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Campus Echo Cops arrest Echo staffer NCCU policeman, Campus Echo photographer bump heads — literally BY JEAN ROGERS ECHO STAFF REPORTER

A Campus Echo photographer on an assignment to take pictures at the Homecoming Step Show was arrested by a N.C. Central University campus police officer and charged with trespassing, two accounts of resisting arrest and assaulting

an officer. According to warrants for arrest, Khari Jackson, a psychology senior from Winston-Salem allegedly assaulted Officer T.D. Hart by pushing him in the chest with both hands after she had been notified to leave the McDougald-McClendon Gym Friday. She allegedly resisted arrest

by falling against the wall, sliding down and then refusing to walk after being handcuffed for trespassing, according to the warrant. Jackson was taken to the Durham County Jail where the bond was set at $2,000. Jackson was released the same night after posting the bond. She is scheduled to appear in the

Durham County District Court Jan. 12. Jackson, who has been a Campus Echo photographer for more than one year, vehemently denied the officers' account of what happened and said it was heavy handedness on the part of the officer.

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Dems take the House Democrats regain House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years, Senate down to the wire BY WILLIAM BRANIGIN WASHINGTON POST

Paradyce Clothing Company was one of the three fashion troupes who splashed the runway with bright colors, exotic style and couture fashion. RODERICK HEATH/Echo Photo Editor

ALL IN THE FAMILY t was truly a family affair ladies and gentlemen. Homecoming 2006 gave more hoot and holler than uncles at a reunion. Present Eagles and alumni alike arrived in droves as there was much to be celebrated. And there was. Ranging from the football team’s 10-0 streak for the first time in history, to selling out shows in McLendonMcDougald, the spotlight remained on the campus of N.C. Central University.

Democrats captured a majority of the House of Representatives tonight, as voters delivered a rebuke to the Bush administration and the governing Republicans amid an increasingly unpopular war in Iraq and a rash of scandals tainting GOP incumbents in several states. The Senate, however, remained up for grabs at press time, with Democrats winning half of the six Republican seats they needed for a majority there, but several other key races still too close to call. The victory in the House marked a fundamental power shift in Washington, where Republicans have held the chamber for the past dozen years. It put Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in position to take over next year as the first woman speaker of the House in U.S. history, and it poses a new challenge for President Bush during his final two years in the White House. With returns trickling in from a number of hotly contested races, Democrats claimed the minimum of 15 victories they needed in Republican-held districts en route to what they hoped would be a larger majority in the House. In the House, Democrats reached the threshold by knocking off Republicans in three districts in Indiana, two districts in

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Students react to Dem victory Say failed Bush policies led to GOP loss BY EBONY MCQUEEN

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“Touchdowwwwnnn ... Eaaagless!” Wide receiver Brandon Alston treads the paint as he slams the ball in the end-zone. RODERICK HEATH/Echo Photo Editor

Barber calls for change in NC

Sports: Eagles make history during regular season Page 9

Editorial: Homecoming had a glitch in its matrix Page 12

BY VANESSA JACKSON

ECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ECHO STAFF REPORTER

Rev. William Barber II sent a powerful message to N.C. Central University students challenging them to be more involved in leadership roles at the 59th Annual Founder’s Day Convocation, Oct. 3. “My young brothers and sisters who are here. It’s your turn. It's your time,”

Martin Luther King inspired many with his “I have a dream” speech. He must have touched a few of Eagles too. N.C. Central University alumnus Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is a social activist and pastor, the state conference president for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored

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People, known as the NAACP. Born in Indianapolis to the late Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, Sr. and Eleanor Patterson Barber, Barber grew up in Plymouth, N.C. He earned his bachelor’s degree in public administration from NCCU, where he served as campus NAACP president and was a Dean’s Scholar and Benjamin Mays

While some were sound asleep Tuesday night, other N.C. Central University students found the temptation to closely monitor the mid-term election results hard to resist. They stayed up and shared their views on the Democrats’ House triumph with the Campus Echo “I feel that this is a quick counter to the Republican revolution that took place in 1994,” said senior political science and history major A.J. Donaldson. Analysts say that the Democratic victory stems from dissatisfaction with the Iraq war and the administration’s policies. Some students share the sentiment. “I think that the Americans were disappointed with the war in Iraq and federal spending,” said graduate student Dion Terry. “They sent the Republicans a message that they wanted change.” With President George W. Bush having only two years left in his term, some say it may have an impact on the 2008 Presidential race. “I think the voters will make another

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Robinson: Former Miss NCCU speaks at Gala Ball Page 2

NCCU alumnus encourages activism

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Rev.William Barber II spoke at the 59th Annual Founder’s Day Convocation.

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Elevator repair causes distress

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Stairs hard for some to climb BY AHNNA CAIN ECHO STAFF WRITER

Because of severe spinal damage, Elaine HarringtonAustin has long depended on the use of the elevator to get to and from classes. When the 40-year-old elevator experienced yet another breakdown on October 13, it left this professor teaching in a firstfloor classroom. When a classroom was not available, she instructed in the often noisy lobby. After breaking her foot, theatre education and music senior Jasmin Jones was unable to use the elevator for about a week. “I would have appreciated the courtesy of a back-up plan for situations like this,” said Jones. According to an N.C. Central University physical plant spokesperson, the elevator manufacturer determined that the elevator was unserviceable and had to be rebuilt. The elevator is under contract with the Otis Elevator Company in Raleigh, who took 20 days to make the repairs. NCCU’s new physical plant director, Philip Powell, said the plant responded immediately to the request to have the elevator fixed, but was unable to get it fixed by the expected date of October 27. “With the age and heavy usage of the elevator, no one can say how long it [the elevator] will last in the future,” said Powell. Meanwhile, the plant and those affected by the breakdown had to make do. Minnie Sangster, a professor in the modern foreign languages department, uses a cane for her knee. In October, Sangster slowly made her way up the steps from the basement to her second-floor classes, a trip which could have caused her further injury. Like Harrington-Austin, Sangster chose to do what she could rather than miss more classes. When repairs are being made, is there a more effective way to service students and faculty? According to Powell, the plant had suggested that people be accommodated while the elevator was down.

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Former Miss NCCU Nichole Robinson recalls her experience as a campus leader and encourages students to also pursue leadership roles. MITCHELL WEBSON/Staff Photographer

NCCU INSPIRED ALUMNA TO LEAD CBS exec Nichole Robinson speaks at gala BY KRISTEL HOLLOWAY ECHO STAFF WRITER

As a student at N.C. Central University, former Miss NCCU Laurie Nichole Robinson was profoundly affected by witnessing her fellow Eagles become campus leaders. Witnessing NCCU students become leaders here shaped former Miss NCCU’ s professional journey. Now assistant general counsel and director of training and development at CBS Broadcasting Inc., Robinson was the featured speaker at the Legacy Gala on Friday, Nov. 3. The Legacy Gala is held annually by the Chancellor to recognize outstanding faculty and alumni for their contributions to both NCCU and to the National Alumni

Scholarship Program. Robinson told those in attendance that she remembered NCCU having a real family atmosphere. “When I think of a family, I think of an environment that is nurturing, enriching and supporting — teaching and loving.” She said that when she thinks of family, and all of the NCCU Alumni, she also thinks of a tree. “With … a tree, you can cut it down; the tree can die; but, no matter what, the roots will still grow.” Robinson explained that the roots of the NCCU family have spread throughout many states, and with them, the network available to current NCCU students. Robinson said one of the things she liked most about NCCU was that students could become leaders on campus.

