Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 1980-90 The iH lltop Digital Archive 9-4-1981 The iH lltop 9-4-1981 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_198090 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 9-4-1981" (1981). The Hilltop: 1980-90. 27. http://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_198090/27 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1980-90 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • • . , • , I • • Friday ' • • September 4, 1981 Volume 64° Number 2 The Nation's Largest Black Stud~n! Newspaper• Ho"·ard ljnirersity, \Vashing1 011. D.C. 200)9 ' I Angels •i • Poli •• hereon By Darryl Fears L st 1A-·eek's incidents became two Hilltop S11ff Writer • 1no ~ e entries in che llnivl·rsity 's • The Bi ology Greenhouse, t'eeming burgeoning rape crin1e log . Norwood, u • with students attending early morning wh ~ came to Ho""·ard Uni,·ersi1y in classes, was the scene of the semes1er's 1971, can remember man)' sexual cr. imes . Voluntoe: first rape last week, when a co-ed was ""' hi ~ h. ha\·e occurred on campus, and. -- - - pulled into a vacant area there ''without he has said, che)' l·an happen any""'. here. peace-keepeis cast a sound,•• said securily and safety serv­ ices director Billy T. Norwood. ·frhere have been two in office build­ halo over Howard That weekend, another co-ed waS ing ~ . One occurred ""'hen a )'Oung lady sexually harassed on the second floor of asked a man to help her mo,•e luggage. the° Fi11e Arts building when · an un­ Th9re was 011e in the o ld cl1ild develop-· ' e~· Hll)' \o\o'OOd McNl'ill identified man shoved her in10 an ment ce111ef and" a receptionist in Hill top Slaff Writer abandoned classroom and attempted to Bethune '.,'"tl was raped by a man ""'ith a shofgun. They are the notorious Ne'A-' York rape her. cit)' gang gone good who now cast Norwood explained that the first in­ ~o w~ar d Uni\'ersit)', said Nor""·ood. the image of a modern da)' league of cident occurred as the young wornan - has the largest private police force ·in 1he super heroes. whQ has si nce wi thdrawn from 1he Dis\ ricl. E\•e11 so. he is noc tot all)' satis­ . The)' are the Guardian Angels uniVersity and asked to remain anony­ fied with manpo'A-·_er and ""'arned 1ha1 come to survey the streets of Wash· mous - was pulled into a room when ca pu:; police cannot secure C\'Cry c~a k ington, and make known the nature she stopped 10 ass ist a man who had an cre,·ice in the universit)'. • of their services. been waiting near the rear of 1he It is a saga that began in Februar)' • Biology Greenhouse building . 'We have a very serious problem,' · of 1979, "''hen 13 Bronx teenagers ···she passed classrooms and stopped he aid in reference to student safety under the direction of their founder to open a door for a young marl who and crime pre,·ention. ''We're Ji,·ing in ·and leader Curtis Sliwa, a 23 year old asked her to do so,'' Norwood said, a st te of crime. We're living in a real high school' dropout, decided to ride ' 'pulled her insi de~d raped h~r .'' o woJld . E\•en juve9i les are commi1 ting ra~s. '' the sub""ay during the high crime The police rec o ~ o'f the incidenl said ' hours to protect riders from Nor""·ood, is brief si nce the student nor Most women on campus feel, st ated rnuggeB. Sui.cc then, the group has her mother intend to press charges and No'jwood, thac ''it just won't happen to gTO"-'n and has expanded their stand trial. J · -them.'' He said that all females here shobld become aquainted wic h some operation from Ne""· York to other ' 'The reas'?n for that,'' he said, ''is 1 ma1or cities including Chicago, that !hey're mentally psyched and think · knCJ.W~ ledge of. self"defense. No r""·ood . Detroit, Atlanta, San Francisco and, • they will be treated harshly. They think we t on to' say tha1 many small ." social no""'· the District . that nothing is going to be done because obj cts can be transformed into Angel leaders, Wendell ''Ace'· of , reputations they have acquired. wea'J,ons for sel f-d°efense. • h. Jackson and Nahshon Ac 1m Trials bring out a lot of your private · Even though a girl doesn't smoke. /lotannssch ha,·e been in the Dis1rict. life," he added. ''I think tha{ almost 50 she should carry a cigarect e and should ··a little over a month,·· they say, percent of the rapes here go un­ burn her a11acker. You can stick ii in and \~1ill have in 1hcir ranks ''close to reported.