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Aggie Fest officially kicked off Monday with the RHA Step Show. After a show-stopping performance, Barbee Hall took home first place. On Tuesday, the events continued with Spiritual Enlightenment and Aggies & Poets. With more events coming throughout the week for Aggie Fest, questions about the differences between Homecoming and Aggie Fest were brought up by students after hearing about Kendrick Lamar performing for UNCG. Some wanted to know why there is not a concert, or at the very least, a comedy show. The Student Government Association and Student University Activities Board work together to put on an Aggie Fest geared to what the students of A&T want. The main difference between Homecoming and Aggie Fest is the budget. According to SUAB President Bryan Keller Aggie Fest and Homecoming have two completely different budgets. The budget for Aggie Fest

comes from the student activities funds that are included in school tuition. The budget allotted for Aggie Fest is less than Homecoming. Another difference is SUAB and SGA sit down together in a meeting after each event and evaluate it. According to SGA Vice President of External Affairs Precious Bradley they discuss what worked for the students and what did not, then they come up with ideas to make it more enjoyable. “We see what works and try to revamp things that didn’t. That is one of the reasons why Homecoming is different from Aggie Fest.” Keller added, “We try to bring events to campus that people would like to see.” Last year students asked about a 90’s-themed party and this year that event will take place in Corbett after the stroll competition on Friday. Bradley mentioned how Homecoming is an internationally known event that is mainly geared to alumni while Aggie Fest is to help students unwind before finals. Jo-Rae Bell, a sophomore elementary education and special education major said, “Ag-

gie Fest has events that are ok but I prefer Homecoming. I feel like it’s a little more exciting and I wish we had some kind of celebrity coming for a concert or something, but it is a nice break from school work.” Some of the events that are taking place this week include Convocation, which will be held from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Harrison, RHA’s ‘The Blackout,’ which will take place from 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. at Spare Time Lanes and will have a shuttle pick up/drop off every 30 minutes in front of the Union and the Greek Stroll Competition, which will be held from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday in Corbett. For a full list of activities and their times, students can follow @GHOE_12 on Twitter. Aggie Fest ends this Saturday with a Biscuitville 7 Campus Scramble in Center City Park. The Scramble is a relay race and an obstacle course that Biscuitville has every year starting at 8 a.m. In the events, all 7 colleges in Greensboro will compete in individual or group biscuit related races. —Email us at theatregister@ gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @TheATRegister

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CYpRESS, TEXAS —A male student from Lone Star College in Texas has been arrested in connection with a mass stabbing attack on campus that injured 14 people, two critically. The student, whose name was not released, is believed to be about 21 years old and is suspected of acting alone in what one official described as a “building-to-building” attack at the community college. The campus was put on lockdown and then closed for the day after the late morning attack. Twelve of the victims were hospitalized with laceration injuries, including four who were taken to the hospital by helicopter. Two declined treatment at the scene. Officials have not identified what type of weapon was used, whether it was “a knife or other type of instrument,” Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said during a televised news conference. The first calls to police, at 11:12 a.m. Central time, reported a “man on the loose stabbing people,” Garcia said. Officials backed off early reports that there may have been a second suspect at the Lone Star College CyFair campus, where as many as 7,000 students attend each day. Steven Maida, 21, who is studying petroleum engineering at Lone Star, said he was on his way to his car from the bookstore when he heard a girl screaming, “My friend got stabbed in the face.” Then he saw another girl who had been stabbed. He went into a nearby building and saw another young man who had been stabbed in the head. “He saw us coming and he ran to a building and we almost lost him,” he said. Student Jonathan Clayton, 20, was in the Health Sciences Center, near where officials said the attack happened. “It’s pretty terrifying,” Clayton said of the attack as he was leaving with his parents. But he said he would come back when classes resume Wednesday.

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history Club returns to campus after two-year absence Bell, junior animal science major from Durham and current History Club president. Fueled with a passion to raise awareness of black consciousness on campus, History Club members are ready to stimulate black thought among A&T students and throughout the greater Greensboro community. The History Club is, “designed to fill a void at A&T

which is the lack of open discussions about black culture,” said English department lecturer Bryon D. Turman who designed and teaches A&T’s hip hop courses. He continued to explain that the club was once a driving force on campus as, “[The History Club] started in the 90s when we were trying to get mandatory black studies at A&T.”

Bell said the club was initially erected to stimulate the thinking of African American students on issues facing the community. “[The History Club] aims to uplift African-Americans mentally, physically, and spiritually so that we may progress and improve our situation as a people,” Bell said. As president, Bell intends

to lead the club in a direction where it can become as prominent on A&T’s campus as it once was. Now the club’s focus is rebuilding its foundation with a committed group of members. He added, “It’s great to know there are still individuals who [will] strive to fight for social and political change for the African American community.” Open to all Aggies, the club

serves as a forum for students to partake in intellectual conversations regarding African American history as well as the political and socioeconomic state of black America. Bell mentioned discussions are the most important aspect of the history club as they allow people to express their ideas and

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JACOB SMITH AND DERRICK COVINGTON won the Table Topics Speech Contest. These A&T students competed against representatives from three other clubs from the Greensboro area: Aggie Engineers Toastmasters (A&T student club), Sunrise Toastmasters (Moses Cone club), and CCL Toastmasters from the Center for Creative Leadership.

