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Men’s indoor track ranks second, women third, in the CIAA conference.

Cheney shot someone, but was it the first time?

Greg Wilson speculates wildly.

20.8 million Americans have diabetes, and one student doesn’t want to be the next one.

One boy’s living an active life with type 1 diabetes.

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Campus Echo CITY SAYS “A” I STUDENTS SAY “F”

Dorm lotto not a hit Students say new lottery for housing is unfair to juniors and seniors

BY CHINEKA JONES ECHO STAFF WRITER

W.G. Pearson Cafeteria Manager Lawrence Lisborg addresses students as SGA Vice President Agu Onuma looks on.

KEVIN CLARK/Staff Photographer

Agu leads food revolt Students sit-in to protest food, service, sanitation

BY LARISHA J. STONE ECHO STAFF WRITER

Some students have seen enough of what they deem to be poor quality food, poor customer service and unsanitary conditions in W.G. Pearson Cafeteria, and they are calling for the management to make improvements.

About 100 students staged a sit-in protest in the cafeteria Feb. 15 and demanded an audience with management.

SGA vice president Agu Onuma organized the event with other members of the SGA senate.

“The quality of food and efficiency of staff has been an injustice to students,” said Onuma.

“Service should be better.”

When the students met with cafeteria general manager Lawrence Lisborg, they raised concerns about the cafeteria’s lack of variety, poor food quality and poor sanitation.

Mass communication senior Sean Kornegay said sanitation was a major issue

Dirty dishes backed up on the way to the dishwasher.

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for him, and he is not impressed with the efforts to keep the cafeteria clean.

“Students come in to sit and eat, and have to choose the least dirty spot to eat at,” said Kornegay.

That’s it for Chidley

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Well, it’s official; this May, after 55 years of housing more than 25,000 male students, Chidley Residence Hall will close its doors forever.

In 1951, when its doors first opened, Chidley Residence Hall sat in grandeur at the top of the hill.

Today it sits quietly in the shadows of new, more modern residential halls.

Jennifer Wilder, director of residential life, said this is the last year N.C. Central University

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NCCU loses Chief Vick After 11 years of service

Doors to be closed in May

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As if on cue, a roach crossed in front of Lisborg during the meeting. When students recognized the irony and pointed it out to Lisborg, he laughed.

On Dec. 12 the Durham Health Department inspectors gave the cafeteria a score of 90 percent, an A-.

The department randomly inspects restaurants and school cafeterias four times a year.

The highest score possible is 101. If a score drops below 70 percent the facility can be closed.

A four-year history of inspection scores at Pearson provided by the Durham County Health Department shows that the cafeteria received its lowest average score — a 90 — in 2005. This compares to an average of 95.5 in 2004, 93.5 in 2003 and 96 in 2002.

Durham high school cafeterias combined received an average score of 97.5 in 2005.

Lisborg said Pearson’s less-than-perfect

will house students in the building named after Dr. Howard Chidley.

Howard Chidley was a member of the board of trustees from 1916-1921, a financial contributor and a supporter of NCCU founder Dr. James E. Shepard.

The main building was home to an estimated 300 male students each semester until the annex was added to the structure in 1965 and occupancy increased to 618.

Freshman Vince Horne said it was an

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McDonald Vick, 50, has been the N.C. Central University police chief since 1995. He will continue his career at the University of Kentucky in Lexington after he leaves NCCU on Feb. 28.

Vick, a NCCU alumnus, was an 18-year veteran of the Durham Police Department.

Vick said he has seen NCCU grow during his 11 years on the force, and that the police department has matured from being a small security

There is going to be a lottery at N.C. Central University.

It’s not the type that makes you rich — but the type that could secure you a room on campus for the school year.

The lottery may be a symbol of luck, but many students see it as a curse.

Beginning in the fall, the lottery will be introduced to determine whether or not students will receive a room in the 2006-2007 school year.

“Students and parents complained about the housing process last year,” said Jennifer Wilder, director of residential life. “A student even called the media on us.”

With the new system, housing is guaranteed for most of the student body, but not for juniors and seniors unless they live in Campus Crossing.

Wilder says residential life is providing current juniors and seniors with

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operation.

The police chief position at UK involves supervising a police force that is twice the size of the one at NCCU. The UK News reported that the operating budget for its police force is $4.8 million, compared to about $2 million at NCCU. During his career at NCCU, Vick has had many job offers and, until recently, he has turned them all down.

He said that his decision to take the Chief of

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Don’t forget your FAFSA

Manager loves what he does “House” the big man in union

BY LUTHER CLAY ECHO STAFF WRITER

Derrick “House” Garrett knows every game in the business — spades, tunk, backgammon, dominoes, table tennis, foosball and — his favorite — billiards.

He’s had plenty of time to practice.

Garrett started working in the Alfonso Elder Student Union game room in 1999, and became its manager in 2002. He won the appreciation award from Student Services three years in a row, from 2002-2005.

Garrett tends to wax philosophical about recreation, saying there may be a higher purpose for our fun.

Garrett likes to quote Hebrews 13:2: “Always entertain because you may be entertaining angels unaware.”

He says he likes working in the game room because there’s always something different to do.

Garrett was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1973, the oldest of three children. He has two younger sisters, Renee and Amanda.

As a child Garrett lived in Germany for five years where his father, Solomon, served in the army.

After graduating from E.E. Smith High School in Fayetteville in 1992, Garrett came to N.C. Central University on a football scholarship to play offensive tackle.

He planned to major in history and education, but when his mother, Sharon, died in 1995 he says he lost his direction and dropped out of school.

“I just tried to stay busy,” said Garrett, speaking of his sadness upon losing his mother.

Garrett then worked for

Best Buy, then a moving company and for the radiology department at Duke University Hospital.

Now Garrett’s back in school part-time, studying recreational administration.

He expects to graduate in 2008.

As manager of the game room he has many responsibilities.

“In this building I’m a jack of all trades,” he said.

Garrett said he manages the bowling alley, plans and facilitates tournaments, and orders supplies.

“Everybody in this building works together,” said Garrett.

“We assist one another to ensure that the facility operates at its maximum.”

He said he loves what he does and is glad to have fulltime employment.

“When you love what you do, it’s not hard at all,” said Garrett.

Garrett said he’s seen some changes since he first arrived at NCCU. The biggest change is participation,” said Garrett.

“There’s not as much spirit about the campus.”

Garrett also said that students are more computeroriented now.

“They would rather be on Facebook than play games face-to-face,” he said.

Garrett said that students respond well to trips, coffee houses and the lounge area.

Director of Student Activities Constance B. Roberson had nothing but praise for Garrett.

