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For little more than an hour last week, students had an opportunity to voice their concerns regarding A&T and its place within the UNC System with President Tom Ross. Mentions of tuition hikes, bigger class sizes and program cuts seemed to dominate the conversation between students and the Greensboro native in the ballroom of the University Event Center. As part of his eleventh stop to the 17 schools within the system, Ross not only listened, but also voiced to students his concerns on the proposed budget cuts statewide. “If we have to cut jobs in order to balance our budgets, I’m worried about whether that might push us back into a worse economic situation,” said Ross. “I worry about the impact

it’s going to have on you [students].” Recently, Gov. Bev Purdue announced her proposed 201113 state budget. If passed it will call for a 9.5 percent cut for UNC-General Administration and campus operating budgets. Results from this ross budget may mean that tuition will rise, academic programs will be cut and more than 1,500 jobs could be lost across the board. For A&T proposed measures have already taken place. A maximum 15 percent cut may take place if the budget is passed, which may result in the elimination of 11 academic programs.

“Our department really struggles with funding,” said Rachel Jackson, graduate student in Department of Natural Resources. “I have no problem paying more for my tuition as long as the quality of my education doesn’t go down.” According to Ross legislators in the N.C. General Assembly have been talking about raising tuition to make up for budget cuts, which in essence is asking for more money without raising the quality of education. “I think that’s a real problem,” said Ross. “It’s our responsibility - yours and mine to help convince legislators to not go in that direction. If you get in the cycle of raising tuition without raising quality, you begin to lose applicants whether graduate or undergraduate. Once you begin to lose applicants, then you begin to lose money.” SGA Parliamentarian Mitchell Brown posed the question on

how to educate N.C. legislators on the importance of keeping costs down for students. A lot of talk has been made statewide from representatives from higher education on lobbying efforts to keep the university system striving. “Organize efforts to talk to legislators,” said Ross. “A lot of time it has to be made real for them.” Last year, former UNC president Erskine Bowles said prior to his retirement, “If we keep having cuts, cuts, cuts, we’ll have to look at eliminating schools, campuses.” Ross, however, feels that is not a realistic measure in his administration “I think every one of our campuses has a very important role to play in the community in which they are located,“ said Ross. “This university  See

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mr a&T: todd Porter showcased his talents before his Mr. hbCU Kings & Leadership program.

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“I’m going to represent you well,” said 2010-2011 Mr. A&T, Todd Porter Feb. 27 at the 2nd Annual Mister NC A&T State University farewell program. The event was held in Harrison auditorium and was designed to highlight and showcase the talents Porter will display at the 7th Annual Mr. HBCU Kings and Leadership program in St. Louis, MS on March 6. “He is the epitome of a Mr. A&T,” said SGA president and Master of the Ceremony, Wayne Kimball. Though the crowd was small he kept them involved and interested throughout the program. Porter made his debut in act one of the program entitled Oratory. During this act he

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the national awareness program Save A Life tour that is aimed at stopping teens and college students from drinking and driving was held in Exhibit hall on Monday, February 28, 2011.

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stimulator begins at a sober level. As the driver continues to drive, the blood alcohol concentration level gradually increases to 0.34. “At a .3 legally your dead, you can easily slip into a coma,” informed Dignan. The stimulator had a split sec delay for the steering wheel, the gas and the brake. If the driver completes the obstacle without crashing, it will generally last for 4 minutes. Prior to driving the stimulator Moyo Olusesi, a sophomore social work major and native of Nigeria, thought that it was going to be easy. “I started off and I thought I knew how to do it, so I started again,” he said. Upon completing the stimulator, the driver was handed a mock ticket, which marked “Pass” “DUI” or “Fatal Col-

lision,” with additional DUI facts on the other side, and a rubber bracelet that was labeled “I’ll take the keys. “ Olusesi revealed “I thought I could cheat the system by doing it twice, but I ended up having a fatal collision.” Bryan D. Tigner, a senior geomatics engineering major and SGA Attorney General, was in charge of organizing the event. “This week SGA is focusing on health and safety,” he stated. Tigner says he was surfing the web and typing in keywords when he came across the “Save a Life Tour.” “Since 70 percent of college students try alcohol, I thought that SALT would be a good way to make sure that A&T

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“The Save a Life Tour (SALT)” reached the campus of North Carolina A & T on Feb.28 in Exhibit Hall. It is a program presented by Kramer Edu-tainment that emphasizes the dangers and consequences of alcohol and drinking and driving. The event was entitled “Drunk Driving Kills Make a Difference with the Save a Life Tour High Impact Alcohol Awareness Program.” The “Save a Life Tour” generally visits colleges, high schools, military bases, malls, fairs, community centers etc. It included informational take-a-ways that provided students with a better insight of drunk driving.

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Upon entering the room, there were two big screens showing actual footage of tragic drunk driving crime scenes, 911 calls from deaths related to alcohol, and important DUI— driving under the influence— facts. On the far end of Exhibit there was an attention grabbing open casket with a sign that read “RESERVED Drunk Driving Victim.” “Most of the time when we visit these places people say ‘I don’t want to hear this,’” expressed Erik Dignan a crewmember for SALT. “But once they see the videos, which are pretty graphic, it’s a big eye opener for them,” he added. In addition, the tour includes a drunk driving stimulator, which resembles a game machine driving stimulator. The

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performed a speech. Kimball later explained that this portion of the presentation, in Missouri, would be judged on articulation, projection and presentation. Couture word was next on the program. They held a brief performance opening with spoken word and following up with spiritual dancers and a small group singing Kirk Franklin’s “Jesus You’re my Everything.” Act two, the talent portion, featured Porter in casual attire showcasing a mix of him singing Musiq Soulchild’s “Beautiful” and spoken word. This portion will be judged in St. Louis on confidence, delivery, originality, and attire. Next there was a special presentation for Porter by the class kings. A PowerPoint of special moments in Porter’s life served as the backdrop as a member

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Move over IBM, and make room for Gmail as the official email provider for A&T. Before the end of the semester, representatives from Information Technology Systems will be conducting a month long trial run of Google Apps for Education which allows schools to use Gmail as their email server. Gmail is an email service provided by Google. This program offers a free set of customizable tools that enable faculty, staff, and students to work together and learn more effectively according to the software’s website.

