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Students repeatedly take courses will be charged KIM FIELDS & AARON NEAL Contributors The Interim Provost, Winsor Alexander, and his cabinet of Vice Chancellors of Academic Affairs have reminded us of policies affecting the student body at A&T. Student academic policies at A&T outline a number of topics ranging from student religious observance to procedures behind withdrawing from the universe.

These policies outline the specifics behind how to navigate A&T in regards to adding and dropping classes, declaring a minor, re-applying to the university after dismissal, and several other important topics that could potentially impact for students.

At the beginning of the school year, the Division of Academic Affairs reminded students of some fairly important changes that could potentially effect some students here at A&T. One particularly important change in policy that became effective fall of 2010 was Section II Courses 4.0: the Repetition of Courses and Grade Forgiveness.

In previous years, students have been allowed to repeat a course as many times as they want, according to Associate Vice Chancellor Wanda Lester. The new academic policy prohibits this action in multiple ways. As an incentive to stop the repetition of courses, students are only allowed to repeat a course three times. The first repeat can result in grade for-

giveness where the grade does not appear on the transcript.

If the course must be repeated more than once then that grade will not be removed from the transcript and both grades of either D or F will remain. Another consequence of repeating or withdrawing from courses is a tuition surcharge.

For financial eligibility, a student can repeat a course one time and still be eligible for financial aid as Sherri Avent, director of Financial Aid, noted.

All undergraduate students have 140 credit hours to obtain their undergraduate degree. The average undergraduate degree here at A&T requires 124 credit hours. That leaves, on average, 16 hours for withdrawals or grades not accepted by individual degree requirements.

If the total of 140 credit hours is exceeded, there will be a 50 percent surcharge to a student’s tuition per semester.

Akua Matherson, Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, said the tuition surcharge is based on the actual cost of tuition and on how many hours a student is registered for.

Regardless of being a fulltime or part-time student, the student will be charged a surcharge of 50 percent. An example Matherson gave was with a full-time out of state student paying $7,500 per semester.

With the surcharge, because of the repeated course policy, the student can expect to see an additional charge of $3,750 reflected on their bill.

One other change that has

been added to current academic policies can be found in Section II under courses. This section of the student academic policy states that a student may only drop five total courses throughout the duration of their undergraduate career.

This policy also states that a person may not drop the same course more than three times without receiving a letter grade for that course.

While this policy is active now, it will only affect courses taken as of fall 2012. There have been several changes made to the academic policies nationwide. “This is not the first year of this policy. This is a federal requirement for all institutions nationwide.” Matherson added.

“As much as we would like to assist students, this policy

is mandated by the federal government.”Matherson said that the N.C. Legislature made the decision to implement the surcharge in an effort to keep students on target and aimed at an effective completion of an academic program.

These policies are designed with the students in mind.

The goal of these policies are to increase both retention and graduation rates. Lester of the Division of Academic affairs encourages all students to be sure to understand the policies written in order to better benefit them.

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Union renovations on to the next step COURTNEY MATTHEWS Asst. Online Editor

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Construction for the new Memorial Student Union will begin Sept. of 2014.

All occupants of the current union will move out of the building in May of 2014.

The new student union project is expected to be completed July of 2017.

The estimated cost for the new student union is about $90 million. Further communication concerning the budget is currently taking place.

Many students who are aware of the plans for the new student union project seem to be concerned with where the funds

will be pulled from to meet the $90 million projection.

Carl Barker, executive director of the memorial student union said, “It is my understanding that we are talking with a consultant to look at a feasibility plan to determine the best avenue to take in regards to funding. Of course, student fees will be a part of that plan. This is a common model across the State.”

Michael Diggs, senior accounting major said,“ $90 million is a lot but it does not seem like a bad deal. Pulling the money from tuition makes sense because of the benefits the  See UNION on Page 2

RONALD E. MCNAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the newest school in the Guilford County School system after nearly six months of construction is opened up to nearly 400 students.

Ronald E. McNair Elementary School opens in GCS 45th Legislative develops ERIK VEAL Editor-in-Chief After almost six months of delay, Guilford County Schools has added another school to their list.

Ronald E. McNair Elementary School has finally opened to nearly 400 students and its principal who is looking forward to succeeding within the community that surrounds the school.

“On some levels, there was genuine sense of relief that my focus could shift from distractions related to construction to instruction only,” said George Boschini, principal of Ronald E. McNair Elementary (REM).

“The key to success for McNair is building and nurturing a sense of community, which was difficult to do when we were split between two locations. Now that we are in open

location, this process can begin.”

As the new school in Guilford County, REM’s main focus is to offer students academic success that rests with the staff.

“It took more than five months and more than 150 interviews for me to select each person working at McNair, and the staff comes from 35 different schools or departments within our system,” said Boschini.

Teachers were selected based on their commitment to children, refusal to accept excuses and a determination to make a difference.

Along with a dedicated staff according to Boschini, REM has access to updated technology for support to See RONALD on Page 2

new bill for Spring 2014 ERIK VEAL Editor-in-Chief

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RONALD E. MCNAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL originally was set to open in August of the 2012-2013 academic school year.

The 45th Legislative Assembly of N.C. A&T Student Government Association has passed a new bill that will be in full effect the start of the Fall 2013 academic school year.

The senate has passed a bill that any individuals who wish to run for Mr. and Miss A&T in the Spring 2014 SGA elections will have to participate in a pageant that will result in deciding the top three candidates be placed on the ballot for students to vote on each position.

“This is the first piece of legislation that has been written, passed and enacted by a senate here at NCAT within the past

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four years,” said Canisha Cierra Turner, Vice President of Internal Affairs.

“We have worked really hard into putting this bill together with the help of lead senator, Isiah Guinyard and his committee, senators Melanie Thompson and Alani Adkins.” Lead senator Isiah Guinyard echoed, “We have been developing this bill since Thanksgiving break and spent our entire Christmas break revamping the language and comparing data to best serve our student population.”

In the past, individuals who wanted to run for Mr. and Miss A&T simply had to fill out the application and they were auto See LEGISLATIVE on Page 2

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RONALD From page 1 wards teaching and learning for both faculty and students.

“To us, technology is a great equalizer and opens the world of possibility to our children,” said Boschini.

He is looking for new ways to capture students’ interest and actively engage them in learning. He feels technology does that.

REM has installed desktops, laptops, net books, mobile devices such as iPads and iPods, document cameras, interactive Smart projectors, sound systems, broadcast studio, full WiFi access, and DVD players for students to use to enhance their learning.

With this elementary school being named after N.C. A&T alumni, the late Ronald E. McNair, Boschini wants to bring ideals, leadership and legacy of McNair into the school.

“We want our children to see the power of dreaming,

setting goals, working hard and never giving up,” said Boschini.

“Where others might see barriers for reasons of race, economics, home life or ethnicity, we want our students and families to see opportunities and possibilities.”

He expressed that A&T was an important stop in McNair’s life journey and played an instrumental role in his success.

The lessons learned and experience gained at A&T allowed him to reach the stars.

“We would love for our children to see life in the same way,” said Boschini.

Boschini was very excited and eager to see the students walking into his facility. “In my 36 years in education, this was the first time I could say this, and to know I played a role in helping make this possible, was a humbling moment…I felt truly blessed,” said Boschini.

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WNAA 90.1 FM hosts their annual Pre-Valentine’s Day mixer on Monday in Stallings Ballroom. Students, faculty and vendors joined together and displayed techniques, products and spoken word pieces for the audience.

Black History Moment: Thomas Aldridge Johnson

Shantelle Stotts Contributor Thomas Aldrige Johnson was one of the first African-American journalists to work as a foreign correspondent for a major daily newspaper. Johnson wrote for “Newsday” and “The New York Times” as their first AfricanAmerican journalist.

He broke the color barrier for “Newsday” in 1963 and in 1966 for “The New York Times.”

Johnson was born in St. Augustine, Florida on Oct. 11,1928. As a child he moved to New York. Before attending college, he served three years in the Army during the Korean War. In 1954, Johnson graduated form Long Island University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

After graduation, he began working in public relations, became a freelance writer, and worked for the New York City welfare department until “Newsday” hired him.

After being hired at “Newsday,” he was paid $163 a week.

While working for “The New York Times,” he worked in Africa, Vietnam, Europe, and in the Caribbean. From 1977 to 1978, Johnson was the assistant metropolitan editor at “The New York Times.”

During the 1960s, Johnson found himself as a reporter and an interpreter for racial conflict. During this time, he wrote a book that consisted of civil

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new union will bring and the money it will save the students by having certain amenities on campus” The renovated union will extend from its current location to Cooper Hall. It will include 2 dining halls, one of which will remain the Sit-in, and will include a larger selection of restaurants. It will also consist of a theatre with 250 seats. There will be 8 smart rooms/meetings rooms for student use in addition to 8 study rooms. A new game room will be built, and there has even been talk of an eight to 10 lane bowling alley that will be located in the basement of the renovated student union. The renovated memorial student union will be a more comfortable, exciting and convenient place in all aspects. For example, there will be charging

LEGISLATIVE From page 1 matically put on the ballot.

According to the bill, the previous Miss and Mister A&T forum will now become a pageant held before elections. Contestants need to have a cumulative grade point average of a 2.75 and maintain this average while in office. They will compete in oratorical speech, talent, evening wear and on stage Question. The top three scorersqwill then be placed on the ballot for the students to vote for.

“We are not taking away the student voice, we are streamlining and putting forth the best students possible for the students to choose from,” said Turner.

Turner expressed that the judging for this pageant will in-

docks on all levels of the building for mobile phones and other electronic devices.

There is currently an informational wall of future designs for the project located in the back of the current union. A list of amenities that the new union will include with pictures and layouts of what the completed project will look like.

