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The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Goldie Byrd announced to students and staff on March 31 that the Bachelor of Arts degree programs within the Foreign Language Department would no longer be offered in the areas of Spanish and French, and the department would be completely phased out in two years. She stated, the University

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was acting on a mandate from administration within the UNC system to assess which academic programs were high or low producing and to make the necessary cuts to off set budget restraints. “We are [undergoing] very serious financial stress,” said Dr. David Aldridge, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Performance evaluations look at the department’s graduation rates within the last five years, and a degree program is

considered low producing if in two consecutive years it does not graduate a minimal of 20 students. In the last two academic school years before the review was conducted, 2008-2009 and 2009- 2010, the Foreign Language Department only graduated nine students in both Spanish and French, and since the 20052006 academic school year the most students to graduate from both degree programs combined has been six in a single year. Furthermore, Byrd stated

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our future, said Helen Briggs, a junior Spanish major from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “They want us to go abroad, and [participate in globalization], but if they have no foreign language department how are we going to communicate with these international people and companies.” “This is my major that they are shutting down,” said Chloe McSwan, a sophomore Spanish major from Virginia Beach, Virginia. “I really wouldn’t have  See Foreign language on Page 2

Candidate Jasmine Gurley was followed throughout the election to get an in-depth look at the experience.

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ith each spring comes election season in Aggieland. A time where a group of hopefuls risk it all and take they’re shot at obtaining some of the most coveted leadership positions on campus. Most students don’t realize election season has begun until they see the collage of ﬂyers hanging from every inch of every single bulletin board on campus, see people walking around in “vote for...” T-shirts and pins, have candidates knocking on dorm doors explaining their platforms, your Facebook is invaded with “Vote for...” group invites and messages, and we’re tagged to ﬂyer

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tion allowing graduation from a program that is “reasonably similar in content, structure, and scheduling.” Those who do not meet the credit requirements are encouraged to meet with their advisor to consider changing majors or possibly institutions. The students in attendance were outraged to say the least, and felt the administration did not fully consider the repercussions they could potentially face, as well as the potential damage to the University’s reputation. “Basically they are closing

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As the second half of the spring semester began, students were encouraged to “Believe the Hype,” which is the new promotional motto from Student Government Association’s Vice President of External Affairs, Christian Robinson, for this year’s Aggie Fest. Robinson has worked with students, administration and the Sankofa Administration to try and bring Aggie Fest to full circle April 11- 17. This year’s events will kick off the 11th at 11:30 a.m. at the Memorial Student Union courtyard. That same night, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) will present their annual dorm step-off; Stomp the Halls at 7:30 p.m. in Corbett Sports Complex. The following day, April 12, students are invited to a free “Aggie Kick Back” at 4 p.m. in the Union Quad lawn. Also that night, RHA will bring Roll Bounce: Aggie Skate Night at 7 p.m. in Moore Gymnasium. The University Lyceum Series will also fall during Aggie Fest on Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium. The show will feature Nuttin But Stringz, a brother duo who both plays the violin. The brothers play a mix of classical music, hip-hop, jazz and R&B. The event is free with an AggieOne card. Aggies and Poets After Dark will also take place during the 13th in the Memorial Student Union, Stallings Ballroom. There will also be a Fashion/Comedy show, Thursday, April 14 in Corbett Sports Complex at 7:30 p.m. It will feature Couture Productions, Verge Modeling Troupe and comedian DeRay Davis. The admission is $5.

that this decision was not a “reﬂection of the quality of education” within the department or its professors. Students who have completed fifty percent of their degree curriculum requirements by the end of this semester, a minimal of 62 credit hours, are able to continue their matriculation under a teach-out program. According to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges this is a written agreement between the students and administra-

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pictures by people you spoke to once or twice. However, the process begins way before all of that. Months and months go into planning for the few weeks of campaigning we actually see. To fully experience and understand the whole election process, I followed Jasmine Gurley – candidate for Miss North Carolina A&T – on her journey to the ballot. Gurley is a 20-year-old junior from Prince George’s County, Md. Gurley is a Journalism & Mass Communications major with a concentration in Public Relations. She has spent her three years at A&T being very active. She’s a member of the swim team, honors program, Metro Aggies, and has also held the position of Miss Sophomore during the 2009-2010 academic year.

“Being a part of all of and Excellence) and I want to a crazy amount of people live these different things around focus primarily on service (the there. Also, on both sides of the campus has allowed me to 1st letter, and primary duty of Cafe because there is a regular build up a lot of relation- Miss A&T). I want to have a heavy flow.” ships,” Gurley said. She says monthly service event and a Gurely also utilized her supChancellor Martin and Mrs. program that reflects it. One porters by making them all Martin and Dr. Rasheed are month the focus would be Ser- advertisements via buttons. like family to her. I’ve also vice, then the next Mindset, and “Having buttons is like having been inspired by a lot of peo- so on. Then we’ll repeat it next a 100 walking billboards around ple, including Ngozi Opora, semester,” said Gurley. campus. And after I had a good Miss A&T 2009-2010, who I Gurley’s prior experience amount of them passed out all served under as Miss Sopho- with campaigning proved to be I heard was ‘I saw your button more. All of it made me really a strong point. That combined the other day, or Team Gurley want to have an affect on the with her public relations back- we all have buttons! etc.’ It university. I feel like I could ground gave her arguably one made people ask, ‘who is Jasgive the students what they of the best-run campaigns in the mine Gurley?’” really need from a Miss A&T. election. “It was kind of like a Gurley also wanted to make I want to address the issues third times a charm situation. I sure people knew what she was and revitalize A&T,” said learned a lot the last two times. about, she accomplished that Gurley. Flyers are effective but they get with business cards. “I had all The decision process was drowned out by everyone else’s the general election information not an easy one for Gurley. flyers so I had to think, ‘how am on one side and on the other side Miss A&T is one of the high- I going to make myself stand I had a breakdown of my platest leadership positions a stu- out?’ So the first thing I thought form. That way they could see dent can attain on campus, of were the lawn signs, and the what I’m really about without and after suffering a loss in strategic placement of them. I having to see my face. Because last year’s election for Miss put one at the top of the Village Miss A&T is more than a face, Junior, Gurley found herself stairs, one by the Strip, one out- she has a purpose, and I wanted hesitant to put herself out side the Union, one outside of them to know about mine,” said there again. McNair because the engineers Gurley. “It was a difficult process have told me that they feel like Aside from the typical cambecause I wasn’t sure if I was people don’t reach out to them, really up to the responsibil- one outside of Barbie because  See Queen on Page 4 ity and if I wanted to Photo by kennitH HaWkins • tHE A&t rEGiStEr put myself in that kind of position,” she said. “But after talking to aBoVe & BeloW Miss nc A&t 2011-2012 Jasmine Gurley poses exclusivly for the A&t register behind the union. some friends I realized that this would be an excellent opportunity for me to give back to the school that has given so much to me and caused me to be the person I am today. So that solidified my decision.” Gurley’s competition included Alexis Sutton, Brittni Bennet, and Jenni McLendon. Each of them had different platforms, strengths, and weaknesses. “My campaign slogan is “Service with a S.M.I.L.E. (Service, Mindset, Intellect, Love

