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VOLUME 90, NO. 59 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2006 WWW.THEHILLTOPONLINE.COM T BREAKING NEWS METRO u~ EC TEENAGER SHOOTS HIMSELF CVS PUTS CONDOMS ON LOCK-DOWN l\JES. 11/ 21: WED, 11/22! s c SUNNY SUNNY D~ AN INVESTIGATION HAS RULED THAT THE 15-YEAR-OLD MALE D.C. HAS AN ALARMING RATE OF STD AND HIV/AIDS CASES SO HIGH: 49, LOW 35 HIGH: 5:', LOW 41 ~ WHO SOUGHT HELP IN THE HOWARD SERVICE CENTER SUNDAY WHY IS CVS MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET CONDOMS? AC NIGHT SHOT HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO CAMPUS POLICE. PAGE4 y~ Nichols to Debut on 'The Real World' Man Shot, Dies .Near Library ' BY TRAVER RIGGINS Hilltop Staff Writer
Most people would not join a club or an organiza tion they kne\' nothing about. l.Viost people would not put eve!)' moment of their lives on the table for the whole world to sec. Most people would not give up hei1 su nmer to li\'e in a city they ha\'C never been to with six people they have never met before. f.lost people would not dream of juggling a career in student politics "ith one in the limelight. Senior Stephen Nichols But then again, Stephen makes his debut on MTV's Nichols is not nlost people. 'The Real' on Wednesday. Starting ton1orrow at 8 p.m .. the Howard community Having already entered will be able to follow the life into a contract v.ith MTV, of their Howard University under the impression that Student Association (HUSA) with 20,000 other people in vice president, a senior clas his same situation there was sics major, on MTV's "The little chance he would actually Real \.Yorld." be picked to do thL show, the Nichols had never seen an ne' •ly elected vict president episode of the show when he found himself between a rock was persuaded by family and and a hard place. friends to submit an audition Nichols told producers Otn'U Smhh · Sblff Photoitntphr-r tape. that his pa1t on the show was Students and faculty at the health sciences library last night were unaware of the violence that occurred just • '1he first time I saw "'The contingent on obligations he blocks away. Police responded to a dispatch call around 10 p.m. and found a man fatally shot on W Street. Real World" was when I was had already made. BY EBONI FARMER in L.A. at my final inteniew. "Basically put, Howard Hilltop Staff Writer scene at around io:10 pm. Police, the victim is not affili Howard metro when he saw I told my producer that [I'd is definitely a focal point of The male victim is ated with the university. the crime scene. never watched it] and they who it is that I am," he said. A black male was gunned belie\·ed to be in his 2o's and l'vfary Wilson, who has '"There could be n1ore made me watch a couple epi HUSA is second on his priority down and killed around 8:40 had not been identified at the been a resident of Elm Street, done to improve neighbor sodes just so l kt1ew ,,·ha. l was hst ri1 I-it after sc.l oo\, which p.m. n fron• ot Highwa) tiine of press. which is near the crilne scene, hood safety. It's surpris g ettin ,~ myself mto. ·· Nichols liecmne center in hh lite.after a Chrislran Church loc INDEX: CAMPUS 2 METRO 4 SPORTS 7 MECCANISM~ 8 EDITORIALS & PERSPECTIVES 9 LIFE & STYLE 10 ~ ------· - ...... ---~----.."·------.... ----- ..· - ---.({·..,., -- • 21 CAMPUS NOVEMBER 21, 2006 Students Talk About Relationships in Open Foruin and Panel BY EBONI FARMER African An1erican c01nmunity. sex with other men. Hilltop Staff Writer There was also a panel "Men are on the down low ' Resident hall assistants which chimed in on the top in every community. There was from the Bethune Annex, ics brought forth by students. one girl during the discussion Carver Hall and Slowe Hall Those on the panel included: that was very angry at men brought students together to James Davis, Marcus Hunting, because of this," said Bianca have an open discussion on and Benetta Fairley, who are Murphy, a freshman chemical relationships, sex, homosexu interns at the University's engineering major. "Men lie. ality, cheating and love in the counseling service, Dr. Nicole It happens, but in order for Lewis K Downing Hall audi Scott, professor Greg Carr and women to protect themselves, torimn last night. motivational speaker Katrina they have to be careful about ''"We provide the forum Briggs. · the men they deal with." and you provide the discus To start off the discus "Women can turn around sion," said Athar Hassebullah, sion, one student in the audi and do exactly what men do so a Carver hall resident assis ence raised a question on the men have to know who they're tant. cllances of getting HIV/AlDS . dealing with as well. vVe all Akil Alexander, also a after being exposed to it. have to be careful because for Carver hall resident assistant, Ken Pettigrew from Us the most part you may think wanted to allow students the Helping Us took the floor on you know someone but you llf')an Jone,• 54-nl - ' - ' ' ~ ' ., . . • THE HILLTOP 2212 2 a 3 a a & • a NOVEMBER 21, 2006 s 13 Nichols Gets 'Real' Experience With Six Strangers NICHOLS, from A 1 show, set in Denver, taught things that I wasn't when I first smile. They don't joke. They Even though the show in a number of ventures that could sleep at night," he Nichols more than he ever got in there," he said. don't laugh. They just fihn," wrapped up on Aug. 31 after have afforded our students the said of his physical ~bsence in expected. Nichols said that the only Nichols said. 18 weeks of taping, Nichols is opportunity for international the HUSA office over the sum "I'm from Howard, and thing unrealistic about the Getting used to the cam still making public appearanc exposure. I'm certain that Mr. mer. He took a significant pay Howard students have an aura show is the fact that there are eras and lack of privacy was es, lecturing and showing up Nichols will represent himself cut and refused the housing about them whereas we learn seven 20-son1ethings living in the hardest part of adjusting at bars1 clubs and MTV events and the University in a posi stipend the university offers. a lot just by virtue of _being a mansion with no utilities to for Nichols. Not being able like the Video Music Awards. tive manner." He }Vas still able to perform a Howard student so I dicln't pay. to have private conversations Later this week, he will The 22-year-old was part all of his duties through e expect Denver or 'The Real "Never ever have I been with his girlfriend or take a be at a Denver nightclub with of the first cast to not have mail and phone due in part World' to teach me anything," asked to repeat something so walk by himself was frustrat Carmelo Anthony and the anyone under the age of 21. to the cooperation and under he said. the caineras can catch it and ing. Denver Nuggets. Nichols said that Howard stu standing of HUSA President Nichols is a conservative riever have they given me any Despite random people "I think it's a unique dents might be surprised at his Jennifer Owens, a senior legal black male who' was raised thing to say or put me in any recognizing run1 in the airport opportunity for Mr. Nichols, non-public persona. communications major. in a Baptist household, and kind of situation," he said. and