“We are really trying to create an environment that embodies a one stop shop for students.

We also want the new union to attract students who are not committed to the campus yet,” said Carl Barker. Vines Architecture and Canon Designs are the companies whom are responsible for the design of the new union. The two companies were originally two separate companies but merged together on the union design because of the capacity of the project.

Email The A&T Register at theatregister@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @TheATRegister clude a panel of seven qualified individuals. Two of the judges will consist of one former Miss A&T five years removed from the university and the other, an alumnae who is five years removed from the university. The other five judges will consist of qualified individuals from the pageant arena.

“We will be holding workshops for the judges so that they know the criteria to judge contestants on,” said Turner. “We are going to make sure there are no biases going on during this pageant and we will be strictly going by the book.”

This new bill will not have any effect on this year’s Student Government Association elections but will be effective immediately Fall 2013 as the start of a new school year.

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rights and urban unrest. He was also called upon to find African-Americans’ view on important issues.

Johnson won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, for his articles based on black servicemen in Vietnam and Europe.

While overseas, he discovered these men had become resentful soldiers, because they were being placed in harms way and there were civil rights activists being harassed in the United States.

In 1967, Johnson became one of the founding members of Black Perspective. This was the first organization of black reporters. It was a New Yorkbased organization.

Johnson was also a founding member of the Black Enterprise magazine’s founding board of advisors.

Johnson was a professor at New York University from 1969 to 1972, where he worked in the journalism department. He created his own class named “ Race and the News Media.” It later became popular at other colleges and universities.

In 1981, he founded his own public relations firm, Thomas A. Johnson & Associates.

He was also the president of his New York-based firm. During the early days of his firm, he resigned from “The New York Times.”

Johnson died at the age of 79 on June 2, 2008.

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Lawmakers will meet over possible budget cuts David Lightman and kevin G. Hall MCT Campus

WASHINGTON–L a w m a k e r s for both major political parties will huddle separately behind closed doors starting Tuesday, plotting strategy for the coming fight over how to prevent deep, across-the-board automatic federal spending cuts scheduled to begin on March 1.

That the parties are meeting separately and sometimes far from Washington says much about the current mood. Unless an alternative is adopted, some $85 billion in automatic spending cuts take effect in 24 days because of what’s known as the budget sequester.

As members of Congress head for the congressional retreats, which traditionally are intense, private sessions that aim not only to set the agenda for the coming year but also to promote party unity, they also appear headed on a path for familiar, intractable battles later this month.

The automatic cuts are part

of the 2011 debt ceiling deal, which mandates the spending reductions unless lawmakers agree otherwise. The thinking had been to join the parties at the hip, and that they’d reach some sort of compromise because the cuts would be so politically unpalatable.

Instead, as $109 billion in automatic cuts were due to take effect on Jan. 2, Congress passed a compromise postponing the cuts until March 1 as part of a deal that raised taxes on the richest 1 percent of Americans.

The deal lowered the sequester figure to $85 billion, still a number that, if cut out of federal spending this year, would drag against an already anemic economic recovery.

But with the sequester deadline looming, it’s still Groundhog Day for rhetoric.

Each side appears stuck in the same themes of the November elections and the New Year’s deal that avoided steeper tax hikes on 99 percent of Americans.

Democrats again are calling for higher taxes on big corpora-

tions and the wealthy to raise revenue and avoid deep spending cuts that would slow the economy.

Republicans insist that the nation faces a spending problem.

“There are a lot of things we can do out there, and we’re going to make an effort to make sure that ... sequestration involves revenue,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “Part of it, the American people agree, should be the wealthiest people in America paying a little bit more, and there should be a balance of spending cuts and revenue.”

On the Senate floor Monday, Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky criticized the Democrats’ approach.

“If you were to listen to the Democrats, you’d think all of our ills could be solved by raising taxes on private jets or energy companies,” he said. These aren’t real solutions. ... They’re poll-tested gimmicks.”

The sequester has the potential to have more immediate impact on constituents. The

cuts would affect a wide range of popular policies involving education, the arts, transportation, housing and other domestic programs. And the Pentagon is warning that the effects could be felt immediately.

Senate Democrats plan to meet Tuesday and Wednesday in Annapolis, Md., and House Democrats will meet for three days, beginning Wednesday, at a Virginia resort. President Barack Obama is expected to address both gatherings, and Democrats are expected to discuss raising revenue through loophole closing, as well as possibly capping income tax deductions.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., is circulating a memo among colleagues that would seek to raise new revenues by closing some tax loopholes for energy companies, going after multinational corporations that shield their foreign earnings, and doing away with a tax break that allows hedge fund owners to skirt paying ordinary income taxes on their income; it permits them to pay the lower rate at

which capital gains are taxed.

Democrats are likely to discuss the Levin memo at their meetings this week.

Business groups don’t like being targeted under the Levin plan.

“Discriminatory tax increases, that certainly is not way to solve the problem, and we are very opposed to using tax increases to address this,” said Dorothy Coleman, vice president of tax policy for the influential National Association of Manufacturers.

She said that raising taxes on business was “absolutely the wrong direction.”

Senate Republicans will meet Tuesday at the Library of Congress. House Republicans met last month in Williamsburg, Va. Republicans have been adamant that revenue should not be part of the mix. T hey support spending cuts and want to look beyond the immediate problem to find a longrange solution.

In the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner,

R-Ohio, reiterated his view that the lack of spending cuts would hurt the economy.

“The sooner we solve our spending problem, the sooner we solve our jobs problem,” he said.

The House has passed legislation to delay the sequester with offsetting spending cuts instead of indiscriminate cuts, but the Senate has balked.

The biggest question to be resolved at the retreats involves the politics of dealing with sequestration.

Washington endured an ugly fight to avoid the fiscal cliff in January, and then smoothly worked a deal to increase the nation’s debt limit.

“The biggest concern I have, frankly, right now, is the uncertainty, the budget uncertainty on Capitol Hill,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CNN on Sunday, “because if the sequester is allowed to go into effect, I think it could seriously impact on the readiness in the United States, and that’s a serious issue.”

N.C. House OKs unemployment change Offensive language Gary d. robertson Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The state House late Monday gave preliminary approval to a measure aimed at ridding North Carolina of its $2.6 billion in unemployment debt more quickly through lower jobless benefits and higher taxes.

The chamber voted 78-41, largely along party lines, in favor of the measure. The Republican majority that drew up the fix for the hemorrhaging unemployment insurance system defeated several Democratic amendments designed to ease the burden upon displaced workers.

Businesses would see federal unemployment insurance taxes rise until the debt is repaid in 2015 about three years earlier than otherwise would occur.

Some but not all state unemployment taxes would remain permanently higher even after the state’s unemployment benefit trust funds gets replenished beyond $1 billion to prepare for

the next recession.

If the state does nothing, North Carolina will remain for years at a disadvantage to other states with trying to recruit new jobs and industries because any business that builds or expands in the state will have to keep paying higher taxes, said Rep. Julia Howard, R-Davie, the bill’s chief sponsor.

The bill is “a fair balance to fix the program,” Howard told colleagues, adding that “if you campaigned on creating jobs in the state North Carolina, than this is the No. 1 bill that you’re going to have this year.”

Opponents said the measure unfairly placed too much of the load of fixing the problems upon workers.

“We’re punishing innocent people who don’t deserve it,” said Rep. Alma Adams, DGuilford. “Yes, we do need to stabilize this unemployment compensation fund, but this is not the way to do it.”

A final House vote is expected Tuesday.

Senate Republicans and Gov. Pat McCrory also have said they

support the bill.

The failed amendments tried to eliminate provisions in the measure that would cause maximum weekly benefits to fall by one-third to $350 and scale back the maximum length of state benefits from 26 weeks to 20.

An effort to push back the July 1 enactment date until next January to preserve federal emergency extended job benefits for another six months also fell well short of passage.

The federal benefits would be cut off to 80,000 workers receiving a total of $25 million a week that gets plowed back into the economy to pay rent, groceries and utilities, bill opponents said.

“If you want them to lose their homes, if you want them to lose their respect, go ahead — kill the amendment,” said Rep. Mickey Michaux, DDurham. He said lawmakers were to blame for the debt by cutting unemployment taxes in the 1990s and failing to restore them before the Great Recession: “Don’t let 80,000 people suffer because of the mistakes

that we made.”

Howard said it was a surprise that the benefits were extended at the last minute as part of the fiscal-cliff solution on Capitol Hill in early January.

Republicans said the federal government shouldn’t prevent the state from fixing its own problems.

“Let us put our fate in our own hands,” Howard said.

Bill supporters, who include dozens of business organizations, say current maximum benefit levels are out of line with the rest of the Southeast.

Union representatives and other worker advocates urged legislators earlier Monday to slow down the legislation so that they could offer alternatives that wouldn’t lower benefits so dramatically.

A representative for the United Auto Workers showed a video of six previously unemployed truck plant workers who said they survived long bouts of joblessness thanks to their benefits.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory says he’s hopeful a North Carolina Senate bill that would block efforts by state government to carry out portions of the federal health care overhaul can be altered in the House.

McCrory said Tuesday after the Council of States monthly meeting that he wants lawmakers to address financial concerns about the legislation.

The Senate tentatively passed

the bill Monday night. It would block expansion of Medicaid under the health care overhaul, leaving it to the federal government to build the state’s online marketplace for health insurance. A final Senate vote was expected later Tuesday.

McCrory’s liaison to the General Assembly wrote senators before Monday’s vote saying the bill’s current form could make it hard for the state to pay for a computer program that determines Medicaid eligibility.

N.C. summit on drug overdoses planned associated press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A group that supports immunity from prosecution for some drug-related offenses is holding a summit on the issue.

