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SGA election policy fouls four Mr. & Miss hopefuls lack credit hours BY EBONY MCQUEEN ECHO STAFF WRITER

Doug E. Fresh and his hype man “rapped” up the Hip-Hop Summit on Saturday night’s old-school concert. MITCHELL WEBSON/Echo Staff Photographer

FOR THE LOVE OF HIP-HOP 2nd annual summit brings celebrities BY BROOKE SELLARS nce again, the hip-hop industry descended on N.C. Central University for the annual Hip-Hop Summit, a part of NCCU’s recently launched Hip-Hop Initiative. This year’s summit included panelists from MTV, Sony, Source Magazine, Sirius Satellite Radio and many more. Students were given the opportunity to have an open discussion with the industry’s top representatives. They were also able to participate in events such as a film festival, a talent show, DJ and Producer competitions, and even an old-school hip-hop concert. The summit began Feb. 9 with an opening session held at the B.N. Duke Auditorium. Students attended several sessions, including Fashion is my Passion, with panelist Tara Payne, a designer for Abercrombie & Fitch; Jasmin Rijken, director of Marketing and Public Relations for

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Business cluster focuses on health BY CANDICE MITCHELL ECHO STAFF WRITER

The N.C. Central University Business and Industry Cluster was held Feb. 8 at the Radisson Hotel. Its theme was “Researching Health Disparities in the African-American community.” The Business and Industry Cluster facilitates effective communication and collaboration between industry representatives and the University in activities of mutual benefit. According to the National Institutes of Health, dispari-

Family Tree Entertainment, was the keynote speaker that afterPhoto feature of Hipnoon. Hop Summit events Students — Page 6 were able to meet and greet Hip-Hop Summit film the panelists festival, concert and and executive an editorial staff for networking oppor— Page 7 tunities. Brittany Benson, mass communications senior and host of the campus television program “On the Yard,” shared her experience. “I definitely benefited from meeting different people from the industry,” Benson said. “They embraced me and ... my hard

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ties are differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality and other negative health conditions among minorities unable to receive adequate healthcare. The 2006 National Health Care Disparities report stated that a 2005 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said African-American North Carolinians have a higher obesity rate compared to white Americans, as well as a higher prevalence of diabetes. Kyle Marshall, spokes-man

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GAME SCHEDULE Monday, February 26 Women’s Games: 3 p.m., 7p.m., 9 p.m.

Tuesday, February 27 Women Quarterfinals: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.

Wednesday, February 28 Men’s Games: 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.

Thursday, March 1 Men’s Quarterfinals: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.

Friday, March 2 Women’s Semifinals: 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Men’s Semifinals; 7 p.m. 9 p.m.

Super Saturday, March 3 Women’s Finals: 5 p.m. Men’s Finals: 8 p.m.

Lead scorer Drew Johnson (left) and lead rebounder Charles “Stix” Futrell look to each other and their teammates for a chance at the CIAA Championship. MITCHELL WEBSON/Echo Photo Editor

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IT’S GAME TIME Our annual CIAA preview tells you everything you need to know about the 2007 championship tournament in Charlotte.

It’s been only a week since N.C. Central University Chancellor James H. Ammons was selected as the 10th president of Florida A&M University, but NCCU officials have already started the process of selecting their new leader. In a letter to faculty, staff and students, Cressie Thigpen, Jr., chair of NCCU’s Board of Trustees, said a search committee has

been established. The committee’s goal is to submit candidates to Erskine Bowles, University of North Carolina System president, by June. Ammons, who came to NCCU in 2001, plans to preside over the May 2007 graduation before assuming his new position in Tallahassee, Fla., pending further negotiations with FAMU officials. Ammons has not announced the date that he will report to his post.

The Student Government Elections committee has disqualified four prospective candidates from running in the forthcoming Student Government Association elections, alleging that the candidates have not accumulated enough hours to qualify. Juniors Latia White, Cheryl Clark and Chan Hall were told by the committee that they are ineligible to run for Miss North Carolina Central University. Reginald Boney, also a junior and a candidate for Mr. NCCU, faces the same problem. “It’s just really unfair,” said Boney. According to the four candidates, when they enrolled as freshman the NCCU course catalog stated that they needed 90 credit hours to be considered seniors. The new course catalog states that a student needs to have 96 credit hours to be considered a senior. “I don’t think we should have to follow a rule that was put in place after we came in,” said White. The candidates were notified that they were ineligible to run two days before official campaigning began. “I just feel cheated,” said Clark.

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Obama joins race BY DESMOND WEBB ECHO STAFF WRITER

It’s official. Barack Obama has formally announced his candidacy for president of the United Staes. Obama, a 45-year-old, one term U.S. Senator from Illinois, joined a crowded primary field of Democrats on Saturday, Feb. 10. He announced his candidacy while standing before thousands at the historic Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. where Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House Divided” speech against slavery in 1858. ”People who love their country can Sen. Barack change it,” said Obama Obama to a cheering crowd. “It was here, in Springfield, where North, South, East and West come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American people — where I came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more hopeful America.”

