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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1990-2000 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ~ l ,Pl1-=~-.:...______------It I jlle SO, No. 12 Serving the Howard University community since 1924 November 8, 1996 College Democrats wonder what Clinton's second term will bring
By Peter Nicks Hilltop Staff Wnler
·11ie rcul h:tllk Tuesday 1111,ht was no1 111 1he presidenunl campaign. but in the trenche, of1he Hou,e of Rcpn:scntt1tive,. when: a Poo•o by Susan Jackson struggle was fough1 h)' 1he ~Howard Un ive rsity Republican, 10 maintain a second ~s Mosque fa iled ln term majori1y for 1hc fi11,1 lime in 66 11ttempts to bring NOi ycm,. llln. Louis Fa rrakha n l11esday nigh1 in a packed sui1c ,ipus for a pre-election nl the Cap11ol llillon, clec1ion ~- rc,uh, ,trca111ed in declaring a , ,ctor) for incumbent B,11 Clinton But the ,ollcgc siudcms looknu• on \H:r.: le" concerned wtth lh<' itudents prc,idcnt1,1I r.1ce 1han 1hc) "ere \\ilh lhe light Hou,e b.111lc. l low:1ril studcni, Sharita Dan1eb. Jo, Chancy and Tnc1.1 :liallenge Floyd siood near 1he tclc, ision: their demeanor, suggc,1cd no I ,111\ICI) over the final momcnls ol the pn:stdcn11al race. ree "lltc ncxl SICp IS \Hlllling back Congrcss." stud Floyd. a senior rna1ti major. Darrin D,I\ is, President uf 1he College Ocrnocrais at llow,ircl. ~ch exprc,,cd opumism a1 Clinton\ "ic1ory. "Clin1011 now has 1he opportunity 10 work on hcahh care. ~licy 1rue welf:tre reform and ,omc of the ·------progrc""'-' policies 1ha1 w,11 help all ol us. c,pce1,1l1) Black,." !, Russell Rickford The Coll<"!!e Democrats ol j{.tlpSlaffWntet Amenc:1 "a' origmali)' fou nded 111 1912 10 help 1he pre,idcn11al PhOto by Alda Muluneh m.:mt>cr. ol lhc N,IIIOn campaign ol Franklin D. Rooscvcl1. Howard's College Democrats (fro m left) Tory Taylor, Kayln Saunders an d Tina Hixon gathered Tuesday night at the Capitol HIiton to •). 1he Univcr,11y hu, Through years of fluc1ua11ng discuss the future of Congress and the White House. y tried 10 block NOi 's membership. 1hc org.1nizut1on ha, en lrom ,peaking on grown wi1h more 1h.m 1,000 communic:11ion, s1ud1e,. cnllcd pa, for 1he co,1 of Iwo years of blcarol n:1nbu11on from chap1crs nationwide and a Clin1on·, record on cduc,111011 college. Bui wnh 1he rising cosi of 1 and lhe Umversit)·'s membership of more 1han I million. strong. college educauon comes nsmg CDA engages in gra,sroot, ··111c 1hing, [Clinton! is domg anxieties of" here 1he mone)' will ilo->Jrd olhcial, mamlain legislaiivc ac1iv111cs lhnt range from wilh educa11on as for as 1he come from. Jlcr, arc reJectcd or lobb) inf cnlls 10 lc11crs and incen11,e 10 ,gel a hi!'hcr c-duca1ion College Dcmocrm member Kaym ot on political grounds. persona vi,ils ,upporling the an: ,·"raord,nar} ·• Saunders ,,ud ,he "a' hc,i1an1 in bccau$C of lo~i,tical O.:mocrJII< lcg1,la1i,e agenda. Brnokin, mldcd lhat heh.ts 1.ikcn pr.u,mg Clinton too ,1rondy Recent!\. ne1.1, ltfe ha, been a close look al 1ht- l..>c111oc-n111c party ·rm 1101 ,,1y111g 1hat he\ P<'rf<'<'I ttl Da, id Muhammad. hrwlhc:d into the I lo,,artl cha pier o! over 1hc last t\\0 clecuons. hu1 I believe he is capable of f 1hc NOi ·, Howard CDA. ,~hich for lhe l:tst 1wo )'cars rcgislerin~ ;is an 111dcpcnden1. makmg 1hc decisions a presidenl C.1mpu, Mosque. sent a has been mactive. Now, under 1he "I dtdn t \\:lilt 1hc p.trt) 10 1hink need, lo make and Im bid for \ace Prc"dcnt for Student leadersh1p of Davis. Howard's 1hat Ill) vo1e \\Js au1om:111c:· presidency renec1cd 1ha1." S;c,~ Fa,ors alleging that College Democr.i1s ha., a roll of Brookins said, rei1er.it1ng 1he Despile 1hc uncertain fa1e of 1he • CIJtnt organ11a11on had more 1han I 00. concern ol many African Democrals in 1hc I louse, 1he mood "!thgious pcrsecu11on." "The young people in 1his Americans 1ha1 1he Dcmocra1ic was cxpccl:1111 as many discussed mtmo. Muhammad ,aid campaign really helped 10 gel parl) has 1aken 1he Black vole for whether ;1 new Clinton would I Cramton Auditorium [Clinton] elec1ed and he won'I gran1ed in n:ccnl_)C.irs. emerge from a While House to · 'of\t)mtcd 1he Campus fo!'Set th:11, .. said Chaney. a poli1ical " I 1hink he\ (Clin1on·,1 genuine which he owed fo"cr political dues. ·, rtcent auempls 10 bnng science maJor. m evcry1hing he doc,. l voted for Davis said 1hat because Climon , FJJ'Tnkhan IO Cmmton In 1992 vo1ers be1"een the age, him because I helieve he"s made docs no1 have 1he r.rcssure of bemg 1111 for a Mond.i) prc of 18 and 24 ga,e 1he Climon/Gorc se, ·ral improvements ... the re-elected. he "111 respond "1th lddrcss on Blacks in ticket its higlie,t margin of victor) economy. creating. more job,." ,;.1id stronger prugrcs l\'e poh11c, 1ha1 of JO) age group. The pcrccn1age Scon \\'hi1ney.. , senior film major an: proac1h.: rather 1han rcac1ivc. m(OIO ,1a1ed 1ha1 lhe tor 1he ·96 election age bn:akdown In his previous 1erm Clinlon "'I le c:ui1 go tlt.11 far lo tlte lcll b..'Callse \lo<,que and 1he African has no1 ycl been calcula1ed. 1hough signed 1he S1uden1 Loan Reform he ha., 10 lfiink of tlte L\.'!llOCl'3lic iu1y PhOto by A>da MuluMh \11ociatton. 1hc clubs 1he results arc expcc1ed to be Ac1, which allowed s1uden1, 10 .tnd lhc 2(Xl) clcctiort" Darrin Davis, president of Howard 's College Democrats of I.IJOinll) ho,1 Farrakhan, similar. borrow lll0llC) d1rec1ly from lhe The College Democrals mce1 America, watches e lectio n retu rns Tuesday night a t the Cap itol J "hedulinl! policies by B 'Jordan Brookins. a doc1oral govcrnme111. fk also propo,ed a e,ery TI1ursday nigh1 in room 127 Hilton. comple1ed form, sc,eml cand1dnte 111 human $1.500 per )ear 1.1x credn 10 help ol Dougla" 1-lall :11 7 p.m. 1.iliwce ,mmad said Cram1on began 10 balk on 1he at 1he la\l rninu1e. He lip L'nivcr,11} officials , rurpo,ely lro1c lhe rroces,. Butts calls leaders to task in sermon i.rJ i, nol pleasing Its , 11\ pka\1ng Wl111e Dulls mcnlioncd in Im ,crmon 1h:11 he too desire. a1 lc,tst 10 wanl IO spe:,k lo me:· mdividual ar11s1s. 1hat is 1101 10 lake away ,· ,h,""\luharnrnad said. By Ta-Nehls! Coates was 1101 ahove reproach when II comes 10 Dia1-Por1cr said he sees ignorance in n:,ponsibili1y from 1hc individual ur1is1s, but Hllhop Slaff Wnler n ,.uJ 1hat he '"" unaware m1cgri1). I here arc many 111 1hc hip-hop Bun,' rc,ponsc, "l 1hink if a person really the record companies ... look advan1age of rroimn un1il recei\'ing comrnu1111y \\ho agree wi1h this. cares about 11. 1he firM 1hing 1hey would do some of these young rcople, e~ploi1cd them, '1AI'< leucr. and 1ha1 1he Calvin Bun, ts kno"n for hi, bold, bra,cn Joel Dia1-Por1er. a former rrommenl hip is go do some re!;Carch ... 