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VOLUlHE 83, No.17 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 http://hilltop.ho\vard.edu
Millennium on Ice Swygert Named Candidate For Temple University Job By IRA P ORTER Campus Editor
oward University Pres ident H. Patrick Swygert might be entertatntng the · thought of becoming the nex1 president of Tumple Uni versity in Philadelphia, PA. Hilltop sources said. In December, Temple President, Peter J. Liacouras announced his retirement from his $293,000 a year job. Liacouras's term will be offi cially up in June of 2000. Swygert who's five-year contract with the University is up in June was named by a national search committee as File Photo one of Tumple's only outside candi According to a national seracli committee, President H. Pntrick Swygert, is being consld• dates for the job the source close to ered for the presidency•or Tum pie Unh'ersity. S" ygert's 11.-e year contract .,;th Howard Is Photo By Eric Hall the proceedings said. Temple is up in J une. Tumple Is expected to make its decision In 1\1:1), expected to make its decision in May. teated on his work at Howard ...As Dreams of u nhite Christmas came true a little late as snow slammed lhc Washington, D.C. metropolitan area Thursday his focus is here at Howard Univer morning, dumping as much as lhc inches of sno\l, Students hnd time lo rcllu nod uimind either in their dorms or out in The Hilltop was unable to contact far as President Swygert going to sity." the snow us Hownrd Unh·ersily suspended clas,,cs for lhc da), It ,,as the heaYiest snow the District bas seen this "inter sea Swygert earlier this week. Universi Temple, that is speculative," Brock Swygert has strong ties with Tom son. ty Communications Director, Donna said. "He is extremely well regarded pie. He was a professor in the Law Brock said the Swygert is concen- in the Philadelphia community, but See TEMPLE, AS General Assentbly Denounces University Enrollment Down Proposed Tuition Hike Drastically, Student Leaders Fear
By CHRISTOPHER W INDHAM spread last Monday when students ment. Eiland Selected as Elections Chair Asst. Campus Editor reported half-filled classes and cafe Students disagree. BY L AURF..N ANDERSON terias. Many suspected student "I know it's (enrollment) down," Hilltop Staff Writer During peak school hours on enrollment could be the lowest in as said senior Frank B. Turner, HUSA Wednesday's General Assembly Howanl's campus this semester, there many as fifleen years. financial advisor. "There's nobody Meeting Members of the General Assem is Jess traffic on the main yard. The Enrollment Management officials on campus:· bly voted to oppose a measure that Brandon Neal wait in the Punch-Out is shorter. The declined to give an exact count of According to students, members would raise tuition three percent and (Arts & Sciences) bookstore lines moves more swiftly how many students enrolled at of the freshmen class were the lea.,t also chose a chairman of the 2000 Jennlferue and the number of chain ,mokers in Howard this semester. and the rumors likely to return. election pwcess, cr:inking up the (Edu atioo) fr<'nt 01 the Bt,.:kburn Ci: tter is continues 10 roll. Khalfani Walker. University More Campus Events Needed for MLK Day, Students Say Fires Men's Conzpared to Other Schools, Many Wonder if Hoivard Does Enough By E RRtCA DOTSON parades and even cook ouLs in King's inate various pieces of historical Basketball Hilltop Staff Writer name. But not at Howard. On college informaiion about Dr. King and the campuses from coast to coast, there social movement he was apart of in Traditionally, the most recognized have been speak outs, rallies and The King Papen; Project. This pro Coaches occurrence by students on Howard's fund-raisers dedicated to keeping his ject is one of the few large scale campus in honor of Dr. Martin legacy alive. Bui a Hilltop analysis of research ventures focusing on an By KIMOTHV K. BROWN Luther King Jr.'s birthday is a soul events surrounding the holiday show African American. Under the direc Managing Editor food dinner in the cafeteria, complete that only a scant number of activities tion of Claybourne Carson, this pro with pork chitterlings, chicken and an were planned this year. ject has become a joint effort Howard Uni array of zesty sides. But as Howard So, what exactly is the Mecca between Stanford University, the versity fu-ed the stands at the dawning of a new mil doing to commemorate the memory King Center and the King estate. entire men's lennium, students question whether of King, an honorary alumnus of T his year marked its fifteenth basketball or not the University does enough to Howard? In comparison to other anniversary, which was observed coaching staf celebrate the legacy of the slain civil campuses, many students say very with an exhibit entitled The Unfin January 8, cit rights leader. little. ished Dreama.swell as \t,/wne JV o ing several Since becoming a national holiday Smdents at Stanford University Martin L111/rer King Jr.: A Svmbo/ o NCAA and l'ile Photo in 1986, there have been a myriad of have taken part in a major research University rule More und more Howard students arc wondering if I Jo.,ard does enough to honor Mar nationwide memorial services, effort to assemble and then dissem- See KI NG,AS violations. tin Luther King, Jr., seen abow in 1963, on his national holida): Head Coach Kirk Saulny, along with his . File Photo Rash of Burglaries, Thefts Hit Campus Dorms Over Break two paid assis- Kirk Saulny THE HILLTOP AT 16 tants Darryl By IRA PORTER reports started coming as students 13 burglaries; the East and West Tow grnwn with the Um\cn.it>, uoJ h•t,, m 1hc l~t 76 Bruce and Lamont Franklin, were Campus Editor returned 10 campus. Smith said 19 ers both logged two incidents; Cook To lcll lhc Mory of HO'\\ard Unhff'ity I, 10 tell Iht ) 'C'3f\. cme(lcd from -' mod~\I operation 1nm o told that their tenure at Howard was burglaries were reported in five res had one theft and Drew had one bur "lory thtough thl" page-. nfTilc Hilhop. "RxLly nwl., modern. SS•mcmber ne'"'"' l'lfltllni1.Jtion lb.ti cxh Howard University campus police the fi-"I i!lro,uit of the Ol"\\ mlllennium or Tht HiU• \\ttl print, '-Om( 10,000 copit'<- of The H1lltop, and over. idence halls including the East and glary. top- ~m 1m,1i1uuon 1ha1 h.,., '-Cnctl the HO\\J.RI Uni• re.ache-. 1hou'3nd\ mon.- throuj?h it, Internet \\"Cb The University also declared said they are investigating a string of West Towers, Cook, Drew and 'Iwelve of the l3 burglaries in \e1'ity oommuriit).. a, "-tll a, the uninin♦ ~nlUnd ,11c, j unior college transfer Donte Lin burglaries that occurred over the Meridian Hill Halls. Meridian show signs of forced entry, IOI' 1;cncpti(,n'- nl ,~ritr"1' and le.adcl"'- in JiclJ-. In the c..-ominf '"'td,,. The Hilltop \I.Ill rt\h1t aruunJ lhe globo. h i, ,ln ~in-.ti"tulion dee-ply rootcJ wme of the memorable mon>enh i rt Ilow.ml h1,10- coln and sophomore forward Darren Christmas break and the Ii rst week of Smith said his department is focus according to police reports. in ~ tradi\k'm \'If Awh ~·,IC"~m('(f \Hiter~ a.~ 1be ry. lb c\\'lkt (hangC", "¢ brlich·, remJuh our g~U Kennedy ineligible for the remainder classes. ing most of its attention on burglar 11uthur/..c>ra l\'e&I.! f~h~\lnd lub(ollt W1ILcr10n. a., JQUrnJh,1, Hopefully.: the puPHc;uion "Ill t'tln• See SPORTS, A5 Police Chief Reginald Smith said ies in Meridian Hill Hall, which had See THEFTS, A5 The Pulitu,r Pritc•wionr~ rt.l)Orl.cr for Ille New unue its ,1lntbrd or txcclltfl(.'C in journali,m ~r ·'l ,or1. Tin le\: h 1, g 1l 111.<,111ution lh3t has man) more millennium, to cC'lmc. • •• TIIlS WEEK'S IDLLTOP Campus ·;:_ t' ·, Sports Week "·r ,:.:..11· llfestvles Studeilits are disQ"}!ntled ove( Jehina Malik blazes trails for .black ' f-t . . The..new g,ovie new :i, o tines art11e Howard •. .;.l'- . . ... ,t_. women in the sport of bodyou1lchng. .... -.. J:, ....- - .. : "Next Fridav' do,es Plaza owers. ,,~ . ' . not meet:fans • ,- ·- I expectations. See Story, A2 See Story, B1 · A See Story, B6 -•=•a:,..;;. • .., • A2 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21,2000 THE HILLTOP Towers Charges Residents Without Capstone Cards By ROBERT FORD AND MELVIN system. Some say they have legiti ing a working ID when entering the MOORING 11 mate reasons for not having their East Towers. What makes matters Hilltop Staff Writers cards. worse for people like Ngandu who "Sometimes in the morning I am have unactivated cards is that the lagued by other extrane rushing to class, if I forget my ID swipe machine in Baldwin Hall, ous college expenses. card, I shouldn't have to pay $IO," which activates cards, is malfunc Howard Plaza Towers res said Starla Stiles, a sophomore pub tioning. idents now have to endure lic relations major. "I pay to stay But Frelow said he will take the another fee. Since Janu- here every semester, I shouldn't have charge off residents' account once ary I 0th, the Towers has charged $ I 0 to pay any more fees;· the West Tow they show proof of their activated to students' accounts every time they ers resident said. cards. attempt to enter the building without Although some students think the their Capstone Cards. new charge is a scheme by the Uni ''The fee is not meant to be a disci versity to collect more money, Frelow Howard Plaza Towers residents have plinary action," Property manager of said the money will go towards fund recently been slapped with another ree. ing programs in the Towers such as Since JanuarJ 10th, the Towers has the Towers, Larry Frelow said. "It's charj:l-d $10 to students accounts e\'ery ; a reminder to students to keep their the Super Bowl party at the end of time they attempt to enter the building • ID's on them at all times." The fine this month and other pending events. nithoul their Capstone Cards . • is in addition to the $ I 5 replacement 'lshilumba Ngandu's $35 will help j fee for lost Capstone Cards that is offset the cost of those "events." Graphic By Eric Hall : already in place. That's the bill he racked up for hav • Frelow said the new system is the ing a scratched ID card. Ngandu said • result ofresidents and visitors repeat- his card was working last semester, edly entering the building without but a few days after he came back ' showing their ID's, violation of vis from the break it stopped working. ' itation and other security reasons. Ngandu suspects bis daily use of his ! During the semester, residents who card, pulling it back and forth in his • owe money will receive a balance of pocket is the reason it doesn't work. • monies owed. Ngandu has to pay $15 lo replace Students are upset with the new bis card and another $20 for not bav- I 1 Founder of 'Campus Pals' • AKA Founder's Week 2000 IRemembered at Memorial I I By CHRISTOPHER WINDHAM "He wanted to provide for students from Howard in 1948 and his mas • Asst. Campus Editor when they came to Howard the ter ·s degree in education from the • opportunity to feel thankful," said University of Cincinnati, Ethridge : ,..._.. ampus Pal founder Goodwin. joined the National Education Asso •, Samuel B. Ethridge who Now in its 54th year of existence, ciation (NEA) in 1964 as an assistant • died last Friday at age 76 Campus Pals are Howard's oldest secretary of field studies for its pro t from diabetes, was hon non-Greek organization. The 50 fessional rights and responsibilities •, ..,_., ored during a memorial member volunteer group has had commission. At the NEA Ethridge : service at Andrew Rankin Chapel more than 1.000 members including worked for the racial integration of : Memorial Wednesday. Mourners such famous alumni as Debbie Allen. ~,ate teacher organization during the : came to pay their respects to a man Phylicia Rashad. Roberta Flack and civil rights movement of the l 960's. 1 they say put "service above self." President H. Patrick Swygert. Ethridge also spent 18 years as a ! "He was a great man," said Campus "He had a great vision." said member of the Stilman College ! Pal Advisor, Rev. Daniel Goodwin. Swygert. ·• The current Campus Pals Board of Trustees and 31 years as a ! "The only reason he would look are a wonderful testament to his Founding Member, Director , and • down on someone, is to pick them vision." Executive Committee Member of up." Present Campus Pals served as ush Reading is Fundamental. Ethridge , After a brief stint at Stilman Junior ers for the nearly two-hour ceremo also served 15 years as a member of ~ . College and the US Army Air Corps. ny. Junior Ronald Hysten. Chairper the Executive Committee of the Mar Ethridge enrolled at Howard in 1946. son of Campus Pals reflected on tin Luther King Jr. Center for Social During his fi('),t year he started the Ethridgc's legacy at Howard. Change. Campus Pal organization. Wearing a "The spirit of Mr. Ethridge has Ethricli;e is survived by his wife white carnation, Ethridge and his touched every student since 1946," Cordia Baylor Ethridge; sons friends traveled to D.C:s Union Sta said Hysten. ''He has allowed Samuel, Sherman and Steven. tion to greet and guide new students Howard to prosper. to Howard's campus. After receiving his B.A. in English Noted African-American Studies Professor Remembered By MELVIN MOORING ll and talents, decided lo pass along her social studies," Todman said. "She's Hilltop Staff Writer wisdom by teaching on the colle given me an appreciation for these giate level. She taught in the gradu type of studies:· Sondra Y. Millner-Lindsey, 46,a ate program at Tumple and the Uni Last March the Howard University mother, wife. and assistant professor versity of Maryland Eastern Shore Student Association awarded Millner Pholo By Eric H.ill of African-American Studies at before she came to Howard in 1996. with the Excellence in Teaching Howard University died of Breast Students said what made Dr. Millner Award. The Ladies or Alpha 01apter. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sonnit), Inc. pre5C11tcd Founders \\t't'k 2000, "Celebrating A Sisterhood Cancer Christmas Eve in her North a shining star at Howard wa~ her 1\vo of Millner's daughters are also Sincere and Rare", this \\eek. 11,e week began with a Call to Chapel on Sundll), "Pillolt Chai" on Tuesday in Blackbum Ball· east Washington, DC part of the room and "Exploring Global W0n1en's Rights" (pictuml abm,:} \Vcdll(.-<;dll) e.-ening in tllC' Bethune Annex Seminar Room. 11,c home. Howard fami wttk continued "ith 'l\friam R) thiru". on TituNdll). Tonight's proi,-am ,.m bl, •'Ille AKA Pcrspccth,:" at 7:08 p.m. In NIUIK!m. Dr. Millner fought the dis ly. Her olde~t Libra') Rrowsini: Room,und Ute weeks fl'l>lhitlo \\ill end \\ithrommunil, senltttommoro" morning al 8a.m. ·nu,,mrnuu-11,, lhc 92nd year ror the i;ororit), ease for a year before she daughter Kafi died. Diagnosed with Millner gradu Breast Cancer in 1998, she ated in May of --Comp,led B., Aprill Q 1i1mer remained faithful to her 1998 and is colleagues and students at currently a Howard and continued to Howard Law teach courses until Fall student. Her semester '99. daughter Born in Princeton, West Djinge Millner • Va .. in 1953. Dr. Millner, is a second Alpha Phi Alpha Honors Dr. : who was often a victim of year Chem l racial offenses, was raised istry major. • by two parents who were One thing King through Poetry and Song : proactive in ending segre her daughters : gation in Princeton. watched her do By RUSSELLA L. DAVIS pus events included a jazz concert in of silting back and watching the peo : Dr. Millner always was inspire the Hilltop S1aff Writer 1he Blackburn center and a march in ple of Israel suffer went to the king : seemed to be ahead of the people who Laurel, Md. lead by the Howard Uni willing to spare her own life in the : class. She was accepled surrounded It has been almost 32 years since Dr. versity Student Association. event that others would not have to ! into Syracuse University her. