Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 2000 - 2010 The iH lltop Digital Archive 1-25-2002 The iH lltop 1-25-2002 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_0010 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 1-25-2002" (2002). The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010. 50. https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_0010/50 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 2000 - 2010 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ILLTOP The Student Voice of Howard University VOLUME 85, NO. 30 FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002 The Hilltop Celebrates Trustees Halt Tuition Hike After 78yearsofJoumalism· Swygert Recommendation r the last 78 years the story Graduate, Housing, Techno/,ogy Rates Increased if Howard University has for the two sides. The Uni versi1y charged lines in lhe Howard Plaza Towers. The Univer­ een told through the pages BY CIIRISTOPHER Wll\l>HA\I $4,557.50 for undergraduale 1ui1ion for the cur­ sity spent$ 4 million for 1he hotels and S 10 mil­ Managing Edi1or rem academic year. lion for the cable and ln1eme1. and telephone of The Hilltop, the student voice of To some Swygen·s decision symbolizes an in:,tallation. President H. Patricl. Swygen bucked the effort to help more students afford college in the TI1e cost of housing could increase S 180 on Howard University. That is }vhy lve Tuition Rates and Review Comminee's recom­ mid,t of a sagging economy. average for a single room and aboul $ I30 for mcnda1ion 10 raise undergraduate tuition rates "The economy is in a recession, ·· said lnti,r­ double accommodations. This is second con,ec­ take tifne to say happy birthday to Saturday. elec1ing 10 implcmenl a freeze on im Trca,urer Henry Jackson ...He (Swyge,1) utivc incrcase in housing rates. Lasi year. the The Hilltop. ,ates for the 2002-2003 academic year. takes input from a lot of places mid the econo fee< "ere raised five percent. TI,e Board ofTrus1ces approved the freeze. my swayed the recommendation. I respect him Despite the increase. Uni,cr,,i1y ofric,al~ On January 22, 1924 The Hilltop making ii lhe first time in five yeal'!. 1ha1 under­ for pulling lhe s1uden1s fim." in,"t campus housing is sti ll a bargain. graduate tuition will no1 be raised. With the The Board also approved an increase in grnd­ .. Commercial renls for ap,u-tments and rooms was founded by estee,ned author deci,ion. Swygen made good on his pledge to ume tuition rate by 3.5 percenl next year in have continued to make hou,ing a financial Zora Neale Hurston. Over the years student leaders la,t year to halt undergraduale addilion to IO J)<!rcent hike in housing fees. dca1:· said Vice Provosl for S1udcnt Affairs tuillon rates in 2002. The raise in housing rates are 10 offaet the Raymond Archer... And the improvement 10 1he it has nurtured great talent includ­ La,t year. atier heavy protesl from siudenls cosl of makeshift dormitories in the Doubletree facili1ies have made dorm, very a11rac1i,e.'Thc o,·er an increase for the 200 I -2002 year. Hotel in Crystal City and the Holiday Inn in Sil­ Board also approved increase in the technology ing Pulitzer Prize lvinning Nelv York Swygen vowed to siop a 1uition hike for the ver Spring as well as cable in,1allation in resi­ fee hy $50. The fee was $75 for student, la,1 Times reporte1; Isabelle Wilkerson nexl year in what appeared to be a compromise dence halls and University-owned telephone year and thefirstfe,nale editor ofa major metropolitan ne1vspapet; - Pearl Stewart, 1-vho beca,ne the edi­ No Bull tor of The Oakland Tribune. The Hilltop has chronicled Popularity of Energy Howard's history and grown lvith the University over the last 78 _vears. Drink Increases With It has seen many improve1ne11ts, including an increase in publication Students frequency that }Vent from monthly, to weekly until Spring 'le1neste r "()0 I - when we increased it ro a senzi­ weekly publication. Rod Bull ha., become a slud) budd) for student;. The Hilltop has recorded every­ BY Jozt, Ct,l\tl',c;s some positive ,e,ults from using the drink, many ,1udent, may want to thing fro,n the celebrations to the Hilltop Staff Wnter be cautious in their consumption of Red Bull. especially student-ath­ le1cs. controversial stories, fro,n Ad111inis­ eslie Bro:idway. a sophomore biology-chemi,try douhle Red Bull get, most of it, punch