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VOLUME 83, NO. 28 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 http://hilltop.howard.edu This Negative Campaigns Dominate Faculty Elections Record Turnout of Voters, Officials Say By CHRISTOPIIER W INDHAM 900 faculty members. key faculty issues. ber of the faculty, Bailey and Adair con Week's Asst. Campus Edi1or Broome cited a new "The type of campaign Undergraduate Fac demned currem Undergraduate Faculty balloling procedure for they have conducted has ulty Trustee candidate, Trustee. Muriel Poston from the College of andidates for the undergraduate and the increase of voters. Dr. Oyemade Bailey Arts and Sciences, and the last Graduale graduate faculty 1rus1ee seats sub For the first time, fac been one of untruths from the School ofEdu Faculty Trustee, Carolyn Broome from the Cmitted their final picas 10 voters on u l1y members were ... it's really not appro c:11ion and Graduate CollegeofMedicine. fwifeofTofl Broome Hilltop Wednesday,just before polls closed on their allowed 10 vote by way Faculty Trustee candi Jfor their work as trustees. campaigns in which some call "negative," of absentee ballots. ln priate for a university date, Dr. Al vis Adair, "The currem senale leadership and and .. passionate." years past facu lty election." ha\'e been heavily crit trustees ha"e failed 10 address and remedy An estimated 250 faculty members cast members could on ly icized by the facu lty the serious problems facing our students Busin~ Profile a ballot Wednesday and another 150 ballots vote at the faculty senate and other candi and challenging our commitment 10 prop are expected by mail before the election meeting-held on the dates alike for publicly er educational :1dministration," Bailey and results are released on Monday. According day of elections. Dr. Carolyn Brooute, current anacking their oppo Adair said in the pan1phlet. to Faculty Senate President Toti Broome, Despite the record graduate faculty trustee and nents. The pamphlet was also critical of Toft the 400 anticipated voters will be largest turn-out, some say the candidate for re-election 011 1he In a four page pam Broome. According to the pamphlet he turnout in faculty trustee elections history. negative campaigns 2000 election process. phlet which was maited "failed tO deliver on a promise 10 provide Currently Howard employs approximately have overshadowed the 10 every voting mem- See ELECTION, A4 Thousands of DC Howard Students Protest Against the World Bank and IMF Youth Show Pride at Annual Festival
By JASON T. S,11T11 ONE Hilltop Staff Writer The heavy, staccato beats of House music Oooded Dupont Circle - WAY while a group of teens wa,cd their hands with the music and ··passed the ,,ogue" in from ofa min drenched Irving "Duke" J ohnson, the owner of crowd. Duke's Shoe Repair, has been shining 11n "You can't have a gay pride festi and repairing shoes for more than 50 val with out voguing," said Chris, an years. 18 y=-old District re,idenl ret\,rring 10 1be impromptu dance se,,ion Campus,A2 The group was part of thousands of gay, bise.~ual and transgendered teens who endured rain and chilling weather in Dupont Saturday 10 cel World Bank/ IMF Protest ebrate 1he Districl°s fourth annual Youth Pride Day. Though sponsored by a coalition oforganizations dedicated to serving the Dis1ric1s thousands of queer youth, the event attracted a crowd of both gay and straight. youth and t aJulL, AnJ (U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON. Ind. - Senior Owen Mundy might not alway, put the seat down. but hi, ' girlfriend. Rasma Vitols. learned to deal with it during the past two years. Plight of Black British Writers Discussed at HU Symposium When most students· parents were The Hilltop looks back at the year in born, living together was a social Sports By ANDRf: EsTERS writers in the African Diaspora taboo. In 1960. there were abom Hilltop Staff Writer last Saturday. The one-day event 400,000 unmarried couple house Sportsweek , Bl was held at the holds, but now lhe number has lack British writers who "The symposium was monu soared to more than four million have gone virtually unno mental for a number of reasons," according to the U.S. Census Bureau. ticed and unheard in INDEX B said Dr. R. Victoria Arana. a Pro This year, Haverford College in British and American literary cir fessor in the Department of Eng Pennsylvania will Join two other East cles came 10 the University in a lish who was largely responsible Coast colleges or universities allow Campus A2 "monumental" effort to inform for the organization of the sym ing men and women 10 share dormi the world of academia that their posium. LOry rooms. A social stigma no voices must be heard. " .. .It's the first time that there Nation & World A6 longer. cohabitation is on the rise and While many ofthe writers and has been an academic sympo proving to be a fantasy for some cou activists have been composing sium on Black British writers in ples and a nightmare for others. Editorials AS for several years, their names go either America on England," she Some sociologb1s regard cohabi virtually unknown in England, said. tation as a modern day "courtship rit and their works don't even exist She added that the symposium ual," said Patricia McManus, an Perspecth-es A9 in America. was also important because it assistant professor of sociology. Howard University, in con was the first time since 1928 that "Overwhelmingly. most people junction with the British Council SportsWeek the University has partnered with are still getting married; howe\'er, Bl and the British Embassy, spon either the British Council or the File 1'11010 there is a slight drop in the propor sored lhe symposium to discuss British Embassy. According to Kadiju George, " British literary activist who h •• ·---# ------~~------~------~------~~--~------, THE Hn,LTOP A2 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 CAMPUS Basset, Baldwin to be Honored Voices At Commencement· Ceremo·ny & FCC Chairman Pegged as Keynote Speaker including the performing arts, Angeles and a member of Phi have access to the technologies that are driving and shaping By SHERYL ROBERTSON literature, business and indus Beta Kappa. has no actual ties Hilltop Staff Writer try, human and civil rights, and 10 Howard. Brock said he did our society." Views international diplomacy. contribute to a video-confer Kennard Look his position as William E. Kennard, chair Kennard will be receiving an ence given by the university's FCC chairman in November man of the Federal Communi honorary Doctor of Law School of Communications. 1997 and has been a member cations Commission, Actress degree at the ceremony. He .. He has been a crusader in of its general counsel since What has been your most terms of, ... minority represen Angela Bassett and deceased earned a Bachelors degree December 1993. from Stanford University and tation in the communications memorable experience at author James Baldwin will be Before the FCC, Kennard his Juris Doctorate from Yale field, particularly in terms of among the recipients of hon was a partner in the law firm Howard this year? orary degrees at the Com University Law School. ownership and access," Brock Verner, Lipfert. Bernard, mencement ceremony on May .. During his tenure as FCC said. "As FCC Chairman, McPherson & Hand. Before 13. Kennard was also named Chairman, William Kennard Kennard has tackled many speaker for Howard's 132nd has tenaciously pursued a bril issues affecting th'! black com being named a partner, he ~~""'() "Coming out of the tun graduation. liant, focused agenda for munity." served as an associate there nel with my teammate NAACP chairwoman Myrlie attaining technological pre Programs such as E-rate, a from 1982 to 1983. From 1983 at Greene Stadium Evers-Williams, Philadelphia eminence in the United States $2.25 billion initiative that to 1984, he was the National before my first home Coca-Cola Bottling Company and the global marketplace, makes the Internet and other Association of Broadcasters' coming game." CEO J. Bruce Llewellyn and particularly in the telecom telecommunications services assistant general counsel. Prince Bandar bin Sultan of munications area," said available in both rural and Commencement take place inner-city areas, have been Saudi Arabia will also receive Howard President H. Patrick on the Upper Quadrangle of imroduced during Kennard's honorary degrees. Swygert. "His ability to effec main campus. The university · tively craft policy that protects term in office. Alex Dixon According to Donna Brock has not yet released an · consumers, encourages com Under Kennard's leadership. Freshman international of the Office of University inclement weather plan. The business major Communications, all the recip petition and is grounded in Brock said, the FCC goal was fairness and equality makes to guarantee that "all Ameri ceremony will be broadcast ients have achieved distinction live on Howard's WHUR-96.3 within their professions. She him a model of information cans-no matter where they radio station and WHUT-TV said the individuals have con age leadership." live, what their age or what tributed to various fields, Kennard, a native of Los special needs they may have- Channel 32 television station. . "My most memorable moment at Howard Table Tennis Team has Successful Tournament University would be Howard homecoming because it was one of The Howard team captured made a great impression," the best weeks I have SPECIAL TO THE HILLTOP the coveted men's national Dyer said. ever experienced." master's singles champi The table tennis team, sup Howard University's table onships which was won by ported by Mr. Samuel Atta. tennis team returned tri Michael Le. assistant director of intramur umphamly from its bid at the Michael Le also paired with al activities. made strides by Brandon Jones National ACUI 2000 Colle Dyer to capture the bronze winning the Regional Cham Freshman COBIS major giate Table Tonnis Champi medal in the men's doubles. pionships and becoming onships. held at the Universi Roxanne Hilton-Clarke and national champions for I 99- ty of Houston on April I 4th Tovia Dawson competed in the 2000. and 15th. women's elite championships "The tournaments were The team, lead by captain where they defeated some of well-organized. I was very Lenworth Dye!, competed the country's top female play proud to represent Howard. l '·My most memorable against the top collegiate ers and scored valuable points moment at Howard is men's and for the team. hope in the future Howard will when I Achieved the women's table tennis players .. It was a great experience: provide scholarships or funds Roxane Hilton Clarke standing in to recruit more players and the fronl. From lert to righl, Mr. school of CEACS from colleges and universities meeting and competing ~Jichael Le, 111\ la Dawson, and Award." throughout the United States, against students from all over keep up the standard set," said Lenworlb D)cr. Canada and Puerto Rico. the country. I think Howard Le. Richardson Urges Attendees Campus Digest R.J. Chandler Junior architecture and to Dicuss Pain and Suffering Community News \Vins Distinguished Award planning major The School of Communication's Community News fimshed in second place for the Mark of Ex,cellence Award in the cat By VALERIE THOMAS egory of .. Best Non-Daily Student Newspaper." The award Hilltop Staff Writer was given out Saturday at the University of Maryland Col lege Park hy the Society of Profos,ional Journalist-Region Despite short notice, Dean 2. The weekly newspaper co\'er issues concerning the Wash Bernard Richardson stepped ington DC community. The Community N..:w• •~ av11.ilnble in for scheduled speaker, every Thursday on campus. "Protesting together Evangelist Minister, Billy with HU students Graham to give the Palm Howard Student Wins Fulbright Scholarship against IMF-World Sunday sermon at the Bank, WTO, as well as Andrew J. Rankin Memori God," he said. Siman Qaasim. a senior African studies major. became the capitalism in Ameri al Chapel. Richardson told the audi first Howard ~tudent to win the can.'' Graham would have spo ence that " God suffered for prestigious Fluorite Hays Group ken in Cramton Auditorium them, and suffering was Project Abroad in Swahili. Quasi and 12 other recipients but, the service was moved expected." "The blessings from nround the country will to the chapel because of the that everyone happily thanks spend eii:ht-weeks this summer a smaller crowd was expect God for. are the result of suf Fatima Doubakil ed. Graham canceled fering;· he said. at the internationally recognized Junior political science because of reasons unknown By the end of his sermon, In~titutc of Swahili and Foreign Languages in Zanzibar, 'fanza major to the Hilltop. Richardson had a couple of audience members in tears. nia. The day that symbolizes the The 13 scholari;hip winners will be taking Swahili cours suffering of Christ before the After service some said that es and participating in cultural immersion activities. The resurrection brought a full the sermon was "filled with a sense of serenity and main goal of the course is to reinforce and enrich participants' house to chapel. peace.'' Chaplains prayed knowledge of Swahili language and culture. Richardson urged the atten over each palm before they "It was Simian's hard work and dedication to learn Swahili dees to speak openly about were distributed to the entire that made the difference, it's an honor ror our drpartment," their pain and " not only the "A life changing experi congregation. said Professor :vtkumburi Lyahabya, an instructor in the for blessings from God". ence I had while at "I really enjoyed the ser eign languages dcparlment. Lyababya recommended Qaasim "Don't deny the pain," Howard was when I mon," Kim Morrison, a for the scholarship. She is not the first student Lyababya Richardson said. "Suffering, received Christ as my junior biology major who helped with the application process for the scholarship, but is a part of religion and with lord and savior." assisted Richardson. "I she is the first to win. out it Palm Sunday would thought that it was right on not exist." point." Mock 1Hal Places Among Top at Contest Richardson began to give Morrison said she agreed The Howard University Mock Trial debate team placed in Safia Mohamoud the first of several examples with that people often feel of how people feel guilty the top JO in tl1e nationaJ gold flight competition last week Freshman telecommuni uncomfortable discussing end in Des Momes. Iowa. The two squads competed against cations management about discussing their pain their moments of suffering. and suffering, " but are se\'eral schools across the country. Two weeks ago. the two major "People go through down squads placed I st and 2nd in the national silver flight con delighted to share the good times and it can be difficult test. ness of God." to speak about with other "Suffering will not sepa people," She said. rate us from the love of ' ,. A8 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 THE HILLTOP • • EDITORIALS ' • ILLTOP • Founded in 1924 i The Nation's Largest Bku:k Collegia,te Newspaper I '-v The New Face of Protest? No. 0 · y o u n g was based on digruntlement with a white girl gets on the system based in principle and feeling, I news to say that she and this one was fueled by outsiders who ' ~ I • her group of friends are attempted to galvanize the middle trying to .