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GEAR UP FOR THE 2008 ELECTION NATION & WORI,DIPAGE 7 WEATHER ~ 55 ~ ,~, 40 Tomorrow: ~-.>.i,.r 54 ~-y ?;(t~ 37 The Daily Student .Voice ·of Howard University
Established VOLUME 91, NO. 49 ~. THEHILLTOPOfLINE . COM 1924 T uesday, November 6, 2007 ' BREAKING NEWS CAMPUS LIFE & STYLE GOVERNMENT WATCHDOGS F1ND THAT 21,000 NANOTECHNOLOGY APPEALS TO STUDENTS YOUNG COUPLES LOOK BEYOND 'ENGAGED ruesday PEOPLE WERE MISTAKENLY LET INTO THE U.S. USING A PIMPED Ot.rr VAN - ·ffi-TECH STYLE. AND UNDERAGE' LABEL AND FOCUS ON THE Notebook LAST YEAR DUE TO.SECURITY LAPSES, CNN SAID. THE SYMPOSIUM ENDSTODA~ IMPORTANCE OF STRONG RELATIONSHIPS. PAGE2 PAGEIO Bush Administration 'Reviewing' Aid to Pakistan BY MARK SILVA alistic option for trying to protect firing the chief justice and plac essarily suspending all of the aid C BS' ''Face the Nation," called the of dollars the U.S. has given to his Chicago Tribune (MCT) U.S. interests in Pakisl:an. ing supreme court justices under it provides to Pakistan because of U.S.-Pakistani alliance "the most country in military aid. Many in Much of the alliance house arrest, the Bush adminis the state of emergency declared dangerous and complex relation Washington have criticized him , WASHINGTON In that President Bush has forged tration comes face to face with the Saturday night. ship that we have .... Right now, for not doing enough to combat light of the state of emergency with Musharraf -- including de conflict between its own policy of Yet critics of adminis they have their nuclear weapons terrorist groups along his border declared by Pakistlll'l's embattled livery of $ 11 biilion in U.S. aid promoting democracy in troub~ed tration forcign ·policy say Bush's · and the delivery systems ... their with Afghanistan. president, Pervez Musharraf, the to Islamabad since 2001 -- has regions of the world and its reli partnership ,vjth Musharraf is the missiles . .. in separate places ... Rice said Sunday that ~ush administration said f3unday ' centered on a mutual interest in ance on Musharraf to maintain sole ' element of U.S. policy toward and guarded by the military. The "We've been very clear that we it is "reviewing" the billions of hunting down terrorists as well as control of a potentially volatile Pakistan. bottom line is, at the end of the don't support tf1e action that was dollars in aid the U.S. provides keeping Pakistan's nuclear arsenal nation. "This administration day, if radicals and Islamists con taken because it was extra-con to his nuclear powered nation in out of the hands of Islamic ex Secretary of State Con has a Musharraf policy, not a trol that country, they are going stitutional. We've concentrated the heart of a terrorist-threatened tremists. doleezza Rice insisted Sunday Pakistani policy," Sen. Joseph to marry those nvo things ... the in the last few hours, since the region. Yet now, experts say that the U.S. has not "put all its Biden, D-Del., chairman of the weapons and the ability to deliver declaration .. . making very clear But despite Musharraf's Musharraf's much-questioned chips" on Musharraf, who is also Senate Foreign Relations Co.m them." our expectations that this state crackdown on opposition leaders ability to pursue any offensive the army chief of staff and first mittee, said Sunday. ''It's tied Biden also was among of emergency needs to be aban an'8 likely delay of elections, crit against terrorists could be even seized power in a military coup to Musharraf, and its hands are a number of critics calling into doned and return to a constitu- ics say \>Vashington's hands may more limited. And 'vith Mush in 1999. She announced that the pretty well tied now. " question Sunday how effectively well be tied for lack of another re- arraf locking down his capital, U.S. will be reviewing but not nee- Biden, appeanng on Musharraf has spent the billions >See PAKISTAN, Page 3 The Hill Com·es to Howard
BY JADA SMITH and was in the same position as the au Universities (HBCU) - Clark Atlanta Staff Writer dience. University for his undergraduate de "My goal for tonight is to inspire gree and Texas Southern University for T hree organizations came to the young people to be the best at what law school - Johnson stressed the im gether last night to rekindle what they they chose to be and to maintain an ide portance of coming back to HBCUs to hope \viii be a closer connection be alistic, youthful spirit no matter how old motivate young people in the same way l\veen H oward University and Capitol they become and to make a positive dif he was motivated while in school. Hill. ference in the world," Johnson said. "I remember a senator coming to Alpha chapter, Delta Sigma The Henry "Hank"Johnson was elect speak to us in one of my classes while at ta Sorority, Inc., Alpha chapter, Omega ed to be part of ~e 110 ~' Congress in Clark Coll ege which gave me someone Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and the H oward the election that led to Democrats 'vin to look up to," Johnson said. "It's won University College Democrats held ning control or tlie 'House and electing derful to see so mnny young people here ''From HBCU to the Hill" 'vith Con the first female Speaker of the House. today and in the political process. O ur gressman HankJohnson as