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• • • • .• • • " • Volume 73, Numbe< 3 The Nation's Largest Biock Colleqiate Newspaper • Howord Uni•enity, ·Woshington D.C. 20059 l Septe,...... 15, 1989 ' UGSA h~ ad HU student raped in search of • ' I tnew• image• near Meridian Hill, for group_ Security searches f or suspects · • By Alonza Robertson-.-." ' Hilltop Staff Reporter f • ' • By Eric Smith where she was held and attacked at ' Hilltop Staff Reporter1 gunpoint. The Undergraduate •Student -- After the attack, the victim told • Assembly representatives and ex As Howard University 'security Meridian Hill's dorm counselor, the ecutive board held their first meeting police sea'rched for two men who Rev. Nathaniel Thoma.s, who of the year this1Tuesday in the Ar reported the incident to Howar.d mour Blackburn Center. 1aped a female freshman student near • J. an off-campus dormitory last Satur security . ~ ''This year I would like to expand day night, Meridian Hill dormitory The student identified her attackers - and hopefully revolutionize the pur residents reacted with rene,ved con as two black males in their pose of UGSA " said Coordinatdr 1 C'ern and alarm over student safety in mid-twenties. Erik Matheney. the area. One is described to be of dark This year, the executive board has complexion with a moustache, bet planned numerous activities to com (The student has refused 10 cooperate with D.C. police in \Vcen 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet tall, memorate black achievement in the I, pbolo by Keith Leadbetter vestigating the incident. Thursday, a short hair, medium build. At the time past decade and to inspire success in ' . .' Bystanders view wreckQ99 afler firefighters put out blaze on Trans Am. A Cressicla reCeived similar damage. police spokesman said no arrests have of attack, he was wearing shorts and • the coming was .. been made in the case.) I a T-shirt, according to the report. -.. Some of the new initiatives that . According 10 the-secl1rity division, The second attacker was also iden were formally introduced include: the tifed as a dark complexioned bl~ck Man of the Decade celebra1ion, an the Meridian Hill Hall resident \vas attacked at approximately 8 p.m. as male, between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 Alumni Lecture Series, a Martin Two students test zrst aid skills feet tall, short hair and meduim she was on her way to the Amoco gas Luther King program, a drug build. At the time of attack, he was awareness· forum with D.c_ youth and grocery slore on tl1c corner of 14th St. and Euclid St. NW, two wearing b!_ue jeans, the report said. and the reviving of the On1awe Jour ' " . blocks from the dormitory. · Meridian Hill residents responded nal, the officia1 publication of. UGSA Drew Hall residents'. response helps victims of late-night crash I The report said that she \vas ap to the attack with both alarm and that has been dormant fo·r several concern over rhe amount of security By Shelia Maxwell \. proached by t\VO unknown males vrars. ( who grabbed and dragged her into an in the area. · •· 1n previous years all the council Hilltop Staff Reporter adjacent alley on Euclicl St. NW, see Rape, page 12 did was pu~out a calendar 1 do the Salute to Bl ¥Women Program and -A fire caused by a three-car then the Sp g,Black Arts Festival," crash a half block frqm the Drew Matheney saiP.1 Hall dormitory tooki its freshman . Matheney, a senior from St. residents by surprise early Th.u.ts- Student unconscious Petersbur&', Fl~ .• said he hoped to day nlorning. ' Two residents, Damon Dozier .change ttiat when he was elected in • a close vOtc laSt spring. and Steve Wilson, both 18, played vital roles in helping• administer .after Va. Beach fall ''The Alubni Lecture Series idea medical attention to the accident • • •' came after the student protest last victims before firemen and police 8)· Eric...sm'ith" he \\•as admitted to the hospital, but spring," h~' said. ''We and other arrived on the scene. .. Hill1op Scaff Repurtcr l1as shown some signs of progress. 1 students rec n~ed that our relation- Dozier aided one injured driver ' '' He's somewhat more responsive spip with o_ alumni is shot. . "°·ho had been pulled from a bur Ho\vard U11ivcrsity. sopt10111ore than he was a week ago. When he • ''We staHcd the series to provide ni11g white-Trans AM. Wilson Rodney Perry ren1ains i11 critical co 11 - '"''as brought in, he couldn't move at them an opnOrtunity to come back helped revive another unconscious , dition at Norfolk General Hospi1al all. But now he seems to be in a and share their1power, 1nission and driv!=r of a station wagon also in after a near-fatal fall fro1n a hotel restless sleep,'' he said. • accomplishrrients," he said. volved in the accident. · , wi11do\v duri11g the· l_aboT Day He added that, during the week, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young will The driver of the third car, a Rodney sat upright in the middle of • r Greekfes1 at Virginia Beach. be the first Howarditc to take the photo by ktllh Leaabtcttr ~yota Cressida, was not'injured. • " Perfy, 20, was hospitalized on the night and then laid back d'own. lCctern of the series on Sepr. 22 in the .ei.ccording to witnesses, the Wilson, left, ond Dozier commend ~ch other when they finolly meet. Sept. 3 after falling out of a four1h '.'Al this time we are just focused Blackburn Cen't.er. Trans AM was traveling south on floor windO\V of the Ko11;.1 Kai Hotel - on ge1ting Rodney well,'' he said, ad • ! The Man 0f a Decade, program is Fourth St. NW near the dorm AM. be alright." ; 011 18th and 0 streets ici Virgi 11ia di11g tl1at he is ''absolutely·sure'r his scheduled to feature attor Lou v.'hen it crossed the median and Dozier said he and his room The Trans AM engine was still Beach. Perry has bee11 unconscious bro1her will make , a complete Gossett Jr., basketball gr\at Julius collided with the Toyota, which mate! were studying in their on fire and paramedics had yet to since the accident. recovery. / ''Dr. J." Erv1ng and fai;ned high was travelling north at the time. secopd- floor room in Drew Hall respond to the scene. ''We still don' t k110\V \\hat ha1> Trenna Purdue, also a Michigan , school principal ·Joe Clark. The Toyota then struck the sta• w~en they heard the crash. Dozier, Wilsdn, who ran to the accident pened," siid Steve Perry, Rodney's· 11ative, has kn0\\1 n Rodney since they ''When the media is downgrading tion wagon, also traveling north in who is on crutches because of a from his room 60 the fifth floor older brother . ''He's still un both arrived on campus two years black men, we wanted to prove to the the adjacent lane beside the recently sprained ankle, hobbled ·of Drew Hall, attended tQ the co11scious. He l1as been [tl1at \\'3)' ) for ago. world how we can and are Toyo1a. outside to see what had ha~pened . driver of the station wagon who nine days," Perry said. ''Rodney's not loud and raunchy. achievers," Matheney said of ~he "It (Trans AM) skidded for a D.ozier noted one victim was was unconscious in the car. Rodney, a 11a1ive of Troy, Mich., --1:l..f.i's quiet and studious. He's the prograQl. . . long time, then you heard a loud bleeding from head wounds. ''I ''I asked him simple questions is a11 economics major in fl1e School type that just hangs around with Lack of attendance at meetings 1s boom,"said one bystander. took off my shin and applied it to to revive him," Wilson said. ''I of Liberal Arts. Earlier 1his \Veek, his friends," she said. frustrating, he said. At Tuesday's ''They were screaming, it's go his head. unbuckled his seatbelt and asked mother spoke 10 admissio11s office of Pl1rdue blames Rodnev's accident meeting, representatives from the ing to blow!,'' said another ''I tried to calm him down\ '' him if he had any pain." ficials about the po1;1;ibilitY of on Va. 8each authorities, saying_ that 1 School of Architecture and Planning, witness, describing what onlookefs · said Dozier, a native of Houston, The man regained conscibusness w1thdrawi11g her sO c1 from 1/1c they let 1he siruation get out of ' Howard Gill and Ulric Leung-Tat, said after seeing flames- coming Texas. ''He was disoriented. I told university. cor1 trol. from the front end of the Trans him that everything was going to see Crash, page 2 According to Sle\'e, his yo unger ' . . _Set page 14 . brorher hasn'1 ooened his eyes since see Per11·, page 2 .. , -;: I - . -,,.;;;
Bison to tame Bethune;.Cookman. .. 'cats ' '
By Bruce Speight Broncos, we were comin& 011· a big They are l-1, coming off a 12-6 loss hands of a stingy Howard d~fense - • Hilltop [Staff Reporter- victory and lost the following game to Morgan State 1n the Mid-Eastern that has been the main reason for ! whiclreost us a playoff berth. After Athletic Conference opener in their 2-0 record and their No. 8 rank The time f9r reflecting on last that loss, I promised myself that I Jacksonville, Fla. ing in the SherJdan poll. · ' week's hfrd-fought 6-0 victory over \\'Ould ~o everything in my power to Bethune-Cookman is last in the The Bison defense is ranked first a stunneH Grambling team in the see thal it would never happen to me MEAC scoring offense with a 14.6 in NCAA Division I-AA in total Whitney You.ng Classic in the again.'' ppg average and next to last in the defense, yielding just 135.5 yards a Meadowlandsr has pcissed for In Bethune-Cookman, the' Bison conference in that category last game, and tied for first in scoring ' Ho~ard :- This Saturday lnight, the will be faeing a Wildcat team that is s.eason. defense after recordin~ back-to-back Bison must tighten their chinstraps hardly reminiscent of the explosive The Wildcats' offense is directed shutouts for the first time since 1972 • and focus their energies on high-scoring teams that they by junior quarterback LeMarc in victories over UDC and Bethune-Cookman. _ outscored 58-51 and 41 -26 fOr vic Andeison who is currently fourth in Grambling. , • \ ''The quicker we fOrget about tories the past two seasons. the conference in totai offense. Observers expected the defense to " Grambling, the better off we'll be," ''They're much more balanced this Anderson has completed 19 of 40 shut down UDC but were shocked by 7 said Howard's rookie coach Steve year in that they combine both the passes for 200 yards and two its outstanding play against Grambl • • Wilson. ''That's the main thing that pass and the run,'' Wilson said. touchdowns with two intcrcept~ons ing quarterback Clemente Gordon • I've been emphasizing to the players Despite the added baJance of a run and rushed 16 times for 79 yards. and a vaunted offense that rolled up jlb OIO b}" Dan1tl t:. Wi Uiams during practice. ning game, the Wildcats have enjoyed The Wildcats' offensive wOes more than 500 yards in total offense ''Once when I played with the minimal offc0:sive success at best. cou~d very well play right into the prior to playing Howard. Bison linemen go head-to-head i!' prepohltion for tomonow·s game. - • ' New series on WHMM Channel 32 chronicles Caribbean life with native actors; producer , By Jennifer Howard at 10:30 p.m., and will run through every.day life. shows the Universal JOYS and October !'3. r- "We are happy that WHMM TV Caribbean,'' Khan said. Hilltop S1at't Rtpor1cr A.1.:cording to Angela Henderson, challenges we 6ften face in life." is the first station in the United Stales • Each 30-minute episode will public and media relations coor Noted calypso singer David Rud to broadcast at~levision series made 1 Station oft'icials hope that the WHMM TV_-32 is hoping to foster chronicle the life of a timid young dinator at WHMM, '' 'Sugar Cane der .stars as Bolt in the show. Ru4:. in Trinidad and Tobago,'' Khan said. a knowledge of black he'ritaie with man who rises to stardom as a calyp Arrows' is ab~u t people's lives and dcr also wrote , and performed. the series will be a success because of the introduction of a series about the so singer. Also featured is a petty ''The Howard University public Howard's l"arge population of Carib- how they arc adapting to the chang theme so_ng, ''Chaguana Evening.'' • culture of Trinidad and Tobago titl thief, a very determined accountant ing society.'' WHMM is a pioneer in interna television station serves a unique role • • ed ''Sugar Cane Arrows." who aspires to be a politician, and . Ed Jones, general manager at tional programming, according to in this community by providing the t>ean students and the number of peo The prograrp., which began last Fri ot~er secondarv characters who try to W HMM said, ''Though 'Set ill' the Angus A . Khan\ ambassador of the vehicle for all people to expc_r1ence ' ple who are interested in the J day, i$ scheduled to air every Friday adjust to the conslftnL c~an~es of Caribbean, 'Sugar Cane Arrows' Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ~ he full breadtli of c11lt11res in the Caribbean.
• • J Security contract signed Ira Aldridge reopens after two years Black diet not so good for the soul I , " l: • " Pay increase expected to attract new officers . Fine Arts Theatre receives $500.000 renovation. Research shows high cholesterol in black f oods. I I ' See page 12 See ~e2 See pa~e JO • " ' ' . • > • " ' • 1 • • • •