------, class a?ainst overseas get arrested to honor the Our View: oppression. ' legacy of Martin Luther Yet, no movement - King, Jr., and Gandhi. A Legacy, schmegacy. anywhere - has ever young white man throws The IMF/WTO begun with the middle himself in front of a car protest was the •biggest class. They amay drive it to prevent it from mov- scam of the new in the end, but it does · ing. Others beg to cross millennium. not begin with them. The. the police barricades so World Bank/IMF debate, that they can be arrested for ''the cause." Meanwhile, the men of the at least in the U.S., is a cause imposed I International Monetary Fund and from above. It does not strike at the World Bank, having been told in heart of America, not even as much advance that protest would start at six as the WTO issue did. It is, to be put o'clock, arrived at five and got their simply, as much a celebrity cause as \ I ' ' \ \ business done. Macy Gray was before she finally / I j \ The Washington Post devoted much blew up. And like that pop star, the space over the past few weeks to the concept of debt relief and the evils of ' ' ''new face of social protest." Yet,was austerity policies will have to be ( this really a social protest? There was rammed down the throats of the no mass movement behind it. Most American people before anyone other who heard about it were only luke- than idealistic, rich college kids join warm to the convoluted issue. Where- hands with the international coalition as the social revolution of the sixties that is fighting these organizations. We How To Write Us THE HILLTOP, the nation's largest Black collegiate newspa!J!!r, encourages ~ 0 share3our OP.mions on articles published in the No one in the Presidential election n~wspaper. 1 8HILLTOP will only publish letters addressed drrecJ!Y_ to the Edit9rial Editor in response to P.Ublished articles. The HlLLTOP Editorial Board reserves the right to edit letters ecently overshadowed by, paign and President Clinton's 1996 for space and literary style. All letters must be D'ped, signed and among other stories, campaign.• mclude a complete address and telephone numl:ier. Elian Gonzalez, protests In touching on traditionally Democ Encourage The opiQions exP.ressed on the Editorial Page are the views of the THE HILLTOP EditoriaJ Board and do not directly reflect the against international ratic issues such as education and 9p1n1on of. Howard University, its Administration individual Hilltop Policy Board men;ibers, or the student body. The opinions finance organizations social programs, Bush is doing much expressed on the P\!rspect1ves_p:ige ~e those of the writers and do and stock market turmoil is the pres the same thing Clinton did in taking no1 represent the view of the Editorial Board. idential race. These are lazy days for up the issue of a balanced budget, for Please Address Letters to: news from the campaign example. Though the ten You The Editorial Editor THE HILLTOP trail, an interlude Our View: dency is to add a particu 2251 Sherman AvenuebNW between the primary sea lar party's spin on an Washington, D.C. 200 I son and the start of full For once, wouldn't issue historically cham fledged general election it be nice to be able pioned by the other, the . ' THE MISSION STATEMENT campa1gn1ng. to vote for a presi result is often muddled, To Produced entirely by the students it serves, THE HILLTOP is the This dead zone has been dential candidate middle-of-the-road pan newspaper of record for the Howard University community. With.in zts pages, our readers will witness ob}eqtive reporting and all the more uninterest whose words and dering that neither storzes written fronz a. un,q_uely black perspectzve at the premiere ing in recent presidential offends nor satisfies. hzstorzcally black Unzvers,ty zn the world. ""proudly continue a actions are driven by trad1t1on of excellence, for our readers and our distinguished races by the painstaking, the strength of their Such moral and intellec legacy deserves nothing less. . pollster-driven efforts convictions rather tual compromises may Write both parties have made than the latest focus win voters, but it too often THE HILLTOP to woo The Average group and poll accomplishes little of American by hijacking results? substance. For once, AI_>RILL 0. ThRNER the each other's funda------' wouldn't it be nice to be Editor-in-Chief mental issues. Today we able to vote for a presi ALENA SIMONS see examples of how far out of hand dential candidate whose words and Letters Business Manager such popular pandering has gotten in actions are driven by the strength of JASON T. SMITH KrMornv K. BROWN Managing Ediror Managing Editor the ominous parallels between the their convictions rather than the latest IRA PoRn:R TORI MASON PRINCF. MHOON current tone of George W Bush's cam- focus group and poll results? Campus Editor KYLA K. WILSON Ad1'ertisi11g Copy Editors Manager • CHRIS WlNDHAM Assistam Campus To ERIC HAU. JAMAL POPE Editor Photo Editor Ad1,enising Layout Manager RANDY SHORT Ciryl Nation & 1#-Jr!d Rmario11 CHRISTINA ACKAH Editor Editor Assn"ANT BUSINESS MANAGER MARK HARRIS, JR, BRAND] FoKn; Editorial Editor lifeStvlesEditor KEYANA A, JAMF.S The Office Manager KEVIN 0. STfi.:VII\RT JAMYE SPII.LER Sports\¾-ekl Production Asst. Lifestyles Editor NADINE ROBINSON Edi1or http: TIFFANY EWEU, illtop.howard.edu • KJ.:ENAN SLIARF.S Receprioni,\'/s CAMILLE HARVEY Production Editor Assistant Sports\¼ek Editor JASON TATUM JOVAN WF:ATIIERLY • TASHA STEWART Staff Ca11oonists JOHN-JOHN Editor! \Vn.UAMS IV Copy Chiefs • ,_ ___ ...... -~-- --~------·. T111-: H1LLTOP F RIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 A4 FROM PAGE ONE .r, have ran negative campaigns. for elections. Kadija George. the works of in1erna1ional From, ELECTION Al Drom, WRITERS. Al and alternative Faculty lniliated "Our campaigns are not nega Faculty members also voted on University officials. in I 928 E.R. Brai1hwaitc. the Writer au1hors. 1he faculty senate council, academ After the booksigning a recep Strategic Plan.'' The pamphlet tive." he said. "We simply provided the Universily and the British in-Residence in lhc Department ic and health affairs commillee tion was held at the British accused the faculty senate of doing a report card ...... we reported the Embassy worked 1oge1her 10 bring of English, was also a panelist. members, budget and planning com Embassy. Drawing a crowd of "nothing to promote" commensu fac1s." Sir Esme Howard 10 1he dedica He delivered 1he keynote address rate bonuses and salary increases Somr fac.11 l1y members say neg• minee members. community rela tion ceremony of 1he University's and spoke of his career as a writer. more than 150. the reception when faculty are advanced in rank. alive campaig·ns are hurtful to all tions. s1udent and alumni affairs lntcrnalional Building. Following the symposium. the allowed the writers to discuss "The type ofcampaign they have candida1es. commillee. Saturday·s symposium, called writers journeyed 10 1he Howard 1heir works more intimately. conducted has been one of '1'hnt kind of campaigning does "Teaching 'Black British Wril University Bookstore 10 read from Sponsors of the events includ untruths," Carol Broome said. "It's nol help anybody." Human commu ers' ," was held in Locke Hall and sign 1heir works. The works ed Howard University Provost Dr. really not appropriate for a univer nications professor, Carolyn Stro from 9:00 until 3:30 and drew of the au1hors were able 10 be dis Antoine Garibaldi: Dr. James Donaldson, dean of 1he College of sity election." man said. " We are all faculty. We over 120 participants. During the played through the efforts of the Antwan Clin1on, director of the Arts and Sciences: Ambassador Broome was the 1998-I999 grnd should all be striving for the same course of the discussion, faculty thing. The faculty does not need bookstore. Prior to 1he sympo• Horace Dawson, director. The uate facully trustee. She also beat of the English Depanment and any negative campaigning." http://hllltop.howard.edu sium, the wri1ers • works were not Ral ph J. Bunche Center: Dr. out Adair last year to received the several Black Bri!ish writers and Some faculty members say the literary ac1ivists presented papers available to 1he American public. Thomas Baille, director, Moor• faculty senate's nomination but was The pligh1 of 1he Black British land-Spingarn Research Center; rejected by the Board of Trustees campaigns are nm nega1ive at all. on the African voice in British Journalism professor, Dr. Lilerature and the need for a cur writers was driven home, Arana Dr. Eleanor W. Traylor, chairman, because he disputed the results. The said, when she had to wri1e direct• Department of English. Howard graduate faculty trustee position Lawrence Kaagwa said he thinks the riculum 1ha1 includes tha1 voice. candidates campaigns are not neg Among the Black Bri1ish writ ly 10 British publishers 10 h ■"e University: David Blagbrough. remained vacant for the entire 1999· their works shipped to Amerjca. director, The British Council; and 2000 school yeM. ative. but "passionate." He said two I ers in allendance were Judith very competitive slates can be good I Bryan!, Cour11ia Newland. Susan Usually professors would go 10 1he British Embassy. Adair denies that he and Bailey's Yearwood. Dorolhea Smarn, and the Library of Congress 10 request "I would lose a Joi of friends and WS Al MOVING IN FOR DIFFERENT who had cohabitated tell me that PARENTS JUST MIGHT From. PRIDE, Al there would be a lot of fighting going From,. VO , their commitment 10 ending ·6()s," she said. • REASv,·10OlsNsStaved al Mundy's ..__ they're glad they lived together," UNDERS'D\ND homophobia and discrimination in on in my family if they knew about She said as a society we have , ...,...~ said Erdosy, who counsels around 50 Vitols' mother initially worried the District. me." Dequan said. He added that the high expectations marriage will be occasionally ,tarting in the sum111cr couples in marriage prepara1ion she cared more about her boyfriend District Congressional Represen- festival ·•empowers people who are personally fulfilling. so many are of J998, but by that fall she b4an each year. "I have had couples tell than her famtly, she said. Other than tative Eleanor Holmes-Norton made out.'' Nonetheless. he said that after approaching marriage with more 10 stay regularly. She was worldng me they wish they bad spent tha1 that,herparentsdidnothaveaprob- a speech lending her support 10 the the rally he would go back to leading caution. full time, and rather titan stayi4 at time apart." lem with her living situation. cause. Mayor Anthony Williams scni a double life of a queer youth living "We cook meals together. which home with her parents, she lllljcd He said cohabitation can push a "My parents did it, my brother did . . as a straight black male. I 'tm I ,s. so f un, ,. Mun dy sat'd . ""'vve name w11h· Mundy. They have s,·g-~mm' a coup Ie .m o a lifet'1me comnu en ,·1 , my sister. d'dI .tt, " s hc sat.d . a representative to proclaim Apnl Jaison Gardner. a 19 year-old " lease 'or a lownhou,M 'or "-t ll. th d S 1 • hi I be 15, Youth Pride Day for the District. HIV/STD program associate with [ our PI ants. " ~ '' •~~ ey O no I want. omc parcn s l1ll8 no so "The mayor foels that every human Ifhe kills them, it's over," Vitols "We consider it a s1eppini s c "It's not uncommon for a cohab- a.:cepling ofcohabimtion. Often the being is important. He has a problem Ad,•ocates For Youth. was a speaker I said. for a life for just the two of 1111;· iting couple to get married because parents· disapp10val of cohabitation with discrimination of anyone and he at the rally and said he directed his More important than mac and Mundy said. its what's~pected of them." he said. puts a strJ.in on the parent-child rela• is more than aware of the gay and Jes- speech to teens like Dequan who cheese and house plants. Mundy Mark Erdosy, a pastoral associate "One or both of the partners may not tionship. McManus said. If these were still in the closet. sru'd • "Weve , Iearn ed eac h oti ter• s at St. Paul's Catholt'c Church. --:d ,cc, I rea d y ,or, th e I''11etunc . comnut-. ba d ,cc, 1·mgs persist. ID. to Ih e mar- Cheatam,bian community special in DC,"assistant said Carlene to the "It's important that we recognize quirks.'' most cohabiting couples coming for ment. but because ofobliga1ion they riage. the couple lacks :he social mayor for lesbian. gay, bi-sexual and groups that are here opening doors to "We're comfortable with each marria~e preparalion at St. Pill's go through with (marriage)." support that keeps relationships transgendered affairs. queer youth to provide a safe and sup other.'' he said. "We talk about e,-ery- initially say they moved in for fmin. While Erdosy said he dors not together. th portive pince to be who they are," thing. Ifwe have an argument, we're cial reasons. think cohabilation is a good idea, A 1995 study by Bumpass .ind Many lhought c mayor'st s sup- Gardner said referring to the Sexual defini1ely going 10 see each other •·For the most part cohabitu,g Carol McCord. assis1antdcru1 ofthe Sweet, in a Website associated with port was an important ep inth creat- Minority Youth Assistance League or ·11." I · ' office 'or women's affairs and clin- the National Cor'erence ofCa1holic ing a more tolerant climate in e Dis- SMYAL. The organization provides at\d talk about coup es are savmg one perso• s ,, "' trict. However. the common But being in 1he same house can monthly rem, but it's almost lice ician at the Kinsey Institute. endors- Bishops. found 50 percent of mar- sentiment was that there was still a youth drop-in center for youth and be a challenge. Vitols has a full time they arc mortgaging the long Nlm es this idea. McCord said cohabita- riages preceded by cohabitation much more 10 be done 10 create an also offers self-affirming workshops job and Mundy is a full time student. forHseho~;dterd".1Jnrung· ,th" eErr~oesy f~·- tion is a time 10 agree and negotiate ended in divorce. High divorce rates environment safe enough for gay, bi• and activities for gay. lesbian. bi-sex• so sometimes their schedules con• 5- u,, 11 0 mw if living together works. can partly be explained by changing 1 ual and transgendered teens in the llict. riage, when the priest asks the cou- She said cohabitation is an impor- attitudes within society, Erdosy said. ~::~~ ;0 '::!:a,~it~:~1t::.