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Danielle Truitt is frustrated with parking services. As a senior, she has paid for parking on campus for two years, and each year she has been unhappy with struggling to find a parking space.

“I pay for a parking pass, but I can’t park everywhere on campus because of so many reserved spots,” she said.

N.C. A&T is a growing campus and parking has become a concern among students.

This year, there are roughly 3,500 parking spaces available

for students according to parking services. Out of that, only 16 percent of the spaces on campus are reserved. That number is roughly the same for all schools within the UNC-system.

“We have ample spaces for registered vehicles,” said Jacob Teagle, interim director for parking transportation. “The problem is that we have so many unregister vehicles on campus.”

Last year A&T gave out more than 8,000 unregistered vehicle tickets.

“Unregistered vehicleS are unsafe for the campus,” according to Teagle. “Eventually if your car is unregistered you will

Brazile to speak at fall commencement

be towed immediately.”

Despite the threat of being ticketed, a large number of students continue to park unregistered.

Kelcey Fair, a sophomore public relations major, said her reason for not having a parking pass is, “it costs way too much.

It’s cheaper to just get tickets.”

For students who live both on campus as well as commute, they must pay $227 to park on campus for the year. Students without parking passes must pay $25 per ticket received. If three tickets are received, they are likely to receive a boot on their vehicle. It costs $40 to remove

this boot, and a student has the option to appeal the boot.

Across town at UNCG, students who live on campus as well as commute pay $302 a year to park their vehicle. That is $75 more than A&T students.

At Winston Salem State Uniersity, both resident and commuter students pay $140.

There was no explanation as to why the prices for parking permits have been set to what they are; the prices in place have been set for some time now. According to Teagle, eventually the prices for many of the university’s parking services will be reviewed.

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Students also have the option to park in the new parking deck.

If a student wants to add the parking deck to their pass they have to pay $392 for the year.

If they just want to park in the deck, they must pay $103 for the year.

The price of the parking deck has to be paid for by the university community. There is a price structure for the deck that A&T has very little, to no, control of.

“The parking deck belongs to the university, but we still need the money to pay for it,” said Teagle.

However, when speaking about the parking deck, Teagle

N.C. A&T recently announced that political commentator Donna Brazile will be this year’s fall commencement speaker.

Brazile, the vice chair of Voter Registration and Participation for the Democratic National Committee is a veteran Democratic political strategist who has worked on several Democratic presidential campaigns including Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale in 1976 and 1980.

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gave some upside by saying, “We are talking about opening up the parking deck for all registered vehicles during finals in the very near future.”

In addition to having price issues, many of the students feel that it is a waste of money to purchase a ticket due to the fact that it does not guarantee a quality spot. Yet many students do not know that a permit does not provide a spot. A parking permit simply provides the owner permission to park on campus.

“If people are willing to walk, then people will be able

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The story of the birth of Jesus Christ is about to get its annual Aggie treatment. Starting Thursday through Sunday students from N.C. A&T’s theater department will be performing “Black Nativity”, a play written by Langston Hughes retelling the classic Nativity story with an entirely black cast.

Each year the theater department reenacts this play on campus, and this time around professor Miller Lucky takes the helm as director. With

hopes of captivating the audience’s attention and evoking their emotions, Lucky has renovated the play by bringing to light aspects that may have gone unnoticed before.

“This is my fourth year here and my fourth year experiencing “Black Nativity,” said Jamia Tucker, a senior professional theater major and stage manager of this year’s play.

“Mr. Lucky has changed a lot of things adding his own twist and pulling out details that I never paid attention to before so it’s definitely a different experience,” she continued.

“It has a more contemporary

vibe this year; I’m excited.”

Members of this year’s production include numerous musicians and instrumentalists, a choir, and a cast of roughly 50 to 60 people.

“Outside of auditions and callbacks, there were at least 20 rehearsals in a little over a month’s time span,” explains Tucker.

Taylor Martin, a senior professional theater major who has been acting since childhood, was cast three times for the play and this marks her second time performing in it.

“It feels great,” she said.

“I am a part of history. ‘Black

Nativity’ is a legacy at our school.”

It seems that director Lucky is not the only one who wants to arouse emotions and conjure thoughts within the heart and mind of the audience. “I’m most looking forward to inspiring people and changing people’s lives,” said Martin.

“I want them to be able to feel the passion and the realness of Jesus’ birth while being reminded of what we’re here for.”

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PARKING WARS From page 1 to find a spot,” said Teagle.

“Shuttle services and parking go hand and hand. If the campus is willing to become more pedestrian like then many students and faculty will not have a problem with finding a spot on campus.”

