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Established VOLUME 91, NO. 92 WWW.THEHILLTOPONLlNE.COM 1924 Friday, February 29, 2008 BREAKING NEWS CAMPUS SPORTS LIONEL GEORGE YOUK.AM, 14, OF GERMAN WANT TO GET A BETI'ER SENSE OF WHICH THE HIILTOP SAT DOWN FOR AN EXCLUSIVE Friday TOWN, MD. WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE BASE CANDIDATE SHOULD GET YOUR VOTE FOR <»A WITH WOMEN'S BOWLING TEAM ROOKIE MENT OF lilS HOME THURSDAY, ACCORDING GRADUATE TRUSTEE? TURN TO CAMPUS AND ALESYN MCCALL. Notebook TONBC4.COM SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. • PAGES4&5 PAGE6 Financially Strapped Fisk Un•versity Ends NCAA Athletics
BY SHAUNTEL LOWE were ending all of the university's is majoring in physics witl1 plans Europe in !he early 1870s to raise this month, the Georgia O 'Keeffe scrambling to get a hold on its Black College Wire NCAA athletic programs after this for a career in astronomy. money for the school. The group Museum in Santa Fe, N.M., heir financial situation through fund year and will develop a system of Howard junior psychol is honored with Jubilee Hall on of the O'Keeffe estate, argued raising and budget cuts. Univer Clad in his Greek let intramural sports in their place. ogy major Derrick Price believes the Fisk campus: that the agreement between sity Spokesperson Ken West said ters, Fisk Univ~rsi ty senior David According to a state sports provide opportunities for But this period of strug O'Keeffe and Fisk forbids selling the university annually spends· Hill would make his way to the ment by Provost Kofi Lomotey, students. gle fo r the university has attracted or sharing any portion of the col $263, 075 to support the ath annual homecoming basketball released Feb. 25, the Nashville "I'm curious to know nationwide attention as Fisk has lection and Nashville Chancellor letic program while only generat game, on the lookout for his fra university views the move as an what will happen to the players on battled in court over the right to Ellen Hobbes Lyle ruled that this ing 810,000 in revenue from an ternity brothers, old and young, opportunity to involve more st1:1- scholarship," Price said. ·"Some sell, or at this point simply keep, proposition violated the wishes of NCAA grant for participating in of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, dents in sports. people have no other way to pay the l 0 I-piece Stieglitz collection O'Keeffe. certain games. West said none of Inc. They might embrace or just But many current stu for their educations." of modern art given to tl1e uni Now tl1e O 'Keeffe mu the scl1ool's approxil)lately l 00 say hello, the older Omegas dol dents, alumni and faculty see the . The move is just the lat versity in 1949 by renowned artist seum 1s trying -to reclaim the athletes are on scholarships re ing out pieces of wisdom to the loss of the sports program as po est strategic shift for the university, Georgia O'Keeffe, wife of pho entire collection on the grounds lated to their participation in the younger frats. But not anymore. tentially devastating to student life which has been struggling to gain tographer Alfred Stieglitz. that Fisk violated the terms of its NCAA Division Ill sports. He ''Usually everyone has a on campus. traction in its race to raise funds The university has tried agreement with O 'Keeffe and has said the university expects' the in homecoming football game. We "It decreases the cama before it runs out of money. to sell pieces of the collection forfeited its rights to the collec tramural prograh1 to cost $60,000 just have a basketball game. And raderie between students now that Financial struggle 1s and proposed a $30 million deiJ.1 tion. F1Sk and the museum made annually. now, we're not even going to have you don't have a function or an nothing pew or uncommon at Fisk, to share the collection with the closing arguments in that case be While West said no rev that," Hill said. event where students get together. known for the historic ful).draising Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, fore Lyle on Feb. 19 and are cur enue is generated from ticket sales Amid a deepening fi It decreases school pride. What efforts of its student chorus, the founded by Wal-Mart heiress Al rently awaiting a ruling that could or concessions, JoVan Kearse, nancial crisis, Fisk administrators are you rooting for, other than FiskJubilee Singers, who traveled ice L. Walton, according to The take up to 30 days. recently announced that they your academics?" said Hill, who throughout the United States and Associated Press. In cou11 earlier Meanwhile, Fisk IS > See FISK, Page 3 Panel Questions Need for Reform, Revolution nity. Ward said it will take more than civil ·and social changes and that there needs to be economic reform. "I generally believe that the measures we have in place do generally work," said vVard, a legal communica tions major. "I think we have a solid foundation in which we can woth: from to address some of the changes that we are trying to get in the African-Ameri • can community." Chigozie Onyema, an Afri can-American studies major, had a dif ferent idea on the route black people should take. Onycma, who refers to him self as a "Pan-Africanist," said "it is im possible for us to become equal under a capitalist institution." 