HISTORY From page 1 educate one another. The History Club also aims to give back to the Greensboro community by working with the Beloved Community Center. Bernell Stallings, History Club treasurer and senior management and economics major from Newport News, Va., hopes the club will eventually expand to incorporate mentoring youth. The club further plans to bring various speakers as it did in past years such as, “all the speakers who have visited the history club before and want to see it prosper to grow and become as prominent as it used to

be on campus,” said Stallings. In previous years, the club has hosted panel discussions featuring candidates running for city council. Because those elections impact A&T, the history club wanted to present students with an opportunity to ask candidates questions about their political platforms and stances on various issues. Stallings explained that the club’s ultimate goal is to reach the masses of A&T’s student population as well as the greater Greensboro community. He continued to explain the history club is a good way for students to learn about what is going on in the world outside of A&T’s campus. With a goal of reaching the

masses, the club wants to work with other campus organizations to broaden its platform. Bell acknowledges the importance of having a dedicated executive board and membership in order for the club to thrive. He thanks his executive board and committed club members who he says, “still keep the history club alive.” The history club meets every Wednesday in Marteena Hall at 7 p.m. in room 220. The history club plans to host its first a movie night of the to screen “Hidden Colors” on April 17. —Email us at theatregister@ gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @TheATRegister

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With so many rallies and marches about democracy and what the state and federal government are doing for colleges, A&T offers a course that allows students to experience the decision making process. The honor’s seminar course is called “Doing Culture: Reclaiming Democracy” and it is a course that focuses on democracy within the education system. Professor John Humphrey of the department of liberal studies teaches the course and feels that students can really get a democratic experience as they teach the course according to democratic principals. “Students involved are participating and taking control of what the class does,” said Humphrey. “With many issues in the world, students can discuss these issues amongst each other and figure out ways to bring awareness to them.” A&T along with UNCG, Greensboro College, Guilford College, Elon University and Bennett College are all apart of the course as they talk about the effects towards the educational system along with local issues. “We have been talking about the way of which education can make an impact in the democratic country and complex issues such as homelessness, race and poverty,” he said. With a mixture of students of different backgrounds, races and class, students are granted different perspectives and the opportunity to discuss their experiences in the class. They do projects on strong

political moments such as the Occupy Movement that was in Greensboro. Humphrey expressed that the Occupy Movement is one experience that his students really enjoyed as they got a chance to work hands on and participate in school board meetings, community board meetings as well as join in on decision-making events pertaining to the event. Overall, Humphrey’s students enjoyed the movement but found it frustrating yet interesting because they discussed issues amongst city officials. “This class is hands on and students come together to share their experiences in life and the end results of their projects,” he said. “Students who participated got to see how grassroots democracy works.” One thing Humphrey has his students do is write ethnography. Ethnography is an account of their own educational experience, distribution of money and how that affects school and education as a whole in the school system. In doing so he hopes to give them a view on different forms of education and how it affects democracy. He feels that this is not a regular academic course, but it is more experimental learning for students who enroll. “I think it is very important for students who want to be involved with politics. This class is perfect for those who are interested in law, government and politics,” he said. —Email Erik at jeveal1@aggies. ncat.edu and follow him on Twitter @_erikveal

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Making the grade: Inside the college admissions process SUSAN SNYDER MCT Campus

PHILADELPHIA– The case before the admissions panel holed up in a small room at Lehigh University was complex. The applicant had scored 1300 on the verbal and math portions of the SAT, on the low end for the highly selective, private research university in Bethlehem, Pa. He had taken only one of the 14 advanced placement courses offered at his high school in New England not as rigorous of a schedule as Lehigh likes to see. And though he had a strong grade-point average, he received a couple of C’s. “This is where it gets rough,” admissions staffer Neil F. Gogno told his 16 colleagues, while a summary of the applicant projected on a screen. The teen, Gogno said, was a victim of a hazing incident, the details of which drew gasps

from those in the room. “Oh my God,” one of the staffers said. The room momentarily fell silent. The teen’s application was one of about 100 the committee considered that late February day crunch time in college admissions. Lehigh received more than 12,560 applications, and staff agreed on the fate of the vast majority on ﬁrst read. It’s the cases in dispute that come before the team where they are reviewed and voted on. Simple majority rules. Deciding cases on the bubble is an age-old part of the process, one playing out on campuses across the nation as colleges craft their incoming freshman classes for fall 2013. Most colleges are now announcing admission decisions. During the last month, on two occasions, The Philadelphia Inquirer has spent a total of about eight hours in the room with Lehigh staff members as they made sometimes difﬁcult

and agonizing decisions. It was a window into a highly competitive, emotionally charged process, often kept secret. The Inquirer agreed not to identify applicants. From their candid conversations, several things became clear: Getting bad grades in senior year, even with a stellar record previously and sky-high SATs, could sabotage a student. A student with a perfect SAT score could ﬁnd himself on the bubble if he hasn’t visited campus or shown other real interest. Having a parent, grandparent or sibling who attended Lehigh known as a legacy can help, but it’s no guarantee of admission. The student’s high school can have a major inﬂuence on admission chances, depending on the rigor of the curriculum and whether a student took the intensive courses. With so much competition, students must distinguish themselves, whether it’s in the essay, in the interview with a staffer,

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WASHINGTON– Need help demystifying college loans? With college acceptance letters in the mail, many high school seniors also will be receiving notice of ﬁnancial aid awards. These may include scholarships, work-study offers and loans, or some combination of all three. The problem is that it’s not always immediately clear that the loans are part of what stu-

dents will be required to pay back. So some groups concerned about improving access to college brainstormed and came up with CollegeAbacus.com, a website that allows students to type in information about their ﬁnancial aid awards for a clearer explanation of what their college costs will be. Those with money offers from more than one school may use the website for easier comparisons. And it’s all free. The federal government tried to get colleges and universities to mail out a standard form what

it called a “shopping sheet” to aid recipients that made the same clear distinction between loans and scholarships, starting with the 2013-14 school year. But it wasn’t required, and as of January less than 10 percent of accredited schools had taken part. Another site that can explain student loans is the Department of Education’s studentaid.ed.gov. Under “repay your loans,” there are links to calculators that may be used to ﬁgure out the monthly payment when the loan is due.