1alk 10 some people and 1hcn caused 1hern 10 bcheve Ihm 1hey ll°"'(UC ha, a long record behavior. Lasl Sunday he lived up 10 1ha1 hop DJ in Wa,hing1on, slopped spinning .11 record companies, inlk 10 people who buy could 1101 gc1 an opponuni1y 10 demons1ra1c 'tinmvcriuon, or policr" rcputalion when he ,1eppcd into flo\\ard\ records because he had his own problems 1he records, ialk to people who make 1he 1heir talenl and :1lnhtr unless 1hcy did it in a ~, 1hc conn 1c1 is roo1cd chap.:! :1J1d delivered a sermon on imcgri1y. with g:mgs1cr rap. Bui \\hen he heard ahoul records and 1ry 10 find ou1 wha1 's going on." way that "as demean mg to 1hem and 10 their rJldi broader que,1ion. The speech was a fiery condernna1ion of Bun, s1e:un-rolling the 1apcs and CDs, he w:ts Blaemon agrees 1ha1 often 1he anti-rap people:· 1 Thorn1on. poli1ical 1hose who lack imcgril). Buns spared no one 1101 impressed. sen1imen1 conics 0111 of ignorance. Bui Bulls save, his venom for Black d:.w1mc111 chairman. ,aid as he ran do" n a I1st s1rctchi 11g fro m Pn:siden1 l)iaz -!'oner rcmembcred thinking. "1ha1 "They had no undersianding of 1his 1hing cxccuuw, at exploitative n,cord labels. ~rhmg ,s,ue hmges on Bill Clinton 10 D.C. ~fa)or Manon Barn. he I Bun, I "•'' a fo<•l. 1ha1 he wa, 1ha1 1he, "en: ,o bia,cd :1gai11,t."' ·J, "his1oric ,111d almosi Bun, conS1an1ly rcpca1ed, ''\\hat our leaders grandsiandini;. And remember. I 'nt Blaci11on also ,:ml 1hat 1he critic., tend 10 "Lislcn 10 lhi,: I talked Lo one Black l!U\ loJ COIIIOllltnenl 10 open need " in1egrity!" ,omcl>od) "ho quil ,pinning record, ... in ,gnon: positive ar1i,1s. ··J>u1 half that energ, who\ a real bigshol nl one of the record • Five years ago Buns began :1 banle 1ha1 a larl!c part t>ccau,e of £angMer rap. So ii 1'1:11 )OU pul into rolling over 1hosc recoril's companies. and he said to me. 'hey re,: you K lhc rc,ponsih11i1y of anr, espoused a similar Iheme. He wa.s sining :11 wa51J•1 that [ dis~1grc(....._1 --wi1fi \\h;il he was and picke1ing Kemp Mill in10 helping gona back up cause you know. freedom of ~ io be open ror all ideas.· home channel surfing with his cable rcmo1e. saying. 11wasju,11he way wenl about ii. ll1a1 posi11vc anisis:· she said. speech ,u1d we goin" do 1hi,. bul I 1cll you I '-liJ. "Bui ,1udcnt, and "I came across some rap on 1hc 1elcvisio11," was obviou,IY. some1hing that was concoclcd Buu,. however. docs 1101 fil squarely in10 wouldn'1 lei my daughlcr lisicn 10 ii." f said /CllllM ignore 1hc political Bu tis s:1id in a recent mtervicw. "and I gol an Im lhe pre,,. · lhc an11-rap box like C. Delores Tucker. · You Jiffy Pop Negro:·· l!la:oo, of doing so." opporlunity 10 hear whal some of 1he words Toni Blacmon heads lhc rap collec1ive Tucker's alliance with oulspokcn conservatives like Wil liam Benne! make her Gangster rap is no longer 1he ma111 1opic \;tmon ,aid 1he substance of wen: ... one guy was 1alking ripping off 01hcr TI1e Fn:c,t}lC Union. She also is not a hig Ian on Bulls· pla1c. One of hi, issues often finds dcb11e ~- . of1en piHing Black people." ofg:111g,1cr rap. yc1 she ,v.1, 1101enamored by an c.lsy 1arge1, bu1 Bulls is a linlc harder to pin down. i1s wa)' into 1hc lyrics ol gangster rnp: police :i.:bcd officials aga111s1 The career clergyman was appalled. For Buns' l)(),ilion. brmal11y. ande~raduJ1es lie• in )Cars he had followed hip hop and had been "'I 11ough1 he wa, an old fool."' Blacmon He has a Ion~ his1ory of acuvism in lhc pole,. a grcal fan of Grand Mas1cr Flash. The s.1id." 11sounded like somelhing \Orneone old Black commumt)'. Bulls presides over 1he Yc1. Run, ,1i ll manages 10 admonish 1he same church where famed Black Power hip-hop community. fLiiky e,i,1s 10 "forge the 1110,1 Furious Five, 1"hc Fa1 Boy, and Publi~ and foolish \\ould do.... h \\as an example "Sec. you c.111·1figh1 police bru1ali1y wi1h rait dt-cu"ion of all ideas." Encm}. Howewr, Bull, I0Sl lr-Jck of the trends 111 how people in that gcncral111n have nol ,1dvocatc Ad:un Clay1on Powell once <.11J. 1\hilc ,tudcn1, also in hip hop. .ind when he discovered lhem lakcn lnne 10 learn how 111 commumcatc." pastored. llis church hns buill puhlic housing a 40 Iounce ] and a blunt." 81111s responds 10 1hc criticism not by for poor members in 1he surrounding When asked al:iout his inerca.,inglX radical lltlb~w idea,. he continued. again he was displeased. r_hut down at Drcux and Linle"< • much things are evolving." formed and approved, would be "alked up to the front doors of the fine am expose yourself to lower levels.'' ha, not issued a statement a,ses,ing 111 Swygert's plan. announced last dedicated to considering the building almost I\Ooo weeks ago. The senior Once mucous membrJnes have been 1rr11ated. hazards. M:1y, has had committee, and maintenance of 1hc fine arts scu lpture major just \\anted to pick up his they take ,ome time to heal and individuals may Kennedy declined to comment faculty members at Howard busy programs. girlfriend, Camile Drcux. and go home. still be weal-.. Clark said. According 10 some, what may be at to select panel members who will "It would be premature to speak Instead he found h,m,elf racing in an After 20 years. the fine arts photo laboratory of the incident may have nothing 10 get reforms moving. on a matter that has not been ambulance towards the Howard University w:L, renovated this summer. Win>1on Kennedy. safely at all l Preliminary work was supposed finished. The panels have not been Hospital - with Dreu~ unconscious on a director of the photography department al Professors and s1udcn1, have said ru to have been done Nov. I. clearing put in place yc1." Donaldson said. stretcher. lloward. did most of the work on the room 1ha1 the College of F,ne Arts ha, been di,m. "She said. · I didn"t feel like I could mo,c,"' many students and faculty considered a 11gh1 and last se,·eral years and concerns peni Lmle said. "She w:is cohcre111 only part of the uncomfortable ,pace. Howard producing the qualny aru\l~ II 1ime, kepi fading in and ou1. saying ·My head Senior l la",111 Kinley ,aid cleanliness in 1hc lab "II wa, ,1 matter of worl..ing with" hJI hurts."' '"" a concern. but the bigge,1 problem in his said Jeffery Coleman, a ,enior phot.. Drc ux. a student worker. w,1s 1n the major. who helped Kennedy "11h 111( photogr.1phy lab of the tine art, building since ,ummer. " Howard\ not giving fund, early evening. mixing developmg ehemicab and "The facilities in here are minimal what we need 10 have. It·, 1rag1c A processing film. at best. We haue to work miracles graduates are getting out and not IJlo-. ATTENTION ALL Three 1imcs Drcux took a break to ge1 away they need because of" hat they have todr from the harsh chemical smells she thought in order to teach our classes." here:· UGSA REPS!!! were just part ofthe photo processing procedure. Raymond Dobard. professor of art h After three hours Oreux went downstairs and - Raymond Dobard, the department. ,aid he too ha~ felt the, passed out in the lobby. art history professor. finances in the department. He said he· Warning labels in bright yellow and black list to shell out money for :.I ides of masterp,< There will be a the dangerous chemicals that go into the photo view was the ventilator. conduct hts lectures. processing: acetic acid and sulfuric aci