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Lack of home training? Mess in the nest wearing on students, staff BY JESSICA PARKER ECHO STAFF WRITER

There is a problem in the halls of Eagle Landing — there is trash everywhere. Even though there are trash rooms on each floor and dumpsters outside, residents continue to throw their trash on the floors. This problem is not only going on in the residence halls, but also in the classroom buildings. Candy wrappers, drink bottles and even chicken bones litter the steps and the floors. There is a no-littering policy in the residence halls. The no-littering policy for the resident halls states that a particular floor, or the entire building, is supposed to be fined when large amounts of trash are found outside of the proper

areas. However, this policy is not being enforced. “I think that it is degrading to our university ... there are trash bins all over campus, so you can just throw it in the trash and stop polluting our environment,” said mass communication senior Ebony McQueen. Some students believe that throwing trash on the floors gives people a poor impression of NCCU’s students. “When someone visits NCCU and sees trash all over the place, the first thing they will think is that the people are nothing but trash,” said biology junior Adam Spencer. Students are not the only ones affected by the littering. Members of the school’s housekeeping staff also have to deal with this prob-

lem. Housekeeping supervisor Tyrone Wilson says students have a misconception about what housekeepers are here for. “Basically, it shows that they have a lack of home training,” said Wilson. “They have a misconception that housekeepers are the same thing as butlers or maids –— We’re not.” Wilson said that students need to take responsibility for their environment. “Mom and dad aren’t here to pick up behind them.” Wilson believes that this problem can be dealt with by telling students when they first enter the university that they should treat the dorms and other buildings with respect. “This will be their home for the next four years,” Wilson said.

CLUSTER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for Blue Cross and Blue Shield, said in order to eliminate disparities, it is necessary to understand where the disparities are, then involve the people in underserved communities in discussions on how to address the conditions of healthcare. The keynote speaker for the cluster was Dr. Donald W. Bradley, executive medical director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield North Carolina. “Health disparities have been there for a long time…we need to understand it’s a real problem,” said Bradley.

Bradley said that being able to collect data that focuses on disparity issues, relating that data to specific conditions and involving the entire healthcare system, will allow healthcare providers to intervene. Tracey Burns-Vann, director of corporate and foundation relations, works as liaison between corporations and foundations that invest in the university. “There’s much research regarding health disparities taking place on campus,” said Vann. The Nursing Department, along with the HBCU

Alliance, is researching cardiovascular risk. She said the cluster makes it possible to introduce students to the industry for internships and other opportunities. The NCCU Office of Institutional Advancement plans to work alongside Career Services in the near future to develop a cluster conference to reach more students, strengthen the bonds made through the business and industry cluster, and encourage other companies to become involved.

Young and old march in Raleigh to present list of demands to N.C. Legislature. DANA WOMACK/Echo Staff Photographer

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “I had a campaign team of over 100 students and I feel like I let people down.” According to SGA Elections Chair Samantha Carter, the candidates have been removed from the official ballot. “I really think the screening process should have been done well in advance,” said Hall. Carter said she also had been under the impression that the candidates only needed 90 credit hours, but was later told differently. “Before I called the candidates, I checked to see if they had 90,” said Carter. “None of them had 90 or 96.” The new rules require all candidates for executive offices to have at least 96 credit hours in order to run. According to the SGA Constitution, all candi-

dates running for Mr. and Miss NCCU must be classified as seniors, as determined by the Office of the University Registrar, by June 1. “After last year I began to see how politics really works around here,” said Hall. “It’s all about who kisses whose ass.” This year’s election problems come just a year after constitutional issues led to a two-week delay in the announcement of SGA presidential results. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Roland Gaines said the elections held Friday, March 31, 2006, were unconstitutional because the SGA followed the 2005 SGA Constitution, which had not yet been signed by the chancellor. Under the 2003 constitution, the one under which

the SGA should have been operating, elections should have been held on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. The SGA eventually released the results, with the former president, Renee Clark, saying that a pending grievance had prevented the Association from releasing them and that the grievance had been solved. Mukhtar Raqib, the current SGA president, was declared the winner, beating A.J. Donaldson, Brandon Sanders and Sean Kornegay. This year’s SGA executive board candidates are Tomasi Larry for president, Isaac Bellamy for vice president, Corey Dinkins for Mr. NCCU, and Kate Sturdivant and Latoya Tate for Miss NCCU.

Many N.C. Central University students marched in Raleigh on Saturday for the Historic K (Thousands) on Jones Street, led by the N.C. NAACP. “I want y’all to get a first hand experience,” said an NAACP traffic usher. NCCU students and N.C. and Virginia citizens came out in support. Students rode on campus buses and drove personal vehicles to the march. NCCU students earned 15 community service hours for their participation in the event. Over a thousand students from more than 60 organizations marched to the downtown Raleigh legislative building to demand a 14point change, including abolishing a “racially biased” death penalty and doing away with lethal injections. “We’re trying not to give them a lethal injection, but a life injection,” said

Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, president of the N.C. NAACP. Tomasi Larry, political science junior and NCCU’s SGA vice president, said that point six — lifting every HBCU — is most important to him. “I think that historically black colleges and universities directly (target) the lack of education, knowledge and stability of minorities,” Larry said. A.J. Donaldson, political science senior, told the crowd, “Jim Crow had a son by the name of James Crow." Donaldson said activists of the 1960s civil rights movement were as young as today’s college students. “Hopefully it will bring us all together, not just the black community, but the triangle,” Daniele Hood, criminal justice junior, said. Hood said Tameka Thomas, president of NCCU’s NAACP, urged her and other members to attend the movement. Jarvis Hall, the HK on J coordinator for NCCU stu-

