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Vol. 59, No. 17 Howard University, Washingto'n D.C., 20059 . 11 February 1977
• Professor Sues Members of SBA • i • • By C.K. Barber arc third year• students who si x instructors ci ted for poor kr1owin gly published for the Special to Tl1e Hilltop • performance 1n the purpose of destroying will soon be graduatirig and taking the bar exam. Upon a An Associate Professor at classroom. The prepared plaintiff 's excellent +} the Ho\var d University La1v state1nent ,called for one profcssiona.l reputation." The finding that a bar applicant has a suit pending over him Sch ool has charged two instructor to be officially stu dents were notified ~ offiCcrs of the Student Bar reprimanded ancl was re
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.CA PUS/LOCAL • • ' • Young To Address Charter Day Services Dr. Given Commissioner Slot • of Su rg ery, a Fellow of the • D r. Roy Lester Schneider, assis tance; coordinating ac American College of Sur Andrew Y ou 11g, Court jL1 sticc Joscpl1 W. Leadership Conference. I-le Study Group. Common Cause. Vice Chairman, Departmen t tivit1es w it h other depart ambassador to th e Uni ted H atc~ctt; arti st Eliza~c t h se rved as chairman of the ¢ Young is a 111 cn1bc1· of of Oncology, Howard ments of the Virgin I sland s geons and a fellow of the ln- ternational College of Nations,· will be t,he Catlett Mora; ar1d Nigerian At I ant a Community · many orgar1izations. ir1cluding Vernon E. Jordan, University College of Governmeiit presen ting an Medicine and Howard ,annual budget for the De Surgeons. convocation orator for Ambassador to the United Relations Commission fron1 the board of directors of the Execu ti vc Dlr·ector of the University Hospital and partment of Health; and Among. the awards and Howard University's 110th States Edward 0. San u. 1970 to 1972. Young was Martin Luther King, Natio11al Urban League, is Jr. Associate Direc.tor of the representing the'Oepartment honors he has received are Charter Day ceremony to -be Born in New Orl ean~ on also a pioneer in drafting the Center for Social Change, tl1 e chairr11a11· or tl1e Dinner Howard U~ !v ersity Can ce r to the Sena te and the people Diploma, Guest Lecturer, held on March 2 at 11 a.m. in March 12, 1932, Y oung l964Civil Rights Act and the Southern Christi ,1 11 Comr11i1tce; and Joseph B. Research Center, has been of the Virgin Islands. Dr. Congresso I ntegrad os Latino Crampton Auditorium received his Bachelor of 1965 Voting Rights Act. Leadership Confere nce, the D.1n1ansky , President of appointed Commissioner of Schneider will al so be the America nos de Ca n· ' Newly - appointed Science degree from Ho\vard Wh ile a member of the Robert F. Ker1ncdy J\1 cmorial Giant Foods , inc., 1s Health for the Territory of governing authority for al l of derologia, Caracas, Ambassador Young served as and his Bachelor of Divinity 93rd a11d 94 Congresses, Foundation, An1ericans for corpo1·ate c!1airmar1 of the the United St ates Virgin Is- the hospitals and other Venezuela; Bronze Star, U.S. U.S. Congressman for the . degree from the Hartford Young was a member of the Democratic Action and Dinner Comrnittec. lands. health facilities in the Virgin Army, for Service in Viet Fifth District of Atlanta from Theological Seminary. House Rules Committee; the Dr. Schneider, who has Islands. nam; and the Howard Uni-· versity College of Medicine 1972 until his U.N. After being ordained by Consumer Affairs Committee, taken a tw o-year leave of ab- An outstanding resear Student Council Award for appointmen t. the Unlted Church or Christ, the House Banking and sence from the College of cher, surgeon, administrator ,Medicine, was sworn in •as a'nd .educator, Dr. Schneider Teaching. Other Charter Day Young scr\•c d as pastor of Currency Committee; Virgin Islands Commissioner said du ring his confirmation He was appointed U.S . .. activities include a dinner at scvcr'al churches in Alaban1a s ubcornrnittees on of Health on Ja nuary 14 in hearing that he decided to Cancer Consultant, Bureau the Sheraton-Park Hotel on and Georgia. From 1957 to l r1tcrnational Trade, . the Government HoUse Ball- accept the position despite of Appeals, Social Securi ty March 1 where four Ho ward 1961, he was yoL1 th activities International Finance and room, C harlo tt e Am alie, the ''sacrifice'' involved, be Administration, Departmenl graduates will receive alumni di rector· of the N ;1 tional Mtiss Transit: he \Vas treasurer . capital of St. Thomas. The cause it was an opportune of Health Education an d · awards for postgraduate Council of Churches. In of the Execu tive Committee ceremony took pla(e less time in his ''career develop W elfar e in 1975 and is an ac -, - achieveme nt. They arc: Dr . 1964, Young was appointee! of the Cor1grcssio11al Black than 24 hours after he was ment'' to take a two-year tive mernber in nu merous W. Henry Greene, physician by Dr. Martir1 Lutl1cr King, C ;1ucus; regional vice unanimously confirmed by leave of absence; because ''I organizations including the and long-tin1c Ho w ard Jr. to serve as director o1 tl1e president of the Executive the legislature. am a Vi rgin Islander and I Association for A cademic supporter ; Florida SL1prcmc South cr r1 C!1 risti;ir1 Cor11mittee of the Democratic As chief executive officer feel I ought to return and Surgery; Board of Trustees, for the Department of help my people in a time of and Budget, Finance and Health, Dr. Sc hneider will be crisis,'' and because this was Personnel Committe e responsible for identifying ''the first time I was asked to America11 Cancer 'Society, Deltas Celebrate Founders Day the needs and priorities of return by the Governor." Dist rict of Columbia the Department and . Dr. Schneider, a native vf DivisiOn; James E\ving developing policy for the de- St. Thomas, received his Society fof Surgical On- - livery Of health care in the... Bachelor of Science (1961.) cology; and the Society of Despite Cold Weather Virgin Islands; coord inating and Doctor of Medici ne Head and Neck Surgeons. activities with the United (1965) degrees from Howard Dr. Schneider began work At the Founders' Day rnond, ,\115. Perkins covers By Carolyn DuBose • Sta tes Federal Gov.ernment University. He is a Diplo 1n his new position this In Pll>l'suil of a Dream'' - celebration. perform!ng Capital Hill and District af for funds and manpower mate of the Ameri.can Board week. . men1bers of the sorority the poignant story of a black fairs for NBC-WRC Radio in • so rority's '' roots'.' wa s a were supported by guest ar Washington. D .C tists Marie Goodman Shelton 1noving experience for the ' hundreds who braved icy arid Gayle A. f'erkin s. Chapter rnember Camay Research Paper Services and Blacks winds to celeb rat e Delta Brooks, daughter of fan1ed Sigm a Theta So rority's Foun Marie Gooclrnan Shelton. ' performer Cab Calloway. RESEARCH fr0m page 1 on others to do a substantial fraudulently to obtain ders' Day celebratio11' at T.C: draped sed uctively in ostrich danced in a choru s line • part of an assignment." He acadernic cred it. But he feathers, carried th e showing off some of the old Willrams H igh School in that san1e period. said that from a ''moralistic · admitted that the disclaimer audience back to the 20's razzle-dazzle of the man Alexandria, Virginia. '' It's a business that takes point of view, I wish they and JO's, to the time of th e who has en terta ined audien did little to combat possi ble Members of The Northern I Harlem Renaissance, with a ces for decades. advantage of a":n ., existing ( t erm paper companies) abuse of materials. • Virginia Alumnae Chapter of need," said Gregory Vann, an didn't exist." the nationally known gutsy rendition of ''Saint Reportedly successful in Lours Blues." But the show ThE: Delta story cannot be Architecture an d Planning Addie Wilson, a journalism orga'nization, ~ang. dar1ced overturning the state statute categorized as a sorority and narrated their way stopper among her rnany nlajor, who said he would not. major in the School of restricting companies such as w oman's story. It is the story through 64 fascinating years son gs was a po,vcrfulJy t.se th e serv ice. ''lt takes time Communications, sai d that Magee's in Maryland, Magee executed version of ''We of w omen in America ... of of history. The musical Photo by Rodney Pierce. for anyone to con duct the trend toward purchasing said that he \Vill be opening a Shall Overcome'' that left proud blac k women .. . of narra tive started \"Vith the 22 research and I'd dislike research papers ''could se t New York office although the the aud ience spellbound. ded ica ted and committed Tony Monterio gave a lecture last \Veek al •H award and young founders at Ho\vard thinking I 'm not as good as Black people back a lot. This action \Viii 1n direct For one magical r11ome11t the \v omen. be University 1n 1913 and pro spoke about tl1 e Ur1i 1ed¥'States' policy towards S. Africa. they arc." will have the greatest impact violation of the state's law gressed dramatically to the audience of black and White, ··i n Pursuit of a Dream·· 1s Sociology professor C. on Black people who might conccrn1r1g research paper· pre~ent with Patricia Roberts young and old, sat is total •the story of all of us. Franklin Edwards said that it not be serious enough." co mpanies. Harris, a Delta, becon1ing silence as she moved from 636-6675 or, JUSt write the So listen to the world of is a question of morals, Accordin g to M agee, ~ Magee sai d restriction of the first black woman in the stage to the audience. station on how WHl3C car1 WHlJC-650 o n your AM dial. The soft rays of .. a spotlight adding that students w'ho are clients must sign an oath 1· research assistance service American history to hold a ~e rve vou better .7 0() Jn1 to l l :OO am & 4 :00 followed her iourney. cap ar1xiou s to get good grades stating that they will only use cabinet posl HBC Back rhe 111anagern en t ar1d ~tall 11rn to 12 .00 am 1'<\onday thru would set a poor precedent turing the intensity of her wil l rely upon shortcuts to research material for Created by Elizabeth of this ra(Jio station ha~ what ':iaturcldy. 7·00 am to l .00 am which would ''lead to t he 13ouey-Yates, the drar:natic stirring performance. it take s t() get the JOb do11 e. Frtdd) and Saturday, 10:00 goa ls, and in doing so wil l . reference and research encroachment' of more On The Air . . ' stOfiY of Delta's black Beir1g a comr11o r1 circuit ,11n to ·10:00 ~11n on Sunday. ''deprive themselves by re!ying p u r poses a 11 d not serious 1ssL1es. . wqr.neJl was told in a way Ms. Shelton is a mernber radio facility we broadcasl to WHBC 650 on your am thai paralleled national of the Virgir11a Museum all the dorrn1t orie~ 0 11 ca·r11 - I llj current events. This was ef- Theatre Repertory Compa11y dial is back on air. Yes, pu s. fec t1vely' done with the use and a vocal musit tea cher at WHBC rs the v'oice of Being ·a stuclent, faculty • Howard's black com . ' of a' large screen that flashed John Marshall High School ,member, or adrn1n1 strat or, actual new S'paper headlines: in Richmond, Virginia. muncators, but, more than \Ve al! have problern s an d ''Mammoth Civil Rights Rally that it is your voice too. If successes. \/\.' HBC new s in Nation's Cap ital''. .. "Six Gayle A. Perkins, acting as you want to open up your • ' •• department is or1e way of • mind to Howard and the Dead . After Church Born- news announcer on the objectively ge1t1ng issues !o bing'' ... '' King Assassinated in program, played out a real world around you. Pick up a you. Memphis.'' life role. A native of Rich- telephone and call 636-6674, • Most Students Apathetic To HUSA HUSA from page 1 p,lace it there. said they wou Id not attend. tertainment (HUBE) and dent body." The student ad In a H illtop survey, 51 of ''The biggest rea so n why professio nal advertisernents ded that '' too rnuch rn oney the students polled said that st udents feel apathetic 1s are also a part of their infor is wasted ir1 HUSA arid I they felt apathetic toward because of the problern we mation package. 'myself woL1 lcl rat lier· see · l;:IUSA, and 33 said th ey did have had comm unica t ing Brown said that a survey loyal students instead of th e not with students," sa id Brown. done by HUSA's Research student govern r11ent beirig In response to t he He al so said that HUSA Institute revealed that for them selves." ql:iestion o f whether plans to launch an in students do not read o r t-\ow ever, another s1udcnt stUdents would turn to formation cam pa ign which dinary sign s along cam pus. replied that ''des1)1te its HUSA if they had a problem, will involve putting o ut He said that HU5A plans to limitat ions I \v ould like 64 said that they would not open letters in hand- out advertise on WHUR rad io. HUSA to be retair1ed s1Rce it and 27 said that they would. form given out by the mem ''Overdll, I am predicting represent s the student s . H o~ever,' 50 students said bers of HUSA. A schedule of our new information blitz body. Fees are going to go ' they., would go to open events given by the Howard will cost $1 ,000 this up any\vay, so \v e might as meelings' by HUSA and 36 University Board of En- semester," Brown said. well have a student govern In response to a question ment." on the survey concerning a The student const1tut1on choice between a rise in tui will go up for referendum on B1:1rnett Ready For Election -• tion and eliminating HUS~. Wednesday, February lb, and voting \Viii take place BURNETT from page 1 past elections: disregard for the poll ·s hawed that ~ rules, diso rgan iz at ion, in students said they would from 9 a.m. until 5 P·[l]· ••• Brown and Yvonne Hobbs,. consistencies, and general eliminate H USA and 16 said Voting mach ines will B'e • both of Liberal Arts; Lillian ·apathy on the part of th e they would nol located in Douglass Hall, • Locke Hall, Fine Arts. Pace of th e College of Nur student body. A student responded that sing: and a Law School As a first step toward he wou Id eliminate HUSA Business school. the Ql1ad, ' represen tat ive n ot ye.t selec eliminating of stud ent ''becau se I believe persons Engir1eering, the La,w school. ted. Burnett said. are working for stipend s not Medical and Der1tal schools. •• apathy, the Elections Com- · . ~.• • mittee head said she urges the true interest in the st u- and Meridian Hill. • The Committee was open all students to vote on the •• v to all stu dents, she said, ad revised Constitution ding that th e Presidents of Fe bruary 16. the various schools were •· . ''Before voting, however, c9ntacted, announcements students should take the ., . were made on WHBC, and time to note some basic advertisements appeared in-· ' cha nges in the consti tution," The Hilltop to recruit stu said Burnetl ''Implications dents on the committee. are ther~ if you take the time 'However, she said, very few to read into them," she ad responded. .if;;; ' :· ded. Which, Not Incidentally, Has Been a Leader in ,.. f ?'