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.-,ya Deneace Anglin students of other local colleges structure. the "Frcaknik" festivities. the event are going with sexual Public relations major Charlene H,ll1op Staff Writer before finals." Some of the events NAYLS is "The event is geared toward activity in mind. Clark McMillian Roberts wants to attend Freaknik Over a period of time Freaknik planning during the weekend college studc.11ts," 1lial said. "If we plans on attending Frcaknik next before she forms an opinion about inherited a sexual theme. Now, mclude a hip-hop culture forum represent ' Black intelligcncia,' we year. He says his goal will be to its sexual reputation. National African Youth many say young adults meet in titled " Hip-Hof TI1c Contract On need to stop exploiting women and network with other students. "I don't want to just bear about pship Summit committee Atl~nta to engage_i\1 .a number of Generation X, an African Youth acting crazy." " I will get to see friends that I it, I want to see it for myself,'' the i Black college s tudents to various sexual act1v111cs. Day, a voter registration drive and Under the leadership of the haven't seen in a long time, as well junior said. 1btr that tncy represent Freaknik. according to NAYLS a block party. Freedomfcst, parents "don't have as meet students from other Many students, like Savoy intclligcncfa" and need to program chairperson Olimatta '!'Jal, Yesterday. the Youth and to worry abo1n their children ~cin~ colleges," the junior CO BIS major Brummer, arc refraining from , itive cxamP.lcs as some became negative when non-college Community Empowerment exposed to misogyny and sexism, said. attending the event this year fo r Faknik in Atlanta, Ga., this students became involved in tlic Committee of the NAY LS hosted a 'foal believes. Cindy Bailey finds no academic reasons. festivities. summit in hopes of bringing lsokc, who is a student at Clark­ substantial reason for auending "Anybody talting the MCAT this tnik's originol purpose, "!The] locals arc the ones who "awareness to social issues wl1ich Atlanta University, said, "Why do Frcaknik. week will remain li'ere," the junior to NAYLS chairperson of have been trouble and have made arc a direct reflection of African­ you (Blacks] come together to be "What do they do beside biology major said. 't) ond public relations, problems," Tuai argued. American youth durin& Creaks?" Mc added that he wants profile- I can profile here," the Anybody interested in attending tie boke. wn, "for college Because of th,~. NAYLS has Frccdomfcst/Frcaknik weekend. xoun_g people to understand that Junior computer information lhe event or has any questions on 10 get together and hove coordinated event~ during Freaknik Thal is dismayed by lhc lustful 'hav111gfun isn't just being a freak." systems major said. " I'm not going the activities can call (404) 524- lid start networking with aimed at restoring positivity and behavior of young Blacks during But not all students wl10 attend to fi nd a good man down there." 4030. ~tress Jane Fonda attacks University community een pregnancy at welcomes its 15th president ~niversary celebration in their formative years, arc less tanccofthc University's location in By Chris Wl~~ld likely to enter the job market upon the nation's capital for Moward stu- Hl!top Staff ~er reaching adulthood and arc less dents to influence current social likely to get off we I fore. and political issues. Jane Fonda shared her Fonda described the problem of "You have the great opportunity ilr fightm!J teen pregnancy teen pregnancy on a basic cco- here going to school in \¼shington l!llard University students, nomic level: for the five-year pcri- O.C. to ... find out when those [eco- and alumni 'lucsdny as she od between I 985- I 990, the cost for nomic reform] bills are up for hear- presentation entitled, "1cen assistance programs for teen moth- ing and ... pack the halls. It really cv Prevention in the crs was 120.3 billion dollars. docs work because they pay atten- American Community.'' Asscrting that the increasing tion 10 bodies showing up there." ~entation was a sched­ trend of teenage and s ingle_mother Fonda ·s past accomplishments 'ty of the School of Com- prc$nancy began as a lifestyle in community and social activism • ns' 25th anniversary. choice for the women's movement include the Laurel Springs Chit- predictor of teen prcgnan­ in the 1960s, she noted the need for drcn's Camp in Santa Barbara, CA, rt and hopelessness. not cultural norms that say "it's okay where for 15 summers she used lhc said early on in the for a fa the~ to ~2:Y ill thc,liomc ~nd performing arts to teach children of adding that America needs be n~rtunng, kids don t have to all races and socioeconomic back- that children in broken rush into aduh~ood through prei:- grounds self-esteem and coopcra- and their teen mothers are nancy, ,.and 11 s cool to stay 1n lion; the Douglas High School Fine of the larger human fami­ school. and Performing Arts Thlent Center said that we all have a For those people wh~ w~nt !0 in Atlanta that she co-created in ility 10 help our less for­ help. she advocated par11c1pa11on tn 1992 with Kenny Leon of the kothcrs and sisters out of a mentor and comn~un,ty outre~ch Atlanta Project and Atlanta City where they don't sec bet­ programs that !lrov1de the nurtunng Schools; in 1994 Fonda was named lives for themselves and and role modchn~ some young pea- Goodwill Ambassador for the Unit- ren. pie in poor situations may lack. On ed Nations Populations Fund. Howard Inaug urated H. Patrick Swygert, a 1965 alumnus, as t he Unive rsity's defined the problem of a larger lcv~I, she sugge5ted a bo)'.- After hearing Fonda's speech, 15th preside nt la st Friday. bavine babies by citing cot! of_ ~cd1a su~h as new~ orga~:: Greg Anderson, the director of the regarding the children of zau~ns and movie eroducuon cot film rogram at the Alexandria mothers compared to those panics that glamorize ~,olence a~d BlacJ History Resource Center l naupuration week act~v~ties end with families. According to the 1 ~~~; ~~st~;~~~~~ • ~~\~~~~~~~~ said! ·'She strongly identifies with President S·wygert's official address compiled by the Georgia •0 · 1 5 the issues of the poor and down• ·gn for Adolescent Prei:;­ mumt,cs. dd SI , • Ith and dreams and aspirations," the 1965 avid supporters have never been Prcvention (G-CAPP), ch1l­ Politically, Fonda criticized the tro en.. 1c s a very wea Y ', By Erin F. McKinney alumnus said. "Much, much confined to one group or calling. tcen mothers encounter s lashingofbudgcL~forsocial-assis- influenual person and .... you h,1ve Hilltop Staff Writer progress has been made and con- Jews have fought for Howard; lcms than other children. tancc programs and welfare by con- got to admire someone who takes tinues to be made so that today we Protestants and Catholics and children often suffer from gressional republicans. . \hose k,ods of stro~g stands.,on A series of renovations to the can stand here in the glory of a_n Muslims, too, have worked to She commented on the ,mpor- issues when they don t have to. campus were done for the cele- achievement of ,deals, of Amen- make Howard great. Let us no! be I and emotional problems b,Jllon. Walls were painted, flow- can ideals - even though we unclear about who and what we crs were planted, signs were bung know that the challenges contin- arc who helped us to come to this and decorations adorned almost ue." place." everything. Swygert explained the impor- Throughout his sreecb, It was as if no expense was tance of planmng in order to sue- Swygert shared persona anec- S])arcd in welcoming Howard's cecd in making such accomplish- dotes of his relationship to 15th president, H. Patrick ments. Howard and relayed to those in Swygert. "Th make real this vision real, attendance Moward's timeless All that were present could not planning-str~tcgic planni~g, [s imP,?rtance. argue the highlight of the cve_nt. required. Practicany every mSll· 'Howard University is not a After receiving the University tuuon of higher learning in Amer- museum piece frozen ill time," medallion and gifts from various ica is in some stage of self-exam- Swygert said. "Howard is_often speakers, tne ______-:- referred to ,n the p res i de o t 's th t J d past tense, as '" address captured ••• I assure you a am prou the golden age.' the audience. Well, mr. friends, "Yes. we have d d t ad'./-'. t "or Howard s golden good and wor\hy . an Strong an S e I as , I' days are today. reasons to en1oy Every day our stu• this glorious day you know I am a Boward man. dents attend class- because it celc- cs, our faculty . bratcs the members continue achievement of Hp t • k S ,ttert their search for an ideal, an ideal - • a ric WYo ' truth, for answers that there could to questions great be a University Class of 1965 and small. Every called Howaro ______;:~~~~~-L,.;;:;.::~:.,;;:------day our hospital University, that · d cares 'or the s,ck. Everb day ent the best hopes of ination trving to asccrtam an ,, wou Id repres · even ~ucstion such basic, funda- someone whether here or a road, an America trying to m_akc its~lf dra,"S so'me ·,n•p·,ration from our b I · tO akc 1ts reaht(. mcnta issues as what arc our core • a conforw o c,m trymg witn its midea ls of equa - values what 1s· our m1ss10n,· · w ha t present - and the prospectsf h for ity,justice, freedom, opportunity arc ou~ priorities, and how do we our future. Every one o t ese and human disnity,'' he said._ best allocate resources to achieve days is a "golden day.'' With your The newly mduc!ed president these values, this mission a~d help your support, and your took his inaugurallon spcc~h as an these priorities," Swygert said. pray~rs, we will have many more opportunity to address his plans "Howard University, like other golden days - and golden years· ana changes for the university. He complex _institutions, is engage~ to follow.'' discussecT the re-organization of in strate_g,c planmng as part of its As Swygert brought his. speech all the schools and colleges. of maturat,oo process. And altbou~h to a close, he spoke of _h,s CO'!'­ Howard, the univc~si!y movmg our process is underway in I e mitmcnt 10 the umvers1ty, while into a greater role m the global midst of a period of great chal- reminding the audience of theirs. economy and the rc-inve_stment lengc, our strategic vision should "As J face the challenges of the in the Moorland-Sp,ngarn not be limited or solely defined by future, as your president, I assure Research Center and llowllfd Uni• the challenges of today." you that I am proud and strong vc;sity Gallery of Art in order t~ The words of the preside~! and steadfast, fo r you know I am "assure the place of Howard Un ,- even touched on the heated topic a Howard man. But I also want vcrsity as a study and research of race. you to know thatthis is not just my center." "And make no miSlake about dav. This is not/'ust my cb~llenge. "Just as our fo unders had the it. Blacks and Whites .togethe!, It {s a day for a J of America, an_d audacity 10 dream and then !11akc have built Howard Umv~rsitY, it is a challenge for all of Amen- real a vision of the national Swygert said. "Our champion~'" ca. I hope and pray, and, indee,,d, I African American University. we the Congress, and in the Eicccu!lvc intend that we shall succeed. must be no less audacious in our Brancb, our benefactors, our most THE HILLTOP A2 PUS \ Gospel Choir celebrates its 27th anniversaq "With inspirational panel discus~io~ . present a panel discussion this year to ministries met Tuesday evening in Johnson explained that the key to plays mto your spmt: Ml!s1c st~ys majoring in psychology, 1111 . ByAlexelAlexls address "a college student's Blackburn Center's Reading Room. effectivemioistryisinone'schoices. with you whe~ not~ing else will. impressed by the event. "I Iii Hilltop Staff Writer responsibilities in Christ." The The atmosphe~e was one. that "Christ,(anity _1s,.about decision Wh~n you'fe bste~mg_ t~ worldly should have more di~ overall · theme of this year's allowed both panelists and aud1en'c~ making,_ she said. You have to make m~s_ic:, you. re feedrng 11 into yo~r this,'' she said. "Somctimea1111 anniversary celebration became "it's members to honestly share what 11 a commitment to God that you want sp,nt. Smith u~ed Mary J. Bhge s get lost. It's good to bait In celebration of its 27th meetings like tonight IO~ anniversary, the Howard Gospel harvest time and we are the wi.11 take to bring a radical change at to be his vessel. And when you do, song, " I'm Go,ng Down," as an labourers." · Howard through the power of the look out! Because he'll hear your example: She e:cplained that whatever doubts.'' • Choir is reminding Christians at In addition to the panel~ Howard that " it's harvest time and we Kim Richardson, another member Gospel. cry." . . you p~t m you ,s w~at w,I,! <;<>me ~ut. of the anniversary comminee, put The message th~t. came across The panel as a ,~ho_le emphasized If you~ been fee~ing on I ':" Going the choir's anniversary ~ are the labourers." activities also included a In the past, the Howard Gospel together a pttnel of Christians whom strongly was that ministry 1s not so the need for Christians to know Down, then thats what will come ail\ Choir has celebrated its anniversary she felt cou ld adequately answer much what you do bu! what you are. Christ pcrs?nally before they can OJ.!l of yo~ _wh~n Y?u're suddenly hit service at Rankin Cit• with song alone. This year, however, questions from a diverse audience. "Anything you do 1s a ministry to bring unbelievers to him. w,th a cns,s s11ua1ton. Wednesday night, featu~li they wanted to do something slightly The panel was designed to address the Lord " Brown said. "Going to "We need more than just words," Smith. also explained _that musi_c Debyii Thomas, R~ issues of concern to the entire class is a' ministry. When you speak James said. ''\Ve need foundation. \Jk stops being gospel music when 11 Williams, a Christian ana,,1 different. · all-male Christian group "I went home over the summer Christian community. · to people on campus, when you go to need a love for the Lord. It's about how stops tell_ing about the Gospel. "Once 11 and I was thinking about what we The panel consisted of Irene class, you should be mindful that you much you love the Lord and how deep that music stops telhngyou the Good Psalms. Smith of Greater Mount Calvary are a minister. We are ambassadors of you're wiUing to go for him." News of Jesus Christ, it's not gospel," The culmination of thi) could do," said Reggie Woods, a anniversary celebratioq 11 member .of the choir's anniversary Holy Church Cedric Brown, also of Christ. You have to keep in mind that Of particular concern to the she said. " It 's inspirational.'' 