ''Society 'should feel good about the Commerce Subcomll}ittee on Tele- or minonty minority investors· · tO buy one or more Francisco and Houston. brac ket · mature worker. They are the depeod communications, Consumer Protec- investors to buy of the TV stations that will be for ·:.Minorities should also bid for There are various types of training _able workers,'' she said. ''They tion and Finance, said the Capital sale." said Leland. ··sates of this- these very valuable properties," Le- progra 111 5 offered . Clerk/typist, · appreciate the job more, so they are Ci'ti~s/ ABC merger • 'presents a Olle Or more of the magnitudt> are usually completed be- land said. adding that Capital Cities senior se rvice aide, retail sales clerk. going to be there." unique opportunity for minorities to TV stations th. at fore the public is even aware that a would a1so get tax. certificates for home1nak_er1hea1th i.lide.1andscapi~_g 1 Not all of the eighty-one slots that purchase major market television and sale opportunity exists. A VHF net- sales of any of these radio stations to · floral design. and bank teller courses have been allotted for the senior citiz~ns have been filled and people radio properties... .t: ~ will be '"or sale•'' work affiliate will not likely be avail- minorities. are available. Persons involved in an ' He noted that Federal Com- J' able in a major market for sbme ·Capiial Cities owns cable systems on-the-job training program. such ;;is . can join while the program is in ses sion . i munications Commissio~ (FCC) time... serving 550,000 subscribers . Be· building maintenance. will receive cross-ownership regulations may also Leland pointed out that it is in f · · FCC b · t minimuni wage while. being trained. A stipend for a $35 per week is cause o ex.1st1ng ans aga1ns Funded under the Jobs Training provided for materials needed during require Capital Cities to sell its 54 Capital Cities' interest to consider TV networks owning cable systems. cable systems in l6 states. Calif.: Durham. N.C .; and Tampa. selling to nlinorities. C . c· . . l'k Partnership Act and adn1inistered by the training session. This stipend may ap1ta 1 1t1es w1 11 1 e 1y se_a_ 1_ th ~ the U.S . Department 0 t-Labor. this is also be used as transportation money · ABC owns five VHF TV stations in Fl a. ''First. Capital Cities could gener· bl d. t Lei d . I c· . . d W d ca e systems, accor ing o an . the second year this program has been to and from the center. New York, Los Angeles. Chicago. C apita ities announce e nes- ate incredibly positive public rela- H 'd bl t I to · · I ~ . B ff al d N H e sa1 ca e sys em sa es m1non- offered. Participants will seek em- Interested persons should call 724- d h 0 • ,De_tro_it_an_d_S_an__ F_ran~c-is_c_o_ . _c_a_p_ii_a_J __a_y_t _a_t_u_s_u__ _a_n __ ew_ · _av_e_n__ ti-dn_ s_b_y_su_c_h_a_s_a_ie_._"_h_e_s_a_id_._._'M_o_re ties would also bring t~ certificates. ploymcnt -after the \ ·11 ing pJ.noo has 5662 . ended l> •' for 8 fabulous days Ship departs New York on Thursday at . 2:00. , p.m. ' Saturday at 4:00 :p.m. arrives arriving back· at.. New York on. Saturday at 8 p.m. • Bermuda Monday a.m .... you dock in Bermuda until I Rates: ' \ From the West Coast .... . $1351JlO Live A Dream • DMC JAM MASTER JAY RUN 'From the Midwest ...... $116800 Aboard The ''King of Rock'' From the East Coast...... $107()00 · I (Plus $33°0 p~r person port tax) I" TIC • ' • with Special Guest D.C.'s' own ''Big a DE-SHYLA Apple'' • Option "· 2 Shows live at Cramton Audito'rium August 17 - 19 Saturday, April 20, 1985 Stay 2 days in New York at Admission $8.00 Students with ID the Omni Park Hotel .. : $10.0Q General Admission shop, visit the Empire State Showtimes 8 pm & 11 pm . Building, Statue of Liberty, United Nations, Rockefellow • • Center or see a Broadway ...... play.._ .______..______. ______Lm ------ ' •• • • • • • The Hilltop, Friday, April 12, 1985 Page 4 • ' . ' ' 'i Note-worthy • From page 1 '· • Report Minutes From page 3 ; • • ; • The 112-page report points out Surface Transportation Assistance Choir to sing on 16th anniversary ' several themes that permeated con Act of 1982 . l, . . ference discussions: Under present law, a mi srepresen By Freda Satterwhite said Bill Brawner, business manager broadened to include spirituals and choir into video and national 1elevi- ; tation 111ust be made directly .to the Hllll<>p S11ff Rcporw r and a charter mem~r of the choir. • *The Black com·munity must Play . anthem s, as well as gosJi>Cl music . sion. like Johnny Cars0n or . Merv~ Federal Government in order to in ' ·'Our members are rpotivated and a major role in implementing solu The Howard University Gospel The choir jilso serves' as a learning Griffin,' ', Brawer said. ; volve a cri1ninal sanction . In the sub very dedicated. '' institution, giving its m!embers the l 'he choir will be performing tion s to the problen1; Choir will celebrate its many musical onl .contracting area ''fronts'' deal direct Under the direction of Arphelius P . opportunity to gain experience Campus April 12 at Andrew· Rankin accomplishments at its 16th an * An i11itiative must be launched to ly with prime contractors so, tech Gatling Ill, who is graduate of the through working in the recording stu - Chapel. The group al so been invited• niversary on April 21 at Cran'lton Au help Black youngsters.stay ~n school , nically. there is no mi srepresentation University of Fine Arts, the choir re dio and working with professional by Twinky Clark of the Clark Sisters! ditorium . The choir recently returned ensuring their prepar~tion for jobs; to the United States. corded its fifth album, " God Can artists . Members also learn the busi - gospel group to perform in Detroit,! Mitchel l's bill would 1nake all such from the National Black Caucus Col Make A Way." in the fall of 1984. • Governn1ent support must be a tless aspect of the arts . Michigan in May. misrepresentations illegal ..regardles s legiate Choir Competition in New The scope of th_e choir's music has part of ··any real attempt· to solve the York where it placed second . '· am interested in ~th,..e'------:::- , problem;·· and of whether the y are made directly to • the- Federal Government or some Founded by Rosalyn Thompkins • * Black professionals and adults other party . Lynch and Melaine Russell Lee in the have a responsibil ity co serve as men ·" Tho se who abuse these fall of 1968. the interdenominational tors to Black youths. programs- both the minority an_d choir currently has over 50 members . n1aj ority pe rpetr.ators of such Membership is open to University ··A coalition of conscience must sc hemes--deserve punishments to students and community members. now move individuals and organiza suit their felonious crimes, ''.Mitchell Having travelled extensively tions within and outside of go - said. throughout the United States and emn1ental agencies to work togeth r ·· 1 am asking the U.S. Congress to abroad performing in churches, col in decreasi ng the disproportionate y change the existing law (a provision leges. the ~i~rsities. hospitals, and high level of Black unemplO}'n1ent, ' ot· the Small Business Act] to prisons , the group has also performed the report stated . I realistically reflect the criminality ot· with several well-known artists. ~ Edwards sa id the published pro- . th is offen se against the United States In the spring of 1983. the group ceedings are being sent to selectdd Government. U. S. taxpayers and eli performed at the Martin Luther King Hou se and Senate legislators , ·ma Y gible. legi timate di sadvantaged birthday celebration with Patti LaBel ors, con1n1unity organizations. Black businesses that lose out in competi le. Trumaine Hawkins. and Joan fraternities and sororitie s. Blac:k. un tion wi'th the fronts," he added . employment.·· the report stated . Baez at the Kennedy Center. They Mitchell said critics of affirmative were subsequently asked by Stevie Edwards said ' the published pro action and set-aside programs ex ceedings are being sent to selected Wonder to appear with him at the aggerate in their characterization of Capitol Ce ntre . House and Senate legi slators, inay- how widespread the practice of fro nt In the fall of 1984 the choir 1 ors. commun ity organizations. Black ing actually is. . appeaied with Patti LaBelle in the fraternities and sororities. Black ··Rather than correcting such seven-ni ght engagement at the Warn religious organizations. as _well as a·buses. these opponents would have philanthropic foundations . :· er Theatre . the Congress renege on its promise of ··our 1nain priority is to uplift the Copies of the report may be equal access to economic opportunity name of Jesus Christ through song." • obtained by writing '' Proce~din gs as n1andated by the Constitution and National Conference on Black Youth provided for in the Small Business © 1985 Beer Brewed by Miller Brewing Compa . Milwaukee, WI ' Unemployment, " ~chool of Human .4,.ct." Mitchell said . . Ecology, H,oward \Jniversity, Wash-, The sc heme of fronting gained ington. D.C. "20059. or by calling heightened publicity recently with the (202) 636-7 104 . New York City case involving U.S. Department of Labor Secretar Raymond J. Donovan. I Afro From page 1 Hilltop From page 1 Center. but is affecting the depart ism classes as "''ell as a business law ment as well . ·' lt means that we can course that she has completed have all not support reading room ·acquisi dealt with the issues in question . tio ns and will h'ave an effe ct ' on When Barrow was asked if Winn teachin' g and acquiring' more books had con1pleted the necessary course ' for next semesteT . ljhe Resource Cen requirements. he sai"d. ··she has and ter serves the entirC uniVersity com that 's al l 1·1n go ing to say." munity and not ljust the Afro Although Archer said that . as of American Studies ptpartment. •• yesterday his office had not received a Grant said this udget reduction, letter from Barrow indicating Winn's along with the re ocation, affects compliance. Barrow said that he is morale . ''You just want to do your working on the letter and will send it job. We cann ot ~erox. telephone to the office of student activities. calls are restricted. ~ t has an impact on Meanwhile, John Harrisingh, the how efficiently ou teach yo ur policy board chairman, said that the classes. board will address the issue at its Monday night meeting . Harrisi ngh said the board will seek to find out if ''the courses already 1 taken (by Winn] give her sufficient knowledge of the information that she needs to know.'· He added that a key Task Force issue is .whether the board overlooked a ··major fact ' ' when it ~ade its From page I selection. societal problems which have a di s Archer said such questions would not arise if the bOard made a practice proportio nate ii pact on Afro- 0frequesting evidence of completion 1 An1ericans. ·' • According to Ch ek , periodically , ot· al l' criteria before the interviewing groups and individ als at the Univer and selection process took place. sity ·'have prOpo ed that all un Winn said that because the criter io n in questio n is so vague, she dergraduate scuden s be required to complete , as a concf' ition for gradua- doesn't feel that there is a case to be discussed. ··1 told them I hadn't taken tion. a course or coprses designed to ' "' the communication law course ... expose them to a g±ater understand ( they knew that before they elected ·-· ing and appr~ciatio of the .culture, I history and role of fro-Americans'' me." she said . in the society . \ ' . Winn. also said that she feels that she should have been informed by the Although the prol'°sed committee decision date has bden scheduled for board that there was still some ques tion surrounding her qualifications . • April 26. Cathcart ~ aid he feels that ··I think it would have been a good committee meetingf will linger on · I due to ··a lot of prpblematic things idea for them to have mentioned it to that were involved n setting up the me in stead of having heard it through