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Dating all the way back to 1924, the N. C. A&T Aggies and the North Carolina Central Eagles will meet at the line of scrimmage to renew an 87-year-old rivalry. The historical football game between A&T and the N. C. Central is perhaps one of the most anticipated, emotional, and oldest rivalry games in black college football. “To me it’s like a second homecoming of sorts,” said Bonnie Newman Davis endowed A&T professor and alumna. The two teams played each other every year since 1924 except for six times. The last time they didn’t meet was in 2006. “It’s one of the best college rivalries in the nation to me because the schools are so close in proximity,” Joe Simmons said. Simmons played for N. C. Central from 1991-1994. “When I was playing, the game is big because for the next 365 days one of the teams had the

right to say who was better.” Since the start of the rivalry, there has been occasional fighting between the two teams during and after the games. From 1994-2005 the two teams have met at a neutral site in Raleigh for the official “Aggie-Eagle Classic.” However, now the game is technically no longer named the AggieEagle Classic but is now just a regular season conference game, but the title since then has lived on. It was not until 2007 the schools met on someone’s home territory, which ended in a nationally recognized brawl at Aggie Stadium after players from NCCU provoked fighting by stomping on the Aggie logo on the football field. The game ended after a last minute interception in which both teams refused to shake hands. “I started in the AggieEagle Classic four times and each year was a little more physical & bloodier,” said Enoch Cohen, former

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A&T right tackle. “The 2007 Aggie-Eagle was by far the craziest not only cause I was a freshman starting in the Aggie-Eagle Classic but because it was my birthday,” Cohen said. But the Aggies aren’t concerned about the fights. They just want a win. “I’m tired of getting my butt kicked,” said A&T head coach Rod Broadway. In the last 10 match ups, A&T and NCCU are tied at five games apiece. This season, the Aggies (4-6, 3-4, No. 8 in the MEAC) are seeking revenge for last year’s lost to the Eagles (2-8, 1-6, No. 9 in the MEAC) to determine who will have bragging rights. “This is a big game for everybody, not just us,” said senior cornerback Justin Ferrell. Ferrell is

tied for first in the conference for interceptions for the year. Broadway and the Aggies are going into the last game of the season after losing four consecutive conference games, the last one to S.C. State 30-22. Broadway is already familiar with the rivalry and the AggieEagle Classic having coached at NCCU from 2003-2006. Broadway won two CIAA and two Black College National Championships with the Eagles and finished his coaching career at NCCU with a 33-11 record. Despite the team’s four game skid, running back Mike Mayhew leads the conference in rushing (957 on 199 carries) while wide receiver Wallace Miles leads the conference in receiving yards (925 on 62 catches). Mayhew is close to once again compiling 1,000 yards in a season for his second time. Meanwhile, Miles is just 75 yards shy of being the only player in Aggie history to become a 1,000-yard receiver, but

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classic From page 1 as it has previously been shown, the Eagles will do whatever it takes to stop the Aggies. “They always find a way to play us, no matter how bad they have been on paper,” said Miles. “We have business to take care of. Our seniors are ready to give all they have for the last time as Aggies.” The last time the Aggies defeated the Eagles was in 2009 at Aggie Stadium where A&T

came out on top in overtime 23-17. “As long as N. C. A&T football beats NCCU, I’ll call it a successful season, no matter the record,” said A&T junior Moyo Olusesi. Kickoff will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Sylvia Obell contributed to this report. -klrobin2@ncat.edu, smobell@ ncat.edu and follow them on Twitter @KayRob_ @YngBlkandFancy

inBRIEF WASHINGTON D.C. — N.C. A&T physics professor Solomon Biligin was among nine recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. This award is given to individuals and organizations who recognizes the role that

menorting playis in the academic and personal development of students studying science and engineering —particularly those who belong to minorities. Biligin will travel to the White House later this year to receive his award.

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Omegas celebrate100 years of brotherhood Kelcie c. mccrae Editor-in-Chief

The men of the Mu Psi chapter of Omega Psi Phi will join the ranks of two other historically black Greek organizations as they celebrate their centennial on Thursday. “To celebrate 100 years is a milestone,” said chapter president Derrick Bradshaw. “This is a big deal, especially with the impact we have on the community.” Come Thursday, the Omegas will be among both Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. who celebrated 100 years in 2006 and 2008 respectively. Omega Psi Phi was founded on Nov. 17, 1911 on the campus of Howard University with a mission to promote manhood, scholarship, unity, and perseverance. Although their

centennial does not take place until Thursday, the national chapter hosted its centennial celebration in Washington D.C. in July. For Mu Psi, this has been a week of celebration. They have hosted a series of programs around N.C. A&T’s campus that will conclude with their Founder’s Day program on Thursday in Webb Auditorium. “We hope our programs will uplift and make someone become a better person,” said chapter advisor Marc Williams. Williams says he is more than happy to celebrate this milestone event at A&T. “This means a lot to me,” he said. “We have served a vital purpose making sure we have African-Americans who are educated and socially active. I know we will be around

to celebrate several hundred years.” The Mu Psi chapter was charted on Mar. 27, 1927 at A&T. Their presence has been seen and heard throughout campus through buildings dedicated to their members. Gibbs Hall, which houses the sociology, criminology, and political science departments, was named for Warmouth T. Gibbs, a charter member for Mu Psi. McNair Hall, which houses to the college of engineering is named after Ronald McNair, a Mu Psi initiate and NASA astronaut who died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. “Mu Psi’s impact on campus is tremendous,” said Bradshaw. “It’s great to see our chapter have a hand in building this school.” -kcmccrae@ncat.edu and follow

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SUAB hosts international food night Kamilah Blackston Contributor

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Aggies enjoyed the Student University Activities (SUAB) Board’s annual International Food Night in Memorial Student Union’s Exhibit Hall on Monday. At 6 p.m., students received entry boarding passes for SUAB Airlines on a flight around the world. Among the many places represented at International Food Night were Thailand, India, Kenya, Brazil, Greece, Mexico, Japan, Italy, and last but not least, America. This year’s event was themed around an airline tour where each country represented a stop on the tour. Students received flyers upon entering that resembled airline tickets which

described International Food Night. Students worked the event passing out food and drinks while other students dressed as flight attendants and greeted people at the door. “It was fun to see how many people actually came out and tasting all the different foods was interesting,” said Alysha Williams, sophomore social work major from Jacksonville, Florida. Dozens of Aggies attended International Food Night which included foods such as traditional Thai tea, Nairobi beef, baklava, sushi, tacos, cupcakes, Guarana drinks and mozzarella sticks. Each country represented offered several different food items for tasting. Kawanna Foster, senior nursing major from Brooklyn, New York who

is also the president of SUAB described International Food Night as a cultural affair necessary to expose all students to different cultures. “The reason for the cultural affair is to bring cultural experiences to the campus and to students. We have a lot of international students on campus and what we started doing last year was working with the International and Study Abroad office so that way those students could incorporate some of their ideas into International Food Night. It’s basically just a fun event and what better way to let students experience the culture than food.” -kjblackston@yahoo.com and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