“We ran the newspaper, ran the student government, we ran our sororities and fraternities,” Robinson said. “Seeing and doing things that are executive births in you the desire to be a leader.” It was the atmosphere of leadership that convinced her to run for Miss NCCU in 1993. “I challenged myself to move outside of my comfort zone by doing something unusual. So I ran against eight other people and won!” said Robinson. “It was the best experience that I have had in my entire life because it eliminated the spirit of fear, trained me in production and presentation, and developed my leadership skills. Once you put yourself out there like that, you can do anything.”

Sleepless Eagles struggle on School, work, friends and clubs leave little time for dozing BY JIMMY VINCENT ECHO STAFF WRITER

Many college students aren’t getting enough sleep, which may be affecting their production throughout the day. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 63 percent of students don’t get enough sleep. With only 24 hours available each day, many students feel there isn’t enough time for everything. “I don’t have enough time to sleep,” said criminal justice junior Marisha Mathis. “There is always something that has to be done.” Students must somehow divide their time among studying, working, extra-curricular activities and socializing. History education senior Milton Dickerson wants to get more sleep but says this is impossible. “I have three jobs, and it’s very demanding,” Dickerson said. “I do the best I can, but I have a lot to do.” Because of all the opportunities on campus, many students try to take on

more than they can handle when they first get to college. The abundance of activities overwhelms them, and they use alternatives to stay awake. Some students start their morning with a cup of coffee to keep them up throughout the day; some use other substances. “I don’t drink coffee, but I have taken NoDoz,” said mass communication junior Woodrow Rowell. “It’s a pill to keep you alert.” The National Sleep Foundation recommends avoiding caffeine, sleep aids, excessive napping and all-night study sessions. They suggest merely that people get more sleep. Setting schedules and sticking to them also helps. But lack of sleep doesn’t affect all students negatively. “I usually average a total of 26 hours a week,” says biology junior Ana Waterman. “Being that I lack sleep, for some reason I am still able to wake up, attend all my morning classes and function regularly throughout the day.”

Thanks to a new partnership, Durham area families will get the chance to own their first homes. On Thursday, N.C. Central University administrators announced that they will collaborate with the Durham area Habitat for Humanity on housing projects. University and Habitat representatives, as well as NCCU students, convened at the campus’ administrative circle during 10:40 break. Attendees included Chancellor James H. Ammons; Provost Beverly Jones; Executive Director of the Habitat for Humanity Miguel Rubiera; and City Councilman Howard Clement III. Ammons serves as an advisory board member for Habitat for Humanity. “We are so pleased to see an initiative between NCCU and Habitat for Humanity,” said Jones. “We support this initiative and hope that it builds long-lasting relationships.” Rubiera added, “Nothing can be done without people who care.” In the last 16 months, Habitat for Humanity has built 18 homes in Durham and plans to begin constructing one more home before the end of 2006. The new home will be located on Simmons Street, moments away from NCCU, on property owned by Habitat. Contractors will begin building when NCCU raises 50 percent of the project’s estimated cost. Habitat usually matches the other 50 percent with the sponsor. The total estimated cost for the Simmons Street home is $100,000.

“We hope to begin building around January or February and finish around May before students leave for summer break,” said Rubiera. Within the next two to three years, Habitat hopes to build 33 homes collectively in the West End, Northeast Central, Hope VI, and Junction Road communities. The organization is also in partnership with the Durham Housing Authority and has started housing projects in the greater Durham region near the Golden Belt Facility. “Habitat for Humanity transforms lives and communities by making home ownership possible,” Rubiera said. As of 2006, Habitat had constructed more than 200,000 homes in more than 3,000 communities across the globe. Millard and Linda Fuller established the organization in 1976 as a Christian service. Depending on household size, low-income families making between $17,000 and $40,000 a year may be eligible for housing. Habitat offers homeowners monthly mortgage payments of $450 per month. The homes range from 1,100 square feet for a three-bedroom home and 1,300-1,400 square feet for four bedrooms. Thirty-ninth U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn helped bring national acclaim to Habitat for Humanity during its early days. On Thursday, Rubiera emphasized his belief that morale and rates of violence and illegal drug use would decline if better homes were constructed and the communities were renovated. “Lives are changed, communities are bettered, and crime goes down,” Rubiera said.

ARREST CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Jackson said she went into the lower level of the gym to the will-call table to check in as a Campus Echo photographer and was cleared. She then proceeded to the gymnasium entrance and was approached by a lady who told her she needed to go upstairs and buy tickets to get into the step-show. At this point, Jackson explained that she was with the Campus Echo. Shortly after, she was stopped by Hart who told her she needed to go upstairs to get tickets. As she was walking into the gym, Jackson explained to Hart that she was a Campus Echo photographer on assignment. After getting into the gym, Jackson said she stepped back into the hallway with her friend, who needed to talk on her cell phone. That’s when Hart approached her again. Hart said to her, “Y’all not going to be running in and out of here,” according to Jackson. Jackson tried to explain that she was waiting on a friend, but Hart said: “I don’t need all of this attitude.” Jackson said that when she turned to go back into the gym, Hart blocked the doorway, and she lightly brushed past officer Hart. She claimed the officer grabbed her hand, twisted it behind her back, threw her up against the wall with his hand around her neck and then proceeded to drag her down the hall and outside to be handcuffed. According to Interim NCCU Police Captain S. Jacobs, who read part of the arrest report, Jackson raised her hands to chest level and said “move the [expletive] out of my way.” He added that Hart then applied a wrist lock in preparation to restrain Jackson. Jacobs said that the only reason Jackson went downtown was because she pushed the officer. “We tell people three times, then they got to go,”

said Jacobs. Jacobs explained that event officers are “briefed and de-briefed” for each show. They are given their post at the briefing. “If she is told not to come back to the area and she comes back, it becomes trespassing,” said Jacobs. According to Jacobs, disorderly conduct such as cussing or walking away is reported to the deans. Jacobs would not comment further on the report, since the investigation was ongoing. Jonathan Leach, a graduate student who witnessed the officer twisting Jackson’s hand behind her back, spoke with officer Hart about the incident. He said Hart told him he had no intention of arresting or charging her, but Durham police stepped in and handcuffed her. Campus Echo Editor Rony Camille said it was unfortunate that the incident happened and hopes that it will be resolved amicably. “In our business, we normally do not want to be the news, we want to cover the news and we hope that we will be allowed to do so freely at NCCU.” Campus Echo adviser Bruce dePyssler said this is the first time in his seven years as adviser that a Campus Echo staff member has been arrested. “It’s unfortunate that this incident occurred,” said dePyssler. “We must all try to ensure that things work smoothly between our staff and campus police.” Jackson, who plans to further pursue the issue, said that NCCU’s police department has some improvements to make. “I feel that this incident was completely unnecessary,” Jackson said. “The student body is constantly harassed and not protected by the people whose job and duty it is to do so. I’m not sitting down on this matter.”

