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Tim Tyson, author of “Blood Done Sign My Name,” at Sanford L. Warren Library

On the Yard with Brittany B. — student rocks YouTube

Does the Student Rating of Instruction get a passing grade?

Roderick Heath has a final show and a final story to tell. Y’all ready?

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Campus Echo Toy drive spreads joy Books and toys for 1,270 girls and boys

BY BRITNEY ROOKS ECHO STAFF WRITER

A child looks at donation box at K-Mart Saturday.

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Honor code weak

N.C. Central University has set its goal for the 2006 Chancellor’s Annual Toy Drive — 1,270 local children will each receive a book and a toy for Christmas.

The toys and books are being collected from stu-

dents, campus departments and the community at donation booths.

“It’s our way of showing the community we’re here in their backyard,” said Kimberly Phifer-McGhee, committee chair of the toy drive. “The children that we service are really appreciative.”

The toys and books are being distributed Dec. 5-7 at the John Avery Boys and Girls Club, R.N. Harris Elementary School, Oxford Manor Community Center and Healthy Start Academy.

More than 100 toys were collected at the University Drive K-Mart in Durham Saturday.

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Prof: cop heavyhanded

AIDS I S T I L L A G L O B A L K I L L E R

Plagiarism rules foggy

Says citation is bogus

BY KRISTIANA BENNETT ECHO STAFF REPORTER

Every semester, professors at N.C. Central University wrestle with a serious issue that has no clear-cut answers, and that involves the honor and integrity of professors, students and the University — plagiarism.

“It’s always been an issue,” said Michele Ware, English associate professor.

“Some semesters I’ve seen more than others. It depends on the group of students.”

According to NCCU’s academic regulations for undergraduate studies, plagiarism is “the intentional use of ideas, words, or work of another without attribution, when the information they provide is not common knowledge,” and includes borrowing quotes, paraphrasing and summarizing from works without attribution.

Penalties differ according to the severity of the offense.

They could be an F or a zero for plagiarized assignments worth 10 percent to 24 percent of final grades, an F for a course for plagiarized assignments worth 25 percent or more of final grades, or suspension or expulsion for repeat offenses.

NCCU’s policy also states, “the dean of the school shall check the records of all students reported for academic dishonesty, and refer all cases of second offenses to the Academic Integrity Board.”

The problem is that no

Art freshman Tiffanie Underdue accompanied Phifer-McGhee and Robin Hanes, the toy drive cochair, at the K-Mart booth.

Underdue represented AudioNet, NCCU’s studentrun radio station.

BY EBONY MCQUEEN ECHO STAFF WRITER

Sebenele Simelane, 6, a resident of the Cabrini Orphan Hostel in eastern Swaziland, jumps in a field where other girls play.

She and her five siblings were taken in after their parents died and their grandmother could no longer care for them.

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AIDS RAVAGES ON

BY ROBYN DIXON LOS ANGELES TIMES

I Twelve-year-old Dumsile Ndlangamandla, right, watches as her mother is buried in Mbabane, Swaziland. Her aunt, Mnisi Khanyisile, weeps as she holds her own child.

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n 1990, nine years after the AIDS virus was identified, the map showing the worldwide spread of the disease displayed most of Africa in the palest pink. The infection rate among adults was less than 1 percent. Since then, the colors have deepened faster there than anywhere else on Earth. Southern Africa now is colored crimson. The infection rate is more than 15 percent.

The statistics have been repeated so often they cease to shock, even as they soar: 25 million people have died worldwide.

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After reading an article about the arrest of a Campus Echo photographer, assistant English professor Janice Dargan decided to come forward about an incident she had with Officer T.D. Hart.

“When I saw the article I thought it was very coincidental that I had an encounter with the same officer,” said Dargan.

When Dargan parked her car on Lawson Street in front of the N.C. Central University Art Museum on May 23 at 11:40 a.m., she was surprised when Hart approached her and accused of hitting the car parked behind her.

“Officer Hart was standing behind the car when I got out and said in a rough manner that I hit the car behind me.”

Dargan inspected her vehicle and the other vehicle and denied hitting the other car.

Dargan was then asked by the officer for her license and registration.

She explained to Hart that she was in a rush to cover a colleague’s class, so she gave him her office location and telephone number.

Hart later came to Dargan’s office accompanied

by Lieutenant Steven Jacobs.

The officer left a citation on

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NCCU reaches out to Jamaica Faculty and students will assist with development program

BY SASHA VANN ECHO ASSISTANT EDITOR

There’s more going on in Jamaica than just vacationing, reggae music and good eats.

N.C. Central University has teamed up with the nonprofit organization Upliftment Jamaica, supported and promoted by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons to combat poverty through education.

“We see this collaboration

as an opportunity to provide assistance in an area where we are needed,” said Chancellor James H. Ammons.

“This partnership also will expand the global experiences of our students and provide them with unique learning experiences that will help them to achieve their goals.”

Faculty and students will participate in the program.

Upliftment Jamaica is operated by one of its founders,

Gary Foster, vice-president of Rush Communications.

Sandra Kenton-Fraser, Upliftment Jamaica’s executive director, said, “This initiative with NCCU is important from the standpoint of providingtertiary level education in rural Jamaica.

“NCCU had programs suited to what already existed and were willing and ready to help us help others.”

Citizens of Jamaica will have the opportunity to

receive certification in the licensed fields of health education, teacher education, hospitality and tourism, criminal justice, and entrepreneurial sciences — all through NCCU. More than 300 adults have been trained and certified through Upliftment Jamaica since 2003.

“We want to expose them to concepts they may not have access to so they can

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NCCU will partner with Upliftment Jamaica to provide educational programs.

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Safety a 2-way street Cops seek student cooperation at forum

BY GEOFFREY COOPER ECHO STAFF WRITER

Unidentified students socialize on Facebook and MySpace in the Shepard Library Dec. 4.

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WEB SOCIALIZERS HOG COMPUTERS

BY TRAVIS RUFFIN ECHO STAFF WRITER

Imagine walking into an N.C. Central University computer lab to type a research paper, and discovering that you can’t because all the computers are taken.

As you wait, you notice other students checking their messages on Facebook, decorating their profiles on MySpace or watching videos on YouTube.

This may seem unfair, but apparently it’s a common scenario.

“About three times a week, I have to ask some students to log off and stop web browsing so other students can use the computers to get their work done,” said Tammy White, a receptionist and monitor in the NCCU Faculty Den. “Some of them have gotten angry, but most of the time they just get up and do

as they are told,” White said.

In nearly every lab, posters specify no cell phone use, no eating or drinking, no loud talking, no downloading and no unnecessary printing.

However, none mention using computers for noneducational purposes. It’s more of an understood rule that many students do not follow.

“Some students are extremely selfish and couldn’t care less about anyone else,” said Daryl K. Kennedy, a lab monitor in the FarrisonNewton Communication Building.

“It’s all about having respect for others. That is why this has become such a major issue on campus.”

English freshman Tia Harris said of non-educational computer use, “It’s just not right, and something needs to be done about it.”

According to Information

Technology Services, there isn’t much more that can be done.

“Unfortunately, ITS does not have the authority to tell someone not to go on YouTube or MySpace,” said Arbin Sanders, a supervisor at ITS. “All we can do is simply ask them to give up their computer if someone is waiting to do an assignment.