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or through an entrepreneurial activity. Sometimes pure geography plays a role. At Lehigh, the 15-member admissions team is a vibrant bunch: About half are age 30 or under, and that’s by design, according to J. Leon Washington, dean of admissions and ﬁnancial aid, because they relate exceptionally well with high school students. But the staff also includes several seasoned members, including Washington, who has more than 40 years in the business, and Bruce Bunnick, director of admissions, a veteran of more than 20 years. Six have received one or more degrees from Lehigh. Each is responsible for certain regions of the state, the country and the world, as Lehigh over the last decade has extended its reach in becoming a national university. Admission ofﬁcers spent last fall fanning out across their geographic area, meeting with

prospective applicants and their families. Since November, they have been reviewing the just over 1,000 applications that came in for early decision, a process in which a student applies only to Lehigh and promises to attend if admitted. More than half of early-decision applicants were accepted for the incoming freshman class, targeted at 1,200. That left about 680 open spots for regular-decision applicants. Lehigh accepts 25 to 29 percent of applicants, making it much more selective than the national average of about 64 percent at four-year, nonproﬁt colleges. The table was ﬁlled with water and soda bottles and an array of snacks, as the team prepared to tackle some of the toughest decisions of the season. “We’re here at this venue to make a decision one way or another,” Washington said. Other factors The applicant was an aca-

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WASHINGTON– Making college more affordable to more people continues to be elusive, and the recent recession hasn’t made it any easier. States have cut their support for public colleges and universities deeply, in some cases and schools have raised tuition as a result. They’ve also dropped classes, eliminated faculty and reduced other services to compensate. For high school seniors nervously waiting for admissions decisions this spring from public colleges and universities, the recession’s impact might mean fewer acceptances, in some cases, and higher costs for many who do get in, according to a study on the impact of state education cuts by the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “A lot of groups are calling for states to ﬁgure out a long-term strategy for funding higher ed,” said Julie Bell, the

education program director for the National Conference of State Legislatures. “Almost nobody thinks states are going to return to where they were.” States began trimming their budgets after the recession took hold in 2008, according to the center, a research group that studies the impact of government spending on low- and moderate-income people. Few took steps such as raising taxes to replace what they’d lost, it noted. “It’s a really dangerous trend” because tuition will keep growing beyond what increasing numbers of people can pay, said Phil Oliff, an author of the report. More than three-quarters of U.S. undergraduates are enrolled in public colleges and universities, according to federal data. More than half of the money those schools received last year came from local governments, and most of that was tax revenue, the center reported.

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demic standout, but rather rude that’s according to his high school guidance counselor. The counselor had given the student below-average marks in the area of character, prompting the Lehigh staffer, Dergham, to call. “She told me he was basically rude to her for four years. She did say she has never before in her career given a student below average on anything.” The student already had been admitted to other highly selective schools. Other factors, such as character, can inﬂuence decisions. What students write on the essay _ and how they write _ can have impact, too, as can service to the community. As the team evaluated a candidate who had little demonstrated interest in Lehigh but quite a service record, Bunnick, the director, quipped: “Five hundred hours of community service? That’s like Lindsay Lohan.” He got in.

safety bill GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bipartisan North Carolina public school safety bill has cleared its first legislative hurdle with plenty of room to spare. The House Education Committee unanimously approved Tuesday the measure that would set aside $30 million over two years for matching grants so local school districts can hire more school police officers, counselors and psychologists. Another $4 million in grants would assist districts in installing panic alarm systems in schools. The measure requires more routine crisis planning exercises and directs local school boards and superintendents to review school safety plans. Local police and sheriffs also could authorize volunteers with law enforcement training to serve as school officers. The bill now heads to the chamber’s budget-writing committee.

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Despite U.S. concerns, Islamists join Syria fight Hannah Allam and David Enders Associated Press

WASHINGTON —For all the Obama administration’s vocal concern about Islamist extremists fighting in Syria, neither U.S. officials nor regional allies have taken significant action to stem the flow of jihadists to rebel ranks. The jihadist pipelines _ mainly via Turkey, but also through Jordan and Iraq _ are an open secret, according to interviews this month with fighters and eyewitnesses, as well as analysts who’ve closely monitored the 2-year-old uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime. The foreign fighters would be hard to miss for Turkish and Western intelligence operatives _ they stay at established safe houses, openly recruit comrades and often stand out with distinctive appearances and habits _ yet there’s been no overt effort to crack down on their presence in frontier towns. “Even with this growing jihadist threat, there’s a reluctance to do anything more proactive on Syria,” said Elizabeth O’Bagy, an analyst with the Institute for the Study of War who recently spent two weeks traveling with rebels in Syria, where she encountered Tunisian, Moroccan

and Algerian fighters, she said. That observation was similar to what a McClatchy Newspapers reporter witnessed during a recent trip to Syria, where he saw Egyptians and Libyans, as well as other nationalities, among rebel fighters. “The pipelines are still open and fighters are coming in quite freely,” O’Bagy said. Such a laissez-faire approach not only runs counter to the alarmist public comments from the State Department on extremist elements trying to “hijack” the Syrian rebellion but it’s also a marked change from the way the government dealt with the jihadist “rat lines” that once ran in the opposite direction _ out of Syria into neighboring Iraq to fight U.S. forces before the American military withdrew at the end of 2011. During the Iraq War, the U.S. government spent millions of dollars helping the Iraqis beef up border security and intercept the fighters and weapons that were streaming into the country. By contrast, McClatchy couldn’t find a single public mention of authorities arresting a suspected jihadist at the Turkish border or any signs that the U.S. was pressuring Turkey to be more vigilant at crossings such as Bab al-Hawa, the Syrian town across the border from

Reyhanli, Turkey, that’s firmly under rebel control. “Essentially, Turkey is running a rat line of jihadists into Syria the same way the Syrians ran a rat line into Iraq,” said Joshua Landis, the director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma and author of the blog Syria Comment. “Turkey, with America’s blessing, is doing the same thing and we’ve done nothing to stop them. It’s a wink nod-nod situation.” State Department officials reject the idea that they’ve turned a blind eye to the traffic, but they wouldn’t go into detail on any possible discussions with Syria’s neighbors about hardening the borders and better tracking foreign fighters. “In our continuing discussions with our partners in the region, we are emphasizing the need for all countries that border Syria to take steps to prevent extremist elements like Jabhat al-Nusra from entering Syria,” a State Department official said, referring to an anti-Assad group, known as the Nusra Front in English, that the United States has said is an incarnation of the group al-Qaida in Iraq. The diplomat, who wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly, spoke only on the condition of anonymity. Analysts offer mixed views

