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Three Howard assistant coaches: said that he and his wife wanted to Alonza L. Robertson Ben Blabknall, the defensive coor­ return to · South Carolina, which is Hilltop Staff Reporter dinator; Jim Ward, the running their home. The university plans to announce backs coach; and Alonzo Lee, the Jeffries, 49, began his head its choice to lead the football pro­ linebackers coach, have interviewed coaching career at the school in 1973 - gram Feb. I, less than month after for the position. , and over the next six years became Head Coach Willie Jeffries resigned ''The team and staff are eager to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con­ to accept the same position at South find out who the leader is going to be ference's winningest coach claiming ·.' ~ ,.;· {\·; Carolina State. so that we can get back to our daily five MEAC-championships. Jeffries leaves a nationally­ routine,'' Blacknall said Wednesday. ''I don't know if Howard could ' I "'rt(" recognized program in limbo and · Jeffries has offered all his have done anything to keep me,'' Jef­ _... many players, fans and alumni upset · assistants positions on his staff at the fries told Washington Post reporter ...... Donald ljluff. ~ about his abrupt departure. Orangeburg, S.C. school of 4,500 The interview process for a new students. Former S.C. State head ''I didn't try to bargain with Dr. coach is being led by Athletic Direc­ coach Dennis Thomas resigned this Anderson and I just felt the oppor­ tor William Moultrie who has said year after three unfruitful seasons tunity to return to my home and there are eight to 10 serious can­ with the team. Ironically, Thomas finish my coaching career was a didates for the job. has applied for the Howard head perfect ohe. '' photo by Keith 0. Lffdbetter ''Our first consideration is a per­ coach postion. Jeffries signed a five-year contract Howard classrooms illustrate the growing shortage· of males. son who is academically- oriented It is unclear as to exactly what pro­ with the school tHat included a rent- mpted Jeffries to leave Howard on Willie Jeffries and sound-someone who puts see Jeffries, pagt! 5 • academics first,'' Moultrie said. Jan. 9. In published interviews he has Shortage of male • • students plague HU

By Rachel L. Swarns Education. In its comprehensive Hilltop Staff Reporter study of minority enrollment in American universities and col­ '• leges, the ACE calls African­ The number of African­ American male college participa·. American males enrolled at tion ''dismal," noting that it Howard University has declined shows the largest decline of all significantly over the past decade racial and gender groups. despite a growing pool of African­ Despite an increase in the American high school graduates, number of African-American high university officials said. school graduates, between 1976 The Office of the Registrar and 1986 the number of African­ reports that between 1976 and American men in college fell 7 .~ 1986 African-American male percent to 436,000 from 470,000. . enrollment fell 3.9 percent, while White male enrollment fell 0.9 the number of African-American percent, while Asian and Hispanic females jumped 27 .5 percent. men gained 13.8 and 15 perent •'It's•a serious situation," said respectively, the study said. Tawana Offer, assistant director, African-American women held , Office of Student Recruitment. relatively steady at 5.1 percent of ''We're talking about a society enrollments in 1976 and 5.2 per­ that's going to be saturated with cent in 1986, while African­ college graduates (so that) the re­ American men dropped from 4.3 quirements for entry-level posi­ percent to 3.5 percent during the • • tions are going'to be higher: And same time frame, the study said. it will be harder to get a job." ''A lot of students experience The trend here at Howard mir­ financial restraints that are keep­ rors a national phenomenon ing them from starting right after documented last week in a report by the American Council on see Males, page 3 Law students' , boycott

photos b)' Keilh O. Leadbetter classes, protest exams • A young spectator gets o lift above the crowcf..--as he watches the Eastern High School Band and a majestic ' By Shelia Maxwell address the three major demands of eagle float during the inaugural parade. · Hilltop Staff Rcponer the students. The demands are: ''to implement Howard law students have spent ' and develop a post-examination Bush takes presidential oath, starts new era the last two days boycotting classes review; provide an adequate amount and protesting what they call an un­ of time for examination preparation; By Tina Travers · - ed his hand on the same Bible that is. the first vice-president since are not the sum of 't:lur posses­ fair administration of comprehensive and to develp a plan to use the ex­ amination to diagnose the acadeqiic Hilltop Staff Reporter Washirtgton used to take his oath Martin Van Buren in 1837 to suc- sions." exams. of office. ceed hfs predecessor. . ''A new breeze is blowing,'' he According to Student Bar Associa­ progress of the .students.'' Former Indiana Senator Dan The first official act of the presi- - said. ''A nation refreshed by tion President Omo Dare Jupiter, Berilstine added.that students-have Geofge Herbert Walker Bush ·Quayle. iook his oath of the vice- dent was to say a prayer for the freedom stands ready to push students on the campus, located in already"liad ample time to complain was sworn in as tfie 41st president presidency upon his family Bible country in which he stated, ''the on '' upper N. W. Washington, say that the about the tests since the rules anQ of the United States last Friday, which was held by his wife just use of power is to serve peo- ;,The day of the dictator is over. exams, designed to help law students guidelines for giving them are writ­ during the bicentennial inaugura- Marilyn ., It is suspected that pie." Great nations move toward do well on the Bar examination, are ten in the course booklet every tion. The ceremony marked the · Associate Supreme court Justice A phrase heard often in the in- democracy through the door to not being used effectively. semester. Bernstine added that, as 200th year since the inauguration Sandra Day · O'Connor presided augural address was ''a new breeze freedom,'' he continued. Howard's Law School administers far as the administration is concern­ of the first president of the United over Quayle's oath because she is is blowing." According to Bush Some minorities felt that Bush the exam to secpnd year students. ed, ''the rule in existence is the rule States George Washington. Bush the role model of Mrs. Quayle. the country can expect him to The test is readministered to third that applies.'' year students who failed the first standing in the west portico en- Bush . who was sworn in by stand by his beliefs and lead the see Bush, page 3_ Jupiter claims that students went • -· trance of the capitol building plac- Chief Justice William Rhenquist country into a new era where ''we time. Aside from giving the students to the faculty members about their / .._~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- a grade to be averaged into their concerns after he, along with a com­ cumulative grade point, said Dean mittee, did a survey to find out if the Daniel Bemstine, faculty members exams were supplying the students tell students how they can improve on with adequate information to prepare Sterling Brown, renowned English professor dies the diagnostic test ;;i.nd then allow lhem for the Bar. He said that the them to review the results. recommendation ''was tabled.'' • But according to Jupiter, the first Bernstine was unavailable for com­ By Kellye Lynne and Wendy Sharpe in 1984, died of leukemia Jan. 13 at early slavery. part of the process is unjust, and the ment on the matter. l Hill1op Staff Reporters Heritage Health Care Center in , Various Howard University alum­ second and third parts are not. feasi­ However, according to Bernstine, Bursting from out the thick leaved fakoma Park,' Md. ni gathered to pay their respects to ble, since students rarely get .the op­ he has no problems with students oaken sha'de, In a special tribute to Brown, Dr. Brown whose J:>e"ginnings can be trac­ portunity to see their graded exam. protesting ,near the campus' main There I have lain while hours Michael R. Wiriston, vice-president ed to a house on the comer of 6th and ''That is a flat out lie. Students building, Houston Hall, ''as long as santered past for Academic :Affairs, spoke ad.::.. Fairmont Street N. W., where havC requested.since last semester to they do it in an orderly manner.'' mirably of the poet re·calling a close Howard's business school stands. review their exams and they (the ad­ But, he warns the students that if they • I have peacefulness somewhere at last, Have }bunt!a quiet needed for so long. friendship of mutual respect. ''I After receiving his bachelor's degree · ministration) have yet to accomodate do not take the exam, they will fail could never bring myself to call him 'from , Brown those exams,'' said Jupiter. I:-Ie. and if they ignore the rules and miss .Sterling llr_own Sterling,'' he said. known as a ''people's poet'' acquired along with the students he repres,ents, over 25 perceiit of their classes, they Taken from the poem Return his master's from Harvaid Universi­ Micheal Harper, who collaborated argues that grading ~he exam is will also fail. • Funeral services were held t·or with Brown in the Lenore Marshall ty. In 1923 BrOwn took his first senseless since it is basically a prac­ teaching job at Virginia Theological ''We are not excited about missing renowned poet and long time Prize winning book: ''The collected tive test, and that it can do more poems of Sterling Brown,'' recited a Seminary and College in Lynchburg, classes,'' said Aislee Smith, these­ • Howard English professor, Sterling harm than help to their GPAs. cond class year president. ''Students Allen Brown, Thursday at Rankin variety of the poet:s works. Among Va. Bernstine says ·tflat he and the these was the highly acclaimed He late[ moved on to teach at are not against comprehensive exams. Chapel. faculty listened to the students' con­ We are against the way their heing ''Strong Men'' which deals with the • Brown, 87, who was named poet cerns last Tuesday in an informal administered.'' laureate of the District of Columbia unjust and oppressive restraints of see Brown, page 3 forum but that they do not plan to • • ETCETIRA SPORTS TEMPO •

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' I • ' Page 2 The Hilltop/Friday, January 27. 1989 Campus Vacation break-ins Homecoming committee baffle Slowe residents selects chairman for 1989