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from $14,208 to $17,250. three years from now. Despite the By Eric Smith discrepancy, Dawson is pleased' with Hill1op Staff Reporter the outcome of the negotiations. ' Howard University security of ''It signals an attitude change by ficers signed their first contract in two the administration that we perform I. rearslearlier this week. The contract '1t Si~na/S an at a vital service and should get paid '' aimed at increasing the starting adequately," he said. salaries of officers and attracting t1'tude c ano;e. by' the 0 Earlier in the week Robert Carr, quality .applicants. d · · t t · t'hat The union representatives from the assistant vice president for a ffllnlS fa IOn . Human Resources, said that the sign Metropolitan Special Police Officers We peft0fffl a Vital Federation met with the adm1n1stra- J' - ing of the union's contract was made a priority by interim President tion and signed the contract. service and should ••qrr1c1als from the union and • / Carlton Alexis. . Human Resources m~t, and after g6- uet paid adequate y; . ' ··Alexis wanted us to get this mat- ing,over a few words-. signed the t:on- O' ter resolvep. It was made a priority,'' tract," said Lawrence Dawson, the he said. associate director of security. Un'cler the terms of the new con Lawrence Dawson There are currently 31 positions tract, the staning salaries of' security . ' open f.or security officers; most of the officers would be increased by 25 per------ openings have been blamed on low cent over a three year per'iod. The According to Dawson, the salary starting salaries. Dawson said he is salaries of unarmed personnel will in- increases would~ot make Howard confident the new contract will go a crease from SlQ,760 10 $!3,250. The competitiv1e with other1 universities long way in filling those vacancies. pay of ar~· officers would rise until it is completely implementer! ' • pholo by Krnnelh Raner Taj [books banned frolm campus Lost Property Recovered • ' By Michelle Hord , to try to get a permanent injunctiori, J ories said Snowden recognized Hilltop Staff Reporter whi.ch would allow him to come on him as an entreprenuer and _was able Sit. Harold Locey of the HCurity division talks ,with a student who was a customer of Bobby Brown's campus and conduct business. to-tlelp ''put the right mix together'' Colhtge Stotoge Service. He waa omong Hveral Howard lh:d1nts wha pll:•r•d at Cook Hall to retri•ve p•nonal belongings stored wittt Brown over the summer. Students from universities oround the District A District resident who has been Elliot Carr, a sophomore in the to start his business. ~ selling' books to Howard student in • School of Business, said he did not returned to school only to dl1cav• that their prope:ty was being hetd by other starage companies that · the.University for the past seven years understand why the university would ''I ·secured a how-to business Brown 1ub-cant1octecl to. ~ SIOi'age companies w.,. holding the belongings because Brown foiled to has ~n banned from campus by manual that gave me the contacts I pay storage ..... How~ 1 security_division was able to get some of the prope:ly releaied. ban Jones from campus. needed to get started," he said. campus security. ••It is unfair. Students should be ' ' Tim Jones, whose service is called able to buy books from whomever '• Taj Books has l;?een selling and they want. It is no different than a Jones, who has been partially buying textbooks from students and student buying a book from another paralyzed from. a gunshot wound faculty sinc.e 1982 . student.'' Carr said. since the spring of 1980, refused to :Jloard of Trustees picks new members The popularity of Jones' service comment oo his income from the has been credited to trade-in andtsell He said he has been told_by several book business. . ' . . ~ ing prices which are lower than prices university faculty members that the ''I make just enough to keep the 1 at the bookstore. university felt ''threatened'' by com wolf from nipping at my heels," he , Focus placed on improvin_g .'>tudent-admin~stration relationship ACcording Lawrence Dawson, petition to the bookstore. said. assOciate director of security, Jones Negron, the bookStore director, Although Jones , still has contact was· oanned from campus last May and University General Counsel Dan with Howard students aqd faculty By Andrea Morehead will .trust me to do the right thing," after bookstore personnel complain- Bernstein, refused to comment on the members, he said the banning has Hill1op Scaff Reporter he said. . ed that he was trading in material that ease becallle it is currently in hurl hi s business. Howard University has welcomed According to Jacquelyn Dunmore, was sold in the bookstore. litigation. t fO new members to its Board of graduate student trustee, · the · ''Mr. [Jaime] Negron, [director for ' 'I an1 certainly not doing as well Trustees this year, including two stu 33-member board ''oversees all ac Jo~es said he has been harassedi by as I have in the past," he said. ''I'm the bookstore] called security because people from the bookstore and cam. dent members who say they're ready tivities and makes decisions that will Jones was set up in front of the afraid this whole thing will make peo to- make changes for their fellow nurture the university." pus security ''for no apparbnt ple question if my busness is bookstore. He does not have a license reason.'' classmates . • Other new appointees include to vend in the District," Dawson · legitima1e. '' ''I will articulate students' con Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young of said. Jones, 40, has been a student al Karla Paylor. a junior in che Col cerns in a way that I feel will be good - Atlanta; Claude H. Oriz,an Jr., a Jones claims he is completely inno Howard off and on since 1966. He is lege of Pharmacy and Pharmacal for the entire university," said Dar surgeon at the University of Califor cent of any charges. currently enrolle-d in the U ni ver s it ~ Sciences , said she lestioned the rin Gayles, this year:s undergraduate nta., Davis·East Bay and Elizabeth ''I was dn campus buying books as Without Walls program. banning. trustee. ''It is difficult to know the Graham Early, assistant commis an invitee of students and staff," he He said he got the idea of selling '' If there is no egitimate legal majority perception of the student sioner for maternity servic;es at the said. ''There is no law against buy and buying books from a fe1rmer pro reason for him to be banned, one body, but, hopefully, the students New York City Department of ing goods on public groundS." fesso~ in the School of Bu ~ iness . Or. must question the university's Health. _ Jones has ·taken his case to court George Snowden. · motives, " she said. Tbe trustees will replace retiring members: William K. Collins, Sharon Pratt-Dix.On, Dorothy Fosdick, Shar • rin A Shepheard, Leroy R. Weekes University series caters to pint-sized audience and Lawrence 8. Wilson. . . Danin Gayles • University Secretary Constance night, a video series and lectures.' The By Romonda D. Belcher a Jive puppet show program, it now The parents said they were happy Rotan said she thinks the ne.w ~p - - Hill top:Staff Reporter features Walt Disney mov ie§ at Sd· to see some kind of entertainment for programs are scheduled by Terry pointees will bring ''wisdom and ce~sible to the students and use his Last Saturday, about 20 tiny faces ceilts a showing. . young kids, especially during a time Samuels, assistant director of pro wealth to the university." position to increase the board's bubbled' with excitement as they ''I was glad I had an excuse to that would fit into their schedules. grams for the center. Rotan, who is also secretary for the awareness of campus problems. waited to see the Small Fry showing come and see this movie because I've' "I usually take (my daughter) to The programs, said Samuels, help board, said there are four types of Alumni Trustee Mayor Young is of ''Oliver & Company'' at ll a .ID . alwa)rs wanted to see it,'' said Sylvia the National Theater, but a friend to foster better relaticn'i:s between the trustees: general, student, faculty and natiOnally known for his work as am ~ in the Armour J . Blackburn Student Shaw, an exchange student from 1old us about this program and we university and the; community. They alumni trustees. ~ bassador to the United Na1fons from Center. , . West Virginia University, who· decided 10 come along," said Alice also serve aS an alternative for General trustees, she said, are re- I o i979 and as a member of the Small. Fry is a montl\ly' program brought her sixth-grade cousin. Anamelechi . students who may not participate in quired to be U.S. citizens under 73 .S. House of Represenlatives designed by the center to provide ac ''It was good," said 3-year-old The Blackburn"' Center also spon· organizationally spori\ored activities, years of age. Student trustees, elected om 1973 to 1977. tivities for youth in the District. Once Lawrence Sidbury. sors a series of adult movies, comedy_ he said. by the student body, must be in good i election to the U.S. House of academic standing and faculty Representatives from 1he Fifth Con J, I )o trustees, elecled by the Faculty &ressional District of Georgia made' Senate, must have full professorship. him the first black congressman from Alumni trustees are also required to that state since Reconstruction. • be U.S. citizens. f Organ, a resident or Alameda, " H.U.~.A. Dunmore, who is a fourth year Calif., received his bachelor's of medical student from the District, science degree from Xavier Univer said that last year's protest has taught sity in 1948 and his doctorate from • the board and other administrators to Creighton University School of I take students more seriously. Medicine in 1952 . ''I believe the remaining members ' Early has served as director of • of the board from last year were out Bureau of Day Care CVld ·executive • of touch with students' needs and director of Northside Center for wants you to - concers," Dunmore said. ''The new Child Development in New York trustees will be more willing to in- City. I • crease interaction and understanding She has worked in health and between students and the administra- human services since 1965, Women tion," she said. Executives in Human Service and the GET INVOLVED! Gayles, a fourth year political American Orthopsychiatric • -sCiencC major, said he wants to be ac- 4 -ssociation . -' . • • • Crash Perry -continued from page 1 continued from page 1 ''I think it's a shame that your • and told Wilso.n he was unable to move his side. parents send you off to school to .J ''We were worried about the learn and have fun and then you V olunfeers Wanted get hurt because of the negligence of' guy in the station wagon,'.' said someone else," she said. .I Wilson, from Hollywood, Fl. He said gas was leaking from the car AcCording to Pat Bartee, sales -- and the Toyota next to it was director at the Kana Kai, the hotel smoking. was not at fault . Both Dozier and Wilson said ''From what .I've been told by they were never afraid the Trans eyewitnesses, he was horsing around MEETING: Monda·y, September 18, and sitting on the balcony and just • I AM would explode. The students said that they were mostly con fell off,'' she said . ceined about the "victims. ''Those balconies and railings just • • , 5 p.m: - 7 p.m. . . D.C. police and paramedics aren't made to play around on. Sometim~s when you play,, unfour • soon arrived and took over assisting the tWo accident victims. tunate things happen," Banee said . Und~rgraduate Library Lecture Room The two Drew residents, who Local oft'icials said last week that • didn't know each other previous many of those arrested during the riot ', ly, later met in the dormitory and were Va. Beach locals and that the I FBI and the Justice Department are > • exchanged compliments about the I other's individual work. conducting scpar:ate investigations in Dozier said hergot the medical to the circumstances surrounding the For more info. call: Tadia Whitner disturbance. ' knowledge he used from his mother who is a {lurse. Wilson Howard University Student or Nicole Addison at 636-7007 said he picked up his skills from Association has responded by form television. ing a task force to he8r student con- · ccrns about the Labor Day weekend r ''I'm just glad that God bless ed me with the knowledge to do it. events. A meeting has been schedul It was through hiln that I could ed for Wednesday, Sept. 20 in Thank you! help those people,'' Dozier said. Douglass Hall, Room- 116 at 7i00 p.m . • • • ! • \, t I • ' ' . .. • " " ' I .. , ' . l , ' , THE HILLTOP FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1989 3 . , . r Task Force on One Third of a Na Third of a Nation," done by the tion, a group of mo re than 100 facul Commission on Minority Participa- · Task Force confab _to address minority problems ty members formed to plan and 1ion in Education and Life. , organize the upcoming conference. According to Johnella Banks, a By Donna Wiiiiams blems that Atrtcan-Americans and The conference, scheduled for conditions in orde~ to make recom The conference seeks to expand professor in the College of Nursing, Hilltop Staff Reporter ~ other minorities face in the United Novembsr 8- 12, aims to discuss mendations for irqprovements that upon recent studies detailing the eb and T ask Force member, the con I . States. possible solutions to a range of pro can be carried out tnto the 21-st cen bing status of U.S. minonies. In par ference will discuss such issues as im Hundreds of policy makers and The University Senate Task Force blems that affect not only the entire tury," said Howard professor Dr. ticular, the Task Force has focused migration , employment and labor, scholars will convene this semester on is planning a major conference entitl nation, but minority populations in Lorenzo Morris. · on a .congressfonal report, ' 'The economic development , science and Howard University's campus to ed ''One Third of a Nation: African spe<;?ific. , Morris, along with Dr. Ura Jean Future of A frican-Americans to the discuss solutipns to the many pro- American Perspective.'' '"OU[ apprcach will be to analyze Oyemada, chairs the university's year 2000," and the report, ''One SH Nation, page 12 . ' . . l I Campus Digest HU News in Brief ' EXplore a career that offers unique challenges ASA to recruit and rewards. Become a Special Agent of the FBI. more members . · f ·lfl~ ·l :. ~-N' ,,..,' ,). The mission of the FBI requires men and women of above-average The African _Student ~~;~\.'