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Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 1980-90 The iH lltop Digital Archive 11-6-1987 The iH lltop 11-6-1987 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_198090 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 11-6-1987" (1987). The Hilltop: 1980-90. 186. http://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_198090/186 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: 1980-90 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • • • . .-· • • • • ecza eco SSUe· 'AIDS' rapist .' Thomas arrested, charged • 8}' Naomi Travers Metropolitan Police Sex Of Hilltop Staff Reporter fense division, police have . reason to believe that the wins crown st1spect apprehended is also A District man \Vas charg By Alonza Robertson ed Monday wifh ra1Je while the assaila11t in an attack tl1a1 Hilltop Staff Reporter armed ir1 a case involving occured two \\'eeks ago and in several roOberies in the area. possible 1ransn1ission of the With tears flowing down her face, Jennifer AIDS virus to a H O\\'ard C . Thomas accepted her title as Miss Howard . U11ivcrsity female -student. Lyle said blood and saliva samples taken from Hatch University 1987-88 Sunday at · tP,e Miss · o&ald J. Hatch, 39, \Vas - have not come from tt1e Howard University Homecoming Pageant in held \vithout bo11d af1cr the labor<itory \Vhefe the}' arc be Cramton Auditorium. fe1nale stude11 t positively i11- i11g tested for-the AIDS virus. Thomas, a 21-year-old seriior in the School dentified l1im as tl1c man \\'ho of Communications, is a native of Huntsville , • raped her Oct. 19 after saying He also said the test per Ala. and a member of Alpha Chapter, Alpha he passed a l1ypodermic nee formed on the needle found in Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. dle co111a1n1nated \vith the Ac the car of tl1e last victi1n has After three hours of competition against quired lmmu11e Deficient}' not rettirned from rhe lab, bt1t seven other contestants, Thomas was crown Syndro111c virtis. test results would probably be ed by Miss Howard University 1986-87, in \\•ithin a \\'eek. Khadija Diggs. - A D.C. Superior Court ''I'm e15cited ," she said backstage after the l1c<Jring commissioner on 0 Legal <;ources sa id that if pageant - while appeasing photographers still Monday ordered that Hatch hungry for a pose. be l1eld \vithout bond. Hatch tests positive for the • virus, prosecutors could in- " ''! was so nervous. We were all nervous standing there waitin g to know who won," Hatch, according to pro crease his charses 10 assault secutor Paul Ho,ves, tl1reaten ,s he said. ''I hope that I'm an effec'five Miss '''ilh inte111 10 kill. id to infect the unidentifed Howard University, not a name or a token," student with 1!1c AIDS virus . she said. _ after he ju1npcd into her car According to sources, While receiving hugs from famil y, friends by Blimpic San.d\~·ich Shop 011 Hatch did nor speak at tl1e and wellwishers, Thomas said she wants to plan programs with the Howard Universit.y Euclid Street, N.\\l., a11d trial. He is ctirrent!y on pro demanded that she follO\\' his bation for a possession of Student Association (HUSA). orders or be pricked \' ith tl1e n1ar ij uana conviction a11d ''I want to implement something between Ho,vard students and the black community needle. pre ,1 io u sl~ l1as been convicted surrounding the main campus to help build of drug distribution. The stude11t involved in 1l1e a better rapport betWeen the two," she said. case told police, \vho later ask The theme of the pageant's was ''Behold e(I Howard Sccl1rity to assist the Majesty.'' Thomas \'{as impressive in all • i11 their search for the suspect , Hatch also has five prior convic1ions, includi11g armed four judging categorie.S of the program: open tl1at her assailant forced her 10 robber)' a11d receiving stolen ing introduction, skit, talent and evening drive to an alley \\'here lie propert)'. \Vear. raped her <.\11d made !1cr 1Jer But it was her singing of ''Everything Must for111 oral sodomy. A pretrial ser,'ices report in Change'' that seem.ed to stir life into the Hatch \Vas arrested St1nday dic;ated that Hatch exhibited ~ crowd that appeared to be losing interest in :1ftcr !he student called'to S3}' no signs o f ,ct1r• E>rir drug ... _;the pageant flanked by music mix-ups and sl1e had spotted her assailant. abuse, bi1t that lie long delays. Accor'tli,ng 10 Detective acknO\\•ledgc<l proble111 s \vit\1 Thomas, using her experie'nce as a member John Lyle of tlic D:C. pre\1ious drug use. of the Howard Gospel Choir and host of Spotlight oh WHMM· TV, Channel 32, seem- ed to be at ease on st age. · Thomas' first runner up, Angel Gordon, represented the ~chool of Business. In two D.C. residents separate incidents during the program, the senior interna1ional business major from Will ingboro, N.J. had to walk off the stage, to harass students correct a problem with her music that was supposed to accompany her flute playing and 'f}1i1 tJ1e (ir1t 011 o 111·0-part \eflt!