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OPINION

Feature

Sports

A&E

Marcus Smith says that without visitation rules there’d be a ‘mess of little Eagles’

Aaron Daye broke out his camera for a jazz performance

by T.S. Monk

Eagles bite the bullet big time on BET

‘Dark Matter’ exhibit explores the black diaspora at Duke’s Center for Documenatry Studies

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Campus Echo New goals set for NCCU

Two killed on I-40 One other student hurt

BY LOVEMORE MASAKADZA AND CARLA AARON-LOPEZ ECHO STAFF WRITERS

Two N.C. Central University students died and one was injured in a car accident in Kernersville, N.C. shortly before 5 a.m.

Sunday.

The driver, law enforcement junior James Holloman, 20, and back seat passenger Justin Flowers, 22, died when their Chevrolet Impala struck a tree. Flowers was last enrolled in spring 2003. He had not yet declared his major.

James Okonkwo, 19, a front seat passenger, survived and was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center where the sophomore was released Monday. Okonkwo said he is in stable condition and recuperating at his family’s Raleigh home.

According to a Kernersville police report, the westbound car was on an exit ramp leaving Interstate 40 when it went off the road and struck a tree.

Okonkwo said that they had been in Greensboro for the A&T homecoming activities and had been partying all night Saturday when they decided to go and visit a friend at a hotel in High Point, N.C. “The accident happened on our way to the hotel. We were looking for directions, and we were sleepy and tired,” he said.

“James was sleepy.

Everybody was sleepy. And the car reared off the road.

James was thrown out of the car and Justin was just laying in the back seat.”

Okonkwo said that he shook Flowers and he just groaned and would not wake up.

“I didn’t think anything was wrong. I just thought that everything was going to be fine and that he was going to wake up,” he said.

He said that he walked to a nearby gas station to seek assistance. After a few minutes the police and an ambulance came and took them to Wake Forest University Medical Center. It was there Okonkwo found out that both his friends had died.

“I don’t know how I am surviving today. I will never forget my friends. They were good, intelligent people. We have lost two young black men who were going to college,” he said.

“The accident showed me how precious life is and I will slow down a little bit. I am just grateful to be alive.”

Chancellor James H. Ammons said he is saddened by the loss of the students.

“It is always difficult to accept the death of students so young who were doing something positive with their lives. They will be sadly missed,” he said.

Both funerals are scheduled for 1 p.m., Oct. 30.

Holloman’s in Chapel Hill at Faith Tabernacle Church and Flowers’ at Smith Chapel Church in Wadesboro, N.C.

A strategic plan for the University’s future is unveiled by Chancellor Ammons

BY SARIA CANADY ECHO STAFF WRITER

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Alice Jones, of Historically Speaking, lectures to N.C. Central University graduate students about the historical significance of the Addy Walker doll and book series from Pleasant Books.

Meet Addy Walker The ‘American Girls’ doll inspires academic discussion

BY RONY CAMILLE ECHO STAFF WRITER

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f you ask Alice Jones or Sabrina Thomas about dolls and children’s books, you’ll get some sense about how important these items are in human history.

The object of mutual interest that brought them together was the Addy doll.

Addy Walker, a character in the American Girls Collection of dolls, accessories and books, stars in the historical novel series.

In the first, “Meet Addy,” the 9-year-old girl, a slave on a North Carolina plantation during the Civil War, overhears her parents whispering about the possibility of running away.

But after Addy’s father and older brother

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“Meet Addy” is the first in a series of Addy Walker books.

are sold to another master, mother and daughter make the break alone.

Other books in the series include “Addy Saves the Day” and “Addy Studies Freedom.”

The Addy doll and story collection sell for $108 on www.americangirlstore.com.

Jones, a historian consultant with the company Historically Speaking,

Committee re-thinks CFAS

BY JAMES KNIGHT ECHO STAFF WRITER

A new core curriculum is in the planning stages at N.C. Central University.

Since April 2002 a university committee has been at work reviewing the current Critical Foundations in Arts and Sciences program, and establishing new core course requirements.

The Curriculum Review Committee, chaired by Beverly Washington Jones, dean of the University College, has studied other core curriculum models, and held 12 discussion sessions with faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Participants in these sessions examined the current

CFAS curriculum, and solicited ideas for change.

“We want our students to be more marketable when they graduate,” Jones said.

“And they can do that if they learn certain skills, whether or not they are related to their majors.”

The review committee has outlined four key goals for their proposed core revision: • to provide opportunities for students to develop skills necessary to succeed in academic, professional, and social environments while facilitating life-long learning and teamwork, • to develop students’ ability to master fundamental

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and Thomas, a N.C. Central University assistant professor in human sciences, got together by luck and decided to talk to students about Addy Walker, the doll, and “Meet Addy,” the book.

“I was reading an old newspaper article about Dr. Sabrina Thomas and her collections of old dolls ... and decided to give her a call,” said Jones, who contributed her historical expertise to the Addy Walker book series.

Jones is an 1986 NCCU alumna and former NCCU history professor.

Thomas invited Jones to lecture at the Oct. 13 History of Childhood and Family graduate seminar in the Dent Human Sciences

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N.C. Central University officials have devised a strategic plan to recreate the university.

Set to take place over the next five years, the plan is a working draft and university officials are open to other ideas for improvement.

Chancellor James H. Ammons referred to the plan as “a systematic approach to the future development of NCCU.” The university introduced the plan to the public and entertained suggestions at a series of meetings held Oct. 15 in the School of Education auditorium. “[We] are not going to move forward without a plan,” Ammons said.

The chancellor mentioned several steps the university has taken toward improvement so far, including the record 1,052 freshman enrolled this year and the university’s first clean audit in 23 years.

The meeting highlighted three of the 11 tentative goals within the following strategic plan: • Build upon NCCU’s reputation as a beacon of hope through the use of innovative outreach efforts and effective retention strategies.

• Increase NCCU’s participation and presence locally, nationally and internationally to enhance the university’s image and impact.

• Implement a university-wide

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Tension cloaks Page Reverend at helm of divided school board

BY KIA HAYES ECHO STAFF WRITER

The Rev. Michael Page, N.C. Central University’s Director of United Christian Campus Ministry, has got his hands full as the Durham School Board Chairman.