· '~- . ability, physical fitness and personal integrity. Becoming a Special ~~.t ' %, i · Association has postponed elec . ~ -~. tions until Friday, Sept. 15. Agent is not an easy task, but it could be one df the most reward· E lections were orginally Ing moments Of your life. Get full details at .. J scheduled for Sept. 8. However, with only 30 people present, officers could not be nominated. In an attempt to increase membership, ASA President Go~don Chasakara said the I group wi ll solicit members at the student dormitories. ASA is a social organgation geared toward educating people • , about Africa. With. only 45 members, Howard's African populatioh of 710 is not ade quately represented. Althougti most merl\bers are African, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st other students may join the NOON 8:00 pm . organization, Chasakara said. to Friday's elections are 10 be ; RAMADA INN, TYSONS CORNER, VA held from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in 7801 Leesburg Pike, at Rou'te ,7 ana l-49S •Free Parking the Forum at the Armour J. Blackburn Charles Frye, a former. facu1- I 1y member of the Department College Graduates-To qualify, you Engineering, computer science or one of African-American Studies, DIRECTIONS TD OPEN HOUSE must have a a-year resident degree, of the physical sciences and meet all other requ irements of the FB I. will present his first novel Mon From Maryland 3 years .of full-time work experience day, .Sept.2'5 at 3:30 p.m. in and meet all other requirements of Room 300 of Founder's• I Take 1·495 toward R1cnn1ona to Exir-110 the FB I. To oualify: All Special Agent Library. . Rte 7 lleesburg P1ke1and follow signs to , candidates must be u S. citizens Falls Church cross the br1oge and turn Linguists- To qualify, you must between age 23 and 35 . physically fit, ''The Peter Pan Chronicles'' right at the first traffic 11gnt Ramaaa Road explores the phenomenon of have a a-year resident degree in any ~ and able to pass a thorough back· African-American agents being From Virginia discipline and fluency in Spanish or ground investigation. Special Agents . hired to spy on an African Take 1·495 towara another language needed by the enter service at Grade cs-10 and · • American activist. It begins o n Frederick to Ex 1r =10 , .FBI. You must nieet all other receive a starting salary of S26,261 the day after Martin Luther Rte 7 1teesburg Plkiil requirements of the FB I. per year with S6,56S per year over· King, Jr., is -killed. 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' ' ' I • ' ' ' • ., ' ' • , -I ~ . - . . . • , ' ...... ' .. ~ ...... I ...... I • I 4 . THE I HILLTOP FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 15. 1969 ' • . ' ., I / • \.' Local ' ' Community cultures seek unity V ~lunteer patrols help Adams Morgan celebrates·ethnic diversity I I . . _cle!an up 3rd Distric-t By Lashawn T. Eddin s • h~ emphasized th~ need to bring the H1'll s ff R g different cultures 1n Adams Morgan The new program goes beyond top ta eporter together so each can benefit from the By Alycia Hicks regular foot patrols by emphasizin g other. ,_.illtop S1 aff Repor1cr the importai1cc of es1ablisl1ing a rap The face of Adams Morgan is I port \\'ilh th e 11eighbors a11d assisting changing. Many row houses in the Vendors from all cultural them in no11-traditiona\ \vays. community which were once oc backgrounds are urged to participate . Residents of the 3rd District can cupied by people of color are now rest a little easier knowirig that the Sp11rlock said their assistance could home to white urban professionals, , ''Quality of Life'' foot patrol officers range fro111 settling a do1nestic said Marlin Gary, an African • are on the iob . dispule. 10 l1etpl11g an older person~ American 15th Street resident. ' _. take oul tl1e trasti, 10 arrcsti11g drug ''A lot of theffi are moving in here ''They are just What this communi dealers. and really taking over the place,'' he ty needs," said Joyce fv1cMillan, a said. ''They fix up the houses real long-lime resident of the 3rd District. 1-he responses froin Con1mu ni1 y nice, but mos1 o.f us don't really have members ha\'C been positive. ''The the money to do that. There is some '' I have lived in this community all most rcspo11si\·e t11e1nbers of the ~om resen1ment . What would you ex- mu11it\1 ha\'e bce11 elder\)' \\'Omen, n1y life and I've watched it go ~own . rpect?'' I personally haven't had any pro l1on1eO\\'ncTs a11d single· 11101!1l-rs. '' Despile the economic diversity tha1 blems with drugs or violence or Hilton said. separates the residents, some cultural anything like that, but I know it's differences may bring them together here and it needs to be taken care ''The members of the con1111u nit y this week~nd in the annual Adams of." really look out for yoL1 a11d it is thi s , Morgafl Day Festival. 5 kind of com111 unit y involven1ent !hat · McMillan is not alone in her desire will help change these areas and help The sounds of salsa, reggae, rock • to see the community vice disappear. make the livi11g environment better.'' 'n roll_, rhythm and blues and gospel Comments like hers resounding 1hroughout the area have prompted . Changing the environn1en1a11d1l1e seve ral police officers to take part iri way la\v C11forcc111e11t officers· are the new patrol prQgram' . . ' perceived b)' 111c111bers of drug ' infested aod high cri111c arcaS is one Officer Stepharl?C Hilton said, ''I of the goals resident Alex Tolten feels vo lu11teered for the program· becau~e the officers sl1ould 111eet. by purchasing vending spaces for I am a native Washingtonian and I $200-600 to sell various foods and crafts, Fraz,ier said. don't like what I see happening 10 my ' ' I think th a1 the police at this ('nn1m 11 '1.ity. '' point ha\'e made n1ofe of a11 impres ''We've chosen music groups of all ' sion on che childrc11 of the com mu11 i types and we aim to prease all of the She has been patrolling the streets ty," Tolte11 said. ''Their \'isibility in .listening groups," he said. The as part of the program since its incep a positi\1e lighl. [rather) tha11 bein newesfaddition to the fe stival is 1he tion in May. ''QuaJ.it y of Life'' is seen in raids a11d other drug-related gospel music stage where the • a pilot program initiated by Deput)' incidents. helps [tl1e Children] tO see Sou1hern Gospel Singers, 1he Singing Chief Edward J. Spurlock and other the good tl1e police ca11 bri11g. ·· Angels, the Teagle Family, Great 3rd Di st rict officials. It is geared Change ~nd Norris Gardner and tov.'ard helping members of the 3rd Comp.any are scheduled to appear. Distric1 co mmunities take an actiye ~ De spite tl1e positive co111111.t1nit~· · role in cleaning up their response, patrol officei;s sa)' !t ts too Several dance groups including 11eighborhoods and making them safe earl)' t-o ra11k the oyerall st1<.·cess .of ~· ) Dancers of the Thitd Age, Spanish · • a11d free of violence and drugs. the progra111. Bttt m:111~ · ecl1oi:d Dancers Society,. Kan Kouran ' Hilton's sentime11t tl1at ·· ... as long music will permeate from block to Dancers and Mad~e Terry's FemaJe ' 'This particular program is pat- The 'Quality of Life' foot patrol program, in its fourth month, ·block where more than 2Q e1hnic Imper·sonators, will perform. as the co111n1t111it~' co11ti11ues 10. be ot1r 1cr11cd after program·s that have been e~phosi1.es officer and resident relationships. Police o_ssisto·nce ranges groups are represented, said' Janice ~l1ccessful ly implemented in cities just C\' CS and e:1r~ tl1c 11rogran1 \\ 111 be a \V ith all the activi ies crammed in ' ' i Gray, execu1ive director of ttis )'Car's as large or larger thali the District ,., from helpi.ng the elderly r rry out trash to making Orr,~sts. to 1he one festival clay, organizers say Spurlock said. fes1ival. \ this year's celebration is being siz·ed 1 • down. I Restaurants in the .commun!t)' • • boast of Mexican, Jamaican, Ethio ''Las1year1he festival '''as 100 big ' pian, Chinese, Vietnai:nese, French and th (: re is not enough room to ac aild Cajun cuisine \Vh1ch make the comodate more 1han 300.000 peo- Columbia Road and 18th St reet ' pie,'' Frazier said. The metropolitan • establishments the choice of night -on police wi ll ' be on hand to maintain the-tO\\'f!ers 1hr f ugh~ut the nietropol1ta11 area. crowd control; however, organizers are asking th ~ residents to take an ac "'Festival lo\1ers " 'Ill con1e oul to tive r.ole in assuring safety. • our~y. san1plc dishes unheard of, as.well as, • 1 old tinie fa vorites. " Gray said. Cur Resident s, even with the conflic~ ried goat 1neat . barbecue rib'S, French they experience, say that because 1he ' pastries, New Orleans gumbo, and •· festival has· been successful in past :Jamaican beef patties ar~ ainon~ the years, !hey \\'ill attend the '89 fes1 · en1rees to be featured al the fe ~ 11val . too. ' '\Ve really \Vant everyone to.Pitch Eileen CaldweUr an area resident ' in and assist in keeping the festival said ''I am going to the fest as early area clean and safe," said T)•rone as p0ssible to a\•oid the late afternoon Frazier, assis1ant festival director, as ' ' mo b . " • - • '· ' Local igest • 1 ' • Area News • Brief . ' School in Prince George's Coun- CBCF focuses on 1)' , Maryland \Vhere his Imani L Temple '''Orship se rvices are held, children• at risk Stallings chided the media for With · ''A Global Crisis: Our focusing on his sex ual ity and sai d Children at Risk'' as a Iheme, The he \vould di sc uss it 0111)' if the Congressional Black Caucus media \\'Ould focus on raci?tn in Founda·tion met Wednesday and the Catholic Church and sexual \viii conlinue its conference impropriet ies among priests, nuns thro~h SatUrday in its '19th An and bishops. nl1al Legislative \Veekend. ''Problems such as infant mor- 1 1aliLy, .drug abuse, i:n~Inutrition IAtsnd illiteracy are ru1n1ng young Barry's request for, lives- and threatening our future," ' said Julian C. Dixon, president of meeting denied !he foundation. ''The CBCF has long been committed t.o helping Attorney General Dick Thorn .. ' ' young people.'' burgh denied D.C. Mayor Marion The foundation will sponsor ap Barry's request for a meeti ng to proximately 50 college students discuss the source of news reports during its summer internship pro on Charles Lewis's allegations tha1 gram and will run a nine-month he smoked crack cocaine with .fel lowship program for graduate Barry, a Justice Department students and professionals to work spokesman said last week . on co11gressional committees or'in David ~unkel said Thornburgh offices. had deci~ed ''it would be inap Members of the CBC have join propriate to meet with the rpayor · - ed wi1h other members of Con al this time'' and that ''an official gress to push for legislation that letter is on its way." ' - would increase funding for ''Head Barry said)he was no1 suprised l Start,'' support schools in high that Thornburgh 1urned down 1he risk areas, encourage states to request . FINISH lower their high school drop-out rate, suppon mandatory health in ' surance for all Americans, ilJ- Blacks reunite , . crease funding for the Women, In You can save 11terally d • ' ' • • I I ' ' , ' . . • • ' ' .. : J',, • • • THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, S EPTEf:dB E~ 15. 