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Penn state looks forward after painful week MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — For Penn State University, there was the past week — a week of unimaginable turmoil and sorrow, anger and disbelief and shame. And then there is tomorrow. As Penn State leaves a harrowing week behind and takes tentative steps toward a new normal, students and alumni alike wonder what exactly that means. What comes next for a proud institution brought low by allegations that powerful men knew they had a predator in their midst and failed to take action? What should members of its community do now? “Our best,” said Julie Weiss, 19, a sophomore from Wayne, N.J., pausing outside her dorm to consider the question. Last week, the worst in its 156-year history, the place called Happy Valley became noticeably less so. Students and alumni felt betrayed as child sex abuse allegations exploded onto the nation’s front pages, bringing notoriety to a place largely untouched by, and unaccustomed to, scandal. As the school’s trustees pledge to get to the bottom of the saga, many Penn Staters are feeling sadness, anger, a sense of loss. Some can’t sleep. Others walk around with knots in their stomachs or can’t stop thinking about the victims. Wherever two or more people congregate, the subject inevitably comes up. Even Saturday’s pregame tailgate parties were muted with the subject that hung low over everything.

“Everyone’s been struggling to reconcile how something so bad could happen in a place that we all think is so good,” said senior Gina Mattei, 21, of Glen Mills, Pa., hours after Penn State played its first game since 1965 without Joe Paterno on the sidelines as head coach. “It’s sad to think that something like that could happen HERE, in a place where everyone is really comfortable and has a lot of community spirit.” Penn State’s former assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky, was charged Nov. 5 with molesting eight boys over a span of 15 years, and two university officials were charged with failing to notify authorities after being told about a 2002 incident in which Sandusky allegedly sodomized a boy in the showers of the football building. The scandal quickly metastasized, costing two more key figures their jobs — Paterno, the face of Penn State football since 1966, as well as university president Graham Spanier. It also tarnished the reputation of an institution that preached “success with honor” — that, according to its own credo, was supposed to be better than this. “Everyone kind of feels like this is just the beginning. We still have a (long) way to go for Penn State to redeem itself and get back to the place where we were,” said Mattei, who was selling cupcakes, bagels and Rice Krispie treats on College Avenue on Saturday night to raise money for her honors psychology society. Some students argue that the question itself — “How does Penn State regain what it’s

lost?” — is flawed. This remains a world-renowned research institution, they point out. It’s still the place where students hold THON, a yearly dance marathon that raises millions of dollars for pediatric cancer research. It’s far more than football and far bigger than Sandusky, Spanier, even Paterno. “I don’t think that our name is tarnished at all,” said Amy Fietlson, 19, a sophomore and aspiring veterinarian from New Jersey. “The integrity of a few individuals who have been involved with this school is definitely tarnished, but for the rest of us that had no way of preventing it or had no involvement in it, we are not tarnished at all. Our integrity remains.” Mattei’s boyfriend, Adam DiAntonio, a 22-year-old senior from Chester Heights, Pa., said that “99.9 percent of the university is still committed to the Penn State that everybody has known.” Determined words. In reality, though, it won’t be easy, even with a commitment from new president Rodney Erickson to restore confidence and “rebuild our community.” Too much damage has been done during a week of growing revelations, mounting anger and shock after nationally televised shock. The U.S. Education Department is investigating whether the university violated federal law by failing to report the alleged sexual assaults. Some donors are expected to pull back, at least in the short term. One football recruit has already changed his mind about

attending Penn State next year. Moody’s Investors Service Inc. warned that it might downgrade Penn State’s bond rating as it gauges the impact of possible lawsuits. Then there’s the risk that new allegations of wrongdoing — more abuse victims coming forward, perhaps, or evidence of a wider cover-up than what’s already been alleged — could jolt the campus again. “I hope and I pray that it doesn’t go any further than what we’ve already seen, which is as tragic as it gets,” said George Werner, 47, a Penn State graduate who was tailgating with friends Saturday in the shadow of Beaver Stadium. Werner, 47, who lives outside Ann Arbor, Mich., said he has struggled with the scandal every day, waking in the middle of the night and unable to go back to sleep. He fears it will be a long, long time before the university gets back to normal. “Maybe not in my lifetime,” he says. His friend and fellow alumnus John Jackson, 49, of Doylestown, Pa., said he doubts Penn State can move on until the depths of the Sandusky case are plumbed. “They need to do a deep dive and investigate everything and everybody. It’s going to be starting from scratch in a lot of ways,” Jackson said. “We know how serious this is. The focus needs to be on the children, the harm that was done.” Still, Jackson said, “there’s way more good than bad and that’s how you move on, as much as people want to lump us in.” On a warm Saturday af-

ternoon, Jackson and Werner joined a crowd looking for catharsis. Beaver Stadium pulsed with its usual energy as more than 100,000 fans waited for kickoff. “WE ARE! PENN STATE!” they roared in thundering unison. The old chant seemed to take on new significance after a singularly horrific week. It was an incantation, as if saying the words could restore things to the way they were. It was affirmation. It was a chance to show the world that Penn State is still Penn State. The university is so big — it’s basically a small city unto itself — that very little can alter the daily routine. Students still took tests, wrote papers, did research. Penn Staters still showed characteristic pride in their school. Saturday night crowds still packed College Avenue’s bars, pizza parlors, galleries and clothing stores. Yet the Sandusky case reached beyond the confines of the football program into every corner of campus and across the vast alumni network, too. At the Paterno Library, Alexandra Santoyo bent over a table, looking at a USA Today with “VICTIM 1,” a reference to one of the children whom Sandusky is accused of abusing, splashed in big letters. Santoyo, a university administrator from Mexico City who’s at Penn State for a yearlong study program, said she felt terrible. Earl Holt, a 2005 graduate who teaches school in Washington, D.C., said students and colleagues have asked him about Penn State. He came to State College over the weekend

to see for himself, catching the game and gauging the mood on campus. He said he sensed “an atmosphere of disappointment, but also of wanting to heal the situation and move forward and progress.” After a week in which the focus was on Paterno and the football program, students and alumni moved at week’s end to put it back where they felt it belonged — on the victims. Thousands massed on the lawn of the Old Main administration building for a candlelight vigil Friday night. Students took part in a “blue-out” Saturday, wearing the color of child abuse prevention. Taking a page from THON, a group of Penn State alumni began raising money for sexual violence prevention — and has already collected more than $300,000. It felt good to do something, people said. Indeed, 38-year-old Matt Bodenschatz, a Penn State student and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse himself, urged his fellow students to move beyond symbolic expressions of outrage and past their “desperate insistence that “’We are still Penn State.’” In a column posted Sunday on the website of the local paper, the Centre Daily Times, Bodenschatz said more is needed. He wrote: “Until and unless you find a way to do something genuine, lasting and sincerely sympathetic for someone at the receiving end of these very real, crippling crimes in our headlines — even if you never get to meet them or to know any of their names — then your indignation is unearned and misplaced.”

