Imus Have Said Something Wrong

Imus Have Said Something Wrong

Volume XV, No. 45 May 2007 PRODUCED BY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Imus Have Said Something Wrong BY SAMER ZABEN On Tuesday April 3rd, number 1 Tennessee punished for what they claimed were racist that's in the 'hood that ain't doing sh--, that's trying defeated number 4 Rutgers in the NCAA wom- remarks. They also threatened to protest in front to get a n---a for his money. These are two sepa- an’s national championship game. Tennessee and of CBS if no actions toward Imus were made. rate things.” their legendary coach Pat Summit went on to end These requests were met immediately as Imus was Are rap lyrics really the reason for the com- Rutgers Cinderella story in this year’s tournament. fired on April 13th, the same day he was to meet ments made by Don Imus and his staff? Do lyrics Despite the loss, the Rutgers women’s basketball with the Rutgers women’s basketball team. from artists like Jay-Z, Snoopdogg, and Ludacris team was being praised in the sports world. Sports A new controversy regarding Hip Hop has relate to a man like Don Imus? Was Don Imus analysts on television and radio were erupted in the wake of Imus being thinking of a DMX song when he made all raving how this team and their first fired by CBS. Civil rights activists those remarks? Probably not. Don Imus is year coach Vivian Stringer seemed to Sharpton and Jackson, as well as a radio talk show host who talks about real have a bright future ahead of them. supporters of Don Imus, have people and real things going on in the However, on one radio show the sub- claimed that Hip Hop is to blame for world, while rappers, although they claim ject under discussion turned in the the current crop of negative stereo- to be talking about real events, actually wrong direction. types of women. This accusation of don’t. On April 4th one day after the championship blame has caused many people to take action In an article written by Todd Boyd on game, radio host Don Imus shared his thoughts on against rap lyrics. Hip Hop mogul Russell ESPN.com, he argues that “Imus is real, featuring the game during his radio show, “Imus in the Simmons along with members of the Hip Hop real guests and humor based on real topics. Morning.” Imus, however, didn’t talk about the summit now want to ban three words from rap However loudly hip-hop might claim to be real, it game but instead spoke about the female athletes lyrics: hoe, bitch, and nigger. Sharpton is pushing is not real; it is a form of representation.” Boyd competing in the game. Imus began making com- for all rap record labels to adopt new standards continues by saying, “Though the culture is rooted ments on the Rutgers team by saying, “that’s and to force their artists to drop these words from in the notion and style of authenticity, it is decid- some rough girls from Rutgers.” He then went on, their lyrics. By doing so, they argue, negativity edly fictional. If not, the cops could arrest every “That’s some nappy headed hoes there.” Imus’ toward women as well as racism will end. rapper who talks about selling drugs or killing shocking comments quickly made his faux-pas the However, rappers are also taking action. In a someone in his or her lyrics.” And that is why Hip biggest media story in the nation. recent interview on hiphopdx.com rapper Hop should not get a bad rap for Imus’s com- Coach Vivian Stringer and the entire Rutgers Snoopdogg said, “It’s a completely different sce- ments, the lyrics are often not in response to actu- women’s team quickly held a press conference nario. Rappers are not talking about any college al events, but fictional representations of events in regarding the matter. Civil rights activists includ- basketball girls who have made it to the next level the artist’s life, similar to the way a motion picture continued on page 5 ing Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson wanted Imus in education and sports. We're talking about hoe's Sound of Music in a Deaf Night: INSIDE COMMUNIQUÉ Darfur Revisited Y TEFFON YNES The Community’s Misconception. p. 2 B S F As I sit to write this article, my hope is that displaced people are being held in what were to be my words cut the reader to the heart. Although this temporary housing and shelters from the war, but The CPE — A Completely is the second article in six months to be published due to the large number of refugees living at the Pointless Exam . p. 2 by this paper on the crisis in Darfur, I hope that it camps and the length of the conflict, the camps are will not be the last. The matter that I write about is turning into a permanent residence for all refugees. So You Have a Car . p. 4 a matter of the human heart; it is a matter of the These camps are not an environment that you human condition. What is happening in Darfur would want your baby sister, or daughter or niece today should never be forgotten, tucked away, or to be in, but for 2.5 million refugees the camps are Depression: You Can Stop It . p. 4 pushed aside, until a resolution is attained and this the place they are forced to call home. modern day genocide is brought to an end. For Although the international community knows Breaking Boundaries . p. 5 those of you who have lost touch with the current about the current crises, it is currently so occupied situation in Darfur allow me to update you, and for with putting sanctions on Sudan, or pointing fin- those who have forgotten about the crisis, allow gers at one another as to who should step up to the Virginia-Tech Massacre: me to paint the picture for you once again. plate and take charge of the situation, that few No easy answers . p. 6 The crisis in Darfur has presently claimed the effective actions are being taken to quell the vio- lives of 400,000 people. At the center of the crisis lence. According to Femi Falana, president of the Stop Gun Violence . p. 6 are the Janjaweed, an ethnic Arab militia that has West African Bar Association, real blame falls on preyed on the black African tribes, raping women Nigeria and the African Union, and calls for both and children, and burning babies. The Janjaweed to take punitive measures against Sudan to end the Anaka, the next Metallica? . p. 7 was originally backed by the Sudanese govern- killing of innocent civilians in Darfur have been ment but is presently splintered into many mini ignored. Senator Hillary Clinton along with a Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears militias, formed by warlords, political figures, and group of bipartisan senators are calling on China, a tribal groups trying to protect themselves. As a country whose number one oil producer is a major Abusing Rehab?. p.7 consequence, the crisis has evolved into a situation investor in the government-owned oil exploration in which there are at least a dozen different armed in Sudan, to impress upon Sudanese president al- Women’s “Fast Pitch” Softball . p. 10 groups causing havoc across Darfur. At present, Bashir the need to halt Sudan’s military operations over 1500 villages have been burned to the in Darfur, accept an African Union United Nations ground. The Janjaweed militias have performed peacekeeping force, and to ensure humanitarian The Proverbial Skeleton in the closet countless crimes against humanity, including mass assistance can be provided safely. The of the Sporting World! . p. 11 genocide, and the use of rape as a weapon of war. International Criminal Court has only recently, as The Janjaweed has also interfered with humanitar- of May 1st, decided to begin legal proceedings ian aid to the 2.5 million displaced people in the against two men who have been charged with war continued on page 9 conflict, predominantly women and children. The 2 Queensborough Communiqué, May 2007 E D I T O R I A L S These editorials represent the opinion of the Editorial Board of Communiqué, which is solely responsible for its contents. These are not necessarily the views of the Queensborough Community College administration and staff. Communiqué welcomes any letters or editorials for the population of QCC. Submit work to Communiqué, H-428. The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit letters for spatial needs and grammatical accuracy. The Community’s Misconception BY KARA MANNERS How many times has someone asked you into a “better” school. Many people do not realize we have over those that do not. We are unappre- where you go to school? How many times have that the price for attending community colleges as ciative, perhaps, of the good fortune we have to you mumbled the response? And upon answering, well as all CUNY schools are approximately one- attend Queensborough, with class size limited, in how quickly have you said it is just temporary third of the tuition costs at the more “highly most instances, to 30. In other schools with lecture until you enter your four year college in regarded” schools. That does not mean, however, halls that seat 150, professors walk right past their September? Is it fair that students who attend that the academic resources are not just as good as students in the halls and do not know it.

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