. ''My c ommittee has Burnell is a former Ju nior Systems Engineering !or Over a Before you take a job, • altered, added, and accep ted Class Secretary of LASC and Quarter Century. some of the guidelines of is this year's editor of the, VITRO is not exactly a household name, but for find out where that job can take you. last ·year,'' said Burnett The yearbook. the last 28 years we 've been a leader in using • state-of-the-art engineering and innova ti ve guidelines she added w ill be technical applications to so lve problems pub,licized to the student concerning the nation's defensive posture . We There's a difference between a job open n ology, sales. accounting. actuarial, inyestments, body as soon as they are ap offe r continuing opportunity tor challenge and ing arid a career opport L1ni ty. and many other ar eas. proved by the Policy Board profes sional growth in· th e fields of elec trical A Prudential representative will visit your and mechanical engineering , physics. math and A career at Prudential means a c h an ce to next w eek. comp uter science. expand yoL1r horizons. advance without jumping campus soon . Check with y olir p'1acement Office Burnett said she accepted Find Out More About Us. • from company to company. and develop to your to arrange for an interview. If yoL1 're looking for her position becau se she . Oil!f...... WE 'LL BE ON CAMPUS Feb. l. f ull potential . . a job that can take yOLJ somewhere, think aboL1t ..,..,. rs• ..,.cenw Chttck w•th your placement o!Tice lor acla111onal octarls We've got long-term career o pp.ortunities • Prudential . YoL1 might say - the opportunity is would like to see ''some 37w1srsofeuccs11 positive changes made in AUTOMATION INDUSTRIES INC . it1 l1n derwriting. claims. applied computer tech- the elections process on our VITRO LABORATORIES DIVISION wide open Qi; Pmdenf1al • • 14000 Georgia Avenue campus." 2!:~0~0 Dti1 EOUCATIONAl CENTf.A Silver Spring. Maryland 20910 Burnell went on to say 42{1 1 ConntcT•tu! A,..nut . N.W. An Equal Opponun1ty Employer M/F that she hopes to alleviate Wuh1ng 1on, O.C. 20008 ~· An Equal Oppor1un11y Employer M F ' some of the pro blem s of
• • ~1 ~1~F~e~br~u:ar~y~; ~19~7~7~...... T .Hm E mHmlml.LT~OiP...... P.ag~e---3 ' • '' s. • • NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL Killings Are Prevalent in White Ruled Zimbabwe. Media Censored ' From Arusha , Tarizania, By Mazarcrc C. Ubar1i Tl1 e subsec1 L1c11t events, plans' to hand over· power to Samo r o Mach e I of • Hilltop Staffwrite r Many of tl1cn1 tlO\V act 011 Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, ' thOLJgl1 1101 Jll CO llllCCll'd the Africans or be more Mozambique has offered his Three 1n;ijor gL1crrill<1 th ei r· own initiatives without in his discussions with the · with the official ·Africa11 prepared to police every ir1ch co untry as a ''revolutionary 1n Beirut ac t1v1tics l1avc t.-1kcn place directives from their leader s. visiting U.S. ambassador to It ' shoL1ld be borne in mirid freedo111 fir,htcr~ ' in of Zimbabwea n so il ,. which he base," in th e genuine wi:thin tho co11fir1cs of the the Unite d Nation s, Andrew, ' that the rebel leader Ian Zin1bab\ve, .trt' s,1 id to be true knows he canr1ot accon)plish. st ruggles of the' Blacks to ·The price increase was im white rL1lrd Zimbabwe in less Young, urged the Carter by Randa S~l man Smith should be held indic;1tior1s of \\'h,11 1s 10 In such a crude war fare overthrow the wh ite-ruled posed on those least able to than 14 ddys. The iatcst in 1 Administration· to quicken the cor11e, if l.:ir1 Sr11ith still no convention is adhl~red toP' regimes of southern Africa. Hilltop Staffwriter ca rry it and wh o are already thC scr ic~ was tht' r11ass responsible for any attack on col lapse of the white-ruled the rema1n1ng white tenaciously clings to po\vc'r. This means the Ii\ CS of the President Machel made the • living at under-substance slaughter c>f the seven white Zimbabwe, by discontinuing THE ARAB WORLD population in that country Smith and 1.iis gang have inhabitants, botl1 tlie civili,1ns statement during the five day level s. According to Egyptian Rom<111 Catholic r11i<,sior1aric~ the importation of chrome. STRENGTHENS TIES official s the rea son for the following intensified guerrilla optior1s in the face of the and non-civiliar1s arc in congress of the ruling party, at the Musan1i 1nission , WITH THE U.S. increase was a reaction to activics, as Ivor Richard the rapiclly cscalatlng guerrilla jeopardy, until a 1)eaccful the Front for the Liberation Nyerere also cal led on the roughly ~7 n1i!cs cas\ of. i nter national pressure to British chairman of the wa rfare, to either bow to the settlement is found. of Mozambique (FRELIMO), Br i ti s h and Amer ican Salisbtiry. Beirut, Lebanon: Informed close a vevenue ga1p of $1 .5 B ri ti sh/ Ar'f)crican M eanwhile, President which ended recently . governments to reconvene the The survivors of the aborl ive Geneva Conference resources in Nicosia, Cypru s billion in the ne\v I.budget. s t alemated Genev a opcr;11ion, tl1c Rev. Dunstan on the political future of report that strict censorship According to Economists Zitnbabwe stressed recently. conference even if the rebel J\1y crscoug~ and Sister Ar1n a on most newspapers and in the Arab World this is a leader Smith fails to attend. journals ha s been imposed Victoris Eregg;icl. confir111cd A r chbis hop Patrick result of the new policy by the Syrians in Lebanon., It the killings. Chakaipa, the first Zimbabwe Replying, Ambassador adopted by Sad at's '' oper1- is said that O\'er· 30,000 The Zimbabwe Patriotic Black to head tl1 c Catholic Young, now on the final leg door'' economy which is a chu1· c i1 knows th e of his African tour, concurred troops are still in control dependence on Western 1 ~ rrJn t , led pv josl1L1c1 Nkor110 there. 111i ss ionarics i11va l uable that the rebel leader, Smith • ca pital, a minimization - of ,1nd Robert Mu ga i)i.::. l1 ;is According (,.o a ilSsis!ar1cc 10 th i.: Africa11s ''is a stumbling bl ock'', in the th e public sector an d .a denied <1n~ cor111cctior1s \Vith Was; hington Post correspon maximizat ion of the private \vhen h'e said cluring the se ttlement plan. the killir1g5. 011 tl1c contr;iry, dent, the censors will not sec tor. A s a result of the r·cc u1em mass, t!1 at the tl1e 1: ront levelled a series of 1 Young , wh o also allow identification of the recent riots, Sadat's govern 111u r·dcr·cd cv,ingt·lists were accusaiior1s against th e regirtll' ' participated in T anzania's factors in the Civil War as ment imposed a new law ''friends arid servants of the of th e rebl'i leader lur1 0. Independence Anniversary, right or le ft. To the censors that would ban sec ret African people," ' Srnilh, slalir1g Lhilt tile after hearing and see ing much the war in Lebanon is strictly o rgan izati ons, armed or • \Vhocvcr \\'JS responsible between Pa lestinian s and missionaries ''<;tJy an1ong the of the eve nts in sou the rn unarmed, demonstrations, for the shootir1g n1LJSt have Le banese. . strikes and riots. people, " ar1d ,1dding that tl1ey Africa, referred to the rebel 01!1er motives {]Uitc different Any news on Palestinian SUDAN: The Conservative ''sec l'Ve ry da~ 1t1c atrocitiL'S leader, Smith as ''an outlaw." fr om the officially recognized activities or on Lebanese lef policies that are being ado"'p that tl1e r ac i s 1 s~ ca rr y out on In an effort to forestall tis t demands is prohibited~ Blach. freedom figliters iri ted by most A rah regimes, the struggling n1 asses. '' ..,One Western Bank official, Zi1nbab\VC, obser\•ers stressed. doom, the rebel leader Smith, are als o being adopted by On tl1c b .:i~ i s of the !' rescn1 flew to Capetown to confer who held an interview in Suda n. According to Ar1othcr guer rill J struggle bC\\vee n tl1 c 270,000 A thens is quoted as saying Sudanese officials, Nu meiri in cL1rsion th is time almost with John D. Vorster, the whit& settler~ arid tl1 c 6 1 South African Premier-. The '' Censorship carries the of Sudan has shifted from' wi1hi1 1· shelling ra11gc , 37 notion of instability - that a n1i l lio11 Blach. s in Zir11hab\Vl', two racist leaders are, Sov iet to American assistanCe . 111iiL'S from Salisbur)-1 , took nation has something to The U.S. and Sudan are it ~s pertir1e11t tt> o!JS('r\•(' th2t ' according to reports from mar1y Afrie,1r1s arc no\v n1orc !)lace barely thirty six hours hide.'' establis hing close ties. Capetown, expected to The Sy rian troops, ac po~itic.:illY i11volved ;i nd ,1f1cr tlic Musa111i episode. The U.S. ts '' bles si ng'' the discuss the latest eve nts in co rding to i nformed sources, sensitive in w1·estlir1g IJO\ve r Tt1e extent of the dan1agc is pa rtr1er ship· between _Egypt, Zimbabwe. have already started Sa udi-Arabia, and Sudan. A s ' from tl1e scttlC"r<; .. yet to be c!ctc1·n1inccj. AMBASSADOR YOUNG ARRIVING IN ZANZIBAR gathering arms from the a result the U.S. Agency for Palestinian s stationed in th e International Development So uth of Leb anon. has approved some $10 to Cairo, Egypt: Recent $20 million as financial . orl News Focus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! reports say the riots that assistance to the Sudanese seven while Roman Catholic an end to the indiscrim1ha te stepped up U.S. air '' will not By M. S. Pinkston 1n a ne\v OCAM village built KHARTOUM, SUDAN er upted in Egypt, 17th, 18th government . on a hill near K1gal1 Missionaries at the Musani killingg of innocents." be helpful'' 1n improving . Foreign NeWs Editor Su danese President Gaafa r of January, have been the JERUSALEM : The Western The summit will discuss Mission in Rh odesia (Zim TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (U PI ) Arab-Israe li relations. Nimeiry Tuesda y dissolved most massive since 2S years. Press recently reported that u1Jdat1ng of OCAM trade babwe). Q,iplomatic sources said After . meeting with the government ''to pave the At leas t a hu ndred people eviction notices are being ADcilS ABABA, ETHIOPIA agreements, last nionth's re , ''Those responsible should Tuesday the United Sta tes Secretary of State, Cyru s way for the formation of a were killed, around 800 i n handed to the Arab resideJllS (Af P) ported attempted coup 1n not be described as will ~ give Israel the co11· Vance, Israeli Ambassador, new one," the Sudanese jured and over 1,500 people of old-ci ty of Jerusalem. The Eth io1>1a th1:. \veek guerrillas or freedom fighters troversial '' aerosol b omb'' as Benin, and the w1thdra\val of Simcha Dinitz, was asked News Agency repo rted. arr ested. About o ne eviction notices have to be categorically denied ac· but as mass murderers'' sai d weJI as an ext ra $300 million Gabon and its impact on the whether all arm s aid com The President' s office said thou sand of the detained are ac ted on immediaiely. cusat1 ons that 1( was 1nterfer- the Rev. o\.1orris, adding ·· we this year. ruture of the organization, mitments by the Ford Ad the decisi on wa s taken still unde'?) arresl Reports say no tim"e is being 1ng in D11bout1 af1a1rs 1n a ought not !o forget that The Is ra eli Ambassador \vh1ch has declined 1n im m1n1stration w i11 be following last week's second The Egyptian ma sses given to gather any of the bid to spark oti violence 111 many 1nr1ocent Africans too said he had ··no reason to portance and rnernbersh1JJ in honored, including the so congress of the cou ntry's protested the recent in belongings of the residents. the soon-to-be 1ndepender1t had died in the crossfire be- doubt'' the Carter Ad recerit year s. ., called aeroSol bomb. only legal party the Sudanese crea se in price for food and Since 1968,. over 100,000 French territory. 1\veen guerrillas and secu r1 ty ministration w+ll deliver the KAMPALA, UGANDA He replied. '' I have no Socialist Union, ''w h ich ot her commod i t ies. The Arabs fror:n the old-ci ty of An Eth1op1an lnfor111at1on Ugandan President l d 1 forces." arms promised by former reason to doubt that all resulted in the layi ng ·down rioters ran sacked nightclubs, l erusalem have b~en thus ' ·· "fhe Rev. r\l\ or r1 s sa id that Secretary of State.' 1-lenry Ministry spOke smar1 sa1cl the A1n1n Tuesday .:iccused cer- co mmitments w ill be carried of new policies (n various shop windows, police evicted, to make room for accusatior1!t: rnudc Moriday or1 ly a '' Just and human K 1ssir1ger. tain East African leader~ of OU I." fields," the age ncy said. stations and ''fan cy'' cars. lewish residents. by Abdallah K<1m1I, Prem1('r grabb1r1g th e r11oney arid polt1cal se tt lenient of the Egyptian Arnba ssado r of the Frerich territory oi pro1Jerty of the East Afr ica n Rhodesia crisis could bri ng A shraf Ghorbal \Varned the Afars arid ls~as ( ffai), were Community (EAC), Uganda "b3sel'ess'' and ''regrettable." Radio reported. OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS The spoke sman recalled Field-Mar,shal Arnin did that Eth iopia had long since not r1ame the leaders, but IN THE PEACE CORPS renounced, its tradit1on.-il said that the ., Law of the Civi l Engineering Nursing (RN) cl aim on the Tfai, arid this 1ungle and banitis111'' had Sec . Education/Math Biology before the Organ1za11on of repla ced recognized Jaws. Sec. Education/Gen. Science African U n1ty and the President Amin express,ed Nutrition United Nations ( th1op1a faith in the futllre of the Health Educatio~ French backed 1nde1)endence fo r EAC, many of whose corn Home Eco nomics the territory arid pledged mon institutions have been l•1>t!r 11•11ct' and or degr"e nerd.-d ior PEACE COii.i'S VQLUNIEIR ''uncond itional arid total' ' dismantled in recent years, d>• •g11me111, 111 Arr1c.i, ,-\,,a, .ind L.i11n Arne11c.i US c1t1len> only. prefer >Ingle~. no de1iendent> L1v1ng allowance. medic.ii care. Crar1~· '" .' por1a11on, 1aca11or{ and rt>ad1ustrnen1 all~v.· anct' provided See the ACTION/PEA CE CO RPS representative, Li sbe th Thompson Monday - Wed . 'J:OO a.m. - 10:00 am, 12:00 pm - t :OO pm , 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm . Tuesday, 1 - 5 pm and Friday, 9 am - 10 am , 12:00 - 1:00 pm . • Sc hool of Human Ecology Department of International Studies Roo m G-103 • Telephone: 636-7l12 · • • Are you independent, creative, flexible, dedicated to God-and wondering what to do with • your life? • trl
