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For four years NCCU’s student enrollment has been increasing and another record has been set this year. BY LOVEMORE MASAKADZA ECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

About this time last year N.C. Central University was basking in the glory of reaching an all-time high in student enrollment. And this year that record has been shattered again. As of Tuesday, the total number of enrolled students was 7,643, with 1,169 freshmen registered, according to enrollment officer Salome Gichuru. That also makes the freshmen class the largest in the history of NCCU. There were 7,191 students enrolled last year, 1,051 being freshmen.

Sam Funches, Eagle offensive lineman, struggles to accept the team’s one point loss to the Aggies at Carter-F Finley Stadium in Raleigh, Sept. 5. AARON DAYE/Echo Photo Editor

Aggie-ny of defeat Eagles lose classic in final seconds of battle BY SHEENA JOHNSON SMITH

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It all came down to one. One kick, one field goal, one point, one more loss for N.C. Central University in the 11th annual Aggie-Eagle NCCU 15 Classic at CarterFinley Stadium NCAT 16 Sunday. In one moment, the Eagles saw their hard work dissipate as N.C. A&T won 16-15 in a defense dominated game as Aggie kicker Carlos Davalos made the game winning 50-yard field goal with zero time left on the clock. It seemed as though the odds were in the Eagles’ favor. They weren’t. It was what every Aggie prayed for and what every Eagle feared. The game was evenly matched as both teams’ offense and defense battled for the thrill of victory. The first quarter was scoreless. It wasn’t until the 41-yard field goal by freshmen kicker Brandon

Gilbert in the second quarter that the game opened up for the Eagles’ defense. “I wanted to win,” Gilbert said. “As a freshman there was no pressure.” Late in the second quarter, DeLeon Raynor intercepted Aggie quarterback Rico Watkins’ pass that would eventually end with a 34-yard field goal by Gilbert to put the Eagles up by six going into the half. Early in the third quarter, NCCU receiver Brandon Alston fumbled the ball which the Aggie defense returned for a pivotal touchdown. The Eagles bounced back. After a stunning defensive performance, the offense stepped back on the field with a purpose: score a touchdown. And that’s just what they did. With 3:48 left in the third, the Eagles put together a drive that ended in a twoyard touchdown by running back Greg Pruitt.

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Eagle defender goes for a low tackle on Aggie running back. AARON DAYE/Echo Photo Editor

This represents a 10.3 percent total enrollment increase from the previous year’s enrollment of 6,519. According to Associate Director of U n d e r g r a d u a t e Admissions LuAnn Edmonds-Harris, the increase in enrollment is attributed to the hard work of everybody at the university. “The admissions staff along with the Eagle family, alumni, the chancellor and the students were very instrumental,” Edmonds-Harris said. In March, Chancellor Ammons along with other a d m i n i s t r a t o r s , recruiters and students

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Bush, Kerry luring votes BY PETER WALLSTEN MATEA GOLD

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MOOSIC, Pa. — President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry barreled into the fall campaign Friday, tussling over new job creation numbers and heaving personal attacks in a fierce tenor unlikely to change between now and an election just 59 days away. The president, fresh off his renomination Thursday night, campaigned in three states he narrowly lost in 2000. He continued to hammer his Democratic opponent as a flip-flopper who would raise taxes and add new layers of federal bureaucracy. During a two-stop swing hrough central Ohio, Kerry castigated the Republicans for the tone of their New York convention, questioned Bush’s economic stewardship and lashed back at attempts to challenge his fitness as

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commander in chief. The candidates and their surrogates have been pounding away with autumn-like intensity for months. And with their conventions behind them, neither side bothered to wait for the traditional Labor Day kickoff to begin the fall campaign. Indeed, Kerry began firing back almost before the last balloons had settled on the carpeting inside New York’s Madison Square Garden, where GOP delegates had gathered this week to renominate Bush.

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Campus makes voting a priority BY KHADIJAH DARBOE ECHO STAFF WRITER

Jarvis Hall chair, political science

In a bid to encourage N.C. Central University students to vote in record numbers in the November presidential elections, Chancellor James H. Ammons has declared September Voter Registration Month. Jarvis Hall, department chair

and a professor in the political science department will head up the effort to promote voter registration on campus. “We’re shooting for 100 percent registration,” said Hall. According to Hall, faculty and students will be assisting with the registration drive. Hall said voter registration tables will be set up across campus at the Alfonso Elder

Student Union, the Pearson Cafeteria, the James E. Shepard Library and campus dorms. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, voting is on the decline in all age groups. In 1964, 69 percent voted in the presidential elections. This dropped to 54 percent in 1996. In 2000, 70 percent of citizens 25 and older voted; but only 42 percent of 18-24 year

olds voted. Youth voting has declined 13 percent since 1972. African Americans between the ages of 18-24 are nearly as likely to vote as whites in the same age group, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. In 2000, 42 percent of African Americans between the ages 18-24 voted in the presidential

election compared to 44 percent of white Americans in the same age group. According to their study on minority youth, African Americans are more likely to question whether their vote counts when compared to Latino and white youth. Hall said that many young

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Financial aid dogs registration BY AKILAH MCMULLAN ECHO STAFF WRITER

Students frustrated with their experience at registration may have themselves to blame. According to Sharon J. Oliver, N.C. Central University’s director of financial aid, most problems could be traced back to the fact that too many students’ financial aid applications were incomplete. When financial aid applications are not complete, the registration process breaks down – classes are automatically dropped, housing is suspended, meal

plans are terminated and no money is available for books. About 75 percent of students receiving financial aid did not have their applications ready for registration. In all about 95 percent of the University’s students receive financial aid, according to NCCU’s annual financial aid report. “This has been the most difficult,” said Oliver, who has been with NCCU for eight years. “This is the first time I have ever seen so many continuing students who showed up at registration … filing it [FAFSA] the day

they showed up.” According to Oliver the financial aid process takes six to eight weeks. Many students, she said, started their applications in January, but failed to complete their claims by providing documentation such as tax returns and other documents required by the federal government. “You are not entitled to your funds until you complete the entire process,” said Oliver. “In order for this to work we need our students to complete the financial aid on New Year’s Day, if not immediately after.” According to Gaines, vice

chancellor of student affairs, over 60 percent of incoming students’ had completed their financial aid applications and registration during summer orientation. But some of incoming students who attended orientation say they had complications when arriving at NCCU in the fall. “I registered during S.O.A.R t orientation and my classes were dropped when I got here under some circumstances about financial aid,” said Shannon Matthews, a nursing freshman. According to Erica E.