“We’ve gotten a lot of complaints from students about our email platform,” said Maurice Tyler, Director of Systems and Operations. “We are trying to evaluate, as some of our sister institutions have done, whether or not it makes sense to switch all of our student population over to Gmail.” Complaints ranging from speed to the amount of storage has been cited by some as the main annoyances voiced by students according to Tyler. “I never get my mail on time, and sometimes I don’t get emails from the Honor’s Program,” said Rashida Scott, sophomore business education  See

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Steve Maxx (middle) hosted the Simon Says Challenge during the games where Carl Funny and Lamona Smalley won the challenge on Saturday February 26, 2011.

save a life From page 1 students do not become a statistic like those who have bad experiences with alcohol.” “I learned that if it’s the truth; it’s hard to drive drunk and I am not a great drunk driver,” laughed Olusesi. Dignan stated, “People think that it’s never going to happen to them.” It is said that a person will drive nearly 347 times before they have any consequences. “We’re not saying you can’t drink alcohol, just be aware and make the right choices. Call a cab or have a friend drive for you.”

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major. “Sometimes documents don’t open in files, and I have to go to my gmail to open them.” Last year UNCG transitioned its students and faculty’s email carrier to this email platform. After analyzing their progress and outcome, administration at A&T decided it was worth a test run. “Students at UNCG seemed generally pleased with it,” said Tyler. “When we saw the outcome of their evaluation and their pilot program, we decided we wanted to do something similar for our students. As representatives in IT shop around for a new platform, they stress this time they want more input and feedback from the student population on campus. “The key is IT does not want to make the decision for you

guys like we did for the previous email platform,” said Tyler. “We want you guys to actually decide whether it makes sense.” This new email service will enable users to have more than 7GBs of storage, an integrated calendar, as well as web-based applications for smartphones. As far as security goes, this system offers anti-virus and anti-spam soft wares already built in. “I’ve haven’t had any problems with our current server,” said Jarrell McCants sophomore chemisty major. “I wouldn’t mind if we went to gmail; however, I think it would be pretty cool.” After the trial is up, a series of surveys and questionnaires will take place. From the information received, IT wants the students to make the decision on whether switch over to Gmail or stay with the current email carrier.

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ross From page 1 [A&T] employs 700 faculty and that’s a lot of jobs. If you break down a place like this it’s going to have a huge impact on the community.” Throughout Ross’ tour at A&T, he met with administrators to get an idea on the effects that could happen to A&T. Serving to observe and report back to the board of governors on the

mr A&T From page 1 of Couture word sang Reuben Studdard’s “Flying without Wings,” and the class kings simultaneously quoted “Invictus” a poem by William E. Henley. After a brief intermission, Porter graced the stage in his formal wear for Act three, the question and answer portion. After modeling his formal wear a bit, new SGA advisor Jasmine McInnis asked Porter a series of questions. The first question asked who he was; he responded, “I am a son, student, man, child of God, and Mr. Agricultural and Technical State University.” Another question asked what organization has been the most influential to him and how he will apply that influence to his everyday life? In a very poised manner, Porter expressed that he believed a HBCU to be an organization as a whole so at A&T he has grown as a mentor and leader; he will carry what he has learned to his big organization of his family and life.

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progress at the university, Ross assured students that he has the best interest for A&T. “It’s our responsibility to be sure that citizens of N.C. and the legislature understand the importance of our university,” said Ross. “It’s also important that we help them understand that quality education that teaches students how to think and communicate produces leaders of tomorrow.”

Then came the special presentations portion of the program where guest gave Porter advice, gifts, and wished him luck for the March 6 competition. Presentations came from his girlfriend, the sophomore class e-board, the 2010-11 Sankofa administration, members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and inspirational words from master of the ceremony, Kimball. However, Porter’s mother and stepfather filled the room with emotion and tears as they expressed how proud they were of their son. “Remember to keep God first,” said Porter’s mom. Closing the program, Porter showed his gratitude to audience members and loved ones. The program ended with the Alma Mater led by Mr. and Mrs. A&T. New SGA advisor, McInnis emphasized the importance of students knowing the Alma Mater and ensured it would be recited at the close of every SGA meeting.

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CHICAGO – A Loyola University archaeology professor will serve a year’s probation for his part in a scheme to plunder artifacts from an archaeological site in New Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s office there said in a statement issued Tuesday. Professor Daniel Amick pleaded guilty Friday to violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, admitting to removing 17 artifacts, including arrowheads, from public

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search ... he agreed to drop the charges,” said federal criminal defense attorney Douglas McNabb, who is representing Amick. “He won’t have a record.” Neither Loyola officials nor Amick returned calls seeking comment. The U.S. Attorney’s office in New Mexico declined to give details about the other men implicated in the investigation, but they were identified in court documents as Scott Clendenin and Donald Musser. Clendenin, an arrowhead hunter who lived in Truth or

Consequences, N.M., made regular trips to Jornada Del Muerto, a long stretch of desert where Spanish settlers died fleeing the Pueblo Revolt in the 17th century. Clendenin would document the location of any artifact he found using a GPS device and then pocket it. Periodically, Clendenin would pass the information to Amick, who was researching arrowheads known to archaeologists as Folsom and Clovis points. According to court docu-

ments, Clendenin is believed to have harvested thousands of prehistoric arrowheads, some of which he sold on eBay. Amick is one of two archaeologists on staff at Loyola University’s Department of Anthropology. According to the Loyola Web site, he received his doctorate from the University of New Mexico in 1994. Amick teaches introductory anthropology courses, including Anthropology 101, as well as more advanced classes like Archaeology Lab Methods.

