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VOLUME 102, ISSUE 8

Letters

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Beyond

Feature

Students, professors react to “CLA dean search draws fire”

Black History Month: events, quiz and a trip to the Civil Rights Museum

Report finds global HIV rates stabilizing, declining

NCCU gears up for “Ruined,” a searing play about Congo’s rape survivors

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Campus Echo Egypt’s prez to step down Egyptian crowd wants him out now

BY HANNA ALLAM AND SHASHANK BENGALI MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (MCT)

CAIRO — Faced with an unprecedented popular revolt that drew record crowds of protesters to downtown Cairo Tuesday, U.S.-backed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would step down before elections this fall, a humbling end to his 30 years of authoritarian rule.

“I will say, with all honesty and without looking at this particular situation, that I was not intending to

stand for the next elections because I've spent enough time serving Egypt,” Mubarak said in a televised speech.

“I'm now careful to conclude my work for Egypt by presenting Egypt to the next government in a constitutional way.”

Mubarak acted after President Barack Obama sent a special envoy to Cairo, urging him not to seek reelection, and following calls from Turkey and Iran to step down.

Protesters call for the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, January 30, 2011, in downtown Cairo, Egypt.

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Textbook rentals on the rise Rental textbooks saves students 50 percent or more

BY CHRIS HESS ECHO STAFF REPORTER

When it comes to buying textbooks, college students typically want to save as much money as possible.

Renting textbooks is a new way to keep a few dollars in your pocket.

Textbook renting began at N.C. Central University in fall 2010 and is designed to help students save money.

“For Rent” signs in the University bookstore provide students with the options for renting new or used books rather than buying books for the semester.

According to bookstore Stephanie Getchell, Follett bookstore manager loses money when renting because it takes two and half years to recoup the money.

But the University benefits from renting because 10 percent of all book rental sales goes to the University’s General Fund.

“Renting a text saves

A student in the new bookstore eyes the “For Rent” option.

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about 50 to 55 percent [compared to buying new],” said Getchell.

Currently there are about 1,000 titles at the NCCU’s bookstore — 368 of those titles are rentable.

To rent a textbook, students must register with rentatext.com and leave a

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credit card number for collateral.

If a student does not return the book, he or she will be charged the full price of the book.

Renters who fail to return books also will be charged a non-return and a processing fee.

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Out-of-the-box pedagogy Instructor says learning ‘not a spectator sport’

BY RAIRU HOWARD

ECHO STAFF REPORTER

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If you’re like most students on campus, you probably didn’t know that inside one of the science labs in the BRITE building, a research team equipped with chemicals and “robotic arms” is workJohnathan ing on a drug Sexton treatment for type 2 diabetes.

And most likely you were unaware that they won a $1 million grant toward their research.

The research team is lead by Jonathan Sexton, assistant research professor.

Sexton has been working on the project since 2007. He wrote the proposal to the National Institutes of Health for the

No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that created it.

We need to see the world anew. — Albert Einstein.

This is one of the many quotes that Bendu Cooper, world societies instructor at N.C. Central University, teaches her students.

Cooper was born in Queens, New York but moved to Liberia, West Africa at a young age.

Her mother had settled there with her grandfather, James R. Stewart, successor to Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro I m p r o v e m e n t Association.

Since 2003 Cooper has lived in Durham, working first with students with discipline problems at Durham Public Schools.

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Last term about 90 percent of textbooks were returned.

When renting, students are expected to return the textbook in the same condition in which it was issued.

“The textbook cannot have pages missing, water damage and you can’t highlight the entire page,” said Getchell.

“The bookstore also sends out three e-mails to renters during the semester to remind them to turn in the book.”

Attitudes toward the process are mixed.

“I rented a textbook this semester for a finite mathematics course and it was like 80 dollars cheaper than retail,” said Joshua Trower , a history senior.

“It was perfect,” Trower said.

“Actually I think it was brand new … so I’m satisfied with my renting experience.”

However, computer sci-

World societies instructor Bendu Cooper in her office.

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That’s when she decided to adopt a new way of teaching that encourages student to build bonds and help everyone pass together.

“From the first day [at Durham schools] I let

them know they have three options: a 2.0, 3.0 or 4.0 … in Liberia there is an attitude of high expectations in schools.

Students are ashamed

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Study: Colleges failing Study finds students learning little in their freshman, sophomore years

BY APRIL SIMON ECHO STAFF REPORTER

Forget elementary school, the new debate in education is all about college students.

The bestselling book, “Academically Adrift: Student Learning on College Campuses,” (2011) has sparked conversations across the nation about expectations and the value of education.

Richard Arum, of New York University, and Josipa Roksa, of University of Virginia, both sociology professors, set out to determine how much actual learning is accomplished in higher education.

They followed 2,300 students at 24 universities over their four-year education, assessing progress in academic skills as well as evaluating class assignments, study and social activities.

The results are startling and highly controversial.

The authors claim that many university students “demonstrated no significant gains in critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and written communications during the first two years of college.”

This information has parents, educators, and students scrambling to figure out what to do.

While involvement in campus clubs has no noticeable affect learning outcomes, student activities that result in diminished outcomes are participation in fraternities and sororities and — surprisingly — study groups.

The study shows that working alone may be one of the keys to learning outcomes in college. Solo studying and increased reading and writing tasks are two of the ways researchers are

encouraging students to combat this trend.

On the campus of NC Central University, some professors are reaching out to students early in the semester to encourage good habits.

Sharon Rittman, biology professor, holds open door sessions for students to learn organization techniques and study skills.

“Students have to learn how to study,” says, Rittman, “Reading is more than just looking at the words on the page — you have to be able to understand what it means and apply it to life situations.”

According to Arum and Roksa, “32 percent of students each semester do not take any courses with more than 40 pages of reading assigned a week, and that half don't take a single course in which they must write more than 20 pages over the course of a semester.”

The authors also found that students only average about 12-14 hours a week in study time, and that the bulk of it is in groups. These numbers, they say, are far too low.

The authors contend that a general lack of “academic rigor” on college campuses is to blame for this backslide in student outcomes.

In the past, universities expected students to place their studies ahead of all else without exception.

These days, though, having the “campus experience” is seen as an equally important part of a students’ time in school by both students, as well as parents and administrators.

Students in certain departments, such as those in liberal arts, have shown to

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In Memoriam On January 21 the Campus Echo lost Len Worzella, the gentleman who has delivered the Echo across campus for the past six years. He died in a treecutting accident.

Len was the president of Raleigh Offset, our printing

press. He did not need to deliver our papers; he did it out of the goodness of his heart.

Although he had retired just two weeks prior to the accident he said he would continue still deliver our Echo. We will miss you, Len.

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Campus Echo WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2011

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Haywood heads research

DUKE, NCCU TEAM UP TO FIGHT HUNGER

New vice chancellor of research hails from FAMU

BY CHANEL LAGUNA ECHO STAFF REPORTER

Etienne Farquharson (left) and Mykeia Smith (right) package meals at Southern High School.

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individuals to network while participating in a program that will help eradicate hunger in our global society,” said Sonya Scott, business administration graduate student.

“The satisfaction of ensuring that people eat is such a fulfilling experience.”

The meals combine rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and flavoring mix that

includes essential vitamins and minerals.

It costs 25 cents to prepare each meal and the packaged meals will last about five years.

The packaged meals are used for emergency and in feeding programs in schools and orphanages.

In addition to Southern High School, the Durham Rotary Club also supported the project.

DIABETES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 schools across the nation, only nine get granted funds.”

He feels proud that NCCU could be one of the nine.

“It shows things are changing around here.”

The grant will focus mainly on type 2 diabetes, a chronic condition that affects the way the body metabolizes sugar.

If left untreated, it can be life-threatening.

The risks are highest among minorities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

African-Americans and Latinos born in the U.S. in 2000 has an estimated lifetime risk of more than 40 percent of developing diabetes.

Within those races, a female’s risk is more than 50 percent.

“Three things can contribute to developing type 2 diabetes” says Sexton.

“Your genetic history, dietary habits, and lifestyle.”

Many diabetic have to inject their medications, the team hopes to create a drug in a pill form.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 if they do not do well so everyone who is able to attend school in Liberia tries to do well in all classes.”

These views and experiences helped Cooper establish her teaching style.