Note: The attendance I The Undergraduate Student Assembly presents ...... of all UGSA Reps The 1996-97 Spring Black Arts Festival is important for the Anyone interested in submitting proposals for the Spring Black Arts Festival preparation of please come in the UGSA office, Blackburn, Room 108.
The 1996-97 Spring Events for the Spring Black Arts Festival include: lacks Arts Festival an Step Show UGSAWeek. Fashion Show An Evening of Jazz and Poetry Comedy Show Gospel Concert Yard Fest Hip-Hop Show All proposals are due Friday, November 22, at 5:00 p.m. in the UGSA, Room 108 Blackbun ~r8, 1996 THE HILLTOP A3 :~======c~~ PUS PLUS ~Faculty Senate gives professors a voice the administration were the only people with voting The Senate's mission includes reestablishing the sent to us and we expressed concerns about the By Lawanda Amake r power:· said Richard Thornell. Faculty Senate University as a caring community of trustees, fac ulty. implementations of the framework." Thornell said. HIiitop Statt Writer ch,1irrnan ...The faculty dealt with 1he Mudents so they students, staff and alumni. It is also used to make "President Swygert responded to our recommendation, felt they should have a say :,bout what ,hould occur on lloward the model of an open. diverse. egalitarian, but did not alter anything directly from his draft.'' -'l students have no idea how ac11v1t1es and campus." nurturing and progressive academic community. Thornell urged all faculty members 10 participate in 111 are made on campus. They only sec the E,cry full-time profossor is a member of the Faculty "We arc not about ourselves, but about our students." the democratic faculty governance and make their ~of tedious hours numerous organi1a1ions put in Senate and ha, a vote in the decision-ma~ing process. Thornell said. '1l1is year we worked with the Howard voices heard so that Howard can set the standard for a i!,tltgoals for the Univer.,ity. Tiie Faculty Senate The non- voting member of the Senate is the University Student Association in finding ways to world-class university, co111mi11ed to a unique c cl'fthe...e unseen forums. :1dminis1rn1ion. composed of the president. vice encourage our students and the entire university contemporary mission of service 10 the global c ~ F1culty Senate began m 1993 because the pre.,,dcm and deans. The,r purpose is 10 exchange community to vote in the important elections this community. t "l111ySena1c provided no voice for the faculty. As information with faculty senator, and participate in November." ··we will eagerly work with all those in the Howard t .ioFa three-year study that included a ,cries or d1scuss1on, concernmg senate busine". The Faculty Senate :1lso participa1ed in the strategic family who expect our Board of Trustees and I l(J(ltl>, umvcrs,ty faculty determmed 1h31 there The Facult> Senate's purpose is to engage in dialogue planning process launched by President M. Patrick adminis1ra1ion to be models for higher education in l ~mg wrong with the pa,1 adn11ni;,1ra11on, and with the admini,tration and 1ru,1ccs. to articulate a Swygert. Tu-o executive members ofthe Faculty Senate leadership roles for present and future generations,"" ;em,. vision and to comn111 to change, that are adequate 10 were placed on his advisory board. Thornell said. "We. 100, must live up to. and exceed. ·, FICllh) members were drssa11,ficd with the the challenge., of the 2 ht centur). ·1ne Faculty Senate did not draft the plan. but it was that high standard.'" 'NI) Senate\ structure. ln the University Senate. ;ffoward students lend helping hand to elementary school to the Howard vs. Bethune hopes stepping will help the boys will be taught with instruments ' By Adrienne Carthon Cookman football game and develop a sense of unity. provided by the school. Hilltop Staff Writer spomoring a Halloween party. The But Brooks said 1h ere is one ..The purpose and goal of the party was held in conjuncllon with thing in particular the boys should music program is to create an several other student receive from participating in the appreciation for music and 10 lloward Un,vcr,ity ha, an array organintion,. program. teach the children how to play of tutorial programs scallered T he Boys to Men is male "I would like for them, ,f they different instruments of their across ,ts campus. But Each One mentorship program that beg:,n don·1 gain anything else. 10 gain interest, including the piano. Teach One is more than just a just this week. Because there was respect ror their brothers:· Brooks saxophone, trumpet, percussion tutorial progr:1111. a nationally runded program said. "Eventually they· 11 learn to and violin." LaShondra Mallhews Each One Teach One h. a geared toward the girls already in be a man. Respect is what I" m said. music coordinator. mcntorsl11p-1u1orial partnership place in the ,chool. the principal really trying to get across to these Each One Teach One also holds between 1loward student, and of Gage-Eckington saw fit 10 children:· special even1". made possible by Gage Ed,ngton Elementary request a program geared 1oward Because of budget curs, the donations from students, the School. rhe program offers music the boys. funding for Gage-Eckington\ Howard University Student and Span"h cl:l\sc, taught by According to Boys to Men music and foreign language Association. Undergraduate llow.ird students. a male coordinator Keith Brooks. there programs was halted. But thanks S1uden1 Assembly and 1he Arts mcntor,hip program and special are four areas of emphasis for the to the E:,ch One Teach One and Sciences Student Council. pr0JCCh mentorship: etique11e: health: volunteers. the courses will According to special programs ··There "·" a need for a maJ0r current events; and the school of continue to be offered. coordinator Shanda Bourne. a con11m11111y ,erv1cc proJcCI by ,ucces\, a phase designed to teach Beginner·, Spanish is being food and clothing drive. a llo\\,nd l nl\Crsll) s1udcnts ... said the boy, ho" to earn and budget t,tught by Howard students to fir,1- Thanksgiving essay conte,t and a De,mond Dunh.1m. program mone) a, well as ,tre,, the and fourth-graders. Chrrs1111a, party are just a few of founder ·· rill're "a, a need for unportance of staymg 111 ,chool. ··1 want 10 emphasize Black the events that are currently being adequate role models for the local As an mccn1ive to participate in Spanish-speaking people who"ve planned. children. and I thought II wa, tune the 111entorsh1p program. Dunham done positive things:· said foreign Each One Thach One is always in we began 10 play a larger role m said the boys will be taugh1 