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a choice [but to change majors]. I just can’t go to UNCG because I could lose my tennis scholarship and I am an out-of-state-student.” Many students took the change personally and felt as if it was forced upon them without a proper opportunity to have their concerns heard or a chance to improve the department to review-passing standards. “As a Dean and [former] chairperson, the last thing I want to see is a program cut, but it’s done,” said Byrd. “[We] want to make sure you know what your options are; how best to help you get your degree.” The administration assured the students that upper level advanced classes would not close due to low enroll-

ment to ensure a fair opportunity to complete the required major courses in the designated time frame. Additionally, students would not be granted a degree in this department after 2013 even if they utilize the consortium agreement and take classes at another UNC system institution. Since 2005, the University has undergone program performance reviews three times. During each one this department was evaluated, even though special protection was extended to foreign language departments across the UNC system. In 2008, however, that order was lifted. The review conducted that year resulted in students no longer being able to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Romance Languages and Literatures and Secondary Education for both

Spanish and French. Dean Byrd would not comment on the status of the faculty and staff after the department is gone, and she refused to state with certainty under which department foreign language classes would be offered after the phase out. The Department of Foreign Languages was the youngest degree program to be cut, currently servicing 30 students from all classification levels, and the administration acknowledged this was only the first round. “Dr. Bravo, Profesora Carrig, Dr. Morales and Professor Niditch are by far the best teachers I have ever had in my life. They embrace the language and culture and share that enthusiasm with the students,” said McSwan. “I’m just devastated about the closing of the program”

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Aggie fest From page 1 The next event will be the National Pan-Hellenic Council step show at 7:30 p.m. also in Corbett Sports Complex, Friday April 15. The admission fee is also $5 for students and $8 for the general public. If the weather permits, the plan is for Aggie Fest to move outside to a central location, Union Quad, for the Aggie Field Day on Saturday April 16

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at 11 a.m. Students will have the chance to sign up as individuals or as teams for kickball, dodge ball and tug of war. Later that evening, the Aggie Fest Concert will be in the Holland Bowl. The concert will feature rappers Dom Kennedy, Big KRIT, J. Gunn and Locke Kaushal. “A lot of student have come up to me concerning Aggie Fest and the concert,” said

Robinson. “They were tired of the usual concert acts and we felt like it was a new age. They [concert acts] fit in the same category, where instead of rapping about usual things, they focus on different matters.” Gunn and Kaushal are both A&T alumni. The concert will be free for anyone who wants to attend. Robinson wanted everyone to be able to attend without limit, no tickets where they

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can arrive and leave when they please. The last event of Aggie Fest will be on Sunday, April 17 in Harrison Auditorium at 7 p.m. for the Gospel Choir Anniversary. The admission is also free. Robinson picked the events and lineup based on student word of mouth and a poll he created last Fall asking students who they wanted for Aggie Fest.

The budget for the “spring homecoming” is a mix of SGA budget and student activities budget. The student activities budget is made up for both homecoming and Aggie Fest. This year’s budget for Aggie Fest was around $50,000 – $52,000 according to Robinson. Most of that money was spent on performers and to cover some expenses. Robinson expects

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to see a big crowd this year, whereas some felt Aggie Fest last year was not as successful as it could have been due to unknown reasons. “I am looking forward to a good turn out, whether that is from freshmen, or even grads,” said Robinson. In case of bad weather, all events that are scheduled to be outside will be moved to a different location inside.

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queen From page 1 paigning tactics, candidates also had to look to the Internet when campaigning. The election process at NC A&T went virtual this year. The application, forms and information packets were all available on orgsync.com for students interested in running for a position. Candidates were allowed to use Twitter and Facebook to campaign. For the first time in A&T history all voting took place online. A server was created solely for this endeavor. Students were able to log on using their banner ID and DOB to vote. The process was meant to make the election more accurate. It ensured voters would vote within their actual classification based on the amount of credits they have and that they would only be able to vote once. The obvious fear was that the server would crash. A fear that was well founded considering the server for the online housing process crashed in February. However, the viral election ran smoothly. “Campaigning online it’s extremely important because you reach out to a lot of people that way and get a lot of support. But I also feel like people will rely on it as a crutch. The Internet is a good idea though, especially for online voting, especially on a day like run-off’s [it rained during runoffs] where people may not feel up to coming out and voting in the union. But we don’t want for it to get too far in the future where people don’t get to have an interpersonal experience with the candidates,” said Gurley Gurley and her competitors managed to stay on the ballot the whole time, allowing the traditional Miss A&T Forum to go on as planned. The forum is a chance for the student body to find out what the candidates really have to bring to the table, pageant style. “The whole week leading up to the forum I was really calm. Everyone else was really nervous during practices and I would tell them to calm down its just practice. Then the day of the forum everyone is telling Jasmine to calm down, it’s just a forum; ‘you were cool all week what happened?’” explains Gurley. After a couple weeks of campaigning and the forum, it was finally Election Day. “I loved election day! It was beautiful weather and I was fully prepared. I had my tent set up, my posters up, I got to talk to people and they got to see more about me. I had my poster board of pictures of me, my friends, and family so they could get a glimpse of my life. I had my posters explaining my platform and what I have done. I got to tell them what I wanted to do as Miss A&T. It was a lot of fun with all the candidates out there, and the music coming on, it was a good social gathering,” gushed Gurley. Finally, after 6 p.m. the moment came to announce the