on why the U.S. hasn’t done more to block the jihadist routes. They argue that the pipelines are less of a priority for the administration because the jihadists aren’t targeting Americans _ as they were in Iraq _ that U.S. diplomats want to avoid confronting the Turks on the issue because they need Turkey’s help on other urgent regional matters and, perhaps most importantly, that the battle-skilled jihadists are a necessary evil to hasten the U.S. goal of ousting Assad. “It’s kind of like Lincoln talking about Grant: I don’t care if he’s a drinker, he fights,” said a former senior U.S. government official with extensive experience in the Middle East, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of the Syrian crisis. Plus, analysts agreed, the Obama administration simply was slow in general to acknowledge the extremist infiltration of the Syrian uprising, which Washington sought to portray as nonviolent and pro-democracy long after evidence emerged of armed attacks on pro-regime forces and a growing presence of Syrian and foreign fighters whose stated goal was to replace Assad’s dictatorship with ultraconservative Islamist rule. “For a long time there was

undue optimism that the rebellion in Syria would result in a progressive, democratic-leaning movement. Frankly, they didn’t see the jihadi movement,” said Brian Fishman, a counterterrorism expert at the Washingtonbased New America Foundation, a public policy institute based in Washington, who conducted extensive research on the jihadist pipelines of the Iraq War. “There was a willful ignorance of reality there because we wanted Syria to be simpler than it is,” Fishman added. “The reality is that the situation in Syria raises tremendous policy questions and moral questions.” Jihadist media outlets advertise locations in Turkey or just inside Syria where volunteer fighters may connect with handlers who offer shelter and match them with fighting groups, including the Nusra Front. Foreign fighters slip easily across the border, often without so much as having their passports examined. While some join the more moderate or secular rebel brigades, many seek to connect with Nusra or an allied group, Ahrar al-Sham. A 37-year-old Egyptian father of two who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Rami said he’d crossed into Syria four times in the past year, mostly

to fight but also to offer lessons on Islamic law, which he’s formally studied. Abu Rami said he’d never had to sneak in and had never experienced any hindrance from Egyptian or Turkish authorities. He easily obtains a Turkish visa in Egypt and then makes his way to the Bab al-Hawa crossing, where he links up with a Syrian comrade who guides him to a rebel unit. The whole trip, he said, costs no more than 1,500 Egyptian pounds, roughly $220. “The majority of Egyptian jihadists in Syria aren’t affiliated with political parties or the Islamist movement in Egypt,” Abu Rami said. “They’re mostly independent, well-educated people with no financial or social problems, and come from good families. But their motivation is based on true jihad that knows no borders.” Another Egyptian fighter, a British-educated father who goes by the pseudonym Abu Ahmed, said he’d chatted with Syrian rebels for months via the video teleconferencing service Skype before deciding he was ready for battle in January. He, too, entered without incident via Bab al-Hawa. The Syrian rebels, he said, sold him a Kalashnikov for $700 and taught him how to use it.

Kerry confirms ‘quiet strategy’ to revive Mideast peace talks Hannah Allam and Sheera Frenkel Associated Press

JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the “festering absence of peace” between Israelis and Palestinians only fuels extremism and that the time is right for renewed efforts toward resolving the decades-old conflict. Kerry, speaking to a small group of reporters during his third trip to the region in a month, said he was embarking on a “quiet strategy” to wade through the deep reservoirs of mistrust on both sides in hopes of restarting serious negotiations. However, he emphasized that he’s fully aware of the difficulties of reaching an enduring Israeli-Palestinian resolution and said he refused to be pinned down by guidelines or timetables. “I understand it is a complicated, well-trod path of disappointments and/or moments of hope followed by breach of agreement or process,” Kerry said. “And that mistrust is very high, and that one of the reasons for these early interventions is to get right at the issue of mistrust.” While the State Department plays down talk of a new shuttle diplomacy, it’s clear that a Middle East peace deal is inching its way up the Obama administra-

tion’s foreign policy agenda. The Obama administration was thrilled with its tentative success in thawing the icy relations between ironclad ally Israel and Turkey, a rising regional player that aspires to a leading role in the peace process. And the fact that Kerry already is back for a third time, not quite a month after accompanying President Barack Obama to the region, signals that the administration is willing to devote real effort toward getting the parties back to the negotiating table. Both Israeli and Palestinian officials told McClatchy Newspapers last week that Kerry was interested in dusting off a long-ignored Arab initiative _ called the Arab Peace Initiative _ that would grant Israel full normalization with Arab states across the region in exchange for a final status solution and an independent Palestinian state. Kerry landed in Jerusalem on Sunday evening and went straight to the Ramallah compound of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas; he saw Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Fayyad. On the Israeli side, Kerry met with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres. “My dear friend, there is a new wind of peace blowing through the Middle East,” Peres

told Kerry as he greeted him just before their private talk. “A belief in peace is possible, is needed, is real. And peace is possible,” Peres continued. “I believe that the gaps between us and our Palestinian neighbors can be bridged and I speak out of experience.” Palestinian officials told Kerry on Monday that they would take part in the new U.S.-led peace initiative if Israel agreed to a series of goodwill gestures to help empower the Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah. A release of Palestinian prisoners and bolstering Palestinian security forces in the West Bank were mentioned as two possible gestures that Kerry would discuss with Netanyahu. Still, officials from both sides remained skeptical about these nascent U.S. efforts. “With the track record being what it is, the Palestinians feel that a goodwill gesture, a serious one, is needed. We are not just a plaything that the Americans can pick up and play with and then drop when they are bored,” said one senior Palestinian official who took part in a meeting with Kerry in Ramallah who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the talks. “We need a serious process with serious and significant gestures.”

Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister, dies at 87 Henry Chu and Patt Morrison Associated Press

LONDON — Margaret Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter who punched through an old-boy political network to become Britain’s first female prime minister, stamping her personality indelibly on the nation and pursuing policies that reverberate decades later, has died. She was 87. The BBC read out a statement early Monday afternoon from Thatcher’s friend and former adviser, Tim Bell, saying: “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announce that their mother, Baroness Thatcher, died peacefully following a stroke this morning.”