1989 5 National/International ' National Digest By George Daniers to completely · ref&ffll the nation's ' • Hilltop S1aff !lcporter savings and loans system. , What is the crisis? What caused it? • Lack of knowledge pf the recent What- effects will it have on the savings and loan crisis by Howard African-American college student Nati o'n a I Brief students may translate into future who will soon be starting a family? • troubles for Howard alumni attemp- These are questions that have many ' ting to start families. ' · Howard students baffled. although they're not the first of An informal study showed most The whole situation began late laSt Quiet time I fice to ihstitute quiet time, more Howard students know very little year when oil prices dropped, affec offices could use their system. about the savings and loan situation. 1 ting 1-he economy of many not just for kids Of 13 students approached about the Southwestern states whic~ heavily·re- crisis, most of whom were business ly upon oil. }/ majors, only two knew enough about When the oil prices dropped, . In an effort to help workers in Redistricting to the county treasurer department in the situation to comment. \vorkers were laid off. The jobless Dr. Sam Ziorklui, a professor in \11o rkers were not able to buy homes, Takoma, Washington get their aid black voters the department of finance in the catising developers to take a cut in in work done, the administrative of fices instituted a new ''quiet rule'' School of Business and Public Ad- come. Conversely, home developers According to the pamphlet, ministration, faults the Howard ad- withdrew large loans from the savings . last week. During two hours of every '' Redis1ricting After the 1990 Ce11 - ministration for not requiring .and loan institutions. business day, workers will use the sus'' published by the Population students to take course in \Vith the developers not able to Just a few weeks ago, Congress ·in other words, savings and loans a Financi~l P~Y ''production time'' to work Reference Bureau, blacks could Institutions. Ziorklui is a11 instructor back tl\eir loans, due to the drop 1n passe"d a S164 billion savings and must have a surplus of capital before add 10 members to their congres • of the course in the School of home tjuying, banks were short on loans act, bailing out banks in trou they can make~;:a loan. uninterrupted from phone calls and office chit-chat. sional representation after tl1e 11ext Business. : funds. Out-of-work people went to ble. However this also drastically S&L's not meeting standards are censu" in 1990. being either closed or taken over by ''We have only a small number of savings and loans to withdraw ·sav reformed the ""iavings and loans William O'Hare, policy director students who are aware of the situa- ings, however no money was the federal gov~rnment . · Louise Dale, chief ad system. The former Federal Home What does this mean for Howard of the Population Reference tion. The administration will have to available. 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Editt.NjQJ ·&li1or • , /I ' I SI I El ,It\ !\·IA X \\'ELL, Camws &1!10I' DESTREE R0RTNS(J)N, A.«t. 11> 1M 1-:ditor ' 1 ' Sl\R(lN.i\ l-~O REMAN , ,.ts.s1 campu$Edit • DONAT, n r HRISTJAN. 1111>/nn> Mdl1i1lf" • \)t\NIEL J P0Nl1_ER . Bui.~ Al.St TAMMY ENGRAM. O/Jicf At~na,.,, • ' ' •' ' The black attack . ' - Bla>k people: our schools, our leaders and too different from the world which led many our g<)yernments are under attack all over the of them into prison in the first place. ,vorla. . Hostilities abound· everywhere. There are more black men in prison (49 per • cent) than there are in c;ollege (six percent), but • . even those who have made it to college are[ The Ne'v ,York City · police killed another often forced.out by either a lack of adequate black man this week while trying to restrain financial assistance or a surplus of racism, or hin1 . A bla<:; k lawyer, an important official in s'ome combinatib rl of the two. the newly-established democracy in Namibi3, was gunned down by a South African group And those African-Americans who finally • called the White Wolves. . do reach the apex of achievement in this • s.ociety-those who could potentially serve as leaders and role models for those who are Youths predict more racial violence at the struggling_ behind them-are relentlessly • Brooklyn high sc hool, attended by the four ha(assed, defanied, investigated and indicted 'vhite teenagers accused of killing . Yusef by the media and the legal system. Ha,vkins-an innocent black man who was in Just look briefly around the country at all ' ttieir 'vhite neighborhood trying to buy a us- the black men .who 'are under attack: Judge ed car. · I Alcee Hastings, Father George Stallings, Lt . • In Tennessee, state education officials are Gov. Douglas Wilder, Congressman Bill Gray, ' trying t!> merge historically-black Tennessee Mayor Tom Bradley, New.York mayoral can Letters to the editor State University into the white University of didate David Dinkins and others. Tennessee system. In Texas, efforts are under way to do the same with black Prarie View A&M University. If we h~ve ahything to be glad about this • • week, how about the South African police. ' They have decided to stop.using bullwhips on ' 1 nlane111 i11feriority. It serves to Largely due to efforts of Operation .<\frocentrism c11s l:tvc. Know Thyself (t o which several The President's new anti-drug plan is aim ·blacks of that country.' They claim they were men1bers of COLLECTIVE ed at locking up sellers and users; not much getting·too much negative feedback from the AWA RENESS made ·substantial money was targeted for rehabilitation before, international·community. Thanks for being so On campus • • • la11 Isidore Sn1art contributions], the curriculum divi during or after incarceration. " considerate. ... · I Professor of Spanish sion of the D.C. public schools has Half of all 1he nation's jail cells are occupied Intelligent thought on the status of our peo Department of Romance Lar1gliagcs recently agreed to implen1ent 1cur Dear Editor, Howard U11iversity riculu1n changes through ' an by black 1nen dying a slower, mental death. ple is needed by us, the young leaders of tom A debate is currently raging in the ''Afrocentric Education Initiative'' There are not many oppor.tunities available for morrow. Have;;we come this far only to be Howaid U. communit)'-in some to be imlen1entcd over the course of then1 to rehabilitate themselves to become pro destroyed now? Are our leaders really as cor quarters at least-as to 1he 11a1ure of tl1e 11ext tw'o year!l. ductive members of our community upon their rupt as the media paints them ·out to be? We Afrocentrism. I f ish to offer for I • Naturally, we are pleased to see .. release. They are simply left there to rot in a need to develop real answers now-before it's your consideration wl1at I unders1and • • • ID the this happen, but we also realize that Afiocentrism to be. there must be continued imPut from . c.esspool of violence, crime and drugs, not all too late. It is an enlightened seJr.1ove, a pro community parents, stud e11 ts, and community • '.lo- • found self-esteem, practiced by organizations to make sure that the peoples of African ancestry, that Dear Editor, changes are substantive and • assumes the primacy of.Africa and COLLECTIVE AWARENESS is appropriate. • 1· peoples or things Africari unl ~ss there tl1c name of a recently formed COLLECTIVE AWARENESS is ' '' 1s credible evidence to tlie contrary. orgartj.zation, which is an offspring comprised of several forn1er or cur • Afrocentrism is di~J?r.araged by organization of Operation Know . re11t members of Operation Know · some as a new Romant1osm, a form Thyself, founded in March, 1988. Thyself and 01hers who felt the need • of ethitocentrism, an unscientific Sltb Operation Know Thyself is an to establish a co111munity-based jectivism. It is, indeed ~ a form· of organization whose primary objective organizatio11 'with the primai:y focus Toward Afrocentrism grounding or self-indenl! ification. has been lobbying the D.C. Board of on informir1g .J • r 0 • ' • • THE HILLTOP , FR IDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 . 1989 9 • I • Commentary • Alonza Robertson Sharon Hayes Ladies of the A-bldg. Perspectives ' 1 Racism 101 I finally got ~egis(ered and official- f ;black student ne~spaper do.csn_'t ) ly valida1ed this ,vee k. The big mo- carry much clout with those ladies in ••• ment carne at 3:30 p.n1 . on Wed11es- the A-buildiqg. •1 The media is fanning new flames. day after110011 4 Just last week as I helped deliver The word of the day is ''racism." It seemed aj. process that would the. paper (we wer~ l!ite) they [the ! You cannot pick up a publication to- . n.ever e11d . My task started back on ladies tn 1he A-bu1ld1ng) clamored ,, day without reading about this ''new A11gu-st I, when I cot11pleted 111y ap- out to the newspaper rack, grabbing resurgence of racism.'' However, to pliccttio n for11ls l'or a guaran1eed stu- co pies faster than I ~co uld put them say there is a resurgence of racism is de11t Jo:.111, an SLS, and a11 e1nergen- in. 1 to imply that the tide of racism had, cy s1 11dent loan . I fi lled otit They '''ere just talking, havi11g no at some given point, receded. . ever~ tl1i11g just i11 case so n1 ctl1ing idea \vho l was. To say there is a resurgence of \\cnt wrong. In the end it all did . ''Girl, they used to write about us. racism due to a series of reported l·irst . my FAF. yot1 all kno\v wl1at 1111 the time', they picking on financial 1 racial attacks is to give false hope that lh • important that we realize racism is til tJ ()W \1cfo1 c s1> 111 co11c botltcrcd tu \\'Cek: · ~ ~ not only an occurrence of events. It cake t l1 c ti111c to fi11d tl1e111 a11tl post T11cre sce1ns to be a rasl1 of people is a way of living; a way of thinking thet11to111y accou11t . One che1.·k is sti ll wt10 are r11ad at me for mi ssing MUGM~ or not thinking. Racism is an institu OL1t tl1cre in Bi so 11 la-la latid . f\'laybc 111eeti11gs I 11 evcr agreed to. ls tl1ere tionalized, venomous system that has de111ise, and makes you a guinea pig so 111eo11e i11 tl1 e fi11a11 Iri defense of , Professor Steele After readihg Mo11 ica Swann's perpelually keeps us in a st ate of a life of begging . tn~ gover'nmenl and hundred-dollar ''Air Jordaru." lri stances by their owrt mothers, that to exhibit an ''Uncle Tom'' mentality? commentary titled , Steele: A1J S01·1, misery and demoralization. We, as a ''others,'' for thC resources that our order to heed the character Jane's ad do so means a life-long gover11ment In essence, the students might as I fe lt a moral impcrati ,•e to respond race of people, continually misuse a collective ''edu~ion'' should have vice, first we n1ust have a plan of ac check that only increases with the well have phrased it this way, ''It was to the article because I feel that Prof. philosophy that keeps us at the feet equipped us to ~quire. · tion, which can only come" from number of babies. not us educated niggers causing trou Steele's sentiments were not ade of out former s1ave masters, expec- Why is it that We seein iniellectual- critical- analysis and honest I ask in defense of Prof. Steele, is ble boss, but it was those uneducatcil quately addressed. 1ing them to carve out a (uture for us. incompetent when it comes to i11trospection. it 'the oppression of the government niggers.'' First, with all due respect to Mi ss In essence, his main point is that ising a way to harness the $200 But, of course, this type of thought that ' causes student tenants of the In order for our education to have I Swann's o pi11i or1, I felt that tl1e por 110 amount of government monies or ~i!Jion floating around in our con1- becomes impossible when our so newly-built Howard' Plaza to trash any real meaning, it must translate • ' trayal of Steele as a11 ''U11clc Tom'' prog.ran1s can address, and arrest, the munity. Is this not a missed called leaders have adop(ed a system and vandalize their own place of itself into reforming the totality of was unjustifi~d . The article and the self-destructive behavior of our peo opportunity? of morality that, heretofore, 1we did residence? our community. cartoo11 attempted to depict Prof. ple that robs us of our inability to Rememl:5er 'the line in the movie, 1101 bave. Was not the Virginia Beach inci Once we achieve our ow'n ''in S1eele as absolving racisrn for our ills . identi.fy and seize opportunities for ''·Do the Right Thing," where Jane Can we charge the gove~nment dent an excellent opportunity missed house'' purging of the vice and cor However, Steele did,- in fact .advancement. admonishes Duggin-Out that instead with the repulsive statistic of un-wed for the 1 41greeks'' to coordinate an ef ruption that enslaves us, then we will · acknowledge the evils ofTacism, and · ,,,Miss Swa1111, i11 lier article, asked, of exerting so much time and energy 1nothers in our community? Even fort to identify another site for their be able to exert our faculties in cor went on to cite the tren1e11dous ··specifically what opportunities1' boycotting Sal's, maybe he should under the worst form of) post yearly 11 pilgrimage," one in .)Y,hich rectly identifying and crushing out, • responsibility of tl1e goverr1ment in Mr. Steele was referring to. Perhaps' spend h~ time more contructively? In Reconstruction se.gregatiOil4. little they would not be harassed? The rep oppression from whatever its source, assisting African-A111erjcans in tl1eir if Mr. Steele had had more time he other words, instead of being reac black girlS knew not to lay down with ly of ,th~ students was, ' 1It was not us We must cease from oppressing quest for sclf-detern1i11ation and would have been able to cite a myriad tionary~ always responding to outside anyone but their husbands. 