“He’s an excellent employee and very conscientious, dependable, trustworthy, a hard worker and versatile,” she said.

“He’s a driven individual” said graduate student Donald Parker.

Derrick “House” Garrett in NCCU’s bowling alley CARLA AARON-LOPIZ/Staff Photographer

Failing to file will cost you

BY VANESSA JACKSON ECHO STAFF WRITER

Once an all-male dorm, pictured on this vintage postcard, Chidley Residence Hall will soon close.

CARLA AARON-LOPEZ/Staff Photographer

CHIDLEY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 adjustment living in Chidley. He said cold showers and dilapidated bathrooms took some getting used to.

But a few of the residents said that it’s not the building, but some of the residents that make life in Chidley difficult.

“It took some getting use to, but now it’s fine,” said political science freshman Rodrick Williams.

“I didn’t know anyone when I got here; now I know most of the people in the dorm.”

Chidley residents will be shifted to dormitories throughout the University’s housing system. NCCU’s residential system is currently equipped to house some 2,400 full-time students.

According to Chancellor James H. Ammons, NCCU is looking at new strategies for housing students.

“If we purchase a facility, this will take about six months to a year. If built, we are looking at two to three years,” said Ammons.

VICK CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Police position at UK was an extremely difficult one.

“I almost didn’t go,” Vick said. “It was one of the hardest decisions I’ve made in my life, and I may regret it one day.”

The decision proved difficult because Vick has family attending NCCU and he has his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from NCCU in criminal justice.

Vick said that when he was a student he told one of his instructors that he would return one day to be the University’s police chief.

In 1995 he realized that dream.

“My loyalty will always be to NCCU,” Vick said. “If it wasn’t for the University I wouldn’t have the opportunity to go to Kentucky.”

Vick said working at NCCU has made his life better because it has given him a different perspective. The involvement with

Vicked served NCCU for 11 years

the students on campus h a s inspired him to want to make a difference in the lives of m a n y young peo-

ple he said.

He said it is important for faculty and staff to continue to give the students the best of their abilities and to help them accomplish their goals.

Sarah Bell-Lucas, Director of Academic Advising, became like a second mother to him while he was a student.

Bell-Lucas said that Vick was a shy guy who surprised her with his talent for writing poetry when he was a student. “[Chief Vick] is misun-

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University officials are not certain when Chidley will be torn down, or what will be built in its place.

“They’re still discussing future plans for the site,” said Wilder.

According to NCCU historian and archivist Brooklyn McMillon, the addition of the annex created the courtyard that many students have used as a place to socialize and to play basketball.

After 52 years of service, the main building was closed in 2003.

derstood at times, but he is a real go-getter,” BellLucas said.

Jonathon Leach, an NCCU graduate with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice said that Vick’s success stems from his accessibility.

Leach is now a graduate student studying public administration.

“I have always found Chief Vick to be a very approachable person and one who the Student Government Association has had a very nice working relationship with,” Leach said.

“I think whoever replaces Chief Vick will have big shoes to fill.”

Vick’s position is not yet filled.

He said whoever steps into the position must keep the lines of communication open between administrators, the community and students.

Many students complain about not having enough financial aid to pay the high cost of books, tuition, or room and board — but if they don’t complete their FAFSA they won’t have any financial aid.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA, is the first step in getting financial aid.

The application determines the student’s eligibility for grants, scholarships and loans.

Sharon Oliver, director of Scholarships and Student Aid, said at least 90 percent of N.C. Central University’s students complete a FAFSA, but 70 percent of these are filed after the March 15 priority deadline.

“Many students wait until taxes are filed for 2005,” Oliver said. “However, the FAFSA can be completed using the income information from the W-2 form or final payroll stub for 2005.

Eligible applicants may obtain up to $6,000 in grant funds by filing early.”

Students should file as early as Jan. 1, according to Oliver.

To remedy late filing, the Scholarships and Student Aid Office has started an Adopt A Financial Aid Administrator Program, which sends financial aid administrators to talk to classes.

A common mistake students make is forgetting to report income for natural parents and legal guardians from the 1040 or W-2.

Students should double check documents for accuracy, check for all required signatures and file electronically.

The Rev. Regina Dancy of Salisbury, N.C. whose daughter will attend NCCU next fall plans to complete a FAFSA, even though her daughter, Brittany, has received a scholarship.

“This will allow her privileges and opportunities to receive even more scholarships and grants,” she said.

The application process takes 15-20 minutes to complete online.

For more information about the FAFSA, contact the Scholarships and Student Aid Office at 5306180.

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score can be attributed to the building, not to the quality or sanitation of the food. He said that if certain repairs were made, the score would increase significantly.

But according to Sept. 7 and Dec. 12 inspection reports, major violations centered on food protection and storage, especially temperature violations.

“A 90 isn’t bad. It’s an A,” said Marvin Hobbs, an environmental health specialist with the Durham County Health Department.

Students also said they wanted to see a greater selection of food in the cafeteria, including seafood, steak and fresher vegetables.

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BY SHELBIA BROWN N.C. Central University’s Campus Echo collected six first-place awards and 10 additional awards at the 8th Annual HBCU Newspaper Conference and Job Fair hosted by N.C. A&T State University, Feb. 8-11.

Students from HBCUs from across the nation attended the four-day conference.

In addition to its six first-place awards, the Campus Echo won three second-place awards, one third-place award and six honorable mentions.

“I’m proud to be the editor of such a wonderful group of people,” said Deneesha Edwards.

“We work hard every issue to keep the public informed.”

The 16 awards set a record for the total number of awards won by the staff at the conference.

In 2004, the staff won 13 awards, and in 2001 the staff won 14 awards.

This year’s first-place awards included Best Use of Photography, Best Special Section, Best Overall Sports Coverage,

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Best Headline, Best Individual Page Design and Best Designed Newspaper.

“The awards show how the Echo staff works as a team,” said Carla AaronLopez, winner of three individual awards for design, arts criticism and commentary.

Last year, the conference was held at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. Students attended workshops and a job fair spon-

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“These awards are a testament to the commitment and hard work of our students,” said Bruce dePyssler, Campus Echo faculty adviser.

“The awards show what our students can accomplish when they put their minds to it.” dePyssler has advised the Campus Echo since fall 1999. . “We have a legacy to live up to,” Edwards said.

One hot afternoon, Lucrezia Lottae Jones was taking a walk when she spotted a man with an amputated leg thrusting himself back and forth, struggling to operate his wheelchair.

Jones, a criminal justice junior, thought the man had diabetes.

Although she was never sure, that incident led to an epiphany: it was time to lose some weight.

“I knew something needed to be done, but I had no motivation,” said Jones.