- Father Bruce doesn't let his idealism go to waste ... or his love of God The Navy, though few black remain abslract. He's a doer-not just a dreamer. A man on the Ugandan Pr esident l di Amin move - fr om his Paulist parish in downtown Manhattan over to The college men realize it, can be - • Juillard S<:hool of Musi <: to tajk to the students: a<:ross to Roosevelt one of the fastest places for a support for the people of sayi ng ''I say categorically, Hospital to console the sick; down to the Tombs to visit the im Djibou ti, the spokesman that a new and stronger EA( prisoned. You'll see him running with his guitar to meet his youth smart young man to get ahead. said. will emerge. I w ill never group (numbering over 100!) for prayer and recreation; or to conduct Responsibility comes quickly at Mr. Ka mil had accused allow personal interests to a longer retreat wit h teenagers and young adults. sea, and it's real responsibility. Add is Ababa of Ct• ming in terfere w ith national or Whal motivates this young Paulis! Father? His conviction that people can encounter God 1oday- no matter what their ethnic An officer less than a year out ag itators am ong the Tfai's community interests." of college may be in charge of Afar tribe, Which is linked The Ugandan leader made group, economic class. or living environment .... Fat her Bruce joined the Paulists because he saw in them a w ith Ethiopia, and of calling his remarks in a speech read thirty men; after just two years unique chance to use all his talents in a fTee and creative way. Bui he fo r an insu rr ection over for him to delegates of the did nol want to work alone. He wanted a community : a fellowship of he may run a division of fifty or E1hiopia'' Afar-langu age 24th East African Medical Catholic priesls all committed to speaking the Gospel message in the more. In four years, a Navy officer radio. .i Council being held in Kam many different idioms and in lhe many different ways ii takes to trans can have more managerial expe KIGALI , RWANDA (AFP) pala. form our sociely. rience than most civilians have Ivory Coast Presiden t Felix Field-Marshal Amin also Coast to coast, the Paulists' scope is broad - from Manhattan to Greensboro to Houston to Los Angeles to Fairbanks. And so are their midway through their careers, H o uph oue1-Boigny and said the unnamed leaders were working hand-in- hand techniques- parish work, prea<:hing, adull edu<:ation. campus min The Navy has officer programs Seychelles Head of State istry, publishing, mass communications. James Mancham ar rived in w ith ''Zionists and l mperial The joy and inner satisfaction Father Bruce experiences as a in Aviation and Nuclear Rwanda Tuesday for a tw o ists'' to des integrate the EAC, Paulis! can also be yours. His unique gifts permit his personal con Propulsion, in Supply, Law, day summi( meeting. starting which groups Kenya, Tan tribulion. Find oul what your unique gifls can <:o ntrlbute. Discover Mediciue, and many others. Talk Wednesday of the nine-. zan 1a and Uganda. our communil y. Turn your dreams into rea lity. it over with your Navy recruiter nation African and Mauritian He urged the pe ople of Fiii out the coupon below for mor• lnformatlOfl abou! !he Paull•!~ . East Africa to resist the ------.------or call 800-841-8000 toll free. Common i' Organization Dear Father DeSiano: (OCAM). divisons being worked out Please send mP more information on the work Early responsibility. Black or The th ird leader to attend by enemies of the regi on, of the Paulisls and the Paullst Priesthood. "' Rev. Frank DcSinno. c.s P white1 it's what being a Navy the radio said. the summit, being hosted i)y Dire<: tor of Voc 11tion5 NAME officer is all about. • Rwandan President Juvenal LONDON, ENGLAND, PAULIST FATHERS Habyalimana, is Senega l's (AFP) Dep1. C·117 The Chairm an of the 415 Wes t 591h Street CITV ______STA TE-- ZIP _ Leopold Senghor. The Heads New York. N.Y. 10019 NAVYOFRCR. Methodist Co riference, Colin of Sta te and M inis ters repre COUEGE ATTENDING ------senting the o lher five OCAM Morris, Tuesday condemned IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, IT'S AN ADYENTllDI members are being housed the weekend sla yings of CLA SSOF------.1'------· ------
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E'DITORIALS/ LETTERS I ·• * .More Than. Just A Month .ii · I Letters. • • Letters. • • Let •• ,. • Th is year's " Black History Month," Washington, D.C. Roots - the saga or February, which has been preceded by American family, is now number one so me historical events with the potential of the national bestseller lisi,. and no. I oca Ily . Dear Editor, Rhodesian troops who had element of racism 1n news was Jo discredit t~e Black altering the direction a·f Black America' s 9isgu ised themselves as media which gives more freedom fighters. ~ fact, For years 110\v Black future, forces us to establish priorities in In an unprecedented niove, ABC ( \\\~ Black nationalists. But when coverage to' the deaths of 7 Black leaders in Africa and nationalists in white rU\ed • • • it happened, the American whites tha n they do to the Rhodesia have charged that matters relating to our heritage. American Broadcasting C.om.pany) netw+ . Rhodesia have been fighting media paid very little at- deaths of 300Blacks. And as this is what happene,d in the -· to free their country from " Bla ck History Month" 1977 is the first in pre-empted twelve hours of prime·ti~e terltion to the fact tha t at if to add insult to injury ... the ki·lling of the 7• w hite racist rule. But during that t he tu rn of the tricentennial period in the programming to 'televise a production , of · \east 300 Blac .~ refugees had American media • is .:il so missionaries. All rrrass- acres time the American media must be condemne(j. But in been massacred. But just probably reporting lie as United States. During the next few weeks the " saga." The two year, 6-million do ~ar paid only minor at the case of the w hite recently . seven wh i te truth. There exists no proof sev~1 )~ention to the struggle. For missionaries, the Americ'an ou r hist ory w ill be commemorated with a project has been flooded with criticism rnissionaries were killed. whatever that it was Black years now Black nationalists media have show n its ra cism. ranging from praise (for being the first of its And you. guessed it! The nationalists \vho killed the new meaning due to the revelations and .O ld men, women . a nd For it would have us b~tieve Amer.ican media ran the w hite missionaries. I n the fu.ro r of Roots; critiqued and recorded kind aired) to negativism (distortions ?f children have been killed by past a United Nations in that a white life is w ofth • story front page with banner white Rhodesian .troops. But more than a Black life; it properl y bec ause of our treatment during facts in the book and perpetration of cq_i- headlines - TV netw orks vestigation team has during that time the would have us believe tha,t a led the story. The New York documented that v..' hitE' of- the bice ntennial; determined by the troversia I stereotypes). American rnedia paid li ttle 'Black group is gulity of. a l'irnes - The Washington ficials have used Black atten tion to those killit1gs. crime s·imply bec<.ause a political maneuvers of a new president and While white in American gain a dee · r l'ost ran big pictures on the sold iers. These soldiers. 1 More recently inhabitants whi te official says ;h. t he . co ntemporary issues spotlighted insight into the degredation and realities· · f of a ref u gee camp 1n story The Washington Star w ere told to disguise them· ran ii. large headline. It's selves as Black r1ationalists. Robert Taylor_, t hrough d isc ussi o ns and presentations on sal very, Blacks are beginning to query th~r Mozambique \Vere massacred by Black clear that there is a strong The purpose of the disguise New s D i r ec l o l . W HUR " &l a"k Journal." elders about their ancestors. 1$ .!> ~ ·We should mark this month as the " Black Journal" prem 1ere s th is mont h • b~g i n n in g of concentrated effo rts to with eight seasons. to its credit . The publicize, and correct present soc ial, disc uss i on program, the only Blac · ~ eCo n omic, p ol iti c al and educational pro duced one of its k ind supported by a dispar it ies. Too many of us use marked Pepsi-Cola grant, was originated by host celebrations si mply as a f orum to stop and Tony Brown, first dean of Howard' s School Dear Ed it or, • gaze upon ourselves in retrospect, rather This is to respond to the promulgated the ''doctrine toward s the progressive of Communications. • might not be a big deal with than to define our future. And since plan· Critics of ritical critics'' of of Black infer.iority-white you, but it certainly is with enlightment of our peop le Once again Blac ks can v iew a program the recent televised version su(ll!riority''; too long have me, being from that part of for the betterment of ou r ning; along with implementation, is an on of ROOTS appearing in The Blacks sat idly b\' in self-im the world. race. with a perspective on t he Afro-American's • goi ng process, commemoration should not • Hilltop of 4 February, ·1977 _ posed complacency and, Secondly, while we all Therefore, I appeal to you be c.onfined to a designated day, week, o r plight on society, spotlight our t-1r·s[ I think their critique watched their institutions rea li ze that an honest opi all not to abuse t~e p rivi- ac hievements and study causes into o ur was entj.re ly u nnecessary (mora l, physi c al and nion ca nnot be categorized ledge, or run the li:is k of it , month, but to every hour of our lives. given the fac/ that these cultural) go dow n the drain as '' rigKt'' or ''wrong'', and bei ng taken aw ay as a result The publication and televising of autho r failures. '' hypercritical'' cri tics were .th rough the white man's that every individual has a of our lack of motivation, maneuverings. And then you serving to defeat th e very The Hilltop salutes our ancestors who only bring1hg to light what right to his , own, hence Alex Ha ley's tediou s 12-year search for his people like Jewel Crawford have the complacent auda yours', ""'.e also must realize purpose of our bei ng. family's Roots is hailed as significant to crystall ized this opportu'1ity of making our and Casper G len {presu· . city to critize those who that most of our pe6ple have In clos ing 1.\eave w ith you , Black li terature and family re spect. A c demands clear by sacri ficing their lives and mably Si amese twins) refuse dare postulate an honest not acq·uired a high degree the words of Robert Se ru !o realize. That being Black cri tique. of intellectual sophistication maga and Fred e ric k committing their achievements t o h ist ory. cording to the D oubleday Booksho p in and oppressed, \Ve should Your letter serves to justify (neither have. \Ve , for that Douglass to wit: '' ... for to not accept at face value and legitimize .the white mattei:) and is dependent fight without a w ea pon is • · • what the white man al/o\vs man's '' mistakes'4 and fur· on, and vulnerable to mas s merely false heroism'' and ' us to know about reality. ther perpetuate his long· media exploitation. It is '' power concedes nothing without a demand.'' For too long, he has sat up lingering ideology of Black therefore incumbent upon • on the pedestal of Mount inferiority and white dic us, the seemingly trained • Violence in Zimbabwe Olympus and dictated our tatorship. Furthermore bare and more perceptive, to ren Sincerely, destinies; too long he has breated w omen in .Africa der whatever small services . S. 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The killing this past week of the seven liberators." • w h ite miss ionaries 1n Zimbabwe In Southern Africa, the whites oppress ' the Blacks and refuse to relinquish any .(R, hodes ia) was an atrocious and appalling ' ac~ Report s now indicate that the killings significant portion of the political and ' 1 • were carried o ut by ''Selous Scouts, .c.. a economic power derived from the unjust Dear Editor, Hilltopeditior1 printed a Howard University's present So, we are now negotia crack command o unit of Black Africans exploitation of the maj ority. The Hilltop ' couple of week s ago, I state and express his fee lings ting a sp-ecific time in the belonging to the Rhodesian army. understands that it goes against the laws of noticed an article written by · about the university in an in· upcoming month of M arch A s the University's cam · formal ·type mann~r . in which the students w ill be Jhe Hilltop condemns this dastardly act nature for a man with everything to give the editor concerning Dr. pus has entered into the Cheek's long hibernation in He agreed with me and able to meet with the Pres·i but also realizes t hat " There is today· a t hat everything away without some type o f rnainstream of fraternity and the Administration Building also mentioned that he was dent in an informa _~ manner sorority pledging, the atrnos whirlwind, gathering both velocity and struggle. in re lation to him ever out on the campus from at Cramton A~torium phere will appear to non- appearing on campus in an 'about 3:30 to 6:30 in the af lounge. power as it b lows across the political belt The Europeans did not conquer anp d o participants as if there may informat ive manrier. ternoon on a few days in the We hope that w~en the · of Southern Afri ca, and it will not abate un no t con trol the world with talk or dialogue be nothing else going on. This, I gave a lot of past week. I then suggested date ha s been established; I would like to mention, to but wit-h violence and force. The premises thought to and decided a different time sc hedule the students will also re· til the la st bastions of apartheid and the the Alphas, Kappas, Omegas, something should be done. l from noon to 1 :00 p. m. in spond and bring themselves capitalist sy stem on which they stand have of Frantz Fan on indicate that (1) colo nial and Sigmas that I wish each-- then, went to the President's · .which the most students and and their op1n1ons to come c ra shing down like the walls of so ciety is based on force, (2) colonized of your fraternities and sister office in the ''A'' building Dr. Cheek would be able to Dr.Ch"eek. s.ororities, successful ~ledge and had a very inforn1al talk converse with each other. Look in future editions of 11 jerich o. people are kept on their knees by force, (3) lines and also success 1n the 'th him I told hirn that The Liberal Arts Sopho the Hilltop for the estab The peo ple of Southern Africa, as various that violence is the only language that the 1Jresent and fu ture activi ties l WI . I fel; ttiat the President more Class represe nted by lished date for meeting with directed to the irnprovement ol our sc hool should come Or. Cheek. colonizer understands, (4) that logic and the cou nc1I and myse lf feels re ports say, ... have demonstrated the essen- al our Black 'community outside the adminis tration a certain sensitiv'ity abou t ·Steven L. Abingto'n, ti•·•al instability of a society t h at denies reason are not enough in the fight against which each fraternity and building if time perrnits. so the need to have further so rority has ur1dertaken.