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winners. With four candidates for Miss A&T, a run-off was expected. “When it was time we went inside, Alexis and I were just holding hands waiting, and then they announced our names we screamed at the top of our lungs. We started jumping around in circles, she started screaming Team Gurley, and I started screaming Team Sutton. After that all I could say was ‘praise Him!’ for like 5 minutes straight,” said Gurley. I sat down and interviewed Gurley the night before the final winner was announced. Upon reflection, she shared her favorite and least favorite moments from the election process. “Least is right now, having to wait a whole night before finding out the final results. My favorite moment would have to be the dorm storming because its so cool and talk to people and see what you’re about, and allow them to put a real live face to your campaign. People would say ‘oh you’re Jasmine Gurley!? I saw your poster! I saw your buttons!’ and I don’t even know who the person is but the next day they’re Team Gurley, its just such a great feeling. I really enjoy when the students would grill me and ask me questions and I really appreciate that because I don’t just want you to give me your vote I want to earn it. I spent 30 minutes being grilled by these 2 guys and I loved it. And they are now 2 of my hardest working campaign members. If I become Miss A&T that’s something I want to continue to do on a regular basis. Like not even having a reason just dorm storming and being like ‘you good.’” At the end of it all, Gurley knows she couldn’t of made it through the election season alone. “Team Gurley rocks my socks. They go so hard. My campaign manager was Dana Hawkins, my twin, other half; I appreciate her and the whole Team Gurley so much. I would tell them every night how much I appreciated them. When people come through for me it means a lot, because I’m used to being left hanging so when people come through its just the most amazing feeling ever. I love them. All those people who go hard for me whether I know them or not,” said Gurley. Finally, I asked Gurley how she would react if she lost. “If I lost, I’d just know it wasn’t meant to be. God has a plan, the winner has already been picked, and I keep telling myself that. Either way, it’s not the end of the road for Jasmine Nichole Gurley. Not winning miss A&T doesn’t mean I still can’t make a difference. Even if I have a title, I’m still Jasmine Gurley.” The next day at noon, Jasmine Gurley won the election and became Miss A&T 20112012.

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CHICAGO – When Timeica Bethel flew home to Chicago from her senior year at Yale University this month, she knew she had to pay a visit to LeClaire Courts, the troubled housing project where she grew up. And so on a cold, overcast morning, she stands on an overturned plastic bucket and peers over the green construction fencing. LeClaire, like so many other housing projects, is being knocked down. As the clatter of jackhammers echoes through the complex and backhoes rip huge chunks out of nearby buildings, the 22-year-old in the Yale T-shirt raises her camera phone and takes pictures over the fence. Click. Click. Click. Bethel can't help but think of the teachers and family members who helped her escape this place and step up to something better. Yale graduation is May 23. Just around the corner. After that, there are no limits. She dreams of becoming a talk show host or a famous writer. Almost anything seems possible. But something deeper tugs, and so she has decided to come home after graduation and teach on the city's West Side. She wants to do for others what was once done for her. "I want to be the one to say, 'You think Yale is impossible, but it's not,'" she says. She was just 3 years old when her mother – a crack addict – dropped off her and three siblings at her grandmother's house and didn't come back. With that, the 24 square blocks of LeClaire became Bethel's world. There were fights on the street. Drug deals in plain sight. A fatal shooting outside her front door. Bethel shrugged

off the violence because, she now says, "I thought that happened everywhere." But Bethel's grandmother knew there was much to see beyond 45th Street and Cicero Avenue. She kept her grandchildren inside through the summers and pushed them toward books. Books about the Gold Rush, which prompted, in Bethel, dreams of moving to California and striking it rich. Books about oil workers, which sent Bethel– her grandmother standing sentry w into their backyard to dig for oil. Among the siblings, Bethel was the child who most lost herself in those books. Books led to a love of learning, which led to straight A's and a rank of first in her class at Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary School. In eighth grade, she landed a full scholarship to any school in the city and ended up at the elite Francis W. Parker School in Lincoln Park. The hour-and-a-half one-way commute between LeClaire and Lincoln Park provided a jarring shift in perspective for the then14-year-old. LeClaire was nearly 100 percent black, a place where few adults worked, where drug dealers roamed the sidewalks, and where at least one person was killed every year. At Parker, students arrived at school in Porsches and Lexuses. Many wore Birkenstocks and Uggs – shoes that, at first glance, looked odd to Bethel. There were no uniforms. No bells to tell you when to switch classes. Instead, the school played jazz or rock music to signal the end of each period. For the first few weeks, Bethel rarely spoke. She didn't want to confirm with her imperfect grammar what her fears were telling her: She was from the Southwest Side, and couldn't compete at a place like Parker. Soon, though, she learned how to blend in (wear jeans and

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a Parker T-shirt), how to make small talk with adults (shake hands, smile and keep the conversation moving), how to dress for a job interview (leave the big hoop earrings at home). She developed the polish and poise of her classmates. Within a few months she remembers: "I could turn my Parker self on and off." She never told anyone that she lived in the projects. She never brought any of her classmates home. Her closest friends remained the girls she grew up with at LeClaire. But academically, Bethel thrived. By senior year, she had earned a 3.9 GPA and applied to Harvard, Yale, Duke, DePauw and Pomona. She was accepted into each. Yale – with its gothic architecture and friendly, downto-earth students – was her first choice. Today, Bethel says she owes her success, in many ways, to luck. The luck of having a grandmother willing to take her in. The luck of landing at Parker. (She tried to enroll in a private school on the West Side, but that school – one that Bethel now believes wouldn't have provided near the education as Parker – didn't have space.) There was also the sixthgrade teacher, Mr. Dortch, who recognized that she needed a challenge and gave her high school-level assignments. The counselor, Ms. Weingartner, who crossed the community colleges off Bethel's application list and replaced them with Ivy League universities. Those advantages propelled her further than she once could have imagined. At Yale, she met and became close with other students who had also bootstrapped themselves out of poverty. She traveled to Kenya to study the history of East Africa. Cornel West, the renowned Princeton scholar, became a mentor. Now Bethel hopes to give a hand up to other young students. Through Teach for Amer-