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A University administrator addresses a full house of incoming freshmen during orientation at B.N. Duke, Thursday, Sept. 2. AARON DAYE/Echo Photo Editor

1999. In 2001 the number of enrolled students was 5,753. Edmonds-Harris said another increase is anticipated next year, and she hopes enrolment will rise to 8,000 students. “We have already started recruiting for next year,” Edmonds-Harris

said. “As I talk to you right now there are people out recruiting.” SGA president D’Weston Haywood said the increase in enrollment shows that the “university is making improvements, growing and becoming more attractive to the nation.”

The contraceptive patch Ortho Evra is now available to N.C. Central University students at the Student Health Services Center. Three patches can be purchased at $21.45 per month using any form of insurance except Medicaid. Maximus Fredrick, director of student health services said Ortho Evra, or the patch, became available at the center this semester. “The Ortho Evra patch is convenient and acceptable to a lot of people,” said. Fredrick. The contraceptive is a hormonal birth control patch for women that delivers hormones through the skin and into the bloodstream. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the patch should be applied to the lower abdomen, buttocks or upper body. “Students using the patch

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Vote CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 that is promoted in the family then you will find a lot of young folk – and unfortunately a disproportionate number of minorities – don’t participate as well as they should.” But Hall said that students are too often stereotyped as apathetic. “There is an incorrect stereotype of our student’s being apathetic, as being detached from the political system,” he said.

Freshman Taissa Jones agrees that voting is important. “I think it’s very, very important to vote,” said Jones. “Because , we need to get things in our community that we need.” This is not the first time NCCU administrators and faculty have encouraged students to register to vote. Former Chancellor Julius L. Chambers started the voter registration tradition in 1996.

should use a back up contraceptive such as condoms or spermicides,” said Shinel Moody, a physician with student health services. “Ortho Evra does not protect you from HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases,” warned Moody. The patch is worn continuously for one week and then replaced with a new patch on the same day of the week for a total of three weeks . The FDA approved Ortho Evra in November 2001. According to an FDA news release, women who used the patch were able to adhere to the once-a-week dosing regimen as an alternative to a daily dose of birth control pills. Psychology junior Carla McLeod has used both the pill and the patch and has settled for the patch. “I’ve used the patch since 2002 and I like it better because I don’t have to remember to take it every-

day,” said McLeod. “The only bad thing about it is the side effects. I get really bad headaches and my menstrual cramps are unbearable.” According to the FDA, the patch, like birth control pills, has side effects like an increased risk of blood clots, heart attack, and stroke. Narissa Smitherman, mass communications sophomore, who has used the patch for three months, said that she prefers the patch over other contraceptives. “I like it because it prevents pregnancy and controls the menstrual cycle,” said Smitherman. Rev. Michael Page, director of campus ministry, said he does not oppose students using any type of birth control. “Pregnancy interferes with the whole education process,” said Page, adding that “abstinence is the absolute choice.”

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people don’t vote because they feel that they don’t have much invested in the political system. He also said that the way young people are socialized also plays a role in their voting behavior. “Much of our political involvement is based on how we are socialized as we grow-up in the family, churches, schools and things of that nature,” said Hall. “If it’s not something

registration. “A key role for me will be developing a comprehensive first year experience program which will enhance new student orientation as well as develop a parent organization here at the University,” said Estep. NCCU conducts workshops to assist students with the financial aid process. According to Oliver, few students attended these workshops. “We campaigned throughout the entire month of November last year, and we were getting 10 or fewer students in those workshops,” said Oliver.

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embarked on a 15-city tour across North Carolina to recruit, award scholarships and form business partnerships. Edmonds-Harris said the tour also contributed to the increase in enrollment. Since 2000, the enrollment of NCCU has been climbing, with 5,476 enrolled up from 5,441 in

Estep, director of orientation and first year experience, potential problems can be avoided if students use Eagles On-line. At the on-line site students can register for their classes, see their student aid report and view their account balance. Returning junior Danielle Benton said she registered online to avoid the hassle of registration. “I registered at the beginning of August and was able to fix any problems I had before school resumed,” said Benton. The University is also taking steps to streamline

N.C. Central University opened the doors to its Privatized housing dorm on Brant Street Aug. 19 after being in development since early last year. Also known as Eagle Landing, the new dorm is a collaborative effort between NCCU and Collegiate Management Services, L.P. So what exactly is so privatized about privatized housing? “You have private bedrooms,” said Angel Cox, managing director of Eagle Landing. “You have a full kitchen and living room, and you

just have more privacy.” There are 108 units and 408 beds. The units are available with either three bedrooms and two baths at $1912.50 per semester or four bedrooms and two baths at $2025.00 per semester. The units are equipped with the school’s cable and Internet access. There are also laundry rooms, a computer lab, a game room, and study rooms. Cox was hired by Collegiate Management to work at NCCU and is quick to point out that her company and the school work separately from each other. But at Eagles Landing, NCCU’s rules still apply.

“The rules and the regulations, policies and procedures of the university we still have,” she said. “But privatized housing also has a set of policies and procedures. So the students are to abide by both.” According to Cox, the dorm hasn’t reached full occupancy but they cannot fit many more students, particularly males. “We don’t have much room for males,” she said. “We do have a lot females. So even if we tried to get more guys in here we couldn't because right now we are at about 93 percent occupied and 96 percent signed. We still have students coming in.”