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lands on two field trips to New Mexico, according to the statement by U.S. Attorney Kenneth Gonzales. As part of the agreement, Amick pledged to return the artifacts and help investigators track down others still missing in a long-term scheme under investigation by the Bureau of Land Management. If Amick adheres to the terms of his probation, the judge in the case has agreed to drop the charge. “The judge is saying that Dr. Amick made a mistake. Because it was associated with re-

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Spring Career Fair Janae Smith Contributor

The Office of Career Services (OCS) sponsored the Annual Spring Career Fair, Thurs. Feb. 24 in Corbett Sports Center from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. There were representatives from companies such as BB&T, Hewlett Packard, Teach for America, and Verizon Wireless. The majority of the companies were looking for interns for next semester, or for over the summer. Cynthia Downing, Assistant Director for Career counseling programs, said she “helps to prepare students for the workforce. That can be helping out with resume development, interviewing, how to network at a career fair, job searching and the list goes on.” “The Career Fair has increasingly grown in size. A&T actually has one of the largest career fairs in N.C. There are over 20 companies that are looking for any major; it just depends on what the student wants to do with that major,” stated Downing. Even though the fair had more opportunities for engineering and technology majors, everyone was encouraged by OCS to attend.

“There over 150 companies here today. There is something here for everyone,” said Cynthia Downing. Zebedee Talley, Coordinator of the Spring Career Fair, said “the purpose of the Spring Fair is to give students the opportunity to communicate and network with companies/ organizations concerning internships, co-ops and full-time positions.” “The Career Fair has gone well, A&T always has a ton of opportunities available so students can actually go out and try to pursue different career paths and goals. I would definitely like to see more upperclassmen attend the career fair as well,” said Kyle Bailey, a junior industrial systems engineering major from Atlanta, Ga. Talley wants Aggies to network with employer’s representatives and learn about these opportunities. “Students should leave here with a number of opportunities,” said Talley. The OCS encourages students to register online for job and internship placement opportunities. Next semester, there will be another career fair and students are urged to prepare for it.

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Minority Graduation Rates Sarah Butrymowicz MCT Campus

It’s well-known that underrepresented minority students graduate from college at lower rates than their white peers, but the gaps between schools vary widely – and, according to a 2010 report by the Washingtonbased Education Trust, institutions share responsibility for the results. Experts on minority retention have found that peer and faculty mentoring, strong leadership and a focus on data all play a role in retaining black and Latino students. At private institutions, 73.4 percent of white students earned their degrees within six years, while only 54.7 percent of black students and 62.9 percent of Hispanic students made it through the schools they started, the report’s authors found. Education Trust, which analyzed data from 456 colleges and universities, uncovered disparities across all institutions, from flagship public universities to the Ivy League. At the University of Mississippi, 57.9 percent of white students entering in 2001 had graduated six years later, contrasted with 42.3 percent of underrepresented minority students. At Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., the overall graduation rate was much higher – 94.8 percent of all students got their diplomas – but there was a 13.1 percentage-point gap between the white majority and their black, Latino and Native American classmates. The study also uncovered colleges and universities with just a small graduation gap – or none at all. At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, for example, white and black students graduated at the same average rate of 50.1 percent. And at the University of California, Riverside, Hispanic students graduated at a higher rate than whites – 63.4 percent to 62.4 percent.

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Infant first NZ quake victim buried Killing of Libyan KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The baby boy who is the youngest known victim of New Zealand’s earthquake disaster was its first laid to rest, given a farewell Monday by grieving relatives who clutched stuffed toys and draped his tiny coffin in a comforter. Baxtor Gowland, 5 months old, was sleeping in his home in the southern city of Christchurch when he was killed by masonry shaken loose by the quake that hit with sudden and brutal force last Tuesday, the family told The Associated Press. He died in a hospital. Authorities have named just eight victims of the disaster — Gowland and another infant among them — and say they are struggling to identify many of the over 150 other bodies pulled from the rubble because of the extent of their injuries. Dozens of Gowland’s family and friends, most wearing baby-blue ribbons pinned to their mourning black, gathered at a small chapel. A slideshow of the smiling infant’s photographs flashed on a screen as Sarah McLachlan’s song “Angel”

echoed throughout the room. After the ceremony, the tiny white casket, bearing a wreath of white flowers and draped at one end in a light-blue comforter, was carried by a single pallbearer to a waiting car. His mother watched, clutching a dark blue stuffed toy. “Bax you are forever in our hearts we will always love you xo,” the boy’s father Shaun McKenna wrote on a Facebook tribute page, under a photo he uploaded of his son. “To The little man who made everyone smile who met him, may you look down upon us and help us remember your beautiful face.” Peter Croft, the child’s greatuncle, read a statement to the AP thanking people from New Zealand and around the world for their support but asking for privacy during the funeral. The death toll reached 154 early Tuesday “and we expect that to continue climbing, unfortunately,” Police Inspector Russell Gibson said. More than 50 victims are still missing a week after the quake devastated the city. New Zealanders planned to observe two minutes’ silence from 12:51 p.m. local (23:51 GMT Monday) to mark one week

since the magnitude 6.3 quake hit, killing up to 200 and turning much of central Christchurch, the country’s third biggest city, into a heap of rubble. “We have lost people, the city is wrecked, it will be a moment of emotion and pain,” Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said. Among the dead or missing are dozens of foreign students, mostly Japanese and Chinese, from an international language school inside an office building that collapsed with up 120 people inside. Up to 22 other people may be buried in rubble at Christchurch Cathedral, most of them believed to be tourists climbing the bell tower for its panoramic views of the southern New Zealand city. Distraught relatives, including many who flew in from overseas last week, met with officials again on Monday hoping for news on the identification process. “The waiting is the agonizing part,” Cliff said. The multinational team of more than 600 rescuers scrabbling through wrecked buildings in the decimated central area of the city last pulled a survivor from the ruins at mid-af-