Prime Minister David Cameron, the current leader of Thatcher’s Conservative Party, said that his country had lost “a great leader, a great prime minister and a great Briton.” The woman many regard as Britain’s most important peacetime leader of the 20th century shook her country like an earthquake after moving into 10 Downing St. in 1979. In nearly a dozen years at the top, she transformed the political and economic landscape through a conservative free-market revolution bearing her name, Thatcherism, which sought to reverse Britain’s postwar decline and the welfare state that she felt accelerated it. Her policies ushered in boom

times for go-getter Britons but also exacerbated social inequalities. Such is her legacy that every prime minister since has had to deal with aspects of it, toiling in the shadow of a woman worshiped by her fans and vilified by her foes. She ended her days as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, far removed from her modest birth as Margaret Hilda Roberts of Grantham, a historic market town in northeast England. In between, she accumulated an Oxford education in chemistry, a London law degree, a seat in Parliament and a place in history as the longest continuously serving premier in more than 150 years.

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Charlotte Motor Speedway sues over mega $80M deal EMERY P. DALESIO Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — The mogul behind one of the country’s largest auto racing track operators is trying to resurrect a lawsuit claiming local officials reneged on an offer of $80 million in incentives to land a new drag strip and upgrade the Charlotte Motor Speedway. A three-judge state Court of Appeals panel will hold a closed-door discussion Tuesday to determine whether the lawsuit will be heard by a jury. A judge last year dismissed the lawsuit against Cabarrus County by Speedway Motorsports Inc. and Charlotte Motor Speedway, both based in Concord and headed by magnate Bruton Smith. At issue is whether Smith can enforce what his lawyers say was an oral agreement that ended threats to move the 135,000-seat speedway and build a new drag strip somewhere other than the heart of NASCAR country. The contract wasn’t put in writing until after the new drag strip opened the following year, with terms the track operator rejected. If the lawsuit doesn’t move forward, Speedway Motorsports could have to wait up to 40 years to be reimbursed for road and other upgrades around the track. “Cabarrus has received what it bargained for, and seeks now to avoid its return promise,” lawyers for SMI said in court filings. The county’s lawyers counter that it’s not their responsibility that SMI built the drag strip and made other improvements before a contract was finalized. Business logic didn’t seem to hold when Smith threatened

in 2007 to somehow move the superspeedway the successful auto dealer helped design and build in 1959, the county’s lawyers said. “The fact that abandonment of the dragway improvements would be economically senseless by no means prevented it being done. After all, plaintiffs insisted that they ‘had every right and intention’ to abandon the far more expansive speedway improvements,” the coun-

“This was an agreement to agree, which is not an agreement at all,” -Cabarrus lawyers

ty’s lawyers said. It’s not clear if SMI — which owns the track and seven others in Georgia, Tennessee, California, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire and Texas — has yet seen any of the $80 million announced in 2007. A track spokesman declined comment and lawyers for both sides did not respond to requests for comment last week. SMI reported proﬁts of $42.1 million last year on revenues of $490 million. The dispute started when Smith ordered workers to start grading land on speedway property for the $60 million drag strip 20 miles north of Charlotte before seeking permits from local ofﬁcials. Area residents complained about the potential for increased noise. Smith downplayed those objections in a 2008 interview. “Do you have any friends

that built a house close to a speedway that didn’t know there was a speedway here?” Smith, SMI’s chief executive officer and chairman, told The Associated Press. “Can you imagine? All of you knew there was a speedway here, right?” When local officials delayed granting approvals, Smith threatened to build the drag strip elsewhere and move the speedway, which helped foster a motorsports industry estimated to be worth $6 billion dollars a year in North Carolina. Local officials tried to soothe Smith. The county tourism bureau flew a plane over the speedway with a banner that read, “We (heart) you Bruton.” The street leading to the track was renamed “Bruton Smith Boulevard.” The two sides announced a deal in November 2007 for Smith to build the drag strip and make more than $200 million in speedway upgrades, with Concord and Cabarrus County officials offering tax breaks worth $80 million. But the two sides never reduced their announced agreement into contract language until the day after the 30,000seat, four-lane zMax Dragway officially opened the following August, just three weeks before its first scheduled race. The contract’s terms said SMI would spend its millions in infrastructure improvements within three years, the company’s lawyers said, but would be reimbursed from property tax breaks as the improvements increased its value. The method is a common way North Carolina governments encourage company investment. Smith rejected the contract. SMI and the speedway sued the

county and the city in September 2009. Concord was dropped from the case after agreeing to pay a $2.8 million and getting land easements, The Charlotte Observer reported. SMI’s lawyers say local ofﬁcials verbally promised in 2007 to come up with the $80 million in no more than six years. They say the county had a ﬁnancial motive like a corporation and therefore can’t defend

“Cabarrus has received what it bargained for, and seeks now to avoid its return promise,” -Lawyers for SMI

itself with a state law protecting municipalities from lawsuits. Cabarrus County’s lawyers counter that there was nothing that could be considered a contract until the 2008 document described what both sides would do and when. The agreement announced the previous year included none of that, the county’s lawyers said. “This was an agreement to agree, which is not an agreement at all,” Cabarrus lawyers said. The attorneys say it would be difﬁcult for the county to come up with $80 million quickly because it is allowed to collect only $104 million in property taxes a year. That capacity is publicly known, so SMI can’t say it was blindsided, the lawyers said. A decision is expected in about three months. If the case moves forward, it could be ap-

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Business highlights JC Penney ousts CEO Ron Johnson Compiled by Associated Press

J.C. Penney is ousting CEO Ron Johnson. He’s being replaced by former CEO Mike Ullman. Ullman was head of the department store chain, based in Plano, Texas, prior to Johnson’s appointment to the top spot in 2011 in an effort to halt the company’s sliding earnings. Johnson came under pressure after his turnaround strategy failed to win over shoppers. His drastic changes included slashing the number of sales in favor of everyday low prices, bringing in hipper designer brands such as Betsy Johnson and remaking outdated stores. Report: Virgin America best US airline in 2012

Virgin America did the best job for its customers among leading U.S. airlines last year, a report said Monday, as carriers overall had their second best performance in the more than the two decades since researchers began measuring quality of service. The report from Wichita State University in Kansas and the University of Nebraska at Omaha ranked the 14 largest U.S. airlines based on on-time arrivals, mishandled bags, consumer complaints and passengers who bought tickets but were turned away because flights were overbooked. Alcoa’s 1Q profit rises, beats expectations Alcoa Inc. kicked off earnings season Monday by reporting a larger first-quarter profit than analysts expected, helped by strong demand for aluminum used to make airplanes and automobiles. The company still sees demand for aluminum growing 7 percent in 2013, with gains cutting across many industries. Alcoa is the first company in the Dow Jones industrial average to report first-quarter results. Because its products wind up in so many things, from cars and buildings to soda cans, investors study Alcoa’s results for hints about earnings at companies in other industries. Transcripts show Fed underestimated crisis in 2007