· President, p o litica l rights, so c ial equality or economic colonialism, and (5) that violence is cathar he could get the aC: tual feel communications between To the students, in a · ings o f student s about Dr. Cheek and students. • LA Soph Class. opportunity to the majority of its popu tic and self·purifying for the colonized who lation. employ it against their colonial appresso rs. The goal of the struggle 1n Southern All the African has seen in Southern • Africa is that they (the white oppressors) Africa1 no tab ly Z imbabwe, is not just the 'es tab lishment of ' one-man, one-vote', but can freely arrest him, beat him and starve the forma tion of a totally different socio him. The revolution now being waged by Dear Editor, Wednesday, February 16, which the current adminis· needs and interests the Con economic sys tem diametrically opposed to the masses of people in Zimbabwe, When the revised HUSA "1977. Unfortunately, there is !ration is beleaguered. stitution was drafted to Constitution was presented not suffici,ent space to ex If passed we believe there reflect those feelings. The the status quo. ~ Namibia and Azctnia is their revenge for the for voting last October only plain the Constitution. Jn will be ag increase in only issu.e rem aining is the Th e struggle for national liberation is the injustices done to them by their op ·13 (118) students voted. light of th is the major ad student inpul; hence student importance of the reviSed m ost pertinent alternative for oppressed pressors. HUSA feels the low turnout var;itages will be outlined. oriented program s, financial Cons titution as evidenced Reorganiz.:ition for 1he ef accountability, elimination by your voting this Wed We have to decide what side we are on; resulted from the students peoples in Africa and around the globe. not know ing the importance fective managemenl and of p rogram duplicity and a nesday. During the Zimbabwe African National the side of · violence that represses or of the c ·o nstitution rather provi ~ ion of services by cohesive union of all IN UNITY THE-RE IS Stliden/ Government. St udent Government bodies. 0 Union Congress in May 1964, Rev. violence that liberates. The Prime Minister than studen t apathy. STRENGTY. ! t is of. great importance U11less the revised Cons titu In disc-ussiO ns with students William j ..Taylor Ill, of racist Rhodesia, 'I an Smitt, chose the ti on is approved, futL1re ad w e found these to be the Ndabaningi Sithole stated that armed that each student under Direc tor , ministrations will be beset by ma1or concerns. struggle was the inescapable credible alternative to a peaceful transfer to major stands why he/she should . I n tergovernm en tal vote for the Constitution organizational problems by Rea lizing the student alternative through which to achieve ity rule in Zimbabwe and that has in Rela tions. maj ority rule. He called upon the people to tensified guerrilla warfare and widespread accept the fact that, " We are our own violence. ' , THE HILL TOP STAFF 1976-77 Dear Editor, me to be placed on your th~ community would be frorn a positive level and are subscribers list ·Bei ng from lost w ithou t your 'presence. willing to help a less for Wiiiiam Scott ...... Editor-in Chief I am a indigent prisoner D .C., I am very in terested in My second request comes tunate brother make some • the political, social etc., in the form of a '' need'' .• positive steps towa rds Roy Betts ...... Managing Editor . serving a very long sentence, for alledgedly bei ng a armed changes that are 1.:ik i ng place correspondence-I will make '' freedom'' lmental and Charles Banks ...... - •...... :...... :. .Advertising Editor rob ber. I w ould like to have in the city. a desperate appeal here to physical). Fred Hines ...... News Editor you r ass istance on a few I also want to inform you you, the Editor, and your Help! Penelope Owens ...... : ...... :...... 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• i Hilltop Focus Just Observin' Human Interest A 'Meridian' Busride Prompter Approvals Needed By Venola Rolle It's · not a very encouraging One mo'rning la st week, wh ile though t to this freshman coming in, In Budgetary Decisions riding to main campus fr·om or, as in my case, a se n'ior wh o is Meridian Hill dormitory via the leaving. Now, just as always, university's bus, I met, and chal; 1d Howard needs leadership -- the This is the second of a slow authorization and approval of kind you can see, and if need be, with a freshman, zoology stud~~ L • three-part series regarding certain monies to be used by clubs, student We exchanged views about the t1f, s rea ch out and tou ch. proble ms that are consistently or'ga ni zations , aca d emic lt was a captain like the late Or. service, the cafeteria's food, 1$!e plaguing the effectiveness of the depa r tments, and variou sd Mordecai Wyatt Johnso n who, ac quality of our respective educatipn Howard University cheerleaders. individuals. f cording to tributes written ab out • and other conversation filler s. At one t ime or another, all of ''What's your class ification?," he him, w as cu sto ma rily seen on cam these groups experience di fficu lties asked, as the bus pulled up to the pu s, m ingling with the stu d ents. By Roy Betts attempting to receive their monies Fou rth Street main gate Reports were made to the student Hilltop Milnilging Editor '' I' m a senior," I answered. •' b ody on the ''ship's'' current on t ime or at regular intervals. ''I know you' re glad to be gett"ing course, and its proiected course, at The budgetary problei;ns of But, no group on th is campus, outa here," he said, as we stood up least once a year, as perso ns who Howard 's cheerleaders mentioned outside of Howard's athlet ic teams, and sta rted to file o ut through the w ere around du ring that period in this column last week do not travel greater distances than the open door. • · have verified. These presidential surface merely when money cheerleaCers. ad·dresses, otherwise regarded as ''No," I replied, '' not rea l l}'.. I requ es t ed by the squad is convoc ation add r esses, ar e _When taking trips, most people thi nk I am going to miss the place.'' authorized by the Office of Student r1is tomarily expected. like to hive the ir money. in their ''Commencement is on M ay 1~, Life, but when the unive rsi ty takes Two of th ese convocation ad hands well before the date.of their isn't it?," he asked, changing the its time to make the final approval dresses, however, have go ne un intende d depa r ture • The subject so mewhat. of such monies. 1 ''Yes, that's the date," I answered. delivered for the past tw o years. cheerleadeis are no exception. The sc heduled one for Fr iday, Se pt, ' ' ''I think I'd better check it out,." As d iscussed earl ier, the' There are prese ntly eight ladies, 26, 1975, was ''called off', a Hilltop he said. cheerleaders' pr oposed a budget last on this- year's varsity cheerleading article rep orted {Oct. 3, 1975) When I asked him why he would squad. T hey are all volunteers. becau se ''all the Boa rd of Trustee June that wasn 't approved until the want to d o that, he said something middle of the first semester. members were not present and No stholarship or financial to the effect that it would be the bec au se the audience was not as The Hilltop f<,cuses th is w eek o n M r. Ralph Gomes, Associate only way he would get a glimpse of After careful cxall'l ination of the ~ assistance is awarded to them for large as expected, " according to Professor of Soc i ology i n Howard U niver sity's Sc.hool of Liberal Arts. President (Jam es) C heek. cheerleader's experiences with the the ir efforts as cheerleaders. No President Cheek. · Nevertheless, I told him that Pres ident Cheek is au thorization and approval of their stipends, no academic credit, an d • • • Presiden t Cheek w as quoted in that As A''c1c1ate 1ir(JJP~~or u1 Soc1c) logy, Ral1)h Garnes wa s instru1ner1ta l a very bu sy man. no tutoring programs arc provided same article as saying '' ... I am goi ng budget, it would seerh that an 111 start1r1 g 1111;• GracllJJ!l' l'rograrn in the Dcpart11'Cnt· of Sociology After that, w e excha nged good to deliver that speech," -- one earlier approval of the ir budget either . • Anthropology a11(t ''also ct1rector of tl1a1 J)rograrn. byes, he running off in the directio n T hey pract ice at least six-1:hours which usually ou tl ines the future might have led to more effective Mr Go111P.~ (}bt,1111f•
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I· Social Work Students Express .Conc;ern to HUIC • FESTAC ·New Student Center On The Way Aw, arded OHR H .U.1.C. from page 1 , President of . H.U. l.C., • Contract from other organizations such David Harrington, stated at Brings • as U.G.S.A. etc. and that ''we the end of the forum that , • • • • gathering place for students. Social W o~ k fro m page 1 ' \<('' ' ...... are operating on 50% of our ''Suggestion boxes will be . . .. The University Center says the present services of the need." going on and we {H.U.l.C.) ,~ - !' Br o\vn, is the solution to department as ''ineffective." He also stated that ''~here, have information tabl'es in all these shortcornings. He added that the ex Together Am o ng those 1n penditure compensates for will be money in the schools •andcolleges."Healso constitution'' for eve ry added that ''We still have the opposi tion of the new one fourth of the District's FE STA C from page 1 organiza tion adding that Actiof'.l Line '' which is • constru ction is Valorie budget. ''H.U.S.A. gets the least." another means for students to ·and arts and promote bet ter P a tt o n , sophomore The School of Social Work international and in ter-racial accounting major from will be working through its Br o wn a lso · gave a express their problems. Human Service Evaluation understanding among them Missouri . ''True, we do need a breakdown of thr 'a mount of H.U .l.C. also sponsored a and Design Division from FESTAC was a kind of student center ... but with money which each student children's part.Y" on Thursday February 9 - May 1 . gove rnment organization night for the children of the home coming for all,B lack more than 500 students livi ng Dean Chunn also said received this year. They arc as 914 ''S'' Street Halfway people who live in Africa and all ove r the ci ty because of strategy, methods, and foll o ws: The Graduate House. Harrington stated that other coU ntries of the world. ... " lack of do·i"mitory techniques of data collec Student Associa tion 36,000 the purpose of having the - space ... the constuction of a tion will be designed and Brazilian artistes during the Undergraduate Student children's party was to new dormitory is more submitted to the Institute. their first performance staged Association Liberal ''familiarize ourselves with ; .important . " Data· dollection will be the 66,000, a music and dance play. They Arts Student Council 40,000, the kids and for them to ' To this statement, Val o1·ic major responsibility of the all spoke in Yoruba, the addt:d that it has taken over Research Design Division. the Graduate Student Council familiarize themselves with Janguage of the Uoruba tribe •• .20 years for th e The School of Socia! 36,000 and H oward us'' He stated that this was of Nigeria. U n iv e r s it Y Student because ''we wi11 be tutoring administration to decide to Work, said Dean Chunn, will Nigerians cheered the participate with other panel Association 27,000 dollars. the children thioughout the bµild the center, so it would Braz il ians for being members in the findings re Welcher also wanted to semester · on Tuesday and not matter if it were further entertained with music and view, following the submis know ''How do you schedule Thursday." dance familiar to the people. postponed. ' sion of a written report to things if you dorl''t have the He also stated that of Niger ia. The Brazilians said ''Personally, th e the Institute by March 20. money?'' Brown responded con st ruction makes no anybody who wants to help · later that they regarded their Howard w ill be com· with ''We are spending thin difference to me si nce I won't with tutoring of the children coming to Nigeria as a great ... the ·way the University Center loo ks at present. pensated, at cos t, for the air until we get the actual be here to enjoy it," said su pplies and materials. that '' Her e 1s your opportunity to see the birth money for our bud~et." Clarrisa Gordon, a 1un1or opportunity." Qlace of their ancestors. By Nesha Jenkins .. from New York . Clarrisa .browsing-reading room and students use a 11d 1101 abuse ~nt on to say that she did Hi ll top St~ffw r i t e r bo·wling lanes. There \Viii also it," sa id Miller. The construction of a nc\v tk notions store, dark rooms, He \Vent on to say that it however, feel a New University Center is not as High Court Denies Appeal By Gary Tyler Ur1 ivcrs ity Center on Howard g'encral lounge, bal l room is equally import ant for r1ecessary as more dormitory • Un i\·crsi t y's carnpus l1as two sma ll a uditoriL1ms, students to have a place to facil ities. aro Li scd n1ix cd cn1otions from meeting 1·oon1s, duplicating relax ,1s it is for them to New Oi leans, La.- On cor1tinue the fight fo r his spent nearly three years 1n r1ext two weeks. '' If lhad travelled miles ·1f1 c ca n1pu s commur1ity. facilitie s, closed-circuit attend classes. Janu ary 24, 1977 the fr eedom. .; jail. ''I also don't expect to The . Suprem_e Court Mu.c h of tl1c campus television fa c ilitie s , Gen e v a Ware, a across the country on ly to Louisiana Supreme Court The Louisiana Supreme get justice 1n the U.S. dec ision in Louisiana is co r11n1u11it y feels tl1t1t the new information center, studc11t sophomor·c socioloty major arrive l1cre with no place to denied the appeal for a new Co u r t di s r ega rd e d · Supreme Court. l 'm not viewed by many as further c911s tructio11 is a 11 cccSSi1ry organization and st..:1ff offices, fron1 New York, fee ls the sleep or s t ay, a new trial by Gary Tyler, and 18 information in Tyler's appeal depending on any court; the proof that the Tyler case is 11rojcc t. 13ut 1l1crc ;ire milny and possibly other student Ur1iversity Center is necessary ..J Universi ty) Center would be year old Black yoL1th whose whi ch showed that the State's people are going to free me." not an isolated incident. 