Page is the first African-American to chair the school board. He replaces Kathryn Meyers, who has served as the chair for seven years.

In an interview with the Herald-Sun, Page said his election was “historic.”

The Durham School Board has had a long, divisive history. “Uncivil meetings have been the norm since the merger of the former city and county school districts more than 10 years ago,” says a Sept. 29 Herald-Sun editorial.

The school board has been divided — largely along racial lines — over a number of issues, including the racial achievement gap in Durham and the school district budget. Page did not get

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Rev. Page in his office on Oct. 27 at the Antioch Baptist Church where he serves as pastor. the vote of other black members on the board. They voted for senior board mem-

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Sex safety promoted Campus organization works to prevent STDs on campus

BY JOANNA HERNANDEZ ECHO STAFF WRITER

As hard as it is to believe, a lot of college students still do not know all the consequences of unsafe sex. That is why N.C. Central University started Project SAFE: Save A Fellow Eagle.

Project SAFE is a program for HIV and STD prevention through peer education.

“We do our best to inform students through university outreach and other educational forums,” said health education senior Mia Leak, president of the project.

“A lot of myths have been debunked through the program. We have informed and brought things to light for a lot of people.”

Project SAFE counselors also teach the importance of communication

between partners, as well as methods of reducing disease and infection.

“Communicate with your partner,” Leak said. “It is very important for you to know each other’s sexual history.”

Leak also stresses the importance of being tested for HIV and STDs. “Get tested if you are sexually active,” Leak said. “You can be tested right here on campus at Student Health.”

Project SAFE has many different activities that inform students of sexual risks.

Project SAFE brochures and other materials are available in front of the Student Union at the 10:40 a.m. break on selected days.

There is also dorm outreach, in which representatives go door to door in the dorms to talk to the students.

Parties are also held where partici-

pants can play games and do activities that are centered around informing them about STDs. “I think it is excellent program,” said biology freshman Amanda Haith.

“People should practice safe sex or abstinence. I personally practice abstinence.”

One student said she thinks Project SAFE’s positive message of sexual responsibility is one that needs to be heard.

“Project SAFE is a good program because a lot of people come to college and just get crazy,” said nursing freshman Kristy Crudup.

Leak, who has been president of Project SAFE for one year, said she hopes that people learn a lot from the program.

“Sexually transmitted diseases are real and no one is immune,” she said.

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Jones said she got interested in the historical significance of dolls in the 1980s while working on a thesis examining slave life in Monticello and the North Carolina Piedmont.

Afterward, Jones was contacted by representatives of Pleasant Books, publisher of the American Girl Collection.

Pleasant Books was planning to add an AfricanAmerican girl to their doll line up and that they wanted Jones to provide historical research on slave life for “Meet Addy.”

The Addy Walker series, authored by Connie Porter and illustrated by various artists, covers Addy’s journey from her life as a child slave to a family reunion in

Philadelphia after the family has escaped their plantation.

Jones’ job was to make sure that the story was historically accurate.

A description on the Pleasant Books Web site calls Addy Walker “a proud, courageous girl growing up in 1864, during the Civil War.” Jones said she had some problems with Pleasant Books when it came to designing the Addy doll.

“I wanted Addy to have the characteristic of a black girl living during that time period, and in the end we ended up with what we had,” said Jones, who described the doll Pleasant Books came up with as “Latina-looking,” with silky hair and light skin.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Continuous Improvement Process to promote efficiency and effectiveness on campus.

Other goals include improving the university’s degree programs, forming business partnerships, increasing financial support and ensuring the quality of university facilities.

Some 40 community leaders, residents and city officials attended the meeting to address the goals and express other concerns, such as crime in the surrounding areas.

One of the things that deters people from NCCU is the crime that goes on around the university, said Aasim Inshirah, interim NCCU employee.

“There should be more patrolling

between city and campus police,” he said.

Several agreed that crime is a major issue, while others said the problems were more internal, suggesting that the university not lose sight of its history.

“Will Chancellor Ammons be our last black chancellor?” asked NCCU alumnus Herbert Eaton.

“We are becoming inundated with so many people who don’t look like me in all kinds of administrative and faculty positions.”

Carolyn Mayo, N.C. Health Careers Access program director, said the issue of student morale should be addressed and students

should be aware of how they represent NCCU. “Students would show more pride and school spirit if they were aware of the resources available to them,” said Jocelyn Foy, assistant vice chancellor for enrollment services and director of undergraduate admissions.

But Foy acknowledges that the school’s current position has depended heavily on the people who have shown a genuine interest in its success.

“This university has lasted 93 years because of the tenacity and perseverance of people who care about NCCU,” she said.

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Gail Heath, vice chairman of the Durham School Board, said she will be working hard to support him.

“More support from the community is what Page really needs,” said Heath.

But she recalls someone referring to Page being

referred to as a “puppet for the white board members.”

Still, Page says he has a mind of his own.

“There is some tension still present among the board members, but it’s not about me,” said Page. “It’s really about the contributions we make toward making this educational system what it should be.”

George-Bowden said it’s too early to evaluate Page’s leadership. “I don’t know that he is dealing with any issues,” said GeorgeBowden. “Not much is said

by Page at board meetings.”

But at a Sept. 25 board meeting Page clearly showed his willingness to rise to the occasion: He threatened to call in sher-

iff ’s deputies after the meeting started to become a free-for-all.

Page is determined to get the board working to the benefit of Durham’s school children.

“I am trying to bridge the relationship between the Board of Education and the community,” said Page.

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Odyssey. Under the proposed new plan, students would be able to select from a list of 14 other science courses.

Only one course in Arts and Humanities would be required, and students would have a choice of 13 different courses in English and the arts.

Another major change would be the introduction of “writing across the curriculum,” the introduction of writing intensive courses in all major disciplines.

According to Jones, this is another way to make students at NCCU more marketable.

“These courses will give students better analytical skills and stronger research skills which will lead to better opportunities in their careers as well as their lives,” she said.

“Social and career development” would be modified so that Dimensions of Learning: College and Beyond” has two sections, one for traditional student and another for non-traditional students. An applied ethics course will also be introduced.