Cooper verbally quizzes her students every day in class. If no one knows the answer she explains it to them and lets them know whether it will be on the upcoming test.

Cooper also uses rhyme and music to reach students, with beats students recognize to keep their attention.

She put Africa’s countries and capitals, and Abraham’s family tree all in song and rhyme form.

She uses hip hop to make raps about perseverance, knowledge, wisdom, and sagacity.

“The method at first was hard to understand because we are always taught to act as an individual … not [to] make sure our fellow student under-

expectations on students.

Professors may not be held accountable for ensuring that their students are given challenging readings and, at times, be discouraged from instituting heavy coursework or grading too strictly, particularly with freshman and sophomores.

“You need an internal culture that values learning,” says Arum.

“You have to have departments agree that they aren't handing out easy grades.”

Retaining students who are not performing adequately, say Arum and Roksa, is more harmful to both the institution and the student than is culling those who are unable to keep up with more studious peers.

The result, they insist, will

be that schools become nothing more than “diploma mills,” which are churning out graduates who are ill-prepared for the competition and harsh realities facing the workforce in our current economy.

Professors and administrators at NCCU want to see students succeed, but acknowledge that just putting in time behind a desk is not enough.

Working hard and applying oneself is what makes or breaks a student.

“We should be projecting that yeah ... this is hard.” says Horacio Xaubet, Spanish associate professor, “Students should not be going to college just to get a job. We also should be here to become a better person.”

“an NCCU alumnus you can count on to serve your legal needs”

ence junior Marcia Woodbury said, “I don’t like having my credit card on file and I’m not sure how much they will nitpick on damage.

“Then you [might] have to pay full price.”

Renting, along with ebooks, Kindle and Amazon are some of the ways students can save those precious dollars when buying expensive textbooks.

“Rental is really the way to go,” said Getchell.

“I think it will go up continuously.”

A list of rentable textbooks is online at www.rentatext.com.

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tell she is passionate about teaching her students what she knows and wants them to be the same way.”

Amenhotep Myers, a geography information system senior, said Cooper’s unusual methods “helped me understand how to think outside the box and much of her creativity rubbed off on me. I feel like I can succeed in life.

“She taught me how to stay calm and make rational decisions.”

Shonta Reese, a former social work junior who left last semester, said, “When you leave her class you are able to look at the world more objectively.

Ms. Cooper is dedicated to ensuring that each of her students succeed not only in her class but at NCCU.” Those who do not agree with her style but still want to take the class are welcome to explore other ways of learning, Cooper said.

“The most important goal is for students to learn the information.” said Cooper.

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stood and was getting good grades,” said Michelle Thomas, psychology and criminal justice sophomore.

While Thomas had to adjust, some students embrace her style from the start.

“I knew I was going to love it,” said social work junior Jeleesha McNair.

McNair calls Cooper “[a] teacher that challenges her students to go beyond their measure and strive for excellence.”

Marc Lewis, a computer information systems junior, said, “I felt like it would be a success from the start.”

For students who can’t keep up with the curriculum there are study sessions for every class and students from any one of her classes can attend.

“This is not a spectator’s sport,” Cooper told her class last Thursday, and observers can see her passion.

Nekke Bryant, a social work junior, said, “You can

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Dean Johnetta B. Coles, the first female AfricanAmerican president of Spelman College from 19871997, was her source of inspiration.

During her time as an undergrad at FAMU, and while involved in many activities and while holding leadership positions, Haywood would observe the president. She knew she had what it takes to hold that position.

FAMU’s current president, James H. Ammons, was formerly chancellor at NCCU. “When you articulate your goals to people, you’d be surprised what people

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LEARNING push for more readings and heftier writing loads — and showing the greatest gains, while others are not faring as well.

Majors in education, business, and social work showed the smallest advances in critical thinking skills.

“I think it really does depend on your major,” says Abeygael Wachira, psychology sophomore, “Maybe they should analyze the fields and see which ones are falling behind and make changes for those departments.”

Schools’ focus on student retention may be another problem when it comes to academic demands. When a university has its eye on ensuring that every student graduates, they run the risk of lowering

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would do to help you reach them,” said Haywood.

As Haywood aimed toward those goals, she felt that she had to be a strong scholar and faculty member in order to be a good president, which explains her pursuit of a Ph.D. “You have to understand how students think and view the world,” she said.

“Not to say that people who don’t have teaching experience don’t make outstanding presidents.”

She said NCCU has major research going on. At NCCU, like at other institutions, faculty are encouraged to do more research to help contribute to society.

“This research in the long run will help North Carolina’s economy and will eventually help the world.”

“Under Dr. Reed [vice chancellor for graduate education and research] and Chancellor Nelm’s leadership, we are going to accomplish great things in research.”

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tudents from Duke and N.C. Central University joined forces to package about 50,000 meals at Southern High on Jan. 26.

The meal-packaging program was created in 2005 by Stop Hunger Now, a Raleigh-base international hunger relief agency founded in 1998.

“This program allows

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NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

According to their Web site, NIH is the world’s largest source of funding for medical research, and has created hundreds of thousands of jobs for scientists.

“These proposals are reviewed by the best scientists in the world,” said Sexton.

“They have three cycles a year, and out of the 100 proposals they review from

Chanta A. Haywood, holds the key to the lives of many who intend to pursue a graduate degree.

Haywood recently became N. C. Central University associate vice chancellor for research and dean of graduate studies.

“It is one of my goals as graduate dean to influence undergrads to pursue advanced degrees, and to take their learning to the next level,” said Haywood.

As a former dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Florida A&M University, Haywood says FAMU provided a foundation for her.

She said she is grateful to be part of NCCU. “My move was a part of my journey towards working with higher education,” she said.

“I knew from a very young age that I would be involved in higher education.”

In fact, since her u n d e r graduate d a y s , Haywood, has wanted to be a University president.

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Speech contest on justice Topic: Race, class, gender in justice system

BY DAVID FITTS ECHO ONLINE EDITOR

Can justice be blind to race, class and gender?

“Blind justice?: Race, Class and Gender in the American Judicial System,” is the topic of this year’s University-wide speech contest.

This year’s contest ties in with “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer ThompsonCannino, Ronald Cotton and Erin Torneo, the book selected for the 2010-2011 Eagle Reading Experience.

“We want students to talk and learn about social injustice based on color, race and class,” said Minnie Forte-Brown, coordinator of speech communication in the English and mass communication department.

“Our audience will get information that will help them learn about injustice from the viewpoint of some of the best public speakers within the University,” said Forte-Brown.

The English and mass communication department has hosted the University speech contest for the last 20 years.

The contest started in 1991 with students competing in former professor Nancy Coey’s English classes.

The contest became University-wide a few years later, it moved from the Farrison-Newton Communications Building to different locations on campus.

Qualifying rounds will be held Feb. 15-17.

For this session, students will present a 6-8 minute persuasive speeches related to the topic.

Qualifying rounds will reduce the competitors to six finalists.

The contest is open to all undergraduate students.

Interested students need to sign up by Friday, Feb. 4 in the department of English and mass communication, room 305, or by email to Minnie ForteBrown at mforte@nccu.edu.

The contest final competition will be held March 17 at 6:30 p.m. in B.N. Duke Auditorium.

The winner receives a $300 cash prize.

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51 years ago four A&T freshmen refused to leave a Woolworth’s lunch counter

BY JONATHAN ALEXANDER ECHO STAFF REPORTER

It all happened Feb. 1, 1960, in a very segregated North Carolina, when four African-American college students from N.C. A&T organized a sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro.

The four freshmen, who became known as the Greensboro Four, were Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, and David Richmond.

Their defiant act spread like wildfire. Soon black and white students — 75,000 in all — spread over 55 cities, including Durham, to join the sit-in.

The purpose? To fight for what America was supposed to stand for: that “all men are created equal.”

To commemorate the 51th anniversary of this event, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum opened in Greensboro on Feb. 1, 2010.

N.C. Central University business administration graduate Melvin Alson was one of the founders of the museum. Alston is now a Guilfod County Commissioner.

The museum’s entrance features a large poster of the Greensboro Four.

The museum tour begins with a historical video, followed by the “Hall of Shame.”

Greensboro’s International Civil Rights Center & Museum and a bus seat signed by Rosa Parks during a visit to Greensboro.

