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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1990-2000 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Nation's Largest Black Collegiate Newspaper VOLUME 83, NO. 25 FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 http://hilltop.howard.edu New UGSA Reps to Begin Executive Office Elections Current Members Offer Advice to Newly Elected Student Leaders
By C HRrsToPHER w1,011A.\1 are coordinator, vice-coordinator, opportunity to get started,"' said fulfill their duties. hopes UGSA "'ill clearly define it's grams and affairs. serve as the cen Asst. Campus Editor financial adv,-.or. public relations Alston .. I reaHy believe in this next purpose next year. tral governing body of the Schools director. program, director, and She said last year's transitionaJ group." she said. ·· I see a \'cry bright Current reps said they no" realize and Colleges. UGSA is also central Newly c-lecte ' A2 FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 TIIE HILLTOP • • .CAMPUS '------~ Vernon Jordan Jr. Delivers Speech at Rankin Chapel By VALERIE THOMAS Saturday night. "Rankin Chapel ought 10 be." 'The black church Hilltop Staff Wri1er helped shape who I am and what 1 1augh1 us 10 remember what life was became.'' like Vernon Jordan Jr.. one ofthe na1ion's Jordan said. "Rankin Chapel is a par! back then," Jordan said. mos1 prominent African-American of me." The black church also holds other & figures spoke at the Andrew Rankin Jordan's message to the Chapel was significance in Jordan's life. 'The Memorial Chapel Sunday. one of greal impact He urged the black Jordan, a Howard University Alum• Howard Universily community 10 church has been a unifying force and nus and board of 1rustee member "Keep your shuner open 10 history, change agent," said Jordan. ·The said he w-.is delighted speak 10 the the ancestors, and the past." legacy of the black church is insep Views Howard Universi1y Community. Jordan is a graduate of DePaul Uni arable from its preachers." "You are honoring me by allowing versity in Chicago. Il l. and the Kimberly Adderly. Senior English me 10 share my thoughts wi1h you," Howard University Law What is your reaction to the Jordan told the audience. major aucnded chapel on Sunday. " l School. He is a member of 1he bar 1hough1 President H. Patrick Swygert was in Arkansas. the Dis1ric1 of Colum police brutality of New York. one of the members of the audience bia. He is on 1he Council on Foreign it was amazing 10 see members of the and he intrduced Jordan. "Jordan is Relations and the Trilateral Com l{oward University community come a true champion of all seasons and it missions. Jordan also served as the ou1and is my honor to introduce Chairman of 1he Clinton Presidential support one of our own," Adderly him. " Transition Tham. said. Jenille Adams. junior psychology Jordan's speech was raped and aired Jordan also spoke abou1 the power of \~mon Jordan on C-span Sunday night. the black church and it's impact on major was in auendance. " I 1hough1 "I think it has become a Jordan grew nostalgic of his years at the chapel detriment to society as a Howard before he went into his community. 'They taught us how 10 was really nice." "II was a pieasure whole and not just for speech. do right, act right, and think righ1," 10 meet someone who has been so Bishop John R. Bryant. Pastor of African Americans. I no He recalled attending Sunday ser Jordan said. "Black preachers help instrumental in the lives of African vices at Rankin Chapel after being bridge the gap be1ween what is and Americans," Adams said. 10th Episcopal District. A.M.E. longer feel safe when cir OUI OD what 111e speaker for Sunday, April 2 is Church. culating in the streets as I feel danger follows me, not only from Hoodlums Students Seek to Form Christian Organization to Welcome New Class but police as well," By SHERYL ROBERTSON Nash thought of forming Ambas and freshmen will continue through unite other Christian organizations -Karl Valcin, Hilltop Staff Writer sadors for Christ. a Christian mentor out 1he entire year. Nash plans to on campus. Thi, will allow mentors freshman architecture program for students entering have special events and workshops 10 inform incoming srudents of all the Chris1ian organizations and services When Halleemah Nash came 10 Howard in the Fall. She got the idea such as dealing with roommates: major available 10 1hem on campus. Howard in the fall of 1998, ii was an at the beginning of this school fro m a Christian standpoim. auend• semester. ing church, career development, and Ambassadors for Christ is still in exciting time for her. She was adjus1- its beginning stages. Nash and oth " I thought there was a need for a regis1ra1ion. ing 10 a new city, meeting new peo ers have recently constructed a con ple, and enjoying activities on the mentorship program for spiritual and Asha Gibson, a senior history and stitution in order 10 be recognized as campus. She had troubles 100. emotional enhancement," Nash said. political science double major. is a university organiLation. Adrian She was experiencing financial aid "This organization is 00110 take the involved with 1hc organization. Gib Blair. Howard's Baptist minister. has "I think that it's a shame problems and a lillle home sickness. place of other organizations. ii is just son said ii is important for students agreed to be an advisor. 10 provide an outlet for people who that we are being killed Nash began 10 seek something else who participate in the e,·ents for the There are a few requirements for are seeking Christian advancemen1." entire school year because ,haring so prospec1ive mentors. They must be by those who are sup besides the plethora of social activ ities. She was not sure where lo turn. Nash said. Nash said Howard was much information with new stu Christians and have anended Howard posedly our protectors," founded on Christian principles and dents in one-week is not enough. for al least one year. They also must "I needed prayer." Nash, a sopho it should go back 10 the basics. maintain a 2.5 G.P.A .. demons1ra1e more marketing major said. Nash. a "Transition describes a process leaden,hip credentials. and have a -Abiola Adams, Just like campus pals. new stu and not a moment," Gibson said. sophomore experimen Christian , was searching for people basic knowledge of the gospel. who understood her perspective and dents who participate will be paired "Although one can unload a bunch of Prospec1i\-e mentors will also have tal studio major could offer prayer and advice 10 lead with an upperclassman mentor. Stu information in a week or so, ii does to go through a membership process. 10 her spirirual advan<"emem. As the dent mentors will return 10 campus nor procure as much success as one including an in1erview and training. school year progressed, she found earlier 10 help prepare for events and that imparts. fellowships, and rein, Christians imerested in becoming mentors with Ambassadors for what she was looking for. decided 10 workshops during freshman orien1a- forces through various ac1ivi1ie, and 1ion week. workshops." Christ are welcome to a11e11d the next offer those services for next year's meeting wed11esda); April 5 at 8:00 freshman class. The relationship between mentors The Ambassadors also plan 10 p.111. in Fra~ier Hall in the Quad. Campus Digest "A monsntrosity. These Movie Company to Campus Hospital. Violence Workshops adverse situations of The conference is expected to injustice I thought were a Hold Directini: Ori:anizations to attract more !ban 1,200 representa to be Held on Campus thing of the past." Seminars Hold Youth Summit tives from the government medi Starting TucsJay. Howard Univer• The Howard Universi1y S1uden1 cine field. and other nonprofit orga sity will ho,t a series of workshops The Time Warner Corporation Association. Circle K nnd nizations. The issues of discussion on comb;,t violent crimes against started a three-part seminar in the S.I.M.B.A.S.A. will be hosting the for the conference are health care in women on campu,-es. -Victor Manansala, Blackburn auditorium Tuesday. The Y2K Youth Summit in 1he Black Gh:um today, health manpower and The goal ,,f the workshop is 10 sophomore architec seminars will feature Time Warner burn center tomorrow. The summit resources, and cancer in Ghana. provide colk gei :ind unl\ersiues an ture major Professor and chair of the depart will welcome more than 300 invit The first Lady ofGhana, Dr. Nana opportunil} 10 strengthen educa- ment of radio television and film for ed students from district public Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, will 11onal progmms combating violent the school of communica1ions, Bill schools. Keynote speakers for the be the keynote speaker for the lun crimes ag.un,1 women on campus Duke. event are author Anthony Browder, cheon today. Koby A. Koomson. es. The program is funded by a The first seminar was based on and Howard professors Dr. Charles Ghana's ambassador 10 the United $466,487 grant given by the justice the creative process of film direct Met:ie and DR. Debyii Thomas. States and professor Kwaku Dnnso department. ing. The second workshop, which Boafo, Ghana's secretary of health How,ird i, the " nly historically will be held on April 3. will deal Howard Hospital is are other no1able speakers who will black college and univen,ity out of with the distribution and marketing Home to Health a11end the conference. 22 1ha1 received money. The funds side of directing. The last seminar A Fundraising dinner dance and a will go IO\\ ards workshop, and new on April 17 will also be held in the Conference silent aucuon will be held tomorrow 1echnology ,md upgmJes for sys Blackburn auditorium. To reserve a The Ghana Health Foundation, an tems such as sun-eillance ,ystems, "It seems like police get from 8-2pm al the Renaissance seat anyone interested mus1 call the independent nonprofit foundation Hotel. localed at 999 Ninth Street, call boxes. digital c,,meras, and revi• trigger happy or they department of radio television and will ha,-e their inaugural conference N. W. Proceeds from the fund-miser tali,.auon of de1enora1ing corridors sense to take out their film or the dean's office in the school on health care in Ghana today and will benefit Ghanaian children with surrounding the Howard Uni,·ersity anger on others just of communications. tomorrow al Howard University AIDS and HIV. campus. because the government allows it," Howard Stud_ent Reaching Community Through Radio -Artemis Thompson, By A NCt;i,A DAVIS show focuses on political issues 1ar in 1he educational systems. and the ancestors fought 10 gel where we are junior anthropology Hilltop Staff Writer gc1ing blacks. major rise in tax increases," Leon asked. today." Leon ,aid. Leon was first introduced 10 the Another hot issue for Leon cur Howard Universily is 1he Mecca. radio industry after arriving in Wash remly is the importance of Census "h is important for students 10 the center for Black intellectuals, and ington: he then began 10 notice some 2000. Leon said reasons like money understand their pas1 through African the producer of great thing very rare. It was very interest for education. and other issues are American literature because it pre achievers.Howard University today ing and unique 10 him that on air important for Black people 10 fill out pares them 10 deal with 1he future," lives up lo the legacy of a rich edu personalities like Tom Porter were !heir census form. cational heritage. continuing 10 pro discussing black politics. Kathy Leon said. 'To secure a strong plat "Blacks should illus1ra1c involve form ,md foundation for the fu1urc, duce great thinkers and powerful Hughes who is Chief Executive Offi ment for assurance of proper spend motivators. cer of Radio One, lnc. is 1he person blacks must unders1and heritage." ing in local communities." Leon Recently there has been another Leon accredits his beginning 10. "She Leon suggested that Howard should explains on his show each Sunday man 10 rise on the scene; his name is took a chance on a unproved talent," require every semester. "h is dis how blacks should be ac1,ve Wilmer J. Leon Ill, a graduate stu Leon said. graceful for a black ,1udcn1 IO leave dent in Political Sciences at Howard Among 1he many wonderful people cuizens, staying involved and voic Howard not reading the "Mis' Edu Universi1y who has reached out 10 at Howard Uni,-ersi1y Leon shows mg opinions for change. Leon cation of a Negro," or "The Soul "I am from New York Howard and I.he global communj1y. much gratitude towards Dr. Maurice believes the Census 2000 is the of Black Folks." and "Up From and have been harrassed Leon who is known 1hroughou1the Woodward. Ronald Walters, Joseph chance for blacks 10 contribute 10 the Slavery," Leon said. "If I were to go so often by police - it's metropolitan area for addressing McCormick and Lorenzo race on a larger scale. 10 1he Quad right now and ask 50 a routine. My friends and issues that face african amcricans Morris in the political science Leon said many students come 10 girls the major difference in phi loso I am continually stopped worldwide on his political radio talk department. 'These people sharp college and graduate into mainstream phies of WEB. Du Bois and Booker America confused and frustrated T. Washing1on could they honestly and frisked by NYPD," show on WOL 1450 AM in Wash ened my political focus and ington and WOLB IOIOAM in Bal impressed upon me the importance because they are not promoted as answer correctly?" He asked. timore every Sunday from 2-3pm. of reading," Leon said. their white co-workers. The mental -Idriys Eyssallenne, Even with the competition of the One of the things Leon encourages ity that everything is going 10 be As far as the national elections go, junior film major NBA and the NFL games. Leon's on his show is voting. "If it takes stu cool.needs 10 be erased and replace Leon advises voters 10 choose a can audiences grow literally by dents al Howard voling twice just for wi1h lhe idea that black people have didate who is going lo work for them the day. HUSA representatives. think about 10 continue the fight against mcism. and be in the best position and do Starring off as a listener and then the lacking contribution we make as Leon said. what is right. Personally Leon thinks earning a reputation ~s a caller, the student voters on a national political "Many young people are not fami l Al Gore is a beuer candidate because Hampton Institute graduate has level," Leon said. "If citizens do not iar with Jim Crow Laws, slave Codes. of Bill Bradley. "Gore is more under become one of the most popular vote. can they really criticize politi and Reconstruction Period, by nor standing of the people; a man who African American radio talk show cians for wrongful spending. or cor living through the time periods. black can set a vision. and point people in personalities in this area. Leon's ruption on the police force. changes America easily forget how hard our the right direction," Leon said. ------ THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 A3 r . UNl\'[R S lll or P(r;~SYl\',\,;I;. ~ PENN GRADUATE ~ SCHOOL OF EDUCATION .. · . .- .. ·-·. ~- ...~- -.~ ""."· ,..,. 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Games, Prizes Annex 1 • Council of Europe • Vanous International Tribunals llam-2pm Refreshments Cost: Tuition ptus air1are and S600 for hotel. b l ·- , - I 1-t=-t=s c:::u-'lc:I "T"La rqrL.ae> I s~ '\/V.-'.:)"t"..:?: r e> f ,..._, ~9 r I I _ OC:::::e> pyr • gh"t" 1 9 9 S ":>C'U~~-t S CI._. :c..-.