Jones said the nontraditional section would be for older students or students who are transferring in from another university.

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methods of scientific inquiry, • to develop sufficient knowledge relating to diverse cultures and human experiences within this global society, and • to provide an opportunity for students to become culturally aware of their heritage and traditions.

With these goals in mind, the review committee has proposed a number of changes to current curriculum components, which include communication in English and foreign language, mathematics and science, social sciences, arts and humanities, health and wellness, social and career development and technology/computer literacy.

The committee is recommending a new course to be called CIS 1100. This course would provide students with a basic level of proficiency in computer use.

Students would learn to employ computer technology as it relates to their major or associated area of study.

“Students must take a proficiency test in order to place out of this class,” Jones said.

“If they do not achieve the proficiency level, they will be required to take this course.”

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Robbery suspect arrested

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Two students robbed at gunpoint near campus by two men

BY LOVEMORE MASAKADZA ECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Two men armed with a silver handgun robbed two N.C. Central University students at the corner of Fayetteville and Nelson streets at about 11:30 p.m.

Oct. 21. Police have arrested one suspect.

Nelson Street runs between the Alfonso Elder Student Union and a university parking lot.

Capt. Victor Ingram, NCCU police department administrative commander, said that the students — a male and a female — immediately reported the robbery to the campus police.

“With the help of the Durham Police department

we were able to look around for the suspects,” Vick said.

“We located them and set up a perimeter and managed to apprehend one of the suspects. He is in the hands of the Durham police department.”

Ingram said the robbers took some cash and a cell phone from the victims.

He declined to name the victims saying that would hinder the investigation.

Since the incident, students living on campus have expressed concern for their safety. Some have said they are afraid of moving around campus at night.

“It makes me think twice about walking by myself in the dark on campus,” said freshman Bryson Pope.

“I think the light on campus is not enough. I am always afraid that something can happen to me when I walk from class to the dorms at night,” said elementary education freshman Crystal Warren.

But some students, like human sciences freshman Veronica Fleming, aren’t as concerned.

“It is just one incident this year so I have no reason not to feel safe. I feel safe on campus,” she said Ingram said that the campus police is doing all it can to improve the safety of students. He urged students to cooperate with police.

“We have to have everybody participating for your own safety. We are all crime

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fighters. It’s not us against the police,” Ingram said.

He said that students should not think that the police are just there to issue parking tickets to them.

“Students should report crimes to the police,” he said.

According to Ingram larceny has been the dominant crime on campus this semester and there have been incidents of cars getting broken into.

He appealed to students not to leave their valuables exposed.

“Students must be vigilant in their own safety,” he said.

“The biggest problem is that students think that nothing can happen so they just leave valuables in cars.”

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UNC group bashes tuition hikes

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Students from all 16 schools in the system asked to join in

BY TREVOR COLEY ECHO STAFF WRITER

The University of North Carolina Association of Student Government is compiling a book of personal stories about the impact of tuition increases and University budget cuts.

The book will contain stories that reflect personal hardships and testimonies of students, parents, faculty and staff.

“The mission of this organization is to keep tuition free, or as low as possible,” said Terry Wall, office manager of the UNCASG. The goal of this project is

to show lawmakers the true personal effects of tuition increases and budget cuts.

UNCASG representatives said they plan to receive 1,600 stories by Dec. 1 in order to publish the book in the spring of 2004.

Jonathan Ducote, president of UNCASG, said that once all the stories are collected, they will be bound and given to every member of the N.C. General Assembly and UNC Board of Governors and to every UNC system trustee and chancellor.

Students from all 16 institutions in the UNC system are participating. Each

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student body is being encouraged to submit 100 stories to the UNCASG Web site.

North Carolina residents, alumni, and individuals, including high school seniors, who have been unable to attend UNC universities due to rising costs are also being encouraged to participate.

To submit a story and to view others, log onto www.personalstories.org.

The Web site also has a revealing statement about North Carolina’s constitutional obligations: “The General Assembly shall provide the benefits of The University of North

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The site also shows statistics on the financial aid rate in North Carolina.

“We know tuition increases have gone up as high as inflation,” Wall said.

On the Web site’s home page, Amanda Devore, vice president of legislative affairs, wrote that lawmakers often say that tuition increases “won’t really affect students, particularly since parents pay their tuition anyway”.

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read “NCCU.” For band members, the uniforms are a welcome It’s been nine years since change from the wind suits N.C. Central University’s of the past. marching band has “I have marched and worn marched in new uniforms. wind suits for four years,” Now, the “Sound Machine” said senior music education has finally major Steven updated their Boyd. “I am wardrobe and glad I had a replaced their chance to I am glad I had a wind suits with march in the new tradition- chance to march in the new uniforms al uniforms. new uniforms before before I grad“I’m so uated.”

I graduated. excited about The drum the new uni— STEVEN BOYD majors’ uniSOUND MACHINE MEMBER forms forms,” said have j u n i o r also changed.

English major They are Candence Moore. “I just solid black with a touch of love them.” gray. The hats are also black With the help of their and are about two feet tall.

Sound Machine Booster The Sound Machine introClub, alumni, and other duced the new uniforms Oct. sources, the band was able to 18 at a game at Fayetteville purchase the $600 uniforms.

State University.

The 250 uniforms were The crowd broke into ordered from the Franauff applause as the marching Company, and are designed band came onto the field disafter previous uniforms playing their updated look. worn by the band.

“I’m so excited we have The pants are maroon new uniforms to use for with a white stripe lining visual effects and intimidathe side. The coat is also tion,” said senior music edumaroon with a white overlay cation major Leonardo and letters in black that Williams.

BY DANIELLE RICHMOND ECHO STAFF WRITER

ECHO ASSISTANT EDITOR

The smokers of N.C. Central University will soon have to let go of their habit while on campus if certain students have anything to do with it.

In a student-led coalition held on Oct. 23 in the Criminal Justice building, members of NCCU law enforcement and administration engaged in a round table discussion in the hopes of eventually making the campus tobacco-free.

“We are hoping Central will begin to control, enforce, and create stricter policies against smoking on campus,” said Korleon Wright, a graduate public administration major.

