Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 1990-2000 The iH lltop Digital Archive 10-6-1995 The iH lltop 10-6-1995 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_902000 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 10-6-1995" (1995). The Hilltop: 1990-2000. 143. https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_902000/143 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1990-2000 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. I ~ .I ' I \Y I -!volu me 79, No. s Serving the Howard University community since 1924 October 6, 1995 I :.Y, l - ot Guilty! IU -)R. Many Howard students· pleased with Simpson verdict :r j ui ce is loose!" also became a Emanuem, a psychology major. · Sciences Student Council President Everybod,Y can' t hire Johnny Juni or e lectrical By Adrienne Carthon frequent Iy shouted phrase. Freshman television Jennifer Campbell doesn't think so. Cochran,' said Dio Neblcll, a engineering major Daryl Miller ~ _ Hilltop Staff Writer After a trrnl and media production major Kris Presley also "I believe it could have helped, but freshman m~joring_in marketi~g. also regarilcd the LAPD with circus that lasted over a year had similar feelings. the basis was reasonable doubt. No Senior n1story maJor suspicion. Orenthal James Simpson was found "The on! y reason he was one could have fo und a ,guilty Calvin Benson said that African "Where you find racism N At a(lproximatcly 1 :08 not guilty or the June 12, 1994 found not guilty was because [lhe verdict. It also had to do with the Americans had finally fou nd some and prejudice, you cannot find 10 ;m. EDT on Oct. 3, time froze in dou61e murders of his ex-wife level of equality wi th Whites. innocence. Since the evidence was r ~rica as she held her breath. Nicole Brown Simpson and her Africao Americans can oow buy against him, and the person that illcl at I:09 p.m .. it came. Howard friend Ronald Goldman. Special Coverage of the 0. J. Simpson verdict their freedom . fou nd it was a racis1 there was no (n1i:rsi1y's campus was in an In a deliberation of less "We went from slavery, to way you could find 1nim guilty." r, ,:ro.\L than four hours, the jury came back gelling our rightsi to O.J. getting off Torrence Johnson knows ' The verd ict: Not guilty. with its verdic1. The responses on spendin !mil ions). Only in first hand about racist police Screams were fo lrowed by Howard's campus mirrored those •Howard Law students America,9 ' I3enson saicl. officers. i:i<. high fives, and '·I-told you found in African-American react to the "not guilty'' ver­ Wilh what. many Johnson, who was - ;{1: i\a e lectric wave of communities across the country. dict. A2 Americans found 10 be a mountain imprisoned for 17 years for the $'.lw,iasm ran across c;1mpus as As emotions ran high, *Students from schools of very incriminating evidence, shooting of a Maryland police •c 1bock hit even the most there was re lief in Blackburn across the country share where did the prosecution ,go officer, said he felt Simpson's !SJSl)CCting. Center's " power hall,'' where what they've learned from wrong? Freshman business maJ0r anxiety. Watching th e fi nal A very excited Nakeesha student government organizations the trial. A6 Lee Bennet! III felt that the courtroom scene from a small , ktJson admitted that the day the are o((iced. *Financial facts on the prosecution should have looked at television in his car, the verdict ~ del was delivered was the only " I' m relieved. I think it ''Trial of the Century." 86 a di.ffcrcn1 angle. brought tears 10 his eyes. Jiy she watched the case. The was belier for America that he was "They put half the "It's a victory for all 'tlhman televis ion production found not guilty, because I don't emphasis on the bloody glove and African-American people. We ·-(JI was also relieved that she think America can handle another faifed 10 focus on Nicole Simpson's fina lly prevailed. !The prosecution] " kl finally catch up on her soaps. riot " said Howard University jury] got scared of the racial factor." fact that he was economically ties to the mafia and what did not have cfear, convincing Other students reaction's S1uden1 Association Vice President Presley also said 1ha1 the trial stable,'' stated Campbell. repercussions could have derive evidence. It was manufactured !iJP,ISSCd Johnson's by leaps and Kofi Rashid. became more of a racial issue than Others attribute Simpson's from 1ha1," he said. evidence," the law student said. \-cillds, A student in the Bethune "I think race is one of the about the two deceased victims. acquittal to