I- DECEMBER 6, 1990" The Voice of the Students of Florida A&.%1 University - Tallahassee, Florida Vol. 72 - No. 1J

DECEMBER 6, 1990 * The Voice of the Students of Florida A&M University - Tallahassee, florida Vol. 72 - No. ~i Apartment crimes plague residents of Polkinghorne

By AME ROBINSON Allen said she felt the robbers were FAMUAN Staff Writer -7 criminal artists, because of how neatly and precisely the crime was done. There Crimes in Polkinghorne Village was no evidence of forced entry in the may lead students to be more cautious. break-in. This semester there have been 11 car FAMU police also reported one burglaries, four apartment break-ins and incident in Polkinghorne Village where three assaults, reported to the Florida the entire dashboard of a car was A&M University Police. dissassembled to steal a radio. FAMU is not responsible for any FAMU Police reports indicate that stolen items however as a suggestion to car radios, clothes, televisions, and recovering stolen property, FAMU textbooks are the most common things Police Chief Jefferson E. Walker said, stolen. "Students should record serial numbers, Jamie Gerdine, a senior business this will enable us to identify a particular item if it is found. administration major was robbed in Polkinghorne Village on Nov. 13 at "We report all stolen items to the approximately 4:30 a.m. of all his Florida Crime Information Center which textbooks, library books, credit cards, works with the police," Walker said. calculator, camera, airplane ticket, and S60.00. See related story, page 3 e i.-. K-! Gerdine said his roomate, Timothy Walker said FAMU police have no Kelly was awakened by the smoke and plans for fighting crime in Polkinghorne, alerted his other roomates. The robbers but safety pamphlets are available at the .. ,'a had apparently turned up all the burners police station. on the stove causing the apartment to be A FAMU police officer said that charred. Polkinghorne Village is patroled more at night than in the day, but they have no

The students were able to turn off set times for partroling. ' t the stove before any harm was done to Curtis Ford, coordinator of housing, 4_ them. There was evidence that the advises students to get insurance on their -+ robbers forced their way in, through the property. He also said safety measures A ripped screen on the sliding door. are given to students in the Residence ", Kelly said, "I think they were Life Handbook. The insurance forms are . ;~ students." available at the housing office, and p students have to send them to the - =; "I feel they could have been students individual companies. I -1W -W . , - - -- I&a A& (((f or outsiders," Gerdine said. "Whoever it Sam Houston of facilities planning Joseph Brown IWllhe Famuan was, they were trying to get back at us." said, "Lighting for Polkinghorne Village Despite all of this Gerdine said he was originally left out of the city Knee deep doesn't feel at all threatened. contract, because the lighting study that was conducted six years ago did not In one car theft which occurred in include Polkinghorne Village. We have FAMU's Scott Price digs his way out of a sand trap Polkinghorne Village, April Allen, gotten proposals from engineers to put as he practices for the second half of the season junior advertising major, was robbed of up lights in Polkinghorne, and this will at the Hilaman Park Municipal Golf Course. (Story, her S650.00 car stereo system and be looked into once they finish work on page 11) 5150.00 radar detector. the Quadrangle." Community college students FAMU bound By AUDREY Y. WILLIAMS community college, you get a feel for the lot different from a big four year school. year's schedule includes 40 colleges on a FAMUAN Staff Writer kind of work you'll have to do later on." "One thing I had to get used to was tour that started September 10, and will Dwayne Glover, a former student of the size of this campus," Woodard said. end on March 7. During these tours, Wanda Carter, a graduate of Valencia Florida Community College in "FAMU's campus is huge compared to recruiters from all nine schools in the Community College in Orlando, decided Jacksonville, transferred to FAMU Valencia. Also, the classes are bigger Florida University System try to attract that Florida A&M University was the because of its "outstanding business here." potential students. best place for her to complete her program." According to FAMU's office of "Normally, this tour is how education. Glover said his main reason for admissions, 257 Florida community community college graduates find out Her first experience at a four year attending a community college was to college graduates were accepted for the about FAMU, " said Niles. She added college was at the University of Florida. "stay focused." fall of '90, compared to 237 for the fall that they get several invitations from