11Jn-wed causing the trouble, it was the non ourselves with a defeatist philosophy ascendrncy. of opportunities. forces, we must be proactionary, motherhood reflected shamefully on students. '' and self-destructive behavior. But Steele refuses lo make the Prof. Steele could have addressed making others respond to our 1n..otion a family and was indeed ra~e. . Whet~r or not this statement is ·government the primary focus of his the missed opportunity of Howard in accord with our plan. Today, because of the dqgenera factual, it is clear that the students attention. It is secondary, at best; the alumni to support and defend their H,ow can.Buggin' Out do this if he tion of our morals, black girls arc en chose to distance themselves from the primary focus being our own inability Alma Mater, _which for the past 122 continually focuses his attention on couraged to have a child .out of mis-deeds of their own African The writer is a junior in the School of to shed a value systC1n which years has sentenced its presidents to boycotting others and cleaning his wedlock. They are told, in many in- American community. Does this not Engineering. . \. • • • . • '• • ' l ' \ • , • ' 10 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 15. 1989 • • • -· ' ' ••• ' • 'Tempo l • 1 After -two years, Ira Aldridge -reopens with $500,000 renovation ' ' Ira Aldridge's problems included a counterweight system, computerized By Nancy Lynn Jones lighting equipment, motorized Hilltop Staff Reporter leaking ceiling, an old rigging system (used for holding curtains and lights), lighting system in front of the theatre, peeling plaster, warped floor, out-of a total interior paint job, fire hoses, A'fter being dark and v~cant for and removable seats in the front row the past two years, the new and datc lighting equipment·, damaged . I seats, and an asbestos fire curtail). in· case of a fire. Also, th~ damaged . · renovated Ira A.,ldridge Theatre re seats were repaired and the asbestos opened this fall. Until this year, drama productions were done in the smaller En fire curtain was removed. The theatre opened Aug. 20th for ''Right now I believe the theatre is I vironmental Theatre in. ~he College of freshmen orientation but the total ·a facility which is conducive to ·renovation is expected to be com Fine Arts. On May 2, of this year, A.T.T.I. students developing theatrical skills. pleted by Oct._4th for the opening of lt is also a place where the instruc - the College of Fine Ans' first produc Architects received Permission to begin work on the theatre. The con~ aors can teach the art both safely and tion, ''A Soldier's Play." 'comfortably," Worrell said. Project Manager Quintbn E. Wor tractor, Major Construction Co. began work May 4th. This semester, the courses housed rel, of the Physical Facilities, Office in the theatre are: Stagecraft, of Planning and Development said ACcording to Worrell the contra·c tor and architect work together in Ligh_ting, __In _tro~urtion tq the • $1 .3 million was appropriated for the order to speed the renovations, and 'Theatre, ani:! upper-level Directing upgrading of the College of Fine Ans and Acting classes. whereas Ira Aldridge was eStima:red were ''very reason.able and help°ful," . to cost $1 million. he said. · ''The theatre is our major Worrel said because Howard ''The administration was very con classroom .. Having a fully-equipped University a.dmistration· didn't have cerned. They wanted the theatre com theatre is important for reaccredita 'enough funds to complete the fine pleted by fall 1989 prior to freshmen 'tion," Singleton says. The reac arts building and Ira Aldridge, the orienta-tion," Worrell said . . -eredi1ation period is in 1991 . theatre was eliminated from the pro L.ha1rman of the drama ctepart ject . Worrel said the theatre was in ment Carole Singleton, Vada Bi.It Denise Saunders, a junior major poor condition because of inadequate cher, dean of the college and pro ing in Arts Administration ·said the ,. up keep. fessors Joe Selmon and George Ep renovation is long awaited. ''The building had no maintenance ting remained throughout the sum · ~ It's wonderful beca\.l:!C now the for almost 10 years," he ~aid. . mer to ensure that work would pro students have the opportunity to find Safety rci{Ulations were the ma1or ceed as scheduled. out what it 's really like to work on concern. [n December 1987, the ''The students should ha\'e safe ap a major stage.'' drama faculty discontinued use of the propriate equipment o n \Vhich1 to • learn, and now they do,'' Singleto n \Vorrell said the theatre now has theatre. The National Association of ''the most up-to-date state of the art Schools of Theatre said the theatre said. ''We need to give o ur theatre students the best that we can." _ equipment." Singleton said certain was ''an accident waiting to hap- . elloto by l:ellll Doraaa • At a cost of $500,000 the 1heatre safety items will be inspected on a pen.'' NAST accredits drama scl1ools ,regular basis. and departments. has a new roof, a new rigging ;;tnd The new Ira Aldridge ~eotr8 will be finished i~ time for t+.e College of Fine A.,. first play in October. ' I , j ' " African fashions capture.. HU crowd b)' Shandra M c Donal~ herit3.ge. . dings. and Traci Hopkins · .Many of the designers' children ' ' Artis1-\c ex press~on s of a people in 1 ' f' 1 Hilltop S1aff Reporters ar1 or dance is part bf our culture. We modeled. During a particular scene, as blacks.are being culturally depriv K:ondo's son, Shaka (which means As.t he slogan reads on 'n1an y of the ed . Black peop es' social and great king) c~e out dt:essed in a pink T-shir1 S which are sold o n our eco11 om·lc status 'II improve \\'hen Dashikee. Kondo said ''Little boys • campus- ·· If you educate a \\'Ot11an \\e e111brace o ur cu ure, and not civi l can wear pink. The Europeans were )'OU educate a nation." Ni a Ne1fa figh1 s,''said Neft I . the one's who said that they could Ko ndo \\'as the woman, and o n The fas hions came from the Ivo ry not, not us.'' , 14 EAST COICOllO sfJ • Salurday night Sept . 8th at C ra mto11 Coast, Ghana, a d other parts of The second half of the show was Auditorium, Ho\\'ard Universit)' was Afrit:a.. . ; called ''Afrikan Fashion." The the na1ion. O ther vendo rs f It this was a great Kankouran WeSt African Dance Co. The Afrika in ~1 o t io 11 Fashion brought us back to, the land of the opnortunity for y6 ng blacks to learn • Sh6w \\'as full o f ex citen1cnt . As one about the African heritage. Vendor, drum as one of the members of th·e New World percussion. ensemble .o f the dancers in the Ka 11kouran \\1il lian1 Ne\\'ton saia. that blacks · P.O. BOX 1·11. \V es1 ·A. fri ca11 Dance Co. said , m ust develop a ·marketplace for stated. ' ·Those wh o missed it niissed 1t1e Aftica11 clo thes i the fashion i11 - " ·hole,.world i{' .. 'I... , •• "'· d ustr)'." A11othe vendor says she The show ended wit h the designers, · That.Show \\'as put on in collabora- sells African ·je\\ ery and art ' ' to models, and Kondb coming out. I ti o n ~ith Richard Parker Produc spr!!ad the 11ews to the yo unger Kondo was the center of attention ' • tions, Middle Passage Desig11 / Nubia bro thers and sist rs that \\;e are a whe11 they took ~heir bOws. Parker Press, the Kondo Clan, and African more [posit ive] p pie, and to make said, ''If it was not for Nia the show OllLAIDO. fl. l2102- 0l 11 d es i~s frb n1 al\" over the would not have been a sucCess." 1l1e111 afro-centri c ' ' ) Wa s hin g~D .C . area. The fas hion s w beg~li ., a1 8:00 Designer Wilhelmina MoOer said Many ven~ o rs , !peal designers a nd p. n}., Kondo " 'as the c om~e11t a t o r . AfTika in motion means ''support in store ownerf were selling and displa)' Her cla'rity, en! usiasm, and the mo tion.'' ing their Af ican creatio ns out side of sounds of the Ne \VOrld ercussion C ram1 o n Ense1nble transformed 1hq audience ''We must educate our youth, and 407/lll- 5IOG .,,, pholo bl" f\filh Dorman Net(a l, o n of th ''endo rs,said ourselves," she said. ''Once we • to Africa. Se,,er" of the garments 1 Interested pOtrons view African clothing and jewerly. Vendors hod set up A frit:: ttn -A mericans_ need to learn as could be \\'Orn )'ear-round· as well as realize that, {the] fashion will come booths outside Cromton Auditorium Soturday before. . the fashion show. much as 1hey 'can a oout their for most• o';:,':siot s· including wed- naturally." ' • ' Ap9llo seeks Howard amateurs r··-··-··-··-··-··------• STAY I · . I for D.C. talent sh·ow I 1 you"re A GUY f.ut you c.an 3et AS close AS you llke. bec;1use G.R. rroductlons, on beh.alf of by Stance Neal G.UY, ls lo11unchlng the "G UY FAN (LUI" Worldwide to determine who would compete for ~~ I Mcmbu.shlp Drive! More th.iln A letter writing club, the Hilltop Staff Reporter the many ~ as h prizes and 1he chance ·c;uy FAN CLUB" gets you as close to GUY .as you wo11i:it to be! to appear at the Apollo Theatre in Backst11se puses to GUY concerts for Ch•tter Members .. : Op~ning Sept. 16 at Cramton New York. Ama1eur Night has ~"" I Discounts on "I GOT MY GUY" t - shlm .and lo.ads of Gre.at ' Auditorium it 's ''Amateur Night at been the starting ground for such GUY merch.andlse ~. A subscrtpdon to "GUY TALK ", the the Apollo'' and Howard University celebrities as Michael Jackson, Saral1 ~~1 newsletter th.at o~i !)res the m.as.a.ilnes whh the l.atest News students could have what1it takes to Vaughn, Ella Fitzgera:Jd and Jarties on GUY . .• Offlcl.&I ~rabershlp o11nd photo ID c.ards become stars. Brown. 1 ...l'lus "c.h.ance to win .a llfed1J1t membership 10 the Ralph Cooper. founder of the The idea of Amateur Night began ·hottest f.an club In die world! original Amateur Night at the legen as El last chance to save the financial FOR _1 FOR dary Harlem th·catre will be hosting Get do••• GUY. ,st.vt • Oa.tttet "G UY FAN C.LUB" ly troubled Apollo Theatre. Act Moat ....the att.u.becl coupon. flll h out .and the 9 month series of shows featur ' ' It was a (chancey] kind of thing ...... y. ing top celebrities and. local talent. at first. The Apollo at that 1ime was I Cooper's press secretary said o n welfare; we were doing that bad. • although the show will not im We had to do somethingl'to bring • " mediately be televised, the sponsors it up, so I came up with this idea GUY I GUY (Revlon and Pepsi-Cola) are still try about Amateur Night, and we "put it ' I ing·to get cooperation froin.WHMM. on. From then on it j.ust never ceas ''We feel there's a warehouse of ed, it never stopped," .said Cooper. ul wonderful .talent throughout the Also expected to appear at the • whole entire United States, par shows are filmmaker Spike Lee and , ~ • ticularly here in the District.'' Cooper rhythm and· blues recording artist said. • ' Keith Sweat. Cooper said that the ob Cooper added, "We'd like very, jective of the event is to do some ac ~ \'ery much to bring them together anc;l tivities that are conducive to young 0 give them the opvvrtunities that were people. v I given to the various artists in New ''We see so many young people - ~ ' ' York." 4--. standing around doing nothing, not I Paul J . Block, execuii-vt vice involved, not encouraged, and when So. presidcnt for Revlon Industries, said that happens, it's so easy to slip off he expects this show to be special. oli the wrong road.'' $00~1 o..+ ''It's a big C\'.ent for D.C. We hope The show starts at 7:30 p.m . and · . I .it will draw the entire ·community," tickets are SS, $10 and SIS and arC '" he said. available at the Cramton Auditorium A total of ~00 acts were reviewed box office. STAY I~------flll out the lnlor1n11tkln "'°""'·p&.-..e IC .n 1.. I sWT!f*I el" eope - ..... 1'°' I I ' GUT fl\N Cl.US • ' C.OUOllATI: ta,4fM211UlU!i I I 11 s flftl1 "~ • am !'loot • Norw Volk. '"'-' Volli 10016 • I I 0 ns. l w.an1 to sun • "C'.Ul R I fAN o.ua· In my •ru now! I r...... ,...,, ...... compiele ~p ~~ TltE HillTop is TllE NATioN's lARGE5T bl.Ack ~... with IJIPll!;&~ '°'Ch.one< I I ~Ip .&nd lnfo ' , • • , , ,. ~ • ' • • Black Birmingham bank named safest in ~ity • , By George Daniels Citizens Federal' repor1ed asset~ of. ''Color is not going to matter ·· Colombia more than $62 million during the [n the wake of all the savings and much. As we get our1 rights and S&L Hilltop Staff Reporter survey period. 'loans trouble, bank officials say it has educational opportunity~ we lose that T~otlgh many savings and loans The ''Safest Thrift List' ' was miraculously managed to stay on sympathy whites had for us,'' Glisten continued from ,page S condaMd from pslr 5 inst~tuti'ons have gone bankrupt and prepared a11d publi~hed by Bauer 10f.,~ur i suCcess stems from our in- said. Afrtcan-American owned banks have Communications, lnG .