the keynote He has recently been appointed to the future looks bright when young people speaker. Armed Services, Judiciary and Small are in touch and in tune 'vith the politi Johnson, member of the House Business committees. Johnson also em cal system. I have very high hopes for of Representatives representing the 4th ploys one of the only black Chiefs of the youth of this country." congressional district in Georgia, stood Staff on the Hill. Paris \Valker, the vice president in Congressman Kendrick Meek's place As a D.C. native, a graduate of of the HU College Democrats and and spoke about returning a favor he Roosevelt High School and an alumnus > See POUTICIANS, Page 3 Pll*Cotftsycl...... ~ received while he attended an HBCU of l\vo Historically Black Colleges and The convention center is being renamed after Walter E. Washington for his service to the city. Convention Center Renamed Alter Fortner D.C. Mavor
BY RACHEL HUGGINS guidance because he had no one to follow," _ Metro Editor Washington said. In regards to her husband's tremen Serving as D.C.'s first mayor, Wal dous leadership and high expectations, she ter E. Washington is a figure remembered recalled his strength during a dinner in his for his love for the city and its citiiens. On honor at the convention center in 2003. Tuesday, D.C. citizens, Mayor Adrian Fen In his last public appearance before ty and city officials gathered at the Wash dying from heart and kidney failure on ington Convention Center in a dedication Oct. 27, 2003, \Vashington suffered from ceremony where the building was renamed painful gallstones during the dinner, but in Washington's honor. endured his pain for the public. "I don't "He cared deeply for the city and the know how he made it through because he people that lived there," said Washington's was in agony, but he had to go and didn't 'vido'v, Mary Burke \Vashington. want to let the people down," she said. Appointed Mayor-Commissioner in During Washington's mayoral ap 1967 by former President Lyndon Johnson, pointment., he accomplished several sig Washington was not only the first mayor of nificant achievements. He became a key D.C., but became the first African Ameri figure in the Civil Rights Movement where Tyrone Clemons • Slaf Phologfll'he< can to lead a major city. "His personality he helped disband racial tensions after the Three organizations on Howard's campus hosted a program on black students becoming more politically aware. The keynote speaker really helped him cope because he knew for .the event was Congressman Hank Johnson. · he had to succeed, and he had tremendous > See WASHINGTON, Page 3
·Lecture Series Add~esses Racial Disparities Within Educatio.n
BY TRAVER RIGGINS itself, that the test is biased," he said. because they are not expected to do individual and collaborative, focuses of the Journal of Negro Education, ac Campus Editor Standardized tests can target specific well." on how schools arc influenced by Rocial cording its \Vcb site. cultures and demographics more than Considering Howard's position and economic conditions in an urban He worked at Howard \\ith In times of continuous struggle others. in the black community as a promi setting, according to the Web site. Mordecai \VyattJohnson, who was the to close the educational gap between Stills said an example would be to nent historically black university, Stills He serves as the executive director university's first black president. He blacks and whites, the School of Edu ask a black child about George Wash said having an expert speak on campus of the l\1etropolitan Center for Urban also worked with NAACP Chief Coun cation will bring topic expert sociologist ington, a white man and the first Unit could help spark thought in the univer Education and the co-director of the sel and dean of the law school Charles • Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. to shed light on ed States president, instead of George sity communit)~ Institute for the study of Globalization Hamilton Houston. the subject at the 28" Annual Charles \ Vashington Carver, a black agronomist "He will provide his own research and Education in l\fctropolitan Settings ''Thompson saw to it that the H. Thompson Lecture-Colloquium Se- and inventor renowned for his work as well as the research of others; and - both are NYU organizations focused Journal became a vehicle for docu nes. with peanuts. then of course, the audience can also on education. menting and promoting the desegrega Aaron B. Stills. Ph.D. is the chair "Number two has a lot to do with draw some conclusions based on his The series, known for attracting tion efforts spearheaded by the NAACP of the lecture series and said that ac no expectations that many teachers prescnt.1tion," Stills said. notable figures in the education world, is and other civil rights organizations," cording to research, African An1ericans, ha\'e of African-American children,'' Nobrucra is a professor at the the namesake of Charles H. Thompson according to the journal's \Veb site. particularly African-American males, Stills said, "and from a psrchulogical Steinhardt ~chool of Culture, Educa who once served as the dean of what The site said articles and infor ' I score lower that their white counter- standpoint, Afiican Americans have tion and Human Development at New