Fair said she that the best way to fix parking is “to lower prices. If they do people would be more apt to buy parking

BLACK NATIVITY From page 1 and the Saturday and Sunday shows will be at both 3 p.m. and 8 p.m in Harrison Auditorium.

“If you’re coming to see “Black Nativity” this year,

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come with your heart open and be ready to experience a wonderful story—probably the greatest story there is,” Martin said. “Come expecting something overwhelming and something very powerful.”

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How can the majority of Americans be so wrong?

TOM MARTINSON MCT Campus

You’ve probably heard plenty of criticisms of American suburbia over the years. This has been going on for quite a while. During the “Mad Men” era a halfcentury ago, new suburbs were routinely skewered by opinion leaders as insufferably dull, populated by conformist dads in gray flannel suits and stay-athome moms filling listless days with coffee klatches.

With nothing to do out there in the boonies, suburban kids were bored out of their wits.

Such stereotyping seems pretty amusing today you know what I mean if you live in the suburbs.

But it had a lasting effect in coloring (mis)perception. Even now it seems as if suburbia somehow has to justify itself.

As suburbia expanded coast to coast over the past decades, criticisms only increased. Suburban subdivisions are not “walkable,” so people have to drive everywhere.

Suburban traffic is terrible as a result. Large lots are environmentally wasteful, shopping malls are lightweight chainstore knockoffs of downtown

retail, there is no culture in suburbs, and, worst of all, the suburbs are placeless.

Eventually an all-purpose epithet sprawl was attached to American suburbs, as if our vast and endlessly varied suburbia is monolithic. Critics appreciated this label as the ultimate disapproval. No need to bother with details!

Funny thing, though suburbia continues to grow, and by now is home to well more than half of all Americans. How can the majority of us be so wrong?

Critics have answers: We suburbanites just don’t understand how bad suburban living is.

Or: Unenlightened zoning codes are forcing us to live in ways that are not good for us.

As an antidote, suburban neighborhoods should be made as city-like as possible, with very small lots resulting in much higher densities, emphasizing increased walking, bicycling and reliance on public transit.

Ideally, we should do away with our own autos altogether and rent a car by the hour if and when one is really needed.

The upshot? Suburbanites will finally come to understand that even a quasi-urban lifestyle is

superior to conventional suburban existence.

In the real world that is highly unlikely to happen, of course.

Suburban life is attractive to many Americans for its particular subjective experiences.

These differ from other living experiences, including those offered by urban lifestyles. So suburban living is not about housing densities, which, by the way, have been sharply increasing as a market response in growing American suburbs. Nor is it a matter of walking more: People walk, jog, and bicycle in suburbs.

They just don’t walk or bike to work very much.

Suburban living is a matter of choice. Among many choices, really, since there are numerous distinct urban and suburban residential environments in every American metropolitan area.

Naturally there are tradeoffs no matter where we decide to live. A young family might buy on the exurban fringe because of lower housing prices. The resulting extra costs of driving can be spread out in less-painful ways than coming up with a larger down payment for a home in a more costly, closer-in location.

From some suburban perspectives, big-city life seems expensive, complicated, and perhaps even a little scary. Yet urbanites gladly overlook such downsides in return for urban attractions that they value.

Over the years my neighbors on our pleasant but visually nondescript suburban block have included university professors, a surgeon, business and finance executives, lawyers, a software developer, two principals in the Minnesota Orchestra, and a writer for “Laverne and Shirley.”

All of them are quite capable of deciding the best place for them to live without guidance from critics of any stripe. I have no doubt that is true for the residents of neighborhoods urban, suburban, and exurban in every metropolitan area.

So let’s set aside any notion that a single type of residential setting, whether urban or suburban, is best for all Americans.

Locales from Back Bay in Boston to the far suburbs of San Diego each offer particular attractions and face their own mix of problems.

Every neighborhood, like every person, is ultimately unique.

That is why community is al-

The super committee that failed to produce a plan DOYLE MCMANUS MCT Campus

Here’s an assessment from the Republican co-chairman of Congress’ unfortunate “super committee” of why the bipartisan panel failed to produce a deficit reduction plan last week: “We could not bridge the gap between two dramatically competing visions of the role government should play in a free society, the proper purpose and design of the social safety net and the fundamentals of job creation and economic growth,” wrote Rep. Jeb Hensarling (RTexas).

Is that all?

In retrospect, it should have been apparent from the start that an ad hoc committee of six Republicans and six Democrats, working in secret against a short deadline, probably wasn’t the right place to make massive changes in tax and healthcare law. There was just too much distance between them.

Republicans asked the six Democratic members, at various times, if they wouldn’t like to abolish President Obama’s health-care law, or turn Medicare into a voucher system, or raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67.