“This is a university, and we need to remember that school work comes first.

That’s the bottom line,” Sanders said.

Some say lab monitors are partly to blame. “[Monitors] are supposed to walk around and observe what’s going on, and many of them are simply not doing that,” Kennedy said.

Sanders said, “Perhaps we should find a way to educate the students at NCCU about the true purpose of the labs.”

TOYS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It gives me a great feeling to know that I helped a child who may not have been getting much this Christmas,” said Underdue.

“It’s a very rewarding experience,” said Hanes.

“A lot of us take things for granted.

“You’d be amazed at how

a small toy can mean such a big thing to a child.”

According to Hanes, the toy drive doesn’t only bring joy to the children. It’s also a great recruiting tool.

“They see you as students.

They look up to you. They say ‘I want to do that. I want to be in the band,’” said

Hanes.

This year, Read Seed, Inc. donated 1,000 books to the Chancellor’s toy drive, and the NCCU Association of Retirees donated $485 to purchase toys.

“It sounds cliché,” said Hanes, “but it’s what the season is about.”

OFFICER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 her desk after Dargan refused to sign it.

“She did not have to sign the citation,” says Jacobs.

“Signing the citation is just proof that a person received it.”

The matter was then taken up in Durham County traffic court. According to Dargan, after Hart did not appear in court, even after three continuations, the case was dismissed.

“I do not know if Hart

appeared in court or not,” said Jacobs. “The court has not notified me about that yet.”

Dargan claims that she has tried to reach Jacobs several times, but still has not received a response.

“The case has been taken out of my hands, and moved to investigations,” said Jacobs.

Dargan is still disturbed by the way the matter was handled.

“They need to under-

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stand the unique environment of a college campus,” said Dargan.

“Officers should use a little more discretion in the way they operate.”

According to Jacobs, customer service is first regardless of the situation.

“If I don’t hear from someone soon I may have to take this matter off campus,” said Dargan.

Officer Hart could not be reached for comment.

Public administration sophomore Devin Roundtree never thought he would be faced with giving up his goods or his life. But on Nov. 16, he was robbed by three gunmen outside the Helen G. Edmonds Classroom Building.

“Because of the location of our school, I am not shocked that I was robbed at gunpoint, even in the middle of campus,” said Roundtree, a Detroit native.

Roundtree said he was robbed by “a group of boys not even old enough to drive.”

On Nov. 29, the Student Government Association, in collaboration with the Campus Police Department and their Crime Prevention Unit, held an open forum at New Residence Hall II to discuss methods of enhancing security and avoiding crime at N.C. Central University.

Lieutenant Al Carter, NCCU’s Campus Police Department investigator, and Crime Prevention Officer Billy A. Boyd spoke at that

forum.

Lt. Carter worked 30 years for the Durham Police Department in Crime Investigation before coming to NCCU. Officer Boyd works in the Crime Prevention Unit creating methods and programs that offer precautionary tips and guides to personal safety to students on and off campus.

The debates on most of the issues were heated.

Impatience, frustration and anger among students, police and campus administrators flared.

The main concerns of Campus Police were students’ lack of cooperation with police in reporting fellow students’ illegal activities, tampering with emergency equipment such as emergency phones and fire alarms, propping doors open and letting unknown visitors into residence halls.

Students rebutted Campus Police and the administration, declaring the need for better campus patrol routes at night, more adequate lighting in certain areas and the regulation of non-students who may roam the campus.

“I feel that I, and everyone else, have the right to feel safe all the time,” said English freshman Jahara Davis.

“If I paid good money to come here, then I have more than any right to voice my opinion and be concerned.”

Both Carter and Boyd assured students that many precautions were being taken to ensure their safety.

They stated that all open residence halls have working cameras and security clearance for entry. They also said that all 50 emergency phones on campus are working.

Measures are being taken to make sure the campus is well lit by night, Carter and Boyd said.

“We need everyone to be accountable,” said Boyd.

“If students are propping doors open and just letting anyone into the building, then you’re also inviting in trouble.”

Carter said, “We can only do but so much.

“If there is no type of collaboration among the students and ourselves, we can never really get to the source of the problem.”

PLAGIARISM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “They should ... enforce the rules better, but if they did half the campus would be gone.”

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one seems to know who is on the Academic Integrity Board, and that nowhere in the policy is it stated that professors absolutely must report plagiarism cases. In fact, the majority do not.

“No plagiarism case that I have known of has gone to the highest level,” said Mary Mathew, interim associate dean of the college of liberal arts. “They get resolved between professors and students.”

When asked why professors are not mandated to report plagiarism in NCCU’s policy manual, Bernice Johnson, assistant vice-chancellor for academic affairs, said the University got advice from legal representatives on the language used so that it would not violate students’ rights or faculty’s academic freedom.

“If a student is accused of plagiarism and it turns out not to be the case, look at the irreparable damage that has been done to the student,” said Johnson. “We want to avoid that kind of situation.”

In comparison, Elon University has a more stringent policy regarding plagiarism cases and who handles them.

Included in Elon’s policy is the requirement that students sign pledges stating that they have not given or received help on all tests, exams, and course work completed outside of class.

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ual instructors or to departments in the event of a violation.

When confronted with plagiarism cases, Elon professors are required to report students to the vice president for academic affairs.

Instructors at Elon have the option of giving no graderelated sanctions, or of failing plagiarizing students with an honor code F. Another institutional sanction requires Mary Wise, Elon’s assistant vice-president of academic affairs, to receive instructors’ paperwork on the matter and determine the university sanction.

“For first offenses it’s usually academic censure, which means that a student is put on warning and a file is started on the student,” said Wise.

“For second offenses I’m authorized to suspend students, and more often than not I will suspend for a semester or two.”

Elon is starting to implement an honor ceremony for new students and an honor tradition in which class officers for each class sign an honor code book as well.

According to research by the Duke University-based Center for Academic Integrity, “surveys conducted in 1990, 1995, and 1999, involving over twelve thousand students on 48 different campuses, demonstrate the impact of honor codes and student involvement in the

control of academic dishonesty.”

The research found that cheating on tests on campuses with enforced honor codes is 30 percent to 50 percent lower and that plagiarism cases are 25 percent to 35 percent lower than campuses without honor codes.

NCCU has an honor code, but it is just a short paragraph in the academic regulation manual and is not emphasized.

Some NCCU faculty members and students are aware of how serious an issue plagiarism is on campus and of the ineffectiveness of NCCU’s policy regarding it.

“I think we do our students a disservice by not expecting or demanding their original best and not teaching them that academic integrity matters,” said Ware.

Garrett Malone, a NCCU alumnus now pursuing his teaching certification, says NCCU’s plagiarism policies could be stricter.

“They should ... enforce the rules better, but if they did half the campus would be gone,” Malone said.

Stanley Johnson, a biology freshman, recalled an instance in which some of his friends were caught plagiarizing.

“The teacher talked to them about it and didn’t really punish them like she should have,” said Johnson.

“She just sat them down and had a really in-depth conversation with them about it.”

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UNCASG site gets upgrade

And the survey says...

New site gives visitors more information than before

Students rate instructor performance in a survey

BY SHELBIA BROWN ECHO STAFF WRITER

The UNCASG, University of N.C. Association of Student Government website, has a new look.

The organization is composed of student government representatives from each of the 16 UNC university system’s constituent institutions.