~s:;~i:::s~ DC metro area. ·•we have to be each other's con• pie• "Have you come here free!~ lant step in choosing a mate. 'The whole institution of mar- ment or isolation from their straight This was Gardner's first Pride Day stant form ofentertainmen~" Mundy without re$crvation to give • "It's a really healthy way of prnc- riage is changing," he said. "In my f n• e nd s an d c oun terp ar1 s. Festival and he said he was impressed said. "When I want 10 v.-ork. I want ,elves to each other in murri9F'I" ticing the skills of daily living and a unscientific perspec1ive, long-term T.~k th 19 ear Id d ate of by the anendance. towork.and1henl'llhearthisvoice they cannot answer a 100 percent further step toward adulthood than nolongermeansalifetimc.Our..oci- • e e Y ·O gra u "In an age when we ,o often ha,-e 'Don't you wruma hang out with ''ye~" because they are financidy Jiving with a couple of buddies," ety's individualistic nature makes Woodson High school who said he 10 come together in times of mourn me?"' dependent on each 01her. she said. "Some women want to see us more focused on 'my needs. my wanted to be identified only as ing and protest, it is inspiring to see ·Tm a dis1raction." Vitols said. Other couples said it wa\ .. if a partner is going 10 be equally wants, me, me. me· and marriage Dequan. Though he considers him- thousands of young come together She look up painting on Mundv's, next Iogac · al steP " or lbey we tefll.~t ~- suppor1ive. Gettin"., married solely needs 10 be 'we' C.ocused." selfhouse "gay" to anend he had the to festival. sneak outHe ofwant his• simply in the name of celebralion and suggcstioa. Now she bas a hobby 10 going to test it ou1. because you want to have sex is nol ed 10 "see people who were com- pride:· Gardner said. -==k=ee=p=h=e=r=b=u=sy=w=h=il=e=b=e=wo=rk=s=.===="=l'=ve=y=et=to=h=a=,=·e=a=m=arr=i=ed=c=oup=='c==a=iood==r=e=a=so=n=:=•======~ ...:_fortablc with themselves," he said. You say y ou're lone~ and you can't tind a good man ...... 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Along with a Hill1op Staff Writer each state, country or territory at the festival. week in Washington, DC princesses have the Two of the participants, Princes,e, Joanne chance. if they should be selected '" Cherry t was in 1912 that Japan gave a gift of Byars and Nicole Morgan were students at Blossom Queen. to ,pend an expense paid 3,000 cherry trees to America only to be Howard. week in Japan. followed by I00 more in 1997. With the Byars. who was the princess representative The princesses who were consisted mainly I of Washington DC. is a 1999 journalism ofco llege students or college graduates were first gift. began.a special friendship between Japan and America that to this day is still cel graduate of Howard. While attending Howard selected by their specific st:1tc societies. All ebrated with the annual Cherry Blossom Fes she was a member of the National Golden women between the ages of 18 and 24 were tival. Key Honor Society. She is currently work.ing welcomed to attend regardless of race or Spring of 1935 was the first Cherry Blos for the American Health Lawyers Association size. som Festival. held when a group of school and will attend Howard Law School in fall of "It wasn't like a beauty pageant," said Byars. children re-enacted the firs t planting of the 2000. "Although we were treated like we were trees. Morgan. who was the princess representa• beauty queen,." The event which la,;ts for two weeks, atll1lCIS tive of Texas. is currently a ,enior at Howard The princesses were accompanied by a hundreds of thousands of visitors to Wash• maJoring 111 political science and spanish. She motorcade and police escort, everywhere ington and climaxes with the nationally tele•. is a member of the 'Texas Club, Foreign they went. They participated in tourist type vised National Cherry Blossom Festival Affairs Society, Spanish Club and she is the activities such :is touring the White House. Parade complete with bands, floats, special• school of Arts and Science's senior repre And when they marched in the parade they ty units, National Conference of State Soci• sentative. She enjoys volunteering as ,he has were accompanied by mid ship men from the ety (NCSS) princesses and the National Cher Photo By Rob Stern volunteered with the Special Ol;mpics and military holding their specific state flag,. ry Blossom Festival Queen. Joanne Byars, of Washlngtoa, O.C, lcfl, and Nicole Morgan, of'Iha.s, right, both "~re crowned NCSS Big Brothers and Big Sisters. "It was definitely a once in a life time expe This year over 50 US states. territories and Cherry Blossom Princcsses NCSS has been a major participant in the rience," said Byar,. "It was an honor:· 1wo Howard Students Business Profile File Lawsuit Accusing The Cactus Grill of Duke's Shoe Repair, A Staple in the Community Discrimination By LAtJRF.N A NDERSON Hilltop Staff Writer By LAUREN ANDERSON Hilltop Staff Writer mongst the new businesses and Latino churches of the U Street area lies a Black-owned business It was the day of Dec. 18. 1999 that Monica Athat has stood the test of time. Duke's Shoe Repair Woodard, who received both her Masters and is a place customers can go to get their shoes shined or Bachelors degrees at Howard and Jennifer repaired by a man named "Duke" and get a piece of histo Spearman, senior sociology major, realized that ry at the same time. their lives would change. On an afternoon visit The business which has been thriving for fifty years now. to the, Cactus Grill. a tex-mex restaurant locat• proves to still be doing well as people from the local area ed in Wheaton, Md., Monica and Jennifer felt patronize Duke's business, speaking as if they ha,•e know they were discriminated against on the basis of him since the! 95o·s when the business was first established. their race. The women have filed suit against the Irving "Duke" Johnson. the owner of Duke's for which Cactus Grill, and it's owners. Theodore Marg.as the store was named after has a friendliness about him that and Thomas Zambetis. for punitive damages. people who know him and even those who do not, cannot "Really when you think about it, this started resist. As he talks about his life experiences ,md the trials off in the I96o·s in Greensborough with the pub and tribulations of his business, fo lks from the surround lic accommodations problem trying to get ser ing neighborhood come in just 10 say hello, or to talk to vice." said Spe.~rman. "Now we can get service Duke about their problems. but we don't get the same service. And there's really not any difference." Duke, a man who seems to know everything offers friend Woodard and Spearman, who was accompa ly advice and an open ear to all. "If we don·1 start looking nied by her two children, decided to dine at a out for ourselves. we are going to be in a world of trouble," he says with a friendly, fa miliar smile. rest&~rant they had never patronized before, The Cllctus Grill. Duke, who got his nickname working as a bootlegger in "I wanted to try something in my communi the forties. is a World War II veteran· and ex-truck driver. ty," said Spearman. "It was something I would During his time in the Army, he drove a 6x6 as he was sent have liked to be able to frequent often. But that all over Europe fro m England. to France. Belgium. Hol• wasn't the case:· land and Germany. After five battle campaigns and three After eating their lunch, the women recei\'ed their years over seas. he was sent back to the states. check. The check totaled $65.89 which included It was at the 1955 World Fair in Manhattan. N.Y. that Duke Phoh, 8)' Eri.: I-tall Irvin~ "Duke'' Johnson, the o"ner of Duke'~ Shoe Repair. has l>e<>n shining and re1>airini: shoe, for more than 50 )Car... all drinks, food and tax. However. under the total was introduced to shoe repair. wnshand written by the server. David Jo,e, "15 per "I've loved to shine shoes. since I was a kid with a shoe past 12 years. taking all of his customers with him. entire life and remain, to live in the community in which cent tip. $9.75" and the new total "$75.64." shine box," said Duke. Duke's had outgrown the 13th Street location. and with he operate, his bu,ine", living within a half block of his Woodard and Spearman. who both did not see So it was only natural that he become interested. While he the advice of a friend and a customer, former Mayor Mar- ,hop. a gratuity policy posted anywhere in the re,tau k.new how to shine shoes, he did not quite know how to tix ion Barry. Duke's moved to 2000 14th Street. Duke maintains a friendly neighborhooo fc..:I "' he ~its on nmt or menu, questioned the server. them. However, he invested in machines and a shop anyway. "The other building was too,mall," ,aid Duke "And Mar a ,tool 111 the front of the ,tore'. t.tlkJng to each and every The server replied that the restaurant had a "dis• "I didn't even know how to work the machines!" he said ion Barry .bked me to move over here." person that come in the shop a, if he ha, known them per cretionary policy" that allowed servers to include with a laugh. The shop. with it\ high ceilings and ,-om counters sonally for years. H,s weathered, brown e}·e, tell you that gratuity to a patron's check when they chose. It was then that he enlisted the help of three men who were shO\veases it's bright yellow walls which are framed with he has seen a lot in hi, 80 years on the Earth. Woodard and Spearman continued to question already "in the business.'' They took the young Duke under old pictures of Duke. former Mayor Marion Barry with his Duke who i, the father of three grown children an I ca,,on ,..J 1 R \I PRIM L '1 1111 Haiti"s elcc 1, u c Fr1d.1} I ,t ,1 ,econd Professor Spearheads Study of AIDS Awareness in Africa c. \.-h.. cl1ons \\OUld take w k ., ter .i deadlme " H )IJ n orr-0 l(Jlln par "People have txen looking 1he 01her wa)'°' since. m:iking Ugand;i a model of succ:c" of per,onnel and audience participalion l B} M ,rr C ,11H·, he: ~aid. ful AIDS pre\'enlion in Africa. However. \\.·ere of gre.at import~nce. I ale had been I he Daily C1mpus (U Conr1ec1icut) Compounding 1he problem" 1he political olhcr .\fric Ill countries such ·" South ":'.Jol>ody had e,rr miked about training in ~ . cnt Rene unr~,t that con1inue, co run ramp~m1 m Africa are only no\\ dealing wi1h the d"· camp:ugns."' Ki\\ anuka-Tondo ,aid of other nm· ol lh1rd (L-WIRI:.) STORRS. Conn. If AIDS Africa. In l'g,mda. he say,, a civil war 1ha1 ease. and 1he rate of the d"c,isc m lho,e ,1udie,. I lu \ date the la1,•,1 i, a maJor problem in 1he United S1u1e,. it r:1gcd from 196610 1986 db:iblcd 1hc he:illh countries is peakrng and has not fallen yet. Kiwanuka-Tondo's repon is nearing pub m rn ...., e.'l..!t.utih. orc.ler is a lotal epidemic in Africa. Among the rnfra,1ructure. and occupied the minds of Kiwanuk:1-Tondo rcali,cd 1ha1 if he could lication. bnt he is 1101 yet finished wi1h his b~ cletlllril coLncil for 13.6 million victims of AIDS worldwide lhc people so lhat lhey could nm deal wi1h project He plan, lo con1inue modifying his 'r<, 1 nr,ued they were identify 1he hallm,.,ls or ,uccess in Ug:,n last year. an aSlllunding 69 percent were in the A IDS outbreak. which began m 1982. da. his limling, could be u,ed in olhcr organizatiomll model and then do compar ot publt ( P• The Hilltop Read About It AS FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 THE HILLTOP EDITORIALS THE HILLTOP Fo1111ded in 1924 The Nation's Largest Black Collegiate Newspaper The New Face of Protest? No. · y o u n g was based on digruntlement with a white girl gets on the system based in principle and feeling, news tb say that she and this one was fueled by outsiders who her group of friends are attempted to galvanize the middle trying to ~------class against overseas get arrested to honor the Our View: oppression. legacy of Martin Luther Yet, no movement - King. Jr., and Gandhi. A Legacy, schmegacy. anywhere - has ever young white man throws The IMF/WTO begun with the middle himself in front of a car protest was the •biggest class. They amay drive it to prevent it from mov- scam of the new in the end, but it does ing. Others beg to cross millennium. not begin with them. The the police barricades so World Bank/IMF debate, that they can be arrested for "the cause." Meanwhile, the men of the at least in the U.S., is a cause i1nposed International Monetary Fund and from above. It does not strike at the World Bank, having been told in heart of America, not even as 1nuch advance that protest would start at six as the WTO issue did. It is, to be put o'clock, arrived at five and got their simply, as much a celebrity cause as business done. Macy Gray was before she finally The Washington Post devoted much blew up. And like that pop star, the space over the past few weeks to the concept of debt relief and the evils of "new face of social protest." Yet,was austerity policies will have to be this really a social protest? There was rammed down the throats of the no mass movement behind it. Most American people before anyone other who heard about it were only luke- than idealistic, rich college kids join warm to the convoluted issue. Where- hands with the international coalition -=r;::: ======~ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ ==_ =-=--, ' as the social revolution of the sixties that is fighting these organizations. 