1 committee. "I wanted to offer the Greater Mo~nt Calvary Chaquita people arc watching you. You have audience was the issue of "worldly" For Richardson, the entire evening place this Sunday evening11'­ chance to listen to the students of James, a Howard senior, ~nd Cheryl been called to be a minister. You have or secular music. Several students in, was a success. '.'I think this was very Audi1orium. The choir willi-. Howard University. I wanted to do an Johnson of New Hope Baptist been called to reconcile people to the audience were eager to find out effecuve. I think a lot of people concert featuring ar1ist '•• activity that would give us the Church. Christ. Ministry goes beyond the four how one defines secular music and walked in here with questions but left and his group, Worship *'­ opportunity to interact with The panel and a small audience of walls of a church. Ministry goes on why a Christian shouldn't listen 10 it with answers." . the Rev. Nolan Wi.Uia1111 Ji,, studen1s:" Christians from various campus out there:· Smith's respons~ was that "music Donna Charm1chael, a freshman group called The Psalmisu. Woods suggested that the choir Frances Cress Students dissatisfied -with Welsing lectures UGSA 'talk show:' discussion clearly expressed the Unprepared for the show, this had a Arts Festival activities tllil\i By Gena Gatewood differences in opinion men and negi!tive outcome in the eyes of the admitted being both ~ 1 students on Hilltop Staff Writer women have concerning romantic audience. unhappy about ihe chat siii relationships, many people were "This was a bad representation " I was happy simply 1llta As part of the week-long extremely dissatisfied with the of Howard University itself and a the show went off, but u hldi fighting White activities of the Spring Black Arts outcome of this event. bad representation of how Howard to be something we did DOla Festival, the Undergraduate Student Audience member Renee students interact with each other!" to be," Thomas said. Assembly (UGSA) coordinated the Enochs, a sophomore legal Enochs said. She said that the sbq11 " Howard Onivers1ty Tulk Show,'' a communications major said, "This The show's host, Jamal X. originally supP.oscd 1011 supremacy forum for students to express their was very poorly organized. I Jones-Dulani, eventually lost around three 'talk shoai opinions about campus life. expected a lot more from an control of the audience, causing topics, "Problems W~ \ Through her monthly lectures, she Attempting to be another version of organization like UGSA.'' nothing but chaos and confusion. Roommat.e," "Coming O.i. By Chana Garcia said she hopes to offer an the popular "Ricki Lake Show," Many others agree with Enoch's Jones-Dulani, who was not the Closet.,'' and "I Have a Scali&, Hilltop Staff Wrtter understanding on how to eliminate students presenled their version of opinion of Wednesday night's original moderator, was summoned on You." But, accorai racism-or White supremacy-and "crash talk." activity for a few reasons. For one, to step in as host. Thomas, "The audience • Students lined the walls of the Approximately 30 students thesho,v, scheduled to begin at 7:00 Tamika Smith, a sophomore turned it into a sexual diD to establish justice and peace on and it became trashy." crowded classroom. Some found earth. gathered in the School of Business p.m., did not start until after 7:30, broadcast journalism major, said, auditorium Wednesday night to causing many of the audience "It was a nice effort; however, it was Thomas stressed the "!al• seats on the noor. Others listened As she spoke, heads nodded in was only meant to be p1Jyfi1 from the hallway. This legion of agreement and her lecture was participate in the mock event. The members to become very upset. very unorganized. Therefore, '' talk show" focused on And the scheduled guests for the there's not a whole lot of good cometic. students crowded the School of interrupted by five ovations. "It was a nothing IDOi? tr Business last week to hear Dr. relationships between men and show decided at the last minute to things I can sa_y about it." To come to a complete women from a student's not participate. Unsuspecting Ooneisha Thomas, the financial joke, none of it was tnall l Frances Cress We Ising, author of the understanding of racism, she said perspective, and eventually evolved audience members were then asked advisor for UGSA as well as a real,"she said. controversial Isis Papers, speak about African Americans have to )

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..... t~- . . • •.t. .• • Ii '919, 1996 THE HILLTOP AS LOC Scandal rocks two prestigiolls Maryland schools ,- By Steven Gray head. _Baltimore police told the Hilltop Staff Writer Associated Press that Harwood however, suggest that Chao was toddle,. In a separate incident, a !hen fired a second and fa1al shot gay. second midshipman was arrested 1010 Chao's chest. Harwood's fliers also attacked last week on charges that he Administrators at two Harwood was immcdia1ely Chao's record as a College sexually assaulted four fe mal e r,sti~ious area schools arc apprehended by Ballimorc police Republican leader. midshi~men. ~d over a recent wave of and c harged w ith first-degree Students at John Hopkins were "We re obviously disappointed - among iis studen1s. . murder. shocked last week over the incident. by this, but we're going to move •,\lJohns Hopkins University in Neither 1hc administration nor Some described both Chao and on. There are 4,000 bright young liitimore, Mo., a 19-year-old 1h1; Co!lege Republicans at the Harwood as "bright, gentle, and men and women here, and we're ,.tutwassho110 death by another umver~1ty returned phone calls at kind." going 10 continue to si ng their jaklll over an apparent political press lime. Harwood was planning to praises," said Academy In addi1ion, Student Services at graduate this May. spokesman Capt. John Jurkowski r:Jr. Choo arrived '11 an Apr. 11 Johns Hopkins refused to comment At the Uni1ed States Naval in a statement released by The ,cting of th e Johns Hopkins on 1hc incident. Academy five midshipmen were Washing1on Post. · tpclSIIY College Republicans But imcrim University President indicted last week on charges they In the scandal involving stolen iu bcinj! elected the ~anicl Nathans publicly expressed stoic automobiles from New York vehicles, a civilian and Baltimore ~ation s president on his his remorse over the murder. brought them lo Maryland, and sold resident were arres1ed. "This is one of 1hc most terrible them, garnering over $85,000 in The six men arrested in the i;l one thing Chao did not occurrences in the history of this illegal profits. aforementioned incident ~ was 1ha1 a former friend universily. There is much we don't This is the fourth in a recent specialized in four-wheel-drive ..:...!presidential rival would end know;· Nathans said. wave of scandals to rock th e automobiles. They sold their last ~i. But what is known is 1hc Academy. two s1olen vehicles to FBI agents. Five other midshipmen were itDbcU Harwood, Jr., 22. arrived rela1ionship be1wcen Chao and REXT.CHAO ROBERT J. HARWOOD JR. "I used 10 think we only caught iii meeting with a .357 caliber Harwood. Last fall, Chao tried to coun-martialed this year on drug the dumb ones,'' U.S. Atlorney · and an extravagant flier end his longtime friendship with Harwood as "purely personal." He sent a lot of obscene e-mails,'' charges. Of the five, four plcadea General Gary Jordan said. "Bui this · ~ngChao. Harwood. la1er told 1he Associated Pres.~ 1hat Sander said . guilty and one was convicted Apr. time we caught some smart ones," After loosing the election 10 Neil Sander, a member of the Harwood had been "definitely While it's still unclear whether 11. he said in a s1a1cmcn1 released by ~ Harwood followed him 10 College Republicans, described the ac1ing weird lately." "Harwood has or not 1he rela1ionship be1wccn In addition 10 th e charges The Washington Post. , bbmy and shot Chao in 1he confltc1 between Chao and been harassing Rex. He made a lot Chao and Harwood was sexual in another midshipman was arrested Since I 989, 12 scandals have - of nasty phone calls 10 him and nature but Harwood's fliers did, lasl week for sexually moles1ing a hit the Academy. Recreation specialist goes the Eye On D.C. By Steven Gray $7 million dollars 1ha1 fede ral and Hilltop Staffwriter Washington area governments invest in public transportation like extra inile for the com.m.unity Delcga1e Norton unleashes tax METRO br ings in roughly $3.2 proposal on city, Congress billion dollars. &, Anthony Edwards the home, but Debrow, now in her from day one. In a city where funding is a big fn search of Congressional cig1 h year at Turkey Thicket, makes The s1udy was intended to Hilop Staff Writer Most people would probably problem for any type of program, approval, Del. Eleanor Ho lmes promote cont i~ued federal funding her recrea1ion center feel like home no1c the pay or vacation time as the Debrow often finds herself going Norton (D-D.C.) unveiled a for mass transit. for children who may nol be so bes t part of 1hcir job, but Debrow proposal this week 1h a1 would "A icam is where a person can into her own pocket for supplies Prince William County Schools privileged. dramatically cut federa l income fl) flO''C courage wi1h his peers, lakes a 101ally different approach. like board games or construction 10 test studcm's right 10 abortion "A lot of people don'1 suppon or Helping the parents as well as the taxes for Washing1on residents. jptg IS where a coward goes to paper. Her yearly school supply information iakc 1imc to listen 10 young people, children fu lfills her. fundraising drive has provided the The proposal is somewhat of a A proposal before the Prince ~• ttads an orange sign near 1he bu1 they should because this affects compromise from previous tax-slicing William Counly School Board may nee of Turkey Thickc1 "This place provides a 101 of bare minimum the school needs for them in the long run." love," she said. And it sc.cms like over 500 ch ildren. Bui because of measures Nor1on has brought before prevent school nurses from giving lllffalion Center located on I0 th Watching Dcbrow lecture two this love has been at1rac1 ing Congress. Prior 10 the current students information about Michigan Ave .. N.E. 1he furloughs and short s1aff, she Jmand children about why they shouldn'1 child ren here more and more. might have 10 do without. pro.ro53I, Norton asked that Disttict abortions, suicide, and other lmdly to the left of 1hc art­ fight, one can feel that she's from During the pasl few years the In addilion to her work al the res1den1S be exempt from paying all con1rovcrsial health subjects. lcdoollc1in which hold~ the sign. federal income taxes. the "old school." Born in Enfield, membership of her summer camp center, Debrow involves herself The proposal comes on 1hc 11 cramped office with o ne North Carolina this energetic "This bill has an extraordinary heels of a complain1 from a Prince program has rose from 30 children with the entire neighborhood. psychological effect on .-SCGured by rus1y bars tha1 woman has taken some of those to abou1 85. Dcbrow doesn't work for William County parent who Washingtonians of every race and claimed 1ha1 her son's girlfriend "11 off after-hour intruders. A traditional values she knows so well "Even though I didn'1 have the accolades; she works for the 9Ull is 1alldng on the phone, every background," Nor1on 1old had an abortion a_f1er receiv[ng and applied them 10 the urban room fo r some of the children I bet1ering of her community. The Washington Post. " We have 10 in formation about 1t from a high ISing a concerned parent that realities of society 1oday. couldn'1 1urn them away;· she said. The words on the orange sign l,:ciild is welcome to get a ride get people th inking something can school nurse. As everyone knows, it's very It's this type of atti1udc that outside of her office is a philosophy happen again." If the Board approves the is from her. difficult to hold children's ancntion, bul makes Debrow such a special she interprets everyday through Many analysts are callil)g i>Shirley Debrow. a recreation measure, 1hc evcrydaY. job of school 10 help with that problem she has person. Like many of her 01her cvery1hing she docs. Many people Norton's la1est tax-slicing proposal nurses in Prince William County ~isl supervisor, 1his is 1101 an created programs 1ha1 will develop ne ighbors, Patricia Graham believe in the saying: "Life is wha1 an attempt to keep middle class would be reduced to fi rst-a id mal favor, but an ordinary civic their minds. The teen club, which appreciates Debrow because she you make it." Wash_ingtonians from l~a~i~g the treatment. ayshe often places upon hcrscl( coUccts b.,skcts lor the need)\ discusses cares. "She's a good person who Debrow agrees wilh lhe District for Northern V1rgm1a and "The schools arc generally ·1 often said that morals and communi1y issues and beautifies the goes that extra mile for 1hc ph ilosophy, "Life is what you make Maryland. asked to do more and more, and «Ilion should be first auained in area, has been supported by Debrow children," Graham said. it fo r yourself, as well as others.'' Under her D.C. Economic we're getting into cloudy issues. Recovery Act, a new 15 percent tax It makes it harder for us to meet ra1e would replace the currcn1 tax our origin al mission of educating rate of 39.6 percent for the richest kids. It doesn't mean we're Washington ians. gell ing students to people who In short, 1he Acl wou ld stop are trained 10 deal with these 1axing residents who earn up to issues, who are qualified," said $15,000 per year for single people, Prince William School Board ahd up to $30,000 for married Superintendent Edward Kelly in a couples. statement released by The D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Washi•ngton Post. supported the measure, describing Consequently, if the proposal it as a "great proposal." passes it would be lhe first of ilS "I'm not saying this bill is ~oing kind ' in 1hc Washington 10 sail through,'' NorlOn said. 'Our metropolitan area. burden is 10 build SUJ?port." Nurses in 1hc Districl's public Mass 1ransit 1s a good schools are allowed to give students investment, federal study says informa1ion about abortion, but According 10 results from a only if students request it. federal study released this week, the Kell y is in favor of the proposal.

