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VOLUME 93, :\0. as \\ '\ \'\\ '. THEHIUTOPO:\U:\E.C0~1 Established 1924 Thursday, October 22, 2009

Princeton Increases Black Curriculum

BYAURORA ELLIS Conrtibutmg Wnter hludia -cc:ms nothing more than an attempt to join the bandw-agon of 'Io thr. .u10111~hmn11 of ~tu instituuon that arc attempting to drnr, .ind f.'irult} ,11 rhr 11.111011 's claim authority on thr no-.- popular top prrtlom111anUy ~I.irk msutuuon t'iSU<' of race in America. of h1ghrr karnml(, Pnnreton lJni Ur. John Pa.rlu, a Howard venity h.t~ r1·n·nrly pubh< 11.rcl 1t1 pmfe,wr in African-American intention to m.1k« 1L, C«ntn for Al Studirs, ,:ud tht' current discussions rican-Amrnran StucJa~, tlw "lt•ad• aud dialogue on race is not new mg n·,ourrr for the publir •, undn- although now, with the election of 1tanding of rarr 111 Amt•nt ,1 " Pn•;1cfc·nt Barack Obama, il may be "C.:t·nta for AfnC'a11-Aml'r- morr f;t,hionablc. 1nui 1'itudit·, Poi'lt·d to 1..racl at .1 Princeton's embracing of Cnuc-.tl Time" by C:a.'! Ch,111 , ,, Afnt.111-American studies and its rdea.~ posted on Pnm 1·ton ·, wrb rt·c·ognmon that it is relevant to all •itr, dt'l:ub the· uni\t'f\11} ·, dlorL\ fit•ld, of liberal arl, education is to me rea't' tlw numlx·r of rour""~ commendable, Parks said. However, in iL1 Afnt".111-Am1·nc-.111 Stuclir, he 'aid Princeton's claim to leader Fnlfy Oklro • "'-E'""" program and pnMd1· .1 "uniqur" ,h1p on tht' basis of this ''new" and Pictured above It 1 member of "Secret Service". The group performtd an array of dunks during the halftlme show. 111trnli"'"ipli11.1n .1ppnMch to thr. "unique" .1pproach ignores tht" fact pro r.tm that thh approach "has been an Amid the n.'1111; tcmion' inht"rent p.1racligm of the nation·, ponra}ed in popul.1t nwd1a dur- rongre ionally enacted flagslup Celebrities Invade Burr for Game 1111( tlw arrt"\l of I l.1r. ,ird pmfr•..c>r um~cnll), Howard University." lirnry l..ou1' (;.111·' Jr .ind l·brmrr "Black history is ingrained Prr idc·nt Jrmm) C am·r's d.unu in th1~ imtituuon so you don't nec of .t r..l·i,t ,\mt'rka, thr r'prt·"t•d l'••.1rily h.1ve to take an Afro-Ameri BY VICTORIA FORTUNE shouted a female audience mem ,ify. Makin~ efforts to catch up to goal of thr c 1·ntr1 ., to put mll thrsr l-.lll ;tud1r, cour;e," said Parks. Staff Writer ber. the black team, the red team scored "bru•hfirt"," and "g1·11t•1.1tl" the lan llistoncally Black Colleges The black team was victori two poinL~. ~tudenu filled Burr Gym ,t!l•agt•" to t.Jk .1ho11t 1hr•r r.u I" ;111d Urnwr-.ili«s (HBC Us) have con ous over the rival red team, which " D c~pite who wins, l think Bui .11 I low,ud wlm h tributc·d much to thl' understanding nasium minute• "\fier the dool"I included Hall and "House of this 1s a very successful t"vcnt a lot opened, in hopes of t"atching a playrd a lt'ading rolr 111 ~h.1p111K ol ract· in America. 1\:s Ivy League Payne" actor and Howard alumnus bettrr than l;t\t year and a lot more glimpse of celebrity basketball play the ,tudy ol 1.1r<· r..lation,, ,omr univrrsitic~ such as Princeton rc Lance Gross. recognizable faces," said junior fi ers. From singer Omarion, former student, and farulty mrmbrrs arc ,tructurc their African-American Seven minutes and forty sec nance major Damon Epps. taken aback by wh.1t they con,ider Stuclie, Department in an effort to ly of B2K, to actor Pooch H all of onds into the game the "The Game," over a do:ien enter to be Pri nccto11 '• g;tll. take the lead, H BCUs are in some black team lead the tainers and AND I bal!ketball play "Thrrt' im '1 ,, bru,hfiIT to ways lagging behind. According scoreboard with 19 ers stormed tl1e coun. be put out. Wr livt• in .1 \/Ok.1110; to Diver\(' Education.com in 2008, points. Mac, a black it's alw.1ys hot when it conrt'rn, there were no historically black uni Outing the celebrities' grand team player, received entrances, the audience cheered race for bl.1clu .111cl pt•oplr of color. venit:ie, with a doctoral program in the ball and took a ,..,jth excitement. When Midget On!) 'IOrncbody that 1, di~onnccl Afril"an-Amrrican studies and I 0 long dribble down the Mac, a former contestant on VH 1's ed from the r.tn.tl n·,tlit) of bl.u:k.• prt'clonunantl) white institutions coun before passing. "[ Love Ne\\ York," was called, \H1uld •ay •011u:thi1111; blte '.t r.in,u \\lith tht clt·grce program. "I may not students· compo,un: 111 the gymna- bni•hfirt'' a• if 1l tl1e"<' im idl·nt~ JU5t Park.' said in addition to the have scored as much •tarted. Thi, has Ix-en gum~ on for l.1ck of financial resources on the ium broke into pandemonium. as l wanted but I had "This is my first time at )'C:U-.," •.lid Prir•t Amrn, .1 junior pan of ~me HBCUs, there is still a mad assists. I'm here Howard. Tim is a nice privilege. politfr.J ~•rnrc m;~or. reluctance to fully embrace the field to suppon the cause I'm excited, ready to 'vin." said f the institution in this game began to inten- "I love you, Omarion," HU, Honeywell to Install Obama Calls for Pay Decreases Energy Efficient Systems l.1ter. approximateh S63 million m perb BY MARQUIS H. BARNETT BY CAMILLE AUGUSTIN full execution "ill la.ilCkage of the tnp 25 cxreUU\~ ~ I . Citigroup T,ht •umouncement come:. monC'\ m ,the future to nU.kC: up for or paper of tho:oc companie-. and came to a f. llow :.nii: the l"{'g~bon ,.f B:tru.: 2. AJG tnW!atioo costs. 'I b nC'\ con~n•ation elfon.~ resolution that tbe11 p.l} p.1ck.i~ of .\menca CEO Ktn ~l.S. g, Bank rlmtrica The proj«t began last yur m.1~ al...<0 motivate ~udent.s to Win should be cut b\ an of of a\'Cra~ \\ho had an annUill sa.larv of S 1.5 and was fC>Cllied on performin't 50 percent. m ordcr to pl.ice 4. Gtnaal 1\lotors con.-cn1n~ million 'mce he took the helm of cnem. audits. 11\. identi.fvint:t. the \\unnc U"'"!On, -ophomore the corporations 111 a po

Il\1DEX Campus - Metro · Biz& Tech Life & Style 7 Meccanisms 8 Editorials & Perspectives 11 21 CAMPUS October 22, 2009 Morrent It's Not A Game. It's A Movement Homtco mi.ng Edition Ce/,ebriry Basketball Game