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“I’ve waited up to two weeks for books. I had tests and everything. I just had to find a way to get the information.” SHAQUETTA PARKER

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Alph – or Alf –? Student Union namesake a spelling enigma

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Student checks out the stock of textbook offerings at the NCCU bookstore. Campus Echo File Photograph

Bookstore, students seek common ground

Stop by N.C. Central University’s student union and take a look at the lettering on the building that identifies it. OK, got it? It says A. Elder Student Union. Now find the maroon and white sign outside the building. It says Alphonso Elder Student Union. Here’s the hitch: “Mr. Elder spelled his name A-l-fo-n-s-o,” said Constance B. Roberson, director of Student Activities at the Alfonso Elder Student Union. No one knows who Alphonso Elder may be, but the real man to be honored is Alfonso Elder. So who’s to blame for the mistake? No one knows. Roberson said the mistake happened before she became director. Thurman Prescott, Jr. served before Roberson, and he is retired. “The former director requested that it be corrected, and they were told they would, but they [the physical

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Students begin every semester with a feeling of excitement. There are old friends to catch up with and new ones to get to know. There’s the promise of attending new classes and meeting instructors. But N.C. Central University’s 8,685 students say there’s one thing they don’t look forward to each semester — trying to get the books they need for their classes. The N.C. Central University bookstore, operated by Follett Higher Education Group, has the task of matching their book orders to the number of students enrolled in each class. NCCU began outsourcing its bookstore operation to Follett in 2003 after an internal audit revealed financial irregularities and a loss of almost 4 percent in 2000-2001. “The worst thing we could do is not have enough books,” said Eric Ewert, Follett’s vice president of public and campus relations. According to Ewart, Follett verifies student enrollment each semester with the NCCU Registrar’s Office. Several months before the semester begins, the

instructor also estimates how many students will enroll in the class. Once an instructor determines which texts to use for a course, the instructor either turns in a book request as a hard copy or orders the book online at the Follett website. But bookstore companies have discovered that ordering the exact number of books requested is costly. Some students may decide not to buy their books, or may drop the class altogether. So Follett looks at the history of textbook purchases for a course and talks to the instructor before determining how many books to order for each class. “For example, if the history of the class shows 15 students, and the instructor says there are 30 students on their roster, then we will order 20 books,” said Ewert. Ewart said that when they come up short, they order additional books by next-day mail. But some students say that isn’t what happens at all. “I’ve waited up to two weeks for books,” said criminal justice junior Shaquetta Parker. “I had tests and everything. I just had to find a way to get the information.” Book shortages have forced students to the

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Internet and The Book Exchange, a downtown bookstore. “There is only one other bookstore around here, and sometimes they don’t have the books we need either,” said business management junior Khadijah Sutton. English secondary education senior Shaunrick Townsend said she eventually ordered her book for History of the English Language on e-bay. Ewart says bookstore managers communicate with faculty to review the status of class sizes and book orders. But this seems to be a hit-or-miss proposition. Michele Ware, an associate professor in the Department of English and Mass Communication, said she has a good relationship with Hank Gardner, the manager of the Follett bookstore. “I do receive calls about my books,” she said. But Bea Hughes, a Science Odyssey instructor, said, “I have never talked to anyone from Follett or the school bookstore about books. I just place my order and pray it works out, but it never does.” Ware admits that everything isn’t always perfect. “Overall there is a book problem, but it has improved over the seven years I’ve been here.”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Fellow. Barber continued his studies and earned a divinity degree from Duke University and a doctorate from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. His approach to activism has been compared to those of black civil rights leaders from the ‘60s. Though the NAACP has historically been activist, it does not advocate violence. Instead, it brings together people who are willing to fight for justice and against racism. “A fresh wind of activism is needed today,” said

He also encouraged this doctrine at the November 4 Founder’s Day convocation, at which he encouraged students to become involved with the NAACP on the university level. “It is important for students to become more engaged in challenging disparities, healthcare, war … and a host of issues, particularly because the founder of NCCU was a social activist,” Barber said. “There is no mistake in Truth and Service,” he said. “I learned about activism from my father first, NCCU second.”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Barber said. “We need leaders ... that are serious about the common good.” Barber, an NCCU alumni, is the president of the N.C. conference of the NAACP. He expressed how today’s society faces the same challenges NCCU founder James E. Shepard faced in 1910 when he opened the University. “Imprisonment is a new slavery,” said Barber, who went on to explain how the

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Barber. The NAACP is planning a people’s town hall in front of the N.C. General Assembly early next year; Barber encourages students to participate. “In traveling, I am finding students recognize the importance that they become fully engaged. I am glad to be coming home,” he said. In an economics discussion held by Good Works, Inc. and the N.C. Council of Churches, Barber challenged his audience to become faithful with their money and not just with religion.

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Shepard House on NCCU’s web site reads: “After his [James E. Shepard’s] death, presidents Alphonso Elder and Albert Whiting lived in the house.” In some cases, indecision about the spelling even appears in the same document. The Dec. 6, 2001 issue of the Campus Echo Online reads “Alphonso” in the photo caption, but “Alfonso” is used throughout the story. Popular approaches to the spelling of Elder’s first name are “A.E. “ and “A. Elder.” But the word is out: It’s ALFONSO.

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plant] never did,” said Roberson. This isn’t the only appearance of Alphonso at NCCU. Who is this Alphonso Elder? He floats around impersonating the University’s second president, Alfonso Elder. In Dimensions of Learning class, freshmen learn that Alfonso Elder succeeded James E. Shepard in 1948 as the president of what was then called North Carolina College at Durham. The alternative spellings of Alfonso Elder’s name almost appear to be an NCCU tradition. A map attached to a parking and traffic regulation brochure distributed several years ago used “ph,” but the spelling is correct in the current brochure. An October 2005 NCCU Campus Alert for a Student Health and Counseling Services event uses the “ph.” An Oct. 26, 2006 one-time event listing for a recent HIV Testing Day also uses “ph.” A “News and Events” press release announcing the re-opening of the

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state government spends more on people in jail than on children in schools. He also urged for a strong connection between HBCUs and civil rights leaders, and he pledged to the audience that new leaders will emerge in the state. “I promise you today there will be a summit in North Carolina that breathes fresh air into the veins of this state.” Barber called on the audience to use their resources when bringing

social change. “We must use all of our human and intellectual capital to fight for fairness for all of our people in North Carolina.” According to Barber, for these changes to come in effect people must go out to the polls, vote and organize. “For a system to change somebody has to say something. Then somebody has to organize the rhetoric of speech into a people driven plan for the purposes of positive change,” he said.