The North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition is holding an Overdose Prevention Summit on Tuesday at the Legislative Building in Raleigh.

Organizers will discuss why they think North Carolina needs a 911 Good Samaritan law.

Sens. Stan Bingham and Austin Allran last week filed a bill that provides limited immunity from prosecution for certain drug-related offenses.

That bill provides limited immunity to people who seek medical treatment for a drug overdose in some circumstances.

It also provides immunity to someone who provides a drug such as naloxone to someone who overdosed. That drug is used in an emergency to counter the effects of an opiate overdose.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md.– “That’s so gay. ... That’s retarded.”

Phrases like these are the target of the University of Maryland’s Inclusive Language Campaign, launched this fall to remind students to be aware that their everyday language can be highly offensive.

The campaign hits home for Anthony Douglas, 20, who is bisexual and has a disability.

“I had a great conversation on the bus the other day.

A guy used the word retarded.

I turned around and jokingly said, ‘Are you talking about me?’” Douglas said. “It made him realize the impact of what he said and he apologized saying he had no idea.”

The need for the campaign became apparent after students complained in residence halls, said Amy Martin, associate director of resident life.

“Students were telling us about language that was problematic in the residence halls.

Over the years we’ve had different incidents where students have been made to feel uncomfortable by language that is written on dry erase boards or that they hear others talking about,” Martin said.

After teaming with the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy, the group decided on a campaign to promote conversation rather than point fingers, Martin said. The solution group brainstormed a list of phrases with a negative connotation, such as “That exam just raped me,” and “That’s so ghetto,” which can offend groups including sexual assault survivors and those coming from poverty.

The campaign brought brightly colored posters to the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, residence halls, libraries and campus shuttles featuring the phrases and a reminder to think before you speak.

Residence hall discussions have been encouraged through

the use of YouID, peer conversation groups, in which students can discuss their unique identities, backgrounds and experiences for increased understanding.

“The role of the campaign is to create this space on campus for folks to read something and think about it, process it and make meaning of it. It’s really to pique students’ interest,” said James McShay, associate director of MICA. “I really think it’s helping students think twice about what they say,” said Easton Hall dormitory president, Joshua Desse, 19.

There is always a need for awareness, he said, because on campus there are students from all life experiences and circumstances. The campaign is giving students the skills and courage to speak up when they hear something offensive, he said.

“From what I’ve heard, students in minority groups feel more accepted and welcome on campus, like somebody is looking out for them,” Desse said.

However, the campaign isn’t designed to be the language police on campus, McShay said.

“The goal or hope is not to call anyone out, per se. The goal is for people to think about their everyday lexicon. They can make decisions for themselves if this is something they continue to use,” McShay said, “but the hope is they think about the origins of some of these terms and what’s oftentimes being connoted.”

“Most of the time when people use those words they don’t mean it in a negative light...but you should always be willing to apologize,” said dorm resident Malik Johnson-Williams, 18.

The primary outcome of the campaign has been a heightened sense of awareness among students, which Douglas said, makes all the difference.

“The more you let those words sink into your language, the more you perpetuate their acceptance in society, which is definitely not what we want,” Douglas said. “It’s great to make people aware that you never know who you’re talking to.”

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Suicide bomber attacks US Embassy in Turkey PATRICK J. MCDONNELL Associated Press

BEIRUT — A suicide attacker detonated a bomb Friday outside the U.S. Embassy in Turkey, killing himself and a Turkish guard but failing to damage the main embassy building or cause serious casualties among U.S. personnel, authorities said.

Turkish officials later identified the suicide bomber as a member of an outlawed, far-left domestic group.

The White House labeled the incident in Ankara a terrorist attack, and U.S. officials praised Turkish authorities for their quick response.

“We have worked shoulder to shoulder with the Turks to counter terror threats,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters in Washington.

Turkey is a staunch U.S. ally and the eastern bulwark of the NATO alliance.

“The attack aimed to disturb Turkey’s peace and prosperity

and demonstrated a need for international cooperation against terrorism,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

The bombing comes almost five months after a devastating Sept. 11 assault by suspected Islamist militants on a pair of U.S. diplomatic compounds in Benghazi, Libya, resulting in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other American personnel.

That attack generated blistering criticism of lax security in Benghazi and prompted a review of security practices at U.S. diplomatic outposts worldwide.

On Friday, U.S. officials said that the procedures in place prevented further bloodshed and damage.

“The level of security protection at our facility in Ankara ensured that there were not significantly more deaths and injuries than there could have been,” U.S. State Department spokes-

woman Victoria Nuland told reporters in Washington.

Among the injured was Turkish television journalist Didem Tuncay, 38, a former reporter for the private NTV channel, who was reported in critical condition.

U.S. Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone visited her in the hospital and told reporters that that the journalist had come to the embassy on Friday in response to his invitation to tea, the semiofficial Anadolu news agency reported.

The ambassador lauded the slain guard, identified as Mustafa Akarsu, 36, as a “hero.” Two other guards suffered minor injuries.

The bomb dislodged masonry from a front wall and blasted an entry door off its hinges, photos from the site show. Flying debris injured several embassy staffers, who were treated at the scene.

The embassy is on a heavily secured street in the center of

Biden urges Iran talks, says Syrian ‘tyrant’ must go FRANK ZELLER

Associated Press

MUNICH — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday offered Iran direct talks to end its nuclear program and said Syrian “tyrant” Bashar al-Assad must step down.

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, however, said he had little hope of a quick end to the conflict that has claimed 60,000 lives, while Russia reiterated its support for key ally al-Assad.

Syria, Iran, Mali and other global trouble spots were the focus of the Munich Security Conference, where much debate but few concrete results were expected on the world’s top security challenges.

Biden used the annual event for his first address abroad since President Barack Obama started his second term, and ahead of Obama’s State of the Union address next week.

One US strategic priority was “maintaining our commitment to the elusive _ elusive but essential _ goal of Middle East peace” and of strengthening democracies, he said.

Biden reiterated a US offer to Iran of bilateral talks on ending its nuclear program, which the West suspects is aimed at building a bomb, a charge the Islamic republic denies.

“There is still time, there is still space for diplomacy to succeed,” Biden said. “The ball is in the government of Iran’s court. It is well past time for Iran to adopt a serious good-faith approach to negotiations.”

Asked about the specifics of his offer, Biden said: “We would be prepared to meet bilaterally with the Iranian leadership . . . . That offer stands, but it must be real.”

He said there needs to be a clear agenda as Washington is

“not prepared to do it just for the exercise.”

The US offer for direct diplomacy was backed by EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who urged Iran to “take the extended hand.”

Iran’s Foreign Minister AliAkbar Salehi was scheduled to speak at the conference on Sunday, as was Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

On Syria’s bloody conflict, in its 22nd month, Biden said al-Assad “is no longer fit to lead the Syrian people, and he must go.”

But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated the Kremlin’s support for its ally, action against whom Moscow and Beijing have blocked in the UN Security Council.

Lavrov cautioned that “we should avoid a forceful intervention, especially without a mandate from the UN Security Council” and also spoke out against “arbitrary sanctions” against Damascus.

Asked about the risk of the regime using unconventional weapons, Lavrov said “the greatest danger is the possibility that the chemical weapons will fall into the rebels’ hands.”

Biden said the United States is looking for areas of cooperation with Russia but also pointed to “serious differences on issues like Syria, missile defence, NATO enlargement, democracy, human rights.”

On Syria, Brahimi told the conference late Friday: “I am much more conscious of the difficulties and of the country being broken day after day than I am of a solution around the corner.”

Moaz Al-Khatib, head of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, reiterated a willingness to negotiate with Damascus to

end the killing.

But if talks don’t work, he said, he would like Western military support against the regime, which he accused of massacres, atrocities and sexual crimes.

Al-Khatib said: “It is just not acceptable for the international community to be a bystander, just watching what’s happening to the Syrian people.”

The other conflict that occupied the 400-strong conference was Mali, where French forces intervened three weeks ago to stop an advance on the capital by al-Qaida-linked militants.

French President Francois Hollande visited troops in Mali on Saturday and said the operation against Islamist rebels was not yet over.

Germany, which has offered some logistical support in Mali, will send 40 military trainers, said Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere, to help modernize Mali’s military.

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, in view of emerging security threats, the alliance must ready for more missions as it prepares to end combat operations in Afghanistan by 2014.

“When I look at our world, I see an arc of crises stretching from the Sahel to Central Asia,” Rasmussen said.

“This does not mean we will have to intervene everywhere, nor that we are set for confrontation. But it does mean we must stand ready to deter, and defend against, any threat.”

He also appealed to cashstrapped NATO members not to cut funds to the US-European alliance, saying “security challenges won’t wait while we fix our finances.”

About 1,000 peace activists demonstrated without incident outside the Munich conference venue, which has been guarded by 3,400 police deployed for the three-day event.

Blast kills 14 at Mexico state oil company TIM JOHNSON

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MEXICO CITY — An explosion ripped through the high-rise headquarters of Mexico’s state oil company Friday, killing at least 14 people, according to a government minister, and injuring more than 100.

The explosion shook the iconic 54-story headquarters of Petroleos Mexicanos, the second tallest building in the capital, at 3:55 p.m. local time, the end of the Mexican lunch break when hundreds of people would have been moving about the complex. As darkness fell, search teams were pulling people from the complex. Presi-

dential spokesman David Lopez said employees remained trapped inside.

Pemex, said on its Twitter account that the explosion hit a smaller building adjacent to the main tower, causing damage to the first and second floors and leading to the evacuation of the complex.

The cause was not immediately known.

“It was a big explosion.

Then we were amid rubble,” Pemex employee Cristian Obele told the Milenio television network. “I’ve never lived through something like this.”

