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The mother of a fallen Ag- gie wishes to create an Endowed Scholarship in his honor. George Kevyn Washinton, 18, died after a car accident in Octo- ber 2008. Sheila Washington, his mother, is working to turn her tragedy into a way to remember her son. Washington There will be a fundraising event held Thursday at two locations for the deceased student. The McDonald's restaurants at 1101 SummitAve. and 706 College Road are offering a per- centage of sales from 5 to 8 p.m. to PHOTO BYKENNETH HAWKINS • THE A&TREGISTER CANVASING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CaptinBarry L. Black and other officers canvas theRiverwalk community to help to get information about therecent murders and violent crimes inoff-campus housing in and around the University area. See LEGACY on Page 2 NSBE UPD picks up campus patrol hosts Surrounding areas still a major concern for campus police DEXTER MULLINS runs through campus. We want to help, Online Editor but we just can't," Cox said. That may not necessarily be the Like a Blue & Gold 'iron curtain,' case. According to an Oct. 13, 1998 the perimeter gates to 1601 E. Market Mutual Aid Agreement with UPD and young St. close loudly each night at 10 p.m., the Greensboro Police Department, cutting offthe campus from the outside university police have the authority to <■ -nm. ou iva world. But are the gates designed to act outside ofthe immediate area ofthe keep crime out, orkeep the police in? campus under certain conditions. In recent weeks, there has been a Sections 3.0-3.3, Extension of Au- surge of violent crimes in the city of thority of Campus Law Enforcement scholars Greensboro, some of them very close Agency Beyond Campus, outlines spe- 2 to home, most recently even taking the cifically when a UPD officer can and * JASMINE JOHNSON life ofa student who lived in viewing cannot go offcampus for. Specifically, News Editor distance of the University Police De- an officer can make inquires and arrests partment. So where are UPD officers? beyond the perimeter ofcampus in the < 5 The National Society of Black According to Patrol Officer Ross Cox, following cases: Engineers (NSBE) held its sixth ifit's not inside the gates, it is the re- "An offense is committed on Cam- annual Pre College Initiative (PCI) sponsibility ofthe CityofGreensboro. pus for which alleged perpetrator or yesterday in Stallings Ballroom "Wecan onlyarrest what happens in suspect is no longer present, on cam- hosting high school and middle our presence or ifwe can prove it on pus, whether or not the officers are in school students from N.C. and Va. site," said Cox. immediate pursuit; an alleged offense Over 210 students showed up to "Ifa situation arises, like ifthere is a has been committed by a University learn more about engineering and felony suspect who may get away, then student in certain off-campus build- the Science, Technology, Engineer- we can arrest him, but we have to be ings; if the officer has probable cause ing, and Mathematics (STEM) pro- able to prove it." to believe that the person to be arrested grams.PCI day ishosted entirelyby According to Cox, it is not a prob- has committed a felony, or; the officer college members ofNSBE. Public lem ofwanting to help, but being able has probable cause to believe that the schools from Guilford County also to. He says that UPD officers don't person to be arrested has committed a showed up to support the program. have jurisdiction somewhere that is not misdemeanor in or out ofhis presence The students arrived at 8:30 affiliated with the University. and also has probable cause to believe GOOGLE MAPS "Our jurisdiction is anything that is that specific other conditions exist." CAMPUS CRIME MAPThis map is updated each week onncatregister.com and reflects thecurrent trendsofcrime on cam- on our property or adjacentto it, or ifit the crimes that from Blue markers are oldercrimes. See NSBE on Page 2 See SAFETYon Page 2 pus. All red markers signify took place theprevious Wednesday to today.

ONLINE theYARD theWORD theSCORE theSCENE WEATHER LOCAL CAMPUS FACEBOOK CLASS THE'BLACKER' HORNETS STING DANCING WITH WEDNESDAY CRIME MAP AT STANFORD THE BERRY WINNING STREAK 'BULLETS' Keep up with where crime is Stanford is bringing Mom & Dad Chris Jessany talks about why the The Lady Aggies 12 game MEAC Popular Theatrical Production Low happening on campuw online at into the 21st Century with their news doesn't give the same fo- winning streak came to a buzzing "Bullet Holes in the Walls" courses on how to do everyting cus to crime happening to blacks hault with there two-point loss to returns to campus. www.ncatregister.com THURSDAY: 51° facebook. equally. the Delaware State Hornets. Sunny| High The A&T Register | no itregister.com | Wednesday, February 18,2009 the Vandalism Campus may be safest place to be for students February 11,9:30 a.m Laurel Street of changes recently," Cox said. "We're not bad off, but expect to bring on six more of- SAFETY From page 1 A male staff member "But we are fortunate to have a UNCG has a better relationship ficers next year, and a Special reported person (s) unknown bit ofstability now. Chief New- with the Greensboro Police," Response Team on campus. knocked down the brick wall If that is the case, then why ell is a really good guy." Cox said. A&T Police Captain Barry at the intersection of Laurel are UPD officers not also pa- Part of the reason so many "They(UNCG) don't have as L. Black says that students are and Bluford street. Estimated trolling the neighborhood areas administrative changes have high ofa turnover rate as we do, safest on campus, but they also value of damages $600.There in addition to campus? Legally, taken place in the UPD is due but ours is also down a lot more make the conscious decision to are no suspects in custody while they may have the ability to what students fondly refer to than ithas been previously. That live off campus and should be at this time.There were no to do so, the UPD must be in as the 'aggie shuffle,' and it has consistency just gives them a cautious. injuries reported. route to off-campus property to made a big impact inthings. different report with the city." "A student apartment com- stop or arrest someone offcam- Constant change is not some- With UNCG's 30 officers plex does not exist," Black said. Larceny pus. Additionally, Cox says it is thing that the University of and A&T's 27, the two campus- "The owners ofthese complexes Engineering Week February 11,7:42 p.m a matter ofstaffing. North Carolina at Greensboro es have managed to secure their are running a private business, How To Market Yourself Williams Cafe "We shouldn't be doing the has had to deal with, but they own areas very well. In fact, who have absolutely no ties to McNair Faculty Lounge A male employee reported cities work when we don't have too have their staffing prob- A&T has actually seen a decline the University. So we have no 2 p.m. person (s) unknown removed the manpower for it," he said. lems. They have a mutual aid in incident reports this year by jurisdiction or authority to be the A&T logo from the door- "It's not whatwe getpaid for." agreement that is almost word- 33 calls. there." Battle of the Sexes way at the cafeteria. Estimat- With only 27 officers on for-word the same as A&T's, And A&T's UPD is the only Cox says that students need Stallings Ballroom B ed value of damages $400. p.m. p.m. campus, the department would so they have some of the same police in to 7 - 9 This case remains open campus the UNC sys- research where they stay be- appear to be stretched thin. All issues. The only difference is a tem, and the only historically fore they make the big move. officers' work 12-hour shifts, few street names. black in It is the Celebrate Black History with Larceny university the country, responsibility of the and must go througha minimum "We're limited in people, and to be certified to Swing Phi Swing February 11,10 p.m by C.A.L.E.A., students take these issues to of 700 hours of training before our primary responsibility is the accreditation body of law complex owners. Craig Hall room 133 Aggie Suites their can work. to campus," UNCG 7:30p.m. female student reported they And the Police protect the enforcement. Not even The "If you want to have a safe A C. a male studenttook her Department is no stranger to a Police Chief Jamie Herring University ofNorth Carolina at environment, stay on campus camera return shortage of workers and con- said. "We don't mind working Chapel Hill is accredited. where we can protect you," Cox and would not stant change. it. Estimated value ofthe In the last three together to target specific issues While crime has been taking said. "We know our students camera is $150. years, the University has had with GPD, but it is still their place outside of campus, inter- aren't all here, but legally we four differentPolice Chiefs. responsibility to secure their ar- nally the UPD has been mak- can only do so much." Arrest "We've been through a lot eas." ing significant changes. They February 11,10 p.m Spring Career Fair Noble Hall Corbett Sports Center A female non-resident 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. student was arrested on an outstanding order for arrest NSBE hosts