out After attending classes with up to 200 "If I had come out of high school :f '89. Out of those 257 applicants, of state to do "mini college fairs," but students and dealing with the pressures of and attended FAMU, I wouldn't be here only 66 are currently enrolled at FAMU. their budget doesn't allow them to accept. attending a predominantly white today," Glover said. "I definitely needed Johnnie Niles, the coordinator of the Niles said, although she is in charge university, Carter transferred to FAMU, time to get my priorities straight." Dffice of High School and Community of recruiting high school students to where she is now an elementary The FAMU/FSU School of Tollege Relations, located behind Lee FAMU, she is well aware of the education major. Engineering is what inspired Frank Hall, said FAMU doesn't "extend itself problems FAMU has with getting "I feel I made the right choice by Woodard of Orlando, Florida to attend enough to bring community college community college graudates onto going to a community college first," FAMU. students in." campus. She feels the main problem is Carter said. "Coming straight out of high Woodard is also a graduate of The state university system sets up a lack of scholarship dollars. school and going to a four year college is Valencia Community College and he tour schedule for recruiting officers who See COMMUNITY, page 5 a big jump. When you go to a admitted that a community college is a visit community colleges. So far, this 2 The Famuan / December 6, 1990 Credit cards proving a mixed blessing for collegians

(CPS)-- The good news is college students are finding it easier than ever to obtain credit cards. The bad news is they're also finding it easier to fall into debt to the point of having Black enrollment stagnant, not to drop out of school. Card companies that began marketing aggressively to college students for the first declining, study claims time ever about two years ago have, by this fall, created something of a debtor generation of collegians. "Many students (here) have credit cards and, yes, most (CPS)-- Black student college of them are maxed out," said enrollment has stayed stagnant, but has not declined, Michael Labban, a student at Florida Atlantic during the past 15 University. years, a study by the Rand Corporation released Nov. 13 "I don't trust myself maintained. to get a Visa," said DeeAn Nakagawa, a student at Western Washington University. A friend of hers declared The claim refutes bankruptcy at age 21, partly because a slew of reports of a decade-long slide in minority student of problems with credit cards. enrollments, particularly among black males. Nevertheless, Citibank Corporation, which promotes student credit cards on 18,000 But black students still make up about the same percentage of the student body as college campuses, estimates that 1.5 to 1.7 million students are carrying their Visa and they did in the mid-1970s, when minority enrollments peaked, asserted researcher Mastercards this year and "it continues to up," said Citibank spokesman Bill Daniel Koretz in "Trends in the Postsecondary Enrollment 4o Ahern. of Minorities" for Rand, a To get them to sign on, card companies offer students nifty California-based think tank. prizes and premiums. For students who haven't used their regular credit and Koretz argues the charge cards wisely, Ann proportion of black 18- to 24-year-olds now in college is roughly Swift, a counselor at Iowa State University's in the same financial planning clinic suggests first 20-22 precent range as it was in the mid-70s. calling the company. But 40 percent of the people in college, he added, are older than 24. "Creditors will work with students" who can't pay the minimum charges, Swift Many other studies have argu;ed that fewer minority students are enrolling in said. college. Most recently, the U.S. Departmen of Education in September reported that minority enrollment increased only 2 percent over a decade, to 18 percent of the American student body in 1988 from 16 percent in 1978. Koretz, however, argued that the reason wasn't fewer blacks students, but more white female students. Campus Notes A greater percentage of white women, he said, go to college now than in the past. "Looked at more closely, then, the enrollment data do not suggest that black males are the group for which enrollment trends are anomalous. Rather, it is white females KWANZA!!! CHRISTMAS CONCERT who are unusual." The Florida A&M university Koretz argued there is still a difference between black and white enrollment The Student Alliance for Cultural Concert Choir is presenting their annual patterns, adding they could be narrowed by addressing "the inequities and difficulties Development is sponsoring "Kwanza-A fall Christmas concert on Sunday, confronting many minority students years before the time fo rthe transition to higher Reaffirmation of the African Spirit" in December 9 at St. Michael and All education." Howard Hall on Friday, December 7 at 7 Angels Episcopal Church. The choir will p.m. Everyone is cordially invited! perform musical works from classical Collegians narrowly support U.S. styles to Negro spirituals. Persian Gulf role