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MOSCOW — A Russian spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians blasted off Monday from the snow-covered Kazakh steppes in a faultless launch that eased anxiety and fears about the future of U.S. and Russian space programs. The Soyuz TMA-22 lifted off as scheduled at 8:14 a.m. (0414 GMT) Monday from the snow-covered Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to carry NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russians Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin on a mission to the International Space Station. The launch had been delayed for two months due to the crash of an unmannned Progress cargo ship in August. It cast doubts about future missions to the station, because the rocket that crashed used the same upper stage as the booster rockets carrying Soyuz ships to orbit. NASA warned that the space outpost will need to be abandoned temporarily for the first time in nearly 11 years if a new crew cannot be launched before the last of the station’s six residents fly back to Earth in midNovember. Russian space officials tracked down the Progress launch failure to an “accidental” manufacturing flaw and recalled all Soyuz rockets that had been

built from space launchpads for a thorough examination. A successful launch of a Progress ship last month cleared the way for the crew to be launched. The crew said they trusted the Soyuz, a workhorse of the Soviet and then Russian space program for more than 40 years. “We have no black thoughts and full confidence in our technology,” Shkaplerov told journalists before the launch. The new crew are to arrive just in time to keep the orbiting station manned. The three crew members currently on board the station are set to return to Earth on Nov. 21. Another crew launch next month is to take the station back to its normal sixperson crew mode. The 39-year-old Shkaplerov and 42-year-old Ivanishin are making their first flights into space. Burbank, 50, who will take over command of the space station, is a veteran of 12-day shuttle missions in 2000 and 2006. The three men are to remain aboard the space station until March. Even in case of an engine failure like the one that led to the Progress crash in August, a Soyuz crew would have been rescued by an emergency escape system. But any further launch trouble would have prompted NASA to rethink the space station program, that now relies exclusively on Russian spacecraft after the retirement of the U.S.

space shuttle fleet in July. The August Progress crash was one in a string of spectacular launch failures that have raised concerns about the state of Russia’s space industries. Last December, Russia has lost three navigation satellites when a rocket carrying them failed to reach orbit. A military satellite was lost in February, and the launch of the Express-AM4, described by officials as Russia’s most powerful telecommunications satellite, went awry in August. In the latest failure, an unmanned probe intended to collect ground samples on Phobos, a moon of Mars, in the most ambitious Russian interplanetary mission since the Soviet era, suffered an equipment failure shortly after Wednesday’s launch and got stuck in Earth orbit. Efforts to contact the Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Ground) craft have been unsuccessful and it’s expected to come crashing down in a couple of weeks. Russian space officials blamed the botched launches on obsolete equipment and an aging workforce. The space agency said it will establish its own quality inspection teams at rocket factories to tighten oversight over production quality.

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Twilight vs. Harry Potter, which franchise is #1? ERIK VEAL

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Some wonder if â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1â&#x20AC;? coming out Friday, will gain a high viewing from its fans like those of the Harry Potter franchise. Both franchises have made tremendous amounts of money in books, movies and memorabilia sales. But the main question is which franchise is worth the most money? When the Twilight franchise ďŹ rst started, Harry Potter was already in the ranks as one of the most proďŹ table franchises in movie history. So the support groups of both series formed teams of #TeamHarryPotter and #TeamTwilight that reached worldwide acknowledgement. According to money.co.uk, book sales sold in the millions with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potterâ&#x20AC;? having 400 million copies sold worldwide as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;? gathered up 100 million copies of its four books. Three of them spent a total of 143 consecutive weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potter in the Goblet of Fire,â&#x20AC;? used up 9,000 FedEx trucks to deliver the books to stores worldwide. Leading into Potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sixth novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Half Blood Prince,â&#x20AC;? it sold 6.9 million copies in the ďŹ rst 24 hours of its release as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breaking Dawnâ&#x20AC;? sold 1.3 million copies. As far as books, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potterâ&#x20AC;? dominated the shelves with three times the amount of books sold and continued growing as more were released. All books for both series were turned into movies and box ofďŹ ces were unbelievably selling out days in advance to the release. To date the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight Sagaâ&#x20AC;? has grossed $1.7 billion worldwide over the ďŹ rst threemotion pictures- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Moonâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eclipse.â&#x20AC;? On the other side, Potter grossed $6.3 billion worldwide from the

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jor from Philadelphia, Ashley Scotland. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a big Twihard.â&#x20AC;? On the other hand Harry Potter fans have no attraction to the love story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight does not appeal to me,â&#x20AC;? said Whitney Powell, a senior management information systems major form Washington. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I grew up with Harry Potter so I feel more related to.â&#x20AC;? But when teams form, there are always individuals who do not care at all for either series. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never read a Twilight book and I ended up falling asleep during the ďŹ rst Harry Potter ďŹ lm and I never returned to watch another,â&#x20AC;? said sophomore psychology major from Waldorf, MD, Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keyah Gray. Both have developed into two of the most proďŹ table series and with the Potter franchise coming to a close in July 2011 with its ďŹ nal ďŹ lm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,â&#x20AC;? the series closed out with a $1.134 billion making it the third highest-grossing ďŹ lm in cinema history according to Forbes.com. Now that Potter has completed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;? continues with its upcoming fourth ďŹ lm. The ďŹ nal book of the Twilight series has been broken up into two parts just like the ďŹ nal Harry Potter book. Anticipation of the ending of Bella and Edwardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love has already accounted for 93 percent of advance sales at Fandango.com, an online ticket vendor. As the franchises continue to collect revenue from DVD sales, the two are still creating memorabilia for fans. At this point, the competition between them will go on until Twilight closes next year after the release of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breaking Dawn Part 2.â&#x20AC;? But for now, let the argument of who is better continue. Winner (thus far): HARRY POTTER. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; jeveal1@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @_erikveal