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dents, challenged legislators to survive on a minimum wage income, following Rev. Barber in saying, “We need a livable wage.” “I’m fired up! I can't take it no more!” the audience said, following Judge Milton Toby-Fitch’s lead. Fitch said he was happy to see those who served in legislature with him in attendance. People sat in the Progress Energy Center for more than 2 hours before heading out to march downtown. “H-K on J!” supporters chanted. After going over the 14point agenda, the crowd was “fired up” to march downtown. The program concluded as supporters signed a wooden scroll outlining the 14 points for legislatures to see Monday morning. “The fight is on until wrong turns to right,” Rev. Barber said. He plans to continue the movement until minorities and immigrants receive equal rights from North Carolina.

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SGA campaigning has tight parameters BY KESHA LEACH ECHO STAFF WRITER

It’s time for flyers, speeches and social mixers again. The SGA campaign officially began at 12:01 a.m., Feb. 12, and candidates are scrambling to get votes. Before SGA candidates hit the ground running, they have to do some careful legwork first. According to Samantha Carter, SGA director of elections and transitions, students interested in running for an SGA position had to attend one of five meetings where they learned about election procedures. The meetings were held Jan. 23, 26, 30 and Feb. 5 and 6. At the meetings, potential SGA candidates received a packet, which had to be completed and returned by 2 p.m., Feb. 5. The eight-page packet included a letter, dates of all events, intent to run form, recommendation forms and donation clearance forms. To ensure no one could tamper with their completed packets, candidates slipped them through the tiny slit of a box kept in the SGA office. All candidates must observe SGA campaign

spending limitations. They can pay for their campaign material out of pocket or from funds donated by family or business sponsors, but they must turn in receipts for all their campaign expenses. Candidates running for class positions, such as junior class or sophomore class president, must work within a budget of $500. Candidates running for executive positions, such as SGA president, vice president, or Mr. and Miss. NCCU must work within a budget of $1,000. If a candidate goes over the spending limit, it is a level two violation. For this violation, the constitution requires a review by committee and a possible hearing. Three such violations result in disqualification. Limitations are also placed on campaign areas. For example, candidates are not allowed to post materials in the temporary cafeteria or the Alfonso Elder Student Union (which will serve as the polling site). Both areas are considered neutral territory. After the campaign is over, candidates must take

down all their flyers or be charged a fee. Carter explained that candidate write-ins can only run for open positions. ¾ internships are now required for class presidents, SGA president, vice president, and Mr. and Miss. NCCU. According to Carter, the internships are so that SGA officials will no longer “have to start from scratch.” This year’s speeches and debates will be held 7 p.m., Feb. 19 and 20. Feb. 19 will be for class officers, and Feb. 20 will be for executive candidates. Getting votes is only half the battle for Mr. and Miss. NCCU. Their election votes count for only 60 percent of their total score, while their Feb. 21 performance counts for the remaining 40 percent. Elections will be held Feb. 22 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m at the B.N. Duke auditorium “I would like to encourage everyone to go vote. Let your voice be heard because every vote counts, and you can make a difference,” said freshman class president Brittany Bigelow.

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Bijoy K. Sahoo got the business school re-acredited in four months instead of the usual year. SIERRA JACKSON/Staff Photographer

BY ARKAEMI FULLER ECHO STAFF WRITER

On December 31, 2005, the School of Business faced the challenge of a lifetime — the school lost its accreditation from the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. So Chancellor James H. Ammons turned to Bijoy K. Sahoo to fix the problem. And fix it he did. Sahoo became interim dean on January 2, 2006. By April 2006 the ACBSP re-accredited the school. Through much hard work and commitment, Sahoo completed the task in just four months — a process that usually takes 12-18 months. And by December 2006 the school received an additional accreditation from Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The professors in his school are clearly

impressed with his work. “I have known Dean Sahoo long enough, and I have a strong belief in his leadership because he knows what he is doing,” said associate business professor Javad Kargar. “He is a very concerned, trustful, fair and reliable person. The next challenge is for him to maintain the school’s accreditation.” In their accreditation report, the AACSB team noted “the willingness of the dean to address concerns with positive actions.” Sahoo was appointed Dean of the School of Business on Jan. 15, 2007. Prior to becoming the Dean of the School of Business, Sahoo was the assistant vice chancellor for strategic planning and continuous improvement. He came to the United States from India in 1983 as a Rotary-sponsored exchange student on a poetry scholarship and later earned his MBA in international busi-

ness and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of South Carolina. After getting his Ph.D., he taught at USC and was the W.R. Holland endowed chair in finance and international business at Queens University’s McColl Graduate School of Business in Charlotte. The AACSB saw the following strengths in the School of Business: its commitment to technology, the dedication of the faculty to continuous improvement, the rigor of the teaching evaluation process and the high level student enthusiasm. The AACSB also commended the central administration for its support of the School. “Our real work begins now,” said Sahoo. “As an accredited school, both by AACSB and ACBSP, much is expected of us. And we will not disappoint. We will work to prepare our students to have productive careers and to live noble

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Utah foundation gives 100k to fund chemistry scholarship