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassi "People aren't always aware of suffer. ; when she was only 17. "My mom nated, but senior education major, what's going on around campus and Harkins said he wanted the audi : She graduated from Syra was the type of Brandon Neal. like so many others. sometimes they miss out on impor ence to remember that Dr. King : cuse magna cum laude and person who still took time 10 remember Dr. King tant activities,'' said Jenile Brooks, a exhibited the same characteristics of : Phi Beta Kappa earning a L------.....• would never and carry on his legacy. freshman marketing major. leadership and loyalty and that Jan. • B.A. in Psychology at the give up," Kafi Sunday night Neal was one of many Brooks like other members of the 17th should be a day to remember the : age of I 9. She later enrolled . . . Photo C~ne:.y of the Millner F\lfmly said. who reflected on the life of Dr. King. audience sat quietly while Stacy life of Dr. King and the heroic behav • I U . . . Sondra Y. l\,hllncl'Lmdscy, 46,a mother, ,.,re, and assistant prorl~or of African- While students were busy preparing Willi began the program with a dance ior he displayed. : at .11 emp e_ 01 versity 10 American Studie.~ at Howard Unhersily died of Breai.t Cancer Christmas Eve Funeral ser for Sunday evening's numerous night performance followed by Sh:1yla 1 l'h1ladelphia, Pa. where she in her Northeast Washington, DC home. vices were held Harkins pointed out that racism and I would go on to earn her for Millner club parties, members of Alpha Phi Monroe, who sang "His Eye is on the inequality still exist but people have 1 Ph.D. in African -American Studies teaching style and the impact she Thursday December 30, 1999, at Mt. Alpba Fraternity Inc., Beta Chapter. Sparrow." Although they were scat to s1ay strong through it all. He l in 1994. had on the student body. Calvery Baptist Church in Princeton, an organization King was a member tered across the chapel, when she encouraged people to have faith : She also was the first to receive "The way she taught is the reason I West Va. of, were hosting a ceremony honor started her second song, "Lift Every through good and bad times just like : Tumple's Graduate Certificate in took her for two semesters," Shandi She is survived by her husband of ing Dr. King's 71 st birthday in the Voice and Sing" everyone rose to King. "Even if success is close to ; Women's studies in 1994. Dr. Millner Fuller, a junior biology major said. 26 years Henry Lindsey; daughters Andrew Rankin Chapel. The cere !heir feet in unison. grasp. even if success is good and , graduated as one of the top twenty of "She is the kind of teacher you want Kafi, Djinge. Peta; three brothers mony drew dozens of spectators. .. Lift every l'Oice and sing till earth important you need to go the king," , her class. to share your problems with." James Millner, Fredrick Millner, "We held this program to honor the and heaven ring," the audience Harkins said. : Dr. Millner had many accomplish- She made learning fun for students Reginald Millner and one sister, late Reverend Dr. King simply crooned. The evening came to a close with a , ments that include several published like Junior biology major, Charmaine Jacqueline. because he was an African -Ameri Reverend Derrick Harkins, senior candle lighting ceremony that articles and essays on African-Amer- Todman. Todman said she appreciat- can male who fought the cause for our pastor at the 19th street Baptist embraced the qualities that the black ican studies and a book entitled The ed the way Dr. Millner persevered A memorial service for Dr. Millner advancement." Neal said. Church in Northwest D.C. delivered race should continue to demonstrate: '. Dream Lives 011: Martin Lwher King and attended class despite her ill- will be held in the Andrew Rankin The event was one of few Howard a powerful message to the audience. love, unity, creativity. loyalty. bravery, • Jr., published in November 1999. ness. Memorial Chapel on February 18, at sponsored events paying homage to Harkins compared Dr. King to the reverence, trustworthiness, adapt Dr. Millner, with her many degrees "For the first time in my life I liked noon. the late civil rights leader. Other cam- biblical patriarch. Esther, who instead ability.and accuracy. , A3 THEHlLLTOP FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 BANNER Syste01 Fails to Correctly Report Students' Grades By MONIQUE STEPHENS Revised report card was sent to the revised copy. J was irritated. J feel the many of the glitches." marking. pointed in Howard." Hilltop Staff Writer students who received inaccurate University did a bener job last semes Thompson also said insufficient Chay Lee, a sophomore broadcast Thompson said the late arrival of grades. The first set of grades were ter." Cox also said she had numerous information provided by students in Journalism major, said she can relate report cards can also be attributed to oward University's mailed Dec. 26, 1999. and the last internship interviews over Christmas regard to address changes and cor to such inconsi\tencies. "It was the new Spring schedule. BANNER system revised grades were mailed, Dec. 29, break that required a copy of her rections contributed to a majority of aggravating to wait for my grades," "It may seem to students that grades failed to report grades 1999. transcript. the system's problems. Lee said. "Then to receive two non were mailed late, but they must also properly from the Thi: system failure caused havoc in Officials at Enrollment Manage Many students said they were grades, my GPA did not look as good remember that the Spring Semester Fall Semester of the lives of students who were ment said glitches in the system were annoyed by the late arrival of the as it should have." of 2000 began later than that of 1999, University officials said. At depending on their correct grades for a result of downtime for Y2K testing grades. Dwight Shanklin, a doctoral student 1999," he said. least 85 percent of Howard's approx - help on scholarships, internships, and and the processing of grades. ·•1 didn't get my grades at home in the School of Divinity said that he Thompson said the after the last set imately 10,000 students received graduate school applications. "Students must take into consider during the break; my parents received was annoyed by the delay in the of grades were sent out in late Dec. inaccurate report card~ that recorded "My grades were not reported cor ation that it talces up to 18 months to them after I left home for school," grades. the University will not be sending out missing courses, incorrect grades, rectly,'' said Marchand Cox. sopho get a system up and running proper said Samantha Oden, junior market "This is a University that has anymore report cards. Any students miscalculated grade point averages more advertising major. Cox said she ly," Thompson said. "It has not been ing major. Oden said that in one class acquired the title, ·Mecca."' said who still have mixed up grades have and "NG"' a marking which means received her report card on Jan. 13, 18 months since we've acquired the she received a "W" [withdrawal] Shanklin. "I got my transcript on to go to the office of Academic non-grade according to Paul Thomp three days after the first day of class. BANNER system; even after 18 even though she never submitted the Jan. JO, 2000 [the first day of Spring Recording. Thompson said. son Acting Director of Records. "I got two copies; one original and a months, time is needed to remove withdrawal slip that would draw the Semester classes]. I am very disap- Campus Construction Underway Interested . ID■ I ' • Writing for . "' • Campus? -' • • Call Ira or Chris .- . @ Pho ilil. Professional Actor Training of the Highest Quality ree 120 :\\'t'. \Lld1,on - N't J\i\ 10016 l'ta~~~can l 800 46J 8990 ------.. .--..- . y Anxious to find out more about the financial services industry and what it is ~vw.aada.org • of Dramatic really like to work as a summer intern on Wall Street? If so, please join Arts J.P. 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"I feel like a little kid again. start be getting used to the cold weather. en days into the new mil fer/exchange students. While return to Howard. Childs credits her moth Christopher Cooper from Miami, ing a new school and making new After the hectic registration process lennium, communica ing students who have familiarized er for helping her make tl1e decision. Fla. had very particular reasons for friends," he said. and the first week of class, he is still tions studies major Tora themselves with the campus prepare "She said I would definitely get coming to Howard. Cooper, a sopho D. Brown, a senior business admin happy with his decision. Childs from Orlando, for the start of a new semester, trans some valuable black nurturing here more public relation major trans istration major. is an exchange stu "It's a beautiful school and I'm Ha., entered the second fer students are embarking on a total and that the experience would be ferred from Montgomery College in dent from University of California, really enJoying myself." Brown said. semester of her senior year as a trans ly new experience. These students unforgettable." Germantown, Md., because he heard Berkeley. He came to Howard for the "I'm looking forward to the rest of fer student with an optimistic view of usually find themselves grappling Childs looks forward to taking part of the University's outstanding African-American experience. the semester." Howard University. with the san1e pressures, fears and in community service organizations School of Communications. Cooper ··1 expect to make new friends. new "Studying under the direction of hopes as first time students and fresh while on campus. had also hoped to play football for connections and experience a new black professors will give me a bet men. 'Tm very pro-active and devoted to Howard. coast,'' Brown said. ter understanding of myself," Childs Childs arrived at the Mecca from helping out the black community." Although be is a part-time student, Brown. an Oakland, Calif. native is said. Florida State University searching This black studies minor believes the classes he takes and the two jobs definitely looking into participating Rev. Dr. Jereiniah A. Wright Ministers About 'Wise Men' By VALERlE TUOMAS "Wisc men will go out of their way said Wright was someone who pos versity Gospel Choir sang a song go for more than 25 years and con sometimes," Wright said, as his voice Hilltop Staff Writer to find Jesus, and wise men will go sessed all the qualities of a wise man entitled "God Said It,'' right before tinues to preach as bis congregation resonated from speakers. to great lengths to be in the presence like Dr. King. Wright stepped to the podium. keeps growing. When Wright first Before he sat down Wright asked undreds of students, of the lord," Wright said. Wright is one of the most well "It wasn't traditional and that's what started preaching his congregation the audience to reach out to others in faculty and staff Wright said this is how the Greek known speakers who travels to I liked." Tudman said. "Dr. Wright was all of 87 people and now his their Ii ves and help to inspire lbem. crowded into Cramp community viewed life. Howard annually. Every time he makes chapel feel like church." church has an active membership of He also asked audience members to ton Auditorium to hear Wise men dare to be different and comes, people like Junior Charmaine Wright finished his undergraduate more than 6,000 strong. form a relationship with God. Wright the preaching of Or. that is why they are important in Todman flock to hear him speak. She studies at Howard. He is also a grad Wright went on to say that he is said he wanted people to devote 60 Jeremiah A. Wright Sunday. Wright, everyone's life, Wright said. Jt was said she paid special attention to Sun uate of the University of Chicago tired of the glorification of igno seconds a day to worshipping. "The a Chicago based pastor and Howard only fitting that Wright spoke on the day's sermon. Divinity School and the United The rance. "I am tired of people putting lord's presence will change you," University alumnus delivered one of weekend celebrating Dr. Martin Tudman and the more than 1.500 ological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. down education," Wright said. Wright said. lbe first sermons of the New Year Luther King Jr.'s 71 st birthday. electrified audience members rose Wright has been pastor at the Trm "Reading folk need to shout some about wise men. Howard President H. Patrick Swygert to their feet when the Howard Uni- ity United Church of Christ in Chica- times and shouting folk need to read Barren Land Photo By Eric Hall "The Yonl' was empt) Thursdll) ,., Tiie District w& hit with ,no,,, nnd Ho1>11nl Unhcn.ity, clo;ed it's door:.. All ,-chools us "ell us !\O''CntllllK't agencies in the :ire-J """' dosed a.~ weU. As much as fh-e inchc,, or \110\1 fell, marking the heavisl snowfall of the i.eason thus far. □ □ D □ - • THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 AS From Page One ,. ' l ,J t ssemtily Taps Eilanil to ea ~l ◄ President Swygert Named • ear 2000 General Elections Candidate for President's From ASSEMDLY,Al from previous year~. the office of Enrollment Manage ·ons that induded election of officers Hall's platform COll~isted almost ment where they would be given r UGSA. Howard University Stu entirelv of an extension in the voling special password. The idea of tele ent Association, undergraduate and period. and not al all on the budget. phone voting is based upon th Post at Temple University aduale tn1stees and student coun While the vote for Eiland was not BANNER system and created b}I From TEMPLE, Al position at California State University at Northridge. J' completely unanimous. there were Bell-Atlantic. Elections officials nn il elections. School from 1972 to 1982. From 1982 ro 1990 he served Garabaldi is reportedly a candidate for the presidential Hall and Eiland remained after no votes for Hall. Bell-Atlantic would work togethe as Vice President of the school. Swygert then became post at the University of Southern Florida. rudents Jewel James and Candace ·•1 think the root of the problem is in an combined effort to monitor the president at a State University in Albany, N.Y. until 1995 Some say that if Swygert were 10 leave, the Universi aylor unexpectedly withdrew from that we don't have enough people phone lines for fraud, Eiland said. when he came 10 Howard. ty would be taking a loss. he race at the last minute. applying for the position,'' said Eric About the new Electoral Chair 1 Swygert has tried to make major changes at Howard "I would hate to see Swygert go and the board would According to his proposal pre Watson. who was one of nine com President of HUSA, Marilyn Hooseri since becoming president. In 1996 he announced his hate to lose him,'" said Che' Sayles, Graduate 'Irustee . mittee members who abstained from had this to ~ay: "I feel \'ery h.1pp tented to the Assembly, Eiland"s "Strategic Framework for Action." Since then he has com Sayles said Swygert has done a good job in his five years 'Bison Electoral System & Tochnol- vvti ng. Of the 19 voting member.; of bec:m~e I think it allo\\ s our new pleted several of these tasks, but there are some that he at the University. He pointed 10 the programs Swygert has ~'Y 2000,. will "ensure an .increase in the committee, 10 voted in fo,-or of chairman, Tyrrell Eiland enough hasn't completed such as establishing a Science and