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The Hall of Shame consists of horrible images of blacks, and their white supporters, being terrorized and killed for standing up for civil rights.

One stark image shows the lynching of a black man while white viewers — even a father with his young boy – watch as if being enter-

tained.

“We are not born prejudiced. That is something we are taught,” said Anita Johnson, the tour guide.

Johnson, who has guided tours since the museum’s opening, is openly emotional as she guides viewers through the museum.

“Everything for blacks

was inferior,” she said. “Life for black people wasn’t fair.”

After the Hall of Shame, there is a short video of the four students in their dorm room, planning the sit-in.

“These students didn’t want to be served food, they wanted to be served equality,” said Johnson.

The lunch counter that

was desegregated almost 51 years ago is on display in the museum, just as it was back then.

The tour concludes with image of President Barack that is form from many individual pictures of activists that fought for civil rights .

Museum tours cost $8 for students, $10 for others.

The power of picking cotton

BY GABRIEL AIKENS ECHO STAFF REPORTER

There was much excitement in B.N. Duke Auditorium last Wednesday when the authors of “Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption” came to N. C. Central University to tell their extraordinary true story.

North Carolinians Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton formed a surprising friendship after she and another young woman

,wrongfully accused him of raping them in Burlington, N.C. C o t t o n faced two life sentences.

DNA evidence finally cleared his name after he had spent 11 years in prison.

On June 30, 1995, Ronald Cotton became the first postconviction DNA exoneree in North Carolina.

Black History Month Events n Feb. 10 at 2:30 p.m.

“Literature, Quilts and AfricanAmerican History” in the Shepard Library. n Feb. 11, 12, 18, 19 at 8 p.m.

Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Ruined” at the University Theatre. n Feb. 12 “Historic Thousands on Jones Street” at Shaw University. n Feb. 15 at 11:40 a.m.

“Envisioning the Future of North Carolina’s AfricanAmerican Heritage,” presented

by Michelle Lanier in the Shepard Library. n Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. “Talk With You Like a Woman: AfricanAmerican Women, Justice and Reform in New York, 18901935,” presented by Dr. Cheryl Hicks in the H.M. Michuax School of Education.

PBS’s “Frontline” aired a special in 1997 entitled “What Jennifer Saw,” in which Thompson-Cannino and Cotton talked about the incident and shared their experience.

Attorneys, police officers, and professors also participated in the show.

Because Jennifer was afraid to meet Cotton, their TV scenes were shot separately. “I took away 11 years of his life that he can’t have back,” Thompson-Cannino

told the audience Wednesday.

“I knew he’d want revenge.

I would too if I was him.”

But Cotton expressed no bitterness toward her during that TV special. He said he had forgiven her long ago and knew she was sorry for what she had done, but he wanted to “hear it from her herself.”

Thompson-Cannino finally gathered the courage to meet Cotton face-to-face in a small church to apologize.

Since then, the two have become friends, appearing

on national radio and public seminars to tell their story and raise awareness about judicial reform.

The tour led to their book, which they signed copies of during their visit to NCCU. “It was really inspiring,” said chemistry junior Janet Onabanjo.

“I didn’t know someone could be so forgiving,” she said. The lesson she took away from the authors, she said, was “Patience is a virtue.”

A very hard Black History Month quiz 1. What was the first American colony to abolish slavery?

2. What is the name of the first black newspaper?

3. The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 destroyed what prosperous black community?

4. What was the name of the first slave ship built in the English colonies?

5. When was the importation of slaves outlawed in the U.S.?

6. Who was the first black astronaut to walk in space?

7. How big was the price on Harriet Tubman's head?

8. Where did Frederick Douglass get his last name?

9. At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?

10. What percentage of Southern families owned large plantations?

11. Who popularized the slogan "Africa for the Africans at home and abroad?"

12. How did Jackie Robinson do in his first major league game?

13. Where did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., get his doctorate?

14. What did the "N" in SNCC stand for?

15. Where was Malcolm X killed?

16. For what crime did Malcolm X go to prison?

17. What was "Resurrection City?"

18. How many times did Jesse Jackson run for the U.S. presidency?

19. In what year was Martin Luther King Day first observed as a federal holiday?

20. Who was the first black woman senator?

21. Which Civil War soldier was the first African-American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor?

22. What event sparked the founding of the NAACP?

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Here’s a graduation option Teach for America seeks talented college graduates

BY ASHLEY GRIFFIN ECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

With only 103 days left to graduation, some college seniors may be at a lost as to their future careers.

So if your’re still uncertain, or worried about finding a job, you might consider this option: Teach For America.

Teach for America is a

non-profit organization that recruits recent college graduates to teach in low-income communities across the United States for two years.

Teach for America’s looks for individuals from all backgrounds, majors, and professional experiences.

“You could be that teacher who makes going to college possible for more

African American kids growing up in any major rural or urban community where educational opportunities are scarce and unacceptable,” said Crystal Ward recruitment director.

The program started in

1989, when founder Wendy Kopp came up with an idea to help decrease the educational inequity while writing her thesis at Princeton University.

The focus of the program is the nation’s education gap.

The educational gap is defined as the disparity between racial, gender, or socioeconomic groups on a number of educational measures.

The gap can be observed in a variety of measures such as standardized test scores, grade point averages, dropout rates and high school completion rates.

According to the Edwin Gould Foundation a recent study found that less than 17 percent of African American and Latino students will finish high school and graduate from college.

Teach for America tries to

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match selected teachers to the region of their choice.

Salaries range from $31,000-$55,000 a year, based on the cost of living in the teaching location.

Selected teachers also received a lump sum of $10,700 that can be used to pay off student loans or for future college expenses.

They also receive medical insurance and moving expenses.

The program requires a 2.5 GPA, evidence of leadership and perseverance, and a desire to make an impact on a child’s life.

The competition to get into Teach for America is fierce: Last year just 4,500 out of 45,000 were admitted into the program.

The application deadline for Teach for America is Feb. 4. It is available at www.teachforamerica.org.

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EGYPT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Initial reaction was mostly negative among protesters in Tahrir Square, where earlier Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians — more than a million by some estimates — staged a festive rally to demand the president’s ouster.

“He’s leaving! He’s leaving!” some protesters shouted gleefully. More than an hour after he spoke, however, chants continued to echo from Tahrir Square as protesters vowed to keep flooding Egypt’s streets until Mubarak heeded their demand to resign immediately.

“We have only one condition: We need Mubarak to be out of our lives,” said Mostafa Fathy, 28, an online journalist and activist.

“He’s supposed to be out of the game now.”

The 82-year-old Mubarak appeared to make some concessions to the protesters, saying there should be presidential term limits and fewer restrictions on who can run for public office.

But he didn’t dissolve parliament, which is filled almost completely with members of his ruling party.

All day long, protesters had chanted, “Leave!” It came from the mouths of children draped in the Egyptian flag, bearded clerics in turbans, teenagers dancing to a drumbeat and elderly women with tears in their eyes. Long before the president’s speech, cameras flashed and video recorders rolled as the protesters documented what they hoped would go down in Egyptian history as the end of Mubarak’s regime.

“In my whole life, I’ve never known another president, and suddenly I can’t imagine how he can stay for even one more day,” said Tasneem Osman, 26.

“He has to go. He will go.”

Before Mubarak’s appearance around 11 p.m., state TV stations mostly ignored the crowds in the square, instead airing call-in shows with government supporters and dismissing independent news coverage as tainted by foreign interests. The government’s intense pressure on the protesters continued: an Internet shutdown, spotty phone service, a nationwide curfew, shuttered banks, no trains from other provinces and a crackdown on journalists.

Despite the obstacles, this week-old rebellion with no clearly defined leadership drew massive crowds in an atmosphere that was peaceful and jubilant well into the night.

Young protesters made up chants like freestyle rappers, playing with puns

and rhymes.

Placards depicted Mubarak as Hitler or with devilish horns. An effigy of the president dangled from a noose tied to a traffic light.

“The people said it clearly: They want a new democratic regime and this regime has lost its legitimacy,” opposition politician Mohamed ElBaradei told Al-Jazeera television. “I would have liked that President Mubarak would listen to the sounds of the millions that went out today.”

Even without Mubarak’s immediate ouster, the movement has achieved in a week something opposition groups have attempted in vain for decades.