the art language coordinator Tonya need of more helping hands. interacting with the youth of our of stepping and the African Samuels, who eventually hopes to Anyone interested in joining the local conununll).". gumboot dnnce. add French to the language program is encouraged to be on Students invohcd m the program ··we will give the history of program. the look for nier, and to check The have already begun playing a large F•le PholO stepping from Africa and how it"s 1l1e music program. which will Hilltop at the beginning of next ".Old Dunham, Each One Teach One founder, tutors children. role 111 the cl11ldren\ lives this been incorporated into Greek life," introduce the importance of semester. school year b) ta~mg the children said Dunham. adding 1ha1 he music, begins Monday. Lessons \lissed paychecks force Students say Farrakhan purposely blocked from speaking at Howard teachers to cancel classes Faculty, administrators debate value of invited speakers on campus officers. the memorandum explained the hacklog of By Karine Mehu wrillen and verbal request, of paycheck> to be cut SPEAKERS continued from A1 . leftist figures access did not die "Intellectual freedom:· he ,aid, is Hilltop Statt Writer between pay periods. In the memorandum. Elzy placed after the Civil Righ1s Movement ·s practiced in the cta,sroom. not in ·•civil standard.'" social gains. Cramton. blame in the hands of the department heads. stating that ··1nsti1utions are long dist:mce t:niver..ily polittcal science Professor Linda departments far led 10 process pay documents. Elzy also "'There's still a need and it"s ··Howard does not h:we to make olked into her con,titutional law clas\ and runners. Speakers are ,printers - essenttal to our survival," Jacques apologies for any program that it stated ,n the memorandum that paychecks will be lhc)'re good for the gloriou,, da.<,h. If uycanccled II un11I further no11ce because ,he. produced only on the designated bi"cekly pay days. said. does not permit on this campus."' ~•.dt1e,eral other professon.. has not received a there has 10 be a ult of the balance. 11 '"Bringing a speaker is not an Favor., said. ··we have the richest The,c statements. along with daily financial strains has 10 be in the institution\ favor from the Univer~ity. and obligations. led Toler. Howard and other university allempt to rock the boat. but 10 history of providing forums for because the institution serves a larger generate 1hough1:· different speakers. If someone . ..-1, of ,alJry not only forced professors to professors to take mailer, into 1heir own hands. purpose ... ~J>\C\. but 11 has abo caused them a great deal The University should not protect warrants being brought on campus. ··1 really don·1 know ,\hy I wasn·1 paid for so long:· Adams acknowledged that ..-J hardship\ and financial burdens. Toler said. itself at the expense of principle . we'll bring him. ~\:uom hne is we didn't get paid."" said physical Howard struck this balance during Muhammad said. "'But we have to make critical "l',,lissing two pay period, was normal. but not five." the University's golden era. "'Profe,sor Iva Toler, who also canceled her A profc'>Sor of 12 years. this incident ha, mode Toler ·'We were going to use other decisions and do what ·s in the best bra week. ··1 had to make a deci,ion. I was In the firs1 half of this century. venues. but Farrakhan wanted interest of the University:· re-evaluate her future at Mo" ard. University president Mordecai W. , unable to drhc back and forth to campus ""My mortgage needs to be paid."Tolcrsaid. ·•t mean. college students to be fired up." he Farrakhan. who last spoke at Johnson juMified congressional said. "' He specifically said. ' I want Howard more than a year ago. has food is important: who can li,c off of nothing?"" funding while Black communists !')roll procc,s can be e"tensive and 11mc to spea~ at Cramton.' sparked student complaints by his Although Howard received her paycheck quicker and "revolutionaries·· pushed their •·o, The fir,t stage of the process " a than Toler. havmg no mcome for more than one month "If Howard is the Mecca, then mere presence. Favors said. t rt<:ommendation that i, then se111 to the ideologies on campus. Malcolm X there's no other place Farrakhan "ITI1e students who complained] posed severe personal problems. was one of the most popular Ullepro,pec11vecollcge. Then the vice president ··t do not kno\\ where the blame ,hould be placed. and should be. This is the vanguard of don·1 want 10 be the focal point of ll!cmic Affair.. mu,t review 1he materials and campus speakers in the "60s. Black liberation struggles." controversy in the country." Favor., perhaps the focu, should be on m1proving the entire Howard University Student clearance. After this. the vice president of employment process:· Howard ,aid. But Favors stressed that the said. ··Now there are some studeitts Association President Vincent that relish that. And we just have 10 111, and Fiscal Affairs must make the final ··1 feel that 11\:, 101:11 lack of respec1 for profei;sioMls." University would not be a ii. When all paperwork ha., been approved. it Jacques "sounding board" for the NOi or draw a comfortable medium. One Toler said. '"Howard received intere\l on the dollar that said the school's obligation 10 give to 1he budgeting and payroll office for I wa, suppose 10 be paid. and now my bills have any other organization. that we can live with."" nr The entire process. when not completed iii collected intere,1. Who·, paying that?"" . IIJllncr. can prevent teacher.. from being paid Fven though the inability 10 pay bills hurt. both l!'I) d3)S. profe"ors said the real pain is the fact that they could ittt months of no pay - exceeding five pay not perform their jobs. a-Toler became desperate. ··1 feel bad that I was not able to teach. I have always -.ro miles away from school and pay ,1 1011:· taught my classes. It's had for me. bad for the Campus Briefs -.d. "I could no longer afford the trip."" Univers,ty. but mostly bad for my students,"" Toler "'b.14,aFler being told once again by the officials said. JO~ingly adding that she and some of her Rankin Chapel speakers: ~if,ce of Bu,iness and Fiscal Affairs that ,he colleagues were volunteer-teaching from August to .cab,: paid ror another two weeks. Toler took a October. November f ~1)1, Some student, ,aw no joke ,n the situation. l O- The Rev. Vashti McKenzie, pastor. Payne Me1noriaJ A.M.E. 'lid lo do something to cover my financial ··1 think it\ a shame:· ,aid Mikisha Jones. a senior Church in Baltimore, Md. . ."\he said. COBIS major. " I mean who works for free?" ~ly for Toler. at 5:30 p.m. the following day. Roth political science and physical education 17 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, chairperson, Truth and I 1psmapaycheck, but a reported 25 to 30other department official, refused to comment on the mailer. Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town, South Africa. • Q\ ~ere not paid. The required review of paperwork along with slow "l.bElzy. vice president of Business and Fi~cal department recommendations seem to be mosl 24 - The Rev. Thaddeus Garrett Jr., chairman, Howard University ~- declined 10 comment but supplied a culpable, but no one is sure where the real blame lies. Board of 'Trustees; associate pastor, Wesley Tomple A.M.E. Zion ~om discussing the subject. Both lloward ,md Toler said canceling their classes '-l!<>ed to all deans, director., and adminis1ra1ive was a hard decision. Church in Akron, Ohio.