Engi implemented at Howard like the bu ilding of a new book tudent voting by ar least 40 per Eiland. opportunity to be able 10 plan thi~ neering Center, the National Leadership Institute, and the store on Georgia Avenue, construction of the two libraries, enr:• While the committee did elect year's election process very well anc1 privatization of the University. the computer "Superlab" and the core curriculum. He also Last year2I percent of the student Eiland. thcy did not completely I'm confident that we'll be able to Tumple has 28,000 student~ compared ro Howard's said Swygert received a very high rating on the Middle y turned out to vote. accept his proposal. work together as a team." 10,000. States of Association with re-accreditation. "He bas a In his proposal Eiland said he will "'I think they chose the right per Positions currently available fo~ If Swygert were to leave the University he would not chance to leave a legacy at Howard," Salyes said. ook into a plan where student~ will son. They didn"t accept his proposal the General Assembly Elections be the only one seeking new employment. ln November able to vote over the telephone and fully. bur they accepted him as the Committee are Chair/Chief of Pro Provost Antoine Garabaldi was a finalist for the President's e Internet. Eiland also provided the chair, still giving him the power to tocol, Vice-Chair/Local Elections ard with a detailed schedule of the make chances. Su I think that w•,.1s Vice-Chair/Graduate Elections, Trea• lecrion season anti u proposed hud smarr;· says Mike Winston. n second wrer. Puhlic Relations Director, S.:c, ct of $30,000. year law st11dent. Among the debat retarv, Electoral Advisor and three Burglaries at Meridian an 'Inside Due Assembly's previous alloca• ed was Eiland's budget. Spec~al Assista.ms. Applications w1U ion of$15,000, Eiland was forced to Eiland's plans to change the vot be availahle beginning Friday. Jwm emporarily reduce his budget to ing system embrnce technology as lw ary 21. "I urge everyone to apply.'1 Job,' Police Officials Say 20,000. Eiland said he will lry to introduces his ideas of Internet vot says Eiland. '"Mainly freshman aoc1 ·se the extra Sl 0.000 to increase his ing and telephone voting. The Inter sophomores. I'd like to have a con, From THEFfS, A5 bedroom door wasn't. budget back to it's original amount. net voting proposed by Eiland will tinual group of students who strut out, "We think ii was an inside job,'' Smith said. 'The evi The victim's roommate was in the other room when the tie added that he will raise the allow students to vote for candidates learn the ropes and take over.'· dence suggests that it was someone who had a knowledge property was stolen. "I heard the door open and I was remainder of the money through var from any terminal on campus. If the About his landslide victory. Tyrrell of the operations of the building.... There were certain halfway asleep; I thought it was him," the roommate, a !ous fundraising activities. The Gen system was adopted, students would Eiland had only this 10 say. "lb whofI1 employees who had access to the building during that Senior administrative justice major said. He declined to ~ral Elections Commiltec is current be monitored for fraud and multiple much is given, much is definitely, time." share his name. y $5,000 in debt due 10 unpaid bills voting. and would register through definitely required.'' Smith said campus police and Metropolitan Police have A day after they realized the computer.and money was narrowed a search for suspects in the Meridian incidents missing they discovered two Ralph Lauren bath towels down 10 12 people. He would not disclose the names. were missing. According to housing agreements the Uni He added that his office is investigating other reports versity is nor responsible for stolen property, so he will as intensely, bur complaints from other residence halls not be reimbursed. Martin Luther King Holiday Needs show that there were cases of unlocked doors or no signs The rash of robberies has drained the confidence in of forced entry which lead him 10 believe it was another security for many sllldents. More Attention at Howard? student. Smith said all of the incidents were not burglar ·The day after ii happened, I was coming home and I ies. The incidents in Meridian were burglaries while a few just walked in the building and the guard was playing a From KING, A5 would insure that this would not be these type of programs, bur where others were thefts. Gameboy," said one victim. "I talked 10 Mr. Larry Frelow (property manager of the Towers) and he said they were the Movement, January 1957- just another day off. For example, a else will they get the opportunity to A burglary occurs when there is a sign of forced entry and a theft is when there is no sign of forced entry, but going to have 24-hour security.'' December 1958. prayer breakfast would be an excel- see a live jazz musical with noted when someone bas open access to someone else·s personal Frelow said the security of the building was increased lrinity University had a day of lent idea." professionals for free," asked Rober- reflection with a program called, Vickie Suggs, assistant director of ta McLeod. Director of Blackburn belongings. from 16 to 24 hours after the students came back from A third floor resident of the West Towers had several the holidays. "If the students can still get around the secu "The Man: His Message, and His Student Activities believes that a con- Center. hundred dollars and a laptop computer stolen on Jan. I 0, rity then that's a reflection on us," Frelow said. "If this Times." The keynote speaker was vocation would definitely be in order. Some students argue this event 10 security company can't handle that, then I might have to Dr. Derrick Bell, a well known legal "I have only been here for about a was not well publicized. "'They must the first day of class. According the student, who asked 10 withhold his name, be went to register around noon hire a new company." scholar and law professor. Also. the year and a half so I am not too famil- not have advertised well because this and when he returned around 4 p.m. his belongings were Arnetta Greene. assistant supervisor of Wells Fargo, Atlanta University Center held its iar with what is done for Martin is the first I heard of it." said April the Towers· security company denied accusations lodged annual host of festivities to celebrnte Luther Krng Day but something Hill. sophomore International Busi- gone. "'I was in total disbelief," the senior communications by students that her officers are not doing their jobs. King's life. ness major. Many students are______Otheractivitiesthat major said. "l came in my room and I was looking for my "We are only responsible for monitoring the front door money, when I couldn't find it I thought I might have mis and I feel my officers are doing the best job possible," wondering if Howard ,rudents participated "Coming from a predominately placed it, but when I saw my computer missing from my Greene said. should be doing just wh1·te h1· gh school that did a lot for in were the Symbolic as much if not more March. which HUSA desk I knew something was wrong." The victim said he was not sure if his front door was locked , bur he said his than all of th ese King day, it is ridiculous that we supported, clothing schools combined. drives and feeding the "Howard does not don't do more here,"Junior Acting homeless. do anything... said l H Even though stu- Burley Dixon, senior major Kami aze. dentsarecomplaining University Fires Basketball Coaches Chemistry major. that not enough is From SPORTS, Al report to the University last month Washington Wiwrds game that he " ... Which is sad considering all King should definitely be done." being done for Martin Luther King, of this season. and dismissed Kirk Howard officials declined to com had received did to help advance African Ameri- But recent graduate Andre Jr. Day, many students said they used Sau!ny's older cousin Eric Saulny, a ment pending the outcome of the The Univl"rsny withhr.ld l incoln cans. Ir is just a shame that the most Samueb believes that the students arc the day 10 catch up on studies and volunteer assistant coach. NCAJl.s investigation. and il.cnnedy trom pra<.:hce and prestigious of all HBCU"s doesn't do 10 blame. "'You cannot blame Howard much needed sleep. In addition, the University l11e main concern focused on the games during the investigation. anything significant to honor his because Howard is an inMitution. II Students agree that if change is to declared junior forward Donte Lin recruitment of Lincoln and an alleged Kirk Saulny, Bruce and Franklin memory."' is the students responsibility to come about. it must be initiated by coln and sophomore forward Darren attempt to cover up rule violations, were told to vacate their offices by the Few organizations like Alpha Phi make sure something is done:· He, the student body. Kennedy ineligible for the remainder according to those familiar with the end of the business day on the day of Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Beta Chapter, along with his fraternity Omega Psi "'We need lo collectively put pres- of this season. probe. their firings and departed around 3 scheduled a candlelight vigil. And a Phi. held their 13th annual We Feed sure on our student representatives or "We cannot and will not tolerate The areas of the inquiry included p.m., campus sources said. jazz concert was also held on the day. Our People Food and Clothing Drive take it upon ourselves to put pressure any conduct inconsistent with NCAA allegations that: Attempts to reach both Saulnys, Junior Acting major Kami! Hazel at Martin Luther King Library. Some on the administration and demand bylaws and our own Code of Ethics * Lincoln's transcript had Bruce and Franklin were unsuccess agreed with Dixon. Howard students volunteered with that something be done," continued and Conduct,"' vice president of stu been altered. ful. '"Corning from a predominately thb project as well. LaVonnc Burke. "Otherwise the hue dent affairs Raymond Archer said in However, Kirk Saulny told The white high school that did a lot for Although !lie jazz festival was held and cry over the events of this day a press release. * Lincoln's junior college \Vashington Times he felt his dis• King day, it is ridiculous that we in Blackburn Center in King's mem- will be in vain. And if we do not Athletic Director Hank Ford coach Richard Wells. traveled here missal w,,s pu-t of a perso11;u v~11d"'' don't do more here," she said. ory. strive lo keep the memory of our named William Coward, kicking with the player at Howard's expense ta against tum. But in all of this. who is 10 blame? many students claim to have leaders alive, then their struggles will coach for the Bison football team. (an NCAA rules violation if true, Kirk Saulny was hired in June ''I believe the administration is," known nothing about it, even though be in vain as well." interim coach. although Wells has denied he traveled 1998. replacing MikeMcLeese, now said LaVonne Burke, sophomore it was the 14th consecutive year and The rule violations were discov here with Lincoln). the coach at the University of the Dis Chemical Engineering major. '"Ir is boasts 10 have hosted close 10 1.000 ered during an independent, internal trict of Columbia. He had also served the responsibility of the administra- audience members throughout the investigation of the program that • Benefits not allowed under as an assistant al UNC-Wilmington, tion to institute programs which day. "'Students rend 10 shy away from began this past summer after the NCAA rules were given 10 Howard Columbia and Tulane. The Bison had NCMs enforcemenl staff asked Uni players during Lincoln's paid recruit 2-25 record last season and are 1-12 versity officials to review allegations ing visit. this season. it had received. There is no word yet on the New Orleans-based attorney and * Kirk Saulny provided tin1etable in which a new permanent part-time law professor at n1Iane Howard players a benefit not allowed coach will be selected. University, Robert L. Clayton, con under NCAA rules when he gave 76 Years of ducted the probe and submitted his them complimentary tickets to a ea part o Your Face Here! Journalistic the Legacy and Write for Advertise in The Hilltop The Hilltop! and reach a diverse popula tion of the African Ameri• Excellence can Community! Special Rates for Campus To Write For and Local Business! -. ? So, what are you waiting ' j for? Our Ad representatives ,,'•' Campus, • are standing by! ! ' .• I Call (202) 806-6866 • THE Please Call Ira ,.... 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"The children, parents and nization held an International Recep· Tof the Honorable Dr. Martin ca's Promise, a national organization students really enjoyed themselves. A tion and a Art Exhibit and Jazz Con Luther King Jr. on Monday morning that caters to basic educational needs little of King·s sprit was here today," cert on Jan. 15. in Glenarden, Md. of the nation·s yout~. The students Jackson said. Of the two annual parades in the Howard students, representing said that they had to receive parents' Jackson added that in the future he city. the King parade is the biggest, Howard University Student Associ permission to go to the parade with hopes Howard could organize some Mayor of Glenarden Donjuan L. ation (HUSA), Alpha Phi Alpha Howard. thing similar in the community for Williams said. Chapter, Inc., Frederick Douglass Bruce-Monroe Elementary fourth King's memory. "It's a wonderful event. The city is Honor Society and the College of grader, Tomika Sherrod, said that it The Sixth Annual Martin Luther happy to support it every year." Arts and Sciences, led the two-mile was important for her to attain per• King, Jr. Parade was organized by the Williams added that in order to keep long parade down Martin Luther mission to ct:lebrate at the parade. Global Developmental Services for King\ dream alive blacks need to King, Jr. Highway with their arms "King was a great leader who had a Youth. Inc. (GDSY, Inc.). GDSY, Inc. come together and make the dream linked reciting the six principles of lot of hopes and dreams." is a non-profit youth advocacy orga• work. ·'Injustice anywhere is a threat nonviolence. Earl Brooks. eighth grader at nization. to justice everywhere,'" he said. "We remembered the purpose, that McFarland Junior High School said, "Considering the weather we had a is what kept us going," said Simone "It was fun, and it was cold. I did a tremendous turnout," said Eugene W. File Photo lot of walking, and I think I lost a cou- Grant, president of Global. "Bt:sides. Howard Students celebrated Marlin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday partic• Jackson, junior biology student. ipating in a march spon.<.ored by he Global Developmental Services for Youth, Inc.• a non-profit Jouth advocacy organization. Students marched in 32-degree weather to celebrate the slain civil righst activists during CITY Sl'l,ES the two- mile march. l\itLK Project Underway This is a firs/ in" series ofslories 1h01 will lllke The site on the Mall was approved on Dec. 2, sador; Vic Carter, .i ne\l s anthor for CBS News a look at area c11lt11ml sites. The first installmellf 1999. It is a four-acre plot of land across the Tidal WJZ in Baltimore, Md.: Ana Mollinedo. the man City Briefs is abo111 the f11t11re site ofthe Martin L11ther King, Basin from the Jefferson Memorial and north of aging director of the Martin Luther King. Jr. Cen Jr. memorial. Although still in the developme111al the proposed memorial to Franklin Delano Roo ter in Atlanta. Ga.: George Reaves, the vice pres Swyi:ert Nnmed \Vn-:hini:toninn of the )enr stages, this mo1111111e111 will soon be a major attrac sevelt. ident of Chicago National Bank in Chicago. Ill. and tion. According to John Carter, the vice president of Dr. Ed Jackson, Jr.. the Director of Research at the The \.liHl11n,:lonia11 Mn.