Mubarak was forced to name his first-ever vice president, the former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. Habib el Adly, the interior minister who was detested for the alleged brutality of his police force, was unceremoniously sacked.

A young boy was perched on a man’s shoulders, waving an Egyptian flag as he yelled a chant aimed at Suleiman. The newly appointed vice president is a strong contender for interim leadership should Mubarak leave sooner.

“We don’t need America’s man. Omar Suleiman, leave the country!” the boy shouted. More than a dozen adult protesters chanted along with him, cheering and snapping photos.

The anti-government movement has steadily grown more defiant — and more disciplined.

While military tanks hung back on the outskirts of the square, citizen volunteers checked IDs and searched Egyptians streaming into the square.

In the middle of the frenzy, ordinary people were collecting trash — a rare sight in Egypt even when the country is not in turmoil.

“I came for the liberation of my country,” said Yahya Zakaria, 29, slight man with sunken cheeks who took a bus several hundred miles from southern Egypt to Cairo to participate in the Jan. 25 protest, the first major rally.

He’s been camping in the square ever since, and on Tuesday he picked up garbage.

Zakaria’s voice was hoarse from chanting slogans such as, “Mubarak, you are cheap; Egypt is worth more than you!”

He needed a change of clothes, but he seemed convinced that the only president he’s ever known was on his way out.

“Before, I didn’t love my country,” he said. “Now I love my country a lot.”

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"It's dehumanizing this idea that a person can be 'illegal,' and by calling someone an alien you label them as an 'other' as not human," Xochitlquetzal said. The community studies major at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has a remarkable memory and tells vivid stories from childhood, many of which come back to an endless struggle for acceptance.

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— Xochitlquetzal hates the words “illegal” and “alien,” especially side by side.

“It’s dehumanizing this idea that a person can be ‘illegal,’ and by calling someone an alien you label them as an ‘other’ as not human,” the University of California, Santa Cruz, student said.

The community studies major has a remarkable memory and tells vivid stories from childhood, many of which come back to an endless struggle for acceptance.

Xochitlquetzal carries a serious demeanor, with broad shoulders that seem to support an unseen weight.

None of this is surprising when Xochitlquetzal stares with his large, dark, emotive eyes and begins to tell the story of growing up in California an undocumented immigrant and transgender.

Xochitlquetzal is a nickname. The student’s legal name is being withheld to protect identity.

Xochitlquetzal neither identifies as a female nor a male.

Xochitlquetzal’s father immigrated to the United States from Mexico City, and helped pay for the guide, or “coyote,” that would lead the infant Xochitlquetzal, an older brother and two uncles across the Mexico/U.S. border into California.

One uncle carried Xochitlquetzal on his back, the 3-year-old bouncing up and down, cold and hungry, as they ran under the cover of darkness through the desert. The uncle tripped on a rock, and Xochitlquetzal went flying. Scraped and

bleeding, the uncle wiped the blood off the young child’s face, muttered a Spanish curse word and kept running.

Eventually they made it to Concord, Calif., to be with their father, where the real battle would begin.

Xochitlquetzal’s father immediately instilled the importance of learning English in his two children, knowing it would be a key to their assimilation.

Coming to the country at 3, Xochitlquetzal had no problem feeling at home. It was the vitriolic atmosphere in Concord that challenged that notion.

One day, while walking home from school with a classmate, immigration officials pulled up. The friend ran, and they chased after him, leaving a terrified Xochitlquetzal behind. The friend never came back.

Later, Xochitlquetzal was attacked by a group in Concord that yelled “go home” and an immigrant slur as they swung with bats.

The assault left the student bruised and bloody, feeling isolated and targeted, but it also sparked a political side and a devotion to nonviolent protest.

Later, while posting fliers for a march of undocumented immigrants, Xochitlquetzal was accosted again. The attackers ripped up the fliers, swore, said go back to “your country” and spit on the student’s face.

“That one hurt a lot,” Xochitlquetzal said.

At that point the burgeoning activist was devoted to aiding the cause, and helped organize school walkouts in 1998 to support AB 540, the

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California legislation passed in 2001 that offered in-state tuition to undocumented students, children of military personnel and others who attended California high schools for at least three years.

Xochitlquetzal hears the chorus, the one coming from advocates of tougher immigration enforcement saying “go home.” But if this isn’t home, where is? The student looked into filing for citizenship or transgender status asylum, but to no avail.

The student is wary of giving critics “ammunition” against undocumented immigrants. Xochitlquetzal does not work, has no driver’s license and, since the money for education comes mostly from donations and fundraising, lives frugally.

There are no expensive lattes to make it through allnighters, beers to celebrate an “A” paper or any other unnecessary expenses.

“We’re talking about a highly driven, highly passionate student.

Undocumented students really want their education,” said Rosie Cabrera, director of the Chicano Latino Resource Center at UCSC. “They are mostly from lowincome backgrounds and they are high achievers who are used to doing exceptionally well.

“These students have to do a lot of creative financing and fundraising, and their parents go through tremendous sacrifice for them to be here. Something average students take for granted, such as buying books, can be a challenge for them,” she said.

With other UCSC stu-

dents, some with a legal status, others without, Xochitlquetzal lives in an informal co-op not too far from downtown Santa Cruz.

They share resources, cooking and shopping for the group.

Xochitlquetzal, not eligible for state or federal financial aid as an undocumented student, takes time off from school every now and then to raise money. The student participated twice in the “Tour de Dreams,” in which undocumented students ride bicycles between Berkeley and Los Angeles, raising money with every mile covered.

There are between 35 and 50 undocumented students at UCSC, according to administration, and once on campus Xochitlquetzal eagerly anticipated a welcoming community. The student joined Students Informing Now, a group advocating for undocumented students, and interned at the Lionel Cantu Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Intersex Resource Center.

There are counselors and support networks at UCSC that help, but Xochitlquetzal said some students still do not accept their presence and barriers to acceptance persist.

“There is a deep sense of isolation,” Cabrera said.

“When you come to the university it’s supposed to be such a wonderful time for students. They come into their own as young adults, and learn so much about their identity. But with the undocumented students there is a shroud. They think, ‘I can’t let people know truly who I am, they don’t know how I feel.’”

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Freshmen feeling ovewhelmed

BY LARRY GORDON LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)

BY THOMAS H. MAUGH II LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)

LOS ANGELES — More than 1.2 million people began taking anti-HIV therapy in 2009, a 30 percent increase that brings the worldwide total to 5.2 million, UNAIDS said Monday in its annual report, but that still leaves 10 million people in the developing world in need of access to the lifesaving drugs.

Since the pandemic peaked in 1999, new infections have fallen by 19 percent — in some key countries by 25 percent or more.

Expanding access to treatment has yielded a 19 percent decline in deaths since 2004.

“That clearly demonstrates that with confidence and conviction we have broken the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic,” Dr. Paul De Lay, deputy executive director of the UNAIDS program branch, said at a news conference Monday. “Fewer are infected, fewer are dying.”

But those gains are at risk because of the economy, Bernhard Schwartlander, chief epidemiologist at UNAIDS, said at the news confer-

ence. “In 2009, for the first time, the funds available for fighting the epidemic were less than in the previous year.”

In 2008, international funding was $7.7 billion.

The next year, it dropped to $7.6 billion. The United Nations estimates that achieving its goal of universal access to AIDS drugs will require at least $15 billion a year.

Eric Goosby, U.S. global AIDS coordinator, said in a statement that the United States has been stretching its funding through a variety of approaches, including switching from air transportation for medications to ocean and land transport and increasing the use of generic drugs.

In a report last week in the British Medical Journal, Dr. Eran Bendavid of Stanford University Medical School and his colleagues said it has been possible to continue expanding treatment programs amid slow funding growth because of substantial declines in drug prices brought about by the use of generics: a drop from $1,177 per year per patient in 2003 to $96 in 2008. But they said those price drops

are unlikely to continue and that further expansion will require new infusions of funds.

Schwartlander called on low-income countries to carry a bigger share of the burden, noting that “90 percent of AIDS spending in low-income countries now comes from international sources. That creates a dependency we must overcome.”

But A. Cornelius Baker, an AIDS expert on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, cautioned that it was important to continue to provide support for people in the poorest countries. “People should not have to spend themselves into poverty to stay alive,” he said.