ica, she has accepted a job at the LEARN charter school in North Lawndale. As she explains: "I want to be that one person who says, 'I believe in you.'" Bethel's mother, Tianda Bethel, 46, has been clean and sober for almost nine years. Mother and daughter now talk by phone every day. Tianda Bethel says: "I'm just glad that I'm here when she calls." But the person who most believed in Bethel, who was there for her always, was her grandmother. On a recent afternoon, Mary Lewis, 62, a heavyset woman with bright eyes and short curly hair, sits in her modest living room and recalls how she once kept a baseball bat behind the kitchen door – not to keep danger out, but to keep her granddaughter inside. "What was outside? Somebody is going to get to fighting. Sometimes they start shooting," Lewis says, her voice low, her face set in a stern expression. "That's her serious face!" says Bethel. Bethel points out that Lewis never actually used that baseball bat. And she explains how, when she calls home from Yale, her tough-as-nails grandmother bursts into tears. "You look like you're going to cry right now," says Bethel, with a grin. "I'm so happy for her success," Lewis says. Her chin trembles, and her eyes well with tears. Bethel crosses the room and embraces her grandmother. "Don't get my good shirt all wet," she says, and the two women, both wearing Yale shirts, dissolve into giggles. As the afternoon passes, they talk about the graduation ceremony and details of Bethel's teaching job. Before Bethel leaves, Lewis reminds her to be proud of where she is from. When you go into the classroom, Lewis says, "tell them you come from the projects. Just say, 'I come from LeClaire Courts.'"

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PARIS (AP) — Specialists could start pulling up bodies and wreckage from an Air France plane found on the Atlantic Ocean floor within a month, after the stunning deep-water discovery raised new hope of determining the cause of the 2009 crash. Investigators said Monday they still haven’t found the plane’s “black box” flight recorders, and it’s unclear whether they remain attached to the fuselage, or whether they’re even still intact after nearly two years in sandy depths of 3,900 meters (2.4 miles). All 228 people aboard the plane were killed when Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, slammed into the ocean northeast of Brazil on June 1, 2009, after running into an intense high-altitude thunderstorm. The cause of the crash — the worst in Air France’s history — remains unclear. French officials said Monday that undersea robots have lo-

of the Airbus jet in a fourth underwater search operation, after the last two search efforts turned up nothing. Investigators have said without the recorders, the cause of the crash may never be determined. France’s air accident investigation agency, the BEA, showed photos of the wreckage — intact wheels from the plane’s landing gear, two engines dusted with silt, a panel of the fuselage with oval window openings. The BEA did not show images of any bodies. French officials said identifiable bodies have been found and will be raised to the ocean surface, but would not say how many or further comment out of respect for the victims’ families. Fifty bodies were found during the first phase of the search, along with more than 600 pieces of the plane scattered on the sea. No bodies or debris have been found since, until now. Victims’ families, who had pushed for continued search efforts despite the high cost, cau-

announcement. BEA chief Jean-Paul Troadec told reporters Monday that he’s confident that engineers can still read the data and recordings in the black boxes, if they weren’t damaged in the crash. The recorders should be in the rear of the fuselage, but it’s possible they were ejected in the shock of the crash, he said. If the black boxes are located, they may not need to bring up the rest of the plane, because the reason for the search was to help shed light on the reasons for the accident, he said. The retrieval operation will be funded by France’s government, and will cost a few million euros (dollars), French officials said Monday. The government has opened up a tender for companies that could carry out the actual retrieval. The recovery could begin in three weeks to a month, said Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, France’s minister overseeing the environment and transport. She said “most” of the fuselage has been located. Jean-Baptiste Audosset, who

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said the announcement offers “at last a bit of hope.” He said, however, that families remain cautious after an earlier announcement that the plane’s location had been determined turned out to be untrue. “There are families who want the bodies raised, there are others who prefer that the remains stay in the depths,” he said. Finding the cause took on new importance last month when a French judge filed preliminary manslaughter charges against Air France and the plane’s manufacturer, Airbus. Air France and Airbus are financing the estimated $12.5 million cost of the new, fourth search effort that started last month, but the government will fund the retrieval effort. About $28 million has already been spent on the three previous searches for the jet’s wreckage. The team involved in this weekend’s discovery was led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, or WHOI, based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The search is being targeted in an area of about 3,900 square miles (10,000 square kilometers), several hundred miles off Brazil’s northeastern coast. Searchers are using up to three autonomous underwater search vehicles, each of which can stay underwater for up to 20 hours while using sonar to scan a mountainous area known as the Mid-Ocean Ridge. Researchers download the data, and a vehicle with a high resolution camera is sent to check out an area if scientists see evidence of debris. Air France welcomed the announcement that part of the plane has been found. “This discovery ... is good news indeed since it gives hope that information on the causes of the accident, so far unresolved, will be found,” the airline said in a statement.

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leader Moammar Gadhafi for more than two weeks. They initially targeted anti-aircraft missile defenses and quickly crushed a government offensive by destroying a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and other vehicles advancing into rebel-held areas. But military experts say Gadhafi’s forces have rapidly reorganized since then, shedding their heavy armor and relying on light forces to harry and repeatedly ambush the lightly armed rebels. NATO said its aircraft flew 154 sorties over Libya on Sunday, the fourth day since the alliance assumed full control over the mission over Libya from the U.S.-led international force. A press release Monday described 58 of those flights as “strike sorties.” These include all flights carrying munitions, although it doesn’t mean any bombs or missiles were used against ground targets. NATO does not release information on the number of targets bombed. In the first four days of the NATO operation, alliance aircraft have flown a total of 701 sorties, the statement said. Flights by fighters and attack jets accounted for about 40 percent of that total. The rest are by AWACS surveillance aircraft, aerial refueling tankers, maritime patrol planes, search and rescue helicopters and other support aircraft.