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What Richards lacks in size, he makes up Tiger's Time When 20-year-old Tiger Woods turned pro in late August, for with blazing speed, the ability to bench he had in mind a modest goal: to earn enough money in the remaining two months of the season to automalically press 250 pounds, and enormous heart. Con qualify for the PGA tour again next spring. Anything beyond 1hm would be gravy. Well, pass the gravy. fidence is the key that unlocks his ability. The first weekend in October, Woods won the Las "Each individual has got to have faith in Vegas Invitational. The win clinched an auto matic spot oo the tour for the next two years and a himself." he says. check for $297,000. Two weeks later, Woods won the Wah Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic and $216,000. ' In the Black All-Stars' first game this season, a 12-7 win over Zulu Nation, Woods has :i chance to load up on even more Richards caught three passes and had two interceptions. He fin gravy Thanksgiving week- end, and not just at the ished the 1995 season as the team leader in interceptions (6) and dinner 1able. The Skins Game is an annual touchdowns ( 11) as the Black All-Stars advanced all the way to the made-for-television (ABC, specifically) event pitting four mar quee golfers against each other in an semifinals of the Rag Football Regional tournament at the unorthodox formal 1hat rewards clutch play. Tigcr'II be the one pumping his fist. University of Maryland. Flag football players: Think you're ready to take your game to the national level? The NIKE College Flag Football Regional Tournament will be held November 22-24 at 1he Universi1y of Maryland. Winners receive an expenses-paid trip to the National Championship in New Orleans the week of the Nokia Sugar Bowl in late Decem CORRESPONDENT: ber. Contact Jeff Kearney at (301) 314-7218 for more information. MUJA/11D liASII/M, SENIOR The 1 996 NIKE College Flag Football Roglonal Championships are brought to you by Butterfinger.
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Carol Schwartz ( R) Harold Bra7il (D) Local program helps kids WARD2 Jack Evans (D) reach for college dreallls \V\RD-' Charlene Dre,, Jarvis ( D) Bla1chford said. J...ids w11h foo1ba ll 1i ckc1s. much 10 "We're 1rying 10 find high ,chool By Claire Thombs The s1uden1s mee1 a1 1he ccnier Bly1hcr·s enjoymcn1. "Tha1's and college ,1uden1, "ho will WARD7 Hilltop Staff Writer come ,n and help u, ou1 ... 1wo days a week for 1u1oring ano1her ching I like. going 10 Kevin P. Cha,ous (D) sessions given by Blatchford and Maryland foo1ba ll game,! .. he Bla1chford ,aid. Ac che age of 12. Michael studen1 voluncecrs. The Corporate said. A profes\lOnal men1orrng Blycher proclaims tha1 he has School of Art also visits 1he ··we·re crying 10 cduca1ionally program "ill con,i,1 of young WARDS definice plans for his fu1ure. program regularly 10 engage the and ,ocially enrich che k,d,. We profe,"onals "ho work 1111he c11y Sandra .. Sandy" Allen (D) 'Tm going to ei1her Howard or youlh in painting and drawing. wane 10 expose 1hem 10 1he en1 1re "ho arc m1ere,1ed in bccom111g 10 che Univer,i1y of Maryland.'" he On weekends. 1he group hils 1he college experience." Bla1chford role models for chc studeni, and said wich his head held high. road and heads 10 1he Universi1y said. .1rranging , "''' for them 10 1he1r Bly1her. a scvench grader al or Maryland a1 College Park 10 Because 1he program " fairl) JOb '1IC\. Garne11-Pat1erson Junior High absorb "hal college is all abouc. ne". 1he cen1cr ha, a number of Fund-rar,cr, "111 lake place School. is one of22 Dis1ric1 yourh "My favorue pare of 1he program goals lefc on 1heir agenda 10 1hroughou1 the year 10 rai,e U.S. RACES participacing in 1he C:1lvcry is going 10 che University of accomplish. In collaboralion wich money for fu1ure proJec1,. l he Bilingual Muhicuhural Learning 1h e Univcrsily of t>laryland·, fir,1. .. Aeroglyph,c, m 1he 1\lle):· DELEGATE IQ l'.S. HQtSE Of REPRESENT@ Cencer's College Bound program. Elcc1ron1c Media Cenler. 1he wa, held S,11urd:1\ al 1hc S1,11e of Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) The program was established "We're trying to educati.on you1h "111 ,111end bi\\eekly chc Union rc,1auran1 and la,1 May 10 ensure 1ha11he cenler\ ally and socially enrich compu1er cechnology \\0rk,hop, n1gl11club on U S1rcc1 111 junior high ,1udenh would excel the kids. We want to conducted by local visual arll\l or1h\\e,1 \\'a,hing1on "SHADQ\\" l'.S. SENATOR in 1heir siudies and anend college Paul Strauss (D) expose them to the entire One*9. Several aru,is from acro" 1he af1er hi gh school gradua1ion. This ·•Visual Communicacion,.. Di,mc1 helped ,omc of 1hc you1h .. We sianed 1he program because college experience," program will teach 1he ,1ude11" ,pray-pa,nt a mural Ill 1he ··SHADO\V" REPRESENTATIVE we wanied the kids 10 conlinue basic compu1er applica11on, and re,1auran1·, alley "h1le 01her, r.s. (D) their education:· said Nick graphic an. Then. 1hc studenh rapJXd. danced and reci1ed poelr) Sabrina Sojourner Bla1chford. College Bound Nik Blatchford,College Bound coordina.tor will produce a magazine fea1urrng durrng an .. open-m,c.. ,e"ron. A coordinator. 