11 0\vcvcr. \Vl10 fee ls t l1at otl1cr services. because it can promote u11ity my last concern," she case has become a national key witness, Natal ie Blanks, ''If 11 got to do the whole Sherman Miller, a spokesman 11cC de d ca r11 pus facilities Saying that the students and get rid of some of the remarked emphati cally. symbol of the fight aga in st had been coerced into her 20 yea r~, I'm not going to put for the October League {M-L) , ~ t lO lJICI IJr of a greater ''need a place on campus a1Jath y which exists among In response t o the racist oppression. The Court's o ri gin al testimon'_y aga in st it in my mind that the people stated ''the fight for Gary· pr io1·ity. where they car1 do their students. com1)!ain ts that the new decision brought forth angry . Tyler by the Prosecution. The fail ed me. The people are Tyler's freedom cannot be Tilt' cor1s tructi on of tl1e tbing," Johns added that the Al so in agreement \Vith Center is not as essenti al as a statemen ts from Tyler's Cou rt stated tha.t they fighting the worst ene,my in viewed apart frrll the U11i \'ers it y ( .e nter, \Vhich was center would complement the the n e cessity of 'the new dormitory, Luther supporters and vows to considered Ms. B.tanks to have history, the perpetrators of struggle against the system if bcgur1 last J uric, is estir11ated academic area. Univ ersity Center is Luther• Brown, HUSA Pres ident, been ''pressured'' by r acism . This cap italis t imperial ism that has enslaved ,11 S9,000,000, accordir1g to Around the ca mp u s Br own , President of Ho\vard defended the center by saying B community sympathy with country is nothing but A fro-Americans from it's Vi r1 cen t john s, Director of c on1 mun it y, h O\v e ver, Un i v e r ~i t y Student that the student center will 6 e Tyler into recanting her bloodsuckers. The·y try to beginnings. The · cfecis'iOn· is the Offi cL' of Student Life, at attitudes vary toward the oe w Associati on (HUSA ). Bro\vn provide services for 10,000 d testimony. The Court break us down, try to put actually an indictment Of this 1-i oward Ur1ivc rsi1 y. construction. rcn1arked that the center \viii plus people; a r1ew dormitory lnforme recommended that Tyler be fear in our hearts. But we're sytem and I immy Carter's ·rhc nC\V center, said would provide services for rcsentenced to life at hard proclamation of a 'New • On the one hand, arc fu lfi ll ''a critical need of the ones keeping this Ju hr1 s, \Vii i be completed in those wh o agree with johns' students.'' 300 to 500. d labor without any possibility country, we do all the South'. TtJe October League 1978 an d will provide opinion that the center 1s He added that, at present, By constructing the Rea ~ of parole, probation or work-they can't keep us will continue in its demand 1 nu r11eroL1S facilities for the necessary. Leroy Miller, an less tl1 an 011c per cent of the University Center instead, The suspension for twenty years. down. I f we keep pushing, for Afro-American Brown Said, ''we will be able " c,i rn1Ju s co n1munity: a instructor in the School of campt1s organizations arc Statements by Jeaders and something's got to break!'' sc lf-deterrTiina~ion and build ~ ¥ uni\'ersity cafeteria , snack Comr11ur1ications, is or1e of housed; t\1cre is no to serve more people ... it Last July, ayer 2,000 of up the movement to free 11 • organizations active in the ~ l~a 1, res t,1urant, t'Clevisio11 such pe rsons. "It [the funda rner1tJI plate r or would be ur1fair to sa.tisfy HI top movement to free Tyler Tyler's supporters c~nverged Gary nationally and around 300 to 500 people at the 11 ~ r oo r11. ga me roo111 , University Ccr1te r l is an stL1dcnt·widc meetings, sc hoo ls," Roy said as he introduced his writer everything, - jazz, Latin, R&B and more. manager. ''Their school won the 8ame while we won ''You see, nly music is a message, like a seed. I plant the seed on them (the listeners) and I' m also con the fight!'' . • Together the two form a unique and powerful veying the message thought the music to myself." Roy sound, which was borne out, on the tape that Roy had conveyed. · been plying throughout the interview. ''I' m really trying to deal with the truth." ''They're called RAMP," said Roy identifying the new Sharing the bill with Roy Ayers were Michael Hen group that was jamming on the tape. ''This song is derson and Ayana, a local talent from O.C. Ayana about the ''American Promise''; Birdsong wrote the opened up the concert with only a percussionijt at • lyrics to it, and I'm produ ci ng their first album." her side. Already a composer, arranger, produce r and a total A guitarist. Ayana, sbu nds somewhat like Phoebe musician, Roy also expressed that he would like to do Snow( Or maybe it is Phoebe that sounds like Ayana.) movie scores. But they would have to be ''serious In any case, Ayana ha s a folk music element entangled movies'' as he calls them; something in the ~ a me vein with her style, of soft. and purposely gentle music. of ''Roots'' which he constantly referred to during the Her lyrics are sound and st rong. This was evident as interview. she recited the words as if they were poetry. She Minutes before Roy A ye rs and Ubiquity were to per rece"ived a warm response from her audience in form the midnight show, which was a near sell-out return . also, the group b egan regenerating. Moving around in Michael Henderson served his fans well wit!:\ his preparation for the second show , they fancied about strong, vibrant. mellow ascensions that kept the how they were going to ''sti ck it'' to the antici pating ladies swooning throughout the show. His music crowd. ranged from jazz to R&B · accompanied by an ex And that is exactly what they d id. lj • traordinary amou nt of or)ilinalit.Y and style . On stage Roy Ayers is like a ball of energy. Clad fully in bright yellow, he started the concert with ''The ...•• Thi rd Eye," a familiar sound from an earlier Ubiquity • ,.• album. Even with the absence of sister Chicas, who is • E now recording solo, the group still has that same elec- 0 ,. trifying sound. '- •> Along with t t}e two new female vocals (Sylia Cox •0 and Ethel West), Roy was doing even more vocals. 0 Grooving right along with the smooth melodic voices -< • of Sylyia and Ethel, Roy jammed non-stop, with his electrically charged vibraphone. Roy Ayers & company cuttin' loose ·at Consritution Hall . In addition _to Roy's vibes ~nd 1_he vocals, the gro~ by Sau'da (Phylli s Jean) vibrant includes Ph1t1p Woo (electric piano), Ju sto Almario '' I'm moving into a spiritual thing with my music," (tenor sax), Calvin Banks I (guitar), Will Allen (bass), Roy said, explaining his new direction. '' I'm going John Mosler (trumpet), Chana O ' Ferral (congas) and When Roy Ayers was very young, Lionel Hampton back to roots 111.8 W. l!:iR /;· 11 /:· 1VSr1 LI/(},·\/.)/?/:. VI J.:· 111Sr1 f,8 U1\ !SI? 1: 1111.:1'VS!l 1.13 U1\JSRE VJ tlVS!l J,8fJft !SRI:.' VJ l: 'IVSA LB UMSR E VT E"IVSA LB @'!SR£ VT £1\ISA l •' 'Ask Rufus' an Exercise In Refinement t;' • ¥ JUSt noise. -' • By Bernard Gavin The song ha s fantas.tic • t;• potentia_l but it is weak, lack ing that esoteric quality that If anyone 1s wondering • would make it outstanding. 7 Nights and 8 Days In c what ~ Rufu s would sound lt eventually defeats itself by like if they c l1anged direc ' ! droning on endlessly. tions, their new albun1 Ask Outstanding on the album Rufu s should an sw er all ~ are ''Hollywood," ''Earth ~ uch questioiis. It is full of Song' ' and ''Eve rla sting signs of a ne\v Rufu s and a MONTEGOBAY, • love." Play ''At Midnite'' changing Chaka Khar1. wide open. It is definitely "' The key word in the new ~ something for the head. ~ Rufu s is sound. "fhe music ' has lost it's 'strict ly .Chaka' The kind of sound we JAMAICA • sound and 1s concen trating knew Rufu s was ca pable of on quality music. The blaring • " since Pack'd My Bags is • horn and trumpet arrange reproduced many times over ments are gone for the most "' but without the screaming part in lieu of a richer tone. April 19-April 26 I~ Chaka Khan that they Thescrearn1ng, couldn' t seem to escape. It dominating Chaka is gone; • is w orth checking out for ~' the arrangements are played - you rs elf. Library tr to embrace Chaka's voice in *Roundtrip Bus Transportation, from Founders stead of accomodate it. Baltimore Washington Airport .Bel ls, chimes, and tittle elec ' tronic 9ev ices are u sed 'Capricorn Princess' Like ''Candi'' *Roundtrip Air Transportation, from Bo..cimore Washington Air• throughout to provide extra to jazz found so difficult by 'listeni ng, or disco ecstacy. • port, including meals and beverages in flight, via Easterli polish to a mellowed down By Gary Butler other performers. , ''Boy, I really Turned On'' sound. Hilltop St•ffwriter Arrangers David Matthers if du tstanding up-tempd Airlines. You get the feeling of and Pee Wee Ellis (two fare; her renditions of long listening to a refined band Esther Phillips used to be figures now becoming time favorites ''I Haven' t Got *Seven Nights Accommodations at the HERITAGE BEA Ct,; performing instead some ob- Jcnown by the name ''Little household words 1n the Anything Better to Do'', ''A scure group attempting to Esther'' by her peers. Not business) played huge roles Beautiful Friend,ship'' and . HOTEL, with breakfast daily 0 put an album together. anymore - as her newest in Ms. Phillips' formula of the sweetness of ''Candi'' *ltoundtrip Transfers in Jamaica between Airport and Hotel, ii'- The albu m opens with ''At album Capricorn Princess success in Capricorn Prin· bring forth a warmth. and . ':' Midnight (My love will lift on the Kudu label w ill cer Cess, Fusing elements from sen sitivity Ms. Phillips' blues eluding baggage handling. , yo\J up)'', an upbeat disco tainly attest all forms of popular music, background so readily cul complete with the horn Ms. Phillips possesses the the album makes both an caresses. *All Taxes and Tips, including Jamaioan departure taxes. ~ arrangements tha;, Rufu s is versatility and that unique enjoyable pa c kage for *Insurance Coverage for Each Person - $10,000 accidenta'i i renowr1ed for. In Close the approach in phrasing tunes, • Door' t~ e tone mellows enabling her to successfully death, $1,'000 accidental medical, and · $500 baggage. o• down with an arrangement bridge that impasse of d " .. f '"Y ISCO, c;• su blt y rem1n1scent o our· · Howard University *Personalized Registration Upon ~ • Smile'' ( Ru fusized ). • Here Khan drops her Jeanssgsa Board Of Entertainment *Optional Tours Available - dominating si nging styl~ of\ Firlt Ou&tity Levi ® ToP Weight All ,... *Tour Guide Available Throughout Tour the past for a more refined ! Cotton Denim or Corduroy Jeans sound. · S9.9B. Straight Leg, Boot Leg, or '"S I S ,,I Bell Bottom . Cash Only . Th e me di ey ow crew , A~@~~a4~~ and ''Ab Fry'' is the Rufus I band playing in a wh ole new vein: an elegant composition ~~~~~u with . iust enough funk The Moments thro4'n in -to let th e li$tener ' kno'tv that they still have it ALONG w1rH Patti Austin I'' • in them. ' ''Hollywood'' is Rufus at ' CRAMTON AUDITORIUM $50 DISCOUNT FOR ALL GRADUATING SENIORS its best. boasting its new style. It is a smooth, well· Sunday, February 13, 1977 $50 MINIMUM DOWN PAYMENT , DUE BY MONDA ~ , coordinated piece that is • verY easy on the ea r s. And 7:30 pm 10:30 pm FEBRUARY, 28, 1977 .~ ''E verlasting love'' is just BY FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1977. p l.fi n fine. FINAL PAYMENT DUE ''Egyptian son_g'' however, HU' STUDENT GENERAL ':I IS Rufus sea rching ior ADMISSION something new. It 1s The General Store For further information, please contact Bonita G. Davis Offis_e something like the group has 2424 18th Str"t· N.W., $3.50 1st Show $4.50 1st Show Wnl> infton. D.C. 20009 of Student Life - 636-6923 or Belinda Lightfoot Office of Studen t never t~ied before. Beautiful $4.50 2nd $5.50 2nd Show crescendos like the ones 667-0449 life - 636-7003 or any class officer. c heard in '' Earth Song'' BuJn. 40. 42. 44. 90. 94.96, 98. R·2,L·2. Other Info Call: 636·7173 somehow lacks that song's M. T. w. F. S.1 11 -6; Thur 11 -B. 1 effec tiveness and become•'------..J • • Pages • H ooiiiioi;...... ;;...... :.T:;,::E~H~l~L~L~T~O~P;_ ...... ~l~l~F~e~bruar y,1 977 ...concerts, profiles, reuiews' ... • Hooks Warns of Hollywood Trappings '• Alvin Ailey Dance %' deep trouble," Hooks said. • By Lennetta L. Bradley He says he looks forward to Hilltop Stilffwriter better produced films than that of Roots. Troupe's Washington ''Hollywood today is a ~ Hooks explained that . trap. Bla cks in Hollywood Roots ,did not have one do th ings that they do not Black Writer writing for the particularly want to do. Soon show and that Alex Haley St~nt Ends Sunday the Black ar tis(s creativity is did not have a final say in stifled in the Los Angeles the matter. Referring to the sce ne," actor Robert Hooks"'.: "power 6f the editing process told a stand ing-room only Hooks says, ''They don't give cr owd at the Black Film In up that kind of power.". He stj tute. concluded, ''If I ever do Speak ing on '' Black s another film in Hollywood, I Working in Holly\vood '' last ,,, hope I produce the bad Thursday, Hooks indicated ! boy." that most young actors think Q The Black Film I nstitute is the West Coast is a '' haven." f housed within federal City But the si tuation i or th e , All ' ,~ • Robert Hooks speak i11g at Black F ilm Institute . College and is located on Black actor in Hollywood 1s the corner of 10th and E wh i te complicated ar1d ultimately to finance and produce their sn eak by I he Streets N.W . The progratn is proves to be stifling, ac ow-n films. .flroducers." sponsored by the University' However despite their ef cording to H ook s, th~ for H ook s sa id that the of the District of Columbia mer director of D .C. Black situation in Hollywood is so forts oi plotting came ra Library and w il l run until ar1gles and other positive Repertory Company. outrageous that even the April 2, ·1977. This program is elements, whc11 tl1c film \va s He said upon first working most earnest atten1µt~ to made possible through vie\ved for the first time, 1n H ~ 0' e ~ • Wom~n Play • Bison In Carolina Rematch , . ' Cheyney By Sheila (Sam) Maddox By Peter Harris nes day. She had given the Hilllop St.tffwriter team the day oif after getting Tonight, the Howard in at 4:00 a.m. It also gave The Bison ease on down them time to lick their B1sonettes entertain visiting Tobacco Road tonight in a Oheyney