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HBCUs – past, present, future 100 HBCUs enroll more than 350,000 blacks — 14% of all black college students

Part One: A changing role BY DANIELLE KWATENG BLACK COLLEGE WIRE

Its law school is evidence of how much Howard University’s mission has changed from its original vision as a theological seminary. When members of the First Congressional Society of Washington first sat down and thought of establishing a theological seminary for blacks, they could not have imagined what it would become. Approved for charter by President Andrew Johnson in 1867, the mission of Howard University quickly changed to a vision of a “University for the education of youth in the liberal arts and sciences and other departments.” Now, more than 130 years later, it embodies intellectual development and innovation for the world. Many students know its history and its successful graduates, but tend to forget the impact of Howard’s presence. Howard was built when the country was in a state of unrest and still felt divided from the Civil War. “Originally whites thought, ‘We don’t want them in our colleges so we’ll set up something for them, but give them less funding’,” said Emory Tolbert, a professor in the history department. “The tradition of racism is to degrade and make all things ‘black’ inferior. But HBCUs were specifically created for the advancement of African Americans, and now, years later, alumni send their sons and daughters to them,” Tolbert said. Bill Maxwell, writing in the St. Petersburg Times, reported that HBCUs have produced the bulk of today’s black middle class: 30 percent of blacks who hold doctorates, 35 percent of black lawyers, 50 percent of black engineers, 65 percent of black physicians. Maxwell also cited research that found, “Professors encourage spirited exchange of subject matter, ideas, beliefs and opinions during class discussions at HBCU’s.” The president of LeMoyne-Owen College in Nashville, James Wingate, agreed. “Giving the underprepared student a chance to be nurtured, taught, coached, cajoled and encouraged ultimately to the point that they achieve and go on into the workforce and contribute to the gross national product — that’s what it’s really all about. It’s not that other colleges can’t do that. It’s that HBCUs do it better,”

Wingate said. Marymount University sophomore Loren Hulen called the atmosphere at Howard lively. “I applied to Howard University and was accepted; however, Marymount accepted me first and I decided a smaller school would probably be better for me. It’s funny; I’ve been to Howard at night and it’s kind of strange to see people still walking around on the Yard at 10 at night. Ten p.m. at Marymount, and everyone is in their rooms. The campus looks empty,” Hulen said. “At Marymount, many people keep to themselves and sometimes it can feel like high school, because it can get very ‘clique-ish.’ Howard’s campus always has something going on . . . it almost makes me happy I went to MU. If I went to Howard, I would get too distracted,” Hulen said. Marc Lamont Hill, author and professor at Temple University, recently wrote about the issues HBCUs are facing. The first challenge he cited was expanding opportunities for African Americans at Ivy League schools. “Beginning with the 1960s cohort of affirmative action students, large numbers of black students were able to bypass the HBCU and matriculate directly into the White mainstream. Whereas scholars like Cornel West and Henry Louis Gates were able to enroll as undergraduates at Harvard and Yale University, their intellectual heroes and mentors had no such luxury.” W.E.B. Du Bois “had to attend Fisk before obtaining a Ph.D. at Harvard,” Hill said. Hill also contended that HBCUs play a different role today. “Whereas previous generations saw an HBCU degree as a badge of honor and community solidarity, many of today’s students and parents see the black college as a secondary or tertiary alternative to Ivy League universities and elite liberal arts colleges. While this is partly due to the everexpanding bourgeoisie sensibilities of the black middle class, it is also directly connected to the increased corporatization of higher education,” Hill wrote. For Elysia Ross, a junior pre-pharmacy major at Howard, there was no other choice. “Despite all the statistics and what others think, I love Howard. There was no other option for me, not because I wasn’t qualified but because my heart was here,” she said. “Just look at the history, it says it all.”

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Students between classes at Howard University, Washington, D.C. In the background is Founders Library, a national historic landmark. Photo courtesy of The Hilltop

Part Two: HBCUs fight lingering perception of inferiority BY DANIELLE KWATENG BLACK COLLEGE WIRE

It is a common notion among blacks that they must do twice the work to achieve equal opportunities as white people. As one remedy, affirmative action was created to give black people a fighting chance. But even with affirmative action, there seems to be a disadvantage for black students from historically black colleges and universities. As Dave Chappelle noted in one of his skits about a black man trying to be hired by a white employer, many think potential employees should “go back to Howard” after graduating. According to the Department of Education, 14 percent of all black college students attended HBCUs in 2003. This was the smallest percentage of black students choosing HBCUs since their founding in the 19th century. There are 106 HBCUs in 24 states, mainly in the South, enrolling more than 350,000 African Americans annually. Before the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 85 percent of all blacks who attended college went to HBCUs. But in the past two decades, 12 of the schools have closed.

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A Howard University might be well-known and accepted, but compared with Ivy League schools such as Harvard or Yale, many think it doesn’t match up. Faith Ohai, a junior public relations major at Howard, recalls a conversation this summer. “I was at a seminar with students from Harvard, Penn State, John Hopkins, University of Maryland and Fordham University. We were talking in a group discussing the rigor of our course work,” Ohai said. “I told them of my communication law class that I took and that despite its high demands, I was able to earn an ‘A’ in the course. The girl from Penn State was like, ‘Oh well that’s like a C at Penn.’ I asked for clarification because I was extremely puzzled,” Ohai said. “She explained how students at her school are told that the academic grading at HBCUs is below the standards at other schools. The other students chimed in and agreed.” Ohai added that an employee at Penn State joined in the conversation and supported their point.

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to debate, I posed the question: ‘Is that an assumption or something that was concluded from experience?’” Ohai said. Ohai explained that black institutions are not inferior. “I loathe the remarks I get from my friends who chose to go to white majority schools. They rationalize why they specifically chose not to go to an HBCU and act like I can’t get a good job if I graduate from an HBCU,” she said. “Government policy or not, what students need to look at is the positive aspect. They need to think about where they can get in and make an impact or just move on,” Ohai said. Morris Mann, an investment adviser in Washington and a 1994 Morehouse College graduate, said it is an advantage to come from an HBCU. “We need to look at the facts; not every industry is looking to hire minorities, but the world is becoming more global and a lot of companies understand that,” Mann said. “It can even be an advantage to come from an HBCU because companies are looking for diversity. Three main reasons are because

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Divorce Dakar-style Divorce rate doubles in cities

“I’m no fool,” says Khadija Sall, 34. “My husband didn't believe in me. He was staying with this one and that. So I packed, and I left him with no one to clean and wash.” In beauty salons, banks and markets in Dakar, many women say they won't stay with cheating and abusive men when they can make their own money and take care of themselves. MICHAEL ROBINSON-CHAVEZ/Washington Post