BY ANDREW JONES Contnbutmg Columnist

A• ""e ccirbrate Home- mung this wt't'k let U\ p.IU.\C to rrflrrt on what thr orra~1on ,, tnily about. Although the ~ho""'ll .md rvcni.,. arc dfoctivt· bn·.1k.' Imm th1· daily grind of ~turlrnt life, the focw of I.he ""tt'kcnd hould be on alumni. llwy comr bade lo rt'connr1 t ""1th old fnrnd~, chrck out r.ampus, hug the soron, gnp die !rat hrothen ana genrr.tll) h.1\1' a grr.1t time .\fore- impor tant (h.111 ""hy they come, how- 1·\1·1, 1• thl' e1O v1·.11, removed '[he) h,1\r rx.1P<'d the allure of the c-ampui, .utd h.1\e hopeful!)' rnu·rc d ,utd rxccllt'd in cart-c·N ,md hvn \\'hy then, ., thi~ im port.Ult .md rc:lev.int to the re~t of thr I loward commun11y? nwu expc11encc, the fruits of 1lu·11 labm, can be harvested by .di ol u' to hl'lp gro" tret'' of our 1mn, ~tudem , l>et\\ ecn the ,._ PllClt$ ti,- Fndly Oi;cro • l'llOlll E.- Jl.lltll'' ,md e\ cnts, try to meet 5tu den ts were tweeting and excited by the celebrttles gracing the court at the celebrity basketball game. Players Included B2K's Omarion, Mlllll" of thnn :.1any of tho\c Pooch Hall from "The Game", Lance Gross from "House of Payne" and Midget Mac from "I Love New York." old lw.ich th.u "ill IX' \\,Llk- 11111' .1mund on The Yard on !'l.11unl.1~ .irt• open to give .1d \11e r he great thmg ,\bout l l11m1·t ommg i~ that no one •~ .1 , 11 ,u1v;n; we ,11 c .ill p,u 1 ol ilw f:urnly I would h;tvt• Ken_ya. Sierra ~~m~--fP """"'"',,...... ,._~I!:~~ . Kem et. Sen- ht·• 11 tlw lir \t to refi un fmm 1h11-.,cil) mtroducing myself to egaf.- Sourh A~~~~~ .....,..... ~~·i-.a. Cameroon. random il.lumni oo The Yard, tha1 i,, lxforc I actuall} met Sudan. Guinea. Ethopla.- ~Wnfl~ Mozambi9ue. Gambia. ,\ f(•" of them La~t year, one v. a.~ 1.he executive producer of 5enin. Con.~o. Niger. Z.im!Me li\i Liberia. Malawi. C had. .1 m.1Jor entertainment show; ,\notht•r wa.~ the director of rernttt ment at a Fortune 500 N1ger1an. romp.my. Both have funhcrcd my 11ctwork, and l r halkngc you 10 ~rO\• your penonal ro11 - Recipes $lomr 1.\tt' tlus weekend. • F.u.. tit). just \\hen ii ,n·m, th.ll no one Carel. about .To Try l tht• lt·nurr~ that you work urc A ( • I lr,.Jy to perfect. or reads the • J::gusi Soup t h.tptn'3 th.ll " ill make your 3/4 cup pumpkin seeds le,-.<>m -.<> much more produr I I /2 pounds eubrd beef llH\ l l omccomin~'K'ason offers stew meat .1 izltmp'e of hope. Thr ,,unc l /2 cup peanut. oil "rek th.ll focuses the aucnuon 2 large tomatoes, of your \tuf vour collecuvc tu pn•ud o( rian parents but born in Sil C 3 t.ablopoom tomato Luck\· Adikc wa.\ educated un tclag1 Ir. to reach out to vour Althoul!h i.cnior broad- \'Cr pring ~ld., Oj1rc~ ~f o paste der a British curriculum .md fo11nc1 'tudt·nt~ and have them 1:a •1 1oumali m major 1\lbc:c moh tries to find tht• bal,\nre n l I l/2 cups water h:id an eye openinit experience <1111p h\ to ,h.uc \tOnt'' of thr1r Olg.1 S111a\oko wa,n't born bct-.,·een a .'.'\1gcrian culture -. 2 pounds fresh shnmp. onct· at Howard. 'Ill fC'" lh ..r1·ing tht' fulfill the re 'he: appn·cMll'' llw he respect• and his Amt:rican "'gpeeled and dC\ emed Adikc said then: was no menl of vour t.raining return- •trong \ .tluc~ and n1Mom' of ~ide. I pound fresh ,pinach, initial shock coming from :-;j. 111~ foll tin k, \'OU \\ ilJ ktlO\\ h1•r home• cowur.· as a fint His personal expcnrnc • ~washed and chopped !!eria lo I.he States lx-caW<" be ht>\\ 1mpon.11tt \Our \\Ork 1< g"ner.111on Lihcri.m-.\mcnc.ut. c.~ at Howard havr not !X'cn said there att a lot of !':igcrian~ • " t,\ff .md admmi>trllto~. lkm~ a Howard l nt\'CT!lt) 1 great!} altered I,./ his badc . I DlRLC''l IO l\:-i on campus. In ~nru of classo, use th1 v- eel.. ~ cxcrc.i,e "t.>Ut ll dent has made her realize ground because be "":u born I I Place pumpkin '<:Cd• n M said math and science were '.') e,1 1l1j, \\CCL.. \0\1 C.tll b'tt'll ho\' fortunatt" IS. m America ~lomoh ~ h1• a .a blender and blend tor so td me a brcat due to his former Bn1- to the fct'db.u·k of JX't.>ple othrr Her £.'Unih ....l• not af fa.mil) come• lint and his 40 sccon~ or unul nuxture i) a i~ schooling in N"tgnlil, which th.111 farult-. and tor,\ forded the Q.me cducauonal familr ha.\ ~igcrian value\. il e ~''dcr) ~le Set aside. was a Bri ti.'11 coloD). He said it is a compro 1 It.lit~ Let the alumni ha\ C' an opportuniur.~ and her mother c \\'~h beef and cut into HOWC\-cr, Adikc .,.;u 111p111 1>n the d1rccuon t>f the did not all• nd coll«~ But on mise be~"t'en "'iial he want~ --bitc-•izt cube~ 5t'a<-0n "ilh ab~ to learn more about ""ho l nin·Nt'.. 1--utd a ".\\ to ,l$k l IO\\ rtl\ 1-:ampu'. S111.1\'oko to do and the expct.:tation.~ palt. In large pot hrat oil over he was a.• a perro11 at H oward. thC'nt hll\\ tht'\ fed aoout thl_'lr o.,k, up hrr bJr,,m~ .1n<>l .rnd \Our effort'\. Sh.u'l" ue• th<' e:1.pencnl r. of her fel hO\\ he want.5 to dress. !\-lv d nunut<:5 Add beef and <.aute for OIU) fed at HO\\-ard, but ""r. 1 "ith th<-'m tht' challcn~5 .rnd lo"' \mcrican p< en. :\leNing moh 'lald he ~ not want to '3 to 5 minutes or until limwnl some thifl8' about the Rlac:k dil'l"ft their h('lp .\nd ho~fulh diflen:nt people rrom diflcn:nt disrespect their morals and il e }>llt not ( ~kcd lltrou11:h . culture that l wa.' obln10U$ tund' mto the mi. 10 11 of un pl ns of the L' rutcd St c:s and valua." , Place tomatoe.~, oruo~ o."' prminit tht: in'utunon th \Oo'Orld opcJled her C\~ tQ \ \ "hel m .tgr"n.a ~ Cand pcJ¥r an a b 1 aod \\'bile Howard ma\ be a t-in.uh. we 'hould all diffen:nt lift,t} le, nd \le\\ 10\"CS the ha,>italit\ the lll0$1. blend for about 30 ~nru or f.unih Adike au.~ the com take pride m thr ,,on. of I.he \mom~ thr m:m'\ dun He said )'OU "C211'l walk into . rinw ~ . Add tomaio mu- munal DAlUn: of lhc people HomC<.'t>minc: CommlllC'C It "Ul3Volo embraces bout the house "'11.hout bang of cu.re to meat. ~duce Mat to back home. He ~ there zs a i' ea'\ to forc:ct that all the<.c' Lilx-ria, lm'Ci the pnde fered food." He said snails mediwn-10\\. and <'O\t:r.. Coo~ me commumt) spmt lhar. u em d r\-enc" have b«n put t~ther mstillcd within hcnclf. er and eoat might Jim be his fa for 4{I to 50 minutt'• or until broded In the people. prC'dominamh b\ . fneod'>. and fcllm\ U \'Ontc. 1e 'Uleal ~ tender. 'l(tt·d b\ t110-r m Utt' Office of bcnaru ln~tt