- to give ''a In the District of Columbia, there A recent survey by Congress, The ''extraditables, '' who are drug been predicted to close, one African- C:onscie11tious·saver an opportunity to tent to help the little man-the man are only two African-American own published in the Atlanta Constitu leaders wanted by U.S. courts, American savings and loan ins1itu- selecl good, solid and safe sav\ngs who no one else cared about," said ed banks: ·-1ndustriall Bank of tion, shows savings and loans institu thre~tcncd that for each person ex tion has been named the safest sav- a11d loans to do business with front Gaston. ''Also, our success · stems Washington and Indepcnderit Sav tions were discriminating against tradited to the U.S., 10 judges would ings and loans ifi- the ci[y of Birm- a broad univers'e. '' from the continued conservative ings and Loan. The United National African-Americans trying to take out be killed. To date, one person has ingham, Ala. Gaston founded Cifi ze"s Federal · management at Citizen's Federal. We Bank, which has a branch op. the loans. :\ccording to the survey, an been extradited. · Citizens Federal Savings · Bank, n1ore tha11 -30 years ago to offer hilve steered clear ohf riskhy real edstate ti.award University campUs, was the African-American l:.'avina. the same The death threats · on the lives of based on financial data compiled economic opportunity to African- investmer.its that ave urt a ven- second black-owned bank in D.C. credit rating and salary as -a white has judges has caused them to have work September 30, 1988 by the Federal Amcrica11 s in Alaban1a not welcom- tufous S&L's. before it was taken over by Madison a two-to-one chance of being rejected stoppages. More than 100 judges Home Loan Bank Board, was given ed i11 the exi sting ba nks in ''The white savings .and loans arke: Natioml Baqk, a white-owned by the institution. have already resigned. ' the honor more than 30 years after Birmingham. ' /not lending and serving the blac institution. According to Dennis Shimkoski its establishment. ' ' 11 's gratifying to know that we community•'' Gaston said. 'Included in the assets of the United ' 'With new regulations on savings public affairs officer at customs• ''It is JllOSt significant that of have come front bei11g not welcom- Statistics show Afrhican - Amferbic~ns National Bank's Howalid branch is a~d . l~ans, they will probably ''Cocaine seizures arc at an all tim; thrifts in the Birmingham area that cd to bei ng the safest of them all, .. ' have a two-to-one cl ance 0 eing the university's $200 million budget. d1scr1m1nate even more '' Ziorklui high .•• said . Statistics Show' African Citizens Federal is the onl)' one con- Gasto11 said. turned down for a oan. Dr. Sam Ziork1ui calls the African· 0 sidered safest; not because it is a ' ' lc's liard 10 imagine where biaCks . Gaston mentioned other obstacles American institutions an ''cn- Americans are mor.e likely to default. He explained that the bulk of the d.rugs enter t·he country by commer black bank, but because it is the best Ylould be econo mi cally \vithour - w~ich may make it harder for dangered species." He predicts all of cial cara.o. managed biptk of them all," said Dr . Citize11 's Federal," said Bunny A f ri ca~l-IAbmericai:i stfudents ~odahy the African-American institutions In addition, many Howard 1 1 students receive Guaranteed Student According to a drug enforcement • A .r:. . Gaston •. ,pr.esident and cl1.air- Stokes J r., cxc u1i ve vice president \vho wf e starting aml ilies in e will either go bankrupt or be bought agent, if SO kilos of cocaine are con mat of the B1rm1nRha111 bank. a11d 111anagC r of Cit izen's Fe,deral. tiear uturc to secure.si oan. by white banks. Loans. With the nevy regulations, the fiscated, it first is tested. A destruc - .~ · --.------~- · - · ------·-----,.i --·--- . savings and loans will not be able to --·-·-··--,;,.o=;;.o,______make as many loans. , tion order is requested and a certain • ~ One student commenting on the thres.hold is kept u~til judicial pro situation, School of Business Presi ceedings end while the rest is dent Winston Thompson, said the destroye~ in a laboratory. No bulk federal government had no choice but amount 1s stored. Grand Opening :September -15, to step into the crisis. Although~ the am·ount of drugs ''Every\lllan, woman and child is confiscated to date is but a mere dent going to have to pay $7 , THE MINI MALL ' House of Assembly. • ,.· Elections The Democrats arc aiming for free • and ·fair elections while the Conser· vai'ives are aiming for the enforce· HOW ARD UNIVERSITY SCHOO Ii, OF BUSINESS ment of apartheid laws and Partitions ',. \ ,. . I into exclusively black and white I areas. LOWER LE:VEL - SUITE 1 i I continued from page S "This [protest] shows the level of consciousness of the South African I ''There will never be peace or tran- people. They are not going to be I - 1 quility in South Africa until onc- ta~cn in by these sham elections," - I person, one-vote becomes a living sa.id Mbyc Cham, Howard professor \ , . reality,'' Congressman John Lewis of of African literature . I 1 Atlanta said. · "I am glad people around the I .,/*******************************************'********"'.+ .''The community of free nations world knows what a sham this exer ' must continue to demand free and cise has been The American govern . . I ment holds the democratic process to open elections in South Africa," he • • said. be the m.ost effective, but the South ! ,. FEATURING: ! . I ''There seems to De a definite - African government is making a swing to the left. Reformation of the mockery of it,'' hC said. • • • apartheid laws or elimination of Congresswoman Cardiss Collins of I apartheid seems to be the only direc· Illinois said, ''I am absolutely outrag- · .•... . •,. .ti on the government can go,'' said ed that 23 non-whites were killed in Joseph Applegate, professor of Afro and around Cape Town following the : · ACCENT LAZER RECORDS : . American studies at Howard. September- 6 election of Sou.th ''The election seems to indicate Africa's new president F.W. de : ·~ ·- • I ' . • • that the Conservative Party did not Klerk.'' • ~et the national support it had prO' ''The situation over there is getting • (Original Accessories) The Believers : · JCCted," Applegate said. worse day-by-day. If de Klerk is tru-. There are 166 popularly elected ly interested in solving the racial : . seats in parliament with 12 more ap havoc that is running rampant in . .. . pofnted or elected by party blocs. The South Africa, I strongly recommend • • • • National Party exceeded the 84 seats that he stop these unjustices lodged ~ THE HOOK UP JUST LIKE MOMS. ! needed to keep the overall majority. against black women, men, children I~The Democrats won 33 of the 148 and other supporters of the free . ' . . I seats, while the Conservative Party South Africa movement by the white won 39. seats counted in the White Afrikaancrs, '' she said. ! (A Lunch Counter) (Bakery) ! • • •• • • • • • • ---·-·- ·-··------·- - ·- ·- ·- ·--- I • ' • • • ' • 1824 HALF ST., SOQTHWEST WASHING-TON,· DC Cooperative education can give you a chance to • .. gain hands·on experience working with professionals in • your field of study. The National Security Agency offers 1 students challenging experiences and an op'portunity ' , ' to work with state-of-the-art technologies. Don't miss your chance to find out about and inter WELCOME BACK HOWARD UNIV. Vif!ol'I for cooperative education positions at NSI\. We'll [ , be on campus to.speak with electrical/computer engineering, and computer science majors . • . - ' .. Basic requirements include: U.S. citizenship for ap plicants and immediate family members; 3.0 GPA on a ·DANCE CONTEST EVERY FRIQAY 4.0 scale. And, all co·op students must work a total of 12 months prior to graduation, alternating periods of FINALS ON FRIDAY, OCT. 6 work with periods of full-time study. Students who will be eligible to co-op Summer/Fall 1990 are encouraged with W .P .G.C. to attend the fo/ICJNing: ' ' On-Campus Schedule THURSDAY'S ''HOUSE PARTY'' ladies FREE 10 p .111 . - 3 •. m. • Wednesday,September27th - 4:30PM FRIDAY'S . ''D.J. KOOL'' PLAYING ALL THE HITS Information Session . ' Thursday, ~ptember 28th - 11 p.m. - S a.m. Interviews will be conducted. ' S~TURDAY'S ''MIX-MASTER RENAGADE'' To sign up for the information session and/or an intervieW, • II p.m. - S a.m . " · contact Marilyn Nolley at .636-6643 . SETTING THE PARTY TRENDS IN {89 . ' • ~ • 1 INFO 481·1206 ID A MUST .. 19 yrs & up National Serurity Agency ...h~~ ~ 0 1111 look j!Jrward to meeting witb you! • PROOF OF AGE REQUIRED 1'0 DRINK ALCOHOL • . A'n equal opportunit)' employer -~~ ll. S. citizenship requil't'd for applk. , , ,, ,.,:-~. • , • ' I • • • • • •• • - _ • .... ,.,,, •, ~ ) • • . • 12 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1989 • • • ' . . • • ' Health and ·Fitness : . ; " ' ... . .· ... '. __...;.______.;._ ____ .....;_~------,. . .-... ~...... -. ..,., ____ ...... ____ ~------_:•:...;'------....:- .... '."""--'\'" . ' . •.: '.' . - ' . . .. ' · D/d;)!OU ,1 kiro·w. . •? .Scale-tales ' Colttl'.cts.could lead to disease Maintaining weight ,j,,''·'. .. . . " ' . " . . . during colle~e year's '· • ltMNlliilt.teNciir ' .H111t!19 Slaff ~ · · By Sharon E. Jenkins • . ~per eye eare is nolliiria to blink · Hilltop Stafl Keporter at, .ttp1';_!1U1 ' Jot the 24. rDilliQn .\merlcans who':toett contact ]eftses, Each year wnen students go away ' to college they aren't only faced with ' ·Man; i:Olltaet reu .. -..so not the burden of registration, fipding follow ·~ ·aaldellliel rot reauw hol1sing and financial aid, but they clnlllnl of their,..,.., which in tum • ' ·security, three Stu.dents rf!ported sex_-· According ]to Gray, Howa.rd _. ual assaults during the 1988-1989 security is not 1n a position to watch academic year, and there were two studenls unless they are within the ''College ·.COStS . Rape reports of attempted sexual assault. confines _pf .. tttle doriTI.itorics or on campus. r continued from page 1 • -:·wo 01· the 1ncie1ents occurred on earn extl'a ~ - ~a • .-...mpus: one in August 1988 in Mary ''We are only responsible for students on campus property,'' Gray ' ' 'Howard must take part of the McLeod Bethune Hall, and the other said._ responsibility for what happened to at Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in April of her," said senior-Chanda Kerr. this year. l "homas, who has been dorm ' counselor at Meridian Hill for ncar Metting colltgt txpensts is tou_gher ''They need to ensure that when we Lt. Arthur Gray of the secufity Iy 15 years, Os no stranger to the tlrAtr tvtr these Jays. And with my Come and go, we're safe,'' she added. division said the actual number of criminal activity around the dorm. Stlttd;ile; so is urning txtrn mOnt )! students who are assaulted could be, t TlrAt's wiry I'm A PK Program Par Angela Williams, a sophomore, mµ ch higher because of a reluctance He was held up,at gunpoint in the ticifldtrl. ·J can urn up to S1000 in a agreed that security measures need to Meridian Hill parking lot approx short period of timt and I can work it lbe increased around -Meridian. to r.e port the incidents. He advis \ in ~tound MY SCHEDULE. The students to take precautionar U mately two years ago. He said ''They need more security around · ,.,,,.,,,,,..in,tics staff is always care- measures to avoid becoming anothei students need to be aJert and cautious and caring. · • this ~rea, especially with all the drugs crime statistic. when traveling in the area. ful and stuff," she said l · She added, ''Whether it is Howard ''Always travel in tne company of ''When walking . the streets at Arr you. a healthy man between security or D.C. police, someone another person, a"nd watch the, night, students should always let so .the ages of 19 and 50? Then you needs to patrol this area.'' alleys,: · he said. meone know where they arc going, · t!iay qualify to join the over male or female,•• Thomas said. Gray adeled, ''A rapist' won't try to· 12,000 Pbannakinetics Program Sexual assaults on campus ana · attack two people. He wants "that Participants. Pharmakinetics against Howard students art not un sing)e person so he can get complete Staff Reporter Shrona Foreman con q mtaturts the absorption rate of common. According to campus control." , · tribUted co this story ' tnedicines fot/harmaceutical • companies. An PK Participants cam up to St,000.00. possibility of students monitoring ses were involved in a worthwhile task,'' sions, being ambassadors for the Nation Banks added. • VIP's as well as dev"eloping 're.search papers with faculty,'' he said. ·'The Howarel'" stuaent will par continued from page 3 Ur. Lorenzo Morrls said the con ticipate in a variety of ways in our ef ference will bear historical fort to address what very well may be t¢ehnology, historically black 1nst1tu '"ignificance. tions, and African-American family the nation's greatest problem-now ''This is a hist-Orically unique in we as a nation can ensure ftlll par : ~fVilGI Clnatlcs life. these topics were chosen during itiative in that over 100 faculty from ticipation from all of our citiZens," the Task force's ptannin& retreat held a diverse group of diciplines have . Wlim ht"1i"8. °"""' Always l"'I"· Broome added. come together to create pragmatic • last March in Hidden Valley, Penn., . ' . according to .Banks. ' T;a.s~ Force President Dr. Taft solutions to the problems we face.'' . 