Police find no signs offorced entry By Sbrona Foreman Hilltop Staff Reporler By Stacey J. Phillips apprehended. Hilltop Staff Reporter ''We are trying to keep the rounds Jonalhan -Williams, the • covered and as safe as possible for all Howardfest coordinator for Students across the campus are still students. We would like for everyone Homecoming '88 is getting a pro­ .y· baffled and outraged at the burglaries to have a safe stay here, matriculate motion. He was recently selected i11 Slowe Hall which took place dur- through the university and move on as chairman of the 1989 i11g tl1e semester break. . to better things." Homecoming Steering Commit­ More than one-third of the dor­ According to Dawson there were tee. • n1itory's rooms, located at 3rd and no signs of forced entry on the ex­ The 21-year-old junior market· Elin Street, NW, were either terior of the building and he adds that ing major said he is anxious to get burglarized or vandalized. Students it has all the makings of an inside job. projects for this year's festivities \vhose rooms were Vandalized feel ''It is possible that someone from underway and hopes to . i:n.lj~~ . sup­ t liat their rights to privacy and pro­ the inside gave keys away. There were port from a broad cross section of • tection l1ave been violated. so many rooms involved it is possi­ the university. ' Many could not understand how ble that the master got out. Some of •l1 hope foi a Very- p0Sit1Ve ' 93 rooms could have been wiped out. the rooms that 'were burgarlarized / homecoming and would like.to get One student describes what ·sounds were forced into but others were the ball rolling. I would like input like a party that took place in his not," said Dawson...... __, - -- from students, faculty a'.nd roon1. However, a Slowe Hall's assistant special to The Hilltop alumni. ....l ''Upset is not the word. People dorm counselor, who wished to re­ Slowe Hall room shows signs of vandalism which occured over the break. ''I want them to know that we 111ust !1ave been in the room a long main unidentified, denied that a are choosing the events for them. Jonathon Williams t i1ne because every drawer of mine master key was used in the burglaries. things have been recovered but we ficult to recover some of the items We encourage them to participate t1ad been emp.tied, many of my ''There is no way that a master key cannot give anything out yet," said which are not identifiable especially and to give us their ideas,'' he clothes had been tried on and there could have been responsible. The Searles. in the case of clothing. said. man, Williams is responsible for \V ere even open soda cans found ly­ locks were changed two weeks before According to Searles, students had ''For· example, if two students ''I want a homecoming for all choosing the executive staff of the i11g ;.1round the room," said Turvin­ the students went on vacation. The until Jan. 26; to make a report to make a report that they had a pair of to enjoy," the Annapolis, Md. na­ homecoming committee. Inter­ l-l 9use, a senior re.siding in Slow·e master never fits all of the doors security which is the first step in Lee jeans missing, size 34 .\nd only tive said. views for Vice Chairman, Secre­ Hall . • anyway." recovering missing items. He also one pair of jeans are recovered, who Williams said he will seek the tary, Public Relations and Ho\vard University Security Chief, . Regardless to how the crime was stated that no items would be releas- do we give the jeans to?'' said opinion of the student body con­ Operations Director will begin on • La\vrence S. Dawson sympathizes committed, students are concerned ed until security has gotten word Searles. cerning which artists they would -. \Vitl1 tl1e students a11d holds security with recovering their lost items and . from the U. S. attorney handling the Although the university is not like to see at the homecoming con­ Students interested in appiying ~ 1csponsible. preventing such tragedies from occur- case. responsible for any lost or stolen cert and how much they are will­ for either of the positions should ''The unjversity feels it has an ring in the future. ''The missing items are evidence in items by virtue of their housing con­ ing to pay. (Guy and Toni! Tone! pick up the application from Suite obligation to secure the property of ''I understand that the students are , the case. We go through the legistics tract, according to the counselor the Tony! headlined the 1988 show.) 117 in the Armour J. Blackbur;-1 tl1c students," said Dawson. upset. They come back from vacation because we want the four suspects dorms offer property protection ''Formerly, students had no in­ Center. According to Williams, 011 1l1e night of the inc id.ent, and find that their rooms had been prosecuted and on their way to Lor- service. put as far as which artists they everyone has a fair shot. se( urity patrolled the dorms as they bro"ken into and in many cases items ton." said Searles. ''We have two engravers in the would like to see. However, this ''I am looking for people• who routi11ely do. One patrol officer, J, were missing. And, then they look at According to an assistant dorm year I am planning to reach out to .are responsible and who don't Searles, recalled how the thieves were security as the villain because some counselor at Slowe Hall, it will be dif- see Slowe, page 15 the students in one capacity or mind working behind the scenes,'' another - possibly a questionaire. he said. ''Meanwhile, I encourage them ''I don't play politics. I am open to actively seek me out, and to different views and people. I am · Bev~I commemorates the dream of Dr. King present their ideas - realistic ideas not the type to only hire my - to me. I va1ue their input," Wil­ friends," he said. lly Ki111 ~· Es1nond and Tim Gibbs church, and government. Riddick brought the audience to their liams said. Acetirding to Craig Bedford, ''Students can organize these in­ ·feet with his pO\verful soul stirring Williams maintained that last year's homecon:iing chairman, llilltop Staff Reporters stitutions in groups such as SEED,'' delivery of an excerpt from Dr. although last year's homecoming Williams is the ''man for the job''. he explained. King' s famed ' ' I Have a was a success, he aims for ''Jonathan is very qualified. He Ci\1il rights leader Rev. James SE·ED 1s. an acronym' for Students Dream''speech. Finally', a litany of Homecomjng '89 to be slightly started out as a volunteer for Lu!licr Bevel was the guest speaker at for Ediicational and Economic comn1emoration entitled ''Let My different. \. · Homecoming '88, then he estab­ a con1memorative service for the late Development. People Go'' was lead by Arn9ld, ''Last year's homecoming was a lished himself as a confident coor- .. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Bevel also noted the alarming evoking strong :l.udience response. success from a financial stand-· dinator for Howardfest, '' .said --~1,,as='17T":'.ues day evening, Jan. 17 at the African-American on African­ The program concluded with a point. All of the events sold out. Bedford. ''He has backbone. I /\ndre\v Rankin Memorial Chapel. American murder rate. According to candlelight memorial which encom­ But, this year I want to include a have no doubt that he is.the right · In the program entitled ''In him, African-Americans are charged passed some 21 campus few extra events which will be man for the job, "said the senior Reme mbrance to Uphold the \Vith the mission of eradicating pover­ organizations. aimed at increased alumni and finance major who was a member · Drean1, '' Bevel spoke to students ty and violence. ''The purpose \Vas also to sym­ faculty involvement,'' he said. of the Homecoming Policy Board about keeping King's message alive. As part of his duties as chair- ''You have got to end violence and bolize unity among all the campus , which selected Williams. The program was , sponsored by tyranny. on this eai:th, :•. he ,defiantly, organizations \vith a focus. on the • . ' 1 -----· Alpl1a Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., . -- ) . \ said t6 the capacity crowd of young fraternities and sororities," Arnold · -··· f• Octa Chapter. studenf.s. • ' ( added .~----~-·~---..-~---cc-C?cc:-~c--c------~---c---""'---, A long-time associate and chief ~ Acaording to Darrell Arnold, strategist f'or Dr. King, Bevel cham­ director of educational activities for pio11 cd th e cause of equality during Artwo rk by Paul Davies the fraternity and coordinator of the tl1e 1960s by mobilizing African­ program which annually pays tribute Atnerican college st~dents. Accor­ Civil Rights movement. to the slain civil rights leader, who ding 10 Bevel, the stuC:tents of the 60s ''There is no reason to be second belonged to the organization: ''cha11ged America and knocked when you can be scientific .and be Other highlights of the evening in­ do,vn the barriers of segregation." first,'' he said. cluded musical selections by Mark " llevel added that he hopes to see The 50-minute speech centered Hall and Inspiration, the gospel Stlid d"nts oftl1e 80s take an active role around the themes of self-sufficiency group th.at made their Howard . " • ir1 tl1ei r future. and six institutions which, in his opi­ ... ' • University debut last fall. Phillip .. • l ~cvel \Vas largely responsible for nion, African-Americans. must learn Randall and Cornelius Bates, chapter 1l1e crea1ion of the science of non­ to control. These institutions are the president, paid homage to Dr. King viL1li t 11 ce which characterized the home, school, clinic, business, through poem. 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• Max Robinson, media pioneer, dies at 49 Di8cover the Actuarial AIDS claims first African-American network news ·anchor Opportunities final audience and former television Robinson laughingly told reporters with Transamerica audiences, there was another side to later. Max Robinson. In an interview, Robinson, who Life Companies. He was often referred to by friends Was one of the founding members of as a man ''possessed by demons." the National Association of Black The 1988 Jobs Rated Almanac listed Afluarie' s as ' . Syndicated columnist William Journalists, told the Washington the number one professional opportunity in the Raspberry, among Robinson's close Post that the station manager fired United States. Transamerica Life Companies, one of friends, said ''his demons would keep him. ''He had gotten these calls from the premier financial services organizations in him away from wdrk with a series of some irate whites who'd found out North America, offers outstanding opportu.nities · unexplained illnesses, and his talent that one of those people was work­ for talented people to train in this dynamic field. We ing there.'' understand that the future of our company is, quite would keep .his exasperated I employers from canning him.'' After moving to Washington, D.C. literally, in the hands and minds of our Actuaries as Susan King, anchor/ reporter"' at in 1-965, Robinson got a job with they develop, price, market and report the financial W JLA-Channel 9, once Robins.en's WTOP-TV covering fires, murders '• results of a variety of products in a profit mo· co-worker at WTOP television, and robberies. In 1966 he was hired tivaied environment. described him as ''a complicated in­ by WRC/Channel 4 and became the Acceptance into Transamerica Life Companies' dividual ... with a huge laugh that had station's first black reporter. Robin­ actuarial training program requires a strong math· a wonderful sound." son won an Emmy award while ematics background and the successful completion Mox Robinson The son of a high school coach and working at WRC for a documentary a teacher, Robinson attended on life in Anacostia. of a minimum of one actuarial examination. Our segregated public schools in his native . In June 1978 Robinson moved to commitment to the training program is evidenced By Claire Louis by the fact that time is designated on the job for Hill1op Staff Reporter Richmond and later went on to at­ ABC and joined the triumvirate an­ tend Virginia Union University and chpring ABC's ''World News study in preparation for ea~ h examination. Max Robinson, the first ~black net­ Oberlin College. Tonight." He worked in Transamerica Life Companies also has an actuarial work anchorman, died from com­ He began his career in broad­ while his co-anchors, Frank Reynolds su mmer program (completion of I actuarial exam is plications due to the AIDS virus at . casting after a stint in the Air Force. and Peter Jennings, worked in strongly preferred) designed to provide studc 11ts, Ho\vard University Hospital on His media caret;r began as a disc Washington and London Usually college sophomores or juniors, "'ith an over­ December 20, 1988. jockey in Richmond. After that he respectively. view of the insurance industry. Students gain hands· During Robinson's last public ap­ began reading news at a television In addition to his many profes­ on work experience. ' pearance, a speech at the Howard station in Portsmouth, VA. He Jost sional accomplishments, Robinson University School of Communica­ that job after telling the cameraman made many cultural accomplishments We offer excellent advancement opportunities and tio11s Conference Banquet in Oc­ to remove ~ graphic that pur-posely as well. a benefics package hard to beat. We invite you to tober, he appeared a strong, but tired revealed his race, angering viewers in Robinson was one of the founders explore the challenging and rewarding future you 111an, who knew he had been through the prejudiced community. of Trans-Africa, an anti-Aparthied can have with Transamerica Life Companies by con· a lot. ''I guess they weren't ready for a tacting: Traaaamerica Life Companta, However, unknown to both his colored TV show in Portsmouth," see Robinson, page 15 llobat J. conner, Dlrcc:tor of llccrult· meat, Employmm.t Dept. 0012.S, 1150 Sou.th Olive Street, Su.ite T,519, . L09 Monday, Jan. ·30 from 12 -1 Revolutionary Party and the An&da, CA !10015; (213) 742-3431 or Campus events p.m. The Division of Medical Liberal Arts Student Council will 1(800) .U1•86.Sl (outoldc CA). We Genetics will host a lecture by Kwame Tureen­ aggressively support equal opportunity and sponsor a Medical Genetics Con­ titled ''History as a weapon of the affirmative accion. Women and minorities Sunday, Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. fernce entitled ''Psychosocial Fac­ are encouraged to apply. The Howard University African oppressed." The lecture will be tors Complicating a Congenital _held in the West Ballroom in Students' Association will co­ HansJicap. '' . sponsor the ?7th anniversary of Blackburn. C'fhe speaker will be Sara Sherman, the African Natio11al Congress. a graduate student in the Depart­ Tuesday, Feb. ·2a from Transamerica The keynote speaker will be . ment of Genetics and Humah 7:30-9:30 a.m. The Small Business Aubrey Mokoena, chairperson of Life Companies \ Genetics. The speech will be Development Center will host an • the Release Mandela Campaign in presented in room 6E19 of the ''Export Now Roundtable'' ·rHE POWER OF THE PYRAMID South Africa. Dr. Ben Chavis; of Howar_9 University Hospital. breakfast discussion in the Reeve the Commission on Racial Justice IS WORKING FOR YOU Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 6:30 p.m., Room at the Howard Inn. will also speak. Music will be The topic will be ''Tax Benefit for provided by the Shirley Scott. Trio. All African People Doing Internation~I Business.'' . . •

