Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 1990-2000 The iH lltop Digital Archive 9-4-1998 The iH lltop 9-4-1998 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_902000 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 9-4-1998" (1998). The Hilltop: 1990-2000. 218. https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_902000/218 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]. ILLTOP The Voice of Howard University Since 1924 VOLUME 82, No. 3 FRIDAY, S EPTEMBER 4, 1998 Amid Debate, Campus Crime Rises Siutlents Campus Plan 150 Bound for Key 140 - 1996 Approved 130 - 120 - 1997 Youth By APRILL 0. TURNER 110 Hilltop Staff Writer 100 Months after the University told the District's Board of 90 - Marches Zoning Adjustments that it would create a community advisory council designed to solidify the community's 80 voice in the Campus Plan's implementation, the BZA 70 By ERICKA GOODMAN, APRILL 0 . TURNER, voted Wednesday to approve the plan, but said the Uni• . and JASON T. SMITH versity must fulfill the promises it made earlier this year. 60 - Hilltop Staff Writers The community advisory committee would be com­ prised of representatives from the University, advisory so In Harlem on Saturday , a million youth are expected to neighborhood commissioners and leaders of civic groups 40 stretch across Malcolm X Boulevard to promote unity from surrounding neighborhoods. The council, which the among che young minority population. In Atlanta, on BZA said must meet at least four times a year, would help 30 Monday, a million youth are expected to culminate on oversee new construction and development. Auburn Avenue, with the same purpose in mind. 20 The community-led push for an advisory council has The Howard University Student Association, will be stirred already coarse tensions between the University 10 sending a bus to the Million Youth Movement in Atlanta. and neighborhood activists. HUSA's bus will pull off on Sunday morning. Student Lawrence Guyot, chairman of ANC 1-B, said the cre­ ■ Burglary Leaders will have firsc priority, for the 14-hour trip. ation of the council is a necessity for the Campus Plan Murder o.te~ Robhery Each seat is $50 dollars, however, there will be a bus to be successful. leaving even if no one pays. Additional buses will be "We support the plan, but cannot, in good conscience, added if necessary. Today will be the last day to sign up simply tum over the fate of our community to an insti­ for the bus trip. tution," Guyot said. "Unless we have a body that is rep­ Robbery More Than Tripled, Reports Say HUSA President, Neville Welch, who will be on the resentative ofthe student government, the AN Cs, and the agenda as a speaker at tbc Movement in Atlanta, encour­ civic associations to be able to protect our interests." ages youth unity. incidents of on-campus crime Smith. With the new chief and the In addition 10 the estabUshment of the council, neigh• "I salute any attempt to gather a million youth," Welch By ENJOLI FRANCIS and contiJ1ued to swell to highest lev­ changes he's making with the borhood activists--pointing to plans to build the Inter­ JASON T. SMITH els seen in three years, the num­ department, I think che numbers said. disciplinary Science Center on land now used for park­ The 'Firm' administration supports the Movement in Hilltop Staff Writers ber ofreported burglaries plunged will beon the decline in 1998," he ing--are demanding that the University minimize parking from I47 in 1995 to 80 last year. said. See MARCHES, A3 and develop a plan to curb automobile traffic. According to figures provided Schools receiving federal finan­ Vernicka Irving, a po lice During the meeting before the three-member board, by the University Police, report• cial aid are required by the U.S. records analyst for the Universi­ University representatives said it intends to encourage ed incidents of on-campus rob­ Department of Education to pub­ ty Police Department, compiles commercial development on lower Georgia Avenue, and Welch bery more than tripled between lish the crime stacistics annually the figures into a report listing strengthen relationships with community groups. 1996 and I997, while reports of and make them readily available several types of crimes. Irving, a In August, Hassan Minor, vice presidenl of the Uni• other crimes, such as motor vehi­ to students. 