was once the H oward Graduate School. mation published in the journal under parts on standardized tests. been beat down about test taking that, York University (NYU), according to As a prominent authority in education, Thompson was used to argue Brown v. "One problem would be the test psychologically, they may not do well the NYU Web site. His research, both he se1ved for 31 years as the first editor Board of Education. L - INDEX Campus 2 Metro 4 Nation & World 7 Sports 8 Editorials & Perspectives 9 Life ~ Style I 0 \: 'l.fi ' . PUS November 6, 2007 Nano Van Takes the Brakes Off Technology • BY SHIVONNE FOSTER mercial items like suntan lotion, cosmet Staff Writer ics, protective coatings and stain resistant clothing. A vehicle re~embling a mobile "Nano material that resists home stationed outside of Bl~ckburn water and stains is just the tip of the ice served as a "functional lab" equipped berg," Rose said. with a probe station, atomic microscope This technology is highly multi and th·~rmal evaporator at the two-day disciplinary and draws from a range of ' Inaugural Nanotechnology Symposium. fields including, applied physics, interface "It's a useful educational tool and colloid science, mechanical engineer for all levels," said Dr. Peizhen Zhou, a ing and electrical engineering. research associate at the Howard Nano "Nanotechnology is useful for scale and Engineering Facility. '~d it's biology and medications," Zhou said. iinportant to let people know what this There is speculation concerning technology is and its functions." what new science and teclmology may re The mobile . "functional lab" sult from this area of research. included in the symposium, which ends The symposium brings atten toda}, wa~ equipped with several devices tion to the most recent advancements commonly found in scientific labs from in nanotechnology and promotes a re microscopes that magnify atoms 600 and lationship between a diverse group of l million times to a hyper filter clean researchers from academia, government room for necessary sterilization. and the science and technology industry. \\lilliam Rose, a material sci The event, held in partnership ence Ph.D. candidate, explained that with the W.M. Keck Foundation and the nanotechnology is, "600 times thinner National Nanoteclmology Infrastruc than your hair" and involves working at• ture Network (NNIN), may also include the level of atoms. It has enabled many nanotechnology research findings and a technology advancements that the gen discussion concerning nanotechnology eral public benefits from. research at Howard. "Because of this, our comput It will be complete with several ers and iPods are getting smaller based speakers from the industry, Sandip Tiwari on devices made in these labs," Rose said. Ph.D., director of NNIN and professor of .. "But that is just part of the whole founda Elect;ical Engineering at Cornell Univer JUS1ln 0. Knighl • Stal Phologt8111>er tion of science." sity and also \V. Lance H aworth, Ph.D., Ga ry Harris talks to students about the functions of the mobile nanotechnology lab that was stationed in front of the Blackburn Center. Rose explained that the lab is of the Office of Multi-disciplinary Activi used as a demo to introduce people to ties in the Directorate for Mathematical collective efforts to generate and apply their organizations. Molecular Recognition after it received a science. and Physical Science at the National Sci knowledge and insights to produce and Howard is more deeply involved 8750,000 research grant from the VV.1\1. characterite materials that solve inlpor "U.tting you see what's on the ence FbunClation. in the field of nanotechnology through Keck Fbundation in 200 I. inside and how it all starts creates a better Many see this as relevant topic tant problems and to impro\'e our overall several initiatives including, CREST Howard also faci Ii tat es study ef understanding," he said. to the unjversity since Howard is a com quality of life," saidjamcs H.JohnsonJr., Center for Nanomaterials Characteriza forts done by it~ nanoteclmology group As an applied science, nano prehensive research university that trains Ph.D., dean of the College of Engineer tion Science and Processing Technology by donating an additional $250,000. This ing Architecture and Computer Sciences technology seeks to control matter on the its undergraduate, graduate and profes (NCSJ:YI) and Partnerships for Research group supports experimental equipment atomic and molecular scale. sional students to approach the issues and (CEACS), in a university press release. in Education in tvlaterials (PREM). and postdoctoral research. An example of how nanotech questions as part of a scientific team. In addition, representatives CEACS has been able to par It consists of a team of scientists nology is used is in the design of comput ''The current campus activi from several government agencies will be ticipate in the research and development and researchers representing chemistry, present to discuss strategies to gain fund er chip layouts based on surface science, ties in nanotechnology represent our process by developing the Keck Center pharmacy and civil and electrical engi but this research has also benefited com- ing and nanotechnoloin projects within _for Design of Nanoscale ~laterial for neering.