ternoon Wednesday, making it six days without finding anyone alive. Prime Minister John Key announced the first package of financial measures aimed to help the stricken city get back on its feet — subsidies for employers worth 120 million New Zealand dollars ($90 million) to help pay salaries for some 50,000 people unable to go to work because of damage from the quake. “It is designed to immediately put money into peoples’ pockets and give them some confidence,” Key said at a news conference in Wellington after a Cabinet meeting. Key also said the expected economic cost of the earthquake saying was “in the order” of NZ$20 billion ($15 billion). Analysts had earlier put the cost at up to $12 billion. He has vowed that Christchurch will be rebuilt, and to building standards that can withstand major earthquakes. Many of the buildings that collapsed or were badly damaged were built before New Zealand upgraded building codes to guard against quake damage in the 1970s.

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Monday it has been in contact with Libyan army officers to gather information about civilian deaths during the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, and appealed for video footage to help investigate possible crimes against humanity. Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he hoped to decide within days whether to open a formal investigation that could lead to indictments against those responsible, and had formed a team to begin collecting information. “Information suggests that forces loyal to President Moammar Gadhafi are attacking civilians in Libya. This could constitute crimes against humanity and must stop,” the Argentinian prosecutor said. “There will be no impunity for leaders involved in commission of crimes,” he said. Moreno-Ocampo said his investigators had been in touch with Libyan officials and army officers to understand the command structure in Libya, which could help determine who might be subject to prosecution. He did not elaborate on who his office had contacted or how. The U.N. Security Council instructed the court in The Hague to decide whether crimes had been committed in Libya. It

also imposed sanctions on the country, urged nations to freeze the assets of Gadhafi and members of his family and imposed a travel ban on the family and close associates. It was only the second time the U.N. body had asked the world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal to intercede in a conflict, following its 2005 request to probe mass killings in Darfur in western Sudan. That investigation led to an indictment for genocide of President Omar al-Bashir. The Sudanese leader has rejected the charges and refused to surrender to the court, underscoring one of the key challenges facing international war crimes prosecutions — the inability to have suspects arrested because tribunals do not have their own police forces. Moreno-Ocampo said his preliminary probe must establish whether crimes in the court’s jurisdiction were committed, whether perpetrators could be prosecuted in Libya, whether crimes are serious enough to merit a case in The Hague and whether it is “in the interests of justice” to prosecute them. “If people were in the square and they were attacked by tanks or airplanes or soldiers and people were killed in a systematic way, this is a crime against humanity. If we prove that, we will present the case,” he said. The Security Council called on Moreno-Ocampo to report back to the council in two months.

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The 2nd Annual DJ/Producer Battle was held in Exhibit Hall at 7 p.m. on Feb. 3, to let A&T students showcase their DJing and producing talents to the public. The space of Exhibit Hall began to ďŹ ll up quickly as people entered to see who would ďŹ nish out on top as the number one DJ and producer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to turn out pretty wellâ&#x20AC;ŚI think there is a lot of people that are excited about this event,â&#x20AC;? stated Bernard Cooper, a participate in the producer battle named BC Dubb. Both the DJ and the Producer Battle were divided into three rounds. Round one consisted of utilizing their abilities into mixing a song. In round two the contestants had to showcase their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;scratchingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; talents. The last round pertained to free styling. Competing were three DJs (DJ Inhibitions, DJ JD, and DJ Dutch) and ďŹ ve producers (Devin, Quinn Anthony, UV Progress, Four Hundred StAx and BC Dubb). Each of the contestants were judged by D. Cherie Lofton (Program/Music Director, Webmaster at NC A&T State University/WNAA-FM), Boss Bank (Diamond Dynasty Record Label), J. Flex (DJ Flex at 102 JAMZ), and Dr. Sims. Each producer had to draw from a hat to see who goes ďŹ rst. After numbers were drawn, the 2nd Annual DJ/Producer Battle ďŹ nally began. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mitri Boutty, who also participated in the producer battle named Four Hundred StAx, expressed how he felt about the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect to have fun, branch out and allow people to hear my talents, but mostly to experience music and new talents.â&#x20AC;? In the ďŹ rst and second round, each DJ played a song choice to

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2ND ANNUAL DJ/PRODUCER BATTLE presented by I Am Music & Media took place in Exhibit Hall last Thursday. Local DJ, Roger â&#x20AC;&#x153;DJ Dutchâ&#x20AC;? Weathers won the DJ/Producer battle for the second year in a row.

mix and scratch. While music was being played by the DJs, there also were fellow students of A&T who were showing off their amazing break dancing skills. DJ Inhibitions was the ďŹ rst contestant in both rounds, mixing Keri Hilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pretty Girl Rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Teach Me How to Dougieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by Cali Swag District. Second to mix and scratch was DJ JD who mixed the songs â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Shawty Sayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by David Banner ft. Lil Wayne with Ester Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Drop It Lowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Last to mix and scratch was last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s champion DJ Dutch. In the third round, each DJ had a total of two minutes to freestyle a song of choice, but it could not be a song from 2009

to the present. In this round, songs such as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This Is How We Do Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by Montell Jordan and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Before I Let Goâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by Maze ft. Frankie Beverly were free styled. The purposes of playing the songs in this round were to get the crowd moving and dancing to the DJs freestyles. Each round during the producer battle, a producer contestant had to play a beat that they created for thirty seconds. After all three rounds of the competition, the judges determined that the participants going to the ďŹ nal round for the DJs consisted of DJ Inhibition vs. DJ Dutch and the producer battle Four Hundred StAx vs. BC Dubb. After the performances, the

judges announced DJ Dutch as the winner of the DJ battle and Four Hundred StAx as the winner of the producer battle. The 2nd Annual DJ/ Producer Battle was full of energy, excitement and plenty of entertainment and crowd participation. As stated by Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mitri Boutty (Four Hundred StAx) when he found out that he won the producer challenge, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels good, being my ďŹ rst time. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really humbling, knowing that yours is the best. It feels good on the inside.â&#x20AC;? Each contestant gave their best performances in this competition and proved that once again, Aggies have a wide variety of skills and amazing talent.