committee.' ' the grapevine .'' Jenkins said, "I'! re than likely , it [the committee] wil go on into next year. .. l Correction Baseball F•om P••• to Proctor said the sl w start was due to "a lot of mental i Id phystc. aJ errors at the wrong times ,' as well as play- Patricia Roberts ing teams that had played more games than the Bison. team's goal this Harris' age was Hinton added the • year-as well as e ery year-is to • • "win the MEAC c ampionship and incorrectly stated • tournament. We • get into the NCAA • have to continue to lay well because last week. ' e NCAA tourna- ,'. you cannot get into •' ment with a medi .500 record." She was 60. •' • • ' · On a l,ighter sider.congratulations l • I' io Jerry Davis, who i~ the first Howard baseball player to make it to the big I ' leagues . He was the ~tarting left field· •' er for the San Dieg Padres on open- ing day. l I l j I Tl'ie Hilltop, Friday, April 12, 1985 Page 5 JWH AT A 0 ....'f: ~Of' ESSQR 5M;TH iHIN'Kf:t. t)()N'i ge c.v~ .: R~ t..:.:•.::.H~i.L----- HAVE. ONL'< ONE" C l.A.~S ! ANO T.H,.._T TE~ 11 M NOT! W£ NEE't> 1'0 MA~E. MAKING WAVES 1N C P.t.C..ULUS 'll f\IEED To lftt/\)( I SOME WAVE.'S. 1 6A6 Y ~ WELL I GOT. 50MEl'lfJNG To RELIEVE YOuR TE~$ \C N ~ • SPECIAL ~'~.-' W1'VES ! \)ON'T WORRV--Yo U'L\.. r.1 SEE WHAT I ME°"-N ! DISCOUNT • • OFFER $6.00 Per-Student $8.00 Non-.Student 400 7th St. NW Washington, D ~ C . 737•- 1818 • • PT IC IA NS • / a california hot tub/suntan spa EYE CARE CENTER . 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" in which Joseph Perkins. unpopular with c ivil rights g roups and many With the possible exception of ~ finl1 fo1ner nlanaging editor of The Hillrop, ad Clarence Pendleton, virtually every But other scholars have now es- ~themselves ''blacklisted'' from per Blacks. Black person in the United States has tablished the fact that Mark Twain forming at any function sponsored by vocated Blli.ck coriservatism. was quite Opera singer Leontyne Price s ings in, her shocking to say the least. directly experienced racial discrimi provided the funds of Warner T the United Nations. te levisio n pitch for the: U11ited Negro College nation. In its more overt forms. rac McGuinn to attend Yale Law Schooi Liberals such as Harvard Law pro It see1ns as if Perkins was not and is not in Fund. " W e're not asking for a handout, just a ism has meant Jim Crow restrictibns , in the 1880s. McGuinn went on to fessor Alan Dershowitz are outraged tune with. re&!ity. Making comments such as hand ... Maybe Reagan and Perkins haven' t the inability to obtain jobs, educa become an NAACP leader and a ma- that artists who have profited fronithe Blac k leadefs react in "traditionally knee heard this vet! tion , and decent housing and the lack jar contributor to desegregation cam- racist regime should be censured in jerk liberal fashion to issues across the of political rights. More subtle are paigns in Baltimore. Twain's Ia'n- any way. The United Nation's action It is obvious that Perkins pra~tice s what he board '' and uggesting that ··total anarchy'' other manifestations of racism, such guage in his novels and essays is is a '·_civil libe~ies . violation, '' De prea, he< since he has "helped himself" to the as the assignment --. of school texts racially slanted by icontemporary rshow1tz complains 1n a recent essay: \vould result if everything that Black leade rs p osition of editorial writer for Tl1 e Wc1/I supponed w s put into law. is total nonsense. which foster racial stereotypes. Both standards, bu.tit is simply i~correct to ''Consi~er an artist who is against .Street } {Jtlr11 i.1l. and nothir1g is wrong with Perkins' c 'aim that the· Black liberal p.l)wer fomis of racism have forced Afro attribute to him a Reag~ite contempt ap~e1d ~ut who performs to a Black . this. Ho wever, nlaliing staten1ents like: " I Americins to initiate strategies of re for Black people. ''Huck Finn'' tries audience 1n Soweto ... the artist base will er de as a result of Black liberals ca11not think o f o ne occasion in my li(e when I sistaiice which, in tum, raise serious to condemn white society for l ts own sho_u~dn't be. ~uni~~e~ ,for his or her lack of fresh ideas for resolving poveny. un was d enied so1ne thing by vi nue o f 1ny being quest ions about the relationship be ~rpetuations of racial inequality. If ~~1tical dec1s1on . First, ~uch ''log • en1ploy111en and crime and other long- Black. It's quite anachronistic for young tween the rights of the oppressed vs. .Hitler's '" Mein Kampf•• is available 1c w~uld scarcely be applied by De s tandin~. prople1nr.; ii;; !als~. . . free speecfi and civil liberties. in school libraries as a testament to rshow1tz and other white liberals ab Blacks to consun1e then1selves \Vith politics Manning rytarable. 1n his H11/1op ed1h1rial. Examine the controversy sur racism and anti-Semitism. ''Huck out American artists who perfonned, of race.·· is a prep·Osterous presun1ption. "Bey,~nd LiT,eralisin-_· (Friday 415185). said rounding the nineteenth century Finn· · should be present as a flawed let's say, in Nazi Germany in the Maybe he should think a little harder about that L1beral1s1n still retai ns many fine nove l by Mark Twain. ''The Ad but noble effort by a white liberal who ' l 9~0s . Second, virtually none of the \vhat continues to be race discri111ination . o r ventures of Huckleberry Finn.