“We really did improve the way our website works,” said UNCASG secretary Terry Wall.

The new and improved website was made accessible on Nov. 27.

One of the site’s latest features is a section on the homepage that spotlights one of the 16 UNC universities each month.

It offers historical information about the University as well as general information about its programs and student body.

“The old site never had a school profile,” said Wall.

“Instead, it had a drop

down menu that just listed the 16 schools.”

The site was developed and designed by N.C. State University student Lee Hyde, who serves as the financial vice president on the organization’s executive board.

The improved site now allows visitors to have a visual experience with photos — something the old site did not have.

The photos mostly depict profile images of the spotlight university.

The UNCASG is currently in the process of implementing an audio section as well.

The site has a link that allows people to hear the recordings of the organization’s meetings.

Along with Hyde, the organization consists of a president and four additional vice presidents who

each have specific duties.

The executive board members include Derek Pantiel, president and a student at N.C. Central University; Dan Fischer, senior vice president and a student at UNC-Greensboro; Jake Parton, vice president of academic and student affairs; Chase Matson, vice president of public affairs; and Steven Moore, vice president of government relations.

Parton, Matson and Moore all attend UNC-Chapel Hill.

UNCASG headquarters is located in Raleigh.

It is funded by a $1 charge to student fees. In all, 270,000 students attend UNC’s 16 institutions.

The UNCASG was conceived in the 1970s, but only became active six years ago.

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Can 12 questions really sum up a whole semester of an instructor’s performance?

At the end of each semester, N.C. Central University instructors issue students a burgundy scantron Student Rating of Instruction form with 12 questions about the classroom experience.

Students choose whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree or have no opinion about topics such as the effectiveness of their professors, the clarity of the presented information and the consistency of examinations.

The SRI surveys, once completed, are processed and analyzed in the Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning for individual instructors’ results and departmental averages.

They are then returned to the department chairs.

Afterwards, each department decides what is satisfactory, finds deficiencies, recommends solutions and agrees on departmental corrections. Many students quickly fill out the form, relieved to finally be so close to completing the course.

“Most of the time, my professors give them out at the end of class and I’ll have another class to go to,” said political science sophomore Courtney Robinson. “I pretty much just fill it out and go.”

But SRI can have a considerable impact on the professional lives of NCCU instructors.

“Student Rating of Instruction is a major factor in the evaluation of instructors,” said Bijoy Sahoo, interim dean in the School of Business. “SRI results contribute to faculty awards and rewards.”

SRI is not the sole factor used to evaluate instructors, but can have a major influence on who will be promoted. SRI has both formative (for faculty improvement) and summative (for promotion and tenure) repercussions.

“Student Rating of Instruction is designed to evaluate the performance of the faculty member and assess the quality of instruction,” said Shawn Stewart, assistant vice chancellor for Institutional Research, Effectiveness and Planning.

“The forms are used to determine whether the faculty member is up for tenure and promotion.”

Sahoo keeps every SRI form filled out within the last 10 years in a large black binder. He meets individually with School of Business instructors to discuss the

results of their SRI. Sahoo said he looks for improvement from year to year, and when he fails to see it in an instructor, will not recommend that professor when he or she is up for tenure.

But he said that most faculty members support SRI because they want to know what they did well and how they could improve as an instructor.

Some students and faculty question the effectiveness of 12 questions in determining the validity of an entire semester’s teaching. In comparison, N.C. A&T State University administers a Student Opinion Form composed of 27 items designed to assess the course, according to the university website.

“Some students may not even care, [especially] if they are entry-level students,” said CIS instructor Jagannathan Iyengar.

“They’ll just [mark] down the middle [column] and will pull this process of evaluation way down.”

The School of Business is the only department to include an open-ended portion for students to write in comments and has held that distinction for the last 10 years.

“The University’s standard did not clearly reflect what I wanted to see in the evaluation of student opinions,” said Sahoo.

The five-question assessment allows students to evaluate the positive and negative sides of the course, suggest improvements for the course and judge the effect of the course on intellectual development. The last question is completely openended, allowing students to provide any comments, opinions and suggestions.

Youngil Cho, associate dean of students and SRI coordinator in the School of Business, said students are very honest and straightforward in their evaluations. “[Instructors] may be knowledgeable and may have PhDs, but students look for whether or not they really care about their students,” he said. “As adults, we are mutually accountable for what is learned. SRI helps us improve as a school and as individual faculty.”

The open-ended portion is used in conjunction with the SRI results, an associate dean’s direct observation of classroom performance and peer evaluations. These results are collected into each professor’s teaching portfolio to encourage faculty to improve their teaching.”

“No matter how good a teacher we are, we can always do better,” said Cho. Speech instructor

Rebecca Soper doesn’t teach in the School of Business, but she administers an openended portion along with the SRI to her classes for her personal use. She explained that the evaluation is part of a Japanese industry management strategy called total quality management, developed in the 1950s.

“TQM is about constantly improving the quality of what you’re producing,” she said. “I read the evaluations and look for something consistent across the board. It allows me to see how others perceive me and modify my approaches to be more effective,” Soper said.

Much research has been done on the reliability, validity and fairness of student evaluation of faculty.

Research suggests that seemingly irrelevant factors like class size, course level, gender of students and of faculty, and difficulty of material can affect how students rate their professors.

Iyengar said that students in his 4000-level CIS course for majors tend to rate him higher than those in his 1100 and 1200 courses because the entry-level students’ approach is not always as committed as the more mature students.

Stewart thinks that students sometimes rate teachers based on how much they like them. Robinson agrees.

“If I don’t like a teacher, then I want them to know that by their evaluation,” she said.

However, Stewart said that is not the purpose of the SRI evaluations.

“We don’t want students to evaluate faculty based on whether they like them, but on whether the student feels that the objectives in the syllabus were met,” he said.

Stewart and the Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning are developing an Assessment Task Force to address these issues.

Members of the task force include faculty from the School of Education and the School of Library and Information Sciences; the departments of biology and psychology; the SGA president and vice-president and each class president. They will have to evaluate and revise the content and implementation process for the SRI survey to ensure the effectiveness of the survey.

Stewart plans to put a Student Feedback of the SRI Survey on the NCCU website to allow faculty, staff and students to list questions that they feel should be added to the survey to improve the quality of instruction.

Surveys were distributed during the week before Thanksgiving break.

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Service hours, a final hurdle

One-stop success Program addresses N.C. teacher shortage

85% of graduating seniors not yet cleared

BY ALIECE MCNAIR ECHO STAFF WRITER

Genoba Parker, interim project coordinator for Leave No Educator Behind, a lateral entry scholarship program, talks with a prospective teacher at the One-Stop Teacher Shop at the N.C. Central University School of Education Dec. 2 DANA WOMACK/Echo Staff Photographer

BY AHNNA CAIN ECHO STAFF WRITER

Those interested in pursuing a career in teaching got their questions answered Dec. 2 at N.C. Central University’s fourth annual One-Stop Teacher Education Shop.

Several people attended the workshop, which was designed to recruit highly qualified mid-career professionals as well as recent college graduates.

NCCU graduate and middle school math teacher, Olufemi Adeniyi is seeking to be licensed through the program and says he enjoyed the introduction session and benefitted from the information.