\ 011 aid of the \vomen. Tl1e skit. con1n11111111 }10 f(J1,1111•1 11 of I /01' ar,J Ho\vard :.tudent suffered from ''I was very frustrated with the music,'' she l lni1 ·er.it.\ \//1(/,•1111. a cut lip and several bruises, sai.d. ''My performances could have been bet accordi11g to one of~ the ter, but l got a lot of support [from the au 8)' Alison Bethel \\'Omen. dience] even after my music didn't go right." 1-l illtop St<iff Rcportc:r '.' I heard about all the other ''I' m very happy, and surprised," she said " i11cidencs [the atte1npted and about b~ing named to the Ho.111ecoming Despite several incidents in , successful rape tl1at took place _Queen's Court. volving off-cainJJUS l1arass- in the same area last week! Balanga Perry of the College of Fine Arts . 1nC11t or mo!cstatio11 of over there but I didn't think was the second runner-up. The Los Angeles J;O\l/ard University stude11t s ... ," said Carla Glover, a native and music education major command recent])', officials said Tues jt1nior in the College· of ed respect from the audience during a day 1J1at it ' 'is 11ot tl1c respon I ~ ibe ral Arf5 and one of tl1e frenzied-ending to a violin sol9 she perform- siblity of univcrsit)' securit~· girls \\1 ho \\•as l1arassed. ''! ed during the talent competition. ' officers.' ' . even looked for the guy \Vith Perry , playing with her eyes closed, broke ''Yol1 are looking ai a com the red cap to make sure 1l1at a st ring during her finale, but played on to I munity of 14,000, 15 ,000 peo lie 'vasn't there." the end. I ple ... fairly attractive people According to Glover, she Perry is a member of DIVA, the society for living in a fairly tough con1- and a friend, El isa Foster, women in ihe arts. munit~ · and I think that you \\·e re harassed for about 10 to Miss College of Liberal Arts Wendy can expec1 that !harassment]," 15 minutes before running in Ricketts was the third runner-up. Ricketts is said 1_a\v rc11ce Da,vson, to the ~treet to knock on 1he a senior microbiology major from Los associate director of HO\\'ard's car \\'indo\v of a Ho\vard Angeles and is also a member of AKA. se~urit y division. ' 'Legally our security officer. The officer forces are cor1fi 11ed to Ho\vard had stopped at a red light out • I Universit}' property.'' side the store. Top, Jennifer C. Thomas, Miss Howard. From ''If something happens our ''He rook time to e\1eri left, 1st Runner-up Angel Gordon; 2nd .;: 1e of the property that parallel park the car. He . Runner~ up Balanga Perry and 3rd Runner~ p H0\\1ard owns, \Ve cannot didn't believe us,'' said Wendy Ricketts. have control of that. The stu Glover. ''\\'e '''ere afraid to dent has to call us," he said. leave [Blimpie] before because His division patrols the area "'e thought that they would from their offices, on Florida follow us .. It was really ug Ave . and 10th St., N ~ W., to ly." Suspension dies, student strike is postponed Howard and fron1 Howard to Shortly after co11vincing the 7 - . • the off-campus dormitories. security gt1ard to enter the AcCordi11g to Daytson - restaurant, Glover said the By CJtrolyn Head who, before coming to D.C. police arrived and the GSL default rises 500 percent, Hilltop Staff Reporter Howard three months ago, ''Howard security guy disap non-payers may be suspended ·--·~-- served as a security consultant peared.'' Despite recf"nt announcements 10 with Booze, Allen and ''We don't knO\\' \vhere the By Linda Loone}' t l1 e contrary, students \Vi ii nae be Hamilton Managemen1 Con Ho\vard security guard went. Hilltop Staff Reporter financially suspended 011 November sultant Firm here in Even though he couldn't ar J 6 because of deferred payment • Washington - he is not a\vare rest anybody, because it The Department of Education announc ..1.debts, according to university of any friction between \vasn't on Howard's campus, officials, ' ed a ne\v policy Wednesday designated to 1 Howard st udents and the he still shouldn't have left," crackdown on colleges, universities and Before the change, HUSA · Presi· community that would cause she said.