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Dems seek student vote Kerry-Edwards kids confident in their fathers’ message BY JONATHAN PLATT

Senate candidate focuses on education

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N.C. Central University was the focus of national political campaigning when the children of Democratic White House hopefuls John Kerry and John Edwards spoke at the Alfonso A. Elder Student Union August 31. They addressed concerns that many students have about more money for tuition and better job opportunities after graduation. On Tuesday, the KerryEdwards daughters, along with Andre Heinz, stepson of John Kerry, spoke briefly about the ways in which the Bush administration has eliminated jobs and cut grants and financial aid for students. Alexandra Kerry is a filmmaker and actress who can be seen in the films “State and Main,” and “Spartan.” She emphasized the difference young voters can make in the Nov. 2 elections. “Every vote counts,” she said. “Young people can really make a difference in November.” Vanessa Kerry, a Yale graduate, Fulbright scholar, and third-year Harvard medical student, received cheers and applause from the crowd for her academic achievements. She stressed that her father would create good jobs for young people if elected. Andre Heinz, a 34-yearold environmental consultant living in Sweden, has taken time out from his

Bowles’ tour kicks off at NCCU BY IHUOMA EZEH ECHO STAFF WRITER

The daughters of Democratic hopefuls John Kerry and John Edwards made a stop at Central on Aug. 31 for their southern promotional tour. From left to right, Cate Edwards, Alexandra Kerry, and Vanessa Kerry. CARLA AARON-LOPEZ/A&E Editor

career to campaign for his stepfather. His speech also focused on financial aid and the educational needs of his young audience. “In the past three years, grant money has decreased while tuition has increased,” he said. He also outlined his stepfather’s “Cash for Community Service” plan that would award four years paid tuition in exchange for community service. Cate Edwards, is a political economics senior at Princeton University and a North Carolina native. She expressed the importance of safeguard-

ing civil liberties and ensuring equal opportunity. The stop is part of a tour of colleges and youth-oriented events in four states located below the MasonDixon Line. When asked what role he believes the South will play in the upcoming election, Heinz seemed optimistic about his stepfather’s influence on southern voters. “The primaries showed us that John Kerry appeals to southern voters and their sense of morals,” he said. “It also helps to have local-boy-made-good John Edwards on the ticket.”

The Kerr y-Edwards children have been active in support of their fathers’ campaign. Tr a v e l i n g a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y, they have emphasized the importance of voting in the next election. In July, they addressed the thousands gathered at the Democratic National Convention held in Boston, Mass. In August, they appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami. In addition to their visit to NCCU, they also rallied students at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles began his 2004 statewide college tour at N.C. Central University’s Alfonso Elder Student Union on Monday, Aug. 30. Bowles’ tour is addressing a host of issues facing the state: jobs, trade policy, healthcare insurance, early childhood education, senior health care and benefits. Bowles stressed the need to make a college education affordable. “I want to see every child go to college. And I want to make sure that when you go to college you have a chance to graduate with a diploma,” Bowles told the audience of about 100 students, faculty and staff. According to Carlos Monje, press secretary for the campaign, Bowles specifically plans to increase money for Pell grants and restore funding for Perkins loans. Bowles said he wants to address North Carolina’s needs and said he has devised a plan to meet them. “This is the most important election in my life,” said Bowles. “I have developed plans for what I want to do when we win.” Bowles has a history of supporting N.C.C.U. He was a member of the Golden LEAF Foundation which helped raise $19 million to fund NCCU’s Julius Chambers Biomedical/Biotech Center. “Bowles is a compassionate candidate for this election,” said John White, a political science and English

Democratic U.S. Senate candi date Erskine Bowles has a history with NCCU. JONATHAN PLATT/Staff Photographer

senior. “It takes a lot for Bowles to choose a HBCU for him to do his kick off. A person does not go to a small university like NCCU if he is out for himself. Bowles is a man of the people.” During the Clinton administration he was White House Chief of Staff and played a major role in bringing Democrats and Republicans together to balance the nation’s budget. It was the first balanced budget in 30 years. In 1998, Bowles left Washington and helped create the Rural Economic Opportunity Fund to provide capital to small businesses. Shawn Punningham, a political science and criminal justice junior who attended the rally urged students and faculty to vote in November. “Don’t complain about the process, if you are not part of the progress.”

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Dressed a mess, or to impress? Lady Eagles stir up controversy with revealing clothes BY ERICA HOLT ECHO STAFF WRITER

“Are we going to class or to the club?” said Shelia Stone, purchasing office system administrator. Stone, along with several other N.C. Central University faculty and staff are having issues with the way many females on campus are dressing. Standing outside her office one day for a break, Stone first noticed the questionable attire of the females. “Mini skirts, tube tops— save that for the club,” said Stone. It seems that many students feel the same way. “I do think some of the clothing is revealing,” said Amber Grant, political science sophmore. “You can’t look like you are walking on the beach showing all your T&A. You’re here to learn, not for a fashion show.” Although many have a problem with this type of dress, others feel it is the

preference of the person. “It is a free country and if the females want to dress like they’re going to the club, let it be,” said Stakesha St. Clair, business management sophomore. “Male instructors just need to keep their hormones in check,” said St. Clair. “Females should be in the mindset of looking presentable,” said Melvin Riggs, registrar office verification clerk. “I feel like this is a college campus. Teachers need to be more concerned with students coming to class high or not coming to class at all, rather than what someone is wearing. That’s a personal issue,” said Christy Cren, a nursing sophmore. Some students say the hot weather is to blame for the choices of clothing, but Stone thinks it may be a cry for attention. “Some girls are dressing these ways to catch a man. I believe that school is a class setting that prepares you for the real world in which some of this dress-

ing would not be tolerated,” said Stone. “Your clothes teach people how to treat you. They speak volumes about you before you open your mouth,” said Minnie Forte, instructor in the department of English and mass communication. “A person makes assumptions about you, your social status, and intellect based on your clothing,” said Forte. “I think the way the females dress is fine — freedom of speech, freedom of dress — wear what you want. Besides it’s not about what you have on, it’s about what’s in your head,” said Nick Pettiford, founder of Legend Entertainment. “It’s the trend. I was dressing like this in high school and I’m going to continue to dress like this,”said sophomoreTiffany Baldain. Forte says clothing is a nonverbal element you have complete control over. “You choose the statement you want to make, so you have to choose what you want it to say,” said Forte.

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magine your innocent little 8-year-old daughter, sister, niece or cousin boards the school bus on a Wednesday morning. You give her a passionate hug and with a smile decorating her face she GLOBAL waves goodOUTLOOK bye to you and joins her peers in the bus. The next word you hear is that some people who don’t agree with President LOVEMORE Bush’s poliMASAKADZA cy have taken the children hostage at school. Later that day, the children are killed when bombs explode throughout the school. Imagination aside. Let’s now face reality. Friday in the Russian town of Beslan, Islamic fundamentalists and Chechnya fighters butchered more than 300 people most of them school children, after taking more than 1,000 people hostage at a school last Wednesday. Official accounts indicated that between 500 and 700 were injured and were helplessly languishing in hospitals. Spare a thought for those people. Without looking closely at the problems between the Russian government and the Chechnyans who want to separate from the Russian republic, holding poor children at ransom is never a solution and should never be allowed to achieve political goals. The fact that the children were at school means that they were preparing for their futures and had high hopes.

