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For more information, please contact [email protected]. , , - , , ~, The Student Voice of Howard University VOLUME 85, NO. 36 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2002 University Hosts Technology Tour on Campus • Local Media Outlets Attend Luncheon with President, Provost By Josef Sawyer Following the visit, the members of the tour were ushered Hilltop Staff Writer into one of the i-Lab's conference rooms where lunch was served, During the meal, Swygert and the President of Siemens, the University's Technology @ Your Pillow service To display the technological advancements provider Greg C, Nolan, opened the floor for questions, made by the University in recent years, Presi­ Swygert told reporters the reason for the recent technology Staff Column dent H, Patrick Swygert and Provost A, Toy push was to have state of the art facilities comparable to other Simone Marie Mason Cald- major universities. well­ ''Today, in order to contin­ "Howard Uni­ Colbert ue our legacy of leadership In five years, Howard has done versity did not Redefining hosted we must continue and for what many institutions are still recruit students, a tour it selected stu­ students to be successful we striving to do, bridge the digital and divide,'' said Student Ambas­ dents, Today, in Valentine's lun­ must have the proper order to continue cheon tools,'' President Swygert sador Shermela J. Williams. -our legacy of Day with said. leadership we mem­ must continue The other day, a girlfriend of bers of and for students to be successful we must have the proper tools," Swygert said, mine called me depressed that her the media Friday, During the 'question and answer period, Nolan described friend with benefits of five months The tour, which included approximately 15 has called it quits, He says he media personnel from publications such as how Siemens and the University were more than just business needs space, he's probably Washington Business Journal and Black Issues, partners, along with student organizations and faculty "When people are looking to make a global connection "moved on to 'greener pastures.'" File Photo they turn to us, Howard had a vision and we didn't want to On top of the companionship she members, began at Lulu Vere Childers Hall, moved to Blackburn's Center new Digital Audi­ Students sit in the iLab where President Swygert and Provost Caldwell-Colbert led a has enjoyed and appreciated for media tour of the new technological facilities on campus. torium and to the Bethune Annex, Please See Technology@ Your Pillow on A5 months being gone, not to mention The tour concluded at the i-Lab where a faculty member displayed the various capabilities of the University's 21 that good extra-loving you only month-old facility, get from someone yoll're really feeling, she's also trying to cope with the fact that the Valentine's Day she had been looking for­ Board of Trustees ward to celebrating will now be , spent alone, I'm sure she will not be the only person on this campus without a date for Valentine's Day, Has Ties to Enron for many of us the day will prob­ Increases to Prevent ably be mundane, By JENNIFER CUMMINGS It's easy to rationalize Valen­ Contributing Writer tine's Day as a day simply cele­ brated for commercial reasons, After failing to appear last week, invented by capitalists to stimulate today former chainnan and CEO of officials say they encourage frrst and second year stu­ the economy, I have personally Enron Corporation, Kenneth L, Lay University Continues dents to live on campus, but by not requiring it they never been too impressed with the will visit Capitol Hill after being sub­ hope to avoid overcrowding, holiday, at least not in the tradi­ poenaed by Senate and House Corrnnit­ Search for Alternate Compared to other universities who only house tional sense, In fact, it recently tees investigating what financial ana­ 26% of their undergraduates; the University houses occurred to me that the most spe­ lysts deem the la,gest corporate 56%, which according to officials, is an extremely cial part of the holiday has always investing scandal in United States histo­ Housing Options for high number considering Howard's urban location, ty, The University has 3, 751 beds available for stu­ been the present I receive from my Courtesy of abc.com. mother. Raised by a single moth­ Lay, who served on Howard Univer­ Fonner University Board of Trustees Students dents who receive on campus housing: 1,500 for er who didn't date, I learned early sity's Board of Trustees until his formal Member and President of Enron, Ken• freshmen, 2,124 for upperclassmen and 127 for trans­ from her example that it's up to me resignation January 31, is expected to neth L. Lay, officially resigned from his fer students, to make sure there are fresh flow­ follow suit with other Enron administra­ position effective January 31. By Makebra Anderson "The demand is high because we have a large per­ ers in my room if I want them tors today and employ his constitutional Hilltop Staff Writer cent of female students, whose parents usually don't there, and that it's okay to splurge right against self incrimination when he chainnan and CEO of Enron January want them living off campus, our room rates are bet­ on Godiva chocolates for myself appears before Congressional corrnnit­ 23, 2002 and just recently stepped down ter than the city, and we have no local phone, internet from the company's Board of Directors once in a while, When I was tees awaiting answers. and cable cost," said Archer, last Monday, However, Lay is not the In order to avoid the housing shortage the Universi­ younger, I would make my moth­ Lay, a former deputy Secretary of Students will know their housing assignment in only member of the University's boarrl ty faced this past fall semester, officials have decided er a card to reciprocate the love, Energy at the United States Department April, but with only a limited amount of space avail­ with connections to Enron, on a 100 percent increase in the Now that I'm older and can sym­ of the Interior, was selected to be a ble upperclassmen need to have Chainnan of Howard's Board of advance room rent payment for stu­ pathize more with the loneliness member of the University's Board of ther options before leaving the Trustees, Frank Savage, a graduate of dents seeking on campus housing, she experiences being single, I Trustees, effective March 2001, niversity in May, the University, was hired to join Enron's The deposit's increase to $200 invest more in her present because According to Secretary of the Board "Students who are not assigned Board ofDirectors in 1999, Savage, for­ must be paid on or before April I I'm beginning to understand her of Trustees, Artis Hampshire-Cowan, ousing should prepare for other mer chainnan of $35 billion dollar for those students who have been plight Lay resigned following his resignation ousing arrangements before they Alliance Capital Management Inter­ assigned on-campus housing, The Although none of us need a from the Enron corporation two weeks eave for the summer," said national, was appointed to the Board of Trustees voted on a 1O man (in fact, some ofus might not ago, Although not publicly announced, cher, "The University is percent increase in room rates. even want one), we can all appre­ Lay resigned from membership to the Compensation and Management ncouraging alumni to rent rooms Development committees on the The Random Selection Verifica­ ciate or desire having someone University's boarrl Thursday, January o current students, but they can energy company's Board of Direc­ tion Process (RSVP) provides an there to make us feel special, and 31, 2002, Prior to that, he resigned as ind off campus housing listing by tors, equal opportunity for people to secure on-campus not the way your mother or friends visiting the Residence Life web site or office," housing for the 2002-2003 school year, The RSVP might It's not _a weakness, it's a Realizing the overwhelming number of students selection process will be held March 3 for all students natural human desire, For some of who prefer to live on-campus, the University has been who plan to live on-campus next year, us this holiday may be depressing HUSA Candidates State looking into housing alternatives, but have not made Raymond Archer, Interim Vice Provost for Student for various reasons, but with the any solid commitments for the upcoming school year, Affairs, said that the increase would help identify stu­ risk of sounding cynical, it prob­ "Bethune Hall has been looked into for renovation, dents who want on campus housing, ably isn't your frrst Valentine's Their Platform, Ideas but it's going to take 12 to 14 months to repair, and "At other schools, students are required to pay the Day that's less than spectacular By Derrick K.