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• his students with respect: and his sense of humor put you at ease. I really lov­ Shock, inconvenience follow 7-Eleven closing · ed him and will miss him a lot." George Danlels corporate .store, like the Howard notice of such economic demands. problem contributed to the decision Brown Although BroW11 is primarily noted Hilltop Staff Reporter store, also tn N.E. Washington, was This Act, however, does not affect to close, Rosemary Parker declined • for his many vol~mes of poet.ry in­ _ alsb closed. . co comment. She only repeated that continued from page 1 ' cluding ''Southern Road," 'jThe Late night runs to the corner store John Watson, pr~stdent of ~h~ lo- corporate store such as the one the company wanted to focus on the Last Ride of Wild Bill.'' and ''The • are a must for college students. But cal 7-Eleven Franchisers Associat10'!-• owned by the 'versity. franchise operation. Collected Poems of Sterling BroWI1, to most Howard students' despair, has Ie(l efforts to protest the unfair Most stude t ed various schools including Lincoln he ·is also responsible for otfier treatm'ent of the stores franchisers. . n s eact negatively to and Fisk Universities before joining publications such as ''Negro Poetry the university's 7-.Eleven, their corn- Watson's store was taken over by the closing of t e 7-Eleven. Charles Maxell, 19, another resi­ and Dri;lma, '' '''the Negro in er store, along with several other Howard's English department in 7-Elevens in the District, closed its Southland just a few weeks ago. dent in Drew Hall, said the closing is 1929, where he remained until his American Fiction,'' and ''The Negro doors last month. , One major complaint owners have ''You can't do any late night shop­ indicative of the times for small bus- retirement in 1969. Caravan.'' The 7-Eleven, located at 4801 Ge- is in the ''split in gross profits be­ ping,'' said Tracy Mcferran, a inesses. orgia AVei1.ue, owned and operated tween franchisers and the Southland freshman who resides in Harriet ''We're in a Republican era .. , Charlotte Brooks, retired chairman Washington Timeswriter Janetta by Ho)Vard University, was closed Corporation." In most of the fran­ Ttibman Quadrangle. small businesses really don't have a of the Department of English for the Barras was adamant about her views December 8, by 7-Eleven's parent chises in Washington, the gross Ayanna Fraiey, also a freshman chance ... small business 8.re Catching .District, expressed sadness at the loss of this 14 time honorary degree reci­ company, the Southland Corpo- profits have been over $1 millon. resident in the Tubman Quadrangle hell all around the nation.,,. of their fonner English teacher. ''I pient. ''There's no way you could ration. Southland wants the franchises to was dissappointed with the store's Another .resident in Drew Hall, always remembered him as a teacher have read his work and not have been According to Rosemary Parker, turn over 52 percent of those profits, closing. John Butler, also upset about the an

' ·-' ment's new emphasis on loans as,op- If the trend continues, solutions to the past to increase the educational posed to grants, The study also the already precarious economic con­ attainnlent of African-American Males criticized recruitment efforts and dition of African-Americans may males." heightened entry requirements, ''cast doubt on a neir-term rev~rsal Howard's recruitment office plans African-American men that don't of the situation," the report said. . to target more all male high school's. - ' continued from page 1 attend college often opt to attend While white unemployment fell to - The /\CE noted that schools like vocational schools where the quality 4.6 percent from 4.8 percent in 1974, Xavier in La. and Stocton State Col­ . of education is ''highly variable." .(\fric'an-American Unemployment lege in NJ have also directed thei[ ' college," Offer said. ·'They don't Though African-Americans are still jurilped to 11 percent from 10.8 energies. toward programs specifically take adantage of the loan oppor­ proportionally overrepresented i~ the percent, · , ,, . . designed to recruit African-American tunities (available).'' military, the percentage of African- The ACE continued, Higher men. The stufJ.y also suggested better The ACE also cited financial dif­ American males enlisting in the arm- education, in concert with improved financial aic,l progr3f!S and studies of ficulties as key to the problem, blarn­ ed services has fallen since 1979, the elementary and secondary schools, Black Self image and motivation. - ing particularly the federal govern-_ study said. can do more and betteL than it has ·in

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I don't k11{J\\' \v l1ich hurts more: ha..,:i11g o ur athletic department a11d ol1 r university "l called pathetic :1r1d comical by W. , I l_i' ' outsiders, 01 1J1e 1io<>~ib ility that · it 111ay be t rt!l' . ,. I l\ 11 r:t B)' co11cl u.:ti11g its policies ' . u11der a·cloak of sei.:rccy'this in­ stit u1io 111a .~ fall c r1 into the pit • it was 1r~1 ir1 g to ;1vo id. For as l911g i \\' t ire1, l1ad to say Hawks have a record of 1-14 (1-5 in Bison effectively blocked the about us. Eastern Shore Hawks, 90-68. ''I think what we really need to do offensive shots by working together the final seconds. -... Going into Wednesday night's is work on our offense. l think we the MEAC). • as one unit finishing with 66 re­ While Abrams played a strong 13 game, at Burr Gymnasium, the Bison really could have scored 100 points Ho)Yard was led by junio"r fOrward point game-. and a total of 12 re· had a record of 5-12 (1-5 in the on them, easy. Karen Abrams' 13 field goals and 12 bounds. bounds, her fouls forced her to the MEAC). The team is trying to im­ At the I I-minute mark we got a lit­ rebounds, sophomore forward Karen ''We try to work together,'' ex­ 11ot stupid! bench in the last minutes of the game. We are prove their point scoring ability, and tle sloppy. We got a little careless Wilkins 13 field goals, sophomore plained center Kim Wright. ''As long cut down on turnovers. because we had a 30 point lead and ·center Marlene Henderson and senior as·· we stick together, our defense is Wright predicts that with con­ smooth.'' tinue~ team work, Bison are in for an When I rc~itl ! l1:lt statement The game they increased their scor~ we let them slip back in," Powell said guard Yolonda Lockamy. the first tl1i11 y 1l1 fered at tilt t1a11ds of the First place winner Maurey Garrett !hf team has a lot of potential and · athletic cl~p:1rt1r1en1 but was voted most outstanding 1n the upcoming year we should do S1.1sar1: Yoit decide Howa rd 11 ''' Jla.,.,ed over as freshman of the tournament. very well." zvhetl1er or 11otyo11 ca 11 host for I l1 e N( AA .soccer Final ''Winqing the tourney brought my Michael Toran, who after losing Four. E1 c 11 1l11.Jugl1 our fan confidence up. I plan on wrestling at his first match went on to win his next go through this 1vith attendance 4L1;.1lf t1 c

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- . By Jason H. Johnson Jeffries said he has offered jobs at from among the present assistant continued from page J Hilltop Staff Reporter S.C. State to his assistants. Whether coaching staff would facilitate .the they decide to take the jobs will de­ Life goes on. With the departure pend heavily on who is selected as · ''If they keep one ~f the assistants free house, two courtesy cars, a sum­ of football head coach, William Jef­ Jeffries' successor. th.en you can expect at least seve~ mer camp and a rcidio and television fries, the search · is on to find a wins. If they get someone · ~cw show. ~ replacement. there's no telling what will happen ,; It appears S.C. officials were just • he said. ' as surprised as Howard ad­ A search committee, chaired by Athletic Director William P. ministrators that Jeffries accepted the offer. Moultrie has been set up to review ''At this point we're J~nio~ d~fensive back Anth~Ily ''Honestly, I didn't think we had applicants for the head coachiitg job. Davis s8Jd, 1 Personally, I see a little rocky water ahead, but I thirik if they a chance [to sign him],'' said Dr. I Moultrie said the target date for an­ like a bunch oflambs Willis C. Ham; director of athletics nouncement of a new coach is Feb. I. '-hoose one of the assistant coaches· at S.C. State. ''I was just hopeful, we ''We will probably interview 10 to without a shepherd. '' ~~~.• ~hat will keep a good founda: had everything to gain and nothing 12 candidates,'' said Moultrie. -Anthony' Davis to lose.'' ' • Among those being considered for transition. photo by Keith Leadbetter ,the position are three of the team's "[' Ham did try to lure Jeffries away . m very concerned about who is three years ago, but Jeffries decided assistant coaches: Alonzo Lee, going to be the new head coach anci linebacker coach, Ben Blacknall, to stay. Last year, he sikned a new During his tenure, Jcfh'cs was known ma S it;lliru'u1 and frie tel to his plcrjas.. mr teammates are very concerned, •• five-year contract with Howard. ac­ defensive coordinator and Jim Ward, At a recent meeting, players said said.Chuck Lamback, a junior wide running back coach. they feel that a replacement chosen receiver. cept How;µd's own five-year contract ~ev.«al.J;ources said Jeffries was And then there were the problems. offer. Obviously there was a stipula­ ' •