~ LAST CHANCE!!!!!! Come to the Senior Trip Interest Meeting ., (You do not have to be a GRADUATING Senior) Monday, April 3, 2000 at 5:00PM School of Business Student Lounge 5th-Floor (202) 777-2643 x2343 THE HILLTOP A4 FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 From Page One t ey re a am1 1ar wit co ege Here's a complete list for the schdueled events. POLICE, Al FEE.Al campuses and they all get fees for speaking on campus," said Thomas Coleman, Jr., a native New Yorker, believes the Sunday Jaoba: Eminence Through Excellence Gallery Loung< left tilt among groups getting E. Baker, a constitutional law pro recent brutality cases might cause citizens to fear l:30p.m. Saltute to Black Achievers Luncheon Free student-activity money. fessor at Drake University who ana those who should protect them. lyzed the case for the American Bar Monday Visionary Impressions: The Epiphany of Art at the Mecca Hilltop lounge 11:00 "It's a shame because it creates a force of vig "What I thought we were stipu lating to is that the university Association. He said he expected aJll Visual Arts Exhibition Free ilantes instead of police officers. Black men • enforced no formal policies that the decision to be a much closer I should be worried about this," said Coleman. call. 8:00p.m. Intellectual Abstraction In The'lemple of Aroemhotep Ballroom excluded people from applying for Coleman said in order to combat the shootings, "The case was not so much An Evening ofSpoken \11;,rd Stu.$3.00 the city council needs to strengthen the citizen money, but we made it clear the about student fees as it was about Gen.$5.00 advisory board. In addition, he believes hiring a money all seemed to go to left the free exchange of ideas," said new police commissioner is a viable option. wing groups, so there's something Peter Koneazny, ACLU legal direc Tuesday Tolent Unmasked Ballroom However, Coleman does not think this is just a inherently unfair about it," Mr. 7:00 p.m. Talent Show $tu, $3.00 Lorence said. tor in Wisconsin, who called the Gen. 5:00 New York issue. "People concentrate on New York because it's "Even if everything is scrupu outcome a significant victory. a large northern city, but New York's attention lously neutral, I think people have While stressing the court's hes Wednesday Toe Social Context and Cultural Heritage of Dance Alderidge a right to remain silent and not 12:00p.m Dance Symposium Free should spill into other cities. This is not something itancy to interfere with academic new," said Coleman. enter into a debate. These issues freedom, Justice Kennedy warned should be left to a student's con 7:00p.m. Old School Funkk Fest Cramton Howard University Student Association of possible First Amendment vio A Concert Celebrating The Funkadelic 70~ Stu. $3.00 (HUSA) president-elect Sellano Simmons says science," he said in an interview. lations in Madison's practice of Gen.$5.00 black males are unfairly targeted by white cops. allowing students to vote on some "Police are targeting us [black males] instead "I agree that the university's funding or defunding. The Thursday Controversy Cramton of protecting us. We should protect ourselves," scheme is permissible, but [I] do Supreme Court sent the case back 8:00 p.m. Spring Fashion Show S I u • said Simmons. not believe that the court should to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of $10.00 Simmons' solutions include finding out an take the occasion to impose a cast Appeals to deal with that practice officer's mindset to figure out exactly what caus iron viewpoint-neutrality protec and reversed it on the main finding. Gen.$15.00 es them to brutally attack citizens. tion," Justice David H. Souter Justice Kennedy noted that past "Protection often turns into over-protection, wrote in a concurring opinion high court decisions forbid labor Friday Cot!Verging Images: Printmaking aud Photography Aldridge joined by Justices John Paul then brutality," said Simmons. ''They should have unions and bar associations from in African,Ameri:can Art Stevens and St,;phen G. Breyer. 9:00 a.m. James.A. Porter Colloquium on African-American Art Free more psychiatric evaluations, because they're using member funds for political human just like us. Stress might be a factor. The three agreed with the final purposes not "germane" to the 12:00 p.m. ·Hip-Hop Meets Politics at the Mecca Conference Blackburn decision, but not the reasoning of organization. But he said this case • an opinion they said recognized "a Free is different. new category of First Amendment Saturday Spring Fling Thing M a i n interests." Yard 'This is a common-sense adjust This story was compiled partly 2:00 p.m. Spring Picnic Free ment of the court's thinking, based form Associated Press Wire on what the all knew, because re arts. ACADEMIC, Al like," said Harris. The team had try-outs in Decem attributes the success to a diverse ber. Out of 40 people trying out, five team. were selected. The team practiced "I think we did so well because five days a week for the last two we had a good chemistry and we months, four hours per practice. were well balanced, said Harris. Team members were quizzed on old "Everyone had their specialty but at questions and from fact books dur the same time had their general ing practices. knowledge. Over the past eleven years, the Harris also credits the good Howard University All- Star Team coaching the team received. has won over 75,000 for the Uni "Ms McLeod was very support versity. The money is put into a fund ive of us and at the same time very for students who are on the team to stern with us, she was very mother- use for scholarship money. Darla Van Putten-Adams, MD , • Tne re11aen~ of Victoria I V1r~inia, ~no1v Dr. Darla Van ~unen-Adam~ is a nero. )ne onn~s heai!h to lheir communiw ana to tne1r l1ve1, Wnai 1ome ol her ~atien~ don'! KllOW IS lnat )~e IS arnemoe r o! the NH)( team. Across the Uniteo )tale), tnere are 1011 o! (Ommunitie) like Victoria, and n1an1 un)un~ neroes liKe Dr. Van ~utten·Adaml, The NH.~C o_(lers o~~ortunicy. ~luoents can com~ete !or scnolarsnips and gain va1uao eex~e rien(e. for more tnan i~ ~ears, tne NH~C na~ brou~ht primarf (are clini(ian) to tne rural ano uroancommun ities that neea tnem. Being ahero is just the beginning. If you are considering acareer in heal~ care and would like to ~elp acommunify in need, the NHSC has competitive scholarships and student rotations that can help you reach your goal. Call us at 1·800·221-9393 www.bphc.hrsa.gov/nhsc/ , iillll; . • fl! ~Ali()Ni\l h!Al Tli l r~r,1Hi:illn Re,uK~i 11~ l!i J, ., i ' I THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 AS • THECITY Cherry Blossom Festivities There are 29 cherTy blossom events in all. Here are a highlights of the official even" that will continue through April 9. Today Time: All day; Event: An Exhibit. Japan Through the Eyes of a Child; Place: Capital Children's Museum, 800 3rd Street NE; Admission: General $6. seniors $4 and free to children 2 and under and museum members; lnfo Call (202) 675-4120. 1 Time: 9:30 am; Event: Second Annual Cherry Blossom Freedom 'Walk (approximately 3.5 miles); Place: sign-in on the Mall, Fourth and Jefferson streets SW: Info Call (301)530-0048 or (202)244-9583 to register. Time: Noon; Event: National Park Service Concert; Place: the Lincoln Memorial; Admission: FREE. 2 Time: 2 pm; Event: The traditional lighting of the stone lantern: Place: The Tidal Basin. 3 Time: Registration l 0:30 am; Event: The National Cherry Blossom Festh'al Golf Tournament to benefil Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington; Place: The .\rmy Navy Country Club. Arlington Course; Info Call (202) 777-2648. Ext. 3526. 4 Time: 3 pm: Event: National Park Service Concert; Place: The Lincoln Memorial: Admission: FREE. Slime: Departure 11 :30 am, return I :30 pm; Event: National Cherry Blossom Festhal Luncheon Cruise aboard the Odyssey; Place: 600 Water St. SW; Info Call (20i} 488-6000. Time: 7:30 pm; Event: The Samurai Performance Group, sword fighting scenes and traditional Japan ese dancing; Place: Zanzibar on the Waterfront. 700 Water St. SW. 6 Time: I I am 11nd I :30 pm; Event: National Pllrk Service Concert; Place: The Lincoln Memorial Admis sion: FREE. 7 Event: The Official Notional Cherry Blossom Festi,'81 Gala; Place: The Capital Hilltop; Tickets and Info Call (202) 244-4939. 8 Time: 9:30 am: Event: Floats, balloons. marching bands and other entertainers take part in the Nation al Cherry Blossom Festival Parade; Place: Constitution Avenue between Seventh and 17th street NW. Time: 8 am to 6 pm; Event: East Coast Shotokan Karate Association Championships, brown and black belts face off; Place: UDC, Building 47; Info Call (202) 333-7941. The cherry bl-m~ " ~re in peak bloom last week. The National Cherry Bl- m Festh'al "ill be held until April 9. Time: Noon to 5 pm; Event: 39th Annual Sajura Matsuri Festh'81. Arts crafts. food: Place: 12 Street NW, between Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues. It's Cherry Blossom Season! Time: 9 am; Event: 34th National Cherry Blossom Festival Rugby Tournament. Top teams fro m across the United States and Canada; Place: Lincoln Memorial and West Potomac Park. the predominant cherry that surrounds the Tidal Basin. By KELLI D. EsTERS An estimated 600,000 people make the annual pilgrim Time: Noon to 6 pm; Event: National Park Service Concert: Place: The Lincoln Memorial; Admis City/Nation & World Editor age to the Tidal Basin to welcome spring with the bloom sion: FREE. ing of the cherry trees. he 2000 National Cherry Blossom Festival is in The 2000 National Cherry Blossom Festival officially Time: 8 pm; Event: Parade of lighted boats salutes the cherry blossoms Place: Along the Southwest full swing, although the guests of honor are not began Sunday on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage waterfront. Tpresent. and will continue through April 9. The celebration commemorates the I9 I 2 gift of 3,000 Due to unseasonably warm weather. the cherry blossom 9 Time: 8 am; Event: 28th Annual Nortel IO-Mile Run/SK Fun Run: Place: West Potomac Park. cherry blossom trees that Mayor Yukio Ozalci of Tok-yo trees in the District have blossomed two weeks earlier than gave the U.S. to represent the friendship between the two previously predicted. but that will not hinder the annual Time: 2:30 pm; Event: National Park Service Concert; Place: The Lincoln Memorial: AJ1u1,"oo: FREE. cherry blossom fe,tivities. countries. Most of the trees are located along the Tidal Basin, but can be found all through the city. ..We are terribly disappointed that the bloom didn't Japanese cherry trees are not like other cherry trees. coincide with the fe,tival ... fockie Wolfe. an organizer for because they bloom for a short period of time and do not Organizers encourages all to take metro to festivities the past 40 years for the festival, was quoted in The bear any fruit. The cherry tree is a highly cultivated plant A complete calendar of events is located ar h11p://www.gwjapan.com/cherry/even1s.html Washinglon Post as saying ...We have to plan the festival in Japan with over 400 different varieties. There are now two year.; in advance, and we use April 6, the time they over 3.700 cherry trees that grow around the Tidal Basin, usually bloom. as the planning dace:· West Potomac Park, East Potomac Park, the Washington Peak bloom for the trees was between March 20 to 25. Monument grounds and connecting parks. On average peak bloom is on April 4, which was the date No beavers have seen so far chomping on any cherry trees ' predicted by the National Park Service last month. The as they did last year. The Park Service brought in an expert earliest they have peaked was March 15. 1990: the latest, who humanely trapped the beavers and moved them to an April 18. 1958. Peak bloom is considered to be when 70 undisclosed pond. The Park Service also wmpped the base percent of the blossoms arc open on the Yoshino cherries. of the trees in plastic to discourage munching beavers. .. .. - .. Business Profile City Sites General Lee Benbow, A True Example of Sacrifice This is the eighth i11Stallme111 of series that takes a look at area c11/t11ml sires. Tailor at the Georgia Avenue African Voices, A Look at the Global Influence of Africans ByAN1t Eye on the Diaspora uction ntici ate ents Organization of Petroleum Exporting rels a day. It is estimated roughly that amount rel earlier this month. In anticipation of a hike By SALETTA COLEMAN Countries (OPEC) oil ministers said Tues of oil is "leaking" into the market by coun in OPEC output, prices have begun to slow ..N .,. "'W"~-.. . ..a. . From . . , . -~:"-ound. . . . . , Hilltop Staff Writer day they were close to approving new pro tries who are cheating on their quotas, Iran ly decrease this week to about $27 a barrel. The World duction quotas that would provide an extra argues that no additional oil should be Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh com elief at the pump is what Howard 1.7 million barrels a day for the world oil pumped at this time. plained that the United States had waged an students are hoping to receive. Alle market in an effort to ease supply shortages As OPEC's second biggest oil producer intense lobbying campaign to force the Saudis R gra Battle and Vanessa Smith are and stabilize prices. after Saudi Arabia, Iran has maintained that and their Gulf neighbors to boost oil production both senior broadcast journalism majors. As OPEC representatives from the cartel's giving in to American pressure for a signif NlAME\':,...... , .