State in Bu rr in a wounds. weekend of bask~tba ll 6:00 p.rn. game. Howard's ·'But we got a \vhfpping." against North Carolina Cen record is now 9-7 after a . She said that the Montclair tral Fr iday. On Saturday its nightmarish trip to New )er- game was being televised, North Carolina A&T. s~y ear lier this week. and the north Je rsey team Last weekend Howard got ''sky high." played host to the Carolinas, On Tu!sday, th e Bisonet- On Monday, Howard lost.; tak i ng a victory from A& T tes weri tamed by number . to William Patterson, in the ~ 76-68 Friday and dropping eighth ranked (AIAW) M ont- firs t of the tw o-garne trip. ~ one to NCC 91-90 Saturday. cl air State 104-48. ''We ex - ''C lieyney was beaten by ~ pec ted to get beat realisti- Montclair in · ove rtirn e'' :; . ' cally," ·Howard head coach Groomes a says of tonight' s Friday night's gfme was no laughing matter for A'ggies sy1via Groomes sai d 1n a opponent ''We are in for a coach Warren Reynolds'. He t ~ lephone in terview Wed- rought week." laughed in Howard coach A . • B. Williamson's face after de Denise Elliot is free for an easy two. feating the Bi s~ n . His team is now playing without the help of last year's MEAC Most Valuable Player James L,argest Slate Ever Sparrow, lost d Ue to ineli gibility. Williamson a 196B gra Competing In lntramurals duate of A& T, says of Fr id ay night's gam e, ''We were very ' happy w ith the w in and J got a chance to play lot of new - - a Gerald Glover is a model of concentration aS he floats in for a dunk aga inst A&T By Calvin Smith schedule, 1t was 1rnportar1t people in a situation where a • that all the teams played the Hillleip St.iffwriter game was not a rout'' Gaskins add ed six assis ts. the last minute. Speight as the buzzer sou$ed . same amou11t ot games On Saturday night, David twice missed the front ends Now 6-4 in th\?" MEAC, wi thin the limi1ed arnour1 t oi Two guards, Gerald Gas of one· in-one free throw s. Howard could sta~ in the After rnuch ar1 tic1patior1 by Whitehead had 18 points to students, and ma ny hou rs of time.. Each tearn will play kins and Nate Speight, scor pa ce the guard play. Mike Gaskins als o missed his running_ for the c rnpion forrnulatiun, th e Office of nine games a ri d all games ed in double figures along Nettles led in scoring, how- one-in- one ·attempt after the ship with tw o \vi~, espe • Student Life launched its must be com f)leted by with Gerald ,(Dr. G) Glover, ever, with 23, but fouled Eagles had gone . ahead by cia lly with leagOie-leader 1977 lntra1nural Basketball March 23rd s u c h that we who added team- high 27 out one at th_e other end. South Carolina Sta t ~cornin g - league last Thursday in Burr can hold playofis and send a points and nine rebounds. Glover rebounded his to Burr February ·13 in the Gymnasium 's sub gyms. tear11 to repre~ent Howard in Gaskins had 13 points and Howard's close loss came shot,. m issi ng the follow, and Bison's last home ):jolrne be Forty-eight teams have sub the Extramural Charn Speight c h tpped in 10. after rtie Bison led by five in John Srnith's tap went wide fore MEAC Tourna~1ent mitted rosters to j)artic1pate pionsh1p held by neigh in this year's prograrn. the boring colleges." most ever since the Office of The intramural league has • Student Life took over In beco1ne on annual event tramural activities frorn the Every year about this time Lesli e Norris{31 ) shoots unconteste·d from the corner. athletic department in 1972. students flock 10 the gym to 1 he league has been brush up on their hoop divided into three divisions; game. Son1e studer1ts feel the Undergraduate: that the league has a few Division's I arid II and 1he drawbacks. Professional D1vis1on. Those teams whose rnernbers con sis ted of freshmen a11d ''The o f f.1c1atir1g 1s SOJ)horno re s were f)laced 1n outrage.ous," gaspeci oi1e '• • D1v1sior1 I. Those teams f}layer while trying to ca t ch wl1ose rnernbers consis ted l11s breath, during a game. of juniors and sen iors wE!re ''Most of the officials un placed in D 1vis1_on II. All derstar1d how the game is graduate st udents and played but rnake the mistake faculty make UJ) the by becoming spectators in professional division. stead of overseers." All undergraduate gam es are played on Tuesday and ' ''This 1s true," explains • Thursday and all .; professional games are Adams, '' However, I only ;j played on Saturdays. have three veteran official s '1Z Intramural Coordinator, back ~ith me this year, :! ·Roosevelt Adams had a dif- therefore, those students . " \vho have expressed an in- C ~ ficult time in computing . . terest 1n otf1c1at1ng vvere..? ~ each team's status. ''Students " ; ·were submitting rosters after given a written ta.st as well as i: a practical test before the ~ O the deadline and this ca used > f problems whe11 we began to season began." >- D Adams feels that the of- "0 ~ w ork ou t a schedule," ex 0 ficiating will improve as theO Winsome Davidson stretches high for a layup. plained Adams. '' While 0 .•, season p r ogress~s. • preparing each team's . ·--~---·· Howard Soccer Draftees Hindered by Heritage Oavid(Hollywood)Whitehead,shooting well his last three games, sl1ows form on a 25-footer and a drive last weekend. 40 makirlg pro team s, and soccer graduates to remair1 By· Addie D. Wilson Cosmos, and Chicago Sti ng ward) both of Jamaica, \Vere 15-20 players seei ng con- Hilltop st.tffwriter su pported Phillips' state drafted this year. In 1975, in the pros and pursue an ·academic career, which siderable playing action. ~ •------• ment The coaches we~e un four Bison were drafted by The soccer team w ill ob , rhany former Bison players Double glances should be availab le. Where were they? the Arnerican Soccer League, viously be a contributing are now doing. ''If drafted, taken at the sign greeting vis In England sCo uting, of and the ·1974 capta in, Ian factor to the ,continued they play one or two years, '1tor~ and pa ssersby of course. Bain,was drafted in the first recognition H oward's ath and then move on," says Howard University's Georgia Director of Public round that year by the Los letic program receives. To Phillips. Avenue entrance. There it is, Rela tions for the D iplornats, Angeles Aztecs of the NASL. send twelve players in six Phillips reasoned that in in the middle of the "' green'' Terr·y Han son ranked Bain later \-Vent to the Wash years to professional soccer countries from where most - ''HO WARD UN IVERSlTY, Howard as ''one of the top ington Diplomats, but is no .in the face of such stat is tics of his recruits come, profes-. H orne of tl1 e 1974 Soccer colleges'' for supplying good longer playing. is an achievement not to be sional sports is tiot offered, Champions." And c ha m soccer players, but reiterated Hanson said he did not taken for granted. therefore, academics be p ions they have been' that Brilish '' roots'' are the know what happened bet _corn.e the top priority of the Of al l the _sports includ~ major block between Bison w een Bain and the Diplo 'athletes. His recruits attend n th e Bi so n athletic players and pro soccer. mats. Phillips' account of the Housing! I Howard for further educa program, soccer has been ''Most soccer coaches are si tuation, however, was· tha t tion first, to J)lay soccer Anyone Knowing \he leader in sending players from England and tend to Bain was ''delibera tely ben second. ''They willJ al.ways tq·, the pros. migrate back to their begin ched'' while the coaches let Of Available have something to fal l back NCAA champions in 1974, nings," says Hanson. ··inferior players'' play in on,'' says the quiet' spoken and finalists in the NCAA "Coach Phillips' and the stead. Phillips said that he Rental Space ·ttoach of their education. tournaments si nce 1970, the team's records speak for it believes racism is attribut Howard is the only Black Rooms, Apartments, soccer team, coached by self," he said, ''Howard has ab le to the selection of ac university to send players to Houses Lincoln Phillips, has excellent players." If only tive · players. Ba in was not soccer pros, and, according produ ce d an estimated they were American citizens reached for comment in Howard U. Area to Hanson, a former scout, is twelve pro draft picks since or British. Phillips cannot name ahy one of the best universities Phillips' arrival in 1970. Phillips rec ruils most of players cu rrently active in Tor sending players to the Contact: Becau se of their success, it his players from Ghana, pro soccer leagues from pros. Out of 150 American is safe to ask: why are there Nigeria, T r inid ad, and Howard. He says that along Hilltop (636-6868) colleges, Hanson says, 80 not more of H o ward's Jamaica. with the constant pressures players might go to soccer players in pro soccer? One The North American Soc and stru ggles with racism, it Free Advertisement ca.rnp~ '" \vith approximately answer is competition. \ ce r league (NASL) sets is also difficult for Howard Chuck Banks , In all sport s, competj tion quotas of si x American • is keen, but in soccer, com citizens on each team of 16 Kosher Sandwiches • Salads • \Vine • Cheese • French Bread petition is super keen. player rosters. The six Amer Howard soccer players with ican s are usually white, and .....• • • pro aspirations not only the ten remaining players are -.... ' ....1:! compete with American and mostly British, al so white. Q ' ~ { /,/// J ~ II . \ = British athletes, but also with Phillips, who is a former • rasc1sm throughout A mer playe r coach for both Balti· ·• @orner ~ /fl By Alex Haley ll\~1 lcan leagues, according to more and Wa shingt on :J I/ Ir" '\l \. /\._ . . . \) ~ teams, said the· Black-Amer- ·~t: Phillips. 2nd & Elm Street N.W. ~ '-' Soccer o riginated ir1 Eng ican citizen is rare in soccer. rn 0 land," Phillips explain s, The Trinidadian blames th is ~ (across from Carver Hall) • on SALE fQr '$lO.OO/copy ' '1 ' An~ was brought to this on the lack of interest in the .xi r '\'' • \ \ ' - counlr"y by the English. M ost sport ''Blacks {in the U .S. ) • ~ ..· ""-at · soccer coaches are from do not relate to soccer. .~ Britain,' and will bring players Europeans brought soccer to ~ ' 265·3722 {;l from their country to Amer America and most American ~ ' ica to play on their team s." players are white." ,~ • Howard University Bookstore Telephone calls to three Two Howard players - v =i !>OCCer camps, those of the Paul Pringle (forward) and • Breyer's Ice Cream Specialties • Pizza • Italian Subs • Beer • • 1).C. Diploma!s, New York Lincoln Peddie (center for- • • • \ • i-age 10 i 1 F e~1iary, 1977 • • • · - · -- ~· Mat Walkons ' " • A ·Dropped Baton Heed the Message Blows Record By Muriel Hairston had any problems from the I Hilltop StJiffwriter other wrestlers,'' said Dean. ''In fact,, they encouraged By Joseph Saxon improving. First and second Hilltop St•ffwriter . legs Zach Jones and Karl Former wrestling coach me a lot'' Butler, each running 1.:56, Sam Rucker in an earlier in Rucker has also played an A disappointing team combined to give the Bi son terview encouraged walkons important role in their brief showing and a five hour a temporary lead. to try out for the team . His wrestling careers, Clairborne maintains. '' I'm sorry about travel delay, offset several message reached Connie bright individual per· Ruck leaving,'' lamented '' Zach is an unsung hero," Clai rborne, a first semester formances last Sunday at the (\airborne. ''I feel that his voiced head track c~oach freshman, now trying his Princeton Relays. Howard's termination was not at a c Wil'liam Moultrie. ''His per lu ck as a Howard wrestler, next meet is Sunday at Dela good time with the Middle"E formances are indicative of along with I oe Dean, a ware University. walkon from last year' s Eastern Atlantic Conference·~ ~·· .... his approach. I have a {MEAC) so close." m• -- tremendous amount of id season. The Bison had intended to Clairborne, had an interest ''I agree," added Dean,~ miration for him. Freshman use the Princeton nieet to and participated in wit~a ·; bead of sweat run-;_ Butler stepped right in and 1n qualify the mile and two termura! wrestling in high nin~ \ dOwn his face. ' 'The~ did a fine job for us. He is a mile relay teams, and in school. Besides being in timing was off_ Also I feel .a caliber athlete." dividual runners (70 yard teresting. it is ''something to Rucker has spent much of 2 . 0 high hurdles and 60 yard occupy his freetime,"Clair, his personal time helping me f dash) for the NCAA I ndoor borne says. improve my techniques." ' Overal l, Victor Egwu Track Championships in placed third in the triple David Esaw has an advantage in his match last Saturday. He later pinned his opponent. March. They were also set 10 jump; but the Bison failed t,.o break the world indoor place in the finals of the 60 record for the sprint medley.' 0 ya rd dash, 70 yard high hur· Disappointing Showings In Wake of Departure .Unfortunately, - this was not dies, or the mile relay. The ~ the case. ' 0 ! the next day by defeating team in the physical sense, team ts jelling. but the • By Muriel Hairston puzzled how Miles could . ' • I North Carolina Central 36· Rucker still has an affection Princeton meet showed· they · •0 Hilltop Staffwriter contend that Garland Valen The sprint medley four • 26 . However, only three have a long way to go. • I towards them. ''They' re still tine met the requirements of some of Gosnell - White, ·. Bison wrestled. Harry Flem • Since Sam Rucker was re my fellows .. . and I' II always a wrestling coach, he said. Reggie Soj~urner, Richard ~ · ing (158) and David Esaw To qualify for the Na • moved as wres tling coach be interested in their well valentine, the H.U. Tran Massey, and Michael Archie 0 (150) pinned their op being." he declared. tionals, the two-mile relay 0 last week, th e recent sportation Coordinator, ser sipped orange iuice, bet - ponents, while Marshall must shave 13 sec::onds off • Howard stats read two ''This is one of the reasons ved as coach at the recent ween naps, preparing for • their best combined time of lo ss es, on ~ win, leaving Woods lost to his opponent I would have liked to remain South Carolina State match. their world- record effort Q\.