Commission reports on 1898 white coup d’etat

Chancellor Ammons talks with Chris and Jenette Meldrum of the Meldrum Foundation. Photograph courtesy of Office of Public Relations

BY TRAVIS D. RUFFIN ECHO STAFF WRITER

There really are good people in the world who will go out of their way to help others — people like Chris and Jenette Meldrum. N.C. Central University recently discovered this good news when it became the first, and still the only, HBCU to receive scholarship funds from the Meldrum Foundation. The foundation, based in Salt Lake City, was created by Peter Meldrum, president and CEO of Myriad Genetics, a biopharmaceutical company. The $100,000 donation will become the Christopher S. Meldrum Scholarship. Beginning next fall, it will fund a chemistry student’s education at $3,000 per year. The Meldrum Foundation has given money to schools in Utah, but this is the first time it has donated to a

school in North Carolina. The Meldrums, directors of the foundation, moved to Durham seven years ago. “We had driven past the campus of NCCU on several occasions, and my husband and I saw the different developments,” said Jenette Meldrum. “We just wanted to somehow be a part of what was going on.” The Meldrums, both science majors in college, said they were interested in the science programs at NCCU, so they contacted Randal Childs, NCCU director of major gifts. “I first spoke with Chris back in October, and he told me that they were extremely impressed with NCCU’s renewed interest in the sciences,” said Childs, who invited the Meldrums to visit the campus. But just wanting to help NCCU wasn’t all the Meldrums had to do — they had to get the other mem-

bers of the foundation board to buy into their idea. “When my son Chris first came to me and said that he wanted to donate to NCCU, I was excited,” said Peter Meldrum. “I strongly feel that if you are in a position to make a difference, you totally have an obligation to do so.” Peter Meldrum’s wife, Katherine, bought into the idea too. “It was clear to us from the start that NCCU needed our help much more than Duke and some of the other schools,” Katherine said. Childs said that the kind of support NCCU has received is exactly the kind of support the University needs. “Chris and Jenette are really good people ... it truly says a lot about their character,” Childs said. “I just hope that other people in the Durham community will follow in their footsteps.”

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The smoking ruins of Alexander Manly’s black-owned newspaper, the Wilmington Record, Nov. 10, 1898. Destruction of the press was the first act of violence by the mob of white supremacists. Photograph courtesy of the New Hanover County Public Library

BY NATALIA PEARSON-FARRER ECHO STAFF WRITER

It is one of the most significant events and a crucial turning point in the history of North Carolina, but it is a story that many have never heard. On the morning of Nov. 10, 1898, groups of armed white men marched through the black sections of Wilmington with two purposes — murder and destruction. “It happened like clockwork,” said LeRae Umfleet, principal researcher of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources and author of the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission Report. “Basically it started at 8 o’clock in the morning and by 5 it was over.” Wilmington, then the state’s largest and most important city, stood as a symbol of black achievement. Duke historian Tim Tyson notes in “The Ghosts of 1898” that blacks owned 10 of the city’s 11 eatinghouses and 20 of its 22 barbershops. Many of the city’s expert craftsmen were black. The Daily Record, said to be the only black-owned daily newspaper in the country, was housed in Wilmington. Two days before, the Democratic Party had taken the statewide elections, using a combination of intimidation, violence, anti-black propaganda and election fraud. On Nov. 9, the campaign drew up a “White Declaration of Independence,” stating that white men would “never again be ruled by men of African origin.” The next day the streets of Wilmington became a killing ground, starting with the destruction of the

black newspaper and ending with white men firing into black homes. Meanwhile, leaders of the Democratic Party staged a coup d'état in the City Hall, forcing city officials to resign at gunpoint and replacing them with white men. By the end of the day, no one knew for sure how many people lay dead. Successful black businessmen and their white allies were banished and many more blacks quietly staged an exodus from the city. This carefully orchestrated campaign ensured that whites would reign supreme in North Carolina and the South. In the years afterward, the bloody rebellion of 1898 stood as a reminder to AfricanAmericans that it could happen again if they continued to press for rights and justice. “It was the catalyst that ushered in acceptance of Jim Crow legislation and statewide rule by the Democratic Party for the next 70 years,” said Umfleet. “Because they had a riot in Wilmington, they didn’t have to have one anywhere else.” In 2000, the N.C. General Assembly created the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission to research the events of that night. The panel released its report in May 2006, concluding that what happened was not a riot, but an overthrow designed to disenfranchise blacks. “It was a political massacre of black people,” said the Honorable Thomas Keith, Forsyth County District Attorney. “It was the only coup d'état of a sitting government, yet nothing is done about it.” Now that the story of 1898 has been told, the report concludes, steps

should be taken to “repair the wrong” done 108 years ago. The commission’s recommendations include a broad range of reparations: incentives to attract minority-owned businesses and minority home ownership in impacted areas, incorporation of the events into school curriculum, acknowledgement by newspapers of the role of the media in the rebellion, distribution of accounts of the story, and recognition of the events to be displayed in public locations. In January, the N.C. Democratic Party unanimously passed a resolution renouncing the actions of the 1898 Democratic Party and apologizing to those affected by the revolt. On Feb. 10, as part of the “Historic Thousands on Jones Street” march, the N.C. NAACP presented its 14-point People’s Agenda to the N.C. General Assembly, headquartered on Jones St. The Agenda called on the N.C. General Assembly to immediately implement the commission’s recommendations . “We demand that legislators implement findings of the study,” said Jarvis Hall, political action chair of the N.C. NAACP. “[If not for 1898] would we have an educational system that has failed our children and an economic system that has failed citizens of North Carolina?” The commission’s study was modeled after previous investigations into race riots in Tulsa, Okla. and Rosewood, Fla. On Feb. 7, the commission presented its findings and discussed efforts to redress the consequences of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 at the N.C. Central University School of Law.