·· Most attempted to challenge .the racism of · artists o~ th~ U.N. boycott list have qualities- a esire to implen1ent public pro talk to those who have been discriminated literary critics agree that the book is a his era. · been act_1ve 1n the Free South Africa gra111s which reduce poverty and unen1ploy against because of the color of their skin. classic in American literature, rank A second, slightly different, con- M~ven:ient .. Most had no contact or n1ent. expan public health facilities. reduce Maybe he has n ' t . but others have and do ing with Ralph Ellison's ''Invisible b"oversy relates to the efforts of anti- sol1d¥1tY with oppressed Africans i.n taxes on low to-middle inco1ne households. Man'· and the 1,1,•orks by Hennan Mel apartheid activists who have urged side the ap~eid regime. They went - experience this . Eve11 ccono111ist A11drcw and a des ire o reduce the bloated Pentagon ville, Ernest Hemingway, Alice the boycotting of artists, athletes and ~o South :"fnc~ for the money, per Brin1n1er acknowledgei::t that discri111i nation is budget . . . .. · \Valker and other great writers. Mark entertai ners who .have traveled to 1od . And 1n thelf lust for profits, they a barrier to Blac k economic develo pn1ent. . Judging fr'i'm last week's anicle on Pe r Twain was a staunch opponent of South Africa. Several months ago, ~acitly rein~orced the cultural viabil The Perkins· article • The Hiiitop, Frldey, Aprll 12, 1985 P•1• 7 - . -·-- Jerome Segal A possible end to Middle East madness • The recently con · luded accord be The Hussein-Arafat agreement 'Resolution 242 calling for with ti! it accepts Resolution 242 and arate state that went beyond the West to take steps which will conflml that tween King Husse n of Jordan and makes it clear that the dominant wing drawal from territories occupied in Israel's right to exist. These debates Bank, in the midst of which would ' the road of negotiations holds some • PLO Chairman Yas ·er Arafat, which of the PLO is today willing (o live at 1967 , termination of all claims of bd miss the main point . They are legalis have been Jerusalem, with the status promise for the Palestinians. The peacC with Israel , provided that a just lligerency, and respect for the rights tic ar211mP.nts over what is essentially of an international city. The Palestin l·'nited States should renew the call nf solution to the national aspiration of Middle East negoti~tion~. has not be of all states to Iiv:e in peace within a politic~ act calling for a political re ians and the Arab nations turned that the Reagan plan for a freeze on West en fully appreciated. It opens the the Palestinians can be found. secure and recognized boundaries. spo11se. down because they t'elt it was unjust. Bank settlements, and it should n1eet possibility of a ma*r transformation The recent accord commits the The second principle of the accord For the first time ever. Hu ssei n and For 19 years aft.er the 1948 War, Jor with a joint Palestinian/Jordanian in the Middle East ~ ) _Recognizing the PLO and Jordan io the'use of peaceful calls for self-determination for the Ar:lfat hiivP. come forward with a oro dan controlled the West Bank, and no delegation that includes members. of importance of the pr., Egypt's presi means to a Middle East settlement. It Palestinian people within the context posc.11 for face -to-face negotiations Palestinian state was created. llten, in the PLO. In short, the United States dent, Hosoi Mubar . has called on provides for joint action by the two of a confederation of Jordan and - with the Israelis i'n order to end the the 1967 war, Israel gained control should restate its commitment to the the United States to meet with a panics and specifies a set of princi Palestine. This is significant because, state of belligerency ~irected at over the West Bank. Today people principle of self-determination for the Jordanian/Palestini"f.1 delegation as a . ples to govern peace negotiations. rather than calling for an independent · Israel. They have both taken great who have spent their lives fighting Palestinians; and it should challenge first step towards w.·der ~ace nego The first principle of the accord is Palestinian state, it endorses the idea· personal risks in making this move. against what they perceived as in Israel and the PLO to demonstrate tiations. This is a rar opportunity that ''land in exchange for peace as ,cited of confederation with Jordan . and Arafat has greatly deepened·the justice are saying' 'allow us to negoti their commitment to peace and jus • • the United States s ould seize with in UN [United Nations) resolutions. At the moment, there is intense de divisions within the PLO by doing so. ate a solution that g'ives us f:lr less tice . ' • vigor and imaginati n. including the Security Council Reso bate over the meaning of each sen- Admlti:Cdly, the accord.ls open to than what we .once were offered and To n1any in both- he U.nited States lutions. '' Land for peace is precisely tence' in the accord. In addition, there multiple interpretations. and is not a we will make peace.'' Jerome Segal, Ph.D. , a contributor and Israel. the PLO has lx'.en viewed the concept that underlies t~e lsraeli is debate over whether or not PLO 'forthright recognition of Israel. But Husse.in and Arafat have acted with to JPS Features, is a member of As an organization 30n1mined to the Egyptian peace agreement. R~fer partnership in the accord .constitutes we must unders tand what it courage and realism in drafting their Washington Area Jews for an Jsraeli ultin1a1e des1ruci1ion of Israel . ence to UN resolutions that cite such fulfillment of the conditions laid represents. The 194 7 United Nations accord. In response, the United St.ates Palestin'ian Peace, one of several Certainly there waSf a point in tin1e an ex.change allows the accord to be down by the United States when it Partition Plan . backed by the United does not now have to grant ''recogni Jewish groups thai have called for ' when this descriptijn was accurate . interpreted as acceptance of UN pledged not to recognize the PLO un- States. offered the Palestinians a sep- tion·' to the PLO-what it has to do is dialogue wirh the PLO ." David Sweet l The Nicaraguan nightmar~ ' In the President's Fampaign te pre Sp:>nsored conJra raiderS . My research given no food or water in an effort to town is defended house-to-house t·or coffee growet well known in the re The contra are not the counterpart !