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The complexity of black skin in the media Recently there has been a lot of controversy surrounding African-American celebrities not embracing their skin color. From Beyonce to Gabourey Sidibe, celebrities have both lightened and darkened their skin for magazine photo shoots, but why can’t just being African-American be enough? This past week, Beyonce was scrutinized for her appearance in the March issue of French magazine L’Officiel Paris. The French magazine is celebrating its 90th anniversary and the photo shoot was designed to pay homage to Nigerian activist/mu-

sician Fela Khuti. However, in the photos, Beyonce appears in blackface make-up and tribal paint. According to a statement issued by the magazine, Beyonce is “far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce, the beauty posed for the magazine with amazing fashion designers clothes, but also in a dress created by her mother. [It is] A return to her African roots, as you can see on the picture, on which her face was voluntarily darkened.” My question is why did her face have to be darkened in order for her to “return to her Af-

rican roots?” Not everyone in Africa has dark skin, and Beyonce is already AfricanAmerican, so there is no need for her to darken her ESSENCE skin. LEE This is not the first time an issue of color has occurred with Beyonce as the topic of conversation. In 2008, she did an advertisement for L’Oreal and her skin was noticeably paler. In the September

2008 issue of ELLE magazine, it seemed as if Beyonce’s skin was digitally altered to be several shades lighter. L’Oreal and ELLE magazine, however, denied lightening her skin. A picture is worth a thousand words, and the photo appears to have been lightened drastically. In their October 2010 issue, ELLE magazine was also scrutinized for allegedly lightening the skin of actress Gabourey Sidibe on the cover photo. Again, in the photo, Sidibe appears lighter than she does in other photos.

Black History Month gone wrong What’s up with the recent fights happening at HBCUs? It seems as though every time I look around, another group of students from a HBCU has been involved in a brawl, how embarrassing. In the early hours of Feb. 26 morning #eboneefromcau was a trending topic on twitter. According to some tweeters present at a party with this young woman, she was jumped. From my understanding and observation she is a student at Clark Atlanta University along with the tweeting students that witnessed the fight. The consensus among most tweeting witnesses present at this party was that somehow this young lady deserved to be jumped. Most of the beginning comments about this situation were both negative and degrading; however, other tweeters eventually began expressing their opinions: some despising the incident and others showing shame and disappointment. It was kind of sickening to me, and I would just hope that people begin to think and control their actions both behind and outside of the keyboard.

On Feb. 22 Alabama State University was the face of yet another brawl, where students violently p u n c h e d , SHEQUIA kicked, and COLE slammed each other in the cafeteria. The incident was videotaped and police told CBS 8 News that one arrest was made for disorderly conduct. Students not involved in the brawl can be seen on the video terrified and trying to get away from the massive altercation. Though not as large as the other brawls, A&T recently had their own brawl; however, it was off campus. Saturday night at Nxlevel’s annual Lovers and Friends’ party held at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, several consecutive fights broke out about two hours into the party. Though there were other schools present at this party it became obvious that A&T students were the problem. Despite many attempts to tame the rowdy

crowd they insisted on disrupting the night by fighting while removing articles of clothing and knocking down anyone in their way. Eventually the party was shut down early. Now I’m not naïve, so I know that people fight every month of the year but come on HBCUs, it’s Black History Month. So many of our ancestors fought to get us rights and fought to get us this month and we sure do know how to repay them. Though things in your life may have come easy resulting in your nonchalant attitude towards Black History Month, some people care and want to be proud of this race, don’t hold us back. Black people will talk until they’re dizzy about how they’re being stereotyped. However, actions by some people leave no other choice but for people to believe the stereotypes they hear. I don’t know if it’s the warm weather approaching or just a sign of our times, but it’s ridiculous for HBCUs to be acting this way. I have to keep the hope alive and believe that my generation is better than they’re showing. We have to do better.

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Allegations about the cover photo were again denied by ELLE magazine and as time passed, people forgot about it. Why does it seem that when African-American women are portraying their “African roots” they have to be darkened and wear tribal make-up, but when they are in mainstream American magazine shoots, they are lightened? Why can’t being black be enough to land them an advertisement or cover photo without skin color alterations? As African-Americans we need to know that our skin color

varies drastically, and that is what makes us unique and beautiful. Not only is being digitally altered so that you look white for a magazine shoot not acceptable, it should not be tolerated. The same goes for being black and using blackface, which is historically demeaning. Maybe it is just a coincidence and ELLE magazine really didn’t lighten the skin of two African-American women. But when I look at those photos, I see a photo of an almost whitelooking Beyonce and a photo of a four shades lighter Gabourey Sidibe.