Dean Cecelia SteppeJones of the NCCU School of Education was pleased with the turnout.

“It was highly successful and better than we could have expected,” she said.

Steppe-Jones said there is a great need for teachers in North Carolina. Her goal

was to give interested participants a chance to complete a pre-enrollment process in one day, which included everything needed to enroll into a licensure program.

Candidates can enroll in on-campus, distance education or weekend programs.

One-Stop is a part of the Leave No Educator Behind Initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

A special service scholarship from the initiative is offered to those who demonstrate an intense interest in the teaching profession.

The scholarship includes tuition, stipends and other support, and candidates must have substantial experience in their teaching major or a recent degree in higher education.

They also must commit to teaching for three years in North Carolina counties in need of teachers.

Priority is given to those interested in math, science

and special education.

Dr. Kathy Sullivan from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction was well received by the participants. Even when power failure interrupted her presentation, Sullivan continued with full attention from her audience. It was clear that the participants, like Social Studies teacher Wendy Freeland were not distracted.

Although English senior Jerron Cook won’t graduate until December, he attended One Stop in an effort to learn more about the field of education. Cook eventually wants to be a school principal, and like many of the other participants gained valuable knowledge from attending the workshop.

Anyone who missed the One-Stop Teacher Education Shop can get more information by contacting the NCCU Department of Education at (919) 530-6466.

You’ve heard the rumor.

And it’s a fact that students who don’t complete their community service hours don’t walk or receive a diploma.

Without 120 community service hours, N.C. Central University students won’t be permitted to graduate.

Seventeen students from the fall 2005 and five students from the spring 2006 class did not graduate on time.

As of Monday, just 20 percent of graduating seniors had been cleared for graduation, according to Tannya Suggs, program assistant for the Academic Community Service Learning Program (ACSLP).

“If seniors have not received clearance from our department, then they need to come by as soon as possible,” said Suggs.

Graduating seniors who have not met their requirements are notified by mail or phone. According to Suggs, about 95 percent of

Community Service Facts Registered agencies/events 572 Dollar Value of Service $2,714,160 04-05 Total Service Hours 154,653 seniors in the December 2006 graduating class were contacted and their Banner accounts were flagged.

Larry Horne, art senior, said the outreach effort by the ACSLP office is a good idea.

“I would hate for community service to be a thing that keeps me from graduating,” he said.

Horne said he is now finishing his community service hours.

“I have no choice but to complete them because that’s not an option,” Horne said.

“I did the Blood Drive, Walk for Diabetes, cleaning up the community, picking

up trash ...”

Horne said he likes the one-time events because they offer more hours.

While some students complain about the community service requirement, it’s clear that service is central to NCCU’s mission.

Dr. James E. Shepard founded NCCU on “Truth and Service,” and the mission of the service learning program is to “serve the state, nation, and world through teaching, research and service, and to guide students, faculty, administrators, and staff through meaningful academic community service learning.”

The service learning program, established by current Provost Beverly Washington-Jones in 1995, has always required students to complete 120 hours of community service.

ACSLP verifies student ervice hours before clearing them for graduation.

This year, five students were found to have falsely documented their hours.

JAMAICA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 take the information and build upon that,” said Kian Brown, project manager for Upliftment and NCCU. Through the program, the University looks to expand its campus by establishing the study abroad program so students can serve developing nations.

“We are going to have a student course curriculum where students will be going to classes as well as serving the community,” said Emmanuel O. Oristejafor,

Director of the International Program of NCCU. “We’re looking to start in the summer of 2007.”

Right now, the Task Force for Educational Reform in Jamaica is revamping the educational system.

Goals such as having students realize their potential by having 100 percent of secondary schools providing at least eight co-curricular activities by the year 2010 can be found on the agenda.

To date, the Jamaican

government spends more than $30 billion on education, with households estimated to spend an additional $19 billion, according to the Task Force.

“There is much that we do as we understand that education is important to changing lives and creating wealth,” said Kenton-Fraser.

Ammons will announce the partnership with Upliftment and NCCU on Friday at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Colors promotes acceptance, pride

BY BRANDI MISS ECHO STAFF WRITER

Self-awareness, acceptance and identity are the attributes that Brandon Sims has set forth as the objectives for the campus group Colors. The organization promotes acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite or LGBT community at N.C. Central University.

Sims, a political science and public administration junior, is the group’s presi-

dent.

“There are so many people with so many questions that need to be answered by us, yet Brandon Sims, heterosexuColors als are tryfounder ing to educate people about gay life,” said Sims.

The purpose of Colors is to create an atmosphere where homosexuals and

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heterosexuals can come together to talk and learn.

One of the ways they accomplish this is by hosting forums in campus dorms called “Hetero vs. Homo.”

“We call it this to get people’s attention and make them want to come,” said Sims.

The forums, which have attracted as many as 100 students, are constructed of a panel of ten –– five heterosexuals and five homosexuals. Discussions include topics such as gay marriage,

adoption by gay couples and the coming-out process.

“Religion always comes up,” said Sims. “Most people in the black LGBT community think they’re living in sin because that’s what they heard in church. It’s sad because I think there are a lot of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transvestite people who are dead in spirit and are missing out on their blessing because they don’t have a place to worship.”

Last semester, Colors hosted a workshop for facul-

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David Jolly, faculty adviser for Colors, has members speak to his Introduction to Health class to educate the students about the LGBT lifestyle. His goal is to humanize the issue for students.

“If people have never consciously interacted with a gay or lesbian person, it’s easier to write them off,” said Jolly.

“But if they know that a gay or lesbian is their neighbor or classmate, they find it easier to relate to them as a human.”

Portia Toon, biology sophomore and secretary for the club, said, “We want everyone to know that Colors is not just for gays and lesbians. It’s for supporters and allies as well.”

It’s time to start preparing for the ‘world of work.’

University Career Services is the student’s focal point for career planning. We offer career counseling, part-time job placements, internships, and cooperative education placements in both the private and public sectors.

We offer workshops on resume writing, inteviewing, cover letter writing, and stress management.

Plus, in our Glaxo Career Library, you’ll find career-related videos, brochures, pamphlets, and magazines, as well as graduate school catalogs and annual reports — all there for you to review. Call for an appointment or drop by to meet with one of our counselors.

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Decades after the civil rights movement African Americans are still lagging behind their white counterparts in obtaining “The American Dream” — home ownership.

Though it seems as if this dream may now especially in a buyers market — easily be obtained with proper planning and good credit, for many African Americans after World War II, credit among other things helped to divide the races in this attempt.

“The fact that we as African Americans are lagging behind other races in homeownership is a reflection of our economic status as a whole,” says Jermeir Stroud, a N.C. Central University alumnus who recently purchased a home in Greensboro.

“Instead of having buying power in appreciating values such as the real estate market, we continue to have a higher buying power in the market for depreciating objects like clothes, rims, cars and sneakers.

According to an article from Diverse Online, home ownership grew among white, middle-class families after World War II when access to credit and government programs made buying houses affordable.

But black families were largely left out because of discrimination — and the effects are still being felt today.

Based on the 2000 U.S. Census for Durham, only 31,060 African Americans out of 81,586 owned a home. This compared to their white counter parts with 37,975

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“Far less African Americans own a home because we are not educated in investing in items that will gain value,” said Stroud.

