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• Volume 69, Number 23 The Hilltop/ April 11, 1986 DIV.• • , Naomi Travers ment of tuition. According to that Hilltop Staff Reporter .figure, the total value of classroom instruction and other benefits you Because the universitY's fiscal .receive as a ,fUll -time rcgistared stu- outlook for 1986-87 lies in the hands of the Supreme Court and its decision '.dcnt such as health care for one on the cori stitu1ionality of the semester should roughly be close or . Balance Budget and Emergency just exceed $8,000 . . ' Defecit Control Act of 1985 Though the tuition increase is not ) (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings bill), yet official, students see it as university officials, such as Dr. Caspa unavoidable. L . Harris, Jr., vice president for Business· and Fiscal Affairs, are ''I think it's extremely detrimental preparin.g f~r the w9r~t a~d predic­ • that they (Board of Trustees) aren't ting an 1nev11ahle tu1t 1on .increase. warning the students far ahead of Howard University has already time so that they can prepare for the suffered a $7 million bu1!get cut from 1he federal government, which is the Increase," said Ona Alsko n, HUSA university's largest revenue supplier, president-elect . Alston added that the and could receive another $6 to $33 worst result of the tuition increase n1illion if ~upreme Court rules Dr , Caspa L. Harris. \'ice president for will be. the loss of students who that Grainm-Rudman-H ollings is, Bu si nes~ and F.iscal Affairs benefitted from federally financed constit'utional. . .~ · loans. ~ ..\ ccording to Harris, (unding for 1 fr•ll'-'1110 Cro"•~ll~. Jr. l~ 1lhop (Top)Archiiccturl.' studc111s protest thl.' rancl"llat1on of an a.:.:reifitaiion learn that 1<1as scheduled to \'isi t lhe school. - ·. ~ we only have· 1wo sources of. the plaza project will solely come . Brian Ross, a junior accounting from commerical financiers, bur pro- major, said, ' ' The uniVersity • (Botton1)4;1arr)' G . Robinson. , dt~11 of th~, School o_f .-\r rh1 1 ~·t ur~ and City Pla~nin g; H o:a r~ Uni\'crsity President James E. Cheek; revenue. One is the federal govern­ ment and the other is tuition and · j shouldri't be as dependent on the a11d r<.1i ct1acl \\'inston, \icc. prc~1den1 o! .'\.:aden11.: Affairs, listen 10 the students gr1e\•ances. fits can and 1nos1 likely wil . be chan- federal governmCnt. We should fees,'' Harris said. ''Since federal neled back into the universi1y's ' \ generate our own runds .•• , funding is no longer ·a ..so urce, \\'C budget. ' '• l1a \·e to rely on tuition and fees to help." ACcOrding to Harris, there is no ' 'This (HoWard Plaza) is just a university in the U.S. that charges the plan right now. It, will be a long while Harris said ~ ha! Ho ward Universi­ ·actual net worth amount for tuition, before any notable action is taken On but he also added that there is no ,, ty was the hardest hil i11 s1.iiution in it," said Harris. lh~ U.S. as. a result of Gramm­ univerisity tha1 charges so little as Rudman-H olli ngs. Galludet College The plan to "revitalize the area is an Howard an·d offers so much. ••tf we at temp) to attrtct more customers to don't have ihe lowest tuition,'we arc the Ho,vard Inn, a university-owned close to it," Harris said. ·in Washington, D.C., also suffered hotel that' has not profited since its losses, but not as severe primarily aquisition in 1981. Though tuition will most likelyin- because o( their private a nd alumni Funds 10 assist the Howard Inn are crease:' the deferred payment plan cont ribul ions. being routed from another university- w.ill remain intac1. Sai'd Harris, o" ·ned business, WHUR Radio, the ''Now is no t the time to end defer- I' ''Howard alumni have 1101 .con- 11un1ber one ·s1a1ion in the red payment. The program is ab­ •' tributed in any substantial amount, \Vashington metroPolitan area accor- solutely in no jeopardy." so we are still looking fo r Other ding to the fall Aribitron ratings, The decision to increase tuition revenue sources." Harris said. which nets about $4 million annually. fees will come ·from the Board of Despite the university's newly a.dd- Trustees. The Board will meet on These other sources incl ude the ed financial problems, it still has an June 7 for the last time before tile fall Ho\vard Plaza projec1, which is a overridi 11g defecit to handle. semester and ha~ until that date to long-ter1n, $150 million plan of the Office of Business and Fiscal Af- make a decision. Howard Foundation, a .separa1e en- fairs figures show that st uden1s pay Harris said; ''The situation could tity from tfie university , to revitalize only 18 percent of the actual worth end as a rosy one or as an absolute the area SUrro u ndi ng the uni versi l y. JO:::_f~wh::ajl~t it h~e::y_:r.:<=::i;;ve~in~~re~t~ur~niiiiif o~r~pa~y-·_q:!i:O ~'°'~:CSl$:0.:.L°"',"'·~-..: ·..:· '----;-,, --'"''-'-' _.:_l ; w E. Jackson • ' Accreditation. Team s Visit Howard ) ·Cancelled , Student.s Protest ·•1>residc:;i. Cheek has indicated that slatus of the planning department, Plaza Andre"' Skerritt , Hilltop Staff Reporter he is not prepared to appro\•e the pro- Cheek said the program is ''not posed site visit by the Planning Ac- ad\'ersely affected by the decision not creditation Board (PAB) on April 20 10 have !he accrflli1ation visit ." Project Over 80 stude11t s in the School of to 23. No. reason was given ror the Cheek denied that gtdllating seniors Architec1ure and Planning staged a car1cellation of the \'isit. v.•ould have unaccredited degrees. sit-in on the 4th noor of the ad­ The PAB visit \\' as scheduled to re- ''The srudents are not in jeopardy," Develops ministration building yesrerda)', 10 evaluate the university's ,program h-.: said. demand a mee1in g with President 'vhich Robinson said \\1as due for re- Cheek also defended his decision' James Cheek in o rder 10 ques1io11 his -certification ' ' because ils presen1 cer- to cancel the arranged visit -but Cedric Smilh decision 10 cancel an arranged \'isit b)• tificatio n period ends on Jufle 30. declined to give reasons. He said 'Hilltop Staff Reporter an accreditation 1eam to the school's T he content of the letter caused similar decisions have been made in Department of Cit)' and R·cgional t\\'O major st udent concerns. Student the pas1 in regard 10.. other schools. Howard Universit y is i11 the em­ Planning. representative to 1he American Plan- ''There have been times in the pas1 bryonic process of construc1i on of a According 10 Ro nold f\.1ijcttc , 11ing Association, Paul Aston said, when I have asked for cancellation of mul1i-million dollar plaza in the nor­ presiden1 of the sc hool's st udent . ' 'The university had created the visi1s. This is not unusual," he said. th\.\'est area, according to members or council 1he sit -i n was staged ''because cancella1i on as a ploy 10 remove the Cheek said he wa.-s not at liberty 10 the Howard Founda1ion located ~ on th~ s1udents had .received a lett C'r city planning department without our slate the spetific reasons for cancell- the sixth floor of the H oward Inn. which stated 1h a1 the President knO\\'ledge. ' ' 01her students voiced ing lhe accreditation visit. However, (Cheek) has decided to cancel the ac­ the fear !hat they \vould be he said that ''We were not,prepared Although many rumors have been creditation team's visil .... Students ' ' graduating v.·ith unaccredited to have an ou1side. authbrily come circulated about the project, Dr. were stirred 10 ac1 because they degrees," v.•hi ch th·ey claimed would here and make a positive recommen- Roger Estep, vice president for fea1:,,ed no visit meant thar the plann­ be l1 seless in a competitive job dation." dev,!Opment and university relations, ing department would lose accredita­ market. · . When challenged on the basis of confirmed that the project is ''still tion," he said. Student concerns were put forward his judgment, Cheek admi1ted that he under development.'' The letler to which Mije1te refer­ 10 Cheek when the administration had been wrong in the pas!. ''There According to a Washir1gton Post red was sent by Harry G. Robinson, gave in to the students' dem·ahd for have been other situations when I article, the ''Howard Plaza will in­ III, dean of the School of Archi tec­ a meeting. Vi ce President . for thought a program was in order and clude a 30,000-seat domed stadium ture .and City Planning (SACP) to Academic Affairs, Michael Winston, an evaluation team recommended that will be the only domed stadium • Clerrienl Lewsey, chairman o f the and Dean Robinson met with seven against accreditation. Student reac­ in the area, office space, a st\Opping Department of C i1 y and Regional s1udent repres.entatives for tWo hours. tion is proof that we are not ready,'' .mall and as many as 1,200 apartment Planning. Th·e letter slated that Re s pondin~ to questions about 1he he said. uii.its. ''The $150 million dollar pro­ • • ject , will be bo ~nded by Georgia Avenue on the east, Barry Place on ~ the north and Floiida Avenue on the west and south. Pharmacy Building Renamed Many of these rumors 'have created a disturbance·within the immediate community surrounding Howard's Michelle Roberis was taken to Howard UniversitY Hospi tal after physically jumpina on­ ~ampus, specifically LeDroit:11ark. to vehicles traveling or1 Bryant S1reel, N. W., c_ For Chauncey Ira Coop~r The community thinks that HQ>llard • 1 will create projects that will interfere ·Elizabeth Smith with their daily lives. Woman Collides With Hill1op Staff Repor1er John Bae!, a JS -year-old resident, . ~s aid, ''Large projects will bring more • Despite poor weather conditions, reasons the building is dedicated 10 and more people in our community. • a standing room only crowd of the memory of Dean Chauncey Ira ' Therefore, our children will sell' more Cars, Injures S~lf HOward U niversity administrators, Cooper, according to Cheek. and more drugs. They will see this faculty, students, and friends of the ''A meeting took place after Dr. comniunity as a tyJ)e of heaven for . counseling service, located in lh late Chauncey Ira Cooper met Sun­ Cooper died and in that meeting I as Purvette Bryant drug pushers.•• Hilltop Staff Reporter C.8, l>owell buildina on Bryan day, April 6, 'to honor him by renam­ well as other facultY suggested that Street where she wa waltina to - ing the College of Pharmacy and Community tiusinessmen do not we make a proposal, to name the like the idea of Howard's broad and A youna Black woman was taken a therapist, accordina to an ••nlden Pharmacal Sciences building to Howard University Hospital tified counsclina staftcr who wu ''Ch3uncey Ira Cooper Hall'' . bµilding after Dr. Cooper," said G.J. sudden expansion. ''Everyone in the Kapadia, Ph.D. and chairman of the 'ff!UH) at approximately I :JO p.m. the scene. The therapist wu enrout •'Chauncey was an outstanding ad­ commUnity feCls that Howard (has) Wta.nesday after she ftysterically renamina committee. · aot enouah, '' said R. Goah. a resi­ to the bulldina, be toaid. . ministrator and a genuine human be­ jumped atop oncomina vehicles while "I thouaht oomeonc had ing. Under his administration, the dent ofl_he community for 20 years. , . runnina west on Bryant Street, N. W. her pocketbook,'' said Glenn Harris, college grew In size, proa:ram scope, Kapadia added that Cooper was ''Howard University does not Michelle Roberts, 3S, suffered a sportscaster for WHUR Radio and prestige. To merely say that he represent the Black people. They facial bruises. and cuts ana is still hard workina: and expected others to who witnessed the incident. • was concerned is an understale­ do the same. Student• did not ap.. (Ho.ward ltudents) walk throuah ·our underaoina tests at the hospital, said ''She ran in front of a car and I ment," said university President Dr. community and do not even speak,•• Michael Brown, a hospital thou1ht it wu ber boyfriend tlw James E. Check. preciate the (difficult) type of exams he gave until ther had t9 take the she said. ''True, manr, of them talk spokesman. ~mothllll to her. She Jumped on He added that Chauncey was deep..' state board exams. He conditioned ·ab\lut friend1hip and ove, bul none . Accordit11 to BroVjn the reason the hood of die car (which hid Hop­ ly admired and reco1nized by his his students well. of them really live It. They come from forJlie patient'• actions had not been ped) and then on the man'1 roof and Ch1uncey Ira Cooper their 'ideal' families and cannot relate determined and could not be reieu· started stomplftl her foot on It. peers, 11nd honored by colleaaucs, ed without authorization. and students as well. 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J • ' ' r • .::f•l 1...... ··...... lllllllll"""...... ;...... T.boiii _:mtop/Aprll_!J,19'6 ••students ate lcarnina about the UNIX system used by AT&T which ' is designed for beginners as well as Trustee Board·Mandat~ Sought for systems programmers,'' Gault said, explaining the benefits of the ' computers to students. ' 1They can Paul S. Burley ''This is the initial stage. One of was som~ miscommunication .bet­ learn several languages rosing the Hilltop Staff Rep9rter the recommendaiions of ,the (steer- · ween the adminstration and HUSA, equipment including f6RTRAN, ing) committee was that Dr. Cheek and that Dr. Check may not have PASCAL, and UNIX ' shell appoint a design committee (to struc­ been in favor of making Afro­ language.'' · The campaign to . make Afro­ ture Afro American studies into the American studies a course require­ Adrienne Taylor. a senior in the American studies a mandatory course curriculum) ·and the Bo:1:rd has to ment. However, Shaw said that a few School of Engineering said, ''They is awaiting a decision by Howard's pass it .... Most likely it will be under­ students were initially aware that the have good networking capabilities Board· of Trustees who, later this way by Fall of '87," Taylor said. administratio'n actually was thus maximizihg the capabilities of month, will decide if the course will Todd Shaw, chairperson of the interested. each machine. You can communicate be implemented. · Afro-American Studies Push Collec­ with people in different depa~ments I According to Dr. Estelle Taylor, tive;, a group. of Howard students ''We are pushing the Afro­ through electronic mail. Files can be associate dean of the College or who support the proposal, said,• :''I American and African Studies mailed from computers in one Liberal Arts, a task force was ap­ am almos1 sure the Board (o( department. I am fearful that the ad­ On hand for 1hC AT&T f;ounda1ion's presentation lo 1he College of Medicine were (l departrricnt to computers in pointed in April 1985 by university Trustees} will assure it (a mandatory ministration will set u~ this course as to R): Wylie W. Sddcn, Jr., assis1an1 director of the Department of Development; Dr. Angella another.'' ,, ' President Dr. James Cheek after a: Afro-American studies). : I don't a move to calm us (the collective D. Ferguson, assistant vice president for health affairs; Dr . Russell L. Miller, dean of the Other benefits of the AT&T com­ student petition to study th'e feasibili­ think they \viii stand up against the: · down),'' Shaw said. College of Medicine; Dr. Addison W. Pope, medical director at AT&T Technologies and puters C:ited by Taylor include its ty of mandatory Afro-American prop·osal. We have done enough lob­ a Howard alum11us: Dr. Pauline Y. Titus-Dillon, associate dean for academic affairs in the modem communication and exten­ studies was circulated. bying for it." • Dr. Russell Adams, chaiiman of ,College of Medicine; and Diane C. Quinn, manager of universi1y rela1ions at AT&T -sive word processing capabilities. The task force consists of students, the Department of Afro-American .Co~mu_o;_,,_,~o~"~'·------"-~------...l ' In the School of Medicine, the faculty members represe.nting all of Studies said, ''Knowledge of one's computers will be used to develop a ttle schools and cdlleges, arid Is '' • . .. The chairman own experienC-e is essential to training program to help students chaired by Taylor. It met six different anybody's education, It tells the rest understand the importance of the times during the Fall 1985 semester • of the story involVed in hi slory, in AT&T Donates new technology in the health care and recommended that Afro­ of the board is Ill sociology, and economics. It tells the professions. Although no classes in .1\tnerican studies be made a require­ rest of the American story." the school use the computers now, ment. It disbanaed on October 30. such courses are' being developed, ac­ That recommendation of the task Adams said that Afro-American Computers To cording to Assistant Dean Dr. Mor­ force 1,1:as presented by Taylor to a favor of it.'' studies will compel faculty and ris Hawkins. 1 • steering committee which believes students to examine with greater care ''We've appointed a committee that Taylor is a ''powerful'' f'J.culty Todd Shaw the ''received'' ideas written by and we've been communicating with voice that voted unanimotlsly for Whites. ''It makes you morf critical Howard Univ. AT&T to develop new courses. In Afro-American studies to be accepted of the material you receive from the fact, thiS summer we're sending a by the University Co.uncil. According to Shaw, the purpose of other side," he said. Rachel L. Swarns proposals stating what we would do med student to intern at Bell Labs. the Afro-American ,Push Collective is with new computer equipment,'' said The Council is a body of the Anyone who was !rained in Afro­ Hilltop Staff Reporter He'll be able to help us formulate our University Senate with · its own to inform, sensitize, and mobilii;e the Dr. Rob~rt Gault, an AT&T visiting American studies at Howard after new courses as well," Hawkins said. \!'epresentatives, according to Taylor. Howard student bpdy into making professor·who teaches in the Systems In the Scho9I of Liberal Arts, the 'The Senate is a governing body· Afro-American studies a mandatory 1970 who are now professionals have and Computer Science department in had no forma'I courses in Afro·· American Telephone & Telegraph AT&T comput,Crs will be used by the made up of President Cheek, all the course as well as to monitor find ad­ recently donated $719,000 worth of the School of Engineering. ''We sent science departinents. vice presiden1s (of the university), all ''ise the administration on tl:ie con­ American studies because the course in the proposals and got the com­ · AT&T also donated $250,000 to iS not reaily there. He added that they computer equipment to Howard 1he deans of the various schools and sideration and implementation of puters.~ were not trained in a way in which the University. T\venty gifts of 3B2-300 the medical school to bObt~r its colleges, the deans of regisffation, the such a course. According to Gault, AT&T financial aid program. A check worth course could assist this generation, computers were made in total in­ dean of residence life, the dean of the ''Dr. Cheek assur·ed me that rare­ cluding" eight to the School of donat~d the equipment to get a tax $125,000 was already received by the chapel, plus a faculty·representative ly does the Board have any great op­ according to Adams. ''We are work­ break (all g~fts are tax deductible}, school. The next check will be ing with a curriculum based on Engineering, Jhe College of Liberal from each school and college. lt. is the posi1ion . The chairman of the Board and to r~ruit quality st uder:its to their some1hing other than the Afro­ Arts and four tp the School of presented when the school finishes it entire university constituency," she (Geraldine \Voods) is in favor of it,·· Medicine. company. ''We are enabling students campaign to raise $500,000. · said Shaw. He also said that th~re American perspective," he said. said. • ''AT& T asked Howard to submit to learn and use this equipment which According to the medical school's is used in AT&T and Bell Public Information Officer Yvonne Laboratories. Once students · Brown, such grants are necessary in demonstrate ability, we seek them out light of cuts in federal and state aid and get them to work for us," Gault to needy students. said. · ''As a result of Gramm-Rudman­ He emphasized the good quality of Hollings and other cuts, scholarship the new equipment, and in ract , the money has decreased," Brown said. School: of Engil}eering tak.es full ad­ ''We're receiving less money from ;vantage of the computer gifts. Com­ federal and state sources, so we have puters are located in the dean's and to fill in the gap ourselves." associate dean's offices in the com­ The first AT&T scholarships will puter lab, and , in all five major be awarded for the 1986-1987 departments . where the Applied aCadem'ic year~ They will be award­ System Programmirfl, and Seriior ed to students based on financial Project courses use them. ne«f·. '' GC Celebrates ~· ~ ; :rey· ,,, r'.:£ ~.k 1'15' 4' ~l r~1gr . ~ 17 Years '1;">~ ' ti '! ·-- ,..,."'•:·'"'"' Hitl1op Staff Reporter petition held in Brooklyn, New York. The competition was open to univer­ sity choirs around the country that A host of blue or burgundy·robed performed gospel music. persons fill the rear of Cramton In March 1983, the City Council of Auditorium amidst the whispers and Washington, D.C., issued a declara­ sounds of the" audience who anxiolisly tion proclaiming the choir's ex­ look at center stage ·waiting for the cellence throughout its existence. • group to appear. In January, 1984, the choir perform· Without wafning, and a burst of ed in the Kennedy Center's televised sound, the Howard Gospel Choir salute, ''Celebration of Life," com­ (HOC) began to si ng a rendition of memorating the institution of Dr. ''A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,'' or Martin Luther King Jr. 's birthday as ''Ezekiel Sa1t.1-De Wheel, '' as the au­ a national holiday. dience turn~ in surprise to see them. Such performances have afforded Almost as if a metamorphosis oc­ the group the opportunity to appear curs, the auditorium is then-filled by with well-known artists such as Stevie the twinkling of piano keys, strum­ Wonder and Patti Labelle. ming of a bass, and beating of a . The group has also performed with drum set, which accompany the choir notables such as Rev. James as they sing ''Rise, Shine• Give God C leveland, Edwin and Walter ' Glory'' on stage. The ~udience ap­ Hawkins of the Hawkins family, Tra­ plaiJds and si ngs along: maine Hawkins, Rev. Issac Douglas, ''Having a good time in the name Rev . Jessy Dixon.the New York of the Lord'' is a song that typically Co m~nity Choir, the Institutional • begins a HGC per(ormance. Having Radio Choir, Rev. Donald Vails, An­ just as much of a good time is what dre Crouch, Richard Smallwood (a is planned for Sunday, April 13, at charter member and first acCom­ 6:00 p.m. in Cramton. . panisc of the choir), Commissioned, The occasion is the 17th anniver­ the Winans, and many others. sary of the Howard Gospel Choir, an , Popular R&B artists su'ch as interdenominational fusion of ' Angela Winbush, of the group phenomenally talentea singer:s and in­ 'Renee and Angela', Twa·watha strumentalists, which was concep­ Adgee of the group 'Mtume', tualized in November, 1968. Richard Smallwood of 'the Richard The theme of this year's celebra­ Smallwood Singers', are all former• ti6n is ''Through it All, He'll Make members of HOC. it Alright." The featured artists in­ Out-of-town performances have clude Milton Brunson and the allowed the choir to perform in I• Thompson Community Singers from various states across the U.S., as well Chicago, Ill. with originals such as as Barbados. ''He'll Make it All Right, and ''There. Gatling, a charter member of the • is No Way''. Choir, is also an alumni ,of the Col­ The concept of a gospel choir on lege of Fine Ans. He was apriointed the university level was thought of, the choir's music director in May, accordit)g to Arphelius Paul Gatling, 1975 by Elder Joseph E. Jackson, of Ill, direct9r of the group, by Melanie the New Bethel Churc!I of God in ' Russel and Rosalind Thomplins­ Christ, (C.0.G.LC.), a former presi­ Lynch, according to Paul Gatling, dent of that organization. the choir's director. They approach­ Gatling has i:lirected the past four edJhe late Rev. Harold Bell, then of :five albums the choir has record­ asSOciated with the John Wesley ed. The most recent one being ''God Foundation, the Catholic organiza­ Can Make A Way''. They receive tion at Howar.d. In April of 1969, formal voice training while at the HGC, the first college gospel choir in same time ''promoting the tenents of the country, was formed. Christianity through the singina of The choir has performed at the Gospel music,'' the choir's chief ob­ Kennedy Center, the Wasliington jective said Gatling. The choir's Cathedral, Constitution Hall, the rigorous musical preparation allows White House (for former President them to present a varietY of gospel, Jimmy .. Carter's ''Old Fashioned spirituals, and classical choral gospel Sing-In,'' where they were the literature. only choir invited to the festivity),,, and the inaugural activities of Presi­ Membership of the choir don;istS dent Ronald Reapn. They have also of mostly Howard students and performed at the State Department aj;Jmni, as well as inclividuals'from The great beers of the ~orld go by one name: LOwenbrliu. Brewed in Munich, and the Smithsonian Institution. the metropolitan D.C . .,.._ Admit· in England, Sweden, Canada, Japan and here in America for a distinctive' world class taste. The choir taped a television series tance is based upon audition. There • entitled, ''Black Heritage in Sacred are approximately 60 to 70 ICli"" Music," from 1980 to 1982. Promoted memben in HOC. , by WDVM (Channel 9) it traced the facCts of Black American religious ar;~~~ ~: ::...-:a...:'la:: music' . adults. Students must purcb•se The choir has won first place tickets from Cramton Auditorium. honors two consecutive years for Adult tickets may be purchued at • their diversified presentations at the Cram ton or from any choir member .