high school Spring Blood Drive from Guilford County. She was Memorial Student Union transported to Guilford County Exhibit Hall Jail where she received a 11 a.m. $500 bond. scholars on campus AWE Movie Night: Noah's Arc Memorial Student Union Simple Assault Commuter Lounge February p.m to students whomay have never 12,5:30 NSBE From page 1 8 p.m. -10 p.m. Village 3 heard ofit, even ifitwas intheir A female non-student juve- back yard." nile reported a male resident a.m. for breakfast and were The purpose ofPCI day is to attempted having sexual rela- welcomed by Vice Chancellor lead the world in enhancing the tions with her at his residence. of Student Affairs Dr. Sullivan pre-college students academic, This case is under investiga- Welborne. technical and leadership skills tion. After being split up into in order to maximize their op- groups, the future engineering portunities in life. Larceny students began the competition Spring Career Fair The chair committee wanted Memorial Student Union February p.m 13,12:05 ofbuilding bridges. to expose as many high schools PHOTO BY BRITTANY HANEY • THE A&TREGISTER Exhibit Hall & Stallings Ballroom Morrison Hall Those who didnot participate students as possible to the world NSBE HIGH SCHOOL DAY Juniorindustrial and systems engineering majorStephen Wynn (L) helps 8 a.m. 2 p.m. Two female resident's in the first round ofcompetition of engineering, problem solv- high school junior,Jeremy Hammond (R), in thebrigde competitionin Exhibit Hall. - reported an unknown suspect attendedVfwo workshops- Pratt ing, and other science, technol- stole personal items while and Whitney on the importance ogy, engineering and mathemat- in future years cited because they are learning' they were out of their dorm. of being a ics related fields. mentor and the PCI During lunch, the scholars basic engineering principles," Estimated value of items committee's "I'm transitioning from having fun meeting enjoyed a step performance by commented Stephen Wynn, a $109. high school to college. new people from a lot of plac- NSBE step team. junior industrial engineering a "It's [PCI day] something es," said Richard Sosa, junior The second groups competed major from Fayetteville, N.C. Trepassing high they can learn about the STEM Dudley school student. building bridges, while the the con- 21 in After workshops February 12,12:55 p.m and on a "I to program being college have the opportunity other half of participants went cluded the pre-college students Womens Basketball V.WSSU Hodgin Hall Adams, campus," said Shauna see and compare programs from to workshops hosted by the CIA were given a campus tour. The Corbett Sports Center A former middle college chairperson of a 2 PCI day, soph- other schools to the NSBE pro- on social networks that can af- day ended in McNair Audito- p.m. student was seen trespassing. omore mechanical engineering gram at Dudley." fect future goals and computa- rium with closing remarks by Mens Basketball The former student exited the major from Hampton, Va. Sosa wants to major in chem- V.WSSU tionalhip hop using algorithms. Dean Monroe. Corbett Sports Center premises before the University "PCI day also exposes A&T ical engineeringand attend A&T Police Dept arrived. "Everyone seems to be ex- 4 p.m.

Driving After Consuming February 14,3:49 a.m. FOCUS by Leroy Mikell Haley Hall LEGACY From page 1 A male student was cited for driving after consuming the George Kevyn Washington and driving the wrong way Scholarship. University Studies Movie down a one way street. "We are asking that you go Night GCB room A218 out and purchase something, 1 p.m. Larceny and let the owners know that February 16,12:21 p.m you are there to support George Merrick Hall Washington," Sheila Washing- A male student resident ton said. reported persons unknown The scholarship will be for removed textbook and calcula- people whoare interested in the tor from their book bag while 23 field ofmedicine. The other cri- in class. Estimated cost of teria for receiving this scholar- Womens Basketball V.SCSU belongings $305.This case is ship are not yet determined. Corbett Sports Center still open. A second event involves the 6 p.m. State Highway Patrol. Officers Vandalism will be participating a safety Mens Basketball V.SCSU February 16, p.m in 5:10 awareness event on February Corbett Sports Center Cooper p.m. Hall 26th at the Holland Bowl from 7:30 A male student resident a.m. to p.m. There be a reported urinated 11 4 will someone virtual simulation of what hap- in his hamper in the laundry pens when one gets into a car room. Estimated damages $5 accident. The slogan for this Supplement Arrest event is "Don't Test Your Luck, Up" February 16,1:10 p.m Buckle Washington will be Fraiser Hall 2009-2010 Housing Selection A male non-resident remembered as a funny, bright Process student was arrested on and generous guy, his mother Moore Gymnasium outstanding warrant. He was said. He was a people person 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. transferred to Guilford County whohad many friends. He was jail and given a written prom- a freshman biology major who ise to appear. The original aspired to be a surgeon. warrant set for Feb. 11th "God has never left me com- fortless," Sheila Washington For an interactive view of said. "This campaign keeps crime trends on campus, visit my son alive, through me and ncatregister.com through the tireless efforts ofall PRESIDENT OBAMA onTuesday signed into action his economic stimulus plan, The AmericanRecovery andReinvestmentAct, in thetotal amountof and look at the campus crime ofthe friends who loved him." $787 Billion.The bill was signed at theDenver Muesem of Nature& Science. map. Click on theYARD,then click on campus crime map.

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college smokers at Stanford teaching Mom and Dad about Facebook LISA M. KRIEGER youthful private party increas- groups, such as "For The Love "It's great that more parents San Jose Mercury News ingly has parent chaperones, ofGod _ Don't Let Parents Join are wanting to try thisnewmode 8-21 whosmoke sticking out like eight-track car- Facebook." One group is hosted ofinteraction with their very so- SAN JOSE, Calif. — Status Up- tridges at the Apple store. by "The Bureau of Endangered cial virtual children," said Larry date: Mom and Dad wantto join A social networking site Generation Gaps." Rosen, professor of psychology be part of a study at Facebook. open to anyone over 13, Face- Adults older than 35 ac- at California State University- And, like much else about book allows users to connect counted for 3.6 million _ or 9 Dominguez Hills and author of Silicon Valley parenting, they're with one another by asking to be percent _ of Facebook's 2007 the book enlisting experts to learn how. "friends" with other members. demographics, and are the "Me, MySpace and I: Parent- ing who is or is not A new "Facebook for Par- Once friends, users share fast-growing segment of users. ing theNet Generation." ents" course, taught at Stanford conversations, photos and daily Many say they enjoy keeping "It shows that people really University, starts thismonth and updatesfrom the elegant _prom track oftheir high school crush, wantto learn what their kids are king related harm. is already full. The four-part dresses and poetry, to the em- thatfriend from bookcluborthe doing," he said. lecture series even comes with barrassing, say, Fred silly and neighbor's kitchenremodel. In the free Stanford class, a lab where Stanford students drunk at last Friday's party. "I think that it is all right if open to all parents but designed provide one-on-one Facebook Some kids say that a"friend" they are getting Facebook ac- for those with children younger moking cessation tutoring. request from parent is like dis- counts," said Amin Ronaghi, a than 18,Fogg and Phillips teach "Responsible parenting covering Dad at your beer pong Palo Alto High School senior. such subjects as "The ABC's of meansbeing aware ofwhatyour game. Or bumping into Mom "However," he added, "I Facebook," "Ten Steps To Pro- get paid $100 children are doing," said Linda in the dressing room ofForever would rather have them not add tect Loved Ones," and "Friend- II for Phillips, who is teaching the 21. me." ing, Posting and Updating: Life class with her brother, Stanford When Facebook first opened Many parents would no Skills for theFuture." psychologist BJ Fogg. Phillips itself to the public in 2007, stu- sooner read their teen's profile "Itisn't about spying on kids. is the mother ofeight children _ dents circulated an online peti- than snoop through his or her And it'snot justabout safety and seven ofwhom are also her Fa- tion called "Don't Let My Par- diary. importance ofteaching children cebook "friends." ents OntoFacebook!" to founder But there is a place for re- to guard theirreputation," Fogg and to if Originally limited to those Mark Zuckerberg, pleading for sponsible parenting, according said. "It helps you build a rela- nation, see with a college e-mail address, a reversal ofthe decision. to many experts. Connecting tionship." II919-956-5644. Facebook has opened its digi- Since then, there has been online has become a new form tal doors. So what was once a a proliferation of no parent ofdinner table conversation.