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No one wants to spend a lot of money in college on hair, for the simple fact they do not have the ďŹ nances. Some may be so caught up in going to a hair salon and ďŹ nding established professionals that they forget to look among their own Aggie family. Shae Copeland, a junior family & consumer science education major, has been doing hair since she was nine years old. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start really making money till the age of 14. I love the craft of doing hair, it allows me to be creative and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always eager to learn how to do the new trendy hairstyles. And of course the money is great,â&#x20AC;? said Copeland. Her specialties consist of braids, twists (Senegalese and kinky), and she also does wash and sets, ďŹ&#x201A;exi rods and natural hair. Copelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prices range from $25 for a wash and set to $120 for twists and braids. Though Copeland is a FCS major she has thought about going back to cosmetology school after obtaining her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree. Copelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work can be found on her Facebook page in her hair album under the name of Shae Cope. Senior journalism & mass communications major Tiffani HartsďŹ eld also makes a proďŹ t

from doing hair. Though HartsďŹ eld did not start doing hair until 2008, she loves the fact that she can improve a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self esteem while expressing creativity with her hands. HartsďŹ eld has big plans with doing hair, which include bringing huge opportunities back to A&Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to explore any opportunities of opening a salon for Aggies on campus.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;After I graduate in December, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to explore any opportunities of opening a salon for Aggies on campus.â&#x20AC;? What many students may not know is in the past, there was a salon and barbershop on campus located in the union. HartsďŹ eld also wants to own two hair salons, one in her hometown Richmond, Va. and another in the triad area. With HartsďŹ eldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans to make this happen, she has been making her resume look good to make her goal a reality. She currently does hair at Elite Cuts and Salon on 364 W Lee St. There she does natural hair, speciďŹ cally dread locs. She offers discounts to Aggies and other local college students. Doing hair is not something

frivolous that HartsďŹ eld enjoys doing in her free time. She wants to help others through her talent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to start a non-proďŹ t organization similar to Locks of Love for African Americans suffering from hair loss.â&#x20AC;? HartsďŹ eld hopes all the various business ventures she has will enable her to retire by the age of 50 years old. Through these two examples, students can now look back on their home campus to help solve their hair troubles. For the male students it is not too difďŹ cult to ďŹ nd someone talented with a pair of clippers for a shape-up or a clean-cut trim. The job that was once viewed as a side hustle for students seems to be more substantial and proďŹ ting for those who put real work into their talent. It may be something to fall back on for Copeland and HartsďŹ eld who are working towards degrees in other ďŹ elds, but this is something they are both putting in to get major rewards back. This just goes to show students that Aggies are more than what their degree may say. Do not be hesitant in recognizing the talents and workings of the students here on campus. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ashleynvaughn89@yahoo.com and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

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Politics As Usual Wanted: Black Men in the classroom KELCIE C. MCCRAE Editor-in-Chief

Black people are constantly deemed as the majority consumers when it comes to technology, yet the minority of its creators and innovators. Far too many blacks are in front of the computer screen instead of behind it creating new features. It is almost impossible not to question why there are not a good amount of blacks leading the pack in Silicon Valley. Within this market there are next to no black versions of Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, or even Tom from Myspace. Sunday night, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien tackled this issue with her fourth installment of Black in America: The New Promised Land — Silicon Valley. Throughout this hour-long premiere, O’Brien skillfully dispelled notions that black people just are not interested in the creative side of technology. By following eight black tech founders, O’Brien showed a race of people eager to become innovators of new technologies. Today, social medias have taken over societies worldwide. Among them is of course Twitter. As a fairly new phenomenon this social site is becoming popular by the day, and blacks overwhelmingly populate this site. According to Edison Research’s annual report on Twitter, black people represent 25 percent of Twitter users. This is roughly twice their share of their population. As a people who are dispro-

portionately represented in this market, they are surely playing into the age-old category of blacks supporting wealth instead of creating it. There are far too many instances of blacks participating in a phenomenon instead of creating one of their own. This latest episode of Blacks in America was a breath of fresh air as it shed light on blacks that are serious on being the creators. All eight of these tech founders had ideas that could potentially could skyrocket into Facebook or Twitter popularity. Among them was BeCouply. Co-founder of this social app for power couple was Pius Uzamere. As one of the eight founders, I felt that he had one of the best concepts being that he knew his market, and he catered to them. By providing an avenue for couples to connect with other couples, I know that it has the potential to become a household social app in the near future. And plus, other investors thought so as well for they were among only a few companies who received funding. Today, black people must break this cycle of aspirations of becoming rich. They must realize that they must create wealth, and in order to do that they must go in business for themselves. Black in America has done an outstanding job on showing that there are those out there who realize this concept. -kcmccrae@ncat.edu and follow her on Twitter @Kelcie_McCrae

A smart man once said, “be the change you wish to see in the world.” However, it is a shame that so few of us want to be the change that is desperately needed in today’s society. This past weekend I traveled to Durham, to take the Praxis II exam. This is a test all potential teachers must take in order to become an educator. There were roughly 60 people at my site. Of those 60, there were roughly seven males. Of those seven, only two, myself included, were men of color. The lack of men willing to help the future generations disturbed me, but most importantly it showed me how desperately we need educated black men to step up for future generations. Voting is not the answer, nor is telling our kids to go to school. Because in both of those situations we still leave our future’s fate in the hands of professionals that are not people of color. Black Americans make up approximately 9.2 percent of teachers in America. We send our kids to school where 90.8 percent of the time they learn from people who have different cultural, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. Thus, many times our students feel the educational system is not for them. This is not saying white teachers cannot do a great job instructing our kids. But when considering things such as high school dropout rates, lack of blacks in leadership roles, and a system that builds us up to be followers and not leaders, it is hard to ignore that the lack of

black educators has a direct effect on the educational struggles we face today, especially among young black males. It is a TRUMAINE shame that we MCCASKILL see more black males in our repeater world his-