U.S., Brazil Exchange Program Celebrates Following Footsteps: Years of Study Abroad, Extended Learning Nathaniel A. Murray
BY ROYCE STRAHAN to experience this opportunity has been. and featured presentations and accounts BY MERCIA WILLIAMS-MURRAY forthcoming, I offered the motion Staff Writer Among the students who participated was of experiences from the participants in Asst. Campus Editor tl1at I believed the time wa'\ ripe to Camila Pereira, a second }·ear student in the program. disband the social club and organize Howard students, along with education. Representatives from Howard One-seventh of "the found a Negro college fraternit}'· "' invited _guests, celebrated the successful "The program was really good," and the two other schools that partici ing jewels" of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra It ma) not come as a sur culmination of the U.S.-Btazil Mobility Pereira said. "It gave me an opportunity pated in the program were in attendance tcrnit), Inc., Nathaniel Allison l\1ur prise to some that i\1urray was a part Exchange Program. to travel abroad. Reality is sort of dilTer and gave their remarks about the success ra). was one of seven children. Howard and Vanderbilt Uni cnt because of what you learn when you ful program. of the group responsible for starting ~lurra), a District of Co versity partnered with the Universidade get here. I learned a lot because when Orlando Taylor Ph. D.. vice the first component of the ''Divine hunbia nati\'e, had a family histol'} de Sao Paolo and the Univcrsidadc Fed you go to a different country you have to provost for research and Richard English Nine." of progn:ss and innovation. eral de Bahia, which arc both in Brazil, to have an open mind about other people's Ph.D., provost and chief academic offi According 10 !\Jason's allow a sciect group of students to experi culture because it is a difference in what cer, were Howard's representatives who According to historian book, "The Talented Icnth," i\1ur- ence their studies in another count11~ we have between Brazil and the U.S. One gave their remarks about the U.S.-Brazil Skip ~lason. l\1urn\\''s mother Anna i THE HILLTOP Panelists Discuss Importance of Politics 'From HBCLI to the Hill' Continued from FRONT, This installment of "From HBCU the people at Ho"ard don't believe in the and Ann Lambert, all members of Ocha J\nn IMunberl, a panelist and I lm•• POLITICIANS to the Hill," is the first of a series where political system anymore. so it's a great Sigma l'hcta Inc .111d Omega Psi Phi ard gr.1duate. said that networking w;Ls \'aiious Congresspersons will '~sit the experience for peopk 10 c·omc in and sa) Fraternit) Inc .. a·spt'Lti,eh. the m.un force that helped her get ht:r job campus to students about the change that you should gel in\'olvecl and make The) tackled issues dealing \\ilh on the Hill. "It pays to network 1 hat the Soci.11 Action Chair for Delta Sigma they .ire capable of making in sodct). some kind of changes." the high racial tensions in the U.S., the is om· thing I learned from Howard Uni I hct. Int . s:iicl that all the organi1.a OeVaughn \Vard is a senior legal Both \Va rd .md \\'alkt•r agree that dan~crs facing the.· educ .1tion svstcm and \ Crsil\, 1wtwo1king is key," Lambert ,.1id. tion• invoh nl wanted to host an• C\cnt Washington's· Legacy Lives On U.S. Government Questions Co11ti1111ed from FRONT, to the city in 1975. Through thio to Howard and he fell in love with WASHINGTON building dedication. we are honor it. He e\·en died in the Howard Billions Given to Pakistan ing his work, celebrating his accom University Hospital," \\'ashington 1968 .L THE HILLTOP 4 ETRO November 6, 2007 Tatted Magazine Aims to Educate About Work of Art gry, but to make history and do a tattoo magazine is a fantastic give back to my parents," he said. to children as well as adults, pro something positive. \Vith hard idea," said Robin Bellamy. a resi Although Rice has found diflicul viding them wit.1 old-fashioned work, money comes," Rice said. dent of Silver Spring, Md. ties with maintaining and recruit water tattoos. Although Rice had no in • There is no set date for the ing journalists for his magatine, " I want people to change tentions of attending college, in release of fatted ~lagazine just Rice remains undeterred about their vie\\s on how the} go about 1992 Rice enlisted in the military )Cl, but Rice and his staff arc cur his mission for Tatted ~lagazim'. doing things," Rice said. "&pe as a means of elevating his life. rent!) working on a promotions "There is nothing of its kind." he ciall) ,,;th the things tattoos arc His mother had the men campaign which will take place said. s;"ing. If you ha\'c 'sexy bee· or talit} that "If you don't put vour this December or Janual"}. in Mikhail Hardy, a 2001 •f--- you' on you, }'OU're telling me sons out 10 experience the world \Vashington, D.C. in an effort to graduate of the Art Institute of you don't care about what your they tend to hold on and not know attract publishing disttibutors. \Vashington views tattoos as a going to do in life." how to grasp life," Rice said. She He is collaborating with work of art. "l 1hink the idea for Tatted did not want him to turn out like \\lashington, D.C. go-go artist ''I feel that when rou Magazine wiU be informative and some of his uncles who did not Mumbo Sauce to help support tattoo your body in a way you're present the underground world of leave home for the first time until this event, which wiU give insight customizing }'Ourself. in addition our tattoo culture very well, and the} were 30 years old. on the mission of