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f: Most• District Arrests / Organization Provides ./ • • • Services· to the Blind 3d District • Leads in Sheila Rae Mitchell deductable, Newman explained. This Hilllop Staff Reporter year's fund raiser will be a benefit performance of Agatha Christie's Crime Rate Volunteers for the Visually Han- · mys1ery, Towards Zero. Ke)\neth Coble dicapped, located al 4405 East \Vest The play will be performed by the Hilltop Staff R-eporter Highway in Bethesda, Md., serves the Silver Sprin'g Players, at 8 p.m. on blind in the Washington­ Thursday, May 8, at 10145 Colesville The · third district police head­ ' Metropolitan area and has abou1 300 Road in Silver Spring, Md. There will quarters, located on V Street, N. W. volunteers, according to Assistan1 be a reception at 7 p.m., and there was one of the leading law enforce­ Bureau to Director, Miriam Newman . is a $20 donation for the play. ment prCcincts in th'! city for 1985. ''Sharol Tomaino coordinales our, VVH provides the blind with a The number of arrests at the Third reader services which is a large part number of essential services such as­ district waS double that of other of whal our volunleers do,'' Ne\vman braille transcription of printed metropolitan police districts. Accor­ Issue New saiO. ''Many of our volunteers read materials, braille lessons, white cane ding to statistics from the Crime to s1uden1s or the"y read to people Oil n1obility lessons, recreational and Group Pushes End • Research and Analysis Branch of the their jobs or in their homes,'' she cultural activities; a program to teach D.C. metro police force,. the number explained .. · the elderly blind to live independent­ of arrests at the Third district for $$$. Bills VVH is a nonprofit organiza1ion ly, and a shop that sells specialized 1985 was 7,915. At the Second . .' • aids and appliances. For information To Animal Cruelty Sheila Rae Mitchell \\•hich has served blind individuals for district, thC total was 3,532. Third .. • • Hilltop Staff Report~r 32 years. It relics solely on grants and on how to benefit from any of these district officer, J. JackSon said that l donations for its fundi11g, Ne,vman services or how to bec·ome a Robin Lindsa)' take civil action against animal .each precinc1· in the city has its own Within eighteen months, the s.a id. volunteer, call 652-4347 week days Hilltop Staff Reporter abusers,'' . Mathews said. crime analysis branch, which records from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. United Stales Bureau of Engraving Each yCar, VVH holds an annual Between 500,000 and one million The two most co mmon animal only •~part one offenses--burglary fund raiser, !he cost of "'hi ch is tax and Printing will produce paper • animals die each year because of pro- product tests are the Lethal Dose S and auto theft for example--'' which money that will· be difficult to duct testing, according to People for (LO 50) and the Draize eye irritanc amount to $250.00 or more. Jackson counterfeit, according to the the Ethical Treatment of Animals test, according to PET A's special edi· continued that after · the districts Bureau's office .of public affairs~ (PET A), a.n acti\1ist organization for tion news report. The Draize test is record crimes, the data is sent to the The denoniination of the bill will • Resort Co-op animal welfare. often used on rabbits because thei main Crime Research arid Analysis appear on a security ihread placed on ''PETA is responsible for closing eyes do not produce te3rs as human brancl} a! 3()9 lndiana Avenue, N. W. the righc side of !he bill, and it will the Silver Spring lab of Dr. Edward eyes do, the· article read. Steven Rubin, Police analyst at the only be visible when the bill is held Taub, who was convicted on cruelty The LO 50 test, which has been in , main branch reported that class two up to a ligh1 . Except for the thread, Planned for 'Retirees charges,'' said Dan Mathews, an out· use since the 1920's, is the lethal .dose crimes, Ji)<:le prostitution an;d 1he bills wi"ll look and feel identical reach coordinator for PETA. In Ju- that "'ill kill 50 percent of the animals embezzlement, are highest in the to those in current use. Eddie Twine ~ emp , \\'ho is nearing retiremenl ly of 1985, PETA members staged ·a in a teSt group of up to 200 animals, Third distric1of1he citY. Compared In fiscal year 1985, the Secret Ser­ • Specia.l 10 The Hilltop and \\•h0\\'3nls to ''live in luxury and JOO-person sit:.in at the National In- according to PET A. Convulsions, to the First district's 5,382 arrests, the vice seized $61 million in counterfeit be cl1a ll.e11ged while in semi- stitute of Heal1h in Bethesda Md., vomiting. "diarrhea, paralysis and Third districl reached an all time h~gh bills before they were passed, accor­ In an age of _spiraling costs retire- re1 iren1 en1'' · '''ants to develop the which funds animal testing clinics. bleeding from the eyes, nose, and pf 6,225 last year for class two ar­ ding 1·0 the . Bureau. ment might not be easy for man y hou sing co-op to attract professiorial Mathe\VS said that to date, PETA is mouth are some of the effects rests. ''We want to help the Secret Ser­ people. Tina Kemp vice president of people. The cotnplex is planned lo be responsible for the haulting of more · animals suffer as a result of chemical Rubin said that crime statistics are vice before the problem be~omes _ personnel Management Natio11al lik e a resort in which the profes- thari$6 million in governme111 funds 1es1ing. Animals that survive !he broki:n .down into four categories: worse in the future,'' the Bureau Coopera1ive Bank in D.C., has devis- sio11a\s can continue contributing ser- allotted 10 testing clinics and labs .testing are killed and examined. class 011e--adults, class 1wo--adults, reported. ''Only real expert ed a plan 1hrough which middle in- vices important [O the community. condoning ariimal. cruelty. ''PETA is currently running· a class one--juveniles, and class 1wo·+ counterfeiters will be able 10 copy come people at retirement age ca11 The site for the retirement home PETA is a 120,000 member compassion campaign to get com­ juveniles. these bills, because they will need a receive the same benefits as their ~ s not yet been _decided, but is .be- organization tha! \\'as founded in pa~ies 10 us~ alternative me1hods 10 Because of.so many arrests, paper­ mac ine with a high frequency light counterparts by organizing a retire- 1ng planned for either the Southwest Washington, D.C. in 1980 by Ingrid' animal tes11ng and make people work at the Third district is backed­ 10 reporduce the thread.'' ment communily wilh 40 individuals br the \\lestern United States. Newkirk and Alex Pacheco. The na- aY.'are of the animal suffering," up. A first sergeant at 1he Third The new currency will add only at least as the principle ow11crs. ' 'Rctireincnc should be a warm and tional organization has a head- Mathe\vS said. Persons in the districl headquar1ers said, ''!l's a lot 11·10 of a cent to 1he cost of making Each .relire