“Even when drugs are made available much more cheaply than in the United States, when they are living on $2 a day,” it is simply not feasible for them to pay for the drugs, he said.

Some of the most impressive gains noted in the new report have been in sub-Saharan Africa, which has borne the brunt of the AIDS pandemic.

In 22 countries in the region, the incidence of HIV infections fell by at

least 22 percent from 2001 to 2009 as a result of education and prevention programs.

Nearly 37 percent of adults and children in the region who were eligible for antiretroviral therapy in 2009 received it, compared with just 2 percent seven years earlier.

Not all the news is good.

In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the number of people living with HIV almost tripled from 2000 to 2009, climbing to 1.4 million people. Russia and Ukraine are particular problem areas, accounting for nearly 90 percent of all new infections in the region.

The epidemic there is concentrated primarily among drug abusers, sex workers and, to a lesser extent, gay males.

Authorities are also seeing a resurgence in HIV infections among gay males in the United States and Europe, according to the report.

The total number of people living with HIV in the two regions grew from 1.8 million in 2001 to 2.3 million in 2009, with about 35,000 deaths in 2009, compared with 37,000 in 2001.

LOS ANGELES — This year’s college freshmen report feeling higher levels of emotional and financial stress than their predecessors did, according to a national survey conducted by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The annual “American Freshman” report, released Thursday, showed that only about half of current firstyear students, 51.9 percent, rated their emotional health above average or higher, down from 55.3 percent last year and the lowest since the question was first asked 25 years ago.

Just 45.9 percent of women in the class described themselves as emotionally strong, compared with 59.1 percent of the men.

In addition, nearly twothirds of this year’s freshmen, 62.1 percent, said the recession had affected their choice of college, and 73.4 percent, up from 70 percent last year, are depending on grants and scholarships to help them through.

The young people, interviewed just before they started classes in the fall, also reported relatively high rates of parental unemployment.

“What it means is that going into college, students are already feeling more stress and feeling more overwhelmed and have lower emotional reserves to deal with that stress,” said John H. Pryor, lead author of the report and managing director of UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute, which operates the survey.

First given in 1966, the annual survey is considered the nation’s most comprehensive assessment of college students’ attitudes. This year’s report was based on the responses of more than 201,000 incoming freshmen at 279 four-year colleges and universities around the United States.

Pryor said he was struck this year by the gap between

young men and young women in discussing whether they frequently felt overwhelmed by all they had to do at school, home and jobs as high school seniors.

Nearly 39 percent of women said they were often overwhelmed, more than twice the share of the men.

Overall, more than 29 percent said they had felt such stress, up 2 percentage points from the year before.

The gender gap, Pryor speculated, may be attributed to what young people do at home.

“The guys are spending more time in stress-relieving activities, like watching TV and playing video games.

The girls are more likely to be helping out with chores at home,” he said, citing responses to other questions in the survey.

But on the positive side, record high proportions of the freshmen said they expected to participate in clubs and community service in college and to receive good grades.

A strong majority, 57.6 percent, said there was a “very good chance” they would be satisfied with their college experience, the highest share since 1982. Pryor said he found that optimism to be heartening.

The report also looks at political attitudes of students, finding that 46.4 percent describe themselves as middle-of-the-road, 30.2 percent liberal or far left and 23.5 percent conservative or far right.

Researchers say that shows a modest shift from the liberal and left side of the spectrum to the middle, and may indicate a slight waning of the enthusiastic youth activism surrounding President Barack Obama’s election in 2008.

In a new question this year, the survey found solid support among students for the legal right of gays and lesbians to adopt children, with 76.5 percent agreeing strongly or somewhat. That included a majority of freshmen who described themselves as conservative or far right politically.

Life expectancy in U.S. slowing compared to other countries U.S. healthcare system not effective at prevention; smoking, obesity likely culprits

BY SHARI ROAN LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)

LOS ANGELES — Life expectancy has risen in the United States over the last 25 years, but it’s not rising as fast as it once was.

And, compared with other developed nations, U.S. life expectancy doesn’t

measure up.

In a report released Tuesday by the National Research Council, experts describe U.S. life expectancy as a “poor performance” compared with many other countries given the fact that the United States spends far more on health care than any other nation.

For U.S. males, life expectancy at birth increased by about 5.5 years (from 69.9 to 75.5) from 1980 to 2006.

That’s good, but it still lags behind the average life-expectancy gains of 21 other countries.

Fo r U.S. women, life expectancy at birth increased by

about three years (from 77.5 to 80.7) from 1980 to 2006, which also ranks much lower than other developed nations.

Why aren’t Americans living the longest given the amount spent on health care?

According to the report, about half of the gap

between U.S. life expectancy and countries with higher life expectancy is due to heart-disease rates in the United States.

Moreover, among U.S. women, smoking appears to account for lower life expectancy relative to other countries.

Obesity may account for

one-fifth to one-third of the shortfall in U.S. life expectancy as compared with other countries, the report states.

Though the U.S. healthcare system prolongs life, it’s not nearly as effective when it comes to prevention, research said.

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The crew that had all of N.C. Central University “swimming on haters” is back with a new mixtape, “T.O.K.Y.O. Diamonds.”

The mixtape was released digitally Jan. 14 via the free file-sharing site 4share.com These young opportunistscome together under the moniker Team T.O.K.Y.O., which stands for Togetherness of Konfident Young Opportunists. Their new effort combines club bangers, love songs, and pure soul.

“T.O.K.Y.O. Diamonds” is meant to express the quality of music that the project offers.

The first single, “Everybody Freeze,” sounds

like a club banger that everybody can get their bounce on to.

The group’s members bring Southern swag, soulful lyrics, and club beats to perfection. The track list consists of songs that every hip-hop lover can vibe to, even the “soft” ones.

Malik Sky gives the track “Rainy Dayz,” a feel-good vibe that is perfect riding music.

His flow sounds like a combination of David Banner and Anthony Hamilton.

This love song was soulful yet entertaining and energetic.

On “Celebration,” the posse sounds similar to the Harlem collective Dipset.

The upbeat tempo is a toast to living the good life, celebrating success with a drink and the homies. 2B-

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The team remixed Wiz Khalifa’s infamous club banger, “Black and Yellow” on “Kush and Rellos.”

This is surely chill music that “smokers” can vibe to.

The album also has the extra DJ inputs that keep it authentic to the streets.

Its variety of beats can keep everybody’s head boppin’.

“You never know who’s listening to your music,” said mass communication senior Dev Dixon, whose alias is 2B-Announced.

“We want everybody that hears it to love it.”

Members of Team T.O.K.Y.O have all done individual musical projects in the past, but this is the first album that will showcase a collaboration of the whole group.

Next month Team T.O.K.Y.O will begin radio promotion for “T.O.K.Y.O Diamonds” before its official release on Valentine’s Day. More music, performances, club appearances and movies are all on Team T.O.K.Y.O’s schedule.

Their business approach is to take over the streets and the music industry.

“Team T.O.K.Y.O is more than just music, we’re a brand,” said Wade Banner, manager of the collective and K97.5 radio personality “With our combination of talented artists there aren’t any limits to our success.”

“T.O.K.Y.O Diamonds” compiles rhythm and chemistry into a mixtape that is a force to be reckoned with.

Look out for the official “T.O.K.Y.O Diamonds” mixtape release Feb. 14.

If you listened to Wiz Khalifa’s first single, “Black and Yellow,” then you know the young Pittsburg lad can go hard.

However, listen to follow-up effort “Roll Up,” and you would say this is not the Wiz I know.

Surprisingly, the same “Black and Yellow” producers, Stargate, take credit for this follow-up single. Stargate usually produces songs for R&B songs, including Beyoncé’s smash-hit, “Irreplaceable” and Rihanna’s “What’s My Name.”

Now I’ve listened to Wiz before — especially when he murdered Rick Ross’ “Super High” remix — and he is most definitely a dope rapper. But how does one go from “Black and Yellow” to this soft song?

In “Roll Up,” he is not talking about getting high — which may be shocking to most — but he is talking about whenever his lady friend — possibly Amber

Rose – needs him, he will be there.

Now if this was an R&B song for an R&B artist, then there’s no doubt about it hitting the charts.

But I would be surprised if “Roll Up” gets any play time on the radio, because it doesn’t feel like mainstream track.

It’s just something for the album.

