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ILLTOP The Student Voice of Howard University VOLUME 85, NO. 48 FRIDAY, APRILS, 2002 New Health General Center Assembly Location Approves Identified Medical Excuses, Third Wait Time Con­ cern at Provost Election Roundtable Dis­ Funds cussion Allocated for B Y MAKE8kA ANDERSON Election, Cam­ Hilltop Staff Writer paigning Costs Following much anticipation from students. the Uni"ersity has pinpoint• ed a new location for the student health center that could replace the 8 V K ERRY ANN H M lll,TON 1 current 6 • St. facility as early as the Hilltop Staff Writer next school year. according to Provost A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert. The General Assembly voted in The Medical Arts Building. locat• favor of a third HUSA election ed on W St. and Georgia A\'enue, will Wednesday in light ofthe HUSA Pol­ become the site for the health center icy Board's findings that questioned when it relocates from the deteriorat• the accuracy of the March 13,h run-off 1 ing 6 • St. location, she said. elections . .. We hope to have things running A new election has been scheduled within the next academic school year," for Monday with HUSA presidential Caldwell-Colbert said. Photo b) Melanie N~n and \•ice-president candidates Genia To gain more information about all Abow is a picture of the basketball court at Burr Grmnn.sium. Howard Pre!.icltnt H. Patrick S"),gert has induded in his Str.it(1tk Frume"ortk For Action part JI plans Wright and Alexis Casillas of the student health services, Caldwell-Col• to build a new uthletic fadlity. Legacy slate and the Awakening Stace bert held a student roundtable in led by Cornell Williamson and T. Blackburn Center Cafeteria Wednes­ Nicole Merritt vying lo become the day to discuss the well-debated issue. next HUSA administration. The roundtable gave students the The College of Arts and Sciences opportunity l0 express their griev­ executive student council election wUI ances with the health center nnd to Should It Go? Should It Stay? also be redone. Arts and Sciences ttive suggestions to improve health pn'ci lcJ11iaJ ar,d , "ice •pre~idcnl c.an­ ,crvices by ncxr year didatcs Brian Woodward and Rey Complaints surrounding the health New Sports Facility In S'ight After 40 Years At Bitrr Castillo as well as Jacques Pervis and center's facility have prompted Uni· Joson Ravin will compete again ver..ity officials to look into a new site. Students questioned whether the cur• rent building is appropriate for the ser• said. "They want us to compete with these is outlined in his Strategic Framework for vices they provide. BY AISHA CHANEY white schools, but we don·t even have the facil­ Action U. The proposed 10,000 seat arena will "Wh~n I saw the Health Center I Hilltop Staff Writer ities to compete with them - just look a1 the not only be used for basketball, but for convo­ could not believe it was a bunga­ weight room. So I think a bigger stadium will cation nnd graduation as well, according to low," said freshman Tiffany Thylor. reshman Andrea Jones, a member certninly put people in happier \pirits and nrnke Special Assistant to the President Dr. Franklin "I expected so much more from of the Lady Bison basketball team. people want to perform better." Chambers. was shocked by the size of Burr Student athletes arc not alone in 1heir hopes "One of the goals for the Strategic Frame­ Please Su Health Center. A3 Gymnasium when she caught her for new facility. Men·s basketball coach Frankie wor~ for Action II is to build a comprehensive. health recreation and student life facility first glimpse of the aged facility. Allen agrees that a new facility i~ needed. becau,c discrepancies in the run-off F" My high school gym was a lot nicer than "We need to update our facilities," A lien designed to support intramural as well as inter­ elections. collegiate athletic activities and to impro"e and Burr," Jones said. " I think that they should said ...The backgrounds tha1 most of our stu• The General Elections Committee Howard Buys maintain the health and physical activity of the make a bigger gym since this is a college." dents here come from - their high school facil­ presented the facts to the General student body," Chambers said. For years. students and athletes have com­ ities have been at a state of the art level and they Assembly, addressing 1he discrepan­ "When Burr was built back in I963. it was Prospective plained about the size and conditions of Burr, shouldn't ha\'e to feel like when they come to cies in terms in the figures presented state of the art during 1ha1 time period, but it is saying the 39-year-old arena should be «:raped college they should expect something less." in mitinl re-count conducted by Oscar well dated now so there is a significant need for for a more modern facility. To athletes, Burr Allen said other Mid-Eastern Athletic Con­ Jones. ference schools have newer arenas. including improved facilities so that we can not only Dormitory has served its purpose. Now. some say a new "Wnen we checked the highlight• Morgan State, Hampton and Norfolk State. He maintain physical wellness at the University, bu1 gymnasium is deeply needed. Basketball play­ ed sheet. which is a first step in the er Simone Agee. a teammate of Jones. shares said Bethune Cookman might have facility that enhance it as well." voting process, there were 83 per• Properties The tentative site plan for this new facility is similar feelings. She says a new facility is nec­ compares in age to .Burr. sons that voted whose name \I.ere not essary in order to compete with larger, pre­ However. to address such problem, with Burr 10 have highlighted," Moore said in her BY J OSEF' SA\\ n : R dominately white institutions. Gymnasium, President H. Patrick Swygert ha, Pleau See Burr, A3 address to the General Assembly. Hilltop Staff Writer "I think it's about time for a new gym," Agee designed a 5-year plan for a m:w stadium. which Based on the new figures, where 83 Howard recently purchased five Please Set Elections. A3 new properties from Peoples Involvement Corporation (PICT). who has been criticized by many for Project to Restore Neglected LeDroit Park owning difopidated properties for a There She Is. ..... .. decade, according to reports. Sever­ Making Headway al of the properties are being con• sidered for possible dormitory loca­ nation and restore the community to the prestigious sta• tions. Bv JOSEF SAW\'F.R tus it had before its decline," Swygert said. Among the properties that could Hilltop Stnff Writer In its heyday. the LeDroil Park Community was once be turned into a residence hall is the an area inhabited by some of the nations most well Gage School on 2035 Second St. he Historic LeDroit Park Community was in dis­ known black intellects such as poet Paul Lawrence Dun­ NW and a building located at 1800 bar, Oscar De Priest-the first African American elected Seventh Street NW, which could array years before Howard decided stepped in with a proposal 10 acquire and renovate several to Congress in the 20th Century, Nobel Prize Ralph become a residence hall as soon as T Bunche, musical guru Duke Ellington. and Benjamin O. next ran, Swygert said. TI,e proper­ properties in the Northwest community. The LcDroit Park Initiative began in 1996 as a part of Davis the first African American U.S. Army general. ty could house a capacity of250.260 To aid in the development. Howard formed a partner­ students, he said. a 150 block initiative by the University to renew and reha­ bilitate the 48 properties between U Street and Ana ship with the Fannie Mac (a privute nonprofit foundation The building was supposed to be aimed at providing affordable housing in underdeveloped a health care center but PICT lacked Cooper Circle that were abandoned and in disorder, communities) to aid in tl1e renovation process the funds to fin ish the project, according President H. Patrick Swygert said. Howard Ccmti1111etlfro111 Page One according to reports. Three other acquired the properties years ago, including some donat­ Phom By Shala Wilson properties purchased were an empty ed property, Swygert said. Howard Uniwrsily President H. Patri<,k Swn,,.rt pos,s "Ith Ms. USA Shauntay Hin• "The LeDroit Park Initiative hopes to serve as a model ton. Hinton wus honored at a reception in the Health Sciecnces Libmry 1b ursdHy. She lot located on 1850 Seventh St. NW, Please See LeDroit A3 creditoo Hou~rd asa • place that has helped her lh-esomtofherdmuns in life. a lot located on the 2900 block of for community revitalization in urban areas across the Georgia Avenue, and a former CVS drugstore on 1900 Seventh St. NW. ---- Howard is also considering the old Bethune Annex as a possible -Opinions Split on The si te for housing students.