<:\'9\1\ly Ot 7-0. coaching the team until the 7: 45, a feaf which is not im tomorrow's results against • ''I am also disturbed about When the race began, there Franklin and Marshall (Phila Connie Clairborne (11B), end of the season," Rucker possi ble. Th.e mile relay 0 the changes occurring in the see med to be no dOubt as to J oc Dean Kelvin K1trell (126), Hershall said. had plans to resign, needs at leas t a 3:15 in Dela Connie Clairborne delphia) anybody's guess. '' I weight classes," he con the eventual winners. Tolbert (134) , Asa Jones but after the season was ware to qualify for a repeat Howard lost to York Col tinued. Rucker says that {142) , James Esaw (190) for over. However, because of trip to Detroit They ran a Dean came out as a The feeling of affection is lege 3·1 to 5 last Thursday. there is ''no reason'' why White, running the lead feited. The excitement of the disagreements between me record-setting 3:13 at walkon last "'year and mutual. According to Rucker They al so lost to North James Esaw and Asa Jones off 440, cruised around in match was its length - fif- and Leo Miles (At.hletic Delaware last year.' lb~cause of his performance, '' Dean ts the smoothest CarolinaA&T41 to 12!ast Fr i should be losing because of first place with a 48 .4 clock was awarded a scholarship wrestler l have ever seen. I day. The loss to A&T- could teen minutes. Director) about personal ing. Sojourner ran the 220 '' being placed in a higher tbis Season. tried to boast his confidence have stemmed from Ruck According to Rucker, styles and techniques of yards in a time of 21 .3 and Last year .at Delaware, weight class." If ' this con l\l oean~ contends that the and enc.ourage him." cr's absence , the la ck of en· Howard will meet stiff com· wrestling, my plans were increased the lead to 20 Howard set the track 's record tinues '' the team will be hardest thing . about c duragem e nt f r om the petition tomorrow. He views sl ightly altered." yards. Massey continuing the with a 3:13 effort This year, lucky to place third or fourth wrestling is getting into Both Clairborne and Dean sparsely fi lled Bu rr _gym, or Howard's outcome as ''However, l would have charge, breezed through his Richard Massey should lead in ttie MEAC'' he .said. shape. '' The moves aren' t hope compliments like th is the d isappoi ntmen t o f ''pretty bad." Ru cker fears liked to see the fellows I re 220 in 21 .1 stretching the the way for individual Rucker, refusing to com that hard to learn, its getting will lead to future sc holar seei ng H oward's top t\vo fo r the athletes' health cruited wrestle in the lead to yards. qualifying events. Although ment on his future plans, 40 yo.ur body conditioned,'' he ship money. wrestlers, Asa Jo n es and because of past competition MEAC," he admitted. he could conceivably adds that ''I' ll be around to emphasized. Addressing himself to next /amps Esaw, pinned. with such experienced Rucker questioned many At that point, ahead of the qualify in most running see who wins the champion ~lafrborne agreed: ''You year and future walkons, \vrestlers. , changes he has witnessed world record pace, they events, he'll pr·obably con have to have a desire to Clairborne advised them to Howard go t out of the rut Although he' s not with the since his departure. ' '1 am ship." needed only a 1 :52 .6 from centrate on the open 440 • wrestle," he said. '' There is come out as freshmen. ''This defending MEAC half-mile yar~ dash, and a berth on nO· time to relax. will give them time to learn champ Michael Archie, for the'tnile relay. ''As a walkon I have not college wrestling." Qualifying Tae Kwon Do Meet By Howard the last ?80 yards to make it official. Whi te, Sojourner, Hey- " . versity of California at The Bison, however, tried wood Johnson, or Herman £wimming Cuts Dampen Berkeley, according to a a blind baton exchange that Belcher, who anch<:>red the Howard TaeKwonDo was never completed. The mile relay at Princeton, • spokesperson. baton bou need out of the · could also quali(y in the 440. Enthusiasm, Motivation The enthusiasm and turn exchange zone, disallowing •• out these upcoming Cham the teams retrieving the In the 600 look for Jones • pionships generate will, in baton. and Archie. They may also mean, I do what I can for tne part, determine whether the By Peter Harris Earlier in the meet, the try for the 880, along with team, but after the sea son, sport will be selected as an Mike Elam, Butler, and J' ll concentrate o n event in the 1980 Olympic Bison finished fifth in the two-mile relay. Although Aaron Pharr. As for the academics Before I swam in games, the spokesperson leapers, Egwu has the best Howard's sw immers have the summer and swam and said. they have not dominated chance to qualify in the' lo-ng all but toss ed their. •swam.'' this race in the past, they are and triple JU mps. ·· motivation'' out the win When Washington ...__ -,· j ' I dow as a result of this winter -·- graduated from Detroit's - season's aborted schedule. Martin Luther King High af James Washington, a ter swimming all four of his a jun ior breaststroker from years there, he entered ~ Detroit, sadly points out that • Howard with the '' goal'' of o. ' ''everybody seems to be beinR a ''small college All- B losing interest'' after swim American," high on his li st "c •ming only four meets on an of swimming priorities. 3: o riginal 12 meet schedule. > He admits however, that .o ' ' Th~ only way to get .as '. a result of his tenure at 2 swimmers to swim is to Howard, he has ''cancelled ~ I motiva'.te them," Washington 'B - out'' his goals. ''One thing k ' • said recently at Burr gym. happened after another," he The Howard judo team lost to Yale University 47-23 last week in New Haven,Conn. ' ''You can' t motivate a team explained. Meet can- to praCtice'' if they know the ce llat ions during his meets are cancelled. sophomore year, and • The swimmers have at presumably the rash of tempted lo ''make it (prac Andrea Shelton ium. Admission is free. given to the Grand Champ player ineligibility instances UN'- TOYOTA Hilltop Slaffwriter Registration and weighing ions, both male and female. tice) a fun thing among our the Sharks suffered, were i n are scheduled at 9:00 Sun Membership and par selves'' in preparation for among those ''things." the remaining Tri State meet day morning. Eliminatidns tici pation in Sunday's Dis Washington typifies this at Towson State February 24- will begin at 11 :00 a.m. fol trict trials are the first steps year's swim program and 26 . Coach Joseph Bell's The Howard University lowed immediately by the towards eligibility to rep perhaps the recent history of finals. resent PVAAU in the 3rd Na Independent Repair Shop negotiations to enler his Howard swimming. Coping TaeKwonDo Club is span- team into an upcoming D.C. Fi rs~ second, and third tional AAU Championship with daily practices, with area meet failed, Washington soring the First Potomac Val on March 4-6, at the Uni- In ' The District Of Columbia skeletal squads and with ley Amateur Athletic Union place medals of the PVAAU , • says. defeats suffered as a result of will be awarded in all di •• ) The .Sharks, preparing for TaeKwonDo Championship" the shortages, a swimmer on Sunday in Burr Gymnas- v1s1ons. Trophies wilt be The largest selection ' the State meet, have been ·is hampered to say the workin&,, out at Howard's least. of hard aluminum Women's Annex pool, And now the massive which lacks size, depth, and scheduling attrition because MEASURING TOOLS a high diving board. Con the MEAC schools for the QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS sider · the facility the last most part, have phased out in the country! straw ihat might completely • the sporl ''By the end of • break Washington's spiril February, ''Washington sum ''Because of the obstacles marizes, ''I will have swam .we ha ve I' ve sort of lost in To Handle· ALL Your for six months for only five STRAIGHT EDGES/ T·SOUARES terest myself," he said. ''I ·swim meets." ' METRIC RULES /L·SOUARES· ' Carver Wins Dorms CENTERING RULES • TRIANGLES/CURVE STICKS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS INKING RULES Chess Meet and many others ... ' NOW WE HAVE IT LET US KEEP IT IN D.C. By Robert Davison match. • Speci._I to the Hilltop Carver Hall's members are In the first Howard Robert Davison, James HELD OVER Save 10% on Labor University Dormitory Chess Woods, Chuck Harris, • Championship, held last Jerome Carter, and Chuck _..,1 With This Ad! Todd.· A II of the players were 'Til February 13 Sunday ·at Carver Hall, the ~ ho_sts emerged as the cham members of their high ' pion of eight d orm teams. school chess teams. Fri. & Sat. 8:00 p.m. -ii AMBOSELI FOREIGN CAR Teams involved, represen Drew Hall and Meridian • ·, ·1 1781 Florida Avenue, N.W. ted Sl owe Hall, Drew Hall, Hill tied for second place, Sun. 7:00 p.m. Meridian Hill, the Harriet while the Quad and Slowe Phone 387-7170-71 Tubman Quadrangle, and Hall lied fOr third. Antonette Carver. As a team, Carver Hargrowe and Patric ia FOR INFO CALL 232-3552 went undefeated and none Davison played good chess of the team's members lost a forthe!! • ' • I • 11 F'tbrL1ary, 1977 THE HILLTOP -. --- - • • Page 11 ' Y' e ' ". ."I .. "• J ' Gymnastics Scuffling, Suspended In Space Between Departments , • H is money search ha s ke1Jt ncccls, the daily, rigorous '' That was a tremend ou s deficiencies. '' Ii ~ the By Peter Harris him at th e files of the Foun- training and co mpetition asset," Johnson re calls. ''We deterioration continues, we • dation for Community . they rieed to develop can not embarked on a mission to go limit our youngsters from all • Creativity 1n hopes of be undertaken. to Black insti tutions, perfo r around participation." .secu ring 11ecessary funding In order for b'i.Jdd1ng gym ming and«giving workshops In h is team·s few con1- to expand the tr o u1Je's nasts to improve, Johnson 1n the .hopes of them petitive meets, Johnson says equ ipment and competitive says, they ·· require a daily developing team s and givi ng that ''this ·year \V e plan to There• 1s a quiet battle for sig hts. rout1r1e of year-ro und us natural competition. deal in ac tivities where we exi~tcnce taking place. • ''Each year apply for trainirig. They have to have ''As a result of our visits, get the most activity." He • Visibly the battle goes on various grants."' johnson saic ex1)osure so they can per- Morgan d~veloped a girls' added softly, ''We can' t go thr~e ., days a \veek and sub i • 1ri an intervie\.,. Tuesday forrn before crowds With.out team and North Carolina all around becau se we don't tly, day, for a quiet ~very '' Last year I tried· (tl1e jitters," he said. Cen tral now ha s a com in tense man who se rves as have safe equipmenl Its manufact.urers of) Corrii11g Howard's troupe is sa nc munity workshop, " Johnson time for that stuff to give." th e caretaker of sorts for the Ware. But there have rlever tioned by American Athletic added. H oward's group is Johnson say s, without a efforl s. been any available." Union (AAU), which spon- now preparing to trave l to hint of em barra ssmen~ that The H oward U niversity Ho\.,.ard' s PE De1Jartrner1t.. sores the tournaments 1n Greensb oro for the MEAC one of his goals is ·· 10 one Gy m a kana Troupe the closest thing to an of- ' \vhich gymnast must com basketball tournament The day become part of Gym nasti c Team, 1s a ficial oversf'er, cannot ~ ub- flete to im1)rove. The trip hinges, however, on Howard's Athlet ic O epart jurisdictional o rphan. It si dize the prograrn because Washington, D .C. YMCA HUSA's ability to provide menL'' lac ks varsity stat us, so • it of budget lirnitations, lohn- •v1ll sponsor one this spring, funds. But. ''if we ·can rrake it. doesn't receive part of the son said. and Johnson hopes to enter Though the fau lt of no one we w ould only be an other athletic budget. The Ph ysical '"' But the PE oepart!nent some of his athletes in the person or organizatiori, the non revenue prd duc1ng Education de partmen t allow s u s to use the equ1p Junior Olympics t hi~ sum- gymnas tic group is suffering. pr.ogram," he cautipns. '' If mer. '.Vould be glad to support rnent and facilities at r10 cost The athletes have su·ffic1ent Athletics ever d ecid~ to put c them if it had the moneY. and they lose ar1 es ti rnated But two meets do not a equipmen t but, it ' is un · us· as a varsity sp ort they \viii •> $17,000 a year," he said. champion make. The com fortunately show ing the ef have to put up witJl some e> So the trou pe's director petition problem exis t s fects of time and constant Jean years. The t raged}', at leas t .,..,;;: 'E• Williarn (Chief) Johnson, because most Black sc hools u se. ''This is just the route you E continues to hold his regular potentially, is that the 1 • don't have competitive gym .:.'T he rings are dry rotting, have to take," John! 'on said m Monday, Wednesday, and bonafide gyrnnasts 1n the r1as tic programs In fact, two the uneven (bars) d on't have resignedly. '' You. can'' t blame il Friday meetings while main troupe stand to pa y the year~ ago \.,.ith ..-n o ney from weigh ls to keep them from anybody, it is just a ·,1ew ad !! taining his search for biggest price 1f the club's un the Office of Student Life, moving, and the horizontal venture !hat Howard is going ·· ~ adequate and or1going fun- cer tair1 statu s continues. the c lub t oured Black beam is cracking,'' Johnson into; one no othe! Black ding. Without the rnoney )ohnson schools. said, listing some of ·th e . , sc hool e~er tried." ~ Tyro 11c Russ is poised 011 tl1~ l'arallel bars ir1 a gymnastics practice . • 1940s: A few Sparks • Amid A Cloud of • · Despair and Defeat B y Steven Jones played aga1ri ror si x year~ . An era er1ded 1n 1':1 47. Hilltop Sl.iffwriler While socce'r 10ined ba se john Burr left tlie hilltop to ball, already 1n Jimbo, fhe become the head of the fhe sp ectrl' 01 \\' ar .11 h!etic de1)artn1ent nioved CIAA. For the first time 1n 24 ~hroucled rno~! ot the worlcl t CA PUS SPEAKOUT ' • • • • Do nn;i Osborne, Speci ill Educiilfion, Freshman, Scorplo S.ggitarius 1. Hopefully Mr. Young will be Vedia Jones, D es ign, , Jut1 ior, able to·improVe the U '.S. Foreign Aquarius Policies toward Third World - Wrelt Eiilherspoo n , R.ldio/Jour· 1. Not very. In light of the f <1 ct n.alism, Junior, C11 pricorn Nations and influence the more he is jus t being used by the Car ' l. I wish !he brother luck, influencial members of the ter Administration dS a '' token" , however th.e U .S. corporate in (abinent to take a bettw look at of their esteem for the large • terests have already decided the conditions existing here with the black voter turn out in jimmy's stand this country will continue third world people of the United favor. to take 1n relation to the third St ates. As well as the third world, 2. The D.C Armory is inac world. They w ill never let him be people~ of foreign countries. It is cessible to most students. No a deciding factor, but I also hope important to have positive only in<1 ccessible, but too ex he is not made the scapegoat for changes directed towards pensive for those with and anything that happens that is not foreign policies but it is equally without c<1rs. We can't even fill • 1n Americas interest important to take care of home. therefore more convienient for our own gym which is already 2. Seeing how there is hardly 2. I don' t know if Howard has the majority of the students. sto pa id for, so why should we put ever any capacity crowds at the to pay for the use of the armory, attend the games. Although I fee! our our money for someone but if they do, it would be much e!ses? games, it would be to Howards that it is inconvienient to have • • . ' financial advantage to have the wiser to have the basketball the games at the armory, I would games 1n Burr gym. !t w ould also games here on campus. Jt really still attend them to support the 'give students more interest in at is n' t necessary to have the games team. ' tending the Bison games. Most at the armory when Howard has •' colleges dO!)'t leave their back the Burr gymnasium which is yard to go elsewhere to play much closer~ to home and r • their game s. Judi Byrd, Journalism, Se nior, PHOTOGRAPHY .BY: Question 1: Pisces f • Willie LeNoy H.1mpton, Com 1. I feel th<1t Ambassador munication Arts, Senior, Leo How influential do you Young c<1n po.tentially have PHIL COLLINS 1. Unless the US. ci tizen s, positive influence on U . S. I ' • government and representatives think Andrew Young Foreign Policy toward third ' Ken neth W. Wigginton, T.V. and are in support of policies. regar world nations. However, he ~Fi lm , Senior, Ta urus ding third w orld equality and will be in the changing must stand firm in his com 1. We are all aware that An majority ru le for democracy and mitment to Black America r<1ther ., drew Young. 