But then again, it does give me that feel of Fabolous’ new banger, “Killing ’Em,” which currently gets a lot of airtime.

Since Wiz is a new artist he has to come even harder because he hasn’t been in the industry for long.

If he wanted to go soft, he should have gotten a better production team, such as The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, which has done luxurious work on Rick Ross’ “Deeper than Rap” and “Teflon Don” albums.

My suggestion to Wiz is that if you want to go soft and give the ladies something they can relate to, especially since you’re known for rapping about getting high all the time — then do so with the right production.

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Disney’s “The Lion King” returns to N.C.

BY DAVID FITTS ECHO ONLINE EDITOR

Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase!

These words should be familiar to everyone who has seen or heard of Disney’s “The Lion King.”

If you have not seen the screen version, you’re missing a great film.

The Broadway show, directed by Julie Taymor and now in its 14th year, was in Durham January 4 30 at the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC).

The stage version features dances and songs not seen in the film, featuring the musical talent of Lebo M and others.

Music from its cinematic predecessor by Elton John and Tim Rice, and Hans Zimmer also brings the film to life onstage.

The story of “The Lion King” focuses on the growth of Simba, a young lion prince who is next in line to become king of “Pride Rock.”

His uncle Scar tricks him into running away after Mufasa, Simba’s father, dies during a wildebeest stampede.

Simba runs away since he believes his father’s death was his fault.

This allows Scar to become king.

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J. Anthony Crane as Scar and Dionne Randolph as Mufasa face off.

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Years later, Simba finds his way back home with the help of Timon, a meerkat, and Timon, a warthog, who become his best friends.

Simba reconnects with Nala, the lioness from his past, and they fall in love.

The friends retake “Pride Rock,” allowing Simba to become king after Scar’s death.

The visuals are stunning, making the audience

clap and wonder how producers pulled off such scenes as an elephant walking through the audience, then Mufasa’s head appearing in the sky to speak to Simba.

This show is not only fun, it offers life lessons for children and adults.

By being able to see the emotion expressed onstage, the audience feels and believes what they are seeing.

“The Lion King” is a must-see for fans of the film and Broadway alike.

You will find yourself singing along and becoming emotional, your mouth hanging open, wanting more.

No matter where you can see the show, you have to check it out and be a part of the Circle of Life.

The show’s next scheduled stop will be Feb 1-20 in Providence, R.I.

N.C. Central University alumnus Jeff Toliver is cofounder and brand director of the online magazine “The Smugger,” launched in August 2009.

“The Smugger” is the perfect mash-up of “GQ” style, “Esquire” class, and “Complex” edge.

The online publication distinguishes itself by focusing on the unique and distinct, urbane, multi-cultural audience.

“The difference between us and our competitors are, their main focus in on fashion, while our focus is on the lifestyle of a stylish individual,” said Toliver.

The publication’s goal is to reach sophisticated urbane males from the ages 21-35 who are new graduate, students or who are just getting started in their career.

As a guide for urban men, “The Smugger” provides style tips, etiquette advice, financial management and dating advice.

“Smugger” readers are extremely extroverted and enjoy the city lifestyle.

They know how to

express themselves through the way they dress, eat and talk.

In all, “The Smugger” has received 56,000 visits from the United States alone, as well as 3,000 from Canada, 3,000 from the United Kingdom, 1,600 from Germany, 900 from France, 700 from Austria, 600 from Brazil, 190 from South Africa and 170 from Japan.

Getting traffic for the Web site wasn’t easy. The 25year-old Maryland native attended events and met people connected with the young professional lifestyle marketing and researched via social media, which Toliver said is the publication’s “main marketing tool.”

As the publication’s brander, Toliver handles social media work and proposals, while ensuring everything is run properly.

Besides working with his brand, Toliver has embarked on new projects, including Life Kit, which produces beaded jewelry.

“We are in the process of creating a beaded jewelry that represents the smugger as a marketing campaign in the future,” he said.

RUINED CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 Asabi most recently directed “Sarafina,” “Slappin’ God in the Face,” and “Fabulation” at the Unversity Theatre.

“I like directing plays that are culturally and politically driven,” said Asabi, explaining that she wants to bring plays to NCCU that expose and educate people about historical issues.

Asabi said that some might have a hard time relating to the situation faced by the rape victims in “Ruined,” but that she wants the audience “to feel empathy and sympathy for these young women.”

According to Asabi, government soldiers themselves came up with the term “ruined.”

The title refers to women who have been raped and then dropped off at their home villages, where they are shunned and rejected by their tribe and families.

The play explores a

On the set: “Ruined”director Stephanie “Asabi” Howard (front) with stage manager Marissa Gainey, a tech theatre sophomore.

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group of “ruined” rape victims working as prostitutes in a Congolese bar and brothel. The brothel is run by one Mama Nadi, played by theatre sophomore Kammeran Giggers.

Nadi rules with an iron fist. She takes no nonsense from the male patrons and provides a refuge for the exiled girls.

Much of the play revolves around the relationships

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among Mama Nadi, Sophie, played by theatre freshman Kaylin Smith, Salima, played by theatre senior Tara-Whitney Rison, and Josephine, played by theatre senior Talisha Askew.

Here’s how a review in World Socialist describes the arrival of the Sophie and Salima at Mama Nadi’s brothel: “Sophie and Salima, another young woman from her village,

stand wide-eyed with a mixture of emotions — fear, anticipation and hope — as they grasp the possibility that they may be ‘saved’ from further suffering and even death by the chance to work in a brothel, an opportunity they are desperate to accept.”

According to a New York Times review of “Ruined,” which ran at the Manhattan Theater Club, Nottage “has endowed the frail-looking Sophie, as well as the formidable Mama, with a strength that transforms this tale of ruin into a clear-eyed celebration of endurance.”

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The action in “Ruined,” which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009, takes place in the Democratic Republic of Congo during what is sometimes called Africa’s World War, a war that involved eight countries, lasted from 19962003, and took over 5 million lives.

According to a UNICEF report over 200,000 women were raped during the conflict.

Nottage’s searing play examines the personal toll experienced by a handful of these women.

Nottage, who says she was inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her Children,” actually went to Africa in 2004 to hear firsthand the stories of women rape victims.

She is known for plays that explore the lives of AfricanAmerican women, and she has won numerous awards for “Intimate Apparel,” “Fabulation, or the ReEducation of Undine and Crumbs for the Table of Joy.” NCCU’s production will be directed by Stephanie “Asabi” Howard.

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Raheem Alexander (left), as Commander Osembenga, Quan Acappella (far right), as Christian, with Kammeron Giggers, as Mama Nadi, in the bar and brothel.

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Kammeron Giggers, who plays Mama NadI, checks out her costume in the mirror.

In the background is Kayln Smith, who plays Sophie.

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Costume designer Pamela Bond measures fabric for a “Ruined” costume.

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With 23 seconds left in the second half, a roaring crowd and down 66-64 to the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats.

The N.C. Central University Men’s basketball team looked poised to knock off the MEAC front-runner.

Unfortunately for Eagle fans, the victory was not sealed and the team fell 6764.

Coming out of their final timeout the Eagles got the ball in the hot hands of senior guard C.J. Wilkerson who was 6-12 from the field.

Wilkerson drove toward the basket, got bumped by a defender in what looked to be a foul, and lost the basketball.

“It was a ball screen for C.J.” said head coach LeVelle Moton. “We knew they were going to doubleteam it and when they did, C.J., got nudged and lost it.

But he has to be stronger with the basketball and he knows that.”

In a closely contested match-up which went through several spurts and multiple lead changes and saw an early 12-point lead by the Eagles reduced within 5 minutes.

The teams seemed wellmatched in talent and each

NCCU b-ball finds niche EDITORIAL BY

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Although the 2011 football schedule looks tough on paper, Head Coach Henry Frazier III and his players still have high expectations.

They will look at each game the same, regardless the name of the team.

“We’re going to play every team like they’re number one in the nation,” said running back/kick returner Arthur Goforth.

The first game of the season will be at Division IFBS, Big East opponent Rutgers University, in Camden, N.J. on Sept. 1.

Frazier is excited to get things going.

“We’ll get film and figure out their tendencies, but every team changes from year to year,” said Frazier.

This past season Rutgers amassed four wins and eight losses, but still has the potential to be the toughest opponent on the schedule.