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• A tale of two· Willies

Who is to blame? Who do we point the from the Division I-AA playoffs in 1987, finger at? Someone let head footiiall coach President Cheek announced the university 1>0\.l'T GOME Met Willie Jeffries get away and the whole world would legally fight that ruling, to the delight is laughing and probably cursing the Howard of a cheering crowd in Blackburn auditorium. administration for allowing this to happen. You cried that day Coach Moultrie. Were NOW, ~·\e,_R? This is a dark day in Bison football history. those tears sincere or were you remorseful since , Think about it. Jeffries came here in it was a athletic department mix-up that forc­ February of 1984 and in two years had turned ed the team to go unranked throughout the a bumbling program around. Jeffries season? dominated the MEAC while at South Carolina The underlying reasons behind his departure State in the early 70's and the same pattern was may never be revealed. Jeffries is too much of forming under his lead here at Howard. , a gentleman to put his dirty laundry out in Besides success on the football field, Jeffries '"publi,c and the university does a good job of taught a winning attitude was essential in the sweeping stories that portray them negatively classroom as well. He proved it by retaining under the rug. Though Jeffries refuses to burn over 95 percent of his recruiting class in school. any bridges behind him, we are sure that he He was popular with alumni, administrators had some legitimate gripes. and his assistants. As just about every department at this On away games, Jeffries was never too busy university can verify, one of the problems at or caught up to speak to a player's family who this school is getting support from higher ups • may have traveled to watch the contest. Nor to 'develop the kind of high quality programs did he ever forget friends or potential recruits that are posible. Why did Coach Jeffries not ' who wanted to say hello. have that kind of support from the athletic Now ifthe other Willie in the athletic depart­ department? ment were as cordial. Yes, we're talking about Why is it so problematic to make repairs in Willie Moultrie, the Howard athletic director Cook Hall? The simple repair of the rooms who is not winning any popularity polls right and resurfacing of the weight room floor now. would have convinced an awful lot of athletes It has been no secret to those close to that you showed some concern for them. Howard athletics that Moultrie, who also Would you recommend that one of your serves as the head track coach and Jeffries, children live in a dorm with rats, or try to play were not the best of friends. baseball on a field that should be condemn­ When the athletic director's position came ed? You have to realize that you are asking · open in the summer of 1986, both Moultrie athletes at this school to make some extraor­ and Jeffries applied. Moultrie was picked for dinary sacrifices when they. decide to attend the post and in a Hilltop article reporting the this school. move he said, "Some people don't realize how .Why does the university have to sacrifice a good a coach they are until there is a stress talented coach like Jeffries before the school situation and I have been called the stressor." can look introspectively at itself? It was to be the preamble to a raucous rela­ All the man wanted was a little appreciation tionship. We think Coach Moultrie may have and respect. Can you blame him for leaving been a bit jealous of Jeffries' quick success and for a familiar place where he is welcomed with popularity with the football program. open arms and open minds? Moultrie, who has been at Howard for over Who's next? Will Moultrie's huge ego push 20 years, had yet to produce a complete NCAA Soccer Coach of the Year, Keith . powerhouse track team. Tucker out the door in his quest to build the So Moultrie made it hard on Jeffries. The. perfect athletic department? monies for the football program were cut The chasm.that has been created by Jeffries' back. It got so bad that an alumnus of the departure will not be iln .easy one to fill and university had to buy the football shoes this it will take a lot of soul searching on the part year. Moultrie now rides in his shade-covered of Moultrie to figure out a way to soothe all -- golf cart arid his tracksters sport new uniforms of the students, administrators and alumni he and shoes. What about the championship rings has upset. the football team nevei:. rece\ved? 'In the meantime, it appears to·111s the wrong.., ··-. When the NCAA snubbed the football team Willie has headed south. , . ,-__.____ _.._. _____ ..______• Calm before the-- storm Letters to ·the editor ' .. • I The beginning of the George Bush presiden­ The battle over the'-budget and domestic cy has begun on a rather exuberant note for policies should produce some interesting some people. ·The pomp and circumstance results. Bush, in serving his personal mandate · brought out feelings of optimism and hope in Missed · the ' . . of building a "kinder, gentler nation" may and angered at the wholesale racism was inappropriate, to say the very some intellectuals. face· some resistance frbm the conservatives they and their parents participated in least '._ _ __ _ It is presumed that Bush's reign cannot whose support gave him his job. mark directly or indirectly. Are we supposed to believe that \ possibly be any worse than Ronald Reagan's Already he has met with some resistance Dear Editor: All of the 'bad' people were there was no other personality or was. Reagan was seen by most African­ with his appointment of former Morehouse rednecks a.J)d nobody likes a redneck, situation surrounding the Civil Rights I am completely disgusted with the at least not openly. Flowers might Movement that would have been Americans as being insensitive to their needs. Medical school president Louis Sullivan as have made a decent topic, but the Bush, to his credit, has already calmed the choice of Unconquered as the ABC enlightening and entertaining? director of the department of Health and Sunday Night Movie on Jan. 15, 1989 network did not even focus on his I strongly suggest that ABC's fe~rs of some African-Americans by meeting Human Services. - the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King struggle against inequality. researchers and writers do more wih Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson and Cor- Sullivan's pro-choice orientation seems to Jr. day. ' . The movie was almost entir:ely serious investigating and ABC raise • etta Scott King. He promised to fulfill the In the lame attempt to address the about Flowers, Jr. who was not lik­ its standards. conflict with Bush's pro-life campaign plat­ ed by his peers because of his father's dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. form and we should observe closely what hap­ Civil Rights Movement this network nullified it in this inept, poorly acted, stand on racism. Yet, against all odds J?ens. Perhaps this will reveal something about sorry excuse for a movi~. he became a star football player. Undeniably disgusted, But these early signs of relief from the what is 'in store for us in the future. Of all the hundreds of people who Is that what network executives Tabitha Renee Mann blistering intolerance of the last eight years . But' the spotlight is on George Bush right gave their lives, suffered' and truly beii.evCd nii.Ilions ()f people, both may be a bit premature. None of these pro­ now. This i~ his first opportunity to step out grappled with the problems of this black and white, had in mind when The Hilltop welcomes letters to racist country, these people in their singing, We shall overcome? mis'es has yet resulted in programs or policies. of t~e shadow of Reagan and create an image the editor. Please submit Monday infinite wisdom chose the Attorney In two and a half hours ABC And because of the enormous deficit that Bush of his own. We have heard rhetoric before and General of Alabama, Richmond whitewashed the Civil Rights Move­ silently watched grow, they will be restrained it needs to be backed by deed~. Flowers. ment and ran over the murder of Dr. by 5 p.m. · if enacted. · His track record does not reveal anything . From their perspective, it was a Martin Luther King Jr. Bush's leadership will be tested by his up­ to be optimistic about. He used the Willie Hor­ good choice, as the white viewing I completely understand the need public ~Quid not be overJy lashamed for fresh programming, but this crap coming battles with the Democrati~controlled ton issue during the campaign to play on racial • Congress. They could easily spend the next few fears and was successful. Can we be sure that years beating up on each other, but both sides he will not .use racial divisiveness to achieve are being pushed to look for common ground. political ends in the future? Campus ~ • Editor-in-Chief Sin€e it is the beginning of a new year we extremely slim. Suzanne C. Alexander can begin to look introspectively and ' Managing Editor Business ~Manager sum up the state of. affairs around "The Mec­ ~nd ~nee again, we are all singing the Alonza L. Robertson Copy Editors Donald Christian ca.'' It seems as though things have gotten off reg1strat1on blues. This abso 1utelv intolerable . Glenda Fauntleroy to a really bad start in 1989. process continues to frustrate the thousands Advertising Manager Marea Battle Sports Editor We were saddened to lose one of the most of students who merely want to pay their bill Derreck N. Marble Donovan Marks Jason B. Johnson il,lustrious and devoted Howard professors and go to class. . Business Assistant Editorial Editor ever, Sterling Allen Brown. Dr. Brown used But that seems to be a little too much to ask ·- Tempo Editor his gifts as a writer to create some of the most from the people who run the registration pro' Kim Evans Derrick·L. Payne important poetry of our time. His memory will cess. Students had to wait in line all day to pick . Keith L. Alexander up. registration cards which were already Art Director • serve as an example to all of us. Paul Davies Photo Editors , Many people have also noticed that our 7-11 validated and had the mailing addresses Etcetera Editor stamped on them! David Embden . Oilika L. Johnson franchise is missing. In a curious move made Campus Editor Keith Leadbetter without any notice, the franchise was cleaned Both the Liberal Arts and Communications Shelia Maxwell out and boarded up in' one day. This can only schools had on hand the grand total of two ad­ Asst. Campus Editors Production Director International Editor contribute further to the financial woes of the visors to deal with the hundreds of seniors who Sereita N. Cobbs Bola Oyeleye Ona Alston school. were filled with anxieties of whether oi not Tina Travers An even bigger suprise came for 93 residents they were graduating in May. And as usual, • • of Slowe hall who returned from Christmas the computers went.. down almost according to Chief Copy Edito,r Production Assistant Contributing Editor vacation to find their rooms burglarized and schedule every single day and.people working Lori D. Buckner Lisa Nunnelly Gale Mitchell vandalized. on registration could not answer simple ques­ In yet another instance of the trifling per­ tions correctly. formance of our so-called campus security, And these are precisely the types of situa, , All letters to the editor should be tfped 3.nd double-spacCd ~TlfE HILLTOP reserves th'e right to edit thieves apparently had the run of the building tions that we cannot allow cto .occur in the fall . . and reject any materials submitted ..~tt~rs s~~uld be sent to: .'J'HE HIL~TOP , 22~7 Fou~th St., N . long enough to bueak 93 locks, go through 93 Anyone who stood in' line all day during the ·' W. Wa·Shington, DC 20059. Advcrt1s1ng 1nqu1r1es should be made by calling our office during regular work hours ~t (202) 636-6866/67 /68. ' !OOms and get away with thousands of dollars last few weeks should take steps to ensure that I -,'THe opinions expressed on the editorial pa~e' of THE HILLTOP do not necessarily reflec1 the op,inion of Howa rd University, ' in valu.able property. But the chances of it be- the same pitfalls do not await you again in · its administration, THE HILLTOP policy board or studcn1 body .' ' - ing returned or replaced by the university is August. ~ , • • ·The Hilltop/ Friday, Jonuory 27, 1989 • 3 Pape 9 ' 0 pinion. Commentary • What. about the ' • -'==!,_7 Empowerment homeless ones? II presidential couple within the walls of V [[ L the most prestigious and well- known n.e ye ynne house in the United States. through culture Admittedly, I would be accused of prevarication if I tried to insinuate On the evening of January 20, that I had absolutely no curiousity i:) I agrC"ssiveness, competitiveness, in­ President and Mrs. George Bush about the goings on in the Bush's new itiative and individualism. prepared for their first night in their residency. · Dr. Manning But .in their most extreme form, new Washington home, while over In no way do I criticize the loyal reinforced by the constant quest for 4,000 others prepared for a night devotion of Bush supporters who Marable dollars, such values in people spent on the bitterly cold Washington were willing to risk something as ir­ deteriorate into greed and streets. replaceable as their health (virtually materialism . Culture becomes Though the innumerable layers of freezing to death for up to 10 hours), A central crisis which characterizes anything whi cl· can bC marketed for body blankets wrapped from head to to briefly view the home of the coun­ the whi~e western world today, a profit . , toe in tent like style and the presence try's charismatic and congenial new especially its educational institutions, The ml!dia rcne(.' ~ the lowest ·level of the rhythmic rocking (a technique leader. is a cultural .:risis. of p ub11 ~ 1 a,vare 1 .~sS: - and political -. used to ward off sub-zero term­ What I do question, however, are Foi centuries, white America and discussion--''trash TV'', symbolized peratures), could make these im­ the priorities of the American people. Western European ed;:cational in­ by Geraldo 1 Rivera, is the logical posters appear unquestionably Did even one out of the 4,000 spec­ stitutions have establi·;.1ed their cur­ result. • authentic from afar, once close any tators ever consider that just two ricula and educational assumptions Sexuality all too often becomes Washingtonian would undoubtedly upon a series o f ethnocentric simply a commodity an item which blocks up the street people were cam~ 1 .. ' contest that these sidewalk settlers ping out just as they, without the op­ distortions. can be bought and sold . - • were of a new breed. tion of returning to the comforts and Creative, talented black intellec­ Religion becomes marketed by, Their reason for camping outside securities of ''Home Sweet Home?'' tuals, "".riters, poets and scientists are hypocritical teleVangelists, seeking · the White House was not to protest Moreover, did The Washington traditionally ignored, while the ar­ dollars and wealth more than the the unjllst and Lincaring attitudes in Post, who felt this event was chitects . of 'slavery, racism. and salvation of souls. regards to the l1omeless, nor was newsworthy enough to print on their economic oppression are The cultwal conflict is waged most their calling to E and 17th Sts. N. W. front page, even consider what a slap championed. intensely in the field of eaucation and an attempt to stake their claim on the in the face that must have been to Additionally, I hope that once the wili serve to remind you of the For example, Aristotle, the father especially on college campU.ses. scarce and highly valued grates either. those who have been thrown not by excitement subsides and your bodies seriousness of the homeless lifestyle of modern western philosophy, was White, conservative traditionalists Over 4,000 Americans camped out choice, but by circumstance into a have resumed there 98 .6 and you, as ow heroic President did, also the earliest defender of slavery are fighting against any, changes in in 20 degree weather overnight for seemingly irrevers ~ble lifestyle? temperatures, that ;;ou will vividly will demonstrate a ''kinder and and the ''natural'' inferiority of the western civilization courses to en­ something of much greater value and recall the relief felt when President {gentler'' offering to your less for­ slaves and women. sure that the next generation of importance: to catch a glimpse of the To the freezing few Bush followers Bush emerged to rescue you from the tunate brothers and sisters. Do the writings of Protestant white, young people are properly in­ White House and its ne\v residents. selected for the personal presidential discomforts of your frigid reformer Martin Luther provide the doctrinated in reactionary 1 racist I must admit that I too have tour, I applaud you for your det~r­ environment. The writer is a junior in the School of sole treatment of religion worthy of values. dream! of si pping tea with the mination and conviction. Perhaps this overnight excursion Communications. study--or should we also turn to the At Stanford University, after two thoughts of Martin Luther King, Jr.'! years of bitter debate, the faculty "· Does Thomas More's Utopia or senate voted to overthrow the univer­ The Leviathan of Thomas Hobes tell sity'~ w~s tern civilization course us more about politics than the requirement. Hip- ·hop prevails writings of or C. L. R . The neiw required course includes James? · readings by people of color. Stan­ Can a young black woman.or man ford's modest acknowledgement of learn better about life by reading a nonwhite cultures within its cur­ despite critics white novelist, Or by reading Toni riculum was denounced ti:-'._ l ' Morrison, Alice Walker or Richard former Education Secretary William Wright? J . Bennett. Which is more relevant to an He condemned the university for understanding of humanity, Plato or ''trashing the classics'' and Malcolm . Carson I W. E. B. Dubois? capitulating to students' demands. I When education reflects the As America becomes increasing!)· • Peace. This one is for all the mythology that the white west has black, Hispanic and Asian in its suckers out there who continue to in­ created for itself, the answers to these population, academic institutions will sist on talkin' all that about questions become obvious. be pressured to change their curricula Hip· Hop. The curriculum in traditionally to renect the cultural values and Once again black people have white, mainstream environments literature of nonwhites. · started a revolution in music and reinforces ethnocentrism and an ig­ The phasing out of the wester11 once again white folks, even many of norance of the cultural ·and intellec­ culture program foreshadows a more the so-called ' 'respectable · ' tual creativity of nonwhites. intense future struggle over facult)' Negroes," have complet_el y failed to Black and progressive educators and administrative posts and the en­ understand it, causing them to c0n­ have long recognized that the cultural tire curri culun1 as well . stantly disrespect it. battleground is absolutely decisive in As students begin to read Dubois, Although its impact and w'orth as • J l • the broader political and e(fonomic Bald"'.in ,' Ht.Jrston, Robeson ,and a musical form has bCen doWiipTii)'ed empowerment of oppressed people. others, they i11evi1ably acqllire a and ignored by the vast majority of The values which are taught to our critical perspective on racial issues, • America, Hip-Hop is actually the children largely determine their which assu1nes a linkage between most important musical development behavior. ·~ scholarship and social refortp. · } 1n years . If a people are not seen as active Art, music and literature for Afro- · · It is the culmination of the long creators of culture, playing signifi­ Americans is also a critique of in­ and glorious hi story of African­ • cant roles within history, they will be justice and racism. American music, which stretches ignored within our children's tex­ from our roots in Africa to gospel, tbooks and classes. the blues, jazz, R&B, and right In America, our economic system The writer is the chairman of tl1e into rap music. rewards people who possess certain Department of Black Stt1dies. Ohio values and styles of behavior, such as Stille Uni\1ersi1y. Just look around the music in­ •• dustry today to see if there is anything else that even remotely com­ pares to the level of originality in Hip-Hop. Rock stations play the same tired old tunes they've been Tackling racism playing for decades and nobody has yet even progressed to the point that Jimi Hendilix had upon his untimely death. · Jazz is now the official ''Arrierican on. ~ UConn classical music'' and the same people .. who criticized and condemned it ' Years ago as ''dirty Negro musi.c," i are falling all over themselves trying campus • tO act like they've always been down with it. Now jazz has left its original home ' in the black ghettos of the nation and as we know it today was born in the The music industry has tried two yet on· the streets, at the parties and resid es in posh Georgetown South Bronx. -methods of defusing the revolu­ in the clubs, that was all black folks Bostic, UConn's new Director of nightclubs owned and frequented by And where else could such a tionary character of Hip-Hop. First wanted to hear. .Paul Bock Recreation and from Not r ~ Dame's white folks. revolutionary music have been born? they've tried desperately and in vain Now 's blatantly ' football t oach, Lou Holtz. Both Of course I must commend the ef­ The South Bronx stands as a symbol to suppress it and to sweep it under black nationalist record has uphold hi~h etliical standards of I . forts of brothers such as Wynton of the hypocrisy and sickness of the the rug and ignore it. dominated the black charts, going This month, the University of Con­ sportsmanship. Marsalis who are trying to reclaim powers-that-be in their relationship With most other kinds of music, if platinum. necticut's University Senate begins its Bostic's new get-tough policy says, one of the key aspects .-of our great with black folks. an artist fails'to get a deal with a ma­ investigation of why the Administra­ in effect, that henceforth there will be heritage as African people here in the But just 1 as African peop:.::, in jor distributor then their career is This is not to say there aren't some tion permitted a star football player no more facial nor sexual harassment United States. South-Central (L.A.), the South­ over. But in Hip-Hop that has often negative aspects to the art form. Too to play every game of the past season in any UConn intramural sports Then you have R&B or ''soul'' Side (Chicago), Southwest (Philly), not been the case. many rappers don't realize the impor­ in Spite of his ''conviction''for his event . Penalty: You are kicked out of music which has become commer­ Southeast (D.C.), South Africa, or tance of the music as an art form and participation in racial and sexual the program. Period! · cialized and pla'yed out, with no the Deep South, black people in the Our music, if it's good, spreads prefer to degrade themselves by mak­ harassments incidents in December Notre Dame's Lou Holtz, (former­ substantial lyrical content for the South Bronx were able to create a very _quickly in the streets and a rap ing songs with lyrics like, ''we want 1987 . ly a UCorin assistant coach) upheld most part. · great revoutionary new music despite Can be nationwide before a record ex­ some p----. " ' Tlle UConn administration sup­ hi s team's conduct code by barring If I hear another tired song by their oppression. ecutive- can say, .'' It would never ·The gold chains must also go, as ported the star's playing, contending two star players from playing N,,o. 2 some new ''hot'' vocalist about thCir Hip-Hop music itself is the near sell." they are just modern reincarnations that the offense was not related to USC. lack of. self-control over their sexual completion of the decades-long pro­ of the chains which we wore during , football and.that he had already been Why did Hol!z jeopardize - his hormones, I'm going to throw up. cess of the re-Africanization of ' . slavery. ''properly'' tried and sanctioned by team's No. I ranking? -Because his African-American music. It is one of Their second method has been to Those sick w.hite executives in the attempt to commercialize the music the Dean. stars violated rules. They Were late 40 music industry just love to fill our the most thoroughly Afro-centric That_gold is also stained with the On the evening of December 3, minutes to a· pre-game meeting. forms of music that black people in when they realize~ they could no minds 24-7-365 with that music. longer ignore it. So "-.Jhe Message'' blood of our brothers and sisters in 1987, eight Asian-American UConn The Notre Dame team and ad­ Black folks need to stop letting America have yet been.able to make. Azania (South Africa). It is the inter­ students were spit on, called Chinks, ministration supported "the players' · The centrality of the beat, the became ''Rappers Delight.'' There themselves be spoonfed weak and ir­ used to be ''Hard Times,'' but now national market for South African Gooks and Oriental Faggots. suspensions. relevant fl\USic by corporate America. scratching of sounds, the call and · gold which plays a key role in lhe T.hey were ~taunted, ridiculed and In sad contrast lies UCO nn r.esponse choruses and the rythmical­ we'li just ''Walk This Way'' on into I do have much respect for House, cross-oVer heaven. They turned our ability of the apartheid regime to con­ invited to fight by boozing UConn football . Go-Go and Reggae mu s~. All are in ly rhyming poetry, can all be found tinue their domination over the studentS, including football players in In its desperate pursuit of ''ex­ in traditional African music. B-Boys and ''Boyz. in the Hood'' in­ fact, closely related to Hip-Hop and to the Beastie Boys and the Fat Boys. African people of that l!ind . a series of unprovoked attacks. cellence,'' UConn football has lost its one can trace the development of cer­ Even the storytelling style of the The terror, which lasted for hours moral compass. It has shanied itself tain musical and lyrical phrases back lyrics corresponds to the ''griots," or began on a yellow school bus can·d and the University and put winning and forth between all of them. storytellers who were an important And, of course, we must stop the continued at a dorm-sponsored dance' football games ahead of ordinary But Hip-Hop is really the well­ part of many African societies. But they've failed miserably. The violence in Hip-Hop by ''all means where the fearful, victimized women standards of human conduct. But it is not just its connection with necessary. '' spring of African musical inspiration more rap continues, the better and • had to hide in a 'closet. On the brighter side, UConn_ is right now . Most of the younger Go­ traditional African music that makes more sh~ged it gets. The humiliations included one of beginning to face-up to its ''serious'' Go artists are using rap styles With a it so great. Hip-Hop comes out of the The country is scrambling around But Hip-Hop is just beginning. It the football players who pullea down campus problems: racism, alcqhol Go-Go beat and Rub-a-Dub· style experiences of black people living · frantically scared'· of cracked-up is still a very young art form and has his pants, exposing himself. (He was abuse and rowdiness. rappi9g is dominating much of the here in America and socially relevant gangsters coming into white suburbs, just recently begun to gain recogni­ later suspended for one year.) But will the senate committee de­ reggae industry, especially among the lyrics have always been a central \VOndering what is the cause of all tion as such, by those who are involv­ Another star football player was fend the high _mor3.I ground of the feature in Hip--Hop, from ''New youth. this. . ,i ed in it, as well as those who listen ''sentenced'' for his participation. Patti Bostics and the Lou Holtzs? · Most of the best current House York, New York'' all the way up to· I .. . to it. · His ''disciplinary probation'' permit­ Friends of UConn and the UConn music is coming Otit of New York, ''Jimmy.'' Artists ~uch as KRS-1 and Public It will continue to grow, improve, ted him to play every minute of every 1 community must speak out, ''lt1s not renecting more and more Hip-Hop Hip-Hop is also ope of the most Enemy are pointing a finger right turn the entire music world upside game. whether you win or lose, but how_you infiuences . Some Hip- Hop artists are advanced forms of music on the back in their faces and telling down and play a crucial role in the The football coach, the athletic play the game." . even starting to come out with House planet. Who would ever have thought everybody exactly who and what is redemption and liberation of African director and the administration sup­ To remain silent diminishes the Jams . of using record players as musical the cause, exploding their lies. people here in America and all over ported the star's playing. University of Connecticut, the state's Although it is possible to trace cer­ instruments? They tried to suppress it but they the world. . To win on the field, the UConn ''Flagship University.'' tain aspects of the musical form all Rap music has revolutionized the couldn't. Radio SUt;kerS hardly evCr football 1;>rogram must first learn the way from our roots in t'he other use of modern technologies such as played ''Rebel With9ut . a Pause'' ' The writer is a sop,.,omore in thf? how to win off the field. land to the ''Last Poets," Hip-Hop samplers and ·drum machines. especially outside of Ntw York and cO/kge of Liberal Arts ·They, should learn from Patti The Writer ·is a UConn professor.