iversity Medical Cente Con artist who faked her way into Prosecutor Harvard sentenced to about 4 years seeks death

LISA M.KRIEGER $100,000 in student loans will could be close to a friend San Jose Mercury News serve about four years in a fed- "I have been involved in penalty in eral prison. this case for almost two years SEATTLE — A Mountlake Esther Reed, 30, conned now. We took it on like we Terrace High School drop- her way into Harvard and Co- would any otheridentity theft," out who assumed the identi- lumbia universities and earned Wilkins said. "The scheme she shooting ties ofat least three people to a spot on the U.S. Secret Ser- was engaged in expanded from get into some of the nation's vice's "eight most wanted" the East Coast the West Coast. (AP) A North Carolina most prestigious colleges and list by adopting the identities She was verytalented inassum- — prosecutor says he will seek the fraudulently collect more than of several people after she ing a third-party's identity." left Washington state a decade Henson said Reed smiled death penalty for a 28-year-old man accused the shooting ago. and laughed court* on in in deathofa security guard outside Among the identities that Wednesday, acting as she if an Old Navy Reed assumed was that of had done nothing wrong. store. News & Brooke Henson, a woman who "She sly like a fox. She The Record of a Greensboro reported Tuesday vanished from house party in doesn't want to face anybody that Guilford Travelers Rest, S.C. in 1999. who she has done wrong," County District In Reed was Henson said. Attorney Doug Henderson said 2007, indicted he will for death on several federal charges, in- During her nine years on argue a sen- ITY \ h m n?MTFD tence for Isaam Mattay Chaplin, UuilJLK cluding aggravated identity the run, Reed had claimed to who is held l/\f • • was being without bond theft. She arrested a year be a European chess champion in the county jail. Vy ago Chicago. and dated cadets ntmg near from the U.S. Chaplin is accused of shoot- Hen- Lisa Henson, Brooke Military Academy, according ing 25-year-old Juan Esteban at to court son's sister, who spoke police and documents. Salado on as he left Reed's She got a a Dec. 15 sentencing Wednesday passport, passed the clothing store in Greens- in Greenville, S.C, asked the high-school-equivalency test, boro. Police said Chaplin once judge to impose the harshest obtained an Ohio identifica- worked at the store. Starting: sentence possible for dragging tion card, took an SAT in test Greensboro police Capt. Jan- their family through the pain of California and was accepted to ice Rogers said police at North hoping that Brooke had been the School of General Studies Carolina ondav, January 12,2009! found. at Columbia University _ all A&T State University apprehended Chaplin after a "I was sen- ac- don't think she by using Henson's identity, confrontation the school tenced long enough," Hen- cording to grand-jury charging at on Feb. 9. Rogers said Chaplin is son said by phone Thursday. documents. not a student and didn't provide operation: I my Hours of "When made statement Reed disappeared from details ofthe confrontation. (in court) she wouldn't make the Seattle area in 1999 after Monday-Thursday: eye contact with me." pleading guilty to possession 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. Reed asked for mercy at of stolen property, including a her sentencing, contending she book ofher sister's checks. She Fridays: sought a made-up world to es- disappeared before she could 10:00a.m.—1:00pm cape a difficult family life. be sentenced. "I was desperate to es- Reed is no longer wanted In Detective cape an environment I felt I King Countybecause her arrest could not survive," Reed said, warrant has expired. speaking in a strong voice as In February 2008, police she stood before the judge in in suburban Chicago tracked on trial for handcuffs, leg shackles andred Reed to a motel after spotting prison jumpsuit, her long, dark a car she had been known to be brown hair tied in a ponytail. driving. Though she initially Topic development Reed pleaded guilty to mail provided an Iowa driver's li- corruption and wire fraud, aggravated cense with another woman's Organization identity theft and student loan name, Reed soon admitted her (AP) — Jury selection is un- fraud in August. She was also true identity. der way in the trial of a sus- Grammar and mechanics facing a Social Security viola- Reed also had fictitious pended Greensboro police offi- tion charge, but it was dropped marriage certificates, a birth cer accused of trying to tarnish Clarity, unity and much more... when she agreed to plead certificate in her legal name the reputation oftwo fellow of- guilty, said W. Walter Wilkins, and a Washington state driver's ficers. U.S. Attorney for the District license. She was arrested and The News & Record of ofSouth Carolina. turned over to Secret Service Greensboro reported that sus- General Classroom Building Reed will serve three years agents. pended detective Scott Sanders ofsupervised release after get- In addition totheprison sen- is accused of illegally access- Room 309A ting out ofprison, Wilkins said. tence, Reed was also ordered ing a government computer and Reed requested that she serve to pay $125,000 in restitution conspiracy in an attempt to por- Phone: 334-7764 so to several victims. her time in Pennsylvania she tray two other officers as "dirty Email: [email protected] cops." Web: http://cas.ncat.edu/-sss Sanders' attorney, Seth Co- hen, has said the charges are without merit. Sanders and another offi- fe will not proofread or writeyour paper foryou. GOT NEWS? cer were indicted in September 2007, a year after the State Bu- reau of Investigation received information from Greensboro police about possible wrongdo- news leads at [email protected] ing, including illegal wiretaps, or call 334-7700 extortion and kidnapping. The investigation eventually led to the resignation offormer Police ChiefDavid Wray. 13 The A&T Register | ncatregister.com | Wednesday, February 18,2009 British, French nuclear-armed submarines collide in Atlantic ocean DAVID STRINGER But he offered no explanation returned under its own power happened at all," said Stephen "(The government) needs to France's Le Triomphant Associated Press of how the rare incident might to its base on L'lle Longue on Saunders, a retired British Royal explain how it is possible for a carries 111 crew and 15 nuclear have occurred. France's western tip, France Navy commodore and the editor submarine carrying weapons of missiles, according to defense LONDON (AP) — Nuclear-armed "The two submarines came said. of Jane's Fighting Ships. mass destruction to collide with analysis group Jane's. submarines from Britain and into contact at very low speed," Neither France or Britain "It's a veryserious incident,and another submarine carrying Anti-nuclear groups said the France collided in the Atlantic Band said in a statement. would confirm the exact date I find it quite extraordinary." weapons of mass destruction in crash should remind the world Ocean earlier this month, "Both submarines remained of the collision, but said it took He said while NATO countries themiddleoftheworld's second- just how dangerous nuclear authorities acknowledged safe." place earlier this month. let each other know what largest ocean," lawmakerAngus submarines really are. Monday — touching off new France's defense ministry said The French military had issued general area of the Atlantic Robertson of the opposition "This reminds us that we concerns about the safety ofthe the ballistic missile submarines a statement Feb 6. saying that they are operating in, neither Scottish National Party said. could have a new catastrophe world's deep sea missile fleets. had been carrying out routine one of its submarines had struck submarine would have had a HMS Vanguard came into with a nuclear submarine at any TheHMS Vanguard, the oldest patrols when they collided. a submerged object — "probably precise position for the other. •service in 1993, has a crew moment vesselinBritain's nuclear-armed "They briefly came into a container" — but did not say Saunders said submarines of around 140 and typically It is a risk that exists during submarine fleet, and the French contact at a very low speed the Le Triomphant had collided don't always turn on theirradar carries 16Lockheed Trident D5 missions but also in port," said Le Triomphant submarine, while submerged. withanother vessel. systems, or make theirpresence missiles Stephane Lhomme, a spokesman which was also carrying nuclear There were no injuries. Neither Britain did not comment on obvious to other shipping. Under government policy, for the French anti-nuclear group missiles, both suffered minor theirnuclear deterrencemissions the incident until Monday, after "The whole point is to go and British nuclear submarines carry Sortir du Nucleaire, "These are damage in the collision. nor their safety were affected," some details were reported by hide in a big chunk ofocean and a maximum of 48 warheads. mobile nuclearreactors." No crew members were France's defense ministry said theBritish media. not be found. At least one of Britain's four Britain's Campaign for reported injured. Monday in a statement. The defense ministry said the They tend to go around very submarines is on patrol and Nuclear Disarmament called Britain's most senior sailor, Still, the HMS Vanguard was government's usual policy is slowly and not make much ready to fire at any given time. on Brown to end his country's First Sea Lord, Adm. Jonathon towed back to a submarine base not to comment on submarine noise," he said British lawmakers in 2007 nuclear submarine patrols of the Band, said the underwater crash in Scotland with visible dents deployments. Some British lawmakers approved a 20 billion-pound Atlantic. posed no risk to the safety of and scrapes, the BBC reported. Naval experts said they were demanded an explanation from ($30 billion) program to replace "The collision of two the submarines' nuclearreactors Le Triomphant suffered amazed by the collision. Prime Minister GordonBrown's the fleet withnew nuclear-armed submarines, both with nuclear and nuclear missiles. damaged to a sonar dome but "This really shouldn't have government. submarines. reactors and nuclear weapons Scientists pursue study of earthquakes in their subterranean lairs