•.Niaer-An 0; . • •. outbl:eak-.. ' ...... ofmenina1. --~~- even though Iran believes it is not necessary. They traveled from Washington to Key West 11 nations met in closed session Tuesday at icant boost in oil supplies would send prices lis in Nig, er bas clainred 132 lives' the govern "We do not want to a create a shortage in lll!)ll! said Thesrucy, over spring break. OPEC's Vienna Austria headquarters, Saudi crashing again below $10 a barrel, where the market, but it is a bad signal for us and to hl!ve since "We rented a car, it drove 400 miles per gal Arabia's oil minister Ali Naimi said all they suffered until last year. Cl~ 1,200 cases been reported other producers to have to decide under early January and the disease is spreading, lon. Although we split the cost, it was expen members except Iran had endorsed bis coun "My car usually fills up on $8 to $10.1 paid political pressure," Zanganeh said. Hea!thMln1ster Assonmane Adamou ,;aid in an sive said Battle. I didn't really pay attention try's call for a seven percent rise in OPEC $1.62 in downtown last week and I spent appeal for international assistance broadcast on to prices, because I don't have a car at school. supplies starting April I. $14. I'm beginning to feel like those truck Kuwait's oil minister, Sheik Saud Nasser national radio, He said the deaths are concen, Smith paid attention to the prices. "I "The biggest difference is between the ers. I want to go blow my horn on capital hill al Sabah, acknowledged that Saudi Arabia ttated l11 three eastern :regions, includillg the couldn't believe gas was $1.80 in Key West. position of Iran and the rest," Naimi said. too. I can't afford these prices said Janelle and its Gulf Arab neighbors were prepared capital, Niamey. On the way down prices were the same as "Their position is consistent - that they don't Gordon, first year law student. to lift oil production as a way of accommo ''The situation can be controlled if we have here in DC. My Jeep Cherokee cost $25 to want any change. They don't have a problem Gordon, thinks things maybe looking up, dating the United States, which helped drive enough funds," the Associated Press quored fill up now. It's like I don't even want to use with an increase being what actual produc since OPEC and other oil exporters agreed Iraq out of Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf war. Adamou as saying, He said 5 million doses of the heat in the car because I am trying to save tion is right now." last March to cut back production by more "These are political considerations that for lll!)llillgitis itaccine are needed, but he gas. I started wearing my jacket in the car," Iran asserts that OPEC should raise its than four million barrels a day, oil prices the moment are much more important than did not specify bow much money !he COlllltry Smith said. official production levels by 1.2 million bar- tripled to reach a nine-year peak of $34 a bar- the economic factors," he said. needs, Meningitis is an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, lt can be Call$ed by a virus or bacteria, With treatment, only 1 percent of infected people die. High Court Hears Texas School Prayer Case l:n Niger, outbreaks are common. [tis also one gress shall make no law respecting an estab to the confusion that surrounds school is the pinnacle of free speech," Lieberman of the world's poorest COlllltries. Niger is Jocat,. By ERIN SHERBERT lishment of religion, or prohibiting the free prayer." said. "Nobody is stopping students from ed at the southern tip of the Sahara desert. Daily Texan (U. Texas-Austin) exercise thereof.'' "I think it takes more courage to stand up practicing privately, but Mr. Cornyn's argu Africa suffered its worst meningitis epidemic Heather Browne, a spokeswoman for the and say 'We have to protect everyone's rights ments foster a coercive environment where in 1996whenmorethau 150,WOpeople-most (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas - As the Texas attorney general, said forbidding stu on being able to pray in school,"' Smoot said. students who don't share the majority's reli of which were children - were infected in sev debate over whether to allow prayer in Texas dent-initiated prayer at football games vio "The question is do we go with the majori gious viewpoint are really relegated to eral countries and 16,000 died. Another l 6,000 public schools reaches a crescendo with the lates students' free-speech rights. ty in the schoot district or support each indi silence which is precisely the type of thing suffered brain damage or paralysis. Doe vs. Santa Fe !SD case set before the U.S. "Censoring prayers crosses the line between vidual?" the framers sought to avoid when they wrote Supreme Court Wednesday, residents are government and religion," Browne said. ''The Smoot said Wednesday's Supreme Court the Establishment Clause." 591 Bodies Found in llgarula Mass Grave divided on where to draw the line between attorney general feels strongly that students case is proof of the increasing influence of Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington and a mem church and state. in Texas should have the right to choose if they the religious right on Texas politics. RUGAZI, Uganda-Police dug up 102 more ber of the committee on public education, Texas Attorney General John Cornyn will want to pray before games without school or Although Smoot said she agrees with bodies on Tuesday bringing the total of bodies said that since school prayer has been in exis argue before the court in favor of Santa Fe state officials interfering with that." Cornyn's arguments that government should found in mass ,graves to 591, tence for the majority of history, there should Independent School District, a school dis Mike Jones, a spokesman for Gov. George not interfere, she accused Cornyn of using Prisoners under armed ,guard Monday uucov be no reason for change. trict near Galveston, supporting the rights of W. Bush's gubernatorial office, said the arguments to gain political power. ered 74 bodies from a mass grave bidden at the He added that society has undergone a con students to gather in prayer. Cornyn's arguments are an effort to protect "It's absolutely legal for an individual to edge of a sugarcane field, where authorities sus siderable decline in morality since the Santa Fe ISD's policy allows the student citizens' constitutionally guaranteed rights. pray in school, but the issue here is whether pect more members of a doomsday Christian Supreme Court outlawed school prayer, body to choose by secret ballot whether "Governor Bush believes that government or not the government should support acer sect remain buried. adding that there might be some correlation they want to include a prayer in pregame cer shouldn't dictate or censor the content of stu tain set of religious beliefs, and I'm afraid Some of the bodies showed signs of stab between those two. emonies of home varsity football games. dent-led voluntary prayer," Jones said. "But that's getting lost in the the emotion of the wounds while some others had pieces of cloth On Feb. 26, 1999, the three-member panel it's important to remember this is initiated issue," she said. "Every day that I was in public school, wrapped tightly around their throats. They of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held by the students the government isn't writing Michael Lieberman, public relations direc grades one to 12, we started the day off with appeared to have been dead about a month, a that this policy violated the Establishment the prayers, and the games are voluntary." tor for the University Democrats, agreed a prayer, and I've never heard anyone object local doctor examining them said. Clause of the First Amendment. The court But Samantha Smoot, executive director that the rise of the religious right in politics to that, so what's the big deal?" Grusendorf The discovery in Rugazi came as authorities ruled that although the schools could allow for the Texas Freedom Network, a watchdog has emboldened advocates of school prayer. said. "It didn't mean everyone believed in continued investigating the deaths of at least students to deliver prayers at graduation as group that monitors the religious right, said He added that the religious right is attempt it or had to participate it just meant people 490 other members of the Movement for the long as they are nonsectarian and nonpros Cornyn's arguments aren't preserving all were respectful of those who were praying." Restoration f the Ten Commandments f God ing to impose its religious agenda on all sec elytizing, student-initiated prayers are never students' rights, adding that using the pub tors of society, beginning in schools. The last major school-prayer ruling was elsewhere · he lush mountams of southwest permissible at school-sponsored football ern Uganda. lic school as a place for prayer is government ""I think that it goes to show how misguid announced in 1992, barring clergy-led invo games. sanctioning of prayer. The pr· s-011ers, with their shirts off and their ed Mr. Cornyn and Mr. Bush are in thinking cations and benedictions at public-school The Establishment Clause states, "Con- She added that his arguments are "adding pants rolled up, wrapped their noses in gauze that somehow making school prayer public graduation ceremonies. and shared cigarettes to ward off the stench of rotting bodies, which drifted for hundreds af yards. The corpses brought up - sect members who New York U. Reviews FAFSA Drug uestion came here to attend week-long or weekend seminars on righteous living and the end of the drawbacks of preventing people who have year if their penalty periods end. given by universities is to be decided on a By YOCHEVED KLEINBART world- were strangers from elsewhere in Ugan had problems with drugs from attending Cain also noted that ineligible students school-by-school basis. NYU has not yet Washington Square News (New York U.) da, Senior Ugandan officials have quored wit college. Also at issue is the question of the may reverse their status by "participating in chosen a specific plan of action, said Uni nesses as saymg tbe sect's two tQp leaders - disproportionate number of drug-related an acceptable drug rehabilitation program as versity spokesman John Beckman. The issue, Cledooia Mwerinde, 40, and JQseph Kibwe (U-WIRE) NEW YORK - New York convictions among minorities. laid out by the law." he said, is currently under review in the teere, 68-may have left the village ofKanun University officials still have not decided The new FAFSA question, which will be As for students who do not answer the Office of Financial Aid, and in several other what to do with information regarding drug gu on March 17, the same day a frre in a in effect for school year 2000-200 I, seeks to question, Cain said that they would be asked administration offices. Beckman stressed the convictions provided by students filling out rnakeshift sect church !here killed 330 mem assess student conviction status as necessi to correct the omission on their Student Aid limits of NYU's role in the new procedure. bers. this year's Free Application for Federal Stu tated by the new law, which was passed in Reports (SAR), which are mailed to all stu "This is not an NYU form," he said. "This dent Aid (FAFSA) the question on drug October 1998, said Lisa Cain of the Feder dents for the purpose of making that and was a law passed by Congress. They didn't convictions is one many students have sim al Department of Education. other corrections as necessary. ask for people's opinions." ply left blank. The law prescribes that students be denied Because of the large numbers of students Some students see the new question as an In compliance with amendments made in all forms of Federal financial aid for one year who left the question blank accidentally, or invasion of privacy, but even more as an 1998 to the Higher Education Act of 1965, after a first-time conviction of drug posses because they did not think it applied to them, unfair persecution of the impoverished. this year's FAFSA asks students to report sion, two years after a second conviction and the Department of Education has decided not "If you don't have an education, the best whether, and if so, when, they have been con indefinitely after a third conviction. The to hold up applications as they investigate way to make money is by dealing drugs," victed of possessing or selling illegal drugs. first drug-sales conviction results in a two incomplete forms, enabling students who said Jordan Reznick, a sophomore in the The new question, number 28 on the form year student aid ineligibility period, and a have made mistakes to nonetheless meet Tisch School of the Arts. students were to have filed by the first of second offense results in an indefinite inel early school and state aid deadlines. "I don't see why it's these [drug-related] March, raises questions about the potential igibility. Students can be granted aid mid- The impact the question will have on aid crimes as opposed to other crimes." I~ Re'P liea Launched :lo CiJIWllelllO• rate an Icon M""'"''C~_,,., , C onn. , ,.,ore• • than acenturya,go, New York U. Reviews FAFSA Drug uestion Sengbe l'leh led slaves aboard the Amistad m after a first-time conviction of drug posses administration offices. Beckman stressed the unfair persecution of the impoverished. a re voat - m' which they oIVettbrew iterr · ea,•"'ors.. By YOCHEVED KLEINBART sion, two years after a second conviction and limits of NYU's role in the new procedure. in an to their homeland. "If you don't have an education, the best effort return t-0 Washington Square News (New York U.) indefinitely after a third conviction. The "This is not an NYU form," he said. "This On Saturday, the of a u,pl1ea the way to make money is by dealing drugs," launehing of first drug-sales conviction results in a two was a law passed by Congress. They didn't 129-foot schooner gave Pieh's ,great"grandson said Jordan Reznick, a sophomore in the (U-W!RE) NEW YORK - New York year student aid ineligibility period, and a ask for people's opinions." hi,pe forthe;future and opti:mism that his a.noes Tisch School of the Arts. University officials still have not decided second offense results in an indefinite inel tor's fight for fJ;eedom would soon be beard Some students see the new question as an "I don't see why it's these [drug-related] what to do with information regarding drug igibility. Students can be granted aid mid , around the world. invasion of privacy, but even more as an crimes as opposed to other crimes." convictions provided by students filling out year if their penalty periods end. "lfs unbelievable that an icon of slavery is this year's Free Application for Federal Stu Cain also noted that ineligible students being trans IDl:lll!)d in tbi s millennium iutoan dent Aid (FAFSA) !ht question on drug may reverse their status by "participating in Icon_0,-- if =rtnersbip, faith in each other and of convictions is one many students have sim an acceptable drug rehabilitation program as human rights for all of us:' said &unueJ J>ieh ply left blank. laid out by the law." to the Associated l'ress, who runs an organiz,i,. tioo that works lo itnpro11e rela!ions between In compliance with amendments made in As for students who do not answer the Africa and the United Slates, 1998 to the Higher Education Act of 1965, question, Cain said that they would be asked Thousands, including American and Sierra this year's FAFSA asks students to report to correct the omission on their Student Aid Leone dignitaries and descendants <>f tbeAmis whether, and if so, when, they have been con Reports (SAR), which are mailed to all stu tad captives, watched and cheered a°S the 138- victed of possessing or selling illegal drugs. dents for the purpose of making that and ton ~el was lowered into the Mystic River. The new question, number 28 on the form other corrections as necessary. I The ship was christened With warer from students were to have filed by the first of Because of the large numbers of students ~Cuba, Long Island and Si.e.rra Leone - where the March, raises questions about the potential who left the question blank accidentally, or slaves were sold, captured by American author drawbacks of preventing people who have because they did not think it applied to them, had problems with drugs from attending . ities andr finally. returned home.. the Department of Education has decided not The slaves took control of the ori,gjual Amis college. Also at issue is the question of the to hold up applications as they investigate tad near Cuba in 1839. Their story was depict disproportionate number of drug-related incomplete forms, enabling students who ed in a 1997 movie by Steven Spielberg. convictions among minorities. have made mistakes to nonetheless meet The shii, will make its maiden voyage to New The new FAFSA question, which will be early school and state aid deadlines. York City on July 2. It will be operated by the in effect for school year 2000-2001, seeks to The impact the question will have on aid nonprofit Amistad America, created by the assess student conviction status as necessi given by universities is to be decided on a Mystic Seaport. The ship will dock around the tated by the new law, which was passed in scbool-by-school basis. NYU has not yet world including Cuba and Sierra J.,.eoue. October 1998, said Lisa Cain of the Feder chosen a specific plan of action, said Uni al Department of Education. versity spokesman John Beckman. The issue, --Complied by Kelli D. Esters from AP reports The law prescribes that students be denied he said, is currently under review in the all forms of Federal financial aid for one year Office of Financial Aid, and in several other '\ ------...... --- -~.,,------~------ THE HILLTOP• FRIDAY, MARCIi 31, 2000 A7 Filling Out Census Counts for Students households which have not submitted a census, she said. By H EATHER BONO A 30-minute test is required