The coalition was organized by PADM 4620: Policy Advocacy in Tobacco Control, a course instructed

by David Jolly, associate professor of health education and Patricia Wigfall, associate professor of public administration.

According to an assessment conducted by the class, there are written policies that prohibit tobacco use in academic and administrative buildings yet there

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Associate professor of health education David Jolly at the student-lled coalition against tobacco Oct. 23. are none evident for sporting events, and smoking is still permitted in the dormitories.

The students feel that NCCU’s existing policies are not sufficiently enforced and therefore lead to an unhealthy campus environment.

“We need the full cooperation of the law enforcement to enforce tobacco policies on campus, and we

hope they are willing to help,” said junior English major Andrew Brow.

Campus police Sergeant Karin Terry was present at the coalition and admitted that getting people to stop smoking on campus has proven to be a challenge, even for university law enforcement.

“We’ve run into difficulties enforcing tobacco policies, and we don’t enforce

them as forcefully as we could,” said Terry.

The coalition also helped to bring to light unrealized truths about the advertisement of tobacco products.

While they are not sold at the student store or any other university venue, the promotion of these products is evident as soon as students step off campus.

“In the assessment, we examined the target marketing of tobacco companies,” said Jolly. “We visited places surrounding the campus like convenience stores and found that these companies are clearly marketing to young people and African-Americans.”

Attendants of the coalition agreed that the issue of tobacco use on campus is one that still isn’t getting the attention it deserves.

“There were a lot of people missing from the table, particularly from Residential Life and Student Health,” said Louis Velez, assistant vicechancellor of Student Affairs.

“But it’s great to see a group of people who are passionate about this.

Sometimes you feel you’re alone in your concern.”

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A study is being conducted at Duke University Medical Center to test the effects of exercise on women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).

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Nov. 9 ~ Rev. Derrel Hughes, Chaplain, Durham VA Hospital

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Nov. 16 ~ Superintendent Herbert Davis, Nehemia Christian Center, Durham Nov. 23 ~ Rev. Cynthia Rioland, Ass.t Minister First Calvary Baptist Church, Durham Look for our schedule in every issue of the Campus Echo.

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Notice Of Polling Place Change Precinct 49: North Carolina Central University The polling location for Durham County PRECINCT 49 (NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY) will move from the James E. Shepard Memorial Library to ROOM 159 OF THE MILLER-MORGAN BUILDING for the 2003 City of Durham Non-Partisan Municipal Election and County Referendum to be held on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2003. This is a temporary relocation for the 2003 election cycle only.

City of Durham and County of Durham registered voters will vote on five referendums. In addition, city of Durham registered voters will elect candidates for city of Durham office of Mayor and three at-large seats for City Council. Polls will be open from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM. The Durham County Board of Elections will also be conducting ONE STOP NO EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING between the hours of 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, from approximately October 27 through October 31, 2003, pending the availability of ballots, and on Saturday, November 1, 2003, from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM. One stop absentee voting will be held in the BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE AT 706 W. CORPORATION STREET. Any eligible Durham County registered voter can vote at the one stop voting site (regardless of your precinct).

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WASHINGTON — Congress is on the brink of producing landmark Medicare, energy and foreign-aid bills. Now comes the test of whether the Republicans who control all of Washington, D.C.'s levers of power can avoid a common pitfall: overreaching.

Republicans everywhere are facing tough choices between sticking with beloved conservative principles and striking compromises more likely to become law.

At stake is whether this landmark year — in which Republicans have controlled the White House and both houses of Congress for the first time in almost half a century — produces a legislative boom or bust.

On the big energy bill, Republicans would love to include President Bush’s signature initiative to expand oil drilling in Alaska. But they are expected to drop the controversial provision for the sake of getting a bill through the narrowly divided Senate.

In debate on revamping Medicare to cover prescription drugs, conservative Republicans have pushed hard for their dream of introducing private-market

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But that provision could put the whole bill at risk of being filibustered to death in the Senate.

In foreign policy, approval of Bush’s $87-billion request for Iraq and Afghanistan is a foregone conclusion. But it requires many deficit-conscious conservatives to swallow reservations about the $20 billion

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In each case, the political pressure on Republicans to produce is intense.

Many Republicans believe they won the Senate and expanded their hold on the House in the 2002 elections in large part because Democrats who controlled the Senate were seen as blocking, not producing, important legislation — especially a Medicare drug benefit.

“We all ran on it; the president promised it; we have to deliver it,” said Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio, a member of the House Republican leadership. “It is very, very important politically.”

The situation calls for what amounts to a personality transplant for a party that for years perfected the role of the aggrieved minority in Congress.

Obstructionism and ideological purity were the order of the day when Republicans were mired in the minority and shut out of power before 1994, when they took over the House.

The power shift was not complete until this year, when Republicans held both chambers of Congress and the White House.

“It’s been a psychological adjustment for Republicans

to realize they are the government,’’ said John J. Pitney Jr., professor of government at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California. “Part of learning to govern inevitably means learning to shave off some of the ideological edge.’’

Having control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue makes it harder for Republicans to blame Democrats for Congress’ failures. But the narrow 5149 margin of GOP control in the Senate provides only tenuous control in a chamber where the minority can wield tremendous clout.

“We’ve got control but we don’t have the votes to do what we’d like to do,’’ said Rep. Sue Wilkins Myrick, RN.C., a leader of an influential caucus of House conservatives.

Still, Republicans wield outsized influence in the process of writing the final version of any bill. The conference committees that reconcile differences between the House and Senate always are dominated by the majority party.

The GOP has pressed its advantage to the hilt on energy, Medicare and Iraq bills by excluding most Democrats from all negotiations except pro forma meetings to ratify Republican agreements. That gives the GOP wide latitude — but also broad responsibility for the product.

Also pressuring Republicans to produce is the weight of public opinion, as the latest Gallup Poll shows approval of Congress’ job performance has dropped to 40 percent this month. That is the lowest approval rating since May 2000 and the first time since then that more disapproved than approved of the job Congress was doing.