RANDOLPH E.SCHMID American Association for the where a fracture will occur, in the world at the University of California, have occurred beneath the Associated Press Advancement of Science. launching a quake, explained "If we want tounderstand the Santa Cruz, said researchers Nicoya Peninsula since 2003," "There have been a few Harold Tobin of the University physics of how the faults really have uncovered a third type Schwartz said. CHICAGO (AP) - Scientists signals associated with quakes, of Wisconsin. work, we have to go to those of slip that occurs along plate "When we recorded the first are pursuing earthquakes deep but only in hindsight," she said. Nevertheless they continue faults in the ocean," he said. boundaries. one in 2003, we had only three into their subterranean lairs, "And those quakes are rare." striving to learn more about "Scientific drilling is the Some boundaries have been GPS stations. studying them on land and Quakes most often occur quakes and their causes in an main way we know anything known to creep along steadily By 2007, we had 12 GPS below the sea. at the boundaries of the many effort to find ways to protect at all about the geology of the without causing quakes while stations and over 10 seismic Yet, confronted with the moving plates that make up the lives and property. two-thirds of the Earth that is others stick and then release stations, so the event that year question of when and where the surface ofthe earth. James Evans of Utah State submerged." suddenly, shaking the earth. was very nicely recorded." "next big one" will occur, an But some also have been University said researchers "The ultimate goal is a series Now some have been seen The slow slip phenomenon uncomfortable silence sets in. recorded well inside the plates, have drilled nearly 11,500 feet of deep holes in the trough in a to stick and then slip, but only has also been observed in the Based on history there will such as the devastating temblor into the San Andreas Fault in few years," he said. slowly with ground motion Cascadia fault zone off the be quakes in Japan, also in that shook Wenchuan, China last California to install instruments Deep ocean quakes can be taking from weeks to a year and coast of Washington and British Tibet, said Leigh Royden of year orthe 1811-1812 quakes at in hopes of "really getting into especially dangerous if they no earthquake occurring. Columbia and Japan's Nankai the Massachusetts Institute of New Madrid, Mo., that briefly the guts of the fault zone" to generate a tsunami, like the giant Her research teamfound these Trough. Technology. caused the Mississippi River to record an earthquake. sea wave that took hundreds of slow-slip "silent earthquakes" Qiyuan Liu of the Chinese "Will we ever be able to flow backward. Tobin is taking part in similar thousands of lives around the while monitoring the ground Institute of Geology said his predict them? Scientists can tell when a research in the Nankai trough in Indian Ocean in 2004. beneath the Nicoya Peninsula in country has installed 297 I don't know," she said plate is under high stress but the western Pacific Ocean, one Susan Schwartz, a professor Costa Rica seismic stations in the region to Sunday at a meeting of the don't have a way to determine of the most active seismic areas of earth and planetary sciences "At least two slow slip events study the deep structure.

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DEB RIECHMANN spend $74 billion on pension plans. These traditional plans, been operating at a deficit for of General Motors Corp., which nomic slump. Because of plum- Associated Press benefits in the coming years. which pay a specified monthly most of its existence. They say justannounced itwillcut 10,000 meting asset values, companies The PBGC might have time to benefit at retirement, are being the PBGC has many years to salaried jobs, would more than this year are faced with having WASHINGTON (AP) The deep- rebound, but over the long term phased out as companies turn recoup its losses and fulfill its double the PBGC's current $11 to contribute to their pension ening recession spells— trouble it might become insolvent and to 401(k)-style programs that obligations to pensioners. billion deficit. But the PBGC funds two to three times what for a little-known government require a bailout. require workers to make con- "Every time the economy also would inherit substantial they had expected, said Aliya corporation thatinsures the pen- "Someday — probably tributions and shoulder invest- bounces around, everybody acts assets from the automaker's Wong, director of pension poli- sions of 44 million workers and more than 20 years from now ment risks. The PBGC, which like everything is going to col- pension fund. cy at the U.S. Chamber of Com- retirees — there's a significant chance receives no tax dollars, gets its lapse and that they should worry Companies that have under- merce The Pension Benefit Guar- that somebody is going to have money from premiums paid by about the PBGC, and then things funded pension plans, but are "Because this is coming out anty Corp. already has an $11 to pay the piper," said former companies that sponsor the pen- come back," says Dallas Salis- otherwise on solid financial of the bottom line, companies billion deficit that seems sure to PBGC Director Charles E.F. sion plans, along with revenue bury, president of the Employee footing, pose little risk for the are making decisions not just grow larger as Corporate Amer- Millard, a Bush administration from its investments. Benefit Research Institute in PBGC. about freezing their pension ica suffers through the worst appointee who stepped down on The corporation's balance Washington. It's the companies in danger plans but whether they can even economic crisis since the Great Jan. 20 whenBarack Obama be- sheet has taken heavy hits in re- "Barring some absolutely of going under that present the continue in business," Wong Depression came president. cent years. Nine of the 10 larg- phenomenal gains in the market biggest threat. But declines irt said. With companies reporting "In the near- to medium- est pension plan terminations in or what PBGC's new or future the market have left corporate The PBGC successfully shortfalls in theirpension funds, term, there will be no need for a PBGC's history, including Unit- investment strategy comes up pension plans severely under- shaved nearly $3 billion off its it's all but certain that the PBGC bailout of PBGC." ed Airlines, Bethlehem Steel with, the PBGC will need tax- funded — to the tune of $409 deficit in the 2008 budget year, will be forced to take over the The PBGC quietly operates and Kaiser Aluminum, have oc- payer money at some point in billion, according to Mercer, a which ended Sept. 30, primar- pension plans of a rising num- in a brick office building a few curred since 2001. time," said David John, a pen- global consulting firm. ily because 13 auto parts mak- ber of bankrupt businesses. blocks from the White House. When a plan is terminated, sions expert at the conservative The underfunding trend is ers reorganized and didn't dump That means more red ink at Its fate is important tothe work- the PGBC takes over and pays Heritage Foundation. likely to continue. their pension liabilities on the the corporation before things ers covered by the more than benefits to the retired workers. For now, the PBGC, which Even though Congresspassed institution. possibly can improve. 29,000 employer-sponsored But they might not get the is awaiting a new boss, will a law in 2006 requiring com- Those gains were recorded Thefuture financial health of benefit pension plans it insures, full amount that their employ- remain on the Government Ac- panies to meet target dates to before the market tanked. the agency is hard to forecast. It and to all taxpayers who could er promised. The maximum countability Office's "high risk" eventually fund 100 percent of Still, Millard insists that a is hinged on interest rates, the be asked to foot the bill if its guaranteed amount currently is watch list for the seventh con- their pension obligations, those new investment strategy, which length of the recession and the financial picture worsens down $54,000 a year for a person re- secutive yearbecause of worries restrictions were relaxed in De- allows the PBGC in invest more PBGC's own luck in playing the the road. tiring at age 65. that the economic crisis could cember to help them weather aggressively in stocks and al- market, where it has billions in- Congress created the PBGC Some pension experts shrug mean more pension plan termi- the bad economic times. ternative investments, makes vested. in 1974 to guarantee the retire- their shoulders at the PBGC's nations and swell the PBGC's The business community is it less likely that it will need a The agency has $63 billion ment security of workers cov- $11 billion deficit, noting that deficit. lobbying to further waive the multibillion-dollar congressio- in assets. But it is obligated to ered by defined benefit pension the 35-year-old corporation has Taking over the pension plan rules during the current eco- nal bailout. Ex-inmates hope for aid after prison States compete