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. : testing., but soine refuse ne\Vs sharpl~ 1 By Joy Sutton Wendy McGoodwin, the execu­ is also in opposition to the DNA because she had a 50 percent risk Hilltop Staff Writer tive director for the Council for testing. . of inheriting the genetic disorder. Responsible Genetics, in Cam­ "I don't think it is right. There The other case involved a healthy bridge, Mass., understands their are so many other chings they can boy whose DNA tescshowed a iiene criticized From race to sex, discrimina­ concern. . identify you by. Why do they need pred isposing him to a heart disor­ tion comes in all forms. Now, there "Giving a DNA sample 10 the DNA tests," Jackson said. der. However, he was taking med­ is a new type of discrimination that mil itary, or even your fam ily doc­ But genelic discrimination does ication to eliminate cardiac arrest., has recently gained world wide tor, opens you up to problems down not stop with the milicary. The CRG but was denied health insurance. divorced reformed drug .. who works as an interim111 attention, genetic discrimination. the road," McGoodwin said. cites people being refused health McGoodwin said this is unac­ By Natafle P. McNeaf ' The case that generated attention According to the CRG, the mil­ '·The program cspouseifllj insurance, fired from their jobs, ceplable and something needs 10 be Hilltop Staff Writer involved two marine corpor&ls, itary has a history of refusing to so diluted as to be alm01111 and banned from blood banks, done aboul it. Joseph Ylacovsky and John May­ enhst healthy individuals based on because of their gcne1ic informa­ ognizablc," Bozell said. l field who face dishonorable dis- their genet ic make-up. In one case, tion. TI1e CRG, a leading bioethics "Rapidly evolving genetic tech­ The television necworks rarely The scudy also reseamtdl n ' charge and jail time for refusing to the army enlisted a man who devel­ advocacy organization, has docu­ nology, 'coupled with weak medical portray religion in their news­ way religion was coveredln a give a DNA sample to the military. oped symptoms of a genetic disor­ mented over 200 widespread cases privacy laws, pucs everyone at risk casts or prime time programming network news broadcases in~ 1 The sample would be used as a der. He was discharged and denied of genetic discriminacion. of genetic discrimin ation," and when they do, it is oflen ne$• "Only one percent o( part ofthe Pentagon's identification :< disability benefits when the mili­ The CRG cites two cases in McGoodwin said. "Congress and ative, a conservative media 44,000 stories dealt with~ program ihat enables the military to tary classified his genetic makeup which individuals were discrimi­ the states should pass laws to pro­ watchdog charges. and the stories that did~ ~ identify soldiers killed in battle. as a "pre-existing condition." nated againsc. In one case, a tect people's privacy and prohibit L. Brent Bozell, chairman of issue regularly attacked Cllt,j The two marines were afraid The military can keep an indi­ healthy woman informed her doc­ the Media Research Center, said, dogma and the religious~ 11 because their were no guidelines to vidual's sample for up to 75 years che misuse of genetic discrimina­ tor th at her fa thered suffered from tion." "The results of the group's study Bozell said. "ABC is tllcil ~ protect their DNA from being ran­ even after they have left the military. Huntington disease, a hereditary of 1995 programming was network to have a re1t domly tested and used by employ­ McGoodwin said this make them disease characterized by spasmod­ Currently, only 11 states fo rbid depressing. When the networks reporter." ers, insurance underwriters, and vulnerable to discrimination for a ic movement of ch e limbs that this form of discrimination and do discus.~ faith, it is frequently other people without their knowl­ The study said there 11 lifetime. Herny Jackson, a past develops in the adult life. She was there are no federal laws making it ridiculed or disparaged. Thlevi­ slight increase in religious• edge or consent. marine and 'a junior English major ) lacer denied disability insurance illegal. sion's treatment of religion coverage in I 995 beeaq [ doesn't rcnect reality; it reverses events such as the papal ,a it" the United Scates. Storiesit ' The iiroup's third annual study, violence and harassment Mi, "Faith m a Box, 1995," assercs tion clinics declined in 19!!t Convicted child molester asks for that the number of religious por­ 142, down from 247 cheJlfflll trayals in prime lime increased year. slightly to 287 from 253 in 1994, "The religious right was~ castration as punishment or about one depiccion of reli­ portrayed as extreme and~ gion for every six hours of pro­ ing 10 the Republican PartJ,11 gramming. though it was arguably •• By Lylah Hof mes McQuay qualifies for time crcdics but I don't think it can stop hi m." earned for good behavior to be Media Research Ccncer ana­ stron~est driving point b1 Hilltop Slaff Writer McQuay will be forbidden from lysts studied all 1995 prime-time appl ied to real time served. working at any job that might car­ GOP 111 1994," Bozell said. According 10 officials, entertainment programs on the Kenneth Woodward, ldp gel persons 17 xcars or younger. In networks. Instances of religious McQuay's plans for release involve adduion, he wall not be allowed to edicor al Newsweek maga Larry Don McQuay, convicted 25 condicions including, the content were entered into a com­ said the media, especially tdll child molester, was transferred 10 a buy magazines or books that assignment of fo ur parole officers include photographs of children. puterized database and catego­ sion, doesn't have time tOClt halfway house after serving six of rized. and supervision for when he is out­ Many 8,roups arc volunteering 10 religion more accurately. his eight year sentence. McQuay is "In instances where programs adamant about being castrated or he side of the lockup fac ificy. Victor pay the bill should he decide to go "I don't think the media says he will only sec children as Rodriguez, chairman of the state through with che castration. dealt wich religion, positive por­ television allo$ether ~I, "sex objeccs" and "my poor little Board of Pardons and Paroles said Howard scudent Alicia Lacey trayals outnumbered negatives on to cover reli$1on,'' he said.• victims and swears he will attack the state of Texas is preparing for approves of McQuay's decision to by 4-to-3," the group said. takes a foe of tame andTVcbr others if he is not castrated. his release. castrate himself. In the first study m 1993, neg­ have time to go into ii indqi In 1990 McQuay confessed to "We arc S(>aring no expense 10 "Because ics his decision, I think ative depictions outweighed the like print. They (televisiotl}I having oral sex with a six year old guard the children of the Slate of it is ok," the psychology major said. positive 2-to-J. best with controversy." boy for a period of months. Thxas from Larry Don Mc Quay," "In reference to the government Of the networks analyzed in This week's editions of Ta "I've still got the disease," the Rodriguez said. "He is a sick per­ decid ing whether or not to castrate lhe most recent study, CBS had Newsweek and U.S. NCT111 thirty-two year old native of San son." Howard University psychol­ individuals, I don't think chere has the highest percentage (47.5) of have cover stories dealing 1t Antonio said, "and I know my ogist Jules Harrell is reluctant about positive depiccions. The study weaknesses." been enough research. You would Jesus. McQuay's wishes and said castra­ have to worry aboul che govern­ gave FOX the lowest score at 24.4 Nancy Woodhull, exca11< McQuay, a former bus driver, cion is his way of crying out for mcnc over stepping its bounds. Convicted child molester percent. has admitted to molesting 240 chil­ Larry Don McQuay calls direccor of chc Freedom Fcnr help. There should be another way 10 Bozell praised che CBS drama, dren. While in prison, he has writ­ 'I think that in some ways he is himself "a demon." Cen1er for Media Scudies,aj., ten graphic letters involving chil­ prevent child molestation." "Touched By an Angel " for being nalism inscitute, said themca.. 1 asking for clinical treatment for a Harrell does not approve of cas­ don't agree with castration because perhaps the most ''pro-faith series dren detailing his sexual fantasies. disorder. But he's asking for it in a trying 10 focus on religion. cration and said McQuay is using I think ics dangerous and we don't 111 television hiscory." McQuay often describes himself self punitive manner," the person­ "The baby boomers are g111 as "a demon.H castration as an apology. know everything aboul castration," His group criticized "Amazing older and arc worrying 11n However, under- Texas' old alicy psychology specialise said. ''If "I think he feels tltis is an act that he (is it he or she) said. "There is a he gets the treatment that he wants, Grace," a program in which whecher chey're going to ht,, mandatory release program, he has to prove how sorry he is. I delicate balance in the body and actress Patty Duke porcrays a I believe ii can reduce the cravings, this may throw off the balance.'' or not," Woodhull said. 1. I wou(d Cike to '" liank aCC wlio wro r for tlie N ationa page Jonathan Wliarto Steven Gray Catli(een Harrin9to Kin6er(in Love Joy Sutton Sliaron Grevious Lajolinne Wliite Ly(ali Ho(mes N ata(ie P. McNea. AN. I ·.,/ D- · SA=~". 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, '. JjVll19, 1996 - THE HILLTOP INTERNATION A9 Gro~p fasts in protest of U.S. embargo against Cuba and urges·support

SIMI Of ,.. ~ .. ,, ..... ••• _,,,co organiza,tion cannot transport 1hc '·- ~ l'tlt l """"""i II But before the group made it customs officials while attempting .... ·,.,~ computers unless it applies for a over the border, U.S. customs police inherent in the fast to challenge our special license with the Treasury to take medical supplies to Cuba by governmenl." seized the medical supplies and passing over the border of Laredo, . ~·, .... Departmcn1. injured several people. Walker agreed: "We intend to 1exas. fast until our goal is met, that is \ A<•-, Lucius Walker, a 65-year-old However, despite the setback, pastor at Salvation Baptist Church Lisa Valenti, a Cuban American until the computers are returned A I LA NTtC organizers remained determined to member of Pastors for Peace, said in Brooklyn, N.Y., and one of the deliver the computers. and sent to Cuba," he said. "I am she had a special responsibility to optimistic that once we keep the CAlflal(AN S(A people who is fasting, said if they The violence prompted the help Cuba. pressure on we will win." applied for the license, there would group to meet at the Wayside "I would feel like a Nazi if I did Although the members are be no guarantee they would receive Chapel of Peace and Friendship, ,_c.,,,, ...._ ,_c:..,o.- .,"" not do anything and everything to gaining support, they experienced ii. The license would also limit the located on the San Ysidro border Gr- c..- ,...__t.t.1'....,,.,,.lkAl'IO'l w -.1 stop 1he oppression of the Cuban a setback. amount ofsupp lies they could send between the U.S. and Mexico. people," she said. to Cuba. II was at 1hat meeting that five On the 41st day of the fast, one But more importantly, Walker Although equally inspired by of the five · members who was Pasto rs for Peace, an members of Pastors for Peace the Cuban crisis, Jim Clifford, a By Karen Thomas said, Pastors for Peace refused to fasting experienced a serious health inle rnational humanilarian decided 10 fast until the graduate of the Air Force Academy Hilltop Staff Writer apply for the license because tha1 crisis and dropped oul. But those organiz:ation cslablishcd in 198810 computers were returned. This and former Air Force captain, would make ii seem like they who remain arc not giving up and Four people who were 100 weak end oppression across the world, initiated 1he fast that is now in its joined Pastors for Peace for a condone the embargo. 59th day. many other organiza1ions support i, 11and or walk were ro lled inlo has waged a "peaceful war'' called different reason. the fas1. Walker added that the U.S. is "(The embargo] is punishing Room 148or1he Blackburn Cenler Fas1 fo r Li fe againsl lhc " brutal a After witnessing, while he was "I support the fast; we must denying Cubans basic necessities. nation that is defining its own 111 wheelchairs Monday. Each United Stales policy toward Cuba." in the Air Force for 15 years, the always do what we can to help And he denounced 1he embargo, economic system and government, ooicd no1hing more 1han water, Monday marked lhc 55th day of U.S. military's brutality against oppress people," said Bimkubwa calling it "inhumane, immoral and mapping out its own path and using IJT1IP and lemon fo r nourishmen1. their fost, which began as an effort other countries, Clifford decided Tulimbwelu, a member of the All unjustifiable." its resources for its own people, to pressure the U.S. government to that the violence had to end. Now African Peoples Revolutionary They were hungry for juslicc The fast began Feb. 21, one rather than serving U.S. corporate IDd pleaded for the support or 1he allow 400 computers 10 be he champions the causes of other Party. deli vered 10 C uba. month after 100 Pastors for Peace in1erests," Walker said. nations. Howard University cominunily in volun1ccrs at1emptcd 10 pass Pastors for Peace recently moved They said the compulers were For some volunteers of Pastors "We will continue to fast to Washington, D.C., to bring its ckir s1and ogoinst 1he 37-ycar-old second-hand computers through For Peace, this is not the firs1 time v i1 a l fo r hospi1al use and the everyday until it brings attention on cause to the doorstep of the U.S .. U.S. economic embargo agains1 Mexico to a coalition of Cuban they have sacrificed food for jus1ice. Cuba. exchange of medical information. this immoral policy of the United governmcnl. Early this morning, churches for dis1ribu1ion to health In I 993, Walker fasted for 23 Stales government," Clifford said. But because o r the embargo, 1hc care facililies. the fas1ers held a rally in front of the days after being stopped by "We are willing 10 take those risk Treasury Building. ~n international African 'chattel' slavery perspective controversy·rais~s civil rights aiti's wealth is its issues•

eople " You guys are free, you can go level, the Black leadership, such witnessed what others simply By Ta-Nehlsl Coates anywhere you want," he said, Hilltop Staff Writer as lhe Congressional Black speculate about. and wa,- s1randed in a foreign s peaking about African Caucus, TransAfrica, the "African Mauritanians live By carey A. Grady Americans. "But today in 1996 country whose spoken language is When some African-American Rainbow Coalition, the Nation of under humiliating and brutal Hilltop Staff Writer we still have to deal with this." Creole. a dialect l never learned at students are asked to provide an Islam and the NAACP among pressure from the White Arabs in Althie heads the International llowa rd University. My only accurate portrayal of slavery, the others, have forsaken us." Mauritania," Cotton wrote in an n: is 3 Haitian proverb that Coalition Against Chattel Slavery, comfort was a Haitian student l portrait held by most is one of a Sudan has been ravaged by a article published by the City Sun, •Beyond the mountains, more an activist group based in met on the fligh1 from Miami who White plantation owner and series of military coups. These a weekly newspaper, last ·os:· Those who arc from Washington, D.C. He said African attended 1hc University of the several Black s laves working in military takeovers, some analysts February, "As Christians in the or who have traveled there District of Columbia. Americans, as the descendants of say, have led to the increase of the _meaning behind thc:;_c the fields in the United States. United States could, with a clear To my surprise, after seeing tbc slaves, have a responsibility to slavery in Sudan. conscience, buy and sell Africans . Simply put. Hai1i has But this image is not the only pain in my eyes, she pledged to be address slavery in Africa . But many Sudanese a nd who had accepted Christ, so it is d many setbacks. but one African Americans must "Defend your heritage," he said my guide. So I joined Altagracia face. Most scholars say that Mauritanians hold fast to their with the Arabs of Mauritania. its strength, has overcome during a recent interview. contention that slavery in their all. C haupard for a ride to the slavery existed long before the Black Muslims aie considered couoiryside and her home in En Yet, the response Alth ie and country does not exist. less than animals ... This · e visiting Haili last winier, trans -Atlantic slave trade that Plaine, in hopes of contacting hi s allies have received from For example, Sudanese-born excludes them from fair and that this Caribbean nation brought Africans to the United African Americans, has been less Ka r:;han. States. Aziz Batran, a history professor proper treatment." a country