·· thelr eye. Puc it out in his mouth.·· ' 300 ne'A-' Angels'' once recruits recei \ 'C appro,·al from Ne""· York . · After a rigorous training period . that lasted a little over three months, Universi store Jackson said most of the ""'ould-be . Ange\tY• ill be able to hit the streets. Is the District ready for the Guardian Angels? D.C. Police Chief /lotauriceTurner doesn't think so but due by June will relent ''if the public responds fa,•orably to their being here.·· By Joseph Perkins · arc lll(lSt c11 mmonl)' u:-.e<l 11n t·ar11pu:-. tn ­ ·• 1f they give people the perception Hilltop Siaff Wrner s1ea<l of ordering 1Ju! f11r .,., 1dt'l} uscJ ,up­ that the s1reets are safer, then I'm all For the past ten ycars.<lhc Uni,·crsity h a~ plits like pencils. paper. typcwtltcr r1hti..1n' • for the group and more po'A-·er to had plans to ex pand the purcha~ing depart­ and what have ) ' llU . Cl1ri,t1an ':11tl. Un1 - them," Turner said. ''But if they are ment to include a supply store. ofsor1s. "'ilh ve '{S ity officrs will rcqtit''t th11.'e thing' a group thal si mply likes to take th~ ready goods for the nu111erou s campus fro.pi the General S!llre. · law into its own hands. then we can't offices and depar1mcnls. d:'urrently. Christian· said, ··A hU)'Cr ha~ have that.'' After rnany fal se star1 s, Central Rccicv­ lo ti andl,_. every si ngle rcqui.,1111111 . ··Even 1f ' ''A lot of people perceive us as ing and General Stores is finall)' getting-off therbuyer finds· a number 11f 11rdcr' rc4ul·,t­ . being a gang, but we' re not about the ground . i n ~ 1h c same item. he 11r ~ h e cann11t lur11p !ht' that." said Jackson. ''We operate the ' ·· we 've goc a director on board for 'the orders cogeth ,_. r teaming a d1,t•t1un1 f11r tht' same as 1he police do; we don't go ~ t o re s ... said Jost;ph Parker. purchasing u n/vcrsity fron1 the vend11r) . out looking for a crime. We just If)' director. ''We're now finaliiing plans ~ for - ~hen . there's the 1in1c clen1enc . l::\•er} and make our presence known, that the.warehouse. We should cut the slrjngs, fl}r da ~. the purchasing llffii:c j_, tic .... 1cgcd wilh 'A-'e 'A-'ill do something about any evil General St11res in January .·· ~ callers anxi(JU~ aht·JUI the ,[atu' (If their deeds .' ' Well, ntil tJUite Jariuary. said Alexa der· • • purl hasc 11rders. - , - • ''The major difference is that we Chalmers. cxcc u!i vc assistant 10 busi css ·For S<ltlll' chings." Chalr11cr~ aJr11i11cJ . use no weapon," said Mannsseh. and fis.cal affairs vice prcsidcnl Caspa ''it takes thrl'C ~ l (1 - f11ur - t11 - ,ix - t11 - c1ghc Harris. The Angels are a non-profit • weeks fl1r rcqui~iri11n~ tel g11 thr11ugh thl· ~ey ··1' n1 not 11ptirnist1c'"about. that date.·· organizatioil, say, dedicated 10 I • sys1~n' 1 . public service. 'We receive no pa}'," Chalmers said . These (U niversity) en­ When the General St11re 1' 11pcrahlc. he ~1.innsseh said. gineers and architects keep mak ing these con11 inued. the pr11Cl':<.' 'h11uld 1akl· 1111 lon­ r' ·People have often tried to disturb dates and they keep mt1 \•ing it back . l 'd be gi:r than a 'A-'eek if !he itc 111 i' 11nc of tht· us by calling us some type of I happy to get it by June .·· Terence F fsher{The Hilltop s t o~·s 283 s11ick ite111 :-. An<l in \<1r11c t·:1,c~. d)·namic duo. Whether it's Batman Gu11rdi11n Angel Nahshon Achlm Mannssth recruits Jn the District. The problcn1 has been !he ""'arch<iusc Par­ a rdqucsc could be prcx:c.,:-.cd and fi ! !~d the and Robin, the G reen Hornet and ker spo_ke of. General St<1res is 10 be hou.Sed sane day. ''He was to meet with us twice and Murrd)'. Kato or the Lone Ranger and Tonto, police liaison to the Angels. recruits. in whal used to be a lun1bcr storehouse alJ9th • l 'hc cco 11 on1ics llf 11 (1 >pcrati11g a Un1 - I guess it's an image we . project," both times he never showed. My ''Anything that works toward the What gives the Angels the motiva­ St . and Barry Pl ~ce . "!'he University is vcr ity supply stOr'cJ arc chcrc.