students stopping him on and if 'The Real World' pro "Sure they'll be sonie nail One of the most gruesome the show previews portray a What makes the show the Yard, saying, "You're that vides him with the opportunity biters. Sure they'll be some parts of Nichols' sunliller was highly opinionated Nichols seem scripted is the editing guy from 'The Real World,"' to gain international expo things that Howard students the cast's job, training with with specific views regardirg because most of the time the Nichols does not feel like a sure, then I say he's accom won't agree with," he said. Outward Bound as an adven homosexual Christians. audience is only able to get bits celebrity. plished his goal," said Franklin "The show is a portrait of ture expedition trainer for "A lot of my views have and pieces of situations that "Celebrities get famous for Chambers, Howard's vice pro who I am," Nicl10Is said. teens. The cast organized two changed, and I think I've grown actually last much longer. doing something cool," Nichols vost for student affairs. "We As for season details, courses with rock cli1nbing as a person. And if anything, "They [the producers) look said. "You are definitely not a have so many students doing everyone can tune into MTV and hiking for kids affected by I'm a little bit more accepting at it as a documentary. We celebrity when you got famous so many different things, that to see what happens when Hurricane Katrina. now. Actually, I'm a whole lot don't talk to ca1neramen, they for a home video that got put Mr. Nichols' participation on Nichols stops being polite and In its 18th season, the more accepting now of certain don't talk to us. They don't on blast," he added. 'The Real World' will be one starts being real . • Comedian Insists He is Not Racist Fatal Shooting KRAMER, from A1 dians can take heckling and said. speech has its limitations and I unforgivable. make it funny. You don't want FoxNews.com also think Michael Richards found Near Campus Kris Payne, a senior tele the audience to turn on you," reported that comedian Paul those limitations." SHOOTING, from A1 vision producton 1najor and Payne said. Rodriguez, who was at the According to Bet.com, but glad that I wasn't outside winner of the 2006 Funniest Being a working comedian Laugh Factory during the inci Jerry Seinfeld, Richards' for Sciences Library said they at the time" Grant said. College Comedian Competition himself, Payne explained that dent, said he was shocked by mer television costar, issued a were not aware of the shooting Irnise Fennel, senior nurs at a local comedy club, is there are things that people Richards' remarks. statement Monday referring to when it occurred. ing major, is concerned about among those who believe should not say and being a "Once the word comes the incident as a "horrible, hor "I didn't hear any gun safety on campus. Richards was in the wrong. comedian on stage did not give out of your mouth and you rible, mistake." Seinfeld went shots at all in the library and "Campus police need to "There are things in come Richards the right to say what don't happen to be African on to say, "It is so extremely neither did a'nyone around increase their presence on dy that you as a comedian, and he said. , American, then you have offensive. I feel terrible for all me. I know I'n1 safe now, but campus to ensure the safety especially as a white comedian "It just amplifies the a whole lot of explaining," those people who have been while the shooting was going of the student body," Fennel you just can't say. Good come- demons that he has," Payne Rodriguez said. "Freedom of hurt." on I wasn't aware of the dan said. ger in my surrounding area" Sergeant Ford, a spe , ... p1aess1. > 1 ut al'tpsun1sun 11 said Cassandra Butler, a junior cial events coordinator from fo oa te reu1Sl. 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"1 faC'idunt luptale dolohore t'Qnun1san velit ipis J)uipsu1n vuUa feugialurn1ny nullaore-et laor 1 Ha faci cnhn dunt ulla co1n1n) nos do odol s- scquisl ulput no~ at tlsin1 euis1nod iuincin \el ulluptatein qua1netue It prat erdlie do dunt nonsed exercil inhll t -:i enibh ex cng1rtt niatum ang1am, sit dolorpcr alit ad dit, quisl ero ou rnincidunt diatl' doloren1 in \'Ulla feu face ln1san utpat. lJt vent iliqui hla ut ipis nin1 zzrit nu1nsandian1 zzrit, quatuc · ii consectet nun1 in ut prat ct vclit dunt vcl dunt ut doluptate conullnorc csto cxcrcil in henibh •I ·clit. 4t \ THE HILLTOP ., 41 ETRO NOVEMBER 21, 2006 CVS Stores Lock Up Condoms, Discouraging Use • BY JANAY WILSON to buy condoms leads people not lo , create a nationwide policy that will Contributing Writer use them, which then contributes lo allow condo1ns to· be easily accessible the growing rate of STD infection in and not locked on the shelves. Washington, D.C. has one of the District. On Dec. i, World AIDS Day, the high~st rates of STDs and HIV I According to D.C. Appleseed, a the coalition is expecting CVS to • • • • nonprofit organization that works to announce its new policy on purchas • • • AIDS infection in the nation, yet CVS stores in some of the poorest areas of solve public policy problems facing ing condoms. the city keep their stock of condoms the District, reported that an estimat The store may have some of the locked behind glass doors. This policy ed one in 20 Washington, D.C. resi larger 24 and 36 packs still locked makes it harder for people to obtain dents may be HIV positive. In addi up, but the three and 12 packs, the condoms and less likely to purchase tion, many others in the District have most popular among custo1ners, will . . . them. chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. be.out on display for easy access. If a custo1ner wants to buy con \<\Tith alarming STD rates in the Students who are also affected doms at CVS, they must ring a buzzer District, citizens wonder why. CVS, by this policy have mixed views on or get the attention of an employee to which claims to be the 1nosl con whether the condoms should be open the glass blocking the shelves venient phannacy for its customers, locked up or not. I j on which the condoms are displayed. would put up a barrier that would Freshman economics major This obstacle deters people from con make it even harder for p_eople to John Webb said, "The condoms -- dom use because many are too shy obtain condoms. should be locked up because people or embarrassed to draw attention to A store clerk at CVS on Georgia have a higher tendency to steal them themselves when buying condoms. Avenue said that the store locks up which is bad for the store's business. A study in the journal Psychology, condoms to prevent theft. "There was Everyone should have to pay for con Health and Medicine titled "Coping a time when the condoms were not doms if they decide to go to CVS and with Condom Embarrassment" dis locked up, but since condoms were buy them." cusses the issue. Author of the study some of the merchandise stolen the Daniel Alston, a sophomore Sarah Moore concluded, "It appears most, the store managers decided to audio production major said, "I don't that embarrassment associated with lock them up to prevent theft." think CVS should lock up the con condoms remains a barrier to con Students and faculty from George don1s because it just makes it even dom acquisition and consistent con Washington University have put mqre inconvenient to buy them. I Photo Courtt."''