Republican leaders are pushing hard to wrap up major bills before their midNovember adjournment target even though Congress can resume work on unfinished bills next year.

That’s in part because lawmakers generally believe that it will be harder to pass major bills in a presidential election year.

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Hampton U. squabbles over free student paper

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Workers from university trucking services confiscate copies of the Oct. 22 Hampton Script from the publication's office.

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The editorial staff of The Hampton Script at Hampton University, whose latest edition was seized when they refused to run a letter from the administration on the front page, changed course Oct. 24 and agreed to print the disputed memo, written by the school’s acting president, on page one.

In exchange, university officials promised to abide by the recommendations of a task force that will be established to determine the role of the student newspaper at the school.

The task force will comprise members of the newspaper, the director of the university’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism, and four HU faculty members, including Earl Caldwell, a renowned former New York Times reporter who holds an endowed chair at the Scripps school.

“This is a step toward change,” said Talia Buford, a junior at the school and editor-in-chief of the Hampton Script. “(Acting HU president JoAnn) Haysbert has promised the staff that she will implement whatever the task force’s findings are. We are confident this committee will secure the newspaper’s freedom from interference by the administration of any kind, not only for us but for future generations of student journalists.”

Buford said that no timetable was established for the committee to announce its findings, but Christopher Campbell, the director of the Scripps school, said he expects the committee to begin meeting as soon as Monday, and that recommendations could

come soon after. “This is creating the ideal situation in which student journalists can flourish on this campus,” Campbell said. “We have an opportunity to create a model for how student newspapers at private universities should function.”

Haysbert said she expects the task force “will uncover valuable insight that will collectively make Hampton stronger.”

The task force was composed after the Script editorial staff refused to place Haysbert’s memorandum about the recent state health inspections at the student cafeteria on the front page of the Oct. 22 homecoming issue.

The state inspectors found a number of critical health code violations and threatened to shut down the cafeteria if the university did not correct the situation.

Haysbert’s memo outlined steps the university took to bring the cafeteria up to code.

The students instead wrote a front-page story that focused on those actions, and in a separate box, referred readers to Haysbert’s memo, which they ran on page 3.

They said they were following the news values instilled in them at the university’s journalism school. After learning that the students did not run the memo on page one, Haysbert ordered university workers to confiscate the newspapers before they were distributed.

The newspaper staff planned to redesign the homecoming edition on Friday evening so that it could be printed and distributed Saturday, the day of Hampton’s homecoming football game.

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Organization Fair Blast 03 Display Winners Most Eye Catching Display Superior: Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society 2nd Place: Fashion Incorporated 3rd Place: NCCU Touring and Concert Choir Most Professional Display Superior: Phi Beta Lambda 2nd Place: ROTC

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3rd Place: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Most Original Display Superior: Kappa Kappa Phi 2nd Place: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 3rd Place: International Student Organization Most Interesting Display Superior: Debutante & Boyz II Men Mentoring Program 2nd Place: Think Tank 3rd Place: Emancipated Minds

For more information on any of our Student Leadership, Training and Development programs contact Peggy Watson Alexander at (919) 530-7088 or drop by the Student Services Building, Suite 236.

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NCCU music department alumnus Brian Miller plays baritone saxophone with jazz drummer T.S. Monk and guitarist Dana Chell. Miller gained local acclaim while playing with NCCU’s big band and jazz combo. Chell also plays guitar with the Chapel Hill based hip-hop band ‘Sankofa.’ n Oct. 22nd, jazz drummer T.S. Monk, Jr. played at WNCU's Live Noontime Performance as part of the station's Renaissance V Pledge Drive. The annual drive raises money for the campus radio station.

WNCU held the concert to thank the community for its support.

Monk is the son of renowned jazz pianist and Rocky Mount, N.C. native Thelonious S. Monk. He is an artist in residence at Duke University and per-

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Monk was joined by NCCU alumnus Brian Miller on sax, Dana Chell on guitar and John Brown on bass, a member of the music faculty at NCCU. The performance was held in the FarrisonNewton Communications Building’s lobby. WNCU’s general manager Edith Thorpe believes the station, ”is dedicated to keeping jazz alive as an art form.”

Photos by Aaron Daye T.S. Monk’s latest project is entitled “Higher Ground.”

As a guest DJ at WNCU Monk played some of his favorite tracks from his past albums.

Brian Miller is currently playing all over the Triangle. Miller composed and played sax on NCCU’s last studio project “Central Standard Time.”

Dana Chell, T.S. Monk and John Brown collaborated for the noon concert in the lobby of the Farrison-Newton Communications Building. Monk is artist in residence with Duke University.

The group lent their talents to help raise money for WNCU’s Renaissance V Pledge Drive.

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An invitation to explore the ‘Dark Matter’

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hen asked to envision the countries and people of Africa, sadly, many North Americans have been conditioned to describe a safari landscape with poverty stricken tribal citizens wrapped in traditional clothes.

Photographer Kerry Stuart Coppin uses a mixture of fine art photography and social documentation to erase those negative, one-dimensional stereotypes.

Coppin’s work, which he called a “highlight” in his career, will be displayed in an exhibit titled “Materia Oscura / Dark Matter: Photographs of Urban Africa and the Diaspora” at Duke University.

His goal is a reconstruction of “the public vision and perception of the black world,” challenging the eurocentric standards of

beauty and the African American self-image.

“I’m not interested in creating nostalgia,” said Coppin. “My images simply force you to reevaluate your perceptions of Africa.”

The exhibition opened with a reception and will remain free to the public until Jan. 10, 2004.

The “Dark Matter” collection features over 70 photographs of various people, communities and settings throughout the African Diaspora.

His focus is on the country of Senegal in West Africa, the islands of Barbados and Cuba in the Caribbean, and the city of Miami, Florida, where Coppin currently resides.

Coppin has attempted to use his photos as “visual information” and turn them into a genre that “explores personal and group identity and the search for roots.”

His art then becomes research into several elements of globaliza-

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This 22-year-old, who wails like someone who’s worked smoky clubs for 30 years, is back on the scene with his third album, “Long Time Coming.”