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Federal Reserve officials in 2007 badly underestimated the scope of the approaching financial crisis and how it would tip the U.S. economy into the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, transcripts of the Fed’s policy meetings show. The meetings occurred as the country was on the brink of its worst financial crisis since the 1930s. As the year went on, Fed officials shifted their focus away from the risk of inflation as they slowly began to recognize the severity of the problem. Beginning in September 2007, the Fed cut interest rates and took extraordinary steps to try to ease credit and shore up confidence in the banking system. Throughout the year, the housing crisis deepened, home prices weakened and subprime mortgages soured. GE to buy Lufkin Industries for $3.1 billion General Electric Co. has agreed to buy oilfield equipment maker Lufkin Industries Inc. for $3.1 billion, furthering an effort by GE to grow its oil and gas operations. GE said Monday that it would pay Lufkin shareholders $88.50 per share, a 38 percent premium over Lufkin’s closing price on Friday of $63.93. The companies valued the deal at $3.3 billion, which includes $200 million in debt to be assumed by GE.

Senate confirms White to head SEC

The U.S. Senate has conﬁrmed Mary Jo White’s nomination as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, making her the ﬁrst former prosecutor to lead the federal agency that oversees Wall Street. White was approved Monday by a Senate voice vote. She will replace Elisse Walter, who has been interim SEC chairman since Mary Schapiro resigned in December. President Barack Obama nominated White, who served as U.S. attorney in Manhattan from 1993 through 2002. Avon eliminating hundreds of jobs; leaves Ireland Avon is eliminating more than 400 positions and abandoning or restructuring smaller or underperforming businesses in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, including an exit from Ireland. The company said Monday that the job cuts, which equate to about 1 percent of Avon’s 39,100 employees, will occur across all regions and segments. It is part of a turnaround plan under CEO Sheri McCoy, with the goal of achieving mid-single digit percentage revenue growth and $400 million in cost savings by 2016. Avon expects to complete almost all the cuts before year’s end. Executive threatens to pull Fox signal if Aereo goes on

A top executive with the owner of the Fox broadcast network threatened Monday to convert the network to a subscription channel on cable or satellite TV if Internet startup Aereo Inc. continues to “steal” Fox’s over-the-air signal and sell it to consumers without paying for rights. Although anyone with an antenna can pick up a station’s signals for free, cable and satellite companies typically pay stations and networks for the right to distribute their programming to subscribers. Industrywide those retransmission fees add up to billions of dollars every year. Aereo says it’s not subject to those fees. News Corp. Chief Operating Ofﬁcer Chase Carey said that not being paid by Aereo jeopardizes the economics of broadcast TV, which beneﬁts from both retransmission fees and advertising. Newspaper revenue fell 2 percent to $38.6 billion in 2012

The newspaper industry’s revenue declined at its slowest pace in six years, as publishers turned to new businesses and raised more money from online subscriptions. The industry’s total revenue in 2012 fell 2 percent to $38.6 billion from $39.5 billion in 2011, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Online subscriptions helped circulation revenue rise by 5 percent to $10.4 billion. It was the ﬁrst gain since 2003. US Treasury chief urges EU to ease off austerity

European countries should ease off their austerity and adopt more growth-friendly policies, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Monday as he kicked off a series of meetings with the region’s top leaders. America’s biggest trading partner and the world’s largest economic bloc has entered the fourth year of a debt crisis, which has plunged many of the 27 EU nations into recession. The U.S. administration hopes Europe will relent in its focus on debt reduction, which has been hurting growth through spending cuts and tax increases. Lew, who became treasury secretary in February, started his ﬁrst ofﬁcial trip to Europe with a meeting with EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.

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Lousiville soars to an NCAA title win CHRIS DUFRESNE MCT Campus

ATLANTA–Scoring is down, players leave early and the best action on television today is still probably 1980s replays of the Atlantic Coast Conference. For one Monday night, though, college basketball stood history on its head and produced high-octane magic in high definition. Louisville’s 82-76 win over Michigan at the Georgia Dome was not just the school’s third NCAA title and first since 1986. It seemed almost a revival and a deliverance of sorts, in front of a record congregation of 74,326. Before the game even ended, with 1.1 seconds left, Kevin Ware exchanged his courtside wheelchair for a pair of crutches and hobbled up the elevated court to hug teammate Peyton Siva. “Win for Ware” the signs said.And Louisville did. Ware, who gruesomely fractured his leg in front of his bench in the Midwest Regional final, watched a different kind of drama unfold in front of his bench. There were no gasps, or shielding of eyes, this time. In eight days, a team had rallied around a teammate and fulfilled a promise. The best team in the tournament became even closer. “You would think we all came out of the same womb,” Ware would say later. “These are my brothers, they got the job done and I am so proud of them.” The NCAA allowed Louisville to lower the basket so that Ware could take his scissorsnips at cutting the net.