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God says house, (a point where ii is visible throughout almost the that the harvest is plenteous, but where are His entire capital). But don't ~tan cheering yet. A slightly laborers? Many of us say that we labor enough wi1b altered confederate nag (square instead of reciangular, our own business, and we are so busy wilh our own with a while border) will fly in a prominent spot on the workload that we just don't have 1he time or the ener stale house grounds nexl to a memorial for the Confed gy to serve Him. But God says 1ha1 if we keep our erale dead. In the inevitable relief following this victory, minds set on Him He wi ll keep us in pcrfcc1 peace. we must remember 1101 10 sing our praises 100 loudly. In Mauhew 11 :27-30 Jesus urges us, ''Come to Me, While the bill is a step in the right direction. it does not all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give si•nal any kind of contrition on the part of pro-flag slate you rest. Toke my yoke upon you and learn from Me legisla1ors. nor does it promise any s1a1ewide reconcilia for I am gentle and lowly in hear!. and you will find ' tion between 1he races. The removal of the Confederate resl for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My bur nag could have been an event 10 bring South Carolina into den is light," and because God's word never comes the 19th century. A public acknowledgement of the back void , will you believe it? Or is there another wrongs the South had commiued and their willingness 10 issue hindering you from completely surrendering 10 move past bigotry. Instead. this "great" "compromise" has the work of the Lord? This is not an altar call, it is merely reaffirmed the 1enaci1y with which flag support just a question many of us s1ruggle with on a day 10 ers cling to the memory of Old Dixie. day basis. • Frankly, my readers, I had no idea 1he song of tlte South Is mediocrity in our walk with Christ a trendy thing still sang such sweet melodies in the ears of some Amer these days? We try to be poli1ically correct in pub ican people. To remedy my ignorance, I went s1ra1gh1 to lic prayer, leaving oul lhe name of Jesus and giving the source-local newspapers. I discovered that support shout-ou1s to other so-called gods in members of ers of the "Stars and Bars," (nol to be confused with lhe other faiths are present. Christmas becomes Xmas allitera1ive "Stars and Stripes"). argue tha1 the nag of the and the Sabbath just an extra day to study. It is like Confederacy represents the South. not slavery. we are becoming afraid to confess the name of Jesus, George Taylor of Pasadena, Texas. brought up a more even on a campus thal was founded on Christian stan , in1eresling point. He wrote. "American slavery s1ar1ed in dards in the first place. In casb you forgot, Howard 1619. Probably 100 times more people were enslaved University began as a theological school for preach under 1he American nag 1han were enslaved under the ers and teachers. This university was producing Confederate nag." This is true. There were slaves in th_e preachers and teachers of lhe gospel. Therefore, we Union at the time of the Civil War. In fac1. the Emanci are standing on 1he promises of Jesus and the prayers pation Proclama1ion deliberately freed only southern of the firsts fruits of this uoi,•ersity. lt is my right and Arm Yourselves, Black People slaves, not northern ones. my responsibility to s1and as a representation of Bui unlike the American nag, which is lhe symbol of a Christ on this campus, jus1 as 1hey did in the midst country (and hence 1he nation's historic goods and evils) of the adversity that they faced. In 2000. we as By Mark Harris, Jr. the Confederate nag no longer symbolizes a ''proud Christians must step out boldly in from of the world nation defeated" but the oppression of blacks. It is impor to see and reclaim 1his campus for the One who cre n 1he pa>t, many would tell you that the whi1e man men between 16 and 34, we begin to create a situation tant to remember 1ha1 the "Stars and Bars" has no1 been ated it. is out to exterminate or permanently subjt1ga1e the where the mos1 vi1al part of our population is "on lock flying prominen1ly in South Carolina since Jefferson We must get to 1hc point where we are ready to be IBlack mnn in America. Such talk is no longer seri- down," where a cycle (that has already begun in earnest) Davis was president. It reared i1s ugly head in 1962 as a ously given a hearing. it having become politically bound up, yoked up and hooked up with Jesus, will appears where sons follow their fathers and older broth 1101-so-oblique protest to the Civil Rights movement. The incorrect among the increasingly assimilate Afrikans in ing to s1and for Him wi1hout compromise. We have ers into lhe peni1eotiary. flag was intended as a warning to in1egra1ionists. Other America over the past decade. Yet. while Afrikans in Once again, the Howard student asks how it affects him states used 1he flag as a similar threa1ening symbol: In to have such mind to serve and glorify Him not only America have steadily toned down their rhetoric in or her directly. I wonder whether we believe that all those I956, Georgia adopted the rebel nag into its stale flag 10 in our places of worship on Sundays, bu1 in our rela order to jump wholesale on 1he bandwagon of "eco people found with marijuana. or (crack) cocaine, or hero protest Brown v. Board of Education. the Supreme Court tionships with Him, in our faith, and in our works. nomic empowerment," the governme111 has steadily It is time to slop talking and start walking! In-the in, really did have thal sitting in their back seats when decision 1ha1 integrated schools. The Confederate Flag eroded our position, to the poinl where. soon. no amount the police searched them. That is doublful. The truth is, closet Christianity is out of here! It is lime to be rad does not fly in South Carolina to honor the bravery and of empowermen1 will be able 10 save the American such tilings could be planted oo Howard studen1s rolling ical for Christ. We cannot be afraid of the enemy and Afrikan race from wheels set io mo1ion as early as 19&0 honor of Old Dixie. It was hois1ed as a slap in the face to what he is doing to destroy the Kingdom of God and down Rockville or Marlboro Pike, and we will be sent the blacks and whites that supported civic equalily for all - around the time tha1 mnny curreot Bison were born. on our merry way as well. Which is happening all over His will for our lives. There is a war goi ng on. a spir Most recent!)( lhe government has been working co take races. the country to "law-abiding·• American Afrikans. itual warfare. We have to make 1he decision 10 step away from felons 1he righl 10 vote. At the same time, tlte When protes1ers. especially Norlhern liberals, demand Why is "law-abiding" in quotations? Because the law oul with courage and audaci1y for Him and gel our govemmenl has been sleadily e.xpanding the list of offens 1ha1 the nag be removed. 1hey are not conveniently for is 1101 on our side! From the beginning, the law has been minds and lives right in order to prepare ourselves es. especially drugoffen.ses. tltAt are categorized as feloni~ getting the crimes againsl humanity commiued under.the for the battle. That means gelling in10 the holy word, When (not if) this bill become; law. it will continue the written in the interest of maintaining power for the po" still revered Star Spangled Banner: they are actmg agarnsl erful. People would counter that we have civil rights law, pulling on the breastplate of righteousness and the process of total disempowerment of Afrikans in America. an object thal actively stands for 1he oppression and to protect us. Laws canno1 protec1 anyone iftbey are 001 shield of faith and walking wonhy of 1he calling in Already. a tltird of black men in their prime wage-earning hatred of black Americans. This is an issue that should enforced. In the late 19th century, !here were even which we were called. Tha1's wha1's up! If we can yean; are under some ,;ort of correctional ,upervision (i.e., not be compromised. The only way 10 send a clear stale stronger civil rights stamtes. Once the powerful decid shou1 at 1he spons games. then do11·1 look at me crazy incarceration, probation, or parole). which makes it diffi ment that South Carolina has rejected institutionalized ed 1ha1 they didn't want to enforce them anymore, Cl< ifl'm shouling in the Adminis1ra1ion building, at the cull li>rthemtocompele in thejobmarl et us look m 1he 1erms 1ha1 Afrikans in term. we don'I even fully claim our African anymore (excepl for as a poli1esubs1i1u1e for 1hat 1hese are 1he homogenized cultural rem wi1h our sundry e1hnic origins. heirs 10 the LAmerica apply to ourselves: heri1age. It becomes liule more 1han a hair n.. **r). StiU. along wi1h it~ impolite ,-ersion. nants ofour forefathers and foremothers? Or lega~y of all the mo1herland. African-American: This 1erm is in a dead style, one that many of us canno1 ge1 wi1h it accura1ely describes the mindstate of 1he do we think of them as something that "Black A wise man once said 1ha1 a man with heal for mos1 popular appella1ion for the ou1 some difficulty. Afrikan in America - a people wi1hout a folk" just do? out a history never existed. Afrikans in descendants of chatlel slaves in 1he Uni1- Black: Probably th e mos1 popular. history before slavery, who never exis1ed America do feel 1ha1 we have a his1ory, ed S1a1es. h recognizes 1ha1 we are descen Cenainly, most of us 1oday know. on an although ''African-American" fights it in un1il 1619. Afler all. if 1he Pennsylvania only we see ii as beginning in the six- dants of Afrikans. bu1 not qui1e Afrikan. It intellec1ual level. 1hat many pieces of many circles. Certainly. it is useful. It is Du1ch come from Deu1schland (Germany). 1een1h century when Bartolome de las recognizes a unique place held by us. in definitive. seuing us apart from the rest of Afrikan cul1ure as manifested by the and Italian-Americans come from llaly, 1hen descendants of s1olen Afri kan peoples can Casas sugges1ed to the Spanish that 1ha1 we were the only people forcibly 1he "races." It is very descriptive, as well. Negroes (and n••••rs) mu st be from Afrikans would be 1he perfecl slaves. We broughl over to lhis country, who were 1101 be traced back 10 1he continenl. However. Everyone knows whal a Black person looks nowhere - where are Negrol:md and need to incorporate knowledge of our volu111ary immigran1s. S1ill, if we were we do not believe ii on a visceral level. We like. aod 1he fairer of us can use ii rather 11••••r1and? The same goes for "White" powerful ancient his1ory into our psy forcibly brought 10 America, then how can do not accept the concep11 ha1 we, too, have delian1ly 10 ally themselves with 1he dark ches. as 1ha1 will give us the grounding to we say with such surety lhat we arc Amer people, a wholly American construct. a glorious past to claim. Jusl as 1he Aus er brothers. But, it doesn't really describe believe tha1 we can reach to the greatest icans? Why does "African" modify The words we use inform our perception of trian or the Swede looks proudly upon 1he us. Black people arc black. brown, yell,)w, heights that are achievable. Thal we come "American" in this 1erm? Since we are ourselves. As our sisters rock head wraps. are grayish, red, orange. and almost all 1hc col accomplishments of Newton and von from kings and queens is not jusl a clichc, descendants of captives, hasn't lhe Amer they really aware tha1 they are manifes1ing a ors under 1he sun (excepl green). The word Leeuwenhoek. we can look upon 1he great it's a 1ruism. The sooner we all come to ican modified the Afrikan? h doesn'I make slyle originated by Afrikan mothers thou fails 10 encompass the 101 of us. Moreover. ness of Sundiaia Kiia. the kings of Kongo. believe 1ha1 in our hearts and souls, the sense. We are not Americans lirst, because it paints 1he descendant of Afrikan chattel sands of years ago? As our brothers gather the builders of Grea1 Zimbabwe, and lhe be11er. we were not in America first. If ii had been slaves as one wilhout a history. It is'a very in ciphers to rap. and the hip-hop collective children of Axum. Kush, or Kemet. We can up 10 us. we wouldn'1 be in America al all. powerful, conno1a1ive 1erm. bu1 it is jus1 brings that 1oge1her with the elements of look even more closely upon these because Mark Harris. Jr.. is a .toplromore history "African-American" doesn't work. It says plain innccurate. Although it is hard 10 brcakdancing and graffiti, do we recognize of1he migra1ions that occurred throughout that we belong where we are - subjugat major from East Chicago, Ind., and the Edi divorce ii from the rhetorical power 1ha1 it the affinity be1ween that and Afrikan modes Afrika into 1he Chris1ian era. Our blood is torials Editor for rlre Hilltop. His 1•iews are ed. of1en servile, an underclass. And we has acquired over the past forty years, we of expression, which stretch 1he boundaries mixed in wi1h 1ha1 of the Nubians of Sudan, don't belong there. 1101 11ecessarily rlrose of the newspaper. He should still question 1he place such a term of art and language as well? When Afrikans the KwaZulu of Sou1h Africa, and the lgbo cm, be reached ar 111arklwrris80@!,01- Afro-American: The same as "Africnn has for such a varied people. in America talk abou1 the style and rhythm of Nigeria. If one does not want 10 look a1 mai1.com. He hopes you leamed sa111erl,i11g American," only worse. By 1he light of this Negro: Okay. people almos1 never use it 1hat are innate for us, do we consider the facl i11hat way. then we can consider ourselves, during his 1e1111/'I!. • THE HILLTOP - B B2- SportsWeek '99-'00 Reyiew F'RIOAY, APRil, 21, 2000 http://hilltop.howard.edu ... -.. .. EDITOR' s EYE ... - .. . - 11 "''': ·1 THE SOUL OFA [ WOMAN By BRANDI FORTE LifcStyles Editor I come from humble beginnings. The words that I speak are a prod uct of 21 years of knowledge, wis dom and my own understanding of life. As a linle girl I used to murder ants. But the butterfly I embraced as its wings laid comfonably on my wrist. I love beings who can fly Dare to fly, or die 1rying. For four years I was that bunerfly who laid peacefully upon the wrist of Howard University. I was strong, naive. confused, and hurt, but I was also ready - I wanted to fly. Flying from the hands of ghetto• fabulousness and consciousness, God brought me through a tunnel of darkness into a blazing light. I write to heal open sores. I speak becau it's therapeutic. I am sassy hecaus that is all I know. My smiles are fo1 the storms, and I am peacefu toward my enemies because I kno what war is. l know how it feels to wake ur everyday knowing that you will Sec EDITOR, BS .... 