01).yema sup ports revolution. Comments about whether the current capitalist system is benefi Jamlsha Pooly • ConlJWing Wriler cial to black people led to an eruption Panelists and audience members with varied beliefs discussed the state of the black comll)unity Thursday d.uring the event "Where Do We Go from Here?" of comments from both panelists and members of the audience. The discus BY JAMISHA PURDY seek - in earnest - what our strate sion then turned into a debate between gics arc, what our goals are, and what is panel members regarding whether Tnimaine Robinson · Conributing ""'*>grapher Contributing Writer Miami rapper Rick Ross visited the Punchout Thursday to promote his sophomore the best and most effective way to reach blac\;. people benefit more under a so album, "Trilla," which includes collaborations with R. Kelly, Li l Wayne and T·Paln. Last year, protestors took to that place." cialist or capitalist economy. the picket lines of America in response The panel-style discussion, Audience members didn't sit • to the treatment of six black teenag tilled ':Where Do vVe Go from Here?" quietly, but challenged panel members' ers in Jena, La. Later dubbed the Jena included Howard seniors from a broad beliefs. Rick Ross Keeps it '6,' this case was highlighted across spectrum of beliefs. Eacl1 panelist was Baker encouraged the audi America's civil tights groups, ultimately asked whether they believed the black ence members to take the discussion to leading to the reduction of charges and community should push for reform or another level. the ultimate dismissal of some of the revolution. "There is something, in some 'Trill' in the Punchout cases. Michael Varner, a political way you can involve yourself," Bake r More than a thousand How science major and the president of the said. "Let this have been a way for you a.mi." With a variety of guest appearanc ard tJniversity students poured into BY JADA F. SMITH College Republicans, said the question to find how you can involve yourself in es, Ross hopes to bring more attention to Cramton Auditorium to rally for the staff Writer of reform or revolution depends on the a serious and progressive movement. the South and prepare everyone for ''The cause, but months later some students type of change. Please, please, please, don't let this fall Students lined up in the Pun movement." wonde1; what's next for the stare or ''I think that the focus needs on deaf ears. All of this, all of our con chout around 4 p.m. Thursday as rapper "On the album, we have Trick black Americans. A multi-sponsored to be more on what the African-Ameri versation, is for nothing if we don't take Rick Ross arrived to sign autographs and Daddy, [Lil] Wayne, T-Pain, R. Kelly and discussion yesterday focused on-two of can community can do for itself," Var action." take pictures with fans and students alike. other artists and producers that I worked many possible routes Aftica.n Am<;ri ner said, "versus what particular legis The discussion was sponsored Hosted by vVHBC and DefJam Records, with," Ross said. ''\Ve startin' a move ca.ns could take: reform or revolution. l atio~ and the goverrunent can do for by the Kwame Ture Society, Political Ross made tl1e cameo to promote his new ment. Flo-Rida and Briscoe come h¥d. "This is not merely a conver black people." and Educational Action Committee album, "Trilla," which will be released on We're all a part of this movement of art sation to be had and then forgotten," To balance l11e political spec (PEAC), Howard University Student Island DefJam on March 11. ists. It even includes Cash Money." said Ray Baker, a senior broadcast ttum, the president of Howard's Col Association (HUSA), NAACP, Howard Ross said fans can simply ex The movement Ross referred journalism major and discussion mod lege Democrats, Devaughn Ward, also Chapter, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., pect "better," from his sophomore album erator. "Instead, this is an opportunity gave his beliefs as to what changes Alpha Chapter and Alpha Kappa Al compared to his debut CD, "Port of Mi- > Sec ROSS, Page 3 for us to seriously flush out ideas, to needed to happen in the black comnm- pha Sorority Inc., Alpha Chapter.
• Forum Addresses Dorm Renovation Concerns
BY ALEESA MANN now pre.sented their concerns management major and HUSA raised questions on topics such to study with a group of people not rushing to put them back." Staff Writer about living on campus. Director of Student Activities, as study rooms, wireless Internet [in a room] that's not conducive Gibbs also responded "''vVe wanted to give said, "I feel like Residence Life is and tuition increases. to studying." to questions about the shaky Thursday's "Put It On. students the opportunity to di one of those big issues that stu Travonnie Neblett, a Charles Gibbs, Dean wireless reception in some of the Blast: Residence Life" was the rectly suggest improvements to dents really want to talk about senior marketing major who re of Residence Life, responded by dorms. fourth installment of HUSNs students services that officers can and voice their opinions about. sides in the Towers, asked about saying, ''There are study rooms in '~t one point, we con "Put It On Blast" series. make," HUSA President Marcus Changes have definitely been acquiring appropriate accommo there and there was furniture in ducted a study in the Quad and Students have already· \