“We are not taught the value, importance, or benefits associated with owning a home, so when we don’t see value in that area but in other things we increase the value in ourselves through clothes, jewelry, and cars.”

Home ownership in today’s society it is a vital link to wealth production.

It allows families to live in good neighborhoods and is a means for their children to attend good schools.

This creates an ongoing cycle of continuous financial development.

“During my childhood I didn’t always live in a house, and as a matter of fact, most my friends that I went to college do not own a home, but I chose to buy one after college because I wanted to make an invest-

ment,” said Stroud.

According to experts home ownership is important because it establishes credit and a sense of ownership within the community.

Homeownership leads to more involvement in the community and its schools.

Homeowners tend to live in communities with better schools, cleaner streets and lower crime rates.

And this in turn leads to higher property values — and an upward spiral of wealth creation.

Though today’s market is considered a “buyers market” English graduate student Anitra Canty said black home ownership isn't just a matter of cost. She said that many blacks lack information about the process of buying a home.

But Canty said that there need not be a correlation between education and home ownership.

“My parents are homeowners, but neither of them have degrees,” said Canty.

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Tim Tyson’s father, the pastor of Oxford, N.C.’s allwhite Methodist church, had always taught his son that all were God’s children.

But when Tim saw a black boy drink from a water fountain, he did not want to drink after him.

He knew deep inside that black was not filthy or bad, so he didn’t turn away like his white classmates. He made a decision and drank after the boy. But only after letting the water run for a few seconds to rinse the contamination.

The Civil Rights Act of 1965 aimed to end racial segregation, but 15 years later little had changed in Oxford.

In the summer of 1970, three white men shot a young black man in plain view of at least a half dozen witnesses.

The men were later acquitted.

That’s when about 200 young AfricanAmericans, seeking justice and vengeance, revolted in the streets.

Tim Tyson relates this dramatic history, along with reflections on the deep-rooted prejudices of his white Southern roots, in his award-winning autobiography “Blood Done Sign My Name.”

Tyson shared a few anecdotes and excerpts from the

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Forty million are living with HIV, the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and as many as 14.5 million children have been orphaned by the disease, according to UNAIDS. The United Nations Development Program said in 2005 that AIDS had caused the biggest reversal in human development ever recorded.

Just as African countries were beginning to make headway on improving quality of life and decreasing mortality in the 1990s, the rising pandemic erased many of their gains. So sweeping are the repercussions of AIDS that the smaller states in southern Africa might simply collapse under the strain.

If all that is difficult to measure, the cost to families and individuals is incalculable.

Funerals have replaced weddings as the main family ceremony. People struggle to buy medicine. They borrow to pay for funerals.

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book Monday at Durham’s newly renovated Stanford L. Warren Branch Library.

The events of that summer confused Tyson, who was 10 at the time.

“I just wanted to understand it, and I knew that I didn’t,” he said at Monday’s presentation.

His curiosity and fascination with AfricanAmerican history and culture led him from a professorship in Afro-American studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to his return to North Carolina this year.

He now serves as a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

In the spring, he will also conduct a class that will be offered to the Durham com-

munity at the Hayti Heritage Center.

The course, “The South in Black & White,” will explore Southern history, culture and politics of the 20th century. It will feature a diverse group of guest speakers as well as weekly lectures, live music, poetry, film clips, dramatic performances and opportunities for discussion.

“I hope to make people understand that we come out of a rich tradition of [both white and black culture],” said Tyson. “We can’t understand where we are unless we understand where we came from.”

The course is open to NCCU, Duke and UNC students and the general public. For more information on the course call 919-660-3663.

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Tim Tyson speaks in the Sanford L. Warren Library Dec. 4. Tyson documented the racially motivated murder of a 23-year-old black man and subsequent black revolt in Oxford, N.C. in 1970.

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ents. Unprotected orphans are exploited sexually or economically, often by their relatives.

A myth persists in Africa that sex with a virgin can cure AIDS, a factor in the upsurge of rapes of babies and girls. No one can calculate the cost. Southern Africa can only try to endure the successive waves of infection, illness and death.

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n Death toll from AIDS worldwide: 25 million people.

n Sub-Saharan Africans living with HIV: 24.5 million.

n AIDS infection rate in southern Africa: 15 percent to 34 percent. n Sub-Shaharan Africans orphaned by AIDS: 12 million children.

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Ciara The Evolution LaFace Records out of on the 3 5 black hand side Often, young artists try to sex up their sound to seem older and more mature or experienced.

Instead the result is a twisted and distorted fantasy of young love.

And although Ciara’s latest release, “The Evolution,” departs from the formula many of her counterparts have lately made popular, this album lacks something key in the real evolution of any artist — a fresh sound that is a step above their previous album.

Out of this new wave of young women who call themselves entertainers, Ciara has the most potential to be on the level of — dare I say it — Aaliyah or even Janet Jackson (anything from Rhythm Nation to Velvet Rope).

Her ability to dance and

Branford Marsalis Braggtown Rounder Records out of on the 4 5 black hand side Early this fall, the Branford Marsalis Quartet released its latest effort, “Braggtown,” and it is nothing less than what you’d expect from one of the greatest jazz quartets of their generation.

This album is great significant to Durham.

Marsalis is a resident of Durham and the album was recorded in the supreme ambiance of the Hayti Heritage Center this past March.

The liner photos where shot in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park locker room.

In spring 2005, N.C. Central’s own jazz department had the esteemed

(ahem) sing, as well as deliver a really good live performance is taking her to that level.

The man who gave her a voice and platform to do music, Jazzy Pha, gives listeners the ultimate club banger in the album’s first single, “Get Up,” featuring Chamillionaire.

Although Jazzy Pha produces only one song on the album, the sounds Rodney Jerkins, the Neptunes, and Lil Jon contribute give that same“crunk n’ b” feel.

When she departs from the sound and image that created her and made her famous, then she will have found her own sound.

Her debut album “Goodies” had people calling her the “Princess of Crunk n’ B.” This album gives listeners what a princess of crunk n’ b might deliver, but still gives little voice to Ciara the individual, the artist, the young woman.

My prediction: be on the lookout for Ciara to release a version of Janet’s “Control” soon.

— Larisha Stone pleasure of starting the Branford Marsalis Quartet Artist in Residency program.

Students took part in oneon-one lessons and open workshops with the quartet.

“Braggtown” features new compositions written and arranged by all four members of the group, containing beautiful ballads and hard swinging new tunes.

It features a dynamic composition, “Blackzilla,” written by drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts, and inspired by the theme from the original Godzilla movie, displaying the true musical versatility of these world class musicians.

This tune along with six other “deathdefying” musical efforts make “Braggtown” one of the premier jazz records of the year.

The Branford Marsalis Quartet is Branford Marsalis; soprano and tenor saxophones, Jeff “Tain” Watts; drums, Joey Calderazzo; piano, and Eric Revis; Bass.

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Senior Brittany Benson YouTube show “On the Yard with Brittany B” helps raise interest about NCCU. RODERICK HEATH/Echo Photo Editor

BY ASHA SUTTON ECHO STAFF WRITER

Can’t get enough of those spunky Beyoncé Knowles videos?

Addicted to Andy Samberg and friends’ “Awesometown” skits?

Show all your friends the Chicken Noodle Soup video?

Whatever your fancy is, it’s almost certain you’ve found your way to YouTube by now.