(CPS)-- Fifty-two percent of the nation's collegians support the U.S. military FOR buildup in the Persian Gulf, but 65 percent of them said they would not volunteer for FRDSCHOLARSHIPINFORMATION the armed services, a poll of students across the country revealed. STUDENTS WHO NEED The phone survey of 2,000 students by On Campus Marketing Concepts also found that 63 percent believed the current standoff eventually will turn into a shooting war. MONEY FOR COLLEGE Meanwhile, demonstrations against the buildup unfolded at the universities of Akron and Washington, as well as Cornell and Purdue universities, among other Every Student is Eligible for Some Type of campuses, in recent weeks. Financial Aid Regardless of Grades or Parental Income. But students at the College of Wooster in Ohio and Ball State University in * Many scholarships are given to students based on their academic interests, Indiana are organizing special school programs for servicepeople's children as an effort career plans, family heritage and place of residence. * There's money available for students who have been newspaper carriers, to send videotaped holiday messages to soldiers. grocery clerks, cheerleaders, non-smokers.. etc. South Africa divestment has slowed * Results GUARANTEED. 'to a crawl' CALL 1-800-542-5174 ANYTIME (CPS)-- Only seven U.S. companies have left South Africa as a protest against apartheid so far in 1990, down from 24 in 1989 and a record 40 in 1987, the Investor Responsibility Research Center reported Nov. 6. AIR FORCE ROTC MAY Separately, the University of Nebraska's Board of Regents, which has resisted calls BE IN YOUR FUTURE to divest its investment portfolio of shares in firms that do business in South Africa, EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON may soon reconsider its policy, NU associate vice president for administration James ILWLI 0 w- YOUR CAMPUS. Van Horn told L an apartheid awareness panel.

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Leadei Em n S s rm 1881 Professional Park Circle, Suite 80 * Tallahassee, Fla. 32308 Leadership Excellence Starts Here The arnuan / December 6, 1990 3 FAMU Connection Faculty member's son a champion recruits through Behrooz "Roozi" Majidi is no stranger to entertainment interviews on his remarkable athletic achievements. By ALVINA MILLER After all, he has been profiled by the Tallahassee Democrat, the Florida Flambeau, the local ABC, FAMUAN Staff Writer CBS, NBC affiliates and Sports Illustrated, but he has %'_- Lights, Camera, Action. a right to be shy - he's only 9-years-old. , These are familiar words to the many Roozi, the son of Zohre Moshir, a faculty students who participate in the Florida member in the Florida A&M University/florida State t A&M University Connection. Univesity School of Engineering, has won the The FAMU Connection is a dance national title in the children's division at the 1990 -". International Shotokan Karate Federation Tournament company which includes 14 students who sing, act and dance for the sole purpose (ISKF). He was also the South-Atlantic Karate of recruting students to FAMU. Association (SAKA) champion for the past three Ronald Davis, director, created the years in both kumite (fighting) and kate (individual connection "to showcase the talent of performance of techniques). He expects to earn his students at the university and to generate black belt soon. F an interest in the performing arts, while "For such a young kid he's done a lot," said his at the same time focusing on unique karate coach, Jim Fox. "He's a pretty serious kid- -- aspects at the University" . he wants to do well in whatever he does." Ji The company has performed in Roozi is also an accomplished gymnast. He Miami, Jacksonville, Atlanta and trains at Ron Galimore's Athletic Training Center. Mobile, Ala Galimore, the owner and director of the center, said, The success of the company is "Roozi gives 150 percent. It's unusual for young kids attributed to the students who are to be so focused." "talented, disciplined, and well rehersed, That alone would be hard to beat, but he is also a to perform material that has wide top student at W.T. Moore Elementary School, where appeal," Davis said. he cams "Es", or excellents, in all of his subjects. Over 1,000 students have come to He competes in sprints and long-distance running at due to the influence of the FAMU his school. connection. Ali Majidi, Roozi's father, is proud of his son, Dionne Gipson a member of the but says Roozi isn't a prodigy. FAMU connection