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by Claude Houseworth again teamed up with her successful producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The past year was one for com· The controversial ''Thanks-for My ebacks, acapella artists, and hot pop Child" by Cheryl "Pepsi" Riley kept entertainers. people talking about her debut. Now, With the 37th annual Grammy the successful producers of Riley's I album, Full Force, are working with awards taking place on Feb. 27, • many artists captured the spotlight Lisa Lisa on her follow up album to and are waiting until that night of ''Spanish Fly.'' truth to find out if their·talent was strong enough to secure the most The gospel music industry ex­ recognizable award. perienced an inspirational year. Singers like Vanessa Williams ' Singers like Vannessa Bell Arm­ showed the world that she indeed had strong, The Smallwood Singers, ''The Right Stuff'' and singers like Milton Brunson and the Thompson Bobby Mcferrin and the gospel Community Singers and The • gr.cup Take 6 proved that true talent Hawkins Family kept §Ouls upliftec\ does not need musical and radio waves busy. accompaniment. • Michael Jackson returned and got The new group, Take 6, will ~ a The gOspel sextet Take 6 is nominated for several awards including 'best new artist and best gospel group. Al B. Su.. ! ''bad'' with his video and tour which group to look out for to possibly gain topped George Michael's ''Faith'' as much success, if not more, than tour. premiered his new song The Winans. ''Lovesexy'' along wiih that un­ Best New Artist Rick Astley Tracy Chapman Take 6 forgetable album cover on which New are expected this year • Prince shows the world his birthday from Heavy D., Run D.M.C., The SURVEY Vanessa Williams suit . Beastie Boys, and L.L. Cool J. Othe? voices who returned to the Speaking of L.L., besides working on music scene in 1988 after a long a new albllm, he is currently sear­ ' R & B Vocal, Female ''Girlfriend,'' Pebbles absence were Roberta Flack, The ching for movie roles. I Ohio Players, and We here at The Hilltop are interested ''Giving You the Best That I've ''I'll Always Love You,'' Taylor Anita Baker, , Sheena in finding out who the students of Got," Anita Baker Teddy Pendergrass. Dane · Tt1e rap i11dustry enjoyed a lot of Easton, The Boys. and Howard would vote for if they were \I ~ on the committee for the Grammys. success as well. Established' rappers Angela Bofill all have late '88 releases ''The Way You Love Me,'' which Will probably spin well into the Clip out this survey and circle who ''The Righi Stuff (single),'' Vanessa Karyn ~ like Kool Moe Dee, Jazzy Jeff, Salt­ Williams White N-Pepa, and Eric B. gained a great you think will Win the following new year. Also look for Levert to categories. Don't forget to catch the • deal of attenti.on in both the Rhythm telecast of the Grammys February 27. and Blues and pop world. dominate the radio air play with their ''Any Love '' LuthOr Vandross Drop off your vote by the office or R & B Vocal, Male I • Probably the most successful new new release ''Just Coolin'' as well as • new albums from and mail it to: black artists of the year were Tracy -- ''Introducing the Hard.line According Chapman and Terence Trent D' Ar­ The O' Jays. ''Character('' to Terence Trent D'Arby," Terence Surprisingly enough, these artists '?Y. Trent D' Arby ' seemed to enjoy more success with Also keep an eye open for the \ ''Joy,'' Teddy Pendergrass- former lead of , The Hilltop white audiences. ''Nite and Day,'' Al B. Sure! Black audiences seem to be focus­ ' new "album, I ing their attention to the hot new ar­ Tawatha, (former lead si nger of tists like Guy, Keith Sweat, Vanessa Mtume) Sheila E. and O'Bryan all "Howard Picks the Grammys" Rap "Going Back fo Cali," L_L. Cool J_ "Push It," Salt-N-Pepa I Williams, Al B. Sure!, and Karyn have new albums due out this year. White. 2217 Fourth St. NW ''Parent's Just Don't Understand," . ''Supersonic,'' J.J. Fad I The 11ew year promises to be an All things considered, 1989 pro­ D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince even more successful year for black mises to be a big year for the women Washington, DC 20059 musicians. After the release of the of R & B and the producers backing I ''Moo11walker'' video, Michael them. Try and watch the Grammys Deadline for your entry is Monday, ''Wild Wild West,'' Kool Moe Dee Jackson plans to return the spotlight at the end of February, it promises February IS. I Vanessa Williams back over to his sister, Janer, who has to .be one stiff competition. -. Battle o:ver popular soft drink name I . r bubbles on with varying results • By Nancy 'Lynn Jones ' Hilltop Staff Reporter ' e1 Gettysburg, Waterloo. lwo Jima. These great battles were once alive \Vith the sounds of combat and artillery. There is 011c battle, ho\vcvever, Consumer Products greater tl1an the rest and it is being fought right here at Howard. It is the battle over whether to call a soft drink ''soda'' or ·''pop.'' Company At stake in this war is not physical • territory, resources, or power; it is the ' pride of the person who uses the terms and whether cir not that person will be laughed at around friends, or at a vender 's stand. · ''It's a cultural difference; you are subject to the envi ronment where·you are from," says Bara Franklin, a senior chemistry major from will be recruiting Connecticut. In the southern states, such as TeXa~ Virginia, Florida, and North Juniors of all majors Carolina, the term that is most often used is soda. Jn Oklahoma and the term is soda-pop. for: ''Only northern people say pop," • says Angela Trafton, a junior microbiology major from North In Maryland, people call the drink Kim Mason. a Washin~on, D.C. by its name: Coke, Sprite, Pepsi, etc. ' Carolina. However, many older native. southern residenfs use the term soda In the District the term is soda. - I ''Pop is copsidered an old term. 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Talent does not always run in the family . Just because someone's brother is a multi-million dollar Where: College Placement Office entertainer, does not mean that he or she can make a career doing the same thing. The Jackson family i~ Whet).: Tuesday,·february 7, 19B9 exception. After four years (that seemed like anet and Rebbie and mother Kathereen. four months) RCA Records looked down upon Latoya Jackson gave her ed by the ''Force." It seems that t·eels that the world is ready for a recording contract, and h~oked her another dose of Jackson-mania. Ex­ up with one of-the hottest production whenever Full Force is working witn an artist that doesn't have that much pect a lot of and video play. All interested students should contact the teams of the 80's, and possibly the talent, they try to cover it by singing The rest of the album was produc ~ ~ 90's, Full Force, and spent a lot of most of the lyrics and many times ed by a combination of good produc­ money on promotion. repeating lyrics from other songs. tion teams. Stock/ Aitken/ Water­ The result is an over-produced College Placement Office immediately!!! ~ Don't be surprised, though; RCA man, the team responsible for the album by a wanna-be ''homegirl." has spent a lot of money trying to monster success of Rick Astley and The album begins with the current prothote Latoya, since Micheal's Bananarama, along with Har