Divorce in Africa is not for the meek. The city laws have made it easier for women to leave. Marriage used to be forever in Africa, and now, like everywhere else, it’s ‘Till divorce do we part’. ABDOULAYE THROUB 29-YEAR-OLD DAKAR MAN DIVORCED BY HIS WIFE

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DAKAR, Senegal — She’s the queen of her neighborhood, a Dakar diva with press-on purple toenails, a dizzying array of orange and purple outfits with matching hair weaves and, in her boldest statement, a divorce. Khadija Sall, 34, kicked her cheating husband out of the house last year, moved to one of the liveliest neighborhoods in the city, bought a one-room hair salon, painted it pink and then painted the town red. “I’m no fool,” said Sall, tugging a weave into a customer’s head with one hand and dousing herself with perfume with the other. “My husband didn’t believe in me. He was staying with this one and that. So I packed, and I left him with no one to clean and wash.” In beauty salons, banks and markets in this city of more than 2 million, many women say they won’t stay with cheating and abusive men when they can make their own money and take care of themselves. The mass migration of Africans from family farms to urban areas is creating a generation of women who are more cosmopolitan, more independent and even more willing to

divorce as they settle into city life. While women in rural areas tend to be economically beholden to their husbands and tied to tradition, those who move to the city can find jobs, apartments and ultimately acceptance. “Our grandmothers never got divorced. They were miserable till the grave,” said Fotou Ndpye, 34, who was waiting on a purple velvet love seat in Sall’s salon. Ndpye is single and works as a government secretary. “My grandmother was never paid for housekeeping and raising children. But I am paid for my work, and I want to enjoy that income. ... That is the beauty of life in Dakar. There is no paycheck in the bush.” In some African cities, the divorce rate has doubled in the past decade, according to the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers, which focuses on women’s rights and has several branches on the continent. The increase is due in part to new divorce laws, according to the organization. In Uganda, for example, a constitutional court ruled in 2004 that women could divorce their husbands in cases of infidelity and domestic violence. In Senegal, women have

had the right to divorce since colonial times but rarely did so, according to the country’s Ministry of Culture. But in recent years, officials say, the rate has increased as more people moved to the city, where formal courts were ready to handle the process. Last year, Sall started a group called Dakar’s Divorcees because so many of her female friends were newly single. They discuss problems that divorced women everywhere face, including dating and delinquent child-support payments. They also talk about problems more related to living in Africa, such as being shunned by village elders when they go home on visits and being forced to repay dowries to their ex-husbands, who in some African countries pay a woman’s family to wed her. “Divorce in Africa is not for the meek,” said Abdoulaye Throub, 29, whose wife divorced him because they argued so much over money after they moved to Dakar. “The city laws have made it easier for women to leave. Marriage used to be forever in Africa, and now, like everywhere else, it’s ‘Till divorce do we part,’” he said.

ELECTIONS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Florida, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and New York, and one each in Connecticut, Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio. Additional Democratic victories were subsequently reported in Arizona. White House officials privately acknowledged that Democrats appeared almost certain to win significantly more seats than needed to gain control of the House for the first time since 1994 – a result that would dramatically alter the balance of power in Washington for final two years of the Bush administration. In the Senate, Democrats gained three of the six seats they needed for control of that chamber, knocking off Republican incumbents in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Rhode Island. In Pennsylvania, Democratic challenger Bob Casey Jr. defeated Republican Sen. Rick Santorum in a closely watched race. In Ohio, Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown ousted two-term incumbent Sen. Mike DeWine. Santorum, a staunch conservative who chairs the Senate Republican Conference, making him the party’s third-ranking leader in the chamber, conceded to Casey tonight, congratulating him on running "an excellent campaign." In one crucial Senate race that the Democrats needed to win to boost their chances of gaining a majority, incumbent Robert Menendez in New Jersey held off Republican Thomas H. Kean Jr., son of a former New Jersey governor. Another incumbent, Joseph I. Lieberman, running as a third-party candidate in Connecticut, held onto his Senate seat, defeating Ned Lamont, who won the Democratic Party’s nomination over Lieberman in the state’s primary. Lieberman, who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, has said

smart decision in 2008,” said Terry. Not all people feel there is a difference between the two parties when it comes to policies. “It seems as though many of the policies aimed at black and brown people in America and abroad seem to be the same from administration to administration,” said history senior Solomon Burnette.

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percent cited local issues. Voters’ emphasis on corruption and Iraq appeared to be good news for Democrats, given a slew of scandals that have dogged Republican lawmakers and the growing unpopularity of the war in Iraq. On the other hand, Bush and his fellow Republicans have touted economic gains and their commitment to the war on terrorism as reasons to stick with a GOP-controlled Congress. Opinion polls before the elections indicated that the House was within the Democrats’ grasp, while control of the Senate depended on a handful of tossup races. A Democratic majority in the House would make Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California the first woman speaker of the House in U.S. history. Among the most closely watches races were senatorial elections in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. In Virginia, Republican incumbent George Allen was locked in a tight race with Democrat James Webb, a novelist and former secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration. Early returns showed Allen and Webb running neck and neck. In Tennessee, Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr., a Democrat, was seeking to upset Bob Corker, the Republican former mayor of Chattanooga. Ford hoped to become the first black senator elected from the South since Reconstruction. Going into the elections, Republicans held 230 seats in the House and the Democrats had 201. One was held by an independent who usually votes with the Democrats, and three were vacant. In the outgoing Congress, Republicans held 55 Senate seats, Democrats had 44 and one was occupied by an independent who typically sided with the Democrats.

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he plans to caucus with the Democrats. In Maryland, television networks and the Associated Press projected Democratic Rep. Benjamin Cardin as the winner over Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele after a tough campaign for the seat vacated by retiring Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, a Democrat. With Americans increasingly disenchanted with the situation in Iraq and President Bush saddled with low job-approval ratings, Democrats were mounting their strongest challenge to Republican control of Congress in a dozen years. The voting was widely seen as a gauge of public sentiment on national issues, including the war and Bush’s leadership. Turnout was reported to be relatively heavy in some places, with lines forming soon after polls opened in Virginia, Maryland, Ohio and other states with competitive races. At stake in today’s elections were all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate. In addition, voters in 36 states were electing governors. The elections offered Democrats a chance to take control of Congress for the first time since they lost the House and Senate in a 1994 Republican landslide. The GOP has held the House ever since, and the Senate has been under Republican control since then, except for a 19-month period in 2001 and 2002 when a GOP senator quit the party to become an independent. According to exit polling reported by CNN, national issues were much on voters’ minds today, with corruption, terrorism, the economy and Iraq topping the list of concerns. Belying the bromide that all politics is local, 62 percent of those polled said national issues were the biggest factors in determining their choices, while 33

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The Democrats needed to acquire 15 seats in the House. The Republicans entered the race holding 230 seats, while the Democrats held 201. “Over the past few years, this country has lost its values,” said Jason Dorsette, a history and education senior. “I think now the voters will try to get as many

Democrats in office to see a new change.” If the Democrats take control of the Senate, it will be a shock to many. “I will be impressed by the Democrat party if they take the Senate,” said Donaldson. For the first time in his two terms, President Bush will be working with a Democratic controlled House.