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( - NEWS 13 HUABC Hosts Foreign Ambassador • BY OLUYOMI SODUNKE Staff Photograp'te · ambassador ~-e hi5 remark • HO\\'llrd Untversuy Af· r~rd ng the gr0\\1ng l.e$orho ncan BusineM Club (H.U.A.B.C) ec nomy, the huge role the ho)ted 1u fir t ,pcaker sen~ )"e$ tanlc mdtl$tr): pl:r,-s tn the terd ) at ttk Ralph Bunche Inter· econ !Tl) and the rok f L.S. nat nal Aftaln Ccnr~ 11.1th 1u pol.des In mamtam ng nus m· ~11ote speaker. Lesotho Am~ du5tr)" :u lc5orho remains the &ador to the l.Jnttcd States, Da\1d largest sub.Saharan exporter ot Mohlom1 RanteL::oa. garmenrs to the U.S. The C'Vl:nt started 11.1th a Through the PFA 101- 0:..-y:D-~· ;S:l'!~::=i presc:ntat1on !,., the Purchase for uam-e, ttk gO\-emment of~ David Mohloml Rantekoa Lesotho Am Afnai (PF..\) coord1runors on cam tho hopes to increase aprarei bassador to the U.S. spoke to members pus, Jennifer Meacham and Mu- o rders trom Africa by 1,000,000 of the PFA yesterday 11leehat Hamadu. umts In the next \~r. sustain· They 1poke about thdr fng cr.-er l,000 livd hoods m sus:amable economic growth tha efforts to lncrense the awarenes.' of some of the world'• poorest com· 1s dnven 11) public and prtvate part the PfA lmuatl\'C on campu~ nn,I mun Ines ner,h1p." also the need for llowan.I stuJents As the 'C'\'ent ~me to a Th..- prople of Lesoth, to purchase apparel that 1s made In dose, the ambassador i;:;n-e a quor.. an- a r«Jple stn\1n1: to work an Lesotho. from the Pnme Mmister of ~ prmidc for their families, which Compame5 currently Jo tho, Rcrhuel Pakalirha Mo,1,\h, the Roal of any oth.:r person. How in.: buslne~s in Lcsorho a~ of 2.007 •a~inR. "The uvernJmg goal of the \.'\"CT, they nc~I our help ro kee include J.C. Penny, Levi Straus-, '.:O\"emrnent oi Lesotho Is to eradi· that ho~ ala\-e and •trong. llmbcrland and a host of others. catc poo.-erty and enhance the qual· f.-0, Ciao PIUD ~ Followm.~ their presentation rhc: 1r.· of lifo for all our reople through Miu HBCU Kendall Isadore performed during halftime of last night's Celebrity Bosketball game.