Interior Secretary Miguel Osorio Chong told Foro TV that 13 people had died at the site,

another perished at a hospital, and “more than 80 persons are injured up to this point.”

“The priority at this time is to attend to the injured and ensure the physical safety of those who work there,” President Enrique Pena Nieto said on his Twitter account.

Thirty people remained missing, Foro TV said. Rescue teams using sniffer dogs took part in a search effort.

Shattered glass littered streets surrounding the complex, which is located in the Anzures district near central Mexico City. Sirens from ambulances wailed throughout the streets surrounding the complex and helicopters hovered overhead.

the Turkish capital, close to the German and French embassies.

U.S. embassies generally have a much higher degree of protection than small American missions like the ill-fated installations in Benghazi.

Buildings housing U.S. diplomats are typically set back from public thoroughfares; gaining access generally involves passing through several layers of security checkpoints and searches.

After the Ankara attack, U.S. authorities warned Americans in Turkey not to visit the embassy or U.S. consulates and to avoid demonstrations and large gatherings.

Media reports in Turkey identified the attacker as Ecevit Sanli, a member of the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front, which espouses an anti-U.S. and anticapitalist agenda. The bomber’s motives remained unknown.

The far-left group _ considered a terrorist organization by

Turkey and the United States _ has been implicated in attacks going back to the 1970s, authorities said, reportedly including several involving U.S. targets.

Sanli was imprisoned in 1997 for attacking a military guest house in Istanbul with a flame thrower, reported the website of Hurriyet Daily News, an English-language Turkish newspaper. He was released on probation in 2002, the newspaper reported.

Friday’s attack occurred at a moment of considerable tension in the region.

Turkey shares a more than 500-mile border with Syria, where a bloody, almost twoyear rebellion is raging against President Bashar Assad. Turkey has called for Assad to step down and has lent considerable support to Syrian rebels. Some Turkish leftists have accused their government of bowing to U.S. pressure to help topple Assad.

The U.S., which has also

called for Assad’s resignation, is among three NATO nations deploying Patriot missile batteries in Turkey in what the alliance calls a defensive move against a possible missile attack from Syria.

Syria and its allies have labeled the deployment a dangerous provocation.

In recent years, Turkey has seen attacks on its soil from leftand right-wing militants, as well as from Islamic extremists and Kurdish nationalists.

In 2008, gunmen reportedly linked to al-Qaida attacked the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, resulting in a shootout that left three assailants and three police officers dead.

In November 2003, four truck bombs left 67 dead and hundreds wounded in strikes in Istanbul targeting a pair of synagogues, British-based HSBC bank and the British Consulate. Turkish authorities blamed Islamic militants linked to alQaida.

Human error caused explosion in China Associated Press

BEIJING — Investigators in China said “multiple human errors” caused a transport truck laden with Lunar New Year fireworks to explode, state media reported Saturday.

“Those suspected of being involved in the accident have been taken into police custody,” the investigation team said, according to Xinhua news agency, of the explosion that killed 10 and demolished part of an elevated expressway on Friday.

Earlier Saturday, state me-

dia reported that at least 11 people died when the 80-meter (262.5-foot) section of a four-lane bridge collapsed near Sanmenxia in Henan province, sending at least 25 vehicles plunging 30 meters (98.5 feet).

The report did not identify or say how many suspects were detained, although Xinhua earlier reported that four people were held after documents were found saying the truck was transporting only general merchandise.

The investigators told Xinhua that an illegal fireworks manufacturer from northwestern China had hired an unquali-

fied contractor to transport wrongly packaged products in the wrong kind of vehicle without checking the contractor’s drivers, licenses or qualifications.

“Relevant people from both the manufacturer and the transport enterprise are suspected of law and regulation violations,” Xinhua quoted the team as saying.

The team also confirmed the blast as the cause of the bridge collapse, even as skeptical Internet users cast doubt on the quality of the bridge, which opened in 2001, passing a safety inspection in 2011.

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N.C. store owner launches non-profit JOEY MILLWOOD

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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Nearly 30 years ago, Rakesh Agarwal arrived in America with $20 in his pocket. Now a Hendersonville resident and the owner and CEO of Rug and Home, Agarwal has created a nonprofit to help the poorest of the poor in his native India.

When Agarwal flew into the country all those years ago, he had no clue where he was going. He couldn’t find a map in the New Delhi area that had Hendersonville on it.

Once in the States, he scraped and scratched for more than two decades before fulfilling the “American Dream.”

The nonprofit grew out of Agarwal’s desire to help the people in remote parts of his home country.

Agarwal financed a trip to India last year for eight people from Hendersonville and

Asheville.

“I come from an area where 50 to 60 percent of the people don’t have running water or electricity,” he said. “I wanted to go back and do something for that area.”

The team traveled to Bahuti in December of 2011 on a medical excursion. They weren’t sure what the pressing needs were, but took antibiotics and other medical supplies to treat a variety of illnesses.

Expecting hundreds, the team was greeted by nearly 4,000 people seeking help. They encountered everything from gastric illnesses to mental illnesses and simple wounds.

The most pressing need, however, was one that surprised the team.

“The longest lines were for eye care,” Agarwal said. “Women outnumbered men 5-to-1 in those lines.”

The biggest issue for women was cataracts, he said.

“I realized women’s healthcare was nonexistent in these parts,” he added. “They are the lost priority when it comes to health care. They are made to understand they have a life of sacrifice. That’s how Vision Express was born.”

After communicating with doctors in India, Agarwal decided that Vision Express will begin to offer cataract surgeries. The procedure, which can cost thousands of dollars in the United States, will cost $25 per eye in India.

One ticket to today’s fundraising benefit will pay for one surgery on one eye.

Correcting the women’s vision will be a major improvement for the region, Vision Express board member Carol Talbot said.

“The impact is great because it lets the woman take her role back again,” she added.

The Vision Express team will return in March with more

Some websites blocked after Google labels ad provider as malware Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. ­­— Malware warnings halted Internet users from visiting popular sites across the Internet on Monday after the website of an Internet advertising company was hacked. The company said Monday that its ads were not infected with any virus, so other sites were safe.

According to Twitter users, sites such as The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and many others were being blocked by Google’s Chrome browser with warnings about possible malware _ malicious software that could infect a user’s computer _ emanating from ad company Netseer.

“Content from cm.netseer. com, a known malware distributor, has been inserted into this Web page.

Visiting this page now is very likely to infect your computer with malware,” a Chrome message said Monday morning

when a user attempted to visit the San Jose Mercury News’ website.

Netseer, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based startup founded in 2006 that helps target ads based on website content, suffered a hacking attack on its website but said Monday that it was not actively issuing malware-infected ads.

“This morning at approximately 5:30 a.m. Pacific time, our third-party hosted corporate website (netseer.com) was hacked and infected with malware. Consequently, Google added our domain to the list of malware affected website.

Our operations team went into all-hands-on-deck mode, and we have successfully cleaned the site of the malware issue,” spokeswoman Kathleen Formidoni said.

Because the company’s corporate site and ad-serving infrastructure share the same domain, the block Google served to keep malware placed on Netseer’s website from spreading

also affected ads Netseer placed on other sites. But “the malware was never served into ad serving stream,” Formidoni wrote in an email.

In an email response to a request for comment, a Google spokeswoman said the company does not comment on individual malware cases.

Bob Mason, chief technology officer for Mercury News parent Digital First Media, said MercuryNews.com and the company’s other websites are not infected with malware, but the company is taking steps to make sure any virus is blocked from its websites.

Other news sites have taken to Twitter to ensure readers that their content does not include any malicious code.

“Hello, Chrome users. We’re aware some of you are seeing malware warnings about Guardian articles. Please ignore; no risk,” @GuardianTech, the Twitter account for The Guardian’s technology news, wrote Monday morning.

9 Facebook features we want Salvador Rodriguez Associated Press

Although it feels like it’s been around forever, Facebook turned 9 years old Monday.

The brainchild of Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow co-founders, Facebook has grown from a Harvard dorm-room project into a social network of more than 1.06 billion members.

Although Facebook is still the king of social networks, it’s far from perfect. So here are nine features that could improve users’ experience.

1. GIFs. Tumblr has them.

Google+ has them. And we want them. GIFs are making a huge comeback, but Facebook has yet to acknowledge that. If you upload a GIF to Facebook, all you’ll see is a still picture instead of looping images that produce a silent video. Let us post moving GIFs, Facebook!

2. Editable statuses. There’s one awesome feature Google+ has that Facebook doesn’t have: the ability to edit statuses. Facebook lets users edit comments and edit photo captions, but for some reason, the Menlo Park, Calif.based company hasn’t introduced the ability to edit statuses yet. The company hinted that it was testing the feature last summer, but it hasn’t announced anything yet.

3. Statuses with emoticons.

Nowadays, it’s not enough to say

you’re happy _ you also have to show it with an emoticon. Many people use emoticons in texts and emails, and soon they may be able to on their statuses as well.

Last week, Facebook revealed that it has begun to test that feature on a small number of users, so don’t be surprised if you see more statuses with smiley faces in the future.

4. Threaded comments. Sometimes when you post a status, the dialogue breaks up into more than one conversation. For that reason, Facebook introduced a threaded comments feature for Facebook Pages last year that makes it easier to follow specific conversations the same way as on Reddit. That feature is nice, but it’d be nicer if it was expanded to regular users and not just Pages.

5. Graph Search for everyone.

Last month, Facebook introduced Graph Search _ a tool that easily lets you scour for information about your friends through your Facebook network. The company has released this feature for some users, but it still has a long way to go before it rolls it out to all users.

In fact, Graph Search only works for users in English at this point.

Hey, Facebook, let the rest of us try Graph Search!

