Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 1990-2000 The iH lltop Digital Archive 4-9-1999 The iH lltop 4-9-1999 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_902000 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 4-9-1999" (1999). The Hilltop: 1990-2000. 236. https://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_902000/236 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1990-2000 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ILLTOP The Voice of Howard University Since 1924 VOLUME 82, No. 25 FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1999 http://hilltop.howard.edu High Court Farrakhan Leaves HU Hospital Leader's Illness RaisesI • Awarness of to Rule Prostate Cancer Among Black Men on (the press] fo und out about it," By JASON T. SMITII ' Muhammad said. Hilltop Staff Writer Farrakhan, who in I 995 led the Million Man March--the largest Student Nation of Islam leader Min. Louis gathering of any group on the Mall­ Farrakhan was released from -is expected to complete a three­ By APRILL Q, TURNER Howard Uni versity Hospital this month sabbatical. Muhammad said. Hilltop Staff Writer week after undergoing emergency Experts say 1ha1 Farrakhan's surgery to alleviate ailments related waivering health has raised aware­ The Supreme Court agreed last to his treatment fo r prostate cancer. ness about prostate cancer and its week to decide whether universities At a press conference Tuesday, doc­ impact on Afric.1n-American men. can use mandatory student activity tors at Howard University Hospital According to the American Cancer fees to subsidize campus organiza­ dismissed reports that the 65-year• Society, prosl3te cancer is now the tions with a clear political purpose or old Chicago-based minister was second-leading cause of death an ideology with which some stu­ "gravely ill,'' and for the first time among black men. dents disagree. publicly acknowledged that Far­ What's more, a recent report by the The court said it will review rulings rakhan underwent surgery. Doctors ACS found that black men are diag­ that barred the University of Wis­ described his surgical procedure as nosed with prostate cancer at a consin system from using the activ ­ "minor.'' "much higher rate than any other ity fee it collects from each of its stu­ "Based on physical examinations racial group." dents to finance groups deemed and lab analysis, the minister cur­ Between 1990 and 1995, prostate controversial by some students. rently has no evidence of dise.'lSe," cancer-related deaths of black men Advocates for gay rights groups, for said Abdul Alim Muhammad, min­ were two times higher than those of example, contend that limiting sub­ iSter of health for the Nation ofislam, whites, and five times higher than sidies will have an unfavorable effect adding that Farrakhan had been rates among Asian/Pacific Islanders. on some groups. "cured" of prostate cancer. It is expected that 18,500men will be The court is expected to deliver its ·'He has not been treated for diagnosed with prostate cancer cases decision next year. prostate cancer, his immune system chis year. Roughly 6, 100 African­ A federal judge and an appeal court did not crash ... almost everything Americ.111 men are expcted to die ruled the subsidies unlawfully forced • ,11& •./4 reported has been not true," Muham­ from the disease this year alone, the students to support perspectives or mad said. Emphasizing 1ha1 the report said . groups they don't identify with, or surgery was routine, Muhammad Goldson, pointing to the relative violate free speech. said that "within a day, he was out of ease with which Farrakhan's prostate The high court's decisioo 10 hear his room roaming the hallways. He cancer was controlled, said the num­ the case has forced some Howard is in high spirits. He feels good, he ber of deaths could be significantly University students 10 reexamine looks good,'' Muhammad said. reduced with early treatment. bow their own student activity fee is Based on resultS from exams called "Surgery and radiation are treat­ used, especially after the Board of Hilltop StalJ/ERJC HALL bone scans and MRJ 's. doctors found ment choices for men who come in Abdul Alim Muhammad (left), Nation of Islam Minister of Health and Leonard Muhanmmd (right), NOi Ch.ief of Staff Trustees last semester voted to ;.there was no cancer in his body,'" early. If you come in early you have announced at a prtss conference Tuesday Miooter Loui~Farrakhan was released from Howanl Unh-.rsity Hospital in good Muhammad said. a choice of treatment," he said. increase the fee by 80 percent. bealtl1 after undergoing emergency surgery to alleviate ailments related to bis treatment for prostate can«r. See FEE,A3 The surgery was to treat a side­ "(Farrakhan] is very concerned effect caused by earlier prostate can­ with the epidemic of prostate cancer. cer treatment. Farrakhrut, who has especially as it concerns the African­ led the Nation of Islam for nearly American male," Muhammad said, Car Stains Leave much of the last three decades, was urging all black males 10 get their diagnosed with prostate cancer in prostate glands checked. 