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By Miriam Machado-Luces ''Calling a few places for price specials are designed to allow HiUtop Slaff Reporter · ranges, location and dress code is customers to try menu items at a • lower price during the slow hours of If you enjoy dining at restaurants always a good idea." operation. other than McDonald's or Blimpies, Saleem Koussa, a waiter at the Carlyle Grand Cafe, explains his With that in mind, let us begin with ones with waiters and tablecloths, the real meal deal . First, plan a then you should know the proper eti­ method of choosing places. quette expected in those • establishments. ''I let my fingerS do the walking '1 let my fingers do College students are usually on dif­ through the Yellow Pages, they are AMC U.Uop Station 9 ferent budgets than other diners· ex- kind enough to list restaurants by the the walking through First St. and Musa<:busetb Ave NE. • • perts tn the restaurant business offer type of food 1hey serve ." 842-3151 a few tips to help make dining a more the yellow pages ... '' ' Philroy Wilson, Erika Voughn, Kevin Hd,I, Wendy Robinson, Dovi·d Grein ' meaningful experience. The Washington Post' s we~kend Working Gir l 1 :20,4:00, 6:50, 9:30",Sot/Sun • ' ''I woµld always plan ahead before section is" also helpful to those sear­ 11 :QO. l :20, 4:00, 6:50. 9:30 going out,'' said Steven Anderson, ching for a place to eat. The section -Saleem Koussa Tequ il a Sunrise 1:40, 4:20. 7:10, 9:50, ipanager or the new Georgetown is full of restaurant ads with daily Rap group rom HU Sat/Sun 11 :20, 1: 40. 4:20. 7: 10, 9:50 levy Confererlce Center restaurant, specials and early-bird rates. budget to include enough money for The Accidental Tourist l :45, 4:00, 6: 15, 8: 15, Sot/Sun 11:45, 1:45. 4:00, 6:15, 8:15 The Faculty Club. Anderson explained that these transportation, dinner and tips. Tip­ ping may be a foreign custom to you Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 as you ma}' not know what to give. earns ·spot at Apollo Sot/ Sun 11 :30' ,2:00, 4:50. 7:40, 10:20 --v--v ''Most people don't reali:r; that Th ree Fugitives 1: 30, 4: 10. 7:00, 9:40 Sot/Sun waiters and bartenders don't even get Crystal Whaley lege of fi ne arts, is a feature dancer 11:1 0. 1: 30, 4:10 7:00, 9:40 -.. minimum wage,'' said Jody Stirn- Hilllop Staff Reporter Physical Ev idence 2:20. 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 and is a contributor in the ' (lupJ/ f P! fl(JUJ' PtJllkZ? mell, a Howard student and A new group, Cool Kev, will be choreography of Cool Kev. Sat/Sun 11 :40, 2:20, 5:00, 7:50. 10 :20 bartender at Hazel's in Adams bringing a different flair co rap music Philroy Wilson, an engineer ma­ Tlie Naked Gun 2:30, 5:18. 8:00. 10 :30. Morgan. ''We're expected to make at Harlem's Apollo Theater on Feb. I. jor, is responsible for drum and Sar/ Sun 11 :50, 2:30, 5: 10, 8:00. 10:30 enough money in tips to make more Cool Kev entered a talent contest keyboard 'brogramminiz:. ' than minimum and we're taxed on· a sponsored by KEMET Productions David Grain, a business major is Capitol HUI Clnemu certain percentage of sales whether at Howard University's Blackburn the dee-jay, while Hall a 1986 507 Eighth SI. SE .547-1210 we got tipped or not." Center. The event was organized by Microbiology graduate is th; premier ''A good way of scaling is to Jane Harley and KEMET Produc- rapper. Teq uillo Sun rise 5:30, 7:40. 9:45. 11 :45. follow tipping standards of the tion's ''Road to Stardom Amatuer The faculty of the college of fine Sat/ Sun 1: 15, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40. 9:45. 11 :45 I'm Gonna Git You Sucko 5:30. 7:30, 9:30, eighties,'' said Koussa. If the service i Night''on Dec. 6: 1988, in which the arts was instrumental in the forma­ was good, 15 percent of the total bill group won first place ..M tion of the group. Professors Sandra 11 :30, Sat/ Sun 1 :30, 3:30. 5:30. 7:30. 9:30, is basic, 20 percent if the service was Along with the secorla' place win- Bowie and Vera Katz in the drama 11 :30 outstanding. But, for bad service a ners, they earned the opportunity to department, both seasoned artists in · Clncple11. Odcon Circle Avalon i different method should be followed. perform at the Apollo Theater. their own right, have supported and ''When you have a problem with The group is a collaboration of directed Cool Kev from the 5612 Conncctlcul,. lAve. NW 966-2600 the service it is always good to check How<\rd University students, faculty~ beginning. Working Girl 7:00, 9:30, Sot/Sun 2:00. 4.30. with the waiter first,'' Stimmel said. and aiumni with backgrounds rang ~ ''This is the greatest collection of ' If the waiter can not solve the pro- ing 't from microbiology to young minds ever assembled· in the 7:00, 9:30 blem then it is best to ask the •·engineering. hi story of rap music. We will usher Torch Song Trilogy 7: 15. 9:45 Sat/Sun~ : 15. management to help you. ''Cool Kev transcends all barriers rap music into a new era. We will 4:45. 7:15, 9:45 According to Anderson, the of i-ace, age, sex, religion, and elevate it to a new plateau. We will manager can tell whether the reason economic status. We have something bring theater; magic, enchantment Clncplcx Odcon-Clrcle Dupont the service was not up to par was a for everybody. We a"re taJ:c.ing rap to a nd a new positive. image to rap,'' IJSO 19th St NW 872-9555 problem with the waiter or the cooks. a new level of sophistication," says Hall said. ~ If the problem was the cook, the Kevin Hall, founder of Cool Kev. ''Cool Kev takes rap to outer Ra in Mon Fri-Su n 2:00, 4:30, 7:00. 9:45, waiter should still be tipped. If the Wendy Robinson is a senior in the space. Cool Kev will inspire and 12:00 • problem was caused by the waiter, college of fine arts and winner of the motivate 'peopl; to be the best !hey The ~ed Gun Fri·Sun 2:00, 3:50. 5:45, 7:45. · then let him or her know that you will Debbie Allen Triple Threat Scholar- can be,'' Hall cootinued. ''Our 9 ~45 . 11 :45 contribute less ship, given to the most outstanding message to the Howard University Deepsrar Six Fri-Sun 2:40. 4:50. 7: 10, 9:20", than 15 percent to the tip and the singer, dancer, and actress combin- students is never to give up, and never 11 :30 reason for your intent. ed; she is responsi ble for the let anyone stop you from achieving Q;rty Rotten Scoundrel Fri·Sun 2:45, 5:00. 7:30. However, if you are lucky, bad ser- choreography of t_he dancers in the your goals. 9:50, 12 :00 ' ' - vice will seldom ruin your evening ~oup. ''Go for< your dreams because and you can enjoy the pleasures of Erika Vaug_h_, a junior ir1_the col- dreams do co me , trJ,Je. ~· . CiilepleX Odeon Circle Embassy 0 ~ dining out. · \ ~ 1927 Fto~a ' Ave. NW 387-1344