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“Race Beat” reviews civil rights coverage Author to discuss reporting of historic era BY LUTHER CLAY ECHO STAFF WRITER

On Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7. p.m., the Regulator Bookshop on 720 Ninth St. will host a book signing of “The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation” by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff. “There’s a lot to talk about that’s North Carolina related,” said Klibanoff. The book tells the complex story of the way news media — the black press, Southern city newspapers and the national press — covered the civil rights struggle that raged across the South after the Word War II and, especially, after the 1954 Supreme Court decision, “Brown v. Board of Education,” struck down school segregation. The black newspapers and black reporters stood bravely at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but were often attacked, as was Alex Wilson, editor of the Memphis-based Tri-State Defender.

And while some white Southern newspaper editors, such as James Kilpatrick, editor of the Richmond NewsLeder, mobilized against school integration, a handful of other white editors, like Hodding Cater, owner of the Delta Democrat-Times, pressed for racial equality and wrote daringly in support of the new federal mandates that followed the 1954 Supreme Court decision striking down school segregation. But it took the national

press to turn this regional story into a national one. Covering resistance to the civil rights movement transformed many national reporters. New York Times reporter Harrison Salisbury wrote that the fear and repressiveness in Birmingham reminded him of his reporting in Soviet-governed Moscow. Charles Moore’s wide angle photography for Life magazine, which showed the use of dogs and fire hoses on demonstrators, helped mobilize action for the passage of a national civil rights bill. Roberts and Klibanoff said they worked on “The Race Beat” for 15 years. Roberts is a journalism professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. He reported for several southern newspapers before joining the New York Times as the chief civil rights reporter in 1965. Klibanoff was a reporter in Mississippi for six years and is now managing editor of the Atlanta JournalConstitution. Times.

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Over 8,000 people gathered in Hampton University’s Convocation Center for the 8th Annual State of the Black Union, Feb. 9-10 According to author and talk show host Tavis Smiley, it’s time for the African American community to take matters into their own hands and empower themselves. “I have given up on trying to change ‘They’ and ‘Them,’ said Smiley in his remarks before one panel. “I’m more concerned about ‘We’ and ‘Us.’ How do we advance our agenda?” Hampton University was chosen as the site of the conference to celebrate America’s 400 th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va. Throughout the program, numerous questions

were asked and discussed such as: “What is the African-American imprint four hundred years after arriving at Jamestown?” “Where are we now?” “What can we do now to improve life for others and for the future?” These questions were answered by more than two dozen distinguished panelists including Cornel West, Princeton University professor of AfricanAmerican studies, Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One, and Chuck D, founder of Public Enemy and Julia Hare co-founder and national executive director of the Black Think Tank. Another issue that came up during the forum was the fact that people of color are not playing an active part in the democratic process. “Anybody who tries to intellectually justify not voting is a fool, in my opin-

ion,” said Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota). Ellison is the first Muslim ever elected to Congress. “There is no time like a race for the White House to get traction on issues that matter to your community if you have an agenda,” said Smiley. FACTS ON BLACK AMERICA

n Africans arrived in Jamestown, Va. in 1619. They came fromthe kingdom of Nongo in Angola. n In all, about 500,000 slaves were brought to North America. n By some estimates slaves contributed almost $10 trillion to the U.S. economy n African Americans account for 47 percent of the approximately one million HIV/AIDS cases in the US.

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Big Daddy Kane makes a surprise visit to the summit. He is here with Christopher “Play” Martin. MITCHEL WEBSON/Echo Photo Editor

NCCU’s Naughty Girls at the hip hop talent show. SIERRA JACKSON/Staff Photographer

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work.” She said that attending the summit helped her to get her foot in the door, but she knew she was going to have to continue to work hard in order to “get to the next level.” The last day of the summit began early Saturday morning at the Mary M. Townes Science Complex with a hip-hop workshop for teachers. At 8 p.m, the Hip-Hop Summit Concert featured legendary old-school artists MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh and Dana Dane. The last session, Hip Hop and the Connection of Music to the African Diaspora, sparked many questions from the audience. Nicole Martin, panelist and senior editor of TRIBES magazine, believes that “Hip Hop can be a medium to educate our youth about Africa.” Mike E, spoken-word recording artist and guest panelist, said, “I believe the summit here at NCCU is going to grow and expand beyond the campus — it is focused on giving people substance and

belief.” The summit was concluded by Kawachi Clemmons, coordinator of NCCU’s music industry program. Sherise Malachi, NCCU alumna and Radio Promotions Coordinator at Columbia Records, brought the summit to campus. Next year, she plans to get surrounding colleges involved and have more hands-on workshops. Malachi said that the event could benefit everyone. The Hip-Hop summit is part of NCCU’s Hip-Hop Initiative, created to offer a scholarly approach to the genre. “The position of HipHop in academia has grown in recent years,” said Chancellor James H. Ammons on the Hip-Hop Initiative website. “Undeniably, hip-hop is one of the strongest tools by which we can reach a segment of our youth and demonstrate the ideals stated in our mission.” Overall the hip hop summit was a good event for the campus as well as the community.