In turn, the Democrats asked the Republicans if they wouldn’t like to abandon the one core principle that has held their party together over the last decade: resistance to tax increases.

Naturally, each side has blamed the other for their failure. But there wasn’t enough

time for either side to win support within their own caucuses or from their own voters for the kind of “grand bargain” that would trade tax increases for health-care cuts.

The panel faced another timing problem too: The real deadline for action wasn’t looming.

Yes, the super committee was required to complete its work by last week, in time for Congress to act this year. But the real drop-dead date for action isn’t until January 2013, when automatic spending cuts kick in.

Members of Congress knew that there would be little realworld penalty if they failed to reach agreement, so that’s what happened.

And it’s an election year, another reason neither side felt much pressure to compromise.

Republicans think they might own the whole government the House, the Senate and the presidency a year from now, so why agree to tax increases now?

On the other side, many Democrats fear that accepting deep cuts in Medicare would doom their chances of keeping the Senate and winning the House; to them, compromise looked riskier than staying put.

With all those factors stacked against it, it’s almost impressive that the super committee got anywhere at all. By mid-November, each side had exchanged three rounds of offers and counteroffers. Democrats offered significant cuts in Medicare, but only if they could get sizable tax increases in return. Republicans offered to accept increases in tax rev-

enue, but only if they could get a guarantee that the big tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush would be made permanent.

In other words, each side accepted the principle that it must compromise on its most cherished issue.

What next?

Under the deal that set up the super committee, Congress agreed to enact $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years.

Without an agreement by the super committee, automatic cuts in defense and domestic spending will be imposed to reach that target, unless Congress comes up with a Plan B by January 2013 to stop its doomsday machine and rewrite the cuts.

The logjam could work in the Democrats’ favor, for two reasons. First, the Bush tax cuts will expire at the end of 2012 unless new legislation is passed; if Republicans want to preserve any of those cuts, they’ll need to make a deal.

Obama and most Democrats don’t want all the tax cuts to expire (they want to keep them for families earning less than $250,000 a year), but full expiration doesn’t terrify them as much as it does Republicans.

Second, the automatic spending cuts on defense look more painful to Republicans, most of whom want to increase military spending, than to Democrats.

But that doesn’t mean Democrats will feel no discomfort.

Obama’s Defense secretary, Leon Panetta, has said the military cuts would be the equiva-

lent of “shooting ourselves in the head,” a statement that will be hard to walk back from.

Democrats won’t like the automatic cuts in domestic spending either.

There’s already a bipartisan group of senators, the maverick “Gang of Six,” that is volunteering to produce a new compromise package.

They tried to sell one last summer with a whopping $3.7 trillion in deficit reduction, three times what the super committee was aiming for but they got sidelined by party leaders who weren’t ready to buy their upstart plan back then.

The Gang of Six plan won’t make anybody happy. It’s modeled on the bipartisan proposal offered last year by former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and former Clinton chief of staff Erskine Bowles. It includes tax increases bigger than most Republicans say they’ll accept, and cuts in future Medicare and Social Security payments that liberal Democrats find abhorrent.

It’s also fuzzy around the edges; the Gang of Six never actually settled on the fine print. But it’s the best starting point we have.

If the Gang of Six can produce a deal in the Senate a big “if” then the burden will be on the Republican-controlled House to pass or block it.

In an election year, it could be dangerous for either side to stand in the way of a deficitcutting compromise. Unlike the short-lived super committee, the deficit saga is far from over.

ways a custom creation. Our national goal should be that all communities achieve their highest potentials for the benefit of their residents.

How that successfully comes about differs for each and every situation. For instance, functional transportation is essential to all communities. Suburban traffic is indeed terrible in many metropolitan areas, including along the Interstate 95 corridor linking Washington to its fastgrowing surrounding suburban counties.

But traffic congestion is endemic in walkable New York City as well, where the current major transportation initiative is the staggeringly expensive but much-needed Second Avenue subway.

A specific mix of programs for a city in suburban Washington may not be useful in, say, Macon, Ga.. No two community situations are completely alike, so the solutions to their problems differ.

In comparing urban districts to developing suburbs we also need to appreciate that it takes time for communities to mature.

Our major U.S. cities looked awfully bleak for decades when they were young and growing.

So you don’t need to invest a lot of concern about suburban placelessness.

This is an inevitable early stage in community and regional development.

As another example of the role of time in building our communities, substantial amounts of new housing may be constructed before conveniences and amenities catch up with the increased population. Perhaps the current local retail choices are not yet as varied as they are in more builtup areas. But this situation will evolve to reflect changes in the local market. When I worked in then-sleepy Georgetown neighborhood in Washington in the 1960s, a barbershop was the social center of M Street. The entertainment hub on Wisconsin Avenue was a bar-and-grill selling Michelob for a nickel a bottle.