1heir own "riling. arl and cro"d of 1eenager, and )0ung The CBMLC serves 200 pho1ograph). adult, "ere dra" n 10 1he colorful families in 11s School Age Maryland.'" Bly1hcr said. The sludcnh "ill learn 1he la1e,1 e,cnc. l\lu,ic. mag,wne,. rafne Program. including dozen, of The S1uden1s arc given access 10 ad, ancemcn1, rn 1he 11deh and food "ere sold a11ablc, ADVISORY NEIGHBORHO01 elemen1ar)' school children che whole campus. including 1he 1elecommunica1ion, rcvolu11on. manned by che )Ouch Blatchford implemented 1he main library. including how 10 .iccc" 1hc Proceed, from Sa1urda) \ e,cni COUNCIL program la\l May 10 1arge1 lhe ··we iake 1hc ,1udencs to 1he ln1erne1 and ,e1 up "cc, on 1he "111 go toward 1he "Vi,ual cenler's you1h. library ;o 1ha11hey will learn how World Wide Web. Communica11on,.. curriculum. ..There was a need for a program 10 use lhe resource, 1hcre 10 A Sa1urday morning 1u1or111g ··rm gc111ng 10 do a 101 or chrngs DISTRICT 1BQ5 for 1he older kids 1hat would research." Bla1chford said. program i, :1bo m 1he work,. I \\Ouldn'1 gel 10 do ,r I wa,n·1 here Nik Eames ( Ito" ard Um,·ersit) Student) encourage 1hcm educa1ionally,.. The Uni ver,ily also provides the Bla1chford ,a,d. h "a 101 or fun ... Bl) cher ,a,d DISTRICT 1B06 Jonathan Hutto (Howard Unl\er\11) Studcn11 Expo dra\Vs thousands to D.C. DISTRICT 2PQ2 Local vendors say fair was an econom ic boost George I lolmc, (I lo,,;ird l ni,c•~it) Studem c111er1ainmen1. seminar,. sellers of 1he weekend. conduc1cd for d1al>e1e, and "cklc By Aprill Turner ne1working and professional ··There ,, never a dull momen1:· cell. Chiroprac1ors "ere abo on Hilltop Slaff Writer ,ervice.,. all of which were geared Manin said ...The people arc ,ue 10 check for back problem,. Japanese restaurant worthy experim 1owards 1he A frican-Amencan friendly and I enJoy lhe "hilc anolher boolh "a, ,e1 up ,o Wi1h her lea1hcr purse in hand. consumer. conversm,on:· 1ha1 viS1lor, could donalc blood Resta11ra11t Re1·iew. Th, 8t'l1kay Japanese Resra Angel Plnnge s1rollcd from boo1h Vinually any1hmg 1ha1 a Vendor Adam Simmon, ,a,d 1hu1 and bone marr0\\. lea There i, even a grta 10 boo1h. searching for someching consumer could possibly wanl was Expo-goer, were gelling a b,g "I feel ch:11 thi, dcfin11ely a By Jonathan L. Wharton mou,,e desserl, 10 buy readily available al Blnck Expo bargain on a ,·ariecy of produc1s po,ill\C 1h111~ 10 be done m 1hc The Hilltop Connoisseur .. Our t,>Od i, fre,h. and~ \nd unfonunacely. ,he found USA. Black artisi- showed off and service,. Black com111un11y:· Expo , 1S11or d,ul};· Kaneko ,a,d, .. \\, Have.- )'OU e,·er "an1ed lo more 1h:111 she could afford 10 1hc1r an. "hilc Black hair ·'All or 1he prices aren·1 e1ched in h,l\c ., tull ,er, 1cc u,h Emi Llo>d s.ud ··11 i, 1mporrn111 tor cxpcnmenl w11h Japane-..., cuiS1nc. purchase. companies promoced 1he1r slonc:· Simmons :,aid JOkmgly. u, 10 frnd oul abouc lhc,c di,ca,e, The cui,mc ,~ good,, bu1 have· no 1dc.1 "h,11 10 orde(! The chird annual Black Expo produc1s. Black-owned makeup "Bui chey arc ,n ccmcn1. Ju,1 .1 1ha1 cffecc u, 1lw 1110,1. s111cc a ,u,h1 burrc1 .inJ Well. Bcnkay Jnp,mc,c Resiauran1 USA came 10 1he Washing1on companies sold 1heir skin care linle we1." Live cn1cnainmc111 w:1, al\o pan rc.isonnble 111 price IIOII<> help, )OU wuh )Our dcc1S1on \\'i1h Convcnlion Cen1cr 1h1s weekend. produc1s, while Black-owned food Simmon, sells Toys of ln1egri1y. ofthe Expo. RogerTro1man. Zapp. o,er,111 cnviror11ncn1 ,~ ,ts $7.95 lunch buffcl and $9.95 drawing 1housand, of people from companies puc 1heir merchandise which :1rc made especially for II 17te Extreme. Soul For Real and C\lraord1n.ir), It " i dinner bufkt. lhi, is a nice place to across 1he Me1ropoli1an area who. ou1 on 1he coun1ers for people 10 African-American children. a go,pcl showca,e including re,1aur,m1 and more ofa NI 1ry a different 1a,1<: "i1hou1 like Plunge. wcr.: looking for a ,ample. .. , enjoy 1he Expo. There is good Commissioned and Jame, Hall no1 c\lr.wagan1. but a,cregt was11ng your monc). good bargain and a sheller from Rashan Marlin was a vendor al people, good food and alwuy,. were ,ome or 1hc ac1, 1hu1 Scrnc-e is average. N,:,, h 1, localed on 1hc lo"cr lc,cl ol near-freezing 1empera1ures. 1he Crca1ive Concepls booth , a good music," he ,aid. performed. /\ fas hion show wa, for those "'ho w1'h 101.-1 727 t 51h SI .. N. \\. .•11 :-.cw \ork ..This is a nice even1 10 come local Black-owned book Mori! 1ha1 Black fapo USA had more 10 held Sunda> 10 cap off 1hc evc111. more aboul Jopanc...- cu,, mc. Avenue near lh<.: US Treasury 100." Pl:tnge ,aid... h's good 1ha1 ,pccialiles in African-American orfor 1han ,endors selling produc1s. ·· Ille fapo is a good even1 forihc Worlh lhc mp and lhe C()II Depar1men1 The close" mccro 1he Blacl.. businesses are reaching books. A hc:1hh cen1cr wa, set up 10 communily and 11 i, also a 101 or Conno,"cur o,crall ra1mg: ,1a1ion is McPlwarson Square. oul and sho"ing 1hc Black Marlin said 1ha1 .. How 10 Marry screcnvisi1ors for heallh problems fun ... Expo visllor Charlene Purdy Many people lm,e no clue wha1 consumer whm 1hey have 10 offer." a Black Man" and 1he 1h01 are prevalenl in the African said. "h was a good way 10 ,pend 1hcy wa111 for lunch if 1hey go 10 ., Restaurant Rating The cvcn1 fca1urcd hundreds or au1obiographies of Pa11 i LaBelle American communi1y. Visi1ors lhe day. and well wor1h my ,e,en exhibi1ors from 1hroughou1 1he Japanese sushi bar and lhC) end up and Johnie Cochran were his cop- could sig11 up and have a 1es1 dollars ... Accessibility 10 couniry as well a, live spending $20 10 $30 on an order of somc1h111g 1hcy end up dislil.inr Welcome/Greeting 8 '"Our restauranl lets our Table Preparation 7 cus1omers decide which 11cm !hey Overall Environment 6 wa111:· said Ted Kaneko. res1.iur.1111 Menu Selection 8 EYE OND.C. Meal Portions 8 manager. '"We have ., ,.ir1cl) of Food Preparation 8 Court cuts D.C. curfew law "The court is troubled by the curfew went into effect in July s treamline the top-heavy sushi, 1empur.1 .md other fa,ornc, Toste of FOOd 8 A federal judge nixed the D.C. implicit assumption that 1995. school system. He denied a-, \\CII" Service 9 curfew law last week because, parenial control over activities report, that the shake-up was If a customer decides 10 ha, c 11 Cost 8 he said, the law intruded on of children in the District has Sup erintendent f ires top merely an attempt to save his main cn1ree, such a, the 1as1y the constitutional rights of regressed to the point where officials, shakes up school job. Smith's performance has ten yak, sleak for S 12.95. and ,1111 young people and prevented intervention by the city council system come under fire in recent wanb 10 have the sushi buffel, they only have 10 pay an ex1ra $3. O1her - District pare nts from will replace the authority and In his strongest effort to months . particularly after performing their job. discretion of the District's downsize the D.C. Public several D.C. public schools specials featured include tempura Overall Total and lhc famous Japanese !!reen U.S. District Court Judge parents," Sullivan wrote. School System's remained closed because of Emmet G. Sullivan said the law His ru ling drew s harp adminis1ration, Superintendent age-old fire code violations. was passed without concrete criticism from top Washington Franklin L. Smith fired the The shake-up wi II also evidence tha1 young people officials. who deemed the director of personnel and 21 replace several school Write for the Local commit more crimes during the ruling .. unacceptable." other top school system principals and demo1e the hours of the curfew, which was D.C. Mayor Marion Barry adminis1rators last week. school system's vice Page. from 11 p.m. 10 6 a.m. on defended the curfew and Smith said the firings superintendent. weekdays, and midnight to 6 suggested the city would paralleled the School Board's Source: Tire Wasili11g1011 Post Call 806-6866. a.m. on weekends. appeal Sullivan's ruling. The efforts to downsize and Compiled by S1e1•e11 Gray. ·--~-- 11:1vember 8, 1996 THE HILLTOP A7 ·S t. Petersburg residents work to heal wounds after race riots through the air. ,1rcc1, on fire and By Aprill Turner Hilltop Staff Writer not-geared police officer,. Crowds I------,--- r101cd nunutc, ,,her the officer ~hot ji•lit"Jl..c of 1hc St. Pc1c,-.burg, ·" mo1or1S1 whose car lurched . ra,e r111t,. rc,1 ...,.. ·.,,,.. SAVE THE PEOPLE YOU CALL UP TO 44% t,tmber8, 1996 THE HILLTOP A9 A Student Town Hall Meeting I How would you describe GE's work environment? Open, inspiring, ''... its about charged, fast-paced, non-bureau Sponsored by HUSA, Your Graduate and cratic, apolitical. We think you'll tapping agree these are particularly appeal• Undergraduate Trustees ing adjectives. an ocean of \Ve believe in being "boundaryless.