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Filmmakers Khomari Flash, Eddie Smith and Christopher “Play” Martin held a Q&A after the showing of their films. KENALI BATTLE/Echo Staff Photographer

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The N.C. Central University HipHop Summit Film Festival featured three films, live music and food at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center. The first film, Khomari Flash’s Beat Kings, showed the progression of hip hop through interviews with some the industry’s first and most influential producers. The film analyzed individual components of hip hop through interviews with hip-hop masters discussing other artists and the progression of the musical style. Many of the names were familiar, with interviews by David Banner, Kanye West and The Rza organized like a thesis on hip-hop production. The artists contributed their opin-

ions in different sections, each dedicated to one aspect of their craft. Watching the film, the audience could get a good idea of how the musicians used existing sounds as raw materials to create innovative tracks. The musicians got into details like how they started, what equipment they were using and the direction the industry was taking. Typically, people don’t associate hip-hop culture with Christianity. Christopher “Play” Martin, director of Holy Hip Hop, aims to change that. His film shows musicians who combine their love for urban culture with their love for God. Director Eddie Smith’s film, The Cleansing, focused less on Hip Hop and more on a dark aspect of urban culture.

This fictional film shows the moral and physical dilemmas of Brooklyn, a business woman new to town. Brooklyn manages her sick son, an illness of her own, and the task of protecting a child’s life. The film showings were followed by a question and answer session with Flash, Martin and Smith. The filmmakers discussed their inspirations, influences and obstacles in directing. All three said they started with the feeling that the best way for them to express their message was through film. Their talk included tips for aspiring filmmakers, ways to cut costs in production, and which elements they thought were integral to a good movie. Hip hop amateurs and veterans alike walked away knowing more.

Back at it again, the DipSet lyricist J.R. Writer delivers another solid addition to his Writers Block series. On this mixtape, Writer shows he is a strong performer in the booth. He has a good delivery and a confident swagger. He continues to deliver his unique personality, pulling a different sound from his DipSet counterparts. J.R. Writer wows his listeners with hot punchlines and cocky lyrics. However, most of his songs lack substance. After completing the mixtape, listeners walk away no different from how they began. There’s no theme for the listener to

year for the song “Breakthrough.” In tribute to the late James Brown, Christina Aguilera performed “It’s a Man’s World”. “She came out, and blew! Her voice was amazing considering that genre of music,” said Medina Walton, psychology junior. Beyonce sang her hit single “Listen” from the soundtrack of the movie Dream Girls. Justin Timberlake, John Legend and Shakira also performed. The Grammy Award, which has been around for 40 years, is considered the most prestigious music award. The name Grammy is short for the word “gramophone” because the awards are shaped like phonographs. The Grammys offers awards in 108 categories covering more than 20 genres of music, including pop, rock, country and gospel. ––– Brooke Sellars

learn from or relate to. The problem is that Writer says the same thing from track to track. His lack of substance keeps him in the mode of a street battler, which inhibits his growth as an artist. While that is okay for a mixtape artist, it doesn’t give anyone a reason to check out his upcoming album. Though the beats are hot, there’s really no difference now from when he first came into the game. After listening to the mixtape, one could conclude that J.R. Writer is very one-dimensional. As always, to each his own. Writers Block 4 is nothing spectacular, but if you’re sitting in class with your iPod you can definitely give it a listen. Writer’s Block may possibly be a little more interesting than English Composition. — Yung Wyse

You missed the concert? Not hip. hen Doug E. Fresh came out on stage, my mind went a million places. Seeing him just a couple of feet away from me almost brought me to tears. I remembered being a little girl again, dancing in my p.j.s in front of my brothers’ boom box. In the back of my head I could hear my brothers reciting lyrics to me. At that very JOANNA moment I knew hip HERNANDEZ hop would never leave me. I came to find out that older hiphop-head siblings were responsible for a lot of the love coming from my generation that night — well, that and good taste. To be in a room with those pioneers of the music was a once-in-a-

lifetime opportunity. How could anyone miss this, especially with surprise guests like Monie Love, Chuck D, and Big Daddy Kane? A friend of mine even said, “If I had known this was happening here tonight and didn’t come, I would have shot myself.” Yes, it was like that. Not only was the music good but the knowledge was crazy. The audience was learning hip-hop 101 from the ones who’d been there since the beginning. The DJ never stopped spinning classics and the artists were spittin’ classics. What more could you want? Dana Dane started the show. He performed my favorites Cinderfella, Nightmares, and some other hit tracks. He also sang a song, an ongoing joke throughout the night, that he

labeled very important — the lyrics were simply “DanaDane.com, DanaDane.com.” Highlights of the night included MC Lyte performing her classic, my personal favorite Paper Thin from her 1988 album Lyte as a Rock. Lyte held the stage down while she took the crowd from her old school hits to her new school s***. The show ended with all the artists and guest on stage vibing to popular old school tracks. I believe that history is critical. You have to know where something comes from to truly understand, love and appreciate it. That’s why it is imperative that we pass on the history of hip hop. The knowledge of this music was the best gift I’ve ever received. That is why the concert will stay with me. Oh, and before I close, I must mention DanaDane.com.