“Diabetes is real and becoming very common in our race and community,” she said. “There is no classification for diabetes--even thin people have it.”

Diabetes has become an epidemic in the United States, affecting the AfricanAmerican community at a particularly alarming rate.

Approximately 20.8 million Americans have diabetes. Some 2.7 million or 11.4 percent of all African Americans 20 years or older have diabetes, according to

the American Diabetes Association.

The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a healthcare provider, estimates that 70 percent of lower-limb amputations in 2003 were performed on diabetics, and that 70 percent of amputees die within five years.

True to her resolution, Jones is doing something about her health.

She now walks three miles, four days a week, eats more vegetables and fruits and carries a 1.5-liter bottle of water when strolling around campus.

Obesity is the major cause of type 2, or adult onset, diabetes.

Diabetes prevents the body from producing enough insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar.

Obesity exacerbates this problem by causing the body to resist insulin. This leads to even more elevated blood sugar levels.

Jones said she’s at high risk for diabetes because of her weight. But she was ecstatic when her doctor told her she had lost 65

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greatly from heart disease and stroke,” said nursing sophomore Portia Woodson. “Why are we served burgers and french fries every day, instead of healthier alternatives?”

Lisborg said the staff had served veggie burgers and chicken patties in the past, but beef burgers were more popular with the students.

Another complaint was slow service. Onuma said that often there is not enough staff to keep lines moving.

One cafeteria staff member, Boyd Taylor, took issue with the way students arranged the protest.

“Students should have gotten a spokesperson and taken the issue to the prop-

er authorities and discussed them,” said Taylor.

“Some of the issues are legitimate, but do it in the proper way.”

But some students feel that the sit-in was productive.

“Students have been complaining for so long, and it’s great to see people take a stand for what they really want,” said psychology junior Kai Christopher.

Onuma, the frontman of the cafeteria sit-in, said that if conditions do not change then SGA senate will begin organizing a boycott of the cafeteria.

He said he is using the sit-in as a platform to begin protesting other issues on campus. “Change starts at home,” he said.

off-campus housing because juniors and seniors are more mature.

Residential life chose certain dorms for certain classifications based on the population of the student body and on space needed for incoming freshman.

Providing off-campus housing to current juniors and seniors seems logical to residential life personnel.

“Students who live on campus for their first two years do better in college,” said Wilder.

But some juniors and seniors think they should have seniority.

“Current juniors and seniors should decide where they want to live as a reward for how far they have gotten in their college career,” said

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deposit to the bursar’s office by Feb. 28 for their numbers to be entered in the lottery.

“The housing process was a complete disaster last year, and this year doesn’t seem to be providing students with confidence in residential life,” said English junior Ryon Smith.

“The new system has not been accurately tested and no one is sure whether or not it will work,” said Smith.

Students have a 50 percent chance of their number getting drawn on March 3.

Students will be notified via their NCCU e-mail address if their number is drawn.

“I hope residential life will come up with a consistent way to assign housing,” said Smith.

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criminal justice junior Jite Arhajba.

There are 1,642 spaces left on campus next year for juniors and seniors.

The 1,642 students whose numbers are drawn will have priority over everyone else. The students whose numbers are not called will be put on a waiting list.

While residential life staff has a lot of faith in the system, students have concerns.

According to mass communication junior Shelby Gilliard, “The process this year was not planned to give students a fair advantage.”

Gilliard said students shouldn’t have to pay a $50 non-refundable deposit for a room that is not guaranteed.

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pounds in one year.

“Now I feel better about myself. I’m not short of breath anymore. I just feel like a brand-new person.”

Jones is one of a multitude of Americans battling obesity. About 30 percent or 60 million U.S. adults 20 years and older are obese; another 35 percent are overweight, according to research by the National Health and Nutrition Examination, 1999-2002.

“Diabetes has no cure. It is progressive, often fatal, and while the patient lives, the welter of medical complications it sets off can attack every organ,” according to a Jan. 9, 2006 New York Times article.

Everyone is at risk, not just overweight or obese people.

“Type 2 diabetes can affect anybody, but is more likely to affect overweight people,” said Keisha Clark, a second-degree nursing sophomore.

“It’s a sad epidemic,” Clark said. “I am the only overweight person in my family who doesn’t have [diabetes].”

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Shootings cause concern Violence on Durham’s DATA buses has students worried

“Race, Class, and Shame”

BY KESHA LEACH

Lecture by Dr.Tommie Shelby, author of We Who are Dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity

ECHO STAFF WRITER

A month after recent incidents on the Durham Area Transit Authority bus line, some N.C. Central University students still feel uneasy about using the buses.

But many students depend on DATA to get them to and from campus. DATA serves more than 10,000 riders and covers 16 routes a day, according to The Chronicle Online.

There were two shootings on DATA buses within two weeks of each other before Durham city leaders decided to increase bus security.

Some NCCU students say the shootings hit close to home because they use the bus system frequently.

“I feel that it is unfortunate that you can’t feel safe riding to work or home,” said Austin Henley, a criminal justice sophomore.

“The people involved should be punished and safety should be increased,” Henley said.

Lazarren McLean was 16 years old when he was shot and killed on Dec. 26 after a late-afternoon argument on a DATA bus in front of Northgate Mall. It was Durham’s 40th homicide of the year.

McLean was trying to defend his 14-year-old sister Shanalda in the argument.

Lamar Bass, 17, was arrested Jan. 31 for the shooting. His bail was set at $5 million.

McLean’s mother, Sharon, told the News and Observer that it is sad that

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Passengers aboard DATA bus in front of Alphonso Elder Student Union.

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young black boys are killing each other.

NCCU students share the sentiment.

“Let’s stop hating each other and love one another,” said criminal justice sophomore Akoi Korva.

After another bus shooting on Jan. 7, Durham City Manager Patrick Baker increased police presence at the downtown terminal and added undercover police officers on the buses.

In the Jan. 7 incident, 17-

year-old Dante McMillian was shot several times after an argument with a group of teenage boys on the bus.

McMillian had been hospitalized after an unrelated violent attack just 10 days before the shooting.

Kenneth Patterson and Michael Lee, both 17, were later charged in the shooting.

McMillian survived the incident.

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Some say they will only travel with other students in groups. And some say they will not ride at night.

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The price is wrong 4th District rep takes issue with priorities

BY RONY CAMILLE ASSISTANT EDITOR

According to U.S. Representative David Price (D-NC), President George W. Bush’s administration and Republican congressional leaders are neglecting the home front spending nearly $6 billion per month on the Iraq war.

Price, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 18 years, represents North Carolina’s 4th District, which includes all of Durham and Orange counties and portions of Wake and Chatham counties.