> pare Congress and !the public for a so far has included a review of all persuade them to broadcast anti thirteen hours by a few dozen teach- · gion for his willingness to work with of the heroes whQ defended our fra vote to re -fund t e Nicaraguan available U.S., Mexican and Nicara Sandinista propaganda over the con ers, truck and 1ractor drivers. office _ the Sandinista government and his gile Revolutio~ at Valley Forge .. counter-revolution 1forces. he con guan press accounts of contra attacks tra radio. They refuse. proclaiming to employes and other before ·govern- commitment to maintaining high They are a gang o·fTorries with their tinues 10 refer 10 th n1 as- ··freedo1n on Nicaraguan communities since the last their faith in Jesus Christ and ment forces arrive to drive off the · levels of productivity, is kidnapped ex-slave and Indian collaborators fighter." even ''b ers." the mcxi 1980. a'nd gathering personal the Sandinista revolution, and are a11ackers: 47 · people are killed. in - by the contras and later beat~n and. who have been anned to the teeth and em counterparts of the founders of testimonies from a large number of summarily executed with a handgun . eluding all th~ nlale heads of fan1ilies bayoneted to death-presumably to trained in the arts of sabotage and our Republic. m.... n whose struggle Nicaraguans and visiting American *Pantasma, Jinotega (population in one cooperative . several teachers serve as a warning to other patriotic assassination in their northern places merits the wholehe ed support of religious persons and others who 1000). October 17 , 1983. This is the (son1e of them wo111en ) and a Pente- members of the private sector. He of refuge . They have then been sent every true America . Mr. Reagan is have witnessed these attacks . center of a rich agricultural region cos1al pastor. who died defending the leaves a wife and five young children. back to wage a ''covert'' war against no studenl of either ntral American Here is a sampling of the more than where most farmers ow,n their own 'places \.\'here the)' \vork . Rt)ughl y •1 All of these attacks and the others I the real patriots,· to carry out a pro or United States his ory . 300 individual acts of violence land and are organized in European 1nillio11 dollars in da111age is do11e to have documented were directed not gram of terror, murder, rape, pillage As an An1erican who spent the against Nicaraguan communities and style purchasing and marketing coop trucks. tractors and installations. against the Sandinista government and the desh11ction of crops and pub Alliance fo~ Progre' s years working citizens which I have been able to eratives. and where a few once land *Ocotal. Nueva Segovia (popula- and anned forces, but against ordin- lic property, by a recalcitrant King in rural community cJ.evelopment pro document so far: less farm laborers have recently been lion 21 ,000). June I.1984. Son1e500 ary country people aild the service George Who is detennined to reverse gran1s in three Lli~i · n American *El Ural. Nueva Segovia. Decem organized into kibbi,tz - like ~0 11trc1 ~ attack at do.1\vn \v itl1 n1ortars. · personnel who work alongside them the course of history at aiiy cos1 countries and who ?as taught Latin ber 28, 1982, . Felipe and Maria Eu - collectively-owneO production coop rockets and incendiary bon1bs. The in trying to use the government's land Americans faithful to the best tra.!1 . American history '1!' t of the time genia Barreda. Catholic lay leaders erati\•es. Two-handed fif.ty ('Or1tra s attack is aimed pri111aril)' a1 a large reform, public education and public tions of our people will have no tru 1..i... since. 1 have been a pains to try and and prime n1overs of the Curisillo de "ttack at dawn on a day when n1ost of lun1ber 1nil l. the electric power sta- health programs to raise the living with such folks, beyond carrying out lefilTI the truth about ! hat is going on Cristian-dad movement in Esteli, are the town's militia are off on patrol in' tion . a coffee drying and processing standard of a people long sunk in a humane program for their resettle 1 in Nicaragua. To th tend. I have vi captured by the contras while search of 1hem . They" single out of-the plant . the radio station i1nd the grain chronic severe poverty. Other fa ment and reeducation in the United sited and travelled there on three volunteering their labor of the coffee offices of the adult education pro storage facilit ies. Several hundreds of vored targets are the lay religious States. occasions. Last sum er I began work harvest on a nearby state farm . T~ey gram. the agricultural credit and ex. th9usands of dollars damage is do11e . leaders who help k"eep a biblical on a book about th experiences. of are taken to a nearby camp in Hon tension programs. the grain storage Fifteen lives·are lost by the defenders. Christian faith (whether Protestant or David Sweet teaches Latin America11 ' Nicaraguan rural co munities with duras, where witnesses say Maria Eu facilities, the ministry of pu':llic most of them civilian s. Catholic alive among a population history at the University .ofCalifor,1ia • • the Somoza and \andinista gov genia is raped and both are kept naked works. the police station and the two *Matiguaz. f\1atagalpa . Jul y 2 1. constantly threatened by the forces of a( Santa Cruz ernments. and wfth the U .S .