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BY PHYLICIA SMITH hy 2011, imludmg completd) Contributing Writer rdm!JI U:.l'l"'S .u former \\ t \fall Ill ~ti In 11 r p:m cou I• Also an thcr foe ,1u n h. of months, the SafC"W.l)i on been to th I a nrw Columbia Ro.ul had bi;cn de\ lopmC'nt .u the furt T urn und1·rgo111g rcno\'aUon•. Safcwa\ metro M.llton Inc , lhl' dolT11lldJlt grocc~ to~ llm store reall} nec:drd :VJITIC' urgr-nt ancnuon .md the m the Dmnct 5mcc bc1ore the i;cgrrgabon rra, lw bt-1 n rapI al th Tap) n 1or nd fom1u m: tll'nt of Mrndt.m Hui Safc:·wa) n:ccotl) h.1d IL\ grand -opcm ~ o'" th o Oct Hall I " " frr J. hu Iv. e lvu.. to h pp nx; •11 n· bec.rn o t11c 'JI. S way .ucd The suburban Crestwood neighborhood In Northwest Is home to D.C, Mayor Adrian Fenty and 0:;:,,=::;:;- at 174 7 Columbt.l Rood la k of c C'anlin di:' (b rd) rtment of products ~ \\ rcmam1·d op< n during C"'.ompcung .igamst nv:il 1~ 4-month long renovauon groc('t) torn Ill rouunc for .1 Constn1cuon bcg.m m nud-)ul\ compan) tlu1 h.1,opcnu d w1thm and 'oiutru<"Uor1 \u1rkrrs spc 111 dll' D1,tn<'t for 80 year, l:larru countln5 houn tu renr11.atr tlw lcrt r I loc.?!r d m the C:.1taclrl Storr building at I 6J I K 1lorama 1111, m.1k,.ovcr v. .u long Ru.1 TlJ. m.1kr~ II more rel lXmg to hop. "l\e be n htrc fort, and ShoPJ>Crs will ht- pleased a half )t:ars and I would la) the lfl frnd .111 expanded frcsh or~amc 'old' S.1fcway "''' outren rcarrangl'd, the store trians an\~l'dfic g11cllock, is .1 place •j<1i1•1 .md w ac;o, 1111d nme of the J) C tores ington fanuly liw' 111 ""' l>uilt in 'orncr of I Sth and Shl·pllt'rd products "11hi11 the •tore. rcnr. have 1x en r<"d• me, .ud Sr n l' 192/ and rcqwred a lot of rl'110- strl't-b. c;r.111t mm I lill'I lx "The 1l:un ;mfr ....is Cumpl1•tc "1th famihc' .1 1 vati11n, pl'rfor med in "t·ll-pl.111 nl'd c.ui-i· of the sccncf)". c1bt-rg ill thr tC'm d.1, ron of dcrr 1 unmog auo~s cxpari~ive n J\ d to thr- w1dcllc of tlu storr st.1gct "I Im'!"' tht· trre till' arra pre 1dc111 of ~ill"•·•> lnr la" ris, the drop;nr• of fall rip .ind wm aide~ \\err relllO\t-d lJ\111~ m the arr:.1 for so 1, n•i.llly prttt)." •h ,,II' · I eruo~ I lw 'orp<" .ill' o!Ti< , l'nrd .t1·or11s ortto the 1km 'u et·i-, to g< nrrnl<' mo1r •JMll' 1111 l11n~ h." allrmt·d Tin.1 to bl'comc till' lact th.11 the park (Rork \.rrrk choo cs \\Inch stores dMCr.c a11d a clo proximtt) to tlw 1.ug ~l10ppcr• " said l 'ook. familiar \\ilh th<" makr-up of 1he P.uk] i' In walking cli,lanet· '' rcmcK1 ..ling. 1111 M' stores ft,1\'l' cst park in the District; tucker! 'l11ough the More might t11"ighhorhoocl and the p!'opk. ( zr:int. " ;tU<1 ·nt o How hecn modernIll d a1 1·osts 1ot.1lh11g il\\,I~ in ll(lJl\'1 ~01thwt»t !).{ ., ft,1\'C lmt customers du<' w ·•· 1 lwn· arc lwtcro"·xuab. ard Vlll\l'tsily's Sdmol of i\.kdt· OCt\\rcn S2 nullmn and Sh n11J.h1111 hord1·rinit thl' lm,-tliug I >lh 'itrn·t th(" rrnm-auon, thr n-grand (homo'<'"'\1als). manit'd couples. nnc:• and n·sident of Crc:•,twood for cad1 store Sc\ rml store<> corrici<•r is Crc:·'t"ood. np1.·11111g of the More lus made it not too manr ~inglc people, but a for two )c:u , fclt t 1 lr\11 there Ji,1\'I' fH'<'ll fl'lllMl\I d lu 111< Judi• , 01 iginall) n:mwd , \rgylc 111nt·a.,inglr nc""l<'d lut or kids. .. ,fie \ilic:I. pit.urn iuc,, flu1 a.I de p nm<"nU <.ownll and Lorn, ,, titlr gi"·n "·'' chr:rapl'r th•m nH»t orhn .1r· "\\'<' arr p.tn of I) C .• th•· t·.t' and In• torr s~r1111cb caks. The members of com· in D.c-;. \\C h.;i\-r l)('('tl, \•'C not b) :lettkrs, modeled aftd' cities :ht .ind re murutv stay connect('d thmui:fi n I ha\ c a one lx:d101.m1 in "\\'r ''·lilt to bt a pl.1cr Sn1tla11d, thr nn~hborhood wa, u1tl> ~o I' to do lS \\I'll " the tlw Cre,f\\uod Citi1.1·11s ,\ ssocia .1 pretty ,,1ft• nnghhorhoorl for \\hell" H•ll go I gc-t mor<" th 111 intended for Y.lutcs on}, hu is < mpct1tu n, hut "<' rr gom tion At cording to the Crcst'"IOd S 1206 a montl1, C\TT\ thing 111- n>< n ' u.td l\1.'IUcrg I no" .1 very d1\'l'f'SC commu mt\. t do l.x't rr, ud ti I tl'nt \\'l'b 'iltt'. th1• 01,,oua • 111 h;, 11 tiv duded." s:ucl Granr. All I 7 S.11r... ·'> groccf) ..·nwre arc Im 1vbi1111 \'ice l'rcs1cknt of Rt·al il) 11·am' that help put on t•v1·nts Though C rrsr:wood is an store• in I> C. "ill b<" refurbished pl1 black. wlutc. French. Ea,1 In· Estate, J 1moth' Baker. to r•ni:agt· thr communin· mdud allluent arra. it still has iL~ share cl: "outh ,\merican; it\ a ptettv ing Eastrr egg hunt~ and 41h of of crimr,;. ,\ccor site, \\'a~l11n1tton, 1oidr111 of. CH·st Tht' suburb of Cre,twood ont· of th~ biggrst problems that wood for o\Tr U years. 1' '111 Upp1·r d•I.'-\ olll'ol, hom1· lO plague tlw area is propeny dam \ \'aslungton, hw,band m.111} profl-,s1011al,, including age. ·u,n} .111d :iSU.900 ''uh many nf th(" prices Tlw dist;11K1' to th~ near \ \'aslungiou. n11111ing upw .1rcb of SI million. c:•,t metro 'top is an inconvcmcnce ThC) fouuc:ljust that. l.ikr \ \ith honws priced on awrai:t at to man)~ none arc in w alkmg di~ mo t of 1h« home' 1n Crest\\mxl. about S229 per sq11.1rc foot one tance. But, that can he overl1x1kcd the:· \\',1,hini:t1111' Ii\ 1· in a bc.nui can onl~ 1111agirll' ho\\ ,panous w11h tht• prl'-.enn· of thr buses. full) decorated ,-p.1ciou< homr mar1r of 1h1·,e homt•, .m:. .md the fact that Cr!'stwood docs th.ii 111rlud<'s a deck, living room. OrKe pcopl<' mon~ in10 the provide tlw highly 1 oveted combi family room, and a uack~ard large area. thC} usually stay. nation of pmxinut~ In two popu enough to nuti.lll a pool. MTh<"rc 'snot a lot of 1110\T· la1 arras, DO\\lllCI , : . Silwr Spring It ''a•n't .1!\\,1}~ this WU). mt·nt in 11111 nut of thi, ndghhnr and Dm\lllown D.C. Thr \\·a,hir ?tom h.1d to rrmodcl hood '"'"'u~ other D.C ncu~hbor- °"~ ~ Sia!! Pll::lo\I..,. ... t.hc1r b111:e home Oct. 2 marked the re-open ing of the renovated Safeway in Adams Morgan.