of the applicant, Peterson said. Daily Evergreen (Washington State U.) "The most important information (applicants) need to bring with them is a driver's license and a social security card," Peter (U-WlRE) PULLMAN, Wash. - The year 2000 not only son said. marks a new millennium. but the next U.S. Census as well. Positions pay $10.75 an hour and 32.5 cents per mile, ,he The census is conducted every IO years. For the majority of said. Students who want to apply can call 1-888-325-7733 to students at Washington State University (WSU). thb will be find the nearest testing center. the first time they receive one. The census provides information for the distribution of state Students living away from home have to fill out one "because and federal funds. Peterson said that tilling out the census will the Censu, Bureau developed guidelines to determine resi help determine the distribution of fund~ needed for grants and dence. Their definition of residence is where a person lives and research projects. Both of which targets students the mo,t. sleeps most of the time," said Carol Peterson. assistant man The census will also benefit roads. sewer and water facili ager for recruiting at the Spokane. Wa. census office. ties. Peterson said. Students living off-cnrnpus should expect their forms to arrive Households that don't submit a census lose a significant in the mail soon, Peterson said. Students living in a Greek amount. It costs $25 million for every I % of the population house should expect a flyer on th~ir door, she said. that doesn't respond, Peterson said. Residence halls are considered "special places" by the Cen Households 1ha1 don't receive a census can call 1-800-471- sus Bureau. A specific person is designated to distribute 9424. Peterson said that the information on the form can be forms to dorms. recorded from the individual on the phone. "They are a different type of operation (compared to off-cnrn Assistance with completing the forms is available at Cougar l pus residences)," Peterson said. Depot in downtown Pullman. Besides distributing the forms to every household in Amer If students have questions with their forms they can call the ica, the Census Bureau is also offering jobs. Census Bureau at 1-800-325-7733, Peterson said. For on-cam Positions are nva.ilable for "non-response" enumerators, pus assistance, students can come to the Social Science Research Peterson said. The enumerators are responsible for visiting Center, said Maria Cucvas, a graduate student in sociology. Elian Goozale,: playing \\Uh hi~ cousin Mari.sleysis Gonzalez during an interview \\ith Diana Sawyemst "~ His liunily 'Got Beer' Campaign Comes under Fire, Ditched by Activists MADD avidly opposed the campaign. deeming tt "irre By COURTNEY LoWERV sponsible" and claiming it would encourage college student, Montana Kaimin (U. Montana) to drink. On PETA's milksucks.com website. the organization (U-WIRE) MISSOULA, Mont. - "Got Beer" has been reported receiving enormous positive responses from col sent out to graze, but Charlie the Cow is looking to gel lege students, but added materials have been revoked from saved. campuses. The People for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals pulled their Despite the decision to stop the campaign. Leyh still main• "Got Beer" campaign launched two weeks ago out of "respect" tains that the "Got Beer?'' slogan was not intended to height for protests made by the Mothers Against Drunk Driving en alcohol use in college students. but rather rnise awareness (MADD) organization. said PETAs college can1paign coor of animal cruelty issues. dinator. Morgan Leyh. "We still don't think the campaign would have caused any The renamed "Dump Dairy" cnrnpaign is still geared towards one student consume one more once of beer:· Leyh said. "But college students, but is taking a different approach. Instead of we do respect their organization and their concerns, so that is "Got Beer'!" PETA is now sending missing posters of "Char why it was pulled." lie the Calf' who was "last seen crying as he was being taken The MADD organization sent a leuerof disconrenr to PETA from his mother on a dairy farm ..." before the cnrnpaign was officially launched, and PETA offi A tomados,-irledthrough downto,.11 Forth Worth, Th"-,on Tuesd,zy nighL Atleastfourdied and 36werereport• The "Got Beer" slogan. meant 10 steer college students cials took their concerns into account. PETA yanked the slo ed iltjured. away from da.iry products on grounds of animal cruelty. gan as well as sending a $500 contribution to MADD and touched campuses across the nation before the campaign establishing a link to their website on PETA's milksucks.com was cut. website. that we always have movement, a dynamic. in that ing a living wage. The CLC Code of Conduct retains the flaws Charges of Racism direction." Georgetown Group that the university community recognized over a year ago. In Executive employees include in,titution presidents short. there is more than enough evidence that the CLC has Raise Questions and vice presidents and those positions that report not made ·substantial progress· in the past year.'' to them, as well as other senior-level officers with Demands School Georgerown, as well as other major univer.;ities. uses the CLC the highest degree of responsibility and account as an intermediary between the university and clothing man• about U. Texas ability for managing the University's business. Withdraw from Fla., ufacturers who produce university apparel. The CLC's Code Sanchez's letter. which was sent to the board's of Conduct was created after students, human nghts activists Hiring Chairman Don Evans on March 18. alleged that His JoinWRC and universities expressed concern about the working condi• panics have been "systematically excluded from tions and labor violations in factories with CLC contracts. consideration for leadership po,itions by the per The letter further demanded. in accordance wirh the Febru By K ATHRYN A. WOLFE verted application of Regents' Rules.'' By ANNE RITTMAN ary compromise. that "Licensees that have not complied with Daily Texan (U. Texas-Austin) "I have always used words like bigotry and racism The Hoya (Georgetown U.) the disclosure policy. e,-en after repeated notices from the CLC sparingly, bu1 they seem regretfully appropriate should have theirconrracts terminated as quickly as possible:· (U-WIRE) AUSTIN. Tuxas - Allegations of now," Sanchez stated. (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - The Georgetown Solidari '1"his was part of the agreement to Jhe sit-in," said Andrew ty Comminee put the sweatshop lnbor is,;ue back onto the desk racism and discrimination are swirling around the Sanchez called for a change in the Regents' Rules, Milmore (SFS '01), chief organizer of the GSC. "As of Jan. of University President Leo J. O'Donovan. S.J .. Tuesday with formation ofa tentative search committee 10 replace srnting that the current demographics of South Thxas I, 2000. if the CLC did not meet the demands. we would ter a letter outlining five demands made by the group. The let the outgoing president of a UT System institution. and the future demographics of the state depend on minate the contract. We are pretty confident that administra ter was issued afterO'Donovan rejected the Licensing Imple reflecting a grearer trend of lack of minority repre• Hi spanics' inclusion at the highest levels of employ tion will work with us on this. Clearly, it is the responsibili• sentation at the highest levels of the UT System. ment. mentation Committee's recommendation that O'Donovan ty of the university.'' In a letter dated March 17. UT Regent Tony remove Georgetown from the Fair Labor Association last According to UT System information, the tentative December. Finally, the letter expressed dismay at the university'> lack Sanchez alleged specific discrimination against His search committee roster. which was distributed to the Topping the list of concerns was a request to O'Donovan to of initiative in attempting to stimulate discussion on the issues panics in the makeup of the committee formed to regents March 17. has three Hispanics, including remove Georgetown from the FLA until the association related to workers' rights, Third World development and liv replace John Howe. who is the current president of Tony Sanchez. and one African American. There are "adopts measures that satisfy the principles set forth in the ing wages. Instead of the university taking responsibilities ro the University of1has Health Science Center at San a total of 17 people on the tentative committee. provide forums for discussion, the letter said the responsibility Antonio. May 1999 LIC resolution.'' If Georgetown were to withdraw Romero said Sanchez's letter was a surprise to him from the FLA. it would join the other major universities that '·has fallen to the Solidarity Committee. which lacks the uni "In the absence of representatives from the major and that he had not heard any allegations of dis versity's resources and in~titutional prestige.'' ity population of the region. this search process is have chosen to pursue other avenues. including the Univer crimination in the search process before. sity of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin. George 'The university brought one speaker." S.'lid Mil more. "[GSCJ not only flawed, but it is :i farce:· Sanchez stated. ·•1 really don't sense any degree of discrimination town joined the FLA in May 1999. is working with a $300 budget. The university must help to "It is designed to specifically exclude all Hispanics. within the system," Romero said. "If you are His inform [the community]. The administration really dropped no matter how qualified they are, from ever having The lener also advocated that Georgetown join the Workers panic, a woman, African American if you have the Rights Consortium, a non-profit organiwtion that supports and the ball ." a role in the school's administration." qualifications and the experience, the University of According to McSpedon. the GSC has been pushing hard Although the number of minorities employed in verilies licensee compliance with codes of conduct developed Thxas. I believe. is ,ery, very nondiscriminatory.'' by colleges and universities to ensure goods are produced on the first two demands all year. high-level posts in the UT System has risen in recent Romero added that it is often difficult to find ade "The other demands stem from the sit-in," she explained. years, whites still significantly outnumber minori under conditions respectful to the basic rights of workers. quately experienced minorities to fill demanding According to the letter, 'The majority opinion of the UC. 'The university made whar is ba>ically a legally binding com ties at the executive level, particularly for health com po,ts because of minorities' historical lack of edu mitment. However. there have been no steps taken. Students ponent insritutions. .. concurs. It is beyond dispute that, structurally speaking. catiom1l opportunities. universities have more power and more 11exibilities within the must push the issue, we must keep raising the issue or it will According to UT System statistics for fall 1999. '-We're kind of getting up in the ranks. but ... some WRC than in the FLA.'' be forgotten. For instance. Hasbro will not disclose. but no whites comprised 80 percent of executive employ of those positions require 20 to 25 years of experi• The difference between the approaches of the FLA and the steps were taken to break our contract with them." ees systemwide. Broken down between health and ence. and unfortunately 25 years ago we weren't WRC. are, according to Laura McSpedon (COL '00). former The GSC letter was accompanied by an additional letter academic components, the statistics reflect a 19 graduating many minorities," Romero said. "We're president of GSC "boardrooms versus a grassroots effort.'' signed by 11 student campus leaders. It supported the percentage point difference: 70 pereent of executi,-es kind of a generation behind.'' "We have maintained that the FLA is inadequate and inef demands made by GSC and emphasized that students should at academic components were white, while 89 per The search committee. according to information fective." s.'lid McSpedon. "Its measures fa ll short of what it be included ia the decision-making process. It asked "thnt cent of executives at health components were white. given to the regents March 17, tentatively consists wi ll take 10 clean up the factories where our apparel is pro [O'DonovanJ include students in [the] decision making Regent Raul Romero, chairman of the Regents' of committee chairman Charles 8. Mullins, UT duced. We have criticized the FLA since we joined in May. process. This past year's events have shown how hard it can Special Committee on Minorities and Women. said System executive vice chancellor for health affairs: . . we have tried to push the issue through the LIC and advo be 10 deal with crisis when Georgetown is divided and how minority representation at executive levels, particu UT System Chancellor William Cunningham: cate the WRC." much the university benefits when its constituents net in con• larly for health components. should be greater. but Regent Tom Loeffler: Sanchez; John Mendelsohn, The letter said that in spite of last February's administra cert. We wish to engage you in a constructive dialogue on how he added that reversing years of inertia doesn't hap president of the UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: tion-student resolution, the agreement that Georgetown would Georgetown can best serve its community and be n leader in pen quickly. Kern Wildcnthal. president of the UT Southwestern "appraise the Collegiate Licensing Company's progress on the arena of ju,tice.'' "I think we·n: making the right move, it's not the Medical Center: :md 11 others made up of medical living wage, full disclosure. universal compliance and inde "Almost two-thirds of the LIC voted to join the WRC. This kind of thing that you snap your lingers and it mir professors, deans. students ,md staff from UTHSC pendent monitoring" has not been fulfilled. shows a preponderant opinion. If [O'Donovan( brushes this rors exactly," Romero said, responding to the fact that SA. and ''community/external" representatives. The According to the letter, 'To date, the CLC (Collegiate aside. it shows he doesn't really care about input: he just cares whites number only 49 percent of students sys roster has not yet been finalized. Licensing Company J has taken no further steps toward dis about politics.'' Milmoresaid. temwide as compared to the greater numbers of Sanchez, Evans and Cunningham did not return closure as an institutional/uni,•ersal policy. There has been no GSC is planning to hold a rally on 1l1esday, regardless of white executives. "I think what we need to ensure is calls Thursday. formal study at the CLC level of measuring and implement- O'Donovan·s decision. • THE HILLTOP AS . FRIDAY, MARCH31, 2000 I , ENROLLMENTMANAGKMENT News Brief #12 . March 31 , 2000 . I I . W HU B.J:.S.O.N. REGISTRATIONffiJ SUMMER SCHOOL 2000 MONDAY, APRIL 17 - MONDAY, M AY 1 HU B.I.S.O.N. will be available to register for Summer School - Sessions I and II, according to the schedule below: I :: Session I and Session II I April 17, 2000- May 1, 2000 Session II Only May 2, 2000 - June 30, 2000 Call HU B . I .S.O.N. at 202-806-4537 between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM. \ I For assistance, call 202-806-2700 during normal working hours - 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday. . . 