And for them to be killed just like that is wrong. Such barbaric acts should have no room in this world and should be condemned in the strongest terms and the perpetrators be punished. Many times people clamor for the use of violence in achieving their objectives, advocates of the use of force are quick to point out that if the military muscle was not flexed then Adolf Hitler would have conquered the world. Maybe they are correct. But there are also so many cases where the blood of innocent civilians is split for some unscrupulous reasons. Well, some people would say there is nothing called unscrupulous reasons, as the whole world will never agree on what is called reasonable. Slaughtering innocent people, children or adults is unreasonable. That’s not open to debate. The killings may have hurt the Russian president Vladimir Putin, but he probably did not know those children at a personal level. Their friends, family members did. And it hurts to lose a beloved child. Children are slaughtered in some parts of the world and hatred is sowed in the lives of the survivors. The scars live forever. One wonders what kind of a world is being created. There is a cliché, 'Life is precious' and it means a lot. Those people who died last week are other people's relatives and their loss is everlasting. Children do not have anything to do with the actions of their governments and they don’t choose the governments.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Picking up where he left off at a midnight rally, the Massachusetts senator on Friday laid out a new broadside against Bush’s performance on the economy, which he hopes to make the centerpiece of the fall campaign. “The president and the Republican Party will say anything and do anything in order to try and get elected — but anything except really take care of middle class American families that are struggling,’’ Kerry told several dozen neighbors assembled in folding chairs on the front lawn of Mark and Debbie Bickle’s modest home in Newark, Ohio. Kerry was taking his message deep into Republican territory. Voters in Licking County backed Bush by a 22-point margin in 2000. But Kerry aides pointed to the impending layoff of 784 manufacturing workers at the local Longaberger Co., a maker of handcrafted baskets and other household accessories, to suggest sentiments may be turning. Outside the Bickle home Friday, Kerry spoke with two Longaberger workers who are losing their jobs, as well as two other residents who have recently been laid off from other companies. “I honestly don’t know how you can be president of the United States for four years and see people losing their health insurance, see companies getting squeezed, and not do anything about it,’’ he said. The Democrat pounced on a Labor Department report issued Friday, saying the creation of 144,000 jobs in August — fewer than the number needed to keep up with population growth — showed Bush’s economic policies were a failure. “My friends, at the rate that this administration is

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry and running mate John Edwards at a campaign stop at a farm in rural Clay County, Missouri, on Friday, August 6, 2004. RICH SUGG/Kansas City Star (KRT)

creating jobs, you’re not going to (gain) one job in the state of Ohio until the year 2011,’’ he said, noting Bush will be the first president since Herbert Hoover to end his administration without creating any jobs. “I don’t think this is something to celebrate. I think it’s something to get to work on, I think it’s something to change.’’ Kerry promised to boost employment by providing tax credits to companies that keep jobs in the United States, reducing health care costs, pursuing research in renewable fuels and investing in science, medicine and other segments of the economy. Bush was also in hostile political territory on Friday, campaigning in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, which Democrat Al Gore overwhelmingly carried four years ago. Bush cited the same job-creation numbers

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and came to precisely the opposite conclusion. Speaking at a minor league baseball stadium in Moosic, Bush said the jobs created and the dip in the nation’s unemployment rate — from 5.5 percent to 5.4 percent -- were proof that his economic policies were working. “Our growing economy is spreading prosperity and opportunity, and nothing will hold us back,’’ he said, speaking from a stage situated where home plate would normally be. At stops Friday in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Iowa, the president listed what he said were the hallmarks of the “ownership society’’ he envisions, such as creating personal investment accounts as part of Social Security. “There is a clear difference in philosophies in this race,’’ he said of the contrast with Kerry. “He is for expanding government.

I am for expanding opportunity.’’ While Bush took a more measured tone than Kerry, he wasted little time before ripping into the Democrat’s voting record, his criticism of the war in Iraq and his proposals to eliminate tax cuts on the wealthy. At a stop in suburban Milwaukee, Bush even poked fun at Kerry’s recent mispronunciation of the Green Bay Packers’ football stadium, ridiculing his formal bearing as a contrast to the state’s hearty football fans known for wearing yellow foam hats in the shape of cheese wedges. “And he showed no signs of distancing himself from the fiery convention speech by Democratic Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia, which even some Republicans suggested was a bit overheated. Bush was cheered as he hailed Miller as a “discerning Democrat.”

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Dance girl, Aneesah Abdul-JJabar, leads the way to show the Aggies how NCCU’s Sound Machine gets down Sunday, Sept. 5.

Leonardo Williams, head drum major, blows his whistle with all his might to get the crowd ready for NCCU’s Sound Machine.

ero seconds on the clock, all the players are off the field, but the crowd remains pinned to their bleachers. Flashes of maroon and white flood the field but those who wear these colors are not suited in cleets, football jerseys and helmets. The whistle blows, and a loud cheer comes from the stands filled with alumni, students, faculty and staff. The time has come for what many consider to be the main event. An event people come from miles and miles to enjoy — the sound of N.C. Central University’s Sound Machine. The Sound Machine, gives the Eagle Community a chance to experience some of the best performers that N.C. Central has to offer. To many, the sound is sweeter than the clashing of helmets. The rivalry between N. C. Central’s Sound Machine and N.C. A&T University Marching Machine is one of the oldest rivalries North Carolina. The battle between these musical titans will remain in the hearts of Eagles forever.

Assistant drum major, Austin Chambers, and the Sound Machine shows the crowd how to get low.

(From left to right) Thomas Maxwell, on tuba, Kevin White and Andrew Jones on snare drums get the crowd’s attention.

Dance girls, Aneesah Abdul-JJabar and Katrina Holmes, give tribute to Africa with their dance during The Sound Machine’s half-ttime show at the Aggie-E Eagle Classic.