BY ERICA ROBINSON "It's fun as a model to try will provide coverage for both Contributing Writer on the different clothes," Manu the models and designers. el said. ASA is combining fashion, music, dance and awareness. Stunting modern-day Eniola Hundeyin, a de There will be a dance per trends in their annual fashion signer for the clothing label DA formance from the ASA dance show as part of DC Fashion VID, will be among the many team and the dance team Focus \Veek, the African Students As designers. Diary of a will also display their talent on sociation (ASA) attempts to According to her blog, break away from the stereotypi Hunde}~n's clothing line was the stage. R&B and Afro-pop singer Mad Black cal African apparel, modeling founded in 2007 as a line for Tolumide will also perform. Her clothes as casual as denim shorts women who love to stay stylish, music reflects her African heri and sneakers to elegant gowns sophisticated, versatile and, most Fashionisto tage through soulful gospel and and high heels. importantly, timeless. Nicole Manuel, a junior She is traveling from To poetic sound~. BY GEORGE LANDER The major focus of the philosophy major, is one of the ronto to showcase her designs. Contributing Columnist show is to create awareness models in the show. This is her Other designers include Obsid third year participating in the ian, Idia Design, Simply for )'OU, about the Malaria epidemic af "Good morn-ting" or "Good fecting Africa. event. KNAF Couture and Lshandi. Evenings!" Honey, whenever you "It's interesting every sin "It's going to be really Proceeds will go to Noth have so gracious!} decided to read different from anv other show," ing But Nets, a campaign that nw little column ... thank you a11d gle year," Manuel said. "Prepare ' . . to be amazed." said Esther Sonariwo, a senior focuses on creating awareness "Hcl-ler!" I have a confe~sion: being Designers from all around economics major. "It's prett}' di about the disease. This group the Black Fashionisto is a very hard will be on campus prior to the the world, including Toronto, verse." job ... that's right, being ''FIERCE" Ghana, Nigeria and America. The models will be of dif show. is not as eaS}' as it looks. will make their presence known ferent heights. shapes and col Those who make a dona Yes, I grt to atfend fashion at the fashion show. ors. doing away with the typical tion of a lca5t $150 will be re shows and industry e\·ents and hob According to Ikechukwu model image. warded with gift bags. nob with tho: ""ho's whr.'' of clllcr "It's all and all a good night Onyewucnyi, a senior psychol "The models are ve11 tainers 1Hx ya face babv. hating is not ogy major and ASA public re good," Onyewucnyi said. "You to be present," .Manuel said. a good look). But even that's hard lations officer who is in charge can expect something fresh." ASA will also be holding work ... S0i'v1ETI}.1ES! (Laughs) of the promotion for the event, Since the ASA fashion an African business conference f'trst I have lo kiss enough [ex the designers bridged the gap show is a part of DC Fashion today in Blackburn from 8 a.m. pletiveJ to actually get on the guest \ Veek, in which designers debut to5 p.m. Fie Pllolo list. Next comes 1he planning phase; with African fabric and modern Designers like Lshandi, KNAF Couture and ldia Designs will display styles. their latest fashions, the show I break do\\11 who ·s gonna be there, their work in Cramton Auditorium as part of DC Fashion Week. who l need to be seen with and who I need to a\'oid 1Sccuril'I isn't always . tl1e best\. Then comes Ill} favorite r------~I part .. 5hopping I do this myselfc. I I Lastly. appointments are made \\ith • I I Oprah Winfrey to Get TV I the "CL-'\.f\1 fEA11." Ther'll cover I I Weekly all the fmishing touches such as hair. I I facial, eye brows. manicure, pedi Network in Merger . cure Ewww! If vou dare wear an Entertainment open toe shoe without one" etc. Creation of OWN Networkmarks another zn a A: C\'ents. I split mv time be Briefs tween networking. schmooimg and series in media, business endeavors attempting to be photographed. Jf you aren't photographed... You T.I. Works With Federal AREN'T offidal. .. more on that BY JESSICA MCCORVEY Prosecutors on Plea Bargains later). Contributing Writer Then, disaster strikes. A sing I Atlanta rapper T.I., real name Clifford I er to go unnamed ''Dip it lo"; bring I Joseph Harris, was offered a 15-year sentence I it up slow" ... Hell she shoulda left it. I "You go girl!" sophomore I for his weapons charges. According to Google Anvway! "11s. Thang" - still to go I I chemistry major Erin Jackson I News link, Harris was originally arrested in unnamed 1SlDEBAR: Did you C\'cr I I shouted when she learned Oprah I I set: "Lo\c Don't Cost A !bing?" is October hours prior to his set appearance on I \Vinfrey had recently inked a deal I standing before mt in a dre.ss that the BET Hip Hop Awards. T.I. was arrested I with Discovery Communications for being in possession of two silencers and was clcarlv over-priced and under to create her own television net stykd. Now I ha\•e tact Shut up... l work. three 1nachine guns, and his attorneys arc now do), sol don't say anything. But there '•Vith happiness gleaming negotiating reducing the sentence. is one problem ...11Y !'ACE Bab): 1 from her eres,Jackson was full of can't hide nothin' on my face •pra>" joy for an idol who has appealed for me ... I'm a work in progress\. to millions around the world. Kells Set to Release Greatest Hits PROBLE.f\1: ~ow, bt'cause I \ Vinfrer has become a Ill\ Album can't control face, there is a lc~s household name, touching the th.m llattaing pitture circ·ul.1ti11g of "Kelis The Hits" is due to be released hearts of dewers from all back mt· !-riving ";\.h. ThaJ1g" that clrtad grounds from coast to coast. March 11 and will be a 14-track album. Ac ed ''boo-boo" f.it't 'iou know tJ1c She is recogni.