1n receiving his self-governance, Brother U.S. foreign policy to than simply reflecting Pres. Car cu rrent position is a product of Ambitssader Young w ill not have ter's views. political tokenism. He represents , ''any'' influence. However, I Third World nations? 2. Howard University should a nation that has a long history • have faith in him as a leader and host home B- ball games in the f <1n effective communicator for H.U. gym which is more than ' of imperialism. I don't un • I • derstand Carter's positioning • positive foreign relations and adequate in facilities, Ad '' \ Question 2: because I don't think that ot•• decision-making policies. ditionally, H.U. ca n barely fill its brothers abroad will be con 2. The Burr Gymnasium offers What are your feelings own gym to capacity and the at vinced to look upon the U.S. dif convenience, comfor t, mosphere at the Amory does not ferently because the policy is congeniality because the Bi sons lend itself to the promotion of 1 delivered by Black laces. l(s not are home at H.U. The games about Howard's basketball unity and spirit that I'd like to the man, i(s what he represents. · seem to be more exciting and see expressed at home g<1mes. ' ... conduc tive to a unified spirit team hosting some 2. In all due seriousness the • • money that is used for renting The D.C Armory offers a lesser the Armory can be routed to degree. Be si des, it is a "hastle" to home games at the I toward third w orld nations will other things l ike at hlet ic • get out there an~ it isn't be great - ' ' Z Phi B Party Encore Benefit Food Co -<>p No Valentine's Ebo ny Occasions 1-66 Protest Christian Fellowship C[ASSIAEDS The sisters of Zeta Phi Beta Cha kula, the university's only Dance Howard University There will be <1 protest to the Regular · meeting of the Sorority, Inc. are having a Valen Performance BIRTHRIG H T ifood cooperative, is offering the The ''D ance Your Heart Student A~ociation ,White House on The Route I 66 Faculty-Staff Chr,istian tine's Party on Februa ry 11, 1977 ' best offer around on food prices Out'' Valentines Da11 ce presents ~' Decision on Sunday, February Fellowship on Wednesc:!<1y at 526-3333 at Palm's Lounge, Hall of The African Heritage Dancers <1nd nutritional advisement. We sponsored by the 'first year ''EBONY OCCASIONS" 13, at 2:00 p.m. 12 :00 noon 111 the lower 0 N<1tions, 36 & N S.t NW (George & Drummers will perform <1n Er1 - Pregnant U n eKpecl edly! · purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, c lass of the Howard niver Februafy 12-21 auditorium of Rankin Chapel town U r1iversity), from 10-2. core Benefit Performance for the U H ave you considered <111 nuts, seeds, juices and honey all Fr iday, February 11 Project S.A.D. (Thurman Lounge) ha s as its There will be cover charge. African Heritage Center. sity Law School originally your choices? You could be Movie Series - "2001 Space focus1 The Etfiical Values of the Friday February 25, 1977 at wholes<1le prices. scheduled for the Fox making the mos t import.1nt, just seven dollars every two Odyssey'' We, the Brothers and Cresents Scientist Scholarship Time 8:00 P.M. Trappe has been c'anceled. decision in your life. ot Phi Bet<1 Sigma Fra1frnity, lnc., An aspect of Roots, (Biblical The H ow<1rd University Place: Greenspring Ir. High weeks can buy you <1 supple Saturd.1y, February 12 A II advance ticket sales have wish to extend an invitation to te xt s which condone slavery) Alumni Club ol Southern Calilor School mental supply of sustenance. DISCO - Jetsetter's Club been cancelled. the Howard University com· . was discussep' at the 2 Feb. februarf't Iss ue of ni<1 is · <1 ccep1 ing <1pplications for 4701 Greenspr1ng Ave. Join w ith us and expand your Sunday, February 13 • Valent ine Concert - Patti munity to participate in Project meeting along with the con AF RI CA ,\.fAG AZINE ~ Sl ,000 scholarship. Bal timore, Maryland mind, body and spirit Attention SAD (Sigmas Attack Defects) a cluding discussion on the Effect Spotli8: hting High school seniors or current For Tickets Call or Visit Miya Meeting and Veget ar ian Austin & Moments monday, y 14 Cooch Tillman Sease w ill hold fund ra1si r.g Jttack. of Prayer. Ta rrz.1n i.1 and Howard Uni versity studen ts GaJlery 720 11 th St. N.W . • 347- Dietary lecture: Mon. 14 of Feb. Movie Series - " Mandingo·· a meeting for all those interested This funcl1on w1 li be held at President Nyerere from the Sou1hern California 6076 W .P.A. 1227 G St. N.W. - at 7:30 pm, OCH rm 116, office "Cl<1udine" in forming <1 bowling team on L<1ndover M.:illl on fr1day <1nd Is Now Available area are urged to submrl ap-- 347-8304. 2260 6th Street, rm 203 (next to Tuesday, February 15 Coff·ee House ENG) hours: Mon. 12-1, 2-6 pm. Tuesday, February 15, in room African Liberation Films and Saturday, February 11th <1nd 0 plications (obtainable from the 113 of Burr Gym, at 4:00 pm. 12th. The Howard Pl<1yers present s, 'fhe H.1,.! ." B ookstore Financial A id and Student Em Tues. 3-6 pm. Speakers. Cramton Auditorium, Learn Speedreading 7:30. . ployment Office) <1nd have tr<1n Wed. 12-6 pm. The proceeds w ill , go to the "Coffee House ' 77" featuring Michigan meeting National Foundation for the drama, d<1nce, music. This event scripts forwarded to: Thur. 2-6 pm. Wednesday, Febr uary 16 Do you read slowly? Detroi t (or the Sta te of Disserl .1tion ty'pi ng: technical, Howard University Alumni Fri. 10-12:00 pm. ti Constitution Re ferendum March of Dimes whom the will take place on Friday, Feb. Does reading take all of your Mich.) is your home - meet Project is being held in cor1 - 11th at the Experimental Theat re nontechnicill, legal, medic.11, Club of H oward in Perspective time? with the homefolks: Friday, Feb. \( below Ira Aldridge Theatre) at8- foreign language. Fast and .1c· Southern Ca Ii fornia .Get Discount For President Cheek, President of junction with. Do you need more spare time? 11 (tonight) 6 - 7 p.m. H elp us " wipe out" birth 12 p.m. Admission is $1 .00. Food curilte. Turabian method. Cal l P.O . Box B268 HUSA, Film· ''Color Us Black" J Sign up for the speedreading Concert (Be prompt, 'cause w e meet Howard in '.68. Panel Discussion. defec ts. and drinks <1re av<1ilable. M arion McCurdy, 354-7294. Crt?ns haw Station Those of you whci vote on the course today!!! on time) Cook Hall Lounge. Friday, February 18 Los Angeles, C al ifornia Constitutional Referendum $15 for Nine (9) two- hour Students Staff Ad· Howard Showc<1se 90008 Wednesday, February 16 bet RECRUITING SCHEDULE . .. RECRUITING SCHEDULE -- sessions, Saturdays only. min1strators - Instruc tors Be 11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Deadline: April 15, 1977 ween 9-S will be granted a fifty Beginning: February 12, 1977& There' 1.00 Students, 2.00 General Recruiting Sc hedule Sci~nce, 88A/MBA - Busin~ ss En gineerin g, Chemistry, (.50) cents discount (<1long with Ending: April 9, 1977. Admission Feb. 22 • 25, 1977 Administration, M<1rketing, Physics <1 nd Computer Science WlfBC Student disc ount) on tickets for· Scroller Court Sessions are at 10:00 am or Sat urday, February 19 Economics, AC coun ting, fHE MAGNAVOX COMPANY"• the Febru<1ry 19 concert at Cr<1m· 12:30 pm (choose one). Auction Concert - Wayne Davi s, FE BRUARY 22, 1977 Management BS - Mechanical <1nd Elec- "Roots" Discussion We will extend program to ton Auditorium. The Ladies of the Scroller Oneness of JU JU ANACONDNBRASS CALTE X PETROLEUM COR trical Engineering compensate for spring bread Remember! W tie re You On February 15th, 16th, and Court of K<1pp<1 Alpha Psi will be Sund.1 y, Febru.1ry 20 DIVISION•• PORATION"" Saturdays. Vote!!!!'! 17th at 8 pm, WHBC will present (!UClioned, Friday, February 11 , All City Talent Expose' Cram- All Disciplines BS/ MS Chemical , FE BRUARY 25, 1977 If you do the w ork, we guaran a three part series entitled African Studies 1977 at 7:00 PM., • ton Auditorium, 1.00 Admission. BELL SYSTEMS/ C & p Mechanical and Elec1r1cal • tee you'll read at least 700 wpm. AtRco· ' ' Roots, The Gambian Per The auclion will be held in Mond.1y, February 21 TELEPH ONE co.-· Engineering spective" Sign Up today!. DOW CHEMICAL CO. BS Elec t rical and Lecture room 105 Locke H~l l. Be There, it Malcolm X Memorial Service - BS/ MS Mathernatics, For those who missed the See Ms. Corliss Usher located BS / MS Chen1ical, Mechanical Engineering African Studies <1nd Research will be another night to remem 5:30 p.m. - Cramton Auditorium. Physics, Electrical <1nd Civil Gambian discussion of ''Root s'' in the H.U.S.A. office rm. 284; Mechanlc<11 <1nd Electrical ARTHUR MCKEE · & COM Program. ber!! Alex H<1ley • LASC & HUSA Engineering. Computer al Cramton, WHBC present s this Monday & Wednesday 3-S; Engineering and Chemistry PANY"" Lecture by. Dr. Bereket-ab Cramton Auditorium. Science. BBAIMBA - Business discussion in three parts. P<1rts 1 Tuesdays 2-5; Fridays 3-5. Spirituality Series Administration, Marketing, FAIRCHILD SPACE & ELEC , Civil, Electrical. Chemical and Selassie and 2 deal with the Gambi<1n If you fail to register by the TRONICS COMPANY"" Mechanical Engineering Topic: '' Eritrea : A Con The Truth, the spiritual series Expository Writing Economics, Accounting and • perspective. Part 3 deals with above d<1ys, register between 9- BS/MSIPh.D ...... - Electrical <1nd NEWPORT NEWS SHIP- temporary Revolution for In held on self- re <1 liz<1tion and M<1nagement ' Alex Haley, and hi s discussion of 10 early Saturday 2/12. The Department of English is Mechanical Engineering BUILDING" dependence." spirituality will be held regulariy DEPT OF THE NAVYICAPSO-N" . ''Roots''. offering this semester <1 BS /M S - Civil, Mechanical HARRI S BANK" " Mechanical, Elec1rical, Civil Date: February 11 , 1977. beginning from Feb. 7, til Feb. Each segment is one half hour Workshop in Expository Writing: and Electrical Engineering BA - Business, Finan ce, Engfrief,'ring. and Accounting t "Double Dynamite" Time: 4:00 p.m. 28th. long, with the first to be presen English SOO, Section • 02. This GEORGIA POWER COM- Economics, Accounting HECHT COMPANY Pla ce: Living Room of the This series answers questions ted on Febru<1ry 15th, the second non-credit course is open lo un PANY"" Acctg., Bus., L.A., Home Econ. School of Hum<1n Ecology. on life and prepares ourselves on February 16th, and the final Co. G-8 of How<1rd Universi ty dergradu<1tes <1bove the fres)l Elec t ri cal and Mech<1nical FE BRUARY 24: 1977 UN ITED STATES GYPSU r\tl of the for the real task guiding our segment of the 17th. Al l man level and to graduate and Engineering i} CARGILL" " COMPANY Nation<1 I Honorary Soc iety future to a better horizon. segments will be presented at 8 Ubiquity Pre V-Ji>ay professional . students who IRVING TRUST COMPANY"" All Disciplines Bu s., Acctg. , Engr., Chem., of Pershing Rifle s Place: Cook Hall Lounge PM. Time: 7:00 to 10:00 would like to impTove their B B A?~MBA 's - Liberal Arts EATON CORPORATION" " Phys., & 'Math. Presents Dance l<1ngu<1ge and composition' skills. Mechanical Engineering arid THE UPJOHN COMPANY Lib Arts Reception "Double Dynamite" Ubiquity Service Club is spon African Pen-pals Interested students should FEBRUARY 23, 1977 Accounting ' BSIM S/ Ph.D. - Chem. BSIMS - 0 The Dean and Faculty of the 1st- During Halftime at the S.C. soring a Pre-V<1lentine Day HUSA has r,eceived corre con tact Or. Charles Walker BELL SYSTEMIC & P TELEPHONE EBASCO SERVICES INC." Biol. College of Liberal Arts, Howard• State Basketba.11 game Dance tonight (Fri. 11), at All spondence from students who Thomas in Room 218 of Locke CO." " BS - Mechanical Engineering. University, invite you to" recep-- a drill demonstration Souls Church, 16th & Harvard desire pen- pals. If you desire <1 H<1ll (636-7753) or see Ms. Sylvia Civil and Electric<1I Engineer ' BS / MS Mathematics, Interested st udents must ti on honoring the students of ' 2~d - From 10 p. m. til 2 a. m., a Sts., N.W., just one block from pen-pal from the Fren ch Shanks in Room 223 of Locke Physics, Electrical and Civil ing. BSIMS/Ph.D - Biology, sign- up in advance for in- Liberal Art s o n Thursday, victory dance in the Women's Meridian Hill Dormitory. spe <1 king countries of Senegal or H<1ll on Wednesdays between Engineering, Chemical Botony, Zoology and Geology 1erview appointments in Rm. February 24, 1977 at Douglas Gym Time: 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Libreville, pleas.e call Trudy 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M. (636- Engineering, Mechanical GTE LABORATORIES INc .•• Hall-Roorn B-21, 7:30-9:00 p.m. ""Friday Nite 18 Feb ·77•• There will be cover charge. White <1! 636-7007. . 7748). Engineering, Computer BSI MSI Ph. D Electrical 211, the Administration Bldg. • ' · women active in the Inter der the theme of ~"oast and ~~' Color by De Luxe' ~ 329 East 68th Street, Ne~ York, N.Y. 10021 c 1977 Twentieth Century·fox L~9 na t iona I Women s Year, St rawberries. 212 86 1·9270 • • I c • • d ' • <:l 1.l_ February, 1977 THJ_lj_ILLTOP Page 9