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International ews ! • ' .. ' Farrakhan Takes POWER • orld1 ~ WPFW Sponsors • I _J • .. • - ' On Tour To Africa Brief Drought Program Funwako_Dlamlnl Hilltop Stafr Reporter Johannesburg·-KwaZulu Chief Minister mangosUthu Buthelezi ' . Minister Louis Farrakhan of the sharply attacked the South African Chinytre Emeruwa ing another ''stumbling block." Nation of Islam who is currently on go\.ernment of ! 'being short sighted Hilltop Staff Reporter In Several occasions, plants that are a seven-country tour of Africa, im­ to the need of reforming apartheid.'' the greate;st protectors 3.gainst soil parting his economic message known Buthelezi, has earlier been accus· erosion are instead used for as People Organized for Economic ed by his critics of being a moderator Educating the American public.of Rebirth {POWER) told Africans ''to ''and not standing ·on his words.•• the need to help Africa overcome her work together and trade among Recently'l5 journalists were inter- hunger and drought crisis was thC ' themselves in order ·to become a rogated by the police and some ar· major goal of a 14·h·our special pro· played politically and ecno'mically self­ rested 'for quoting Winnie Mandela. gram by WPFW 89.3 in Washington ''Colonialism.. dependent continent.'' Under the Security Act, any person March 30. 1 ;;i- According to the Final Call, in under a bannir1g order is not suppos· Hosted by Greg Anderson, and • Ghana, a second country on his tour, ed to be quoted. Mandela, wife of the · • coord~nated at ~PFW, ''Drought of a ... part 1n the current Farrakhan said the reason why Africa jailed nationalist leader Nelson t~e mind : Famine of the Body'' (the ·is considered poor today, ''is bceause Mandela's banning orders were lifted title of the program) was a panel she is being stripped of her mineral last week but the police went along discussion about the cause·effect of ''.'ealth by western governments.'' . in arresting the journalists. food crisis in Africa. food crisis in Africa. " According 10 Farrakhan, Africa According to Anderson, the panel , n1ust ''rise up from the dust and be consisting of seven African Am­ economically self-dependent .. ••· ''I Peklng··C.hina gave British Navy bassardors from Bots"i'ana, Malawi, an1 your brother· from the West ... I. ships a go ahead with their proposed Ethiopia, Algeria, Somalia, Egypt firewood, for building huts and for lo\•e you as I love myself and·I want visit to Shanghai this July. and Senegal agreed that drought has other domestic purposes, said 1o_see Afric?- free," he said. · For decades, China has closed it s posed a major problem for mariy panalist. . Among 1hc seven countries Far· territorial waters to foreign ships. countries in Africa. According to Anderson, col· rakhan \\•ill visit are Libya, BCnin, In Washington, such a move is Although, Anderson said the panel Tanzania and Kenya. seen as a positive move by the did not give a definite solution to the onialism has played an important Excepl in Nigeria where the ''army Chinese in that in the future U.S. problem, they agreed that in addi_tion part in the current food crisis in ii believed to have chased away about Navy s~!ts may :be also allo"· South .West and som9 parts of the " • Black community." He said anyone day contain chemicals that. are not East. Chicago is to be renamed New who joins POWER is· automatically good for the skjn, '' said.,Abdut: ''For Mecca and be the Nation's capital. , a trading partner. [I t coSts.$10 io join example; many produc(s contain a lot According to Abdul, the Nation is POWER.) of swan," hC said. POWER will try '. 'currently negotiating with owners of Last year, Farrakhan projected to manufact ure products in the exact the land (Indians) that when they that POWER ' 1will"begin rolling its way they -are supposed . to Qe . ·regain their land they will sbare it products within the first quarter of Abdul added that among the pro· . among the blacks and wh\te groups 1986. Since the first '. quarter has duct-s--?OWER Wjll manufaCture afe; who agtee with the idea." High Technology Jeopardizes ·Jamaican Economy •

Andrew Skerritl Mountain coffee is grown only in Puerto RicaRs are living in the U.S.'' • Hilltop Staff Reporter Jamaica's Blue Mountain ·range. he said. . According tO Beckford, the ·two Outliriing the effects of a similar. most negative results of the disloca­ failure ih the Jamaican economy, • ''Th.e introduction· of Israeli and tion· are the massive immjgration of Beckford listed a number of disrup· ) Japanese high techonology Jamaicans to the United State~ and tive changes already taking place. ·agriculture an'd the establishment of a ·drastic increase in the black market ''Prime Minister Edward Seaga has • free trade zones could produce economy, especially hard drugs. introduced foodstamps. Their is an .serious social and economic disloca· ''Many people are leaving Jamaica increase in unemployment and soCial tions in Jamaican society, 1 'said because of the lack of opportunities. services are decliningi' he said. Jamaican -economist a.nd Fulbriaht Almost SO _percent of all our people Hospitals are closirig down all over scholar George Beckford, while ad· ~ are living _outside the Caribbean;'' ·he the country; there are only ,,000 dressing a small gathering here said. . places for S0,000 hi&h school ap· Friday. On free trade zones, Beckford plicants, and university students must Beckford said the decison by the warned that the liaht manufacturina now pay 3·3 percent of schools fees,'' Jamaican aovernment to allow Israeli cOmPanics which take advantaaC of he added. investors to use advanced technoloay the tax holidays and the investment Beckford's remarks were made " 'BokP ?-v;~~D to arow wintes: ve1etable1 on the auarantecs which the Jamiacan durln& an honorium held by the island and Japanese companies to aovernment ofrcred were Caribbean S\udentl A11oclatlon a1 · • }J>ar·...r~.--•• zsl' arow and expon Blue Mountain cof, 11 footlqose'' companies· which clos­ pan of their week of actlvitlea. He 11 ree is causina small (armers to leave ed thelt·operations as soon as the tax presently In the United States on a the land and is settina In motion a holidays ended. · Fulbrl1ht Schotarlhlp under which he series or ncaativc rcpcrcu11ion1. Oullnin& the effects free trade is auendln& Prlni:eton University dur· The winter veaetables beina zone1 would have on the entire socie· Ina the sprin& (emeater. · ! cultivated by the laraells are those ty, Beckford cited Puerto Rico as 'ail · After Princeton, Beckford will I . fruits and. ve1etables such as apples, example or where the experiement return to Jamaica where he hu been pears, and celery which arow in failed. "Fifty percent of the people professor of Economics at the · North America but do 1not arow livina in Puerto Rico are livana on . University of the West Indies, Mona naturally In the c;arlbbean. The Blue foodstamps while 'a percent of all Camp~, for the put 22 years. • • • • - • \ • • • \ '.l1ie HWtop/ April 11, 1986 a · . ' • '

I ( • \ - ~.;Jill Menu For Political • ' Involvement • , Torin Sanders •

''Get Involved!'' wall of Founder's Library that says, ed by how oftenthis question is America, Tax Reform, etc. Take a The cry is all too familiar, even ''A government resting upon the will overlooked. I believe that neglect of few days to research one topic or upsetting, to some. Loud and often, of the people has no anchorage ex­ this question slows down, and everi issue, then return to readin1 the this pharase is repeated at outdoor cept in the people's ·intelligence.'' limits the number of those who do newspaper. Sec if your perspective rallies, in campaign speeches, and in Although I haven't done scientific become involved. and attitude towards the way the • political science classes right on tests, I think it is safe to say that the In our country, or for that matter, facts are packaged are the same as campus. public knows instinctively the our communites, there are so many before your research. message conveyed in this quotation. organizations, causes, issues, and 2)Read a good history book. An • Yet , in spite of al: the protestings people all bombarding the political excellent bo9k on Black history was of our sociallyconscious comrades, I am convinced that a good number of people want to get involv­ rookie-ihe beginner. There is the fear written by Howard's own, Mary the sad fact is that politital participa­ ed, they Want to be able to tell Da!l of making a b'ad decision as to what Berry, in conjunction, with- John • tion and awareness is .at an all-time organization to ·ain. In addition, Blassingame. The title islong low. This is true especially of our Rather;.Ted Koppel, and the ''Meet the PrCss' ' crew- to sign off; and they issues and peopl can become easily Memo r Y · campus. Apparently, many people blurred to th) be ner. Both of these 3)Make a list of social/ political are turned off at being told to ''gCt would like to do this without fear of heing a ''Johnny-say-nothing'' at the factors conspir to discourage the organiz.ations. )>ick one that sponsors involved.'' Strangely or · not, office or in the classroom. Simply per.son who wants 10 get involved. informative tjrograms 3.nd has a howeve r, I also find 1hat most peo­ put, most people want to be ab!~ to Sci,. to rescue once-fallen beginners relatively large membership com­ ple knov.' that 1hose \vho say, ''You and to encourage wary bystanders, parison . I to . . othe~s. -. - should get involved," are really tell- analyze issues for therilselves. Here is where political activity begins. these tips are provided. Make a .., . 4)1dent1fy the pol1t1c~l / so~1al ing th~ truth. ' Needless to say, though, it takes time resolution to do yourself and figure whom yo.u ~ost ad~1r~. Find everyone a favor: Get involved. out what organ1zat1ons he 101ned or Personall y, I think the sy~tem and guidance 10 get involved effec­ tively . .Therein lies the major barrier Here's how . formed . cou ld stand a few more . . 5) Make a list of terms and phrases kno\vledgeahle and active people, to becomming active: guidance. I) ~top rea41ng the news.paper for that baffle you most. See what they cracking the \\•hip over our 150 or so The problem With getting invo lv ­ a while. Newspape.rs ~re biased and mean. • • Black mayors, our University's presi­ ed is not so muct1 a lack of desire, but most don't recognize it. Front page . I dent, and 1he Civil Rights Commis­ a lack of know-how. Exactly how stories are often·on the same is~.i.e : - Torin Sanders is a Hilltop &titorial sio n. There is' a phase carved inlo the. does one get involved? I am disturb- The Middle Eas1, .the Budget, Central Columnist and a graduating Senior. •" ' ~ No Drugs, Please! I

