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Q North Carolina A&T State University TbjfA&T Begister Thursday, April 21, 2005 www. ncatregister. org Volume lxxix, Issue 23 Inside Delta Sigma Theta wins again By Andrea Fuller The first of two special based off the classic movie from the movie "Mission onto the stage protest-style Contributor appearances was by Splash "Harlem Nights" as their Impossible." Their mission Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, In Entertainment Inc. record- theme. Performing a select- was to rescue Justin Ramey, performed next with "Girl The highly anticipated ing artist Lil' Peedy. A ed scene from the movie, a member of the fraternity Fight" as their theme. As Aggie Fest Greek Step Show- Charlotte native, Lil' Peedy the organization had the and the 2005-2006 SGA apart of their routine they took place on Apr. 15, with performed some tracks from audience cheering and in President. used "good girl" versus the many surprises and special his upcoming album. laughter as they performed During a brief intermis- "ghetto girl" image. guests. The first organization that various routines. sion, a request was made for Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Shawn "Quiet" Ray and performed was Sigma Kappa Alpha Psi each fraternity to perform Inc. was next to perform, as DeMar Rankin, with Mike Gamma Rho Sorority, Fraternity, Inc., used the their party hops for the one member acted to be "Mike Philly" Fairfax of Inc.Through their routine, classic movie "The Five crowd. The audience Usher for their theme. At Tensley Brandon A&T's radio station serving they showed the audience Heartbeats" as their theme. enjoyed the end, they had the audi- as the DJ, hosted the event. that even though they had Acting out various songs Last year's fraternity win- ence in awe as they includ- recovering from Old-school classics like the least amount of perform- from the movie, such as "I ner, Alpha Phi Alpha ed children in their act "Push It", "The Electric ers, they were able to bring Got Nothing But Love," Fraternity, Inc. performed Alpha Kappa Alpha car accident Slide" and "The Cha-Cha competition. they left the stage with a using styles from the Black Sorority, Inc. was the last Slide" played on the sound Last year's sorority win- standing ovation. Panther Party as their system and got the crowd ner, Delta Sigma Theta Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, theme. They drew much see step show pg 3 involved. Sorority, Inc. performed Inc. derived their theme attention as they marched THE FUTURE OF NORTH CAROLINA A&T By ChadRoberts Editor in Chief A review of J. Lo's latest CD Editor's note: This story was originally published Apr. 14, but due to technical difficulties lacked punctuation and quota- tion marks. I apologize for any inconvenience or misunder- standing this may have caused. By the year 2012 North Carolina A&T will have a WW student enrollment of nearly 16,000. Access to financial aid information, campus meals and medical library, www.ncat.ed service will be available on a At left, a sketch of Scott Hall upon completion. In the bottom left-hand corner is a proposed bell 24-hour to basis. Due A&T's tower. At right, the finished version of the new science building, which is under construction global partnerships, stu- now. dents will have the option of studying and interning at aspects of their careers ship with UNCG commonly or analyzing molecular cells ward and include lots of institutions like the Many students enroll in known as the "Millennium for new biotechnology and people in the process, to Bangladesh University of new interdis'ciplinary pro- Campus.' agromedicine companies think about the institution's Engineering & Technology grams, like the School of Through collaborations Scenarios like these are future," Renick said. "That's in India, Nigeria's Business' Interdisciplinary at the national, state and the outcomes of FUTURES, what the FUTURES process, University ofOyo, or the Center for Entrepreneurship local level, students work the strategic visioning and and the planning process - Carlos III University of and E-business. Other stu- side-by-side with profes- planning process for the that's what that's all about." Madrid in Spain. dents, as a part of their sionals, developing firewall A&T campus that FUTURES is the Aggies vying for On the A&T main cam- course requirements, spend security for communications Chancellor James C. Renick roadmap that Renick hopes pus, students design their time working and research- and networking giant AT&T, started in 2001. willlead A&T to becoming MEAC baseball own course ofstudy, and ing at the Greensboro crunching numbers for "Every high-performing the premier interdiscipli- title take classes that specifically Center for Innovative worldwide auditing and institution has some process relate to all the different Development, the partner- business firm Ernst & Young that allows it to plan for- see Future pg 3 Friday Saturday UNDERAGE UNDERGRADUATES by JameyaPorter freshman Lynzi Gennae and Kay Harris, assistant justturned 17 in December, school," she says, "And we Contributor McHenry, who has not yet administrator of student says the same thing about have some gifted students Chance T-Storm Chance T-Storm declared her major, but is affairs counseling services. herself. under the same category." Hi 72°F Hi 65°F There are babies leaning towards journalism "I think that any student "I have done a lot of Denise Iverson-Payne Lo 58°F Lo 38°F amongst us here at Aggieland. No, & mass communications. can persist in college," says growing since not being in coordinator of studeni activ- not infants, but students Like Turner, McHenry also Harris. NY, and it has allowed me ities in the student affairs Sunday Monday who are in their second will not turn 18until June, White says, "I think that to make my own decisions office, says that students semester at A&T, but they and she is from Freeport, it's important that (these and map out my life," under the age of 18 are here have not yet turned 18. N.Y. "(I have experienced) students) are very mature Middleton says. Middleton also because ofthe different There were 147 of A&T's somewhat of a culture and very grounded in their is a freshman political sci- cut-off dates for enrollment "babies" as of December. shock. I'm used to dance- academic work, in order to ence major from West inkindergarten in various One of A&T's "babies" is hall reggae music - not survive in a place where Hempstead, N.Y. states. She says that most Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy freshman public relations gogo - and mass public people are more mature and There are various reasons students who come in are Hi 58°F Hi 65°F Sade Turner, transportation. I rarely get older and have already had why a student would enter from states where the cut- Lo 38°F Lo 48°F major Javanese 17, who won't turn 18until homesick, maybe 'state the opportunity to experi- a university at an earlier age off months are either sick,' but often ence that from Compiled from www.noaa.gov June. Turner goes home to I reminisce freedom than most, like Turner and October or September, Brooklyn, N.Y. once a about certain memories or home and parents." Middleton, who began which allows children tc month. Like many fresh- outings with friends, foods, McHenry says staying attending A&T at age 16. enter elementary school at men, Turner admits to being and general cultural differ- focused on the mainreason Turner's reason is that she age 4, instead of the more ences," says McHenry. she came to college can be skipped the second grade in of 5 News 1-3 homesick, despite having common age met many friends here Turner believes she has somewhat difficult at times. elementary school. Iverson-Payne says anoth nion "Whenever I'm bored, I tend matured since coming to "I'm an only child, so with Middleton took a proficient er cause wouldbe "acceler- A&T. "I am more Features to miss my friends and the responsi- all of these people around cy test when she was 4 years ated grade promotioa, acce ble more Entertainment 6 things we used to do," she and bold," she me, I find it difficult to focus old that placed her in the erated programs, and the says. says on my academics," she says. first grade. college credits" that stu- Sports And seems to "Greensboro is so much maturity be McHenry also says, "With A&T's RegistrarDeborah dents get from their hig North Carolina A&t slower than New York, and the most crucial key for the no one to guide me or hold Livingston says another fac- schools the people are so different success in the transition of my hand, so to speak, I feel tor that would cause this is What would be.