> or Janelle Jon~, dom use, particularly among young together a coalition to convince CVS have [gone] to CVS to buy condoms Condoms locked in a case at the CVS nearest Howard University. adult communities." to "Save Lives: Free the Condoms." before, but when I saw that they were Some believe this discourages condom use In the community. This shyness or embarrassn1ent The coalition has called upon CVS to locked up I decided not to gel any." 111\(~I{ ()N '11 111~ 111.. ()(~I{: Meridian Hill BY ADIA BETTS citizens attempted to restore the near future. The area Contributing Writer the park to its previous offers a variety of options for state of beauty by creating students to spend their free The area surrounding a neighborhood watch-like time and money. Howard's Meridian Hill Hall organization called Friends Restaurants, bars, unique of Meridian Hill. Local resi shops and other attl·actions • is one of the most diverse and historical parts of the District. dents reached out to people located around Meridian This area is encompassed by in the comn1unity to help keep students occupied Adams 1v1organ, Columbia raise awareness of the crime throughout the week. Not Heights and U Street. taking place in the commu only Meridian residents, but Similar to Shaw, Cardozo nity. other Howard students visit and neighborhoods around Crime was significant the area regularly to partake Howard, the Meridian area ly reduced and Meridian in the activities that the city was once a thriving neighbor Hill Park was restored and has to offer. hood for n1iddle-class African deemed a Nptional Historic Freshman marketing Americans at tl1e turn of the Landmark in 1994. On any .. major Hakeem Gaines fre 201h century. given warn1 day, the park is quents the area even though One of the most well filled with comn1unity per he is a Carver Hall resident. known landmarks of the formances, after school pro "You can go eat, go to area is !vteridian Hill Park, grains and students enjoying a bar, or just have fun bug also referred to as Malcolm X the scenery. gin' out on the street "\lith Park. Located directly across Trevor Farrell, a senior your friends. [Students] don't form Meridian Hill Hall, it pre-med major and native need much money to have a was designed by Frederick of the District, goes to the good time in the area." Law Olmstead, Jr. and con park to enjoy leisure activi Meridian residents take structed ben.,:een 1912 and ties from time to time. advantage of living in this 1936. The park displays clas "I really enjoy going to particular area. "Not only are sical architecture, various the park and playing soc there so many things to do, rnonilments and beautiful cer with the people fron1 the but all the things that you landscaping. comn1unity," he says. want to do arc in walking dis The park and surround A fey. blocks from the tance," says Keisha Blount, a ing areas saw destruction and park, up 14th Street, is Tivoli The Meridian area, like many neighborhoods in the District, was once a thriving sophomore human develop a rise in crime following riots Square. Tivoli Square is based hot spot for well-to-do blacks. The area has now been restored to its former fame. ment major. resulting from the 1968 assas around the historic Tivoli She loves the conve sination of Dr. Martin Luther Theater, which originally Latin American artists. Kira Tivoli Square is presently Corporation of Columbia nience of the area. «We can King, Jr. Throughout the opened in 1924 and closed Streeter, a staff me1nber of under construction and now Heights, which oversees new walk to U Street. Colun1bia 1970s and 1980s, drugs and in 1976. It reopened last GALA, says, "The plays and includes a Giant Food Store, a construction in tl1is area, Heights or Adams l\lorgan. violence plagued Meridian year and is currently being events offer great ente1tain Ruby Tuesday, a Blockbuster, plans to open several more It's an urban area that stu Hill Park. renovated. The theater now rnent for the bilingual com various retail stores and new restaurants, stores and the dents feel comfortable in and Eventually, concerned operates under the GALA, an munity including several fun, condominiums. first Target store located enjoy living around," Blount organization that sponsors free events for children.·· The Development within Washington, D.C .. in said. D.C. Metro Area One of America's Most Affluent Regions BY DANYELLE HADAWAY er's dollar. pared to Washington, D.C., which Hilltop Staff Writer "The next time a liberal tells you has44,400. cutting taxes is a break for the rich," More than half the workers in "The problem with PG is that An hour and a half spent on he says, "tell them they have it back the counties work in the private sec a train and bus takes one from wards. The taxes we pay go to the tor and make a median salary of there are not enough of these high Washington, D.C., where the medi rich-in places like Loudon County." about $40,000 to $50,000. an household incmne is $47,221, Clint Branam, another Fairfax "The federal govern1nent hires income residents who are into the to Loudon County, Va., where it is County resident, said, "Of course, tl1e high skilled people with master's $98,483. majority of Fairfax County's wealth degrees and doctorates," said Dr. According to the U.S. Census emanates form the ' federal govern- Haydar Kurban, a professor of urban things PG needs." Bureau's 2005 American Community ment, and of course, the government and regional economics. "So you have - Brittney Bibb, '09 Survey, Loudon County, the wealthi is often not prudent enough in its a concentration of these people who est county in the nation, Fairfax spending." work in D.C. because that's where County, Va., Howard County and "[The] question should focus the sala1y is but they choose to live taxes probably account for tl1e num 70,000 federal workers. Despite Montgomery County, Md., are four on the scale of government spend outside in the suburbs." ber of would-be District residents its ranking at no. 77 on the list of of the top 10 most affluent counties ing in general. Not how much, but The cost of living, schools, who choose to commute rather than the 100 wealtl1iest counties in the in the counby. They are all in the how many," he added in contrast to amount of land and crime rates influ live in the city. nation, it does not have the luxury greater Washington, D.C. 1netropoli Jeffrey's article. "The national defi ence so1ne people to live in the sub "We have the beltway, highway, of good resources to go along with tan area. cit is the question at hand, not how urbs of the Disb·ict rather than in the and parkway so people don't mind its high median household income Fairfax County resident and much the Deputy Secretary of the city, according to Howard University moving away from the city to sur around $63,000. George Mason University graduate Department of Transpo1tation is alumna and Washington, D.C. resi rounding areas because commuting "The problem \\lith PG is that student Andy Wagner said, "The pulling in." dent Latoya Hinton. is pretty easy," said freshman archi there are not