Price spoke to three N.C. Central University political science classes in the Alphonso Elder Student Union on Feb. 13.

Price was critical of the Republican leadership for its handling of the war in Iraq and the administration’s recently released 2007 budget.

“It is clear that they have largely abandoned bi-partisan policy,” Price said.

Price told students that the Republican majority needs to end “strong-arm tactics” such as blocking amendments and bills in committee and delaying congressional votes into the night so that their supporters can vote.

Price was also critical of

the relationship between lobbyists and Congress.

Scandals surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist with close connections to the White House and Capitol Hill, have led to criminal investigations of at least two sitting members of the House, and there may be more.

On Nov. 28, 2005, Randy Cunningham (R-Calf.) resigned from the House after pleading guilty to taking bribes worth $2.4 million in goods and services from a defense contractor.

Price said he is working on a reform bill to bring an end to the lobbyist problem.

“Some of the major issues in D.C. must be resolved and cannot be glossed over,” Price said. “They need to know how to play by the rules.”

Prior to becoming a congressman, Price was a political science professor at Duke University.

Battista McNeil, a criminal justice senior, said that having Price come to speak says a lot about how much he cares about students. She also said she wishes more students had come to listen him speak.

“Students need to show interest in our future. They do not have to be political

science majors to care,” she said.

Price, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, has been very critical of President Bush’s 2007 budget.

In a Feb. 15 press release from his office, Price said the administration’s budget “draws a very clear picture of who this Administration values and it’s not the average American family.”

“The underlying message is: Schools, hospitals, roads, veterans, seniors, prescription drugs, clean air and clean water are going to have to wait so we can deal with ‘really important’ matters.”

The budget, according to Price, “reveals the true cost of the Bush tax cuts and the Iraq war.”

Price condemned the administration’s 2001 tax cuts as primarily benefiting those making more than $200,000 per year.

The cost of the tax cuts and the Iraq war “will have to be paid by millions of school children, senior citizens, military veterans, rural residents and families through cuts and freezes to vital federal services they count on,” Price said.

Price filed for re-election to North Carolina’s 4th District on Monday.

Eagles ousted from nest Students taking less than 12 credits evicted

BY ANIESA HOLMES ECHO STAFF WRITER

Living on campus at N.C. Central University is one of the many privileges that hundreds of students rely on to pursue their education.

Following the rules of residential life isn’t enough to guarantee a campus home.

Unexpected glitches and snafus can leave the unwary student homeless.

At the beginning of each semester, undergraduate students must be enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours and graduate students must be enrolled for a minimum of 9 credit hours in order to stay on campus .

But what happens when a student ends up with less than the minimum required hours to stay on campus?

Biology junior Ronda McNeil found out after transferring to NCCU from East Carolina University.

After having problems with registration, McNeil was left with fewer hours than she needed.

“I was going to my classes for two weeks before I found out that something was wrong,” she says. “I started

out with 14 hours and ended up with only six hours.”

She had this happen to her in both spring and fall semesters and had to resolve the situation with residential life both times.

Residential Life Director Jennifer Wilder says that they follow a standard procedure for students when they fail to register for enough hours to live on campus.

Depending on the circumstance, a student may be given a 48-hour notice to either move out of the dorm, or write a letter of appeal to defend their situation.

According to Wilder, approximately 150 to 200 students each year are required to move out of their dorms because they failed to meet mimimum enrollment requirements.

At Eagle Landing, the residence policy is similar to the policy on campus.

Resident Director Solomon Williams said students deserve a chance to correct the problem if they show true effort.

“It depends on the circumstance,” says Williams. “If a student’s class is full or if there is an illness in the fami-

ly, then I will work with them.”

Eagle Landing works with the registrar’s office to keep track of each student’s enrollment status.

Williams says that, if needed, students are given a week to resolve their registration problems.

When problems occur, sometimes following the basic instructions can avoid a major mishap.

“Some students don’t read the contract — they just sign it — even though the contract says to read carefully before signing,” says Wilder.

As for McNeil, she advises students to be proactive and make sure that their registration process is accurate.

“Because I was a new student, I was unaware of what was available to me,” she says.

Students can also be removed from their residential hall if they have been dropped from a class with an “NW” and if this drops them below 12 credit hours.

“Definitely try to register early, check your schedule over again, and don’t leave it all up to your advisers,” said McNeil.

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The Iranian nuclear power plant of Natanz, 270 kms south of Tehran, taken in 2005. The world's leading powers agreed January 16, 2005, that Iran must refreeze work on a process that can be used to produce nuclear weapons.

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behalf of Sunnis, standing up for their sect in the face of American and Iranian attempts to dominate Iraq.

Some Sunni extremists, jihadis from Yemen to Morocco, have been drawn to Iraq to set off bombs against symbols of Shiite power.

“When they attack the Shiites, they think they are attacking the Iranian influence,’’ said Mustafa Alani, a counterterrorism expert at the Gulf Research Center in Dubai. “They think they’re attacking Iranian agents. To them, it’s a legitimate target.’’

“Although Iran owes much of its newfound strength to the invasion of Iraq, that’s not the only event that has fallen its way. The U.S. eliminated another foe, the Taliban regime in neighboring Afghanistan, in 2001.

Meanwhile, hard-liners in Tehran centralized their power and quashed dissent after winning control of the government in elections that brought President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office last year. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Congress last week to increase 2006 spending on promoting democracy in Iran, to $85 million from $10 million.

Rising oil prices have deepened Iran’s value as a strategic partner and dramatically increased its assets.

Keenly aware that it is playing with a strong hand, Iran is working to establish itself as a power to be reckoned with beyond Iraq. The government’s increasing confidence can be seen in its aggressive insistence on the right to a nuclear program.

In 2003, when the secret program first became an international controversy, Tehran sought to calm concerns with a conciliatory, softspoken tone. Now talks with three European powers have failed, and it is pressing ahead with uranium enrichment and even hinting that it

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might pull out of the Nuclear Nonprolifera-tion Treaty.

Knowing that its oil reserves make it less vulnerable to U.N. sanctions, it has sharpened its rhetoric.

At a news conference in late January, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi unleashed a torrent of sarcasm and taunts against Europe.

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was “ignorant,’’ he said, and French President Jacques Chirac “doesn’t understand democracy.’’

The possibility that Iran will develop nuclear weapons is another worry for the Sunni-dominated Arab world.

When Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned a year ago with uncharacteristic bluntness that the emergence of a new government in Iraq could create a “Shiite crescent,’’ Shiites in Iraq recoiled angrily and Jordanian officials insisted the king had been misunderstood.