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Phonte goes to e-Netherlands Former Echo A&E editor drops hip hop collaboration with Euro producer Nicolay brought soulful sounds combined with an enhanced ear for European techno. Coleman brought rhymes worthy of studying as he ripped out pages of his life and transformed images and memories into lyrics and rhymes. “Whatever I’m going through in my life is more than likely going to make it onto my records,” said Coleman. “I’m just not good at making things up.” Coleman goes all the way with his music, whether working with artists like Kanye West, Little Brother, or Nicolay. “You can halfway work at Bank of America but you can’t halfway work in music. It’s all or nothing,” he said. Let it be known he’s gotten his degree while chasing his dream to be recording artist. “College should be about finding yourself and learning about self-discovery,” he said. Rather powerful words coming from a man who is not a college dropout and living his dreams of music. The Foreign Exchange – Connected was released August 24, 2004 on BBE Records.

BY CARLA AARON-LOPEZ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Imagine making a record with a man you’ve never met before or transferring lyrics and beats simultaneously over the Internet. Former A&E editor, Phonte Coleman, took this task upon himself when he met Netherlands producer Nicolay last year on the website okayplayer.com. After listening to a few tracks and receiving other tracks, Phonte began to flow over them. Together, the two respected each other for their taste and talents in hip hop, ultimately combining to make The Foreign Exchange. Coleman is a member of Little Brother, an underground hip hop group, that includes emcee Thomas “Rapper Pooh” Jones and producer Patrick “9th Wonder” Douthit. Coleman’s mission as a solo artist is to flow rhymes of adversity within hip hop, his daily life, and to showcase his skills and the talents of another man he has never really met. Nicolay is an experienced musician

Phonte Coleman jokes around taking photos but can turn into a serious emcee for audiences to hear. CARLA AARON-LOPEZ/Staff Photographer

with musical knowledge ranging from jazz to techno. Suckers for melodies and harmonies,

Coleman and Nicolay created an album worth listening to while breaking many rules of hip hop.

Durham native reps on BET S o u n d BY AKILAH MCMULLAN ECHO STAFF WRITER

BET’s late night show, Uncut, showcases controversial videos all for the sake of the no-name artist, right? Wrong. Surprisingly, Twip, the 26-year-old Durham rapper/producer is not your average Uncut artist. But what is going to set him apart from the rest of the pack? First, the production on the album is a fresh blend of west coast flavor balanced by down south “crunk.” Petey Pablo, Lil’ Flip and Lil’ Jon are just a few artists featured on

his forthcoming album “Louder Than Words.” Nevertheless, Twip wins major points by rapping about something other than hustling and violence and not just making club anthems. A former N.C. Central University student and band member, he got his start right here on campus. “Me and the boys used to be in the dorm with a drum machine and be in there bangin’ it out,” said Twip. “And it pretty much just started from there.” On the other hand, there is still the controversial video, “A$$ Drop.” “Attention is a key

word,” said Twip. “Any exposure is good exposure … if it’s causing a stir it’s fine with me.” Signed to the independent label Iced Records his album, “Louder than Words,” will also be the label’s first mainstream release. Leslie Hall, co-owner of Iced Records, was unable to pass up the opportunity to sign the young artist. “Our conscience wouldn’t allow us to get him signed to some major label and have the rest of his life in the hands of people that don’t really have an invested interest in his project,” said Hall. Only time will tell if

this North Carolina native will represent his state well. But he is confident that his actions will speak louder than his words.

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For all jazzheads located in the Durham-Raleigh area, the NCCU Art Museum brings a collection of photographs from the golden age of jazz by William P. Gottlieb. Gottlieb documented the jazz scene in New York City and Washington, D.C. from 1938 to 1948 during the Great Depression and World War II. While working for newspapers like the Washington Post and magazines like Downbeat, Gottlieb took photographs and interviewed prominent musicians of the era, capturing their human side or their intense performances. Attaining personalities seem to leak from the heavily-contrasted black and white photos of each musician.

“The most elusive quality I tried to get was personality, but that was a hit or miss operation,” he said. Gottlieb performs tricks with a camera that breaks through one genre of art capturing another. In one photo, Billie Holiday’s somber yet beautiful voice can be echoed through the dank, darkness but her beauty shines like a ray of light. “Ideally, I tried to capture a subject’s personality or inner qualities. I reached these elusive goals only occasionally, though sometimes very successfully,” said Gottlieb. The communication of these photos make audiences travel back in time to see the culture of jazz for themselves. Gottlieb’s collection, Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz, will run from Aug. 16 to Oct. 10 at the NCCU Art Museum.

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Miles Davis peers at bop trumpeteer, Howard McGhee. WILLIAM P. GOTTLIEB/Library of Congress

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hand side From being a rapper to an actor back to a rapper again, can LL Cool J surpass his timeless classics of “Momma Said Knock You Out” “Hey Lover,” and “Doing It?” Sadly enough, I have to say NO, twice. LL Cool J, a Queens native, released his first hit, “I Can’t Live Without My Radio,” in 1985 when he was just 17-years-old. Now at age 36, he has released his 11th album, The DEFinition. His mainstream single “Headsprung” featuring Timbaland is funky yet wack. The beats were massive and make your head knock but the lyrics, “They call me Big LL/Big Silly/Big Money/ Big Billy,” are out of touch and need to return to classic LL lyrics. The album then spirals

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downward to “Rub My Back,” a track that reminds me of early Missy and Timbaland beats. The concept is cute but a hideous attempt to create another mainstream hit. However, thanks do go out to R. Kelly for generating a banger with “I’m Gonna Get Her.” After hearing this I actually felt that the album could sell and have a nice position on the Billboard Music Charts. LL Cool J’s album was doing alright until “Hush” featuring 7 Aurelius. This musical disaster turns aggravating by the end of the track. LL’s rapping made this track sound a little better but I was already too restless to hear the rest after the 37 second intro. This album shows LL Cool J’s ability as a composer, but shows his lingering yet staggering creative and competitive side as a lyricist. I give this album three out of five because of its hints of uniqueness and great beat composers but diminishing lyrical attributes. — Julius C. Jones

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IN BRIEF Fundraising begins for athletics

he $1,000 Eagles Campaign, created by William “Bill” Hayes, Athletic Director, has a goal to raise $1 million for Eagle athletics through fundraising. “We plan to raise money through brochures and mass mailings to alumni athletic supporters,” said Floyd Wicker, committee co-chair. The first $150,000 was given to the Athletic Department at the AggieEagle Classic football game. “This money will allow us to enhance athletic scholarships, we will be able to give our student athletes everything they need to graduate and succeed in life,” said George “Bulldog” Smith, committee chair and Assistant Athletic Director. The campaign is dedicated to making this work. “It will not stop with $1 million, but that is our goal at the time, we want 1,000 eagles giving $1,000,” said Wicker.