• We're Laking down walls tl)fu divide creativity, people, eliminating hierarl:hies and stripping out bureaucratic processes passion company-wide. And it's working. We are a 70 billion dollar global and energy enterprise whose extremely diverse range of businesses are number one that, as or number two in their markets. Others look to us for management far as we bes t practices and our financial results have shareholders cheering. ) can see, has no We'll be on I campus this Fall. i To Strategically discuss the following issues: bottom Please check with and no the Placement Office @The Framework For Action shores.'' for more details. (The merging of schools and colleges) We want to hear from Bachelor's and Master's degree candidates. If Jack \\'elch, Chairman and CEO you are bright, creative, passionate about your work and determined to @Security and Safety on Campus make things happen, we want you to know we find these to be particu @HU Community Involvement larly appealing qualities. To find out more, visit us on the World Wide Web at: http://www.carecrmosai c.com/cm/ge Date: November 12, I996 Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Place: Blackburn Auditorium An Environment Without Boundaries 11 ntv111 ,_ 2. v tent-::,. Campus Organizations, Sor,;, · e.:-. -=fraternities, Etc ...... .-,1010 Jan 12, 1997 'Ch ,fncf()YO.t ,1ute StuCilent ftssemblij presents HOWARD UNIV. SKI WEEKEND SPONSORED BY THE UGSA 'Tt!(· I ' w 1ate Winter 1taventure Skiing ... Blue Knob Sl • A10 THE HILLTOP November 8, I EDITORIAL ! THE HILLTOP ~ 0 ('./10.,,' :('~ 11!11:"9 LeM~ie ~ ':3ou., M~ +n~ i5 lti Since 1924 ~11¥':tD +rot.Able, ~he's r;<3\.\+- bu~~! be,n;~ ~u. ! ~, ~ 5U(e. Bump the 'toy cops,' , ,,,. Tell Me a.vi~-H,,;"B get real police +c l.e.1"" \dOU.. ".Ch n·~n+ ? ecent events necessitate a reevaluation or the the stacks and rape her? Who is there to stop him? effectiveness or Howard security. lwo weeks What about late at night when students arc waiting • R ago, two students where stabbed in the on the shuttle near the main gate? Is there anyone out Howard Plaza Towers West. Last week, a woman was there guarding them? Often students are studying late raped in the East Towers by a security guard. and have to catch the shuttle to Slowe and Meridian In general, security guards at the Towers can be halls. But because of the lnte hour, it may only be one described as two extremes - either totally or two students waiting ou11here. ineffeclive or overzealous. At late hours. guards can Wi1h lhe University building a foncc near the main be spotted napping. The garage is always an easy way gate. soon there will be nowhere to run 10 if to enter 1he building since there is no stalionery some1hing does happen. security. Who is there to protect 1hosc By the same token, when we do students? And now that we find 1ha1 have security in the Towers, 1hey are Our View 1here are security guards raping unnecessarily overzealous. They'll Howard needs police pros1itmes, isn·1 there reason to rear see a young lady carrying grocery guards, not security. the guards? bags and make her pul down her The underlying problem is thal lhe bags and dig for her ID. Wells Fargo security guards thal , Undoub1edly, these guards always ~------~ Howard has hired don't really care ,.,. have an attitude. and they make sure to let you know about the students. These dudes are here to get paid. it. Whal we need is 10 ge1 campus police in the dorms Bui security in the Towers is not the only problem and nol 1hese "ho-hum rent-a-cops." or even the main one. There arc several lingering Campus police have ties to the Universi1y. They are concerns aboul securi1y at Howard in general. We at here on a regular basi,. Some of lhem have been here " The Hilltop were deligh1ed to hear that lhe library for years. We need officers 1ha1 care to pro1ec1 us. was opening for 24 hours. But there is no stationery This does not mean power-1ripping over every Tom, securily in the library. Dick and I-lank who may have forgotten their Syntex What ir someone from the hood just wanders into Card. This means 001 lening students get ,tabbed m Founders Library and decides to drag a student into our dorms and not raping prosti1u1cs m our basemeni Murder in Mississippi exhibits a need for community policing R n 1he Nov. I issue or The Hilltop. we published community members smru,hed windows and se1 fires ( an editorial condemning 1he death or a Black man in hopes or cxac1ing some type or retribu1ion for the Iin St. Petersburg, Fla., at the hands or a White police brutality 1hat has become commonplace in W E WELCOME YOUR LElTERS AND COMMENTS police officer. The police officer, orcourse, claims 1he America. But unfortunately. a riot is a cry or rage from IC 10 man was about to run over him wi1h a car. The apowerlessgroupofpeople.People\\11hou1powcrcan THE HILLTOP encournges you le> shar<' your 111ews, op1111011s and ideas. We publish r!I. communily claims he was executed. rarely effect change. material addressed to 11s, and routinely edit letters for space and stylt·. Lettttrs as well as am:- ~c A week la1er we find ourselves having to wri1e h's been almost rive years since Los Angeles 111e11taries must be typed signed with full addresses and telephone numbers. N, almost the same editorial for almost the same exploded afler the firsl Rodney King verdict. Now. th circums1ances. only the stale has changed. almost five years later. we see that linle or anything The opinions expressed on the Editorial Page are solely the t>iews of the Editorial Beard This lime it's Mississippi, where in 1he 1960s, Black has changed in the way cops relate 10 Black people. and do 110/ reflect the opinions of Howard Unit•ersity, its ad111i11istrntio11, THE HlLLTOP Bo:-. bu people were hanged like laundry. Now, some 30 years Bui we at The Hilltop arc not in10 simply outlining the or 11,e studen ts. 1 later, only the methods have changed. problem. we have whal \\e belie"e is a very feasible Please address letters and comments to: wl Bump 1he rope and tree in Leland, ,----0-u_r_V_f'-e-w------, solution. . . 