Women are key to global conservation ANNE HALLUM

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In 1991, my 9-year-old daughter Rachel traveled with me to Guatemala where we were struck by the heartbreaking rural poverty and mudslides worsened by widespread deforestation. We vividly remember holding a 3-year-old child who was so listless and malnourished he could scarcely lift his arms. The worry and fatigue on his mother’s face and the child’s condition affected us both profoundly, despite Rachel’s relative youth. This experience led us to found the Alliance for International Reforestation (AIRES). Since 1993 we have worked to establish programs to teach local communities how to make a living from the land without destroying lifesustaining forests. To do this, we plant trees together with crops, a practice called “agro-forestry.” Through our years of work, we have found that around 70 percent of the indigenous volunteers on our projects have been from a group that is often overlooked: local women farmers. Working side by side with them to plant tree seedlings in their fields, we have learned that these women know best the value trees provide because they are the ones who hunt for firewood each day. One “miracle tree” we often use in our projects, the aliso tree, has nitrogen-fixing roots that fertilize the crops and high-protein leaves that feed cows and pigs. It grows

at an incredible eight inches per month and can also be topped off for firewood without killing the tree. In addition to environmental benefits, programs such as these help promote leadership and individual success. For example, the executive director of AIRES for the past 11 years came to us from Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Cecilia Ramirez began working with us only as a part-time secretary, however, her love of and commitment to her country, as well as her extraordinary organizational skills led to her appointment as director in 1999. Another associate, Dona Maria de Jesus Colaj Chali, won an award from the Swiss Foundation for Rural Women for her leadership in 2000. The farmers we partner with have revealed countless interconnections found in conservation work. Planting trees helps improve nutrition, affords children more time to attend school, safeguards rainforests from encroachment, helps prevent mudslides, provides animal habitat, sequesters carbon from the atmosphere, protects water springs, and much more. We have also seen how women’s direct involvement in reforestation projects and other environmental activism is connected to the “care work” that they have performed within the household for millennia. And these local efforts pay off globally, in a huge way. Last year, a bipartisan group in Congress came together to introduce a bill called the Global Conservation Act. This proposal would revolu-

tionize our country’s efforts to help preserve the world’s remaining natural ecosystems for wildlife species and for the many indigenous communities that depend on them. One particularly significant component of the legislation addresses the social dimensions of conservation by reaching out to the people who are most adversely impacted by environmental degradation, like women. This can produce long-lasting results. We saw this firsthand in 2008 during an exciting return visit to one of our first project sites, the Guatemalan community of Pachay Las Lomas. The trees AIRES and the town’s residents planted in 1994 had become a beautiful forest. One young woman showing us around looked familiar; we later realized that we had snapped a picture of her in the tree nursery with her mother in 1994, when she was a little girl. Today, she is a young mother herself, with a tree nursery of her own. And she still uses the same skills AIRES first taught to her mother, who had, in turn, passed them on to her. The Global Conservation Act truly is an important measure for which the time has come. Finding ways to better recognize and incorporate women as key allies in the struggle to protect our environment and dwindling natural resources is a policy that will pay dividends, both at home and abroad, for many generations to come. We hope that all congressional legislators will support this bipartisan initiative.

For-profit colleges and universities have to explain MCT CAMPUS Contributor

For-profit colleges and universities are higher education’s boom sector. From 1999 through 2009, student enrollment either by mail, online or at various office-park “campuses” skyrocketed 236 percent. That’s 10 times the rate of growth at public colleges and universities and non-profit private institutions. The schools’ bottom lines have grown just as fat, with federal student aid the source of roughly two-thirds of their revenue. During the 20082009 school year, they soaked up about $20 billion in student loans and $4.31 billion in Pell Grants. For-profits boast that they provide access to higher education to low-income and minority students. Indeed, about 20 percent of black students and nearly one of every four Pell Grant recipients enroll in a for-profit college or university. But the educational benefits to students are not clear, and taxpayers deserve an explanation. The Education Trust, an ad-

vocacy group for low-income students funded by major philanthropies, has assembled troubling data. The graduation rate for first-time, full-time students seeking four-year bachelor’s degrees is just 22 percent. The University of Phoenix, the nation’s largest for-profit college, had a 9 percent graduation rate for these students in 2008. The rate at its St. Louis campus was 6 percent. Two-year programs in which students receive associates’ degrees or certificates have higher completion rates. But these programs aren’t cheap, and they are marketed aggressively. The College Board, a nonprofit group that helps students access higher education, says the average annual cost of tuition and fees at a community college is $2,700. It is $7,605 at a public fouryear college. It is $27,200 at a private four-year college. And it is $13,900 at a for-profit college. For-profit university students end up carrying huge debt loads, and they account for more than 40 percent of all federal student loan defaults

even though they make up only 12 percent of enrollments and 24 percent of federal loan dollars. The U.S. Department of Education has proposed rules that would protect taxpayers and students. They are called “gainful employment” regulations. Their purpose is to hold schools accountable for the supposed economic benefits of their career-training programs. Under the proposed rules, schools that saddle students with excessive debt and have loan repayment rates below 35 percent no longer would be supported with Pell Grants and Stafford Loans. But this publicly subsidized multibillion industry has plenty of political clout. On Friday, the Republicancontrolled House of Representatives (with the help of some Democratic members) voted to defund any attempt to implement, administer or enforce the Department of Education’s proposed rule. This cynical vote is the “job killer.” It dooms students to heavy debt for training that provides dubious prospects of gainful employment.

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Aggies win last two home games Necole Jackson

North Carolina A&T Aggies defeated Morgan State Bears 68-60 on Feb. 28 in Corbett Sports Center at 7 p.m. This was the last home game for the Aggies. The Bears started the game with a quick lead. Guard Tola Lawal made one file shot, which put the Bears up 3-0 with 18:08 on the clock. The Aggies soon picked up speed and their defense began to hustle more, which allowed them to get back in the game. After two minutes, forward Ray Lester made a layup, which tied the game at 5-5. Aggie center Thomas Coleman made another layup, putting the Aggies in the lead; they would hold the lead for the rest of the game. A&T continued to score points and gain leverage over the Bears. With 10:38 left in the first half, the Aggies were up 28-17. By the end of the first half, the Aggies had a 34-29 lead. The Aggies started the second half strong and continued to pull away from Morgan State. Aggie guard Marc Hill hit a three pointer making the score 37-29. Over the next couple of minutes, Aggies continued to separate themselves from the Bears. With 12:00 minutes on the clock, the score was 48-38. Minutes later, Dewayne Jackson from the Bears was injured, but quickly recovered. With 4:30 on the clock, the Bears began to pull within the Aggies, who led 56-49, but Kevin Thompson was injured and fouled out. He was escorted off the court. The Bears were unsuccessful and the Aggies won the game 68-60. Aggie head coach, Jerry Eaves believes that this victory was a learning experience for the Aggies. “What we are pushing to do right now is to secure the fifth seat,” said Eaves. “I know the boys felt under pressure and their anxiety was high in the second half. But, this was an opportunity for them to learn how to play in a tournament.” A&T’s game against Morgan State was the last home game for senior Coleman. “The time went very fast. I can’t believe four years went by this quick,” said Eaves. “Thom-