He did, with confetti swirling all around, and then raised the net with his right hand. “It’s just amazing,” Siva said. “Kevin was playing such a big part of it.” Michigan played inspired and great and all those things you say about worthy competitors. It got a story-book first half from a freshman backup guard straight from the set of “Hoosiers.” Spike Albrecht, a name you almost couldn’t make up, out of Indiana, replaced foulplagued Trey Burke and scored 17 points before halftime. “That was probably back to high school days,” Albrecht said of his performance. “I was just fortunately hitting shots. Teammates were finding me.” He had been averaging 1.8 points per game and his first minute on the court Monday was his 68th of the season. Quickly as he arrived, though, he disappeared into a scoreless second half. Michigan also got an AllAmerica performance from Burke, who scored 24 points in his foul-limited 26 minutes. Siva consoled Burke afterward: “I told him he’s going to make a lot of money next year (in the NBA), don’t even worry about it.” This title, though, seemed ridiculously predestined for Louisville. Ware’s injury spiked the team’s “want-to” to another level. This was going to be Louisville’s tale to tell. Coach Rick Pitino had the week of his life capped with becoming the first coach to lead two schools to a national title. His Kentucky team won in 1996. Earlier, his son, Richard, texted word that he’d gotten the Minnesota job at the time Rick

was receiving the call he had been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A horse Pitino partially owns won the Santa Anita Derby on Saturday. The winner of the next race, “Points Offthebench,” crossed the finish line at about the time Louisville’s bench was leading a comeback win over Wichita State in a national semifinal. How can you compete with that kind of stuff?Louisville is not a perfect team and has a bad habit of spotting the competition a double-digit lead. The Cardinals, though, are fastbreak spurt machines. They handed Michigan a 12-point lead late in the first half before Luke Hancock, Louisville’s bench star, scored nine points in 90 seconds. That’s what Louisville does to you. “I thought we needed something,” Hancock said. “I tried to do whatever I could to help the team.” Michigan ran to the locker room with only a one-point lead, after a half it mostly dominated. There is always one point in a game when Louisville shows it is better than you with some hyper-explosion of basketball energy. Wichita State led Louisville by 12 with 13 minutes left and saw it evaporate. Michigan stayed close in the second half and must have had hope with what seemed like the entire Louisville team saddled with three fouls. Michigan was in the bonus for the final 11:42. The Wolverines had the lead at 46-45 but never saw it again. Louisville, though, could never bust any lead beyond five

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points. The title train started leaving the station, however, when Siva slammed home a nice pass from Hancock to put Louisville up by ﬁve with 6:52 left. Then junior center Gorgui Dieng, held scoreless Saturday, made two shots. Hancock then made a three with 3:23 left to put the Cardinals up by 10. Hancock ﬁnished with 22 points to earn, as a bench player, the Final Four most outstanding player award. “It doesn’t get any better than this,” Hancock said. Louisville got sloppy late in the game, though, and led by only six when Chane Behanan’s relentless effort under the rim

led to a basket that put his team back up by eight with 1:50 left. Behanan finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Siva, the senior guard and leader, rebounded from his sub-par Saturday with a line he can take to his grave. He finished with 18 points, five assists and four steals with only two turnovers. “It hurts a lot,” Burke said of the loss. “Just to get to the national championship game, just to play for the national title, it hurts so much.” In the end, maybe there was nothing Michigan could have done. Fate seemed to have determined it was Louisville’s turn.

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Haywood will not be inducted in Hall of Fame CHRIS DUFRESNE MCT Campus

SEATTLE–Spencer Haywood, who won a landmark Supreme Court case to enter the NBA and waged public-relations battles in retirement to preserve his legacy, was not part of the next class to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Al Ross, Haywood’s agent in the early 1970s, told Fox Sports Florida the 13-year veteran of the NBA and ABA had made the Hall 30 years after his last professional game. The Hall of Fame later confirmed that was not the case. An official announcement will be made Monday at a news conference before the NCAA men’s championship game. NBA sources told The Seattle Times on Thursday former Sonics star Gary Payton is a unanimous Hall of Fame choice. The inductees will be enshrined during a Sept. 8 ceremony in Springfield, Mass. As a rookie with the Denver Nuggets during the 1969-70 season, Haywood averaged 30 points to lead led the ABA in

scoring and won the MVP award. At 21, he challenged the NBA’s rule against signing a player whose college class hadn’t graduated. The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Haywood on March 1, 1971 in a decision that allowed underclassmen to enter the NBA and paved the way for generations of young basketball stars. In five seasons with the Sonics, he appeared in four All-Star Games and averaged at least 20 points each season. During the 1972-73 season, he set the team record by averaging 29.2 points. The Sonics traded Haywood to the New York on Oct. 23, 1975, and his career began to spiral out of control due in large part to a cocaine addiction. He played 4-{ seasons with the Knicks and finished the 1978-79 season with the New Orleans Jazz. Haywood spent the next season with the Los Angeles Lakers and played two years with the Washington Bullets, where he finished his career in 1983.

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AROUND SPORTS Lady Vols’ coach wins Maggie Dixon award Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS– Tennessee’s Holly Warlick is the winner of the Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year award after leading the Lady Vols to a regional final this season. Warlick coached Tennessee to a 27-8 record and a Southeastern Conference regularseason title this season after spending 27 seasons as an assistant on Pat Summitt’s staff. Summitt, who led Tennessee to eight national titles, stepped down last April after announcing in 2011 she had early-onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type. Before the season, SEC coaches picked Tennessee to finish fifth in the conference. The award is named after Maggie Dixon, who led Army to an NCAA tournament bid in her lone season as the Black Knights’ coach. Dixon died April 6, 2006, a few weeks after that tournament appearance.

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YouTube’s New Mean Girls: “Most Popular Girls in School” Review KOURTNEY POPE

YouTube has been the Mecca of do-it-yourself videos for years. Viewers can type in anything and thousands of videos are at their ﬁngertips from makeup tutorials, sewing tips, guitar lessons, and even how to hack a MacBook Pro. However, YouTube has seen an increase in web series and the increase does not look like it will stop anytime soon. One web series that has been sweeping YouTube and now A&T’s campus is “Most Popular Girls In School.” Though the characters look like your typical sweet-faced Barbie’s, the content and punch lines are anything but. To many viewers surprise, the creators are men, Carlo Moss and Mark Cope. Mark was looking to get into stop animation but did not have a script or concept. One night while out at a comedy bar, Mark ran into Carlo Moss. Moss was there performing some of his material “Bathroom Hierarchy.” Dressed in drag, Carlo played the part of Deandra, the witty new girl of Oakland Park High School. When I asked Carlo about how Deandra came about he pointed out the that he has been doing improve for years in L.A. and Deandra came from his ability to do, “stupid girl voices,” that the audience loved. After Carlo ﬁnished, Mark

approached him about teaming up and expanding the material. From this one monologue a cast and concept was born. I asked Moss were any of these characters based off of classmates from high school. To my surprise Carlo attneded a super Christian high school and stated that a lot of the characters are based on people he and Mark have encountered in L.A. “Mark and I have met so many Brittany’s and Deandra’s at casting calls and bars,” Carlo recalls. The main players of the series include the Oakland Park cheerleaders, Mackenzie as head cheerleader, Tricia as co captain, and Brittany as the co vice captain. The arch nemesis of the Oakland cheerleaders is the matriarch of Vanburrens, Cameron, Shea, and Mackenzie. Once peaceful acquaintances, these girls are now at war. Life was pretty sweet until the day Deandra, the new girl, came to town. Riffs, fights, and the battle for prom queen are some of the daily plagues of the in crowd of Oakland Park High that leads to a drama-filled prom finale. Perhaps the most amusing part of the series is that male actors do most of the voices. As the cast has grown, women have been added to the mix as well, such as Lilly Vonnegut, who also helps produce the series. For all the work that goes into creating this series, a lot of