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First Woillan• Receives Econ. Nobel Prize· This year, 5 of the 13 new Nobel Laureates BY GERRON JORDAN which helped iUustraLe her point Staff Writer of usinit independent rconomic• are women, the largest Lo manage common naLural number ever to join the From th<' fir.;l African rco;ourn·'· . \m1•iican takm(I' the Presidential Ostrom's recognition has led ranks In a single year. Oath anrl "10\'1' into thr Oval Office, some Lo bclit"\'C lliat this history to lcchnological advance3 that making award has rC!tructured th!.' role of women in <;a1nomic~· othrn Some of the other female arc sure w continue to modcrni~ 'od1·t); this year hou wrought many believe that w'OIJlen "ill continue to prize recipients include: hi,toric-al fir.;L,. be O\·erlooked in thi~ field Thh month, yet another "Ostrom winning [the award) has ~ignalcd to me that h1,t11ri1·aJ fint ha.~ lx:rn made as Ada E. Yonath Llirtor () trom became tlll' first wom<'n can do anything!" said 50phomort• economics major Chemistry: "for studies \•Oman 111 the L<'11 in "U11f9rtunatdy, I d1m't think that Elizabeth H Blackbum shock," said prizr winner Hlinor Ostrom winning the award i• ll1c ( ht rom hy phonr at a nt'w, start of a rcvoluuon for women." Carol W. Greider ronlrrt.•nr.e announcing the prite. She added, "Men will Medicine: "For the dis continue to dominate the finance O~tmm curr1·11tly ~··rv1::1 ru an economics professor at Indiana world." covery of how chromo ~:vt·n while hclicving men will tJ lll\l'rsity (I U) 111 Bloomington, somes are protected by continue to "dominate the fmancc Ind. :md h.L~ drdir;111·d h.-r work to world," Anderson, who beli<.'Ve~ telomeres and the en- conhrming I hat local Himmumtic~ that cnmomic• aJTc-cL\ every c·ntity olu·n manage common r.·'«iurrc~ zyme telomerase." bctt1•r on thc·1r own. rather than and industry, i• dr.trrminrd to u~c her cconomic.1 degree to own her '~ith the help of out>id« rtuthoritics ,111d grr.nnmrnt agl'ncits. very own rc1·ord l.ibc-1 Herta Muller ';\ational gmlt'rnmt'nts," "I want to impact my Literature: "who, with Chtrnm Mid, "are too small to commw1ity and p<>ssibly change Pholo eoo.tltSy cl llNJ erg gowrn th<' global commons and the world," said Anderson. "It's the concentration of po important to understand tl1c Elinor Ostrom, economics professor at Indiana University, won her Nobel Prize too liig to handle ,mallc-r ~ale In economics for her work In economic governance. etry and the frankness prohlr.m,." funrlamcntals of economics and how the economy operates," ~hr ,\cr.orcling to tlH' :'\obd Pru<" and w;c, recognized for his analy~is transactions. Ostrom and of prose, depicts the added. 10111111it11·1· , sh<' w;t\ curd for h<"t of economic governance, e~ccially \\rtlliamson will split a S 1.4 million Oliver \Villiamson joined landscape of the dispos- ,11Tr)rnpli•hm1·11t• in hrr .rnalysi, of the boundaries of the firm. pnzc. Ostrom in winning the distingui,hcd 1·1 on111111c gowrnance, e,p<.•rially Through his analyocs, ·'It is ordinary persons and sessed." award. tlw rummom. Williamson examined the reasons citizens who craft and sustain the Williamson is a profc,sor :..ton· 'J><"riftcaUy, Llw Nobel why large corporauons tend to v•orkability of the institutions of in the graduate school at the P111.1· 10111111itt1·1· n•cognizcd Ostrom rise, or not, based on the cost everyday life," Ostrom said. for her lt''t".trfh on a clam in Nepal Univenlity of California at Berkt'lcy and complexity of economic T-Mobile Sidekick Users Lose Data & Contacts • BY ALEXIS K. BARNES Sidekick user since th1• model first Ho, Microsoft's vice president of taken a significant amount of time, Business & Technology Editor In addition to contact data, came out. Premium l\1obilc Experiences, bu1 was necessary to presen'e the the announcement said, "We're "I had no problems with issued an apology for the outage integrity of the data." making solid progress on the next ( )\·1·r a wt•t•k ago, many the phone until recently when and announced that ll1e company ~licrosoft owns the maker phase in this restoration process, 'tudnns t•xpt·nenced .1 rude Danga/.M.1crosoft lost their had determined that, contral) to of Sidekicks and oversees its data including your photographs, notes, .m.1k1·11ing whn1 powt·ring on their sen~Ct\" he said. "I lost over 800 initial reports that all the data was service~. Tuesday, the company to-do lists, marketplace data and f".:\l11hil1· S1d1·kirk.,. Per;onal data, contacts, and dirln 't have a data permanently lost, the company now announced· a recovery tool on high scores. We appreciate your h nm rcmt.u·t~ 111 mu\11med1a, wa.~ ongoing patience." 1111ss111g. Patience is not something Acco1 dmg to l ~~l obilc. users like Crump had; he replaced ph•HI<'' rill! now 1t•rovcr contact his Sidekick with a Blackberry. • fi,ts. Danger Incorporated, the 1n a statement relra~cd on maker of Sidekicks, was bought by Ort. Ci, the cell phone maker said Microsoft last year. According to "Rt·gH·ttably, ba.,ed on Microsoll/ the company, the outage wa~ due to l>.mgn\ latest recovery ru.sessmrnt "a system failure that created data nf tlwinystt•ms, we must now inform l'holo IX>U1esy cl I-mobile co.uk loss in the core database and the y1111 that pcNonal informauon T-Moblle users nationwide experienced a loss of contacts and data starting In earty October that is yet to be rectified. back-up." ,1on·d on your rlfvkc surh as Microsofl said it is working on t 1111ta1·ts, <"alc•ntla1 entries, to-do signal for a week." thought that it should actually be T-J\lobile's \'\'eb site. data stability and backup process. h'" or photo' - th.ti is no longer Cn1mp .1Iso lost picture> ;ind able to recover mo~t of the dat notes: he is still ''itho111 contact,. had been lost, but that the recovery rurrentlv restore contacts and the selling Sidekicks and their web site h.1~ h1•1•n lost a.~ ;\ n·suh ol a M·n·cr . \uthoritic~ 111 ill all r clfon would take some time compau> says it's working on also currently lists the product as "out l.ulurl' .11 :\licmsofi/D.rn~1·r." announced that large amounLs of "'Ve ha\'e determined that recovering photos, notes, to-do lists, of-stock". 1>111· to a ~licrmofi T-l\lobile's Sidekick subscriber:;' the outage was caused by a system high scores in downloaded games The company is providing all ('orpot .nion 'l'rv1·1 bn'.tkdown data, which was Mored entire!) on failure that created data loss in the and other data. Sidekick users with a free month of l.L't \H·t•k, phone mm\lx'T\, photos J\licmsofl scncrs, had been lost and core database ;111d the backup." T-J\1obile provided data services, and the compensation nnd 1wr,011.1I "d,1ta "·l' wipl'd fmm ll1at no backup existed for the user Ho explained in a statement... , Ve subscribers with instructions on was posted to accounts on last Sidi k11 h 11ationwidc. data. rebuilt the s~tcm component by ho\' to restore their data and merge Friday. '>1·ntn1 sports 111<111'11.\'l'nll'lll 1\,·o wc-cks later, on Oc4. component. recovering data along the restored contacts with the 111o11111 B1.md1u1 Crnmp w;l, .1 15 .•uicr the initi.u ~tatemcnt, Roz t11t• way. Thi, careful process has information they currently had.