~nzine rc.-cognized President H. Patrick the memorial foundation, •~rhis site puL~ Dr. King American Institute of Architects. Corena Scott Swygert along with 17 other ~ornmunity leaders as \Va5hingtonians of By 2003 Martin Luther King, Jr. will become the in a place of tr.mquillity. vision, historic signifi King, the widow of the slain civil rights leader, the Year. Swyg,·rt was honorc.-d tn the Jnn. issue for his commitment to first person who was not a President of the Unit cance and in a visual line of leaders between serves as the honorary chairman of the commit• the rc.-vitalization of Le Dmit Park. According to o;chool officials the ed States of America to be honored with a monu [Abrahamj Lincoln and [Thomas) Jefferson:· tee that is putting the memorial together. University has spent over $24 million to help develop and renovate ment on the famous Washington, DC Mall, if all The origin of the project is with Alpha Phi Alpha The reaction to the idea of a memorial on proper tie~ in the community. goes according 10 plan. The Martin Luther King Fraternity. Inc .. the fraternity to which King Howard·s campus was generally favorable. Memorial Foundation is currently planning an belonged. On Nov. 12. 1996, Public Law 104-333 "I think the fact that they arc building a memo international design competition 10 choose the lay gave the fraternity the sole authority to raise funds rial shows that he is not juM an African-American out for the monument. Design packets are being for the construction of the memorial. They have hero. but an American hero." commented Q.lerah Congrc,swoman Eleanor Holmes Norton began her re-election cam• sent out via the Internet and by mail in the next few until Feb. 12, 2003 to raise sufficient funds for the Jackson. vice president of the Howard University p3irn for the I 07th Congress at Howard e.ulter this month. Norton has months. The foundation is working under the project. However, the project will not begin its Student Association. served the District of Columh· 1 for IO years Thh will be her 6th time theme of "90% Planning - I0% Execution.'' major fundraising efforts until after the design is running for office, and currec!ly, 1-t-· hat 1 the onl} on~ in the ring for "Our goal is to receive 1500 designs,'" said Mar chosen later this year. the position tin Luther King, Jr.. Memorial Project Director The Memorial Project team consists of many William Van Asselt. "If we reach that, it will be influential African-Americans. Among them are --Compiled By Mark Harris ••Comp1ltd By Kelli E.rter~ the largest design contest ever." Andrew Young, America's former UN ambas- Happy Birthday Hilltop You are building the foundation of professional nursing by obtaining a BSN. Now is the time to benefit from clinical experiences Capricorns ... and graduate as expert practitioners and leaders in healthcare, business and industry. 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The marriage penalty creates a tax a worker whose only income is a salary, date. • November will mark hislory, as the firsl increase for married couples. Mr. Bush's would continue to pay taxes. John McCain (R), is currently Sena1or of E;;e on the Diaspora elected Presidenl of the new millennium is team includes a number of advisors 1hat Also, while Forbes refers to the 40% tax Arizona. McCain promises 1hat if elected chosen. Conservative activist Gary Bauer, worked for bis father when President Bush burden of the middle class family, he President, he would create a cabinet post for Toxas Gov. George Bush, publisher Steve was in ,...... --....,,...... ,__ ...--.._.,...,...... ,.,_ addresses a "reform czar" to oversee himself. This per Forbes. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, former office. only federal lax, son would initiate changes in the tax code, News From Around ambassador Alan Keyes and Arizona Sen. S t e v e however, that 40% the Department of Education and the John McCain are all running for a spot on Forbes (R). tax burden military. The World the Republican ballot. Here is a look at the is a maga includes state, McCain supports a tax cul of $240 billion republican candidates and what they stand zine pub local and payroll over five years, with the use of any future Activists Protest the Double Standard for. lisher and taxes such as federal budget surpluses going to Social Between ::::Uban and Huitian Refugees Gary Bauer (R), a Kentucky native and second Medicare and Security. In the past. McCain has support devout Christian, is the former president of time runner Social Security. ed anti-tobacco legislation and although he MIAMI. Florida-Black activists r.illicd on Mar the conservative, Family Research Council. for the Orrin Ha1ch (R) bas opposed a set waiting period for hand tin Luther King. Jr. Day to protest what they view A strong supporter of "the family", his pri Republican is a Utah Senator gun purchases he has however, supported as a double standard m the U.S. A crowd of 150 mary concerns are eliminating legalized nominee who hopes to be mandatory checks at gun shows. people gathered to denounce U.S. officials for gambling and putting an end to abortion. for Presi nominated as the On abortion, McCain is a long time sup going to Washington 11n behalf of Elian Gonza Bauer points out that Americans spend d e n t . Republican candi porter on legislation to ban "partial birth" lez, the 6-yc.ir-old Cuban boy whose ,·itizeaship more money on gambling than on food and Forbes, date. Hatch. a abortions and other restrictions on abortion is being determined by US. and Cuban official~. that spousal abuse, bankruptcy and suicide who ran for Republican, agrees although he urges his party to be tolerant of are side effects of gambling. His extreme office in with some Democ "differing views". The protester, said that the US. did not pay anv Iowa and..,_...... ,..... ______attention to the400 Hniuans who were seat ba,k pro-life views are what may put him aside ra I ic domestic "Certainly in the short term, or even the from other republican candidates. N e w policies and has long term, I would not support a repeal of to their country un the I irst of th<' year. me Photo The 1996 Cuban ReaaJustment Act says that "There is an impulse in the Republican Hampshire Geo11,>c W. BU!>h, Jr (R), pictured ubo,-e, • front-runner for the credited former Roe v. Wade (The Supreme Courl's decision Cubans who make it to U.S. soil are nble to stay. party to make it's platform pro-life but oper in 1996, Republican nomination is the current Go,-crnor oflexas and son Clin1on Treasury 10 legalize abortion) ... although he later Haitians who make it to land must go back to ationally pro-abortion," says Bauer. In a bas a plat of fom1er President George Bush. Secretary Robert re.tractcd his statement. Haiti unless "credible tear" of pen.ccu1io11 in 1999 speech, Bauer pledged to fight that form which Rubin for improv John McCain is George W. Bush's closest • homeland can be proved. impulse and a growing public perception consists ing lhe domestic competilor for 1he nomination of the repub ' Haitians Marc Dicubon. 9, and his sisler Ger that Republicans have "wobbly knees•· on mainly of a strong opposition to abortion economy. A Public Opinion poll dated Jan lican party. When asked. between McCain • manic. 8. along with 4 I I other.. whorc boat abortion. and a large federal tax cut. uary 6. shows that only 2% of National and Bush. who they would like to see elect came to shore were sent back eYen though their Bauer is also in favor of imposing a flat tax As president. Forbes promises to propose Adults would like to see Hatch nominated ed, the Princeton/Newsweek poll of Nation pregnant mother. Yvcna Rhinvil, wa~ ahk lo slay instead of the current graduated system a new economic plan that would remove the as the Republican candidate for President. al Aduhs conducted Jan. 6, showed that for medical treatment. U.S. officials said that they which ranges from 15%- 39.6%. The only 40% tax burden from middle-class families, The poll was conducted by Princeton Sur Bush had a strong lead over John McCain. thought the children were with their mother. other Republican 10 share Bauer's idea of a eliminate the pre•existing taxes on pensions. vey Research Associales and sponsored by 75% of 1hose surveyed supported Bush over While the political claim proce,sed, officials flat tax is Steve Forbes. capital gains and death taxes. Newsweek. the 20% that were in support of McCain. allowed the children 10 reunite with their moth George W. Bush (R), front-runner for the "Let's say you have a family of four. Your Alan Keyes (R). is a right-wing conserv I er in Florida. Republican nomination is the current Gov first $36.000 would be free of federal ative, former ambassador and the only ernor of Toxas and son of former President income tax and anything you earn above the African-American in the running. Keyes 77,is is the first in a line ofreports that rake Capetown Ravaged By ! Havana's coast toward the U.S. inter Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. They By KELLI D. EsTERS framed. Growing skepticism arose killer. By MARK HARRIS, JR. est section. Many waved the Cuban have also insisted that Gonzalez's City & Nation/World Editor that Ray. a Missouri prison escapee. The suit said tha1 a man named Asst. Editorial Editor flag, which is red. while, and blue father. Juan Gonzalez, is being told could have carried out the April 4. Raoul brought Jowers the gun used like the United States flag, while oth what 10 say by the Cuban govern• Nearly lhree decades after Rev. 1968. slaying on his own. in the assassination. As US.-Cuha lensions mount. four ers hoisted their own children onto men!. Juan Gonzalez has accused the Martin Luther King Jr.' s death, a Jury Ray's conviction was upheld eight Ray protested for years 1hat a man U.S. Congressmen say they are pre their shoulders during what was Cuban exile community of Miami of concluded that the accused assassin times. In the late 70s, the House by the name of Raoul had framed pared to push through a bill that deemed as the "March of the Com manipulating what the boy says and did not acl alone. Selection Commillee on Assassina him for murder. would grant 6-years-old Elian Gon batant Mothers." does. In Memphis, To1messee. the King tions concluded that there was cir zalez U.S. citizenship when Congress The announcement from Congress According to Juan Gonwlez, since family filed a wrongful death suit cumstan1ial evidence that Ray reconvenes on Monday. The passage and lhe Cuban protest are only lhe the boy has been in Florida, his rel against Lloyd Jowers, tl1e owner of worked in concert with others. but of such a bill would move jurisdiction latest maneuvers in 1he battle for a1ives have given him three bicycles the restaurant in 1968 1ha1 over said that Ray alone pulled the trigger. ,. on the custody case of the Cuban boy Gontalet, which has gained interna and offered to set up a $2 million dol looked 1he Lorraine Motel where In 1997 Dexter King met with Ray from immigration Jaw and federal tional atten1ion. lar trust fund for the boy. King was shot and killed as he stood in prison, shook his hand and told Wl'III courts to family law and state courts, Fishermen found Gonzalez floating "fhey manipulate everything that on the balcony. Last roontl1. the jury him that he and his family believed where a Cuban judge recently off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. he says, and they don't even allow found that Jowe!'l>, now in his 70s and in his innocence. The King family attempted to grant temporary custody clinging to an inner tube on last him to speak freely," said Juan Gon other unknown co-conspirators worked diligently to have Ray's trial of the boy to his great-uncle. Thanksgiving Day. He had been trav ~Jez in a January 14 Nightline in1er played a role in 1he de.1th of K111g. revisited before his death in April of "Elian's mother gave her life to eling with his mother. her boyfriend, v1ew. The King family alleged 1ha1 six 1998. '" bring her son to a free country. and and eleven others who were anempt In any case. the executive branch is years ago on a television interview, Later that year. Janet Reno ..... that cannot be ignored," said Rep. ing to emigra1e to the United States on Juan Gonzalez's side. The Inter Jowers ad milled that he hired King's reopened a limited investigation into Bill McCollum (R-Fla.) in a state from Cuba. Gonzalez was one of national Naturalization Services assassin as a favor to a Mafia friend the assassination, but Memphis ment on January 15. "This legislation three who survived when a boat cap (INS) ruled that the boy should be and again in conversations with authorities revisiting the case found &IIIIM will keep the matter on the correct sized near Key Biscayne. Florida. returned to his father by Jan. 14. King's son Dexter and Andrew no evidence that anyone except Ray legal track to have the custody issue Gonzalez floated 25 miles to the After a Florida judge, Rosa Young, civil rights leader, former killed King. properly decided." McCollum is north before being found two days Rodriguez, granled temporary cus congressman and UN ambassador. in the I 993 television interview, joined in his political crusade by fel later. tody of the boy to his great-uncle, The King family sued for a mere Jower's said that a plan was hatched low Florida Republicans Ilena Ros Since Gonzalez was brought to the Lazaro Gonzalez. Attorney General $ I 00, but said that they were more to kill King at his restaurant and that Lehtinen and Lincoln Diaz-Balart, American mainland nearly two Janet Reno affirmed the INS ruling concerned with the truth. he was given $100,00010 arrange the himself the child of Cuban expatri months ago, the dilemma over and said that any appeal had to come "I'm just so happy to see that the murder. A produce marker operator 1111 ates, as well as House majority whi;> whether he would be returned to his in federal court, not state court. In a people have spoken," Dexter King allegedly advanced the money to Toro DeLay (R-Tox.). father has been fraught with political leller on January 12, Reno suggest said to reporters afler the verdict was Jowers. On that same day in Cuba. tens of overtones. The large Cuban exile ed that the father was the only person handed down. The suit alleged that Jowers said thousands of mothers chanted community in Miami, which num~ with a legal right 10 speak for the James Earl Ray was arrested for the there was a spot near his restaurant • ";Q11eremos 1111estro hijo!" ("We bers ~ome 500,000, has been accused child. crime two months after the shooting. where the killer was to shoot King. want our son!") as Ihey marched in many quarters of using the boy as He pleaded guilty, but after three Jowers was claimed to have taken a -■•- down the Malecon highway on a pawn in their vende11a against days recanted and said that he was still smoking gun there to hide for the _, A 10 FRloA):'. JANUARY 212000 THE HILLTOP EDITORIALS THE HILLTOP Founded in 1924 Swygert Shows His True School Spirit? The Nanon's Largest Black Collegiate Newspaper Registration ... No Cause For Celebration resident H. Patrick Swygert's ini- the entire week (Though even Swygert's vis tiative to reform the registration its couldn't keep registration from being process through the use of technol- extended a week). ogy, and a well trained, cordial staff But we do not applaud Swygert for a smoother has helped improve process. The process is supposed