filled with many than encouraging. My first 35 minutes in Haiti Beginning as early as the JOth at Howard University doesn't Cotton also said the lack of . In addition to valuing the When Althie and others fo und me breaking the first rule of century, Black slaves, known as believe the recent allegations African-American input into the of the countrysides I visited, American international travel: Do testified last March before made by members of several situation is problematic. red an untapped richness " the Zanj" in present-day Congress about slavery in Sudan not go to a place where English is Mozambique and Thnzania, were policy groups in the District ''The overwhelming majority ) 'WUIDth in the culture of the not spoken. and Mauritania, Congre~sional that slavery is alive in his of Black political and spiritual there. exported from East Africa 10 work Black Caucus Chairman Mervyn As we walked out of the airport, in Arabian salt mines. country. leaders has ignored the issue of ti became the firs1 Black M. Dymally (D-Calif.), said, "I "There is no slavery there," Alrngracia's mo1her, who did not This was the beginning of the the enslavement of Black lie in the Western don't deny that there may be the Batran said, adding that the s peak English, hugged me and Arab slave trade, which Africans," he said. isphere in 1804. after a appearance ofslavery " but he also people at the March 14 forum squeezed 1he fears out of _me. eventually branched into West Cotton maintains African -long revolution of slaves A ltagraci.l obviously had cxplamcd added that whenever be goes to held at Howard on this issue Americans must take a stand on colonial rule. The pride and Africa. Mauritania he always gets "full my predicament to her. The Arab slave trade predated were "lying" to forward their the slavery issue. of the Haitian people is assurance from the government" own agendas. Finally we reached our the trans-Atlantic trade, and now "There is no middle ground on in their history and struggle! that slavery docs not exist. Some say the conflicting destina1ion- a white Toyota some are saying that in Sudan slavery," he said. "If African jasticc and sclf-de1erminatfon. In addition, Nation of lslam accounts given by Africans pickup. Because there was no room and Mauritania the practice Americans cannot join us in this 'Dliring the 1990s, Haiti entered leader Louis Farrakhan, has made themselves and the lack of first­ fo r me in the cab. the flatbed continues today. fight then they condemn a goal-oriented decade o f became my paradise. . comments that have questioned hand knowledge of the themselves. You cannot speak of , technology and peace. Mohammed Althie is a Muslim the existence of slavery in Sudan Mauritanians and Sudanese I jumped in the back with and a former counselor official in justice and civil rights in the soon as these goals hecamc and Mauritania. siluation makes it hard for African Alt.igracia's brother, who spoke the Mauritania government. Yet United States, while passively cable, however, tragedy But Cleveland State University Americans to chose sides. llucnt French-a language I kno,~i neither his faith nor his service in watching your own kind in Africa with the 1991 ou~ting of Professor Augustine Lado, an However, this has not stopped Once we arrived in Altagracia's government has prevented him rapidly wiped out by the very · nt Jean Bertrand Aristide. activist on slavery in Sudan, said, Pan-African activist Samuel system that for 400 years or so home I aucmptcd lo learn names from indicting his counlrY. on Although Aristide was bric~y ' ' ' "While we have received a great Cotton from taking a stand. was the fundamental source of and ages of her family. 1spent some practicing what he sees as chattel lied and new democrnt,c time getting to know each one of degree of support from African Cotton has ventured to such injustice and iniquily in this s lavery. Americans at the grass-roots I discovered an Mauritania and claims to have country." ntapped richness and U.N. Secretary General delivers a rmth in the culture keynote .speech for dedication of of the people there. International Center otial elections were held, ihem. It was ,rn enjoyable Howard University political science of the International Affairs Center images from Haiti's pa~t afternoon. professor, was making headlines in dedicated the Center in his name. -led regime s1ill linger m When we finally made contact the news as one of the craftsmen of Now Ghali works, just as media's depic1ion of the with my hosl family, I jumped into the Middle East peace process. Bunche did, to establish peace the hack of the white pick-up truck "Ralph Bunche was trustworthy, throughout the world. Currently, and headed to Port-au-Prince. We honest a.nd dedicated to peaceful Ghali is working with several ·,rrivcd at the National Palace and solutions," Ghali said before an countries in Africa as they establish ;.,ere greeted by the United Nations audience of several hundred at last new governments. military police. . . Thursday's ribbon-cutting "[The U.N.] will be in the We were frisked and, after their ceremony, which officially opened forefront when it comes to the approval, a Howed to enter th,e the Ralph J. Bunche International African continent," he said, adding Haitian Nattonal Government s Affairs Center at Howard that as an Egyptian, he has a headquarters. At last I met Karshan, University. commilment to aid other African my host for the next four days. Ghali looks to Bunche as one of nations. ; Although 1 was exhausted, his mentors. Ghali also announced that "in Karshan decided to take_ me to tl!c "When I was a student, Ralph Cairo, African states will sign a Oloffson in Port-au-Prince. Tius Bunche was at Howard teaching non-nuclear continent agreement o~t observers srnyed in the hotc.:1 and rcslaurant is a famous about the world," said Ghali, the that will make Africa nuclear-free, of Americans who worked hangout for foreign jo~rnah~t~ an_d keynote speaker. help development and induce die Haitian governmcn1. international travelers m Ha111. It IS Following his Nobel Peace stability." ,cayed with Michelle Korshan, also the office of Manno Prize-winning effort for his work as In helping Africa's transition to lde's former foreign press Charlemagnr, the May~r of Port• Boutros Boutros- Ghaall, secretary general of the United a mediator for the United Nations democracy, the U.N. secretary . Upon my arrival, I wns au-Prince who is cons1derc~ _the Nations engaged audience members with his reflectlon on in the Arab-Israeli war or 1948, general said that he would make the to wait for an older Black :'Bob Marley" of Haitian pobu~.s peace keeper Ralph Bunche last Thursday. Bunche brokered the armistice UNDP (United Nation man to pick me up and But although that cv~m!lg with agreements belween Tsrael-Egy~t, Development Program) functi_on as secretary general of the United me 10 my destination. . . the dclcgalion was ennc_hmg, the Israel-Syria and Israel-Jordan m a "wide network" all over Afnca to By Mohamed Majeed Nations, was a student at Cairo IIIWevcr, the vague descnp11on time 1spc111 with Altagracia and ~er Hilltop Staff Writer 1949. help in the construction of politi_cal bill of most of the men at the family is what remains i~ i:"Y mind University during the 1940s, he For Bunche's commitment to party systems, electoral momtonng heard about Ralph J. Bunche. about the richness of Ha,u. When Boutros Boutros-Ghali, internalional peace, representatives and other assistance. li>rc, I missed my escort Bunche, who at the time was a Aprll 1 AJO THE HILLTOP A EDITORIAL Freedoni of the press suffers at 110\Vard

determine the content. That ten, the faculty adviser and One of the foundations of the influence may be in the form of journalism professor Lawrence United S tates Constitution is advice, which we and past edi­ Kaggwa, refused to let it run. the freedom of expression. Be it tors gladly accept. Or it may be "We don't want to bite th e hand through the press or speech, the pressure that causes editors to that feeds us," he said. first amendment of the Bill of go against the will of adminis­ 'Thc~Community News then Rights guarantees freedom to trators. decided to ask the Anti­ say or write practically any­ There is hardly a soul on Defamation ,League to write a thing. campus who is not aware of the commentary to go a long side College campuses in general recent controversy regarding the other. The AOL's Eastern and Howard University espe­ articles appearing on this page. Regional Director, David Frei• ◄ cially, have dealt with this issue This editorial may be a result of dman, wanted to read the stu­ many times. In recent months, the controversy, but it is truly dent commentary first, but was both of Howard's student news­ separate. We at The Hilltop denied. He then suggested that papers have been embroiled in believe that this issue is c lcised. The Community News publish a controversy over the freedom But freedom of expression still the ed itorial then he would of the press. needs to be addressed. reply th e next week. You would We at The Hilltop strongly Over 10 years ago, the pres­ think that would have solved it, believe that the Howard com­ ident of Howard removed T he but the faculty adviser again munity is a family that should Hilltop editor in chief from her refused. always strive to work together. position for an artic le that Through this whole ordeal, However, this doesn' t include appeared in the paper. After a the question of federal appro­ sacrificing principle to appease legal batlle, sh·e was reinstated priations and financial contri­ administrators. But it may and an adviser was added to butions to the University have entail m·aking some changes to The Hilltop staff. The overall been raised. There is going to reach a beneficial end. outcome was that though the come a time when we must Last week, the Perspectives administration is th e publisher, stand on truth and principle page featured advertisements, the student editors control the regardless of circumstances. due to a decision to delay the paper. This further exemplifies the printing of the column that Howard 's other paper, T he paternalistic relationship we appears today. Though in ques­ Community News, is different. have w ith Congress, that we tion, th e lead perspective was The Community News is a refuse to speak out in fear of still published last week. These department of journalism lab j eopardizing our appropria­ decisions and where they came paper and is under the direction tions. Howard must strive to from raised the question of how of the University. It is run by implement a plan for financial sovereign is The Hilltop? students, but the faculty advis­ independence immediately. Rules and regulations state er has much more authority. Freedom of speech and press that student editors have sole A few weeks ago, the stu­ is an issue that colleges authority to decide what the dent in charge of the commen­ throughout t he country' will content of The Hilltop w ill be. tary section of The Communi­ always face. A united Univer• Occasionally though, adminis­ ty News asked The Hilltop sity community dedicated to trators or members of the fac­ editorial editor to write a com­ h: truth should not be compro­ e, ulty may influence or pressure mentary on the recent contro­ mised. Howard still has a way ' re the student editors and thereby versy. After the piece was writ- to go before reaching that end. T UI A 81 ec Six months later, the e, p a1 Million Man March still CJ ~~ making waves re B ta ri leadership summit, which has hosted numerous communi­ B It has been over six months brought hundreds of Black lead­ ty programs, is engaged in a e: since the biggest demonstration ers in various fields of endeavor mass voter registration drive, has b• this country has ever seen. The together to plan a revitalization assisted local schools and much J, Million Man March sent waves of the Black community. more. Or. Frances Cress Wels­ OJ of hope and renewal throughout A Black political convention ing, renowned author of The Isis tt the world, which to this day arc is being planned to create a third Papers, spoke at the LOC yes­ b: still being manifested. Despite a political force in this country. A terday aod there will be an c, front page Washington Times national Black treasury is being African Business Bizarre this article on the six month anniver­ establish~d to fund Black orga­ weekend. l THE HILLTOP tt s ary c laim ing " Million Man nizations so that they may srn­ This January, Farrakhan took tt March lags in turning hope to cerel):' work without conse­ .the message abroad to over 20 Since 1924 tt action," much has been accom­ quence on behalf of Black African and Middle Eastern c, plished s ince that glorious Octo­ people. A national Black health nations. Though criticized by fr ber day. plan has been organized to pro­ m some for supposedly "cavorting n, Over a million Black men, vide an alternative to the expen­ with dictators," Farrakhan has ELCOME YOUR LETTERS AND COMMENTS who have been scorned and D s ive HMOs. organized a larger demonstra­ J( r idiculed for centuries in this From the Mall on Oct. 16, tion for this Oct. 16, the " Inter­ THE HILLTOP welcomes your views 0111111y p11b/ic iss11e. Fncully, ad111i11istrators, staff, sh1dmll country, answered a call for March convener Min. Louis Far­ national Day of Atonement." 1111d 11/rmmi are euco11rnged to slmre their original ideas and opinions. I ~ atonement and reconciliation. rakhan asked the men how many Everywhere he went across seas, We p11blish only material addressed to us. We routinely edit letters for space and correct erTOTS( g The spirit alone on that day was would be willing to adopt a Farrakhan said, the people mar­ style, spelling and prmclrlntion. Letters as well as commentaries 11111st be typed and signed, complete will · enough to make the March a suc­ Black child and many responded rr cess. veled over what they had saw on full address and telepho11e mm1ber. positively. The National Associ­ TV. Farrakhan will speak Tues­ But a pledge to take control of . The opi,1io11s expressed 011 the Editorial Page o{THE HILLTOP are solely tire views of the Edilol' c, ation of Black Social Workers day, Mar. 23, at Union Temple the Black community and an (NABSW) has reported that ral Board, 1111d do not 11ecessnrily reflect the opinions of Howard U11i uersity, its admi11istrntion, THE HIil· ti agenda laid out by the National there has been a huge upsurge in Baptist Church to present to the TOP Board or the students. C African American Leadership Black child adoption since the Black community the real story Please address letters and comments to: Editorial Editor ~\ Summit (NAALS) has ensured March. NABSW President, of what happened during his THE HILLTOP tt ''World Friendshi p Tour." that those inspired on Oct. 16, Leonard Dusten, said " since the 2251 Sherman Ave. N,W. \I, 1995, will continue to work. Million Man March in October More than anyth ing else, the Washington, D.C. 20059 G Obviously, not everyone who of 1995, there has been a tremen­ March encouraged Black men to PHONE: (202) 806-6866 H attended or who participated in dous and overwhelming atone for their sins and bridge [( the " Day of Absence" has lived response by Black families steP.• their relationship with God and up to the March pledge, but ping forth to adopt Black ch1I­ themselves. This is hard to mea­ s, much has transpired in the way drcn.0 sure in terms of progress. But p of upliftment the past six Most, if not all , of the Local instead of trying to determine if ~. months. Organizing Committees (LOCs) the March has had lasting rami­ A One month after the March, created to produce the March are fications, everyone should ques­ right here on Howard's campus, still intact. The District's LOC tion if they have lived up to the ti March organizers hosted the has been highly productive. It pledge taken on Oct. 16. l THE HILLTOP ti b C Monica M, Lewis, Editor-in-Chief a 0 Letter to.the Editor Managing Editor C Elsie Theodore \ a u ly. ''I m-mean," he stuttered, "To saying this you are imply ins that l p Dear Editor; be dark-skinned, you're pretty. A dark skin is not exquisite, Donya Matheny, Campus Editor Tina Duncan, Produ<;tion Coordinator lot of dark-skinned womari are enchanting, superb, natural and C I was at the Metro Center train not pretty or as pretty as you." yes, even sexy. And to the Natalie Moore, Campus Plus Editor Millicent Springs, Production Assistant E station during one of those brisk Mind you that this man is of dark women who have lighter com­ Rashida Syed, Thmpo Editor Kisha Riggins, Production Assistant C March days when an older sen­ complexion himself. plexions, your skin is just as David Gaither, Editorial Editor Thrri Prettyman, Copy Desk Chief a tleman approached me. I didn't n The ground light started to radiant as your dark-skinned sis- Patricia Hardin, International Editor Leslie Harris, Copy Editor pay him any attention because I blink, which means that my train ters. · r: was cold and all I was thinking was approaching. Relieved, I My dark skin is not my hand­ Miguel Burke, Pulse Editor M yesha Rodgers,Copy Editor about was going home to some entered the tra in and started to icap. I would not be more attrac­ Sadarie Chambliss, Local Editor Nikia Puyol, Photography Editor s heat. " ponder the words that were just tive if I had lighter skin. So to JaneQe Thompson, National Editor Wesley Gordon, Chief Artist I, The man walked over to me thrown at me. the man at the Metro Center train Shenikwa Stratford, Business Editor · Seba Johnson, Artist a and said, "You are a beautiful 1 know many of you dark­ stop or to any other person who young lady." I'm not one to turn skinned women have heard the Reginald Royston, Health & Fitness Editor Denujs Freeman, Sports Editor ti thinks that my dark skin is not as b down a compliment, whether it's same comment coming from the amazing as lighter skin, you are true or not, so I replied, "Thank mouths of many men and some h as ignorant as the comments he Kirt Rollins, Business Manager ti you." The gentleman continues women. 1 ;im writing this edito­ or she makes. on, "Yeah, you sure are a beau­ rial to let people know that the I o ti fu I woman- to be dark­ comment "to be dark-skinned, J. Lateef Martin, Assistant Business Manager Sahima Choudhury, Advertising Ma skinned." ' · you are beautiful" is not a com­ Esther Babalola Sharonda Davis, Office Manager • William Monroe, Assistant Ad. Ma "Excuse me?" I replied harsh- I1 plement in no shape or form. By 1, e THEHIUTOP A11