1h, Miss .. thepolicehavercsor1ed1ojus1 C m it I" I We believe that a commun11y "p shooting Black people. A traffic O mun Y po IC ng should be policed only by people Editorial Editor la, accident occurred in Leland WIii help ease tension from that commun11y. Simple racism TIIBHILLTOP '"l Thursday, Dec. 3 1. One or the between the community aside, one or the reason, there 1s so to motorists, a Black man, ned the and the police. much tension between Black people 2251 Sherman Ave. NW. yo scene in his car. TI1e police gave and White police is because mos1 of tar chase. and less than two hours later lhe police are not from 1he Washington, D.C. 20001 ~ 1he man was shot dead in his car. communi1ies 1hey are policing. Consequently. lhc ge1 The police, as usual, claim no fuul play. They say the police have now stake in the affairs of I hose C .'U man shot himself. Jus1 like the above mentioned case, communities. 111ey are as the Blnck Panthers used to ag, the community claims something en1irely different. say "an occupying rorcc" within the community. VtH Unror1unately the community has his1ory on its side. Of course this is not a perma11en1 solution. bu1 ne~ Mississippi is a notoriously racist slate. Its police force something to ge1 us going on 1he right pa1h toward a to I have a long and documen1ed history of abuses againsl permanent wlu1ion. h 19• Black people. This incidenl is no more ou1 orcharacter This is exacerba1ed by 1he racial differences be1wecn Ca ror Mississippi than ir a dog chases a cal. In addition, the Black community and the usually White Au the community has simple logic on i1s side. The idea "occupying" police officers. l THE HILI.IOP me of a Black man neeing a car crash and 1han shoo1 ing If the police came from the communities where 1hcy op, himself is al best laughable and at worst a bold-face worked. there would be stronger lies be1wecn 1he police S ince 1924 Ro. lie. and the community. Un1il !hose lies exis1. incidents like Ila, So when the Leland communily decided 10 iake it 10 1hose in St Petersburg and Leland will continue. Wa• the s1ree1s. no one should have been surprised. Enraged c. Donya J. Matheny Election results satisfactory, Editor in Chief Natalie Moore and Patricia Hardin but not promising Manaf,ring Editors he 1996 elec1 ions were 001 all what they prcsiden1ial. Clinton handily defeated Bob Dole. Dole Reginold Royston, Campus F..ditor Angel D. Ll HOWARD UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE .. _~t David Eisenhower LJ Computer Sale .._ j ~ Transportat1 Fellowship Program Howar University COMPLETE CO~IPUTER PACKAGE Undergraduate and duate Fellowships P120 Processor Ifs in the 16 ~IB 1:00 RA\! \\'110 \1 \\'APPL \' box! 1.6GB Hard Dme Full-time Trans tion Engineering 64-bil 30 Video 11 '\IB • Juniors • Systems I 16-Bil Audio l\ Spc::'km , 14r Color Monitor • Seniors • Human Fact , IW \lhz CPl 8X CD-RO\I • Graduate (Masters level) • Operations R 28.8 Fa\.'Modem Voicemail , Color Printer • City Planning MS Mouse &\\'in~o11s 95 , \\in 95 j Corel \\ordp What I do you think? The Hilltop conducted a random survey of 100 students regarding their thoughts on Warner Brothers' comedies. Here are the results of the survey: Question 1: Do you think these shows represent African Ameri cans as a whole? 5%YES 95%NO Question 2: Do you think these shows cover real Shuckin' and jivin', life issues such as violence, AIDS, shufflin' and grinnin' etc.? 80% YES 20%NO Vnetworks chose comedy over quality for Black shows Question 3: the scope of African Americans. TI1e only time you Theater' compared to some of the new shows. Putting Are the characters illenlkwa Stratford and Dawnica Jackson sec African Americans in another light is in an ensem us all on WB and UPN while other networks avoid Hilltop Staff Writers ble cast like "ER." "Homicide" or "New York Under us is a situation of separate but unequal. " overdtamatic? cover." These new shows have a direct effect on how Black 'G ood Times," ''lVhat's Happe11i1L"' Because Black people watch more television than people view themselves. The negative "step and and "Sanford and Son" were pop any other race, Fox begin to target Black audiences fetch" antics of the Wayans Brothers has a long reach 55% YES ular television shows of the '70s. in the late '80s and early '90s. The three major net ing effect on the Black community, said Karla Wil 45%NO works at that time offered few shows for African son. a elementary school teacher in northern Virginia 'Arte depicted Black people struggling to American viewers. By creating comedies like "Mar who often has to discipline students for mocking tele I.tit out of the ghetto while celebrating tin" and " In Living Color." Fox gained a loyal vision characters in class. Question 4: tculture. Enter the '80s and the pros- following of Black vieweri;. "\Vhen I ask them why they arc not doing their 1" of Black comedies like "The Cosby As their popularity increased, Black shows like homework they tell me, ' I'm acting like Martin or I'm Do you look for ,"revealed another side ofBlack life - "Roe" and "In Living Color" were dropped and shows a Homeboy in outer-space'," Wilson said. "The chil ward to watching geared toward White audiences like "Melrose Place" dren feel 'cooning' is the appropriate behavior." ,If$. the WB sitcoms? Students on Howard University's campus have sim •the '90s, Black television has been ilar experiences from their childhood. Comedies like l.td totheforefror,t with situation come "I used to enzulate J.J. on 'Good "What's Happenin'," "Good Times" and "The Jcf like Fox Network's "Martin," United 10% YES Tinzes' ... I thought it was cool to be the fersons" influenced many Howard students during 90%NO ·.mount Network's "Homeboys i11 Outer class clown. At least it was cool until my their adolescence. "I used to emulate J.J. on 'Good Times' or Dewayne 'rt" and ~Varner Brothers' "The lVayans parents got nzy report card. IAtrs" in the lead. on 'What's Happenin'."' said Shawn Wills, a junior --Shawn Wills, a junior experinzental experimental studio major. Question 5: .II networks like WB and UPN have dedicated studio ,najor. "l lhought it was cool to be the class clown. At least Do you think that ilineups to Black comedy shows hoping to tap it was cool until my parents got my report card." the WB sitcon1s '\crich market of Black viewers. and "Beverly Hills 90210" were added, senrung Black The television programming today seems to have a •tier. many people arc concerned about the viewers back to the same predicament. lasting effect on more than child.ren. 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