1 ) 'laa,HSJJIOclS ~-=:.. ,,,aM. - ll 0 d s 0 0 0 z N 0 I l I a 3 s ll 0 l I a 3 s l ' I I I np;i·p.reM04·do11TI1l//:dn4 I I 'AVm"lJ.!) I I 000Z 'lZ 'ID:ldV I I I I I I I I 8 I j}.~ I I I I I ~ I d0J.111H 3HJ. • / FRIDAY, APRIi, 21, 2000 Tm: H1u;ror B2 • GR E DUER SPORTSWeek Year in Review fans as the game time inched closer. Sa1urday's match tor>: the Agony ofr/re Feet." lfyo11 were at tire ga111e, r/re11 up between the Howard Bison and the South Carolina By KEVIN 0. STE\\ART )'OIi would know what t/rar J11ea11s. For tire ot/rer Howard State Bulldogs proved to be quite a baule. Howard Uni Sports Editor · sports, tire men's soccer real/l gets offro a great start. T/re versity senior wide receiver Elijah Thurmon set the te1111is team experiences s11ccess early a11d often. HI? also record for receiving yards in a season against Sou1h Car hi s has been a long year for sports al get 011r first taste ofa guy some ofyou see111 to love while olina. But his shor1est reception of 1he day meant the Howard. But luckily, you have had Sports others seemed to /rare, Howard's Billy Je11ki11s (don) yo11 most, as quarterback Bobby Townsend completed the Weck to keep your spirits up. Each week we haters feel a little stupid now), Bison's42 point second half by throwing him a three-y:i.rd tried to bring you into the game and spark 8111, ifwe co11/d s1111111p 011r September 17, 1999 iss11e 1ouchdown pass with 39 seconds left to give Howard a an interest about the athletic scene here at i11 three words, it wo11/d be "Me11 i11 Back." This article 49-42 victory before 18.756 at Greene Stadium.'' /ras wo11 a11 award, b111 I do11 i know if it was for the iay- HUT. It has been our mission IO uplift Howard athletics in -Mone'Sha Jemia Carter, Hilltop Staff Writer the eye of the students, facu lty, and alumni and produce 011t or the article itself the best product to truly show that Howard is the All good r/ri11gs 11111st come to 011 encl, and they s11re did MECCA! "'They can't stop bot.Ii of us. We can go left, we can go i11 a h11rry as tire ,1·ear wowrd down. The football ream We at SportsWeck thought that we should rnke a look right, we can go up the middle, we can go outside. They back at some of the highlights and low-lights of the past can't shut both of us down.' The 'they' Howard Univer eight months in Howard athletics. si1y running back David Johnson is referring to is the For our loyal followers. I have chosen what I thought opposing defenses that will try to stop Howard's 'Men in were the most important stories this year we covered in Back' this season. Some have deemed them "'The Dynam SportsWeek. See if you can remember some of these ic Duo." O1hers prefer to call them "RoUing Thunder." events and where you were when they happened. In most But these two running backs just want to be themselves." of your case, it wa, in your dorm room eating a bag of -Christopher Windham, HJlltop Staff Writer Doritos. October is when tire weather starts to cool dmm. but ...... Sporrs\Veek wasj11sr warmi11g 11p. Tire mens soccer ream il :·~ --· was raking it to some nationally ranked oppone111s. Tirey SPORTSWeek ~-- broke tire home wi11i11g streak of tire 141/r ranked Jack so11ville Dolp/ri11s ', w/ric/r at tire rime was tire longest wi11- i11g streak i11 the nation. This was due i11 large part ro tire play of Bison goalie Nigel B11rgess, who we 11ame,l the "Renaissance Man" i11 our October I, /999 iss11e. Howard was able to wi11 back-to-back games i11foorball against Be1/11111e-Cookma11 and Texas So111/rer11. 8111 we started to see a diswrbing trend t/rat seems to /ra1111t all Agonil'S ... opps ... I mea11 A11gieJ 51-0. \V/rm'., 111> with Holl'arci reams ... r/re dreadful fair weather fans. My broth barely beCII Morgan State a11d lost ro De/awC1re State i11 them clra111i11g r/rm horrible ·;\ggi(, Pride". Here:w1101h er ill arms against this sco11rge, Kimothy Brown, rook up 1/re fi11a/ game of tire season. No Heritage Bowl for r/refig/11i11011e ofIris famous or i11famo11s 2 Mi11111e Drills er little tiring r/rey like to say: ·;\AAie bor11, Aggie bred, I Holl'arci this year. entitled "\Vhere \\llre You Sa111rday ?" Brow11 took it to /rope when I die 171 he Aggie dead. " So1111ds like a b1111c/r ofbaloney to me. li'a/r I was bitter. am/ I still am. At this Basknball did11) pro••ide a11y solace. Both reams start everyo11e i11cludi11g tire Cl11ck U chicken mascot. Thar boy ed off cold, but with a rough sc/red11/e for the me11 and sure holds 1101/ri11g back. poillf 011r Heritage Bowl chances se,,me,i all b111 over. /11 adtlitio11. 1/,ey killeci the Sports Ticker(Go,I rest its .<011/), many promisi11g recruits tirings looked up for colljerence play The women~ team had tons oftaie11t, but d11ri11g Tire Holl'artl re1111is ream 111r11ed 0111 to be the be.11 tiring tire first nvo momhs 1/re tew11 /rad to become just that, a going 011 tire Howard a1/rle1ic scene. Tire ll'Ome11 were tellm. Earlier i11 Oc1ober there 11·as a11 im·esrigario11 i1110 ___ _,_ u11defeated while 1/re me11 were 3-/. Tire Lady Bison soc bor/r r/re me11 a11d womens bllsketball programs. \Ill all ---· cer ream got one ofits rare ,•ictories i11 "do11ble overtime s @~ SPORTSWeek t/roug/rt r/rat it wo11/d11 i yield a11ythi11g. a11yo11e had to thriller. T/rey also accomplis/reci somer/ri11g that they If ll'orry; it was tire baseball program w/ro was also 11nder ne,•er hm·e befo"; 1hey won two games in a rou: i11vesrigario11. Little did a11yo11e k11ow r/rat the ,,ew ce11- Tirings started to wmamwrdfor tire Biso11foo1ball team when they faced Norfolk Swre and pulled offa 1•icrory, wry wo11/d bring more 1/ra11 good c/reer for a.II. A day before tire first televised game against a co11fer This set the stage for Home,·oming /~99. The Bison faced conference rfral S0111/r CC1roli11a State. e11ce opponent, Coach Kirk Sau/11y am/ /ris emire staff were fired by tire U11il'ersity 011 January 7, 1999 for 8111 before we C1mlcf party a11cl celebr..,te , we were all alleged 11To11g-doi11g.<. T/re mens team wem 011 tire ne.n remindet! of how .,ports iJ ,m(r ti game. G,NI may bl,:sJ· day and n'On it.i first game m al111,1Jf a year. some imli"'iduals witlr wlem to e.,·<·el at tlu·se e,·ems . bur R ._.,,...,__ Tlrar one eve111 clumged /row \\'f! at Spom\\tek wo11/d it may be 011/y for" J1eeting 1110111,111. \\airer Payton 11·as E.5:1 --· e,•ery·r/ri11g that was right \\'Ith football. 8111 he wa,< more operate. No more mister ni,:e guy for 11$. \\~ were on the rha11 j11sr tire greatest foo tball player, Ire was /111111011. He died 011 Nm·ember /, /999. \Ve paid 1rib11te to him i11 -··-· ·-- -·-.. ~ .. 011rNovember 5, /999 i.;,ue. o SPORTSWeek -~·- /11 the September 3, /999 edition ofSports Week we took "Dear Walter, 1999-2000 MEAC Men's Basketball Preview offall 1/re glo,·es and came 0111 swi11gi11g ll'il/r 011r first of As a little boy growing up in Mississippi. everyone knew :::...:-....;;;. 11umy col'ers. I <1111 1wr1ic11/arly pmrul of t/ris one. We ~I~-~::z fi] ~ recefred a /or of pmi.,e 011 the la_yo111 mu/ tire v<1riety of - '"·--·---·-~-===- co111e111 tlwt wt had;,, thi.t issue. :=:~:t..~:a.. :: /11 the MEAC Colle.~,, Fomba/1 Pn•,•i,·w I wmr,• for the o.... GNlie)'(ll,'d lturg ------• TuE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRlL 21, 2000 B3 , [ SPORTSWeek Goes 'Back In the Day' I ing streak has resurnt.-d. ism major... Bison. I'm from Louhiana ... Bison. manY wm Junie um~ Slwme 011 wm u/1. 17uu.~ God forbid if Swygert decided to lire every I'm the managing editor ofThe Hilltop ... Bison. "We. 1l1<: members of tllC Howard Uni\'ersity gmtiu~lt· Ji,r you. Since wrfi•t?I .~he g • OPENS MAY 19 IN THEATRES EVERYWHERE • l .. , r-··-··-· · ------·-- · T IIE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 2J, 2000 B4 Howard Football Players sign with NFL Te ams Due to graduate in the spring. Miller will have his "con- r------,--_,------,=------,------, By MONe'SnA J t:MIA CAR'rf:R 1ingency plan in motion." as Defensive Coordinator. Hilltop Staff Writer Coach Luther Palmer eloquently put it. Leonard Stephen's. belier known as MagllO, was named ive outstanding Student- Athletes on the Howard University Foot• this nickname by his teammates. because he used 10 ball Tham have made their life long dream of becoming a pro• never catch the ball. Then he wen! to the eye doctor and fessional football player a reality. Seniors Omar Evan's, Gary fo und out that he needed glasses. Grant. Doug Miller, Leonard Stephen's and Elijah Thurmon arc Known as a progressive player, Stephen's has shown in the process of signing National Football League contracts. steady improvement ;is a blocker. As a fou r year starter, F"As you go from pop• Warner foo tball. other youth football leagues. high he', a versatile player. Stephen played such positions as school foo tball, and then to college football the pool gets smaller and small 1igh1 end. wide receiver and fu ll back." er .... These outstanding student-athletes are some of the best foo tball play All Stephen's improvements and hard work paid off. r""!!'!~~;.;... ~ ers in the world." explained Howard University Football Head Coach Steve He will sign a two year contract with the San Diego Chargers on April 28. which will immediately be fol Wilson. Of the I 0.000 eligible college football plnyers about 300 actually get draft lowed by a signing bonus. Stephen is due to gradvate this ed, another 300 sign as free-agents and ench team can only take 80 players Spring. Known by his coaches as ''The Poster Boy" say's to their official training camp. The toddler stage for Omar Evan's wa~n·t just about putting everyihing in coach Wilson, Elijah :rhurmon has contributed 10 the his mouth and playing with toys ... he had a Jove for foo tball too. As he con Howard Legacy both athle1ically and academically. tinued to grow and develop he kept football clo,e to his heart. A native of Thurman's honors include being named CoSIOA GTE Maryland. Evan's attended Springbrook High School were he played foo t- District II Academic All-American. GTE Academic All American firs t team, first team AII-MEAC. Associ;tted ball as their star running .------, Press I-AA All-American team. Sports Network I-AA back. Post-graduation from Springbrook. All-American. The American Football Coaches Asso• Evan's attended Maine ciation Burger King All-American team. and the Sheri Central Preparatory dan Broadcas1ingNc1work Black College All-American. School were he again Thurmon has set records in foo tball at Howard, which headed for the football include most receiving yard in a season and most recep field as a defensi\-e back. tions in a season. In the MEAC he has 1he record of most After a year at Maine receiving yard in a season. Central he enrolled at Student-Athlete is not used lightly when describing Howard University. Thurmon. This Radio. Television. Film major has a 3.2 Sitting out a year was GPA and will graduate in May 2000. tough, but after becom 'Thurmon best represents the trend with wide receivers ing an active player in in the NFL ... he\ big and h~ can go and catch 1hc foot 1997, Evan's took off. It ball," say Coach Wilson. was the firs t game of the Throughout this past season the wins rolled with the season ... against Jackson losses. One of the most memorable moments from the 1999 season in Cincinnati. Ohio. against Bethune State "The first time Omar Cookman the Bison were down by 14 with 7 minutes '------~;J left in the fou rth quarter. 'lension thickened the Bison Pho " I've been through a lot," said Evan's with a melancholy tone. "I'm not even supposed to be here. God has brought me this far." Since the age of seven Gary Grant threw. caught or ran a football. Raised in Maryland, he attended Paint Branch High School. "Every since he started high school. we've tried to support him." humbly expressed Ms.Winnifred Grunt. Gary's mother. ··we went 10 his g.lmes. and as a mother I have worried about him getting hurt." A three year starter for the Bison football team, Grant wa, a player who C()n tinued to be counted upon heavily. A, a fu ll back and a blocking tight end he's regarded as one of the be,t in the MEAC. De,pite some minor injuries he encountered 1hroughou1h is college footba ll career "he stayed on the field." "He's durnble, tough and dependable," says and nods Coach Wi lson. Working hard is not foreign to Grnnt. With a blocking roll Grants prima ry job was to make sure Elijah Thurmon made the touchdown. Last season ~ he catch IOpasses for I 36 yards. Known as "G" by his team mates. it's appro priate in company with his "good" altitude and "great" talents and accom plishments as a football player. In the right place at the right 1ime. .."He caught the scouts eye while they were looking at 01her players." said Coach Wilson. Grant narrowed down the teams that wanted to play for 10 San Diego and Atlanta. TI1e Chargers prevailed. Grant expressed the foci thm he felt com fortable with San Diego because there arc less full backs going to camp. Grant : will sign his two year C()ntract with the Chargers and receive" signing bonus Bring your current resume. college transcript, New Jersey • on April 19 Whether you·re an experienced teacher, a college senior. " I worked hard to get this far, but I didn't expect this." said Grant. or a professional with a desire to make a difference as an Cert,licale of Eligibility. Certtlicate of Advanced Standing The Bison Football Coaches have been giving Grunt advice on how 10 go urban educator. you won't want to miss this opportunity or Standard Certificate. along with your drtver's license and about adjusting to his new position. which include" important steps. foo t posi• to take a look at the rewards and challenges of teaching Social Security card. birth certificate or passport. and you'll lions and new responsibilities." say's Grant. Even though Gralll is not grad• in The Newark Pub Iic Schools be able to interview for one of our teaching opportllnilies. uating in the Spring he's due to graduate in 1hc summer 2000. We offer an excellent salary and benefits package. A husband, fa ther and student-athlete Doug Miller wears many hats. After Al our job fair on Saturday, May 6, you·11 meet teachers talcing off fro m college and football for two years to take care of his fa mily who are already inspiring tomorrow's leaders: talk with the Visit our website at nps.k12.nj.us or call our Recruiting Miller returned to make his Olfice at (973) 733-8960 for mire information dreams a reali 1y. staff members who support them; and. if qualified, you may Playing in the shadows of complete an employment application and go home with a Marques Douglas, Howard signed contract to teach in one of the instructional-areas Alumni and Baltimore where openings are anticipated for the 2000-01 school year Ravens line backer. Miller ~.. didn't let that put a basket .. j over his light. He returned Job fair tor Tftadlen wearing #96 mid rose to the top with 21 tackles for loses ■ Bilingual ■ Music and Arts Saturday, May 6 • 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 9 sacks. He placed sec Camden Middle School ond in the conference in • Child Study Teams ■ Physical Education sacks. As a result. he was ■ Comp uter Science ■ Secondary Education 321 Bergen Street • Newark, New Jersey I• named First Tham All-Con • Early Childhood (all subjects) • ference. ■ Special Education C11an111nu careers? '\ " I felt like this was going to ■ Elementary Education •' happen. I wasn't ,hocked," ■ Guidance Counselors ■ World Language Special presentations at 9:00 a.m., said Mi ll er confidently. Miller will sign a two year 11:00 a.m. and 2: 00 p.m. contract with the Atlanta ~ Braves a1 Mini Camp on '- April 28. after which he will receive a signing bonus. "Coach Wilson had a great =--.,_,,. deal to do with me being pi cked by Atl anta," said ..