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We'll hook youup . ' ,, • • 'fm:HILLTOP FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 EDITORIALS '1Ht vv 1\.1 r1 ")" vu '-V P~ •••.•..••.• THE IIILLTOP . . Founded i11 1924 The Nation's Largest Black Collegiate Newspaper Stop Killer Cops! olice brutality in New York and Los stop Communists nations from broadcast Angeles reflects a pattern of ing Human Rights violations of African PApartheid-like Human Rights vio- Americans. With the Cold War died, the lations against Black people nationally. United States' regard for protecting the In the past three weeks, two more lives its African Americans died also. unarmed Black men have .------, The silence or inability of been slain by trigger-happy Our View: civil rights advocates, fascist cops in New York churchmen, elected officials, City. Apparently law Police brutality in New and academics to stop this enforcement officials, in the York and Los Angeles feeding frenzy of justifiable "Big Apple," think their reflects a pattern of homicides manifest a uni- badges, uniforms, and guns Apartheid-like Human versa] crisis of ethnic lead gives them the carte blanche Rights violations against ership. In the 1920s and to hunt Black men like dogs. Black people nationally. 1950s, Howard University Similarly, in the "City of used to oppose lynching and Angels" over 40 LAPD offi- racism. Clearly, the benefi- cers face charges of: homicide, drug deal- ciaries of the Civil Rights Movement have ing, obstruction of justice, and false arrests. "forgotten the bridge that brought them Naturally, a disproportionate number of across," and, thus, view the murders of these victims of this "reign of white "other" Blacks as a fair price for their sub supremacist terror" are Black. urban-American-Dream. The remainder of From 1945 to 1990, the United States the haul of the bygone Civil Rights era rest championed Human Rights as a means to in the hands of the young. Our time will be foil the global ambitions of Soviet Russia. well spent if it is used preparing ourselves Ever under criticism for its persecution of to be the new leaders to fight wrong and Blacks, the United States took superficial injustice-rather than assume all the battles steps spruce-up its international image to have already been fought and won. '~t .Will'' Employment: Servitude Uncertain USSO workers who refused to in enrollment from I 0,200 students to 7,200 unionize, in the past, realize that impact revenues? However, the Howard Htheir low-paying, under-staffed, University Fact Books for 1997, 1998, and and high-stress jobs offer no security. 1999 shows budget surpluses of$42 million, We How To Write Us The "At Will" policy imposed .------, $52.9 million, and $72.4 on the Howard University Sup- Our View: million. Rifting workers, THE HILLTOP, the nation's largest Black collegiate newspa~r, port Staff Organization like the entire Human encourages ypu to sharc_your OP.mions on articles published in the newspaper. THE HILLTOP wlll only publish letters addressed (HUSSO) represents the height The •~t Will" policy Resources Office three dirccJ]_y to the Editorial Editor in response to P.Ublished articles. of treachery. In the late 1980s, imposed on the Howard week ago, cannot hide The HJLLTOP Editorial Board reserves the right to edit letters for space and literary style. All letters must be Typed, signed and HUSSO was formed by work- University Support Staff behind phantom deficits Encourage include a complete address and telephone numoer. ers who were tricked into Organization (HUSSO) that the University's sources rejecting the option to unionize. is contradict. The opinions exP.ressed on the Editorial Page arc the views of the unjust and does not THE HILLTOP Editorial Board and do not directly reflect the Their reward over the years has promote job security. HUSSO employees suffer: opinion of Howard Uni,ersit)\ its Admini~tration,. individual Hilltop Policy Board members, or the student body 1 ne opinions been unfair hiring and promo- OSHA violations, peon expressed on the Pcrspe<;li\'esJ)a.!(e are those of the writers and do tion practices, retaliatory and punitive fir- wages, a culture of sexual harassment, You nol represent the view of the Ediiorial Board. ing of outspoken employees, raises that are demeaning treatment, vintage Flintst0ne Please Address Leuers to: either beneath the cost of living adjusted for equipment or new equipment that seldom inflation or nothing at all, downsizing that The Editorial Editor gets necessary repairs and maintenance. THE HILLTOP requires more work from fewer employees, 2251 Sherman Aven~J;h NW and a venal, cold, and plantation-styled HUSSO must unionize or shut-up. If job Washington, D.C. 2\J\NI management notorious for favoritism, cor- security is no longer one of the few bene To ruption, and inordinate perks and compen- fits HUSSO employees enjoy, then these sation. folks no longer have anything to lose or fear, THE MISSION STATEMENT Rumors abound of a IO percent budget so why not blow a whistle on this colossus Produced entirelv bv the students it sen·es. THE HJUTOP is the newspaper ofrecard for the Howard U11i1•ersit1• co111111u11if), deficit due to low enrollment. Did the drop of corruption? Within its pages our readers will wi111ess abjectii•e reporting and stories wnuen from a uniq_ue/r black persp_ectil'e at the premiere Write historical/v black Uni,·ers1t1• in the world. H~ proudl1• continue a The New Class tmditio,i ofexce llence. for our readers and our distinguished legacy ileseri•es nothing less. he General Assembly is now in the students and that they keep their con process of holding its transitional stituencies well-informed about what is Tmeetings, which will determine who going on. Most of all, they must continue the THE Hrr,LTOP wi11 be the next coordinators or that orga strides that General Assembly made this Letters nization. Student leaders across campus arc year in consistently getting a quorum for APRILL 0. TuR1'l"ER 0 preparing to pass the baton to a new class their meetings. Another important aspect Edito, itz-Chief of students, among them a relatively large that next year's leaders should look toward AU,NA $ 1,\IONS 811.ti11ess Ma11a,,~er proportion of risingjuniors. As they prepare is publicizing their programs better and in K1,10TI1\ K. Bl«>\, r,. to take office, the leaders-elect should take new and innovative ways. JA\()'1/ •r. $\UTit M~i,w &.b,-,,- care to learn from the mistakes of th is year, All these things are areas in which student To M,.U1..ri:1~ bdttt"I' as well as the successes. ht\ Pilok'OK leaders need to improve, but not everything The most important thing that the new crop G"'V"" I ~Ilk>(" was bad. UGSA and HUSA combined to of student leaders should take O tlll \. \\ 1'1)fl \ '1 put together an impressive Att/\fdlU ('u,,y~1 into the next year is the fact ~------~ J-:k1t· H ~I I C'iou:-.,1,, At t.. ut Our View: l ~I/J, r that they are in office to serve amount of programs. They PJ1<>1r, E. tt>r A\.\11'\'I 81 V\L\') \ h,,·,v.11t the students. We hope that As student government covered everything from The Kt.ti I F.,7ut."" R,,o, Snmt"T City/ t( \lfirlJ Nuti,,,, R,utuh,,n Kt:,,N, A, J.\M ►;-. students will do their best to community concerns to /:.41,,r..,- begins the process of F.J11,.,. OffeT Ma,k~r leave personal agendas, petty transitioning into next global concerns, while also rivalries, and desires for focusing on outreach and M ,uo. lhkKt.\,, Jk. R11A,01 t·m rn N.\.0,l'l Rrnn,~N year, the next class of Ed1torl.1I &luor h.kSf\l.-.,EJ,1,1r Tirn ..,, l':\\UJ. revenge and power out of their student leaders should entertainment. We hope that Rftq,t.it,,t/fU Kl:;lt" U. S r1 \\\ tl:T Stt\11"-"' UMIO\\ , deliberations next year. To be note their mistakes and next year's leaders continue ~>nJ1\h:.t/ PndcKtlrJft 1nt. l.ife,~lr1 L.11t,>r sure, these sorts of things their successes. to provide the student body fAlik>r Ku-....._,Sl. \lU., plague all types of organiza- L...______with a large number of pro Editor. (°\\IILU lhk\k \ PtnfJ14;fi,,1 IJ,,.,, tions on this campus, and we grams to attend though, as Auiu,,,v Sp,rt,1\h-1 f,,fu,,, J \"A" Tnt ,1 would like it to be eradicated in all areas, but we said before, tl1ey need to do a better job J CJ\ \ "-' \\t \IUl RI \ we hope student goven1ment will lead the at publicity. Student leaders need hours amd T\.\ all.\ STf\\\lU Ss.,,r Can,",rmh way. They should also make sure that they JoU~• JC>ll' hard work that many student leaders put in \\'fll.1,\ \1\. I\ P'Rl'U ,.httx" o,~· ChN"fr are well-informed about the issues facing this year. AJ~t'rflfl'tJ: \f,i.l'ki1,vr • 1 - THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 I • DO YOU WANT TO WORK vou warnna g@t FOR THE BISON YEARBOO HIGH? Try getting THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS ARE OPE MANAGING EDITOR high off COPY EDITOR LAYOUT EDITOR L1FE ! ! 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FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 THE HILLTOP http:1/hllttop.howard.edu BISONROUNDUP SUPREME COURT ABREFLOOKATTHETOPSl'ORTSNEWS&E\,9ll'SATHOWARDANDTHE\MlRI.D Bison Tennis HOWARD BASEBALL Teams Achieve Howard lJolym,jty 18 CoPPIO Stale 5 WOMEN LACROSSE Spring Break Hqwa(Cf Un1Yt!11¥4 UC Pavis 17 Goals EUROPEAN VACATION: By MONE'S11, Jn11A CARTER Former record-setting Howard quar Hilltop Staff Writer terback and current Kansas City Chief Thd ..Sweet Flight" White made a fast Despite a cold afternoon, both the start to his NFL Europe League career Howard University men's and as he was among 1he first players to women's tennis teams easily defeated arrive a1 training camp in Orlando, Delaware State at home on Saturday, Fla., this month. White, the Mid-East• March 18, 2000. Delaware State Uni• ern Athletic Conference career leader versiry didn't receive an opportunity in passing yards with 9,713 yards. is to shine in any ofthe marches as their one of the 153 NFL players allocated men finished 7-0 and 1he women fin 10 the NFLEL for the 2000 season and ished 9-0. will be playing for the Frankfurt All-Pro Key players Lamia Alami and her Galaxy. White hopes to capture the Thi Whlte partner Ekaterina Okpala have proven World Bowl and follow in the success to be the number one doubles team for of former Europe League player and the Howard women's tennis team. The Super Bowl XXXl V MVP Kurt Warner. Their season will start spring break goal of staying focused on April 15. at all rimes has been successfully completed. PERSONAL LEAVE: Maryland Eastern Shore Athletic 'The players focused on ,vorking on their game attack," said Howard head Director Hallie B. Gregory announced Tuesday (March 28) that tennis coach Larry Strickland. Both bead women's basketball coach Trina T. Patterson bas resigned teams remained focused and semi for personal reasons effecti\'e April 3. Peterson put up a 9-19 over competitive considering the prede all mark, 7-11 in the MEAC in her only year on the job. Patter termined outcome that the tennis son came to UMES after serving eight years as bead coach at reams predicted. William and Mary. "TI1e matches were fairly easy, as Ph«o b) .\1:lrl. Coleman While most flo,..,,nl students "ere away for Spring IJreak, the tennls team was sening notice during a wry busy break. Hon a rd ten EARLY RETIREMENT: For Venus Williams. 19couldbe nis player Tiffany Speas gets her •~r,•e-on" in a doubles mulch against Goorgc Mason. retirement age. Williams, who has yet Please See TENNIS, B3 - to play a match this year, might give up 1ennis to focus on her education and investments, her father said Tues Women's Tournament: A day. Venus Williams bas yet to play a match this year. Williams said he Collection of Great Coaches, advised bis daughter to rake at least the rest of this year off. She has been sidelined since November, citing ten Players dinitis in both wris1s. Venus, who finished last year ranked No. 3. has By J o n N-JOIIN Wtt,UA \IS IV 'leam-by-team breakdown: career earnings or nearly $4.6 mil Hilltop Staff Writer lion. That doesn't include her lucra Connecticut tive endorsements. Venus is attending This year's final four is filled with a good mix or great coaches and The Hu.,kies have made tt back to AP a fashion design school in South Venus Wl!Jioms Florida and is interested in computers, equally great players. All the reams its first final four since 1996. Coach her father said. Serena has studied at in 1he final four deserve 10 be there. Geno Auriema has his ream poised And unlike past final fours, every to go all the way this year. Playing an art institute. The elder Williams would like 10 see them both get involved in politics. team this has a legitimate chance at argueably one of the hardest sched winning a national chn.mpionshi1>- ules in lhe country. Connecticut is Unlike the men's tournament, the prepared for the fi nal fou r. COTA CONDUCT: North CarolinaguardsEdCotaundThr women's NCAA seeds have pretty The Huskies are led by two first rence Newby no longer have a cour1 date that conflicts with a pos much held up. 1\vo No. I -seeds have team All-Americans. Shea Ralph. sible appearance in Monday's NCAA title game. Corn and Newby made i1 to 1he final four. The other the Big Em,t player of the year leads had been scheduled 10 appear in court Monday to face charges two No. I -seeds were both beaten by Connecticut in scoring (14.7 ppg) stemming from being involved in two No. 2-seeds. and mnks among the nation\ best in a Halloween night brawl. But the The safe picks for the national field goal percentage (63 percent). hearing was delayed Tuesday for championship game are Connecticut Ralph gets most of her points in tran the fourth rime since December. and Thnnessee. That doe,n·t neces sition. She hus the ability to get her• No new date was set. When a sarily mean that these two te.