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Life & Style I7 Sex Etiquette on Campus Can Use an Upgrade BY BRITTANY SIMS Contributing Writer I The 11 p.m. bell chimes one chilly nighl during fall semester; the sky is black and The Yard is empty. If anyone had a bird's eye view of the campu.., he or she could obse rve the street lights with a glow that could be compared to candle· light, and hear mu,ic of a late nighl jaz-.1.: ~,ion pouring out of the wails of the Fme Aru building. !Abroad Minded Looking on top of buildings on a "normal" night, one may see • BY AL£SSA MANN squirrels or scray garbage, but to Contributing Columnist night, two studcnt.s are on top of Douglll.$ Hall having sex. I woke up a coupk days Some can hardly imagine why • ago knowing I WaJ going to have anyone would have sex outdoors, !el a day, buc 1t became progn:s.uvcly alone atop a campus building. wone until I found my5elf hrea ch Breanna \.\'est, !>t'nior poliucal mg Dante's ··Inferno.. through science major, admitted to having a my no5(' and w-.illcing half-dead few sexual encounters on campus. to a hospital emergency room. "I had sex in Fine Arts (be 1 w.umk. fore]," West said, "and I· also had I had a fe\'<.T and intense sex in The Valley under one of chc ba<·k pain, and it didn't take tenu when it Wll.$ Commencement me long to re'1li:t.<" I ";u sick for time." something c:l$C , lwmc \'\'cst's story is not for"Cign to Ir wa.\ the ~udcst thing. 1 studcnlJ on campus. Others, like always thoughc that bc111g home her, may s 1 mpl~ enjoy the thrill that PllOIO eo...sy ot blog.belc:cm 11ck mcai l wanting to hm.-c the comes with the po:.sibility of getting Some students find It difficult to be intimate with others while living on campus. For most, Informing roommates is key. feeling of I ing close tn your caught by camplL~ police hclplw tip when planning to have famil> Hut for me, home~ ic k "Times were hard," she said. back to hi~ room. etiquette can go terribly wrong if "It was always thoroughly not followed properly. Once, Young· sex in the dorm room and how to sicknes.~ meant t ~Ung half a Lag "Plus, I just like the chrill of it." ~lerccr communicate cfTectively to one's of H.U'hecue Lay's and chc~ Risky sexual behavior, communicaLed through texting and one of his roommates puia. including the outdoor type, can each other," Murphy said. miscommunicated and he saw more roommate\s). For others, however, there than he intended to sec. "The key to any relationship I d1 diug-inclucrd sta11-, may make it hard for "alone time." Hall with two roommates go by, so I'm thinking he already decide to practice sex etiqueue which mcalll hoth my fcwr :md So, what is one to do when and said he would sometimes have got his 'work' done. I cracked the or rule out activities completely, to leave when either of them would door and I didn't hear anything, so a mutual agreement is key to pain were gone, I began to have it's time to "do the deed?" walk in with a female. l opened it and he's like halfway preventing an uncomfortable and weird thought~, and cln·ams the J unior broadcast journalism wr1rdest of whkh I saw m>'llelf major J ae M urphy lived in Charles "If I saw a girl walking in, down the blanket." sometimes long-lasting situation. chowmg down on somr lrft over R. Drew Hall hi~ freshman he would look at me like, 'It's Senior telecommunications P1i or to the next time students l!tt from Arby's. l'vr nt-ver t"Ven yt'ar with just one roomm ate. about chat time,"' Young- ~1erccr management major Pendarvis contt'mplat C' "gt•Lting it in," they H arshaw just started his third year may want to focus on being not • been In Arby's. Still, he said there was certain said. "and I'd just get up, grab my I inunrdiatdy woke up protocol before bringing a female charger ... and just be out." as a resident assistant in Drew Hall only safe, but considerate. from the drram knowing that These unwrinen rules of sex and from his experience, offered a thl'rr w.1m 't .~nything I wouldn't givr for some yam~ and some Ktt· Pont\ FrlfJo .... ,~"0 l'I~ ie1·U or,·~ , i\ t 9ro ., •d I~ dais .. macaroru and dwc::S<"~ or a Hous· Fl fpou ~. NR i O tWet1cf( o . u~ J ·S ~ ~1 ' l 'o;~Js tun 'fi Vl'ggic bur gcr, or some re a 0 col lard gtTrns and drcssing... My Cart\1eti Satidiego. MC ffat\1t\1er.. 0-fga Pets. The Fug f. adio Oisttey. Fower R:attgers. B bysit- 1 mind raced With ull the memo ter's Club. Spice (}frls. Martlt1. Playboy Color: St"'" ""' • ·Sister. rie., of food 11<7'-Cd, but wuthoO• sands of mill·s away from. llvit1g Slttgle .. 'ritMey Spears. Cross Colors. Voug. ~ysta- I hadn't eaten for two clays tlott. Skate Rittk. Fogs. Slap iraeelets. Pisc Matt. Flatt- • bccall!(' of my sickm."!I.' but all of a sudden I was hungry for soul t1el Shirts. My t1reat\1 Photte. Easy-Sake Ovet1 . Tic otles. (ood, my gr.wdmother'1 c<>Qk Nert.t1ouble Vare. Clarissa Explaitts it Alt. G-uts. A Fresh ing, southern restaurant food ~el-Afr ~ettfe chains; anything that reminded Prhtce of &ables. Are You Afraid oft s. Jill me of home. Anything except Nye the Sciet1ce G-uy. fLC. Jlaekstreet. Oregott frai iego. another crepe, tapa, pan con to MC ff Pets. The Fugees. Radio l1isttey. Po G-iris. mate, churro, croissant, bquette, etc. ~ly body, and my mind, had Mart rtttstrot1g. telet tttey completely rejected even the Spea Catt>og. Ni Pogs:. thought t>f European food. In an act of what I c.an Slap ered Jeatt ~eam attest "as purr aurvh al mode, 'Pho• .o. Furby. S are. I eagerly ordered food from the most familiar gastronomical icon Cla .. :l 11 lttspector G ~Air I could find: McDonald's. I Wb f .'$ • Jelly's Sc ?t10e in France at the time, but fonu Se., ~ '~ ·r•.6,.. :.._ 1 k. natcly their menu boasted one O.u •••••'" ,, · ,! "" ) here ht tne r. American style item I could cat (}ic •• •• . ~•.A•••e~·· owerRattger -eourtesyo1bk>Qbet.com 1 t. panrnkes. Unfonunatdy I was in France at the time, and the Jan. Pl if] ~:i·**-'•~:.·· zo .J~ letubbies. Si. ... YourememberwhenTuPacdted. • ...... ~ ..,.,~ars. page barrier stood between me Ct • •• .~.. •:s 28 ~~-· [log. Ni'1tet1d ... , . ~,-.ar Rh,k. fogs. Slap and my fll'St meal m 48 boiln. 11 I nearly had a mental :::~!;.~~-~.. ~·~•~A~.4~*~-~ ed Jeat1s. Vear U!ary Flal'ttel Shir . My Prea"' Phot1e. break down in McDonald'' over ~.. rit0""'°"'•t1c1i:on ...... 11 rby. Skip-It. &op-1t. Cooties. Nerf. t1oublt! Pare. Clarissa trymg to ask for a fork and a o on You tarrfn91 o th ··-eo...i..raf I\ "• D f L. r> • plate That's .mother thing about '••rs. " •c1111sesotyo~ ctor V'adget r...1.-igs rops. resr1 rrirtce of ~el-Air Jettie Sa- being sick and abroad. It makes btt~. P«r~ Vou "'' • .... _ •Yes, lly's ScaHdals. Flippy Uisks. Jill Nye the Sclettce 0.uy. flC. you fod likr the world 1..~ againtl you, c~dally wtM-n ordering Slackstreet. Oregot1 frail. VY n~r" '" the World ls C rtMert SaHdiego MC Ha•iutter. C.iga Pets. paoc.akt-3 becomes a 20-minulc fhe Fugees. Radio Pisttey. Power Ra.-,gers. Jabysit • · artitt. Playboy ordeal. Color. Stretch 1g. feletobbies. SisterSister. ol- \\CU, l bad my p~ I al.'IO had m Barbccue Lay CatVog. Nitttet1do 64. Play ch«sc piiza It- much red Jea• . ~ear Piary F but tl " th clORt thing I had to home. I'm fine now. but I still fed rby Skip-It. Sop-it. Coo S It a httk difft'rent All. C-uts. All That! I" I still actl\'Cly seek out fuocbtuffs that arc the mOSt RI Sel-Air Jertie ~abies. als. "Amencan" to me l\te made go Fli eiettee C-uy. TLC. Slack d Is mg to Su~"Y routine, and Sw bucb a lwau')t I ha~n't com.. Ca er. O.iga Pets fhe Fu yslt plctrly grown c:omfurtablc wil the ter' itt. Playboy Color. S ister. idea <:L Ewopeari ~.fearing much pua con IOlllatr amy Liv Cr ss Co or . Uo g vst d me back an o my ftowr and tlott. r c e s. Vise M Fl crippling pam. although I know it's complctclv supcn'JUOll t1el S .-\ asy-~ake Oven. 1i I m at the half-wa" pmnt Nerf.V I .. it All TM bmf' l\oe been here is rquaJ ~- ~.,s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prft1Ce . .._.:":dc;:&ra".':d ... rda· ' s. &' to the tune I havt' left ~bybc this ~-- \r You A -~ Youwokeupea11y 011 Sa I \ 'P'",., \\\ '4111'' • "' Y mom· ~~ ajustananara.lprogrc.~anthc Nye 1 :'(OU ~\\'i ~~\0~~· 01•t e tree t Ore u 1ra11. .. - mg to watch quality cattoon:.""'""'•:•"""'-"-Y-1lego ~ abroad apcncnce. 1'01 not dying to kave. but I fed guilty fur MC f ·~·"·~·'"' Pets. fhe u ees. Radio t11s11ey.. Pow r ~ r .. Spice being ccuted to go borne, maybe &Ir s. Martin. Pl yboy Co or Stret Ar11 str fi t le t1aat OK. In the meantnne I adapt a1l C'Olllforts home I fritt1ey Spears Cro s ~ g can poss1bly bllV'l' whill' I m here Rhtk. Po,gs S ap ~racelets. U c au me, that means ordering a tlrean.1 Phottc. Easy-iake Ovet1 Tickle-Me-Eli\ o F rby Sk rf Po e foot-long and a bag of Lay's. Pare. 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\ \ } I October 15, 2009 MECCANISMS IB .d sne sa\d Take It From \-\e SO\ . . . . f the Gender fhis week's issue: Both S1deS o The Top Viewpoints from Divide Black Women