300 West Fayette Street Banks said the Task Force is pleas Broome, said Howard students· will Morrii adOed, "It is imponant that Bakimore, MUyland 21201 ed with the progress of the con- have the opportunity to participate in we be creative in oaddressing solutions . the conference . and alternatives to the problems we terence. ''There was a sheer convic ''We have discussed with Ray- · face, especially since so niany old 1-800-634-8582 tion among the participants that they mond Archer and Carl Anderson the problems arc re-emerging.'' ' . t .• • ·. --~ ... ' • • •' . . .' THE J-llLLTOP FRIDAY . SEPTFMRER 15, 1989 13 •, - • • • • Sports 0-0 tie give~ Hooters wake-up call 98-d~Kree weather, wide shots contribute to split with UCONN • 'e By David D1Cost1 Issacs)- he was dangerous all _ Hilltop Staff Reporter game,'' Morrone said. The Howard University soccer Issacs, who finished with 12 shots t~am, . after' B? .exciting-yet on-goal, had several excellent oppor d.isappo1nting 0-0 ue With the Univer tunities to score in the second half. sity of ConnetiCut last Sunday, have In one instance a scoring shot from a greater appreciation of the effort 20 yards out went just wide of the far required if they are to repeat last post. Moments later Issacs had year's NCAA-Final appearance. another OJ?PQrtunity to score,,.dribbl ing deep into the penalty box-bis ''This game was an eye o~ner for this team,'' said Tucker: ' A lot of shot went slightly wide of the goal. the players on this team [Howard] ''I h&da few chances to score. The have already put us in the playoffs, goal keeper came out well today and but after this game, we know the took away the angle on many of m·y road won't be easy." shots that just missed going in,'' j Issacs said. Howard (1-0-1), controlled the Howard dominated the two over play ln the game's opening moments time periods, out-shooting the with several scori~g atde mpts, Huskies seven-to-three and controll however were turned awaJ by a • ing the ball. UCONN did not fire any stingy UCONN defense, paricularly Keith Tucker threatening Shots at Howard goalie goal keeper Tom Foley. ; game. The Boaters' forwards played Shaka Hislop in overtime play. The • The 98-degree heat took its; toll on the entire regulation period and two Huskies launched only one good at • hath teams, causing numerous overtime sessions. tempt the entire game. . ''Yo.u have to substitute in a game ''It's a good fecling,''said Con substitutions, especially by UCONN like .this, because if you don't you neticut player Chris Albrect. "It's like which utilized its deep bench. have players dropping down all over a win for us. Howard is ranked third Connecticut Head Coach Joe Mor the place from exhaustion. It was in the country, so shutting down their ' . rone shuttled in four players at a n~essar.Y to sub in order to keep up explosive offense is like a win for time, keeping fresh defendens in the with their forwards, especially (Peter us . •• • I FOCUS MAGIC HARBOR GHffiO Mlghl also be " flred"--even when Seemlngty this-A BIG "SHOT..'._ ' " pboto by l:dtll. Dorman Jr. Goalie Shaka Hislop, middle, was disappoint9CI at the cloM of last seaSon. He predicts o championship looter team in 1989. • • I Hislop, premier goalie, • • ,. • I e , ,,~- ~ / ) ' -· - spearheads Bison defense By \l!. awrence Aker Head coach Keith Tucker describes Hll1\bp Staff Reporter Hislop as ''a prime-time player who -o I is every coach's dream.'' Following a grueling two-hour ''Everyone wants a Shaka Hislop. . ' ' I • practice session, he emerges from the At game time, he's 1goin.g to perform .. ' 1, I field with literally no fatigue: Scouts his best no matter what the situation LJ IN ASSOCIATION WITH say he has ''the jumping ability of a is,'' Tucker said. kangeroo and the speed of a During the second round of the cheetah.'' He is Shaka Hislop, defen NCAA tournament, Hislop scored sive engineer of the undefeated the decisive goal against Philadelphia Howard Bison Boaters, and one of Textile that put the Bison Boaters on • the premier goalies in the co11ntry. the road to Final Four. Hislop's • HOWARD UNIVERSITY statistics from the 1988 season are INTRAMURAL SPORTS A 6-foo.t-4, 195 pound sophomore equally impressive. In 19 matches last from Trinidad, Hislop has been play season he posted 10 shutouts, record ed 69 saves and allowed only seven TENNIS TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL ing soccer t·or as long as he can I goals the entire season. His goals STUDENT, FACULTY & STAFF CO-ED remember. His .success at spear heading the Boaters' dCfense has against average was .41, which rank AUG. 21 , 1989 AUG. 21 1hru SEPT 22, 1989 ed film among the nation's best. 5 p.m. TUES & THURS. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. b.een duly recognized by imany, in ' . cluding Soccer Ame{ica magazine, Hislop is not only an . engineer on BANNEKER TENNIS COURTS BURR GYM qie field, but off the field as well. The • • ' which selected him as Rookie of the Year. In addition, the National Col All-American candidate carries a 3.3 legiate Athletic Associalioq (NCAA) irade point average in electrical FLAGBALL ' CROSS CITY RUN engineering, a1;1 example of the MEN & WOMEN DIVlSJONS MEN & WOME/'I DIVISIONS tournament officials named him the · co-defensive Most Valuable Player student-athlete ai his bf""' . _AUG. 21 t'bru SEPT. 22; 1989 AUG. 21 thru dCT. 15, 1989 see tl•slop, page 14 0 SUNDAY AT 10 p.m. SUNDAY at 10 p.m. last year. GREENE STADIUM . GREENE STADIUM • •. • 1 ' '"-1,... . • I '1' ,..,,. . . Ball team swats Bowie· St. 9-1 • ~INTQN'>'fllU.RNAMENT • , ;') ' ·E11.i , . . •, ' t- ' By ·Trini H~use Also contributing to the ot/ense . ' S '. l~ thc~ .Q.Cf. '10 Hilltop Stilff Reporter-- were sophomore Carl Martin and . •·. ~. • - • • MON. & ~D , 6:30 p.m. thru 9:30 p.m: freshman Roger Huf!ies, who com BURR GYM • The Howard baseball team is bined for three RBI s. • " ,, • known for being 'One of the best hit However, the game's big story was i • ting teams in the country, which was '" • ' the Bison pitching staff. • . evident last weekend as they defeated ~ ·, . . ~ I Kenny Clarke, Darrell Moody, and " \ - . . . . Bowie State 9-1 . • Daryl Carter proved worthy of the Get ~o your fntramural or Recreational Sports The barrage began when third st~ rotation, combining for 11 · ' . ' baseman Ira Holland led off the se· strikeouts while giving up only three cond inning with a double which he hits. · \ Department and,,sign up today! advanced to third after an error by I The Sophomore Clarke led-off the a Bowie State shortstop. Holland and first three inninas with four Pinch-runner Carl Martin then strikeouts. Control was the key as scored on a wild pitch, pushing the Clarke showed bis talent for ball Bison ahead 2-0. location and speed chanscs. • • Howard unleashed four more runs ''I don't thrQw very hard, so I • in the si.Xth inning as freshman Shay ' • always have to have aood location on Cowan led off ttae inning with a my pitches,'' said clarkc of his per single, followed by a stolen base. He • formance. Moody completed the • later rounded the bases to score. fourth innlnf by llril • ' I ' • • ' 14 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY , SEPTE MBER 15. 19B9 • • • ' ' ·····································~······················································•••«. . 4 ' .. - ' • ' ' ThE HiLLTop NEEds ) • • '• EXpERiENCEd phOTOGRApkERS who ARE wiLLiNG TO woRk hARd, TRAVEL · , '• i ANd MAkE A LoT of ' MONEY. PLEASE CO.ME TO A MEETiNG TodAy • • : • AT ThE HiLLTop AT 6 • . p.M. ANd Ask foR • KEiTh LEAdbEi IER • i ' , ' • • \ : • • ' I , 1:i • UGSA ' LIP-SYNC CONTEST VARIETY SHOW : continued from page 1 •" • were not present. l ' Floyd Dickens and La Tonja Date: SEPTEMBER 11 & 12 Date: SEPTEMBER 12 & 13 ! Robinson, representatives from the College of Liberal Arts, were also ab Time: 6-9 PM . • Time: 6· PM · -:.. i sent. Dickens sent a proxy . ' . ''It'S'kind of frustrating when peo ple don't attend," Matheney said. Place: BLACKBURN RM~ 148 Place: HUMAN ECOLOGY AUD. Ii "They campaign on how reliable they are, but some don't even know when • the meetings are held. . .. UGSA often votes on funding for I special proposals lobbied by the i representatives from each school. ·When one school's representative , .Showcase your talttnt during .. Homecoming '891 doesn't attend, no money can be Ii allocated to student programs ' • needing assistance in that particular '. • =====--· school . ''People in the schools are disad· vantaged and no one even knows about it. That's a shame," Matheney said. - ' STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS *******'****************************'********** Hislop I' ' • IN NEED OF FUNDS FOR THE continued from page ,13 ' And how does Hislop feel about all 1989-90 SCHOOL. YEAR' . ..df ttis.l'\wards and rccognitoin? l ''In Trinidad, we do not have all of these individual awards and honors," Hislop cxpalins softly. SHOULD HAVE THEIR PROPOSALS IN ROOM ''You just work hard to help your - - team as much as posSible:-healize if ' I do my job, the awards will. come, but my goal is to help my team." ' Hislop believes in learning from the past, instead of living in it. He feels- the experience of playing for the " • •I 102 of BLACKBURN national championship has made the ' Bison Booters hungrier than ever. • l ''Now we know what it is like to ·by SEPTEMBER 18, 1989 ' play a big game and lose. But this " year, I think we have the potential to . ~ ' go all the way," Hislop said. The team, which fii:tished as , runner-up in the NCAA with a 19-1-1 • ' L record in 1988, has takeri up wher.e . . they left off. Although being the ' • number three ranked team in the na· tion brings on stiff compCtition, the 1989 team has all the key ingredients Thank you! for a championship season . • • • • .' Hislop feCls the best way to make it back to the champipnship is to take ---·---··-··- ··-··- ·-··------·---·- ··-·-----• the season one game at a time . Howard University Student Association • ' Baseball • continued from page 13 • Presents ''I have had a sore arm from !if· ting (weights] over the summer. I ag· gravated it by trying to throw too The Power Behind hard to soon, but we should have a J strong pitching staff with five starters returning,'' said Moody, a junior ' southpaw. Daryl Carter, also a junior, added r, • j the finishing touches as he struck out two more in the sixth inning before I retiring to the side in the seventh. . ., "I.threw mostly fast balls to set up my curve ball, Although I was throw ing well, I need to work on my pick· •, off move,'' Carter said. Dr. Pat Russell-McCleod "We looked good in our first fall • • • outing. Our pitching was our defense today. We also hit the ball well, especially the younger players. Today • was a tune up game for the up I Howard University perclassnicn as well as tbc freshmen, and we blended together very well," commented team captain Clucy ' I Hargrove. Law School Graduate Though the Bison have a team which fields only three.seniors, the coachina staff did not seem at all sur: 1 prised by the vicfory. ••we expected to win that aame, but the games we play during the fall • • I DATE: Wednes ay, September 27, 1989 arc supposed to be fun. More impor tantly it is a period of adjustment for new palyers entering college PLACE: Cramton Auditorium baseball, ' 1 said Tyrone Ricks, Bison ' third base coach. TIME: 7 p.m. - 9:.30 p.m. • Ricks added "next week wiU be the true test," as the Bison play Liberty Univenity and the Naval Academy. 4, .' • ) • , , • ' ' • , THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1989·. 15 , I • Comics , •. i : •, Snorkin ' ' I ,'' -:: - ~ i ,• il,. • I' • • • • • • SHOE · ~ • •-· ' by Jeff MacNel/y • • ,• • • ,' • ,• •, • Crosswor.d . • • • • • \ • \ - ACROSS ' • , i • I. Arr ('Ing . form) 1. t 1<>11111 p ~rf u111~ 4. Bollom l . t:jt}pl iMn ~ un 11.•••I I . Condilions J. H rr11kr11 .~1 ruud No one move or frosty gels ii on the " high'' setting! II. M•lt- dttr s 6 7 10 4. ~!ll li:tl lln1 ••rrrl.. 12 . Among ~~ - Aflrr t11ldt1l11.ht (11bhr.I IJ. Rlnt aroup (1bbr.) 6 ,\-111lr tillt 1 14. Ntar 7 .' ( ·1rrrr•·t <" • •p~ 15 . Man !slang) 11 . H••t1••m ,,r r,.,,, 11. Rtmovrd w•p 14 '>!. llill.h"a\ Ill. Girl lsl1n1) Ill. Lnh11pp~ • 21 . Kttl lr 11 . Ancirnc ''''~ lJ. C•IT) 19 16. lli11.hrr pu,ili••n ,_ 14. S. ~ . S11tt (abbr.) Ill. "i•1l (prrf.I •· 26. 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Mttal-brarlng ro.;k 58. t· ~h •Ill!~ M l&HT AL~O Be , M . t:dlblc- root !19 . !',.ttl p<1t11!0 '"" FIRCC'"- EVEN WHEN 06. Golfrr's )'tll 61 . Alirn •P••·.... · n1f1 • 63. Biblr books tabbr.I iihbr. I SEEMIN&LY THIS. b9. Soim ,,.,.- Yorktn b." . 'Wi Jh rrfr•rn<"r In TEGOTH 'i 70. l'nil 67. l p<•n I t Now arranQe the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as sug r J I J I gested by the above car1oon. \ ' • ..