PERSPECTIVES, Accti.sations Charges of slavery in the byADL th at Sudan and Mauritania are Ho\Vard­ untrue Mohamed Majeed For Lado, the situa1ion is so bad rounding nations," In his magnificent book, Jmpe­ that he is called for "leadership My comments drew quick reac­ r ial ism & Nationalism in the students from African Americans 10 help tions from 1he panelisls. I was lec­ Sudan, Muddathir Abdel Rahim Recenily, 1he RalJ)h J. Bunche fight slavery on the continenl." tured by Sheik Anowor McKeen on International Affairs Cenier hosted They bolh said the current gov­ said, "Today, the slave trade is, of a seminar, which was co-sponsored the existence of slavery in lhe course, a long dead issue, but, this ernment in Khartoum is aiding and Sudan and how he himself was by the center and the Independent encouraging 1he reintroduction of has not prevented its use by propa­ called a slave on more lhan one gandists hos1ile to the unity of 1he advocate anti­ Women's Forum. The 1opic of 1he slavery in lhe Sudan. While the occasion wh ile in Sudan. conference was slavery i.n Maurita­ Sudan." government in Khanoum is diffi­ Samuel L. Colton, executive nia and the Sudan. From the cull to defend on many grounds, I was not able to queslion lhe moment I read the flier, I became director of the Coalition AR.ainst panelis1s on every assertion they 1heir asser1ions that it encourages Slavery, lold me, "Some people say unsellled. To hear the words slavery slavery, is withou1 any concrete evi­ m~de. Bui what stuck in my mind and 1he Sudan in lhe same sentence we have so much pain about slav­ was thal picture of a lillle girl serv­ Sentitisni are dence. ery, an issue so ccn1ral to our his­ was, for me, too much. Neverthe­ While trying to contain my emo, ing coffee to the men. That picture less, along wilh several studems, I tory, tha1 we flood emotionally and does nol prove that slavery in Sudan lions, I told the panelists lhat when reject it." exists. attended and listened carefully lo I left the Sudan in 1982, there was what was said. He then urged me 10 go find oul In 1hc Sudan, as in elsewhere, no slavery. 1. continued that I came whal has been written on 1he sub­ people have servants working in unsupported A dis1inguished panel of con­ 10 1his seminar to hear lhcir allega- ject and then come back and replace cerned Americans, Mauritanians 1heir houses as cooks, gardeners 1ions of such prac1iccs, bul I've yet him as direc1or of 1hc Coalition and other manual workers. But this and Sudanese, told of the rampant 10 be convinced !hat what 1hey say Against Slavery. groups has tremendous impact slaverx _that is taking place "as we is employment and not slavery. on how they interac1. In Ameri­ is lruc. Lei me explain the first point We have to be clear on this point, speak m lhc two African states. Furthermore, I said 10 my fellow made by Shiel( McKeen about how ca, color, no1 religion, is 1hc dom­ The wall behind the podium because my family in lhe Sudan inan1 form of oppression, so from Sudanese on 1he panel, that when he was called a slave while in lhe used to hire, and no1 enslave, peo­ where they spoke was decorated they speak on 1his issue, they mus1 1he perspec1ive of color, Jews arc wilh large photographs of several Sudan. In this area, we arc all slaves ple from the south of the Sudan or ordinary While people. be careful and no1 dircc1 the accu­ to Allah, or as i1 is said in 1he Ara­ 1he Nubian Mountain areas. African women (some of them sation squarely on 1he Northern In his essay, " Negroes arc bic language, "Abd Allah.'' TI1ese people are always treated looked Sudanese) and one which Sudanese. I could 6e called a "Abd,'' which An1i-semi1ic because they are showed a small girl serving coffee as humans and not as slaves. They In " A History of Southern literally means 'slave', but this get paid monthly, eat from the same Anti- White," James Baldwin to two men. Tliese pic1urcs, we Sudan,'' published in London in writes: "He [lhc Jewish person) wou ld not be said maliciously, as food we eat, and some1imes we were told, are evidence of 1hc sub­ I 961, Ricl1ard Gray said,''Thc slave in a slave-master rela1ionship. If I has absolu1e1y no relevance in jugation of women and children in become their close friends. trade was conducted no1 only by am a "Abd," then my only master So, 1ha1 linle girl in lhe picture 1his context as a Jew. His only re l­ Mauritania and the Sudan, Europeans of different nationah­ is Allah. evance is tha1 he is White and he The speeches given by 1wo is n01 necessarily a slave, or must lies, Egyptians, and Northern In the Sudan, where he was we believe whatever is said. She values his color and uses i1." Sudanese on the pancl-Augus1inc Sudanese, bu1 also-by the Southern called "ya Abd,'' which 1ransla1es as This is not to deny the exis- A. Lado, of Cleveland Stale Uni­ could have been helping her moth­ Sudanese tribes between lhem­ "you slave," ii was not meant to be er, who was employed by those men 1encc of anti-Semitism in Amer­ versity, and Shick Anowor McK­ selvcs. malicious. The word represcnls ica. Jews have been vic1ims o f a een, a Nubian Mus lim leader­ as a domestic. One of the mos1 famous Sou1h­ friendliness and common des1iny, In lhc end, I appeal 10 my fellow prejudice 1ha1 America inherited were of great in1eres1 10 me. crn slave dealers was Mopoi, an ralher than separa1ion and racial In 'their prcsen1a1ions, 1he 1wo students here and elsewhere in the from Wcs1ern Europe. Azandc chief, who deah ;1housands differences, I was grcally upset wi1h Uni1ed S1a1es, 10 be aware of mis­ Yel, lhe fact remains that in ~pea kers proclaimed tha1 Nonhern upon 1housands' ofs laves which he· their charges because 1hc Sudan is lcccnl event\ al The Hi111op Sudanese, who arc also Black and conccp1ions and misinformation. t.eprovidcd a pcrfcc1con1cx110 America, Jews arc grouped obtained either from '1he slave my country and I cannot allow its The writer is a senior print 1oge1hcr wi1h While people. And Arabic speaking. arc keeping alive 1ribes' that he had subjugated, or by great name be equated wi1h such a .i,k)re 1he rifl In Olack-Jcwis h the institution of slavery. journalism major in the School of lliiions. The edi1orial page of like all Whiles, Jews always have 'raids' organized against the sur- repugnant inslitution. Comm1111ications, 'lcHilllop has been 1he focus of 1h e upper hand when dealing 450lici1ed a11en1io n from 1hc wi1h Blacks in America. lli-Dcfama1ion League (AOL) This is one of the main reasons 11llbc media. why the a lleged Black-Jewish dialogue almost always deal wi1h Black men must keep the spirit of :\n cdi1orial wriuen by 1he Black an1i-Scmitism bul never •of the editorial page e li cit­ deals with Jewish racism. It is 1he ~ 1 response by Pres1den1 H. reason why 1he dialogue always ~k Swygen, and charges of finds Blacks in the apologetic murdered brothers alive 11i-Scmi1ism by the AOL. This stance of denouncing olher Black was me. I wished I could move in aide is the latest in a series of Russell Rickford der when I went 10 school thal ara1e, con fidenl space, just like Per­ figures for saying 1hings 1ha1 1he space that Pernell moved in. ilodes over 1he past three years Jews don't like. morning and everyone was sining nell. j ba~e strained Black-Jewish I only went over to Pernell's on the bench in silence. No hand TI1ere have been thousands of But one has to wonder how Back in the day, Pernell was the house a couple of limes. One time aions. sincere 1he denouncements are, slaps, no jokes, no cursing, no fight­ young, lalentcd, valuable, beautiful Any auempt to understand baddest, hardest, slickest gangs1er when 1 was al his place and he was ing, Black men killecl on the street since sinc.e they almo!,t always come in Palo Alto, Calif., or so ii seemed on the phone, ii sounded like he was Id-Jewish rela1ions, mus1 firs1 after o utside prompting. "They killed him," someone Pernell passed. Before this year liin10 contex11hc Jewish expe­ 10 me. He wore his Girbaud jeans making some 1ype of a deal. When said, There were rumors that he comes to a close, there wi.11 be thou­ Khalid Muhammad's infa­ halfway off bis rear, and he had per­ uce in Europe. The idea of mous Kean College S()Cech was he hung up he !urned tha1 slow was involved in lhe Eas1 Palo Alto sands more. It is almost as if a huge lack an1i-Scm11ism is probably fected that slouchy, defiant "gangs­ smile toward me, "Whatup cuz? drug trade. army ofghosts march upward from absurd and anti-Semitic. This is ta lean" that said, "Back up, cuz I ltrcmely dis1urbing 10 Jews not even debatable. Yet, it was nol How you feelin'?" Righi afler I heard !hat Pernell our neighborhoods, its ranks use 1hey believe Blacks and don't give a r-•k!" Pernell s1arted to 1alk. He spoke was dead, I had to take the swelling daily with each flying but- ' until 1he AOL published his com­ Pernell wore black, leather dri­ 11S have a common his1ory of ments, some four months later, about Eqyplian kings and queens, advanced placemen! test for Eng• let. psion. There is a basis for 1ha1 a Ourry of denouncements ving ~loves wilh fur lining, even about 1hc pyramids and pharaohs lish. I sat in the examination room Each of these men was a hero to ._ Jews have been persecuted from 1he Senale and Black lead­ when 11 was hol as he••. He kicked and ancient 1ombs and things old surrounded by rich White kids that somebody in some exquisite way, •Chris1ian Europe since bibli­ ers poured in. black shell-Loe Adidas and black and beau1iful. l soaked up every would never understand. I wrolc Each oflhese men was somebody's i1imes. One could argue 1ha1 Black sunglasses. ounce of his knowledge. My mise­ and wepl and wondered why. father or cousin or son or husband' One of 1h e mos1 common leadership and tlie Senate were Pernell walked with a calculat­ ducated self hungered for his con­ Pernell had an open caskel. or uncle or friend, Each of these bits of European history is ignorant of the comments and ed limp, his head cocked at 45 sciousness. Apparentl)\ they pieced him back men left a personal legacy for ·hen things go bad, Jews are 1his accoun1ed for the time dif­ degrees, his round nose thrusl to the Then he took me into his room together pretty well. Viewing him another brother. Brothers, we musl 1C3pcgoa1. ln many EurO()C3n ference. Yel, the Senate was very sky, his hands wedged into his and showed me his drawings. They in lhe funeral was rough, though. I maintain the spark thal sustained ~ ncs, Jews were forbidden aware of Sen. Earnes1 Hollings' pock·e· ts, his eyes swiveling. Black, were self-portraits in full Crip gang walked up to him wilh my fa1her those brothers, la owning land, yet th ey often depic1ion of Africans as canni­ laughing, and mysteriously wel­ paraphernalia, and pictures of prel• beside me. There was a long line I remember being a lowly, timid, lluged 10 secure a level of eco- bals and there were no denunci­ coming, Pernell's eyes could s1op a ty Black girls in cascading water• behind me, but I jusl stopped and unpopular sophomore in high ic security as merchants. ations of Hollings by the Senate. freight train. I fell consumed every falls. I knew 1hen 1ha1 Pernell was stared. Pernell- my hero, my school. I came out of class one day i1c 1heir landownership, Despite some mean talk ~y Black 1ime they were turned on me. the wisest and 1he mosl talented kid friend, my partner, the brother who and saw Pernell halfway across could no1 ser ve in Parlia- leadership, no real action was One time, Pernell "borrowed" in my neighborhood. I began 10 (\ever slopped moving, who swag­ campus. His eyes fixed on me and llt, and they obviously could 1aken. his uncle's Skylark and drove us 10 love him as much as I worshipped gered through life wilh that slow, that slow, easy grin began to s1eal be a monarch or join lhe c ler- The only plausible explana­ a local nightclub. I must have been him. easy smile- just la.Y. there, His across his face. He pu1 his fis t in 1hc tion for the strained Black-Jewish 15. He drove hunched down in his During my junior year in high skin was obsidian in hfc, but ii was air and saluled me. No reason why, lllis polilical disenfranchise- relationship is that Jews have the seat, one arm lolling out the win­ school, Pernell was killed. He was colored like ash in death. he just did, And my spirit climbed I and 1heir rela1ivc wcallh power 10 make their issues relc­ dow, one black fur-lined glove rest­ found shot "execution style" in lhe It's been four years now since like a tidal wave. ,iitrcd with 1he peasanis made va nl, something Blacks have ing lightly on wheel. I was terrified back of the head. I remember read­ Pernell was killed. I realize now · No life is without positives. bi easy scapcgoa1s for 1he always lacked. and exhilarated. At 1he club, he ing tliat and thinking, "Execution 1ha1 his dealh s1rongly impac1cd When one of us passes, the others · 1ian monarchy. Thus when In recentJcars, Black people talked to all the women in ro1a1ion, s1yle?" lhe man thal I have become. I have must rally to ensure 1hat works of Bubonic Plague killed IWO• (and Howar University in par• making lhem smile and then laugh. Whoever did ii threw Pernell's made his love for Black history my love endure. of Europe in 1hc 141h cen­ 1icular) have bcco~e. a popular I held up the wall and listened to body underneath 1he Dunbarton own. I now carry myself like him: The writer is a junior in the Jcws were a11acked, and target of_ a1)t1•Sem,11c accusa• him "sp,t his game" and wished it Bridge. I found out about his mur- like a prince. Today I move in a sep- School ofCommunications. Germany was hil by 1he tions. This 1s based more _upon I Depression 1hc rise of the Black community being a r and the Holocaus1 fol- defenseless target, than actual Black an1i-Scm1tism. '-si as this theme of Jewish There is an element of xeno­ Afrocentric education.would improve goa1ing holds true for Euro- phobia and pre/·udice in all ~Ori!· his1ory. 1he Iheme of Black muni1ics· the Back community ,s egoatrng holds 1ruc fo r no differ~nl. But the ovcre!11p~a­ ican history. s is on that small elem:nt ,s dis· D.C. public schools One of 1he mos1 effective 1ac- turbing and problemauc, , ~ academic achievement in public control school, a tradi1ional pub­ African-centered curriculum in 1ha1 White politicians an_d Why is 1he ADL so worried Ateya Ball While upper-class has used 1s about anli-Semi1ism among ~ education. This school was lic school, "The s1udents at the Black schools is a major step ing Black people as the roup as powerless as Bl_acks • founded in 1993 by i1s current African Cen1ered School scored towards (he libcralion and free­ of the ir woes. This has ~lack people are not painting For many District parents a~d principal, Abena Walker. Parents significantly higher on _Com~re­ dom of African people. Accord­ 1hcm 10 keep a tighl h~ld swastikas, nor are 1hey out students alike, the D.C, Pubhc of children a11end ing 1he school hensive Tests of Basic Skills ing to Dr. Mo!efi As~ntc, histo­ Ille White poor and working searching for Jews 10 beat up. School System has continuously con1end lhat for the first time (CTBS) in more subject are~s rian and chairman of Temple . The use of affirmative Even comparisons between Far• failed to prepare African-Amer­ their children are receiving a than the students at 1he tradi­ University's African American n as the cause of While rakhan and Hitler ring hollow, ican children adequatel y fo r balanced and historically cor­ tional public school. The Studies Department, "It is nec­ 1ploymen1 i~ a perfect exam• when one considers 11iat at no higher learning. rect cduca1ion. While the African Centered School Siu­ essary for African-American of 1h1s prac1 ,cc. . . oint in its existence has 1_he The Dis1ric1's dropout rate African-centered program is dents scored higher in total read­ children to place Africa at the c history of oppression ,s a ~ation of Islam perpelr~ted a sin­ continues to rise. Illegal use of enriched with courses in African ing, language and spelling." center of their existential reality, on 1hread among Jews and gle acl of violence against Jews. guns and drugs continues to languages (Swah ii i, Wolof, In addition to higher lest or else they will rem~in detac~ed k people, Yet, when J~ws This is not 10 say t~at Black· flood the public schools, threat­ Yoruba), African martial ar!s, scores, 1he evaluation also cilcs and isola1ed people 10 a society 10 America 1hey came 1n1_o Jewish relations :ire unimportant. parental involvement as a maj~r that constanlly bombards them environment where 1he do011- ening the academi_c achie".ement art, African dance, and music, The rift between Blac~s a~d of African-Amencan children. 1he curriculum also places heavy difference between 1he tradi­ with anti-African rhetoric." 1 form of oppression was Jews or between the University The 1994 Tuchnical Evalua­ , no1 religious. . and Jews must be mended. ~ut In reaction 10 the warranted emphasis in the areas of math, tional pub I ic school and 1he Thus, while s till facing an)•· lhe dialogue must be a true dia­ and understandable frustration science and history. African Centered School. One tion Report mentioned above i1ism, Jews were s1il l logue b_e t~vccn_ equals, not a that spews from the African­ Although supporters say 1he major principle of the African recommended said, "The infu­ ilc" and not subject _to )hC paternalistic one. . . American community, many school offers a good approach Centered ideology is all the par­ sion of African Centered cur­ I of economic cxplo11:111on A realily check ,s 111 ordc_r. Black parents sec_ structure_d taken to raising the academic ents arc teachers. Parents who riculum and methodology be polilical disenfranchisement T he average Black pcrSOJ'! 1s Afrocentric education as their level of African-American chil­ wish 10 enroll their children into considered fo r all D.C Public Blacks were, In addition, indifferent to or spen