The Eagles still appear confident that they can overcome the monumental feat in front of them.

“Just like App State beat Michigan, we can beat any team,” said Goforth. He was referring to 2007, when Appalachian State defeated powerhouse Michigan 34-32 in maybe the biggest upset in college football history.

N.C. Central University’s first of five home games will be against Elon University at O’Kelly Riddick Stadium.

Only 43 miles separate the schools and it will be the

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Forward Nick Chasten wrestles the ball away from a FAMU Rattler.

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individual player gridlocked in an intense completion with his counterpart.

“They (BethuneCookman) made significant plays at significant times.

They made their layups and we didn’t,” said Moton.

Nick Chasten, the team’s leading rebounder, was forced to sit on the bench because of early foul trouble, limiting his minutes.

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first time the teams will battle in 15 years.

The last game of the season pits the Eagles against longtime rival N.C. A&T University.

The game will be played in Greensboro. The game which used to be called the Aggie-Eagle classic is a much-anticipated rivalry game, as it has always been.

The Eagles have that game especially highlighted on their schedule.

Coach Frazier and players are elated, remarking that any time you play your rival it’s a big game. NCCU has won four out of the last five games versus the Aggies.

The Eagles look to continue to win against A&T in arguably the biggest rivalry among HBCUs in the state.

More importantly, NCCU will be eligible to compete for the MEAC championship this upcoming season.

In its first season they will face such familiar foes as Hampton, to whom they lost in the final minutes of last year’s games.

Also, defending CoMEAC champions BethuneCookman visit O’Kelly Riddick stadium for the second straight year.

The Eagles travel to Dover to avenge its 29-7 loss to Delaware State.

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24 matches Savannah State and NCCU for the first time as fullfledged MEAC members.

Also this fall, Florida A&M University, visits Durham for the first time since 1973.

As a result, the Wildcats out-rebounded the Eagles 35-30, getting big rebounds at big times.

The biggest and most crucial rebound was an offensive one by the Wildcats with 32 seconds left after a missed threepointer.

That led to a foul by the Eagles, which put Bethune guard C.J. Reed on the line.

Reed made his first attempt but clanked his second one before the Eagles’ turnover, putting the Wildcats up by two points.

The turnover capped the victory for the Wildcats, snapping a three-game winning streak by the Eagles.

“They wanted it more and that just can’t happen,” said Moton. “We just got to go back and regroup and

thank God for another blessing.”

The Eagles hope to get back on track with their upcoming road trip against Howard University and High Point University.

“It’s going to be a dog fight,” said Moton.

“Every game in the MEAC is going to be a dog fight coming down to one or two possessions.”

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With ten minutes to go in the first half of Monday night’s women’s basketball game against the BethuneCookman Wildcats, senior center and Jori Nwachucwu committed her second foul, which sent her to the bench early to stay out of more foul trouble.

Wildcats post players Sarah Bolden and Amanda Hairston took advantage pf the N.C. Central University front-court, combining for 36 points and 20 rebounds en route to a 64-53 victory over NCCU. The lady Eagles got off to a good start, jumping out to an 11-5 lead before the Lady Wildcats clawed past them never relinquishing the lead after obtaining it.

“We got off to a good start tonight actually then we went thru a flat spurt,” said associate Head Coach Antonio O. Davis.

Coming out of halftime down by 10 points, the Eagles began to make a run, cutting the lead to six points before BethuneCookman killed that rally with another run of their own.

“We missed too many lay-ups. That was pivotal.

Women’s basketball team huddles up during its Monday night basketball game vs. Bethune-C Cookman.

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That would have killed some of their momentum,” said Davis.

Statistically the Lady Eagles were not drastically overmatched in many of the categories except for field goal percentage. The Lady Wildcats shot 37.5 percent from the field while the Lady Eagles shot 28.3. They also lost the turnover battle 18 to 15.

“The turnovers were secondary. Tonight we needed our role players to

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The Eagles were led by Shanise Blanks on the perimeter, who scored a team high 17 points, and Nwachucwu on the interior, who logged her 9th double-double of the season with an 11-point, 11rebound performance.

NCCU, who came into the game with a 2-18 record, will look to rebound against Howard University Saturday in D.C.

In its fourth year as a Division 1 competitor, the N.C. Central University Men’s basketball team has faced mammoth opponents in Indiana University, University Miami and University of Michigan.

Three-quarters of the way into its schedule the team is faring much better than it has since making the jump to Division I. The men have a 10-10 record with 10 more games to go, which is already 3 wins more than last year’s team, which finished with a 7-22 record.

In fact if the Eagles complete the season over .500 it will be the first time since the 2004-2005 basketball season, which saw the Eagles under previous head coach Henry Dickerson finish 16-12.

With the influx of MEAC schools, the schedule is more manageable this year.

Last year’s team had to venture 16,846 miles in 16 away games.

The team has made great improvements recently, defeating long- time rival N.C. A&T in an overtime thriller which saw senior guard C.J. Wilkerson score 41 points, the most of any men’s basketball player in 26 years.

The Eagles have done well against future MEAC foes logging five wins and three losses in eight games.

This year the team has blended the multifaceted skills of three prime-time players.

The expert 3-point shooting ability of junior guard Landon Clement, who is averaging 17.9 ppg and is on pace to demolish the school’s season 3-point record held by his current coach, Levelle Moton.

The leadership, scoring prowess, and aggressiveness of C.J. Wilkerson has paid major dividends for the Eagles as the leading scorer this season, averaging 19.6 ppg.

Junior forward Nick Chasten also brings an element that most teams lack — an inside game.

In 20 games this season he is averaging 10.5 ppg and 7.6 rpg, giving the Eagles a perimeter and interior presence.

The Eagles will head to the MEAC tournament on March 12 to take on Savannah State in a game of future full-fledged MEAC members.

The improved team has the NCCU community buzzing about the possibility of next year’s team, winning a MEAC championship.

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Dear Campus Echo: Upon reading the latest issue of the NCCU’s Campus Echo, I must admit that I was truly at a loss for words at the article entitled “CLA dean search draws fire.”

The article in various ways slanders Dr. Carlton Wilson, current dean of the College of Liberal Arts and former chair of the department of history.

As a former student of Dr. Wilson I felt insulted, as the article challenged his “fundraising experience [and] scholarly credentials.”

Dr. Wilson has taught, as the article notes, for over 30 years and within that time he has greatly added to the historiography of the African diaspora, both from his analysis of the studying African diaspora and from his work on the black experience in Britain.

The article fails to mention this in the letter, which forces me to ask the question is this the NCCU we all know?

The institution I know and love is one that fosters truth and service.

The truth and service of Dr. Wilson cannot be argued, unless as done in the Campus Echo, it is overlooked for the sake of a story.

Beyond adding to the historiography of the African diaspora, Dr. Wilson had changed the lives of countless students both within the department and out.

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studying of Europe came about because of the many courses which I took under Dr. Wilson.

The article fails to take any note of his teaching skills and the impact he has had on students.

Rather the article alleges that he is simply unqualified for the job.

I wonder, if his thirty years of teaching and scholarship do not present him as a qualified dean then what does?

This again forces me to ask the question, is this the NCCU we all know?

Beyond chairing the department of history, this past years Dr. Wilson set as chair for the ASALH conference which was held this year in Raleigh, N.C. Further Dr. Wilson also was a member of various committees which across the campus such as graduation and convocation.

Further Dr. Wilson organized student volunteers for the SNCC conference in 2010, which was held on the campus of Shaw University exposing students to their own history.

This is a primary example of how his teaching reaches beyond the classroom.

As would be expected the article failed to mention any of the statements from the latter.

Rather the article chose to create controversy and taint the reputation of Dr. Wilson.

The Campus Echo has not only done Dr. Wilson a great disservice but it also discredited the motto of “Truth and Service” which we love to use with such great zeal.

Dr. Wilson had served the

University in honorable fashion and in no way does he deserve to be caught in middle of duplicitous phrasing from the search committee or from the Echo.

Upon reading the article countless times I have concluded that the Echo has attempted to paint Dr. Wilson as a villain of some sort.

However in reality the lack of analysis into who Dr. Wilson is as a scholar, teacher and mentor, has placed the Echo in the sphere of being the villain who simply leeches upon gossip for the sake of readers.

Thus I wonder is this the NCCU we all know?