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Hurt beyond beats and rhymes Documentarian speaks out BY JOANNA HERNANDEZ ECHO A&E EDITOR

Professor Kenneth G. Rodgers’ oil painting: “Cardplayers.” COURTESY

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Ever wonder why humans create art? Barbara Rhodes, visiting assistant professor at N.C. Central University has one theory: “It is human nature to try to make meaning and to understand,” she wrote in the NCCU Art Faculty Exhibition catalogue. “Meaning and understanding provide purpose and order amidst chaos.” Rhodes’ mixed media installation “No Resolution” is one of 45 artworks on display by nine NCCU faculty members through December 15 at the NCCU Art Museum. Rhodes said she wants her students to learn that honesty is important for an artist, and that art can be created using affordable materials. Chad Hughes, who works with oil and watercolor, says he aims to create a flattened special quality to his paintings. “He’s teaching us how to look at a picture and pull things out of it like the parallel and horizontal lines,” said psychology junior Bobbie Pretty, referring to Hughes’ painting “Still Life # 2 with Cherries.”

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Two digital prints by Achamyela Debela explore the recent crossburnings in Durham. His “Let me by your mirror” illustrates Ku Klux Klan members surrounding a cross with pictures of dark hands clasping shackles in the background. “Hands that built this country, created many inventions for civilization, have been hanged,” he said explaining the reason for images of the hands in his print. In “Reflection Number 2,” John Hughley extends traditional African textile art by manipulating waterbased media with computer programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Art department chair Melvin Carver draws upon the training he received in the 1980s at MIT’s Visual Language Lab. Carver applies computer imaging to photographs recently taken in Hermosillo, Mexico. In “Stone Print,” he applies his technique to a photograph taken of a stucco wall. Isabel Chicquor uses photography to explore other cultures. “I wanted to make images that would objectively speak of other cultures and reveal those movements and markings that are different from our

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out of on the 4 5 black hand side The Grammy award-winning, Neo-Soul artist John Legend has no problem proving himself as an innovative music composer. His first album, “Get Lifted” was an album that many people played from beginning to end, accepting each other’s difference and reciting the lyrics to “Ordinary People.” His newly released album, “Once Again,” is 99% love ballads. If you are a romantic soul wanting to escape the pressures of every day life or to explore the notions of love, this is the album for you. John Legend explores this wide range of love songs through guitar, piano, and drums.

own,” she wrote. Connie Floyd uses a combination of photography, drawing, and stencils to produce his art. “I’m enjoying working spontaneously, my ideas come from meaningful times spent with those who have influenced me,” he writes. “My photos bridge a gap between nature and the spiritual world”, says Gail William. In her artwork, William uses many mediums: watercolor, ceramics, watercolor, photographs, and textiles. Museum director Kenneth Rodgers works in oil and pencil. His “Cardplayers” shows two black men seated across from each other concentrating on their card game. His work contrasts sharply with the digital manipulation of the other faculty artists. There is a simple elegance to these to two individuals. They are real people. “You can look at the faces in Rodgers’ paintings and understand their feelings,” said business management sophomore Tyson Randolph. The NCCU Art Museum is located on Lawson Street next to Pearson Cafeteria. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Hip-hop has received much criticism over the years, many feel that the culture of hip-hop has been exploited with today’s style of rap music. I feel hip-hop has been exploited by various types of people who are trying to profit off of it,” said Maya Jackson, a sociology senior. On Tuesday, in the B.N. Duke Auditorium, filmmaker Byron Hurt had an exclusive viewing of his documentary film Beyond Beats and Rhymes. His film, which was also a hit at the 2006 Sundance film festival, focused on manhood and rap music in the hip-hop culture. Covering issues like gun violence, male identity, and the objectifying of women in rap videos, the film captured the attention of all the students and faculty in the audience. “I liked the subject matter, I felt the issues discussed in the film needed to be spoken on,” said Tameka McRae, an English and criminal justice freshman. The most controversial topic of the film was the homoerotic tones in hiphop music — this caused a flare of emotions for some of the interviewees. “I didn’t know this subject would make Busta Rhymes walk out of the interview,” said Hurt. “But I had to take the chance and bring it up. The film used modern

day rap music and artists, as well as hip-hop figures, to make points and comment about the effects of rap music on AfricanAmerican males and hiphop culture. Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, and Chuck D are just a few of the artists that appeared in the film. Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons and social activist Michael Eric Dyson also appeared. Hurt, a New York native, spent 5 years creating and producing this film for PBS. “It has exceeded my expectations. I wanted people to formulate their own thoughts, opinions and solutions through my film. I didn’t want to preach,” said Hurt. After the viewing, Hurt shared recounted a question asked to him by a young man after he watched Beyond Beats and Rhymes. “He asked me ‘so, should I blame hip-hop for not allowing me to be myself?’”said Hurt. This question stuck with Hurt, his film is helping young men realize the influence that rap music is having on their identity and self image. Hurt said, “We are much more than what we present ourselves as, there is nothing wrong with being yourself.” “The film was inspirational,” said Rodney Winston, an athletic training freshman.” The ending left me thinking.”

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“Slow Dance” gives a Motown feel that gives adult audiences — the old-school audiences – a chance to reflect upon their favorite Temptations songs. The album features producers such as Black Eyed Peas, Will. I. Am (Blackeyed Peas), Raphael Saadiq, Craig Street, and Kanye West. The four-minute long “Again” discusses how relationships deal with learning to trust after repeated breakups. The album is like a journal with stories of love and its maturity. Some of the songs remind me of tunes played at a wedding, especially “Save Room” and “Slow Dance.” John Legend is risk-taker in his music and has developed a new flavor in the R&B world. With his raspy voice and sexy ballads, Legend is well on his way to winning a few more grammys. This is definitely not another CD that will become as a coaster on your coffee table. You will continue to play these tunes throughout your lifetime, touching spots of sensuality, romanticism, and pure happiness. You can listen to the album and stay updated with John Legend by visiting the website http://www.johnlegend.com

Filmmaker and activist Byron Hurt spoke about his documen tarty film Tuesday in B.N. Duke Auditorium. BRYSON POPE/Echo Staff Photographer

NCCU jazzes things up BY BRITNEY C. ROOKS ECHO STAFF WRITER

Music sophomore Steven Moore checks a note during Monday’s performance. KHARI JACKSON/Echo Staff Photographer

On Nov. 6, 2006, at 7:00 p.m., B.N. Duke Auditorium hosted the 2:25 Jazz Combos and Jazz Ensemble 2 concert. With four directors, twenty-three jazz majors, and a variety of instruments including alto sax, bass, and piano, trumpets, drums, and trombones, the concert blew the roof off of B.N Duke Auditorium. “We’ve been practicing for about two-and-a-half months,” Said Reginald Greenlee, a trombone soloist. The musicians performed a number of pieces such as “Lady Bird,” “ByeBye Blackbird,” “Now is the