With a debut and sophomore album (both platinum) and a Grammy nomination, Lang attributes his influences from Stevie Wonder to Aerosmith (Steven Tyler plays the harmonica on “Happiness and Misery”), and blues legends B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Edgar Winter.

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And like any proper blues album, this one is mainly about love, life experience and heartbreak.

The album opens with “Red Light,” the first single to be released and “Touch,” a song of wild yearning with a dragging lyrical melody.

The remake, “Dying To Live,” is sampled by Lang’s A&M Records/Interscope label mate, Eminem, for the hook to Tupac’s latest single “Runnin’ (Dying To Live)” featuring the Notorious B.I.G. “Save Yourself,” echoes the gritty, weathered vocals of Chris Cornell of Audioslave and is stapled with a chubby bass line fit to put you in a trance.

“Beautiful One,” and “To Love Again” offer heartfelt ballads.

“I knew I succeeded when I could get [my songs] to sound just like you would say them in a conversation,” says Lang.

The final, uncut track “Long time coming” conjures images of being wrapped in a blanket, sitting on Lang’s back porch receiving a personal concert.

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Photographer Kerry Stuart Coppin addressed the audience during his exhibition opening at Duke University.

tion. Coppin’s aim is to shine a light on the “common bond and similarity in our experiences.”

In an effort to keep time and space in his photos ambiguous, Coppin develops all his images in black and white film.

The photos capture “the possi-

bilities to come, and the changes that have already overtaken us,” says Coppin. “I like to play off the image of whether or not it’s contemporary or older.”

As a photographer in foreign countries that are more natural to his origin than North America and hold sentimental value, Coppin has felt a sense of duality and slight remoteness between himself and the people he portrays.

While travelling, Coppin maintains a teacher/student relationship of interaction and exchange between himself and the local artists in Africa and the Caribbean.

But Coppin noted there is a lack of art appreciation and “immediate economic gratification” for the photographers indigenous to the land in comparison to North American photographers.

Through this, Coppin capital-

‘Mama I want to sing’

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“My goal is to entertain and uplift people who come to see [the musical],” said Deacons-Brock.

“Mama, I Want to Sing,” one of Time Magazine’s top ten plays of the year, is a mere biography of the 60’s soul and pop music star, Doris Troy.

The musical captures the warmth of a church atmosphere while telling you to “follow your dreams” by the way of song, including one

by Doris Winters’ father, Reverend Winter, played by N.C. Central University student Richard Hodges.

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Doris Winter (actress, Tonya Williamson) comforts her father Rev. Winter (actor, Richard Hodges) at the time of his death during Sunday service.

The message was depicted with soulful gospel singing, a touch of jazz, and spiritual dance moves choreographed by the wellknown choreographer Chuck Davis.

Blacks walk on water into 21st century

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rofessor, literary critic, and novelist, Randall Kenan presented his most recent published work, “Walking On Water,” a non-fiction documentation of AfricanAmerican identity at the Haiyti Heritage Center on Oct. 14.

A Chinquapin, N.C. native, Kenan’s book highlights the eight years of research and interviews he conducted on AfricanAmerican lives on the brink of entering the 21st Century.

His mission was to explore the cultural links shared throughout the U.S. and to show Author Randall Kenan the similarities in psychological and political mindsets despite all the vastly different circumstances and locations they live and work in.

The book is a fascinating study of African-American culture and an impressive project undertaken by Kenan.

His previous work has focused mainly on southern lifestyles including “A Visitation of Spirits” and “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead.”

“We have a lot of students and faculty here with a lot of talent,” said freshman Billie Jean Ford, commenting on Tonya Williamson’s soulful rendition of Doris Winter and

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istinguished as a revered artist in the AfricanAmerican community, Jacob Lawrence’s artwork comes to the N.C. Central University Art Museum.

“Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints” featuring “Hiroshima, Genesis, and Toussaint L’Ouverture” will be open until Dec. 12.

Since the 1960s, Lawrence’s work has intensely captured topics from historical scenes to daily life.

“Hiroshima,” depicts the WW II attacks without telling the race or gender of the images.

“Toussaint L’Ouverture”

is a graphic portrayal of the Haitian commanderin-chief ’s life span.

“Genesis” gives a glimpse into the world of the African-American church combined with verses from the Bible.

For more information on gallery location and viewing hours, call Kenneth Rodgers at 5306311.

Jacob Lawrence painting, “To Preserve Their Freedom”

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izes off the countries by taking photos with a foreign eye and context as frames of references for the images.

Several photos were taken in countries where Coppin doesn’t speak the natural language or ‘mother tongue’ and he has used the images as a mean of linguistics.

“You have to look for metaphors in the photographs,” hints Coppin. “[There is a] grain of truth hidden in the images,” that are said to give a “healthy appreciation” of the roots of who we are as African-Americans.

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BY KIM CALRTON ECHO STAFF WRITER

N. C. Central University’s Department of Athletics has redesigned the McLendon-McDougald Gym floor. The folded eagle that rested on the gym floor

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There is a new eagle on the gym floor along with a new color and lettering.

The decision to change the eagle, lettering, and color was decided by a small committee in the Department of Athletics.

“We decided to change the color from cardinal red to a crimson red in hopes to being closer to our school’s color- maroon,”

said Lee Duffy, operations director.

The Athletics Department’s decision to have the floor refinished was not a hard one.

“It needed it,” said Duffy. Duffy said that the gym floor is redone every 810 years because the gym is not only used for men’s and women’s winter sports, but as a multipurpose gymnasium.

To transform the design

of the gymnasium floor it had to undergo some changes.

“The entire process took three to four weeks, with all the striping, sanding, polishing, painting, and dying,” said Duffy.

First, the paint had to be stripped from the original floor.

The second step was to sand down the floor.

Then the wooden floor had to be polished. This

includes drying and painting of the second coat.

The final step was the painting of the eagle, lettering, and new color.

The estimated cost of the new gym floor is $12,000.

NCCU’s floor was refinished and redesigned by Floor Action Inc., from Wilson, N.C. Pictures of the new gym floor are posted on the NCCU Department of Athletics Webpage.

Rams drub Eagles

Coach says it’s hard work

BY JSHONTISTA VANN ECHO STAFF WRITER

For those of you who think cheerleaders are just girls in short skirts, think again.