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the materials are do-it-yourself projects. Mark and Carlo originally started out with three 99-cent dolls because Barbie dolls were too expensive. Foam boards and a hot glue gun has been their savior throughout this series as well. As the series went on, Mark and Carlo gave their actors free range with the script. In turn, there have been plenty of quotable one-liners. It has been these one-liners that have gotten the show and their characters notoriety. G-mail accounts, Twitter pages, and Facebook fan pages have sprung up all over the web in the name of viewer’s favorite characters. One in particular is Lunch Lady Belinda who can be CC’ed at ladytatertots@gmail. com. This series is perhaps the ultimate high school parody. Anyone who watches can think of at least one person they graduated with who reminds them of one of the characters. Though the concept is simple, the script, talent, and humor of the series is what makes it genius. I do not think there is one person who can watch this series and not ﬁnd themselves either quoting it, watching it over, or using the signature Vanburren “byyyyyyeeeee!” Overall, “Most Popular Girls in School” is a hit. New episodes post every Tuesday.

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YMCMB’s Tyga Tyga or T-Raww follows up his sophomore release “ Careless World” with “Hotel California.” Lately, Tyga has appeared in the news frequently. Whether it be about birth of his son with Blac Chyna, shootings on his tour, or the success of his mixtape “Well Done 3” his name continues to appear in headlines. Tyga has channeled his recent experiences into this album, creating an album of club bangers, The album begins with “500 degrees” featuring Young Money CEO Lil’ Wayne. The track exudes the old Cash Money vibe as the two rap with the bravado and aggression they are known for. The title, “500 degrees,” is a tribute of Wayne’s earlier albums. The album continues with “Dope” featuring Rick Ross. This track samples the Death Row classic “Deep Cover.” The album continues with the club banger “Get Loose.” This is followed by “Diss Song,” which delves into Tyga’s life and the critics who constantly attack him. “Hit Em Up” featuring Jadakiss is the most talked about song on the album. The song not only samples the legendary diss by Pac but also uses C-Murder’s chorus from “Down.” The album transitions to Hip-Hop’s new favorite “Molly” featuring Wiz Khalifa, Cedric Gervais, and Mally Mall. Each artist gives his perspective on the new phenom-

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ON SCREEN SCARY MOVIE 5 The Scary Movie franchise is at it again. No horror film is safe from this parody . It all starts when a couple begins to experience paranormal activity shortly after bringing home their newborn son. If the comedy does not peak viewers interest, the star-studded cast is sure to be a plus. The cast includes , Charlie Sheen, Lindsey Lohan, Mike Tyson, Snoop Lion, Ashley Tisdale and Katt Williams. “Scary Movie 5” debuts in theaters April 12th.

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enon. Tyga then gives ladies a jam featuring frequent collaborator Chris Brown in “For the Road.” In this song, Tyga and Brown speak on spending a last night with his girl before going on tour. This smooth melody is sure to get spins on the radio. He continues the jams for the ladies with “Show You” featuring rising hit maker Future. “It Neva Rains” featuring The Game uses that Roger Zapp inﬂuence to express the positives in living in southern California. “M.O.E.” or “Music Over Everything” featuring Wiz Khalifa boasts what they love to do the most and why. “Hijack” and “Get Rich” are West Coast bangers with a old school drum clap and bounce that has made people like YG successful. “Hotel California” continues with the acoustic feel “Enemies”. This track displays his sentiments for a girl as he hopes his rapper lifestyle does not make them enemies. “Drive Fast, Live Young” is about the lifestyle of a rapper and his thoughts on his life. Overall this album is impressive and a better display of Tyga’s abilities. With news of completing the sequel to “Fan of a Fan,” this may be his big year. - the atregister@gmail.com and follow @ATRegister on Twitter.

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ON SCREEN 42 This film tells the life story of Jackie Robinson and his historical signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Racial tension and social obstacles all stood in Robinson’s way yet he continued to make history. Chadwick Boseman plays Robinson alongside the legendary Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey. “42” opens April 12.

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1. Who is ready for this warm weather? 2. How many midriffs have you seen already? 3. Has anybody already broken some of the fashion rules above? 4. It’s warm now, so you realize cuffing season is over right? 5. Who is about to be lonely? 6. He’s not on line anymore so what’s his new excuse? 7. Anybody less than impressed by this Aggie Fest line up? 8. Why is it so dry? 9. Is it budget cuts? 10. Is it because everyone was on line? 11. Who’s trying to get these Kendrick Lamar tickets? 12. Who went to the stepshow? 13. Did anyone notice Curtis went over their time? 14. Does anybody know who the new court is? 15. Where is our new Miss A&T? 16. Didn’t her poster picture look like it came from last year’s White Party? 17. Speaking of the White Party, who has their ticket? 18. How many girls are about to have on the same Forever21 dress? 19. How about the same shoes from Aldo? 20. When is the White Party again?

ON TV MTV MOVIE AWARDS Pranks, spoofs, and tons of one liners can be expected this year at the MTV Movie Awards. The hilarious and outspoken Rebel Wilson will host this year. No celebrity will to be safe that night. A lot of viewers are anticipating a first look at footage from “Catching Fire”, the sequel to the Hunger Games series. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are also scheduled to perform that night. Selena Gomez is also performing that night. The MTV Movie Awards is a much watch and airs April 14.

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