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The A&T Register Serving North Carolina A&T State University since 1893 m^_9 Wednesday,April 18,2007 VolumeLXXX Issue 23 25 Tragedy at Virginia Tech DAYS UNTIL SPRING Bruce Henderson 7:15 a.m. and killing a man and Wirth, 18, of Charlotte, N.C. COMMENCEMENT and April Bethea woman in a room there. Two "Everybody's wondering ifthey Virginia Tech shootings hours later he appeared in an know anybody who was killed Graduating seniors have a little McClatchyNewspapers Where the shootings on the Virginia ''JMiiVwjS^99i engineering classroom building or wounded." Tech campus in rural Blacksburg, less than a month before their across campus, where he killed Graduate student Darryl /Jv Aggie experience comes to an end BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Va., claimed atleast 33 lives: 30 Jtf deadliest shooting massacre in more people and then him- Price, 23, also ofCharlotte, de- Monday, April 16 American history savaged Vir- self, police said. scribed seeing 20 ambulances About7:15 a.m. ET m NEWS ginia Polytechnic Institute and "It was about four or five lined up as he tried to leave the O 'Jlu3u3*Sll State University on Monday, shots pretty close together," said area. "At that point, you fully West Ambler Johnston co-ed T'' as Virginia Tech senior Cho Justice Goracke, 21, ofLovetts- realize the scale of what just dormitory, houses 895 students Drillfield , Seung-Hui killed 32 people and ville, a junior who was nearthe happened." •Two killed wounded 15 more, then killed classroom building at the time. President Bush was said to himself, his motive and identity "When I heard it, it kind of be horrified when he heard the 0 About 9:15 a.m. ET unknown as ofearly evening. sounded like bullets, but there news. Norris Hall engineering building -o The shootings stunned the was construction going on near- "Schools should be places of • At least 31 people killed, % sprawling campus in southwest by," Goracke said. "Then about safety and sanctuary and learn- including shooter O Virginia and shocked the coun- 20 seconds later I heard another ing," he said Monday afternoon Virginia Tech try. six shots. Then I knew: This at the White House. "When that 1872 75km • Founded SS. Pa. "Today the university was wasn'tright." sanctuary is violated, the impact 75 miles struck with a tragedy that we Students and onlookers is felt in every American class- • 26,000 students consider ofmonumental propor- across the campus were dazed, room and every American com- • 2,600-acre tions," Virginia Tech President asking which of their friends munity.' (1,052-hectare) campus; W.Va. had been shot, and why they The U.S. House of Repre- more than 100buildings Va. "° Charles Steger said. "The uni- and an airport versity is shocked and indeed were left uninformed and ex- sentatives marked the shootings Blacksburg Eight colleges, 500fl NO MORE LIMEWIRE? with moment of silence. • horrified." posed to danger for hours. a Vir- graduate school 150 m Colleges nationwide are cracking The shooter started at a coed "Everybody's in complete Source; Virginia Tech, AP, CNN down on illegal downloading on their dormitory, opening fire around shock," said freshman Rachel See SHOOTINGS on Page 2 Graphic: MelinaYingling, JudyTreibte © 2007 MCT campuses. PAGE 4 ARTS & LIFE Thefive most underratedMC's ofthe 21st century Josh Capers Copy Desk Chief Everyone always talks about the greatest rappers, whether they're dead or alive, but in the midst ofall the hype, some great MC's get lost. WHO ARE THE MOST The perception ofthe "great" MC varies. It maybe as simple UNDERRATED MC'S as regional representation or even something along the lines of Josh Capers has an interesting a punch line MC. opinion on the top five MCs in hip-hop Now, I would like to outright state that there's plenty of un- right now. PAGE 5 derground MC's that are deserving ofmaking this list (i.e. Gift ofGab from Blackalicious, Del the Funky Homosapien and MC Juice, even though he didrip Eminem in the Rap Olympics), but SPORTS this list isn't going to cover that genre for argument and time sake. Also, this list doesn't cover "old-school" artists (i.e. Kurtis Blow, Big Daddy Kane and Guru), as this is a separate entity on its own. As for what makes up an "underrated" MC, you have to include the notoriety of MC's, whether it be from albums sales or just overall popularity, or a lack there of. Inthe case ofJoe Budden, it was said that his self-titled, debut album "flopped." His label, Def Jam, blames theflop in 2003 on people not knowing the propername ofthe artist. I don'tknow how many ofyou knew about Budden when he was first surfacing in the early part ofthe 21st century, but he was mainly named as Joe Buddens on mixtapes and evenradio i stations. So when buyers went ! to look for the album, they were The List looking for "Joe Buddens" and not Joe Budden. Big L Whether or not this is the JACKIE ROBINSON'S cause for the album sales not LEGACY TODAY Joe Budden doing the numbers that was ex- pected of Joey, his album was Would Jackie Robinson be happy Royce Da 5'9 But that's not what makes with the current state of Blacks in Budden the beast ofan MC that baseball? PAGE 6 Big Pun he is. Budden is on this list not FRESH-WOME/V MAKING for the production of songs that AZ he's displayed to the industry A SPLASH THIS YEAR with not only "Joe Budden" as The Lady Aggies softball team has an album, but for the plethora of eight freshman whoare on pace to amazing songsthat he's put out on mixtapes. have very bright futures. PAGE 7 Budden is the typeofMC that you have to go find him because he's not going to come find you,but when you do find some stuff ofhis, you truly feel like you've hit the hop-hop jackpot. CORRECTIONS Sometimes that jackpot consists of a complexed story that he's so ingenious in generating, orit will be something as simple Procter and Gamble was mis- as a freestyle at some random radio station where Budden will spelled in last week's story "Is A&T just spew some ofthe illest quotables, making you feel cheated secret P&G's weapon?" Leroy Mlkell/MeantII ShinePhotography as a listener that other artists justaren't that nice. Budden's versatility and ability to master any type of track Bernadine S. Chatman's name was or concept that he's spitting on makes him outrageously under misspelled in last week's story "Adult David Street wins campaign for rated Education Program on the rise". One ofthe main things that people missabout Budden is some ofhis story-tellingtracks. There's an easy 15 story-tellingtracks The founder was not not B.J. that Budden has compiled and released since his debut album Harris but rather Dr. B.W. Harris, we SGA President by three votes that are nothing short ofamazing. apologize for any inconvience. The reason for this is because Budden has been through a lot If you notice mistakes in Aasiya Townsell The Washington, D.C. native Curtis Walls, to discuss ideas and he's able to convey thisthrough his lyrics without the typical The A&T Register, let us know! Intern was thankful and honored to be that will benefit the upcoming killing ofeveryone from the "hood" like mostrappers when they Send them to president ofthe school. year. tell their "stories." [email protected] It was a battle for the number Street is already living up to A new school year equals It's a shame that Def Jam has pushed back his next album, one spot in the run off election his word and is ready to put his a new SGA staff and Street is "The Growth," since the beginning oftime, but until then, Bud- for SGA President between Cur- ideas into action. looking forward to working den will continue to drop heat such as "Mood Muzik" one and WEATHER tis Walls and David Street. So what is on his agenda with his new "family". He ex- two. Volume three is looking to release soon. Street took home the win right now? Street is focused on plains thatall the people on staff In the mean time, go listen to "Last Real Nigga Left" and his with by only three votes being getting an A&T news cast up have different personalities but current freestyle over the "Boy Looka Here" beat. the deciding factor. and running by September. they all have a lot to offer. "Dumbout" is still one of the most amazing songs I've ever Street, a junior with a politi- He explains that the news The 2007-08 SGA Executive heard inmy life.