But those of you oblivious to the past year’s Internet phenomenon of streaming video shouldn’t worry — in the wake of its purchase by Google (and its recent addition to many Facebook profiles), YouTube is now impossible to avoid.

Although there are only a certain number of members and a handful of videos in the North Carolina network, a simple search for “On the yard with Brittany B” produces clips from pep rallies to campus group performances to videotaped jinx

around the dorms.

The shows are good, but so far the audiences aren’t there for the highly touted new show on YouTube.com.

“On the Yard with Brittany B.” is a new show created by mass communication senior Brittany Benson.

The shows are based on weekly campus events.

“I feel like we have a lot going on and everybody needs to know about it,” says Benson.

Benson says she regularly browses YouTube for other campus-related videos.

Benson and others now have easier access to clips thanks to Facebook’s new “Share” feature, which allows students to post links, articles, photos and videos powered

by YouTube on their profiles.

The videos can be watched straight from the mini-feed on a profile, making it easy for students to share interesting videos with each other — score one for YouTube.

“I think it’s a really good thing what Brittany is doing,” says Patrice Jarratt, a political science sophomore who posted her favorite Lil’ Wayne video on Facebook.

She says that because MySpace offers video sharing, it is understandable that Facebook would also add the feature.

“A lot of thanks need to go out to Brittany Benson, for putting a positive view of North Carolina Central University out to the public,” says LaKeisha Sheppard, an elementary education senior.

Benson’s drive has helped her get closer to her dreams and has inspired her fellow students to become more focused and driven.

“Seeing her work so hard inspires me to stay on my grind,” said senior Jazmon Jackson.

It’s good to see one of our very own making an impact on our university for everyone to see.

Jazz takes students to NY

BY BROOKE SELLARS ECHO STAFF WRITER

Ten N.C. Central music students prepare to broaden their careers by heading to the Big Apple. These students were chosen to perform during the annual International Association for Jazz Education Conference Jan. 10-13 2007, in New York City.

A panel of judges and an audition process selected 20 participants from HBCU’s across the US to perform in the 2007 African-American Jazz Caucus andHistorically Black Colleges &Universities All-Star Band.

“I think that it is an honor just to be accepted into the band”, said music senior Serena Wiley.

“It really is a challenge.”

NCCU Professor Robert Trowers will be able to share this experience with the selected students because he will be one of the guest conductors at the all-star concert which will be held Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 3 p.m in Harlem, NY Public Library for Research in Black Culture.

Chancellor Ammons will take part of this program by participating on the

African-American Jazz Caucus Panel.

The NCCU Jazz Studies Program has the largest amount of musicians in participation since the AAJC/HBCU Student All-Star Band began in 2002. “We look forward to their performances with the group in January”, said Ira Wiggins, director of NCCU Jazz Studies Program.

NCCU students who made the band are: Anthony Brown, bass, Justin Martin, guitar, Marcus Anderson, tenor saxophone, Serena Wiley, alto saxophone, Michael Petersen, trombone, Joshua Vincent, trombone, Jonah Vincent, trumpet, Tamahl Gorham, trumpet, Steven Moore, trumpet, and Clifton Wallace, drumset.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Clafin College, Jackson State University, Texas Southern University, and Clark Atlanta University are other Institutions that are represented in the All-Star Band.

Many students hope the students selected perform very well in the allstar band, “I wish them well,” said Mike Clay business management jun-

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Let’s break down Nov. Because of The Campus Echo’s brief hiatus, a lot of November campus events as well as major entertainment news was missed.

Here are a couple of things I found interesting.

Mike-E and The Afro Flow Tour put on a free concert sponsored by the American Cancer JOANNA Society in the HERNANDEZ B.N. Duke Auditorium.

Not only did the concert send a smoke-free message to students, but it also proved that the live band can get the crowd just as hype as five dudes with a mic and a DJ.

The show was crazy fun. This was made obvious at one point during the show when a student yelled out, “This is better than homecoming.”

Mike-E, singer Kenny Watson, poet Versiz, DJ Invisible, and the band Hot Sauce put on a great show. They also showed a lot of love to the students and the campus media while they were here.

The group even tried to enter the caf to chill with the students and get some food. But they were turned away because of strict caf policies … right, did I mention the concert was free? Anyway, it was great and if you weren’t there you missed out.

In other news, it looks like Jay-Z and the Diplomats are at it again. I guess Jay decided to wait for his “Kingdom Come” album release so he could profit from

the beef. But as expected the Diplomats were ready and waiting.

Ok, why is Kramer from Seinfeld racist?

Who knew? Apparently while performing his stand up act he made racist commentary to some young black men in the audience for being rude during his intro.

This has earned him the nickname KKKramer. Good job, IDIOT! Also Playstation 3 vs.Nintendo Wii which is better? Both were released in November but the hype was focused on the PS3. Wii sounds a lot more interactive.

The screen moves with you ... come on, that’s hot.

Of course a lot more happened this month but only so many words can fit in this space, so students, enjoy your break.

Two bad b***es/One named Sara/One named Tina/Together they make weather like Katrina.

—Lil Boosie, Zoom Katrina? With these lines it seems like the chicks were a disaster.

They were a disaster and the lyrics are a disaster, step your rap and G-mack game up for real B. — Cadre Clark

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November 7th – Jim Jones drops new album “Hustlers P.O.M.E.” (Product of My Environment).

November 14th – Mike-E and The Afro Flow Tour perfom at N.C. Central University.

– The Game drops the much anticipated “Doctors Advocate.”

– Fat Joe also drops his new album “Me, Myself, and I” with the hit single “Make it Rain” featuring Lil Wayne November 16th – Jay-Z releases “Brooklyn High,” a Jim Jones Diss track that was soon countered by Jim Jones’ “We Fly High” remix featuring JayZ. November 17th – NCCU Jazz Festival showcases student jazz vocalists and instrumentalist.

– The much delayed Playstation 3 from Sony is released to lines of video gamers around the world.

As expected the demand was much higher than the supply.

– Nintendo also drop the fun for all Wii. – Seinfield star Micheal Richards blasts intro a racsist rant after being heckled by black audience members at the Laugh Factory.

Students embrace Mike-E and The Afro Flow Tour Tuesday, Nov. 14 in B.N. Duke Auditorium.

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The vocal jazz ensemble performs during jazz festival Friday, Nov 17.

Allhiphop.com posts Micheal Richards racist outburst and apology.

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November 21st – Jay-z drops “Kingdom Come.” It would go on to sell 640,000 copys in the first week.

– Snoop Dogg also drops his new album “The Blue Carpet Treatment.”

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he alarm clock sounds as I prepare for my daily routine of pulling fabric out of a machine that holds the vibe of old souls who have worked at Bloomsburg Mill in Monroe, N.C. In my mind, I focus on how I’m going to survive off $7 an hour for the next 50 years.

“Enough is enough.”

That was the promise I made to my family as I walked out of modern-day slavery looking for the “American Dream.”

But my forty acres and a mule never came. Those dreams crashed as I grew up an African-American male living in the ghettos of America. I never said much as a child because my eyes and mind were always taking mental pictures of the world around me.

When I entered N.C. Central University in fall 2003, I didn’t know what to expect as a non-traditional student. My life before college consisted of a family cursed with alcohol abuse and a single mother addicted to crack cocaine and in an abusive relationship. Life in general just reminded me of the odds against me. These struggles caused me to live my life with a chip on my shoulder.