But many analysts believe he meant exactly what he said: that a new ring of fortified Iranian influence now stretches throughout Iraq, through the Kurdistan region into Turkey, to an ever weaker Syria and down into Lebanon’s Hezbollah-dominated south, on Israel’s border. Iran’s hand also stretches into the heart of the Arabian peninsula through Shiite communities scattered in the Persian Gulf countries.

The example of Iraq has inspired many Shiites still under the rule of Sunni governments to become more outspoken in demanding their due.

In Saudi Arabia, the Shiite minority is concentrated in the eastern provinces, the same turf that covers the kingdom’s vast oil reserves.

For Saudi Shiites, the war in Iraq has helped deliver increased political participation and unprecedented reli-

gious freedoms. For the first time, Shiites have been permitted openly to celebrate the Shiite holiday of Ashura with traditional processions.

Saudi Arabia is leery that Iran might diminish its importance as a regional power broker, analysts say. They cite Riyadh’s involvement in trying to craft a compromise between Lebanon and Syria as evidence that Saudi Arabia is working overtime to establish its importance.

Iran is also showing a more overt interest in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, nurturing its long-standing ties to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Palestinian Hamas militant groups.

President Ahmadinejad, like those groups, has called for the destruction of the Jewish state.

The upset victory of Hamas in recent Palestinian elections also promises to boost Tehran’s regional role. If the United States and European Union back away diplomatically and withdraw funding from the Palestinians, some analysts think Iran will have an opportunity to fill in the void as a longtime supporter of Hamas, gaining an unprecedented foothold in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict.

Syria, internationally alienated over suspicions that it has played a role in political assassinations in Lebanon,also has been embraced by Iran. Just days after the slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri plunged Syria into deeper diplomatic distress, Tehran and Damascus announced a “united front’’ to meet any threats.

There is long-standing kinship between the Shiite state and Syria’s ruling Allawite sect, an offshoot of Shiism.

Analysts describe the two countries, along with Hezbollah, as a defiant coalition that finds common ground in its standoff with the international community.

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At the same time, Tehran has tightened alliances with groups such as Hamas, which recently won Palestinian elections, and with governments from Syria, to China.

In the 1980s, Iran spent eight years and thousands of young lives waging a war to overthrow Saddam, whose regime was a strong counterweight that buffered the Sunni Muslim-dominated Arab world from Iran.

But in the end, it took the U.S.-led invasion to topple Iraq’s dictator and allow Iranian influence to spread through a chaotic, battle-torn country.

Now Iraq’s fledgling democracy has placed power in the hands of the nation’s Shiite majority and its Kurdish allies, many of whom lived as exiles in Iran and maintain strong religious, cultural and linguistic ties to it.

The two groups sit atop most of Iraq’s oil, and both seek a decentralized government that would give them maximum control of it. A weak central government would also limit Sunni influence.

The proposed changes have aggravated ancient tensions between the two branches of Islam, not to mention Arabs and Iranians.

Neighboring countries have historical and tribal links to Iraq’s Sunnis.

“A weak Iraq is now sitting next to a huge, mighty Iran.

Now the only counterpart to Iran is not a regional power, but a foreign power like the United States,’’ said Abdel Khaleq Abdullah, a political analyst and television host in Dubai. “This is unsustainable. It’s bad for gulf security.

It’s given Iran a sense of supremacy that we all feel.’’

Fear of a Shiite Iraq has helped shape the Sunni Arab world’s view of the insurgency in that country. Although many people revile the violence, there is also a quiet sense that the insurgents are fighting on

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — To a group of Swarthmore College students, the news reports from Iraq often seem like a continuous loop of stories about deadly roadside bombings, inconclusive street skirmishes and baffling political disputes.

What’s missing, they say, are the voices of ordinary Iraqi citizens.

Their solution is “War News Radio,’’ a small program that’s starting to get big attention by broadcasting incisive accounts and observations of people caught up in the conflict.

Using the tools on their desks —phones and computers — the student journalists connect with Iraqis and others in the region to paint a portrait of daily life that’s all but invisible on the nightly news.

“We had this pretty grand hope that once we began educating ourselves, we could actually bring something to the media that people weren’t getting,” says Amelia Templeton, a senior history major and one of three “War News Radio’’ editors.

A recent program featured an Iraqi artist describing how he incorporates images of the violence into his paintings.

In another show, a U.S. Marine, a Muslim, talked about what it’s like to fight in Iraq.

In a third segment, the head of the Iraqi stock exchange discussed the state of the country’s financial infrastructure. (Yes, Iraq has a viable exchange, though these days the fortunes of its stocks are displayed on a dry-erase board, hand-written in felttip marker.)

“People manage,” says Wren Elhai, a 19-year-old political science major.

“People carry on what would be almost normal lives, if they weren’t telling you

about hearing a bomb go off.”

How do the students snare interviews with people living 6,000 miles away?

They simply call them up. Of course, they have to find them first.

For that they mine names and contact information from college faculties, relief organizations, friends of friends. The Internet offers directories that are the next best thing to an Iraqi phone book, along with blogs written by combatants and civilians who can be reached via e-mail.

Top that off with Skype software — which allows people to talk over the Internet for free, using microphones and headsets — and it can be easier to reach an Iraqi from a college newsroom in Swarthmore than from a hotel room in Baghdad.

“Getting in touch with Iraqis has not been the insurmountable challenge it seemed to be at the start,” Elhai says. “You run into more brick walls trying to get someone in the U.S. military to talk to you.”

The students ask questions that are disarmingly simple: Is the Iraqi university system still functioning? (Yes, despite widespread looting.)

Do Iraqis ever go on vacation? (They do, to Egypt.) Will Iraq send athletes to the Olympics? (One, a skeleton sledder, the first Iraqi to compete in the Winter Games.)

At first, “none of us had any clue what we were doing,” says Tev Kelman, 22, an anthropology senior.

But he and others had an interest in the war, a sense that history was occurring in front of them, and a belief that small, intimate tales could help tell the larger story.

“War News Radio’’ airs Fridays at 8 p.m. EST on college station WSRN-FM, and is also available via podcast and the Internet at www.warnewsradio.org

Tevye Kelman (left), a senior, and Duncan Gromko, a junior, record a session for the "Why Do We Fight" series at Swarthmore College's "War Radio" lab on January 26, 2006.

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In photography, flashes make pictures clear, but the glucose monitor can get blurry when you have to look at it six or more times a day.

Even with the insulin pump, Warren’s blood sugar level manages to run higher than it should, soaring at 203 .

hen my oldest little brother Warren, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes he was 13 years old. He was a second degree black belt and an avid skateboarder with the highest metabolism of all my siblings. He is 18 now.