enough of these high increase in jobs... carne from the dot The federal government is, how "I an1 from D.C., born right at tecture major and District native income residents who are into the corn boom and military contracting ever, responsible for the highest pay HU Hospital and raised," she said. "I Timothy Bishop. things PG needs," freshman nursing from the 1990s." He said the Sept. ing salaries in all of the top four coun have lived in both D.C. and Fairfax, Not all federal workers are mak major Brittney Bibb says. 11, 2001~ terrorist attacks created tl1e ties, with average median inco1nes and would rather be in Fairfax where ing the high incomes found in the "Our taxes do not give enough region's influx of federal money for ranging from the high $70,000 to the streets are kept clean, the schools wealthy counties. Federal workers to our public school system nor our the mid $80,000. Federal govern defense and homeland security. are up to standard and I can park living in the District and in Prince police force. How ar~ students sup Terance P. Jeffrey, a reporter ment workers only account for a my car no matter what time I come George's County, Md., nlake about posed to learn when the buildings for Human Events, a conservative small percentage of the total civilian home." $55,000 to $60,000. In the capi are in shambles, and our "temporar weekly newspaper, wrote in his arti workers in these counties with the Incon1e taxes are 4. 75 per tal, people who are self-employed by ies" trailers have becorne our perma cle "Living it Up in Loudon County," highest in Fairfax County and the cent in Maryland and 5.75 percent their own incorporated businesses nent classrooms," she said. that tederal contractors, lobbyists lowest in Loudon County. However, in Virginia for tl1ese high income actually make more at a median sal She added, "PG is si1nply rich in and the federal government are hav Fairfax County has more federal gov brackets, compared to 9 percent in ary of a little more than $62,000. my book, but you would never know ing prosperous lives on the tax pay- ernment workers - 73,000 - corn- Washington, D.C. The capital's high Prince George's County has about it with the facilities that we have." THE HILLTOP - - JS as a • = • • - N OVEMBER 21, 2006 ADVERTISEMENT I 5 ' * WIN FREE TICKETS *WIN FREE Tl CKETS * ' I · - • ~ ... • I I I I I 1r1 om e 1ion u1z ovem er , : oon SpmuOBd '1y tli1 Offic' ef St11.lnt )lctitiitiu. for r:t Itr.fo. , pfw1 call(202)806-7000 • *BE INNOVATIVE, BE CREATIVE &PROVE YOU HAVE THE MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT* • • TIIE HILLTOP 61 ADVERTISEMENT NOVEMBER 21, 2006 LIMITED EDITION FACEBOOK T-SHIRT + MORE GREAT PRODUCTS! ,c-~Y ~~"'"-J ·... '. ·.· . · .. ·.". • :,. · .·• ..• :: • ;. ' ...<) ' '!' ~~ "''.. VISIT . ··~ ; . ' . .'~ ·' ~ . . . ~ . ' : "·: .:, .," :.<; ;; it. 'f,JJ . ' '·_ -... ,,."' • ' ' I~.- - : ' . . . ' . ~ .. .. '... . . ;. . :.' ·: IDTIE . . . GOTHE LlllTED EDITION CREDIT CARI* T-SHIRT CHAS ' ' • r NOVEMBER 21, 2006 SPORTS I 7 Howard Graduate Teaching Lacrosse to Youths SCOREBOARD BY WINNIE CLARK-JENKINS Hilltop Staff Writer "The league really detaches some a variety of traditional sports, such they are not a good athlete. This just & SCHEDULE of the stigmas that are attached to as basketball and football and never opens up another avenue for them," Howard students are encouraged sports like lacrosse that seem to only really enjoyed them. said Robinson. to be leaders in their own commu be reserved for rich, white athletes," "Just because a kid is not good Through the program, there are nity as well as the global community said Robinson. "Now these sports arc at a particular sport does not mean more options available to young ath- SCORES after they leave the university. Brent being opened up to Robinson, a former Howard student, minority athletes." None has truly embraced this philosophy. Former team Robinson, a founding member mates of Robinson and former president of the Howard also support the TODAY'S GAMES men's lacrosse club team, has used program that he lacrosse to reach back and give to the has started and are None community. pleased to see him Both Robinson and Adora Curry, broadening the a fellow Howard graduate and for horizons for the mer member of the women's lacrosse sport of lacrosse. team, started the San Fernando "It is a great Valley Lacrosse League this summer outlet for kids that letes who may not feel that they fit in southern California. would otherwise in with some of the other traditional ··1 had the idea last summer," have no idea about sports. said Robinson. wComing home and lacrosse or would Robinson believes that his seeing my little brother sitting around not be able to play involvement in lacrosse has been a watching 1V, I thought we should do because it is too rewarding opportunity, and he is glad something that would be interesting costly," said senior that he has been able to be a part of for kids his age." Antonio Leite, it. To better back the program, the captain of the "The most rewarding thing about Robinson has also worked with Howard men's doing this is seeing how much the Winner's Lacrosse, a lacrosse organi lacrosse team. kids really enjoy it," said Robinson. zation in the Washington, D.C. area, "Lacrosse is not "I think the kids really enjoy it.·· as well as some of the members of the really that popular Robinson is looking forward lo Howard women's lacrosse team. on the west coast, so the future of the program, along -.vi th The lacrosse league current it is important tllat upcoming commercial endeavors. ly caters to young girls and boys it reaches out to the "In the past six months, we have from third grade to eighth grade. youth out there and exposed over 40,000 kids to lacrosse However, the league also runs in con branches out from in the San Fernando Valley," said junction with another organization there," Leite added. Robinson. "We plan on doubling our that Robinson works with called the Robinson, exposure within the upcoming weeks Legacy Movement. who began playing and potentially expand across the The Legacy Movement is a lacrosse four years state of California.~ nonprofit organization that brings ago when he came to lacrosse demonstrations into elemen Howard, expressed """• t·.-. •) oru•..r-1...., tary and middle schools in the San that as a child, he Howard alumnl and former members of ~oward 's lacrosse team Brent Robinson and Fernando Valley area. was involved 1n Adora Curry have teamed up to bring lacrosse to the youth of the San Fernando Valley. Bison Sports Shorts One-on-One with ... Howard Sports Information Director Edward Hill Jr. Johnson Named MEAC BY JESSICA NWOKOCHA Panthers, and Teri \\'ashington. director of Contributing Wfiter media relations for the Den,·er Nuggets. are Offensive Player of the products of Hill·s direction. Week \\'hen it comes to service in his com For freshman public relations major munity and for Howard University athletics, t.1ori Johnson, Hill has been a constant moti Howard quarterback Brian Sports Information Director Edward Hill Jr. vation. Johnson earned MEAC Offensive displays a talent for managing both. "I was not sure how I could become suc Player of the Week honors after Hill began his involvement with Howard cessful in my major before I started \\Orking leading the Bison to a 20-17 win Uni\'ersity athletics while working as a '' ith Mr. Hill. But my experience working over Delaware State on Saturday. reporter for the \\'ashington Post, co\'ering in the Sports Information office ch:in •cd Howard e\'ents on occasion. He was short- n1y attitude," said Johnson. ~l ha\e had the Johnson, a 6-0 junior from 1.