For Drug Enforcement Agency Reagan's New .Apartheid (Consequence) which, sadly, is likely (DEA) agents "'ho are looking· for -a to re-occur as Jong as narcotics con­ nC\\' location 10 .combat drugs, tinue to circulate freel y. It can never . ' Ho,,·ard University is the place. This be bu!liness as usual for the lav.•­ Several \veeks ago, President cent above current funding levels. by. $300 million in the next year. And percent of those rece1v1ng Aid to harsh reality vt'as underscored last abiding majority here at Howard if Reagan sent his 1987 budget to Con­ It doesn't take an Einstein to deter­ spending of child nu1rition programs Families Wi!h Dependent Children, week '''hen it \vas repor1ed in this the threat of drug-related violence gress. Unquestionably, the Presid"ent ni.ine who's to pay for all the military would · be cut by an extra $704 and 45 percent of the youths involv­ newspaper that 1he apparent killing becomes an everyday realit)'. has proved decisively tha1 he is the h·ardware. Human needs and social million. ed in Job torps." In short, the of Ludie"',. Des'ouyza, A Maryland The presence of drugs has also greatest proponent of \velfare in service programs will be cut by $106.8 budget accelCrates institutional Jobs programs, including the Jobs resident, was drug related and took caused other serious crimes. Accor­ ~ American history--welfare for the billion (italicize) over tl1e next five racism. P.lace in Howard's Meridian Hjll ding to Austin D. Lane; Dean of the rich. Indeed, the budget can be· sum­ years. Some of the most callous cuts Corps, v.·ould be cut by 12 percent. dormitory. offi ce of Special Student Services, marized as no1hing less than a would be in the following areas: C hicago mayor Harold WasPingto°' Perhaps the most perceptive com­ has estimated that his city would lose The issue of drugs on the Howard there has been a number of burglaries political offensive 10 smash the Federal aid to public education ments about Reagan's latest offensive Uni,•ersity campus is not entirely .in Orev.· Hall dormitory and 01hers social, economic a nd educational would drop from $9 billion to $5.6 $268 million in 1987 ralone under against Black and poor people were ne"'. However, the inevi1able asSocia­ which seem linked to drugs. Coupl­ ' ri ghts o f Blacks, Latinos, and the billion. Guatanteed studen1 loans Reagan's budge1 : ''The-effect would made by Marian Wright Edelman, tion of narcotics and violence is one ed wilh the violence, these thefts ca11 poor. 11 is anti-Black, an1i­ would be cut from $3.2 bi llion to $2.5 be disastrous. " Mass transit funds head of the Children's Defense Fund. indicatior1 that 1hc' drug problem has only promo1e an a1n1osphere of neighborhood, anti-famil)', and in billion this year, and dov.·n to $1.5 would be reduced from $3 .5 billion The Reagan budget will create ·''a f grO\\'O to 1he place v.'here it warrants dis1rus1 and (~ar. the v.'ords of the Reverend. Jesse billion in 1991 . Feder8.I spending for to $1 .6 billion . new apartheid'' in America, Edelman serious and perhaps heavy-handed, Jackson, •·a mise ry index for the coinpensatory educ at~on for elemen­ asserts, ''widening the gap between even Federal, attention. With the drug issue out 111 the poor.'' Reagan's total projected tary and secondary school to $3 .5 How does the Reaganite budget the rich and the poor." A broad na­ University officials, when con- open, .it .behOO\'eS H O\\'ard military budge!, including nuclear billion next year, Aid to Families preserve and extend racism and social tional coalition of all budgetary vic­ tac1ed, spoke of a number of students University-s1Udents· and adn1inistra­ weapons, \vould increase from $320.3 With Dependent C hildren would be class inequality? Richard Greenstein, tims must be forged to fight against arrested for drug possess ion over the tion alike-to search for so me hard billion, in 1987, and up to $405.9 reduced more than $600 million by ~he direclor of 1he Center on Budget this ''new apartheid." · past few years, but it is those in-· solu1ions. Currently, there is a drug billion b)' 1991 . The Pentagon would cu1ting out unw·ed mothers under 18 a nd "Policy Priorities, states that ciden1s which have occured. over the seminar ~hich is part of the orienta­ recei,,e 28 perce11t of !he total federal years old if they leave 1heir parents' Blacks would suffer dispropor· past year that trouble us most. tion Program for new en1ran1s, ihere bl1dget. This includes $4.2 billion for ho mes, b y s1ricter v.·ork re ­ tionately from the bµdget cuts. On April 22, two students, Donna is a drug abuse clinic, and there arc ' . I. 21 ~1-X missiles, 61 Trident sub­ quirements. and by hal1ing payments Greenstein notes that ''24 percent of Manning • arable. ' Professo,. of Tl1or1on of Dftroit, Michigan, and security guards in all of the dorms. those using legal services were Black, n1arine missiles and other .Midge1man to families when their ,youngest child Sociology-at 'olgate Yni~rsity Lincoln McKenzie of.Bro0klyn; New These arrangements are in themselves · missiles; and an extra $4. 8 billion for reaches age sixteen, instead of eigh­ and that Blacks made up 37 percent Y ork~ 'vere arrested for the posses- merely token; passive steps. ''Siar Wars," an increase of 77 per- teen. Food stamps would be reduced of those receiving food stamps, 45 sion of 52 grams of cocaine. On (measures) v.·hich are, a11d will con­ • another occasion last year, three tinue to be, ineffec1ive in curtaililig • athletes " 'ere dismissed for marijuana . drug use on campus. use. In December of last year, a stu- Because the presence of drugs al Letters to The Editor den1 in Drew Hall was expelled· for Howard is largely a: st udent problem, . ' the possession of 14 bags of mari- students.should take the lead in sup· juana, and on March 17 , of this year, . pressing the traffic. Students should ' a student was arrested for cacaine in begin reporting drug activi 1y 10 Last \\·eekend the NAACP .pf than a high school education, and the four counts against the eight were because of 1he nature of the attack, room 766 in Meridian Hill. ·University securi1 y or · even to ihe H o,\·ard Uni\1ersity spo nsored a .._ high rate of J·11iteracy, v.·ould -be­ uph e ld ~ All counis were against one but because of the source of the at­ By themselves, several isolated in- Metropolitan police. The student ·•freedom Drive'' to Alabama's voters would need assistance in man , Spiver W . Gordon . tack, the United States government. cidents do not make a drug ridden body can ·no longer continue its Black Bel t, so called .because of the casting their ballot. Gordon, vice president of the How can a nation espcuse the prin­ campus. The fact is lhal hard drugs, hands-off ''il's nol my business'' ap­ large majority of Blacks that Jive in Through absentee ballots, Blac.k Southern C hristian Leadership Con­ ciple of self determination, then marijuana, cocaine, . PCP, are so ·proach when our friends and fellow the t\\'elve count y stretch of west voters who had not been able to vote ference (SCLC), has been active in vehemtly attack those who seek to prevalent that their presence can no students around us are being hurt or Alaba111a. The \\•bite power machine before now made the difference bet­ the civil rigthts struggle for more than implement it? As Howard students in longer remain ove~looked . destroyed. is that parl of Alabama maintained ween a white candidate's taking of­ twenly-five years. During his trial, of particular, the rights of Black people When questioned info rmally, Student involvement is only the its 00 111rol of the region through fice, or a Black candidate's. Over the the twelve jurors only o ne white should be'Of paramount importance. many studCnts, especiall)' dorr;nitory first line of attack. In the even1 t.ha1 fraudulent use of absentee ballot by past seven years, five of the twelve woman found him guilty, but the We are members of a small minority residents, casually state that they o ur perenially apathetic student body sending White non-residents ballots, Black Belt counties have elected judge refused to accept a hung jury. of Black college students, we are the l hai.te friends who either use drugs or is unwilling to respond, concerned by resurrec1ing dead voters, and by Black officials to guver!l majorily He ordered them to compromise if vanguard of the new Black leadership sell CJrugs . There have also been student leaders should recommend employing other blatantly illegal uses Black districts. Is 1his not as it should they had to! and as such, we must understand the eyewitness reports of drug sales tak- that the administration invite under­ of the ballot . This has been 'going on be? Well, Attorney-General Edwin Question: How does a judge, as threat posed to Black America. i11g place in the washrooms of cover agents on cumpus to eradica1e ever since the passage of the Voting Meese and the U.S. Justice Depart­ o ne who is entrusted with ensuring For as surely as the rights of the Douglass Hall and other buildings. encroaching evil . This step may seem Rights Act of 1965, but where was ment have' been convinced by White that jus1ice prevail, order one to com­ residents of the Black Belt have been One student, who prefers not to be reactionary, however, a realistic the Justi ce Department then? Alabama state officials that 1his in­ promise on justice? violated, so can the rights of the 1 indentified, said he knew one student assessment of the dangers of allov. - Blacks in west Alabam.a turned the . deed is not as it Should be. Spiver Gordon was co~victed on resident-s of any Black community. who was selling drugs in Slowe H,all ing the drug presence to continue un­ "method used for their oppression to Enter the FBI. four counts of voter frauCi and the We can no longer practice benign ig­ and of the numerous police raids checked may warrant its jurisdiction. their advantage through legitimate Eight civil rights proponents who case is still on appeal. Although norance, especially when confronted which took place during 1he rime he Whichever steps students and ad- use of the absentee ballot. Tradi­ have been active for the past quarter Turne(, Gordon, and the ot~er six with the same disenfranchisement the Jived there last year. . ministr.ation decide to take,. it is im- tionally, the o ld, the infirmed, and of ·a· century were indicted on 210 civil rights activists were ostensible generation before this one fought and That· the effects of drug use are portant that .we act now. Every effort those who worked out of the .county counts of voter fraud. Albert Turner, targets of the Justice Department's died to end tries return. ph):'Sically devasting to. the user· is should be made to give the entire \Ve re disenfranchised because they former aid to Martin Luther King terror campaiAn. the real targets of well-known. However, the cancerous Howard community-drug users and had no access to the palls. Ei1her they ·and in whose room was drafted the this intimidation are the Black voters Sincerely, effect' on the entire Howard cOm- non-users alike-notice; ''AT had no transportation to gel there, or Voting Rights Act of 1965, was a ma­ themselves who are fighting for munity cannot be ignored. The recent HOWARD IT IS NO LONGER FLY the polls closed before they had time jor target of the inves1igation . political empowernment . B. Joel Collier murder is an extreme circumstance TO BE HIGH." to vote. In additidn, with so many However: - after more than one As students, the goings-on in President million dollars and four years, only Alabama were an outrage not only · Howard Chapter NAACP lilack resi~nls having. little more ' ) Editor-in-Chief - Carol D. Winn ' Millions of Americans sat glued to disc·reditin·g him was by not rather red as in anger. It is unfor­ Finally, I say to the winDer Our of Managing Editor Witt Jltl their television sets watching the nominating him for the best director tunate that we still live in a society Academy Awards in hopes of seeing category. However, Spielberg the Africa and Mr: Pollack, maybe you Lanita Pace their favorite movie win the best Pic­ nonchalant individual that he is, with beliefs that are predicated on should retitle the movie ••Inside· ture award. There was: • • l'qeb Howard U. N Discussion ·Tu' rns Campaign For Focus To· Issues of