~ed not onl} cording to allhiphop.com, many of the tracks ''boo-boo" face',. \\di I would ne\cr as a humanitarian, but also a tal arc collaborations with other artists, including want this to happen io )'OU, so l have ented business woman. "In Public" •vith Nas, "Millionaire" 'vilh Andre compiled a list of PHOTOGENIC.:. But some wonder if \\'in 3000 and "Got Your Money" 'vith 01' Dirty TIPS. Your Facebook pictures will frey is beginning to monopoliie newr be the same again. Bastard. Her debut album, "Kaleidoscope," the entertainment industry. Wear Colors That Com \Vinfrcy began her stream was released in 1999. pliment You - Certain colors bal of success as the host of ''.AM ance certain skin tones, while others Chicago," a morning talk show, just DON"I. Pia> around and find in I983. . New Law Being Proposed Honors colors that wm k for ) on From there, she began to Dr. Donda West Lighting- .Mariah Carer was broadcast "The Oprah \Vinfrcy Assen1blywoman Anlina Carter an- right. You have to find your light if Show" nationally on Sept. 8, you \\ant a good picture. Avoicl di nounced that she was proposing a "Donda 1986. lt has become the highcst rect lightin~ and heavr flashes. l'IP: rated talk show in history. West Law" in the state of California. Accord most peopk look better when there She then entered the Pl'loto ew1esy of msnbaredo4 com ing to blad'Voiccs.com, the law would ensure is soil or pink lighting.I broader media industry. \ Vinfrey Media mogul Oprah Winfrey's latest endeavors include the OWN Net· that patients arc checked and deemed healthy Learn YOUR Best Angle launched 0, The Opral1 ,\faga<,ine work, ABC's "Oprah's Big Give" and a all·girls school in South Africa. enough to endure the potential rigors of - Thi~ takes pnKtke, but a "cla~sic" a \Veb site and Harpo Produc general anesthesia. The 58-ycar-old mother of is to arrange your bod} 31+ toward tions. According to the officilll star. l think this is truly an inspi the c-.u11era "ith ont foot in front of rational story." rapper Kanye \.Yest died last Novcn1ber fron1 She also began a radio Oprah \Vinfrey \\'ch site, "In an the other and one: shonldn 'loser 10 Zaqura Frierson, a fresh show called "Oprah and Friend5" unprecedented deal, Oprah \\'in con1plications from receiving a tummy tuck. tht· c:unera th.m the other l·~\BlJ featured exclusively on XM Ra fre} and Discovery Communica man business management ma Sin1ilar legislation is being pushed in Illinois, LOUS1. dio and has started Oprah's An tions announced plans to create jor, believes there may be too where Donda and Kanyc lived for many years. Avoid a Double Chin in gel Network, a charity-based or O\VN: The Oprah \Vinfrcy Net much "Oprah-mania." Photos - DIET! \Ha! I'm just ganization. work. The new multi-platform "It's too much Oprah," Fri ------· pla)in' my thitk Bison sista1. Posi "I \Vinfrey's most recent busi media venture will be designed erson said. am happy for her tion yom~clf so that the t·amcra is ness venture is a new primetime to entertain, inform and inspire and l do support her, but I feel a little above vour eye level, or put show on ABC called "Oprah's people to live their best lives. that it just may be too much." one hand under Your chin as though Big Give." 0\\'N "111 debut in 2009 in more Lattaria \Vhitchead, a you 're resting your head on your The show will focus on in than 70 million homes, on what freshman political science major, COME.WRITE FOR hand. dividuals who compete to change is currently the Discovery I Icahh agreed with K.aggwa's statement. RELAX - Smile ;u1d don't the lives of complete strangas in Channel The venture "ill also "Oprah has what everyone LIFE & STYLE! stress or ovcr-lhink the photo. \\'t• the most creative ways they can. include the award-winning digital secretly wants, and if given the live in tht' age of digital camaas. The show will air March platform, Oprah.com." oppnrtunity, they would be doing Just make sure anv unflatte1ing shots 2 and feature celebrities like Jen Lawrence Kaggwa, Ph.D., the same thing," \Vhitchead said. arc erased! And if that doesn't work, nifer Aniston, John Travoha and a professor of journalism in the "People need to stop hating." BUDGET MEETINGS Pholoshop the mess outta that pic Jada Pinkett-Smith. John H.Johnson School of Com \ \linfrey has established ture honC} Ha!). But what may be causing munications, gave his opinion on herself as a woman who will not I hope these tips will help you the most controversy is \ Vinfrey's \>Vinfrey's new merger with Dis be slowing down any time soon. avoid "bad" pictures in the future, merger with the Discovery Health covery Health. Her bank account contin MONDAYS @ 7 P.M. or at least keep you out of a sticky Network. "I don't foel Oprah is mo ues to build "~th the expansion of situation \the dress was ugly). Now nopolizing the media," Kaggwa ''I think she's taking ad her companies, and her charity break out that Lainera and get to vantage of the opportunities she said. "She should be celebrat work follo,vs closely in pursuit. snappin' ... l\IUAH ! ed. She is gh~ng hope to all the \Vhether people support has," said Said Gaida, a sopho :forge more business management ma American thildrcn who are in Oprah's business ideas or believe P- LEVEL OF THE poor situations who want to bet she is controlling too much, it is jor attending H ofstra University !J )'Oil hat'f an;• ro11U11tT1ls, sug in New York. "Some people may ter their lives." clear that Oprah has knocked HOWARD PLAZA gestions, or PICTURE TO SHARE.£. Kaggwa continued, "lt is down doors that have been say she's doing too much, but I mail mt al gto~_1,_jorgt@_r11hoo.com think she's doing what she needs amazing how a woman of a poor slammed shut for years. WEST TOWER to." background has become a super-