Team hopeful about season BY WILLIAM PALMER ECHO STAFF WRITER

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St. Aug student wins big in Athens

ustin Gatlin made the incredible leap from jumping over fire hydrants while growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., to bringing home a gold medal for the United States at the Athens Olympics and claiming the title “fastest man alive.” Gatlin, 22, attends St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C., part-time, working on a degree in communications. He is one of the few 2004 Olympians with ties to a historically black college. When he ran the 100-meter sprint in 9.85 seconds on Aug. 22, he became the race’s youngest winner in 36 years. The race also set a record as the first in which five runners finished in less than 10 seconds. “It’s a new era for young athletes all over the world,” Gatlin told reporters in Athens after his historic victory. Gatlin also won a bronze medal in the 200-meter race, finishing behind gold medal winner Shawn Crawford and silver medalist Bernard Williams. Their feat made it a clean sweep for the Americans for the first time since the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His gold-medal win was a surprise to track experts who had predicted that the flamboyant, previous 100meter champion, Maurice Greene, would win. But Gatlin was a champion even before arriving in Athens. Gatlin won the NCAA indoor and outdoor track championships while a student at the University of Tennessee in 2001. He also won the Southeastern Conference championship in the 60-meter race and was the NCAA track freshman of the year in 1999. – The CIAA Online

Steve Sanya celebrates in the Eagles victory over Johnson C. Smith Aug. 28. It was the Eagles’ largest margin of victory since 1996. SHA WILLIAMS/Staff Photographer

NCCU blanks JCSU Eagles defeat Golden Bulls 52-0 in shut out victory BY SHEENA JOHNSON ECHO SPORTS EDITOR

Last year, N.C. Central University missed a shut out victory against Johnson C. Smith in the last minute of the game. This year, they were successful. The Eagles trampled over the NCCU 52 Golden Bulls 52-0 JCSU 0 in NCCU’s h o m e opener at Durham County Stadium Aug. 28. The game was held at Durham County Stadium due to a steam line repair in the end zone at O’KellyRiddick Stadium. The Eagles dominated the entire game offensively and defensively making it difficult for JCSU to gain momentum. Eagle offense

Offensive line coach Rich McGeorge gives a talk to the offense before going on the field. SHA WILLIAMS/Staff Photographer

amassed 419 yards to the Golden Bulls’ 170. Quarterback Adrian Warren completed 11-of-22 passes for 107 yards. “Adrian has developed

into a real leader now,” coach Rod Broadway said. “He will be a big plus and big help for us.” The Eagles also intercepted four of the Golden

Bulls’ passes and returned three for touchdowns. DeLeon Raynor, Richard Rodgers and Stanley Jackson all picked off passes and took it to the end zone. The last time NCCU returned an interception for a score was in 2001 against Edward Waters College. “Everybody played great tonight,” Raynor said. “We worked really hard in the off season with running, practicing, scrimmaging and weight lifting.” The Eagles’ win over JCSU was the largest margin of victory since their 1996 match up against Fayetteville State. “It was the energy of the team that kept us pumped,” Pruitt said. “I’m proud of our first game and our goal is to get better for next week.”

After posting a 14-2 record the past two consecutive seasons in the CIAA, N.C. Central University’s woman’s volleyball team seems ready to take the next step and win the CIAA championship. With nine returning players and four selected to the CIAA pre-season all-conference team, NCCU seems primed for success. Head volleyball coach Ingrid Wicker-McCree believes this team has enough talent and experience to win the championship. Wicker-McCree’s goal for this team is to surpass the CIAA and make it to the NCAA and reach regional play. The team has had some difficulty this season, losing the first home opener and having to adjust to a different home court. The team practices and plays their matches in the L.T. Walker Complex, due to the renovation of McLendonMcDougald Gymnasium. Wicker-McCree said that playing in the complex is an emotional adjustment for the team. “McLendon-McDougald has and it’s home to them.” “Their locker room is there and they have things there that are inspirational for them and that is missing.” This year’s team captains are junior setter Ariel Germain and senior middle Danielle Johnson-Webb. With all of the preseason hype surrounding the team, Germain and Johnson-Webb will be keys to keeping this team focused and on the same page. “Physically we can compete with anyone,” Germain said. “I expect the team to be on the same mental page every game.”

Air conditioning installed in gym BY MARCUS SMITH ECHO STAFF WRITER

McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium will be much cooler for faculty, athletes and spectators in the next few weeks. Due to mold and mildew found in some of the gym’s locker rooms, a central air and heating system is being installed. Cost are estimated at $898,000. The installation of a central air unit will help con-

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trol the humidity in the gym, preventing the buildup of moisture that creates mold and mildew. In June 2003, the mold and mildew was discovered and it was decided by Capitol Projects, the office responsible for all major construction on campus, that central air and heating system was the solution to the problem. Poly-Tech, an engineering firm was called in to inspect the gym, and then designed

a humidity control system. Construction actually began August 2004 and left many of the gym’s faculty displaced. On Aug 9, all of the coaches and faculty moved from their offices to temporary homes during installation. Mike Lawson, N.C. Central University’s track and field coach, is forced to call one of the gym’s concession stands his new office. “It’s a little inconvenient but it’s all for a greater

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good,” Lawson said. Kyle Serba, Director of Sports Information, has been moved from a large office to one that is much smaller, and has to share the tiny space. “It’s hard to take an office full of things where you can pin point the location of everything, box it up and put it in an office where you don’t know where anything is,” Serba said. “It took me a half an hour to find my scissors.”

Serba said because the inconvenience is temporary,it will pay off in the end. “The new central air is going to benefit everyone, students, faculty, and fans alike,” he said. The construction is expected to continue through Sept. 15, when Capitol Projects is expecting the lower level to be completed. The upper level offices are scheduled to be completed on Oct. 15.