6. Dislike button. If there’s one feature many people want but likely will never get, this is it.

Although websites such as YouTube, Reddit and others allow their users to vote thumbs-down

or down-vote an item, Facebook only lets users “like” things. But not everything is sunshine and rainbows, Facebook. Let us dislike too.

7. Favorite posts. A neat feature that Facebook could borrow from Twitter is the ability to favorite a post. “Favoriting” on Twitter allows users to essentially bookmark their favorite tweets and easily pull them up whenever they want to. Right now, there is no equivalent on Facebook, which makes it difficult to find something a friend posted a few months or years back.

8. “Want” button. There’s a difference between liking something and wanting something, and a number of Facebook users want to make that distinction. Pressing a “Want” button could let users create wish lists of products they want and allow others to see those items. We know Facebook is testing the feature, but the company has yet to expand it to all users.

9. Facebook Wi-Fi. In November, we learned that Facebook was testing a product that would allow users at participating retailers to access the store’s WiFi network simply by checking in with their Facebook profiles. “Facebook Wi-Fi” seems like a solid idea that would make it quicker for users to access stores’ Wi-Fi networks, but we haven’t heard anything else about Facebook Wi-Fi since we first found out the company was testing it.

medical supplies and to begin setting up the surgeries. Every donation to Vision Express will be used solely for the surgeries.

Any other trip expenses by the team will be paid for out of pocket, not from the nonprofit’s funds.

“We’re very adamant about that,” Talbot said.

For Agarwal, the trips have two benefits. People in India need medical attention, but on the flip side,the visits provide cultural awareness.

Agarwal wants those involved to experience the culture he grew up in.

“It’s certainly a health care initiative, but equally as important to me is building bridges,” he said.

Agarwal came to the United States in 1985 as a production manager for Spinning Wheel Rugs on Church Street.

His wife, Dolly, and daughter Aanchal made the trip with him.

He started out working from 8

a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at Spinning Wheel Rugs and eventually began working at World of Clothing, where he introduced the company’s rug line.

From 1986 until 1995, he worked his shift at Spinning Wheel and then worked from 6 p.m. until midnight at the World of Clothing.

He eventually became the CEO at World of Clothing, before starting Rug and Home in 1995. The store has three locations.

The original store is in Asheville across from Biltmore Square Mall. He also has locations in Kannapolis and Gaffney, S.C. It wasn’t an easy road to find that success, he said.

“We were close to bankrupt in the first two years,” he said.

Long hours and hard work paid off in the end and now Agarwal is able to do things that he’s only dreamed about.

He’s donated $100,000 to

Four Seasons Hospice and has been a major contributor to the Flat Rock Playhouse. Multiple times a year, his stores buy bouquets of flowers for nursing homes. Every resident in the nursing homes receive flowers, he said.

“My thing has always been touching people’s lives,” he said. “As many people as I can.

We just do it quietly.”

Vision Express, however, takes his giving to another level. Agarwal’s been back to India to visit his family, but now he can help some of the most impoverished people in his native country.

“Doing this was very emotional,” he said. “I never thought I’d be in a position to do it.”

It was that trip to the United States with hardly any money that changed his life.

“This is the only country I could have done what I’ve done,” he said. “People took us in with open arms.”

Screening facebook urged for students Brad Cooper

MCT Campus

In the era of social media where anyone can be famous for 15 minutes _ or longer _ the challenge of the Digital Age is keeping stuff private.

That’s prompted a pair of Democratic lawmakers in Kansas _ Rep. Gail Finney and Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau _ to try to protect job seekers from employers who want access to user names and passwords to snoop through social media accounts such as Facebook or Twitter.

Finney also is pushing a bill that would ban colleges and universities from asking for the same information from students, or those looking to enroll, about social media.

The Facebook legislation is comparable to other bills that have been surfacing amid reports of employers using social media to screen job applicants.

“What you do over Facebook doesn’t have anything to with the duties of the job you’re applying for,” said Faust-Goudeau.

“If people are out seeking gainful employment we shouldn’t have other barriers keeping them from work.”

Labor experts believe laws like the one proposed in Kansas are the first foray into untangling many of the complex issues related to social media and the workplace.

So far, six states have passed laws limiting employer access to social media accounts. Other bills have been rolled out in at least three more states. Ideas are circulating in Congress as well.

The laws picked up momentum last year after The Associated Press documented accounts of interviewers asking job applicants for user names and passwords for their Face-

book accounts.

AP reporters found instances in at least five states where employers _ several of them local governments _ wanted to screen Facebook accounts as part of the hiring process.

The report drew a sharp reaction in Congress. Two senators asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate whether asking employees for Facebook passwords violated federal law. The answer, they were told, can vary from one situation to the next.

Meanwhile, Facebook’s chief privacy officer issued a statement, saying that employers shouldn’t ask job applicants for their Facebook passwords.

“You shouldn’t be forced to share your private information and communications just to get a job,” Erin Egan wrote in a March 2012 blog post. “It is important that everyone on Facebook understands they have a right to keep a password to themselves.”

Facebook vowed to take action to protect its users either by getting laws passed or by suing to protect its users.

Aaron Deacon, president of Social Media Club of Kansas City, thought the Kansas bill shouldn’t even be necessary.

“It’s a funny bill to me,” Deacon said. “The idea that employers would have an expectation that they would have access to that information in the first place is kind of absurd,” he said.

“In many ways, I think this bill is overkill,” said David Kight, who specializes in social media law at Spencer Fane Britt & Browne in Kansas City, Mo. “In my experience, most employers aren’t out there looking for this stuff.”

He questioned what might happen in a more common occurrence _ where managers learn something about current employees they’re connected

to on social media. What if, for instance, an employee calls in sick and their boss learns through Facebook the worker had been out partying the night before?

“Everybody knows everything that goes on in social media,” Kight said, “because we’re all connected.”

Some analysts worry that the Kansas legislation stops short on one critical point. Under the current language, employers could ask an employee to disclose digitally stored content, including email, if it’s part of a misconduct investigation.

“That exception seems pretty large to me,” said Tedrick Housh, a social media law specialist Lathrop & Gage.

Kansas state Rep. Tom Sloan said comments posted on Facebook for family and friends should not be taken into account by an employer. But it might be a different situation if someone is menacing their colleagues on social media.

“The Legislature tries to reasonably balance privacy rights of the individual with the greater desire to have openness of communication,” Sloan said.

In the Kansas House, the bill will go to the commerce committee, which is chaired by Rep. Marvin Kleeb, a Republican who runs a staffing and placement service. He doesn’t believe many employers use Facebook to search applicants’ backgrounds.

“We’ve never done it,” he said. “Never saw any use in it.”

Finney, one of the legislators pushing for the privacy measures, understands why employers might research applicants using Facebook.

Yet she doesn’t think that justifies peering deeply into their accounts.

“It goes back,” Finney said, “to a privacy violation.”

At zoo, even orangutans have the latest high-tech gadgets Beena Raghavendran Associated Press

WASHINGTON— They swipe, tap and scroll with ease.

Orangutans at the National Zoo have mastered the iPad so well, in fact, that they’ve developed favorite apps.

Kyle, a 16-year-old male, opts for hitting notes on the piano app while glancing around his environment, hay dangling out of his mouth.

Bonnie, a 36-year-old female, pokes at cymbals on the drum app. Iris, who’s 25, stares wide-eyed at the calm koi pond app.

The National Zoo is the 13th zoo worldwide to join Apps for Apes, started by the larger nonprofit organization Orangutan

Outreach to raise awareness of orangutans’ endangerment.

Orangutans are native to the tropical rain forests of Indonesia, which has seen deforestation increase over the last 70 years. Some experts fear that the large apes might be extinct in 10 years.

“The situation in the wild is brutal,” said Richard Zimmerman, founder and director of New York-based Orangutan Outreach. “That’s their home.

They need that forest to live in.”

Zimmerman hopes that the unconventional nature of orangutans using iPads will help attract more attention to his group’s cause.

The program, which began in 2011, sends donations to the

Apps for Apes program directly to conservation efforts, unless they’re specifically marked otherwise.

Becky Malinsky, a National Zoo animal keeper, said the orangutans had performed particularly well with the transition to the iPad since the zoo had used touch-screen computers for the last 20 years.

What did take a bit of time, she said, was transitioning from the techniques used with touch-screen computers to that of the iPad. Orangutans can’t use their fingernails to navigate the iPad as they could with the computers; they had to learn to develop pressure on the pads of their fingers for scrolling and swiping.

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Immigration reform should be at the forefront of the political agenda St. Louis Post-Dispatch MTC Campus

Moral reasons? Check.

Economic reasons? Check.

Practical reasons? Check.

These are just some of the reasons why political leaders in the United States need to enact immigration reform and stop dickering over the details.

That is not to say that there will not be complications to immigration reform, including strain on the governments and resources of border states where immigrant children go to school and families receive health care.

Those can and should be addressed.

But xenophobia and punishment of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States are not legitimate reasons to oppose reform. On a practical level, the mind boggles at the 2010 estimate by the Center

for American Progress of what it would cost to round up and deport an immigrant population that is roughly the size of the population of Ohio: $288 billion.

Probably not a good way to reduce the deficit.

The Supreme Court already has determined that being an undocumented worker _ or the child of parents who entered the country without proper authorization or who overstayed a work visa is not necessarily a crime.

In ruling last year on Arizona’s terrible “show-us-your-papers” immigration law, the justices ruled that local authorities did not have the right to detain individuals based on immigration status alone.

“Amnesty” has become a buzzword, but what about “forgiveness?” What’s wrong with forgiveness for the millions of immigrants who are living in the shadows of a nation that should

The ‘K’ Report:

Ravens are victorious in the 2013 “Blackout bowl” The 2012-13 NFL season has Niners on a third and long pass unfortunately reached a sadden- attempt.