Time” by Donna Lee, and many more. “I think we did pretty good!” said Greenlee, reflecting on the performance. “Jazz music,” said KarClaudia Allen, Biology premed junior, “is a large part of our culture that — at our age — many of us don’t recognize.” Jazz gives people a way to really come out and experience what some of our forefathers, especially here in Durham, have experienced. We also learn of our forrefathers contributions to American popular culture. Most of the popular music that people hear today originated in jazz. “There would be no

chicken noodle soup if it wasn’t for the Count Basie Band,” says Torenzo Blair, political science spectator. Its true, jazz has much to do with the black community, but why do so many students seem to have developed the same misconception about this type of music? “People see jazz as, like, a very lofty type of music where you have to know a lot about it.” said Ben Berry, a bass player. “Just listen and whatever moves you — just enjoy it, don’t worry about what it means.” It’s clear, jazz is an entirrely different, but like every other kind of music, it is to be enjoyed and appreciated.

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T.I. gives his signature wide eye. Now what ya’ll know about that? Photo by Sasha Vann

Sorry Fat Joe, but T.I. has more appeal. The 2006 Homecoming filled McDougald Gymnasium almost every single day of the week. Photo by Sasha Vann

Terrance J and Rocsi, hosts of BET’s 106 & Park, introduce the members of Delta Sigma Theta during the BET Stomp the Yard event. Delta Sigma Theta won the event. Photo by Bryson Pope

Bon Vivant’s runway trademark — pure seduction. Photo by Roderick Heath

Michael? No, it’s Evalesco model Kerry Atkinson. Photo by Christopher Wooten

Who would have thought that fall in North Carolina would have looked like summer in Miami? Paradyce models perform their version of Miami Nights during the Triple Threat Fashion Show last Wednesday night. Photo by Khari Jackson

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Eagles lose exhibition game against Duke BY GEOFFREY COOPER ECHO STAFF WRITER

As the N.C. Central University Eagles men’s basketball team looks to find the road to perfection from its disappointing 20052006 season (10-18 overall, 7-9 CIAA), some roadblocks still stand in the way of their nascent journey. Saturday, Nov. 4, the Duke University Blue Devils squared off against the NCCU Eagles at Cameron Indoor Stadium in an exhibition game with a crowd of 9,314 spectators. Although the Eagles’ efforts were valiant, NCCU was defeated with a final score of 92-63. This defeat marks NCCU’s second pre-season loss; its first came last Thursday, Nov. 2, against Mountain State University in Beckley, W. Va. This was the third preseason meeting between the Eagles and Blue Devils. The first confrontation came in the 2004-2005 season, when Duke defeated NCCU by a margin of 37 points. Last year, the Blue Devils defeated the Eagles by a whopping 60 point margin. This year, in the first half, the Eagles were dominated in the field, shooting

Running back Greg Pruitt, Jr. breaks records and feet as he shakes and bakes on the football field. CHRISTOPHER WOOTEN/Deputy

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The Eagles, in front of a sold-out homecoming crowd, pummeled the G o l d e n Bulls of NCCU 52 Johnson C. S m i t h JCSU 7 University Saturday Nov. 4, at O’Kelly Riddick Stadium. N.C. Cen-tral University (100 overall, 7-0 CIAA) completed its first perfect regular season in school history. Senior running back Greg Pruitt, Jr. rushed for 122 yards, allowing him to pass Joe Simmons (2,840, 19901993) as NCCU’s new alltime leading rusher with 2,853 yards. “The way the record happened — on homecoming and senior day — and going to 10-0 — that was just about perfect,” said Pruitt. NCCU gained 469 yards of total offense. The Eagle defense limited JCSU to 169 yards of total offense and forced seven turnovers. “I think we were just a little bit faster than they were,” said NCCU head coach Rod Broadway. “But our guys played well, and

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the defense played the whole game, and Pruitt was big. He’s been so important to the success of our program for the last three years.” The scoring began with a four-yard touchdown run by Jeff Toliver, and Brandon Gilbert’s 70th consecutive extra point gave the Eagles a 7-0 lead with 8:50 left in the opening quarter. Andre George intercepted a pass that set up a successful 22-yard field goal attempt from Gilbert, stretching the lead to 10-0 with 5:12 remaining in the first quarter. With the field goal, Gilbert passed Kevin Houston into second place on the NCCU career scoring list. Defensive tackle Greg Peterson caused the second Golden Bull turnover of the game. NCCU capped a six-play 55-yard drive after Brandon Alston’s 23-yard fumble run. Gilbert’s extra point made the score 17-0 at the end of the first quarter. NCCU scored on five of its last seven first-half possessions. JCSU gave the football back to the Eagles, which

allowed Stadford Brown to connect with Charles Futrell for a 15-yard touchdown pass in the corner of the end zone. Futrell’s touchdown reception was the 16th of his career and the eighth of this season. He finished the day with five catches for 71 yards. “I’m just happy we were able to make history,” said Futrell. Toliver added a 2-yard touchdown run, his second of the game, giving the Eagles a 31-0 halftime lead. At the start of the second half, Brown found Daunte Fields for a 22-yard touchdown pass. Brown’s oneyard touchdown gave the Eagles a 45-0 lead with 6:34 remaining in the 3rd quarter. JCSU did manage to score a 11-yard run by quarterback Donja Goodson. Brown added a 10-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Allen Lee, making the final score 52-7. NCCU, who clinched its second-consecutive CIAA Western Division title last week, will face ECSU next Saturday at 1 p.m. in O’Kelly Riddick Stadium for the CIAA Championship.

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The Lady Eagles made history on November 4 as the first HBCU Cross Country team to advance to the National Division II Championship Tournament by capturing the 2006 Regional Division II Championship Title at Wingate University in Wingate, NC. CIAA Runner of the Year Ashley Cooke led the Lady Eagles, placing fifth on the

6K run with a time of 23:57. Yolanda Barber placed eighth with a time of 24:18, Aisha Brown placed 14th with a time of 24:31, LaTanya Lesine placed 15th with a time of 24:32 and Desinia Johnson placed 19th with a time of 24:49. Other NCCU runners including Erinn Brooks , who finished 22nd with a time of 25:13 and Lakisha Gantt finished 67th with a time of 26:57. Cooke, Barber, Brown and Lesine earned All-

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The champs are back! The Lady Eagles Volleyball team defeated the Panthers of Virginia Union University on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Fayetteville State University for the third year in a row: 3-0 (30-14, 3026, 30-19). The CIAA Championship Tournament began Thursday, Nov. 2, as the Eagles brushed over Bowie State University 3-0 (30-15, 30-18, 30-20), Fayetteville State University 3-0 (30-20, 30-17, 30-15) and Elizabeth City State University 3-0 (30-14, 30-17, 30-10). During the second day of competition, the Eagles defeated St. Augustine’s College 3-0 (30-16, 34-32, 3017). “It feels great,” said head coach Georgette Crawford-Crooks. Crawford-Crooks also received her own personal CIAA honor: she was named the 2006 CIAA Volleyball Coach of the Year. Junior outside hitter Shari Matthews led the Eagles with 12 kills, 11 digs and nine service aces.