By Jada f. Smith By t>eontay Morris

ln the Ja,t "He Sa.id .. Shc is, a prof~~r in thr School of Bein" a black 1uur chances of getting a Said", Dl'ontay and I dio;cm .rd Communicatiom. one" -t"rved a' woman ha• 10 IX'. one of woman is a lot higher. our thought• on Black men from the director of 'pecialt~ pre«' for the harde \\, a good day. of botl1 parent.a when ncct·ssaf}. Adrrumstratton; entrepreneurs activist.-, teacht:r., \\;\'C:-.. community would be in a n1crr \\t'rC' 0 complainh, 110 "orked 9 !J<' Women like Valeriejarrcll, politicians. why do men get haircuts? change. Stand for more, pcoplr arc u.,i11g h\tltcr for the w1ong Dl"sirec Rogers, Regina Benjamin \'\'e come from a long Because women like guys don't settle, if a guy is not thing • to cssenuallv mak•• othn·~ fi·d and Susan Rice (if you don't know genealogy of incredibly smart, that are neat and clean meeting your standards unr.omfonablc who thc~e women arc, do your strong, talented black women. ln looking. Why do men try keep it moving. I'd JU.'I like ~1 pc1i;o11.1ll)' ~a) srlf a favor and Google them :ire my opinion, we're keeping up just to get money? Because I 11 )'O 1 \\akl' \ljl r;u mor11111g th h holding down lugh rankmg posi fine. \\llh the 111le1 I tu mak<' othrrs kt·! tions in the Obocma rabmcl 1111comtortahlc • \\he t her )1111 m;ikr it Educator:. like Peggy Lew- a (Oil~< IOIJS rffi1t1 OI n11t • >Oii ~ho11ld ~peak with somcom· Your <"llJ> is dt•arlr ha.If-empt); ii )OU k1111\\ wh.11 I mean. You n1.1} wnnl to t ht"l'r up. ,(d//d/#AW/d//d.Wddd/do/d//dd/h/d///dd/1/AW////l'f'h/d/d/.W///dddd////#AWAV#d//dd/.Wd//.W#AW/~ l11cn \\I' h.1\r tlw lo\\•kt")', 1·tht11k·nn·nn<'·r.111°scr-what• l 'm·~.1} 111g-l 1111- l-ki nda-hop•· ·thl'r· clo I ver ear ® e Mecca ~ ~ ~ "t"c-r\c-r" "ho lotm~tt ml; h1 <'\ shoh ~ ~ .11 tht 1r ·fm mh," u u.11ly ~11hlim111ally, l, but 111 thl" mo prcd1ct.1hl moment.,. ~ §~ § § .'.\rw,.fla,h: J><'opl<' t .111 sec )llll .. and § Overheard 111 'The School of Commumcahons.. .. § • CVCl)lhlllg )'m'1c s.1)i11g! Cut it ulll. I oHen find 1hat, as 1woplr, .,.,. ~ ~ find sonwth ing nr\\ and w•· abuM' ~ Guy: I've interviewed a lot of people. J esse J ackson, Ben Cardin ... what's that guy at H arvard's name? ~ it ancl 111is11111·rprrt/foll,>cl tlw n·al § § mcamng for it 111 the hrst plare. ~ Girl: Uhhh Corncl West? ~ Do you think th•· ncators of § ~~ § 0 1\\tllt'r ~.11 d<•\lll :ind tdcd lo figun· t 11111 a w,1> to ge 1 'fncnds" tel air nnl' ~ Guy: Yeah, I was gonna ay Kanyc. C\,J'!A~'~.) - ~ anothrr out or to get people lo put § IL _. ~ ~ p ~ C\ rn their 0\\11 per~onal 111d privatr ~ Girl: Same thing. ~ inlorm.1tmn out lo tlw public? ~ ~ J thmk • llJ\\1 ~ § People, thi.~ is supposed to he fon! § § § ~ I was onr of the people who .u tuali}' M't § Overheard one of your fellow Bison say something crazy? Send it to [email protected]! § § § up gmup .1cu1 itic,, vi.1 T11 ittcr, over the § § mmmcr It\\ orkcd • .md it was .wtu.1lly ~ § that mucl1 more lim. ::\''"• "hen I gl't § § on 1\nlll'r, I'm usu.lll)' L11111h.mkd hv ~omcl.x1ch "s ,Jirr\\ ti 1 omlllt'nb .1ho11t I Wbat' syour favorite part ofHoward cunurc? I somr.onc rl

~ F1.;d·a,·.'. • ~ . - 18 • H O\\' many ,,,thd ra,,. aJ sli ps are gomg. to b e §~ ~ 8. HO\\' 1nuch 1noney did you spend for turned in after this w·eek? ~ ~ hornecorning? 19. Besides the students that are in it. how many ~ ~ 9. \\110\ actual!\ going to Fashion Sho\\ I tonight? students actually go to the homecoming parade? ~ ~ I 0. Ho'' come Diddv':-- gonna abandon u:-. thi' 20. Ho'' many club flyer' ha\·e you gotten and thrown ~ ~ '' eekend fu1 a ncllion dollar:-? a\\'a)' since la'l Friday? ~ ~ l l. \ \'ouldn't you do the :-a.inc. though? ~ ~ ~ ~ Compilhi try Tht Hi/IJop Staff ~ ~ - · ~ ~//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Ao~ THE Hll.I:IUP

t EDITO & PERSPEC'I1VES I 9 Dai I y Sudoku Directions: Each row, each column and each 3x3 box must contain each and every digit 1·9 exactly once. 5 3 4 6 5 8 9 1 4 7 8 3 7 4 1 9 -~c.- Are Howard Students 2 3 1 7 Anti-commitment? 5 8 6 1