•. Answerhere DK XU "(IX X 1" • J ' ~ • see Answers, page 13 see Answe:s, page 13- • " . College Horoscope ' , • By Joyce Jillson • • ARIES (Mafch 21 -April 19) Venus cons•der StQrt•ng o worko_,1 program "'0Y p•cjv1de o T!le booty for your treasure LIBRA (S.pt.23-0ct.23) Extra cosh • • ,.,1 · .... .,,,e ,1 trons•slS Scorpio. Monooy fro"l o por1-11me 1ob may be what you "gnl1gtil" the oioper disbursement of funds need An e~cel'ent 1deo with Jup1i ec •n ·' :>e v.1se Those who core for you ore wot· ;ovr havs.e OOS!>eS. you should l1nd ony 1ob _I, r g Foo- T ueWov 1hrough ThurWoy fun e•per•ence bene!1c1ol and .ns!ruc11ve You 0·1d fr,er1d!> c::iound Mor<; on L·bro •S 01woys "'0. f.nd o ;10 related to your future cort>er •"teres1.r19 !01 your •o~e fe Your on depen a a" opp en11cesn.o Wednesday orU Oe"' s••eo1.."' be o big p11or•ty '" olh!;.Jort Thu r • ,, l ' • • • • • < \ THE HILLTOP FRIDAY. SE PTEMBER 15. 1969 • • Hilltopics • ' • GOING Pt:ACES Association has formed a ''Task Force'' URGENT LOQ REFRIGERATOR FOR SALE LARGE DOR Kindergorden aide needed 3 days week ANNOUNCEMENTS GOING PLAC·ES. a Co reef- Success T9u r to develop a direct response to the un Old momb•• from all chapten wlll MITORY SIZE CALL ERICK AT 593-1147 ly. Near college, $4 .00 per hour 3 hour.; invites you to a high energy, 1nteroc t1 ve r1eccessory harassment and beating of m111 this Salwa d°ll at 10 am In DELIVERY AVAILABLE per day,. Some playground/Cafeteria ATTENTION ALL ILLI NOIS RE SIDENTS one-day event, putting you face-to-fa ce African-American college students . TRUTH HALL LO HGE. Du . Our fir• st meeting will toke pl ace WE D. with corpora te executives. 1 Meet;ng, Wednesday Sept. 26th, 1969 ''If your nails qren't becoming to ''Write for~·· Word Processing Service SEPTEMBER 20t h- 5:00 p.m. 1n Blackburn GOING PLACES. 1s coming to Howard P!Oce : OGH Room 116 • l.. All in~ividu a ls interested _in portic1pot~ng you ... you should come to: Lauren's Nail 1 Reseocch Porpers-Book Reports- Rm. 142. Refreshments will be ser ~ ed. University on September ·28th!! Keep Time: 7 :00 pm sharp1 1n Pro1ect 2000, there will be a meeting Studio . Resumes-Proposals-Call: Eydie Whit Come With suggestions. your eyes open for details! COME VOICE YOUR SUPPORT . held an Thursday. September 21, 1969, Coll 289-4406 Doily 9om to· Spm tington Rush Orders If Necessary. at 7 :OOpm in the Blackburn Reading BET A KAPPA CHI SCIE NTI FIC HONOR Students $8-15/hr. Work for Env. Clean ''Yo, what's up Ahis weeken,t, 1 of Lounge. For further information, please . FOR REHT SOCIETY. Monthly meeting will be held. The lrolhoi Alpha Phi Alpho where's the party?'' Find out, co ll t~ . e fNl•nJtJ, Inc. contact Floyd Dick.ens, or Joseph Branch up/Consumer Rights. Notional citizen upcoming Info Hotli ne . Keeping you u,1> Monday, September 18. 1989 in Rodm Beto Ch ...... at 636-7007 or 636-691 B. Two rooms for rent $275 and$300. organization hiring fpr PT phone lobby L-41 of the Ufldergroduate Library. ' staff. 5,30-9,30pm M-f ('flex. Schedule) Ion It! presents utilities included. Slowe Holl area 1923 1 • , ':Send One Your love'' TO THE RESIDENCE HALL CHOIR, 2nd St . Quiet area, house shored by Call 828-0904 between I -Som. EOE . & Tired of the so me old fliers? Then, state Deadline for schools Colleges to Carnation Sole WELCOME BACK, OUR FIRST REHEAR Howard student. Coll Gory 332-7345. Recently, U-HAUL, one of the storoge clubs, organizations. individuals, etc., 1f submit the name of their Miss SAL WILL BE TODAY. FRIDAY SEPT. 15 facilities holding Howard University Howard Pageant contestant is· Oc Date: September 18th - 22nd, 1989 you are planning any o ctiviti~s. ·here is Place: Blackburn ground level .... ( IN ROOM 3001 ON THE THIRD FLOOR OFFICE FOR RENT students' property, released Oil uninven your t he nce to reach more students. tober 5th. Time: 11 :00 am - 2:00pm OF THE FINE ARTS BLDG AT 5JJ0pm 9th and U St . 1,000 sq . feet Office .in toried lot of students' property to the Advertise on the upcoming Info Hotline. Price: Sl .25 per carnation SlolARP BE THERE " WE'RE GONNA new building 234-2300. University for the students. All students We the men of the Omega Psi Phi Frater Delivery Dote: Saturday, September 23, MAKE IT" seeking to claim their property from this nity, lnc.,1nv11e all serious minded COUNSELING/ THERAPY 19B9 ROOM FaR RENT . LARGE , SUNNY lot must acknowledge that the Universi Howard Women to attend our Omego Private. For depression/anxiety, self THE SCHOOL Of COIVIMUNICATIONS $290.00/ mo . utilities incl. 3rd. St . and ty beb ~s no liability for any damage or esteem, personal growth & development, Sweetheart interest meeting. Saturday Alpho Phi Alpha r1a1omity, Inc. STUDENT COUNCIL WISHES TO S St . Coll Greg Home 328-1207 Work loss of their property in these cir stress, addictions, relationship issues. 9-16-89, 8 PM 1n the Howard Plaza West Beto Chapter THANK ALL THOSE WHO TRAVELED 524-0000 . cu mstances, by sighing a release so in- ' Day Core Center. Appropriate dr~ss • Free Consultation. GEORGETOWN will hove a WITH US LAST WEEKEND TO THE dicating. Students may claim their pro- required. ~ t · / 1202) 337-7079 ''Movie ~iQht '' feoturin~ ·HOWARD VS GRAMBLING GAME . WE ROOM FOR RENT , In walk;ng d;stance perty by reporting to Cook Hall during ' and - THANK YOU FOR YOUR SU~PORT AND to Howard Un iversity Telephone the following hours: Fridoy, September Don't miss the Cal1fornio Club meet1,ng ''The Best of &/die Murphy' Not ic e. A ll Recognize d Student , ~·coming to America·· HOPE THAT WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. 234-3584 . 15, 1989 9om to 4pm Or call Sgt. Harold on Wednesday the 20th in the forum in Orga ni zat ions Census Forms Now Satu rday, Sept. 16, ,1989 in the Drew GOD BLESS . Lloyd at 328-4689 . Thank you for your the Blackburn Center. Be a port of lhe Available in the Off ice of Student Ac- Ha ll Lounge at _7 :3Qpm, admission is Female wonted to share house with 3 understanding in this matter. already 150 members! _ t1v1ties Rm. 11 7 Blackburn Un1vers1ty free. females. Completely furnished . Two Center. Plea se come by ,and fill one out blocks from campus 260.00 per month PERSOHALS as soon as possible. THE MARTIN LUTHER KING. JR~ utilities included 265-3005 FORENSICS SOCIETY PROUDLY 7 The ladies of Pork Square Holl would like The Brothers of PH! BE TA SIGMA frater PQ:ESENTS THE SHAWN L. RAY to thank Shelton. Pete and Antooio of the nity, Inc. would like to extend an 1nv1ta MEMORIAL FORENSICS INDIVl9UAL famous SHELTON 'S HAIR GALLERY far t1on to oil ladies for our FALL 89 EVENTS TOURNAMENT ON SUNDAY, toking the time to talk to us and do our SWEETH EART INTEREST meeting to be OCTOBER B. 1989 AT LOCKE HALL hair for free !!! !!! held on Sept. 27 at 7pm, Douglass Ha ll. AND DOUGLASS HALL FROM To All Pl SIGMA ALPHA members ' - 9am-8pm. CAMPUS SUPPORT WILL BE Welcome Back! Exec . Officers The HaWard Unrversity Chapter of the GREATLY APPRECIATED. REMEMBER Notional Pon-Hellenic Gouncil 1nv1tes all "SAY IT WITH DISTINCTIONJ" Ta my b;g head baby Fred. When you the Howord-Un1vers1ty Community 10 A gonna let me ride agoin ... hmmmm?? FORUM ON BL AC K GREEK-LETTER ALL OHIOANS O RGANIZ A TIO N S. Thursday, There vv1ll be o formal meeting Tuesday, September 21, 1989 West Ba llroom of $ep1ember 19oL7:00, Room 148& 150 the Blocktlurn Center 7:00 pm ' 1ci Blackburn . The POli tlca! Scrence Society will hold o meeting at 6:30 P. M . 1n DGH-B-21 on W edne~doy, September 20th . • ' I • • \ • • • I . • "• • I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1989 • 'BLACKEBURN BALLROOM 6:00 PM • ~ ...... ~ • • j •• I protests last The current education provided by Howard Catholicism as the primary religion, C urrently, the textbooks and other We need people who are willing and semester, held a hearing to give rhe Howard is Eurocentric and at odds with the nation Ireland as the center of tbe world and classroom materials present informa- able to commit time and effort to ac student body a chance to air its views on the wide and worldwide trend towards truly European civilization as the founda tion in a wide spectrum of subjects tively participate in the process of multicultural education. The typical Howard tion of hun1anism and ~ni versality . in such a way that it distorts, sharing information and making subject of Afroeentric curriculum changes. This is, in itself, quite healthy, for glorifies, and highlights f uropean presentations. The meetings represents the beginning of a student graduates with far more knowledge every individual needs to be ground- [white] accompliShments; at the same This includes both those who are ' year-long process of interaction between about ancient Greece and Rome, then they ed, to identify with some group or it omits, distorts, and belittles experienced and those who are less students and faculty which will result in an of have about ancient Egyptian civilization, a tribe or nation or ethnli:ity. African [black] accomplishments in experienced. · ficial proposal to be submitted to the ad black civilization which provided the founda Ethnocentrism, then ~ is the in world history, and the history of The time is now for the re- tion of knowledge on which Greece and Rome escapable basis for our a;pprehension America. awakening of people of African des- ministration in August of 1990. of r~ality .. lt only becomes problem In short, changes are necessary so cent in Ar:nerican, as well as across were built. matic when it is carriejd to an ex tha,t. the curriculum accurately reflects the globe. Everyone has his or hef treme, when it blinds individuals and tl1e accomplishments of people of part to play, so play yours to the best The fi;st point which must be firmlt stated tribes to' the rights ciif oiher in African descent in all areas and of your ability. ·, • is that the aggregation of faculty members who In addition, they are painfully ignorant of dividuals and tribes. Eurmcentrism, a .~ disciplines, as well a.s the contribu- For more information, call our make up the Task Force represents an excellent their own history and culture here in America. most Africans know it, is precisely tiqns of other groups. , 24-hOur information line at 310-1327 array of well-qualified and dedicated pro Why is it that our Afro-American Studies such an extreme, for it can be defin J-'or whites in particular. knowing and leave a message. Remember, \ fessors. They have all shown through their Department is only able to offer ed as the view of the world that the monumental achievements of ''truth cr1,1shed to earth will rise undergraduated level courses. and a limited assumes the primacy of Europe in all bl ac k s 1s· very lmportant· to eliminate agam' •." . reputations on campus, their lectures, as well thitlgs, in spite of credible evidence the ·misconceptions many · whites Peace and Blessings " [as their writings, that they truly need to be on to the contrary. have, na~ely t_hat black pCople are • ~ the Task Force. We are confidenlthat they· are .number at that? If, Howard continues to pro When this kind of Eurocentrism is somehow 1nfer1or to them, which is Collective Awareness genuinely open to student in put and will work priicticed by Africans or any other the root cause of much of the racism P .Q. Box 90298 vide an educational experience which reflects non-Ewopeans it makes for their per- in America. Washington, D .C. 20090 diligently towards a thoughtful and workable primarily a Eurocentric perspective, it will ' proposal. gradually fade away into an abyss of irrelevan- cy and outdated thinking. , • Although the student' turnout' was lower LETTERS GUIDE • than we would have·liked, all tho~e present Howard, as "the nation's premier black • agreed that 1t was due more to bad t1rrung and umvers1ty,• • must emerge as the leader in the lack of publicity that to student apathy. In ad movement towards Afrocentric educatioq. It Send 10: I dition those students who did attend gave in must orieni. its en~ire educational curriculum We flUblish only orf!illtll faclual formative and insightful testimony. ' in such a way as to ensure that every student mall addrtad 10 us. ' ' We do nol publish poe1ry letlen 10 the Editor The Task Force agreed that there should be The Hil/1op welcomes your or The Hilltop graduates with a strong sense of their history ~~ on any public issue. o~n lelters. another meeting at which the students could and culture. It must support the pursuit of 2117 4th St. N. W. ~ w~ routintfy con«nse letters, Llltlen - fir fYlfld""' ..... Washm,ron. D.C. 20059 ' give more testimony as well as be given a knowledge in African-American Studies to the and Wf!COl'Tect errors ofs1yle. spell ed. romple~ wltlt JWI '" tm ond chance to engage in a dialogue with the Task highest level. We, as Howard students, must ing. and punctuation. telephone IUlmbw. Force. Students should make it a point to at do our part in the stru'ggle to make Howard ' • only~o tend the hearing npt become aware and provide us with the education we nc:ed to • • . ' ' . • • ., . voice their concerns, but to show that the stu- . . • • become true leaders in our community. ' • •