said "the company "I don't think Roozi is a very special boy with Roozi Majidi shows off his award-winning forms. provides an array of talent". any unusual capacity. His achievements are due to his This year's theme is "Broadway desire, planning and effort." Style." To be a member of the FAMiU -Christina A. Samuels Connection one must audition in the fall and have a minimun g.p.a. of 2.5. Agriculture Apathy encourages campus crime school awarded USDA grant By PAT ORDOVENSKY By RANA CASH ©Copyright 1990, USA TODAY/Apple FAMIUAN Staff Writer College Information Netw~ork Florida A&M University's School of Agricultural Sciences was awarded How U.S. regions differ Student apathy is the most serious $977,181 in grants from the United safety problem on the nation's colleges, States Department of Agriculture. A survey of 494 four-year colleges with more than say campus police chiefs surveyed by The U.S.D.A. awarded $5.5 million 3,000 students show a rate of 0.7 violent crimes for USA TODAY for its crime series. to the 17 historically black land-grant Students have an "Alice in Wonderland every 1,000 students. institutions attitude that a campus is not part of the through a new 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants S I planet Earth," says Robert Wiatt of Texas A&M University. That makes Program. The grants are to be used for them "easy prey for opportunists." teaching and research projects. FAMIU ranked NortheastJ Northern Illinois' James Elliott calls it first in teaching, third in research, and second in the "naivete." overall Other problems encountered by the competition. Robert R. Bradford, dean of campus chiefs: drug and alcohol abuse; the School of Agriculture, said "We feel too few police; and non-students' access good about the outcome. We arc now more determined and will work even to campus. The survey of 494 four-year colleges harder." FANIU was awarded two with more than 3,000 students also teaching grants totaling S348,027. There were 48 shows: Violent crimes occur at the rate teaching proposals, 10 of which of 0.7 for every 1,000 students compared were funded. Two to 6-per-1,000 in the whole population. of the 10 funded were from Highest violent crime rate is in the FAMU. The funds for teaching will be South, 1 for every 1,282 students; lowest used to increase the staff, do more recruiting and gain more opportunities 2 is the Midwest, 1 per 1,639. Ninity-four Violent crimes' Property crimes percent of all reported crimes are non- for internships. A research grant of (per 10,000 students) (per 10000 students) violent, involving only property. At 67 $329,154 was also awarded. "Research will be done to develop 7. j7.8 292______percent of the schools, police are allowed to carry guns. an index for monitoring water quality and 7. 5 1X7254 to analyze water samples from north 6.1 o6.5 .21 2 5 The best predictor of violent crime is the size of the town. A college with less Florida rivers for pesticides and than 10,000 students in a city of more fertilizers," said Sunil K. Pancholy, than 500,000 people is most prone to research director for the School of violence. The safest: a school with Agriculture. 10,000 to 20,000 students in a city with Because of the success of the less thanl00,000. program, the state granted an additional Public concern about campus crime S300,000 in matching funds, bringing has produced a new law requiring colleges the total to nearly $1 million. ue.~ ape, robbery, aggravated assault; 2 - .'g aya-cony-,eft motor-vehice theft to disclose crime statistics. "We will seize this opportunity to Souce USA TODAY survey of 494 canpuses Garrett News Service Pat Ordov'ensky writes for USA significantly advance the quality of agriculture," Bradford said. T'ODAY._ _ I I 4 The Famuan / December 6, 1990

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Applications are available at the Career Development and Placement Center The Famuan / December 6, 1990 5 COMMUNITY 'Rhythm of the Saints' a good pick Continued from page 1 "Community college graduates aren't CHRISTINA A. SAMUELS recorded live in Brazil. The drum adds a common to the United States. The songs provided with the same amount of FAMUAN Associate Editor different flavor to the song, a bit of Latin don't have the bridges and choruses scholarship dollars as incoming swing. The rest of the songs are common to most top-40 records. It also freshmen. We wipe ourselves Out of a In "Graceland," singer and songwriter similarly creative. Hugh Masakela and doesn't have the easy accessibility of lot of students because not only is the Paul Simon looked to South Africa to Ladysmith Black Mambazo also appear "You Can Call Me Al" or "Diamonds on money not available, but the criteria to bring unique rhythms and sounds to his on this album. the Soles of Her Shoes" from get it is too high." music. Simon's lyrics are