I:vcryon,. kno"5 paM, and thr. text.s lx-t,,..een giru Boy elates girl - again. 3 5 th1·m. Thr c:ut~t couple that our pr~iomly 5miuen lnttrC!tingly t·nough. mee15 clunng fr~hman week, couple b<:oome re... and however, thii \•on't be tlte cfate.s havil} throughout fint far bt'l"C!:.11 until one day. la\! timt· a situation like th!~ vmotcr, llnd thn1 abruptly tlw Kt•Y 'J>Ot hi, <"X m rfhe occu,., bctwee11 the couplr b1 c·alU it oil omrumr Pur <'olrrd • thry continue un.1w.1r( .incl uncanng ol relationship, even if they to ICXl Oil .1 daily ba\is. have fou11d a girl they Thnc's a kind of r<".111} like. nmtu.u unclt-rstanding Our View: It could be because th.11 they arrn' t together, th<")' !'(' \Ull }OUn~. .rnd hut thq!n· •till .111 itt'm, Students seem maylx· a litt](' lt~s maturt' .utd e\t"l)OllC 011 (' ollllJ>U~ apprelznuive about 111 tl1e relationship k11ow~ it department than the ladies, l"hrn spnng getting into committed or 1t could b<· because ,enw~tc1 rolh .1round, relationships. How.u-d University is romple11· with budding notably home to some of 'Prill!( rum.me e·~ and a tht• mmt beauufi1l and ,urpn,e· lo thC' girl m our u11elli11;cn1 }' •une; women • dnung \t rn.ino Th,. gt•} in thr cotmtr.. •ht"'s h<"t"n d.umg lia~ l><"gun hi\ prrvnrc \ \'h,11c' er the l't'a:.<>n, l .t,u.111} t.1lkml( to other ~rls So "hat doc~ he do? this predictable Howard around c.u11p11' Stnt kt·n b) a sudden, "cur>('" of couples dating Shoulcl \IW be hurt? ranuhar f1·1·lin11:, he calls on and on aga111 for the rh<" two .1rr11'1 offin.1Uy a ht"r up to 1.1lk, .rnd before majority of their college rouplt·, \Cl 111 all actuality ht' )UU know 11, th«y'n: back caree~. ycl nc\er getting 11.1\ thC' nght to do what('\'l'r 1og<"tlw1 ap;am into a lr~umatt' relationship, he· """ll', 11gh1) So the girl Ii 's th<· 1 ragir mle is a regular orrurrrncc on mtl\'t", on, .uul h kc hc·1 of lots of 1l'l.11iomhips at campus. \>.ll tm·1, bq.~ms t•l ~pend I Iowan! l mvcrnt) Boy J\rc "e afraid ume w11h othr-r p<"ople. meets girl. Bov dates girl. of grttmg 1010 senous, • J\ fr\>' more month' Boy t.uk.~ tQ lots of other commmed relation hiP'? THE HILI: e Nation's Only Black Daily Collegiate Newspaper Crystalj. Allen Editor-In-Chief Jada F. Smith C.ompl.1ct'nC} 1s not n-~1de111 ju~t laught'd it off. If consider for tlte HlJ . Traver Riggins mmt'thml( I <"Ondone, o;o tlte po\\Cr went off in a full commumt} 'hould be lvfanagi.ng Edit-0r plt".1~ don't bclit\'C tltat '' nci~hborhood, tlt<" power providing \Cl'\1Ces to Deontay Moms M anagfrzg Editor "hat I .tm \UgRt'\Ung. t\:; comp.ul\ ''on't ah"l}'S rush the bu1ld111g<1 that house Jessica Lewis Deputy Managing Editor •1 '>t'cond·yt'<1r re~1dcnt of 10 p;1·t to the ncu~hborhood . our educational learning Tahirah Hairston SlmH· H.ul and a fifih-year Howe\·('1, ,,ht'n they cll\ironment!>. This should Co-Camj)W .&II/hrs Eboni Fanner CierraJones n:~idt'nt of on-<"ampus do get thac they will fo.: tl1c be followt·d up h} tltc Online I'',tfif.or life & Sryle Editor hou•ing, 1 do rccogniLt th<" issue. dormitories. Marquis H. Barnett fl,1'" 111 th<" 'Ptt•m. lh('1t•fore, ,1s soon as Ye,, l will admit it •\alum & f)htor Kut I '"1111 ,., Cl)'Onc the <"krtri .-omp.tm ''as 'un;: that arc being tl1n did a11d thC'.'o fi.x:<"d th<" H al.I ~ct no love or 1't''llt'Cl; P"''idcd to them bcfore problem but arc ~tudt"nts "ho liv<" in (.-OflJ Ouef Alexis K. Barnes GenetLakew th<') come 1111t bl.mun~ th<" '\ot h.l\ m~ heat i~ SJo,,e Hall doing <"\'Crything BllJV/.f.I:> & T«lriw!Dgy EdiJvr Jenise Cam.eron Metro Edit.or ,1.Ul' and .id11u111,tratio11. ,, pn>hkm. but l am 'urc m their po\\er to ~rt 10\e? Charles Metze m l111.111;inc "h.u it "a.' th.\I ,1 11:00<·d up \\('II undcr th<" of the dorm rhn arc ...... C.ft.· ·&l{i;.,;j .. ··--···-···---·--·-----·------············-··- -·· •• . th.u tltt'l'C' i' no lntcrnC't in l'O\'('f\ ~uppo'ed 10 ~l'\'(' ,\.S 'rudent thC' buil;lce on Donn Counnl and "hen B nttany ams B . \i'"' ow ey o 'lllllt' bmldm-. on .:.unpu,, hC'atCf\ ''e "''' an l.">llt'. we took the AssL Bustt1 \.' .\lanagrr usvzess .I. 'l.anager LxaJ Mmtising J,fllf!'lgtT or C\C'O ,\ 1'.mko\ d0\q1 ith Onc<" .1~.un, I am not proper .ind ncce',.;\J') qeps. Jenerra Albert Ryan Hamilton St1'C'C'tl th.u 1., open 2.\ houf\ pn.m1oun11: n>mplac:enC\: but \\'e ''1·nt around. look formal Afh.~ ·ll!fe¥!.vtmj>«1izc All ldtm s"'1tJtJ;,,, • i a wa#ltlz '' w ..J · 'tt• ark-'s/iouJ4 N ''hen "' d<>n't h.t\-e an ,, chance tf\ t 1 utilize 'IBB BJLl!lUI I don't believe· "c 'hould th<"l'C' brim: a m.'\jor cutbacl ,vur FRU '\D.., and 2251 Sherman Avame NW have to go throui;;t anv ol in tll\'Cf\tl'o ~t.~Tm~ l U:.-\D l.R ' .i c..«tC'd WUhiDgtoa, DC 20001 am 'Ul'C' th.it \Ome of the to rcprc'<'n \'OU and hold the thins.r- \\e 'tn1ggle "ith (202) 806-4724 ~ at thi~ msritution WC' call th<" empl°''<'<'' tltat kfi "-ere the them accountabl<" to ...en-e as. {20'Z) 806-4749 ~·) l\tECCA. onC's h;u1ciling our heaung, advocate' on vour behalf. ln Ho"e'-e1, there arc lnten1c1, .rnd electrical acmahr.. thi' i~ hO\, thin~ Now in its 85th year,tx&;t-~ Friday by problems ,\I tl1i~ -chool that problem' ,,ork m the "real ''orld" Howard U~ .,w-.. ,, With a readcnbj(> of 7,000, n. ffPtel ii the W. at<" far be\-ond our control l'hh mean, that the • "1th or \\1iliout ~oc.' black collegiate Dt!WJP1PCf in the nariocL and MC not ~ e~1 to fi.'c a:. L'\'J IRE t •mvt'f\it\ .,. \\"clcomc IO tlle real ,,otld! The opinions a:paewd on the Ediiorial & Pei51Je1 aiws ~are the :views the naked mind \\oWd bavc depcndin~ on th<" re... people of the nie Hilltop Editorial Board and thole Of the ...... and do not Dee: c rily one to believe. that arc lefi to o;cnict' all of Jeff~ ~mm~. rcprcxnt Howard UnM:nity or ia administration. \\'hen the power went the facilitie on campw.. ~nior bwint'SS 1if HiJJlil fC9Cr'lla the right U> edit lcttm iJr mpac::c and gaaouo-rical tliOll out m Slo"e Hall lhe fin.t The firr aDd &D)• inappropriate. libelous or defamatory CODteol. AB lea.eat must be IUbmitt.ed a ..... time t.lus semester, l. as a th<" admini\tration should week . to . . THE HILLTOP

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How•rd University Community:

The Vice President for Student Aff•lra (VPSA) •-rch committee wlll host • c•mpua visit with the third flnallat for th• position of the Vice President for Student Aff81ra •t How•rd Unlvwslty. The a-rch cOMMltt•• la requesting your •ttendtmce •t th• -Olacuu lon with t he VPSA Fln•ll•t•" loru.t••· Per lh• schedule below. v•rloua conatltu Ht 1roe•• Wiii be given opportunities to en1•.. the fln•llst with question• durtnt aclteduled ••••Ions. The third -Olsc..aalon wlt9' tit• VPSA Finalists• forum wlll be held In Founders Libra ry. Browsing Room.

n.e ~eclule for (today) Thursday, Octoller aa. aOOl 1• u fOllOwa:

9t00 ••· ·10t00 • ·"'· Cabtnet MeM.. •ra 10.11-.-. · 1,1,l a.m. StafflF1teuftrlAll:cllnlatr•t•r

ft•All JDU for your cont inue d supp0tl •nll OOIAW!lttl••nt to th• futUre Of Howard Unlvec att)I.

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