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2400 4th Street1 NW W On f>r l)cft1re \ifarch 7. 20t)8 l•L , • ._. r\. ·- -• THE HILLTOP • \ PUS • .A M Thi~ slate the Imani Cheers trus BY SHIVONNE FOSTER current Howard University Stu Staff Writer dent Association (HUSA\ President last l\1arcus \ Vare to establish a book Running Jnder the platform endowment to increase the aca I accc "Strong Leader..hip, Accountability demic resources in tliree libraries. and a Commitment to Excellence," "That goes wit11 the point of • Irnani Cheers said she will lobby for my platform in commitment to ex a iew evaluation system that chal cellence," Cheers said. lenges administration and staff to Cheers said she is focused on serve students. all graduate and professional stu "I am addressing three main dents. points: the lack of financial and "I'm from the graduate "More and more people choose to academic resources, safety, security school, but I'm concerned about all participate in student government and health care, and increased lo my colleagues," she said. "I was out cal and global community invoh·e there protesting with the School of because they want to become more ment," she said. Divinity students last year when active and network. A lot of people 1 Cheers, who is from L.1rgo, they didn't have a dean." Md., is a first year doctoral sn1dent Cheers added iliat she is to become more involved on Howari in mass communication and media also concerned with the lack of campus, not only as a students, but studies. She recently finished her up-to-date equipment for students masters in African-American stud in health sciences, sayi ng, "The better citizens of society." ies and research in May 2007. ·School of Medicine lecture halls - Anastacia ft. I "l\1y current and past in look like they haven't been updati:d sophomore broadcast joui volvement in advocacy for gradu since 1972. That's ridiculous." '\te and professional students shows From her community in in the last two and a half years volvement outside the university, • • • • o I •••••• o • • o • o I• ••• • o o • o 0 o o o o • o o o o Io o o •I o o o o o o o o o I o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o • o • O o o o what I've been able to accomplish," Cheers believes she "~11 be able to she said. shift graduate students' attention "MaybE Cheers is the program coor toward local commuruty involve influx c dinator of the Graduate Student ment. Assembly. a Graduate/Professional "As a graduate trustee, I can the POI Student Representative for the continue these initiatives,'' she said. year af Safet) and Security Taskforce and "\\'hat makes me different is my is a member of The Hilltop Policy work eiliic and my history of com to mor1 Board. mitment to excellence. That's evi- smalle1 This yea1; she is working wi th dent in what I've been able to do." ...... Shea Drake BY ANNIE WHITE munity with the right work ethic." Editorial Assistant Drake said she has rallied to "I heard that certain people did a gr address concerns of the students job with their positions and so the 1 Shea Drake, a second year regarding the School of Divinity's student in ilie School of Divinity, is facilities, including a building that is people want to carry the torch. As a campaigning 10 be Howard's next currently leaking. She said S40 mil transfer student, I think that people graduate lrnslee. lion is going to be placed on next Her peers' encouragement year's budget solely to fix ilie build seeing [that] this university needs a and her experience as president ings. changes." of the School of Divinity's Stu The students have told her dent Government Association has she is running a "universal cam helped her take this step of faith. paign," she said. She said oilier -Ta "'I Drake's platform is "fucused, graduate and professional students senior psy Fearless and Faithful." She said arc able to re late to the issues Di Howard needs 10 review its ABCs. vinity students face and the issues lf elected, Drake said she she has battled as president. will help hold the administration Drake commended current o o o o I o' o ' o o o o o o 'o o o o o' o o' '•I • • • • • • • • • • •'•I••• o I• • • o I• o o o • o o o o o o O o o o 0 O o o I O o O O O o o o o accouutablc in tllc same way they graduate trustee Dennis Rogers for hold students accountable. She also making some of the graduate and intends to bujld on our path and professional school more visible. "At the inspire innovative ideas. Finall)\ "The School of Divinity people she plans 10 open the lines of com is not commonly called out," she munication between students and said. don't r the administration. She wants the Drake said she views her to enta organizations lo start with ''answer self as the underdog in the race. ing the phone, returning calls and She is running against four other positio filing paperwork." she said. candidates. Aliliough she admits it and yo· "In 2008 we shouldn't be op is challenging, she appreciates the erating the way we are," Drake said support given by her peers. seen bE of some of Ho"'ard's antiquated "People have been very en buildings, obsolete equipment and couraging,'' she said. "They have lagging technology. "It is not pre offered suggestions and have helped Traver Riggon$ • cafl'lltlS Edot« paring us to go into the global com- on the campaign." Daniel~ ' .. J • • February 29, 2008 - >Y- Graduate