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The Eagles and the Aggies square off in a dual that was ultimately decided in the final seconds. AARON DAYE/Staff Photographer

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‘I think our guys understand what we need to do to win.’ ROD BROADWAY, HEAD FOOTBALL COACH The score put the Eagles ahead 12-7 after a failed 2-point conversion attempt. “We wanted to make it an eight point game with the 2-point conversion,” Broadway said. The Eagle defense showed up again after the kick off when Kurtis Stewart picked off A&T quarterback Marshall Glenn’s pass. However, the Eagles’ offense was unable to capitalize on the interception and the fourth quarter began with a 31-yard punt by Gerald Matkins. The Eagles defense made another stand, including a sack by senior Sheldon Connor, and forced yet another punt. “We shut down their scheme, we shut down their offense,” Connor said. NCCU’s offense put together a 5:39 drive that ended with another field goal by Gilbert to put the eagles up 15 to 7. With the more than seven minutes left on the clock, it looked as though the Eagles had this one in the bag. It was then that the Aggie offense decided to make their move. A&T made their second score of the game with less than six minutes left in the game. The two-point conversion failed and left the Eagles leading 15-13. With the ball in the Eagles possession with1:18 left in the game, they had one job to do: run time off the clock. However, the unthinkable occurred. Eagle quarterback Adrian Warren fumbled the snap and the

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5 A devastated Kurtis Stewart reflects on the Eagles loss to N.C. A&T. Aggies recovered. “We should have won the game, I’ve preached and preached about how mistakes kill,” Broadway said. With time running out, Davalos, who missed a 34-yard field goal earlier in the game, made the game winning 50-yard field goal. Despite giving up a few critical plays the Eagle defense played like a well oiled machine only giving up 55 yards on the ground and 156 yards through the air. They forced two interceptions, and dished out three sacks for a loss of 22 yards.

“Our defense did an excellent job, our coaches have done a good job and we can only get better,” Broadway said. Warren was 10 for 22 with one interception and he rushed for 25 yards. Pruitt had 20 carries for 110 yards. The Eagles offense possessed the ball for 35:31 of the game only leave A&T with 24:29 of possession time. “I think our guys understand what we need to do to win,” Broadway said. “We can play with other teams.” Danielle Johnson-Webb contributed to this report.

“Classic” quotables ‘It was a good game. It came down to the wire, they won, but we were the better team... Refs missed calls’ JOSEPH SANDERS STUDENT

‘The referees made horrible calls, we should have won the game.’ JOCELYN ATKINS, STUDENT

‘They played hard and should have won.’ ANGELA COOPER

‘I’m really proud of the team... we’ll be back next year.’ JONATHAN PATTON, SGA DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS AFFAIRS

‘It was better than last year.’ KARA FOSTER, STUDENT

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aybe it was the sunshine. It seems that whenever the sun comes out, N.C. Central’s football team always manages to put on a stellar performance and Sunday’s Aggie-Eagle Classic was no exception. The last EAGLE semi-sunny ATHLETICS game was the 2002 match up when the heavens miraculously opened up and the sun shone down upon the Eagles SHEENA as they JOHNSON defeated the N.C. A&T in overtime 33-30. Even though NCCU saw their victory taken away from them in a few seconds, it was by far the best AggieEagle I have witnessed. The Eagles led for the majority of the game, which was mind boggling to those Aggies who have won now 10 of the last 11 games. I was definitely proud to call myself an Eagle and had a renewed faith in my team. However, I must gripe. The Eagles had secured a win and a long overdue upset to the Aggies if they would have successfully killed time on the clock. A&T had no time outs and they were at the Eagles mercy. We have seen this scenario on every level of football. The team is up, the knee is taken. This strategy is effective and the team is victorious. What went wrong? A bad call and loose ball. After the snap with 1:18 left in the game, things became uncertain. There was an NCCU fumble. While most Eagle fans’ joy quickly turned to frustration, believing that there was a fumble, there is reason to believe otherwise. Was center Robert Duncan nudged a bit? Apparently, Duncan was hit by an Aggie defender and lost the ball. They called it a fumble but it never reached quarterback Adrian Warren’s hands. Duncan fell on Warren to watch the ball turn over into Aggie linebacker Lammon Ringold and A&T’s possession. And just like that, it was gone. Could this have been prevented? They always say hindsight is 20/20 and maybe Broadway is reflecting on some of the mistakes made in Sunday’s game. Don’t get me wrong, they were the best team on Sunday but, I wonder if he would have opted for the field goal instead of the twopoint conversion. A&T is a powerhouse. They are big, fast and strong. I am not sure that I would have gone for two against the Aggies. Broadway did say in the press conference that he wanted to make it an eightpoint game. But if he went for the kick, and A&T would have made the game altering field goal, the game would have been tied and we still might have had a chance. But overall the Eagles played great. Defense was amazing and offense was good. It was a far cry from the team we saw last year barely keeping their heads above water. If they can post big numbers for the rest of the season like they did Sunday, NCCU will definately be a championship contender. If it is the sunshine that aided in the Eagles’ near victory, let’s hope that there are more sunny AggieEagles’ in the future.

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Defense on the up, Eagles improve In NCCU’s 2004 football preview head football coach Rod Broadway, made an indicative statement that may have gone overlooked. “We’ll be good defensively,” Broadway said. “Until we are capable of finding out what our offense can do, we are going to depend on our defense to keep us in the ball game.” Thus far in the season, it would seem that Broadway’s move to bring Clifford Yoshida aboard his staff was a wise decision. Before coming to N. C. Central University, Yoshida was the defensive coordinator at Towson University where his defense led the Patriot League in takeaways, were second in pass defense and finished third in rush defense. This years version of NCCU’s defense seems vastly improved from last year. Last years defense fin-

ished ranked 60th in NCAA Division II football giving up 3372 yards to their opposition. This year the defense is not allowing opponents to reach the total yards that they reached last year. If you compare the y a r d s gained by N.C. A & T last year the Broadway improvement in defense is evident. Last season A & T rushed the ball for 205 yards and passed the ball for 97 yards. This season A&T was only able to gain 55 yards on the ground while passing for 156 yards. If the defense can continue to play at the high level, NCCU will finish higher than their predicted 4th place finish in the CIAA.

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Student Leadership, Training and Development “Committed to the belief that every student at N.C. Central University has leadership potential.”