from lhe caffeine a,, well as the high con­ m:tl<ir. ha, a hectic schedule during the week. "Right now tent of sugar. The combina1ion ofboth of 01ese ingredienb a<.'tually slows tration building takeovers to all the rm carry mg 19 crcdi1s. and with those classes. plus study­ down the body\ ability to ah.ooh \\.tier. The comp.my', Web ,ite, however. Please See Happy Birthday,A4 ing I wa, killing my,elf from a lack of sleep, .. ,he ,ays. recommends Red Bull as LIil "idc:il energy drink ... prior to demanding athlet­ ,. ic a,tivities. ,>r in a r)(:rfonnance drop during ,a game." 1, LBroadway. like muny 01hcr students." con,tamly feeling the dlcc1, While Red Bull may be popul.tr ,tnl(lng,t 11-.>se who .ire up la1e studying of" lack of sleep. but unlike some people Br<>adway has found a solu­ for test,. the drink hil, also cau!]ht on for those who pretcr to stay up lale p.tr· tion in Red Bull. tying. L)1UlC Reynold,. a sophomore Public Relation., major. claims Red TI1e godfather of energy drink, ha, become quite popular amongst Bull nmoo with , odl.a h 1he best alcoholic bever.1ge a petwn can buy. ..No Election s1uden1, who need to stay awake and focused on their work. Red Bull doub1. Red Bull i\nd Vodka is my f.tvori1e drink right now," Reynold, says h:i, also become a popular mix in alcoholic bcvcrnge,. mo,i numbly en1hu,ia.,1ically. Unfonunatdy. a..-coruing to Reynolds the cost of her poison Vodka c,m acnmlly be quite a bil ..An e1gh1 ounce gl.L,, '-111 i:o for about S8 or $9 at Committee Red Bull is a utility drink to be taken against memal or physical most b.u-s in Adam, Morgan or at the clubs.'' says Re)11old., ..so I don't drink wearine" or exhau>1ion. Red Bull combines two natural substances and a bunch of them. but I don ·1 nC<XI to because 1he dtfal. i, so strong." Gears Up i mponant metabolic transmi11ers-the amino acid 1aurin and the glu­ Accoruing tc> Reynold,. the b;,r. use about half a can of Red Bull (which i, curonolacton-wi1h slimulating caffeine, viiamins and the energy pro­ eiglu ounces)and fill the otl1er half of the gin." \\tlh vodka over ice... I think vided b} carbon hydrates. Simply put, Red Bull i, an energy drink.The the ""'""l \\11y I like Rc-d Bull \\ilh ,odka is hocaus., you can·1 e,eo task the For Spring ,e,,<0n we call drinks like Red Bull energy drinks i, because the d,ink aJc,,hol .. ,ay, Reynolds· and bc,1 of all the drinl. leave, n ,mcll on your help, u, do lhrcc thing,. The abilily 10 concentrale is improved. aknness breach ,, hal~)C, l!r.'' 1s incr~\Scd. and li!rtclion time and !<.lamina improve~ 3!, well. While the idea of mixing ,odka w11h Red Bull may sound emicing. the Season .. I used to be a coffee drinker:· admi1s Aaron Davis. a freshman mar­ two mixed 1ogetl1er c.u, prove tt> be more hannful than Olher mixe, such a, ke1ing major .. but then a friend of mine 1umed me 01110 Red Bull and ii juice and alcohol or sod., and alcohol. Red Bull is a ,umulant. and ofcourse gave me a quicker energy boosl and 1he boost la,ted longer than cotlee:· alcohol b a dcprcssan1. when 1he mo arc mi,ed together .i person can feel While Davis. who usually drink, Red Bull before working oul. has had like they have more energy 1hcn they really do. Howard to Name New Head Football Coach File Pholo You So Crazy ~h.-i:,m ~loore an<l h.halfoni \\ allwr Howard will enll its month- long ,earch for a head football coach ioday at II noon press confcrer1ce in Founders Library. Uni­ versity offcials declined to say who would lake the helm for chc By CORE\' cu~NINGIIAl\l week." Bison. The position has been vacant ~ince December when 1he Uni­ Campus Editor TI1c dections will be selling up a ver,i1y chose not to renew the contrac1 of head coach Steve Wil­ son. ,1ree1 1cam lo perfonn 1he task of posting fliers and passing uut h;,ml• bill,. There wi ll a street 1eam mem­ With 2002 general elections in1er­ ber in each dorm a, well as one for est meeting one week away, 1he each college. : Inside The Hilltop ' general elec1ions commitee are Each college will also be appoinl• ' - -- - -- -- --- gearing up for what 1hey say will be ing a local elec1ion chair to funher the one of the mosl efficient elec• a"i,1 the ele,;11011 procc" These tions in Howard history. students '" ill be m -:oni;.tant t·ontact CAMPUS The elections slaff has now wi1h their rc,pcc1ive dean, and cur­ moved into its new office localed in rent stuJent council,.