From this point on San Franing conclusion.

After declaring Colin Kaep- cisco seemed overly-energized, ernick and the 49ers would be overly-confident, and fearless. victorious two weeks ago, the For the remainder of the half Baltimore Ravens are the new the 49ers exercised their newkings of the football world after found swagger, slicing and dicsqueaking out a 35-33 victory ing the Baltimore lead to five in an action-packed nail-biter with just less than two minutes against my Niners. remaining in the final quarter.

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A stellar half time perfor- and avoid the most improbable mance by Beyoncé and an comeback in recent memory. electrifying 108-yard opening For the second time, the Rakick return for a touchdown by vens have reached the pinnacle Baltimore’s Jacoby Jones took of football greatness! place before the MercedezBaltimore will spend their Benz Superdome began to lose offseason adding new faces and its power. parting ways with others with Hence, this year’s big game the intentions of balancing out was given the moniker, “The a formula to repeat as champiBlackout Bowl.” ons.

For the first time I can reSo what does the win for member, two teams were inand- Baltimore mean? vertedly afforded a second half For one, the Vince Lombardi time intermission as a result of trophy has finally returned to technical difficulties. the AFC after several But for Baltimore, years in the hands of stoppage in play was NFC franchises the no positive. past few years.

In fact, the power Secondly, 17-year outage nullified an veteran Ray Lewis can undeniable Baltimore finally bask in the sunshift in momentum, rays of retirement with creating the absolute a second Super Bowl worst case scenario for ring, leaving behind a a team with a lead in legacy that will never a game of such magni- KALYN wither nor tarnish. tude.

The win also serves With such a marginal as confirmation that lead, one can only imagSuper Bowl XXVII ine how many mental images of MVP, Joe Flacco, has improved Super Bowl victory and triumph to the ranks of the elite quarterwere developed in the minds of backs in the league. the Ravens players and staff.

The season has come to a On the other hand, down by close and it hurts to watch, but 22, the 30 plus minute break at least my San Francisco 49ers gave the handicapped Niners an will win the Super Bowl next opportunity to stop the bleeding year. and regroup on the sidelines.

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value them for their work ethic and contributions to our culture, our society and our economy?

On the whole, immigrants who enter the country legally have proved to be an asset, especially when it comes to economic growth, business development and academic achievement in science, technology and engineering.

Columnist Ezra Klein wrote in The Washington Post on Thursday that about one-tenth of the people in the United States are foreign-born. But more than a quarter of U.S. technology and engineering businesses started in the decade that ended in 2005 had a foreign-born owner.

Half of all tech startups in Silicon Valley had a foreignborn founder; a quarter of the Nobel laureates based in the United States the past 50 years were born elsewhere; and about half of the doctorates now working in the science and technol-

ogy fields were not born here.

Immigrants start businesses and file patents at a significantly higher rate than their U.S.-born counterparts and immigrants have been shown to lift wages overall.

Clearly there’s a difference between a farm worker who enters the country illegally and young person who enters the country on a student visa and obtains a work card, and then citizenship. But if the nation embraced all immigrants willing to walk the path to citizenship, the benefits would be huge.

They would contribute to Social Security and Medicare, easing the economic challenge that the retiring baby boomer generation is putting on the systems. At the moment, there are five working Americans for every retiree. That number is expected to fall to three-to-one by 2050. Those numbers would be altered dramatically if immi-

grant workers were added to the rolls.

A bipartisan agreement has been reached in the Senate on the principles of comprehensive reform. Republicans still are insisting on making path to citizenship more onerous than it should be, but this is what compromise looks like. For now.

Down the road, as the nation’s demographics and politics change, the urge to punish and the resistance to forgiveness will subside. The ambitious young Republican leader Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and the grizzled GOP veteran Sen. John McCain of Arizona, are lighting the path for their party: Stronger borders and a tough path to legal citizenship.

At this moment, that’s the best we’re going to get. President Barack Obama has warned that if Congress doesn’t overhaul immigration this year, he will force lawmakers’ hands by

insisting on a quick vote on a bill that he will craft.

There is too much at stake politically for Republicans to risk that. The wiser ones will agree to the deal they are being offered; the less wise will listen to tea-party absolutists and drive their party further toward irrelevance.

As Mr. McCain said when stating his position: “We have been too content for too long to allow individuals to mow our lawns, serve our food, clean our homes and even watch our children, while not affording them any of the benefits that make our country so great.”

The greatness that America embodies attracts the best citizens that foreign countries have to offer. Letting them share and contribute fully in America’s bounty will lift us all.

Why are students choosing to pursue relationships minus the emotions?

Meagan Jordan Contributor

Several students have been diagnosed with “the feelings,” on college campuses.

During my everyday scroll through Twitter and Instagram I run into several “don’t catch feelings” posts.

Once a firm believer in the “No Feelings-No Problems” philosophy, I eventually recognized that my peers and I were not being real about the ways we truly felt.

A conversation with one of my girlfriends served as a huge reality check. She used the ever so common social cliche, “The only way to not get hurt is to stop catching feelings.”

At this point I had a revelation. Why should I disguise my real feelings because of previous experiences?

Has this relationship really had that serious of an effect on my self-confidence and pride

that I should feel afraid of trying again? The answer is no.

I recognized that the problem with most people is that we do not know how to express our feelings in a rational and sensible manner.

The second we get that butterfly feeling in our gut we lose all composure.

Even more alarming is the number of college students who make conscious efforts to maintain emotionless relationships in an effort to maintain a ridiculous “friends with benefits” status.

I am not saying that the inand-out buddy system does not work, but you really have to be in-and-out to avoid an inevitable emotional attachment.

It is extremely hard to tell someone not to catch feelings when both of you are engaging in things that people in serious relationships do. Sleepovers, food dates, movies, and extended telephone conversations are all components that

help stir up emotion.

As humans, we are creatures of emotion, creatures not programmed for short-term emotional connections. Feelings cannot be learned simply because they are a basic element of nature and the life experience.

People communicate their emotions in several ways, some of us have been through scenarios that have made expressing our feelings a challenging task, while others choose to spread the love.

It is impossible to be “friends” and have benefits minus the emotional aspect, this is because real friends genuinely care for one another.

It is usually people who deprive themselves of emotion that endure the most pain, eventually becoming a victim of the situation.

If people were motivated by their feelings as much as they are motivated by their money, there would be more rich love

in the world.

But there are also those who spend lavishly on the wrong ones and question why they are broke?

The winners in the game of love are not the playboys and playgirls who avoid catching feelings, they are actually the ones who can distinguish real intentions from artificial and back out of relationships where the feelings are not shared between the two individuals.

In conclusion, my advice to you is to exercise control over your feelings and emotions, that is at least until you find the right one.

Now ask yourself, are the benefits of being friends with benefits beneficial in the long run?

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Sophomore breaks school record UNIQUA QUILLINS

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During the JDL College Kickoff, Christian Harrison placed second in the 1000 meter run with a time of 2:28.46, to break the school record.

Harrison’s record-breaking performance did not surprise Duane Ross, A&T’s director of Track & Field programs. The only question he had was when Harrison was going to beat it.

“Christian, he’s just a different type of athlete. Each day that I’ve known him, he’s come out here and his work ethic has gotten even better,” he said.

Following the Kickoff, the sophomore from Landover, Md. ran a 2:29 in the 1000 meter race at the Virginia Tech Invitational. “I wanted to prove to myself, prove to my coaches that I was faster than the 2:29,” said Harrison and he did. Harrison took first place in the 1000 meter run at the Penn State Invitational with a time of 2:28.18, slightly beating his previous time.

Despite Harrison making history this early into the track

season, breaking the school record is not something that he is most proud of. He feels at the end of the day he is not competing to break school records but to be at his personal best.

“There are still people that are faster than me and at the end of the day, I want to be faster than all of those people,” he said.

Harrison’s main goal for this season is to make it past the MEAC Championships and advance to Nationals.

Last season, he was not able to advance to Junior Nationals because of an injury.

“I want to go further and make some noise,” he said.

However, if Harrison were to make it past the MEAC Championship to Nationals, the 1000 meter race would not be the event he would participate in, for it is not a part of either meets.

Yet, running over distance will work in Harrison’s favor because it will make him stronger and a better competitor for the 800, 1500, and 1600.

Harrison runs both track and cross country which gives him an edge up on the competition.

“A lot of my 800 competition, they don’t do cross country or if they do they don’t take it serious,” he said. In order to prepare for a track meet during the week, Harrison tries to focus on his diet. He admits he has never been good with his eating habits, so that is something he tries to crack down on by eating three meals a day and watching what he consumes. He also confessed that he had not been an advocate of stretching but last season senior distance runner, Paris Reddick-Simmons, stressed how important it is.

“After I started stretching more, my times started dropping and I started feeling better while I was running,” said Harrison.

While other runners are busy tuning out the world, putting on a serious face and getting in the zone the day of a track meet, Harrison is opposite. He likes to stay relaxed, and not think about his race too much. “I listen to my music. I love to laugh. I like to stay loose, and joke around a little bit,” he said. When it’s almost time to start his event, his likes to settle down on the

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CHRISTIAN HARRISON rests after running the 1000 at the JDL College Kickoff.

joking a bit, visualize his race and what he should and should not do.

Since Harrison is only a sophomore, there are a few upperclassmen on the team that he takes advice from. ReddickSimmons, who Harrison said is very humble, told him to stay humble and hungry. Harrison says that he has also learned from Reddick-Simmons that he can speak anything into existence. “It’s a lot that you can take from, from all of the upperclassmen,” he said.