Need Money? Grants ranging from $200 to $1,000 are available to organizations for praogramming expenses and activities that support student development. Each organization must: • Register with the Office of Student Leadership, Training and Development by the official deadline, September 20, 2004. • Establish an account with the NCCU Foundation and submit the appropriate documentation at the time in which they register their organization for the 2004-2005 academic year. • Participate in the 2004 Organization Blast (Fair) by setting up a display board and table and informing attendees of the organization's goals, services, activities, etc. Display boards are available from the Office of Student Leadership, Training and Development. The 2004 Organization Blast (Fair) will be held at 3:30pm Thursday, October 14, 2004 in the Walker Complex. • Send at least two members from their organization to attend one workshop on Ethical Leadership that is scheduled for 6:00pm on Thursday, September 23, 2004 and Monday, September 27, 2004. • Send at least two members from their organization to attend one workshop on Dynamics of Team Building that is scheduled for 6:00pm on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 and Monday, October 11, 2004. Learn more about how your organization may qualify to apply for a grant. Attend the Student Leaders meeting at noon Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004 in the A. E. Student Union, Room 146 or call 530-7088.

Trying to find your niche on campus? Want to get involved? Stop by the Office of Student Leadership, Training and Development to learn more about exciting leadership conferences, workshops and opportunities that await you. For more information regarding leadership programs or services, contact Mrs. Peggy Watson Alexander, Director of Student Leadership, Training and Development, at 530-7088 or Ms. Renee Cadena, Program Advisor, at 530-7453 Left: Louis Mays, Jonathan Patton, Christie Carter and Agu Onuma at the airport terminal in Champaign, Illinois. Not shown is Dwayne Madison. This year, for the first time, students from NCCU participated in LeaderShape, a leadership development program that emphasizes leading with integrity.

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• 7 pm Tuesday, September 14, Phi Eta Sigma Interest Meeting A. E. Student Union, Room 146/146 A • Monday, September 20, 2004 Deadline for Registration of Organizations Student Leadership, Student Services Building, Suite 236 • 6 pm Thursday, September 23, 2004 Are you an Ethical Leader: Leading with Integrity A. E. Student Union, Room 146/146 A • 6 pm Monday, September 27, 2004 Are you an Ethical Leader: Leading with Integrity A. E. Student Union, Room 146/146 A • 7 pm Wednesday, September 29, 2004 Parliamentary Procedures A. E. Student Union, Room 146/146 A • 6 pm Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Dynamics of Team Building A. E. Student Union, Room 146/146 A • 3:30 pm October 14, 2004 2004 Organization Blast (Fair) Walker Complex Gymnasium • October 15-17, 2004 Phi Eta Sigma National Convention Savannah, Georgia

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Campus Echo WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2004

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Wake up and vote S

ince early this spring, there has been a lot of talk about the upcoming November elections between Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush. We have been battered with ads, and celebrities encouraging young people to vote. Even during the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, the Khadijah daughters of Darboe Senator John Kerry and President Bush called upon the audience of young Americans watching the show to vote this November. But what about black America? For the last few months, some popular hip-hop artists such as Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and most recently, OutKast,

teens are in the job market have urged young people, specifically African Americans, today. to vote. Also, AfricanBut is it realAmerican ly that imporunemployment tant? climed from Only a generation ago, 9.7 percent in Yes, it is. black Americans “AfricanApril to 10.1 Americans need percent in fought for the right to vote” said June. to vote, suffering African Sophomore intimidation, physical Americans are Wanda Parrish, continue to get “It’s their right. abuse and even death, the short end of They can’t comat the hands of voter the stick. plain when the registrars, law The 15th person who is enforcement officials Amendment of not the best choice gets and the Ku Klux Klan. the U.S. Constitution elected.” gives American So let’s look citizens the at “America’s right to vote best choice,” and not to be denied the vote President George W. Bush. no matter what race, color or In the last four year in previous condition of servioffice, President Bush has not tude that citizen is. made a passing grade in the Only a generation ago, black eyes of African-Americans. Americans fought for the right According to the Bureau of to vote, suffering intimidation, Labor Statistics, fewer than physical abuse and even death, 180,000 African-American

at the hands of voter registrars, law enforcement officials and the Ku Klux Klan. With this painful history in mind you might think black Americans would be running over themselves to get to the polls this November. If not running to the polls, maybe at least thinking about them. Many students say that black students should vote in this upcoming election. But saying and doing are two different things. What I’m saying is this: African Americans must vote in November. We can not afford four more years of high unemployment, a weak economy, and weakened relations with the international community. Not to vote would disgrace the generations that fought and died to give you that right. Not to vote would be to hand your future over to others.

drawing by Rashaun Rucker

Question: What do you think about the “hoochie” dressing at NCCU ?

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s an athlete at a Division II school, I have come to realize just how different we are from Division I athletes. We are different for a number of reasons, but the one that bothers me the most is the athletes being dropped from class. Danielle A typical Johnson-W Webb N.C. Central University athlete will miss nine days of class, while a UNC-Chapel Hill athlete will miss 14 days of class during his or her season. So why is it that an NCCU athlete is more likely to be dropped from their class or have a greater chance of not

being allowed to make up a of dollars like atletes at UNCquiz or test? Chapel Hill and our names Are we thought of as less and faces are not plastered all than Division I over the city of athletes by our Durham, but our own profesdedication and sors, because love for our we get less sport is no less I am not asking for exposure? than theirs. pity, just a certain Maybe our Our dedication level of understanding. is probably professors don’t apprecigreater than Would Michael Jordan ate the time theirs because it or Mia Hamm have and effort we takes a driven been dropped from put into what person to put in we do. the amount of class or not allowed to It saddens time that we put make-up a test? me to think into our sports that we are and still get so thought of so little recognilittle by some tion. of our professors. Let me make one thing We do not have the luxury clear: If an athlete misses of tutors attending class for us more days than they are to take notes or traveling with excused from they should be us to inform us of what we dropped. have missed in our classes. I am not saying that our We do not bring in millions burden should be your burden

but, please do not devalue our contribution just because we are not glorified in papers and on billboards. Give us the opportunity to make up exams and class work and encourage us to turn work in early. Some athletes play because it’s the only way they can afford college. I am not asking for pity, just a certain level of understanding. Would Michael Jordan or Mia Hamm have been dropped from class or not allowed to make-up a test? That is a question that might forever linger in my mind. Lastly, I would like to thank all of the professors who have understood and appreciated us. And to all of those who still have trouble with their professors — maybe we can still find a way to make this work for both sides.

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