The day I picked up a camera, it felt like an opportunity to display my mental focus to the world.

This feature is about the impact of the visual images that make my creative juices flow.

Throughout my three years at NCCU, I grew from a young, troubled boy into an independent and successful man.

As I chase my dreams I will always focus on the people living in America’s struggle. That special day of walking across the stage will be a gift for my family. I feel that I have broken the curse placed upon the Heath family.

“Mama, I did it!”

And at this time, I’d like to thank my grandparents for being the foundation and the rock of my family.

If you are a student looking for a place to belong, close your eyes, look into your soul and pull out the greatness in your mind. Until we meet again my friends, “Close your eyes and picture me rolling.”

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After Hurricane Katrina, children in Biloxi, Miss. transform a FEMA trailer into a playground. The children seemed lost, but even during a disaster, they found — and created — a little bit of happiness.

Sincerely yours, Roderick Heath

Under the I-10 bridge in New Orleans, this automobile cemetary represents how much we cherish our materialistic possessions.

I’ve got a couple of friends back home that could use one of these cars.

Harold “Hubb” Hubbard is one of my friends from the crib. He turned his life around by becoming an amateur boxer.

This picture is from my first photo feature in the Campus Echo.

This picture is of an abandoned Boys and Girls Club in Biloxi, Miss.

After the storms, the only thing left standing was the building and the sporting achievements of the club’s children.

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COACH GUIDES TEAM TO MOST SEASON WINS, TWO CIAA TITLES

Bowling team 2nd in CIAA

BY ADARA BOWSER ECHO STAFF WRITER

All aspects of bowling are taught at N.C. Central University as one of the University’s fitness options, but five NCCU students are taking the game to the next level: Natalie Book, Jebria Buntyn, Ashley Loften, Teama Spencer and Jessica Bowen.

The five students comprise the winning NCCU Lady Eagles Bowling team.

In October the team placed 2nd in CIAA Western Division play with the season ending in November.

The final tournament includes members of the CIAA, MEAC and the SWAC conferences.

“It’s a recreational sport that brings out the competitive nature in people,” said Bowen, a nursing junior. “It helps to bring people together.”

Bowen’s father Jessie was a professional bowler who toured with the Professional Bowling Association.

Bowen said bowling is a game that develops your focus. “It’s high energy,” she said. “It’s almost mathematical in a sense because you

Coach Rod Broadway rallies the troops to win 21-12 against Shaw University at the Labor Day Classic.

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BY QUENTIN GARDNER ECHO STAFF WRITER

N.C. Central University head football coach Rod Broadway’s office is small, cluttered and only a few feet from a narrow hallway in the Leroy T. Walker Complex.

His secretary’s office is just big enough for a desk and a path for Broadway to come and go.

But Broadway is not complaining about office space, he just keeps winning.

In his fourth season as head of the NCCU football program, Broadway has resurrected a winning tradition. He has attained more wins in his first four seasons than any other coach in school history.

In 2006, Broadway guided his team to the most wins in a season, finishing with a record of 11-1.

For the first time ever, the Eagles football program posted three back-toback seasons with eight or more wins.

NCCU also captured the CIAA championship in back-to-back years for the first time since the 1954 and 1955 seasons.

The Eagles earned a No. 1 ranking in the final Southeastern Regional poll, the highest in school history.

Broadway was recognized as the CIAA Coach of the Year last year.

Born April 9, 1955, Broadway is a native of Oakboro, N.C., and played football at West Stanley High School.

He was recruited to play football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a bachelor’s degree in recreation administration.

Broadway was a defensive lineman

for UNC from 1974-1977. At UNC, Broadway received the Outstanding Freshman of the Year Award. He also received all-conference honors and was named Outstanding Senior in 1977.

Broadway helped lead UNC to the 1974 Sun Bowl and the 1977 Liberty Bowl.

But he never pursued a professional football career.

“Ever since the sixth grade, I’ve always wanted to coach,” said Broadway.

He began his coaching career at East Carolina University as an assistant coach of the defensive line in 1979. He left ECU after one season and accepted the same job at Duke University.

From 1995 to 2001, Broadway was an assistant coach at the University of Florida. While at Florida, Broadway coached on a national championship team in 1996.

“It [winning a national championship] was an indescribable joy. The feeling of being champions of the world is great,” said Broadway. “But I like to step out of the spotlight and watch the excitement from the kids. I love to see kids work on a common goal and become successful.”

He returned to UNC as an assistant coach in 2001.

Broadway has coached in nine bowl games and on six conference championship squads.

Among the elite student-athletes Broadway has coached are Gerard Warren (Florida), Ryan Sims (UNC), Julius Peppers (UNC), and Danny

Wuerffel (Florida; 1996 Heisman Trophy winner).

“Whenever you get the opportunity to coach student-athletes like that, that makes your job easy,” said Broadway.

“Those guys were fun to coach.”

After being fired from UNC, Broadway was hired as NCCU’s 17th head football coach on January 8, 2003.

But his career at NCCU did not start off well. The Eagles finished the season 4-6 in 2003.

In 2004, Broadway suffered the loss of his mother and wife. Dianne Broadway, his wife, lived 14 years with scleroderma, a chronic tissue disease that causes the skin to harden. In her case, the disease also attacked her lungs, heart and esophagus.

“She hung on for a long time,” Broadway said.

Dianne’s death has given Broadway a new outlook on life, and he relishes every moment that he gets to spend with his son, NCCU senior tight end Kenneth Broadway.

“I’m glad I got the opportunity to watch my son grow and turn into a young man,” said Broadway.

Rod Broadway is enjoying the success of this year’s CIAA championship season, but has his eyes set on a new first — the first time NCCU will be an official member of NCAA Division I. “These kids have done a lot of things that have never been done,” said Broadway. “I tell the kids, never is a long time.”

Broadway is optimistic about next season.“Our team will be well-coached and fundamentally sound,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to spring ball.”

Vikings take it to Eagles

BY SASHA VANN ECHO ASSISTANT EDITOR

A full house doesn’t mean that it will be a pretty outcome, the Eagles proved last night.

Traveling upstate to Viking territory at Elizabeth City State University, both the men’s and women's basketball teams had a time to tell.

The Lady Eagles got off to a shaky start in the 80-68 loss against the Lady Vikings.

Even though they were able to break ECSU's press, the Lady Eagles suffered from turnovers with 17 just in the first half.

“We don’t have any consistency right now,” said Joli Robinson, head coach for the Lady Eagles. “They just out-hustled us on every shot that was taken.”

Game play in the second half was a lot more interesting.

The Lady Eagles came out a lot stronger, opening up with fast breaks and steals.

Freshman forward Jori Nwachuku led the Lady Eagles with 26 points and 14 rebounds.

Casey King followed with 12 points and nine rebounds.

“I wasn’t really worried about scoring points but just trying to win the game,” said Nwachuku.

Celeste Trahan led the Lady Vikings with 21 points. The Lady Eagles will play the Lady Bears of Shaw University on Saturday at McLendonMcDougald gymnasium. The game starts at 6pm.

Momentum was the same story for the men except in a different half.

The battle for boards and loose balls ended in a 93-66 loss to the Vikings. It was a very physical game indeed — a combined 25 personal fouls were called in the first half on both teams.