TAMARA LUSH worry the act may not even see to reinstate federal parole — "In this economy, many of Associated Press its first dollar as billions in tax- particularly for nonviolent drug these individuals are going to payer money are being shunted offenders. be left out, left behind," said for stimulus cash ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Ex-con- to the nation's economic bail- In exchange, the group helps Davis, who sponsored the vict Vikki Hankins had— the mis- out. pay her weekly motel bills and Second Chance Act. BETH FOUHY haveresisted, in part because the fortune ofbeing freedfrom pris- "I want to establish a life for some basics such as toiletries "At the end of the day, AssociatedPress limited stimulus funding means on during the worst recession myself. But where is my home and clothing. Still, she hasn't they will be just as unem- only a fraction of the projects going tobe? What am I going to made enough for a car or a ployed as since the Great Depression. before." NEWYORK(AP) It may sound willreceive money. do for therest of life?" Han- on an apartment Backers say the — While serving an 18-year my downpayment Second like a nice problemfor states Watchdog groups say it's kins said. rental. Chance Act is needed now — sentence for a nonviolent fed- figuring out how to spend the likely that state officials fear an- many_ ex-cons, many more everbecause mon- eral drug conviction, she was Like the "In ways," Hankins than billions in infrastructure fund- gering constituents if a project wants a house, a said, "it's harder than state or assured oftaxpayer-fundedfood 40-year-old job being in- ey for community- ing they'll receive as part of appears on a wish list and then and shelter. and a car. Since herrelease last carcerated." funded programs is tight. President Barack Obama's is struck from the final alloca- "We have work eco- Now on the outside after her spring, she has lived in Orlando- Lawmakers believed the to really nomic stimulus plan. tion area motels and has been turned Second Chance -Act could hard to make first offense, she lives in a mo- help this happen," But the task is more compli- "There will be huge internal room and to down dozens of times for jobs whittle down some of the $50 said Jessica Nickel of the tel struggles find cated than it seems, as state of- battles in states about priori- work. in fast food restaurants billion-plus spent on offenders Jus- serving Washington, D.C.-based ficials try to set priorities ties," said Phineas Baxandall of behind bars. while Like thousands leaving pris- the Disney World throngs. tice Center of the Council of managing competing pressures the Public Interest Research Potential have According to the federal Bu- State Governments. on amid the economic slump, employers from communities, watchdog Group. the scared her past, of Statistics, "These people are Hankins could be helped by been off by and reau Justice 2.3 coming groups and federal regulators In California, for example, she's one of many people look- million in the are to our Second Chance Act, a program people U.S. home community, and over how the money is allo- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Florida. state a and a to approved by Congress to help ing for work in held in jails, lockups or having job place cated officerejected a request by The The state's jobless rate hov- federal facilities. live are critical you want nonviolent offenders get a new if Under the plan Obama is Associated Press for a detailed start on life. ers above percent, topping the The Second Chance law won them to be upstanding,- tax- 8 expected to sign into law early list of "ready-to-go" projects. average. wide in paying citizens." Signed by then-president national bipartisan support 2008. this week, states will divide $27 The AP sought the informa- set- Kemba of George W. Bush in April, the Hankins does do administra- Lawmakers anticipated Smith, 37, billion build repair roads tion under the California Public a group started to and Second Chance Act is designed tive work with ting aside $165 million a year Washington, D.C, isaformer and bridges. Records Act, but the governor's in grants to who, like to help ex-convicts get jobs, by a retired federal corrections nonprofit organi- inmate Hankins, That is less than half the $64 office last week said the docu- officer, called Advocate 4 Jus- zations, religious groups and received a long sentence housing and counseling. for billion in projects states told the ments were internal drafts add- But congressional backers tice, which lobbies lawmakers states to help prisoners re-enter a first-time drug offender. ing "disclosure would chill but American Association of State society, so far no funding "Having a record, espe- Highway and Transportation critical communications to and approved. cially a has been drug conviction, does Officials late last year that they within the Governor's Office, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, limit one's to move D- ability had ready to go. thereby harming the public in- forward Illinois, said funding for Second The law also requires that terest." Chance wasn't part ofthe stimu- some- How long should halfthe money be spent on proj- The sheer volume of money lus bill; instead, it is expected to one's follow them?" said past ects that havebeen vetted by the directed toward state projects be in the annual appropriations was Smith, whose sentence federal government and deemed has fueled calls for transpar- package. commuted by a 2000 presi- "ready to go" in 120 days, as ency, with journalists, interest Those with ex- dential pardon. who work a way to jolt the economy and groups and others demanding a say grant money her Smith felons from Upon release, create jobs. full accounting of which proj- Second Chance support was as an would hired administra- That means state officials are ects receive the funding, which programs already. tive assistant by a law firm under pressure to make deci- are rejected, and why. In or fund new ones that was with her place familiar sions quickly on which projects Massachusetts Gov. Deval that would help keep tens of story. to fund and which to bypass. Patrick addressed that senti- thousands of ex-offenders from She has since become a While many states have ment last week when he named back to overcrowded going pris- motivation speaker and edu- made a local real estate developer to ons theirlists of "ready-to-go" — saving taxpayer money cator, and a Hollywood pro- infrastructure projects available oversee bidding for the stimulus in the long run. optioned story. ducer has her online for public review, others moneyPatrick also set up a new Web site with information on every project that receives the money. "I don't want to send a mis- taken impression there are pet projects," Patrick said. The governor appeared with the state's attorney general, Martha Coakley, who also will help track the stimulus funds. "An ounce of prevention in handling the money is worth a pound of grand jury investiga- tions and civil litigation down the road," Coakley said. Mindful of the accelerated timetable they face, states are moving quickly to develop mechanisms for identifying priority projects and disbursing funding for them. * Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, has retained a former U.S. diplomat as a temporary, unpaid "infrastructure czar." But the Republican-con- trolled Senate, concerned that Strickland could try to push stimulus funding through the state's Controlling Board instead of through the legislature, has drawn up a separate "spending blueprint" for the federal stimulus money. Montana's constitution requires that the state legislature appropriate all spending. The A&T Register | ncatregister.com | Wednesday, February 18,2009 The'blacker'the berry, With economic crisis, we should pay the weaker the more attention to America's spending news and government offices. Mak- the current flawed system MARKT. ANSBOURY MCT Campus ing matters worse, the high cost Our federal leaders must resist I'd like to extend a thy fame seems to be Atlanta, the Black capital of ofbuilding a broadband network the pressure and instead con- you yet thank to all the committing crimes: this country, the only cov- acts as a barrier to new competi- tinue on the path of open broad- serial killers, kidnap- robbery, drugs, and erage we minorities receive are If America is about to spend nearly $7 billion on building tors entering the market. band infrastructure. Ultimately, pers, arid derelicts in murder amongst oth- crimes committed by us, and The stimulus bill does not re- open Internet access will result this country. ers. But as much as rarely against us. Remember a new pipeline for Internet access, then we should clearly un- quirean open broad network that in job growth while transform- Actually, not somuch we're on the televi- Sean Bell? What'd