bis bank roll. Kawamba vendor Jabi "The bottom line is they \:aa belted through a me~a_phone main reasons, rth e jury) was kind But some said the race "The case itself shows 1ha1 Shango said 1ha1 the trial "once need 10 find the people who really ,~crsby on 4th St. O.J. is of scared straigh1. Re was a Black card did not totally warrant the th ere arc a lot of people who again exposed the Los Angeles did it and deal wllh 1bem correctly. ~c!," while others ran across man in L.A. They had no choice but jurors' decision. probably were not gu ilty, but didn't Police Department and how they do If 0.J. did it, justice is always ~ screaming the same. "Tiie to let him go," said Joseph School of Arts and have the finances 10 continue. things." served,'' Shango said. National Council of Negro Women offers tools for empowerment Many women, past and her speech, used the biblical story cul,'' Thomas said. Bl Awanya Deneace Anglin present, have dedicated their lives of Esther and compared it 10 the Women, she said, should · HiUtop Staff Writer to improving the plight of African struggles of African-American not be content with themselves Americans. These women, women today. when others are suffering. Thomas according lo Thomas, should not be Esther, a Hebrew woman, equated that thought witl1 Esther's Dorothy Height, president forgotten. married Babylonian King decision 10 approach the Ki ng !tic National Council of Negro " l greet you in the name of Ahasuerus. Unaware that Esther about his disastrous plans. "Something will happen CJ1Cn (NCNW), and School of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman1 was Hebrew, Ahasuerus decided 10 .. llllunicalions professor Debyii Rosa Parks. Mary McCloua slaughter the Hebrews because it 1ha1 a door will be opened for you &mas stressed unity among Bethune;• a mesmerizing and was rumored that they conspired to s~ak out about what is going .lfrictn-Americ an women Sunday enthusiastic Thomas said. '1 also against him. • on,' Thomas said . 1 the School of Business After two years, the lllitorium. Howard University chaJ>ler of Height and Thomas were NCNW is in the process of being ;rticipaats m the "Celebration of chartered and recognized nationally Family and friends of H. Maynard Clarke stand by a tree 6c National Council of Negro as a part of the organization. dedicated to his memory. Photo by Nikia Puyol. 'lixncn" program . In the meantime, the Height told the mostly chapter continues to serve the D.C. Swygert and Donald Thigpen, vice imle audience tliat in American community. They have adopted the By Monica M. Lewis president of the University's :il:ure, men have always held most K.C. Lewis Recreational Center in Hilltop Staff Writer National Alumni Association, ~ibc authoritative positions and/or the District, held blood drives and which dedicated $1,000 10 the law D.icrship roles. She added that clothing drives in efforts 10 nurture lo his short time on this school's need-based scholarship r,rogram in Clarke's name. 1111 should, as leaders, be able to their rntellecl and emoti ons, earth, H. Maynard Clarke lived his m.1 back and support women in according 10 chapter President life 10 the fullest, according 10 ' He was obviously a alcrshiP, roles. Michelle Ayler. those who knew him best. And Howard man, through and ' Men need to learn how to "Many women have low because of that, his friends and through,'' Thigpen said. liD "''Omen in leadership," Height self-esteem,'' Ayler said. "They arc classmates were encoura,ged to do Members of Sigma Della Thu, a Iii!. more concerned with getting their the same, never Jelling lus zeal for law fraternity, cfodicated a tree in She also argued 1ha1 hair and nails done. They neglect life and for helping others die in honor of Clarke, who was initiated llXlltn need 10 "think ahead and Dorothy Height, right, and Michelle Ayler, president of Howard their inner self." vain. into the fraternity's Beta Chapter lmwai-s to give something back." University's chapter of the Natlonal Council of Negro Wom en. Howard's chapter of "This law school has a last spring. llagli11s also relieved 1ha1 "more Photo by Nikia Puyol. NCNW hopes 10 continue great tradition of graduating and ~any of those in Ill more women are seeking ways addressing the problems plagu ing sending out into the world, people attendance were moved 10 tears, as greet you in the name of your Esther, who was filled with African-American women and are who are committed to the public's friends, colleagues and law school ~help others." faculty spolie of memorable Thomas, the guest speak.er mother.