·uns will self open during the fast break, court hearing for the two players get there. Penn State and Rutgers are resulting in easy baskets. When was rescheduled last month. the both reams that have all the elements new date didn't set off alarms. Photo counc:,y of T00tl Sport, to win as well. After all, the Tur Heels were mired UCONN'sShe:i Ralph (L)and S,-etlana Abrosimova (R) celebrate ns they make it to tlte "omen's Please See WOMEN. U4 in what would become a 13-loss Final Four where they "ill face the women from Peno State to get n shot nt the national title. season, a first-round exit from the Atlantic Coast Conference tour nament and a mere eighth seed in the NCAA 1ournament. So a court date of April 3 probably seemed ANALYSIS all right. Now, however, the Tar Heels have advanced to the Final AP Four. If they beat Flocida on Sat• Ed Cota urday, they would play the winner The March to Indy of the Wisconsin-Michigan State game on Monday. Cota and Newby face 1hree charges of assault by inflicting serious injury and two charges or simple assault. By K l':VIN D. STEWART TuanlS like North Carolina and Wis• SporL, Editor consin were surprised to be seeded so low (No. 8). due 10 chem both having The NCAA selection committee got played 10ugh non-conference sched 81SONROUNDUP WAS COMPILED BY KEVIN D STEWART. SPORTS EDITOR what it wanted om or the Final Four; ules. But it is hard to find fault wi1h the three of the four teams have name committee's decision to place them recognition (Michigan State, North there. Thirteen losses each by 1he Tor Carolina and Florida) and a fourth Heels and Badgers were 100 hard to can be considered a Cinderella (Wis ignore on Selection Sunday. The mere consin). fact that the Tar Heels' made it to the Though this has worked out in some tournament or 64 is quite dubious. ways for the CBS executives. who TI1ey beat out Virginia in the ACC in would of ever thought that certain being selected to the tournament, teams would or made it this far? Of the though both had similar records. Vir 13.7 million office brackets that were ginia even posted two victories over AP completed before the tournament, the the Tur Heels during 1he season, but North Cnrotina 's 'llTrence Ne,, by majori1y of bettors will be trying to ruts down U1c net after tlie Tur explain to their wives why they won't Heels' victory which propelled have a paycheck this week. Please see FINAL FOUR, B2 ll>cm Into the Final Four. ( • ' T 11£ HILLTOP B2 FRroAY, MARCH 31, 2000 'I I l I Will Favorite Michigan State Win it All? 2 MINUTE08 111 a purpose in the NCAA Tournament greater than what they displayed in their brief outing Reality Bites ... So in the SEC tournament. It is Florida's versatil ity. depth, and commitment to Billy Donovruis Does the Men's style which make the Gators a legitimate title contender. NCAA Tourna Michigan State ,-s. Wisconsin ment Wisconsin is preparing 10 win. but Wiscon sin's players. in the back of their minds. are well aware of the fact that they've lost toMSU three times, and Michi3an Sime is weU aware of their three victories. K tMCYI'HY K-BROWN The Badgers·s offense doesn·1 get enough respect. but Mike Kelley seemed 10 always find Managing Editor an open Andy Kowske or Mark Ver.ha,v. The players got behind Purdue·, defense enough in the second half to pull aw·.;y from the Boiler March Madness moves on to Indianapo n1.1kers. lis. Another year of the NCAA Final Four Vcrshaw is the key player for Wisconsin. If is upon us. And no. our beloved Howard Vershaw can score point, down low. there's University Bison did not make ii again this more ofan opponunity for back cuts and front year. Maybe they wi ll reach rhe Final Four screens. next year. Keep hope alive. But judging Mike Kelley is as effecti,-e a point guard in from this year's teams in the final dance, Wiscon,m's system as Clro,cs is in Michigan Howard would have been a good choice. State's, but he's not Mateen Clea,-es. Cleaves What's up with Wisconsin winning the i, always the key player for Michigan State. tuid West Regional? The Badgers were a num• he is the difference-ni.1ker. There's been no kid ber eight seed for crying out loud. Wis in the last IO years that ·s been the heart and soul AP Florida's Udonis Haslem consin barely made the tournament. In of their team more than Cleaves. other words. Wisconsin was one of the You're not going to get easy t,a,kets on Wis• "bubble" teams. The team's adv-.;ncement is consin. They will control the tempo. Michigan The Tar Heels will need the hot hand of Stale loves to run but will end up playing at tl1e JUSI a case of a team gelling hot in the tour Joseph Fone to ha,e any chance ofgetting past nament. Trust me, this squad was not that Badgers' tempo. They have the previous tl1ree A\lrida. He'll haveto,hootquicker. with Flori time, they played. good during the year! Believe it or not. this da likely to trap Ed Cotat and Ja..on Capel. That opinion docs not stem from the whipping But Michigan State is every bit ,,s ,olid defun ,hould leave Fone a quick pass away from a sh-ely as Wisconsin is. and c,111 play well the Badgers put on my LSU Tiger•. LSU jump shot. but that may play 10 his strength. actually deserved to be in the tournament, enough defensively 10 beat Wisconsin playing Tulsa tried to rush UNC\ guards. But Forre their gan1e. Jon Bryanr won't gel as many ,hots Wisconsin did not. But I guess the Badgers' found himself open when the Golden Hurri performance this postseason is its way of as he's been getting because the Sparrnns sim cane, couldn't reco,-er before he lofted three ply won't let him. proving the team belongs there. pointers or drove for Oooting jumpers off the It i,critical Michigan Smre doesn·1 fall behind And then there's the North Carolina Tar gla.s;. like it has the last couple ballgames. because Heels ... a perennial powerhouse, right? Mike Miller is Florida', best player. He hn.s it's a lot harder to come b.ick against Wiscon Well. this year the Tar Heels were awful improved 100 percent and is a top I0-12 spot sin than against other teams. during the regular season. They were dratt pi,k right no\\: Ha • ■ ■ Howard nn rea enn1s Tennis Team Gets Going From TENNIS,Bl Before we expected," Strickland said. With no time to spare, on March 19, the Spring -women's tennis team defeated Loyola Univer sity at home, 6-1. The winds blew as fast as 25 By ROBYN G. WALKER mph varied the advantage on each side of the court, but the Bison women quickly adjusted. Hilltop Staff Writer The women received a well-deserved break from competition until Thursday against This story was to run in the George Mason University. March 17, 2000 issue of the In a "Three-peat" at home, the Lady Bison Hilltop. won another series of matches against George Mason on March 23, finishing 9-0. Erin Adams and Tiffany Speas stayed competitive On Friday, March 3, the and played a major role in the victory. Adams Howard University women's ten and Speas had a shaky start at first at 6-2, but nis beat University of Maryland later stabilized themselves to win the tie Baltimore County 5-4. Tatiana breaker 9-8. Okpala and Lamia Alami won a "Erin and Tiffany have had slow starts in the doubles match 8-6. past but when they get started they play an In singles matches, Okpala intense match," said Strickland. won again 6-3 and 6-love. This Wind shifting wasn't the only element shift freshman has yet to lose a ing on Friday March 24. The Bison's winning match. Also in singles, Lamia streak came to a streaking halt as the men lost, Alami won 6-3, and 6-2. Tiffany 7-0 and the women lost, 6-3. With one player Speas won 5-7, 6-3, and 6-1, out the Bison started with a two point disad while Erin Adams won her vantage. Furthermore, half way into the com match 6-1, 4-6, and 6-2. The petition key player Alamia suffered an injury final score was 5-4. due to a "reoccurring injury," added Strickland. "We are just getting started," This is however the first time that Alamia said Howard tennis coach Larry retired from at match and ultimately a com Strickland. "We are playing bet petition. A strong competitor, Alamia is cur ter, but they still need to come rently being treated and is making progress together more as a team." These two altercations defiantly placed the The women's match against other players in a tight situation, "We lost American University scheduled valuable points losing Alamia," said Strick for Thursday, March 9 was can land. The few lingering friends and family kept celed because of rain. Their next hope alive as the end of the competitions match is scheduled for Wednes arrived. The men were down one, Chad Hamil day, March 22 against Mary ton the men's number one player didn't play. Washington in Fredericksburg, Therefore, the men started the competition Va . down by two. In addition, Hampton's men's team is ranked nationally and therefore this put • On Monday, March 6, the a slight strain on the Bison Men's Tennis Team. men's tennis team lost to UMBC Although the men were long faced as a result 5-1. The only point scored was of their lost, they hope to make a 180 degree in a singles match by freshman turn by Saturdays match against George Mason Dwayne Pagon winning 5- 7, 6- University. love, and 6-3. Photo by Mark Coleman "We need to sharpen up on a lot Still short by one, the Bison men faced Howard women tennis player Ekaterina Okpala returns a volley during a match. The Bison team met most of its goals during the Spring Break- George Mason University on March 25 and of things," said Strickland. remained an underdog, 5-2. As a young team The last of the spring match line up was on was visible, doubles still needed mass improve of been different," insist Coach Strickland. On Friday, March I 0, the men who is in it's reconstructive stages the men March 26 against James Madison University. ment. One of the doubles teams from Mason With a promising MEAC Championship on lost 5-2 to American University. struggled to kept in mind their team goals. The women competed and lost, 7-2. With is number one in the region, therefore the April 20 at Hampton University ahead, the Senior Chad Hamilton earned Coach Strickland added that both teams aimed one· point in his matches, scor Alamia still gone and the women once again Bison women broke several salty sweats. With Men's and Women's Tennis Team's, begin to to enhance, skill, technique, and intensity over ing 5-7, 6-3, and 6-2. Junior started, down by two. Determined to remain home court still at the Bison's advantage, this the spring break. Spring match madness for the equip themselves with the essential tools to Khalid Salah-Eddine scored the wasn't enough to make a clean sweep. man ended with some experience and reflec competitive the other players stepped up to the remain intense and competitive in the cham other one 1-6,6-3, and 6-1, both tion. plate. Even though the evidence of hard work "If we had a full line-up the outcome could pionships. in single matches. Restaurants. Cinemas. 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Center Michelle Snow averages On the inside. 1he Huskies depend 12.4 points. 6.4 rebounds. and 1.2 defenders ca1ch 1he 6'0" Ralph and on a trio of 6'2" sophomores 10 ge1 blocks. Al 6'6" Snow is an intimi foul her. she is one of the best fin 1he job done. First there i, Tamika dating presence down low. She is ishers in the game. She is great from Williams. When William, (8.4 ppg) extremely agile. During the Texas t -the free throw line. At 80 percent, ge1s 1he ball in the post. she b auto Tech game Snow dunked. Ralph ranks among the nation's bes1 ma1ic. Willianis shoots 71.3 percen1 Junior Kyra Elzy ha, star1ed most from the foul line. When Con from 1he field. She also can do her of her career at Tennesce. Now she I comes off the bench. Freshman ' nenc1icut is forced into a half-court share of rebounding (3.4 rpg). Asjha offense Ralph can hit 1he three. Jones averages 8.4 points and 4.9 April McDivin and were both a Ralph hits 4 1.5 percent from behind rebounds. Jones connecls on almos1 Parade All-American in high the arc. half her shots from the floor (49.2 school. Svetlana Abrosimova is 1he second percem FG). Swin Cash rounds ou1 Will she or won't she'/ That is the half of the dynamic duo. Abrosi 1he bunch. Cash averages 9.8 poinrs question that everyone is wondering mova also crca1es havoc for defend and 5.5 rebounds. Cash is also effec- about coach Pat Summit. l\vo more ers. The small forward can hit the 1ive averaging 52 percent from 1he wins would result in a historic sev trey (38.5 percent) and connecls field. enth national championship. Whal with most of her field goals (49.5 At 1he center posi1ion, the Huskies srands in the way of Summit's ,c, percent). The Russian can do it all. rely on Kelly Schumacher to get the enth'? Ru1ger's C. Vivian S1nngcr She can rebound (6.2 rpg). pass (3.8 job done. At 6'5'', Schumacher aver and her famous 2-3 machup zone apg), and play defense ( 1.8 spg). ages five points. 3. 7 rebounds, and defense. Add Abrosimova's I3.4 points per 1.6 blocks per game. She connects game and she is the total package. on 54.6 percen1 of her field goals. If Rutgers there is one weak link in 1he Huskies armor, it would have to be at the Rutgers bas ma,1ercd defense. The center spot. Aside from Schumach Scarle1 Knigh1s have held high scor er. the Huskies don't have much ing Connecticut 10 under 50 poin1s depth at this position. Paige Sauer this year and held Georgia 10 20 points in the first half of the Wes1 hasn't played much during 1he 1our AP nament. And agianst a 1cam like Regional finals. Texas head coach Rutgers has Scarlet Knight fever. Penn State which has plenty of Jody Conradt was quo1ed 1hn1 she felt like her learn had 10 ask Rutger, depth in the post. Connecticu1 might has taken 1hree dilTcrent teams 10 1he 41. 9 percent from 1hree-poi nt range. have some problems permission to score. Penn State When Shepard ge1s hot watch out. Coach C. Vivian Stringer has final four. Ru1gers is led by 5'6" point guard Just ask Louisiana Tuch. Shepar implimented her famous macbup Tennessee 'fasha Pointer. Pointer makes i1 hap Coach Rene Portland has gonen scored 25 points 10 lead Penn Stat zone defense. The zone defense has pen for the Scarle1 Knights. She Penn State to its firs1 final four ever. 10 the vic1ory. wretched havoc with teams all year Thnnessee has all the elements to averages 9.6 points, and 5.3 assis1s. Wi1h a good mix of defense. matu In the post. Penn State is led b long. Tennesee shouldn't be an win a national championship. They Pointer makes good decions on the rity and shooting, the Lady Lions 6'3" center Andrea Garner. Game have an excellent coach. a go-to exception. The Lady Vols showed court and doesn't gel ratteled. Join are poised 10 upset Connecticu1 and averages 14.8 points. and 8. valunerabilty to Thxas Tech. Yes. player. a good bench. and a good ing Pointer in the backcoun is 5' IO" win its firs1 national championship. rebounds per conte;,t. Garner als point guard. Tomika Catchings left the game shooting guard Sbawnetla S1ewar1. The key to 1his teams succ,,s, starls averages an impressive 2. 1 block 1l,mika Caichings is this teams go- early in 1he first half but the Vols Scoring 15.3 points, and grabbing at 1he point guard posilion. At 5'7". per game. Maren Wabe1h gives th 10 player. Ca1chings, a 6' I" forward didn'c s1ep up to 1he pla1e withoul i1s 6.5 rebounds results in one of the Helen Darling might not appear 10 Lady Lions a founh player wh srar. With Rutgers· defense. mis• can shoot the ball from outside and besc backcourts in the na1ion. be fierce, but she has the heart of a scores in double digits. Walse1h. score down low. Catchings averages takes like that will cost teams. T.immy Sunon-Brown (9 ppg. 4.5 lion. Darling is among the best point 6'3" forward. averages 13.9 point 15.5 points. 7.5 rebounds. 2.7 Rurgers is the Temple of the rpg) uses her 6'4" frame to give guards in 1hecountry. Her7.7 assisls per game and gives the Lady Lion women's tournament. They stick a assists. and 2.8 steals. Catchings Rutgers an intimidating post pres per game ranks her ,econd in the .inothei big l>ody in 1he paint. Wi1 suffocating 2-3 ma1chup zone can do ii all. ence. When Sutton-Brown gels the na1ion. Darling also is a defensive Penn Siate's balanced offense. th Small forward Semeka Randall defense on opponents that allows ball d,iwn low, she i, automatic. She stopper. She averages a 1eam high Lady Lions will give opponent AP just 52.9 points a game. Like Tem averages 14.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, shoors 53.3 percc,11 from the field. 1hree steals per game. and despite many matchup problems. Post pla) Tunnessee's Semeka Randall two assis1s. and 2.1 steals. Freshmen ple. Rutgers is lacking in the ii is imperacive that Sutton-Brown averaging 10.3 poin1s. Darling was is the key to this team's success. I poinl guard Kara Lawson averages offense. The Searle! Knights average stay in the game because she has a named Big Ton conference Player of Garner and Walseth connect. it wil 61.9 points per contest. Offense Sue Bird has been the differnce for 14.1 point>. 4.3 rebounds, three tendency 10 get inlo foul 1rouble. the Year. open the ou1side shot for Penn State might be a problem for Rutgers bu1 1he Huskies this year. The 5'9" point assis1s. and 1.5 steals per game. Aside from Suuon-Brown. Ru1gers Joining Darling in the backcour1 is If the guards are able to knock dow its true weapon doesn't score or play guard missed all bu1 10 games last Kristen Clemen1 is an excellent is lacking in post presence. This sharp-shooling guard Lisa Shepard. 