We all know what the Georgetown scene has since become.

Wherever you decide to live should be exactly right for you.

That is the test, period. Pick the heart of a big city. Or any of many kinds of suburbs. Or a small town or out in the country.

America is a land of spectacular variety, a banquet of choices.

THE YEAR’S BEST:

Why can’t black women find a good black boyfriend?

Guy #1- Perhaps it’s because you ask stupid questions like this. I know plenty of strong black women who are completely content with being single. However, too many of you are so concerned with finding a man that you lose focus on finding yourself. How can you say what a good man is if you don’t even know enough about yourself? Maybe the reason you cannot find a good man is because you aren’t a good enough woman. Find yourself first, and then that man will fall into place.

Guy #2- Because black women are becoming increasingly more crazy! Most of them do not even know what they want.

Women are raised to find a man.

But you all are not willing to face trial and error. In addition to that, many of you are afraid to face judgment from other women. But more importantly, black men are not looking for a girlfriend! Our stock went up when Obama was elected and studies show that black women are not the most desirable to marry right now, so why would we want to settle down?

Guy #3- Ask yourself “Where are you looking?” “What are you looking for?” and “Did you ever consider that you might be the problem?” After you answer those questions, then I’m sure you will know why you can’t find a man.

Why is it so hard for men to be satisfied with just one girl?

Guy #1 Just look around!

When you think you got the best options, something better always comes around. It’s like a new car or a new pair of Jordan’s. Women look good, but there’s always another girl who looks better.

Guy #2 For the same reason a rich man cannot be satisfied with just one car. Or the same reason a black woman cannot be satisfied with just one pair of shoes. Men, not just black men either, have been dealing with multiple women since thousands of years ago. This is not

just an African American thing.

It’s a man thing. We cannot be satisfied because we have the option to have multiple women.

This may not be fair, but it’s the way the world works.

Guy #3 I would have to say it’s because we always want something we cannot have. A man cheats because he is either greedy or tired of what he already has. Our society is full of greed and when it comes to multiple partners the same rules apply. However, oppose to moving on, we like to rack up on as many people as we can. Even if we are bored with you, we still might keep you around just to have someone to fall back on.

What is your favorite quality about black women?

Guy #1: Their strength!

Black women are some of the strongest and most loyal people on the earth. Nothing beats a girl who is actually down for her man. And of all the women on this world, I would say that black women are best at that.

Black women can take anything this world throws at them, and for that they get all my love.

Guy #2: I love the fact that every black woman has a story worth listening to. I think the lives black women, especially in America, live are simply fascinating. You can never tell if their lives have been filled with pain or pleasure by the look on their face. Being black in America is not easy. Yet being a woman has to be even worse. So I guess the fact that they are both black and women are a gift and a curse.

Their struggle is balanced out by their enormous amount of strength and that’s what I love about them the most!

Guy #3: The fact that there is no me without them. My mother, grandmother, sister, niece, etc. are all black women. I love the fact that the people closest to my heart understand me better than I understand myself most of the time. I may not treat black women the way the need to be treated at times, but in the end I love them because they support me unconditionally.

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2011-2012 SGA Administration Midterm Grades SGA President

Secretary GOOD: — Minutes are readily available in SGA office.

GOOD: — Held programs such a Meet The Robinson’s

Christian

Robinson

BAD: — Failed to have a August and November student body meetings.

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Kawanna

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treasurer GOOD: — Kept everything under budget this semester.

VP-internal affairs

simmons

— Runs the senate well.

Grade

— Involvement with the JoinMe at the Polls movement.

— Has established political presence (Voter ID Bill). Overall he’s made the student body more politically aware.

Brown

miss a&t

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jasmine

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gurley

GOOD: Has advocated well for students wants during GHOE from using NCAT email to survey students wants early on, to moving Gospel Concert to bigger venue, to fighting for certain performers, and most recently getting money back from Rick Ross.

BAD: Despite good effort, weak GHOE concert line-up.

Grade

Grade

A

attorney general GOOD: Has maintained a good community presence.

BAD: N/A

Grade shameka

heyward

BAD: Failed to include the budget for accurate grading.

trevor

andreia

graddick

A

Grade

GOOD: Creative, new ideas such as bringing the Mr. SUAB pagent outside.

BAD: N/A

A

ward

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GOOD: — Did outstanding job with “Week of the Gentlemen.”

— Made changes to coronation resulting in one of the best ones ever. The best we’ve seen a Mister & Miss A&T duo work together.

jordan

brunson

Grade

BAD: — Did not list enough community service — Didn’t do enough programs throughout the semester.