It’s funny that he never had a sweet tooth until he had to limit his sugar intake. When type I (juvenile onset) diabetes strikes, the pancreas fails. The pancreas produces insulin, which regulates glucose or blood sugar levels.

The normal, healthy level is anywhere between 80 and 150. When glucose levels go above 150, it increases the likelihood of long term complications such as vascular and microvascular disease, blindness and glaucoma, kidney disease and nerve damage.

There’s the possibility of emergency complications like diabetic ketoacidosis where acids build in the bloodstream. Untreated, it can progress to a loss of consciousness called a diabetic coma or even death. If glucose levels dip too low, hypoglycemia is another looming risk.

Type I should not be confused with Type II diabetes. Type II is common in adults who inherit it or have bad eating and exercise patterns. Type I has no specific cause.

Warren has to inject himself with insulin after his meals. He has to wear an insulin pump while he skateboards. And every few hours he has to draw blood to test it.

My little brother is a great, loving person. He has not let Type I diabetes slow him down. He has courageously faced this challenge head on. I admire him for that.

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High school life consists of lining up and taking many shots ... but for most kids, it’s not this kind of shot.

Warren hunched over, playing video games after coming inside from skateboarding.

The insulin pump he has to wear to regulate his blood sugar causes bruising.

It’s like he’s holding his pancreas in his hand.

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Debuting a ‘monolgue’

BY CANDICE MITCHELL ECHO STAFF WRITER

N. C. Central University will be the first coed, historically black college or university to present the Obie-award winning play, “The Vagina Monologues.”

“We’re making history,” said junior criminal justice major and cast member, Alexcia Harris, who said that she is very proud of being a part of the play.

Barbette Hunter, a member of the board of directors for Raleigh Ensemble Players, directs the 20 member cast.

Eve Ensler’s, “The Vagina Monologues,” tells women’s stories of intimacy, vulnerability and sexual self-discovery.

Ensler interviewed over 200 women to gather the monoloues.

The play has even inspired a dynamic grassroots movement called V-Day. The “V” in V-Day stands for victory, valentine and vagina. The NCCU production is participating in V-Day’s 2006 College Campaign.

On V-Day, international performances of the play raise money to support anti-violence organizations throughout the world, while generating public attention to the larger fight to stop worldwide violence of females, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sexual slavery.

“It’s an overall empowerment campaign,” said Maya Jackson, who has organized the play’s production.

One cast member, sociology junior Natifa Baker, said the play has special meaning for her. She was a victim of sexual abuse.

“I felt like I could relate. I wanted

to be the voice of women who have been abused,” said Baker.

This year’s V-Day theme, “Vagina Warriors: The New Revolution,” celebrates aspiring activist and leaders who are working to end violence against women in their communities.

NCCU will honor three local “Vagina Warriors,” and praise the work they do. These individuals have not yet been named.

The play is sponsored by Voices of NCCU for Planned Parenthood and the NCCU Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

All proceeds go to to the N.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

The performance is at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 24-Feb 25 in B.N. Duke Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the NCCU Ticket Office in the A.E. Student Union.

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The collection of one of the Harlem Renaissance’s most prolific artists, William H. Johnson, has come to the N.C. Central University’s Art Museum.

Johnson’s collection,“Revisiting an African American Modernist,” opened Sunday with a reception.

“We are thrilled to be able to present this exhibit to the NCCU community,” said Kenneth G. Rodgers, the museum’s director.

The collection consists of 50 paintings borrowed from Howard University, Morgan State University, and Hampton University, which will remain on display until April 21.

“This is a very rare exhibit. This is not an exhibit that is likley to happen again on the campus of NCCU,” said Rogers.

Although his work was not recognized until after his death, Johnson is known for his Scandinavian landscapes and his depiction of African American life.

Born on March 18, 1901 to a working-class family in Florence, S.C., Johnson worked several jobs to help

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Johnson learned the formal and academic traditions of art at the National Academy of Design in New York.

“This exhibit is nice,” said sophomore visual communications major Montressa Johnson. “I’m doing a project on William H. Johnson and by being here, I’m gaining insight to his works and various techniques.”

The Harlem Renaissance was searching for economic self-sufficiency and Johnson wanted to join his colleagues in the struggle.

Johnson’s style helped create some of his most original pieces, where he expressed his identity as an African American.

He is especially well-known for his use of isolated figures in his work.

Through his works, it is easy to see his beginnings in South Carolina and education of everyday Harlem life.

“For the 20 years that I have been coming to this museum, I have never seen this many people in here,” said Durham resident Helen Sanders.

“It just blows you away to see the array of his work, and I think every student should come visit this collection of African American history.”

Girl in a Turban — Betty, is one of the paintings by William H. Johnson now on display at the NCCU Art Museum.

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With songs like “Suckas Come and Try Me,” and “Stop Callin’ Me” crunk music lovers are sure to enjoy this album.

Honestly, the lyrical content is not that great.

But with beats produced

by Jermaine Dupri, sounding Li’l Jon inspired, it won’t take long for Dem Franchize Boyz to establish themselves as artists in a form of hip hop that is taking root in the mainstream.

Granted, this album doesn’t have something for everyone.

Ladies, there are no tracks about love, and they don’t stray from the formula of crunk beat after crunk beat, but it is worth checking out for those looking to get in touch with their inner club hopper.

I give this album three out of five on the black hand side.

— Larisha Stone

What’s really going on with the videos?

Art breathes life into painter Y Harlem Renaissance artist on display in NCCU Art Museum

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ou know what really grinds my gears? Bad music videos.

Recently, while watching Kiesha Coles’s video for her single, “Love,” I noticed that Keisha Cole has no clue what her own song is about.

Come on Eagles let’s be real, most of us have watched this video and at the end said, “What?”

Between Tyrese, a robbery, and a groupie cop, I get JOANNA lost and can’t seem HERNANDEZ to find the lyrics or the point in the video.

And isn’t the idea to relay the song visually? I mean that’s what I thought.

Ms. Cole is not the only party guilty of bad video concepts.

For their videos “Window Shopper,” “Sex with You” and “We Belong Together,” 50 Cent , Marques Houston and Mariah Carey are all contending for the title of worst video concept.

Most bad music videos

are often guilty of the same thing, and that’s “doing too much,” or what others call being “extra.”

Seriously, a video for a love song doesn’t need a murder mystery.

Where some artists let me down with confusing video shenanigans, other artists seem to impress me with displays of ultimate creativity.

Artists like Kanye West and Jay-Z keep it basic, yet unique, to their own touch of fly.

And even though artists like Outkast and Missy Elliot make the videos that seem “blowed,” or under the influence, they somehow kind of make sense.