______.J Miller. Photo by All-Pm PhotO!!raphy With a outstanding chance DougMillerisom,oftht mon) llo"anl pla)crsthatore in the NFL Miller is focused The Ne.13r1< P\Jbl,c Sd>. D strict is an EQliat Opportun ty ErnplO)l< V.e t.r"l an Attlflllill,,e Act,on Plog•am and P • \ THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 B worry about a thing. Words can't express how easy things letics a great service. like that. Try some of the other sports. You have to go to were when you were here. When you left Sports ESPN too! You and J(jmothy have 1ha1 New Orleans con Thank You! Week...well ... at first I was in denial, then depressed, then Mone'Sha J emia Carter, Hilltop Staff Writer nection, and that is cool. But yuu all know Gulfport is run mad, then I accepted that you were gone! Thanks for not Thank you for working for me constantly this last semes ning things. By KEVIN D. STEWART r beating my up with your clique. You all looked pretty ter. I loved this last piece on rhe football players. You have Robyn Walker, Hilltop Staff Writer Sporls Edilor thuggish at times. Good luck in your internship this sum shown great improvement in your writing. You are one mer. You come on back nmv. ya hear! of my most dedicated writers. You were always consis Thanks for all the I -On-1's you did for me rhis year. I know things gor scarce. bnl you came through with ten• ou all just don·t know how depressing ii is 10 tent with turning in a story. Keep on writing and you·11 Tosha Stewart, Copy Chief see that things will get bener. By rhe way. you.li!tle boy nis! You saved me on that one. I hope Madd Sporls works wmch ourteams lose timeafler time. ll's enough out. But we all know 1ha1 BET doesn't pay anybody. to make you want to quit (which I have threat- Cou.~in, I know I put you through your paces. But I'm glad is a hoot and holler! Y you had my back. People just don·1 know that we some ened and done on some occasions). But my love for good times get articles that we couldn"t use, and you would lyrone McCondies, Hilltop Staff Writer Valerie Thomas, Hilltop Staff Writer old Howard athletics brings me back to the Hilltop each week (lhe little paycheck they give me sure didn"t make work your magic and makeeveryrhingall right. I'm going Man. you were another me. You had to cover sruff for both I know sports wasn't your thing and all but you did a good me come back). Now that I have reached my final week to miss having mi familia around to bail me out. I held WHBC and the Hilltop. Though I didn't get my chance job with rhe men's soccer team. to broadcast with you during the games. I'm not mad. as editor of Sports Week it is time for me to thank the peo down the layout. and you held down the text. We make a Reading you work was like listening to a radio broadcast. Aprill Turner, Editor in Chief ple that worked with me to put this whole thing togeth perfect combination. I doo·1 think I would have been able I found myself saying "Oooooooaaaaaalllllllll"" during Thanks for allowing me rhe freedom to take SportsWeek er. These people are listed in no parlicular order. If I left to put out as much information as I did rhis year without to the next level. Though I think Charles may of had some you then you !-Jbviously didn't do your job! you. Just remember the man --with them little baby feet. .. your soccerupdares. I'll miss working with you next year. thing 10 do with 1ha1. Maybe I should be thanking him? Anyway. 1hanh for making my life a living ...GOTCHA! Edward Hill, Jr., Sporl$ Information Director Mark Coleman, Spor tsWeek Photographer Niecy Cain, Hilltop Staff Writer/Community News ·It has been a fun year working with perhaps the coolest What people don't know is that 90 percent of making a Staff Writer Robert Ford, Hilltop Staff Writer person on Howard's campus. Ed has saved my tai l time good section is having good pictures. You. my man. gave ThougH you haven'1 worked with me this semester. I after time. and he always kept me in the loop on what"s us that edge. You were able to capture Howard athletics haven't forgotten all the work you did for me before you Where were you? going on. More than that he has been a great reacher in like no other has before. I could always depend on you got your lucrative position at the Community Snooze ... ! 'history and ways of Howard athletics. You have helped for rhe best photos. While everyone else in the Hilltop had mean News. I know we had our arguments over sports Amber Hopkins-Jenkins, Hilltop Staff Writer me 10 appreciate intricacies of Howard athletics. I'm 10 deal with amateur photographers, I had a profession• writing styles. but I hope I have helped you some in your Last but not least. Thank you for your ser, ,cc 10 Sports• going to miss sitring in the press box listening to your pre al on my team. Some of these pictures I wish I could have learning. I think you did your best work on the MEAC Week. lerra and you were able to give me C0\'erage of dictions on the next play. If I didn't know beuer, I'd say framed with signatures! Keep up the great work and I men·s basketball preview. That night you spent writing it things when I was slipping ar them. I saved yon for last hope that the Hilltop realizes that you are the best pho showed your ded ication to your craft. I was very because you added something 10 SportsWeek which you have connections with Don. I have lO pul a little twist on something you said. '"[Bison I born. [Bison) bred, hope tographer on campus. impressed, and I think that is what put you over the top becanie one of our more popular features. Most people When I die bury my [Bison] dead.'' By the way. you do a for that position at the Community Snooze ... ! mean thought that it was the Sports Week staff that chose the great Billy Joe impersonation. Camille Haney, Assistant Spor ts Editor News. There I go again. What compels me to write thb. Bisoneue of the Weck. but hold on people ... it was the Thanks for coming to work with me. Though it was a brief Good luck wirh your internship this summer. Bisonettes that chose them. I forgot 10 give one award out Kimothy K. Brown, Managing Editor time, your help was appreciated tremendously. I'm glad last week. Since you were the one that kept the info flow Now its my turn 10 get you back for your thank you from you covered the swim ream and kepi their name in the Raymond Ward, m, Hilltop Staff Writer ing, and kept the Bi~onelles in the paper. Your service has (last year. Remember when you said that you didn't use paper. Now, if I could only get you to cover other spor1s ! Thanks for nor holding that little Assistant thing against awarded you the .... BISONETTE OF THE many of my ideas to improve your Spor1sFriday section r m kidding. But Kimothy and I were serious about that me. You pur down some nice work for the wrestling team. YEA R! Toke a bow! last year. Well. this how lhe paper looks with those ideas Ritalin thing. You shake that tail just a little to much at Now. if l could have only gouen you to do other sports. ,.. and you were the one that didn't think I should be sports the games. I glad to see that you are keeping up the Sports I don't know what 10 say man. I lillew you when you were I hope that rhc guys thnt take over for me will improve editor! Seriously. thank you for the chance at running the Week tradition. You'll be the second person that worked a freshman. hauling that TV from Drew to Cook and back. upon the coverage of Howard Athletics. There were show, e,·en though no one knows who I am and you get for me that has worked at ESPN. I am very proud of you. I said 10 myself, "ihat boy ain"t right ... You and Lee were many things that I wished thnt I could do more of or dif all the credit for my work. But I'm not bitter. Remember Good luck at ESPN this summer. just 100 crazy for words. 0011·1 ever forget the legend of ferent. Brandon Bickerstaff. you have your work cut out that this all started in Drew Hall room 248. We use 10 sit C-Murder. for you next year. and I wish you the best of luck. Thank there and pick ar Howard athletics, and now we are one William Bryant, St. Louis Rams you Coach 'lyler for always being willing 10 talk 10 us at )L~ biggest fans. Your2 Minute Drills was on point every You brought something to SportsWeek 1ha1 was consis Christopher Windham, Assistant Campus Editor the Hilltop. Bring home another championship! week. I"d say that is the mo;,t read part of the paper besides tently good. People started 10 hate on you Billy Jenkins Chris .. :·Men in Back"'! I made you boy! Howard ... please win some games. I need to have some the Hilhopics. Jusr don·t forget the Super Bowl tickets you stories. Bur as soon as they heard that he was going to be thing 10 brag about. Hutch. Townsend. Ayo ... all the way· promised me when you go to work at ESPN. THANKS! in the Super Bowl, they remember that you told them first. John-John Williams, rv, Copy Chief to the playoffs? To everybody at Howard. rm out and it I hope you can continue rhis with the next editor. You gave Great work with rhe NCAA basketball stories. THANKS! has been my pleasure. Turra McKinney, Former Assistant Spor ts Editor us a professional contact that proved to be invaluable. I You worked your butt off for me. I really appreciate every know you have a lucky streak with being with Super Bowl Elena Burgeon, Hilltop Staff Writer thing 1ha1 you did for me this year. You were my right hand teams, so if Kimothy doesn't come through with those You have great potential as a sports writer, and at such an and kept everything running smooth. I didn"1 have to tickets can a brother get a hook up. Tell Billy thanks for early age. Just don't concentrate too much on the base his support with these stories. Both of you do Howard ath- ball. They don't win enough games for you to stress them pressing issues in sp-0r1s affecting she is about rhe only female I know fully]. I just have to gain a little more But enough about me for right now. miss watching the soap opera called Last Stand for Howard and the Black community. that knows anything about profes television experience beLieve it or Let's talk about my spom friends the men·, basketball program. Can However, I will seize this opportuni sional football. That really impressed not. Granted. I have interned at here at Howard. Ed Hill. rhe sports the women's basketball team make the 'Sports ty to give the readers an inside look me. I've spent numerous hours talk WHTA-FM in Atlanta and ESPN in information director. is the most the NCAA Tournament next year? I into the world of the sports staff at the ing about rhe Nat ional Football Bristol. Conn .. however I need a lit interesting person rve met from the hope so. Guy' paper. League with Tasha. tle more time practicing my televi athletic department. I admire the way Last but not least. I will certainly First of all. the Spor1sWeek section Although I appreciate and value sion craft. he"s able 10 spit out sports knowledge miss some of the younger journalism of The Hilltop receives no respect. sports writing. being a top editor ar Throughout my about Bi!,()n teams without a full staff students in the School of Communi y career at The Hi lltop Thar is partially because not that T h e college career. to suppor1 him. Besides 1ha1. he"s cations. Some ofthese ,1uden1, wrote has finally ended. I h?ve many people know a lick about sporls Hi II- ,------•r· I have mer and always there 10 supply career advice. for The Hilltop last year and this M spent two years covermg at this paper"even one man. How can lop is talked to some Then there·s Associate Athletic year. Jonelle Whitlock. Jennifer sporls for the Howard University a man not know anything about very K IMOTHY K . BROWN of the most Director Deborah Johnson She is Dyson Rhen Butler. Brandon Bick community. Unfortunately. I haven·1 sport~'? Despite all the .. player ha tin'"' t i me popular sports usually helpful when ii comes 10 ersraff. Robert Ford. Lauren Ander had the real pleasure to cover enough we receive. our section is consrantly con - Managing Editor pcr,onalities, How:ird spom. Well. actual/) she son. and so on are a le": t\cutally. winning programs here at the among the best in each edition of the sum- including Stu• always has commenrs about my "2 Rhen Butler will be doing this col ··Mecca:· nation·s largest Black collegiate i n g . ._------==---..1 an Scott, Minute Drill·· columns. But she is a umn next year while Brandon Bick Despite the hardships of some of newspaper. The Michael good per,on. I had her for a sports erstaff will sr1 ve as sports editor. our athletic programs. I really With that said, I still have love for hours spent just to put out a quality Wilbon. Chris Berman and Dan marketing course. In shorl. I would like to th ank enjoyed writing sporls for the many people at this paper. My best product every Friday really starts to Patrick. In addition. I have met pro• The only regrets I have is that I everyone who contributed to the suc