A

thornton

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camron

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Christopher

wade

— Secured all venues.

— The best we’ve seen a Mister & Miss A&T duo work together.

A

B

GOOD: Did good job heading up SUAB Block Party.

BAD: Not enough community service variety

VP-external affairs

Grade

GOOD: — Has an accurate account of the minutes.

— Made changes to coronation resulting in one of the best ever.

— Made it into Ebony Magazine’s Top HBCU Queens.

keller

BAD: N/A

GOOD: — Has become the face of this campus.

Remains very visible and available for the student body.

BAD: N/A

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Desiree

bryan

treasurer

SECRETARY

BAD: N/A

GOOD: — Has a great and well thought out plat form.

Mitchell

C

Grade

— The budget is clear and easy to understand.

BAD: Failed to include the budget for accurate grading.

BAD: — Despite good effort, weak GHOE concert line-up.

— Also, failed to include the budget for ac curate grading.

A

GOOD: Trains new members well.

GOOD: Great job planning and executing programs.

BAD: N/A

Whitney

VICE PRESIDENT

SUAB President

— Aggies & Poets better than ever this year while remaining under budget.

— Brought student body meetings to the radio in the form of his “fireside chats.”

— Has represented our university well and remains very visible to the student body.

2011-2012 SUAB Administration Midterm Grades

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★Special note★ We, The A&T Register editorial staff, asked for certain materials to be submitted in order to sufficiantly grade the E-board members. Based on their duties, per the constitution, the president, vice president, and treasurer all have duties that align with the budget. The budget was not turned in by any of them. As a result, we saw fit to doc them each a grade level.

Overall foster administration

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★how we grade★ 1. Requests are sent to all executive board members for all tangible materials related to their elected positions

Overall Robinson administration

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2. Our editors review the items sent, along with each entities constitution.

3. Editors sit down round-table style and go through each e-board member one-by-one reviewing each constitutional duty and how well they’ve fulfilled it thus far.

4. Each editor then gives a grade and the reasoning behind their decision.

5. The grades are then averaged.

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AGGIES RUNDOWN

karmen robinSON Sports Editor

Men’s basketball TEAM

MEAC

Norfolk State

South Carolina State North Carolina Central North Carolina A&T Delaware State Hampton Howard Bethune-Cookman Savannah State Coppin State MD Eastern Shore Florida A&M Morgan State

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THIS WEEK’S GAME: Saturday vs. North Carolina Central Durham, N.C. 4 p.m.

NEXT WEEK’S GAME: Saturday vs. Evansville Evansville, Ind. 8:05 p.m.

UPCOMING GAMES: Tuesday vs. Central Florida Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m.

Thursday St. Mary’s College Morgana, Calif.

10 p.m.

women’s basketball TEAM

MEAC

Hampton Norfolk State North Carolina A&T Savannah State Morgan State South Carolina State Coppin State Delaware State Bethune-Cookman Howard North Carolina Central MD Eastern Shore Florida A&M THIS WEEK’S GAMES: Saturday vs. North Carolina Central Corbett Sports Center 2 p.m.

NEXT WEEK’S GAME: Monday vs. Jonhson C. Smith Corbett Sports Center 7 p.m.

UPCOMING GAMES: Thursday vs. William & Mary Williamsburg, Va. 4:30 p.m.

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Aggies shoot down Spartans 87-65

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In one of Greensboro’s rivalry games, the N. C. A&T Aggies took on the UNCG Spartans at the Greensboro Coliseum Monday night.

The Aggies got off to a slow start as the Spartans took an early 6-0 lead when UNCG’s Trevis Simpson knocked down shots in the first minute of the game.

DaMetrius Upchurch scored the first basket of the game for A&T from a Marc Hill assist. In the next possession, Hill sped down the court and crossed over to pull up for a seven foot jumper, and soon after, Nic Simpson’s two made free throws gave A&T a 6-0 run to tie the game at 6-6. Upchurch later scored to give the Aggies their first lead of the game.

While at one point it seemed as though the Aggies could not miss from the floor shooting 47% from three-point range, the Spartans could not knock anything down.

“They just couldn’t buy a basket at the right time,” said A&T head coach Jerry Eaves.

Many of the Spartans’ shot attempts rattled in and out of the basket.

“It was disappointing,” said UNCG guard Korey Van Hussen.

Near the end of the first half, UNCG’s Simpson scored to give the Spartans some life and presence on the scoreboard, but A&T’s Jeremy Underwood answered with a three-pointer that sparked another Aggie run.

In two consecutive possessions, Underwood connect with Kam Shepherd to put four easy points on the scoreboard.

Shephard struggled to finish close shots in previous games this season but finished the game 4 of 4 from the field with 11 points, 10 of them being in the first half, and three blocks.