> thereafter hired as the assistant sports opportunity to learn so much about network Gardenia, Callf., finished with 120 rushing yards and passed for information director for Howard in i983 and ing and communicating in sports, and I know two touchdowns. In his last five then was appointed as the sports inforn1ation th!s will help prepare me for my career." starts, Johnson led Howard to a 4- director just over two years later. Hill himself started out as a young bny 1 record, compiling close to 1,000 .. The great tlling about seeing people with a love for sports collecting baseball yards of tota l offense. come in at 17 or 18 years old is watching cards. 'T\'e always loved sports from the them grow, develop and mature through the time I was very young. I used to collect base "We wanted to test them with process of tilne, and seeing them move on to ball cards, football cards. I would remcn1ber the run,'' Johnson said after the productive careers and families. That's grati the startin~ line up of e' t>ry major league game. "As soon as they stacked t)ing," said Hill. hnsehali game. I played sports. and I coached up the llne of scrimmage, we were As the sports information director, Hill :,ports so it's kind of heen my life;· savs Hill. I"""•<:"'"'") of(~ ~mllh ·All l'ro ~) able to beat them with the pass." is in charge of everytl1ing, from updating the Recipient of the Bob Kent"orth; A\,nrd athletic section of the Howard Web site with for Community Service from the College biographical and statistical information on Sports Information Directors of An1erica, Carlisle Named to All players to producing publications to home Hill has demonstrated, on a national le\l'l, Tournament Team For gaine operations. Changing his career focus his in,·olvement beyond his profession. Second Time This Year from strictly journalism to public relations, "I think that in life, ifs important that Hill has gained the opportunity to tra"cl you do things that you have a passion for, Lady Bison point guard Shannon across the country with various sports and something that you do for your career or Carllsle made an All-Tournament meet coaches. atllletes and fellow SIDs along your living that you enjoy doing and at the team for the second time this sea the way. same time you can make and impact on other son after this weekend's Seton ~You build up a big rt>scrvoir of contncts people's li\es. And, that's what I do here." Hall Basketball Classic in South and colleagues that you build relationships Orange, N.J. witll along the way which is important with this job," Hill said. Carllsle, a 5'6" junior from Building relationships has crossed lndlanapolls, Ind., averaged 16 over into Hill's thirty year co111111unity points, four assists and three steals in games against Seton involvement as he serves as a mentor and Hall and Navy. coach for the Washington Police Boys and Girl's Club No. 10 and as co-founder of the Carlisle also made the All D.C. Warriors youth basketball program. • Tournament team following the "I took s01ne of the concepts from Basketball Travelers' Classic at working here at the university in the capac LSU last week. ity of sports information and wns able to incorporate that into diffe1ent things I was ...... doing coaching young people in the city," • Hill said. • • Hill is a firn1 believer that exposing • • • youth at young ages by taking them to • TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY. .. • national tournaments or bringing in stu • • • dent and professional athletes to speak • to them, allows youtll to understand that On November 21, 1934, the New sports can present a numbP.r of opportuni ties. • • York Yankees bought the rights to Joe A number of doors have been opened • • for Howard students who come through • • DiMaggio from the San Francisco Seals Hill's office whether interning or simply • • • VOiunteering. PboNCoartnyolHl1'rnrt>lnfo,n• ,,., TI-IE IiILLTOP • 81 ECCANISMS N OVEMBER 21, 2006 He Said She Said • • • • • • • • Thanksgiving ' Ahhh, Thanksgiving Men are free to kick raised in 2006. 1.6 billion that's not always the case. the day that we Americans back on the couch and pounds. The total weight I make a mean dish when celebrate how a drunken indulge in Thanksgiving of sweet potatoes pro I've got the inclination, but I Spaniard or Italian, because Day battles in the trench duced in 2005. 664 mil frankly find it a more attrac no one knows his ancestry es. Plus there are sever- . lion pounds. The forecast tive option to read a maga for sure, got lost, stumbled al match-ups to choose for U.S. cranberry pro zine while listening to what onto a continent where civi from including Miami duction in 2006. ever football game happens to lization already existed and at Detroit, Tampa Bay These facts, pro be on in the background and called it a discovery. at Dallas and Denver at vided by the U.S. Census cosigning on the excitement Then we commemorate Kansas City. Bureau, highlight the of a good play. how the pilgrims came and Just a few feet away origin and current My colleague thinks that took advantage of the Native those of the fairer sex are state of the American the holiday erases gender ten Americans and then traded making culinary magic. Thanksgiving holiday. sions, but what if it just erases them disease ridden blan Cooking up sweet pota All this talk of food discussion of such tensions? I kets and pushed them off toes, cranberry sauce, reminds me years ofhear can't speak for every woman, their rich, cultivated land ham, stuffing, greens ing about how it would be but I know voicing an opinion into the arid desert. and of course contribut my job to grow up and on the matter would be more But, I digress, if you ing to the 13.7 pounds of learn to prepare all the trouble than it was worth. wan,t to read more about turkey that Americans Thanksgiving favorites If I stand up and say American terror... ! mean consume each year, like the matriarchs of my "I resent being expected to Thanksgiving you can check according to United family had always done. grate this cheese and roll this out the article on the front. States Department of I know gender roles dough and watch this souffie, So let's look at the holi Agriculture National say that I should be in the just because I'm a woman and day from a modern perspec Agricultural Statistics kitchen in my so's style I refuse to do it any longer!," tive. It's a day when both Service. Pholo From the Minds ofJoshua Thomas & Jana Homes D C) IJ S I~ 11 ll C) Il. I~ N ' ·r~ .. .,'"}. .::~ ~~ ;; : ~ :::;.. i .::::,,, ...... •. 'W' ' , "• \." • '-', "r ' ..