1he three like Shepard did agains in any g:,mes. Coach C. Vivian year because of a torn ACL. This passer (4.0 apg) 1hat compliments could be a problem for 1he Scarle1 Shepard. a s· 11" junior. averages Louisiana Tech, this team can bea Stringer has amassed over 600 wins year Bird has come back with a ven Lawson in the backcourt. Clement Knights. 12.9 points per game. and shools Connecticut. gance. Bird averages 10.7 points. 4.5 was originally recruited as point in her 28 seasons o~ coaching and the Irish were once more in control. Notre Dame "Ever)' rime they made a run. we were able to counter that run," Mur Moves Clos phy said. The Niuany Lions kepi looking 10 er to NIT narrow 1he gap. Crispin nailed a three-pointer. First 1eam Big Ton player Jarrell S1ephens dunked 1he Title ball for 1wo poinls, and teammate Tilus Ivory scored three on a buck By K\Tlll,EF.N O'BRIEN el and foul shot. The Observer (U. Notre Dame) Just as quickly as the Irish began 10 fade away, 1heir lead dropping 10 (U-WIRE) NEW YORK. N.Y. - four ar 27-23 late in the first half, Notre Dame moved one slep closer they wenl on a 13-point run. Every to winning the NJT tirle with a bal body got into the act as Macura put anced team effort and a 73-52 vic back a Carroll miss. Graves dropped tory over Penn State Wednesday. in four poinls and Carroll wenl for a Senior point guard Jimmy Dillon wide-open lay-up. marked the game's 1empo. giving The swcc1es1 play of 1he game the Irish their fmt two points on che came following a Ninany Lions IY1lY to a 15-2early lead. Dillon, bet 1urnover with 5.1 seconds to go in ter known for passing off an open 1hc firs1 period. Noire Dame called look to his ceammates 1han for tak time-out 10 plan its po,sc.,sion. The ing the ball to the hoop. starred the Irish lhrcw a cross-court inbounds If you want non-stop lrish scoring off with an off-bal pass to Dillon. He lobbed it inside to ance jumper as 1he sho1 clock ran Murphy. who muscled in two of his career action - the down. 18 poin1s and nailed the free 1hrow " I think Jimmy's first shot of 1he to go with 1he hoop. place to be is game kind of sci ii al I off.'' sopho "We had a good run late in the first more forw-.ird David Graves said. half," Doheriy said. "Jere Macura Automation Alley. "You never really expect 1hat com IY1lS preny darn good on the offen ing from Jimmy." si,·e boards. and I think that was a The Irish opened 1hings up with big key for us 10 get that lead back As the nation's newest, fastest growing technology cluster, wide open 1hree-pointers by All to 15 at halftime:· American Troy Murphy and fresh The two learns played anorher 20 Automation Alley offers young professionals low-risk, man guard Man Carroll. followed by minutes of ball, bul lhat was main two Graves free throws. A~ the Irish ly for sbow. as 1hey decided the out high-value career opportunities. dominated the boards, sophomore come in the first half. Penn State forward Harold Swanagan scored in never got closer than I 2 in the sec the paint and back-up point guard ond s1anw. Martin lngelsby swished a trey. Located in Michigan's 11ie defensive intensity of the Irish Six Irish players scored in the first forced lhe Niuany Lions into shoot six minutes of play, helping demol Oakland County, ish 1he Niuany Lions· hopes of vic ingjust 33 percent from the field and committing 20 turnovers. tory. Automation Alley is home ·11ie last five games or so, Coach "You've got 10 pul the ball in 1he has really stressed for us to come our hole 10 sustain your defense." Penn to 1,800 of the world's and be the aggres.sors," Murphy said. State coach Jerry Dunn said. "When "Right from the stare. we wanted to you couple the 1urnovcr.. and the leading corporations. be 1he aggressors. 1 lhink 1ha1 we did poor shooting performance, ii can be a good job of tha1 1onigh1. and kind dell'imen1al 10 your defense. We had Companies that offer diverse technologies. Information systems. Aeronautics. of go1 1hem back on 1heir heels a lit some decenr looks a1 1he basket. and rle bit at first." we picked a had time to shoo1 poor ly." Telecommunications. Software development. Robotics. Automotive R & D. After opening with a 13-point lead, 1he Irish gave 1he Nittany Lions Carroll in particular was impres every chance possible for a come sive defensively. He rallied four Consumer product development. back. Penn Slate's players rebound steals. intercepting Penn State pass ed several missed Irish baskets. and es with a vertical jump that seemed the lrish commined four consecutive high enough 10 scale Mount Everest. The advantages of a career with any cluster company are immense. Expand the turnovers. Junior guard Joe Crispin He also hit six of eight free throws hit 1wo Penn Slate baskets to bring down the stretch to cement the oul options. Visit the web site. Check out the jobs available now. Find out why the the Nillany Lions to wilhin seven at come. 18-11. "I was impressed wi1h our guys' newest technology cluster is a smart place to be. Bui Penn Stare didn't gain much al in1ensi1y," Doheny said. "'These kids, Noire Dame's expense. A Irey by they wam lo win." Irish freshman Jere Macura put the The Irish are going for one more Irish back ahead by 10. Then Dillon win Thursday when they face lhe ~wiped a steal, rnking it the length of Wake Forest Demon Oeucons in 1he www.automationalley.com the floor for a fa.st break lay-up. ,1nd NIT champion,hip. THE HILLTOP FRmAY, MARCH 31, 2000 B5 Former Bison Football Player, Billy Jenkins Talks on His Trade good way 10 lose my friendship." By W!LUAM BR)lwr I 99'J campaign, Jenkins is happy tO be a Jenkins has reaped SC\eral benefits from future NFL pla)en> who excel at histori what I recall. There ,vcre SC\eml great players who played at the HBCUs in Interesting!)( Demer ,viii trJ,el to St. Special to the Hilltop member of the Bronoos. his excellent play during his stint wilh St cally black colleges and urti,=ities. 'Rvo Louis and dwing Ilic Rainf 23-16 victo pla),:n;in auendance who Jenkins oomires attendance. These guys ,viii probably b'CI Louis next season in a gmne th.11 might be It worked out rorthe best tor me becallse their chances to play in the NFL in d1e nation.~ly televised. Dem,:risasix-and-a•h.'llfhoordrivefrom ry o,,:r the 1ennessce Timns in Super and was proud 10sec wcre(Dettoil) Lions' The relationship between the St. Louis month., to come. I talked wilhthose guys "It ,villjus1 be:u'IOlhergameandanoch Rams and former Howard Univcn;ity my home in Albuquerque." said Jenkins. for a l,mg time and expressed the impor er tearn on the schedule." s.'lid Jenkins. "It is definitely closer for my family to ·Sll'Ong sare1y BWy Jenkins has come to a uwce of h.'1rd ,\>Olk when you get to the "I ,viii get my fl.llil opportwlity to play binen.weet end. Jenkins, who led the attend games. Dem,:r has won the Super NFL. After oor lengthy comersations. I on Monday Night Football in a Broncos' 1 Rams in tickles in 1998 and placed sec Bow I two out of the k1SI three yean;. l ha"e think those guys understood my stand and uniform. There is speculation that this ond behind starting linebacker Loiklon respect tor several pk1yen; on the Broncos fully appreciared me talking 10 them." year's fin,1 Monday Night Football g:une 0...-spite hi.s fortunes in the NFL. Jenk ' Fletcher in I 9')9, is now a member of the roster. However. I did not and do not hold will feature the R:unsngai11.>1 the Broncos ins ""is quick to point out that he had sev Denver Bronoos. winner.. of Super Bowl lhem to a higher esteem 10 my former in St.,.. Louis. That "oold be sorrelhing temnmates on the Rams and mOSI impor en~ problems. both financially and enio- else . XXXII and xxxm. The Rams traded 1ionall)t while at HoW'.ud 'Then: \\ete Jenkin, to Demer in return fordmft picks. lal\U)( myself. I atn looking rorward 10 Jenkin~i.aid he has talked witl1sonieof ~-ra! dillict.tlt times at Howard that knk• his former St. Louis terunmmes and that Jenkins signed a se,.en-year. 18-million pbying wilh them while in a Broncos uni ins endured where the a,erage person hme expressed their happiness ~ him. dollarcral that includeda$28-million dol form." \\OOld ha,,: quit and gone home. I They Upon his arrival to Denvei; Jenkin~ mll'>I " I hme so many people 10 be thankful told me that I de,,er.e the contmct lar signing bonus. lhat Isigned ,vith Denver. TI-.ey kn<.'Wthat fi)r during my time lhL"re," said Jenkins. This w:is my original target when J lhink about wearing anocher jersey nwn I had worked hard from d:iy one from "The list of n.'llllCS would go on andoo. I signed my first contract three )'e:US ago ber. Cwrenli)(second•)'ear playerOlandis being a regular on special teams to being Gary wear., No. 22. which means Jenk snick in there and thankfully: '-"erything I when I came out of Howard" said Jenk• paid off for me. I knew diat I could not go a regular on the Rams· starting defense. ins will hme 10 look tor MOther jersey I ins. '1 knew that mycootr.ict would be up home because people b.'\Ck in New Mex Everybody IU1derstands the 11ature of the in three years. I was trying to do as much number. NC\ertheless, Jenkins is looking ico would be dLsappointed in me. I mn busi11c,s tlw is in,ohro in the NFL. They as I could in order to get the best contract to step up his IC\d ofplay and hopes to be proud to be from Howard Uni\'ersit)( fuel that my dep . be the last Name: Monica Franklin Age: 20 Bisonette Classification: Junior Major: Psychology of the Hometown: Birmingham, Ala. Sign: Cancer Week Favorite Movies: "Fame" and "The Princess Bride" ? Aspirations: To live a life that is • pleasing to God and to work as a clinical health psychologist. Catch her Words to live by: When dealing with yourself, use your head; when dealing with others, use your heart. - Eleanor next weekl Roosevelt Bison Split Series With SPRING REVIVAL Georgetown Adrian Tayler driving in one run each. Durand hit a single to right while Taylor hit a fly ball to right fie ld after. Taylor also posted a solo home run in the By ELENA B llllGERON sixth inning. Hilltop Staff Writer APRIL 6, 2000 Georgetown answered with a two-run fourth inning. both runners scoring off first baseman Eric This Story 1rt1s 10 appear in the Marci, 17, 200 0 Issue of Santana's triple to center. Bison pitcher Dwight 7:00 PM the Hilltop. Fortune held the Hoyas 10 six hi ts and three earoed runs on the day after allowing another run in the The Bison baseball team came away with their ANDREW RANKIN first victory of the season Thursday, March 9, rout fifth inning. Fortune struck out batters in four out MEMORAL CHAPEL ing the visiting Georgetown Hoyas (9- 11 ) 8-4 at Joe of five innings pitched. Cannon Stadium. Howard baseball did not fair as well on Tuesday The Bison (1-15) paired aggressive bnserunning though. Pitcher Hasani Widemond surrendered four and solid hittting to manufacture three runs in the earned runs on eight hits in a 6-1 loss at George Guest Spc:1ker: Rev. I .ydia J. \Vaters second inning. First baseman DeShawn Gill, who town. The Hoyas scored early, with Santana driving Pastor. Cross Road United Methodist Church led the team guing three for five at the plate, kicked in two runs in the first inning. A throwing error by Compton, California off the rally by drilling a 0-1 pi tch 390 feet 10 straigh taway center. With two runners on, center Bison catcher Reggie Adams allowed two George fielder Keith Sneed then hit a squeeze bunt down town runs to be scored in the fifth inning. Then the the first base line. bringing in the runners 10 score Hoyas pulled away wi th two more runs off a sev after a throwing error by the Georgetown pi tcher. enth-inning double to center field. Only third base The onslaught continued in to the third inningwith man Eunique Johnson's solo homer in the seventh Sponsored hy Wesley Foundation The United Methodist C'arnrus Ministry freshman left fielder David Durand and shortstop inning prevented a Bison shutout. TuE H ILLTOP 136 F RIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 VANGUARD CADRE r . Black Panther Party Long victimized by Campaign of Lies ,. at all in two terms to elevate the sta declared that fooct. shehetbea)th • against Al-Amin today is eerily sim- brutal abuses of power by police invesL, in !he community thro1111h his "By ELAINf BROWN: Ms. BROWN ce. store, coin laundry and service to a tus of Atlanta's massive. poor black I • care and education were hmong those ilru- and as suspect as the one in 1967 nationwide. particularly :1gains1 black people and our communitic,. neighborhood homeless shelter.The communities though clearly com "'As a former leading member of the basic human rights denied blacks leveled agains1 Black Panther Pru-ty Notwithstanding the now-e~posed black collaborators Most signifi• milled to !he development interests , Black Pan1her Party, I find ii alarm since slavery. through Jim, Ctow, toupder Huey Newton.The underly- racial profiling by police, there is, for candy, despite !he savage inundation ofTom Cousins, Sam Masscll. et al. . ' ing that the pru-ty. defunct now for institutionnl racism. ty11chingandall in!\!_ allegation against Al-Amin example, the New York pQlice killing of black communi1ies all over Amer And !here is Beverly Harvard. who ~more than a decade, continues lO manner ofviolence, 11,ie party lleve1- ' relales 10 his being stopped while dri of Amadou Diallo, a black man ica with crack cocaine, Al-Amin is fixed crime statistics to meet the bebastardized in 1he American press oped prpgraros that ,IIQUld at once v;n,~in Cobb County - or, as it's standing unarmed and alone in !he acknowledged by everyone 10 have interests of Olympic businessmen. ; :ind by law enforcement. Worse. now raise COl\'>Ciousness aod serve thl: I n<1w said in 1he vernacular. "driving while excusing the brutal pQlice slay needs of our people. We ~µ~lisbed tyli~e black." Police admit he was doorway of his own home, mortally virtually eliminated drug use and " \Hepany's name is resurrected 1ode11" trafficking in his West End conunu iag ofJerry Jackson and doing ooth• •-igrate and condemn one ofour finest 01/f Frte Break-fast forClul!lrim Pip- -~•p~d in May 1999 merely fordri wounded by l9ofthe41 rounds fired at him from guns wielded by four nily. In 1his, he has stayed the course ing at all to rtduce even the flow of "bro1hers, the former H. Rap B~wn. gram; 1hen, our free health clinicsi I 'til a car displaying dealership 1,1gs. drugs into Atlanta·spoor black com Jhen. li\icration schools. free grocery 1L~ r, he was charged with theft by white officers. More frightening was of freedom even as 01her blacks have Because echoes of the past ru-e eeri munities. There is Paul Howard, the and legal aid aml shoe programs. re iving - on the already-ques- their acquinal of any wrongdoing on abandoned it for each little individ ly present in the current campaign Fulton County district auorney, the ln_ 1968 FBI Dfrector ,J. EdgaJ t.i~;tble, as\ertion that the car he the theory they had simply made a ual step up on the illusory ladder of against Al-Amin. I would like to ,;et fin.I black DA in Georgia, who focus Hoover declru-ed the.party robe "th~ was driving was stolen - and the mis1ake. American success. j the historical record straight on a es his prosecutions on trying young single greatest threat ro 1he illjernal .horrible "criJlie" of driving without There arc the mounting revelations of Herein lies the rub. While Atlanta's · few relevant maller...The Black Pan failed public schools are populated black boys as adults. Likewise, there .. ther Pany came into peing toruldres~ s~curity Qf !he United Staics·• and proof of.insurance. Similarly, New• murder and drug dealing by Los Angeles police officers arising from 90 percent by black children - 80 is Atlorney General Thurbert Baker. •~the suffering ofblacks in America. II pledged 10 u~-o any means l{ec_essary 1onH11ey was stopped by police for an who used up much ofa year in office 10 eliminate the party and its mem• uncl~ar trhffic violation on an Oak- the confessions ofone of its officers. percent ofrhem so poor they qualify ' Was a time whep federal trQOps, p:v to prosecute !he son of Ralph David bersi In the next year alone. the FBI Jaiiq. Calif., street. Similarly, 1his And closer 10 home is the civil law for free or subsidized lunch; wr.ile ' 1icularl y in theSouth, had 10 be Abernathy. And final ly, there is Bar• 0 u,~ed 1he full weight of its counteri'n- street detention set off a chain of suit in !he slaying of Jerry Jackson. nearly 80 percent of Georgia's prison • (!mployed u>' ilepel racis(, police population is black: while black rett, touted as the first black female ,. backed violence U!!ainst black telligence progran1, known as COil'!