“25 out of 26 students told me they have had two or less black male teachers in their life.” tory class than we do in our advanced placement history class. And it is even more shameful that in many of our minds, that has become the norm. In a survey I presented to the high school class I teach at Eastern Guildford High School, 25 out of 26 of my students told me they have had two or less black male teachers in their lives. It was sad to hear that from white students, but to hear that from black students simply broke my heart. Have you ever wondered why black males are falling so far behind in education? We are losing far too many black males. Not only are we becoming ghost in the classroom, where black male students are

less likely to graduate than their white peers and more often suspended and expelled, but we are also losing them to the streets, where they face more incidents of violence and incarceration. Maybe it is because too many men do not see the importance of the classrooms. For many black kids who spend more time with their teacher and coaches than their own parents, this has a lasting affect that says, “Education is not for me.” I will be the very first to admit that teachers are highly underpaid. However, it is interesting how we have so many problems in our society, yet so few black male teachers to help solve these problems. Sadly, only 47 percent of black American males graduate high school, according to a 2010 report by the Schott Foundation, a Cambridge, Mass.-based organization that funds programs to help public schools. Also, black males are twice as likely to face suspensions or expulsions than white and Hispanic males, a Tampa Tribune analysis found. In addition to that, black males are three times more likely to be suspended from school than white males and five times more likely to be expelled. With stats like that, it is no coincidence that black males lead in prisoners and future prisoners yet are at the bottom of teachers and future teachers. While many politicians, businessmen, and journalists tell our kids to get an education, many of them are less than willing to get involved in the field because

the pay sucks. Well I present this question to black men; how much money do people have to pay for our black men to play a larger role in our kids lives? Since when are personal economic advances more important than investing in the future generation’s education? To be honest, in this day and age the problem is not raising your child. The problem is raising these children. We talk about the need for black male role models and never look at the need for black teachers, especially black male teachers. Do you think black males do not know enough about our history? Well when was the last time you saw a black man take the initiative to teach it? CNN tells us about the lack of black technology leaders. However, they forgot to mention that many black students grow up never learning about their leadership potential because many of them never had black teachers teaching them about black leaders. We need to be the image so many of us rarely saw. That image is a black male commanding a class and building the future generations up to know that being an educator is an important profession for black males. If we continue to fail as educators of our future, then imagine the lasting impact it will have on black kids for generations to come. -tlmccask@ncat.edu And follow him on Twitter @TrumaineWasHere

1. With the current economic situation, would you be willing to sleep with your boss to keep your job?

ter and Facebook. It was very interesting to see people getting involved on the special, which shined a light on a very interesting topic. I liked it a lot. I hope to see it come on again. Guy #3- I have never been a fan of the Black In America specials because I am black and I am in America so I think I already know the things they are talking about. I don’t need CNN to hit me with a bunch of facts and numbers that back up the knowledge I already know about my fellow black men and women.

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The cafeteria workers are not your maids “They are not your maids!” I wish I could yell this at the next student I see who leaves his or her plate on a table in the cafeteria. After breakfast, lunch and dinner, there are always plates and cups left on the tables. Some students leave their trash and dirty utensils behind expecting the cafeteria workers to clean up after them. Some students even go as far to say, “Well that’s their job to clean up after us.” That is one of the most ignorant and selﬁsh statements a person could say. It disgusts me that some students really have this mentality. I wonder what makes these students think that kind of behavior is okay. I am sure that this would be unacceptable in their homes and I can almost guarantee that their parents would be disappointed in their actions here on campus. What is so hard about bringing up your dishes and trash to the conveyor belt? Is the walk

there really that far? Or do you just have no respect for the people who work there? These workers are just trying to earn an honest living. MICHELE They do not DELGADO deserve added work just because certain students are too lazy to pick up after themselves. Imagine if your grandmother worked in the cafe. On top of the work she has already, she would be the one who had to clean up all those tables and bring up all the left behind garbage and dishes after each meal period. I know if that was my grandmother I would be upset. Let us go further with this: imagine if that was your job. You have been at work all day and the dinner wave is ﬁnally over. All you see is an empty

cafe with garbage and dishes all over the tables. Just imagine the frustration you would feel now that you have to bring up all the dishes on top of already having to clean the cafe. I bet you would consider that unfair. Not only do you have to be accountable for yourself but students should be accountable for one another. It bothers me that people do not hold their friends accountable. I know if my friends and I were leaving and I saw something on the table I would stop and ask whose it was. It is that simple. If people called their friends out about trash and dishes then they would be more inclined to bring it up to the conveyor belt. This kind of disgusting behavior is not just in the cafe either. I can ﬁnd trash left behind on tables in the union, trash left in dormitory stairwells, and paper towels left all over the ﬂoors

in public bathrooms. We have a beautiful campus, why are students trying to ruin that? One of the most agitating things is to see students leaving garbage bags outside of small trash cans because they are too lazy to walk to the dumpsters. Not only does this make our campus look bad, but also unfair to the workers who have to clean up that extra trash. They already have to travel around the entire campus to get the trash, but now they have to go out of their way to get the bags left outside by students. We should all have a certain respect for everyone on this campus that works hard to keep our campus clean and functional. All that I ask is for students to do their part. Just clean up after yourself; it is not that hard. -msmicheledelgado@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

Guy #1- I’ve never been a fan of prostitution. I think there are opportunities to get jobs all over the country. So I would have to say no just because I don’t want to degrade myself just to keep my job. However, if my boss was attractive then I think I would be willing to go through with it and play her little game. Guy #2- A wise woman once said, “You got to use what you got, to get what you want.” So if that means sleeping with my boss just to stay recession free, then so be it. While the man with pride sits there unemployed, I will be sitting comfortably at work. The world is far too cold for me to lose my job just because I got a point to prove. So I would be more than happy to sleep with my boss just as long as she is a female. Guy #3- I might have to decline. But then again I have never been in that situation so it is hard to say. This is a sick world so sometimes you have to do what you have to do to keep a job. Nobody listens to someone who is not economically stable. So I would have to be in that situation before I can give an honest answer. 2. How did you feel about the Black In America special? Guy #1- I had to work so I didn’t catch it. But I heard it was good and touched on pretty good topics. I know my roommate and was discussing it with a few friends when I got home so I listened to their conversation. I think I like the fact that CNN is doing the special because I know the ﬁrst one wasn’t all that great. So I’m glad to know they are consistently getting better with it. Guy #2- I thought it was very well put together. In addition to that, I think I loved how so many people were responding and talking about it on Twit-

3. Why do guys treat their main girl and their side girls the same way? Guy #1- I think the real question should be “why do guys have a main girl and a side girl?” I think if you feel that you have to have more than one girl, then that main chick shouldn’t be a girl you deal with. I have seen guys play this game and it is sad to see guys play these girls up but I guess that’s just a part of being young and playing the game I suppose. But many of these guys will live and learn the hard way in the end. Guy #2- I believe in equality. Until I put a ring on it, I am going to treat them all the same. A main chick is nothing more than a girl I spend most of my time with. I believe that if you dealing with several girls then you don’t have a main chick, you simply have a girl who requires more time to keep her happy. Guy #3- I’m glad this question is anonymous. But I know I do it because I hate treating girls like less than a woman. That might sound crazy, but I believe that no girl, regardless of how loose she might be, wants to be treated like a loose girl. So I treat all my girls with equal respect. A lot of my brothers and I argue about this same thing, but I know this is a dirty game I’m playing either way. So instead of being a jerk to a bunch of girls, I might as well let them know I’m enjoying the time I’m spending with them.