Co-nc. - ern ' Voter's Rights. · Paul S. Burley . and those who do not''. She added, Hill1op Staff Reporter ''There are only two kinds of people, Lisa R. MJullough frightened to vote this year. With the those who think we need to react to ·Milltop Staff Report~r · help of the twenty students, Turner what White people have been saying said he hoped to restore voters' con­ What originally began as a pro· about us and those who want to ex· fidence and to drum up sppport for gram to discuss the issues about the amine__ounelves''. ___ __ his campaign. ''I am in(erested in crisis in the Black family turned into ''Most people do exactly what they In an effort to pave the way for an ·electing people . that are going to a discussion focusing on several issues are told because within the context of up·coming primary election i11 Perry represent us. We are past the stage of that concern Black education, the the protoculture they imitate what is County, Ala.., 20 Howard Universi· \vhat you call 'show case niggers,i '' /7( Black economy, -Black individuals, provided,'' Flint said. ''While there ty students can~. assed local residents he said. has been a series of adaptations there • • • ·' ·~ and the Black family. last Saturday. On Saturday morning, i:urner The program entitled, ''The Crisis have been many family forms within . The ''.Freedom .Ride''. sporis"Ored organized the students into small of The Black Family'', sponsOred by the context''. Flint sai\I that Bia~ by the Howard University NAACP groups 8nd sent them to areas in his Q~it the Howard University Student must look at things like the develop­ chapter, was or@;anized not for district. Students were required to in- Association (HUSA), · W¥ in the· ment of kinship networksl She said registration, but to ''pave the way for 1foduce theinselves and ask residents Undergraduate Lecture Room on that lturing· slavery there were such those who will come shortly after us a series of questions listed on a Wednesday at 6:30. networks that went beyond the ex· when it ls time for registration. It is survey . The survey i.n?icated The UGSA Black Arts Festival picnic scheduled for Saturda>· AWil I l. on the )"ard. has been The first presentation \\'.aS a film, tended family, entending along place a show of support and concern from residents' identific~tion, employ­ postponed until SaturdtJ)'. April 19. due 10 l\'f'Olher forecasls. ' ''Crisis in Black America'' ;featuring and space. ''If you believe that the us as students, at a historically Black' n1ent, and whether or not the resident • Bill Moyers, that Dr. Barbaro Flint, Black family structure is a d_ir~ct university ~ .. ," said Joel· Collier , had been visited by the FBI . one of the two featured speakers and outgrowth of the slave experieru;iE 1bu chapter president. · Most of the residents responded Cooper this college succeeds in its pursuit of a professor in the department of will see that Blai;ks went to great · Despite the fact that Perry Coun· positively to the survey and were Continued from Page 1 . exct:llence . Afro·American studies said she ref us· lengthS to maintain family even ty, as well as other counties in the · friendly once the name 'Albert ''One ofbr. Cooper's goals was to Cooper graduated from the ed to watch. She said that she is not though there were laws that forbade ''Black Belt'', has the highest number Turner' \vas mentioned. The students start researCh, and he did. MoTe ar· University of Minnesota College of interested in what White people tell marriage''. of registered voters and Black elected also said the survey was. positive an'd · ticles were published to aid in this Pharmacy in 1927 as a phar- Black people about their problems. Flint then sought to define the officials, it is also where Albert that they \vanted -- to return to goal,'' he sa1'd . maceutical chemist. Prior to hi s The film presented the lives of two power equation. ''(It is) whatever you Turner, close associate of Or. Mar· Alabama during the primary in June c b M 31 1906 · career at Howard, he served as an in­ young Black couples from Newark, put on the right side of the equation . coper. was orn ay t. ~n structot in the former Department of tin Lui her King, Jr., was acquitted of at Turner's request . : St. Louis, Mo ., and 01ed tn NJ. In each case, the girl had gotten you must be able to put on the left, 29 cou11ts of vot~r fraud ·1ast year. Turner, president of the Perry September of 1983 . He joineQ the Pharmacy at the Meharry Medical pregnant out of wedlock. In the first into numbers. It is a set of wheels Turner, a candidate for County County Civic League, and for.mer Howard~niversity Co llege · of Phar· College in Nashville, Tenn. In 1934 scene Bill Moyers says that the girl within wheels, (where yoU) ask, 'what Commissioner, is trying to make sure · state leader of· the Southern Christian macy fac Jt y in 1935 as an instructor.,.. he returned to the University of Min­ had a fifth grade education 'but is the most important first step to that doesn't happen again. Leadership Conference (SCLC); said ln 1938 e was appointed acting nesota and received hi s bachelor of planned to go on to college. She, like begin to shift' the balance?'' Turner \1,ias summoned to a local. the process of voting would be more dean, becoming the first Black to. science and in 1935, he received hi s her mother and grandmother, was She said·, ''There is a simple trick . grand jury,' which could find no efficienl with the help of· students se~ve as administrator of the phar· master of science. born out of wed.lock . She said that The only way you are going to make grounds to convict him, then he \vas. tTained to obser\1e the polls. macy college. He was a professor and Cooper's professional activities in­ her baby is the only person she real· a shift is to throw out everything you ordered to come before a federal At the last election, Turner said he dean of the pharmacy college from eluded founding the National Phar- I)'. loves. have been taught or wrote in the U.S. grand' jur)' in Selma, Ala., about 15 . observed the voters closel}' and noted 1941 until his retirement in 1972 . rnaceutical Association in 1947, an Before Bill Moyers interviewed the and you must leave a wasteland of miles a\\·ay . During the trial, local the exact number of voters who Dr. Wendell T. Hill, Jr., dean of organizatio n of Black pharmacists, baby's father, a teenager, he was rubbish and move toward something residents who voted with absent ee changed their minds. This evidence the College of Phaimacy and Phar- establishing the Jqurnal of the Na­ shO\\'n break dancjng with his teenage bold and new . Civilizations are ballots were ques1ioned by _the \\'as presented at the trial . Turner said macal Sciences was proud to an- tional Pharmaceutical Association in friends. Moyers then asked him why created simply by acts of the will and • Federal Bureau of Invest igat ion (FBI) he suspects the FBI altered some nounce that a program leading to a 1954, and in the same year becoming he carried a machete IQ school, and (you must) understand what you about the candidates they chose. The ballots 10 coiitradict his e\'idence. doctorate in pharmaceutical science the first Black elected vice president the boy said, ~' It' s like war''. The boy must and want to achieve. Knowing same residents were taken by bus to This ti1ne, Turner in·sists that iota\ \vas going to begin this fall. The pro· of the American Association of the also said that he would not marry the that, you won't have to worry about testify. voter participation is needed 10 make gram will make history being the first Co-lieges of Pharmacy. He also serV· girl because they did not get along. the Black family struggle because you Because many voters live j11, rural his campaign successful. He lost the of it s kind offered at a his1orical ed from 1975 until 1983 as the first In the second scene, Moyers inter· are acting, defining, transforming, areas far from the polls, ab ~e ntee ele~tio11 last year by only 200 votes. Black college in the United States. execut·ive secretary of the viewed a 23·year-old woman who had and moving toward power''. ballots are used frequently . In an area where Black people tnake ''Dr. Cooper strived for excellence \Vashington-District of Columbia gotten pregnant while a teenager. She The second featured speaker was ' 'Absentee ballots ha\'e been the up 60 to 80 percent of the population, in a ll college · academics and pro- Pharmaceutic~J Association_. said that she had a good job and that Dr. Mack Jones, also a professor of lifeblood of the enfranchised process only 54 percent vote as opposed to 76 gr-ams. The current faculty and · Cooper r~ce1v~d many honor~ and everything was fine until she had got­ Afro.American studies, who said, for the rutal, aged, infirm ed and 1he percent \Vhile votership. students continue to represent this ef· awards during his long, professional ten pregnant . '.'We must begin to see the world illiterate voters in Alabama. It is one ' In a·n inter\•iew with Turner, he fort," said Hill . career, some of which include: the Moyers then interviewed the from our own vantage point''. of the major reasons Alabama has said his "effort to get voter equality.· Keynote speaker, Dr. Linwood F. Dr. Chauncey Ira Cooper Recogni ­ baby•s rather, who said that he had ''This disc4ssion has to be the highest number of Black officials \\'ill eventually have some impact 011 Tice, dean emeritus, of the lion Resolution in 1983 ; the annual fathered six other children by four charac1erized by clear thinking, Jones other Black people in the coun1ry . in the country." said Collier '. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Chauncey 141 Cooper Scholar.s tiip other women . Moyers himself noted said. He added that one of the most U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions ''Once people realize in C hicago, and Science, spoke of Cooper as be- Fund and· Dinner/ Dance was blatant contradictions is defining first •th at 1he man had more, but one died asserteCf that Tur11er, Who was ru11n· Wast1i11gton , a11d e"lsew here that \ve ing ' '001 violent or vindictive, but a established in 1979 by the Pharmacy and the other was aborted. The father what the problem or crisis is . ''It is irtg for CountY Comn1issioner. ·arc a part of 1he country and \Ve are man of pfinciple. He' achieved hi s ·Alumni Association; in 1964 he was justified what he did by saying that something that stands between you changed ballo1 s in his favor after tl1ey doi ng it, they \\•ill be shamed greatly goals for the betterment of his pro- honored by the pharmacy college's one of the children may grow up to and your own self. realization. Peo· had been sea~ed and ma_iled . Again, into pro\1 ing it can be done." · fession, school, and students," he alumni association for hi s outstan- be famous. pie can never be the problem but if no substantial evidence could be · He added, ." I don't consid er s ~id . ding service to the college and in the In the discussion following the film is the things that confront the peopl n1 yself a racist, but I love 1nyself. Just . ' . ascertained and Turner \vas Ti ce .added that if Chauncey was same year the University of Min· Or. Flint said, ''My father said to me (that are the problem). We go aroun 1'· acquit1ed. because you're Black doesn't mean here he would \\;anl t-he school to ncsota presented him \\'ith it s 1here are onlY two kinds of people. discussing whether we are our owh Because of the FBI i111errogation, · you can't do anything. Just come cherish this heritage and ' to see that O utstanding Achievement Award. Those who say ' two kinds of people' problems and that makes no sense''. Turner said th.3t many \'Oters may be \\'hen }'OU ca11."

• • ' • • Residence Hall Week (.' '.·. } . " • Tradition is Unity l I ·and Excellence • • •

Sheila R. Mitchell James Coleman , assis1ant to the - Hilltop Staff Reporter Deaii. of Housing. • Tickets for. all other student s "'ill • be $5. The meal \viii include ste3med \ Several activities will take place to­ chipped round of beef, ri ce, string day and tomorrow in celebtation of beans, rolls and but~e r , tosed salad, the annual Howard University and assorted cakes and pies. There " Residence Halls 'week. This year's \viii al so be a fashion show and 'theme is ''Residence Hall-Tradition: musical entertainment. 1 Commitment To Excellence and According to Re\ • Coleman, this Unity. ~' ear 1l1ere has bee11 a -lot of st uden1 Many students have enthusiastical· participation in the planning of_ ly participated .in decorating their Res idence Ha lls Week . There have ' dorms in an attempt to win the best been a number of programs this week dorm competition. The winning in eachof the competitions, a speak­ • dorm will be announced Sat~rday at out by the most innuential women on the banquet . campus, and an analysis oft he movie This evening at 7 p.m: in the The Color Purple. Blackburn Center there will be a talent competition among the 14 residence halls . It will be held in the ''Our goal is to I ballroom and admission is fr ee. Saturday, April 12, the battle of make our halls tl;le dorms will take place from 11 :30 • And don't forget ... you You are eligible for $400 ·· a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Benjamin Ban- learni·ng It's Easy To Qualify neker field, 2500 Georgia Ave., NW . centers." must receive at least a even if you don't finance This competition' will pit Park Squar • For $400 from Ford bachelor's degree or a your purchase. Use it and Carver Helli· against Drew Hall ------­ Motor Company toward your down pay· and Tubman Quadrangle. B ethune ~ · Residence Halls week · began in state RN license between • will be pitted against Eaton Towers, 1978. According to Rev. Coleman, • You must receive at October 1, 1985 and Sep· . \!!1ent or get '! check from .. ... while Sutton Plaza and Slowe Hall the purpose o f .the week is to get all least a bachelor's degree • will cOmpete against Meridian Hill of the people within the residence hall tember 30, 1986. !),?rd after the purchase ' and Cook Halls. In this compe1it ion corqmunity together so they can share or a state RN license or lease. the dorms will challenge each other 1heil experienes and talents with one . between October 1, 1985 These Vehicles Are in volley ball, tug.of.war, track another and to provide them with and September 30, 1986. The amount of ybur pre· events, balloon races , watermellon educational, social, and cultural pro­ Included In The Plan approved credit is .deter· and pie eating contests, billiards and grams for tftei r enlightenment. Ford: Escort, Escort EXP, • bowling. ''We in the residence halls would • mined by the qualified For Pre-approved Tempo, Mustang, • At 7 p.m. on April 12, there will like to have a good mix of the vehicle you buy. be a bapquet in the bllroom of the 1\cademic and the social or living en· Credit from Ford · Thunderbird Blackbllrn Center .in honor of those vironnlent of students," Coleman ' • students with a 3.5 GPA or better said. ''Our goal is to make our Credit Mercu"ry: Lynx, Topaz, If avehicle is not in average and they will be admitted to Fesi.dence halls li Ving learning • You must have verifi· Capri, Cougar dealer stock, it must the banquet free, according to Rev . centers," he said. able employment that Ford Truck: Aerostar, be ordered by June 1, begins within 120 days Bronco II, Ranger, 1986. Delivery of all MARC Behavioral Sciences Scholarships of your qualifying vehi· F-150 & F-250 vehicles must be taken • cle purchase at a salary by August 31, 1986. The federally supported MARC Undergraduate Research .' sufficient t.o cover ordi· • • Training program is seeking aplicants from the class of . nary living expenses and For complete details on 1988 who wish to pursue graduate research or teaching your vehicle payment. how to get your $400 careers in the Behavioral, Psychological or Biomedical plus pre-approved credit, Sciences. The MARC Program provides special research • Your credit record, if call the toll-free number experiences, tuition and a stipend of $5004 per year for you have one, must indi· .today. . r two years. Brief application forms are available in the cate payment made as Department of P~ychology, Rm. 146, C.B._Powell Bldg. agreed. 1-800-457-4065 ' The deadline to apply is April 18, 1986, so obtain and • complete your application today! • ' ' • ' l • l I ' •