Academically, Harrison also strives for excellence, for he is one of the student-athletes who made the Dean’s List.

According to Harrison, he did not always have the best grades and was considered an average student in high school, but that has changed since he has entered N.C. A&T. “For me to not have gotten a C since high school is definitely something that I’m proud of,” he said. Harrison’s major is entrepreneurship and he plans to start a tech company with a friend from back home which focuses on wireless technology.

Although running seems to be Harrison’s forte, he did play other sports as a kid such as football, t-ball, soccer and basketball. Harrison once had dreams of going to Duke University to play basketball and ultimately play in the NBA, but he soon realized that he should start focusing on track. “I still love basketball. I miss basketball a lot but some things you got to leave behind,” he said.

At first, Harrison’s motivation for running was so his parents would not have to pay for college, but soon after, he grew a passion for the sport. Last season when Harrison was injured, he realized that he could not see himself not being able to run track. “It’s not something I just do to pay for school, not something I just do to stay fit – I love running track,” he said.

Harrison has actually been running track since he was nine years old. He started off

as a sprinter because while he was younger, he was one of the fastest and strongest. However as time went on, his peers became faster and stronger than he was, so he moved from the 100 and 200 sprinting events to the 400, 800 and eventually the 3000 distance events. After being promoted to the 3000, he became a junior Olympic competitor for the 3000 meter race.

Harrison would always get first or second place in his heat but would miss the top eight by one or two spots. “Considering how many people ran the 3000 and to know that I was top 10 or top 15, I guess you could say it was good,” he said.

Although this is Harrison’s second year with the Track program, he has had three different coaches as the programs goes through a transitional phase.

“You have to be willing to adapt. You can’t rebel, you have to be open to new things, new ideas, new people, new workouts, new strategies, and new tactics,” he said. “He does what we ask him to do, no questions asked,” said Ross.

While he has already beaten the school’s record for the 3,000, he has another goal in mind. His personal record for the 800 meter race is 1:52 and by the end of this season, he hopes to beat that time and be consistently under 1:50.

Harrison’s senior year at N.C. A&T will be an Olympic year. “You can say a big dream of mine will be to run in the Olympics for my country.

I think that’s safe to say,” he said.

Ross was a former 2004 Olympian and participated in the Athens Olympics. He believes that Harrison is very capable of making it to the Olympic games and when he decides he wants to do something, he can get it done. “He’s a leader.

I’m happy to say that, and I’m very proud of him,” said Ross.

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N.C. A&T 46, Maryland Eastern Shore 44 N. C. A&T (4-3-3, 11-11) Lamont Middleton 17, Adrian Powell 12, Austin Witter 10, Jeremy Underwood 5, DaMetrius Upchurch 2, R.J. Buck 0, Lawrence Smith 0, Jean Louisme 0, Waylan Siverand 0 UMES (1-5, 1-16) Troy Snyder 17, Kevin Mays 8, Dominique Cowell 7, Olatunji Kosile 4, Louis Bell 3, Francis Ezeiru 2, Travis Trim 2, Jarrod Davis 1 N.C. A&T......................21 25 – 46 UMES.........................18 26 – 44

Delaware State 53, N.C. A&T 44 N. C. A&T (4-4, 11-12) Jean Louisme 16, Lamont Middleton 12, Jeremy Underwood 10, Adrian Powell 3, Austin Witter 3, DaMetrius Upchurch 0, R.J. Buck 0, Lawrence Smith 0, Bruce Beckford 0

DELAWARE STATE (5-2, 10-11) Amre May 15, Tahj Tate 8, Tyshawn Bell 7, Casey Walker 6, Marques Oliver 6, Nick Doyle 5, Miles Bowman 4, Albert Thomas 2 COPPIN STATE.......28 37 – 65 N.C. A&T...................42 45 – 87

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL N.C. A&T 67, Maryland Eastern Shore 55 N. C. A&T (5-2, 13-7) JaQuayla Berry 23, Amber Calvin 13, Tracy King 12, Adrianna Nazario 8, Eboni Ross 4, DeAndra Davis 4, Ariel Bursey 3, Jasmine Parker 0, Jessica Lyons 0 UMES (1-5, 5-12) Shawnee Sweeney 11, Chalyse Taylor 9, Ashleigh Claybrooks 8, Karona Roach 7, Jessica Long 7, Kameelah Pickard 6, Shanyce Stewart 5, Taryana Kelly 2 N.C. A&T......................28 37 – 67 UMES...........................42 45 – 55

N.C. A&T 75, Delaware State 53 N. C. A&T (6-2, 14-7) Amber Calvin 19, Eboni Ross 15, JaQuayla Berry 13, Ariel Bursey 7, Tracy King 7, Jessica Lyons 7, DeAndra Davis, 4, Adrianna Nazario 3 DELAWARE STATE (5-2, 8-21) Tierra Hawkins 19, Tasia Bristow 15, Deanna Harmon 9, Keyanna Tate 6, Kianna D’Oliveira 2, Coreenah Redden 2 N.C. A&T.......................36 39 – 75 DELAWARE STATE......22 31 – 53

TENNIS Singles: 1. Andrea Macchiavello (NSU) d. Kimberly Stalling 6-4, 6-4; 2. Yvonne Kamegne (NSU) d.

Victorea Austin 6-0. 6-0; 3. Laura Gutierrez (NSU) d. Nianna Henry 7-5, 6-2; 4. Mafalda Lhorca (NSU) d. Jayla Scott 6-2, 7-6 (15-13); 5.

Rebecca Graff (NSU) d. Uniquw Hawkins 6-0, 6-0; 6. Kia Batiste (NSU) d. April Burrage 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles: 1. Macchiavello/ Kamegne d. Henry/Stalling 8-2.

Kaepernick says, ‘We’ll be back’ michael lev

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NEW ORLEANS – After coming so close, about as close as possible without actually winning, Colin Kaepernick was asked what was going through his mind. The San Francisco 49ers’ dynamic young quarterback responded with three simple words: “We’ll be back.”

Amid the disappointment and devastation of a 34-31 loss to Baltimore in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, the 49ers held on to that hope. They’re younger than the Ravens. Almost every one of San Francisco’s starters is under contract for next season. There’s every reason to believe these 49ers are just getting started.

But nothing is guaranteed in this sport. In 1984, an impressive young quarterback named Dan Marino led the Miami Dolphins to a Super Bowl berth in just his

second season. They lost, and he never made it back.

Knowing he had such a splendid opportunity to do what Marino couldn’t led Kaepernick, also in his second season, to also utter these three words: “It’s very frustrating.”

Kaepernick had multiple shots into the end zone from close range to tie the score or give the 49ers the lead. None bore fruit. His hurried 2-point conversion pass toward Randy Moss sailed high. Kaepernick’s rushed fourth-down pass for Michael Crabtree produced the same result.“We had good plays; we had bad plays in the red zone,” Kaepernick said “They’re out there trying to play defense just as hard as we’re trying to play offense.”

After a shaky first half in which he looked uncharacteristically nervous, Kaepernick led

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OVR. 14-10 15-7 12-9 10-11 8-13 11-12 9-14 6-13 6-16 5-18 5-19 1-17 4-17

UPCOMING GAMES: Saturday vs. Bethune-Cookman 4 p.m.

Monday vs. Florida A&M 8 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM Hampton North Carolina A&T Delaware State Howard South Carolina State Bethune-Cookman Florida A&M Coppin State Morgan State Maryland Eastern Shore Savannah State Norfolk State North Carolina Central

CONF. 9-0 6-2 5-2 6-3 5-3 5-3 5-3 5-5 4-5 2-5 1-7 1-8 0-8

OVR. 18-5 14-7 8-12 12-9 13-6 10-10 8-13 9-14 7-15 6-12 6-15 3-17 0-21

UPCOMING GAMES: Saturday vs. Bethune-Cookman 2 p.m.

Monday vs. Florida A&M 6 p.m.

BOWLING UPCOMING MATCH: Friday-Sunday Capital Classic at Dover, Del. TBA

tennis UPCOMING MATCHES: Friday at Fayetteville State 1 p.m.

Saturday vs. East Carolina 10 a.m.

men’s track & FIELD UPCOMING MEETS: Friday Tiger Paw Invitational Clemson, S.C.

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the 49ers almost all the way back from a 28-6 deficit. He threw a touchdown pass. He ran for a score. He did all the things that made him one of 2012’s breakout players – except win the game.

“I think Kap was ready for the moment,” tight end Vernon Davis said. “I’ve always believed in Kaepernick, since Day One. I always thought that he had the talent and the mind to be a leader.”

Kaepernick threw a first-half interception the first by a 49ers quarterback in six Super Bowls _ but shook it off, just as he did in the divisional round against Green Bay. He finished with 302 passing yards and 62 rushing yards _ excellent numbers, but ultimately hollow ones.

Asked if he did his job well, Kaepernick said: “No, I didn’t.

We lost, so obviously it wasn’t enough.”

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Today is national signing day.

Austin Witter of the men’s basketball team was named MEAC Defensive player of the week.

Saturday Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark.

women’s track & FIELD UPCOMING MEETS: Friday Tiger Paw Invitational Clemson, S.C. Saturday Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark.

AROUND SPORTS Tennessee starting forward Hall arrested

Fleet wood Walker was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball while Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in modern Major League Baseball.

The A&T “Lock” logo has been officially trademarked.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee forward Kenny Hall has been arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended license.

A Knox County Sheriff’s Office report said Kenneth Michael McElrath was arrested Tuesday morning. Tennessee athletic department spokesman Tom Satkowiak confirmed that the person was Hall. Satkowiak says McElrath is the last name of Hall’s father, but that Hall goes by his mother’s last name.