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istrict man laments on being homeless, battling wit1:,~!!.~f,~~' ~rugs and aiming to 'survive~ rBy Jaymes Powell was the drug bf choice for his gen .00 s~rong. U_nable to get any hero- charge left Harry in Nevada with no 1own to small town. Harry said the back to heroine" Harry said woe IWIIOP Staff Writer cration- heroine. Gelling involved inc:, e wen\ ';!to@ewilhdrawal. money, "When they discharge you, only positive thing about the Army f~l ly ' • with drugs at s uch an earl a c 1 got rea • ! . d,~P· · .they sent the~ leave you where you arc. They was that "they got me off heroine." · · . meant that Harry would h~v/ ~l toh·th~- ht5pital, Harry said. don t send you back where you're With heroine out of his life Harry By 1984 Hamel couldn't take i.owri eyes scan the rcstau­ problem suppo rting his habit' a er 15 isc arge from the hospi- from," Harry explained. was able to hold down ma~y odd Harry's drug induced verbal and sly a.s he takes a bite of " I started selling marijua~a o n jobs. Harry finally settled in Oak- physical abuse any longer, and left idl. He consumes each as if it were his last. His the side . . . I didn't make a hell of a "I ,-i-ras bvnught up hevo ... and I land, where be worked at a liquor him. of_money; but it kept me going '., 11V 1 • v 1 .:, SIOre. " I came home and [my wife] had Thomas Harry. He is home- 1h0e1 said. ' In 1974, he met a woman named By the Lime he was .ycars-old Harriet Jones. "She '"'.as fine .. .I taken my kids and left," Harry said. us born in Saluda, Vir- Harry's habit had co22nsumed h' ' J'll d koewnghtofflwasgomgtomarry Harryalsolosthisjobafterheover- 1943 ... , remember we His aunt w ho Harry. s a'd 1"': her," Harry recalled. dosed at work." I heard she [his apherc guess -io hevo."1 to live with my aunt add •i cted to• heroine, kicked him1 w ouast a,.:, .:, A nd mar~y her t1c d'd.' .. Tl 1c cou- w1'f e ] was (living in Alexandria) so father died; thut was about of their No rtheast lionic w- pie had 1he1r first child m 1978. I came back here," Harry said. • Hwy recalled . where to go and' very littl• e m111o 1 n eno Th H b • "I'aernamc • 15· Ru b y; s h_es ' my pn'd e Indeed his wife was li ving in arriving in Washingto n, llarry decided to join the army, • omas arry Oll eing aod Joy. She_ goes nght here 10 Alexandria.Harryallemptedtosee W11exposcd to many thin~s ..!Th e Amiy] didn't really '"ant" nyo. Howard._SheJUS_tH d f I lovesherdaddy,''d h her several times, but Harriet kept IOI have been aware of ,n calling the police. Without a job Virginia fishing t0wn. Black soldiers back then ...b ut they arry sa1 o us aug 1er. District wasn't really a big tOok me anyway," Harry said, " I homeless H , d e I lif · since 1991, Harry has been forced spent most o f my time o ut in Neva- arry s won cr,u e was m it had a lot of crime,.. da when they were testing [ato mic ------:------:danger from the very thing that to return to living on the street. "I !lid. "I started mcs.~ing with weapons).'' H . • helped make it better. " Being was brought up here," Harry said as lb)' the time I was 15 years , ta 1, arry was given a dishonorable Trapped in the western United around all that liquor was tough. I he took the ("St b·teof1 h's1 sa11 d · h U n,ortunatcly, Harry's habit was discharge fro m 1he Army. The dis- States, Harry bounced from small started drinking and that led me "and J guess" I ' II die here." w,c , A Homeless Lesson An Experience I Won't So~n Forget

inclement weather- I repeat-due He limps along w ith a long pants that fit him like skin. I le fol­ inches"' With round black eyes, she hat night, pissed off at the world, tfJtmmy Bernadeau 10 inclement weather. all travel to wooden cane in one hand and a lows and parrots the tall one. fixes her gaze on me. "Ya all right I nearly freeze to death as I toss and and fro m New Yo rk is canceled. All large black bag in the other. "You're Incapable of standing still, I baby?" she says. " Ya looks tired, is turn on my suitcases in a dark cor­ Htltop Staff Writer you stranded?" As I focus on her, passengers must d isembark the gonna be here for a week," echoes decide to browse around. As l pace ner of the station. Like this, sever­ coach immediately." the bass of his voice. Delighted the station's halls, I notice some­ I notice that her right leg is rolling. I tioard the Greyhound, a al thousand stranded passengers and with himself, he puckers his lips thing I had never paid much a11cn- The skin resembles an alligator's t smirk fills my face. Still groggy, but now cursing the driver under my breath, I scramble then fl ashes a row of gums. Jump­ 1ion to in the past: people pushing hide. I make Pon Authority home for suitcases in hand, I have ing in a passerby's face, he says, earls or carrying bags with their I ignore her and continue wan­ two and a half days. lilved the avalanche of snow into a bus statio n at Po rt Authority in Manhauan. " Ha, ha, ha. Now ya know what it 's life savings seem to outnumber the dering the multi-storied bus station. After sharing the same space 1 burying New Yo rk City's like to be homeless.'' bus passengers. This startles me After four hours and still no Inside, a sea of snarling New with 1he homeless, my atti tude Refusing to let some snow because there arc several thousand word on when we can depart, I ta my perfect C hristmas Yo rkers pro1ests the delay. Unshakably optimistic, I fight these predictio ns. " What non­ passengers pacing the halls. walk 10 a pay phone in a secluded toward them has changed. Now, U proceed, smiling impcri­ 'Jwo ho meless men, o ne tall section of the bus depot. I flip in a instead of lifting my nose skyward with a fair complexion, the other scnsc--mc ho meless-ha. Just a They seem to fester io every cor­ ~ do l kn

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Even though Lawrence is ' rved, but when he sits down he· And finally the oddest pair on 111aking a name m the fi lm. industry, , filmmakers Doug McHenry and the big screen is the character wearin_g that famous grin and Georg~ Jackson, two Harvard his role m the show "Martm" is one king Jokes. He is ready 10 talk alumni who formed Lawrence plays via the classy h11t he's not ready 10 take off just ' l working on his latest project c hara~ler of Lynn Whitfield, yet, but says he might have to. ~ackson/Mcl lenry Entertainment Brand1. Although Brandi and AThin Line Between Love And m 1 ~85. 'f.hey are well-known for "I happen 10 like the character, tc," in which he wore three Darnell might have clashed on the Marlin, 1 play on television and I making films "Krush Groove" screen they certainly didn't while rent hats- as di rector, actor ._Ne\~ Jack City," "Jason's LyriC" have fun wit~ it. But being on Fox co-writer. working to&el,her. Lawrence and being bounced around for four and The Walking Dead" which describes Wti11f,eld as a superb "I ain't never been to college .. they also producca and directed. years makes you wonder how much y'all the educated ones. Bui this actor and gives her high accolades. value you have lo them. I know All three men collaborated and "She's so professional, it wasn't what my value is to them, but it's inds me of when I used 10 McHenry and Jackson backed rm at the colleges so this is hard for us to work al al l. She was about resJJect. Everybody wants a Lawrence in directing "Thin Linc." very open. There's some things that lillle stability." ; he said. Lawrence said the movie "Fatal Lawrence grew up in Landover. I agree with and some things rdo n't But Lawrence's comedy stand­ At1rac1ion" motivated him 10 do but as a director I have 10 be ope~ up hat is one he hopes to put back ., but now lives with his wife this film. daughter in Los Angeles. 10 what I thi nk is an Academy on some day. With role models like " I thought Michael Douglas and Awa rd-winning actor," he said. Richard Pryor and " my brother," he Whifc still working on the Glc!" Close did a hell oT a job "She's baaad." said jokingly, "I just want 10 find the gcprints of ''Thin Linc " 1 pulling that off. I thought it would The fil mmakcr says he enjoyed time to do it. We're in desperate ~~}~ rcnce said, .. I was over (Eddie be funny 10 sec myself, the the experience of makine; a movie need of laughs, always, ii soothes :::::::·••···· urphy 's) house and I was come_dian, playing this character,'' but would he do it again'? ' the soul. I wan I 10 make sure I have rested in him directing it. 8111 he he said. "!fl am given the op_por1unity to something to talk about and know ·cd at me. holding hislillle baby Although the film is full of do ii again and hopefully with a what I'm talking about." asked, ·Why don't you direct punch lines and hilarious situations good fifm and material, I would like The actor also said he may 'And I was like, ' I didn't think this comedy-thriller has a dramatic 10 if time permits. But I won't be in pursue serious dramatic roles in I that."' undertone with a real moral lesson. 90 percent of the scenes. I may the future. But after ~iving it some thought "The world is made u,r. of Martin Lawrence, writer/director/actor, 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.' malie a cameo. When you wear a lot "U the right role come along said1 "If I m this much involved drama," Lawrence said. The of hats it makes your head heavy,'' because I'd have 10 represent it weir. wrihng ii, who knows ii beuer world's about a thin line between everybody's searching for love and worked with such a good cast. He don't be searching for hate." said it was a blessing 10 get 10 work he said jokingly. I would have lo know what I'm me and so I tried my hand at love and hate. Whal ·s most His current series "Martin" on doing." He adds in one of his sillr, · So I looked for a company that important 10 me is that they . Si.Hing forward in his chair with singer and actress Della Reese Fox has made him a household voices, "Drama is a serious thing. ' Id give me the opportunity 10 recognize the title itself ... sipping a tall glass of water, who currently stars in the CBS Lawrence says he ,s grateful 10 have drama "Touched by an Angel." name. Bui the actor made his film Thin Line' successfully combines suspense, comedy both a comedy and a thriller that establishi ng characters and Lawrence also shows that he can keeps the audience laughing, but relationships in the beginning. still be fun ny and play roles 1ha1 are also keeps them on the edge oTthcir Although it has its funny moments, a liulc deeper and more diverse. scats. Lawrcncc·s character. Darnell you can safely run for some extra With Doug McHenry and Wright, considers himself a big buner on your po~orn or dip out Gregory Jackson teaming up as time player who is " irresistible" to 10 the restroom before the movie execu11ve producers once agam on all Ilic ladies. As a promoter of gets 10 the bc~inning of the conflicl. this erojcct (as they have in movies " Chocolate City nightclub, he keeps However, 'Thin Linc" gives us like 'New Jack City" and "Jason's Ill his special ladies on the VIP hst an opportunity to enjoy t~e many Lyric") Lawrence had all the while upholding the cardinal ~layer characters and not center around all support he needed 10 successfully rule- never say "I love you.' of the antics we're u~ed to seeing direct his first screenplay. . One day. Darnell meets his most Lawrence do on "Martin." challensing love interest yet, the sophis11ca1cd Brandi Webb, played by Emmy-award winner Lynn Whitfield. He has a no-holds-barred pursuit of Brandi until he wins her over in 1hc bedroom. But with the same vigor, and much sincerity, he goes all out to conquer the heart of 11 is old Oamc, Mia (Regina King). Lynn Whitfield and Martin Now the envy of alf the "playa Regina King and Martin Lawrence engage in play In 'A Thin Lawrence star In the comedy haias" of L.A., Darnell finally Line Between Love and Hate.' thriller. understands his mother's (Della emotional concepts of friendship, Doggystyle Records label, can even Reese) continuous advice and male bonding, pain, desperation be seen making an appearance in By Joanne Eustache learns that the game of "wham­ and true love whi le kcepmg it all Chocolate City. Hilltop Staff Writer bam-1h ank you, mam" has its very real by blend ing it with numor The nicest surprise is 10 see King consequences as the rivalry and ~ecping 1fic audience as Mia, the sweet girl-next-door Comedian Martin Lawrence between Brandi and Mia becomes cnterlamcd. character. King is mostly ings action and comedy once deadly. ' Many fami liar faces appear in remembered as Brenda Jenkins on ~in in his new film, "A Thin Line Presented by Savoy Pictures and the movie like actor Roger Mosely, hit sitcom "227," and in various !Between Love and Hate," but this New Linc Cinema, this film is singer Bobby Brown and singer other films like "Boyz' N the lime it 's on a whole new level. Lawrence's first auempl al directing ancf actress Della Reese. Rapper Hood," "Poetic Justice" and Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield Co-written and directed by a motion picture. Lawrence, as a Snoop Doggy Dogg with L.B.C. "Higher Learning." Lawrence himself, ''Thin Linc" is a filmmaker, brings together the Crew, the new group from his 'the fi lm takes quite a bit ofti~e rfhin Line' soundtra~k offers Houston's H-Town represents imsy collection of rap, R&B on 'Thin Line' soundtrack of Mtume's "Juicy" slowly rocks Rounding out the soundtrack split up, are in the backsround on the song are Tevin Campbell and Sandra c u rren tl y St. Victor. . B)' Alona Ballard preparing tracks By OeWayne K. Glssedanner "Freak Ton 11 c.'' The laidback, HIiitop Staff Wrrter Hilltop Staff Writer mack-a-docious appeal of this Campbell tries admirably 10 for their third cut, a long with Kelly's golden remake Stevie Wonder's "Knocks album which is If you haven't heard ii, then due 10 be "A Thin Linc Between Love production skills, helps keep tbe Me OIT My Feet," but would have done a lot belier if he'd done you're missing out on the tightest released before 111d Hate" is probably 1he best soll1ldtrack afloat. H-Thwn song ever. The first single year's end. The . phrase 10 describe this lackluster A Iill le further down the CD, somi:thing that carried less expe_ctation. II 's unfair to and title track from the movie album is movie soundtrack. Ganjah K totally disgraces Al soundtrack "A Thin Linc Between currently The soundtrack begins with a Love And Hate," which shares the untitled at 1h1s cak effort by the L'B.C Crew, !l name of the movie, is a remake of point. t it's too bad that the group I the clas.