9-ycar veteran of the force, versity's office of government affairs, sent a )ener to the cle theft and aggravated assault. A Hilltop analysis ofthe figures receives all police reports, sepa­ BZA saying the University did "not see a need for estab­ Justifies continued to surge. comes one week after spurts of rates them into crime classifica­ lishmenl of a new organizational entity such as the Between I 996 and 1997, the violence rocked the University tions--such as robbery and sexu­ 'Howard University advisory council' suggested by ANC number of reported on-<:ampus community. According m eye al assault--and plot, them on a IB." robberies increased from 10 to witnesses in Blackburn Cafeceria grid representing the Universi­ That leller was sent on Aug. 14--the last day 10 submit Increased ty's main campus, all in an effort See PLAN,A3 34. In the same period, the num­ last week, a young lady pulled out ber of motor vehicles reported a sharp object and proceeded 10 to track the growing crime rate. stolen to University Police rose stab a young man. In what "The main campus is divided from 21 to 25. But the most dra­ appears to be unrelated incidents into fo ur sectors with the grid, Fees matic increase in the number of around campus students were and I figure out what crime is Comedy Magazine motor vehicles stolen came injured in a series of fights. Cam­ highly concentrated in each sec­ By JASON SMITH between 1995 and 1996, when pus Police were unava.ilable for tor," she said. T. Hilltop Staff Writer on Hold This Fall the number swelled from IO 10 commcm. With little yellow tags symbol­ 21. Responding to the crime statis­ izing crimes in each sector, Irving At a sparsely attended "emergency" town hall meeting Reported incidents of aggravat­ tics and last week's incidents, looks for patterns of criminal Wednesday, Howard University Student Association By SUFIYA ABDUR-RAHMAN ed assault rose fro m 20 in 199610 NeviIle Welch, HUSA president, activity and reveals her findings president Neville Welch, for the first time, formally pre­ Hilltop Staff Writer 25 in I997. But while reported said, "that's why we hired Chief See CRIME, A2 sented che proposed student activity fee increase to the Howard University-be p.repared to laugh. TI1e plans student body. to produce a comedy magazine between Chris Rock and The meeting comes in the wake of a question-raising Howard facu lty, New Journalism Professor to proposal by the General Assembly to increase the stu­ although delayed, will dent activity fee by 80 percent. The proposed change bad fortunately continue. already been sent to President Swygert at the time of the The satirical magazine Lead Center for Race, Media "emergency" cown hall meeting. aims to be completely The meeting was stalled an hour to allow more students student-run and will be to anend, however the delay only yielded a small crowd • the fi rst of its kind By RAFIAH DAVIS ·of moscly freshmen. launched at a histori­ Hilltop Staff Writer "We had ads in The Hilltop, there were flyers posted, cally Black college. and irrespective of that we do not see the people. I am Modeled after the Har­ A new edition to the School of Commu­ very disappoinced that we don't have more students here vard Lampoon, which nications, Alice Bonner opens a window of tonight," Welch said. supplied several Har­ opportunity for students, and the Universi­ To a crowd of 45, Welch presented findings that the Uni­ vard graduates jobs ty, too. Bonner joined Che department of versity's activity fee is lower than that of any other uni• writing for such shows journ11lism's staff on Aug. 1, as the director versity in the consortium. as "Sein feld," "The . of the Center for the Study of Race and the "This docs not justify a fee increase, but it does put the . ,. d "S File Photo Media. situation in perspective so that you can better see the Sunpsons, an atur• Comedian Chris Rock to create day Night Live," e<>medy maguune on HU 'campus. The Center is dedicated to promoting racial need," Welch said. Howard's comedy mag- balance and equicy in the media. Bonner said "Students come here and look to clubs for something azine aspires to provide talented Blacks with comedic the center, which will draw White journal• to hold on to and these clubs can't offer them that with writing positions on urban shows. ists to Howard to study black culture, will the budget we have," he said. The challenge now faced by planners is finding poten­ be based largely on the Neiman Foundacion 1_---=~ However, despite the debate stirring on campus over the tial writers and an arena in which to develop their at Harva~d University._ . Hilltop Stoff/Adrienne Jackson increase, the response from the crowd seemed to wel­ comedic talents.