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Aggies lose in tourney kalyn hoyle

The A&T men’s basketball team began their season with a 97-65 road loss to the Creighton Blue Jays. Creighton is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and went 22-17 last season. The Aggies, who went 15-17 in 2011, are returning four starters and added three freshmen to their roster. Head coach Jerry Eaves is entering his eighth season and has the third most wins in A&T history. The season-opening game was played in front of more than 15,000 fans at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The Blue Jays jumped in front of the Aggies early as they took an 11-0 lead after their first four offensive possessions of the game. The Aggies responded by going on an 11-0 run of their own, tying the game 11-11. The Blue Jays quickly shifted the momentum from the Aggies as they took a 24-13 lead after a timely 13-2 run. Personal fouls and costly turnovers aided the Blue Jays in gaining a 28-46 halftime lead. After creating a marginal lead, the Blue Jays exerted defensive dominance for the remainder of the game, holding the Aggies to 38 percent shooting from the field. The Aggie’s starting five accounted for only 28 of the team’s 65 points. None of A&T’s players were able to score in double-digits. Junior forward, Austin Witter, led the Aggies in scoring with 9 points. Offensively, the Blue Jays found a niche penetrating the A&T defense and dishing the ball out to three-point shooters, compiling 28 assists. The most efficient shooter for the Blue Jays was sophomore guard Jahenns Manigat who connected on 5-7 three-pointers and finished with 18 points. Senior point guard Antoine Young finished the game with 11 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds. The Aggies will finish up their three game road trip with games against Campbell University on Thursday. -kdhoyle@ncat.edu and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

‘Betcha’ didn’t know... NC A&T linebacker, D’Vonte Grant has a team-leading 78 tackles and 48 solo tackles Volleyball middle hitter, Jeana Daniels record 89 kills in the last 26 sets of the season NC A&T point guard, Marc Hill record his 19th double-digit scoring game NC A&T women’s guard, Tracy King was named Iona College Tip-Off AllTournament team this past weekend

Johnson, 20 years strong with HIV LOS ANGELES — Bob Costas, the television sports analyst widely considered one of the best in the country, was no different from many athletes, sports fans and basketball experts 20 years ago (last) Monday when Magic Johnson held a news conference to tell the world he was HIV-positive. “I was stunned,” Costas said, “and my immediate thought was, knowing what we thought we knew about HIV, we would watch Magic Johnson die a public death, that he would waste away. This was what we thought we understood about the virus, that his days were numbered.” Now the number of days Johnson has ahead of him seems limitless when the strong, healthy-looking basketball great, onetime coach, voluble television commentator and successful businessman puts on his smile and optimism and shakes your hand. Chris Mullin, who played with Johnson on the 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball team, said that when he sees Johnson anywhere, his own big hand disappears into Johnson’s bigger hands. “It makes you remember,” Mullin said, “just how strong he is.” How strong he is. Not was. Twenty years later, some of the men who played with or against Johnson or who stood by his side when he made the HIV announcement say what Costas said. That they thought Magic would die, sooner rather than later, and that they dreaded what

they might watch. “That he would just waste away,” Mullin said. “That’s what we thought we knew.” Kenny Smith, now a TNT studio analyst, said the moment he heard Johnson’s announcement on Nov. 7, 1991, he said one word. “Jesus,” Smith said. “I wasn’t educated at all on what was going on with the virus. It turns out, unfortunately for him, fortunately for us, he was the best man for the job. His job was educating people on what HIV was. He helped me learn a totally new perspective. God doesn’t give us anything we can’t handle, that seemed to be Magic’s attitude. “I don’t know if there was another person alive, not just athlete, but person, who had such goodwill earned up, who could have told us what he told us and have people feel sympathy instead of something else.” Smith was the Houston Rockets’ team representative in 1991, and after Johnson’s announcement, the NBA asked all the team reps to attend an informational seminar about the virus and to return to their teams and, as Smith said, “educate.” “Even some of the trainers, still working with the team at the time, weren’t educated,” Smith said. “Even people we trusted with our bodies at the time didn’t really know much. The day Magic spoke was the day some truth was brought into the situation to people who are sometimes resistant to education.”

It wasn’t only basketball players who heard Johnson on that day and expected only sadness and illness to follow. A major component of the Magic Johnson Foundation is devoted to HIV and AIDS awareness. The foundation’s HIV/AIDS program, in partnership with the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, has established full-service treatment centers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and Jacksonville, Fla., offering free or low-cost healthcare for those dealing with the virus. The foundation also holds events each year offering free HIV/AIDS testing. According to the foundation’s website, it has tested nearly 30,000 people and given 1,000 positive diagnoses for the virus. At the time of Johnson’s announcement, many people did not understand the difference between being HIV-positive and actually having AIDS. Two decades ago, the typical length of time from infection to death was eight to 10 years. It was not until the mid-’90s that drug cocktails that suppress the AIDS virus came into wide use. And not all players were unconcerned about playing basketball with Johnson. Fellow 1992 Olympic Dream Team member Karl Malone was most outspoken about his fears. “Look at this, scabs and cuts all over me,” Malone told a reporter in New York in 1992. “I get these every night, every game. They can’t tell you that you’re not at risk, and you can’t

tell me there’s one guy in the NBA who hasn’t thought about it.” Charles Barkley, also a teammate of Johnson’s on the 1992 Olympic team, said he cried when Johnson made his announcement. He said he was also aware of NBA players besides Malone who were hesitant to, as Barkley said, “be in the same building with Magic.” “I was cool with it,” Barkley said. “I had known people with AIDS before. The thing about Magic was that he handled it all very well, the criticism, whatnot. I think that’s just his personality, being able to handle stuff.” Now, 20 years later, what Barkley and Smith and Mullin all remember is that Johnson was voted a starter for the 1992 All-Star game and that he represented the U.S. at the 1992 Olympics. Johnson hit a three-point shot as the final basket of that All-Star game. “I can still see that ball going in,” Smith said. “And everybody ran out to hug him and kiss him.” NBA Commissioner David Stern, who stood by Johnson’s side on the day the announcement was made, said, “Magic changed the debate about HIV on a global scale because the person suddenly afflicted was a beloved athlete of world renown. We all assumed he would be dead soon and he was busy reassuring all of us.”

Aggies get powderpuff team STAFF REPORT

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April Terry bowls at the MEAC Southern invitational match on Sunday, Nov.13.