And all these new video b****es tryin to be Melyssa Ford / But they don't know Melissa Ford drive a Honda Accord / She a video vixen, but behind closed doors / She do whatever it take to get to the Grammy Awards. —The Game, Wouldn't Get Far

Damn ... that’s a bad look for Ms. Ford. No wonder she's gettin cats to text 2258 for her picture. That might pay for her registration or one month’s insurance. It didn't help that Game exposed so much trash on these women. I guess we can call him the male Superhead of the industry. Game, u a bad mother ... let me shut my mouth. Hallelujah Holla back! Peace

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New coach officially named BY LARISHA J. STONE ECHO SPORTS EDITOR

N.C. Central University has announced its new head football coach for this upcoming season. Mose Rison, 25-year coaching veteran, has been interim head coach since Rod Broadway went to Grambling State University. He was announced as official head coach of the Eagles football team on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at a press conference. His contract began on Feb. 7, with his annual salary beginning at $120,000. It will increase to $130,000 on July 1. “I’m a little nervous, but excited and looking forward to the challenge,” Rison said at the press conference. “There are challenges, but we’re going to enter a

new phase as we enter Division I. “Our goal is continuing the success that we have.” Rison has coached in the past for Rutgers University, Stanford University, Livingstone College, the U.S. Naval Academy and the New York Jets. Bill Hayes, athletic director at NCCU, introduced Rison at the conference. He said the decision was very easy to make. He said he always considered Rison the only man for the position. “There was really no decision to make,” Hayes said. “I knew right away Coach Rison was our guy.” “It was an easy choice, if you could call it a choice.” Coach Rison said he is encouraged to continue the work that Broadway started at NCCU.

Sophomore outfielder Oliver Jenkins winds up to hit the ball. MITCHELL WEBSON/Echo Photo Editor

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The N.C. Central University Eagles baseball team makes history this year with the start of their first season since 1975. “I feel happy that we are making history,” said freshman pitcher James Jordan. With five games already played this season, the Eagles hope to make a mark. The Eagles hosted the Benedict College Tigers on Feb. 11 at their new home in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Both teams started slow, but that changed in the third inning. Freshman pitcher Alex Weathersby had two back-to-back strikeouts for the Eagles at the beginning of the inning. However, Benedict’s Nathan Caldwell hit a double to centerfield, bringing Anthony Browning and Alexander Harvey to homeplate,

starting the score at 2-0. Later in the inning, Justin Chapman of the Tigers hit a triple to right center, bringing Jazper Hawkins and Justin James to score with a previous run from Caldwell. In the sixth inning, NCCU junior catcher/pitcher Robert Landis hit a home run to give the team its first score of the game. In the eighth inning, Eagles freshman in-fielder Kurt Wilson singled to help freshman outfielder Tim McAllister score for the Eagles. They were not going to give up that easily, with Eagles freshman in-fielder Keith Butcher singled to bring Wilson home for the run. In the end, the Tigers were too much for the Eagles to handle. With three more runs from the Tigers, they defeated the Eagles at 15-4 for their fourth loss of the season. “We just have to learn more about each other to play together as a team if we want to have success this sea-

son,” said Jordan. On Feb. 10, the Eagles made history again by winning their first game of the season against Benedict College at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Eagles were off to a good start with Landis striking out Benedict’s Brevard in the first inning. Sophomore outfielder Oliver Jenkins scored for the Eagles with the help of junior catcher Seth O’Brien, hitting out to right field. The Tigers answered with a home run hit from Deshaun Brooks to the left field. NCCU’s Landis struck out five Tigers in each inning to hold them with only one run into the sixth inning. The Eagles were on a roll in the sixth inning with O’Brien, freshman infielder Justin Goodson, freshman outfielder Kenny Martin, senior outfielder Marcus Mack, and Butcher scoring to push their lead, which ended the game at 7-4.

Standing near Bill Hayes, Mose Rison accepts his position official ly as head coach. KAI CHRISTOPHER/Echo

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NCCU men triumph in overtime over ECSU BY SHATOYA CANTRELL ECHO STAFF WRITER

Chris Mayshack tries to direct his teammates to score points against the ECSU Vikings Tuesday in McClendon-McDougald Gymnasium.

The N.C. Central University Eagles faced the Elizabeth City State University Vikings last night in the McClendon-McDougald Gymnasium. NCCU 77 “It was a tough win,” said senior guard Chris Mayshack. “We had to fight and make a comeback, and ECS 71 tough it out at the end if we wanted to win.” In the first half, the Eagles were in the lead with a score of 40-22 with everyone on the team contributing to the lead. Sophomore point guard Bryan Ayala had eight points, four rebounds, seven assists with a perfect 4-4 average at the freethrow line. Senior shooting guard Drew Johnson contributed eight points, two rebounds and one steal. Senior guard Chris Mayshack had eight points at the half, plus two assists, one steal and two rebounds. In the second half, both teams were going hard with neither wanting to suffer a loss. A 61-61 tie ended the second half and started overtime play. Although the Vikings pushed for a win, the Eagles maintained their lead to defeat the Vikings 77-71 in overtime.