• '.fbe Hll!top/ April 11, 1986 P•'e , • • . areers •

I • Senior Success Story 'Dear Counselor' Column • This is th~ third in a four part series• The Student and Stress: Robert L: Frelow you make, but. how well you reach· She finds that her family ha·s Hilltop Staff Reporter your goals. As long as·.someone is played an important role because or. sincerely happy and able to pay for the influence she has gotten from the roof over their hea"d and food for them. Her younger brother, Gerald;· Some Coping Strategies If participation in various school their mouth, without hurting anyone, also attends Howard . . ' 11ctivities is one of the criteria for be­ 1hen he is successful." Prioleau finds Howard to be a Working 1s hard. Going to school when it is a sudden or undesired. Ex- response to stressful situations. ing successful, than both Beverly typical school as rar as the party im-· is hard. Trying to do the two together amples of this type of change are per- Howeyer, prolonged anxiety can lead Jenkins and Renee Prioleau are age goes, but, she said, ''It is up to is often next to impossible, and often sonal losses such as the death of so- to serious prOOfems, such as high headed in the right direction. Both the individual to decide. whether or · it puts pressure on a 'person. meo~e close, loss of friends when blood pressure, ulsers and the inabili- were recommended by administrators . not he is going to get involved with As this semester grows to an end mov1.n.g;. separa~ ion or divorce. II - ty to enjoy !if~ . in their respective schools as_"Se nior , that aspect of thatigue, and her love for her work the keys to chemically at one time or another," tle stress is g0od in that it can be a tension ~or the best of. s1udents. Ex- sleeplessness, inability to concentrate, .. her success·. ''In whatever career one _sh~ acJded. motivating ·ractor to help you do your cess tension can result 1n anxiety and restlessness, boredom, or the Jack of chooses, he or she must love it, all of Prioleau is a member of the Meal best job. Too muc~ stress on the depress!on. An~iety . is a fear that interest in food,sex,or life in general. other hand can make you feel sad, something bad 1s going to happen, Depression also creates feelings of it, bCfore Success will come," said Plan Advisory Com1nittee and the 4 Jenkins. Golden Key National Honor Socie-_ \VOrricd, and ill. even if there is no evidence to support worthlessness or hopelessness. • In reaching for goals, one should ty . She is also the recipient of a It is very important to the student that fear .Some of the signs of anxic- Long term depression may cause not give up when he encoun1ers a Trustee Scholarship, the Thelma P. and the employee to know how to ty are nervousness, trembling, diz- headaches, weight loss or may lead to :; tumbling ~lock , according to Jones Scholarship, and the E ~a handle stress, because ho\v one deals ziness, pounding heart, inabili1y to alcot)bl or drug abuse. Some depres­ Jt!nkins. ''One must have a strong Beverly jenkins Brown Scholar-;hip. / wilh it can impact on your good slO\V down and relax. Troubled sion is a normal reaction to the reali­ :; piritual belief in helping to keep a health and ·happiness. brealhing and abnormal eating habits ty that you can't always get what y0u positive attitude in the process." Jenkins has served as a past presi- It is also important to know the .are also .common s i~n s of a~xie•.Y ._ As_ wa~t. Prolonged depression is a With a lollg list of credits in school dent of·the Fine Arts Student Coun­ r::. 11._f'., of stress . One of the main is true w11h stress a little an.x1et y 1s not serious problem that can lead to feel­ performances, Jenkins has been of- cil and has app.eared frequently on causes of stress is change, P<;peciallY harmful and may be a helpful ings of worthlessness and isolation, · and if not treated can lead to suicide. fered employmen1 wi1h the Na1ional 1he Dean 's List. Her latest proj~t > • ' Association of Artists' Organizations \\•as a collaboration with S. Moses • ' and Shakespeare & Co .• a theatre Jones, another Fine Arts student, There are certain: things you can company in Lenox, Massachusettes direct ing a production which \Vas a do to keep tension down beforer . Jacob- 4 11 ivcrsity of Virginia, Charlo1 - to n1ake loo many drastic challges r~duce <\ tcach~r s h~rtagi! ~y ann?µn- .so n. 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- ' • ' ~ . I Hilltopics • Continued from Page 1 Z' I " • - - - DOEA\VSEN. To 111~· big sis1er Debbie-Anne Dear J -Ton. Dear J .Ton, ., ..... ~ ·· .t\. .K.A. ''Soft Tones'' 4-A-861 hope There's a rumor gain round and you '! . Hope you're reeling \Veil. Just !ell ' •'\ . - that ~· oli r birthday plans turn 01hers kno\v ir's true, It 's )'Our 20th Birth­ ·~~ - Grendel you're not receiving \'isitors ··grec11·· v.•ith ''ivy''! day and I lo\•e you. today. The poster's looking \VOrn Happ)' 21s1!! LO\'e Alwa~· s. L:A. Dream Team. agai11, but hindsight is still 1 Name: Rhea Craigen Name: Alysa L. King marvelous. It 's great inspiration for Love. \Vendy-Jo Name:Angela Hollomand Class: Junior Major: Business Management Major: Marketin early mornings! Miss )'our hoo-ha(s)! Major: Zoology Class: senior • Hope you're back in stride again To : D . D., K.K., C.C .. V . V. Gra11t, tvty Oinega Man Class: Junior Homefo~· n : Columbia, MD Hometown: Brooklyn, N. Y. Homet'own: Los Angeles, CA. soon. (Word has it that your kind SHAY.SHAY, A-LEE, T.T. HAY 1 have truly grO\\'n to rely on )'OU be­ lead the \\'ay.) H .'\ Y. RO RO. ME ME, ing there for me. No''' that you arc Trui)', Just a Jech )'ES. THE G IRLFRIEND CREW!!! leaving, I don't kno''' y,•hat l'1n go· , I just '''anted 10 drop a few lines to ing to dO-)'Ou y,•ill be missed. But A lot of girls pu1 down Hov.•ard Contrary to popular belief, I along U. To My SA TU RDA Y LOVE: let )'OU ;111 know ttow mucl1 fun I had 1hanks for being tl1ere for me.· Please The men at Howard defini1ely .\t. oltr Easter Di11ner. \\1hcn the~ · ~ aid ki:cp i11 1ou1.·h. 111cn because chey say that they are Wirh many o ther, do not have a exemplify c~in images, which I If being \Vith you 111ca11s havi11g gu111 1 pla)·crs and don't want to settle negative opinion rela1ive to Howard in my hair, then I'll bu)' a Plen-T-Pak llrt'tlk bre

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• The topic of the Howard man is In my opinion, the qulity of men I feel that the quality of Howard very intersting. I think that it is hard at Howard University is low. Unfor­ men has been stereotyped for the to generalize because they are all very tunately, many young men feel the worse. Every man has his own uni­ different. As a who_le I think that the need to ''sow their wild oats'' and in que personality though many feel he Howard man has the potential for the process, they have a tendency to is trying to play a ''role." We as ..., success and achievement... After the seem fri" ilous and callous. This is in Black women must look beneath the Howard man reaches his junior or regards to the feelings of women on surface and give each"individual man senior year his potential for sµccess campus. That is not to .say that a chance, not judging him with others is much greater. owmen are totally faultless either. I from our past. Black men have so realize that men have f'Ce!ings as well many more barriers and obstacles to as women but through some of the surpass ihan black women, therefore, • actions of the men, you wouldn't we need to suuggle with them instead know it! of a,gainst them.

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Sonya Ramsey The IJ85-86 Miss School of Com­ Wall Street Affair," opened these­ Hil\tdp Staff Reporter municat~ons Camile Ward, was the cond half of ''Eccentricity'' with the show's commentator, and she added presentation of the latest spring suits to the high-tech flavor of the show. for both men and women. ''Eccentricity,'' or rather the state "' In 1he lfirst half of ''Eccentricity," Of course, typical of most fashion of being unconventional, was the the audience got a dose of the sun­ shows, the evening gown section was theme of the Howard University ny, new spring fashions of 86', in­ not forgotte~Musclemen constant­ Undergraduate Assembly's annual cluding the new trend toward lean, ly assuming ifferent poses resembl­ spring fashion show. snug clothing by today's top ing living G statues set the scene, This year's show, concieved and designers. while poised models glided in, again directed by Kimberly Braxton and S. We also saw a preview of the latest the lean, slim-fitting and, in many Moses Jones, enticed and entertain­ syles in swimwear and the new inva­ cases, backless gowns. ed the packed houSe at Cramton, sion of African prints for spring. Basic black was the mainstay, but Tuesday, proving that the computer Bright colors coordinates as well as SP.ectacular full-length gowns of red, age has infiltrated the world of combinations flowed through the g{een and white were the diamonds fashion : first half1 of the show. to the crown of this dazzling.tv~ning With over 40 ''prototypes'' or One of the boldest moves of this fashion prescntat ~ ion. models, a complete stock of fashion fashion show was its varied selection The nighcwear segment, ''I was presented including everything of nlodiels, from all spectrums of Couldn't Sleep At All Last Night," from fine leathers to silky lingerie, all sizes, colors, and shapes. ' of which can be found in area stores. The business side of life, ''The Continued on page 10 ' -

' -,'. - I: ~ Bonet and LeBeauf ' ,, • ' An Interview With Cosby's TV Cuties / , - L Carla Gardner - , , Hill!op Staff Reporter • . '