According to the arrest report, Hall was stopped at 5:05 a.m. for a speeding violation after he was clocked driving 70 mph in a 55-mph zone.

A records check showed his driver’s license was suspended for failure to satisfy and failure to appear. He was released on $500 bond.

Satkowiak says “the administration and coaching staff are aware of the situation, and it is being addressed internally.”

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While many Americans camped out in front of their televisions with seven-layer dip watching the Super Bowl, a handful of teen girls headed to the multiplex instead.

Young female moviegoers pushed “Warm Bodies” into the end zone at the box office on a weekend when ticket sales are traditionally sluggish because of the massively popular Sunday football event.

The romantic comedy, about a girl who falls in love with a zombie, debuted with a healthy $20 million, according to an estimate by the distributor, Summit Entertainment.

The only other film that landed in theaters nationwide this past weekend, “Bullet to the Head,” took a hit.

The action movie starring Sylvester Stallone was aimed at older men, but they didn’t show up in big numbers. The picture started with a dismal $4.5 million.

In past years, the most successful films on Super Bowl weekend have been the ones that appealed to teen girls.

The movie that grossed the most on pro football’s championship weekend was Miley Cyrus’ “Hannah Montana” 3-D concert flick, which took in $31.1 million in 2008.

“Warm Bodies” collected the seventh-highest gross for a Super Bowl weekend. Ticket sales for the weekend overall were down 24 percent from last year.

Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label has a winner in the well-reviewed zombie flick, which stars new young Hollywood faces Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer.

The studio spent a modest

The A&T Register takes a look at all the great trends from Women’s Fashion Week

The countdown to spring is here. This years spring floral prints are getting touches of neon color with edgy looks.

All of the designers have been incorporating this look into their collections.

For those with money to blow, check out Christian Dior’s Spring 2013 Couture collection.

Looking to be a trend-setter on a budget? Be on the lookout for Prabal Gurung’s Target collaboration line.

The look above can be found on Target.com. This collection is the epitome of spring fashion.

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$30 million to produce the movie, and it could benefit from good word of mouth in the coming weeks.

Of those who saw it this weekend, 65 percent of whom were younger than 25, and 60 percent of whom were female, assigned the picture an average grade of B-plus, according to market research firm CinemaScore.

The movie’s opening could also be good news for 23-yearold Hoult, who is headlining Warner Bros.’ $150-millionplus “Jack the Giant Slayer” next month.

Although the actor found success as a child star in 2002’s “About a Boy,” this is his first big-screen leading role since then.

“Bullet to the Head” is a disappointment for Stallone, who had staged something of a comeback with the success of his “The Expendables” franchise.

“Bullet,” in which the 66-year-old actor plays a hit man seeking revenge on a murderer, drew an audience that was 60 percent male and 81 percent older than 25.

Viewers didn’t seem to love it, giving it an average grade of B-minus.

Dan Fellman, Warner Bros.’ president of domestic distribution, said the studio opted to release the film this past weekend in the hope that it might replicate the success of a movie like “Taken,” another picture aimed at older men that launched with a surprisingly robust $24.7 million on Super Bowl weekend in 2009.

“It didn’t work,” Fellman acknowledged. “I think the movie is a better movie than the result. I feel badly for the filmmakers.”

The good news for Warner

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on screen Side effects stars Rooney Mara (“Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) and Channing Tatum (“Step Up” & “Magic Mike”) as a happy couple whose world gets turned up side down after taking a anxiety prescription pill. Catherine-Zeta Jones and Jude Law are also featured in this much anticipated psychological thriller. Viewers will become entangled in the webs of deception. This movie is rated R and will premiere Friday, Feb. 8.

Bros. is that the studio is only releasing the film, financed

by India’s Reliance Entertainment.

However, the poor box office marks a lackluster end to a 25-year-long partnership between Warner Bros. and Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment, which produced the film.

The studio terminated its relationship with Silver at the end of 2012, though it has yet to release one Dark Castle film, Ethan Hawke’s “Getaway.”

Lionsgate opted for a lim-

ited release of another film for adult males this past weekend, “Stand Up Guys,” which opened in 659 theaters.

The movie, starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin as con men, has not received good reviews and did not open well.

Playing in the country’s top 75 markets, it grossed $1.5 million for a weak per-theater average of $2,276.

Mixtape Madness: the comeback of real, raw rappers New York rappers, Underachievers bring loud bass and strong bars jeffrey LockHArt Contributor

Until about a year ago, New York hip-hop experienced a tough slump.

Lately it has been on the rise with artists such as the Flatbush duo, The Underachievers.

The group consists of Ak and Issa Dash, two young men from Brooklyn who started rapping with each other in high school.

They are part of the new generation of New York artists, The Beast Coast.

This past summer, they signed to Flying Lotus’ record label Brainfeeder, and have released many singles and a few videos since then.

Their highly anticipated dewbut “Indigoism” is seventeen tracks of pure New York rap.

With production from a range of different producers, fans can expect many different sounds.

The intro, “Philanthropist,” is a bass heavy track, showcasing Issa and Ak’s lyricism.

It is the perfect way to bring in the project and introduce the duo.

The next notable track is “So Devilish,” a song they had released months prior. Contrary to

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the title, it has a positive message.

Certain tracks such as “New New York” and “Land of Lords” provide that classic New York sound that has been missing for years. The nostalgic sound gave the project a nineties feel.

It is good to see versatility and variety from the duo considering that most of the project consists of bass heavy beats.

Such tracks keep “Indigoism” from seeming redundant.

Everyone loves bass heavy beats, but it is never good to have a tape full of them. Versatility is always key.

The last quarter of “Indigoism” is perhaps the best part of the entire mixtape. “Gold Soul Theory” describes how everything that shines is not gold.

The duo also tribute their fellow Beast Coast member, Capital STEEZ, who committed suicide a few days before Christmas, in “The Madhi.”

“The Madhi” is one of the only emotional and heart-felt tracks on the mixtape. Listeners can definitely tell the death of their friend had a major impact on the duo.

“Indigoism” proceeds with an up-tempo track entitled “Leopard Sheperd,” that has

a very rich horn sample. Last, but not least, The Underachievers ended their debut tape with a Mr. Bristol produced track “Play Your Part.”

The Underachievers are definitely a group to look out for in 2013. They are on a mission to change the rap game for the better. “Indigoism” is a reminder that New York hip-hop is here to stay.

With the wave of new artists coming out of N.Y., one cannot help but to respect the movement.

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Pusha T shows no mercy in ‘Wrath of Caine’ jerell leeper Contributor

It has been a long time since Virginia native, Pusha T uttered the words, “I’m your Pusha.”

Now a veteran in the rap game, whose debut solo album “My Name is my Name” dropping later this year, Pusha gives his fans something to hold them over after releasing “Fear of God” and “Fear Of God II: Let Us Pray.”

His mixtape, “Wrath of Caine,” is everything fans have come to love about Pusha T, bringing gritty lyrics, street poetry and authenticity.

From the moment the mixtape starts, the intro presents a ghetto gospel feel that sets the tempo for the rest of the tape.

The next song is the anticipated collaboration “Millions” featuring Rick Ross which “gets the people going” as Will Ferrell would say.

As the tape progresses, the sound evolves. Songs like “Doesn’t Matter” featuring French Montana and Blocka, and “Revolution” produced

by Neptunes, make use of the smooth sounds Pusha is known for killing.

“Only You Can Tell It” featuring Wale is another track worth listening to.

Towards the end of the tape, Pusha T reveals to listeners what he has done in his career to date with a song entitled, “Take my Life.”

“Wrath of Caine” closes out with “I am Forgiven,” a continuation of “Take my Life,” stating events throughout his career. In the end, he boasts and brags saying, “I am Forgiven!”

Pusha fans should be pleased with “Wrath of Caine.”

As he states, “It’s just an appetizer” to his album, “My Name is My Name.”

One thing for sure, after listening to this mixtape, listeners will probably ask, “This Sound like God. Don’t It?” -Email The Register at theatregister@gmail.com and follow on Twitter @TheATRegister

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1. Did anyone notice our very own A&T’s catfish is back on campus? 2. How could you show your face again? 3. Are you “feeling better?” 4. What about this crazy weather? 5. How many of you are sick from trying to be cute on the ONE day it was 72 degrees?

6. How many of you still have refund check money? 7. Didn’t last long, did it? 8. How many people watched the Beyonce concert, I mean Super Bowl last Sunday? 9. Who lost $30? 10. Who didn’t make it to their 8 o’clock this morning? 11. Who was less than impressed with Michelle? 12. Anybody else feel like her mic was put on low on purpose? 13. We know you remember that fall on 106&Park, right? 14. Who saw Keyshia Cole’s tweets? 15. Why is she coming for Michelle? 16. Does Keyshia Cole still receive checks other than her ratchet reality show? 17. Is she even still relevant? 18. Keyshia, you mad boo? 19. To the well over 200 pound girl (you know who you are), did you realize that the floor was caving when you were twerking at the DFP6 party? 20. So did that boy cut his staircase fade for a Jerri curl?

on HBO beyonce is back in full affect. In the much anticipated HBO documentary Knowles gives her audience a backstage pass into her life. Viewers can expect to see amazing performances as well as a look into the demands of being the woman behind the powerful voice and empire. Hold onto your seats.

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Maejor ALI ft. juicy j & justin bieber LOLLY This track is a fresh 2013 rendition of Wayne’s 2008 “Lollipop.” Surprisingly, Justin Bieber holds his own putting down a couple bars.

Juicy J also brings his southern trap flair. Overall, this is a great song to lead into the spring.

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Trinidad James All gold everything Besides the fact that James is not the easiest on the eyes, this song is due for retirement. There have been numerous parodies since the song released, and we are over it.

Besides, half the people that sing the song wear silver.

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