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BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S. military will pull its warplanes from front-line missions Monday and shift to a support role in the Libyan conflict, a NATO official said. Britain, France and other NATO allies will now provide the fighter and attack jets to conduct intercept and ground attack missions as they enforce a no-fly zone over this North African country. The hand-over is expected to take place later Monday, a NATO official said. “There won’t be a capabilities gap,” said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of regulations. Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told Congress the U.S. would continue to provide assets that others don’t have in sufficient numbers. These will likely include AWACS air surveillance planes, electronic reconnaissance aircraft and aerial refueling tankers. American air power — including Air Force AC-130 gunships and A-10 Thunderbolts and Marine Corps AV8B Harriers — will still be available to back up the allies in case of need. U.S. aircraft currently account for 90 of the 206 planes deployed by NATO in the Libyan conflict. Western jets have been hitting the forces of Libyan

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Swing’s Back: 2 Deep! Probates part one included the Greek Lettered Council Organizations and Sigma Gamma Rho, a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. The Greek lettered Council is not to be confused with the National Pan-Hellenic Council that is also on A&T’s campus. Traditionally, these social and community service organizations have been on A&T’s campus for years. At A&T our Greek Lettered Council includes: Lambda Chi Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, Alpha Phi Omega, Chi Eta Phi, and Tau Beta Sigma. Swing Phi Swing a social fellowship also probated this year. They are dedicated to performing service to communities of color. Their line consisted of two seniors Denita Smallwood and Danielle Dennis. Their line name is “2 Deep.” Several alumni from Swing Phi Swing were at the probate to see the new line cross.

Top: Denita Smallwood the ace of Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship gets emotional as she was revealed to the crowd. Top Left: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. probated seven ladies of “The T.O.R.C.H. of Sigma.” Top Right: Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity, Inc. probated 10 members of “The APOcalypse Eschaton.” Left: Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. probated four members of the “#411 CHIrect C.O.M.P.A.S.S.” Bottom Left: Alpha Phi Omega, Fraternity starting probates off with greetings of other Greek Lettered Council organizations. Below: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. greeted Alpha Phi Alpha by performing the “lock & lean” on Tuesday April 5, 2011 in Corbett Sports Center.

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Sorry we dropped the ball last week Last week, The A&T Register produced a paper that was, for lack a of better word, unsatisfactory. Many people on campus were highly critical of the editors and writers for the many mistakes that we missed. I am here to set the record straight. Basically, we messed up. Point blank. Originally, I took offense to everyone who took it upon him or herself to judge the paper to which I have dedicated so much of my time. However, now I realize that we were 100 percent wrong. There are reasons why the paper did not come out the way it was suppose to. However, ultimately these reasons are simply excuses. As an editor for the

paper, I realize that it is not the student body’s job to care about the reason why our paper did not come out error free. As editors, it is our job, regardless of what may be going on in our personal lives, to produce a quality paper to the students and university community and this past week we failed to do that. The process of creating a newspaper is no easy task. The hours we spend making a paper, the details we have to pay attention to, and the endless hours of reading and writing makes this a very unique process. However, as a journalist whom often times will point the finger when someone is doing wrong, I am not going to shy

away when an error is made. From spelling errors, and grammatical mistakes, all the way down to the way we judged the SGA re- TRUMAINE port cards, I MCCASKILL can see why the student body was less than pleased with the results of The A&T Register last week. I cannot speak for the rest of the staff, but personally I was a bit embarrassed when I went back and saw the many mistakes that were in the paper. There is no excuse that can be made for that. Personally, I

do not want to hear it every second of every day, but I honestly agree the rest of you have the right to be upset with the newspaper. We dropped the ball. However, please remember, we are still an award-winning newspaper. Things such as this do not, and will not, happen on a consistent basis. The members of our staff have won more awards than we care to admit, in addition to scholarships, internships, and academic achievements. We play leadership roles in SGA positions, NABJ, The History Club, Greek organizations, Honors Societies and perform community service. These are some of the hardest working people on this campus and we

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The only person who has spoken with clarity about the endgame in Libya is the mother of Eman al-Obeidi. Obeidi is the brave Libyan law student who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell Western journalists she’d been gang-raped by government goons; she was promptly dragged screaming out of the hotel by secret police. A government spokesman said she was a whore and would be charged with slander. Obeidi’s mother, interviewed by CNN in the eastern town of Tobruk, said of Moammar Gadhafi: “If I were to see his face before me, I’d strangle him. I’d like to drive to Tripoli and cut his head off.” Unfortunately, no one else involved in the current Libyan conflict has been that direct. Enough hot air has been flowing over the airwaves about Libya to make a substantial contribution to global warming. Yet, Americans are rightly confused about the Libya story. Are we involved in another war, or a brief humanitarian intervention? Should we have gone in sooner, alone, with our allies, or not at all? Does the Libya move herald a new Obama military doctrine, or prove he can’t exercise power? Do we or don’t we want to get rid of Gadhafi? If so, how? President Obama’s Libya

speech Monday night didn’t clear up the confusion. Republican presidential hopefuls were even more befuddled in their critiques. So let me take a shot at providing a reality check. The Libyan intervention (as Obama did clarify) was an exceptional act _ a response to a unique humanitarian crisis. It does not mean we will intervene every time foreign civilians are at great risk. Obama tried to avoid getting sucked into the Libyan conflict, which is far less crucial to U.S. concerns than rebellions in Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria, and political developments in Egypt. But, unlike in those countries, a huge international news corps was present in Libya; it would have documented Gadhafi’s massacre of civilians in Benghazi as U.S. ships stood by. Obama was cornered into a move he knew would be bad policy. Had he waited for congressional authorization, Benghazi might have fallen. Some Republicans, like Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, insist Obama should have gone in sooner, and solo. “We look to America to be the leader of the world,” says Romney. And Sarah Palin says our military should “strike hard, hit hard, not allow Gadhafi to be left standing, and then get out.” Hmm. That’s just the way the Bush administration imagined its invasion of Iraq.

