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VOLUME 89, NO. 65 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY l, 2006 WWW.THEHILLTOPONLINE.COM

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BREAKING NEWS WORKPlACE SHOOTING MONDAY NIGHT, A FORMER POSTAL WORKER SHOT AND KILLED FIVE PEOPLE BEFORE KILLING HERSELF MAKING IT THE BIGGEST BLOODBATH AT A U.S. POSTAL SERVICE CENTER IN 20YEARS. CAMPUS BEITER FOR HOWARD? WITH THE ENGINEERING PROGRAM CLOSED AT CLARK ATLANTA, HOW WILL IT BENEFIT HOWARD? TURN TO CAMPUS FOR DETAILS. PAGE 2

BIZ& TECH SOURED t BI..AeKBERRJES -- - BY KEVIN HARRIS live, and she was ours. I gave speeches and support­ Pholu!J c·ourh."'.' O(l\ nn ..... 111nfuntt-du. """·"il..iprdj 1.UfX Civil rights activist, Coretta Scott KJng, died Monday night In Mexico. The TURN TO BIZ & TECH TO Senior Editor nlean African Americans ed causes close to her and r widow of famed civil rights leader and icon, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., lost In CATCH THE LATEST PACK­ and white Americans and Dr. King's hearts. King's I her fight with ovarian cancer at age 78. AGE TITLED 'TECH POLICY riends and fellow Asians, Spanish speaking, last public appearance was AND LEGAL WOES' TO activists reflected she belonged to all of us January 14, 2006, where LEARN MORE. yesterday on the and that's a great thing." she appeared before 1,500 PAGE 5 F life and legacy of King died in her sleep people at an event honor­ Coretta Scott King, who and was found early yester­ ing her husband's legacy. "Long before she met and married died yesterday in Mexico day morning by her young­ Though she did not speak, where she was seeking est daughter, Bernice. the crowd gave her a stand­ alternative treatments for Fa1nily me1nbcrs said ing ovation as she snliled Dr. King, she was an activist." ovarian cancer. She was in a statement that King and quietly said 'thank you' -Rep. John Lewis (0-Ga.) 78. died in Santa Monica, at a to supporters. King, who was the health center in Rosarito Though King's contri­ wife of civil rights icon Dr. Beach, Mexico where many butions to the civil rights Martin Luther King Jr., was Atnericans have traveled to era are nlostly linked to bearer of Dr. King's legacy million dollar facility that ic equahty in the United re1nembered as a woman of seek treatinents for tenni­ work she. did alongside and teachings. The sa1ne now houses the tomb of States. Beginning in 1979, . great courage and dignity, nal illnesses. her husband, many friends year that her husband was Dr. King and thousands of King began and eventually who co1nmitted her life to . "Mrs. King was in and supporters sought nlurdered, King started docu1nents related to his won a seven-year battle to SPORTS carrying out her husband's Mexico for observation yesterday to rexnind the the Martin Luther King Jr. work. More than 650,000 have her husband's birth­ A WINNING 1nessage of social equality and consideration for public that King worked Center for Non Violence people a year come to visit day designated a national after his murder in 1968. treatment for ovarian can­ tirelessly her entire life and Social Change out the center, which sits in holiday in the United TEAM? "It's a bleak morning for cer," a spokes1nan for the for social equality. "She of the base1nent of the Atlanta's Martin Luther States. The first national me and for many people King family said in a press was the glue," Georgia Atlanta home she shared King Jr. National Historic celebration of the King LED BY COACH MICHAEL and yet it's a great morning release. "She was consid­ Congress1nan John Lewis, with Dr. King. · "I'm more Site. Holiday was celebrated on MERRIT, THE MENS AND because we have a chance ered terminal by physicians who once marched with deternuned than ever that After her husband's January 20, i986. WOMENS CROSS COUNTRY to look at her and see what in America. She and the Dr. King, told CNN. "Long my husband's dreaxn will death, King used the center In recognition of her AND TRACK AND FIELD she did and who she was," family wanted to explore before she met and mar­ become a reality ... the cen­ as a base to continue her work, King was awarded TEAMS HAVE BEEN THE Poet Maya Angelou, a close other options." ried Martin Luther King ter enables us to go out advocacy work, becoming n1ore than 60 honorary BEST AT HOWARD. MORE friend of King's, told ABC's King suffered a stroke Jr. she was an activist." and struggle against the increasingly active in the doctorates from colleges INSIDE SPORTS. Good Morning An1erica. and heart attack in August But it wasn't until her evils in our society," King fight against Apartheid in and universities before her PAGE9 "It's bleak because I 2005. The stroke hindered husband's death that King told Time Magazine short­ South Africa and a fierce death. She also won over can't, many of us can't King's ability to sJjeak and took her most public role ly after the opening of the advocate for human rights the hearts of millions fron1 hear her sweet voice but forced her to refrain from in the civil rjghts struggle, center. The center would throughout the globe, as . it's great because she did traveling, where she often becoming the standard go on to beco1nc a ini1lti- well as racial and econom- See KING, Page 2 Howard University Community ·Remembers King

BY CHRISTINA M. WRIGHT Campus Editor nonviolent battle for the "It's truly aweso1ne juggle. You can't do your God had given her and he said. "You can be a wife civil liberties of African how, at a 1noment's notice, hon1ework today, socialize the position that she had and a leader in the co1n­ HU CALENDAR Me1nbers of Howard Americans. she took on the responsi­ tomorrow, and be politi­ been placed," she said. "I munity." University mourned and "I think that was a bility and struggle of Dr. cally conscience the day ·do speak fron1 experience Harley also said Mrs. • FEB 13 remen1bered Coretta Scott good decision. I think that King," said Dr. Lorenzo after that," said Morris. that, if you really have a King's legacy can teach ll!le1:6llll llllE IF«»IR 5!lll!£, King yesterday for her they wanted to 1nake sure Morris, chair of the Political April Harley, vice pres­ goal in 1nind, you can do students about the roles of l!lifRU1lllID CQ!Fll\UJITillZllll/IFIBHS-- humanitarianism, both that those who were fight­ Science department. "She ident of HUSA, said the that." women. before and after the assas­ ing with them to remain. could have elected to with­ juggling of the life roles In a CNN interview yes­ "She teaches us that FEB 15 sination of her husband, They stood by their prin­ draw, and continue to presented to individuals terday morrung, Andrew women have been an PRIORITY FAFSA DEADLINE civil rights activist Dr. ciples, and I think that is raise her children .. But she is not easily obtainable by Young, former U.N ambas­ integral part of the Civil Martin Luther King, Jr. something that is much didn't." all. sador and close personal Rights Movement, and FEB20 "Howard University desired by leaders." Mrs. King was a wife, "It depends on your friend of the King fam­ that, contrary to what they PRESIDENTS DAY - NOClASS extends its deepest con­ When Dr. King was a mother of four, and a ability to juggle all those ily, said Mrs. King '1ived a 1nay believe, women are dole