NCCU’s senior center Jason Hervey led the team with 22 points, six rebounds, and four blocks. Mayshack had 16 points, four assists and two steals, and Ayala contributed 11 points, eight assists, eight rebounds, and one steal. On Saturday, the Eagles traveled to Salisbury to battle the Livingstone College Blue Bears. Johnson led the team in scoring with 14 points. Hervey led rebounds for the game with 10 rebounds. The Eagles defeated the Blue Bears with a score of 5951. The Eagles hosted a game against Virginia Union University in the McClendon-McDougald Gymnasium on February 8. The Eagles were not able to defeat the Panthers, losing 62-53. Hoping to capture a win against Fayetteville State University at home on February 6, the Eagles pushed themselves to the end. These hopes came to an end when the Broncos defeated the Eagles with a score of 67-60. Johnson led the team in scoring with 14 points with Hervey following close behind, contributing 12 points. Virginia State University entered Eagle territory and were defeated with a score of 66-65. “We have to keep playing hard and play as a team to win more games. We have to trust each other,” said Mayshack. The Eagles will host the Bowie State University bulldogs on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the McClendon-McDougald Gymnasium.

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It was Friday morning, and after an interesting week, to say the least, everything was back into perspective the moment I walked through the front door. An Army recruiting trailer was parked directly across the street from the Administration Building. I noticed that Dr. Shepard’s face looked a little upset Kai that the truck Christopher would sit right in front of him, almost disrespectfully. The speculation of a draft, where the only people ineligible are the deceased, bounces around my head at the speed of light. And what this truck says to me is, you can join us now, or come kicking and screaming later. My feelings are so jumbled only because this truck affects me on so many different levels. Maybe this is because my bestfriend and brother, Private

We cannot allow ourselves to be fooled by the propaganda of Republicans and Hollywood. Anthony G. Warren is packing up his things for the third time and kissing his parents, sister, brothers and newborn nephews (both under two) some type of goodbye. I remember the demonstration of my favorite American and athlete, Mohammed Ali, against the war in Vietnam. I have the utmost respect for anyone who stands for something he or she believes in. My mind dances with memories of documentary footage of protesters against a war in Iraq. Funny how those demonstrations never made the news. We cannot allow ourselves to be fooled by the propaganda of Republicans and Hollywood, pumping out the image of a passionate soldier for Americans to take at face value. It seems people are against the war, but allow the entire

issue to become a mist in the wind compared to their favorite song in the club. We have become desensitized to the reality of war. And those who are not desensitized seem to have forgotten the reality altogether. I have yet to understand why my country has any business spreading its nostrums of political order to anyone else, and why it’s worth killing so many people to do so. As for me, I cannot, and will not ever, allow myself to be a killer, to be the driver of a killer, the maintenance of a killer, the recruit of a killer, or to order a killer. Anything associated with the end of someone’s life is just not me. I’m not a protesting type, but every time I see a truck like the one with its back to Dr. Shepard (how ironic), or some sappy commercial, I get closer to picking up some sort of sign and standing my own post. You can feel however you would like, do whatever you feel is right. I just ask that you never forget that there is a place where bombs are flying, kids are crying and people are dying. Don’t stay in your dream world.

Eagle lands in trash t was Sunday at 2:27 a.m. and I had a mild case of insomnia. So I walked upstairs to the Eagle Landing computer lab and was appalled by a sign that read, “PLEASE DO NOT LITTER OR URINATE IN THE STAIRWAYS.” I caught a whiff of what must have been urine, and I wondered, “Am I in prison or college?” A pizza box Tarryn Leal-Simmons was thrown to the side, a month-old flyer was still posted on a door and several large barrels of uncovered trash sat in the hallways. I was almost afraid to walk by for fear of being bitten by a collegiate rodent of some kind. After making it to the lab without incident, I was disturbed by the condition of the room. The back of a chair appeared

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to have been chewed off, trash littered the floor and the dusty computers were making strange noises. The last straw was when I attempted to open Windows Media Player only to find pornography downloaded on the welcome screen. After recovering from the photos, I came to a disheartening conclusion. We are being subjected to substandard living conditions because we are wallowing in complacency: we’re not demanding adequate facilities and don’t have enough pride to maintain and respect the places we live in. We are like blind bystanders when we allow ourselves to live under these conditions. Unfortunately, the problem has metastasized, reaching far beyond just the condition of our living quarters. Students have so many complaints about campus parking, the housing selection process, tuition increases, administration incompetence, and lack of facili-

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ties and amenities. But are we exercising our ability to be catalysts for change? I guess we think that since the civil rights movement is “over,” we don’t have anything else to fight for — that there is no need for forums, protests, sitins and lobbying. Wrong. Complacency will land us right back in the colored section wondering why we got left behind, my good brothers and sisters. Like Laurence Fishburne said in School Daze, “WAKE UP!” You should be offended that somebody had the audacity to put a sign in your residence hall saying “do not to litter or urinate in the stairways.” Please, prepare for the mass exodus of Chancellor Ammons and company, but don’t think that N. C. Central University’s success is contingent upon them or their replacements – the ball is in our court. Are we going to run gallantly with it or foul out, allowing ourselves to get played? You decide.

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