··""· . ~ ,.,... I'"' ------, Say What?I I Overheard ® fhe Mecca I Out of the ordinary news briefs that beg the I I question, "What The ... ?!" "No More Jaby St1ickers"' I Overheard Ot1 O.eorgla Ave I I I Not a Lesbian Lover **Bus rides by with Snickers ad "hungerectomy"** I I Eva Longoria, known for her role as Gabrielle Solis on ABC's "Desperate I Guy: I really don't get what a hysterectomy has to do with I Housewives:' denied claims that she was snickers. tapped to play a homosexual role in an I I upcoming film. Girl: What? The role would be opposite Beyonce I Guy: The bus! I Knowles in "Tipping The Velvet:' The movie, which is based on Sara I Girl: Oh, no. It comes from '-ectomy': To remove. Cut off. I Waters' love story ;ind has been penned the The removal of hunger! female "Brokeback Mountain:' I I "Beyonce and I just did the I:Oreal Guy: Oh . .. I sti 11 don't get it. event a couple of days ago and we were I I like, 'What is the deal?"' Longoria said to People magazine. "Believe me, I would I I love to work with Beyonce one day. She's "Apartheid? What Apartheid?"' ' so talented. But this is definitely not some- I Overheard it1 M i- Wiscot1sit1 (teorgetowt1) . I thing we are doing together. It's completely and absolutely not true:' I I Girl: So this white South African guy came into the store Pho10 Cout1tS)' ''--WW.('\:'ft•lon~rb-pkturtS.tom I today. He was so hot, I totally forgot that the Apartheid even I Unexpected Punchline I happened. I Guy: [long pause] Well, it's not like those 40 years had any Sacha Baron Cohen was allegedly I I beaten up by a New York man after he effect on your life. I guess. encountered him while in character as . I Girl: I know, right? Mmm, and that accent... I Borat, Kazakhstan's number one reporter. Cohen reportedly approached the I Guy: And hey, Nelson Mandela's out of jail, so it's all good. I stranger and, as Borat, asked him: "I like Girl: Now you're just mocking me. your clothings. Are nice! Please may I buy- I I • ing? I want have sex with it:' Guy: Whatever do you mean? Upon hearing this the man proceeded I Girl: He was so polite. He said 'cheers' when he was leav I to punch Cohen repeatedly in the face. ing! Fortunately, Cohen escaped the inci I I dent without any serious injuries. / Guy: You are beyond ignorant. "Sacha couldn't resist playing the fool \ •. I ' I I as Borat, but picked on the wrong per ~ Check out tttore at Overheardatthetttecca.blogspot.cottt attd son:' a friend mentioned. "I guess this guy I subtttlt to Overheardatthetttecca~gtttall.cottt I thought he was being attacked by some one unstable and lashed out. Sacha is very L - .J lucky he didn't get a much worse beating:' ------Please send any responses to Meccanisms; 'He Said ... Pho lo Cour1esy or """'"'.Jmb.com.au News cow·tesy ofa/lhiphop.com, Associated Press ·She Said' topics, Say What?! or any other contributions to Compiled by Joshua Thomas, Deputy Managing Edito1· [email protected] THE HILLTOP • ----·---·-·- - The Hilltop DITO RIALS • ecttred . VOLUME 90, NO. 59 NOVEMBER 21, 2006 WWW.THEIIlLLTOPONLINE.COM OKAY PeOPl.ef ITS seeN A GQeAT YeAQf we 010 THe SPQING THING ANO OF- COUQSe, THAT Leo TO SUMMeQ. SUMMeQ WAS AN AMAZING TIMe PeQIOO! we HAVe TO ATTACK ALL THe HOLIOAYS NOW WITH GUSTO! ITS STAQTING TO GE:T COLO ANO Daily Su Daku I CAN ALQeAOY HeAQ THOSe seu.s -.JINGLING! so WHeN YOU GE:T SACK FQOM YOUQ THANKSGIVING SQeAK, we CAN TALK ASOUT TAKING CHQISTMAS SY STOQMf YE:AHf Directions: Each row, each column, and each 3x3 box must contain each and every digit 1-9 exactly once . • ' 9 · 7 4 ' 2 1 8 ,, ' \ 5 6 ' ii I \ ~·oe. 4 8 3 9 3 8 6 Now that the winter focuses on fan1ily and giving some of their shine. If this weather has hit the District thanks, we should all be cel trend to keep pushing the 6 . 9 I 1 we are about ready to get in ebrating. holiday season up continues, the Christmas spirit and hum As young, educated people "Christmas in July" may not be . • a holiday song or two. But we pride ourselves on being too far from reality. a problem is that we have aware. We must realize that Our society's skipping of I 7 5 . been singing carols, watching the warm anq fuzzy feeling Thanksgiving is a reflection Christmas classics and stand retailers want us to feel is all of our values and the state of ing under mistletoe since in hopes of us spending a few our country as we disregard I Halloween ended. the season of being . 7 . 9 Though every thankful to focus - -- - year it seems that Our View: on what we can get advertisers, stores from others. and the media begin Have a safe and happy The fact that 4 8 6 5 the Christmas sea Thanksgi,ving. Give thanks and we are on a college son and holiday campus bettering themes earlier and don't let advertisers sucker you ourselves shows we earlier, this year into the spending season too early. all have a lot of rea Happy seems a bit over sons to be thank- the top. Right after ful. Many students Halloween in came Christmas. more dollars. are preparing to go home and Thanksgiving! As we all prepare for a lit Christmas has become so some are already settled back tle R&R during Thanksgiving commercial that it is almost in their hometown milking this this week, many stores com as secular as any other day. break for all they can. As you pletely skipped the holiday. Companies have no sha1ne in enjoy that feast on Thursday, Starbucks, Old Navy and many pimping the holiday for their remember tile basis of tile hol other stores tllat students fre gain hoping people buy pres iday and say thanks to those THE HILLTOP quent took down tlleir skel- ents in tlle Christian tradition, who have helped you along tile • The Nation's Only Black Daily Collegiate Newspaper etons and put up Santa - witl1 while not even using the word way. no love going to the Butterball 'Christmas.' Just because big business bird. As consumers we should es have forgotten tile impor Ayesha Rascoe It was odd and out of place recognize our power. tance of saying 'tlrnnk you' Editor-In -Chief to see wreaths pop up at malls Since Christmas is a reli doesn't mean we at Howard Jana Homes Christina M. Wright and major stores as we still gious holiday it should be have to. We'll start: Managing Editor Joshua Thomas Managing Editor wore light jackets and sun treated as such. Thanks to you the readers glasses. Stretching the Christmas of the only blflck daily news Deputy Managing Editor We realize the complicated season out so long makes the paper in the country, all our history of Thanksgiving in this special time of the year lose supporters, our advertisers Drew Costley Stacy A. Anders on Caryn Grant country, or "Thankstaking" some of its spirit. By the week and our c11tics. Have a great Campus Editor Copy Chief Sports Editor as some would like to call it. before Christmas many deco Thanksgiving and once we all Brittany Hutson Tomi Akinmusuru Elliott Jones However, the holiday is what rations will have been up for get back next week, then we'll Campus Editor Sports Editor you make it and anything that almost two nlonths and lack sta1·t the Ch11stmas season. Willette Elder Shanae Harris Denise Horn Janelle Jolley Campus Editor Jasmin Melvin Metro Editor RaShawn Mitchner Perspective: Does Corporate Elevation Equal Average MCing? Ciai·a Famble Sean Mosley Ima.ni Josey Life & Style Editor Simone Pringle Business & Technology Edito1· Copy Editors Carl Wilkinson's V•le journalists often get than classic rhyme, when at the Brittney Johnson ...... November 4th Financial Times accused of quoting