Aggies fall short in MEAC Invitational meagan jordan

The Lady Aggies bowling team faced a challenging weekend. In the MEAC Southern Division I invitational tournament at Gate City Lanes the team finished with a record of 2-3 after five games competing against Florida A&M and Norfolk State defeating both teams. Later on, the Aggies lost to Bethune Cookman, N.C. Central and S.C. State. The Aggies were the host of this invitational making it their first home match. With the MEACS being the best bowling conference this was the Aggies first time of the season competing with tough MEAC teams. The Aggies won the

match against Florida A&M with a score of 841824 and also won against Norfolk State with a score of 801-762. The Lady Aggies lost to Bethune Cookman with the score of 864-781and also fell against S.C. State with a score of 875- 732, also being defeated by N.C. Central 851-792. The Aggies had a total of 3,947 points which were the least amount of points from the teams on Saturday. Sophomore Cherise Poole had the best performance this weekend with a score of 235 against Florida A&M. Close behind her was Senior April Terry averaging a total of 184.2 points. “Overall Cherise Poole performed well,” said Coach James. Poole tied for fourth place at the tournament

for the total pinfalls, with Terry coming in sixth. “The performance this season was not as I would’ve liked but it was better this weekend,” stated head coach James. Sophomore Shameka Williams had her best game in the team’s fifth game bowling 139 and senior Jenea McCaskey set a new record for herself bowling 160 in game two. The lady Aggies are looking forward to their next match, which will be held Nov. 18-20 for the Hawk Classic in Millsboro Delaware. “For the next match I am expecting a better performance, a lot of improvement is needed,” said Coach James. -msjordan@ncat.edu and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

Men say girls cannot play football, but a new women’s flag football team has started and they are ready to show the guys they can play too. As the first women’s traveling flag football team on campus, the Aggie Divas are excited to start their season. The team was funded by Student Affairs and to be apart of the team, students must have a 2.0 grade point average. There has been organized powderpuff football at A&T since 2008 according to Carrington. Director of Intramural Sports and head coach Xavier Carrington expressed this is the first time they have competed at the regional level and he feels good about the team. “We have a lot of speed and athletic ability,” he said. The team consists of 13 female students and among them are captains Eunice Gibeaurx and Brittany Lassiter. “We have a lot of diversity and we work hard,” said Gibreaux. “We’re looking forward to competing in Maryland.” In the past, the team has competed in games amongst themselves and against Bennett College. The team is preparing for the 17th annual championship competing with over 50 teams this week from Nov. 18-20. “I’m very excited about the opportunity. You do not have to be participating in male intramural sports,” said Carrington. -theatregister@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

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AROUND SPORTS (MCT)—Former Pennsylvania State University coach Jerry Sandusky’s nationally televised denial that he had sexually abused children drew scathing reviews Tuesday from legal experts. One defense lawyer and former prosecutor called the interview “a prosecutor’s dream.” Another pronounced the move “idiotic.” Others argued that amid a steadily growing chorus of damaging news, Sandusky had little choice but to speak out publicly. “But to expose him to that level of questioning when you have absolutely no control over it? Stunning. Absolutely stunning.”

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Skateboarders grind all over A&T’s campus ALEXIS WHITE

Skateboarders are taking over the sidewalks here at N.C. A&T. There has been an epidemic of skateboarders around campus making their way to class. It seems as though it is becoming a way of life for these students, but everyone has not accepted this movement yet. “I got tired of walking. I just wanted to get around campus faster,” said Marquis Butler, freshman graphic communications major. Butler said he started skating because everyone in his hometown was a skateboarder. “I am from Columbus, Ohio, where everyone skateboards. I think we just like the thrill of it,” he said as he laughed. Skateboarding is not just a hobby that these students have picked up; their peers and idols such, as Lil’ Wayne, also serve as motivation to them. “I was mainly inspired by my friend Stanley. He is a good skateboarder and watching him made me eager to learn,” said Terry Doone, freshman psychology major. Campus seems to be one of the most appealing places to skate. “There have been rumors that you can get a ticket for skateboarding downtown, so that’s mainly the reason why I skateboard on campus,” said

people do not consider skateboarding as a sport that black people usually participate in. Sita explains that he believes most black people consider the activity as a “white person’s sport” because they are afraid of hurting themselves in the action. “People tell me that skating is for white people all of the time,” Sita continues “It’s just a sport. Everyone has their own sport. And my sport is skateboarding.” Other A&T students have noticed this outbreak of skateboarders, and some seem to be quite amazed with PHOTO BY KENNNETH L. HAWKINS JR. • PHOTO EDITOR how many there have been. RASHID Sita,freshmen from Maryland does a trick outside of “I am a senior and in Barnes on Monday. the four years I’ve been Rashid Sita, a sophomore me- a student here, I have never seen chanical engineering major. Sita so many students skateboardsaid that campus police have re- ing,” said Sandra Jeter, senior cently been giving out tickets for psychology and political sciskateboarding in certain areas. ence major. “The campus police just started Skateboarding has also taken ticketing us for skateboarding the interest of new admirers. in the new circle where the new Jeter believes that it is a nice Academic building is located, sport to participate in and hopes which is the ‘hotspot’ for us to learn how to skateboard one skateboarders,” said Sita. day. “I think that skateboarding However, skateboarders are is cool! I would deﬁnitely learn criticized because most black how to skate; it’s different and

MOVIE REVIEW: IMMORTALS SPOILER ALERT!!

Immortals is the movie to beat NECOLE JACKSON

The highly anticipated movie, “Immortals” was released last Friday. The producers of “300” brought this movie to theaters. Actor Henry Cavill, who will be starring as Superman in “Man of Steel,” debuting 2013, plays the main character, Theseus. The movie also stars Freida Pinto as the virgin oracle, Phaedra. Pinto is most known for playing Latika in the Oscarwinning movie “Slumdog Millionaire.” Other actors appearing in “Immortals” are Mickey Rourke as King Hyperion, John Hurt as elderly Zeus, Luke Evans as young Zeus, Kellan Lutz as Poseidon, and Isabel Lucas as Athena. Theseus and his mother are peasants treated horribly by their town. The only person he respects is an old man, Zeus, that teaches him how to fight. Zeus prepares him for the day that someone will try to let the Titans lose because gods cannot interfere in human affairs. Theseus struggles because he has no faith in the gods and will only fight for the people important to him. He will soon have to stand with his town because King Hyperion is trying to release the Titans who will take over the world. In order for him to do that, he must find the Bow of Epirus and the virgin oracle, Phaedra, is the only one who can figure out where it is. After Hyperion kills his mother, Theseus and Phaedra escape the king’s wrath and return to his homeland to bury his mother. In the tomb, he finds the

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bow, which later ends in Hyperion’s hands. Will he unleash the Titans? If he does, will Theseus and his town defeat them? Not only that, but will the gods defeat the Titans if they are released? This movie is very action packed and has a great story line. From the beginning, the movie entertains with drama and fight scenes. “Immortal” contains a lot of blood, sword fighting and super human moments that can leave a person amazed. Ladies, this is one movie guys should see with his male friends. If a person does not like action movies with a lot of killing and fighting they should not see it. Overall, this movie deserved an above average grade. It would have been great to see more of the god’s fighting with the Titans. This movie is now showing at all movie theaters in Greensboro. -nmjackso@aol.com and follow us on Twitter @TheATRegister.