as Coleman is the best player. We are really going to miss him, no question.” Coleman ended the game with 21 points and eight rebounds and was named MEAC player of the week. Nic Simpson added 12 points and Hill contributed 11 points in the Aggie victory. Rodney Stokes who recorded 18 points and eight rebounds led the Bears in the loss. Aric Brooks added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Bears. Prior to the game against the Bears the Aggies faced off against the Eagles of Coppin State. On Feb 26 the Aggies defeated Coppin state 76-72 in Corbett Sports Center. This game also served as Senior Night for the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams. Thomas Coleman was honored as being the front man for Aggie Basketball. The Aggies played the Eagles earlier this season in Baltimore, MD on Jan. 29 and were defeated 88-70. Coppin started the first half of the game with 6-4 lead, but the Aggies soon caught up. Coppin continued to pull away, but a three pointer by guard Jeremy Underwood with 12 minutes left to play in the half gave the Aggies a 1410. Over the next six minutes, the lead changed and Coppin came back and gained 20-19 lead. Guard Michael Harper shot two and helped close the first half with a 43-28 lead. The Aggie defense started back strong in the second half. Layups by Coleman kept the Aggies in the game and by the 15:57 mark, the Aggies were within 10 points. The Aggies continued to gain leverage and with a minute left on the clock the score was 71-72. With a two point shot by Coleman, the Aggies finally gained the lead back. The Eagles attempted to gain the lead back, but missed a twopoint opportunity. With free throws by Aggie guard R.J. Photo by KENNETH HAWKINS Buck and Aggie forward Adrian Powell, the Aggies Marc Hill of A&T avoids Coppin’s 6-8 center Ceslovas Kucinskas in the game Saturday on February 26, 2011. secured their victory. Tonight was also Senior The Aggies are now 15-15 Night for the Men’s and Wom- victory with 24 points and 12 their victory. and 9-6 in the MEAC. A&T is Forward Akeem Ellis led the rebounds; Nic Simpson had 12 en’s Basketball teams. The Agback in action against Norfolk Eagles with 27 points and 9 repoints; Underwood recorded 8 gies center, Thomas Coleman, State University on Thursday bounds. Guard Michael Harper points and forward Powell had was honored as being the front March 3 in Norfolk, V.A., at 7 added 20 points and Gallo had 7 points and 6 rebounds. man for the team. p.m. This helped give the Aggies 19 points. Coleman led the Aggies to

Lady Aggies split final two home games GIAN SPELLS

Photo by KENNETH HAWKINS JaQuayla Berry of A&T shoots against Kyra Coleman of Coppin State University February 26, 2011 in Corbett Sports Center.

Lady Aggies faced off against the Morgan State Bears for their last home game of the season on Feb. 28. Coach Gibbs said, “This is a key game going into the MEAC Tournament.” The game started out close in the opening 7 minutes with A&T trailing 10-11; Morgan State would then push a 9-0 run on the Lady Aggies resulting in a 10-point lead. After exchanging shots, Lady Aggies would soon trail by 14 points after a three point shot was made by the Bears’ Erin Hawkins with 2:36 remaining in the half. “Three points add up, we’re scoring two and they’re scoring three, we’re just not recognizing the shooters,” said Coach Bibbs. Teams would again exchange shots in the last few seconds of the half, leaving the half time score at 21-to-33 with the Lady Aggies trailing behind. Lady Aggies shot around 20 percent from the field while the Bears shot around 40 percent. The Lady Aggies would come out in the second half a different team, making a run to cut the lead down to seven, after a completed three point play by Nikia Gorham. The Lady Aggies would then make consecutive defensive stops leading to another Aggie run that would cut the lead down to three with 4:45 remaining in the game.

“The full court pressure affected them in the second half,” said Bibbs. The Bears would then extend their lead to five with 1:08 remaining, soon ending the game at a final score of 69-to-74. A&T forward Jaleesa Sams led all scorers with 23 points, shooting 8-of-11 from the field. Erin Hawkins led the Bears scoring 17 points. A&T ended the game shooting a little over 30 percent, while Morgan State shot 40 percent. “We really lost the game in the first half, if you can score 48 points in the second and have 21 in the first that means you weren’t ready to play,” said Bibbs. Prior to losing to Morgan State, the Lady Aggies defeated the Eagles of Coppin State 7574 on Feb 26. in Corbett Sports Center. JaQuayla Berry and Riesha Bullock led the Aggies to victory scoring 17 points a piece. Leola Spotwood led the Eagles with 14 points and 12 rebounds in the Coppin State loss. Kyra Coleman recorded 14 points for Coppin while Dawnnae Roberts ended the game with 13 points. The Lady Aggies will be facing Norfolk State on the road this Thursday for their final game of the season before going into the MEAC tournament. “It’s going to be tough facing Norfolk State on the road; they are a much more improved team since December 4 [2010] when we last played them, we have to be ready to play,” said Bibbs.

AGGIES RUNDOWN men’s BASKETball TEAM

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THIS WEEK’S GAMES: Mar 2 Appalachian Sate War Memorial Statdium 3 p.m. Mar 5 Savannah Sate War Memorial Statdium 1 p.m. Mar 6 Savannah Sate War Memorial Statdium 3 p.m. Mar 8 University of Pittsburgh War Memorial Statdium 1 p.m.