to be smooth. the annual event - if only slight- ~------~ Do you give a standing ovation ly. Our View to the sun every time it rises? This spring, students were And the moon when it illunu- greeted with an environment of Despite efforts to nates the nighttime sky? These organization and not the standard improve registration, things are supposed to hap- bureaucracy that forced students the process still falls pen. Giving the University a Oo"'··· to shuffle through 8 hour lines short. pat on the back is like applaud- tl, -,i,J ,t and ill-tempered cashiers per ing college students for study- A i:,,11>(' usual. No. This semester things mg. were a bit...different. Problems with the BANNER system persist- Instead of lines that snaked in and around ed. Missing financial aid resulted in many stu Blackburn Center Ballroom, students were dents not returning to the University this i-A T 0A1° piled into the a recreation room that hasn't seen semester. Missing grades resulted in ruined improve1nents since 1978 when it was built transcripts. Students 1nust take a stand and let (but that is another story). Then from there to the adnunistration know that we will not stand the BalJroom. for this. Another change, however minor, was the Will The Hilltop sing this song about regis- increased number of students working with the tration again next semester? Probably. We can process. And the visibility of Swygert during not wait. Give Dr. King His Due he Reverend Dr. Martin Luther seem to have a problem giving Dr. King and King, Jr. was arguably the greatest his national holiday the reverence that it • e11ers 10 Illa Edner leader and inarguably the most deserves? effective civil rights leader of the Last weekend, which was supposed to be the Dear Editor. How To Write Us 20th century. His life was one that celebration of Dr. King's birthday was marked THE HIU:rOP, the nation's largest Black collegiate newspaper. encour was marked by championing the causes of not much more heavily by Bison rushing to DC I just wanted to congratulate you and ages you to share your opinions on articles published in the newspaper. only the oppressed, but also fighting against Live on Sunday evening and flooding the the staff for producing. in my eyes. the THE HILCTOP will only publish letters addressed directly 10 the Edi· those issues which kept injus- local maJJs for retail sales on torial Editor in response to published articles. The HlLLTOP Editori best sports coverage the Hilltop has al Board reserves the right to edit letters for space and literary style. All tice alive. One of his most ,------r-V_i_e_w--~ Monday than those who took ever had. You guys covered every letters must be typed. signed and include a complete address and tele famous quotes that in many 0 0 even a few small moments thing in full; the conference prcseason phone number. ways reflects the manner in out of their day to reflect on page was thorough, giving even a The opinions expressed on the Editorial Page arc the views of the THE which he lived his life is, As the Mecca of black the man and his message. freshman a perspective of every team HILCTOP Editorial Board and do not directly rcnect the opinion of in the MEAC. The pre- and post game Howard Univer..ity, ii.,, Admini,ll':llion, indhidual Hilltop Policy Board "Injustice anywhere is a threat Education, the Howard We should be embarrassed members, or the student body. The opinions expre.~ on the Perspec to justice everywhere." Dr. University community and ashamed of ourselves for pages as well as box scores were true tives page are those of the writers and (lo not represent the view of the King wasn't simply concerned needs to further recog- allowing such an important to form. And the photos were larger Editorial Board. than ever and really brought the game with local issues, or even nize the importance and day celebrating the life of Please Address Letters to: national issues. King champi- influence of Dr. Martin such an important man to to life. The post should ha\·e used some oned the causes of colored peo- become this commerciabzed ofyour photos (maybe they will sec this The Editorial Editor t nd THEHJLLTOP pie everywhere and aJI others Lu ber King, Jr. a while we mindlessly buy and take heed). Also the layouts were 225 l Sherman Avenue, NW who were victims. actively commemorate into the hype. The overaJI very fulfilling. There was never a feel Washington. D.C. 20001 ing of trying to crrun something in or or via email at For so1ne reason however, stu- his life and lack of can1pus programs, [email protected] dents at Howard University achieven1ents. events, and celebrations cutting out information or photos to save space. I had to write in and com STATEMENT seem to feel as ifit should be up L------commemorating Dr. King's THE MlssION ment on your achievement because as Produced entirt!ly by the s111dents it serves, THE HIUTOP is the to Dr. King's alma mater or other bastions of birthday points to a shallowness in us as the a Bison alum and member of the only leadership throughout black America to com- vanguard of leadership in black America. newspaper ofrecord for rhe Howard University communil)! Undefoated FootbaH Tham in Howard Within its pages, our readers will wit11ess objective rt!poning ana memorate the life and accomplishments of Dr. Hopefully, as we continue to live the dream History(l993/J 1-0). We were never stories wri11en from a uniquely black perspective at rhe premiere King. Well, the truth is, Howard University is that Dr. King first envisioned, we will remain hisrorica/ly black U11iversity i11 the world. nl? proudly continue a in1mortalized in print with the style tradition ofexcellence, for our readers and our distinguished one of Dr. King's alma maters. He was award- cognizant of what his life stood for. and savvy of you and your staff. I was legacy deserws nothing less. ed an honorary Ph.D. in 1964. So why do we glad to see the Hilltop move agres sively into the Y2K. I look forward to THEHuJTOP your sports layouts next year and much APRILL Q. TliRNER Land Of The Free ... But For Whom? continued success. Mito,~in-Chief n an ideal world, everyone would live A striking illustration of the disparity is the ALENA SI.MONS Business Manager in a nation where the rule of law was treatment of young Cuban Elian Gonzalez Old school Bison #29, respected, one where freedom of since he floated into the national consciousness J ASON T. $.\tml KIM • All THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 PERSPECTIVES The Hilltop Martin Luther and Constant King: The Greatest Leader Evolution By Randy Short --. vii people can try to defame and dismiss him By• Jason T. Sn1ith as a non-violent Uncle Tom or self-hating inte grationist who couldn't tell a dream from a --.or nearly eight decades The nightmare; however, nobody can rob Martin Hilltop has been the torch --Luther King Jr. of his greatness. King remains bearer for the student voice our truest expression ofhope for self-determination and eth and the premier training nic renewal. True, other figures can lead bigger marches, ground for minority jour run for president, or gain great wealth and honorary-white nalists. And tomorrow, this paper that status, but none of the post 1968 leaders come close to hav has grown to be one of the most-read ing the depth, scope, and breadth of King. In fact, ii is only campus publications in the nation will King's assassination by those in high places rbat allow for officially reach its 76th year in print. many of our so-called leaders to even be noticed. ,__.._ __...__.., But the occasion will not be met The secret to Dr. King's greatness was that he really cared , with much fanfare or any excessive celebration. Candles and was willing to sacrifice his all for righteousness sake, won't be extinguished, nor gifts exchanged. Practiced and those that have followed him are poor copycats of a ' purely, journalism is an art form that nourishes the social flaw Jess original. conscience, not the ego. And how much celebrating can Can you honestly see Jesse Jackson or any other of impor· you do when your mission and your readership require taot African-Americans risking their lives to help margin daily attention and vigilant work toward achieving their alized workers, or our University Administration comply satisfaction? ing to Department of Labor codes? The paper has chronicled decade after decade of change I wonder bow would Dr. King stomach this greedy and and growth at the University and in black America. wicked bourgeois African-Americans perversion of his Started in 1924, these pages have chronicled the advance dream? Maybe God Almighty in his provident wisdom ment of black women in the fields of law and medicine; spared King having to witness this execrable buppies whom the growing role of black fraternities and sororities in destroy school districts, gut cities, bankrupt businesses, and : America; the dedication of the chemistry building by Pres eagerly resist bettering the lot of Afro-American. ident Franklin D. Roosevelt, and even the changing role King was great because he could not tolerate injustice and of the "radical" NAACP And that was all before 1937. evil, and it is against this measuring stick that I find virtu Our stories have captured the many colors of the Howard ally ALL African-American educators, professionals, University experience: The bison-blues of losing to FAMU preachers, activists, and politicians wanting. King would in a triple overtime. The regal red of what it feels like to be opposed to the absurdity call the racist War on Drugs, be a campus queen. The translucent silence after the death and he would oppose the economic terrorism of the World of a noted professor. / _\ Bank/ IMF in Africa and the cowardly retreat of the Fed And as the times changed, so did our coverage and our eral Government from its commitment to the poor. Unlike his remedial pupils, King would not be a good democrat ... tomorrow, this paper that has when corporate welfare and unnecessary military-industrial Recommitting to Our University spending could rebuild our cities and rural towns. King ;. grown to be one of the most-read ~ .., . . ' ' would refuse to be pimped by the Democratic Party. and :By Charles Coleman,·Jr. would confront White Supremacy head-on. King would not campus publications in the ' .. . continence the Prison Industrial Complex being called nation will officially reach its s the students here lation of expenses on administrators behalf then that economic growth. He'd demand that the government go all at Howard Univer translates again, into mismanagement. In addition to out to find a cure for AfDS. No pressing cause of the hour 76th year in print. sity sit on the dawn this, if the money initially collected for a project is would be ignored, and he'd place his life on the line to help on tbe probable unavailable when it is time to complete the project, that somebody else-not just rich Blacks living in barricaded look. The paper moved from being printed on something third consecutive is mismanagement as well. I say this only to suggest that cul de sacs of civic denial and irresponsibility. , a little larger than a sheet of paper to being printed on a annual tuition increase. yet anoth before the tuition rates and review committee, the Board The Satanic elites, who micro-manage Afro-American for standard broadsheet that is now dimensionally larger than er thread is loosed in the unravel of To1stees. the "A" building bandits, or anyone else Anglo-Americans, wish King would just fade away. Most 1 The Washington Post. ing fabric which holds administra even considers getting us for another dime, a critical Black elites despise greatness except for that of promiscu And as we thrust ourselves into the "Internet Century" tors and students together. A key examination of their own pockets is in order. ity, drug consumption, graft, and hedonistic consumerism. and Howard students look to the Net for up-to-the-minute '---':i.-'---u pillar to any positive relationship is The next crucial point is that students should not King, who was unwilling to be bought by the lowest bid news, we must make sure that we are using our resources a minimal level of trust existing represent the fm.t line of funding when added e.1tpendi ders, in essence, was a class traitor. Dr. King forswore his to continue to reach our budding readership. ln the com between the parties involved. Whereas this seems basic. tures arise on the University's budget. As a means of chance to be a "boulE acceptable Negro:· His God was ing months, you will see online polls and we will report it is absent from the relationship between administra cushioning tuition increases, or not having tuition Jesus Christ and those of his sellout Black peers: Jefferson news as it breaks via our website. tors and students on this campus. In order for the Uni increases at ill. the University should exhaust more Davis. Leading Black elites loathe King and his memory, But the more things change, the more they stay the same. versity to continue to raise our tuition. students have to means of fundraising for their working budget, as well because they have determined that Afro-Americans are Our practice of reporting the news without the weight of tmst that administrators will use it to execute the pro as its endowment so that the burden will not continue worthless and white is better. Thus, they are dedicated to • personal politics and unhealthy bias will continue. We will JCCts that they say they will. Likewise, the administra to be placed on students. Charging students more for a system that benefits a frightful few. They never marched : also strive to follow the precedent of perfection set by our tors, in gaining that tru$t, must respond by not violat their education will not result in students withdrawing. with King, and, waited until his life was taken to misap : forerunners (the first issue of The Hilltop was virtually ing it when students grant that trust to them. That is Though a significant number of students may not return. propriate the spoils of the Second American Revolution on ; error free). For every misspelled headline, we do you a dis where the breakdown in the relationship has occurred. as evidenced in our enrollment numbers for the Spring themselves. : service. Sure, a misspelled name may go unnoticed by and crippled the progression of Howard University in 2000 semester. people will generally still pay because ln deed and word, King challenged the immorality and I some; but a memory is missed when a grandmother many respects. people will still want degrees. Nevertheless, the effects inertia of the Black Church. King knew that the Black ' doesn't notice her grandson's name because of a delinquent One of the biggest and most apparent contradic of this practice will be seen in the trend of alumni giv church must be the heart of the struggle for self-determi letter. Please continue to send us those corrections via our tions in 1his entire scheme is that in efforts of soliciting ing. Many Howard University alumni do not contribute nation. Compare King's example to the offal leadership of e-mail address and you will see a better Hilltop. the trust of students, we are constantly bombarded with to the school because they too share the sentiment that the Black church that is a tower of Babel that does less today One of my most memorable editors said once that accu comparative studies of HoY.ard against other major while they y,,-ere here, their mone) was poorly managed. than 130 years ago. King foughtjudasgoat religious lead racy is "more a reflection of philosophy than of fact." True. institutions. wher.: Howard stnnds in an equal or com On some level. this requires serious correction. As ers like