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Hampton Sanders, campus facility employee. Sanders explained that the skateboarders have been destructive when they skate on the concrete seats near the new academic building. “They are ruining the seats that were just built. By them skateboarding on the edges of them, that messes up the structure of the seats,” Sanders said with concern. Although skateboarding on campus seems to be an inspiring activity, it can be an issue in some areas on campus; however, the skateboarders will not stop. “I have been skating for a long time, and I will most likely not give up skateboarding,” said PHOTO BY KENNETH L. HAWKINS JR. • PHOTO EDITOR a smiling Sita.

I am a person who likes to explore different things.” Furthermore, students are not the only ones who have become aware of the skateboarding activity on campus. The facility

employees have noticed too. “I personally don’t have a problem with them skateboarding, as long as they don’t run into me or other students,” said

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ON SCREEN TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 is the final installment of the blockbuster movie franchise. Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage, honeymoon, and the tumultuous birth of a child… Which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). The movie is set to be in theaters Friday. There is no doubt this film will break records like the previous movies have.

ALBUM REVIEW:TAKE CARE

Drake takes care of his fans

SYLVIA OBELL

Managing Editor

Drake is back raw, uncut, and emotional as ever with his second album “Take Care.” The 25-year-old rapper clearly knows nothing about the sophomore album curse. The album embodies its title “Take Care” as Drake croons an interesting mix of cocky yet endearing lyrics like only he can. It’s becoming signature for Drake to take listeners through a impressively honest journey through his current state of mind. “Thank Me Later” was very much about the effects of the new found super stardom he was experiencing; now those feelings are not-so-new and he addresses the repercussions that come with fame throughout the album with lyrics such as, “I think maybe I was numb to it last year, but you know I feel it now more than ever.” The album appropriately starts out with “Over My Dead Body,” a melancholy track in which he addresses the public’s expectations of him, other rappers, burdens that come with money, and more; he does the same more aggressively on the albums ﬁrst single “Headlines.” Arguably Drake’s cockiest track, the quick-paced song

is full of bars in which he allows himself to brag about, well, everything while simultaneously shutting down anyone who would tell him to do otherwise. It would not be a Drake album without those infamous “3 a.m. confession” type tracks. Whether he addresses just one ex-girlfriend or a slew of strippers we will never know, his heartache certainly makes for great music. The summer internet hit “Marvin’s Room” epitomizes that as Drake emulates the infamous and completely relatable act of drunk dialing. “Shot for Me” is the closest thing to a male version of Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable,” as Drake boldly tells his ex that he made her, she will never have another like him and to cope with that pain she can take a shot for him. My personal favorite moments on the album are the passionate yet cold “Doing It Wrong” and “Good Ones Go Interlude.” The emotion on those tracks is so evident anyone who’s been through anything remotely similar cannot help but feel his pain. On “Look What You’ve Done,” Drake gives listeners a rare look into his family life. With “Lord Knows,” featuring Rick Ross, Drake delivers some of his strongest bars on what will surely be a future radio hit. There are a number of great collaborations on “Take Care.” My most anticipated pairing was with artist/producer The Weeknd. He and Drake’s styles compliment each other very well and the OVOXO duo do not disappoint, delivering a notable theme song for “crews” everywhere. Other notable features include Rihanna (“Take Care”), Andre 3000 (“The Real Her”), Stevie Wonder (“Doing It Wrong”), Nicki Minaj (“Make Me Proud”), and Lil’ Wayne (what song wasn’t he on?).

Drake has delivered one of, if not the, best album of the year. The question now is how much the album leaking — a whole nine days early — will affect his record sales. There are a few tracks on the deluxe album that did not get leaked such as “Hate Sleeping Alone,” “The Ride,” and “The Motto” that those who choose to buy have to look forward to. Don’t get me wrong, this album isn’t 100 percent perfection, there are a couple moments where the album drags, and as I mentioned before, Lil’ Wayne appears a few too many times. However, all in all, Drizzy did not disappoint. But don’t take my word for it, take Drake’s, “Listen, enjoy it, buy it if you like it....and take care until next time.” -Sylvia.Obell@yahoo.com and follow her on Twitter @ Yngblkandfancy.

1. Did you see Kimbella get knocked out? 2. Which is worse, black on black violence or the name Kimbella? 3. After seeing Chrissy in action, is it safe to assume she has man hands? 4. Why is there so much porn on Facebook now? 5. Why are all of you clicking on the Nicki Minaj sex tape link? 6. Since when has celebrity porn been free? 7. Shouldn’t that have told you the link was spam?8. Can you wear too much Aggie clothing at one time? 9. How many of you can walk straight while you text? 10. How many freshmen will be on academic probation before Christmas? 11. How many people are out of flex dollars because of McAllister’s? 12. Why is the powderpuff football team called the Aggie Divas? 13. When you think Diva, do you honestly think football? 14. Have you purchased your black party ticket yet? 15. Are you going to be that one person who tries it and wears a gold blazer? 16. You do know what ALL black means right? 17. Did we ruin your outfit idea? 18. Did you actually buy Drake’s new album? 19. Do you feel depressed after listening to it? 20. Do you think he’s still stuck in “Marvin’s Room?”

ON SHELVES RIHANNA is set to release her latest album “Talk That Talk” Nov. 21st. The album features 11 songs (unless you get the deluxe album, which has 14). There are appearances by JayZ and Calvin Harris. The album follows the success of her hit single and controversial video, ‘We Found Love.”

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Rihanna feat Jay-Z “Talk That Talk”

Just like the title says, Rihanna wants you to “Talk That Talk” to her all night. This song makes you want to dance, and has Rihanna’s attitude all over the beat. Jay’s verse is different than the knowledge dropping we’re used to hearing, but it’s perfect for this song. This is a hit that you should listen to on RiRi’s latest album.

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