James Blackwell History graduate Editor responds to James Blackwell: Thanks for your response to our news story. We appreciate how you have underscored Dean Wilson’s commitment to teaching and to the University.

We feel, however, that you fail to make a clear distinction between “the article” and what someone is cited as saying in the article.

For instance, you say that “the article challenged his fundraising experience [and] scholarly credentials.”

Not exactly: Someone is quoted in the article as stating that. The Campus Echo took no position on this or any other matter regarding Dean Wilson’s qualifications.

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“the article alleges that he is simple unqualified for the job.”

Not exactly: The article — or the Echo as you

seem to imply — doesn’t allege any such thing.

Someone cited in the article makes that point.

Additionally, you express concern that the story “failed to take note of his teaching skills ...” Duly noted, but we didn’t examine the teaching skills of any of the candidates in the story.

This is largely because the focus of the story was on questions raised by some about the selection process itself, not the qualifications of any single candidate.

How many searches does it take to please the provost?

Campus Echo: According to the Campus Echo article, “CLA dean search draws fire” (Jan. 19, 2011), three searches were conducted.

Only one person applied the first time, so the search was extended.

During the second search, three individuals were under consideration.

As most academics know, candidates sometimes withdraw their applications or turn down positions they have been offered.

So, at this point, the committee (and the provost) should have addressed the question, “Is this applicant pool adequate, or do we need to extend the search again?”

Apparently, either no one bothered to address this question or the committee (and the provost) decided to risk the possibility that they might end up with only one candidate.

The process moved for-

ward: interviews were scheduled.

Eventually, not too surprisingly, two candidates withdrew their names.

Given that the committee had not seemed concerned about the possibility of that outcome, it was perfectly reasonable to expect that the job would be offered to the remaining candidate, the committee’s second choice.

But at this late stage in the search process, the provost decided that the applicant pool was too small.

Should a provost exercise his power in this way?

At any rate, the timing of his decision raises questions: Did he now find the applicant pool too small because he wanted someone other than Dr. Mary Mathew (the committee’s second choice) to become Dean?

According to the Campus Echo article, the third search (like the second) yielded three candidates.

But again apparently no one was worried about the possibility that one or two candidates might withdraw their names or refuse the job offer.

Had the provost been faced, for a second time, with only one name left in the applicant pool, would he have decided, yet again, to extend the search?

Or would his decision have depended on which candidate remained?

Margaret Bockting English associate professor

Student: Echo “reeled into a hornet’s nest” Campus Echo: I was disappointed to learn of some of our English department’s faculty being disenchanted with the decision made concerning the appointment of our newly appointed dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

Your article headline “New CLA dean under Fire…” gave the impression that the new dean, selected for the position, had been fired before he ever started the job.

It then tied in a positive biographical overview of the dean, as though he had been interviewed for a genuine newsworthy story that turned out to be completely opposite of the intended purpose that was probably not even stated to him.

The fact that your article was done in that way is unfortunate; but, allowing the Echo to serve as the forum for faculty bull_ _ _ _, was even more disheartening.

The proper forum for the complaints aired, should have remained in the chambers of the faculty and administrators involved.

The only information I gained from it, which was too much information, was that the English Department appears to be in ruins, and now need to be cleaned up and out.

It appears that some of the faculty are upset that they or their colleagues have been demoted.

They are disgruntled, and used the Campus Echo to air it.

The article was interesting until it collided with what appeared to be a hornet’s nest that you, the Editor, did not realize you were being reeled into. This left the readers confused and baffled.

No fight is fair; but, when you have been invited into the ring, you can at least come out swinging knowing that you have an opponent.

Honesty about your purpose for interviewing the new dean would have allowed him opportunity for proper comment.

The article could have been done more tastefully, if published as separate pieces. The method, thus, lacked finesse.

From someone experienced at conducting national faculty searches, the ultimate decision concerning an appointment rests within the jurisdiction of the initiator of the search — not the Search Committee’s.

The drama exhibited here should never have landed on the Echo’s agenda.

Further, the attack on the person who landed the job was inappropriate, unwarranted, and leaves room for an apology. Question is, who is tough enough to render it?

My point — there are right and wrong ways of doing things. When we dig pits for others, “we” end up falling therein.

Danita Williams Mass communication and public administration senior

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e have more than 100 registered organizations on campus and I cannot tell.

Our campus life is not as active as it is supposed to be.

When I think of an organization, I think about responsibilities to organize programs.

I think we, the students, have a Martha right to use our Butler facilities to host programs and we are sometimes hassled before we get to use the buildings around campus.

This does not mean that we should feel discouraged about requesting to use them.

The organizations on this campus should collaborate more often to move our University’s vision forward.

For example, maybe all Greeks should come together and plan programs to motivate students to attend.

The Student Government

Do not get me wrong, it is fine to socialize and have relationship forums, but there comes a point when we need to focus on academia.

Association should not wait for students to only address them for their needs; perhaps a suggestion is maybe our elected officials should go around and meet the students while asking them some of their concerns.

It shows more empathy about the student body and the challenges we encounter on our campus.

I do not like the fact that our elected officials are not visible to the student body; they hide in their offices.

There is not that much busyness in the world, which you cannot come out and talk with students about the issues they face.

I’ve heard about different organizations on this campus doing community service, fundraising projects, discussion, motivational programs, etc; for

which I am a member for a few.

I challenge the organizations to hold their members accountable to the mission statement that they stand for.

Although students are so busy trying to keep up with their academics, work, and for some, taking care of their families. It’s a matter of time management.

We are students first, but we should make time to be part of an organization to continue the legacy of our University’s mission.

Do not get me wrong, it is fine to socialize and have relationship forums, but there comes a point when we need to focus on academia.

We should have program initiatives for improving academics.

For example, 10:40 breaks

shouldn't involve a whole bunch of socializing.

This is the time for students to voice their concerns, whether about the University or the community.

This should be time to give our student body awareness about the happenings on campus, not just via Twitter and Facebook.

This is my suggestion: make time to be part of an organization because every voice does count and we should be accountable for what goes on on our campus.

We must remember, we are paying for our education, whether out of pocket or with financial aid or other methods, and we have a right to voice our opinions.

If this is the University you are obtaining a degree from, you should be able to say, this is my campus and I was a part of moving the legacy forward.

That’s much better than having to say, this was where I got my degree but I did not care too much about what was going on around campus.

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Belinda 3. Wonderful; very pleasing or Dunn satisfying.

Beauty relates to your senses — you see beauty and you hear it.

Seeing beauty may determine whether one wants to hear it.

But nine times out of 10 people would rather see a person’s outer beauty before discovering the beauty in their personality.

Why beautiful?

Well back at the end of December, as the previous year was coming to an end, I was getting all kinds of forwards from friends.

I explained the situation, and how I felt he should have used a better choice of words, rather than calling me beautiful because he didn’t know me at all.

A friend sent me one text that read, "2010 is almost over.

Tell me one thing you've always wanted to tell me."

Most of the replies I got were, “You have a big booty,” “You’re sexy,” blah blah blah, all the typical male stuff.

Other than those I received one from a boy who had a crush on me and it really stuck out.

The text said "You are so beautiful and attractive and I would like to get more acquainted with you."

Of course at first I was flattered because I enjoy sweet compliments, as every woman does.

Then I started thinking about how he called me beautiful.

I went from being flattered to downright confused.

After thinking for a while, I reached for the phone and sent a text to my two best male friends about the message.

I explained the situation, and that I felt he should have used a better choice of words, rather than calling me beautiful because he didn’t know me at all.

I could have been the ugliest person on the inside and could have easily turned unattractive on the exterior.

But of course they were both confused about me making a big deal out of the word beautiful because they never thought of beauty as being interpreted that way.

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look at it in the same context as I do.

I interpret beautiful as a word to describe everything about a person, not just what you see.

Someone calling someone beautiful is like calling me rude when you have never spoken two words to me.

Just think about it: when someone calls you beautiful you have some type of reaction.

It may make you smile. You might even start feeling yourself, or if you’re a deep thinker like myself you might become a little confused.

I'm sure you all have heard the phrase "beauty is only skindeep."

As a woman I stick by that phrase 100 percent.

Beauty lies in you. It’s not what you see in the mirror, not what you see in the magazines or on television.

It's all in your personality.

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