the hellion Rev. J.H. Jackson. Most ministers today A member of the Undergraduate Student Assembly may petitive position. Still, many fail to realize the inherent a result in the different failures in the relationship are false prophets with oo answers to anythmg but direc think our coverage of her program was not accurate, fallacy within such comparisons. is that the institutions between faculty and students, srudent leaders· gains have tions to the nearest motor inn. King's standard of com because it doesn't reflect her view that the program was to which Howard often compares itself are not nearly been marginal in comparison to their potential due to mitmenl as a Christian minister was so high that most of well received among students. Some students may have as subsidized by the foderal government as we are. To the administrations staunch stance on many student today's pastors neither have the will nor desire to meet. thought that the program, which only attracted 20 students, put it plainly: we are doing less with more. The fact that issues. This is in many ways nothing more than a sub Since, they are mostly reprobate: semi-literate slave drivers, didn't reach enough of the students. But pleasing our mul we are even "oo pace" with these other universities is a tle but intended backlash in response to the hard time pimps, and thieves with ever-shrinking congregations to tifaceted student body will forever be our goal. problem because we are initially given greater resources that we give them when issues like street privatization, prove their success at alienating the masses. Our staff won't celebrate with cake and ice cream the 76th to work with. This would then point to a problem of mis core cirriculums, and tuition increases arise. Still, to this In the 32 years since King died Black people have been birthday of The Hilltop. And we won't pop the Dom management. Students are convinced that our money has end I believe that administrators and students need to at a standstill, because there has been no one neither vision Perignon until the paper reaches 100 years in print. What been mi,managt'<.I and as consumers, we are extremely realize the role that we e,1ch play in this cycle. Further ary enough nor brave enough to unify and provide ethical we will do is continue to scour the University for the com hesitant to give increasc<.I amounts of our hard-earned more, as we prepare to absorb yet another tuition leadership to help us achieve self-determination. plex and simple stories that shape Howard and for the voic dollars to those who we estimate have not spent it hon increase, we should all recommit ourselves to rebuild Randy Short is a graduare student in the Graduate School es that color this unique experience. Pages need to be laid estly and wisely. ing not only the trust but the overall relationship that has of Arts & Sciences and Special Projects Editor for The Hill· out and a legacy needs to be documented. Another dead Upon the mention of a new tuition increase. the nat been crippled and from which all of our progress has top. line looms. Our work is not done. ural response from students was 'For what?'. Howard suffered. Happy birthday, Hilltop. May the will of the students con has developed a terrible habit of raising money for one RB91dy Shor, is 8 Air.a et1ndida1e i11 1he GffltiHBle &e,lrool tinue to guide you on this sea of constant evolution. cause and spending it on another without the notifica ofArts a11d Sciences and the Rotation Editor ofThe Hi/top. tion or approval of its students. Many of the projects Charles Coleman. Jr. is a junior political science major He can be e-mailed at [email protected] Jason T. Smith is the Managing Editor of The Hilltop and mentioned in the 1997 tuition increase. for example, II.ave from Q11ee11s, NY. a11d the Editorialt Editor of111e Hill a junior pri11tjo11ma/ismmajor. He can be reached at (202) yet to be completed and if that is due to the miscalcu- top. He can be reached at [email protected] 806-6866 and [email protected]. I ' '1 Father Knows Best ••• Send Elian Home! ' 1' ' 'I I By Damon Waters I ' ' ditional nature, it is quite unnerving interests of this youth are with that of looking in, in some cases, Ameri but now some advocate are nusing in America. What if it were your r A~me to be bombarded daily with the his father. How dare America dictate can's have once again perched atop the will of the United States Con child and some other government : rican hypocrisy of the American people to a child's natural father where his their high horse and claimed to have gress to keep Elian in the country. were holding it hostage because they 1 icon symbol- over the fate of an innocent, young son will live and with whom? the overwhelming authority on This gross misuse of governmental had delusions of grandeur? What if ! izing their rit- Cuban refugee. Despite his mother's dying wish and decency and moral superiority. authority, as represented by Chair it were your child and you had to rely 1 ualistic glori- This whole debate is disgusting. her feelings, the fact remains that America is the same country that man Burton and his US House Com on the uncertainty of an alien, not to 1 fication of the This is simply another example ofthe young Elian's mother is no longer liv allows the senseless deaths of hun mittee, is the direct opposite of what mention hostile court system and !· importance of blatant and not to mention nauseat ing and her wishes can not supersede dreds of youths in their streets each American's want for themselves. government to determine whether I .__...;a family ties and ing arrogance of America and the the authority of the last living parent. day without uttering a word of con This boy's father has the natural right you could have your child or not? , strong father American people to flaunt their self Opponents of Elian's return to his cern for them; the same country that to determine what to do with his America come down from the I figures. Over the last two decades or perceived superiority over the rest of father have nothing to do with the sits idle while thousands go unin son. Not the US Court system, the 'democracy and capitalism is better I so America has been infatuated with the world. The close-mindedness of child or the father. Opponents caste sured and die needlessly from treat US House of Representatives, the mount' and let Elian go home where : the role that fathers play and Amer America to recognize differences of their abhorrence for Fidel Castro, able ailments. The same country US News media or anyone else. he belongs, with his father. Those are : ica has come to some kind of con thought and political persuasion and the looming threat of the down that allows thousands of children to There is no evidence and no claims the family values that you so point : sensus about the importance of 'dad' makes this attempt to determine trodden, debased, economically go from grade to grade and eventu that the father has abused Elian, only edly refer to all the time. Because no I in the family structure. Dads pro where someone's child resides is impotent, militarily insignificant ally graduate without knowing how that his mother snatched him and matter what any judge, reporter, I vides vital psychological and social utterly ridiculous. This is not some small island of Cuba onto the debate. to read or complete simple mathe attempted to flee to America. I am elected representative or arbitrary 1 interactive skills to the children that orphan found at sea or some illegal Few of the opponents actually talk matical expressions. And less we quite disappointed in America, person may think, still, father knows alien boy, although technically he is about what's best for Elian, moreover I mothers do not. When the mother is forget that if it were an innocent though not for the first time. But this best. I not around, the father's importance is illegal, who washed up on the shores what is actually the law and the 'right Haitian kid that washed ashore would ti me I am taken to the brink of near 1 increased. All in all America has of the country without any known thing to do.' Rather they argue that America be so quick to come to his qualmishness because American's in I Damon Waters is a graduate student , become infatuated with the family in home or familial linkage. America the badness of Cuba and the situation aid, but I digress. this case have abandoned the mes in the Graduate School ofArts & Sci I , whatever form it may take. In this era knows that he has a family at home. that Elian would have to return to America practice what you preach. I sage of 'father knows best.' Ameri ences and a col1111111ist for The Hill , of 'family values· and the re-identi- Regardless of the situation that this make it so important to refuse and American touts the importance of not ca cannot bring itself to believe that top. He can be e-mailed at: DLW ' fication ofrelationship units of a tra- child may be placed if sent home, the impede his return. From the outside having government in their families someone can be happy if they are not [email protected] A12 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 THEHlLLTOP i: i:1-i 3U=t=t ••• tl-i mw>ni)) continUi)•.__• _ a f r 0 .llr~I-E @ 3U:JR... 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ABRIEFLOOKATTHETOPSPORTSNEWS&EVENTSATHOWAROl>NOTl-£'M'.lRLO $pons Editor 'This will give us some recognition for MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL the positive things we have going on," said Last wook"s rosutts· Jan 17 Howard's Showtime marching band is assistdlll band direc1or Michael Fitzhugh, Md Eastern Shore zo et Copoln Staie College 63 being featured in the recently released col who was very ins1rUmental in getting the a1 Hampton Uoiversuv 71 Pelawaco Stole UniYtrsitv 67 lege baske1ball video game March Mad- band's performance recorded. "We start at Norfolk State Uo1vef3i!Y 97 Howard Uoiversitv 85 11ess 2000 by EA Sports. Howard is first ed band camp in early August, and three at N c A&T State un1yers11y e2 Bethune Cookman Colfeoe 73 and only HBCU 10 have provided music at SC State U0IYAC$ltv 81 florjda A&M UoiYers1tv 68 weeks later we recorded several songs 10 to any type to video game. be used in the game." 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I Ex~ires Jan 1)l 11 I lreadstlcks ...... 2.tt Oo4lclM...., ...... , ....,W THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, January 21, 2000 The Rebirth ofArts http://billtop.howard.edu T¥LES & Entertainment M i,,.ro rs' · srorriM Games We Play ODE vs. Vogue By BILL BUILD Hilltop Staff Writer . totem pole. Yet, Simpson's volup The advertisements in a magazine are et· s play those name games, those shame games, those : By J AM YEE. SPIL LER tuous body is accentuated with often one of the things that catch the eye. I know who fished when you said you didn't fish any- : Hilltop Staffwriter style and grace. In Vogue, I notice that the ads are cen Lbody games. Do you remember those games? We : Now, the year 2000 is upon us. tered on expensive items. From Gucci stalked a lost African continent then like neurotic vampires and : The unspoken world of larger Because of the new millennium, is to the Lincoln Navigator, their ads sug witch hunters. Mingled with over-energy like Spanish Inqui- : sized women confronts the media- the world now coming to accept gest that the readers of Vogue are higb sitions. Don't fish around, girlie.just answer the question. Hip- : loving size six. Vogue magazine women as they are? Does the intro i ncome fashion plates. hop swilling genies. We rushed hungry and constipated to : has bullied the newsstands, making duction of such magazines as Mode In Mode, the ads are centered on mak sweating dance floors, jumbled overtures in stale breath, and : itself one of the best-selling maga- serve as an example of how far we ing the readers know that they are indeed sipped watered-down "you shoulda tipped on the first one, you : zines in history. However, there is have come? recognized and accepted in society. One broke fisher'' rail drinks ultimately only made for television. : a need that goes unfilled by the Vogue is a ad proclaims: Tip: bartenders spit in crushed ice. Do you remember those : popular magazine. There is an trend set "I am a sister. A daughter. A lover. I same, happy, nauseous summer nights? Name. City and state. : absence of women that are larger ti 11 g am not one-size-fits-all. I am a size 14. Major. Dorm. Phone number. I split the five like mini-super- : than a size I 0. Recognizing this, 18. Size 22. I am beautiful. I am half conductors playing at it. "I'm too sexy forthis club- can I have : there is a new magazine that has the women in this country. I am nol your panties? Oh, you're not wearing any? Well then can we : entered the arena. Mode. outside the norm. I am the norm. make babies and sacrifice them for more platinum plaques, : Mode Magazine has catapulted to And 1 am not invisible." more Lexus hover crafts, and more plantations in Bolivia and : the forefront, deeming itself the This ad and countless others whatever else Jay-Z wanted for Chrsitmas?" I was in rare fom1 : "new shape in fashion.'' The fash- in Mode reinforce the notion that spinning night. Inspir.ttion. Nameless liquors and Soul : ion magazine readily distinguishes that plus-sized women are Train dancers molestable, rap videos directed by white boys, : itself from others by catering to being noticed and are no and ghetto cliches like being a black bastard is fashionable. : plus-sized women. and women of longer seen as outcasts. Gold pieces of Jesus swaggered across chests like disciples lost : color. Vogue is a fashion maga on malt liquor and manna. Sheer shirts and painted-on plat- : Vogue. a pioneer in the fashion zine that has been around inum things rubber-necked like better dilemmas frozen in head- : industry, has served as an instru- for a long time, but in a ligbts. Guardian angels with personal arendas clung to my : ment to make oc break modeling sense it appears they shoulders stranded in wispy clouds. Angels that spoke loose- : careers. Reed-thin models, exotic choose to forget one group ly and wide-eyed in sign language and four-letter words. I !is- : fashion, and devastating stars occu- 1 of women. Women over tened diligently nonetheless. We wandered the dance floors : PY its pages. size 12 have long been like confused sex-magnets driven by power lusting deejays. : ln a comparison of the two, there denied stylish clothing. 1n Thank God for crowded rooms and happy hands. Thank God : are some obvious differences that the pages of Mode. there for "Put it in her mouth.'' "Vivrant thing." and "Back that thing : leap out. Mode is a newcomer to appears to be a new wave up." Fast-forward to the great outdoors hidden under glass- : the magazine world. It's not carried determined to change this. strewn asphalt hustlers, bumper to bumper melancholy nights, : on all newsstands yet. The only place ,,------... Instead of just fashion, that drunk clown that started fighting with himself in the mir- : I could find a copy was in two plus- women are told how to accen ror and hand to hand flyers for next week's superstar super- : sized women's stores, Lane Bryant Photos Courtesy of Mode and Vogue Magazine tuate their curve5, and how to accept them and move on. For duper supercalifragilisticexpialodocious no hats no sneakers ••• and The Avenue. Finding Vogue is Magazines such as Mode and Vogue cnw,e ll~ ask the no justice no peace blowout "you better not come as you are- : just about as easy as it can get. question of,.hot l~ reatt) beauty? the New Year. acceptance is the better come dressed like a Montell Jordan video" hosted by : Flipping through the pages. while key word. \Vho would have ever AOL and SELMO. Heavy KISS rotations burned into custom : runway fashion greets me on the thought a magatine celebrating speakers like Pied Piper the Pimp whistling things like "you : pages of Vogue, 1 notice one other .