Often times music videos can hype a song up in popularity.

On the other hand, I would suggest that if an artist’s song is whack they ought to make sure the video is extremely entertaining.

Basically people, let’s pay attention to how much artists understand their own music, and how gullible and naive they might think we are.

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Campus Echo WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2006

Olympian alumnus dies at 54 1972 Olympic gold medalist Larry Black succumbs after aneurysm

BY DARRYL HARRIS ECHO STAFF WRITER

A memorial was held Thursday at B.N. Duke Auditorium to honor N.C. Central University alumnus and gold medal Olympian Larry Black who died on Feb. 8, at age 54.

“I remembered him as a very nice young man, kind and generous,” said Phyllis Lotchin, associate professor of English, Larry Black, who taught Black as a gold medalist freshman. and alumnus “I was so sorry to hear about his death. I hope he had a happy life.”

Black, who passed away from an aneurysm, was an 11-time collegiate AllAmerican while he was a student at NCCU. He won NAIA outdoor titles in 1971 and 1972, as well as an NCAA outdoor national title in the 220-yard dash in 1971.

Black was selected as the 1972 NAIA Championship Herbert B. Marett outstanding performer. He was inducted into the Penn Relays Wall of Fame in 2003, and the record-setting Penn

relay teams that he ran with in the 1972 Olympics were inducted in 2005.

In 1972, Black was selected to the United States Track and Field Olympic team to participate in the games in Munich. He ran first leg on the men’s 4x100 meter relay team, which set a world record at 38.19 seconds. Black also won a silver medal in the 200m relay, finishing in 20.19 seconds.

The 1972 Olympics were memorable for swimmer Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals, and for a terrorist-spawned tragedy.

On Sept. 5, 1972, eight Arab terrorists raided the Olympic village that housed the Israeli athletes. After a shootout between German police and the terrorists, nine hostages were killed along with two terrorists, two German police officers, and two Israeli athletes.

After overcoming an addiction to drugs and alcohol, Black spent the last ten years as a personal trainer.

“He was the best of a fine group of excellent runners at Central at that time,” said Lotchin. “He had the humility that went along with being a first-class athlete.”

Black is survived by his wife Cherese, four daughters and two grandchildren.

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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS LOOK FOR BETTER SEASON

BY SHATOYA CANTRELL ECHO STAFF WRITER

N.C. Central University Men’s and Women’s tennis teams are hoping to make a major impact this season with their experienced competitors and their newly added prospects.

The Eagles opened up the 2006 season at a slow start with an 8-1 loss against Methodist College in Fayetteville on February 19.

Junior transfer Ashley Stout was the only player to win a singles match with scores of 6-4 and 6-3.

Hoping to capture their first victory, the Eagles traveled to Charlotte on Feb. 20 to compete against Johnson C. Smith University.

Unfortunately, the Golden Bulls prevailed and captured a 7-2 victory over the Eagles.

“Both teams have similar abilities, and are working consistently through the fall and spring,” said David Ness.

The men finished fifth in the CIAA Tournament last season. This year’s team is primarily new with eight additions and two returning players.

For the men, an overall record of 7-9 and 6-6 CIAA proved not too bad for the 2005 season.

A loss of two experienced seniors, Dennis Wilson and Joseph Headen, will make it a little harder for the Eagles to compensate for talent.

“Last year’s team was a lot more competivtive and had a lot more athletic ability,” said David Ness, head coach of the men’s and women’s teams.

“It’s hard to tell how this season’s team will end up

The men’s and women’s teams are setting their hopes on a more productive year.

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because it is so early.”

With a little hope and a lot of much needed patience, the Eagles hope to do much better than last year.

Although the Eagles are inexperienced, there are certain players to look out for who are making a spotlight appearance on the court.

Returning player Jonathan Carter, a junior, is a #1 and #2 singles player

whose improved athletic abilities and intelligence on the court will help the Eagles to a winning season.

Freshman Benjamin Vo leads the team in victories so far with two singles wins and one doubles win with fellow teammate Ashley Stout.

As for the women, much work is to be done. The Lady Eagles began their season with an opener against UNC-Pembroke, in

Lumberton, on Feb. 15. \ The Eagles fell to Pembroke with a 0-9 loss to begin their season with its first defeat.

The Lady Eagles finished sixth last season in the CIAA Tournament.

They have six new additions and four returning players.

“Our team has ten experienced players that have a desire to do better than last season,” said Ness.

Featured athletes for the Lady Eagles include junior returning player Johnelle Ligons who experienced a “sophomore slump” last year.

She is now bringing high energy to this year’s team as #1 and #2 single.

Ligons, who was described as very energetic, is a NCCU hopeful and a stronger competitor than last year.

“She’s going to be a powerhouse this season,” Ness said.

Sophomore Ambra Mason has improved since her first year and has an sharpened her attack on the court.

David Ness is going into his 9th year as head coach of the men’s and women’s tennis teams at NCCU. He has played tennis for 20 years, in combined coaching and teaching.

“I am excited about this year because I am confident that both teams will finish higher this season in the CIAA,” said Ness.

The next match is on Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. at Greensboro College in Greensboro, while the Lady Eagles will travel to Peace College in Raleigh, on Feb. 23 at 3 p.m.

Track teams leap to podium Men’s track takes 2nd in CIAA conference, women’s third

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Jessica Mills, freshman jumper and conference champion, gets a little dirt on her shoulders during practice.

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It was a great start for Eagle athletics this past weekend at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va at the 2006 CIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

The Men’s Indoor Track and Field team took second in the conference, as the Women’s Indoor Track and Field finished third in the conference.

But, the soaring Eagle of the weekend was sophomore sprinter Maurice Gailey, with a record-setting performance.

Gailey, a native of Pensacola, Fla., set a record in the 200-meter dash finals with a time of 21.93 seconds, defeating Saint Augustine’s College by just one-hundredths of a second.

“Gailey can be the next

world class athlete out of Central,” said Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/ Indoor and Outdoor Head Coach Michael Lawson.

This first place achievement added 10 points to the men’s score, giving them a grand total of 93 points to acquire second place, 44 points ahead of third place finisher Bowie State University.

Gailey finished the weekend not only with a win in the 200-meter dash, but a second place showing in the 4x400m relay with sophomore Brian Hope and juniors Hakeem Mohammed and Dorian Turner.

“This guy [Gailey] could be the next Jason Smoots,” Lawson said.

Hope earned all-conference honors, finishing third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.10 seconds and finishing first place in the

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60m dash with a time of 6.80 seconds.