- for several days. badly beaten and new ·-Afoduction cooperatives. The 1984 . Noel Ri vera Morraz. a \\'eal1hy the most powerful nation op earth. • The Undergraduate Student Assembly I i Presents ' , April 14-20, 1985 • I Monday, April 15 I Sunday, April 14 t Lecture .,..) ~· Gospel Explosion" Location TBA • I Andrew Rankin Chapel 6:30pm 7:00pm /I • $2.50 Students/ $5.00 General Admission . .. " .J *- *\ * Tue-sday, April 16 * 1 fashion Show Wednesday, April 17 · I "fresh and fancy" Comedy House Cramton Auditorium 7:30pm · 7:30pm Punchout ' $2.00 Admission • • -~-- * * Friday, April 19 Saturday, April 20 Thursday, April 18 Creek Night Party ''Picnic'' Variety Show Ballroom Main Campus • Blackburn Center Cramton Auditorium 12:00-6:00pm 10:00-2:00pm 7:00·10:00pm ,., Sl.00 Admission * $3.00 Admission • • • ' • n be urchased at Cramton auditorium NOW! ' • . I 0 I ire , ' are enten a1n1ng . First, we meet a completely save this pfoduction. In By Garry G. nny c gang of hoodlums who look like a his execution of a tried and true movie 11 •u111p SWJ iurr cross between bikers and Shoguri formula, director Michael Schultz In the e~ly 1970s, lfilm audiences warriors. Their leader, an obnoxious manages to illicit some pleasure, but eVerywhere were enthralled with the character by the name of Sho' Nuff. fails to explain some very blatant·mis advenlures of a Black detective clean- takes in continuity. For example: ing ~p crime-ridden Istreets . Well , has a goaJ in life of crushing Leroy and remaining ·'the kung fu master of Why would a young Black resident of • where " Shaft" fai le9 to red_uce the Harlem ... Harlem speak in classic broken .. Black in1age in the me~ia, BeR"Y Gor- Up next in this parade of fantastic Oriental tongue '! Are the streets of. dy's ·'The La_st Dragqn' · bas picked happenings is the extremely fine Van- Harlem really filled with criminal ju up the ball and run Ii e crazy . ity . In her role as Laura Charles. she · veniles that dress as extras for the In the Molown!fr -Star Pictures plays a video queen who is being miniseries '.'Shogun'' '! Or. whe.n release. ''The Last ragon, ·· the victimized by a success-crazed video martial arts masters clash in battle, contrived union of adolescent fantasy producer. Because Laura, the pro can one really see multi-colored arcs and karate n1ake~ for moyie that is ducer's latest prodigy, refuses to air of light stream from their hands and ;illy and strangely e citing . As the his music video. she is continually feet? s1ory develops, the ain character, assaulted and kidnapped. But enough of the sil ly stuff.~ known locally as 8 ce Leroy, has Aside from some poorly executed jusl completed his , t aining in the But not to worry. It 's Bruce Leroy concepts. weak acting on behalf of 111artial arts. His maSter, who is j:st to fhe rescue. Through the use of his I Vanity and Julius J . Curry Ill as Sho like e\•ery other stereo{ypical mast r, advanced martial ans. Leroy man- . 'Nuff, and a very disappointing realizes that .hi s pup' ! is ready to ages to defeat any number of hoods. sound track, which includes De e111bark on higher leaTning after he assassins and s treet vermin . Barge, Stevie Wonder and Alfie. catches a speeding arrf w in mid-air. Fortunately, for the viewers' sake. ''The Last Dragon· · is extremely During his adventu1s in the streets the fighting sequences are engaging entertaining and watthable. Howev· of liarlen1. Leroy i~. 1 m~t by chal- and truly entertaining. er. let's not confuse good quality with Taimak as Bruce Leroy Va nity as Laura Charles Julius Carry, Ill as 9l o' ~uff Jenges that are as implr usible as they • Alas , though, it is no't enough to entertainment in this case. • • a· air I fl ara Sjw.iMI l I .' Meet Wendell Tvedt. r 'I • • . Would you belie-\!~ ' he's about • • ' • - ~ l • to become Americai's #} hunk? ' I . • • • • . - &. I I I • • • • • • • • ' What happens to him, • •• could happen to you! ' '• • ' • ! ' ' ·. • • • I uus' a r1 • A JAMES FRP1N1.EY ALM "FJ1AJt.RNrlY U'ICAllON" """•STEPHEN GEQFFREYS SHEREE J. WILSON CAMERON DYE TIM ROBBINS LEIGH MCCLOSKEY MAlT McCOY JOHN VERNON ,_.,BRAD FlEDEL w-."" Ul'VSAY HARRISON rom Howard University Depar blld"t of Drama's production of . "'~ -• I ...... , ROBERT c. PETERS "' ... ., JAMES FRllMIUV . Ila, NEW ll()RU) ~ ' fquu1; which open.id last ni!tit and runs two waak1nd1. Pictured from left . IR~I-=.Kr-. , ;,;;; -· ·------...... ;; • ' · to ri!tit are Anthony' Rojas, ·Wayne Yorke, 9:ott Snith, ~ ·orman Cooley, Timothy Murray, Mark !Ubrook1 and 1<9ith Wri"1t. • • • • • • The Hiiitop, Frldey, April 12, 1985 Page 9 HILLTOPICS l 'o a dear Frat broth~r We can match you to five or more l'll 1n1ss }'1111 . I can·1 believe thal sources of financial aid regardless of For all Health Professional Students: ATTENTION STUDEliTS! PRO you Y. 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SATURDIW : H~ CH1<15 ! "TH• 61G /"l.ONl>A'(; 1 -:I YEAt1, so r cHE'«reD 6N 'fttAI 1 PAltfY IS IONJCTH !·gi;s1oe.<;, rr's SAT .,. fHlS WA<; ON "TJ.1€ 1'"kST. 1 &fr 1'li.rr.. Sl/T IT'~ BETre~To C.HeAT iH~N To Ul!:D ...'( • 'tOlJ CA Al-~O &El SOM ~ 1T1 OOE:SN'T MP\TlER ,I'M (j-OllllG Re~! JJow J: CAN &i=T THE~ Stt,.rrl::.tJ..ES 1 OFF 1.-E'r ME. 0 0 0 • • • ' ' ' • • ' s 'un it ta I itc er In the swing. By J" Trotter ' had a ·no-hittP..r going in the fifth inn past players get drafted, I noticed that ness is gone.'' the season. the team was playing like Hilliop SWf Rtpein<:r ing . ''No one want~to tell me I was there is only a slim chance of becom- He said baseball ' 'is something I the ''Bad News Bears, " but he con Bison ' pitching a no-hit g e . In the sixth ing a pro. So I' m really concentrat- like to dO . '' But at the start of the siders lhe team a ''mediu1n Howard When Tracy Proctor takes the inning, I told one of e players, 'I got ing on getting my degree (in season, Proctor couldn't have been squad, a scratch team." mou~d, opposin' ba!ters know that a no-hitter going so let's keep it go Thiiaj)eUt1c -Recreation].·· • too happy with . the way the Bison Proctor feel s he has improved his he w111· not be them much The 21-year-old junior said he be- were playing. The team won only seek title rw1ng ing . ' I took the position that if they are pitching since coming to Howard. "junk." gan playing baseball nine years ago at four of its first 16 games, before going to get a hit, they're going to get Hitting the strike zone with con The six foot-t~ree, hard-throwing the #12 Boys Club. He accepted a winning eight of its last 11 games. a hit." . sis.tency is his main flaw. according to right-hander from Washington's Proctor. considers himself a baseball scholarship to Hov.