/ Have you ever remembered spen­ ' ding a dull Thurday evening home in front of 1he television? What were your favorite pastimes? ''Uno?'' Or II ' , ''Battleship?'' Hopefully, those days are gone - I because Americans across the coun­ I try have chosen to tune in every \ . . . Thursda}' night, at 8:00 p.m., to The \ Cosb)' Show, the nation's number one I Photos: A bo1'f' · Cr)'Stal and Troy Collins(/.). Jo11as 111arre11 . S.I h1111e H o11s1011. Upper rig hi · Be-1·er ·Leigl1 ' and A oro11 1\filto11 Brid~rs lt!11k i11.~ television comedy series to date. (/.). Sshune Houston. - However, while audiences alread}' • know a great deal about the Hux­ Theater Review tables, many young male viewers are I \ wondering eagerly about the 1wo sisters that make their hearts cart­ , wheel every Thursday night--Denise I " \' and Sondra Huxtable, namely Lisa • ikado:· Lis a Bo r1e1 Sabrina LeBeauf Lukewarm Bonet and Sabrina LeBea·uf. ' ...... ' ., . Bonet is seen every week as that carefree teenager Denise Huxtable long-range goal is to be a director. and s3id, 'Y6u know, I had. Please Christopher Powell \\'ho is very confident and very Then, of course, there is the forgive me, but I really thought you Hilltop Staff Reporter creative. However, when the lovely ''mystery'' child in every family, or were away at college.' '' the child least known to all. When the • Bonet auditioned for the part of ''Denise," she did not think she recurring charact.er of Sondra Hux­ LeBeauf, who grew up in Los I table was introduced on the Angeles, has been involved with Hot Mikado, a zany, swingtime would get it. She said she overheard The • musical at the Ford's Theatre someone·say, "'She'll never get the Thanksgiving, 1984, episode of The Cosby Show since its inception. ''I through June .I, is an honest-to­ part.' ' . Cosby Show no one knew much read for the actresses involved i'n the about the oldest Huxtable child, the goodness effort with just about . Bonet said, ''I jusc felt terrible. orginal casting of the show. None of everything it takes to be a genuine Besides, there were so many beautiful Princeton University sophomore, the characters at that time fit my -- everything except genuine girls up for the part." portra}'ed by Sabrina LeBeau·f in her description so I didn't audition network televisioh debut. swingtime talent. Bonet was born an only child to rnyself. ' ' The interracial cast of singers and her n1other Arlene in San Francisco, LeBeauf, a New Orleans native However, when the season began dancers is exuberant and eager to CA, in November of 1967 but now her auditioning, LeBeauT goc the please. However, this big band varia­ said, ''l made four appearances on lives n New York~i1y . the show last season. 1 didn't know part. tion of the well-known Gilbert and Denise Huxtab is Bonet's first LeBeauf is no stranger to acting or Sullivan operetta, The Mikado, never what would happen to m}' character regular TV series rOle . reviously, she 1his season and I wasn't alone. college life. She earned her degree in truly shines when its lead singers fail was.featured on NBC's St. Elsewhere. I theatre ans from U.C.L.A. before at­ to evoke any real quality of jazz. The and had a recurring roJe in the series ''One day a1 the beginning of the tenaing the prestigious Yale School result is contrived and superficial The Two 'of Us. Lisa 's hobbies are season I went to see a taping. I walk­ of Drama, earning a Mascer of Fine - entertainment. running track, photography, and ed up to Bill Cosby 'and said; 'Have Arts in acting in 1983. LeBeauf, who On the ocher hand, there are some practicing the art of Karate. Her you forgotten me?' He looked at me is now single, lives in New York City. very enjoyable elements, particular­ .. - ly the performance by Helena-Joyce Frank Kop)"C as ' ' Ko- Ko'' in ''H·o1 Mikado' ' a1 Ford's Thea1re. Wright as Katisha, a love-hungry villainess. Her sassy style and wit Me some of the show's true highlights, Mahony-Bennett, respectively. don't bocher to makC it worth the which include an appealing set design Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo.. s hap- "Y:hile. and lighting by Daniel 'Proett and piness is threatened by the fact that Mahon)'-Bennett's high, twittery ''The Airline that became a $1 billion Susan A. White, and colorful Yum-Yum is betrothed to the Lord voice seems more fitting for the costumes, featuring ''Zoot-suit High Executioner, Ko-Ko, played original operetta than for this kimonos.'' by carol Oditz. with comic verve by Frank Kopyc. swingtime version. Blanchard comes company in just five years values The dance routines are energetic, "' However, Ko-Ko has his own worries off as a second-rate Elvis Presley, if oot exactly original. Perhaps, they when a messenger brings word that with blonde hair. Otherwise, their ac­ ' weren't meant to be, since the pro- the Mikado has complained of the ting performances are more than duction itself is a revival of the lack of executions occurring recently. adequate. its people as its greatest resource.'' original 1939 Broadway hit, starring Ko-Ko's very life at stake, he But it's the singing that cou11ts, and Bill ''Bojangles'' Robinson, the desperately searches for. a way out \Vright as Katisha makes up famous tap dancer; in the title role. and comes µp with a compromise: somewhat •for the rest with her tor­ This current production, directed and Nanki-Poo can marry Yum-Yum if chy solos, ''Katisha's Warning'' and choreographed by David H. Bell, he agrees to be beheaded after a ''Alone and Yet Alive," real seems to be aimed at reviving the month. Sounds kooky? Well, it gets crowd-pleasers. . vaudeville appeal of Old Broadway. be1ter as the plbt twists and turns Another hot transformation from Though slightly updated, the every which way leading to·a totally I • opera to swing is the song ''Three Lit­ • • storyline of the original operetta is re- ridiculous, but how joyous, ending. tle Maids," sung by a hot trio, in­ I tained, including the love affair bey. Blanchard and Mahony-Bennett cludjng Howard University alumna • ween the young p·rince, Nanki-Poo, are appealing but their ta~nt . is not Val Scott as Peep-Bo. ~ Ameri~a's most knowledgeable business people are all talking disguised as a 2nd troinbone player, terribly jazz-oriented. Both have The show is worth the while just about People Express Airlin"\i• where everyone shares in the spec· • and the ''little maid from school," many chances throughout the play to for a good time. But it may not make tacular growth, growing personally and professionally. If }'OU are a Yum-Yum, perfonned by tenor Steve show off their voices and take advan- . it to Broadway successfully without Blanchard and soprano Kathleen tage of the jazzy score. But they just a few changes in casting . . recent college graduate with solid communication skills and a strong desire to deliver good service to our customers, the opportunities at People Express will interest }'OU. Start with a base salary of $9000 a year and potential of an additional $6000+ in our incentive pay ENTERTAINMENT BEAT . program, while providing in-flight service to our customers-work- , ' ing and learning your way towards a possible Customer Service Manager position. I Christopher Powell • Chantels, The Cardinals, The Jewels, HOr Mikado, a swingtime version Hill1op Starr Rcpor1er The Rainbows, The Veltones, and of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta ' The Dreamsteppers. Tickets are $10 is playing at the Ford's Theatre, al Relocation to the NY-NJ metro area. SPRING GRADS! Peoples • for students and Sl2.50 for general 511 10th St. NW, through June .I. Express will be holding one presentation on campus Wednes­ admission. For more information, Tickets range from $14 to $20. Half The week-long 1986 Black Arts call Cramton box office at 636-7173. day, April 16th In room 148 ln the Blackbum Unversity Center, Festival, sponsored by the price tickets are available to students a half hour before showtime, 7:30 12:30-2:30 p.m. Please -~rrive promptly at 12:30 p.m. 'tlndersraduate Student Assembly, ""'- .....- continu~ tonight with a Happy .Hour ~··· p.m., subject to availability. For at the Howard Jon from 6 to 9 p.m. The legendary jazz singCr Nancy more information, call 347-4833. Wilson ~s apP,Caring at Blues Alley in • Georgetown, a half block from Wisconsin and M Street, through D~eam~irls, t~e smash Broadway Sunday, April 13. The Saturday musical, 1s C

i ' • The Hilltop/. April .11, 1916 • • ' Eccentric ' • Woman Admitted To HUH Continued from P11• 9 - . employed a very effective montage ii- The hair by Rodney Hale and Der­ ••Eccentricity•• lived up to its Cot1U•lltd from P•ae I unbelievably strong and I weigh over counselor at the counseling service, lusion, di splaying lingerie and rick of Adeane's was fair, bllt it defi!liti_on.. co~pletely com­ 11 Roberts is not a Howard student but murucat1ng 1nnovat1ve and uoconvcn­ ''I guess he (the driver) got scared 225 pounds myself, said Harris. nightwear of all types and colors. The distracted attention away from the and pulled away while she w'as on top The windshield of the beige a ''community person." Chapman dramatic interpretation of the models _tional fashions for spring. l>lymouth Horizon was shattered said that she nor the service could 1n of the car. She fell off the car, onto was soft and sensual. garments earlier scenes. Reginald Scott contributed"

10 us poor citizens of the communi­ ''Howard l1as already sneaked in and Bro,vn said she would prefer Howard 30 word limit. ty. It is sad 10 say, but Howard is no bought houses, supposed ly for to ''discuss their plans with members more for the poor Blacks than development, and then let thern stand of the community before making ad­ - If the organization"~s sponsoring an event that Ronald Reagan. Personally, I don't until they fall dO\\'n." ditional arrangements.'' • will be a profit-making venture, i.e., party, care \\'hat they (Howard) do," she ''Howard has been pushing people ''\Ve are not trying to bring trou­ added. ou1 of the community si 11 ce I've been ble for a11yone. Hqwever, 'we will go Q\•erall the entire community . is here,·· said Albertha Collins, a resi­ selling of flowers, cab, etc., the charge will be ' 10 the limits 10 protect our homes. ' 1hreatened that Howard will one da~' dent of LeDroit Park since 1965 . ' 'It We only wi sh (the) student s, pro­ $5.00 for 30 words or under and $1.00 extra force them to leave their homes. is \'Cr)· good that Howard is gro,ving. fesso rs and officials of Howard lo Theresa Brown, president of the Ho,vever, tl1e school shouldn't look understand our position," said Bae!. leDroi1 Park Preservation Society - over the poor to get \Vha1 they \vant. cha:rge for every 5 words over 30 words, an organization set up for the protec- I am for Ho"·ard's plaza a11d 01her Howard o!licials would not com­ 1ion and rights of the community - projects. But I am very 1nl1Ch against n1cnt on the project or on if the)' O\\'n · 3. Local Companies/Agencies · · "·arned that Howard has been ''buy­ them (i1ro\ving th e poor ou1. '·' houses in 1he communit}'. Ho .....· ever . ing houses in the area and moving the Resident s of the .communil)' ha ve residents said that document do sho\\' - A flat rate of $10 for 45 words will be charged to poor out.'' She said that the so-called set up organizations such as: LcDroit that Ho\vard does O\\'n several houses ''Howard Plaza'' will be detrimental Park Preservation Society that \viii in the LeDroit Park area. companies wishing to advertise in the Hilltop. to the community. ''J['s 100 great of S[Op ''HO\\•ard's 1nassive S\veep an impasse on lhe community.'' through the co rnmun it)'. '' The A rcpresentatl\'e of th~ H owa~d 1 In a recent issue of the Washington organizatio11s are prepared to figl11 Foundation said that residents "·111 • 4. Individuals Pos1 (April 3, 1986) Brown said, Ho\\'ard and protect 1h_eir homes . not be ' 'pushed into the streets.',' • Individuals wpo wish to place a classified ad for ...... !!!!!!!!!"!!!!!! the purpose of buying, selling or announcing a TltE Hill Top ltAs ThREE MORE 1 service will be charged $5 for 30 words and $1.0Q • f?f for each 5 words over 30 words. ISSUES. Wit y NOT A d VERTISE. ••• •

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• orts ' • White Pitches { . Doubles Team ' ;.· Takes Final Game t For Success . ' '. "' ' Over v.u. • Darren Price The baseball schedule can be ex­ Joaquin H. Williams Hampton University, runner-up • Hilltop Staff Reporter tremely long and rigorous, especial­ Hill1op Staff Reporter team in division two last year, sound­ Success in life and in throwing a ly when the team plays approximately ly defeated the Bisons in their match baseball can both be determined by 40 games, most of which are played 0-9. ''All the defeats have been pret­ how well a person controls them. on the road. The arm can get tired The Howard University men's ten­ ty sound defeats. T here have only David White, for the Howard and, one can become mentally nis team upped their record to 4-7 last been a few close losses," said baseball team is currently controlling drained. Saturday, with a ~S-4 victory over Strick.land. Even with the youthful both and making his mark at - Virginia Union. The match was inexperience, .the Howard Universi­ Howard. ''You find yourself studying on the decided by the last,,game, a doubles ty men tennis team has Strick.land T his left-hander from Holl}•hill, road a lot," said White. ''You rest won by Joe MaJors and Jason 'fee ling that ~ h ere is a good chance the South Carolina, is a senior, majoring on the road and sleep when you DeMarko. team can win the MEAC (Mid­ in psychology, and currenlly has a can.'' ~'It was the final match of the day Eastern Athletic Conference) tennis record of 5-1, which he says is his best and the support of our team helped tournament. start since he has played for Howard. Baseball players usually have flaws that can hurt them, especially pit­ Jason and I pulled the virtory out," ''I am showing improvement,'' Majors said. chers. Some have the tendency to hit When asked how the season is go­ said White. ''I am near 1he Peak of Other victorious Bisons at Virginia pitching the way 1 "'ant to, which is the batters or walk the batters, but ing, Strickland replies,'' About as well for White, control is not his biggest Union were: Kenny Lee and Shawn as I expected it to go. The team is throwing strikes.'' ' Bowen, both singles and doubles. The pitcher's position is one of lhe naw. He considers himself to be a • I young, but playit\(well." There are control pitcher, not a wild pitcher. not any standg.Ml"f>layers on the mens toughest to play in the game of The mens tennis team · is baseball. The pitcher has to learn ''My biggest problem is fielding the tenn~ team. This fact is why the first • • characterized by its youth. Majors is singles alternates according to how how to throw strikes and take the ball after the batter.hits it,'' he said. • • ... the only experienced college tennis heat when runs are scored. So, 'vhy Even though White does not try to certain players are doing before an • • • • player with two years of competition ·did David White wa11t to be a the hi11er, he does think ' ' ' upcoming match. The players that ... • ' under his belt. The remainder of the alternate ar "first singles are: Kent pi1cher? i ''strike,'' whatever the count may be. • - team is made up of rookies. This fact, ''I am the type of person \\'ho loves ''I don't try to strike the batter out, Whitley, Bob Bryant, and Haywood 1 along with the talent that many of the to be in the cenler of ever)1hing, ''he I let them strike themselves out.'' Willis. ''All the talent is basically • players possess prompts coach Larry even and this fact may lend to the said. ''I love to hold the baseball A man on the mound usually has Strickland to say, ''The potential of more than anything e.lse. '' a pitch that he likes 10 use to lure the strong unity that exists a~g the • this team is limitless. By the time te m members," said Strickland . White started playing baseball at batter Y.'ith. \Vhite's favorite is the these players are juniors we should about age 12, but he said he didn't slider. ··I basically prefer to throw the have one of the be1ter teams in the start playing seriously until his slider that looks like a fast ball. • area." So r, the Bisons have defeated sophomore year in high school. Players like to hit, and it looks like Ar ng State University, North ''I follo\\"ed my friends out to prac· the break of a real sharp curve ball,", Although 1he te m record stands C Qlina A&T, Virginia Union, and tice and I s1arted doing it (Pl,aying) he said. • ... • - • :.r"