Other performers for NCCU were Mohammed in the 400m dash (2nd); junior Rashaad Lee in the 800m run (3rd); freshman Brandon Jones in the 5k run (3rd); and the mens distance medley relay (2nd) consisting of Jones, Turner, Lee, and sophomore Robert Currington.

All together, the men’s team finished within the top three in 10 out-of 14 events.

The women’s team owes their third place finish in the conference to three conference titles.

Lady Eagle freshman Jessica Mills won the triple jump with a leap of 12.09.

Along with Lady Eagle freshman Rejon Littlepage, who won the mile run with a time of 5:48.69.

The Lady Eagle’s medley relay team won the third

conference title with a time of 12:42.87; this all-confernce team consists of junior Aisha Brown, senior Sharonda Arnold, freshman Robin Thomas and sophomore Yolanda Barber.

As a whole, the Lady Eagle’s place in the top three in 8 out-of 12 events, finishing with 83 points, just nine points behind second place finishers Bowie State University Lady Eagle freshmen Latasha Jones and Chanel Raynor earned their first all-CIAA indoor honors.

Jones placed second in the shot put with a throw of 11.90 meters, followed by Raynor with a throw of 11.15 meters.

Arnold obtained the honor of third place in the 400m dash with a time of 57.04 and in the 4x400m relay with a team time of 3:50.46.

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Cheney’s got a gun placed my books on the counter at the public library.

The woman behind the counter looked up and — in the full-of-sunshine voice your grandmother uses to ask you if you’d like another cookie — she chirped, “Did you hear?

Cheney shot a man!”

I do not exaggerate; the woman Greg was positiveWilson ly glowing.

“Only a matter of time, I suppose,” I said. “Eventually someone was bound to let him have a gun.”

“Absolutely!” she giggled, “Do you have your card?” I handed her my library card.

[The librarian checked out my books, renewed some others, and I left. But I kept playing back the strange conversation in my head. When I got to my car I decided I needed to

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write a better ing a quail ending. This is shaped what I made toupee.” up:] She laughed, “Do you mean to say,” She took my then said “but I hesitated — card from me I’m serious. and said, “Of How do you Oh, what the hell — course, I’m surmistake a man “Do you mean to say prised he was for a little Cheney was trying to such a bad shot bird?”

— he only She had a kill that guy?” winged that point. “But Harry why?” I asked.

Whittington fel“Why’d he low.” shoot to kill?”

Did I really “Well, I want to know where she was could only speculate,” she going with this? “Do you mean pushed the books across the to say,” I hesitated — Oh, what counter toward me, “and I the hell — “Do you mean to don’t like to speculate.” say Cheney was trying to kill She said this in a tone that that guy?” indicated that there was proba“Oh, yes! Absolutely, bly little else in the world that absolutely. He’s an idiot, that’s she enjoyed more than a good, a given, but no one — no one — meaty, tasty speculation. I is idiot enough to confuse a six- waited. I knew that she wouldfoot-whatever-inch white man n’t stop there. for a little brown baseball sized “But he’s killed before, so bird,” she said as she slipped it’s not like there wasn’t precethe cards into my books. dent,”she said.

I said “I heard joke on the Ah. Cheney the murderer, radio that it all happened somehow I’d missed that story. because Whittington was wearI waited, sure that there would

be more, but she seemed satisfied with the obviousness of her murderous claims.

I couldn’t stand it. “Who’s he killed before?” I blurted, daring her.

Her face relaxed and the sunny smile slid into the look of pity and concern that comes to those who must share, with those who haven’t yet heard, some terrible news of death or disaster.

“Dear, haven’t you heard?”

She looked up at me, her eyes glistening slightly, her voice soft, compassionate. “Cheney and Bush have killed 30,000 since they came into office — didn’t you know?”

“Um, yeah, I guess I did … but that’s war … right? I mean, people die … don’t they?” I said, a little lost. I hadn’t thought of it like that.

“Killing’s killing, dear, and murder’s murder … Like you said, it was only a matter of time before Cheney or Bush shot someone — Cheney’s just used the gun up close and personal this time instead of sending in an army.”

Food for thought hen did we become so complacent and absorbed by ignorance?

It seems that the great majority of students at N.C. Central care nothing about what’s happening on their campus.

Whether it is the cafeteria, or residential life, or even the crime that steadily grows, day by day, no one seems to speak up Agu about the Onuma injustice or the apathy of those in charge.

As my undergraduate college career comes to an end, I ask myself, who is going to continue to challenge injustice and apathy on this yard?

In my opinion, we have lost focus of the reason we are here.

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As college stuaround the camdents, we are pus. supposed to find As Central gets ourselves, formubigger and “Fellow students, you late our own brighter, it have been charged with seems to image, challenge the norm and become a hot the duty to wake up build a foundaspot for crime. and smell the stench of tion for the kind My question is, the trickery being of future we plan who will stand to create. up for what is brewed in the backA lot of sturight if no one rooms of NCCU.” dents care deeply dares to make a about the hottest stand? concerts and talWe are ent shows, but only a handful sitting at an HBCU at the pinnaseem to care about the food in cle of Black History Month, but the caf or the lack of funding for it seems that the campus is security on this campus. asleep compared to the voice Over the course of one semesthat spoke for, and spoke up for, ter, I’ve seen more conflicts NCCU in 1910. among my peers, drugs in the Now, almost one hundred classrooms and guns on our years later, we have to hold sitbeloved “Facebook” than I’ve ins and riots before we are paid ever seen here at NCCU. any attention by our fellow stuI have even heard about students. dents getting attacked only yards Just a few days ago, a group of away from their dorm by students made history by strangers who were lurking protesting the poor service at

W.G. Pearson Cafeteria, and all of a sudden, the whole atmosphere changed the next day.

I say kudos to those few, but faithful, who understand that excuses and apathy will only push us farther away from true knowledge.

I am not throwing stones at anyone; I am giving my sincerest opinion to those in charge. To those who sweep information under the rug, I’m hear to tell you that nothing stays hidden in the dark for long To those who are working hard for the improvement of this university, I’m hear to tell you that you are no ordinary barnyard fowl.

Fellow students, you are charged with the duty to wake up and smell the stench of the trickery being brewed in the backrooms of NCCU. You must recognize your responsibility to stand up and make use of your VOICE, because the Real World waits for no one to WAKE UP!!!

drawing by Rashaun Rucker

Question: “Do students need to ‘wake up’ on campus?”

“Many students are not taking full advantage of the opportunities available to them at NCCU. College isn’t just about fun.”

— Lolethia Underdue

“I think college is a great opportunity that not many black students take advantage of.

Waking up is a must.”

—Gabriana White

“We need to start using what we have to better what we want.

Use the opportunities that are here for you.”

— Jessica Griggs

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