199 1. But as Farrakhan ages and his "It's not that unique. Min. Far­ health waivers, questions have been Students Angry rakhan is suffering from a known raised about who might succeed the and expected seed implantation,'' charismatic leader of the controver­ Leaking Parking Lot Ceiling Damages Cars, said Alfred Goldson. head of 1he sial group. University's radiation oncology unit. Last week, as reports of Far­ Students, Officials Say Farrakhan's doctors say he has rakhan's ailing he.11th nickered ng area that's watered frequently. received treatment at the hospital See FARRAKHAN. A3 By JOUN·JOllN WILLIAMS IV Water sometimes seeps through since 1994, "but this is the first time Hilltop Staff Writer cracks and into the parking lot's ceiling. dripping onto the cars aughan Pins loves her car, below. REACTION so much that she's given Frelow said there have been sev­ 1 D it a name: "Maxine. ' eral attempts to correct the prob­ Pius, 19, received her 1994 baby lem by placing tiles directly over Hilltop Staff/Randy Shon! blue Nissan Maxima, as a reward cars in the garage. Each tile serves At Howard, Acthists Martin Lulller King, ill (left) and Rev. Al Sharpton (right) participat­ from her parents for winning a full as a shield. ed in a rally Saturd"l' a l the Capitol Building to put an end to police brutalil)! scholarship to Howard Uni,-ersity. "The cars that are parked under­ When she moved into Howard neath these tiles will not be affect­ Reaction to Plaza Towers West, she purchased ed," Frelow said, adding that if stu­ Protesters March a $55 a month underground park­ dents wash their cars or wipe away ing permit, hoping 10 avoid car the streaks soon after they appear, Farrakhan's theft and weather damage that the chance of the streaks becoming oftentimes occu·rs in unsecured, a permanent stain are decreased. Against Police uncovered lots. ''If you let it (spots) set for weeks Instead. she got long, paint-like or more you will have a problem Health white s1reaks on her sunroof and gelling the spots off,'' Frelow said, ly died. white America would cele­ Brutality windsh.ield that won't go away: adding that some car washes have By KtMOTHY K. 8110\VN brate. while Blacks would mourn,'' When Pitts first saw the white compounds that can remove such Hilltop Staff Writer said Williams, a junior political sci­ marching down 10th Street, NW, blotches on her car. she went to a stains. ence major. "He is the only radical By NATALIE REm and filing past the U.S. Department of nearby car wash in hopes she could "I've heard the compound rubs Nation of Islam leader Min. Louis leader we have." R ANDY SHORT Justice towards the grounds of the remove it. "I didn't know what it the paint off your car," Pitts said. Farrakhan's health has been a high Farrakhan last visited the Uni,-er­ Hilltop Staff Writers Capitol. was at first, but I knew something Another student, Marinda topic of discussion from the Quad, to sity in October of last year to deliv­ "No Justice, No peace, No racist had dripped on it,'' PittS said. Thomas, 21-year-old senior chem­ the halls of Founders Library, to er a speech marking the fourth More than 5,000 people held a police!" the demonstrators chanted "Some came off, but there was istry major, said she'd just used a Douglas Hall. anniversary of the Million Man protest at the U.S. Capitol last week­ as they walked. ·still some left,'' Pitts said as she compound to remove a white Last week, the 65-year-old Chica­ March. end to ventilate their frustration On a podium in front of the Capi­ pointed to the two streaks. streak from her jet black 1998 go-based minister was admitted 10 HUSA Vice President-elect Q. with the escalating incidence of tol, scores of families who had lost She immediately ruled out bird Volkswagen Beetle. the Howard University Hospital to Torah Jackson ill, expressed his sen­ police brutality against African loved ones to police brutalit y droppings as the source of the She said this isn't the firs t time undergo an hour-long surgery for timents on Farrakh.an's he.11th.