you hear is shared and accessible to new ing the very way we live and to them, but to Fox sion for heinous ac- more about? His friends hitting derstand the spending choices we're about make. providers. However, the plan work. It will enable police and News, CNN, ABC, tivities, no news cam- the cop or the out-of-protocol to A place to start is by drawing doesmake a start in the right di- fire forces to develop new pro- MSNBC, and all the eras come to our aid shooting by the cops? 75 the to CHRIS a comparison to our national rection. About percent of cedures communicate direct- alphabet soups of jour- when the shoe's on Thank you Bill O'Reilly, Mi- $7 billion proposed allocation ly with people in distress. nalism. And you want JESSANY the other foot. chelle Melkin, Anderson Coo- network of delivering gas and electricity to consumers. Imag- for broadband infrastructure It will allow doctors anywhere to know why? I bet Sure, we get shafted per, Katie Couric, and the rest ine federal were would go to the underserved in in the United States to send you do occasionally. of you note toting, teleprompt- if regulation so lenient that competing com- rural communities. State and lo- complex medical images to It's because so many news Remember that unarmed kid erreading, unbelievably biased cal governments, nonprofits and leading specialists who can of- networks don't seem to feel those cops shot in Oakland? talking heads. I bet Max Head- panies in the same community each built their own separate commercial providers would fer advice. that it's necessary to air sto- I'm sure he probably said a room would be more "fair and compete for this money to fi- Itwill let studentslearn through ries covering the troubles of mouthful to deserve it. What balanced." I'll wait a while you grids and pipelines to deliver these essential utilities. nance new open networks. virtual experiences. Imagine ad- minorities. CNN had Black in about Megan Williams? I bet Google him too. Yet far more is needed. Be- vanced science students tuning America, but is that it? you she was asking for it the Welcome to America, people. Everyone would pay more for gas and electricity in order to yond this first step, the Federal in live, withtwo-way communi- I can breathe easier know- wholetime (I'll waitwhile you Where your hue determines Communications Commission cations, to events such as opening that I won't be seeing any Google them...) the news angle and your race finance the high cost of excess infrastructure. In the case of gas must establish policy to deter- heart surgeries and real-time colored people met by per- Even my brother Dennis determines your level of pro- mine how existing privately scientific experimentation. sonal disaster or folly on the 10 Hayle, among other fallen Ag- vided awareness. Land of the and electricity,America has one and sys- owned networks can become Right now, our international o'clock news any time soon. gies, received about a week free, home of the brave. Yeah, complex grid pipeline tem to serve Multiple part of a common system. Op- counterparts are incorporating We at least get to rest our lit- of awareness while Caylee whatever. everyone. providers each tap into the same ponents to an open infrastruc- the best technology has to offer tle hearts a bit easier knowing Anthony's memorial service In a country finally lead by ture argue that tax incentives to encourage and advance cre- that none of our nephews and completely stopped Ander- a minority, I wonder if things system. Today, opposite the would be a cheaper option. That ative education. We as Ameri- grandmothers are going to end son Cooper in his journalistic are going to change. I wonder it's the in case of broadband networks. is true in the sense that Internet cans built our great nation with up kidnapped today. tracks (months after the inci- if balanced reporting will be service carriers would receive intelligent foresight that relied While kids of color are raped dent, mind you). more on a rise. Blacks can be Communications companies such as AT&T, Sprint, Verizon tax breaks to expand their cur- on learning and innovation. daily, news outlets are worried Really, though? Is that how presidents, too, so maybe our rent infrastructure, in place of Now we must rise to this new Suleman feel? There's a vast dis- of calamities and cable operators such as about Nadya asking they stories meeting new spending. Yet the short- challenge, and we mustbe will- for a handout. As little Asian crepancy of reporting when can be told, just as well. Time Warner, Comcast and Cox each invest in their own sightedness of this approach is ing to invest new money on new and Hispanic kids are battered it comes to the tribulations of We'll see what happens and separate networks. that it would only perpetuate initiatives that benefit the com- and abused in our backyards, minorities what changes, what remains the current fragmented system mon good. Today, with jobs, the all we hear about is some 13 It's sad, plain, and simple and what doesn't. And who pays for this du- You do, that drains resources by dupli- economy and American com- year-old fathering a little girl IfI didn'tknow any better I'd But I tell you what, in the plication of expense? as a consumer a taxpayer, cating efforts. The current plan petitiveness at stake, we must in England. swear that Shameika's, Priti's, meantime, I'm just glad my and whether you're paying for your does not include tax incentives, meet the challenge to build a Even white kids in other Xi Yu's, and Jose's don't' get high melanin self is safe from but you can be sure there will new transportation system to countries appear more news- kidnapped; only Becky's and those picky robbers, kidnap- own Internet service or for service to your schools, hospitals, be ongoing efforts to create tax carry information _ and Ameri- worthy than minorities in our Zack's do. Why? pers, and rapists out there. breaks, essentially to perpetuate through the 21st century. own. Our claim to newswor- I mean, CNN is based out of Cheers libraries, public safety forces Obama won, but Republicans also represent America

The American people are fac- vative Democrats seem cut are reportedly clos- that would be created. That is a that there are many Americans I will defend to the death their ing yet another stimulus pack- to be pulling the same ing in on zero. Also, huge sum of money when you asking the same questions since right to do so. age. To a lot of us, it means things that we have as people rapidly lose look at the fact that the package the Congressmen are elected Opposing ideas sometimes higher taxes. To some of us, it seen for the past eight their jobs, such as the proposes to create three million to represent their constituency. make a plan better, and some- means absolutely nothing at all. years 40,000 reported on the jobs over the next two years. Why should these Congress- times they make your argument Whatever it means to us indi- The President him- Jan. 26, they have no When you take a quick look at men not have their questions that much more solid. I encour- vidually, the fact still remains selfhas even scheduled money to spend or re- it, Obama's stimulus package answered? age all not to just dismiss the that the main headline on every a trip to Capitol Hill ceive that would allow seems to be the best thing we Obama won, I get it, you get arguments and questions of news network is this new stim- to muster support for for them to see the ben- have seen in eight years. This it, and we all get it. That doesn't Republicans as the irumblings ulus package from President the package. But Re- BRADFORD efits of those tax cuts. raises the question "What in the meanthat he justgets to dowhat of a defeated party, but instead Obama. publicans seem as em- TRAYWICK It would seem that the heck are the Republicans think- he wants. He should have to an- to listen intently. They are also On his first words to the coun- battled as ever against onlyanswerto spending ing?" swer the tough questions, and a part of this melting pot called try, Obama brought about a this package passing. They still our way out of this mess is to in- Well, let's look at it for what it make compromises if need be. "America' message of bipartisan politics, seem to be quoting the age-old crease government spending on is. The Republicans in Congress At the end of the day, we Let's accept the charge of our meaning that, in America, dif- adage that tax cuts stimulate the public works and infrastructure represent hard-working Ameri- should be working for the bet- new President and movetowards ferences of opinion should not economy and low interest rates to create jobs. This is the basis cans just like their Democratic terment of all Americans, not bipartisanship on both sides. In hinder us from doing the right get people to buy more. Nor- of President Obama's plan. It is counterparts. The Congressmen just the majority who won the the words of the 44th President, thing. But, as votingfor thisnew mally, I would agree, but how estimated that the government have raised several questions election. I may notagree withall "For we know that our patch- stimulus package draws near, much is too much? The interest would spend anywhere from about the stimulus package, and of the controversy that Republi- work heritage is a strength, not Republicans and some conser- rates that the Fed can effectively $100,000 to $275,000 per job that would lead us to believe cans are causing on the hill, but a weakness."