Despite each team having 19 turnovers, A&T was able to capitalize scoring 20 points from turnovers and 17 fast break points, and the Aggies were able to get back in transition defense, holding the Spartans to just two fast break points in the game.

However, the most impres-

sive statistics of the night were the 51 points that the Aggies’ bench contributed, scoring over half of A&T’s total points.

Junior forward R.J. Buck did not hit or attempt a three, but went 7-9 from the field leading the Aggies with 16 points and five rebounds.

“I like seeing guys on my team score as much as I like to see myself score,” said Buck.

A&T had four other players to put up double digits. Nic Simpson followed close behind Buck with 13 points.

Buck’s quick baseline drive for the easy dunk finished out the game as the Aggies went on to defeat the Spartans 87-65.

“My young men played tremendously,” said Eaves.

Austin Witter scored 12 points as he drained 3 of 4 shots from three-point range, hauled in seven rebounds, snagged two steals, and dished out five assists for the Aggies.

Witter came into the game off of a double-double performance against Barber Scotia where he scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds last Friday.

UNCG’s Trevis Simpson led all scorers with 17 points and grabbed four rebounds.

The Aggies will be on the road for their next eight games including their first conference game of the season against MEAC rival North Carolina Central on Sat, Dec. 3.

The double header will start with the women’s game at 2 p.m. and the men will tip off at 4 p.m.

UNCG (2,4)

Henry 0, Simpson 17, Williams 6, Van Dussen 11, Randall 4, Parker 12, Armstrong 2, Bone 0, Paulos 3, Henegar 3, Brackett 6, Cole 0, Hoffer 1

N. C. A&T (4,3)

Smith 2, Powell 10, Upchurch 6, Hill 5, Simpson 13, Underwood 4, Louisme 8, Buck 16, Estes 0, Witter 12, Shepherd 11

Photo by Kevin Dorsey • Contributed from Sports INformation

jeremy underwood finds an opening in the paint to take the ball to the basket.

UNCG......................28 37-- 65 N.C. A&T...................42 45-- 87 3-point goals: UNCG -- Parker 4, Simpson 3, Paulos, Henegar.

AT -- Witter 3, Simpson 2, Powell 2, Louisme 2, Underwood.

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J GUNN A&T Alum J Gunn at the radio station talking about his deal under MC Lyte and his plans for his rap career.

ON SCREEN CORIOLANUS (Ralph Fiennes) is a reverend at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia (Vanessa Redgrave), he seeks the exalted and powerful position of Consul. He’s also furious as he must ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to secure the office. When the public refuses to support him, Coriolanus’s anger prompts a riot that ends in his expulsion from Rome.

The banished hero then allies himself with sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) to take his revenge on the city.

ON SHELVES BEYONCÉ releases the concert DVD of her live performances at the Roseland ballroom in New York City. The set features performances of hits from her past albums and concludes with songs from her latest LP “4.” ‘Elements of 4’ also features personal footage from the star growing up, other live showing and even her wedding.

A&T Alum starts career under MC Lyte ERIK VEAL & ASHLEY VAUGHN Register Editors

Real hip-hop is coming back into play as pioneer, MC Lyte brings in a new artist. The legendary female emcee stopped

by WNAA 90.1 FM radio station Nov. 28 to promote newcomer J Gunn.

With North Carolina artists such as Anthony Hamilton, Fantasia and J Cole, Durham native J Gunn wants to present a different style of music. The North Carolina A&T alum expressed his music as soul music, 100 percent hip-hop and the essence of North Carolina.

Gunn began his rap career in talent shows at a young age and developed freestyle and battle rapping in his repertoire. “My story is different. I was blessed with a talent to put my story in rhyme,” he said. “To get the chance to do music on a national and global stage is amazing,” he added.

Winning over 200 freestyle championships such as the first “Dual of the Iron Mics” when

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feels will take place as North Carolina’s anthem. “The beat felt like hip hop and NC is a special and we need a record to represent that,” he added.

Gunn has high expectations for himself as he wants Grammys. “When I make my music, that is what I am thinking about.

That is the biggest thing in music and it would mean the world to me to put one on the mantel,” he said.

Along with making music, J Gunn has developed a brand entitled “Red Eye Lifestyle” in partnership with Rashad Ladson that focuses on music, entertainment and digital media. “Our generation is one of dreamers, we talk about dreams a lot but what does it take to achieve those dreams. It is a constant devotion to achieving your dreams,” he said.

For all information about Joshua ‘J Gunn’ Gunn, you can go to his website, jgunnmusic. com, follow him on twitter @ JGunnisBetter.