l"m Gonna Git You Sucka 7:00, 9:30. 11 :30 ~***************** ' ************* Forensics spreads word Sat/Sun 2:30, 5:00. 7:00, 9:00, 11 :00 ~ -. · Cran-, , : about cultural literature Cineplex Odton Circle MacArthur 4359 MacArthur Blvd NW 337-1344 ..... o"''1'·''>·\.~\.) .,,to/] 4 "<*..... Mares Battle guess that is why we're closer than • • U~ , H illoopSooITRe~n•• most groups," Blackman said. Ra in Ma n Fri-Su n 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 l 'eam members sometimes pay for Worki ng Girl 7:30, 9:45, Sot/ Su n 2: 15, 4:45, {t S'(\0~ • OrlUIJJ l} ls African-An1orican literature meals and competitions, according to 7:30, 9:45 Dirty Scoundrels 7:00, 9:15, Sot/ Sun 2:30, {l{l O"e, l} • inferior? 1 I Jones who said their yearly budget of \.> Not according to Howard Univer- $5000 dollars is insufficient. Each 4:50, 7:00, 9:15 l} sity's Martin Luther King Jr. Foren- tournament cost approximately $600. {I l} sics Society speech team which takes ''We have so few resources and Cineplc11. Odwn Circle Oater Jv • a large portion of its presentation such little recognition. People 4849 Wisconsin Ave. NW 244-3116 ~ l} material from African-American sacrifice a lot to be on this team ... We {I · '""-... literature, regardless of possible give a lot of our free time tha~ is un­ Teq u1ll o Sunrise Fr 1·Sun 2:40. 5:10. 7:45, ' • • ~ judge bias during competition. compensated." Blackman said. 10:00, 12:15 {I · . ~ l} ''The black experience is more The speech team holds second Tw ins Fri·Sun 2:15, 4:45. 7:15, 9:45 12:00 >. dramatic and full of emotion," said place in its district Which includes all Talk Radio Fri-Sun 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40, IA l} Toni Blackman, a junior in the four-year institutions of higher lear­ 12:00 {! ..._ School of Communications and the ning located in Pennsyl~ania, Dangerous Liaisons Fri -Sun 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, '< team's program director. Virgit;J.ia, Maryland, Washington 5:00, 7;00. 7:30. 9:30, 10:00, 12 :00 {t l} Some members find that they can D.C ., New Jersey and Delawar.e . The January Mon Fri·Sun 2:00, 3:50, 5:45, .>, relate to and perform Africa11 - According to Blackman, the pieces 7:45. 9:45, 11 :45 ~ l} American literature better because it with African-American themes that -... ' Th 0 Clneple11. Odeon Circle Tentlcy the team chooses to perform slow {! ' I m e n e * is ~F~;e~s\~:e:;;~~ply the art form them down in competition. The bias 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW ~ {! l} of speaking [developed] through is subtle, but there. {t l} writing and developing speeches, " ''If Howard doesn't do it, [use Ra in Mo n 7: 10. 9:50 Sat/Sun 2:00, 4:30. 7: 10, said Umar Hasan, a senior in the African-American literature] it won't 9 :50 "ght Dirty Rotten Scoun dre!s 7:00, 9:40, Sat/ Sun {t: l} School of Communications and get done,'' Hasan said. Jv for r love tonl president of the speech team. How are the possible cultural 2:45, 5:00, f:20, 9:40 ")r' Y- Oµ' l} The· 21-member team, along with biases from the predominately white The Un bearable Lightness of Being 8:40, {X . l} its instructor and coach Joni Jones, judges dealt with? . Sat/ Su n 2:00. 5:15, 8:40 • ' ' • spends many hours together outside ''You just have to be three times {:r . I} the classroom in preparation, evalua- as good,'' said Blackman, who has Clneplex Odwn Circle Uptown ..k ~ tion and actual competition. 3426 Connecticut AYe. NW 966-5400 ~ '< ''We have to rely on each other. I see Forensics, page 15 Mississippi Burning 7: 15, 9:45, Sat 2:00. 4:30, {l * 7· 15 , 9:45 Sun 2:30. 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 p {t • * Cineple11. Odeon Wisconsin Ave Ciaamas .Ask 4000 Wisconsin Ave NW 244-0880 : Tues·4ay, Feb. I4~ " ~ Working Girl Fr i-Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45, 12 :00 {t * Ardent The Acc1dentol Tourist Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:30, - 7:00. 9:30, 12:00 ~ I989 : The Chocolate l./far Fri·Sun 2:45, 8 : 10, 7:30, 9:55, 12 :05 Student must choose love or money The January Mon Fri -S un 2:00, 3:55, 7:50. t 7:30 p1n _, : 9:50, 11 :50 go for rhe bucks in the location ofyour Dear Ardent, choit·e and let your degree work for K-8 Foundry 1·7 {! * Now that the new semester has you. If yortr best offer is in D. C it will 1055 Tbomu Jefferson St. NW 33'7-IJtl {t • * begun, my boyfriend has come to the be ar1 easier decision, realization that come May, I' m out Three Fugifiv&S 5:50, 7:50, 9:50, 11 :50 {t * of here. He wants me to stay in the Dear Ardent, So,/ Su n l :50, 3:50, 5:50, 7:50, 9:50, 11 :SO area but I'm not really crazy about Rain Mon 4:40, 7:20, 9:55, Sat 2:00. 4:40, {! My best friend is dating a guy who * D.C. I' m a good student and I will is too fine! This semester be is in one 7:20, 9:55, Sun 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:10 / {t have my pick of job location ~. of my classes and I'd really like to get The Naked Gun 5:45, 7:45, 9:45, I 1 :45 * Should I stay here w~th the guy that Sot/Sun 3: 45, 5:45, 7: 45. 9:45, 11 :45 to know him better but I'm not sure {! * I love or should I go with the highest if I should. He does seem interested. Deepstor Six 5:55, 7:55, 9:55. 11 :55 Sot/Sun {! ' paying position I'm offered? Dreaming 3:55, 5:55. 7:55, 9:55, 11 :55 * Torn The January Mon 5:30, 7:30, 9:30. 11:30 {l Dear Torn, HU Students w/ID: General Admission * Dear Dreaming, Sat/Sun 1:30, 3:.'30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 You didn't say how long you and Hellbound : Hellraisersll Fri-SUn5:35, 7:35, your boyfriend have been dealing or If you 're ready to risk losing your t per couple $8(limited seats) $12 ~ friend then get to know him better. 9:35, 11 :35 Sat/Sun I'm Gonna Git You Svcko how long he has left to complete his Fri-Sun 1 :40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:40, 11 :40 stUdies. If he doesrz 't have much longer Got a problem? Need advice? Write {l each $5 $7 ' * to go and he is seriOus about you, Dear Ardent maybe he will think of a way to con­ CIO The Hilltop Newspaper vince you co stay -- like givil you an Howard University ~ * engagement ring. However, i you are 2217 4th St.N.W. { . * not thinking along the same ines I so.y Washington D.C. 20095 {t ), ***************************** •

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Full Force, could achieve that succ­ supposed to and students should quit ... if they stopped spreading Slowe bringing valuable stuff to the Lil' Howard LaToya themselves too thin by working with dorms," saiO sophomore Aleshia artis· s who don't fit their sound. Akers, a resident of Slowe Hall. ;- continued from page · continued from page 2 The St. Louis native also addel that there would be greater secUrit)r ' if the residents would refrain from ... P,ean flavor to the album. It seems that building whiCh will mark students leaving the dormitories' doors prop· • • The upsetting part is that all of ped open and giving their friends the these production teams have lent things just in case pf loss or theft. whenever Full Force . But, most of us don't thing about keys . some of their best work to an artist, 1 / these kind of things,'' said the dorm According to Dawson, in an effort who, because of lack of talent can't is working with an to make sure that the dorms are made make them into the hits that they are counselor. ' Many students in the dorm believe safer and more secure, university ~ suppgsed to be. artist that doesn't that in order to keep such evenis from police.will guard the inside as well as _..- "Y, ou Bl ew " 1. s one o f the most , • have that much reoccuring desk personnel should be continUe to patrol the outside of thC daring and well produced songs done building during all major holidays by Full Force since ''I Wonder If I stricter, students should act inore when students le~ve the dormitory. Take You Home'' (Lisa Lisa and the talent, they try to responsibly and more security of· Cult Jam). cover it by singing ficcrs should be hired. All-in-all, it appears that in the ''Students should be forced to pack up their rooms. Dorm monitors Derrick L. Payne contributed to this • 1989 music industry, what matters most of the lyrics. story. most is the production team. People should ctieck the rooms like they're like L.A. and , Full Force, • - and Teddy Riley \vant 'the So for all those who want to pur· either term is used, depending on the phenomenal success aChieved by Jim· chase this new Latoya Jackson album area. my Jam and Terry Lewis and that's becaus.e it was produced by Full fine; but sometimes whai matters is Force. Wait a couple of months and Soda New Jersey uses soda because not what you produce, it's who you you will probably see it in the $1.99 ''Pop is 1930s'' says Eric McMillian; _ ,.,,, ... a junior ecoQOmics major. produce. section of your local record store. continued from page 12 While New York uses pop, soda, or seltzer water', Boston uses the term carbonate. · Robinson himself until late in life. He told the In the midwestern states like Il­ Residents of California and Washington Post last May, ''I thi11k linois, Michigan, Ohio, and Penn. Washington state say soda or soda • water. one of my basic flaws has been a Irick syl1vania, advertisements use the term of esteem, always feeling like J had pop. continued from page 2 to do more." Soft drink companies usually have ''Pop is definitely an East Coast ''I could never be good eOough. the word soda·pop on the can or bot­ word,'' says Los Angeles native That was the real problem,'' he said. tle. In a popular soft drink commer· Qevin Weathersby, a senior fillm pro­ group. In his final speech at Howard, he cial jingle the lyrics were ''l wanna' duction major. But there were always the demons. seemed finally to have come to terms pop, I wanna' Shasta." According to Raspberry, it was with himself. Many students believe soda-pop is Carit>bean students use the term these demons which prompted ''I'm not recommending that ¥Ou the complete word , but the term pop coke, while Canadians follow the Robinson to fire a gun into the air on be an old hardhead like I was, ~nd is used when referring to a flavor. Ac· midwestern states use of pop. the night his father, Maxie Robinson, stubborn. I'm not recommending f.l1Y cording to the American Heritage Dictionary, the terms pop and soda Y4 5 LF 1./1/" 7 died. way, though I did the best I could . ''Coke is a household name. If I both mean a flavored, carbonated :I Nif"ArJ I After being arrested and fined $25 But try to keep your integrity, ask for a 'coke' the cashier wil,l say . i ' for the in'Cident, Robinson simply because you're going to find out in beverage. 'Do you want a Sprite, Orange or said ''even a newsman gets out of life that in the end, that's all you've ''In -Cincinnati the word pop is Cola?'' says Vanessa Thomas, a joint· once in a while. I am the same got," he told his audience. written on the can· such as orange freshmen hwnan development major • Max Robinson you have always Max Robinson was survived by pop, grape pop, or red pop," says from St. Thomas. • known, excep1 today I'm just a little sOns Mark, Michael and Malik ' Chuck Roberts, a junior drama bit \Viser." Robinson, daughter Maureen Robin· -maJor. It seems as if the battle will con­ Robinson, who weathered through son, sisters Jewell Robinson Shep· tinue. The majority of the states may three bad marriages and a bout with perd and Jean Robinson Yancy and In the eastern region, such as New still used soda, but the midwest is u'ni- alcol1olism, did not find peace with brother Randall Robinson. York, New Jersey, ahd,Connecticut, que in using the term pop. ' /