- even1s 1ha1 culminated in the shoo1- ao unarmed black man shot by pQlice in broad daylight in the infamous infant mortality is twice !hat of sheriff in the nation. who sent out her ·• ~hildren trying 10 alleod schOQI with TBLPRO, to lay'waste to the party, mi; dea1h of one of the cops. Three 1 1995 Moto Cycle Shop shooting. In whites, blacks such as Bru-rell would armed men 10 take down a black ·: 9,lhite children and pQlice attacj By LEO REISBERG of !he Chroni History Month round out the cover. arc misrepresented and pQrtrayed in puses - Alcorn State University, age that they have received in local plaints from ,tudenls and advisers at cle of Higher Education Dena McClurkin. a Clark Allanta a negative light Fort Valley State University, Rust and national newspapers, but add historically black colleges, compared junior and the assistant editor at the by the mainstream media more of1en College, and Shaw 1ha1 they do 1101 condone censorship with !hoseat other institutions. of campus newspapers. • The story seemed to have "college newspaper. acknowledges that The than arc white instit11tioas. so they're University - st11den1s had experi In fact. two high-profile cases of First 'press awarct·• written all over it. For Panther prints mostly (lQSitive stories not inclined to suppon student news enced some furm of "administta1ive Henry Ponder. president of the Amendment rights for the college papers on their campuses that might restriction~;· she says. National Associntion for Equal several year,, a financial-;1id crisis "to get on the adminis1ra1ion's good Op(lQrtunity in Higher Education, an press involve historically black insti• hnd plagued Clark Atlanta Universi• side." The >tudent editors shy away treat them 1he same way;· says Pearl At some historically black colleges. 1u1ions, from controversy, she says, because L. Stewart. the '•rovingjournalist" for students' effons 10 start a campus umbrella group of 118 historically ty. In 19 Thuggist mentality. Made popular by This is not representative of ~ur toric orders of European meu ~nil: lust white women; thus, Thuggist slain Tapper Tupac Shakur, the phrase ancestry. In Dr. Frances Cress Wels homophilic ideology. Not dissimilar · mentality inhibits Black men from .l'he ttaduceme!lt mBlack males "Thug Life" expanded from a per- ing 's The l&is, Papprs, Welsing to white supremacists, thugs degraife gaining true intimacy with Black t · gi) ;lfu>vies,1 muldc, and broad- sonal credo to a sub-cultural ideolo- expounds on the iostjtulion of wlf:ite their women, excluding th¢,n from women. In lieu of self-knowledge, . t meµja,is continually catalyzed gy. Seemingly, a young Black man supremacy and its .correspQilding political and spiritual power within information, and science as a means tl~l''!/i,lg!(Qur adornment and celebra- isnt deemed worthy of respect with- symbolism of white phallic po'/1\er. their inner circles, and reducing their of countering racial antagonism and tl!!I! !:if self-degnm,in.z imagery. We out being "!hugged out." Today's rap White men replicated the obeli5½an social functionality to lllli.mali~tic ·s.aining political leverage within ~y uphold rac~1deals by inane- songs inundate impressionable young African architectural ieon of male levels of sexual gratification.. .. h.>Y-1).merican society, thugs revert to 1 adoptin pe~ve epithets and minds with lyrics rampantly overrun fertility and cosm lo ·cal auune .;~Jf-destruction, using violence apd fil'B ackmales. Wemon- with materialism, murder, and ment, to represent the ideolog,, of The decline of Blac\cs.progr~iQli. 'lar 11s a means to exercise their pseu ~ourselves through our speech misogyny. Too many rappers boast white male supremacy and the ro after the Civil Rights Erawasllllfo~ ~asculinity, ultimately sustain ~•!)ehavior. We equate ourselves about material wealth and "ghetto- clivity of racist endeavor. Clandestjne seen. In the wake of fallen leadei:s, .. ·. i!li a !Subservient position to whjte ~'brutes, rufflll.lls, gangsters, and fabulous" glamour. This accentua- orders of white men used phallic Black values increasµ:igly dimin, tllllle supremacy. Drugs and alcohol • ' • • • To Write For Vanguard • Cadre Contact Randy Short at 806.6866 or at [email protected] l i ...... ------ TuE H l~P I ~B8~======~FR:ID~AY,:=MA:::RC=:H=i31,:;2000::::::::======; ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT I: News Brief #13 March 31, 2000 Final eek WGe;neral Mandatory RegistrationW Fall 2000 .. Monday, March 27 - Friday, April 7 SCHEDULE DAY DATE CLASSIFICATION* Monday March 27 Senior - ' -· Tuesday March 28 Senior Wednesday March 29 Junior Thursday March 30 Sophomore Friday . March 31 Freshman - - Saturday April 1 Grati uate /Professional - Sunday April 2 All Monday April 3 All Tuesday April 4 All . 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Marathon of Studb Dance C&sses , Dance Studio Search fur apartments. Free roommate sublet listings. Tiffany Happy Anniversary 10:00 am Convtrgl!IQ lmag,1: Printmulng and Photography ln African Am enc an Art Ira Aijr~ge Theater Help Wanted Authentic 35 'No Charge J1N A. PolterCol~quiUm on African AmeilcanAn $1500 weekly potential mailing our & REGISTffl 1111H 1llE circulars. No Experience Required. Free Love, infurmation packet. Call 202-452-5940. lour Babies 10:00 am 0ml OFCEN!Rll. SClitOOI.IOO Nadine Hip-Hop Meets Polittcs at the Mecca Conference Blackbum TheateMJ C t00 Ollt I ' , j mic. moral. "macho man" as,.anything more llian asinineiiiilogy.is !he chriteristic don't need own our brothers in 1in1es tered paradigm should stress coop neurial initiatives: take conttol of erjtion, culture. altruism, work. edu and familial impo!enfe. and clue a pay-toilet sel( queen with \$WC waste. riuptif>n, and quasi-logical of trouble? The logic of Black men social. political, and all other insti• cation, merit, thriftiness. concern for lessly stupid about how 10 keep muscle mass and a mind 10 ra,¥ Jess con for 'lb' to all things white or is pure demonology. Individualism is tutions vital for reaching projected !he future. solidarity, creativity, inno things from gettii1Jl worse. In the face physically•fi~ pi ales. The li,fti'n~ of powerf • While few men make ii 10 one of the greatest social sins of group goal.s for liberation; creation of vation, ethical behavior, and venera of Herculean· slruggles for basic weights. playulg ofS(lQrl. !\!)~ing of the plJceif their Aryan avatars. th. ey Black people. We beuer kick the an funding of hiera.rchical and social tion of fatherhood and husbandry. respect and bignity, most Black men females, addition 10_ vioy/iioe. igno- devo~iir lives 10 being something habit. ly and institutionally appropriate Our manhood and a collective should chose a variety of escapist ranee, dopeJnd dev,anrft,tis noth- !he~ 01 be. All of their energies seek economic. cultural. in1ellectual. organizations necessary to achieve lifeMyles- all fraught with distinct ing 10 rega,111 or respecl'. am de ed 10 disassociating them• Since I have brieny treated the three and ideological pQwer. The apparatus group power and security; develop pru-asuicidal results. Another elite manhopd style is than, , $elves r,,m less-for1una1e. ethnical- basic ru-cbelypes of dysfunctional and cultivate human resources 10 ful of the "I gbt mine n/gged low-brow Jy-c<¥l$cious, or progressive-thinking of the new manhood bas to become At the core of the Black mah'sdilem manhood types. I am now going 10 a collective brotherhood-exclusive fill needs of community: create prop ma is his harrowing fear of the vir individualist." The~ brothers, while Bl~ks. Despite their afnuence they provide some simple ideas !hat the er wcial relations and arrangements functionill in term of working and faff 10 use their position to do any- of females. Women should and never mal omnipotence of the Anglo reader should consider employing in have ruled any people, and the soon and attitudes which fac1li1a1e social American and his allies. To quote a basic ed!tation. s II lack the ans thing for themselves or people. Suc- their lives. First, Black men must er we stop Social Hermaphrodism unity. idenllt): Jcceptance, coopera s1anza from 'Old Man River' the husbandry, fatherh od. and frater- cess for one individual in a race of nalism. people huning in ,hallow. The DWB reject !he prevailing social impulse 10 (homegirl, · nappy-headed fentinism) tion and e,clusiveness relative ro theme song from 1he film "Show be alhei>1 or agnostic. Our ancestors These men lhink if 1hey own a car. phenomenon where rich Blacks and restoring seirnal norms the out groups (all non-African Ameri boat." lhe Black man is, "1ired of liv were God-fearing people whose reli healthier we will be as a species. ;,ig bul afraid of dying:· Thus. we a earn a G.E.D.. engage in extra-mar• money does nol shelter them from the cans): control of community ital sex. pay any child support. con• untouchability of other poorer gious values (those !hat did not con Brothers will create !he network and resources and mstitutions wherein cowardly mas, select a variety of form to white superiority) help cre social basis 10 unite Black men to ways 10 live like dogs. The results are sumer brand-name goods especial• Blacks. Only rarely does a cross group members and future leaders ly-cigarenes and liquor, work for burnt on a lawn, a promotion pass- ate a life for themselves under combine !heir talents. resource,. are developed and oriented; develop so infamous there is no need 10 reci1e difficulties thnl ou1s1rip our imagi common values and beliefs. social• them here. We must for the sake of other races. read the sports page and over, failed inter-racial romance. or a an ideology of group superiority or nation. Instead of rejecting Chris bonding rituals and experiences 10 our survival forsake the paths ofleast comics bi-annuall y, can recite bad turn of luck rouse this 1ype of worthiness and the overwhelming tianity, we must seize i1 and remove empower themselves 10 achieve resistance and work 1oge1her. achievements of assorted athletes man to see thn1 his brothers are his it from the claws of cross-dressing mutually beneficial objectives. will to bc free people with a drive for and entenainers. and can p.1y their power. Even though these types of auto-heremony: and, last achieve rent that they hJ\C fulfilled their men imitate whites they ne,-cr follow thugs who are the lower than whores Esteeming the unity of 1he brethren I will quickly debunk the "(lQpular·· with Ebola virus. A new revival ofan would be a renewal homo-social ten• c,>ntrol ol 11penorcoerch-e physical or lhuglife manhood among Black obligali<>n tn humanity. These broth• thouyh on !hose collective activities force,, and JI! important human intel er, .ue guilty of accentuaung the th.it 1, the basis of (lQwer for Anglo- African-American morali1y 1ha1 dencies through-out history where men. because its false allure and true embodies collective uplift. collec men form long-term social institu• lecma I, physical. and economic roots in gaol-sodomy need be pett); becau~e Ibey are afmid of foe- Americans. Like the lower-class ing the competition of other people. B1.ick men the things they choose 10 tivist ethos. family. thrift, sobriety. uoos. This fact can be seen in !he uni resources wi1h a iron-will 10 effcc exposed. First. !he tough, unloving. holiness, charity. and learning. Unre versal phenomena of sacred priest• li\'ely use them 10 defend group inter cruel. brutal. illiternte. and psycho yet never think 10 join forces with borrow from Anglo-society is puerile strained individualism. promiscuity. hoods, monastic orders. mutual aid ests. ln • nut shell. the new African pathic manhood that is celebrated as other Black men. While Ibey .ll'C het• and empty. carnality. narcissi,m. intra-ethnic and credit societies. and the like. It the genuine article is a hollow lie. erosexual, they do not form families Amencan Man will learn the ru-1 of competitiveness. greed. materialism. was the destruction of this tradition The most macho and physically-fit because the 1hought of being Bourgeois Black minimalists men pa1riarchical organization. identifi who marry aad raise their children African self-loathing. bohem:an in African American men that is the cation, and cooperation required men in our community are those accountable 10 their wi\'es and chil most enduring legacy ofour ensla\'e• lock-down in prison. and they are, drca- whom they owe nothing. So. they ha,-e !he "bless we bur no more" machismo. and anti-intellectualism from a revolution of the mind and lifestyle. The absurd notion that must all be purged from the lives of men! in America. Moreover. men due 10 circumstances of choice or in ,pite of 1heir profe%ed "Keith with joined destinies not only will spirit. This tradition of warriorhood otherwise, addicted 10 sexual inter Sweat" love for sister,, anti being Black men will survive only doing men and the community. Interdepen was lost in our enslavement ,till lives for a fi:w conimdicts !he well-docu• dence, shared failh in God. coopera trade together they will also fight course with men. The hypocrisy in down for their hrothers-11 is all againsl hostile forces. lrrespec1ive of in os, and can be rcvi\'ed ,n a spiri· -how we Blacks pretend thal men who thunder ,..,lh no rain. I call 1he ide mcnlrd history of: Black militru-y tion, agape-based fraternalism, and tual moral context where we can mutual defense mu;1 become virtues the rripe of feminist pseudo-intellec cqmmit murder, sell us poi\on, steal ology of i1,'llorant Black people divisions. Black townships, Civil master those true manly 1rai1s where Rights Of!!,anii.1tions, Abolitionists of this generation or else we going 10 tuals, watfru-e, be ii in trade or on the from us, rape us. but won't have oral men in particular-Minimalism. baulefield, is a function or manhood quasi-miliiary behavior is essential to This is the notion th.11 less is better. societies, Fr~tcrnal Orders. Mmual be prey to every sexually 1ransmi11ed ahd anal sex is 100 fantastic for area• as much as fatherhood. peoples survival. My 1houghts are is for Black peopfe-.,xcept for in the Aid Societies. and early Afro-Chris disease. narcotic of the month, dis sbned mind to unders1and. Margin we can fight each other for nothing ,ire as ofsex. amusement. intoxicants. tian societies. Likewise. !he KKK, tilled spirits. excrescent Social Her• alized men arc seldom family men. what do we stand 10 gain if we take !\nd the addicted thugs children fill frivolity, and submission to other White Citi1ens Councils, Red Shirts. maphrodism, racism, and domestic our place in the sun of Ii fe. our jails. mental wards, homeless races. Nazis, and others who have opposed colonialism. In summation, true manhood will ,.------·:student Press at Black Colleges Faces 'a New Wave of Censorship