This time N.C. Central University’s junior varsity cheerleaders are taking a stand and making sure they are known for more than just dancing and shaking on the football field or the basketball court.

“I would love for people to come to a practice and see that it’s a lot of work,” said junior varsity cheerleading coach Monica Whiteside.

“The girls have to do seven to eight different crunches at least 30 times each. They have to run the stairs in the gym and down the hill from Latham Hall down to Chidley Hall and back.”

Members of the team include Captains Sekina Graham and Ashley Royal, Sherri Queen, Shemika Trapp, Tyesha Ellerbe, Shasta Perkins, Tremaine Jones, Kellee Jones, Andria Davis, TeNasha Hussey, Dominique Evans, Kishia Daves and alternate Queenate Ibeto.

“We help each other improve, increase creativity and stay determined.

Our different personalities helps us do that,” said sophomore Shamika Trapp, a returning member from last year.

For those of you out there who wonder why the girls do not do stunts, Whiteside said they are missing key elements.

“We don’t have the right equipment in order to do stunts, we have no stunt coach, and there is no place for them to practice stunts,” she said.

She also said that all the time devoted to practice cuts into schedules and can lead to stress.

“There are things on campus that the girls want to go to but can’t. They have tests to study for. And going from high school to college makes it hard on them,” said Whiteside.

“Not to mention they have to practice from 7-9 p.m. every night before they can do anything else.”

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Maria Medina, who won the 5K course in 19:51.6, led the way for the Lady Falcons gaining her first XC championship title. Four other St. Augustine’s women finished in the top ten to edge out last year’s winner Shaw University with 19 points. Jennifer Fisher-Sterling Santisha Martin, Dana Robinson and Shardae Whitter joined Medina for All-Conference honors.

Shaw dropped to runnerup ith 57 points with Tania Coleman and Lisa Stewart finishing in the top ten.

Bowie State continues to advance amongst the conference ranks as the Lady Bulldogs beat out Livingstone for third place with 108 points.

This marked the first time in history that Bowie State University finished in the top three. The Lady Blue Bears finished fourth with 113 points and had two runners (Kisha Gray and Sally Tarlue) finish in the ten for ALL-CIAA honors.

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NCCU freshman running back Cortney Clinton tries to escape a fierce attack from Winston-S Salem State defenders in the Eagles’ sixth straight loss to the Rams.

Rams stiff NCCU on national televsion

BY SHEENA JOHNSON ECHO SPORTS EDITOR

In their third televised game this season, N.C. Central University’s Eagle pride was definitely not amplified in Winston-Salem State’s shutout victory 47-0 at Bowman Gray Stadium last Saturday night.

NCCU has lost six games in a row to its biggest CIAA rival.

NCCU 0 It was t h e Eagles WSSU 47 worst loss to the Rams since the 1991 match up when they lost 68-22.

The Eagles have now lost four in a row, the longest losing streak since

1997, when the Eagles were headed by Coach Larry Little.

WSSU had 305 rushing yards and 189 passing yards, for 494 total yards. NCCU netted only 221 yards.

WSSU running back Martin Hicks scored the first touchdown of the game on a 28-yard run. The extra point attempt was good, placing the Rams ahead 7-0.

After Hicks was hit in the facemask with the kickoff, the Eagles recovered on the Rams’ 20.

After Jamal Molden’s field goal attempt failed, the Eagles never seemed to get rolling.

“They cut us off from scoring,” said receiver Maurice Glenn. “We could-

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The second touchdown was set up with a WSSU interception by defensive back Gabriel Dennis.

Hicks then rushed for 29 yard score.

A third Ram touchdown came only seconds into the second quarter with a pass from quarterback Joshua McGee to receiver Jared Brevard. Less than three minutes later, WSSU running back Jerrick Bines rushed 5 yards for the touchdown.

With 1:53 left in the half, the Rams scored again when Oakley made a 35yard field goal, leaving the Eagles behind 31-0.

After a field goal and a touchdown with 1:54 left in

the game, WSSU scored again for a final 47-0 humiliation.

“We didn’t show up,” said back up quarterback Jason Williams. “We were not focused and didn’t execute the way we should have. They played better than us.”

Once again, the Eagles were plagued by mistakes, resulting in four turnovers.

“Everything that possibly could have gone wrong did,” said head coach Rod Broadway. “We just have to do a better job coaching, regroup, and get a ‘W’ under our belt.”

The Eagles will face off against Livingstone College next Saturday at 12 p.m. at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium.

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Letters Sound Machine booster seeks apology from Triangle Tribune October 22, 2003 Dear NCCU Sound Machine Marching Band Fans: A very recent newspaper article that was written in a recent issue of the Triangle Tribune — a consolidated Media Group Newspaper located in Durham — referred to NCCU’s Sound Machine marching band as “a disgusting spectacle of Rrated entertainment.”

The article also seemed to criticize Division II HBCU bands via suggesting that those bands mimic each other in some form or fashion, via performing the same song or performing gyrating moves the author refers to as dirty and vulgar HUMPS. The article went on to describe the HUMPS as everybody squating humping at the rate of a jackhammer on concrete.

The author further stated: “I don’t know if mem-

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bers of the Sound Machine were trying to keep warm in the cool temperatures or what, but they started out ‘humping’ and they didn’t stop until the last note was played.”

The author also stated “the crowd wasn’t as enthusiastic with its usual applause as usual.

Obviously, they had been humped into a coma.”

In all fairness to the Triangle Tribune, please pick up a copy of this newspaper and read this article in question, and judge for yourself.

Please don’t get me wrong: This is not a personal issue with this author. I have the upmost respect for her work and I especially enjoy her articles regarding HBCU athletics. I always try to read her sports articles.

When I see her in the public, she seems to be a very warm and cordial attractive young lady, who is very professional at all times. She is, in my opinion, a very bright rising star in the world of sports journalism.

However, I must strongly take exception and objection to the author’s personal opinions as they are expressed regarding the NCCU Sound Machine and HBCU Division II marching bands.

1. The author only seemed to express her one-sided malicious opinion. She did not mention anything else regarding the musical skills of the band members or the bands formations or the skill of the band regarding the types, styles and variety of music played.