Unilateral U.S. intervention in Libya would have been a disaster, placing the onus for the outcome on America’s shoulders. It would have revived the Arab narrative of U.S. colonial intervention. Those who tout it fail to realize how America’s status in the Mideast has plummeted over the last decade. The postwar chaos in Iraq under George W. Bush and the failure to godfather an IsraeliPalestinian peace after both Bush and Obama pledged to do so have left U.S. credibility in tatters. The Bush doctrine of topdown democracy promotion was discredited by its violent results in Iraq, and by the fact that Bush dropped it when the going got messy. After democratic elections led to a Hamas takeover of Gaza, the Bush team dropped its support for democracy activists in Egypt. Moreover, American interests in Saudi oil, fighting terrorists, and curbing Iran will make it impossible to follow identical policies throughout the region. The administration is pushing for peaceful, democratic transitions in Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria, but if rulers fail to listen, we can’t go in with guns. But back to Libya. Clarity is most lacking over what to do in the future. Obama was correct to turn over the lead

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to a NATO-Arab coalition and to rule out use of American ground troops. But can he align this limited military investment with his stated political aim of getting rid of Gadhafi? If the dictator stays, the NATO nofly zone will have to continue indefinitely. Such a stalemate cannot be sustained. The administration hopes for an internal coup in Tripoli, provoked by sanctions, bomb strikes, and pressure on Gadhafi to accept exile. It might work; the Libyan foreign minister just defected to Britain. But if the dictator holds on, more will be needed. Will air strikes slack off now that NATO is taking over military command, enabling Gadhafi to defeat the rebels? Obama has authorized the CIA to aid the rebels (agents are already in the country), but he has made no decision on sending arms. Will the Brits, French, or Egyptians provide the heavy weapons and training the rebels desperately need, no matter how uncertain we are of the rebels’ makeup? Will we recognize a rebel government? These questions must be answered soon. A long-running stalemate in Libya is not an option _ and not just because Eman al-Obeidi and other Libyans deserve justice. Obama needs to return his attention to managing fallout from other, far more crucial, rebellions in the Middle East.

all truly love our university. We just so happen to be the people to deliver your news as well. We would never “bash” or “ruin” any student’s image or reputation on this campus just to gain readers. So before you attack any of our editors or writers by insulting our personal character and integrity, ask yourself what have you done to become involved in the process of producing a paper each week. Ask yourself, how many times you have come to a contributor’s meeting. Ask yourself, when have you pitched a story idea. Ask yourself, when was the last time you made an attempt to reach out to the newspaper opposed to wait-

ing for the newspaper to find you. Yes, our job is to report the news of the campus, but with such a small supply of students willing to write for the newspaper, you have to be understanding when some things go unreported. In any event, I personally would like to apologize for the many mistakes that were made in last week’s paper. However, realize that we are professionals and take much pride in our work. We are open to criticism, but please be professional when approaching the people of The A&T Register’s staff about an error or mistake we have made. Thank you.

Ask a Black Guy 1. How do you feel about women who talk to multiple guys at one time? Guy #1- I think females who talk to multiple guys are great. If you’re not in a committed relationship then you should have the right to do as you please. If the female is having sex with several guys then that is her business. Females are usually the one’s who have a problem with it and that is mostly because they cannot get a man and they see another female with several guys so they hate. Guy #2- Dudes do it all the time so I really can’t be upset or bothered by it. The aspect of “talking” really is not that serious or cause for much alarm. However, when it comes to dating or having sex with multiple people at one time then we have an issue. Guy #3- I grew up around women so I know they are just like us. However, the part that bothers me is that many of them are too proud to admit that what they are doing is just as wrong as what we are doing. Most guys do what we do because of our physical urges. While girls become mentally attached to multiple guys and later become confused. And when the guy makes it known he wants her, it normally won’t work because she’s dealing with too many people. It’s a dirty game, but we do the same thing so it’s kind of hard to say how I feel about it. 2. Guys are pretty good at hiding emotions. But what is it like for a guy to have his heart broken? Guy #1- Guys hide their emotions because we know that females don’t want a weak punk for a man that’s always crying, and talking about their feelings, and how they were hurt before. A lady wants a man, not another girl friend. Emotional men are looked at as soft, gay, and what woman wants a man who they can make cry? Most men truly put their all into one or two relationships and once a man puts his all into that and is hurt, it’s a wrap because he will most likely never put himself out there again. Guy #2- As men we have to put up this “rough and tough”

façade and showing our emotions are basically forbidden. As a result, I know I tend to just carry the weight of the situation on my shoulders and try to let time heal the wounds. Heartbreak sucks but like every other obstacle you face in life, you’ve just got to move on and know there’s more out there. Guy #3- I think REAL men try to remove emotions from a lot of things. However, when you care about someone or something, it hurts to get that taken away from you. Even the strongest of men can’t deny they loved somebody at one time. The feeling of heartbreak sucks for men. Women fall easier, but men fall harder. Yet, ultimately you get up and move on. There is more fish in the sea. 3. Why do guys take sports so seriously? Guy #1- Because it’s something we love. Most males grow up wanting to be a professional athlete and play sports. If we do not make it then we watch sports to fill that void. Females should want a man that loves sports because if he doesn’t you probably got other problems. I take it serious because I love sports. Guy #2- Seriously, it’s just what we’ve always been accustomed to. Whether it be watching games with our dad’s, playing Madden, or early years in little league, sports have just been ingrained in our minds. We take pride in our teams so much that we’ll defend them even when they aren’t doing that great. Though I personally don’t go as “hard” as some other dudes I know, sports ultimately gives all us guys something to talk about and a common thing through which to relate to one another. Guy #3- Because it gives men a chance to live out their childhood through someone else. I love UNC basketball and watching it gives me a chance to remember when I was a kid and how I wish I could have been out there. The way I feel about basketball is the same way girls feel about finding that “perfect” guy they see in those chick flicks. The chances of those dreams coming true are slim to none, but we keep that feeling of hope anyway.