Tatted ~laga to your born uniqueness." he said. especially educate those "ithin Alier returning from the i.ine, and feature various artwork "I think tattoos are tn1h· a work of the black community." said Lau military in 2000, Rice began and tattoo artists. art when there is a deeper mean ren \\'alker, a senior public rcla modeling again, \\hi ch h~ had His support network bc ing behind them and the cr.1fts- uons major. sta1 ted prior to leaving for the tamc his staff consisting of An 111.mship is on point." milital"}. But ll was during this thon} Hooker, Howard Person. Disturbing images from his Photo courtesy ol Robyn Franks time of travel that the conception Jermaine Issac, James Roscoe. time in the military caused Rice Think Before You Ink Michael Rice Is in the process of launching Tatted Magazine, which he of Tatted Magazine was born. The assumed cost of getting the to commit co educating young Keep it clean and moist. hopes will offer education and enlightenment about tattoos. Ri~e realized there were magazine up and running is ap people about decision-making in Use non-scented lotions. no informal tattoo magazines proximately S50,000. Rice's life all facets of life. Sta\'. awa\, from excessive sun. BY ROBYN FRANKS represents my outlook on life. and that were geared toward a general long friend Jason Nickens. gener As a chemical specialist Contributing Writer if l'm ever in a hard situation it's audience. }'Ct he noticed a mass ous!}' offered to be the financial that was exposed to various weap Parlors in the area: like a constant reminder that it al quantit} of people in his commu supporter of Tatted ~fagazinc ons of mass destruction and pro Pinz-r\-Xecdlez I'OIJO\,ing the motto, way:; gets better," said Rice, who nit\ and familv getting tattoos and along ,,;th Howard Pcr.;on. vided cover on the battlefield for 926 L' St. i\l\\: , "think before you ink," ~lichael currently has seven tattoos. attending tattoo parties. "lf I had no one. I'd still be troops, Rice truh belie\'CS knowl \\ashington. D.C. Rice, founder of Tatted ~faga Jn 2006, Rice, a D.C. na ln hopes of using his mag putting this idea out there," Rice edge is power. 202 38i-2.J.65 zine. deddcd to get his first tat tive decided to execute his vision azine as an outlet, Rice wants to said. He also told Thr Hilltop that Rice envisions a multicul too in 1993, a second in 1997 of starting his own magazine, af educate people about the dangers his motivation not only comes tural staff of journalists because 'fop Notch Tattoos and waited another I 0 years after ter consuhing with various close of tattoo parties and the transmis from within but from his two chil he wants to grasp an international 1517 U St. N\V, researching and contemplating friends. . sion of diseases they were making dren. market. \\'ashington, D.C. what he would get next. "My intention with the themselves susceptible to. "I want my kids to have I Iis magazine will be edu 202) 939-0615 "I got a tattoo because I maga.dne is not to be money hun- "I think someone starting more than I did, and l want to cational, family-friendlr and catt'r wanted to have something that Residential Cotnplex a Part of Upcoming Euents • Initiative for Mixed Income BY MONICA JONES In tl1e time it will take for construction to be Staff Wrffer completed. Bolden explained, the residents of P.1rk Interested in bike riding? }\lorton will be temporarih relocated to alternate housing. Event: Built in 1960. Parle ~forton is a walk up "The plan has a one to one resettlement apartmelll community that houses families in 17.J. policy," Bolden said. "The displaced residents ,,;JI Washington Area Bicyclist Association two-bedroom units, located near the Georgia Av have a guaranteed spot in the new residence at the Time and Place: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Shrine enue shopping corridor. same fixed rent they were pa)'ing at their old place It is one of the residential communities cho of residence." of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church; 3211 sen by New Communities to become a target com "To. cover the cost of having a certain amount plex to be remodeled and include housing families of residents not pay, say 82,000 in rent for the new Pine Street, Northwest Washington with mixt•d incomes facilities and housing, the new residential complex New Communities is a comprehensh e group will increase its demit\ to about .J.00 units. t.hcrcb) Date: Nov. 9 created t<> improve the quality of life of families in creating the mixed im;ome facility, .. Bolden said. high-risk neighborhoods. Other proposed residential sites for the fl.cw Join the Washington Area Bicyclist Asso The main objective of the group is to pro Communities re-developmental plan are Barry Farm tect housing of the poor and promote mixed income 1Vard 8 , Lincoln Heights \\'ard 7 . Sursum Corda ciation (WABA) and the District Department residential communities. '\'ard 6, Potomac Hopkins \'ard fr and Langston New Communities also plans to remodel Terrace '\\'ard 5 ). of Transportation (DDOT) for their fall event: necessary community resources such as schools, li Eligibility critcri.1 for the mixed income plan braries and recreation centers. · arc government subsidb~cd residential areas "~th ,, "Got Lights?" which is a bicycle safety and Economic segregation and resulting shortage concentrated poverty and crime rate, immediat<' of services, lack of affordability of housing services, and recognizable nl'l'd .md the potential to protl'Cl education campaign. threats to federally subsidized housing and conct·11- low-income housing