Trustee Profiles I year, there are more I s and candidates for USA executive and ee positions than Howard Cheng BY TRAVER RIGGINS The university fiscal calendar year. How would you Campus Editor starts July I each year, whid1 leave' some of the budgcling incomplete unt for the difference? Howard Cheng, a second year until August, leaving students liulc law school student from Los Ange plan for scholarships, fellowships and les, thinks Howard deserves a lead.:r job placement. committed to Howard, "a global "I want to advocate to change landmark and training ground for that fiscal calendar to a period that future leaders." gives the school more time to ap " I have the most well rounded propriate funding to various depart skill set and experience to hit the ments," Cheng said. ground running once I win the posi He also wants to clear up tion," Cheng said. misconceptions that can only' be ex- The graduate trustee hopeful plained by someone close to univer has two years of experience mnning sity operations. ant his own business and sits on the ad "There are a lot of myths visory boards of two international among the graduate student popula 's companies, one in Jamaica and one tion about what the uni\'crsil) docs o be in Hong Kong. and doesn't do," Cheng said. He is also a class representative Cheng also wants to address for the law school Student Bar Asso the misunderstandings the graduate ebane, ciation. students have about the universil), nalism Cheng found a mentor, a How which he said he would do by first in ard University Law School alumnus, vestigating student concerns. Cheng while he studied at the University said he would then use HUS/\ and of Southern California as an under the Graduate Student Assembly to graduate. His mentor, Olu Orange. disseminate the information. it has something to do with an sen-ed as graduate trustee before he Cheng said that not onl)' is the f new Howard students. It seems graduated in 1998. relationship between the graduate Cheng has a three-part agen population and the unh·crsity a con ulation is growing consistently da that he updates as new concerns cern, but also the relationship among er year. That may contribute anse. the graduate population. The latest part was added two .., Ve have a lot to gain from competitive candidates for a days ago as some students shared each other by networking now,'' he amount of positions." concerns with him in conversation. said. -James Duncan, ...... freshman nutritional science • '' o' ''' o o o o' I' o •'•••••I•••••• o 0 • • • o o • • 0 • • • o I• 0 0 • o o o o o o 0 • • • • o o o o • o • o o o o o o O o o o • Muteba Mukendi at BY ANNIE WHITE Howard's research cetHers that onl) Editorial Assistant receives SI million annual\) in fund ew ing to operate. Muteba Mukendi is campaign "That is almost nothing com ing to be Howard's graduate trustee. pared to the amount of research they are Mukendi, who recei\'ed his do," he said. "That i~ barely enough lot of bachelor's degree from the University to cover their expenses, like paying of Maryland, College Park, said, "this the staff.'' is not the way it is supposed to be." l\1ukendi procet·dcd to bcnC'h "'TI1ese arc issues I have never mark Howard :igainst top-tit•r re Davis, dealt with at any other schools," he search centers, such a~ Har.arc! ho logy said. '\<\nd no one should accept the University. Georgetown Uniwrsity way that things arc." and George \\'a.shington Uni\crsity. The second year business stu He said Howard's cnclowmcnt is sig dent said he believes student~ are re nificantly lower than theirs. He said ceiving a low return on their invest Howard's research level has fallen ·· ··························································•·····················.. ment. over the rears. "\ Ve are spending a lot of mon "Fot1tme 500 companies come end of the day, I feel like more ey," he said. '\<\nd the quality of ser to our campus and thcv sec old, rotten vice is insane." Mukendi is calling for buildings," he said. "The bathrooms are trying to be popular and they a "New Howard, Now!" He believes don't h;wc soap." He said they do not alize how much work it's going it is urgent for Howard to return to like the look of the university, ) cl we 1, because they've never had its mission. expett them to spend monn here. "Howard is a research-oriented ~Iukcndi said ht: "ill encour s in student government before, university, but we are not practicing age members of the board of tmstees 're seeing names you've never that,'' he said. to use key metrics to evaluate the pro- His competitors arc campaign grams the school launches. . fore." ing for the facilities to be remodeled, He also wants to place students but he said his platform differs be at the center of the univcrsit). He - Rachael Allen-Stephens, cause he addresses mpiled by Shivonne Foster, Staff Writer e Perry Danielle Perry, a student in the Howard University School of Law and Graduate Student Assembly representative, Is a candidate in the race for the graduate trustee position. Perry received her undergraduate degree in political science from Howard. Perry was unavailable for an Interview with The Hilltop Thursday. Ptio4o Coutle$y OI Ebony Glo;er \ I ------·-·...... ----~--~~-~------· ------~------~-~------6 SPORTS February 29, 2008 Little Student Support Doesn't Stop Howard Bowlers BY MAKULA DUNBAR on campus. Contributing Writer "Monday and Tuesday we're off campus," ?.lcCall said. "\ Vednesday and Thursday we practice in Blackburn and do cardio in Burr. On 1 hree Mnkes and rou '1e out! This may be the