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One of the most anticipated films of 2012 is “The Hunger Games,” a big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ 2008 novel of the same name. Unfamiliar with the series, I decided to pick up the trilogy’s first book and quickly realized what the hype was all about.

The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic North America (known as Panem) where the Capitol holds power and sovereignty over the people who are spread throughout twelve districts.

As punishment for a failed rebellion that occurred long ago, the people of each district must offer one male and one female between the ages of 12 and 18 (called tributes) annually to participate in a challenge of strength, courage, wit, and might, known as the Hunger Games.

The catch is that this competition is essentially a battle to the death where only one of the 24 participants can make it out alive as victor. Our heroine (and the story’s narrator) is Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year old from the poor mining Twelfth district who actually volunteers to participate in the Games.

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With the “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” franchises making huge revenue at the box-office it comes as no surprise that Lionsgate has decided to use this source material to join the ranks with its competitors. One thing that will surely make “The Hunger Games” stand out is its protagonist.

Katniss Everdeen makes both Harry Potter and Bella Swan look incompetent and useless in comparison as she bravely overcomes the various obstacles that life and the Capitol throw her way.

She’s strong, independent, and clever yet still possesses human emotions and some age appropriate vulnerability. The villainous threat of the Capitol is not to be ignored either, for at times their heinous acts make Lord Voldemort look as menacing as a Build-a-Bear.

Forcing children to kill one another for mere entertainment is just one of their many sick and twisted norms.

Though the book features a female lead and author, the story appeals to all audiences with its seamless transition between action, mystery, and suspense. Actually, one of my only complaints with the novel is Collins’ attempt to channel her inner Stephenie Meyer and drag the story down with a forced,

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Hunger Games satisfies appetite Copy Editor

DISNEY ON ICE: DARE TO DREAM skates its way into the Greensboro Coliseum for three nights, Dec. 1-4. The show highlights the stories we love from our favorite Disney fairytales. The princesses on ice include the classic Cinderella, Snow White and Princess Jasmine. More recent heroines, such as Princess Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog” and Rapunzel from “Tangled” are also featured.

Visit Ticketmaster.com for times and ticket prices.

under DuBose Music Group where his music truly attracted her.

She expressed that his recordings sounded like they were already released singles and his demos were not just regular demos but that they sounded like records. “It was evident in his delivery in how he owned it and that really engaged me,” she said. She continued that with DuBose, the layout is to create a platform for J Gunn.

“He needs a large playing field to get busy on and that is where DuBose comes into play.” Gunn is very appreciative of MC Lyte and learning from her. “To get the chance to do music on a national and global stage is amazing. I think I come with a veteran’s experience with a new boy hunger,” he said.

So far, Gunn has been in production with his mixtape, “Faithful Struggle,” as the first release under DuBose.

Gunn wants this project to tell his story from the start of his career to now. Along with production, he has a single out entitled “Carolina Blue” that he

BOOK REVIEW: HUNGER GAMES

CHUCK JOHNSON

ON ICE

he was 13-years-old, he wanted to pursue a record deal.

He signed his first independent record deal with Mike City of Hectic Records where his first name ‘Baby J’ originated.

Upon a change in management Baby J became J Gunn, reflecting his maturity and progression as an artist working with Public Enemy. “It was an humbling experience and an honor that they would work with me,” said Gunn.

But producing a demo/album and shipping them off to labels left Gunn in a wait due to a deal that was never made.

Enrolling at A&T, Gunn continued his reign in hip hop events taking over campus battles and local shows becoming an anticipated artist in North Carolina and the hip hop underground. Coming back to A&T gave Gunn a sense of a ‘welcome home’ standpoint.

“Dreams come true. To come back and being at home and being embraced by my peers is the greatest thing in the world,” said Gunn.

He teamed up with MC Lyte

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NOTE: The story is not for the squeamish. Collins spares no detail as characters are slaughtered and murdered in a variety of different ways. Think Spike’s “1000 Ways to Die” meets CBS’s “Survivor” meets Gary Paulsen’s “Hatchet”.

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yet somewhat understated love triangle.

The book also starts a little slow, yet once you get past the initial set up and into the survival story in the Games you will be flying through pages discovering a myriad of twists and turns.

For those who are tired of reading about wizards, werewolves, and vampires, “The Hunger Games” provides a great science fiction alternative.

Yes, there will be plot points and themes you will find familiar during your read, however, the way Collins structures this book and essentially sets up the next two is sure to have you hooked and finished with the entire trilogy before the first movie

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Santa, we hope you read our list carefully. We’ve worked hard this year and think we deserve at least one thing from our list. We thank you and your little elves in advance. Safe travels!