and expand afford;1blc housing t ra1cd violc11t crime in high-povert' nciJ.:hhorhoocl~ on a larger scale. led to formation of New Comnnmitic' For funcling the pl.m, Ne" Communities fllrek Bolden, planner for \ Vard I in New proposes that the\ m.1ximizc pri,-ate and philan Looking for an exciting exhibit? Communities. said that the development is currentlv thropic capital, maximize the use of federal funds, in its preliminary stage and has yet to be officially join other a\'ailable rc~ourccs such as ne\\ markets Event: appro\'cd. tax credits, community block gr;u1ts and invest local "Once the plan has been approq:d, it is ex capital as needed. Fall Solos 2007 pected to take fi\'e 10 I 0 )'Cars to complete the recon struction," Bolden said. Time and Place: The exhibition is on view from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, until Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd., Ar lington, Va. Free. (703) 248-6800. Date: Saturday, Nov. 17 Come and see a series of exhibits where various artists showcase their talent through video, abstract painting and other mediums. Comprlrd b; Rachtl Huggins, ,\fttro &litor Have an interest in Pt®aio.. iesy ol wwwdcll• erg community affairs? Similar to Park Morton residential complex near Georgia Avenue, the developer of Golden Rule Apartments in Mount Vernon Square, elected to set aside 100 percent of the units for households below 60 percent of the area. Good! Write for METRO. E-mail ideas to Writing Workshops • West Towers [email protected] Wednesdays - 6 p.m. • THE HILLTOP -·- -- -·- - 6 ' iVERTISE November 6, 2007 . • Howard vs. Bethune--Cookman Football game on Saturday, November 10, 2007 In Gre~ne Stadium . ' Football Ticket Distribution When: Wednesday & Thursday, November 7 & 8, 2007 Where: Lower Level, Cramton Auditoriu • Time: lO:OOam to 3:00pm All Students must be validated and present studen identification card to receive ticket. MAKE A DIFFERENCE Hilltop Writing CHOOSE Workshops RESEARCH BEgbter far New UDlle1p iiduate l•tl!nlisdp:O •HJ Causes 1hilt t:a 1m.e ~ Writiq ud Civic Ew~p I Spriql008 Wednesdays • @6 p.m. BENUIIS • Wml:: with kwliy m ..... • Learn mll,1b.;dwilll2 Fill & gt. 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MORAi SAND MYTHS• •FOOD• Come Learn •CONFLICT:r POUTICAL VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM• I• •CHINA IN AFRICA• from the Sie,n-...., via 8'sm1Web ciJrine Sp;ng 2tD1 Regi5lr.d:ion October 29..flawember 6 Best Cmnplete CDUrse "- tUiptians can be found iid:: www,provost,howilnl,ied..!/FRSM-cvvrdt For ..Utional infonniltimt CXW'!lacl Student Dr, Batbil.ra Griffin Ascociate Dean College af Arb and Scienws Journalists · 202...eofi-6100 in the J'h* 7 ; 7~1 rj !Wlm ..- 1 & 1 n: LlJ,. ... :C = ""M T• z r : f m ....rrrmJl!lljj"911] .nr'lllill"' • .,..,_.. 4r Tau W.:Mz«zz .Ra+•- z Ncltion! THE HILLTOP . ,. NATION& ORl,11 The Race to Register Voters Begins • as U.S. Presidential Race Continues formation they're.: going to need, Dec. I I. T he week will consist like the candidates' platform." of a voter registration dri\•e and An·orcling to \\'ashing panel discussions that will focus ton, the main objectiw of the on issues such as the elec:Lion pro drive is to educate students on the cess. voting procc.•S. "It's really a nonpar "I foci like students are tisan thing. It 's just making sure surprised al how easy it is to reg people know about the choices ister," said Joy Lind~a), director out there and making sure the) of 1he Political and External Af go out to \'Ole," said De Vaughn fairs Depa1t111ent. " [\Vith HUSA \ Vard, senior legal communica in the House] we always go door tions major and president of the to door and we ask if they're reg College Democrats. "It's about istered to vote, and then ther sec making sure students arc knowl how eas> and convenient it is." edgeable about their cnndidates "The problem with and knowledgeable about their \ \'oting absentee is that r ich and options. \\'e want to get students t•\ Cl) state h.1s a differen1 process excited about voting and make for voting absentee," \\'ashington sure everyone is empowered." Pholl> C<>Mlb5y of ..-glol>elexchllnge Ofll said. "You have lo already be reg \\'ith the new initiatives The Human Trafficking Team at Howard plans to educate on the intema· istered to vote then you have to of se\-eral student organizations, tional issue of human trafficking in two weeks. mail a request for an absentee bal the increased interest in getting lot and you have to specify which students to register is seen as a election you want your ballot for. step towards better civic engage Modern-Day Slavery Then they have to approve your ment among Howard students. request and they send yon the bal The campus-wide ef lot and you send it back to them. forts arc srcn as an improvement, in the U.S. Exists in In each and t \'Cl) state the re arc frum pre\ious years. in getting different I spc yo u see what their olTensc is do doesn't end the season on a high criticism. \Vc're going tq let you ing to people and that's not easy note the Celtics could contend know if you're not performing to accomplish in the National for an NBA title. up to our expectations." Football League." In the olTseason the Right now, Bostonians Kenny Marable, a ju Boston Celtics acquired ten-time arc happier than Lindsay Lohan nior political science major and All-Star Kevin Garnett, as well at open bar, but there arc even J Boston native attributes the suc as Ray Allen, who averaged a morr implications than just the cess of Boston teams to well career Hgh 26.4 points per game winning season of the