“They were just more aggressive, more confident, and they took it to us,”said Henry Dickerson, head coach for the NCCU men's basketball team.

“I didn’t think we would lose a game because of effort.”

The Eagles ended the game with Steve Randolph leading his team with 14 points. Chris Mayshack followed close behind with 13 points.

This is the third loss for the Eagles in the CIAA. The men will host the Hilton RTP Classic on Friday, facing Augusta State at McLendon-McDougald gymnasium. The game begins at 7 p.m.

Lady Eagle bowler Jessica Bowen MITCHELL WEBSON/ Echo Staff Photographer

have to know where to hit it.”

Coach Karen Sanford, coaching in her second year, says students can get scholarships through the athletic department based on their bowling skills.

“The team hopes to become more competitive with transition from Division II to Division I,” said Sanford.

— Lisa Mills-Hardaway contributed to this story

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’m from Supply, NC. I never thought I would end up here.

After trying out for three volleyball teams, chillin’ in a packed McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium for the NCCU vs.

WSSU game and at an afterparty at the Edge nightclub, I was an Eagle.

I never thought I would begin here, either.

Finishing up a semester early, co-founder of a rising magaSasha zine, and makVann ing my life a commitment to action, I’m leaving this place a developed woman.

People really don’t understand the power of this place.

Hundreds of black faces making a way for themselves and others at this University—that’s mad power. If it wasn’t for the people I’ve encountered, I wouldn’t be me. I wouldn’t be Sasha. And I love all y’all for that—haters included.

To the women’s volleyball team and Coach Ingrid Wicker McCree, you guys are truly my backbone because you brought me here.

You were and still are my family.

Coach Robinson and the women’s basketball team, I love you guys for accepting me and allowing me to be a part of your cipher. To the entire NCCU athletic department, I may have left before I got my letterman’s jacket, but I’ll gladly rep you guys across my

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To the women I’ve grown with here: Khari, Larisha, Joanna, my cousin Portia, Brenda, Dorian, Ariel, Patty, Crystal, Jonesville, Casey, Tay, Jessica, Asia, alumnas Carolyn, Carla, Deneesha and various others who have blessed me in some way or fashion, I credit my growth as a woman to our friendships. You guys have shown me how to be a friend.

To the men that I’ve grown with here: Fatz, Mukhtar, Kai, Pierre (alumni), Solomon, Chris and Shelton (can’t separate them), Rod, Woo-Phi (lol), J-Duce, all the football players who looked out for me, and that damned A.J. Donaldson -- you guys have been like older brothers, fathers, best friends, crushes, business associates and all that to a woman who understands the importance of having those types of bonds. I love y’all.

To Tim and the staff of Status Quo: you know I got your back every step and I’m looking forward to our retirement party (lol).

We are about to embark on an enterprise. Status Quo, baby!!!

To my snakes: y’all are some of the flyest folk who have ever tickled my funny bone. I love y’all.

To the jazz folk: y’all are some of the most talented people I have ever met and I love the passion y’all have for your craft.

To my young entrepreneurs: get money by all means, but make sure you don’t sell yourself in the process. You’ll break even. Do what you do and I’ll see you in the Limelight section of Status Quo;).

To everyone in R.O.O.T.S. and those interested: continue to be dedicated and be the free people the creator has designed you to be. Love yourself, love life and love Him. To the faculty of NCCU: I appreciate the intuition and the knowledge bestowed from every extreme. Let’s pump some life into our curricula and make sure that the work done here is not in vain.

To everyone I’ve ever rubbed the wrong way: I don’t give a F@&%. I do my job first whether that is voicing the truth or making sure things are fair. Don’t hate me cause y’all don’t want to do the right thing. I’ll make ya bull%#!* known!

Oh, and of course, the staff of the Campus Echo: I am a journalist now because of you guys. DP, you will see me often. Just go ahead and make me an assistant advisor right now.

Future Echo staffers: don’t f#&% up. Current Echo staffers: make mama proud (lol). Continue to fill the shoes of the ones before you. Remember, you are a part of the renowned and awardwinning Campus Echo of N.C. Central University.

As the old hit “Drop” plays by Pharcyde: I ride the tears I cry for friends of mine/until the next time I travel this side/ of town/ I depart on the road less traveled/ unraveling experience until there’s a pile of matter/ I gather from that the knowledge for my future/ and with that conclusion, I give Central the deuces…

Listen up: AIDS lives hat if you found out you had AIDS? Would all the commercials that you’re so sick of seem different? Would they be right?

What if your loved one was HIV positive?

Do you realize how realistic that possibility is today?

There was a point in time when AIDS was a gay white man’s disease.

Kai Through time, Christopher it became a black people’s disease.

In a parallel progression, media attention to the issue diminished.

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The result is a generation so ignorant and arrogant, I’m literally scared to death.

Ignorant because people don’t know about HIV/ AIDS anymore.

We know it’s deadly, but people are failing to grasp the fact that while black folk make up about 13 percent of the nation, we make up 50 percent of the HIV/ AIDS population.

Also, adolescent AIDS cases are at unprecedented numbers and African-American women make up 68 percent of the women infected.

Arrogant because so many pimps and hos are walking around like the impermeable, invincible superheroes they saw on Saturday morning cartoons.

Who’s to blame?

Should we blame the folks who

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Editorial hen teaching positions were left unfilled in the Durham Public School system this year — N.C. Central University professors stepped up to the challenge in providing assistance teaching subjects such as biology and calculus and earth science at Southern High School.

According to an article in Tuesday’s HeraldSun, DPS has agreed to continue to use NCCU professors to teach those courses until the positions are filled next semester.

Southern High School is listed in the 17 school in North Carolina as “low-performing” due to standarized test results.

Though it may be a great idea to form partnerships with the local schools, where there are no qualified teachers for the job, what happens to the students at NCCU? Are these professors still in touch with their students? Are they still available during their office hours?

We agree with DPS that filling the teaching position is hard, but what exactly is being done to resolve the situation?

We believe that DPS needs to continue to recruit better qualified teachers by improving the quality of their school.

By working on getting Southern off the “lowperforming” list, they will be able to recruit qualified teachers.

Offering cash incentives to teachers and principals is not the solution to this lack of educators.

Educational reform is needed across the board. Families need to be involved in what their children are learning at school.

Administrators need to connect with their teaching staff and teachers need to connect with students.

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stopped talking, or the ones who stopped listening?

Who cares?

We’re just about out of time to keep talking about that.

People are dying.

I believe that promiscuous sex is not the reason folks are contracting this disease, but I’ll spare you any conventional conspiracy theories.

The fact is that AIDS didn’t go away, we just stopped talking about it. Maybe if 20/20 kept doing segments on the issue, we’d keep talking about it.

In Africa, projections indicate that more than 20 million orphans will be created due to AIDS. Those are children without anyone in thier lineage to go to.

When will we wake up?

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Question: “Should AIDS testing be an enrollment requirement?”

“Yes, people should be aware of what they might have for the safety of themselves and others.”

Anubut P. —A Khunsri

“Yes, they should test every student for AIDS as they enter college. This will protect the whole student body.”

—Brent Cronquist

“How can you make it mandatory? Everyone should be responsible to get tested on their own. You should care about yourself more than anyone else.”

— Chanel Joyner