~ic hit by The Persuaders. • H-Town 's sn't ta ke after Snoop Doggy One magical day in Dayton, members, who Dogg, their platinum-10ngucd Ohio, H-Town's Dino, Shazam and wo'n't disclose pfoycr. . I G.I . got together with soul legends their ages, arc Luckily, H-Town hypes things Shirley Murdock and Roger somewnere ,n Troutman and created this hit. their early 20s. p while saving the C_D fr~m They say that nsiderablc dust collcc11ng w11h "It was li ke bcin~ around friends, so ii was easier,' G:I. said. this album is a he title cut, ''A Thi!.1 Li_ne li ll le more tween Love and Hate; which "We were done with the song in two hours." mature. Of as originally performc~ by The G.I., Shazam and Dino met course, H-Town, crsuaders. This song 1s by far comedian Martin Lawrence, "Thin known for their• c best ns GI. one of the groups Linc's" star and director, two years sexual l y ad members, does his best 10 ago at the Soul Train Music charged· Jyrics, ake the ladies quiver, as ~c Awards. Martin Lawrence won't disappoint croons: "The sweetest women ,n approached the trio and asked them their fans who e world can be the meanest to record a song for the soundtrack want 10 gel their l'omen in ' the world . . ." The of Lawrence's last film "Bad Boys," "boots lfoocked talent of producer ~oger in which he co-starred with Will in the back seat Trou tman and the vocal skill and L.B.C. Crew's "Beware of My Crew" from the soundtrack. Smith. When those plans fell with no sheets." H-Town performs a song on the 'Thin Line' dexterity of Shirley Murdock through, Lawrence kept the group "(We're) still soundtrack. tnakc this jam a chart buster. who reigns from Houston, Thxas, in talkin' about Green's legendary clns~ic, " Lov_c compare anyone to Wonder, b~I mind for his next movie's knockin' the Besides the new album, H­ But after that. the soundtrack just the mere presence of this boots, bul (we will) try to send Town's ' thin_gs to do' list includes again resumes its walk down the & Happiness," by rapping over 11 soundtrack. w ith lyrics about absolut 1y classic didn't hurt the CO. The members of H:ibwn, who positive messages.'' starting their own label; H-Town anforgivini road of total 7 Roµ,er Troutman of "Computer nothing on "Love Got My Mind On the other hand, St. Victor vow to never move out of Houston, Records starting this summer and •wackness.' . helps close the soundtrack out did not start out as a popular local Love' fam?, lends his mcchamc_allr, producing an album for Shazam Now, sexy Adina Howard ,s a Trippin' .'' The production _peop le altered voice to the "Thin Linc ' and Dino's 13-year-old sister as 1ried. bu t no dice on 1h1s one, strong, with a sleeper th at may act. The budding balladeers, who prc1ty good vocalist, but as she awaken the industry to her were originally named "Gent," single, as well as Shirley Murdock well as a Down 2 Earth, a group backs Somethin' For The People cithc~. Once again the CD sa_gs who adds a female part 10 the song. from Richmond, Va., they me! at a below the thin line of mediocrity ab ilities with "Come Over." If were very "hush-hush" as they on "Damned If I Do." sh~ docs _ti you dig slow jams, red lights and sought a recording contract. noutm an and Murdock have Howard University homecoming a very poor job of showcasing their and trash. good loving, this is the tune to go "We were low-key, we were also put their hands and voices into few years ago. voca and production skills. . Bu t just as you arc about_ to undercover and our friends never the upcoming H-Town album. The members of H-Town who throw this CD in the recycling wilh. Roger will be doing some But have no fear- the h11- All in all, this CD does not knew what we were doing, we kept site the O'Jays and the Thmptations making R-Man is her~. R. K!! II Y, bend Dru Down gives the it a secret," said H-Thwn's G.l., proiluction on some of tfie tracks as influences, say that th ey're soundtrack its first somewhat make it happen and is belier off while, Murdock will lend her vocal success is due to being original in that is. Kelly warms II up w1 1h a left on the shelf. If you're smart, "When it all came out1 they smooth but freaky, of course, cul decent rap tune with "Playa F<( [friends) were like, 'when did y'all talents on a few cuts. In turn, _H­ everything they do. Real." This cul blends nicely as 11 you'll find a friend with the CD Town will return the favor and smg about human sensuality. Kelly and dub 1he songs you like. go to the studio?"' seductively whispers, " Lei me be is mi xed with a funky groove that H-Town, who say they'll never on her album. your freak tonight" as samples would make any funkateer proud. • THE HILLTOP B6 The Right Reswne MOW TO CRAM for the right job FOR SUMMER ~ Student Discounts • • Low Rates • Cover Letters

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• Rent-A-Car. Enterprise, the tailored for young college marketing positions. You can "We think the EQ team second- largest employer of students. double your salary in, one to representatives are a great way recent college graduates. "The test is intended to three years," Wiederstein said. to communicate what the Enterprise has adopted a new encourage students to recognize Enterprise seeks out young management training program approach to finding employees. that there are factors beyond graduates because "young is all about," said D. C. general Grade point average, class rank, grades and test scores that are people are eager to learn and manager of Enterprise Rent-A­ and IQ take a back seat to the important in the job search have the enthusiasm it takes," Car, Ed McCary. We have found Emotional Quotient (EQ) test. process," Enterprise Wiederstein said. that those individuals who are The EQ test, similar to the spokesperson Heather Meyer Enterprise administered the able to roll up their sleeves, Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test, said. EQ test at Howard University function as team players and measures an individual's The company is conducting a Monday and Tuesday. Hundreds cope with the ups and downs emotional intelligence- the nationwide search across 35 of students crowded the School are the most successful. In intangible qualities such as self­ college campuses in 17 different of Business lobby to test their many cases these were not the awareness, persistence and states hoping to find students EQ and inquire about new honor students, but rather the empathy. with the highest EQ scores. employment opportunities. soccer captains, club members, "Emotional Intelligence says "We want to talk to those "We set up a booth with a big and social chairs of the it takes more than grades to go who score well about career banner and just handed out schools." far," EQ team member Jamie opportunities," Wiederstein tests. People just stopped by; Junior finance major Moriba Wiederstein said. "EQ is just said. most people where curious Keita said, "The test let me as important if not more Currently, Enterprise is about what was going on," know I was satisfied with important than IQ." looking to fill 80 management­ Wiederstein said. "We had myself. I feel the test is just as The EQ test was developed trainee positions. Employees phenomenal response at important as an IQ test." by psychologist Daniel start at entry-level positions and Howard." There are job and internship Goleman who says the test is can be quickly promoted within graduation, college seniors Enterprise attributes the opportunities nationwide. the "new measure of the company. By Shenikwa Stratford must graduate magna cum laude great success to Howard's sense Graduate and undergraduate Hilltop Staff Writer intelligence and the foundation "Employees learn the of community and social students can call 1-800-807- and have an astronomically high of success." IQ, right? business from the ground up. · atmosphere. Some 500 students 5555. Enterprise can also be To get a great job after Not according to Enterprise It is composed of 15 Then they can quickly move measured their EQs throughout contacted via the Internet at situational questions that are into customer service, sales, or the two-day event. www.erac.com. _Career counselors say good resume, Concise resume presentation ease job hunting prepares students T'he first job-hunting tool By LaJohnne White graduating seniors need to obtain is for entry into Hilltop Staff writer a resume. It is important because it will determine whetlier or not the As the school draws to a close, applicant will get an interview. job market career resource advisers are "Students need to ensure that offering job-hunting tips for In preparing a resume and cover their resume and cover letter By Veronica L. Howard letter, it is important to use correct graduating seniors. Versatility, they highlights leadership, practicum, Hilltop Staff Writer say, is at the top of the list. grammar. Misspellings are a major research, and scholarly turnoff to future employers. Since technology is constantly achievements," Dudley said. No matter what your major is or changing the job market, employers "I can't remember bothering to In order to begin this process, what your plans are upon interview an applicant whose letter say they are looking for employees students need to find a contact graduation, there is one item all eager to learn about new products contained typos or grammatical person, someone to whom they can students must have: a resume. errors," said editor Dee W. Bryant and new technologies. Those with address their cover letter. Also take According to an article in the April a broad base of problem-solving of The Leaf-Chronicle in control, by contacting these edition of Ur magazine titled, Clarksville, Tenn. abilities and communication skills individuals as opposed to waiting "Resumania: Resume Tips for are also competitive applicants. The cover letter is also a very for them to call. Dummies," by Kathy Cephas, "A important tool. In a cover letter, an Harold Gray, director of the Once granted an interview, it is resume is taken from the French Center for Professional applicant sells him or herself. time to begin researching the word for a summary ... a resume "I'm impressed by the letter Development in the School of company. "Research is key, students is a summary of essential Business said, "Employers are coming from someone who has got need to know at least three things information, but in the most concise him or herself figured out, who looking for a package, someone about the company," Gray said. way possible." whose skills and personality fit, or knows personal strengths and "Then make sure that these things Resumes are what future weaknesses and has a flair for match the culture of the company." come out during the interview; this employers will be looking in But many students get so caught writing," said Mike Phillips, editor shows you are interested in the deciding whether or not they will of the Sun Tuttler in Hollywood, up in the race for high GPAs, they company." 'hire you. forget it isn't the only thing that Fla. Presentation is also very For the student whose resume Cephas' article offered these matters. - important. "Regardless of your isn't quite up to par, there are places "Employers weigh practicum tips: individual majors, everyone is a quit until you have at least two, but relationship building. "You have to to go for help. One is the Career experience more than [they] count (1) Have a cover letter with your marketing major,'because you have preferably four offers. "Students beat the bushes, beat the pavement," Development Office in the School a student's GPA, however this does resume at all times. to market yourself," Gray said. should find a window in their Gray said. of Communications, where Carol not mean that employers will not (2) On the resume tell where "Assess what you have to offer." schedule for job searching," said Nevertheless, graduating seniors Dudley can help students produce use a students GPA for hiring," said you can be reached. Phone numbers Graduating seniors should begin have to be realistic in targeting their a clear, concise resume. , Carol Dudley, coordinator for the Dudley. of your home and school will do. actively searching for a job at the According to the advisers, the markets, because as Gray said, "I helped hundreds of students (3) List an objective; tell the , Office of Career Development in beginning of their last semester develop resumes preparation for the School of Communications. basic concept to remember is that "past accomplishments determine employer what you want out of the before graduation. The key is not to job-hunting is a series of future success." their entry into the job job. marketplace. A resume is · such a ( 4) List in descending order vital tool. As the commercial says, (beginning with your most 'Never leave home without it'," recent job) your job Dudley said. experiences.• Natanya Albritton, - a TV (5) List your educational , production major and graduating background (preferably just your senior, said, "Ms. Dudley has been collegiate background). , very helpful, she has helped me do ( 6) Give references, preferably ' resumes, and cover letters." your old bosses. ' '• ' '

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• HEAT,TH & FITNESS .,l ~~= = =~"7~======~ ======::=""'::'======~=====~======; . Health services director pushes for • upgraded facility By Criste! Wllllams worse," said McLain Garrett, direc- r------,;;;..;;;;.__ --'------, " We've thought about turning Hilltop Staff Writer "I'd even like to extend weekday tor of University Health Services. the bookstore or the abandoned hours and open the center on week- ' Joycelyn Stevenson, a sopho­ "(Swygert 's] visit made it clear Wonder Bread bakery on sixth ends," Garrett said. "HIV testing is that we need immediate attention l)Orc political science major, knew street into the new health center," another possibility we've thought she wa s sick. She had a sore, and I've made sure that no one's for­ said Garrett, who has been pushing about, but that'IJ take time." gotten about us. 'lne facilities we 11flamed throat and she was tired. for a new health center for eight But while a new facility may be have make it difficult 10 accomino-· Despite her symptoms of illness, years. "The main thing stopping us just the thing to bring student health date students the way we should." die adamantly refused to go 10 the is money; it would cost at least four services up to par, Garrett says he University Health Center. Students like Anika Simmons to five million dollars to build what is already moving ahead with h~ve long been dissatisfied with "Going to the health center is a we're thinking about. If we get the improvements. the health center's services. Sim­ IX)lllpletc waste of time," Stevenson funds, there's no reason why we Small changes have been imple­ mons, now a senior, is at the point said. "l 'vc never gone I here and can't have a health center that is mented this academic year. where she wou ld rather seek out­ su itable for our students within two One effort involves student eval­ left without waiting at least two side care. 1iours and the employees arc rude." years." uation forms of health services. "I don·t go 10 the health center The University Heahh Center's Tentative plans for the new Garrett said he reviews each form because it takes forever to be seen ilttcriorating condition first health center include a lab inside individually. and I don't really trust the doctors," the health center for faster service, Also externs were initiated this itCCivcd ancntion when President said Simmons, an English major. H. P111rick Swygert visited the facil- more staff, which would mean less year as part of the health program • "If they improved conditions or got time waiting to sec a physician, to hold clas.