weekends. we have tournaments." true in the good 'ol game of baseball, or in .1 scari er situation, with the: law. llt-spitc these truths, mul The majority of the tournaments are host tiple stt ikcs mean something different for members ed ar other schools. of Howard University's wonwn's bowling team. Despite the lack of awareness and overall For one, it means that you 'n· a pretty good school spirit, the bowling team has more difficul bowler, but due to tournament locations and the ties to worry about. hype that surrounds the football and baskerball Captain and senior accounting major Si cilia Baldwin has high hopes for the team upon teams, Howard doesn't get lo showcase its best bowlers. her departure, but would like to sec some im Although the bowling alle}' adjacent ro Black provement while she's still here. burn's game room isn't always fully functional, the \ Vhen the team competes in tournaments, bowling team is. The Howard University women's it's obvious that competing schools invest in their facilities, and Baldwin would like Howard's ap bowling team competes in regular MEAC, ECAC and NCAA tou1 naments. pearance to be up to par when they host tourna ''I'm a rdaunl) nc" bowler, but I lo\c the ments. sport .uid its sometlung l takc vcq serious!)." said "I would like us to have the same: advan tages as far as our facility. training, working out sophomore film m;yor ?.kt.all. a first year bowler on Howard's team. "Because I'm the new and coaching techniques," .tSald"in said. "\\'c est. l'm still learning about the game." just need outside help." In terms of receiving little support from She continued, "'\\'e're at a minimum right the student body. ?.kCall said. " I think it's highly now. There are ix people on the team where a minimum of five is needed, so a larger team discouraging. \\'e 're JI.ISi like the other teams at school:' would benefit us. \\'e're making progress, but if we had more funding, then we'd be doing a lot The Uni\'ersit) of ~1.lryland Eastern Shore better." Phoeo Cc Bowling Team Q&A: Alesyn McCall SCOREBOARD BY MAKULA DUNBAR Fail a test, just because it's so em Contributing Writer barrassing. If you fail a test, that's your business, but when all the pressure is on 'Iht H1lllo/1 sat clo11 n with rookie and everyone's counting on you, a gutter bowler t\lcs)n Mt.Call to discuss the in~ ball is embarrassing. Luckily I'm not the & outs of the universit}"s lit1lc known anchor, so I'm never the last person to bowling team. The sophomore lilm throw the last ball to conclude a game. major explains how she became an avid bowler and why bowling is belier then What's the weirdest thing most sports. you've heard as punishment for How long have you been getting a gutter ball, not on the bowling? HU team, but in any situation? I've bt'en bowling for about a year I've heard of some embarras~ing thin~ like barking like a dog or falling out on the floor ... that's pretty much it. \Vhat made you become in terested in bowling for Howard's What's one word to describe team? the HU women's bowling team? \\'ell, my dad used to bowl in the I would say improving. \\'e defi league and when I had this one job. he niteh ha\'e a good solid group of people would ask me if I ''·lilted I 1 i:o bowling, who reallv love the spon and who are and that's sonwthing I w cd to do to just l'Moi:cu'!o I iww-Pi t·ommitterl and want to see Howard's clt"ar Ill\' m nd. Sophomore rookie bowler Alesyn McCall 0011 ling team take it to 1he next level. It\ just something I got used 10 doing like a couple times out of the Strike Is there anything that you week. So when ( found out Howard had Greatness, congratulations hate about practice? a team, I thought it would be fun to be a Competition I hate that it's not like hype. In part of because it was relaxing. Ready, fun, domination tournaments, you have other sc•10ols there and there's a lot of noise. \\Then What would you say makes Disco I'm at practice, it's just the team of six bowling b etter than most sports? Excitement people. Nobody's really screaming and It's special and unique because you don't cheer during practice. people don't look at it as a sport, but "Flavor of Love" season 3 when you g<'I Into lompelilivc bowl Embarra.... ,ment, cancellation. What are your best and worst ing, you reall) understand wh;1t a seri scores? ous sport it •~ People realh de\'ole time, Bowling alley ?-.Ir best score i5 a 210. 'My worst energy and real skill to the gamr. It re Good times. score is a 97. That's pretty bad, but that quires a lot of skill that goes unnoticed. happened when I was a beginner. Team \Vhat would you rather do Support, encouragement, dedica \Vhat comes to mind when than get a gutter ball on the last tion. you hear each of these words: set of a game? • MONDAY TUESDAY WEDSNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS HILLTOPICS THE HILLTOP I MECC ISMS 7 Th is week's issue: / she Sa\d Chivalry He Sa\d ... the Gender Divide from Both Sides of by Joshua fhoittas 8- Jada Sittlth Viewpoints • For the sake of a more polarized argument, I will be assuming the Maybe it's because I was raised in the South, or because I grew up •he-man, n01Jirls-allowed" role. So without any further ado, ahem ... seeing great examples of strong black men. Or maybe just because I know Christ ina's Chivalry is a model of conduct stemming from medieval times, knightly right from wrong ... but I've com& to value and expect chivalry, in all forms, valor and honor. (So, basically it's an Anglo construct, but that's an entirely from men. Men ere supposed to