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Aggies lose in weekend series against S.C. State gian spells Contributor

The North Carolina A&T softball team started off its weekend play with a double header against the South Carolina State Bulldogs. On Apr. 2, the Bulldogs would open up a 2-0 lead in the second inning, as infielder Shannon Baity hit a home run to left field. Outfielder Sonya Giles reached off a double by Bulldog catcher Kelsey Grochow. In the third inning the Lady Aggies’ offense put runners in scoring position but could not capatilize as the shortstop for S.C State made a catch on a Dominique Gillard fly ball. In the fourth inning the Lady Aggies once again made an effort to score. With two runners on with only one out, the Aggies’ scoring potential was halted by strikeouts by bulldog starting pitcher Raven Johnson. The Bulldogs would gain another run before the end of the third inning. The Aggies continued to push but were not able to score any runs and fell to the Bulldogs 3-0. S.C. States’ Johnson picked up the win and sophomore Hope Fletcher took the loss. A&T outfielder Tiffany Macklin and Jernigan led the Aggies with two hits apiece. The second game went in similar fashion for the Aggies as the fell to the Bulldogs 5-2. A&T found themselves trailing the Bulldogs 5-0 going into the bottom of the sixth. The Aggies finally were able to score in the sixth off a sacrifice fly by Macklin. Hill would continue the

Lady Aggies’ offense stride with a homer to center field, pulling the Lady Aggies to within three of the Bulldogs at 5-2. A&T was not able to score again and found themselves on the losing end for the second time in two games. Fletcher led the Aggies in the loss with two hits and one run. Hill added one run, one hit, and one RBI. After losing both games of the double header to S.C. State, the Lady Aggies rebounded and defeated the Bulldogs 6-5 to end the weekend’s series. A&T’s 6-5 win on Apr. 3 marks their first win against a MEAC opponent. Outfielder Tiffany Macklin led NCA&T with two runs, two hits and one RBI. Senior left fielder Ryanne Hill added three hits and two RBI’s in the Aggie victory; Sophomore infielders Lauren Clemont and Hope Fletcher added two hits and two RBI’s a piece. The Bulldogs were led by catcher Kelsy Grochow with two runs, two hits, and one RBI. Third baseman Shannon Baity added two hits and one run and Chelsea Evans recorded two hits and two RBI’s. The Bulldogs led the Aggies 5-3 after the top of the seventh inning but could not hold on to lead and soon found themselves trailing the Aggies. In the bottom of the seventh the Lady Aggies’ offense led by freshman infielder Juanita Jernigan, earned A&T three runs and a victory over the Bulldogs of SC State. A&T opened the bottom of the seventh with a double by Jernigan followed by a double

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Kenneth Hawkins The Register A&T’S SABRINA EdWARD ATTEMPTS TO TAG OUT A BULLDOG OF SOUTH CAROLINA STATE THIS PASS WEEKEND, AS THE AGGIES FACED OFF AGAINST S.C. STATE IN A THREE GAME SERIES.

by Fletcher, which scored freshmen pinch runner Niasia Calhoun. The Aggies would go on to tie the game at 5-5 off a RBI single by Hill. Macklin would score the game-winning run off a RBI from Clement. The 6-5 A&T victory was

the third game in two days between the Aggies and the Bulldogs. The Aggies fall to 7-18, 1-2 in the MEAC. With two wins over the Aggies, S.C. State improved to 6-31, 2-1 in the MEAC. Hope leads the Aggies with 26 hits in 24 games and a .388

batting average. Clement stands second on the team with a .311 batching average, compiling 13 hits in 21 games. The Lady Aggies are back in action on Apr. 9 against North Carolina Central in Durham, North Carolina.

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NEws and notes BASEBALL UPDATE: The A&T baseball team fell to 8-18, 2-3 in the MEAC. Apr. 2 -3the Aggies faced off against MEAC opponent Forida A&M. A&T was only able to come away with one win and loss the three game series to FAMU. The Aggies defated FAMU 6-2 but fell 7-6 and 1-11.

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Theater students learn classical style Jonathan Veal Scene Editor

Drake Denies Rumors,No Longer With Young Money At the start of Lil Wayne’s I Am Still Music Tour alongside Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Travis Barker, Drake was a curious omission from the star-studded lineup. However, last night in President Obama’s backyard, the Canadian heartthrob joined his boss onstage to quell any talk that he is no longer part of the Young Money machine. Drake took time to speak to fans about the rumors that he and Young Money parted ways. “You see today, when I landed in D.C. and I got off the plane, this n---a looked me in my eyes and he asked me, ‘Did you drop out of Young Money?’ And I looked him right back in his eyes and I said, ‘Boy, are you out your mother---ing mind?!’ -D.L. Chandler For more information on this story, go to www.mtv. com-

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North Carolina A&T State University theater arts program embarked on a classical style of acting last week when the British American Drama Academy (BADA) came to campus for their first international outreach classical theatre project. British American Drama Academy (BADA) was founded in 1984 in Oxford, England and it is a program to enable students from around the world to study classical theatre with leading actors and directors of the British stage. Within this weeklong program, 15 students, a combination of freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors from A&T theatre arts program focused on acting and movement techniques with a particular emphasis in classical theatre such as William Shakespeare. The program was led by dean and director, Ian Wooldridge; instructor, Mick Barnfather; and A&T Theatre Arts Program director and executive director of Paul Robeson Theatre, Frankie Day. “I am ecstatic and honored that BADA chose A&T to be the first outreach project and for it to be the first HBCU too,” said Day. “Being the first one, it is a start for many things to come and it is important for students to get that international experience,” added Day. For the program’s mission to teach African American students classical theatre is due a long history of African Americans who performed Shakespeare in the 1800s. Dr. Vanita Vactor, associate professor of the department of visual and performing arts/ theater arts program spoke on the history of African Americans in theater. She expressed there was a group

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Cutting from classics 2007 was directed by professor Frankie Day. During the British American Drama Academy, students embarked on this style of acting. (l to R) Carolyn Carmack, Cameron Dashiell, Chris Berry, Asha El-Shair

called African Company and they were trained in classical theater and they would perform classical and original pieces. Not only were they competing with another acting theater, but also they had to deal with being arrested upon performing Shakespeare and end up finishing their performance in the jail cell. Most notable early black classical actor, Ira Aldridge played Othello in Shakespeare’s classic play “Othello” back in 1830s and played his role amidst a barrage of insults. Prior to this, Othello was done in black face in United States and England. A long history of African Americans performing classical theater has led to this program to continue the teaching of the

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as units. “They are a super talented bunch and they are not use to what I ask of them but it is a good thing because it will be beneficial to them later,” said Barnfather. At the end of the week, the students performed what they call, “A Work In Progress,” were students performed sonnets that were giving to them by Wooldridge at the beginning of the program. “As for the theater program here at A&T, it is a very significant thing for us since this is the first time theater has embarked on something such as BADA,” said Day. As for this program, Day, Wooldridge and Barnfather all enjoyed their time and felt that this is the beginning of a long relationship.