Howard University community. I friends at The Hilltop are Kevin take its toll. But I love it anyway. fessional athletes such as Chris won·t be here next year 10 see the cess of SportsWeek and The Hilltop only spent two weeks last year as a Stewart, Tasha Stewart, Chris Wind After I graduate from the Universi Car1er of the Minnesota Vikings. football team win the Mid Eastern as a whole. Hopefully. when I return staff writer before I was quickly pro ham, Ira Porter. Keenan Suares, Kelli ty. I will pursue my broadcast jour Jason Sehorn of the New York Giams Athletic Conference (MEAC) title next year as an alumnus for Home moted to sports editor. This year, I Esters and of course, Brandi Forte. nalism career. After all, print is not and former Kansas City Chiefs Head with Bobby Townsend. Jermaine coming, J"ll see a paper and School served as managmg editor of the B· For1e is such a fool! She is the fun my major. r II start off as a produc Coach Marty Schoncnheimcr. Need Hutchinson. David Johnson. Brian of Communication, I an be proud section niest female I've ever met. The rea tion assistant, eventually moving up less to sa)'. I have made lo1s of con McDonald and Vontrae Long leading of. Mosl of my columns arc about son I like Tasha Stewart is because to an on-air spor1s personality Ihope- tacts for the future. the way. among others. I will also EPHRAIMWALKER, SUPERSTAR RAYMOND G. WARD III tion after Adrian Thompson [the team captain) Hilltop Staff Writer got hurt.'' When asked to give a prediction of how Ephraim will fare in the future, Cotton Saying that he is just a wrestler could not even replied. "Ephraim has a bright fu ture. He has two begin 10 describe him. Calling him a good ath seasons left and he just got a taste of the big lete would be an insult. Ephraim Walker. the time. Now that he's wrestled the number one guy. 2000 Eastern Regional Champion and an NCAA he knows that if he pu ts a little more in. he' II ger qualifier, is a prime example of what it takes to a little more out.'' be at the pinnacle of man·s oldest sport. A junior When asked if there was anyone th:11 he thanks COBIS major from Oakland. Calif.. Walker for his success, Ephraim took a deep breath knows what it take, to be the best. In his own before naming a long list. .. First I have 10 thank words, ••Jt"s 90 percent mental. Desire. focus, and God for allowing me to remain injury-free for the a passion for winning is what separates a good entire season and giving me the strength 10 over wrestler from a great athlete." come all of the obstacles I have faced over the Walker handily won the 2000 Eastern Region• years. I have to 1ha nk Coach Cotton for always al Championships at 1he 165-pound. weight class believing in me, even when I didn"t believe in and was Howard's sole representative at the myself. Assistant Coach Wade for pushing me to NCAA National Championships in Sr. Louis. my limits and beyond. My drilling partners Aron Mo. Going to what is known as "the big show" Dorsey and Derek Butts who worked with me among followers of the sport. Walkers mind was until the bitter end. Finally to the whole HU full of uncertainty. Squad, whom I consider my brothers. for main "I wondered if I was physically and mental ly taining and persevering through a long. brutal ready to compete with rhe rop 32 wrestlers in the and often disappointing season (the team this country:· he said year consisted of six sophomores, four freshmen, Not that there was anything to worry about. In and no upperclassmen). And to Adrian Thomp his first march. Walker faced Joe Heskett, the top son. who definitely would have been a Regional seed from Iowa State University. Walke r feels Champ, who pushed me to wo rk my hardest that this was a true test of his performance. --r a lways:· actually scored the first takedown on the num Walker has a drive now th at he didn"t have ber one seed. He was only taken down twice in before. He works out until his muscles ache. he the entire tournament: once by me and once in studies until his eyes are tired and he dreams the finals." he said with a sm il e ... Now I fee l con until his dreams come true. If he can spread that fident that I can become Howard University·s positive attitude to the entire team, then Howard first All-American and three-time Regional can make it to the National Duels, where you Champion." have to be one of the best to take on one of the Ephraim certainly isn't the only person who best. Cotton provides an insight. ··The National feels that he is up for the job. Coach of the Year Duels are held in places where there arc I 8.000 Paul Cotton had more than a few praises to give screaming fans. People who didn't know you 0 his sole Regional Champion this year. "Ephraim existed now know you·re there:· In due time, Walker did an outstanding job. He helped us sal everyone's going to know what Ephraim Wa lker vage a program that went in the opposite direc- is cooking. ' THE HtLl,TOP FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 LIFE AT THE MECCA • • • • • I, !N • • uating in I995. He then went scoreboard may not reflect ii, • with one another. Both are of trouble," admits Evans. "But we won a personal victory in • By ERRICA B DOTSON Coach (Steve] Wilson. who on 10 Ea;,t Carolina State Un i • Staff Writer from the area. Evans is from versity in Greenville. N.C. He how we came together and • Silver Spring, Md .. and Masi was a godfather to one of my played our hardest, just like in • old 1eammates, told me 1ha1 if remained there for two years, • Football is arguably the ulti• mini is a native Washingtonian. but uhimately was not happy the FAMU game this year." "I didn't officially meet things didn't work out. he After commencement, Evans : mate team sport. If one part of would be there. When he found wi1h the sociul or a1hle1ic envi- • a team's anack breaks down. Mpumi until the Pigskin Clas and Ma;,imini have aspirations sics Banquet in I995." sa id ou t 1ha1 I was in 1rouble. he ronment. • the entire team suffers. As started working with me," he "That's why I transferred 10 of playing professional foot Evans. "We exchanged words ball. They both have several : leaders of the Bison football said. "I mean. I owe 1ha1 m:in Howard." he said. and everything, but we didn'1 opportunities waiting. Evans, • team. defensive back Omar the world because he has been Toge1her. Evans and Masimi• keep in con1act." who will earn a degree in • Evans and offensive lineman a role model, like a fa1her fig- ni have received many awards Mpumi Masimini understand "Later on down the line. a human development and edu• :"""Jil!J'.'!"--:,:~~~:o~r.. t~h=e:i.r unique skills their importance to each other friend of mine naa~m:e:d;...----'::rl ?/ and commil• cation. would like 10 teach at both on and off the field. Randy Mills his old high schoo1 and coach "Most people join sororities k e p I i1s football team. Masimini. an · or fraternities 10 create the administration of justice bonds that we have formed major, would also like to throughout the season. But get into coaching. They we get a feeling of 1oge1h wanted people 10 erness and friendship on understand that • the team for free. ll's football is a nine 10 : nil right here." said five job as well. • offensive lineman "Ju,1 like SIU• 'Piscerian: Sweeter • Mpumi Masimini. dents who arc try-1 • "No mailer what ing to become doc•t • happens. Elijah Thur tors or lawyers, we Than Brandi.. ' • mon, Omar and I are are pulling in work 10I • going to be tight achieve our dreams as By D REW ANDERSON • because of our close well," said Evans. "We are Hilltop Staff Writer : bonds. I mean, I can't say not 1wo big bullies or tw • that I am tight with all 80 dumb jocks. We are just lik Damn, Love. So i1's come to this. l remember • members of the team, bu1 1hey everyone else. However, it's seeing this crass-a%sed loud-talking California : all get a certain amount of love one shot deal. we might mak girl for the first time four years ago. Do you • and respect from me," said ii and we mighl not. We're just remember her? We were outside the Quad waiting • Masimini. ou1 here trying 10 get a job. on the Meridian shuttle. I barely remember the : Although the 1wo did not We're good people like every• name of the piece of a•$ thal I was pursuing at the • become close until they one else. Just get to know us time. We were babies. We didn't know #hit. We • reached the hallways of the and you will see." ure in my life. He brought me to the game. including the didn't even know that we didn't know %hit. : Mecca. Evans and Masi mini 1elling me 1hue·s 1his guy SBN/Shcraton Broadcas1ing named Omar that's bad. You in off 1he ,treets and gave me Now look at you. All grown up and· ready for the • were somewhat acquainted Ne1work Black College All- ~------, world. Is the world ready for you? • just have 10 meet him but at a chance. He helped me • become a man and a bcner ball American, Firs1 Team Pre Writers live thankless existences. We jump ou1 • ------. the time I didn't make the Seawn All-American. First of slumber s1ar1led. possessed by the rhymes • conneclion," Masimini player. It wa, just my mother and 1wo sisters in the house Team Black College All inside us demanding 10 be made solid through pen • added. Amcrican, First Team All Linle did 1hey know. 1heir and I needed discipline. and and papyrus. All the while we wonder why they : MEAC. and MEAC Offen paths would cross again al he taught me 1ha1." wan1 to be made physical at all. because we envied • sive Lineman of the Year. Howard University. ··one thing abou1 Conch Wil• them when they were formless. Stupid rhymes. : Both of 1hem appreciate all ·'When I go1 here. me and ,on is 1ha1 you may not always They don't know $hi1. They don·1 even know 1ha1 • the accolade;. they have Omar just got like really understand why he doe, some• they don't know $hit. Ye1 every now and then. • received, but Evans and • tight, I mean that wa$ my thing. Bui in hindsight, ii i;, they touch somebody. • Masimini agree 1ha1 the real road dog. We used 10 call clear that he i;, always looking We stagger 10 1he Hilltop office with crusty eyes • award is when the coach and pasty lips, thoughts pounding at the limits of : ourselves the stars," Masi out for your best interests," said Masimini. "When I first from 1he opposing team our tortured mentals. insi;,ting to be released on a • mini said. complimen1' 1hem on their Evans graduated from got here. I used 10 question his world that will only disrespect them. misunder· • game or if a younger mem· stand them, misquote them. take them all out of : Springbrook High School decisions. But now I see 1ha1 he 1'.::...,.ri in 1995. Since he was not is very wise and has a l01 of ber of the team asks for help context, or best yet, not read them a1 all. And • in perfecting a technique. qualified to play NCAA knowledge about 1he game of 1ba1's when the computer freezes up. (I've heard • "That's what it's all • foo1ball, he anended prep football ." of writer's block, but "typist's block"?) • about," Evans commented. school for about a year. Before coming 10 Howard. I remember when I won my first talent show • "Just like those times when with my poem "Ni@@as Ajn't $hi1." A couple of : "While I was in prep Masimini a11ended Wilson we los1 games. Although the i....~.L------~..i;;....11 days later rran into you in McDonald's parking • school, I go1 into a Ii Ille bit Senior High School. also grad• lot. "I heard you won the talent show. You know • if I was there you wouldn't have won, don't you?" : I was like, 'The NERVE of this bi&@h ! Who the •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • '• • • • • hell does she think she IS?" • Bui it wasn't until we made Campus Pals 1oge1h- • er that I truly go110 know you. Remember those • long. tension-filled meetings? Or the lime you : cursed a ni@@a out and threw french fries at • :ROUND THREE: COMMON him? Everyone 1hough1 you were bugging. They • may have been right. Bui I looked deeper and saw : you as a misunderstood. sensitive soul, a l01 like • me. Besides, maybe that fool deserved a french fry • COMES WITH MORE SENSE to the face. · : Now look at us. Haven't we been through it all? • Sugar-tongued harlots mis1aken as goddesses. : Would-be players demoted 10 "sponsors:· Male • fans will not be disappointed and female chickenheads (you want a breast or a • By NSENCA A KNICHT with this CO. Those who have wing?). Haters. nay-sayers, and rumor-makers. : Hilltop Staff Writer never bought a Common CD Fools thinking the world would end with 1he • will want 10 buy his first CD. Common Can I Borrow A Dollar . Res- Biogr change of a calendar page, "finding God" at the • Artist: last minute. Kangaroo couns putting trumped-up • Album Title: Like \Vater for 11rrec1io11 (his classic must charges on ''40 Water:· Deadlines upon deadlines. • Chocolate have second). and One Day it'll All Make Sense. We've seen each other at our strongest and weak- : Record Label: MCA Records His fourth CD comes back est. Wt::ve shared our rhymes. our dreams, our • Grade: A+ fears, and our tears. And cynical fools probably • with another unsolved "Hardy I Boy mystery". This 1ime still think we're having sex. Lei 'em. : "How many souls /rip hop /ras affect I wri1e this piece with moist eyes, not expecting • ed/ How many dead folks this art res• grandma has been robbed in anyone 10 understand any of 1his but you. I could • 11rrecredl How many notions this cul• "Payback Is a Grandmother." never fully thank you for being there through the • wre connected.I \Vho am I ro j11dge Even Pops comes back for a toughest 1ime of my life. Thank you for under• • 011es perspective" .