~es and seminars in Uni­ ~ last fall. a new facil ity and bener staff I · 1t was a disgrace for President and more rooms to ensure patient's versity dormitories. would probably go." privacy. "We look forwa rd to a new Swygert to walk into the facilities Student complaints about the 111d sec how run down they were. Garrett said in a new facility, he health center, we need a new health health care facility have played a would like to put both the women's center. But until then, we'll do our The main health center is small and Health Center Director McLain Garret has a new vision for role in the plans for a new health clinic and the main health center in best to prov ide students with the and the women's clinic is cramped center University's Health Services. the same building. best care possible." Student reflects on personal **Healthline**. Inh alation of cigarette smoke battle with genital herpes may contribute to vital vitamin A recent report from the Center depletion, according to a recent for Diseases Control showed that study published in the April issue Sexually transmitted virus affects 30 men who engage in high-risk sex­ of the American Journal of Clini- • ual behaviors remain uneducated of cal Nutrition. Blood samples the dangers of HIV. Statistics from exposed to cigarette smoke for 9 million Americans HIV positive men in Washington, hours at room 1empcrature showed marked decreases in antioxidants transmitted during sex or genital con­ effective against herpes. However, Herpes Resource Center officials . D.C., San Juan, Puerto Rico, and By Kendra Johnson tact with someone who has open experts say treatment is availtible to say women with genital herpes may Atlanta show that out of I 16 men such as beta-carotene and vitamin Hilltop Staff Writer sores in the genital region. help sores heal faster and to prevent be at higher risk for infection with surveyed by the CDC, 30 percent Edcrivativcs. These substances are II SV-1 is common about th e or reduce frequent canker breakouts. HIV and cancer. According to the engaged in sex more than I2 times believed to help shield the body Tonya Williams• knew herpes mouth. where cankers, often called According to the U.S. Public American Social Health Association, a month. One-third reported having from long term degenerative dis- • affected millions of people each year. cold sores appear. HSV-2 occurs Health Service, understanding the infants can contract herpes during two or more partners during this cases such as cancer. disease can help prevent ~ew cases llat in 1994 she bec.ime one of them. al most exclusively around the geni- birth. which may be fatal for the time and another 25 percent admit­ "I was devastated when I found More people died in 1993 in the GUI I had gotten herpes," she said ... I child. ted having unprotected sex. Thirty­ was humiliated:· When the virus spreads to the eye two percent of the men did not tell United States than in any other year Williams' relationship with her by contact with infected body their partners of their HIV status. recorded by the Center for Disease '°)'friend. the man who gave her the regions, it can cause serious damage, Control, according to the latest pop- • jsease, took off in her sophomore even blindness. Pregnancy rates of girls between ulation statistics. The report also Jtar. A healthy diet, stress manage­ the ages of 15 and 19 rose from showed a decrease in life expectan­ It was a caring. monO!,'llm0US rcla­ ment, rest and good personal hygiene 1985-90, according to a study cy from 75.8 years to 75.5 years. ionship, she said, one in which she can help minimize the effects of her­ released in the Journal of the Amer­ This is the first time age expectan­ P''C her hcan and her trust. Recount­ pes. ican Medical Association. The cy has dropped since 1980. Statis­ lg her story, she says... Ile pcrma­ Treatment and education have tics also show that the death rate sntly scarred them both.'' helped people understand the virus, study showed an overall decrease in One night. her boyfriend refused but Williams struggles daily because abortion rates during the 1980s and rose 1.6 percent for Whites and 2.3 11 have sex and Williams knew somc- she says her trust was betrayed. a marked increase in births among percent for Blacks. 6ing was wrong. He said there was "The doctor told me if he had girls under the age of l 5. 1 small cut .. or something" on his seen a doctor, he knew he had herpes. A 10-year follow-up study on penis and that he did not know what women between the ages 34 and 59 h,-as. He lied about his health and denied High fat die1s may not signifi­ But the next night they forgot me the chance to choose whether or cantly increase the risks of breast showed that steady intakes of caf­ about the cut in the heat of pa,;sion. not 10 risk mine. I blamed myself for cancer, according to several studies feine did not substantially increase "A girl he dated before me gave being so foolish, which made me vul­ compiled and reviewed in the New the incidence of cardiovascular dis­ llim something," Williams said. It nerable." England Journal of Medicine. ease. ns a scxuallv transmitted disease. She added, "His cowardly action Seven studies done in four countries The women studied were hospi­ The day after. Williams felt pain won't just affect my life. It will affect performed the study on groups of at tal nurses who consumed between while urinating. She had a fever. mus­ tal area. In both types of herpes, the and minimize emotional and physi­ cankers reappear intermittently cal consequences. my future husband's and maybe even least 200 middle-aged women one and six cups of coffee a day. de aches, and swollen glands around "People can prevent others from my chi ldren's lives." 6egroin. throughout th_e i_nfccted per.;on's life. reported that maintaining high fatty Several of the nurses also reported Her doctor diagnosed her with Thirty m1ll1on Amenca~s are becoming infected if they understand diets later life would not signifi­ using cigarettes in conjunction with afnicted with this incurable disease. how the virus is spread," said James •Name cha11ged 10 protect coffee. The study showed that the 1tnital herpes, also known as herpes Brye, a health services official. ide11tity. cantly increase the risk of breast simplex virus-2 (HSV-2). a virus Antibiotics have not proved to be cancer. The s1udy did not account risks of stroke and heart attack for diets in childhood and adoles­ could not be linked with coffee con­ cent years that may contribute to sumption even in women who typ­ **Healthwatch** health problems later in life. ically drank six cups a day. who fail to supplement their diets the immune syst,m and skin. • • Vegans who abslain from all .., By Reglnold Royston 10 Protein is an csscn1ial element in meats and dairy need eat larger ~ Hilltop Staff Writer with vegetable proteins may have **WEEKLY RECIPE** • persistent colds and headaches, take the diet. Managing pro1e in level portions of grains to get their pro­ Low-fat oatmeal cookies does not take much work, the body tein supply. Usually a beans and In the days when football hel­ non-stick cooking spray can get what in needs from less than rice dish can be sufficient. met s were nothing more than 2 cups mtlcd oats 0.4 grams a day. Here arc a few tips l cup whoJe whe3t flou r leather caps and the handsomest for athletes who are worried about Information provided by The l cup ail•pu,pOSC nour .• jock on the hockey squad had four I esp. cinnamon • their intake: Physician and Sports medicine. I tsp. nutmeg • lteth, meat and potatoes were an •• Proteins are essential in mus­ ATHLETES!! Have ar,y more 1/4 ,sp. baking soda • Table t . Recommended Grams 1/4 1sp. salt • 11hlete's hearty meal. questions 011 diet? Call tire Amer­ of Protein Per Pound of Body cle building and strengthening. 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Milk. 1'6, 8 oz. 8 builders, they may at times require Cl>edelar-· 1 oz 7 National spotlight has fallen on less protein. WhOlotQg, 1 ~ 8 Olympic athletes in recent YC:"rs Egg white, t lattlf 3.5 • • Athletes who stick to meat Plant who have opted to completely ch?1- much longer to heal inj uries and dishes should cat only about 4 oz. BakedbeanS,1C 14 inate meal, going for the green with of red meat a week. Avoid fatty, Lentil soup, 10.5 oz 11 suffer from fatigue. . . Tofu. extra fwm, 3.5 oz ,, vegetarianism. 7 Amino acids, the bu1l_d1ng cheaper meats because the choles­ AeJrted t,oana. ll C Doctors warn that many es.~en­ terol content can often can wear Hunvnut. ~ C 8 blocks of proteins arc essential )O Kidney t,eens, )\ C 8 tial vitam ins may be lost in ~ca!­ 4.5 any cliet, especially an a_thlcte s. down performance. 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~,, crash claiins· life of football practice • a fresher and stronger season from practice. ''To date this has beta, By Dennis Freeman last year's returnees. "This is a very successful spring," W.. t• How-ard aluinnus · . Hilltop StaffWriter veteran team," Wilson said. " stated. The white squad willk :•:.------manager of heavyweight boxer scholarship after his sophomore We've got 18 seniors on the team. led by All-American cand~ •. By Dennis Freeman Riddick Bowe, also a teammate of season. He made the All-Metro Tbc Howard University We think we have the oppo!lunity offensive lineman Robert Bdl111 • Hilltop Staffwriter Christian, could not be reached for Collegiate team during his junior football team's annual blue/white 10 challenge for the conference Anthony Heyward; punter Rllllii • comment. Current assistant season and graduated in 1975. ''He football game that concludes championship." Ruiz; placekicker Jason DeQi : · The· plane crash which killed baseball coach Chico Hinton, who was heck of an outfielder," Harris spring football practice every year, Sophomore quarterback Ted and W hite and wide rec:diir ! Secretary of Commerce Ron also coached Christian here at said of Christian, who played first takes place here at the William H. White, an AII-MEAC candidate, Marco Ward. : Brown, April 5; also claimed the Howard, spoke in glowing terms of base, as well as in the outfield. A Greene Stadium, this Saturday recovered from a lacerated kidney Defensively, the blue ~ • life of Duane Christian, chief of the former walk-on baseball player. native Washingtonian, Christian, April 20, at 1 p.m. The Bison injury that cut short an will be led by defensive bact~ : security to the Secretary, and a "He was a good leader. Duane was attended Dcmatha High where he season opener is September 7 th at outstanding freshman campaijln, Jenkins, the leading tackler Iii ! Howard University alumnus. an outstanding student athlete. He lettered in both baseball and Marshall University, West Va. The will be counted on to provide last year's team, line bacia ; Christian, according 10 former was a real delight 10 coach." For basketball. His basketball coach at football team returns 19 starters, leadership a.ad spark to a high• Clarence Peacock and derc.. • coach and fr iend, Ron Harris, Ron Harris, the relationship Dematha was Lou Grillo, now an and 42 lettcrmen from last year's powered offense. ''Tod has a great tackle Shawn Hall, also AJ : disliked flying. "Duane hated to between Christian and him went NBA referee. Before Christian squad that finished the season passing arm," Wilson said. "We American candidates. This yQ\ : fly," said Harris. Harris, now way beyond coach and athlete. went to work fo r the government, with a 6-5 overall record. expect big things out of him." team will be loaded with ~ , : community director of Drew and "We became very good fr iends. he coached baseball• at Ballou Head Coach Steve Wilson, Wilson seemed quite satisfied and a wealth of talent, thaaa • Cook Halls here at Howard. We're talking about a guy who High, where he led his team to entering his eighth season at the with the development of his the new crop of fresh recruitslllt : coached Chris1 ian for th1ec of the became one of my better fnends," back-to-back city titles in the late helm of the Bison football team, team's performance during spring a group of wily veterans. : fo ur years that he played baseball said Harris. I coached him three of 70's. At the news of Christian's and his coaching staff anticipates I here. "He was a good team player," the fo ur years that he was here, and death, Head Baseball Coach Chuck • Harris said. ''He was very neat, we started playing in summer Hinton who was 1hc head coach : and his uniform was always league games for about seven years when Christ ian played, and trainer owing 1s t : spotless." News Channel 8 sports or eight years, and we maintained Sonny Miles "were devastated," : anchor, Glenn Harris, a former a friendship after that." said Harris. This is a very hard September 7 al Marshall 1:30 p.m. • teammate of Christian's echoed If there is one thing for sure, time for the Howard University 13 Hampton (RFK) 7:30p.m. ! Harris' remarks. "Duane was solid Duane Christian was a very community as it has lost one of its 21 Virginia Stale 1:00 p.m. : as a rock. He was a solid person, as impressionable, and very likable shining stars and o ne of its noblest 28 Florida A&M 7:00p.m. : well as a solid athlete. I'm going individual. Christian lried out for knights. To the many lives that he • to miss Chris. We were a close, the Howard baseball team as a touched, his light is the torch that : tight-knit group." Rock Newman, walk-on in 1972, and earned a has been passed o n. October 12 Bethune-Cookman l:OOp.m. 19 Morehouse 1:30 p.m. t,------, 26 NC A&T (homecoming) 1:00 p.m.

To the family ancl in memory November 2 Norfolk St. J :00 p.m. 9 at SC State 1:30 p.m. 16 Morgan State I :00 p.m. 23 Delaware St. I :00 p.m. of Duane Raphael Christian The following is the remaining games on the 1996 Baseball Sched■ April' 20 Delaware State Away 12 noon 9/6/ 53 to 4/3/ 96 21 Delaware Stale Away 1:00p.m. 24 Georgetown University Away 2:00 p.m. 25 Geoie Mason University Away 2:30 p.m. 27 MD stern Shore Home 12 noon :,:, Goel Bless You 28 MD Eastern Shore Home 1:00 p.m. I May 1-4 MEAC Championships 17-18 Meac Champion vs Southern Conference Champion ~-~ The HIJ:LTOP Sports .staff 23-26 NCAA Regionals ' ~The Truth are crowned the 1-800- Bison men and ~ Collect lntramurals Champs women shine at • ~ ---By-M_a_rc_u_s_M_a_tt_h_e_w_s__ Truth ran off to an -,---,,...,,.-,--,-...,,.---,-,,---,--,----.,.,..---,_.------­ relays early advantage, ~ Hilltop StaffWrijer g uard Paul ~.. -----=------Nicholas-Bowmarr i: As the players took the court in and forward Shawn !: the lo'Yer cou_rl of Burr Gymnasiur:n Turley helped the • to decide which team would be this Rockers kee_p the 1 :, year's 1-800-Collect Intramural score close m the • ChamEion, the looks on each second ha! f. ~ players face definitely showed that Nicholas-Bowman l >. there was a battle about to be hit 9 of his 12 ~ fought. From the opening tip to the points as Turley hit ,. last rebound, the players aid not 8ofhis 12 points in ; disappoint. After the smoke cleared the first half to go ~ and it was all said and done, the alo ng with two , Truth was crowned Howard three pointers a ~ University's 1996 Intramural piece bringing the • Champion with a thrilling 59-56 Rockers wuhin one I come from behind victory over the point,. 3;3-32, al ! Rockers. mterm1ss1on. , The 'Iruth came into the game As the second •• a heavy favorite to win it all after half started, the : going through the season wiih only Rockers knew they :, one loss, wl!ich came by forfeit, had to do one thing ., and having won the Mid-Atlantic if they wanted to Th Ch H :, Intramural Championship al the win make e amps: oward University 1-800-Collect Intramural basketball champions. : University of Maryland at College Crowder' pick up . Park a week earlier. In the first two his founh fo ul ancl run to get back into the basketball a three-point lead after making . rounds of the tournament the Truth hit the boards. With 16:47 left on game. Griggs contributed 11 the fi rst of two £rec throws. After defeated H2O Show 61-53 and the the clock, while trying 10 stop points towards the Truth's bid for Banks' scc-ond free throw went Supreme Court 71-55. The Rockers Turley down low after a missccl the championship. Truth point off the back of the rim, Crowder also came into the championship shot, Crowder picked ur his fourth g uard Tommy Brown hit all seven picked up his fifth foul by goiog game riding high. After wmning 2 foul and had 10 sit unti late in the of his points in the second half over the back of Gordon for a out of ~ at Maryland, the Rockers game. Guard Shawn McCloud includmg a three pointer w ith rebound. O n t he inbound beat Don't Sleep 58-48 and Heating scored 9 of his 11 points i.n the 1:27 remaining to tie the score at Gordon's pass was tipped by Truth Up The Spot 60-31 in the early second half by driving to the basket 56-56. "We were down eight late forward Garry Perry and stolen rounds of the playoffs. on the inside for easy shots and in the second half and the way we by Griggs to wrap up the , Right from the opening tip, also converting on three straight came back just shows how great championship for the Truth. " l 'lruth guard Torrance Banks went to fast breaks . Without Crowder we play as a team/' said Crowder. could sec it in his eyes that he was work. From almost every spot commanding things down lo~ the Rockers ' g uaro Tro)I Queen going to panic. 1 Just stood my '; behind the three-point line, Banks Rockers buift themselves an eight• wasted a g reat opportunity for the ground and anticipated when he • unleashed deadly bombs that put point lead. Rockers to retake th e lead by w~s going to through the impound the Truth ahead early. Rocker With 5:30 left in the game throwing the ball away with 1:17 pass in," said Perry. defenders refused 10 check Banks the Rockers had a 50-44 lead and left. The Truth then sat o n the Torrance Banks finished witb . from beyond the arch and they paid lost comP.lete control of the game. ball until reserve center Jimmy a game high 15 points on his wax for it. Banks went 4 for 4 from The Rockers began to turn the Harris hit the go ahead basket to wrapping up M. V.P. honors. ' I · three-point range in the first half. ball over w hicn led to easy down low over Anselmo Gordon contriliute This to my teammates. Truth also was carried by forward baskets by the Truth. The Truth with :30 to play. McCloud d rove We had a hard season. We won the Art Crowder who gained 10 of bis also got a boost from team captain down court and missed a left s ide tournament at Maryland and I think 14 J)Oints in the first half despite Donald Griggs, who hit a couple jumper with :22 left to play for the we deserved to win this piclcing up three fouls. Although the of key jumpers during the Truth's Rockers and Banks gave the Truth championship( said Banks.

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