·ard after ' 'We were making a lot of mental 1 Coach Hinlon. But even·· if Proctor defense McKinley Tech ~igh School said he ''thinking pitcher,·· in that he tries to a successful high school career, but and physical errors at the wrong puts people on base. he feels he has a is ''always willing to challenge a bat found that t_he transition from high times,'' said Proctor of the poor start. ''get you out any way possible." But ''good pick-off move.'' • By Jim Trotter ter. I say to myj;elf [when thinking he said hi s strengths are his ·'fastball school to college was a ''big one.'' · ''We were getting disgusted with lhe Hilltop SWT Rcpoitc • about the op(X>si~g batter] "here's my and slider.·' ''In college baseball. there is more way we were playing and finally stop ··we !pitchers) practice our pick . . 'best; give me yoor best .' '' ''Tracy is a power pitcher, " said mental involveTnent (than in high ped arguing with each other and de off moves regularly, and I have confi Howard's ·baseball team appears t When Proctor throws his ''best'' Coach Hinton. ''He's awfur"'tough schoo.l]," he said .. ''Also. it's more cided to play 'Bi.son Baseball.' W~ dence in it, " he added. be gaining ''momentum'' just in tim he is literally un~ittable ~ Just ask St. when he's getting the ball down and competitive.·' were hurting ourselves, bul now we ''We have lhe strongest team in the to defend its Mid-Eastern Athleti Augustine's bas~ball team . All he did in the strike zone. If he keeps-it up, Proctor said baseball gives him a are playing together: we've come MEAC." said Proctor. And as long Conference championship, this wee was pitch a no-hiher against them last he ' ll have a future [in baseball] ." :·chance to release my hoslilities and together as a team, and final!)' got as he continues ro pitch the way he in Greensboro, N .C., according t month, the first in his Howard career. Proctor said he is 'nol counting on a fears . Before the game·I get nervous. team spirit.·· and others feel he can, Howard will baseball Head Coach Chuck Hinton. He said he be j an to realize that he career in baseball. ''After watching but after the first pitch. my nervous- Proctor saidthat,atthebeginningof continue to be strong. The ~ison opened the MEA - championship tournament Thursda against the winner of the North C:arc>-1 lina A&T - Morgan State game. .Netters· suffer from academic strain ''The big thing we have going fo us in this tournament is momentum," ' . said Hinton . ''We're beginning t ' By Ray Ragland ' . That competitiveness has been put and Saint Augustine ( 1-8) no doubt play we11 1·· . to the test in 11 out 22 matches Hi!llCJI r R~ provided hi s players with some sound After a 4-12 record to start the sea already and although the record st experience. All was not lost on the son. the Bison has won C1ght o Losing one-thi of a winning team ands at an unusually low 1-10. Strick· trip as Howard registered an im their last 11 games to post a 12-15 is no joy for ·an coach, but it has land said he feels that level of compe pressive 9-0 victory over Bethune record entering the tournament. taught team Coa h Larry Strick.land • • tition has been high. Cookman College. ··we sHould win it [the champion the meaning of revision and hard ship], butisometimes the best [t~am] The Netters have dropped matches work. • doesn't "\in. You have lO play one • • to Rutgers, 0-9; Navy, 0-9; num However, Pope and Karim have Strickland s:Vd three of the fout game at 3! time," said Hinton. ber one ranked Hampton Institute, 1- kept their winning styles intact. Pope players wer~ infligible becau~e . of • "I'm pleased by the performance academics, someftting he feels 1s in ' • 8; Loyola, 3-6; and George Mason, registered wins over Loyola's Peter Giffith 4-6,6-4,6-3, and George of the team. They're playing ha{d and excusable. The opter pl~yer opt~ to 2-7. Veterans Darryl Pope and Aasif hitting the ball really well: but our Karim (the only two left from las[i Mason's Gordan Jackson 5-7,6- 1,6- leave to fulfill graduation require pitching stands out at this time," he season's squad) are filling the number 1, while Karim (the only player on the ments. said. one and number two singles slots. team with a winning record) stopped The l 984-85 tennis season got off According to Hinton, the pitching I ' The remaining four singles are made #I Hampton's Datus Murray 6-2,7- to its second half jWith the loss qf four has been the most ·'consistent·' part up of fOur players including one 6, Loyola's Chris Hodge 6-4,6-4 and of its top six singles players, includ of the team and is what makes this woman, who until this season has George Mason's Dele Young 6-2,7- ing freshman floyd Henderson, who year ~S team ' 'better'' than last year's never played for Howard. 5. went undefeated Ifor the fall ~ason . MEAC championship team. ''I would rad1er see my playe:S "The game is pitch/pg and you can Strickland knows coaching in graduate than win a college tennis, Strickland said his team will be only gd as far _as your pitching takes experienced players is bound to bring match," Strick.13fd said. "The key is back on the right track next season, you," he said. .,_ some losing results, but as he puts it. to be' able to do bdth and with the right · but in the meantime, the Netters will Hinton said the Bison are le'd by the ''we never walk on to court thinking discipline, it can be done." have to worry about their next pitching of Donald White, Tracy Pro we 're going to lose." Strickland's heory is that dis opponent- none other than the form ctor, Glenn Abraham, and Clyde As expected, the Netters' annual cipline comes wi hard wo~ ~d Qe er Howard tennis team coach· for 9 Ru:.sell . . , spring trip proved to be a toukh cont has been inco~i:ating that into the years, Eddie Davis, who will be Hinton attributes the Bison's slow minds of his pl, yers. With a large est (the team went 1-.6 for the trip). bringing his George Washington start to the team playing a lot of portion . of last season's wi_nning Strickland saw it as a chance for his squad to Howard. Davis led the Net Southern t~ams that had already play new players to get some experience squad sidelined, ~trick.land has been ters· to eight winning season,s and four ed 10 to 2@ more games than his team under their belts. Playing teams like putting extreme Iemphasis on hard Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ti had played' . , 1 Armstrong State (0-9), Morehouse work. This seasop's team has had to tles _while he coached at Howard. (1-8), Citadel (1 -8), Furman (0-9), Seo BASEBALL page 4 almost entirely fbui~d, an_d Strick land concedes that it is not as good as -- .last season's squad. CHEERLEADIN, QUESTIONNAIRE ·'This season s squad is not as good as last fall's r but with hard work The Cheerleaders of Howard University would like to . we can bccompe "tive,'' said Strick B}· rian B ranch- P ric~ · Thc Hilltop land . returns a volle to a Geor Mason Universit o ::;":::•:::n•:.