2. I do not know where this so called “R-rating” system the author refers to is coming from. I know of no type of rating system for college marching bands. To suggest to the public that such a rating

system legally exists is at best misleading.

3. The author’s reference to HBCU Division II marching Bands and the suggestion that only HBCU Division II marching bands mimic each other in some forms an insult and a slap in the face to all HBCU marching bands in all Divisions (including Division I, Division III and the NAIA Division system).

I wonder if she is suggesting that other band divisions create ideas for their shows differently and that there are no quality Division II bands?

If that is the case, shame on her for her ignorance, lack of history or knowledge and her apparent indifference to the HBCU marching band traditions.

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How dare the author to suggest that those very fine and dedicated young men and women are a “a disgusting spectacle of Rrated Entertainment”?

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Co-ed policy...who needs it?

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ou do. Co-ed visitation is the hottest topic on many college campuses. Many incoming freshmen come to college with the notion that school will be a never-ending panty raid.

Then they come to Central and realize that is far from the case.

Then the same questions from the MARCUS previous SMITH year's crop of freshmen come out of the mouths of the new year's crop of freshmen.

Why does co-ed visitation end at midnight? Why can’t I be in front of Eagleson after midnight?

But little do you kiddies know that the regulations are for your own good. Who else is going to protect you from not only yourselves, but also the dreaded Bolo Stalker?

Still some complain that they are grown folks who should have the right to come and go as

they please. You can believe you co-ed visitation then. That is the are a mature adult, but mature point. It is a matter of how you adults do not light garbage pails as a student preserve the policy. on fire.

It shouldn't be The truth of the responsibilithe matter is ty of the campus being eighteen to make sure the years of age rules are abided If you didn’t have does not make by. Students you a mature these rules and regula- need to take into adult. It might consideration tions ... there would make you an that the regulabe a whole mess of adult legally but tions are for to be mature their own benelittle Eagles running and be treated fit. around. as such involves The invested showing that interest of the you can behave administration is in a mature the well-being manner. and security of the student body.

Most of you freshmen (and Don't question it. Many speak of upper classmen) aren’t yet co-ed visitation as if they are mature enough to handle that being potty-trained. If you have much adult freedom. Don't get an issue with the co-ed policy, mad, cause you know it's true. If then you need to get your butt you didn't have these rules and out of pampers and into briefs. regulations to control your overGet your own apartment. bearing hormones, there would It is easy to go to college and be a whole mess of little eagles let the school manage your life. running around. Now that's not Just try living on your own — it what mommy and daddy sent is not everything it is cracked to you to school for. be. Bills are no walk in the park.

Now there is the fact that At school, the only deadline many are in hotels and campus you have is tuition and otherapartments. How do you enforce fees’ deadlines. Living on your

own, there is the phone bill, the electric bill, rent, etc.

Then if you are driving, you have to spend two hours finding a parking spot. Be happy that the school is taking care of you.

This will not be forever.

With pregnancy and the statistics of those contracting sexually transmitted diseases on the rise, as well as dangerous stalkers lurking in the shadows why wouldn't you want co-ed visitation rules.

Those who disagree should attempt to have the visitation hours extended. It should be considered by administration, especially in regard to upperclassmen. It should be dependent on circumstances and the maturity level of the students.

You wouldn’t want Central to have a hand in your affairs only after you’ve been violated by the Bolo Stalker. Then I’ll be writing an opinion on how Central doesn’t take the necessary precautions to protect their student body. Rules do not always come with reasons.

At least you have co-ed visitation. Ask the boys and girls at Shaw University — co-ed visitation is a privilege, not a right.

by Christopher Rhoads

Question: Do you feel the co-eed visitation policy is fair?

“No. It should be abolished. If your roommate has no problem with your company, why cant they stay until 1 am?”

I need a ride, for God’s sake M

any students are shocked to discover that the Academic Community Service Learning Program is pretty much on its own when it comes to funding transportation for students to get to their agencies.

Here’s what Brandon Brown, a business finance sophomore, said about Joanna the issue: Hernandez “Some students don’t have vehicles to get to their desired destinations, the university should provide funds since they require it.”

And Travis Finch finds the matter downright illogical: “How can the university make community service hours a requirement and not help fund the transportation, so that students may

accomplish them?” were not enough funds,” But how can this be?

Anderson said.

How can NCCU require stuWhat that means is that dents to have ACSLP is only community able to cover 129 service, but not of the 300 agenbe aware of the cies working with fact that many How can NCCU require community servstudents need ice. Routes only students to have transportation run on weekdays community service, to the agencies from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. they volunteer If there was but not be aware of the with? more money fact that many students Because of available for need transportation to this many stuACSLP to use for dents are transportation the agencies they unable to work there would be volunteer with? with agencies service on the that match their weekends and interests and into the evenings. career path.

Anderson also knows that the According to Rosa Anderson, transportation doesn’t take studirector of ACSLP, the communidents to all the available agenty service program, which has cies. $24,000 to spend on student “We need to extend past the 2transportation, relies on grants 4 mile radius pass N.C. Central to fund student transportation.

University,” Anderson said.

This provides two drivers and According to Anderson the three vans. main problem is that principal “We had three drivers but we investigators — faculty conducthad to let one go because there ing research — writing commu-

nity service research grants fail to request transporation funding in their grants.

This happen, she says, because the principle investigators fail to to communicate with ACSLP about the funding that will be needed to transport students to the agencies.

“There is a need for collaboration with Community Service program and the principal investigators,” Anderson said. “We have great support from administration and a lack of support from PI’s when getting grants.”

On top of this the University has failed to assist ACSLP with funding for student transportation.

According to Anderson her office has been requesting transportation funding since 1994.

The lines of communication need to be opened between the PI’s and Community Service.

If we are required to have community service hours in order to graduate then funding by the university for ACSLP transportation is a no brainer.

– Taray Parham

“Yes. It’s helping us to stay focused. If you could have company at any time, would you really get your work done?”

–Tawana Mayfield

“No. I don’t think there should be any policy. As responsible adults, we should be able to have company over as we please.”

–Frank Dancy

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