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AROUND SPORTS MEAC game rescheduled ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)— The Valentine’s Day game between Bethune-Cookman and Maryland Eastern Shore that was suspended last month because of an in-game fight between the schools will be replayed on a neutral court. The game has been set for a 2 p.m. tip-off Saturday at North Carolina Central in Durham, N.C. The game was originally stopped when an altercation erupted with Bethune-Cookman leading in the second half. Saturday’s game will be replayed from the beginning. Nine players, four from Bethune-Cookman and five from Maryland Eastern Shore, were suspended for one game by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for their involvement in the skirmish. Both schools also imposed additional penalties on the players. The MEAC tournament begins Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C

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Aggie Insider Spotlight shanea perkins Contributor

There’s a new buzz going on around campus called the Aggie Insider. Do you often feel like you have no clue about the events happening on campus and in Greensboro? Solve that problem by watching the Aggie Insider, an arts and entertainment show hosted by Ashley Gilmer, a junior, JOMC electronic media major and Evan Summerville, a senior JOMC electronic media major. You can catch this show every other week on Monday at 8:30am and Saturday at 10:30am. Students will be able to view the Aggie Insider on the A&T news channel, public access channel 8, and Black Network Television. Gilmer and Kenneth Devanney, the TV studio manager, first created the Aggie Insider in

September. The Insider gives Journalism Mass Communication students an opportunity to acquire the necessary skills needed for future employment and add to their portfolios. This is an improved continuation of the similar arts and entertainment show the Aggie Access that was popular in the past. The Insider has a Twitter account, @aggieinsider, and a Facebook fan page where students can view videos, get updates on the show, post various events occurring on campus and in the community, as well as post their feedback. “We are hoping to get students to post pictures and videos of their Spring Break experiences so we can put it on our show. It is a way to get students involved and do something A&T has never done before,” stated Summerville. The Aggie Insider crew con-

sists of students who edit, record and host the show. The Insider is used to raise awareness of different places in Greensboro that are not known by students. Some events that have been covered are: Gym Jams, Art Exhibits, the Stroll Competition, Open Mic programs, SUAB Block Party, and activities in Center City Park among many others. The next episode will be on the “Bodies Revealed Exhibit” that is in Greensboro until March 6 at the Natural Science Center. The Insider also does man on the street where they walk around campus randomly questioning students on different topics. If you are interested in participating in the Aggie Insider you can attend weekly meetings on Mondays at 2pm on the third floor of Crosby Hall.

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WNAA presents the Sprint 4G Create your Legacy Tour that included a panel of nine successful entertainment and business professionals in Stallings Ballroom on February 23, 2011.

Creating Your Legacy Tour jasmine johnson Editor-In-Chief

Promoting the ‘4G Creating Your Legacy,’ A&T’s WNAA 90.1 FM held the ‘Path to Success Panel’ with top executives in the entertainment business on Wed., Feb. 23. The tour is backed by Sprint and Wells Fargo for the 4G Competitive Edge Filmmakers Challenge, inviting college students to shoot a short film for the chance to win $2500. Movie star Idris Elba also brands the tour. Sprint 4G also partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to tour HBCUs across the nation. Sprint provided tables with demos and handouts. After which, the panel discussion was held in Stallings Ballroom of the Memorial Student Union. The program started with a poem by Reason2Rhmye’s Jo-

sephus Thompson. The panelists were Tammy Greene of Jazz Diva Entertainment; Walter Lathem of Latham Entertainment; Rasheem “Kilo” Pugh from Save the Arts; Angelique Perrin of Café Mocha; Charles P. Taylor, a recent A&T alum with ICON Magazine; Charles Whitfield of Hidden Beach Recordings; Audra Washington of Urban Miss Magazine; Dr. Yvonne Welbon from Bennett College for Women, and Peter Olson representing Wells Fargo. The moderators for the event were journalism and mass communication students Joseph Escobar and Mr. A&T, Todd Porter. The panelists began talking about how they got started and where they were when they were college-aged students. Latham expressed how he only wanted to play basketball, but after the arrival of his child, he began working for American

Express. Washington got her start at Bennett College for Women. She spoke about how she took any internship opportunity available. The next question regarded to their personal challenges. Washington spoke to the black women in the audience encouraging them to “separate business from personal/ emotional.” Whitfield told the crowd to kill people with kindness, despite the entertainment business being a harsh one. “You have to be passionate about what it is you want,” said Perrin. “You can’t let your friends, family, boys/girls distract you.” Taylor, being the closest to the age of students attending the event, tried to motivate everyone to surround themselves with the right people to get their first start. Previously, he interned with Whitfield and Latham during his tenure at A&T.

1. Are you #TeamCiara or #TeamRihanna after the twitter cat fight? 2. Didn’t Rihanna automatically win after her “stage bookin” comment? 3. Did you think Beyonce planned the whole thing? 4. Should Rihanna worry more about another celebrity or political figure Louis Farrakhan, calling her filthy? 5. Speaking of Ciara, is she still relevant? 6.When was her last hit? 7. Speaking of hits, have you seen Chris Brown’s recent hairdo change? 8. For a second, did you see an Amber Rose resemblance in the picture? 9. Did you go to the Mister A&T farewell on Sunday? 10. Can anyone explain why the flyer for the farewell looked like funeral announcement? 11. Were you one of the fifteen people there? 12. No that was just a joke, were you one of the thirty people there? 13. Where were all of his frat brothers? 14. He is a member of the Kappa Kappa Psi and Kappa Alpha Psi, right? 15. Why didn’t Carla just bring the Deltas and the thousands of prospects to pack Harrison Auditorium? 16. Speaking of Deltas, what is up with the Aggie Fest promo? 17. Why is the stroll off the main focus of the video? 18. Are the AKAs still salty that they lost? 19. Will they settle it at the AggieFest stepshow? 20. Wait a minute, will we even have a stepshow?

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