• "The Sixth Sense" third lime in "Pops Rap Part 3: ' standing me, a feat seldom attempted and even : Common Sense comes back with his All My children". This time more rarely pulled off by mere mortals. I don't • fourth CD. Like \Vater For Chocolate, pops says he didn't have 10 pretend 10 know what tomorrow will bring. bu1 • with the same mind and soul-stimu• break into 1he studio. Pops is even when our respective blips seem 10 creep off : lating. clever rhymes that those who more poetic in his rap this each other's mdar screens. remember my words • have been following his music career time around. Pops has always had something good 10 say. but from "You Know." • are used 10 . "You're the only Cancer from which I wouldn't • Maybe his si ncerity is the reason this time you won't have the wanl 10 go into remission. • why Common has never went gold. desire 10 skip over the last So if ever you wish 10 share ism or just need : According to the November ·99 track. Pops makes clever state ments s uch .as. "Are you someone to listen • Source Magazine, One Day It'll All Then whatever I'm doing will jus1 have to stop • Make Sense sold an estimated 111a11ki11dl or kind ofa man?". Because you know I'll mash for you 'til the cas- : 200,000 CDs. But Common has a job But there's definitely some to do. "Hold your horses and car thing different on 1hc 1rncks kc1 drops." • produced by The ROOIS. I love you, Piscerian. • riages/ never went gold 11• ggol rock • shows careless.I You 1101 goin' respect Ahmir Thompson. The Roots "Sorry. Love. All the stitches i11 rhe world cant self ar least respect the heritage/ definitely put an added rhyth • mic feeling 10 the CD that is sew me together agai11. Lay dow11, lay dow11. • Effecting lives is where tire wealth an,/ Gonna stretch me our i11 rhe H. U Hospital emer • the merit is.I I realize what I portray characteristic of their original • hip-hop band sound. The beats gency room. Always k11ew /!I make a stop rlrere. • day 10 day I go11a carry this/ in bears Cee-Lo of the rap group Goodie 1hen questions himself nnd causes the But a lot later tha11 a whole ga11g ofpeople • rhymes and life is where the marriage on the tracks produced by Ahmir listener to question his/ herself, "1 • Thompson and featuring 01her Roots Mob sings on "A Song For Assata," thought. Last ofthe Pisceria11s. \¼111. maybe 1101 is. ". "Nag champa" wonder what would lra1>pe11 if that • members Black Thought and Rahzel 1he last song on Like \Var erfor Cltoco rhe last. Hope you 11se that degree to get 0111. No • Af1er listening to Like Water for lare. Common relays the story of would've been me?/ All ofrhi., so 1/rat • Chocolate, someone who may have make the CD more funky and old room at H. U for big heans like yo11rs. Sorry. • Assam Shakur. from the experience we could be free." boby. I tried the best I co11ld. Ho11est. Ca11 t come • never heard a Common CD before school sounding. Mos Def appears on a comical nnd 1ha1 led 10 her arrest, her horrific All in all. Common', fourth CD, Likf with me on this trip, tho11glr. Gerri11' the shakes : may become a devou1 Common fan. experience in prison, her court case clever song titled "The Questions·· in \Varer For Clrocolare . is hip-ho 110111 Last coll for drinks. Bar~ closi11' dow11. • Yet, Common won't change his style and her final escape from prison to Sun~ our. Where we goin 'for breakfast? Don r • to win over new fans, "/ refuse to which he asks the question "Wiry 1/rey excellence that touches the senses o • .my never say never when they know Cuba. Common relays 1his heart wamw go Jar. Rough 11igh1. Tired. bab)t Tired" lose self in trying to win fans over." wrenching s1ory in a way 1ha1 may the li stener in a completely uncom adapted from epilogue of "Carlito's Way" • Nag Champa rhat ain 'r rig/rt ? I Cause /0 say never • say never you done sai BLRCK FRCES HRUE 6RRCED THE RUNWRYS SINCE THE BEGINNING baby pinks, and turquoise is the image. Brothas must keep locks and braids cre THE LATEST NEWS IN Image is everything ladies, therefore the ative, but crisp. THE WORLD OF ARTS package must be tight. Even Lil Kim Men, Louis V. is what women want to demonstrates her advancement from No see you dipped in. For the sensual thugs, AND ENTERTAINMENT class to H-Class. 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STYLE MEN 101 Since releasing his fourth album, Like '( For men, Black designers from Sean Water for Chocolate, rapper Common has ; "Puffy" Combs Sean John gives the male launched a charity organization called Com steeze more flavor, and attitude. The ulti- mon Ground Foundation (CGF). The orga nization will raise funds for disadvantaged and underprivileged children through con- 1 cert performances. ' More than 100 members of Chicago's hip- , • hop community have joined many city lead ers to launch a boycott against Chicago's premier music venue, The House of Blues. By BRANDI FORTE Reportedly, they gathered in front of the Lifestyles Editor House of Blues to list their demands, with the lead problem being difficulty for local "Black is beautiful!" echoes the fash acts to be showcased. They appear serious , ion world. Is it me or is Paris late? Long about their boycott and are ready to confront before Cleopatra, Black people have actor Dan Akroyd, founder of The House of defined beauty from their broad noses, to Blues, if needed. their kinky hair. The eyes of a Black MAJOR DO: ROCK RHINE women has slayed men since the exis STONES, AND POLKA DOTS. , ., tence of Eve. Truthfully fashion is not just a statement, it is a culture. From hair, FASHION TIP: STAY AWAY FROM to make-up, one's image screams, "hey! FASHION MAGAZINES AND Th,! is who I am." DEVELOP YOUR OWN IMAGE 1'11l:s Spring 2000 season, greets the runways with long colorful tresses for SPRING MADNESS: WILE OUT!! women. From old school feather cuts, to mate jean machine look is bleached, DON'T LOOK BACK crunchy crimps, to the world of curls, cuffed, faded, slightly baggy, and friend even white girls have caught on. Hair, ly. The color palettes for men this season In Vogue's December 1999 issue, one Hair or no hair is the theme. If your hair are daring. From pastel yellows to pow editor noted that if white designer's do wqn't grow, then either sow it or tran der blues, sheik is everything. For shirts, not realize that Black models are in than scind it into a sexy tapered short Caesar. men must stick to solid color schemes they might as well pack their dreams up Let me stop playing, check the p1eview. that compliment the face. If you have in a plastic bag. But let me reiterate that gray undertones wear baby gray's. Men honey Black has always been in. And if SPRING PREVIEW 2000 with Red or orange undertones can rock I am the universe, than what does that lime greens, royal blues, cremes, and make you? STYLE CHICS 101 white. Brothas must keep diversity in the The style trend for this fashion phase midst when it comes to hair. Old school even Stevens, clean bald shaven manes, is original. With a hint of the 80s care ' less vibe, vibrant reds, oranges, lavender, and artistic locks cut it for the honeys. , ,' ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • Actress Halle Berry pleaded not guilty • through her lawyer to a charge of leaving the ome • scene of an accident in which she and the · • driver of the other car were injured. It is , • against the law in California to leave the • scene of an accident involving injury before • the police arrive. The charge is a misde • meanor and Berry was not required to be in I • D.C. Has One Too Many Beverly Hills Municipal Court for the ;o • arraignment. No trial date has been set. •I • Emcees ··~ • The hip-hop fashion show concert, t • "Roode Coutnre" was off the hook. Flesh, , • By BRANDON A, MILLER and all shapes and sizes represented on • Howard's Cramton Auditorium runway. On " • the flip side, the gala could have done with- 1 • Artist: Black Indian out the hip-hop acts. For a minute the show , • Album: Get Em Psyched resembled a conference and not an exhibit of , • Label: Maximum Capacity Records/MCA artistry. It was more controversial and thor- .. • Grade: D ough than the mediocre Spring Black Arts ·q • Festival Fashion Show "Controversy." • • Since my days as a young tot, my aunt has always urged me to rec Compiled by BRANDON A. MILLER • ognize someone's effort before bringing them down. So, I' II begin by • • saying that Black Indian tried. He tried hard. Being an emcee in D.C. • isn't easy. There are musical influences in the capital from all over "' • the globe. The idea of competing with Chuck Brown, Myesha and The • Hiphuggers and Rare Essence isn't a microphone fiend's dream. How • ever, Black Indian weathered the storm and released his debut album, • for better or worse, Get 'Em Psyched . inite throwback to the early '90s, he brings • • Mr. Indian is a prime example of my theory that there are extreme By JAMYE E. SPILLER us back to the days when slow jams and • true R&B was again on the rise. • ly too many emcees with mediocre talent trying to be successful in Assistant Lifestyles Editor • the rap game. Black Indian proves to be a master of minimalism as In "She Believes in Me," Rome provides • Get 'Em Psyched is a showcase of rehashed content and uninspired his audience with a heartfelt, soulful • Soulful old school, reminiscent of the • rhyn1es. His high-pitched voice is an octave away from sounding like legendary Marvin Gaye, singer Rome is remake of country western singer's Kenny • the Madd Rapper and gets dreadfully annoying. With lines like, Toe ' Rogers original song,"lt's Going Down • once again back on the music scene. One • to toe/face to face/ N*gga doin' game/ But I'll spray you like mace." of the artists of the early nineties, Rome Tonight." Rome takes us all on the voyage • On the track "Fight Song," it sounds like Mr. Indian studied at the Dr. • first mesmerized audiences with his chart as he sets out to satisfy and please his • Seuss School of Rhyme. The hook for the song "3 Strikes," in which woman. "Can You Hear Them" is a trib • ' toRping, "I Belong To You," which sold • he rhymes about none other than the three-strike felony rule, could've . ., 500,000 copies in IO weeks. ute to all of the present and past leaders • been written by my four-year-old cousin: "One one/ two two I Three > who have fought tirelessly to make the The balladeer has now came back with • strikes you 're out." ·,' world a better place. • an album of appreciation and thanks to his • The majority of his rhymes speak of drugs, money and haters, but Rome's comeback to the R&B scene • fans, appropriately titled Rome 2000: • there is nothing on this album that hasn't been heard ·before. Biz Thbnk lbu. The first single, "Say Yes," 1s should be much appreciated by die-hard • Markie even lends his usual off-the-wall antics over a wannabe jiggy a passionate plea from a man to ~ woman. slow jam fans. A salute to his fans world • track produced by the Biz himself, "Makin' Cash Money." His plea is for her to say yes to his request wide, Rome gets a big thank you for his • All in all, the record industry could've done without Black Indian's of being with her. Classic Rome and a def- latest album. • shameful attempt for recognition in the rap game . • , • . . . . , , • ,.,,i.;a,'rt;;_;.,.., · :_, ,.,._,c,• ·,.,,,..,,._,,. ., .,,,,;;,. . :,·,, ,. .,,-. ' ,, .,, ,, ., = · ·-~, ,,. . ,.,. BS FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 THE HILLTOP ...... 4 S,Part' . . . . Mo...,.,,.,._ .. :1~·;~-~--1r..ll:hid·., .... · .. _.;+,L .; ty··· -: .') '" i ~~ •· . · • •· .It is in•t. ~bldest:.ofmoments . ·. ' Dea:tb • That shiver.s a~ pot queD~d by blankets I You,. .. fall...... _.itltx> .. . it. biindfolded. .. : h Or weadness. soothed with rest Do yqu kl:1lOW wha,!:: .death is? :, . ' · ~ Itis t~. e want mr YOU It's when tl;l$t laat tear dropped : that is not sa~ through. poetic phrases, It's that feeling that eng!llfs your soul with : The sot'tness if concave crevices t..::>rment • : · In rose petals, 1 I Only to :release the moat e~cruciating joy • , ·or brisk waJb through perfume sections you have ever In: department stores. ' knowi:1.· .. _. .. . . It is. the loss of you That is not ~ed by eqipty tear ducts, To.. ,... die.., ...... Consoling hug' s Is to feel peace and conf1.1:Sion simultaneously Or wet kiSJles from bottles of 90 proof. ! I ,,I The reaf w:orid be~ins to disappear It is the ~ed to see you again I While your desperate fantasy • That has me standing J"8t inches away . ,, 1 unraVeJs From six stories that seem all too real •• You can/ t isiee nor think • Tome- And you only have faith in your beliefs • -; Nonfiction, even . ·• Death is when you lQse yourself and become • This. is the denouement, • One • ~ And I only have but one more step to take, • Before you and I are together again... Beware of dying But emb:r::ace death ' .• Jt ·• By Olu Burrell Because we all die sometime • • , Phenaan • • • For Common's Ghetto Heaven Howard's Cancer • .. ' ... Iceberg slims·and lil' Kims. Nubuck Suede Tims ' • •.. We search for ghetto Heaven and jealous grins. Kith and Kin become ene • mies and foes . • Black men shoot craps for seven Kings and Queens now thugs and hoes. Brand • For our sobriety name clothes, midnight sexual escapades. Fuk •.. getting crabs, folks he.ar dealing with AIDS . ·• · we &ink ghetto juice ··• Cornrows l!l:tl.d braids, Afro's and twist. " ..•• Fat our own notoriety Jesus pie.cies hang from the neck, tennis • • bracelets from the wrist. In this material •-..-~- What. happened to society • world we exist and struggle to survive. Friday Black ~:t::fill.S: look for their father nights at the ooft, Sunday nights at DC live. ' • in all these sick ni%*as Switch blades and pooket knives, stun guns ·'' and mase. Fights and arguments are frequent not kriowing that 6 figures degrade the temple I in this place., 'l>oiitical debates, empty promis inside their figure es by administrat.iQn. Over priced Punchout :;.;~ food, and l.ow qt:1al:l.tr:y classroom educat ,;,on. I simmer through the sun . __ -.,,-:-,, ·•;- __ · __ ... _ ·:-: .'.' Located. in the. ' . . . .. <:iap:l.ta;t. . . of the nation,. oun&d. . . I want mo' out of life ~ :1@67. So much strife Made f amoU,1!'. ,by ~ames 11.ke Locke and Mar shal;!. , looking d~w · f,:t'om iheav-en. Things are m.u~ · Sacrificing my wisdom ' ' '(· .. different oow, ~i:if::Ee:it:ent fx:-0111 the way it usea becomes tr1fe t;,;i be . .. .• . • 1 rather give adam his rib and build as a goddess with m,,.,.,...,.., I ~~~ God ..t_ .,, Jo.·y .... ct o· r. ,l':i .. ,,..,,e ;x:,:,.t ... i So I can live '. , 1. embl'ace the water . ' :J;iapt:•i2e m}r idnd, body, and spirit ~ menstrual cycle is like a testimony even my eyes can...... consecrate. .... ' i~:·"'1..1ack -~:. ·;-_ .. .. _. man. . '; 1ts' matrimony . ··.: ':' _: .. : : 'o,,_..,_ A~ r, ,..+ -.D.LQJ.!UJ. r0.1. i..e •,. · • . .. : . :.- <, . •• :•,.•:, ~•••:- t#: i•, -"ii ~i!• ,, • ' , • THEffrLLTOP . I FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 ., SELMO & FRIENDS In. c::<:> n.j~ric::t:i<>ri wit:h . . HOWARD UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT ASSOCIATION 99'-00 C:C>R.I:>I.A.LL-Y- I:N'"""VITE -Y-C>lJ TC> T._. E E::><:: CLlJ SI""V E 4-TI I ...?\...... _. 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