as brilliantly "Graceland." In order to receive $1000 per year for In his new album, "The Rhythm of imcomprehensible as ever. For example, a maximum of two years, a community the Saints," Simon has again looked for "The Obvious Child starts: I'm However, the album is worth college student must have an associate influences outside the United States, this accustomed to a smooth ride/Or maybe listening to carefully to fully appreciate degree or 60 hours of transferable credit, time using Brazilian music as a backbone I'm a dog whose lost his bite/I do't Simon's talent for combining ethnic as well as a 3.3 g.p.a. A 3.0 g.p.a. is to his own. expect to be treated like a fool no more/I rhythms, lyrics and music into an album required to renew the scholarship. "The Obvious Child," the first and don't expect to sleep through the night. that rises above most releases. Niles, claiming that most one of the best cuts on "Saints," was "Saints" may be difficult to get into community college students work their written over a drum rhythm that was for the listener accustomed to music way through school and therefore are unable to attain such high grades, I appealed to FAMU president, Frederick S. Humphries, to lower the g.p.a. for scholarships to 3.0. He was unwilling to do so. According to Niles, community college student enrollment at FAMU won't escalate until FAMU begins to RATTLERS' recognize the needs of its transfer students. She would like for transfer students at FAMU to have an orientation day of their own, where they wouldn't be grouped with the freshmen and "treated as The best way children." "Community colleges are growing faster than four year colleges," Niles said. "They are more in tune to the needs of to wrap up the term. their students. It's time for FAMU to follow suit. Classified Ads

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Our War hawks sanctions won't work and that the U.S. should think different answers. shadows If one looks at the lesson of Vietnam, one sees in Wash- about war with Iraq soon. His view closely SErnest that of Bush. Opinion ington need danger in such politics. The consequences would be felt Jasm in patience. The reason's for the Bush's hasty race towards war at home as well as abroad. If for no other reason, Bush The editorial below represents the opinion of this editorial board. unclear. Perhaps Bush is attempting to save face Asst. Opinion Editor From the are must slow down to avoid mistakes like those of after his hasty deployment of troops. Maybe he's found Lyndon Johnson. start of the a way to maintain military spending despite anticipated Recently Bush has done something smart. He has Shannon Y. Daniels, editor in chief Janean R. Dixon, managing editor Middle East crisis Bush's hasty troop deployment has cuts. invited Iraqi foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, to the White Christina A. Samuels, associate editor Lanette A.M. Mallory, news editor done little but promote hostility and drive up oil prices. asst. opinion editor The only thing that is clear is that Bush doesn't that Secretary of State, James Diane Paylor, opinion page editor Ernest Jasmin, There may be 430,000 U.S. troops in the Middle House and proposed Erika N. Duckworth, features editor Vernita Alexander, circulation seem to have a focus or to address his options fully. Baker, go to Baghdad to talk. If nothing else, this move Lisa M. Butler, wire editor manager East by next year. Most indications say that the United instead, he suggests to the public that the U.S. should provides Hussein with a way to back down without Heidi Renee Williams, sports editor Joseph Brown II, photo editor States is going to war. It's past time for the war hawks to Smith. design editor/ Johnathan Thomas, asst. design play the role of "world police." losing face. This sort of diplomacy is more preferable Christopher slow down and address other options with more cartoonist editor This role is outdated. A war with Iraq without than the "world police chief' role that Bush is eager to enthusiasm. greater U.N. support is crazy. Once again, the U.S. play. Retired Air Force Gen., William Crowe, says the finds itself on the brink of an unwise war with few Bush needs to spend time with such options for embargo works. Crowe says all that is necessary to deal to our troops active allies. At the current rate, the U.S. would lose the diplomacy and finding ways to avoid war instead of Best wishes with the Middle East crisis is patience and what he calls most lives and have the greatest economic burden of lobbying for Congressional support of war. America is I would like to wish all of our servicemen in Saudi Arabia a Merry the "most effective peacetime blockade ever levied." Christmas and a Happy New Year. Keep your heads up. any allied nation if war were to break out. on the brink of economic disast