folks out of top of 2005, on Funkmaster Life & Style Editor . article details the hustler's context, but, even if tllat's true Flex's Hot 97 radio show, Jay Bryan Jones Laura Aderotoye Morgan Nevilles-Moore Senior Photo Editor PO'/ that foresaw Def Jam here, tllese words have echoed Z ended his "Dear Sun1mer" Life & Style Editor Business Manager : Recordings CEO/President loudly on tile consumer side of preview witll tile "Man of Steel" Jay-Z's hip-hop fortune, now Jay-Z's "Corporate Takeover." reference I felt the hunger. Vanessa Mizell Deren Smith Ashley Marshall weighing in at about $320 mil This I ponder a montll prior As a fan and critic I feel Nation & Wol"ld Jessica Detiege Asst. ·Business M anager lion. He suggests that our sing to 'Kingdom Come' as my curious and excited, without Editor Samara Pearson ing/rapping human brands, good brotller and I screen tlle specific expectations, when it Amber English Atrice Williams James Murray Jay-Z chief among the1n, often album's title track in his base comes to Jay-Z albums. To be Nation & World Tyrone Clemons Advertising Manager use their music "as little more ment apartment. honest tile last LP I bought in Editor Photographers tllan a billboard for tlleir cur "It's not the 4-5 Michael its' release year was 'Blueprint,' Lauren Pass rent business interests." Jordan comeback," he labors. on September 12, 2001. And as Charreah Jackson Tiffani Bell Editorials & Perspectives Online Editor Office Manager No! A collective gasp e1nits "It's... good," I retort, as I my rapping philosopher friend Editor from those of us still clinging convince myself tllat one of my Ibrahim and I rested after Marcus Bird Morgan Brown to what Def Jam artist, for favorite artists hasn't lost his school on a bench outside a Courtney Eiland Cartoonist Cara Douglas mer J ay-Z foe, Nas calls a fast swagger. Things only begin to Philadelphia mall marveling Layout Designer Office Assistan ts sinking sfiip. Could 'Kingdom heat up at the end of tile song's at tile blue-rinsed insert and Come,' with all the hoopla first verse when Jay-Z b·ots author's seeming indifference backed by Anheuser-Busch, tllrough a line of super hero toward tlle world outside his The Hilltop encourages its readers to share their opinions \\ith the ne\vspaper through Letters to Reebok, MTV, and Universal si1niles, capping off tile burst mind, I couldn't wait to hear The Editor or Perspectives. 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Board and those of the aulJ10rs and do not necessarily represent Howard Uni\'cr.;ity or its admi.nb'tl"'a exactly a shining endorsement Though the wittY lyrics have tion. of boss Hova's latest piece. become more brand sticker -Michael Ivey Tire Hilltop reM!ncs the right to edit letters for sl>acc and grarnmatical en'Ors und tmy inappro • priate, lt'bclous or defrunatory content. All letters must be subrnittcd a week prior to publication. --·- . . . . ', ...... , THE HILLTOP 10 I LIFE & STYLE NOVEMBER 21, 2006 'T'fie Way The Dangers of the Dutty Wine BY AMARIS NOBLE that, like several hi p-hop '1 See 'lt ... Contributing Writer releases, the "Dutty Wine" is a remake of a dancehall sin Thanksgiving Amidst the hype sur gle possibly dating back ten rounding the West Coast years. hyphy movement and the Krystian Ramlogan, a crunk sounds of the Dirty junior film production major South, dancehall has suc from Trinidad and Tobago, cessfully made its mark in agrees with Sweeney. the music industry. However, "I know that part of the movements must be reas Jamaican music and culture sessed once dancing becomes is allowing other people lo dangerous. The neck swing · borrow what you've done to ing, back breaking "Dutty further their acts. In dance Wine" or "Dirty Wine" has hall especially, you'll find that many leaving parties with something that was really aches and pains. popular IO years ago is popu Dancehall artist Tony lar again today because some Matterhorn has gained global one was interested in it and BY CIARA FAMBLE recognition for the song that brought it back," she said. Life & Style Editor instructs daring listeners how There is certainly some to perform the infamous wine. thing to be said about the However, behind the drmn dutty wine's ability to engage It's my first time not driven rhythms are lyrics that dance lovers of all ages being able to go home for better resemble a high energy and etlu1ic backgrounds. Thanksgiving. I've always aerobics routine than move Ramlogan described the mad managed to pull ·it togeth ments for the average partier, dash to dance floors when er and come up with the who considers laps around the West Indian remake first money for the trip, last year the mall strenuous exercise. blasts from party speakers. I managed to pay for both my "Bend your back and lift "No matter I guess hO\\ Tony Matterhorn's single "Cutty Wine" has created a new move. Doctors, however, do Thanksgiving and Christmas yo ur head up/Turn side way, tired someone was before, not recommend It, as the dance is vigorous and can cause serious, perhaps fatal injury. trips in October, but this year lift your leg up/Bend your face when that song comes on I wasn't so fortunate, so I'll and twist it up/Spin around everybody just rushes the have to stay here. cause you know how fi wuk/ dance floor doing their ver 18-year-old Tanisha Henry Dr. Janaki Kalyanam, The cervical spine attaches to I won't be alone in my Back it up cock it up/1ny girl sion of the wine. Some people swung herself into a frenzy Chair of the Department the head. which is connected aloneness. There are lots of dutty wuk," are just some of get it right and others don't, . and collapsed on the floor of a of Physical ~Iedicine and lo ligaments and muscles that people who stay home on this the lyrics from Matterhorn's but its cool to sec everybody school dance. She was rushed Rehabilitation at Howard hold it stable and allow every day, which has been called the popular song. participating in the same to a nearby hospital where University Hospital, corre day 1110\'ements of the neck. 1nost traveled day of the year. Sophomore biology thing, especially because it she was pronounced dead. lated the severity of the dutty These muscles contract and But even though the Bureau major Janielle Maynard from reminds me of back home," Although the cause of death wine to the whiplash effect of relax when you mo\'e and any of Transportation Statistics St. Kits, which is located in Ramlogan said. is uncertain, links have been a car accident. sudden movements can strain says that during the six day the Eastern Caribbean, broke Some Howard students discovered between the dutty "I have. seen similar the ligaments and cause Thanksgiving travel period, the down the linguistics of the find bending over and swing wine and long term or fatal causes of sudden impacts lo damage to the spinal cord or number oflong-distance trips, dance. ing to the West Indian beat an injuries. the neck,", Kalyanam said. blood \'essels that traYel to the 50 miles or more, increases by "You have to bend your uncomfortable hassle. Marynard relates unwise "The sudden forward thrust of head . ., she said. 54 percent, that means that body forward, and there's "I really don't appreci dutty winers to ill-equipped