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TEAM MEAC OVR. LAUREN MORGAN onships again this season teammates North Carolina A&T Register Reporter Smith and her Delaware State finished in sixth place with Coppin State At the MEAC Indoor Track forty points behind cham- Hampton Landover, pion Hampton, Norfolk State, Morgan State Championships in MD Eastern Shore Md., North Carolina A&T se- Maryland-Eastern Shore, Mor- Florida A&M nior Loreal Smith became the gan State and Howard. Howard conference's 60-meter hurdles Junior Kimona Smith and South Carolina State champion. senior Alexandria Spruiel fin- Bethune-Cookman Norfolk State The win over the week- ished second in their events. end marked Smith's second Kimona Smith finished sec- THIS WEEK'S GAMES: straight women's 60-meter ond in the long jump with a Saturday hurdles MEAC leap of 19-feet, 2 % inches. vs.Winston Salem State indoor title af- Corbett Sports Center ter winning last season with a Kimona Smith also finished 2 p.m. time of 8.48 seconds. thirdplace in the triple jump. PHOTO BY INSERTNAME • AFFILIATION Smith finished second in the The men finished fifth over- Monday BRITTANIE TAYLOR-JAMES scored 15points in theLady Aggiesshocking defeatagainst the Lady Hornets on ESPNU all behind champion Norfolk vs. South Carolina State preliminaries before wining Corbett Sports Center with a time of 8.28. State, Morgan State, Hampton, 6 p.m. The win gave herfour MEAC and Maryland-Eastern Shore. titles for her career in indoor Senior Lonnie Phifer placed Lady Hornets sting lady and outdoor track. second in the shot put with a MEN'S BASKETBALL 58-feet, 4 Va "I came over thinking no big throw of inches. TEAM MEAC OVR. I two races to Aggie sprinter Calesio New- deal; still have Morgan State run," said Smith in May at man finished third in the 60 North Carolina A&T the outdoor championships. meters with a time of 6.73. Bethune-Cookman Smith's last MEAC gold in Newman received some tough South Carolina State Aggies winning streak competition from Hampton's Norfolk State outdoor track came in 2006 Coppin whenA&T hosted the MEAC whoran a 6.71, State LAUREN MORGAN night," said head coach Patricia On a brighter note, Saturday Reggie Dixon Howard Register Reporter Cage-Bibbs. "There is no ques- afternoon the Aggies lead by Outdoor Track and Field and Delaware State's Larrone Hampton he finished with a time Delaware State tion about that." Brittanie Taylor-James defeated Championships. Moore those champi- of 6.72. Florida A&M Bland knocked down a Maryland-Eastern Shore 89-68 A&T will host MD Eastern On Monday evening,the North Shore 3-pointer near the Aggies bench on theroad. Carolina A&T women's basket- to reclaim the lead 63-61. The Brittanie Taylor-James led THIS WEEK'S GAMES: a Saturday ball team suffered 66-68 loss Hornets' Selena Galloway then all Aggies in scoring with 34 to Delaware State at Memorial vs.Winston Salem State made two strong moves to the points. Jaleesa Sams added 12 Sports Hall in Del. The Hor- O'Neal autographs shoe Corbett Center Dover, basket that led to 65-63 lead points and seven rebounds. 4 p.m. nets now one game behind the with 1:35 remaining. Bland Bland added points. 17 Monday Aggies inthe MEAC. would knock down another Two Hawk free throws cut Amber Bland led the Aggies to President Obama vs. South Carolina State 3-pointer with seven seconds re- an Aggie 11 point lead to 46- Sports Center seven re- Corbett with 20 points and hit 44 with 16:38 remaining in the ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) tion at the foot of the stairs 8p.m. bounds while Brittanie Taylor- maining. Delaware State one free throw to lead 68-66. The fi- game. Bland knocked down a of a size 23 sneaker person- James had 15. Jameka Smith led nal play ofregulation concluded 3-pointer and Sams hit two free ally autographed by Shaquille the Hornets with and NEWS AND NOTES 19 points with Bland missing a 3-point throws to extend the Aggies PHOENIX (AP) -The O'Neal. five assists. shot which would have lead to lead to seven. A turnover by Phoenix Suns center couldn't Obama set it on the ground The Aggie football team released their The Hornets a 15 overcame an Aggie Victory. UMES led to a fade away jump- be around himself when Presi- next to his own, much smaller 2009 schedule for this upcoming season. point half time deficit to cut the Slightchanges The loss to Delaware State er by Taylor-James to put the dentBarack Obama arrived at shoe, and grinned as photog- have been made for next Aggies' lead to 53-50 with 8:30 season including the original October 10 ended a 12-gamewinning streak Aggies up 58-47 with 14:35 to Harbor International Air- raphers captured the moment. remaining in the game. Sky homecoming date switched to October for the Aggies and gave them play. A Taylor-James layup and port Tuesday afternoon. Then Obama scooped it up and 31 against Bethune-Cookman. A&T will The Hornetsplayed aggressive theirfirst loss in the MEAC. a jumperpushed A&T's lead to So when the president took it with him as he stepped continue to battle in-state rivals, including went on run basketball and 11-2 "It's hard to be perfect," said 17. Taylor-James' 34 was her Air Force One, into the presidential limo. thier 85-year meeting with North Carolina stepped off of and the season on Sep- to lead the Aggies 61-60 with Bibbs. "That's why it doesn't career high. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's O'neal shared MVP honors Central, will open 2:22remaining in the game. tember 5 atWinston-Salem State. happen too often." son Jake made the presenta- in Sunday's All-Star game. "They were the aggressor to-

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The revolutionary events in Greensboro during the Civil Rights Movement provide The A&T Register's inspiratiqn for the play, "Bullet guide to what's going Holes in the Wall: Reflections on Acts of Courage in the on this week in arts Struggle for Liberation". The play which is presented and entertainment. by the Department of Visual & Performing Arts, features performers from the E. Gwynn Dancers and the Richard B. Harrison Players. It also has an opening performance from the MIMS Comes A&T Jazz orchestra. "Bullet Holes in the Wall" is to A&T an artistic portrayal ofimportant events in Greensboro's history Rapper Mims, who is known and a big part of Civil Rights for the popular hit "This is movement. It is based on three Why I'm Hot", came to A&T events-the Greensboro sit-in, Thursday to promote his the Dudley uprising and KKK new album entitled "Guilt." Morningside massacre of1979. MADEA GOES TO JAIL is the P-Mac and WNAA STREET The play was created and is newest Tyler Perry movie to team hosted the event, put directedby Dr. Eleanor Gwynn, hit theaters on Friday. Madea, together by the WNAA-FM owns own who also her dance who has been known for and Students with interest in company. She came up with music (S.W.I.M.) the concept and brought in evading the law, has finally Mims interacted with his several individuals like Nelson been captured and put behind fans by signing authographs, Johnson who went through the bars. She comes to the aid of taking picutres and answering events to let her dancers get PHOTO BYKENNETH HAWKINS -THE A&TREGISTER questions. Candace (played by Keisha the emotional perspective of it "Hip-Hop is evolving and I BULLET HOLES IN THE WALL CortneyKey rehearses for theperformance of'Bullet Holes in theWall', a play aboutthe CivilRights events in Greensboro. Knight-Pulliam) who comes and to find a connection to the The play will be shown at theCarolina Theatre onFebruary 21st. into trouble while in jail. love thechange because there's experience. something for everybody." -L.L He is confident about the "I had to dig into the dancers' expression. "You could get hurt if not and its