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Jonathan Veal The E. Gwynn Dancers of North Carolina A&T State University will be hosting a spring dance concert entitled, “Sankofa: Reaching Back to the Past,” April 9th at 7:30 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium. The E. Gwynn Dancers will take you back to African and Caribbean dancing as these energetic and skilled performers dance with power, elevating audiences as they entertain. The driving rhythms of the drums, vibrant costumes and emotional performance allow audiences to truly connect with other cultures. The spring concert, will feature a musical performance by Victor Trent Cook of Cook, Dixon and Young formerly the “Three Mo’ Tenors.” Victor Trent Cook is a native of Brooklyn, New York who begun his career in his home church, “The House of David.” Upon discovery of his talent in the Brooklyn Boys Chorus School of Musical Training, he was promoted from training choir to concert choir. Cook traveled throughout the United States and Rome singing for the Pope. Along with singing for the Pope, Cook also performed at

classical style because African Americans craft of acting was established in classical theater. “More actors need to be trained in this work, not only just contemporary work, but classical as well,” said Dr. Vactor. “It is very important for many actors to learn the craft of classical theater arts such as Shakespeare,” said Wooldridge. He expressed that asking students about Shakespeare at a tender age is a good thing. The students were exposed to dynamics of playing with Barnfather. They went through various exercises of playing in relationships with each other, ensembles, playing as groups and active and individual play

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on stage Tambourines to Glory presented by the department of visual and performing arts takes place April 7-10 & 1417, in the Paul Robeson Theatre. The hit gospel musical by Langston Hughes tells the story of two women who open a storefront church in Harlem. Essie wants to use her singing voice to bring people to God, and hopes to make enough money through the church to bring her daughter up from the South to be with her. But Laura wants the money for gambling, drinking, and attractive young men. The novel lively expresses generally appealing scoundrels who twist religion and morals for their own earthly gain. Students get in free with Aggie One Cards, general admission is $15. For students who respond to this email: dbbradby@ncat.edu; can receive two complimentary tickets for the show, courtesy of the theatre program’s season subscribers. - J.V.

u presS PLAY $9.99 Gap SANKOFA: REACHING BACK TO THE PAST starring the E. Gwynn Dancers and Trent Victor Cook

The White House, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Boston Symphony Hall and John F. Kennedy Center. This event will excite and educate you with the different styles of African and Caribbean dance and Victor Trent Cook gracing Harrison Auditorium Apr. 9 during the “Sankofa” spring dance concert. Tickets for the dance concert are $20 for patrons, $10 for general admission and $5 for children, students, and seniors.

You can never have enough v-necks or crew necks in your closet! They go with anything!

$39.50 Gap

Casual and comfort never go out of style. Spring is a good for the cargo shorts to reveal themselves.

$10.80 Forever 21

Cropped tops are a must for this season as well with some high waist shorts.

$40 Urban Outfitters

These high-waisted floral shorts are a cute comfortable look for spring.

1.Would you mind if we went over some probate etiquette real quick for these naive freshmen? 2. Once your friend gets unmasked and finishes their introduction can you chill with the yelling and screaming? 3.Can you leave the Party City number balloons in your dorm room? 4. If you get there late and get awful seats can you refrain from flooding our Twitter timelines with complaints? 5. Can you attempt some kind of discretion and not publicly announce your aspirations when that fraternity/sorority probates? 6. Speaking of discretion, can you try to catch yourself if you get the urge to spit the Greek alphabet, founders, and history in unison with the line? 7. Aggies, can we not be rude for once and actually sit through the “less popular” organizations’ probates? 8. Will you be the one in the stands extra hype because you’ll have your friends back from their “two week vacation”? 9. You do realize they’re probably not going to roll with you to the White Party now, right? 10. Who’s going to have the loudest cheering section: #TeamDelta or #TeamAKA? 11. If you’re just sending out your: “Come support me. I’m about to cross” texts TODAY do you honestly expect a gift or some balloons? 12. Are you ready to hear your favorite songs remixed “SPR 2K11 probate-style”? 13. Have all you pledgees figured out your new Twitter names? 14. Can you try to avoid the #basic line name + line number formula? 15. Will anybody bring out their previous line and con us into thinking it’s their new line again this year? 16. Can we petition to get the Kappa’s, Ques, and Alphas to have an emergency line and probate before May? 17. Speaking of the Kappas, was that not the shortest-lived “Komeback” of all-time? 18. Does this mean the Iotas and Sigmas will be battling it out for the the ”We Run the Yard” title? 19. Are you ready to show out at Aggie Fest with your new letters? 20. *DISCLAIMER* You know if you mess up at any point during your “coming out” we’re going to call you out in next week’s 20 Questions, right?

Keri Hilson ft Chris Brown “One Night Stand”

With “One Night Stand,” Keri Hilson and Chris Brown have done the unimaginable and brought back 90s R&B! With their stylized harmonies over an entrancing beat, the two young crooners give listeners a duet that Ms. Hilson describes as if TLC and Jodeci did a record together. The lyrics are nothing new or groundbreaking however, the (successful) attempt to bring back REAL R&B is to be applauded. -C.J.

u presS PLAY Wiz Khalifa “No Sleep”

The party anthem sees the Pittsburgh star flow over a rockinspired beat while praising all the things that make the late night festivities that much better. Though this may be deemed as “Hip-Pop,” Khalifa successfully illustrates the euphoric nature of “kids having a good time” and the song currently sits in the iTunes Top 10. -C.J.