The federally supported MARC BEST OFFICE SUPPORT The Adventist Student Association Kelly, Angela , Undergraduate Research T raining SERVICES will have Service this Sabbath in Happy Tremendously Belated Birth­ The search for perfection is all very program is seeking applicants from -Word Processing Rankin Chapel': Sabbath school wil l day!!! We've still got to do lunch well but to look for heaven is to live General ... the class of 1988 who wish to pursue -Resume \Vriting ' be at 9:30 a.m. and worship Service ·someday. Remember that the answer here in hell. -Income Tax Prepara1ion graduate research or teaching careers at 11 :00 a.m. All are invited to attend 10 all your problems is to live in the J ohn ~ in .the Behavioral, Psychological or -Reasonable Rates this Saturday. midwest and then you can avoid both Call (301) 588·2677 and Let the TO MY LOVELY . DELTA THE FINAL BIBLE STUDY AND Biomedical Sciences. 'T he MARC The N.S.B.E. is looking for a of them (or at least \vhen necessarf). Program provides special research ex­ B.O.S.S. Do It! · Naomi WOMEN. " MEETING OF THE A.M.E. CAM­ Polaroid Photographer to take pic­ I was right, You AREN'T T HE • PUS MINISTRY, FOR T HI S periences, tuition and a stipend of LAW SCHOOL TALENT SHOW tures on April 26. For more informa­ $5000 per year for two years. Brief B. Oubre, SAME. DID I LOSE BECAUSE IT SEMESTER, \VILL BE HELD ON TONIGHT!! tion contact Sharon at 797-1900. l love your eyes during sunrise. DIDN'T TAKE 6 we~ks to Get Me!! MONDAY, April 14th At 6:00 P.M. applicatiOn forms are available in the The Howard University Student Bar • Department of Psychology, Rm 146, I love your smile during life's storms. I'll miss you !!! IN THE LITTLE CHAPEL OF Association prese nts their annual A.re yoll new to the city? Are you I love your cough .. . ANYTJME! ! ! Powell Bldg. The deadline to apply without a church home? While in this HAT-ENUF ~ THE CARNEGIE BUILDING. talent show and disco Friday, April Rock Creek Screamer Bubba ALL ARE WELCOME! is April 18, 1986. So obtain and com­ area, you are invited to atfend 4th a1 8:00 p.111. in the Law School So much has changed between us in plete your application today! · cafe1eria. This vear's 1hc1ne is ''The Gui\field Baptist Church, 1023 Otis To: .Brent l·B-86 Contact person: Dr. Lloyd Sloa11. Street, N.E. for worship, scriptural Congratulations from an A-sweel the las1 year, I'm sure it has us both ATTENTION: . . Cotton Club C0mcs to Howard,'' a bafned. But, anyway, thanks for The Alabama Student Assoc1a11on 636-6805 musical revl1c. Don't miss tl-.c real teaching, Chri.stian endeavor, that's S\veet on you!!! ":ill have a meeting in Douglass Hall talent show!!! Tickets available at the fellO\\'Ship, and pastoral care. Con­ sticking by me during my orderal at ATTENTlON! The National Socie­ tact the church for bus pick-up. Rev . To: Terri A . Gray, Email Claims Court, and a belated I Rm . I 16. 011 April 14, 1986. All ty of Black Engineers is having a door. To a ver}' attractive young woman birthday wish. nlen1bers are urged to attend. E. Sutton, pastor. Telephone GENERAL BODY MEETNG this TO ALL POLITICAL SCIENCE 526-2166 or 773-1803. from !he man who wants to know Tang \Vedncsday at 5 ~ 30 p.m. i11. the MAJORS AND MINORS: you better. Dinner tonight? Hope so P.H.D. ATTENTION ALL H.U .H.M.A. ENGINEERING ' AUDITORI UM . Tl1cre will be a very important love Al\.\·ays, You Better Know Who Words are.not meaningful enough to me111bers ~ All engineering studenls are c11- Polit ical Scie11ce Societ'.): mec1ing on The Ho\\'ard Uni,,ersity Hospitalit)' couraged to attend. \Vcdncsday April 16, 1986 al 5:00 To Mr . Good Look in' from express the feelings I have for you .. p.m. in Dol1glass Hall Rf11 .B-2 1 0f­ Brooklyn: Thanks are not s1rong enough to ' Manageme 1t Association will be con­ 4 Personals 1 dt1cting t final nleeting of the YOU DON'T HA VE TO BE AN ficers for 11ex1 '.)'ear \\'iii be se lei!tcd. I'm glad that our friendship is on the display my gratitude. Nothing I could ENGINEER to be part of an a""ard­ se mester at 6:00 p.m. o n Tuesday, Also, S\\'Cal'ihir1s '"ill be dis1ribl1ted road to recovery. Hopefully one day ever do would_be enough to equal the '''i11ning tradition: Howard Engi11ccr at that 1ime, so tnose. of \'OU thit I will be " WORTHY" of being your helpfulness, Joy, and passion you Apri l 15th i room 200 SBPA. Be 111 agazine. All MAJORS can appl>• TO MY LITTLE SISTER LISA W. there, nominations for ncx1 years of­ ordered S\\'eatshirts pl.:a~e at.tend and 11u111ber l have brought into my life. for -'86-87 positions: Editor, t\1anag­ ~1URPHY Ba>·crest · bring 1he ren1aindcr of }' OU~ balance \VEEKEND RENDEZVOUS ficers will be taken. i11g EditOr, Bu siness Manager, Congratulations o n carrying on the Ad\•ertising Ma,nager, Productio11 LIBERAL ARTS WEEK IS fa mily tradition of becon1i11g a To my / (3) favorite ladies Herm a11, I so very proud of you all! Words It's Co111ing!!! Editor, .Art Director, C~rc ula1 io 11 APRIL 14·20!!! COME OUT AND dis1inguished nlember of DEL TA am To my homie. Congratulations on cannot express my happiness. Con­ Public Relations Person. SU PPORT US. FOR FURTHER SIGMA THETA Sororit}', l11cor­ 1 DELTA \VEEK ~1anager'. yot1r graduatio11. I \\'Ould like to sh0\/ Photographer. \\1riting Editor, DETAILS STOP BY RM. 108 , pora1cd. \Ve are all \'ery proud of you tinue to be my FRlENDS On April 19, 1986 >'OU hO\\' much I appreciated your I love You Come join Delta Sigma Theta Sorori- Tech11ical Editor, Feature Editor. BLA CKBURN . OR SEF FRED l o,'e Yot1r Brother, Rumallu s support last s:e mestcr during PC 85. \\' ALLS!!! . Angie L. 1)' . Inc., HUSA and other concerned Nc,vs Editor, Staff \Vriter, and Assis­ Good luck in your future, I know you tant positions. Interested? Call To Hard to Hold: s1ude11t organizations i11 a massive ef­ THE LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT Happiness is k110,ving the \Va}' )'Oll \\•ill , be successful . KEEP lN To Erin Li sa & Lorri for1 to. improve our communit'.)· 636·6631or797-4665. Apply by April I \\lould like to extend my deepest and COUNC IL NEE DS VOLUNTEERS feel abo11t .me. And re111en1ber, if}10u TOUCH. throl1gh the efforts of PRIDE in 23. FOR LIBERAL ARTS \VEEK '86, LOVE Nytol DSP IP 199 sincere congratulations to you. I 1> .S. Look for us at 1hc 11C\\'SSta11d s! ct1a11gc anyt hing about )'ourself, I D.C. B>' doing \'arious co1nmunit)' S IG N IN R00~1 108. know what all 3 of you had to go \\'ill like )'Oll jl1st tl1c sa111c. 6-A·86 1 services around the D.C. area, \Ve \\'iii BLA C KB URN, AND · GET t hrough to achieve AKA and I'm so Scl1ool of Con1n1uni ca1ions 1986-87 LO\'e, Sexy E)'eS CONGRAT UL.'< TIONS, YO U D\j) raise 111onC}' to alleviate ht1ngcr botl1 I N VOLVED!~ ! 0 happy that you all have comple.:ed here in D.C. and internationally. If Stude111 Council Dcpar1n1c11ta1 To The Lo\•el}· Ladies of tl1c 1986 IT LIK E I KNO\V YO U \VOULIQ . the task! Rcprc ;; cntati\'C positio11 s YOU MADE IT INTO \ 'OU are interested, there '''ill be a ROO~IS FOR RENT Scrollcr Court: Welcome back! I missed you and I opc11 .. . Needcd: 3 for Comn1unica­ SIGMALAND' ! ! USE IT TO THE ~ · o\untcer i11terest n1eeting on Thurs­ House con\•e11ic11tl>• located ' 11 car Tl1a11k }'OU for the tin1e, effort and lo\'e you all til>n ' Art s & Sciences , 3 for FULLEST, IT IVILL BRING YOU da}', April 17, 1986 at 7:00 p.n1. in Ho\vard's can1pus is no'" accepti11g caringncss }'Oli shO\\'ed llS i11 011r tin1e Phaedra Radio T\1/ Fil111, and I for Jo11r · ~1ANY RE\VARDS. l'M PROUD the U11dergraduate• Library Lcctl1re applications for roon1 rentals. of need. To: Dori Ray \ Roon1. ~ nalism. Applications can be picked OF YOU Featuri11g 2Y: batl1rooms, 2 kitchens, Etcrna\I\• grateful. The Notorious 15 Words can11 ot express how happy I 11p a1 the Council office and arc d11e rv1.T.rv' 1.F.. · LOVE YOU!!! 31-A-85 by .'\pril 17. let's get read)' for an ac- - \' a rio u's size roon1s . key-lock am for you! Congratulations! It's bedroo111 doors, he<11cr i11 rooms·. Call 1 HOUSE TO SHARE BETTER ! ti,'e ~ · ear fel lo\\' Com1nunicators! Llo}·d \\ ilk ins, good to have yo u back ... in striae 1 234.69 18 or 723- 7364. 7·B-86 again SHORTY! (I thought you THAN H0ME!! ! MARBLE The '86-'87 E.xec11ti\ C Officers ls the projectio11 a11 acc urate CONG RATULATIONS ON A JOB FIREPLACE FE~1ALE TO SHARE reflection? Kne\\·!!) All Clticagoans a bUs ,viii be. Phi Beta la111bda \\'ill be h':'ldii1g \VELL DONE!!! PH AVE AL \VA YS Love Ya Phaedra BEA UTIFUL TOWNHOUSE, Rllb)': ' · HAD FAITH THAT YOU \VILL MOD KITCHE N. DISHWASHER, c haricred fron1 Chi ~ ago t<) .: El.ECTIONS T~c s day, April 15, It l1as taken tis fol1r }'cars to rcall)' get BE A DYNA~11 C ALPHAMAN. To: D. Nice WA SHER / DRYER . PR! VATE \\,ashiitgto 11 , LD.. ~ .. Gradtiatio 11 1. ~86a15:_oop_._ 111:1~1 Room~ 216.oftl~e Better knO\\'n as Darrin Early, Con­ \\'cekeiid Ma)' 9-12. If ail)' fanlil >' Si..:11001 i11 1ht.· ) 'Oll ...... "!~ SS". . .' MAX!! honey! love ya! AltY when placi ng orders area. Re11t 0111}' $560. 337-5912. From: Guess \\1ho? 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' • THE DEPART. - ENT OF • • ' • ALU NI AFFAIRS • • . . The Department of Alumni Affairs extends con.: Your acquired and creative skills will be assets to the gratulation' s and best wishes upon your graduation national and international communities in which you from Howard Uni 'i'ersity. This is an achievement of will reside. You represent a select group of individuals which you should justifiably be proud. Welcome to who have overcome great odds to achieve graduation • that select class known as Alumni. from this great institution. Be assur~d that you now join a long line of d~~tinguis'1ed alumni who have im­ We are pleased to offer you a one-year complemen­ pacted significantly on the business, political, scien­ ' tary membersh.ip in the HOW ARD UNIVERSIJ:Y tific, legal and religious arenas .. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. Your membership card ·and detailed information regarding H UAA ·and the ,, , clubs and associatjons, will be sent to· you shortly. We, at Howard, CHALLENGE you to go into the ... world community and demonstrate the skills that As you enter your respective worlds, it would be wise have contributed to your SUCCeSS. YOU will be pleas­ for you to remember that although you have earned ed to discover that you are competitive with any other -the right to a comfortable way. of life, you have a • graduate from any other prestigious institution. We MISSION-the same ·mission that this University CHALLENGE you 'to support YOl!J' Alma Mater I und~rtook when it embraced you as a freshman. Ot1r spiritually, education11lly and financially. It is only misssion is to educate and enhance tlie future of the· with your assistance that we can continue to develop traditionally disadvantaged and disenfranchised peo­ and produce individuals of your caliber and ple of America, and to a great extent, the third world capabilities, despite the escalating odds~ nations. Since you are now Alumni, the legacy to en­ • sure this continuing mission, rests. on our collective So that we may keep abreast of your progress, please shoulders. We, as a University, have strive n to give inform us of your current address and name changes, you the best that we have to offer. It is entirely possi­ AND let us never forget that the generosity of others ·ble that some areas have been less p.~rfect-but it is helped us to help YOU. Howard ·university now - with your support that we can perfect t~e system. needs YOU. Help us to help others.

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