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a ratio of 11-24 for 45.8%, 915 from free throws and 0-4 from 3-point range. The Blue Devils shot 16-31 from the field, 4-11 in 3-pointers and 11-17 from the line. By halftime the score was 47 to 31 with Duke leading. But the momentum shifted just a bit and the Eagles picked up the pace to try to improve its second-half offense: in the second half, NCCU shot 14-29 for 48.3% from the field, compared to Duke shooting just 11-29 for 37.9%. Unfortunately, foul trouble haunted the Eagles all game long, and finally caught up with them when sophomore guard Bryan Ayala fouled out with 8:20 left. Later, senior guard Steve Randolph, took the bench with 1:55 remaining. “I was proud of the guys’ effort tonight,” said NCCU men’s basketball coach Henry Dickerson. “Even though we got into foul trouble in the second half, they showed a lot of aggressiveness.” Senior forward Drew Johnson led the Eagles in flight by scoring 21 points for the night. Senior center Jason Hervey followed right behind Johnson with 12 points. Both played an average of 30 minutes for the entire

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12 N Editorial ow that it’s Monday, the inevitable question arises: So what did you think of homecoming? Well ... let’s give credit where it is due. The elaborate “Family Affair” Homecoming celebration sold out shows and created much excitement in the Durham area. Not to mention, our fellas rode a bull for 52 points. Yeah, yeah, enough of that. People always expect the good before the bad. So what was Homecoming really like some may ask? Pretty messed up in retrospect from three opinions. As a student, it was pretty frustrating that, after paying a campus center fee, a lyceum concert fee, student activity fee and student government fee, prices for students were still riding the wire. If students weren’t willing to miss class during student appreciation day, then they could just kiss the chance of a discount goodbye. As for the press, the trouble they went through was ridiculous. Outside of a Campus Echo photographer getting arrested, the “press conference” and the pure hassle media received in attempting to enter any type of campus event, the week could possibly have been classified as smooth. Evidently, the events were rewards for people who “helped” put homecoming together — Never mind those who still had jobs to do. And as for just being an Eagle, it’s kind of sad. There were more fights this past week than there have been all year. It’s surprising that video clips of the sorority brawl couldn’t be found on YouTube. There were some definite spirits flying about and they weren’t maroon and gray. So what did you think of homecoming?

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Islamist state without Israeli permission. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz says his country has not had such a threat since Hitler. It has been said that Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, the spiritual mentor of Iran’s President Ahmadinejad, is called a crocodile because he supports suicide missions against those he considers Islam’s enemies. Statements like "death to Israel and death to America" would seem to put both Israel and America on the enemy list. Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer shed light on one incident involving Israel in a mode of defense. He asked, "Who is to blame if Palestinians are setting up rocket launchers to attack Israel -- and placing them 400 yards from a beach crowded with Palestinian families on the Muslim Sabbath? “Answer. This is another example of the Palestinians’ classic and cowardly human-shield tactic — attacking innocent Israeli civilians while hiding behind inno-

cent Palestinian civilians" (June 16, 2006). The Hezbollah in Lebanon is also hostile toward Israel and in the 1980s sent the United States a brutal message, committing atrocities against those associated with the United States. World Net Daily reported that some Palestinian preachers celebrate violence against America as a gift from Allah and that an Islamist political pamphlet, Hizb A-Tahrir, said, "May Allah keep cooling our hearts and souls with more and more American soldiers killed." Of course, not every Muslim shares these sentiments. But an estimated 10 to 15 percent of the more than 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide believe that infidels, or those who do not hold to the Islamic faith, deserve to die. (Facts on File, October 2006). What arrogance! Consider your freedoms. Realize that many of those that seek Israel’s demise seek ours as well.

Activism won in ‘61 he day before the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961, was bitter cold in Durham. At St. Joseph’s AME Church, black students from North Carolina College (now N.C. Central University) and other schools gathered with a few white stuBill dents from Scott Duke, which had yet to admit a single African American student. The students planned to begin a demonstration that day to protest segregation at Durham’s Carolina Theatre, which required blacks to enter through a separate door and to sit only in the “colored balcony,” known to some as the “buzzard’s roost.” A black student, Claude Daniels, administered an oath of non-violence to the students. Edward Opton, a Duke student, distributed written rules governing their conduct on the picket line. The students marched in the sub-freezing weather to the Carolina Theatre, formed a picket line, and held signs proclaiming,

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"Segregation is a Negro Burden and America's Shame" and "Half Freedom is No Freedom." The demonstration continued day after day. While the police stood by and watched, white hecklers shouted racial epithets at the picketers, hit them, spat upon them, and shoved lit cigarettes in their pockets. The students remained loyal to their oath of non-violence. Professors, including J. Neal Hughley and Charles King from NCC, and Peter Klopfer and Robert Osborne from Duke, formed a committee to support the protest and garnered 260 signatures from faculty members on a petition condemning segregation at the theatre. Those professors and others, such as Duke's Creighton Lacy and C.E. Boulware from NCC, joined the picket lines. The protest gained national attention in an April 1961 article in The New Yorker. The demonstration continued virtually unabated for more than two years until the theatre was desegregated in 1963. In 1973, I was enrolled in an oral history course at Duke. Two graduate students and I researched the Carolina Theatre protest. Using oral history methods, we uncovered information

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that was not recorded in any written source. We interviewed the participants, including student leaders, Duke and NCCU professors, community activists, mayors and police chiefs. We were particularly interested in how the various groups within the protest coalition viewed each other and their roles in the movement. We found that tension and distrust indeed existed across the racial divide, but that the participants’ commitment to advancing civil rights allowed them to transcend their differences. This was a bright and shining moment in history as the walls of segregation began to come tumbling down. Black students from NCCU and other schools, with the help of Duke students, made it happen. In September 2006, I read another article in The New Yorker about another interaction between Duke and Central students that left me feeling terribly sad. I do not know what happened that night on North Buchanan Blvd. I pray, however, that the Duke and NCCU communities can find some way to get to know each other better and rekindle the spirit that animated the campaign to desegregate the Carolina Theatre.

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Question: “On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this year’s Homecoming?” “I would rate our Homecoming a 5. They oversold tickets, and some people couldn’t get in. NCCU needs to step their game up.” Caleshia —C Huntley

“I will give it a 5. For tuition to be going up each year, we could have had more actitivies and faster ways of getting into the events. ” —Tameka Little “I would rate it a 4. The idea of opening up a building at 7 p.m. and the show starting at 8 p.m. is crazy. A lot of people missed the opening acts.” — Petra Taft