______,, publi- curves, hips. mind and soul would be don't have to walk home tonight" and" You know I'm not like : slight difference. Despite an occasion- page layouts. cation that so successful in the weight-conscious those other guys." Small Moschino mammals hypnotized : al ad or a small photo, there appear to 1n the past, it has seemed that larger- represents the fashion world? under 20 inches of chrome. And more rubber necking. The : be few to no models of color. sized women, especially women of gaudiness of designer cutting, early morning air was almost sobering except for the : On the pages of Mode, models such as color, have always been the last on the fashion and exploits race as it markets over-capacity crowds gasping for it, between shouted pager : Maiysha Simpson greet you on full- the likes of Tyra Banks and Alek Wek. numbers, and losing battles. "'Ain' l nob<>dy even taJ kin to yo ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • raggedy a**, I'm tryin to get at your girl, you fishin b****! !!" : Arch villains. Then, ·'Damn. baby pull your skirt down the : fluc,rescent lights out here ain't nuttin nice." I had been flirt-: ing with white girls all night when you glided off of crowded : curbs like freeze frames in 70's blaxpoitation flicks. I swag- : gered feet away nudging a pan-time accomplice to your pre- : SPRING FASHIONS 2000 vious swing spots. Deep tenor barely nothing, but enough : bravado to stab at you. Stabbed at you with drunken dull razors : and clumsily, mispronounced aliases. "What's up, shorty?" : By MARI£L LE BOBO AND SAFIYA ADDISON Muggy, I mugged you and flipped backspins on the seven-do!- : Hilltop Staff Writers Jar drinks you spilled on my game. Flammable. : Genetics and one-way cruises black power and bad perms : This year's fashion verdict is in, so ladies and gentle then "We want free!!" Past punctuated with 4 a.m. phone calls. : men alike, please pay close attention. With a new mil unanswered. Rules were established early, with cross-fingered : lennium comes a new fashion outlook. Disregard the intentions. Shorty. you read the disclaimer in my misplaced, : expired rules and regulations of fashion. Enter 2000 for gappy grin with that sideways. curious puppy-dog thing you : geuing the trends of the past. forgiving the looks that FASHION do with your eyes. I was three-day expired milk in your insides : worked and looking for.vard to future fashion. Here is for the chocolate chip cookies you couldn't wait another night : a fashion guideline we came up with. Please don't be for. You were so hard on the outside. Like those cough drops : offended if any of this applies to you: with the liquid center. Melted just enough to teeth on. You : knew a lit1le less than what I told you. Stumbled on my secret : roster crumpled lazily next to the trash can and I told you that : your name was third on the list, because you were the small : forward like Pippen to Jordan. And then like Homer, 1 sent : you to the bottom of my sock drawer for a brush forgetting that : I had sniffed and folded Amber's crushed-velvet thong there : Women look to ... three months earlier. "Doh!" Even through the chilled wind: factors, the yellow flurries, the freak hurricanes, you waded : Forget Forgive Feature 2000 through the 2 percent trnths and found that it was just watered : down pain. You don't even know who Colombo is, do you? : Yes, there is such a thing as too good to be true. And no, noth- : I.Dark make-up Shiny lips, Metallic shades Facial art: rhinestones, glitter ing is ever too good to be true. You didn't want either. You : 2.Comrows on girls Fashionable hair extensions Healthy, clean bobs wanted me. An evil without words hissed in my ear, and I : smiled, glowing. You could never stop me. You would never : 3 Coogi sweaters Asymmetrically cut sweaters Pashminas, Dusters, Ponchos want to stop me. : 4.Piercings and tattoos Henna body art Adhesive Body Jewelry Maybe when I was younger, it would have been different. We : chased the last fragments of day, our only enemies were dusk : 5.Stretch jeans Embroidered jeans Leather or Snakeskin Jeans and the low buzz of the streetlights. Running on tropical now : 6.Boring black and gray Girty shades of pink Vibrant shades of Blue and laters and garbage pail kids, we created worlds under flat : 7.Gaud) red chunks in hair Soft, subtle highlights Natural shades of Brown sheets and sofa pillows changed the names of my Gl JOE men : and you cried for weeks when Barbie got her first ahortion. : 8.Baggy cargo pants Slt!ek utility pants Sexy motorcycle pants Spinning empty bottles and three-minute closet games. It was : 9.Long.crazy designed nails Classic French manicures Short nails in girlie shades too dark and we were still too clumsy. Can it be that it was all : so simple. Folded-paper patterns more intricate than pulling : IO.Clunky platform shoes Wedge-heeled shoes Thin, tall heels (not stilettos) hair or the game 1 played where I ended up humping my boy's : cousin Sheri. It must have been strip I D-CLARE WAR! : Because I still don't know how to play poker. It was like we : either held hands by the lockers or we didn't. And somewhere : between Thundercats and AIDS we caught feelings. Bad. : Channeling Bacardi-induced truth spasms over our livers, we : Men look to ...... pretend that we remember how to play fair. Teachers' aides : called this present progressive. Stop peeking. Alcoholics. We : 2000 lust TV time-outs more than instant replays. : Forget Forgive Feature 2000 And of course you loved your drinking excuse. That look like, : "What happened last night?" Scribbled contracts and misplaced : body parts. Amusing like your eyes and shallow like dead gills. : I. Gold fronts and fangs Clean, white teeth Clean white teeth, PLEASE! You boasted iron insides, and an old-timer's selective memo- : 2 Coogi Sweaters Turtleneck sweaters Thin, ribbed sweaters ry patterns. l didn't need the evidence. If it makes this theatre : 3.Tight stretchy shirts on men easier to swallow. Or escargot: whatever ... I always seemed : Wifebeaters The D' Angelo look to crack in the comers. Let my right foot breathe comfortably, : 4.Long nails Clean cut nails Clear polish manicures and scream tears when you tickle me. We charade from nurs- : 5.Fatigued pants Gackets are okay) Furs Cargo pants ing home wheel chairs now, because we hate ourselves. Hate : our bodies for sagging. Forger those first, carefree summer : 6.Briefs Boxers That thong -tha- thong- thong-thong! nights. Get the fish off me. These masquerades. l told you : 7.Bei-Jings Caesars, Fades, Cornrows Twists, Baldies and Fades that with pernicious smiles. : 8.Asian caricature tattoos Tongue piercing Tattoos with original designs 9. White sneakers in the Winter Original colored Timbs Black and Gray Timbs Mirrors is a creative writing and introspective weekly column. To submit articles, e-mail: 10."Bling bling'' medallions Gold Herringbones White Gold/Silver Herringbones blessjamila@l,otrnailcom . - B6 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 THE HILLTOP .. . ' -~ • • ' I . . -•• i --· I I ENTERTAINM ENT I I I !Nex' t Frid av ... Mavbe Next Time 'J r I ' LAST WORD& IBy: E RRICA DOTSON I Starring Ice Cube, John Witherspoon, Mike , Epps. Don Curry, "Tiny'' Lister TEMPO ARE : Directed by: Steven Carr I I DEAD : Grade: C+ I 1 : "Nexl Friday," lhe long-awai1ed sequel 10 Now that 1999 is dead, we can move on. Grad : lee Cube·s smash hit "rriday" debuted in uation seems so near. but !he journey to get there ~ !healers las, week. Although the box office is symbolic to carrying a baby in a womb for 1 success of "Friday," Ice Cube's firsl direc- : nine months-long-suffering, courageous and lorial efforl, look audiences by surprise, : mentally troublesome. But !he birlh is something "Next Friday" should have been postponed : we all anticipate. and sometimes in life, patience 1I -until the nexl lifetime. : is a must. : The film opened with a recap of !he main : In order to graduate in life. patience is required ; evcms of !he firsl movie. After learning of as a nrerequisite toward earning success. We IDebo's (Lisler) release from jail and his graduate from our mistakes. our pain, love lost, l! promise 10 get revenge on Craig (Ice Cube), and all in all, we gain so much. When we grad- ti his father (Witherspoon) encourages him to : uate from all le vels in life, we gain wisdom, ( move in with his Uncle Elroy (Curry) and : knowledge and understanding of community, the ' cousin Day Day (Epps). Elroy and Day Day world and ourselves. l moved 10 Rancho Cucamunga aflcr winning Sometimes we graduate in weeks, monlhs, I the lottery. However, after being there for years and seasons. But graduation requires that we all change. To change means to rectify our 'I ' errors and introspectively break down walls that need to be broken. In the words of my minister, "If you have not experienced some difficulties in life. just keep living." Keep li ving y'all. 'Cause I am gonna keep I breathing. laughing, walking, dancing, crying, I I writing. and thinking about life. It is so hard to : change old systems. People don' t Like to change 1, Pholo, C'oune,y of N~w line Cinema : tradition, but sometimes we gotta take the risk "Next Friday" was not a.~ funny a., c•pected, fan.~ S3), of changing tradition for the sake of our own self-preservation. Change is good. It allows us I to come back to who we are destined to become. ti' So to be honest, I didn't see a future in !his new 'I only one day. Craig realizes Ihat trouble and duction cast. audience members believe 1ha1 section called Lifestyle. I lhought !he idea was I bad fonune can arise anywhere. Cube was forced to water down the e1hnic corny. I felt that Howard as an institution needs I \Vhile trying to appeal I<> a more diverse edge 1hat made the firsl film so successful. food for the spirit, and Last Word was quite nour audience. "Ncr.t Frida)" Jacked na1ural And it was because of this fact, along with ishing. 1 didn't want to leave The Last Word humor and urban appeal. Although a slew the success of the sound1rack. lhat New because l lhought !hat ii was unfair to the read of new characters was introduced. none of Line Cinema was eager to endorse this pro ers. But I realized that T he Last Word and them took the place of Chris Tucker. who ject. Tempo are dead. It's a new era, so why not do a s1ole !he show in the original "Friday." "Nexl Friday" Jacks the comedic flavor new 1hing? Wh y not merge !he two systems? "Next Friday" displayed racial diver~ity, lhat pul "Friday" on Hollywood's map four . Howard does it all the time. And had Martin and but the African-American roles were lype years ago. Ice Cube could have produced a : Malcolm collaborated on 1heir ideas, black peo- cast throughout the film. The men were bener movie. Perhaps on !he next "Next Fri ple would have progressed tremendously. So ponrayed as gangsters. and the women were day," he'll develop the Moryline and bring change is vilal. And this graduation thing has my again. depicted as sexual objects. b'1ck the original cas1. for the real sequel. : adrenaline flowing, my heart racing, and this • Working wilh a predominantlj white pro- : road seemi ng a lot smoolher. : To John-John, the former editor of Tempo, you : are truly respectable and your move was a wise . • I Scoop Music ...... I CD .COM The on the Lastest I •I . .• !ANGIE STONE .' !IS TRULY A !DIAMOND ,------I ------: By BRANDI FORTI-; 1 Lifes1yles Edi1or . . : Anis1:Angie Slone . , Album: Black Diamond . : Record Label:Arista Photo By Eric Hllll i' Grade:A . Brandi and Johb· John. !i Soulful and gifted songs1ress Angie . '. Slone does 1he music world justice with . : one. And to the readers, The Hilltop is trying to II her debut, Black Diamond. Her allo voice : broaden our horizons, and abolishing old habits, :sings spirituals into our past, justifies : old writing styles and tradition \Vas and is a must ; black beau1y, and makes soulful sounds I know, it sounds good. you're saying to your lcome alive. self. Bur !he proof is in the pudding. ,• The virgin album speaks of love, pain, So watch out for our next issue. You will find life and resurrection. On her first single, !' Senior Premier, Michael Ellioll, D' Angelo, and : "No More Rain," Stone talks 10 !he world more real life issues. , about her broken spirit that can·, be bro- • ken anymore. She sings: "My s1111shi11e has come/And I'm all cried 011t/A11d there Photo Coune,y of Ari,1a Rc-.xinh . Peace & Love, is 110 more rain i11 this cloud." On "Every • Angie Slone•~ ncn alhum ll('ls rn,c rc,icws. . , day," a work co-wrillen by D' Angelo, . 1 Stone speaks of the changes that men can -Brandi Forte' : somelimes put women through. ironically much and neither do people. But Slone production is thorough and in1oxica1ing. believe that there is some hope and room : , enough, o· Angelo pul her through some makes an honest attempt to change the Stone's gospel roots ring throughout the for lrue arlistry. And for those who beg to : Lifestyles Editor ' of lhose changes himself as the father of pulse of the times. 13-lrack work. and her sound mirr~rs lhat differ. she answers on track 10. "I goua : ' her child. Her slrong vocals penetrate the Lyrics don'I vary much among R&B of the great Chaka Khan. bone to pick wilh you."This A wasn't trebel and bass as she reflects. "There was artists. Mary. Toni, Failh and Kelly still S1one's fiery vocal chords lay smoothly hard lo give. a lime when I though, 1 was gonna lose cry the blues, and so does Angie Slone. over the hypnolizing strings, heavy per 1 my mind," she says. Stone's vocals are beau1iful, but strong. cussion, and jaay homs on " Jusl a • According to Stone, men don'I change Her lyrics reflect everyday life, and her Pimp:· As an artist. Stone makes listeners .