teams. managed front offices. last season. These two NBA \ViJhin these four teams, Bos The Patriots and Red standouts along with the always ton has the potential 10 garner a Sox' ability to successfully ma dependable Paul Pierce make the Heisman trophy winner, an NFL neuver through olfseason acqui Celtics a contender in the East tv1VP and the NBA ~!VP. sitions has led to Boston winning ern Conference once again. "I can sec Matt Ryan two out the last four World Series " 1'm a New Yorker lo winning the Heisman, and as and New England winning three the bone but I've been a Celt far as I'm concerned Tom Brady out of the last five Super Bowls. ics fan for a while now and I'm already won the ~1VP award be Adding fuel to the un anxious to sec those three as the cause he's thrown more touch stoppable locomotive that is season goes on," says Adrian Bri downs in eight games than he has Boston-area sports, is the recent jadder, a sophomore accounting in his whole career," says Russell success of the Boston College major from Brooklyn. N.Y Baile), a junior mechanical en football team this season. Brijadder adds, "the) gineering m MEN'S SOCCER TEAM CONTINUES TODAY IN FREEFALL AGAINST I I~" FLORIDA GULF COAST PORTS HISTOR November 6, 1995 FORT 11\'ERS, FLA. - 1\-latt O'Shaunessy scored the game winning goal for Florida Gulf Coast in overtime as FGCU took down Howard 2-1 in a non-confcrcn<.:c men's soccer game on Sunday. George Foreman (45) KOs Michael O'Shaunessy scored the game winner three minutes in the OT on a header off an assist from Corey Sheriff Moorer to win heavyweight title Thr Bison got on the board first in the 41st minute of the gan1e whcnjoel Senior received a pass from Guilherme funscca and kuockcd it into the bottom right corner of the net. The first period ended with Howard taJ..;ng a 1-0 lead going into halftime. FGCU outshot the Bison 9-4- and won the corner kick battle 4-0 in the first half. Cover award-winning ll1c st·cond half was played fairly C\en until the 72nd minute when .l\latt O'Shaughnessy tied things up after sending the ball into the top left corner of the goal. Bison athletics. \'ktor rhomas tallied nine saves for HU while Adam Glick notched four stops for FGCU. Get a Story at our Howard (3-7-5'. on a four-game losing streak, will pla} its furn! regular season game on Saturday. The Bison will take 011 Longwood in .111 ,\SC game at Farm~ilk. \ ,\ budget meeting -Cmtrtes) ot Howard University Spor1s Information I next Tuesday '• HPTWest Rookie Adrian Peterson Shatters Single-Game Rushing Mark BY KEVIN SEIFERT 528 total yards, including a unleashed their primary offensive Childress hurled his Minneapolis Star-Tribune (MCT) team-record 378 on the ground, weapon in its full fury. Peterson headset 15 yards toward the in their past 51 games. established a career high with 30 bench, knowing the Chargers MINNEAPOLIS--Alas. the "That's the way I like carries, touching the ball on 4 7 shouldn't have lhe lead on a magic eli xir has finally arrived. to play football," coach Brad percent of the Vikings' offensive day his defense would hold It came not from Bora Bora or Childress said. "I do have a plays. tailback LaDainian Tomlinson Morocco or any other exotic healthy respect for being able Their commitment to 2.5 yards per carry and harass locale, just a small town near to run it and taking somebody's to Peterson finally secure, the quarterback Phillip Rivers into a Dallas that produces men who will from them. and then playing Vikings were carrying themselves J 9-for-42 afternoon. single-handedly can win football olT of that with play-action. If early Sunday evening like a team The Vikings spent only games. you 're looking for a benchmark, far better than its 3-5 record a fow minutes in the locker room After a global search, (this is it.).'' indicates. before storming back onto the the Minnesota \'ikings have All it took was for "The guys in lhe locker field. found the secret to ''~1ming: Peterson to accumulate 253 room and in this organization "It doesn't do any good Hand the ball to Adrian Peterson yards in the second half alone, know w'-lat we have," Peterson to rant and rave," Childress said. and wait for him to reach transforming a 14-7 halftime said. "Other guys have tapped "(The first halQ was in the past 200 yards. Sunday, they rode deficit into a rout midway out on us. \ Ve know what we ... we were playing pretty good Peterson's NFL-record 296-yard through the fourth quarter. have. It's all on us. \ Ve have football, so if you want to come performance to a 35-17 victory He accounted for three stayed positive and kept taking it in and rant and rave, it's going to over San Diego. touchdowns himself and was one game at a time." be a turnoff" The Vikings are 2-0 this partially responsible for a fourth; During a team meeting The Vikings scored season when Peterson crashes Bollinger' play-action fake to Sunday, m fact, Childress touchdowns on four of their first ~\ that heavenly barrier and 1-5 Peterson left receiver Sidney reminded players of the 2005 six possessions in the second half when he docs not; he amassed Rice wide open for a 40-yard Vikings team that stdrted 2-5 and could have had more were I ii f 224 yards in a 34-31 victory last score. before winning six consecutive it not for red-zone fumbles by month at Chicago. Peterson sealed the games. Taylor in the third quarter and \Vho would have game on a 46-yard touchdown Twenty players remain Peterson in the fourth. Gal1os G THE HILLTOP 'l'IVF.S 9 Dai I y Directions: ...... ,li Each row, each column, and each 3x3 box must contain each and every digit 1-9 exactly once. j 5 . 