resolution. People will get the new album and speaks very emotions to get anger out. It took a long done right, and the dancers had to make violence thatrepresents the turbulent times highly of it. "I feel more time because they had to go to the edge it come alive so that it could relate the of the 1960's." Cortney Key, a freshman comfortable about this album but not over. Some people quit, wanted to understanding ofthe viewers. If one person performer who has a solo part, best sums because I have more creative quit, got hurt or mad but the violence and is different, then the whole thing would off up the dedication and commitment that control," continued. emotion had to bereal. It had to be exciting and it won't work. A total collaboration came with the play. When the storyline He mentioned that his and real." Zitty Nxumalo, a performer in between dancers and me was necessary came alive, she found out it was more than maturity and growth on this the E. Gwynn Dance Company, describes to make it a success."Mondre Moffett, the just about dancing. album isevident. Healso stated the play as a powerful piece that captures Director of the Jazz orchestra, wrote an "When wehad to tellthe story and convey that he is more knowledgeable the emotion and pain ofthe events. original composition entitled "Requiem the message, it hit me and it made sense. I about the music business this "All emotions are tapped into in this for the Fallen" for the play. It tells the wanted to tell the story right and not come time around. He gave advice play, from fear to pain, frustration, anger musical story ofwhat unfolds and serves across wrong. The learning process was for people who wantto pursue and exhaustion. It gives a different as the theme song for the production. hard and it was a reality check. I have a career in music. "Be aware of struggle of blacks and how they come "It is a tribute to those who have gone never worked this hard before and never of where hip-hop came from together. You are able to see the unity, but gave anyone me to extent and where it's going, and learn before and our ancestors who their had work with the of also the strengthand courageofindividuals. freedom," was Gwynn." how to market and promote lives for said Moffett. "I Dr. The music also provides dramatic changes inspired by conversations about the events The play is featured at the Carolina yourself. and takes your emotions on an up-and- "Guilt" will be in stores and what he saw on stage. I wanted to Theatre located at 310 S. Greene Street LAW & ORDER: SVU the down ride."Gwynn also stated that she tell the story in music. It has a sense of on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets April 7th. started with and complete 8th season is now on -A.R movements builtthe piece mourning that moves into victory over are available at the Carolina Theatre box around them, and that movement equals struggle and movements represent struggle office DVD. This 5- disc collection will feature 22 episodes from "The 8th Year", as it is sub- titled. It was released by Uni- versal Home Video and comes 1. Do you know how hard it is be funny every week? 2. How upset would you be if we took a week off? Did you see Shaq to 3. in a box set. breakdancing with the Jabbawockeez at the All-Star game? 4.Will he be on the next season of 'Dancing With The Stars'? 5. Have -L.L Kobe and Shaq officially made up now? 6. Shouldn't he take a one-year contract and go back to the Lakers? 7. Wouldn't it be like the good old days? 8. Did you see that Allen Iverson cut his braids off? 9. Do you even remember the last time he had no hair? 10. Why did A-Rod admit he did steroids after they put him outthere? 11. Would he have admitted it if the report did not surface? 12. How bad would you feel if you released the picture of Michael Phelps smoking? 13. Would you still expect him to come to your birthday party? 14. Why would you throw someone's keys out of the window (Rihanna)? 15. Did you expect for Chris Brown to not be upset if he couldn't find them? 16. Have you seen the Ray J dating show? 17. Why do all of them on there want to be actresses or be in the public eye? 18. Would you expect anything else out of them?19. Do you think that he is really looking for love? 20. Did you see the human banana split?

Artist tries to make return to industry CHRISTIN HOPE up missing. Her brother Clay, NOMAVILANE Contributor played by Jared Padalecki, will Contributor head up to the spooky woods Ifyou are a moviegoer that is of legendary Crystal Lake. At On February 6th, new yearns for a gory, violent horror the lake he will find the rotting artist Novel held ameet and film, the remake of "Friday the remains of old cabins behind greet at Four Seasons Mall. MINT CONDITION will 13th" should satisfy the urge. moss- covered trees. Novel was born and raised perform as part of the Receiving advice from police in Jason once again unleashes Harlem, New York.Novel McDonald's Rhythms of and cautions from locals, Clay is a Hip Hop and R&B artist his terror on the big screen in Triumph featuring Mint the movie, released on Friday continues with the few clues who has a new song out the 13th Producer Michael Bay that he has to search for his entitled "I Am" which was Condition at the Greensboro and director Marcus Nispel missing sister. The situation will recently released as a video Coliseum on Friday at 7:30 . soon turn for worse when more on 106& Park. p.m. Tickets are ad- (who also directed "The Texas $15 in Chainsaw Massacre" remake) people are added to the scene. Novel is not entirely new vance and $20 the day of collaborated to make this newer Danielle Panabaker, played to music. He had previously show. The group is known for as Jenna, is a released two tracks entitled the hit "Breakin' My Heart young woman "Peaches" and "Velvet Sky." Eyes)". that willbecome But now he is back with new (Pretty Brown a companion songs and a new outlook. L.L and confidan His new sound will have - to Clay. Unlike good concepts and stories Clay, she founc and it will inspire people. CONTRIBUTEDPHOTO her way to What makes him different Crystal Lake than other artists is that he SOUL SESSION Novel tries to make his way back into theindustry, after releasing two tracks with a group o analyzes things in the world previously. More information can be found on his Myspace and Facebook page. college students and puts them to music. that wants a "I have a good ear for weekend ful music and I am able to relate As I Am Tour for 11 dates. to listen to his music, visit his of surprise anc to the people as a whole." He has been working hard to site at www.myspace.com/ thrill. With Clay Novel has recently found insure that he makes his mark novel. He also has a facebook Jennaandfriends himself very busy. He was an on the industry. page under his stage name, all having very opening act for Alicia Keys' To learn more about him and Novel. different goals little do they COLD RUNNING CREEK know that their will be featured in the version more suspenseful and hves wm change forever Armed Wlth a razor College of Arts & Sciences horrifying. The story explores Colloquium Series the making of Jason as an sharp machete,- Jason Voorhees presented infamous super-human beast, will have a couple of tncks up by the Alpha Lambda Delta his sleeve for those who entered- National Freshman Honor and how not getting enough hugs as a child led him to Camp on hls territory ofCrystal Lake Society. The Text-In- Crystal Lake The thrill seeking, suspenseful Community will have author horrifying remake will have Star leading lady, Amanda Zelda Lockhart to talk about Righetti, who plays Whitney lookm § out for the eene hockey- masked killer on the book at the event that will Miller, will mysteriously3 come "Friday the 13,h". be heldThursday at4pm in the GBC auditorium. -L.L.