• I~ ········································································································································································································································ NAACP recently sellled with the shows stances. She has a record of saving hos quite mclodrama1ic. The first scene of release for the woman. T he scene between :~Ci ty of Angels on the idea that, if a show survives its first pitals thal arc near closing. She comes in the show features Morris taking a picwre Fox and the jailed daughter is easily the I season, it has to add a black character. under a firestorm of controversy. and she with a dead body. During the course of the most ef{ective and interesting in the entire :Latest Black Meanwhile. many of tbose white-face gets to work right away. upbr:riding a show, we are treated lo the revelation of fi rst episode. • shows came and went. Wilh this being rude emergency room receptionist and a councilman's foot fetish. a s lightly I won't lie. The sl)ow might need a Ji t January, we are now deep in the period herding two sick people past the bureau cliche story about B lair U nderwood's r le work on the plois. Still, Fox. Under 'Television Hit when midseason replacements begin to cracy into the halls of the hospiwl. character having left F ox·s character al wood, Morris, and the host of other black ,,1. ______appear. One of lhese, CBS's "City of City of Angels Hospital seems to be the altar seven years ago, and 1he plight faces (the extras are the black faces in By M ARK H ARIUS, JR. Angels," is conspicuous in 1hat it s1ars a severely understaffed. During 1he course of an o ld woman who won ·1 have s urgery every show and movie of the past ten , Assistant Editorial Editor predominantly African-American casl. of the episode, we meet the CEO of the because 1here is no one to care for her years) turn in, for the most part, very ,", "City of Angels." created by veteran hospital and another executive. played grandchildren. It turns out 1h a1 her crack good performances. "City of Angels" is : The Na1i o nal Associa tio n for the television producer Steven Bochco, s1ars by Garrett Morris. But the actual pa1ients head daughter is in jail, and she refuses definitely a good show to watc h, even if ; Advancement of Colored P eople Vivica Fox, veteran of the Jong defuncl are serviced only by Blair Underwood's lo go under the knife because no one can it isn't lhe abso lute best show on televi L (NAACP) made a big fuss at the begin "Out All Nighl," (another show with an noble doctor character and two con lake care of the children while she is sion, because if we allow this one to fail, t ning of the 1999-2000 season abou1 the African-American cast), as the new med tentious residents. one black, one Jewish, bedridden. Fox explains 1ha1, if she d ies, the y might not e ver put another one on [ lack of black faces on the schedules of the ical director of Los Angeles's decrepit who play polilics wilh each other over a there will definit ely be no one to care for and. If we make it a hit, jt, might be the I big 1hree networks (ABC, CBS, and City of Angels Hospital. The last medical woman's bleeding body. the children, but the old woman still first drop in wh.at become;, a steady flow ,, NBC). As a result, some new shows added director Jef1 under mysterious circum- The plollines in the first episode were refuses. So, Fox e ngineers an earl y of black dramas. Hblack characters lo their casts, and the t 16=~ t•• •• •- I --._ I .. "" ... ,.. B7 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 200() THE HILLTOP • ____·~' -.- ., .. • • TOMATO KETCHUP - ◄ ' I condiment 4',IU/992 TOMATO IETCHUr ___ ....., .. TOMATO ------KETCHUP spaghetti sauce 1' 4/J(U /992 " TOMATO kOCHUP ,, --- - .. When you're broke, you look at things in a whole new way. So for textbooks and stuff, hit ecampus.com. You'll save up to 50%. And shipping's always free. ' • ecampus·.com Textbooks & Stuff. Cheap. Win a trip to Jamaica for Spring Break. No purchase necessary. Sweepstakes begins 01/03/00 and ends 02/17/00. Open to US residents, 18 years and older. Void where prohibited. For details see Official Rules on www.ecampus.com or send a self addressed stamped envelope by 02/10/00 to: rlo Rolling Stone Spring Break, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10104. (WA and VT residents may omit return postage.) BS FluoAY, J ANUARY 21, 2000 THE HILl,TOI' . . \\ c Listened & Responded Prior 10 1he end of 1hc fall semester, some students voice,! their concern and dis T~ Frederic! Douglass Honors Sociery and Maryland uppointmcnl with various aspcels of the campus dining services program. Musi of lhc issues were related lo sanitary conditions in lhc Blackburn Center, cUSlomcr service and the taslc and vuriely of food offered in the Blackburn Center Cafeteria und lhe Punchout Snack Bar. As the con1ractor for food services on lhc Howard Universit) campus, Sodexho Marrion Services values your patrollllgC and is committed to providing you, our valued cuslomcr, wilh o pleasant dining experience. To trus end, wc have done lhe following lo restore your foi1h and confidence in dining Puolic Television Present: services: • Installed a self-service bullc1 line in the Blackbum C'afc1eria • Added nighlly ·•Display Cooking" (omelets to order, "Sizzling Salads". stir-fry vcgclobles) in the Blackbum Cafeteria • Increased the frequency of Buffet Meals (Buffet Brunch. Soul Food Buffet. elc.) and other special cven1s • lncrellS<.-d the numher of special events Olld meals in the Ulackbum cafe1eria.. Bethune Annex. and Law School • Hired an Operations Director to assil.1 lite Resident District Manager • Conducted ServaSafe Food Safety & Sanitation Training as well as Foodbome Illness Training and Certification fo r key persomiel • Submitted 10 lht: Univcrsily a comprehensive report of oil food service equipment and facili1ies and provided recommendations for upgrades • Providing on-going customer service training for all personnel • Offered Focus Groups December I, 2 & 3 for students to solicit feedback for conlinuous improvement • Added items that studcnls rcques1ed to the offerings of·· fhe Marketplace at Meridian Hill.~ a ne,, comeniencc slon: that opened in November. • F.nhanced the presentation or various food stalions wilh rte\\ colorful buffet pans and condiment dispcn:scrs . A P~~ ~ries ~oul an inrerracial Jamil~ in America • Added fresh CUI fruils (pincappl~. slra\\bcrrics, CIC.) al all meals t • Added iablecloths in the Punchout • Placed 1hc District Training Manager al the Wesl Campus to serve as the on-site manager. and • Completed a number of physical improvements including replacing ceiling til~ and light fixlun:s. ~~cial Guest AP,earance of lwo Le~ing Cast MemOers In lhc upcoming \\CCks. as we conlinually address the needs of the Howard Uni,crsily community. Dining Services plans the following: • Monthly Commenl Table• January 25. 2000 • Revitali1ation of the Food Ad,isory Committee fi rst meeting February I. 2000 • Dinner with the Director• February 4, 2000 We hope 1ha1 you ha,e enjoyed the enhancements made thus for in your campus dining focililies. We commit oursches to providing you rtnd the entire Ho,\ard Uni,ersity communit) with the ,cry bcs1 in campus dining in a heallhy and safe environment. S,ncercl), Steven Gibbs ~dwol of CommunicaUons ~creenini Room Wesl Resident District Manager Dining Services January 2000 'Reception Following to meet cast mem~ers' Dining Ser\ icec; ... \\ e \re Still L1c;tcn1ng TIii 1111111 ■11ld like ,, WIICl ■ I 11, New Editor's II lo r • Ira Porter, 1: 1 ■ 111 Editor Cbrls Wlndbl ■ , 1111. c1 ■ 111 Edlllr ■ arl larrls, 1111. Edlllrlal Edlllr SllltlkWI Brown, 1111. llllllllll Editor 1,11 ■ 11 1111, CIII Editor 111111 • _THE__ HIL__ LT_o_r ______F_ RID_ A_v,_J_A_Nu_A_R_v_2_1_, 2_ooo______B_9 __ l -- 'ft/b(J) Jlt.(J)W@Ornail@w $ll By TORI MASON r Ari So :TAhfXE~ :rusr VI..>~,;,,., -r~P.ED ot: <:rIR..L.1 IF . I'M .;;rusr '\ ···ro J~EIVl>:ET /)fAx._,GErA LIFE S'A)'"LNG l,,L ON 3",JS'r /!) £ .z: N 6- Yov. AND ,(..:Z: FFZS } 0/VE~ (.JotClD 'f%/l E 0 :TUST ---.c.. ::ru..sr:..-.-= ...... roo SHOR..:,.T~..:.,,.,.. 7A1'fX£" ~s ~o oK.Z':f!1: Fo~ L-PVE ZJU A,LL THE w~orv:Jf PLAG~~ "\,vp .STXL.1- C/lfN"r F%IYO ,if N Afl/.SW£ft~-...:::::J:;;;;;;~_---.., ...... ,..,..ll .HEY/.3Af5/ :I. ~:rlV • '?"rlE " NE.rGH/JOA NO~ .,,,,,,/&,' JI!:) • .. • • At.L R'LGHt OEVO/'\f, N~ AIVI) 7vST 7us--r rHOCJG-UT wr11>-r Oo -.....~..J .l'cov1-o _,t:N££O Book Review THE Low DowN By BRANDI FORTE Wisdom For Crisis Times by 2000 Mike Murdock is a proli fic work that provides proacti ve steps towards overcoming trials A. Why hasn't the Punchout expanded its menu since and tribulation. Author Mur 1996? dock gives wisdom in 96 ways. In the book you will learn the B. Is it just me, or should Howard just have a women's following: Crisis always occurs basketball team? at the curve of change. Failure cannot happen in your life with C. Why are there so many premier baby mamas and out permission. You will learn no daddies on campus? four steps to take into a suc D. What's the deal with the West Towers' new securi cessful life. Your purpose is not your decision, but it is for you ty guard? Is this Fort Knox or something? to discover. And intolerance of E. 2:K:9 will never let Howard students throw a party the present creates a future. Wis dom For Crisis Times prepares again. Were you there on Friday? you to triumph over failure. F. Ice Cube should be ashamed of himself for putting out that horrible PBS special. G. The begging grandma is still begging in 2000. Can someone tell her to get a job? H. If Tupac or Biggie drops another album it should be acapella, y'all agree? ~---~ BIO FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 THEHu.LTOP • "o sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day." Psalm 96:1, 2 HOWARD ~ITYCO TY CHOIR Howard University Community Choir Thomas K. Pierre, Jr., Director Announces Our First Open Call of the New Millennium presents a Calling All: BACK TO SCHOOL• SOPRANOS JOY NIGHT SERVICE ALTOS TENORS BASSES Friday, January 28, 2000 and 7:30 PM Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel MUSICIANS Howard University-Main Campus Washington, D.C. No auditions necessary - You must be dedicated!!! Admission is Free - Saturday, January 29, 2000 Jesus paid it aU! 7:00 PM Armour J. Blackburn Center Forum For more information call (202) 462-7173 0 Come, let us sing unto the Lord ... Psalm 95:1 COMING TO fflE Howard University Bookstore 2225 Georgia Avenue, N.W. HOWARD UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE Washington, DC 20059 WED., FEB. 2, 2000, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.n1. (202) 238-2640 · /' '~ I I I Ullil_':,·:i:~ E.LYNN Kick off the first Black History Month of the new millennium HARRIS at the HUB! Join us at the HUB on Wednesday, February 2, 2000 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. BES'f SELLL~G .\.UTHOR live ... via satellite for "Beyond The Dream XIII: Becoming ABest Seller" sponsored by Black Issues In Higher Education and Black Issues Book Review. The OF videoconference will feature E. Lynn Harris. Nathan Mc Call, Terry Mc Millan, Bebe .\.BIDE l\1'118 IIE Moore Campbell, and Cheryl Woodruff, and be moderated by Carol Randolph. The HUB is the host site in the DC/Metro area. This is an event you won't want to miss! IF11HIS \VORLD \VERE ~IL~E Other upcoming and Black History Months events at the HUB include: .\ND 'fHIS TOO SHALi, P.\.SS J[STlSI.UI Wednesday, January 19, 10 a.m.- Joy Jones signs her children's bock "Tambourine Moon". l~VISIBLE LIFE Monday, January 24, 6 p.m.- Lawrence Ross signs "The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities". Thursday, January 27, 6 p.m.- Blair Walker signs "Hidden In Plain View". NATHAN Thursday, February 3, 6 p.m. - Dorothy Phaire signs "Almost Out Of Love". Thursday, February 10, 5:30 p.m. - Fonner President of Howard University Dr. Joyce Ladner signs "The Ties That Bind: Timeless Values for African American Families". MCCALL Monday, February 14, 1 p.m.- Darlene Mathis, authorof"Women of Color'' and BES'l' SELLl~G AUTHOR creator of the D. Mathis Cosmetics will be on hand to perform Valentine's Day Makeovers and sign copies of her book. OF Thursday, February 17, 6 p.m. - Howard Alumnus Clarence Nero signs "Cheekie: A ~L\KES ~IE \VA1,~A HOl.1,ER Child Out Of The Desire". Thursday, February 24, 6 p.m. - Howard Alumna Rita Ewing signs "Homecourt \VIL\.'rS GOL~G O~ Advantage". For more information contact the Howard University Bookstore at (202) 238-2640 or visit us on the web at www .bookstore.howard.edu B11 THE HILLTOP FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 • .. AN OPEN LETTER TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Office of the President January 21, 2000 Dear Student Colleague: I am writing to welcome new students, to welcome back continuing and returning students, to bring you up to date on several . projects of particular interest and to share some other developments with you. 1 When I became president of Howard in 1995, there were no computer labs in dormitories and less than 1 percent of our full-time faculty were connected to the Internet and the World Wide Web. Since that time we have wired all faculty offices, provided all full-time faculty with Internet ready computers, created 15 smart classrooms and established ResNet computer labs in every residence hall. • Over the holidays, the University's year-long preparations for Y2K were tested and the millennium rollover was successful and without incident. An integral part of the Y2K effort was to significantly strengthen our voice, data and video network infrastructure. Because of those improvements, this semester we will be able to open several more eStop clusters, a digital auditorium in the University Center and our new Information Lab@ the Technology Center. I am also pleased to report that registration for the spring semester proceeded smoothly with none of the system problems we encountered during fall registration. Special thanks are due to Dr. Don Coleman and Dr. Hassan Minor, and the faculty, students and staff whose efforts made Banner work at Howard. We continue to seek to improve the quality of residential life through enhanced maintenance and renovation of facilities, including Drew Hall and the soon-to-be available Truth and Crandall Halls. This summer we will extend our ResNet information network to provide high speed Internet access and cable television to individual student rooms in each of our residence halls. As we begin a new semester, I want to acknowledge all of the members of our University family who contribute so much to our sense of community in the greater Washington area. Four recent - examples come to mind: Our School of Law's Huver I. Brown Moot Court Team brought home the top honors in the 1999 National Institute for Trial Advocacy Competition. I The Chapel Assistants of Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel presented Christmas gifts to 230 • students from our neighboring Bruce-Monroe and Raymond Elementary Schools as part of the campus-wide "Angel Tree" Project. The Chapel Assistants also celebrated Dr. King's legacy by hosting a breakfast for the homeless at Third Street Church of God. ' Campus Pals and International Pals did a great job in making the new student orientation program for spring semester a success. I Our AmeriCorps students worked with their local university counterparts to clean, paint, repair and beautify the Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library. Finally, I want to extend a personal invitation to each of you to join me at Noon in Cramton Auditorium on Thursday, January 27th for the Patricia Roberts Harris Commemorative Stamp dedication ceremony. Mrs. Harris received her undergraduate degree from Howard and served as a professor and Dean· of the School of Law, was appointed Ambassador to Luxembourg by .. President Lyndon Johnson and held two cabinet positions in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. Her recognition brings great honor to Alma Mater, and I look forward to seeing you there. • • Again, welcome back and be~t.wishes for the coming semester. • •I Sincerely, ~ ~ • lo d),/~f#?lf!A "..• ~ •: H. Patrick Swygert I • President • • • • .. . l • B12 FRIDAY, J ANUARY 21, 2000 THE HILLTOP In the fight against Know Your HIV Status. 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The ' ' • • ' ' ' General .Asse~bly ~lec-tions Committee ' •' I' • ' •' • announces the following positions: ' •I 'I • I • • • • Vice-Chair( Local Elections) • l ,' • • • • Vice-Chair ( Graduate Elections) • • • •I • • • • • Executive Secretary • • • • .• . • Treas·urer • .• • • .' • • .• Public Relations Director • • • • • • • • • • Special Assistant • .• • • • • • • .• • • Applications are available in the Office of Student Activities • • • .• Suite 11 7 Blackburn Center • • • • • For Additional Inforn'lation Please Call (202) 319-1498 . •. • • Submissions will be accepted January 28, 2000 • i • • (Interviews will be scheduled at time of deadline) .• • • • • • • .• '' Much Has Changed .... • ~ I, • • Much More Has Not ... '' • • • • • • • • BISON EI,ECTION SYSTEM & TECHNOLOGY 2000 • • • • • • Catch SPORTSWeek • every Friday and experience the future of Howard sports ... NOW! B16 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 . - TuEHlLLTOP Annual Want to Make $500 easy?