the neck and head that occurs Like Kalyanam, Sweeney almost half stay right where movement of the feet, waist ate being bumped and almost athletes. during a car accident creates ad\ ises that those foreign to they are. So when people give and neck and pretty much knocked down in clubs by the "People attempting to a whip lash. This sudden for the swift, free mo\ cm ents of me that pitying look when I your entire body all at the girls who can't wait to s•Ning do it might not be quite fit ward and backwards 1110\'e \Vest Indian dance leave it to tell them I'm staying here for same time in constant clock their ponytails and do the dirty enough, or they are probably ment of the neck can cause the pros. the weekend, at least I can say wise or counter clockwise wine," said Nayo Thomas, a not warming up. It's just like a dislocation of the spine, '"If you 're unfamiliar with that in my defense. variations," Maynard said. political science major. '"Plus, jumping into an exercise or which is probably the cause of \\'est Indian dancing, [duttr Comforting statistics Howard international after a long night of dancing, a sport and not stretching or injuries in people who do this \\ining is] hard to do because aside, I'll really miss being students claim that these my back and legs hurt too being prepared,'' Maynard particular dance," she said. you've got to be able to do at home this year. I've gotten spine straining steps have much to even attempt to do a said. Kalyanam went on to se,·eral mo\'ements at once. used to D.C. over the years, been performed on Caribbean dance that extreme." Doctors warn that the describe how those who swing Because I am Jamaican and but I don't necessarily want to dance floors years before their The dutty wine did not results of the constant prac their heads to \Iatterhorn 's haq~ gonl lo carnivals since be here for the holidays. At my A1nerican debut. receive its risky reputation tice of these multitasking single can dislocate or frac I \\as little, it's not hard for house during Thanksgiving, Freshman biology major for nothing. On Oct. 29 in movements can be far more ture the spine. me. S\' eeney said. pretty much my whole fam Simone Sweeney explained Spanish T0\\11, St. Catherine, severe than a simple sprain. "Think of :l rubber band. ily is there. Cousins, uncles, aunts-everyone is at our house, eating, watching mov ies and making random trips to Wal-Mart, which I miss ter ribly while I'm in the District. Justin Timberlake vs. Robin Thicke Yes, I know it's country, but I never claimed not to be. BY LEAH SUGGS in the music industry. have worked with producer hard time. \\'hcreas if thl'Y arlicfo, Thil.'kt• say.s about Contributing Writer I'll miss cooking with Thicke started out Pharrcll \Villiams on both are Caucasian and the~ arl' the comparisons, I think the matriarchs of the fam behind the scenes as a of their albums. trying to gl'l into thl' R&B. a the onh comparisons of ily. Actually, before last year songwriter for such artists On the other hand, genre of music that is more .Justin and I are \'isual. I it was more like them doing Blue-eyed soul has as rviary J. Blige. Mya and Thicke had lo work for urban, it would be easier don't think anyone who is most of the cooking while I graced urban airwaves for Brandy. his growing fan base. The and they would get a lol of e\·t•r listening cotnparcs figured out what Christmas decades. Artists such as Timberlake was the public did not know much attention in the public."' llS." movie to watch. Home Alone Teena Marie, Jon B., Hall star of the popular group about Robin Thicke when he Both of these artists Students at I Iowa rd "ill invariably wins, for those who & Oates, The Bee Gees and N'SYNC. Timberlake has first came out with his first want to know. But it's actually album, ··A Beautiful vVorld" a great way to find out some in 2002 which sold about stuff I never knew about the 56,000 copies in the U.S., women who make up my fam according to Billboard.cmn. ily. I not only learn a lot about Even with his second who they are, but who I am, album, '"The Evolution of too. After we eat, we shop. At Robin Thicke," the public is least, we have shopped in the just learning about Thicke, past. The last few years, we've the son of famous actor mostly slept in, but we switch Alan Thicke from '"Growing it up every year. It adds vari Pains." ety to the day. With all of this said, we ' But while I'm stuck here asked Howard students to this year, I've decided to be weigh in on this issue. dedicated to making the best Senior biology major out of what could be con Jennifer Darden said. sidered by some to be a bad "Justin Timberlake has real situation. My roommates and nice beats, he has real nice close family friends will be songs, he can dance and here, so I won't be alone. I'm everything. He is real enter going to catch up on home taining. Robin Thicke, he work and prepare for finals appeals to more soulful part and final projects. That way, of R&B, his style is more for when everyone gets back, older people, my father, he I'll be ahead in my classes. is 56 years old and he lis • Actually, I'll probably eat a tens to Robin Thicke." turkey sandwich, go to .the Being as popular as they movies and sleep all day. But are, it may be asked if these until everyone leaves, I'm tell two artists face the same Pht,lo ,.,,urlt·') o( pn>OlcJn~ 'P.~·.c:vrn ing myself I'm actually going Pholo (''4.Hlrtr') or p099.c7boan:Lco1n obstacles that black artists Robin Thicke, a not so well known songwriter for Mya, Once a former member of *NSYNC, Justin Timberlake has to do work this weekend. do being in the public eye. Brandy and others, now has his second album in stores. given his fan base from his pop days a new R&B sound. Ciara's plans have Darden said, "No, changed... she's actually because, its like African going home{ Actually, she's Joss Stone are all popular taken that fan base he had American artist, R&B and still have a lot to prove in judge for themselves who i$ not. That's one of the many R&B singers and groups with his former group onto hip-hop, its our genre of that they might not ha,·e the the better artist by purchas drearrs she'll be having who have topped the charts. his solo career. music and for R&B artists "look" of what an R&B artist ing both of their albums, while she sleeps the holiday Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake's first solo who are African-American is supposed to be, but their whkh are in stores now. away. Wish her a happy Timberlake are no excep album, "Justified," skyrock to try and come up and music speaks for itself. Thanksgiving by email at tion. eted to the top of the charts try to be s uccessful, there Critic-; ha\e comp·ired lifeandstyle2006@yahoo. Both of these artists in 2002 selling about 3.5 arc so many other African the two artists, as in a recent com if you want. But she have been in the industry million albums in the U.S., American artists so there article in the Associated probably won't get it. She'll for many years. Each start according to Billboard.com. is a lot of competition out Press, titled "Celeb Q&A be sleeping. ed out in different avenues Both of these artists there and they might have a with Robin Thicke ... In the • TIIE HILLTOP