open the door for a woman when entering Corner different conversation.) This model of conduct was en unwritten set qt rules a building or getting in end out of a car, carry her.bags when traveling. give outlining how to treat women. up their seat if a lady is standing and pay for the evening when out on a date. BY CHRISTINA M. WRIGHT Based on this standard. wom~n were s\rbject to ce~rn entitlements Call me old fashioned. Call me crazy. But that is whai young women are Layout Editor based on their gender. At that time, and throughout history. wo'.1\en '/(ere taught to expect from a man. deemed the weaker sex and labeled as inferior to men. pue to the·r lower Fast forward to 2008 as a college sophomore living ii'\, Meridian Hill There's always so social status, women were entitled to certain things becelise i was generally Hall. Any giv~n day when riding a packed shuttle to end from campus, all the much talk of Americans being accepted that they could not do things for themselves or could not do so as boys could be sitting down and all the women standing up trying d"sperately unhealthy and overweight. and well as a men. In other words. a:: women were seen as frail helpless damsels to grab an to the poles for balance without dropping their purses as the it's 6etting 11 or ,. and worse for in distress and men were their knights 1n shining armor. shuttle driver jerks around comers. each new generation. \\'ell. I So here we sit in 2008. and I doubt any of th~ independent women at When, exactly, did chivalo'y die? Where did it go? finall) ha\'e decided to make a Howard University or elsewhere would claim to be inf?rior to men. So why Nbt to say that women have been suffering, in any way, due to the life change. On my recent trip to is there such an outcry for a system that operates off of the premise that lac!< of common courtesy from our male counterparts. But it is a part of Mexico. I was able to lose 30 lhs. women are not as capable as men? . the slowly dying cultural aspect of our society. No, we do not need you to do Since returning. I ha1·e returned Often, wheri.we look et tbese social standards and gender roles of that anything for us. It would just be nice for you to show some cons1deratJon and to my old ways and gained back time, only chive ry is e1 THE HILLTOP 8 iVERTISEME Februa 29,2008 ' •I 'I • • •I 'a 'J r • ' • I • ) , Find your seat. Find your future. Introducing the HBS 2+2 Pro g r am ~ ..- • This is not your typical business prograrn. !Jut we'r€ not looking for typical business school students . I• • If you're a science, engineering, or liberal arts major considering an MBA ir t he iuture, this n1ay be for you. Find out. • We're accepting applications f rorn college juniors no\tv. • Graduate college> Work 2 years> HBS 2 year>> Earn MBA Learn more: Hovvard Univc::rsily I Bliltkburn Cc-nli.:1', Roorn 142 I 3.'06/08 I 4:00 5:00 p.rn. Register for the info sessio n: hb~.~du/2+2.i'h<> '>V THE HILLTOP ' I • fl1 >RIA18 &PERSPF.C'llVF.S 9 • Candidates Must Reevaluate Priorities Da i I y S u d oku By La\vrrnce E. Ball Much can be said about of the student ,1ssociation which exists for the sake of learning; 1l owarcl's studmt political at inchldcs co111111ittccs that student capitalism made the American Directions: mosphere. \Ve all know that as leaders sit upon, the chain of University a bastion of techni Each row, each column, and each 3x3 box must March 6 grows near, the intensity command and interrelationships cal training and human capitnl contain each and every digit 1-9 exactly once. and frequency of hearing rheto between Residence life, Student deYclopment. As I regard all of ric and seeing paraphcrnnli.1 will Services, the athlc rics department the candidates as good friends draslically increase, cngulfmg and the Onicc of Student Act:vi and colleagues, I hope that thn (.md of course \l>U till c\·aluatc our campus \\ith high hopes and ties. ,. pipe dreams. I am by no means a Allotha touchy area was 11USA's true priorities: 11 pessimist, but as I read the litera the status of technology at How - Integrating International 11 3 ture, attend the speak outs, evalu ard. I was deterred to hear Abim Student Services and university 2 8 ate the ~tandpoints and ''cigh it bola George sa\ that there is "a widc organizations into the plan -- - against what Howard Universit)' gap between !SAS and HUSA." ning and organiling of student rcall>· needs, I get disgruntled and Yes, the e-mail services don't government. leadership and r1 f1 ~ay "there is a 75 percent chance work, but there is no gap. At the emplo)1nent (including alumni of HUSA completely sucking in fQrcfront. my issues arc with the outreach, the Howard Unh·ersit) 3 ,_ 2008-2009." University's spending on smart llomccoming Steering <..:ommit -- - '· I was a freshm:v1 in fall of rooms, laboratoril'S and the num tee, Special p!'(";cct Funding from 2005 I was a part of BUSA ber of computer.; available in our General Assembl}\ Got a Story to Tell? J onathan Houston Ashley Marshall Kandace Barker Assisfilnl Busint'ss .\Janago Business i\ !aJUl.·aer Sasha Quintana Kamirria Harris ,... Qfficr Assisfilnts Qffire A.Janager Tu Hil&p nuourages iJ.s rtadm lo share their opiniqns wiJh the nnmpaf>tr thtuugh lettm to the edi/Qr or pm~ctWs. AU ldtm should inchJde a comp/ti/ address and llltp/wnt numhtr and slwukl be sml tlectronicaJ!1 on Submit Your Personal OUT Web .n/I aJ UIURU~CQ111. Any inquiries for advtcriscments or Hilltopics should be directed to The Hilltop Business Office. 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