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Cleon and pric­ Undergraduate Student Assembly are Gast: $1 •· Vo!untee'• . and those who Qesire to be. FAC ULTY /STAFF/STUDENTS students who joined with us January 17, · 1989 to honor our beloved brother, Dr. ed ri ght ! Call Vanessa Carpenter at 1 now being accepted. A ll proposals ar.e Top prices paid for used and unwanted Mortin Luther King Jr., on hi s birthday. 393-3910 or Richard Louri e at 966-9388 . to be, turned in to Room 110 of the Ar- FREE When: Wednesday., February 1st, 1989 textbooks with resale vOlue .. at 5pr • Special thanks also goes to the follow-! mour J. Blackburn Center no later than Ouren Study Closs Tim Jones M/F to share house with other HU Dote: 3rd Sundoy of every month Where: dlackburn Center Auditorium ing individuals and organizations: Mr. Friday, February 3rd at 5:00pm TAJ Book Service st~d~nts . One mile to campus. Security For Further lnforJTiot ion Contact T;me' 1,30- 3,oOpm Lets Ge1 Together and Do This Semester 722-0701 ' Joe Gibson, Mr. Doniel Goodwin, Ms. Ren ee' Pinkston, Mr. Robert Turner , bu1ld1ng- $265.00 includes utilities . Ca ll 636-6918/9. Place: Mortin L. King, Jr. Memoriol Right!!! · SUPPORT A STUDENT ENTER PRISE Al 723-5336. Library ' Alpha Koppa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha In an 6ffort to brooden the awareness of Rm. 3) 5 ' BLACK HISTORY MONTH DIALOGUE, Sweethearts, Campus Pols, Cari bbean Room for $285 and Basement apt. for For a serious party try the Eostside Student Association, Gentlemen of $450 a month. Nice Location coll Howard University students as to the Address : G Street Between 9th and 10th Toward on African Am erican Agenda, Nightclub ... Drew, Georgia Club, HUSA, Inspiration, 68 1-3897 . available financial assistar1ce for higher St., N.W. Washington, D.C . FREE to with scholars, .students and community Starting this Friday January 27th itS the Ladies of the Quad, LASC, NAACP, eduction, Wash ington Metropolitan Area octivists.•Haword University School of return of the $1000 Ladies swimsuit con­ THE MEN OF CARVER HALL ,, Community. Human Ecology A uditorium, Thursday, UGSA and Zeto Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. M/F to shore a three bedroom house test from l 1-5om. First 50 ladies free ... with other HU students one mile from will present · February 2, 1989 at 7,3opm and Don't miss Thursday Feb. 2nd as the of­ ''How To Better Prepare Yourself To There ore now free 9erobics, swimming, Workshop: GRA SSROOTS campus. "$265.00 includes utilities. Call ficial New Edition After Porty will be at JOBS Al 723-5336. Meet The Financial Challenge Of Higher yoga. kung-fu , and figure toning classes ' ORGANIZING--Strotegy and Tactics. the Eostside from 10-3am the first 50 Education'' at The Better Bodies Health Club located Howard University Blackburn Center, ladies ore free. The Eostside is rocking BUSINESS MAJORS: Gain practical ex­ LOOKING, ~AHAMAS CRUISE SPRINGBREAK: in the Howard Inn at 2225 Georgia Rooms 148-150, Friday, February 3, Thursday-Sunday ... perience in Marketing, Advertising, and $435 (everythinq included) 7 days­ Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C . 1989, 1:OOpm. FREE, public invited. Low-key, privacy-minded mole seeks fvery Sunday is Ladies Night ot the Roxy Sales with small business. Interesting spacious, carpeted and unfurnished meo!s,accom mo !otions, and much more. All classes will be co-ed and fun. For ·For more inJormotion con tact Ralph C. 121 4. 18th St. N.W. all ladies ore free work, fun atmosphe re, and opportunity Call NOW for more information: Venus more information call (202) 462-5400 Gor.nes or Waldo Katz Fishman, Dept of room within walking distance' of the from 10- 1 l pm with for advancement before and after Howard University campus. Modern kit­ at 7B9-B2 l 0. ofter 5:00pm., or just come down and Sociology and Anthrop0IOgy, Howard Sam Burns ploying nothing but club graduation. Flexibile om and pm hours, ioin the fun. University, 636-6853 o ~ 320-4034. chen and bathroom facilities required. music. A Todd Johnson Prod. Sqlory/lnternshif:S. 783-6488. Please leave a message for Robert at ' 636-6868 . ' The Liberal Arts Student Counci l w ill be HOWARD UNIVERSITY CHAPTER CPP OFFICE REGISTRATION­ FRAZIER LOVE PRODUCTIONS presents PROMOTIONAL REP having a i General Body Meeting on Beto Koppa Chi Notipnal Scientific Honor SPRIHG -1989 Company needs several upperclass or PERSONA IS Wednesddy, , February, l , 1989 at Society Registration for the Spring on-campus A Show Stopper Party Extrovogonzo! ! ! One That You will Never Forget grad students for demo of new comm. 7:00prn in Douglas Holl rm. 116. All are Initiation Ceremony , recruitment program and other services service in hospitals an d med. facilities. Mr. J Gibson welcome! . Dote: Monday, January 30th is January 17-Februoury 10. 1989, bet­ Special Guest MC Comedian· Craig Frozter 20hrs/wk, flexible hours, pays I've seen you iock that body at the Col­ T;me• 5,00pm (1700h) ween 10:30 om-3:00 pm. Bring ID and $6.00/hr. Call: HBH Industries Inc. at umn and heard them page you in the Music provided by South Jerseys Number Tuesday[ 31, 1989, The Place: Room L-41, Undergraduate current Certificate of Registration to pre­ 726-3340. ' Vault. Wei!, I'm tired of watching ond o! Janua~y 1 DJ Liberal Arts Student Council will be Library sent for materials. YOUR HELP IS HEEDED .,.,.,aiting ... This little girl needs action! Initiation social will be 'held in Rm. 142 Students who registered the Foll Semester DJ Spoon hosting Kwome Ture, Formerly Stokely Chi ldren's Thrift Store Little R_ed Corvette of E.E. Just Holl following the Initiation must come to the CPP Office and re­ ·and the MD Bridge Style Crew Carmichael, in the Blackbu rn Center 3201 Rhode Island Ave. '(Vest Ball Room at 6:00pfTI. A ll ore en- Ceremony. establish their eligibility. Also live performances by celebrity guest Dallas L. 1 January 28th fr9m 10-2am at the Mt. Ranier, MD 20712 You sparked an interest that I can't couraged to attend. t Sign-uJ'lS for interviews beqin January 927-2277 23. Interviews start Fehruary Howard University Blackburn Center. forget. ' SEXUAL HEALTH AWARENESS 'Volunteer clerks, drivers, babysitters, Registration Deadline : February 10. 1989 Tickets $5.00 on sole ot Cromton You met me at A's house a few months All individuals wishin g to run for DAY IS COMING porters needed. Schedules ore flexible. L.A.S.C. aff;ces far the 1989-1990 Deadline for Submitting Auditorium not just a party but on en­ bock . I hope we will meet ogoin ... soon . Call 839-9000 for more information. I'm in terested . academic school year may pick up op­ DR, ROLA.HD SCOTT College lntervi~ Forrr · FP.br1Jary 17'> vent. BELIEVE THE HYPE Dimples plicatior1s effective Thursday, February 2, Director of the Center for Sickle Cell The above procedure is mandatory for ATTENTION PREMEDICAL Telefundroising $8.00/hr. Mature reliable, student to staff our environmen­ 1989 In the L.A.S.C. office. Anmeia will speak on Wednesday, participation in the program. · STUDENTS Happy Birthday, Tehea! tal phone bank that lobbies, educates, For further information coll 636-7513. Howard's College of Medicine will host We didn't forget. As J & J would soy, and fvndraises for a cleaner planet earth. LOCATION: Student Resource Center a breakfast program for premedical ''Now you're legal!''. 5:30-9:30pm M-F. Four days minimum. 2nd Floor. C.B. Powell Building students on Sot. Nov. 19th, at 9 om in --whatever ... Dupont Circle. Coll 828-0905 between ·6th & Bryant Sts., N. W. the HU Hospital Cafeteria. Coll Be fly, 12,30-5,30pm. Get a head start on an FURNITURE!! 636-7232 for more in formation. \Tuff & Chdl You need, I'll make. RENT Too Young, For complete descriptions of individual excellent career opportunity. Chests, desks, closets, vnits, you name l'm falling for you and I don't know why? ~eminors, information on materials, sup­ HOUSE TO SHARE IN UPPER TH E it. INEXPENSIV E, some $25 deals plies and registration, please check: NORTHWEST D.C. 22 FEDERAL RESERVE BAN K Coll Gory Barnes at 332-7345. H.U .S. A Bul letin Boord We are looking for a mature, profes­ KIMBERLY EV AMS AHO ARLINDA OF CITY ROSE EXPRESS l 02 Blackburn Center sional P,erson to shore a spacious house PIERCE: . presents- Or coll Lisa Craig of~ Dr. Barbara Flint with three others. Fireplace, wosher­ The two of you made my 22nd birthday is seeking 2 free tickets to at 636-7007 . dryer, dishwasher. hard wood floores, one that I will not soon forget. The time large bedroom with plenty of closet BOBBY BROWM THE GIFT OF GOD and love that you put into my surprise MANAGEMENT DEVELOPM ENT PROG RAM c-,poce. Good bus connections, nice, quiet HEW EDITION We sell gold and silver jewelry at dis­ birthday bash makes me all the more neighOorhood, wtih good parking. Analysts ALB. SURE count prices. Also specialize in jewelry grateful for our friendship. I love you Available Feb. ls!. $400per month ' 1/-' and Enter your name with on or-d er of 3 or repairs. Co ll us -- 722-0018 both more than I con possi bly express. utilities. Please coll Tricia Days-797-7206 Summer lnterns more roses before Feb. 2nd, 1989. Place Each day I thank God for the best two your order on the 1st of the Blackbum All student ambassadors!! Eves. 966-2718. friends o girl could ask for. There will be a meeting Tuesdoy Jon. 31 Qualified analyst candidates should receive a business-related , C~n~r. February 1st thru 14th. Smokers okay- Sorry NO pets. I LOVE YOU BOTH, at 4 p.m. in Blackburn Auditorium. lt ~ is or liberal arts degree 1his spring or sun1mer a11d be interested 1lam - 6pm. Drawing held on. the 2nd. Room for Rent in a nice neighborhood' ''WOODY'' in working towards a gener:tlist managentent position . important for you to attend. •

Ou~ intern ship program is desigiled 10 provide college juniors, seniors, and graduate stude11ts with challenging professional • work experience in a business environment and the opportunity • to evaluate us as a potential cntployer .

Good commu n ic~ t ion skills, strong analytical and leadership • l ability, creativity and initiative are essential to both the analyst and intern positions. We offer competitive starting salaries and excellent advancement opportunities. The Investment Banking Division We will be. interviewing at your campus placement office on: I . • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1989 of

For more information, please contact your placement office or: ~ l Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Attention: Personnel-MCR 925 Grand A venue • Kansas City, Missouri 64 198 Goldman, Sachs & Co. (8 16) 881-2463

• • . ' ' . ''Fcashioned for Greatness'' ... a is rww accepting resumes • I for the series of thought providing ' . ' two-year Financial Analyst Program. events celebrating Black History ' Month featuring: The Investment Banking Division assists corporations, financial institutions, · ''Leadership in the 90's; Are you governments and individuals in structuring and executing strategies in global capital markets, . - ready?'' Analysts play an important role in developing ai1cf strengthening our client relationships, in participating on our advisory teams and in structuring and ''Our Families; Going beyond ... " executing a full range of financial transactions. In this capacity, they have the unique experience of being exposed to senior executives at client companies ''The Black Man: What New early in their careers. Candidates should have outstanding achievements in academic and extra Challenges Confront Him?'' cunicular activities. While a major in economics or finance is not necessary - . ·most ,of our candidates have liberal arts backgrounds - comfort with financial <;oncepts and basic numerical computations is important, Persoi;tal integrity, LOCKE HALL initiative, the ability to work as part of a team, and str-0ng oral and written communication skills are essential . AUDITORIVM • Opportunities are now available in _the following Investment Banking • 7:00pm- D ~partments : Capital Markets, Global Finance ;-Mergers & Acquisitions, Mortgage Finance and Real Estate. •' • February 1st, 8th, & 15th ;j l ,.,,,,'•• '

• Also featuring a musical drama Send resumes and transcripts by Febrttary 17, 1989 to: preserit,ation ... ''Out of the Past RoszMack a Legacy; Into the Future a Goldman, Sachs & Co. · ,, 85 Broad Street - 23rd Floor HOpe • (Date and prices TBA). , New York , New York 10004 ·

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