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ILLT The Daily Student Voice of Howard University VOLUME 90, NO. 75 TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007 WWW.THEHILLTOPONLINE.COM T BREAKING NEWS METRO u~ E NEW MISS AMERICA CROWNED TRENDY HOTELS TAKE OVER THE AREA T\ll!S, 1/30: Wl!D, 1/31: g SCATTERED SUNNY s ..t) LAUREN NELSON, MISS OKLAHOMA, WAS CROWNED THE KIMPTON HOTELS ARE TAKING OVER THE METRO AREA WITH Fl.UIUUtS HIGH: 36, LOW 28 D~ NEW MISSAMERICAAT LAST NIGHT'S PAGEANT. NELSON WAS THEIR LINE OF TRENDY, HOTELS. FIND OUT MORE IN METRO. HIGH: 41, LOW 25 AO CROWNED BY MISS AMERICA 2006 JENNIFER BERRY, ALSO OF PAGE 10 y~ UGSA Chairwoman Involved in Ballot Controversy BY TRAVER RIGGINS the best interest of the students and Despite the notice, the prospec­ Hilltop Staff Writer their safety," McClain said. tive candidates remained waiting out­ Potential candidates for elected Students, however, feel that the side risking their health and safety. offices spent Sunday night camped potential candidate for School of Joy Lindsay, a sophomore finance out in front of Blackburn overnight Business executive president, was major, said she and others came out in below freezing weather to ensure a~ting in her own interests. early not to use their spots on the bal­ primary slots on their ballots. While McClain assures that this lot as a crutch for indecisive students Some think that voters are more is not the case, Chad William-Bey, to default on, but to show the general inclined to vote for candidates whose senior political science and econom­ body they are willing to come out to names appear at the top of the bal­ ics major, felt that McClain was upset everything early and give their pro­ lot. that she was not first in line and spective positions their all. 'This is more of a tradition than retaliated with the notice. Stephan Franklin, a freshman an advantage," Abimbola George, a McClain's notice however, is mechanical engineering major, was junior political science and sociology invalid and according to General the first person at the doors at 12:20 major said. For years, students have Elections commissioner, Allen a.m. with freshman pre-pharmacy gathered early to turn in their appli­ Haynes, a senior political science major Jarvis Seegars. cations at 10 a.m. major, it was a direct contradiction Others followed later and by 4 A roadblock was placed in the to the election guidelines. The elec­ a.m. more 10 applicants had congre­ students' path when an "Emergency tion will continue to follow the guide­ gated in the cold. Legislative Action" notice was posted lines, which states that the names DtrtU Smith • ~nior Photo FAiior "I feel that this is a premoni­ by Tamia McClain, Undergraduate will be placed on the ballot in the A group of students waited outside In below freezing weather Sunday tion of things to come," said Shayla Student Association chairwoman order in which the applications were night to ensure a top listing for the upcoming student election ballots. Johnson, a sophomore international and sophomore international busi­ received. business major. ness major, telling students to return "That was not exactly within her of herself and HUSA vice president "I know her to be a well inten­ "It's going to be very competitive, home due to "inclement weather and power to do with her position. As far Stephen Nichols. tioned person. She made an error of but exciting nonetheless," she said. the unpredictable environment" con­ as executive orders, that's more the "The bottom line is that in the judgment," Haynes said. Nadia Pinto, a junior finance cerning students' health and safety. domain of HUSA," Haynes said. morning, all I got was a missed call Regardless of McClain's inten­ major, trusts that Howard students The notice also stated that candidate According to Jennifer Owens, and an e-mail which stated that she tions, the notice caused undue confu­ will still gather information on their names would be listed in alphabetical HUSA president and senior legal [McClain] made an executive deci­ sion among students and according candidates to make informed deci­ order instead of first come first serve communications major, execu­ sion for everyone to go home,'' Owens to Owens, HUSA will be accepting sions, but views battling hypothermia basis. tive decisions are to be made by the said, "'But she \vaS not authorized to grievances regarding the situation if as a way to put herself in the forefront "I did what I felt I needed to do in executive branch, which is comprised do so," she added. necessary. of the election game. Student Newpaper Halted Jeff Johnson Gives Statement for BY TRAVER RIGGINS Postponing Promotional Tour Hilltop Staff Writer BY CHARLOTTE YOUNG has always been an institu­ at Howard responsible for On Jan. is, Darryl Hifltop Staff Writer tion that meant a great deal other events that will take Smith, editor-in-chief of the to me that's why we selected place ·within the next month. Gramblinite, Grambling State Howard as one of places to "[We're] not going to do University's (GSU) student Concerned with the do it." another site until we have newspaper, entered the office disappointed students at Before Johnson's sched­ this event we attempted to and was greeted by a voice Howard University, Jeff uled appearance at Howard, do at Howard. That's the pri­ mail ordering the suspen­ Johnson wanted to make the he traveled to Ohio State ority of us,., Johnson said. sion of the publication for the reasons for the tour post­ University and Georgia State "I want to personally remainder of the month from ponement clear. for the launch. apologize to students of the the office of the provost. "For me, it's important Both schools had a large university who were dis­ The university claims to let the Howard students response from students with appointed. I want it to be thattheGrambliniteisrepeat­ know we have a level of com­ standing room only. totally clear that I care about edly responsible for an exces­ issue. address, but also feels that mitment to the university. "Having the problem what the students at Howard sive amount of mechanical "We came under the with limited resources, such The problem was there were that we did at Howard in think." errors and needed a period impression that if we came as tl1e lack of a copy edit­ just some things we didn't many ways put a damper on To show his dedication of reprieve. out with another paper our ing class, the staff may not work out with the universi­ the launch for me, despite to the students, Johnson has "I think that ultimately advisors would lose their be well enough prepared to ty," he said. the success that we had," also set up an email specifi­ the university wants to con­ jobs," Smith said. handle them. University officials famil­ Johnson said. "The student cally created for Howard stu­ trol the message the students By this time, the news Goodman suggests that iar with Johnson's request participation and feedback dents to be able to email him are distributing in the scl1ool had leaked to the main­ in order to avoid a lawsuit, could not be reached for that we'd gotten [at other their concerns, issues and newspaper," said Mark stream. tl1e w1iversity could offer con1ment at press time. schools] is still. somewhat comments. Goodman, executive direc­ "After the press got wind more courses to train stu­ Johnson maintains that marred by what we're deal­ "I want to make myself tor of the Student Press Law of our suspension and how dents to put out a higher the reason he was not able ing with [at Howard]." available to contact me Center (SPLC). illegal it was, the adminis­ quality publication instead of to end his college launch The original intent of the directly. [I'm] open to hear­ Smitll contacted SPLC tration pretty n1uch cracked illegally shutting it down. at Howard was because of launch was to have the stu­ ing anything students are immediately after receiv­ under pressure," Smith said. "They could certainly administrative issues and dents from the three selected saying," J ohnsqn said. ing the mandate to not pub­ The suspension ..vas lift­ create more mechanisms for concerns that were not in schools as the beta test for "My personal commit­ lish. Legal adviser, Adam ed after administration com­ training for student editors. order. the Web site before its offi­ ment remains. Hopefully we Goldstein, informed him that piled a new set of g-uidelines They could put students in "I don't want the stu- cial launch in October. will be [able] to solidify a the university's actions vio­ ,for the Gramblinite to abide a position where there are dents to think that something • Johnson's staff is in con­ firm date within the next two lated first amendment rights.