1 1 4 2 - - . II 1 8 9 6 1 - 3 7 ·2 9 Minor Causes California Devastation 6 ·- 1-=-o-. ' I A I 0-ycal'-Old boy whose pie were forced from their homes a.~ fact of color. In a case where a white name has yet to be released b}' case a result of the young boy's "playing" 14-year-old girl burned dO\\TI her 5 2 8 4 officials is reportedly responsible with matches. family's home, the yow1g girl only for stazting the Bucl.·wecd fire in This bov still neeru to be pun received probation as a puni~hment California. The Buckwecd fire was ish1.'CI for the choices he made. The for her actions. The issue \vith this one of the several ,,~ldfires being lire spreading beyond what he antic sentencing im't nece~sarily the pun 7 1 3 4 dealt with by •he state of Califor ipated still merits him being brought ishment. but the fact that the same • nia in the past month. The fire was up on charges. judge oversaw the proceeG.ings in started Oct. 21 and was contained ~1a} be officials handling this the Shaquanda Cotton case. Oct. 24. ca5e recognize the disparities of The same judge also oversaw 9 4 8 Arson investigators inter age appropriate prosecution across a cao;c that involved a 19->car-old viewed the bov when it was dis America and arc making an effort white man convicted of criminally CO\'ered that the fire was struted as to not be accused of falling into the negligent homicide for killing a 5-1- a result of his playing '~ith }'Cill'-Old black woman and I r matches. 'l11e boy said he her 3 -}'Car-old grandc;on 5 7 started the fire accidentallv Our View: \\ith his truck. Official.• said that The m;m was sell· although the boy's parent, Race should not be a factor tcnced to probation and may be brought up on civil when sentencing a criminal. required to send an annual charges for the damages in Christmas card to the vic- Do you want to write for The Hilltop? curred as a re:;ult of the fire. tims' famil}: the boy "ill most likely not be Yes. thi~ boy's pun Coma to our naxt budget meeting brought up on criminal charges. trend. ishment does need to coincide 'vith Is it pos.~ble for this boy not to Shaquanda Cotton, a 14- the idea that his age would constitute MONDAY@ 7 P.M. • have known the consequences of his year-old girl facing seven years in him not ha\ing the mental capacitv WEST TOWERS (Pl AZA LEVEL) actioru' Sure. but that's im:levant to jail for pushing a hall monitor at her to comprehend his actions. which the fact that he still shouldn't have school; Ci:nar!O\' \\ilson, who""" caused .uch a major c.~tastrophe. Ix-en playing "ith fin:. com~ctcd of aggravated child mo Howcv1:r, its import THE HILLTOP 10 FE & S'l'Y 1.E November 6, 2007 Young Couples Base Relationships on 'Commitment, Communication' Not Age BY NICOLE EDWARDS married in the first place. couple. r believe that as long as the two says that she believes that there is no best Contributing Writer ''l\ lot of my family and friends people in the relationship arc willing to age to get manied. She believes that it is think that this is a marriage of conve work at it then the relationship will last all about what works for that couple. nience," \Villiams said. "l'm tired of ex for a lif~timc. You can be 18, 45 or 99 "A marriage is about respect, For many people marriage is plaining to them that this is not the case. years old. It all depends on the couple." undcrstaniling, commitment and most a serious step. More and more, people I fell in love 'vith my husband before An She explains that she knows it importantly, the willingness Lo compro in their twenties and younger are taking thony [her son] was born. Marriage was is not going to be easy, but she is pre mise," Mullaly said. "It is not about be that big leap as a sign of their devotion always the next step for us. \-Ve already pared for it. ing selfish and getting what you want all to their companion. the time. You have to consider what is These circumstances have best for your family. Another important caused many to feel that the value and factor is that you must love yourself be gravity of marriage has decrease.cl over fore you decide to get involved in a mar the years. Especially \~th shows like riage or even a relationship for that mat MTV's "Engaged and Underage" pro ter. If you don't love yourself than you moting underage marriage, several peo will put your happiness on that other ple are targeting young marriages as the person, so when they are not around or cause of increasing divorce rates. they decide to get a divorce your entire In the United States, a couple identity is gone with them. You still have at the age of 18 can marry '~thout pa BY DANIELLE KWATENG to be your own person \vithin a mar Life &Style Editor rental consent. Only in Nebraska and riage." Mississippi are the standards set at high She added that she disapproves er ages, 19 and 21, respectively. In D.C. of people getting married for the wrong Dear Howard, you need parental consent if you arc un reasons, regardless of their age. ''l\ mar der 18 and anyone below 16-years-old is riage has to have the right ingredients to The whole world just seems not allowed lo marry. make the recipe work," she said. , to be going in a bad place. 11aybe I Lindsey \ Villiams-Garrison is a Freshman political ~cience should stop watching TV for a week 23-year-old senior health management major Christopher Smith, said that he and I'd feel more optimistic, but noth major. She got manied to senior archi was going to propose to his high school ing is looking too good. Oprah \i\'in tecture major, Devon Garrison, 23, this M.100 Hinnant • l THE HILLTOP ,