·----' know your response to our performance this year. PLEASE CHECK THE ANSWER OF YOUR . He' quick onhis eet. • • CHOICE - 1. Do you think that the Cheer.leaders worked well with the I By C....aii After coming to Howard, Skerritt's But lhe 4x4 relay team he was a mem crowd this year? · ·...... interest in track grew, and in the ber of was disqualified in the semifin I . ~ spring of 1983 he entered the Howard als. Skerritt said he plans to run again / . Yes No bne of the pre ier runners on Ho- track program as a walk-on and has in the 1988 Olympics if he remains 2. ( Do you think that the Cheerleaders loo~ed eneirgetic when w.Id's track team Is 21 -year-0ld Anton been running for them ever since. healthy. ~k¢ rritt, a junior majoring in account Skerritt has only praise for ''the ''Working with Coach Moultrie is they perfo11ned? • ing[ Howard experience'' academically, h"ard work. We have our ups and Yes No ___ ~Jpon his arrival at Howard, Sker socially and athletically. When asked downs, but the results and rewards ritt had visions of foccer balls dancing why he chose Howard, Skerritt said, justify going through it all ." 3. How would you rate the confidence of the Cheerleaders when in l[is head, but now he also makes ·'I found Howard very challenging they perfo1med their cheers on a scale from 1 to 5? stri~es for the track team serving two academically and that's the main rea Skerritt said he has room for per ' [)..; [) [) [) (] 1118.kters instead of one. Skenitt plays son I came here. Secondly, I thought I sonal improvement. In the NCAA ~ijfield for Hbward's soccer team would enjoy going to a Black institu Championships a week ago, he said 1 Jowe!\t 2 3 4 5 hlghest • ::J runs the I and 800-meters in tion.'' he did not run a good race tactically Did the Cheerleaders snille when they went out on the fl06r ,k. At this point in his running career, although he fmished fourth with a time 4. Tue Trinidad- m star is a great Skerritt said that he is performing at of 1:02.:42 in t~e 500-meters. to perform? asset to the track team and the track about 85 percent of his potential and I . Yes No ___ program as a wtiole. Unlike many indicated that his peak should come . Skenitt is looking forward to the other collegiate nlnneq;~ Skerritl;has just in time for the Penn Relays in Penn Relays, which will be held April 5. What about our cheering techniques? beep running only sirice his senior April. - 24-27. By then, he hopes to be at 100 PERFECT OK TERRIBLE y~ in high school . It was in Canada, Since he has$en at Howard, Skeri percent and if he isn't, he'' ll still have where he now re1ides, that Skerritt ritt has improved his running so much vision:s of soccer balls and track shoes A. Use of arms started ruilning ~or Campbell Col that he made it to the quarterlinals of dancing iri his head. There's always B. Use of legs legi~te High School. 1 the 400-meters in.the 1984 Olympics .. next year. C. Head movements D. Ttmtnj{ E. Voice ~ What about our personalities? GREAT OK WUSY ~!011111 ...... and Allen al~o finished 1-2 in the Jong on winning. We think it is becoming The Howartl UniverSitj men'S anat jump while Bailey captured the triple one of the top meets on the East A. Spirit women's track an~field teains will be JUmp. Coast. '' · B. Eye contact looking to improve their marks when The men also turned in outstand Following the Howard Relays, the C. Poise • they host the 11th Annual Howard ing efforts. The foursome of Anton men's and women's teams will pre 7. What about our jumps? Relays on Saturd'!r, April If at 9 Skerritt, Victor Jordan, Neil Madison pare for the MEAC Outdoor Cham No a.m. at Gallaudet -~allege. and Donald Battle took the 4x400- .pionships in Orangeburg, S.C., April A. Are they hlgh? ~ women's te:am is coming off meter relay. The sprint medley relay 18-20. 1 B. Do they have form? .an t. pressive p1rfofmance last team of Jerald Council, Richard The 4x400-meter relay figures to wee end at the Wi liam & Mary In- Louis, Skerritt and Battle finished be one of the most exciting races in C.. Are they Umed correctly? vitati1 nal . - second to Villanova, while Ralph both the men's and women's college ' . !11f quartet of sophomore reresa Gomes, Randolph Chadwick, Battle division. The men's section shapes up ·8. How was our gymnastics ability? as a battle among Howard, Delaware • Allen, junior Brer' da Bailey, and and Lonell Johnson placed second in Horrible __ freshman Connie Hitchcock and the' 4x800-meter relay. State and St. Augustine. The latter Fabulous Average ---.. Jani9c Kelly captyred the 4xl00- · "We look at the Howard Relays as two have already run 3:07 or better. 9. What new or different things would you like to see: tlte 1985- mete~ relay. The 4~400-mcter relay a meet that fosters good competi team of Hitchcock, l>orothy Wilson, In all, there will be approximately tion," says Howard Coach William 86 Howard Cheerleaders do? • Kelly and Tisa R.lbinson finished i5 All·~ compctlng in whai - • • L • .Moultrie. "It will be an opportunity l:lleac clip cu•1t-W1c : and return to the Office of Sn..tmJ Activities - Rm. Il7 Blackbum Co*t. second in. ~ir eveflt. for us to improve our marks. This is is fast-becoming one of ihe firicSt meets on the East Coast. · Tue multi-talented duo of Bailey not dual meet where the emphasis is • I ' •