Sincerely, The A&T Register Editors

1. How was everyone’s Thanksgiving break? 2. What were you most thankful for? 3. Was it for the nights that you can’t remember with the people that you won’t forget? 4. Was it for the Black Party coming this weekend? 5. Or was it for the love you received from the “back home boo”? 6. Were you surprised to see you gained those 10 pounds? 7. Did you witness any fights on Black Friday? 8. Does anybody know why it’s called Black Friday? 9. Is it because they think it’s the only time black people can afford expensive things because of the big deals? 10. Why do we have to come back for this last week of classes? 11. How many professors are leaving Fs for their students as their gift? 12. How many students think they are graduating on the 10th? 13. You do realize there is still room for error? 14. Who’s excited for the first NBA game on Christmas Day? 15. Did the gold diggers come out of hiding yet? 16. How many of you still leave cookies out for Santa? 17. Is it too late to tell everybody Santa is fake? 18. Did we ruin someone’s Christmas? 19. How many of you will lie to your kids about Santa? 20. Are you ready for 2012?

Reggie R eggie Awards

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The Sixth Annual

As the year comes to an end, The Register honors the best of 2011 and looks back at some of the most memorable moments

BEST AGGIE PRIDE MOMENT

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The A&T football team changed the attitude of the university with winning the homecoming football game against Delaware State on Oct. 15. Finishing the season with a 5-6 record, the A&T football team has brought “Aggie Pride” back to the Aggie Stadium

BEST MALE ATHLETE

FACE OF CAMPUS

A&T Football Team Won the homecoming football game

WALLACE MILES

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE

Evolving in front of our eyes as a budding entreprenuer, Durham native Greg Hill has been a constant ‘face’ and presence on campus.

Not only is he co-founder and CEO of JoinMe Ent. but the economics major has also hosted and particpated in a plethora on and off campus events such as Aggies & Poets and JoinMe at the Polls.

JAQUAYLA BERRY

BEST BAND SONG GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

GREG HILL Senior- Economics major

BEST ON CAMPUS EATERY

BEST RESIDENT HALL

BEST PLACE TO PEOPLE WATCH

BEST GAME WE DID WIN AGGIE EAGLE CLASSIC

BEST WOMEN’S TEAM LADY AGGIES BASKETBALL

McALISTER’S

BEST DESSERT PLACE MAXIE B’S

MOST IMPROVED MENS TEAM FOOTBALL

BEST TV SERIES MODERN FAMILY

BEST IN-GAME DISTRACTION DOING THE WAVE

BEST TRENDING TOPIC #THATAWKWARDMOMENTWHEN

MOST SURREAL MOMENT NSBE IN BUS ACCIDENT

The Best of

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BEST ALBUM OF 2011 WATCH THE THRONE

BEST MOVIE OF 2011 FAST FIVE

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WEIRDEST MOMENT OF THE YEAR RANDOM EARTHQUAKE ON THE EAST COAST

BEST UNIFIED MOMENT PREMIERE OF BET’S “THE GAME”

WILLIAMS CAFETERIA

BEST CELEBRITY CONTROVERSY RAY J vs FABOLOUS

BEST SCREAM ATTRACTION WOODS OF TERROR

MOST EMBARASSING BLACK MOMENT

BEST GHOE MOMENT

HERMAN CAIN SEX SCANDALS

SOLD-OUT GOSPEL CONCERT

BEST BREAK OUT ARTIST

BEST COMEBACK ARTIST

FRANK OCEAN

CHRIS BROWN

BEST ON CAMPUS EVENT

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

SKATING RINK AT AGGIEFEST

OTIS-KANYE & JAY-Z

1.Would you mind if we went over some probate etiquette real quick for these naive freshmen? 2. Can you attempt some kind of discretion and not publicly announce your aspirations when that fraternity/sorority probates? 3. Speaking of discretion, can you try to catch yourself if you get the urge to spit the Greek alphabet, founders, and history in unison with the line? 4. How many of ya’ll went to probates with a notebook and a pen? 5. Or did you go with a recorder? 6. How many of ya’ll in the stands were singing the pledge song with them? 7. So did you like Aggie Fest? 8. Did you like the concert? 9. Did you like Big K.R.I.T? 10. Do you feel like your GPA dropped listening to him after five minutes? 11. If we play his music, will gas prices go down? 12. Why were more people in line buying gospel show tickets instead of concert tickets for GHOE? 13. Is Rick Ross an Aggie now, since he comes to GHOE every year? 14. Is anybody go to HOME? 15. Do you know what that means?

16. Does Homecoming Made Officially Epic make sense? 17. Does this further prove we are a better learning institution than Central? 18. Who did the AKAs piss off to get punk’d twice in a row? 19. Y’all forgot about the Stroll-Off? 20. How awkward does that trophy exchange have to be?