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The Division of Information Technology and Student Affairs gathered student feedback to create a more comfortable and cutting edge learning experience for students. The new 4,500 square feet center features Macintosh computers and all-in-one touch screen computers. “After observing how students used the furniture and technology in the library, we realized students were trying to do high-tech things with outdated equipment,” said Vicki Coleman, dean of library services. “Some rooms still had chalkboards, and we noticed an overwhelming wait time for work space when students wanted to work on group projects.” Student Affairs, a Title III grant, and the Division of

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U of T club blasted for ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant’ game RALPH K.M. HAURWITZ MCT Campus

AUSTIN (TX) — A student group at the University of Texas dubbed its mock sting operation “Catch an Illegal Immigrant,” saying the goal is to provoke discussion about an issue of national importance. But so far, the event planned for Wednesday has provoked little more than a volley of criticism aimed at the UT chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas, which was repudiated by Democrats, Republicans and university officials alike. Hours after the group announced its plan Monday, UT President Bill Powers declared the event “completely out of line with the values we espouse.” A spokesman for GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott, for whose campaign the chairman of the Young Conservatives worked until recently, also denounced the plan. The Young Conservatives said several people would be walking around the campus with the label “illegal immigrant” on their clothing. Any UT student who catches someone wearing the label would receive a $25 gift card upon taking that person to the group’s table at the West Mall, a kind of free-speech zone. “The purpose of this event is to spark a campuswide discussion about the issue of illegal immigration, and how it affects our everyday lives,” Lorenzo V. Garcia, chapter

chairman, said in a statement. Instead, the plan sparked criticism of the group’s tactics. “Our students, faculty and the entire university work hard both to promote diversity and engage in a respectful exchange of ideas,” Powers said in a statement. “Our nation continues to grapple with difficult questions surrounding immigration. I ask YCT to be part of that discussion but to find more productive and respectful ways to do so that do not demean their fellow students.” With the student group taking a beating on social media Monday, Garcia was unavailable for comment. It was unclear whether he is a current student at UT. A university spokeswoman said she had no information one way or the other, but the school’s website said a Lorenzo Valerio Garcia’s first semester was fall 2012 and his last semester was spring 2013. In September, the Young Conservatives held a bake sale, charging different prices based on the buyer’s race, ethnicity and gender to underscore the group’s opposition to affirmative action. As with the bake sale, the catch-an-immigrant game is “inflammatory and demeaning” and fails to recognize that undocumented students are entitled by law to attend state universities, said Gregory Vincent, UT’s vice president for u See U OF T on Page 3

Academic Affairs funded the $220,000 project. Before the renovations, the library had only two high-tech rooms to enhance collaborative projects. Rooms were available on a first-come, first-served basis, but had to be reserved at the circulation desk. “I have to get used to the new MAC computers,” said Justin Williams, a senior political science student. “Overall, I’m satisfied with the updates because the old computers were outdated.” There are stations where students can charge their phones and other media devices. In addition to more comfortable chairs, designed to support long hours of sitting. The overall look of the first floor is more modern, with splashes of bright colors. There is lounge seating to encourage social interaction and peer-to-peer learning. There are

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STUDENTS AND FACULTY walk two miles for National Diabetes Awareness on Tuesday, November 19, 2013.

According to The American Diabetes Association, African Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes compared to the general population. In 2011, it was reported that 25.8 million Americans have diabetes. In observance of National Diabetes Month, Sebastian Health Center collaborated with the School of Nursing to hold North Carolina A&T’s its first walk for National Diabetes Awareness on Tuesday.

The National Diabetes Education Program says diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can be described as insulin opening the doors to bodily cells to produce energy. So when a person has diabetes, it means that too much sugar is in his or her blood. Sugar comes from the various foods that are eaten. When there is not enough insulin in the bloodstream, blood levels rise. There are three types of

diabetes: Type 1, Type 2, and gestational. Type 1 can be passed genetically from family members, and gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancies. Type 2, which is the most common, occurs when insulin is produced and used improperly. “Chronic illness accounts for 70 percent of all deaths in the United States, diabetes being one of those chronic illnesses,” said Ruth Phillips, wellness promotion coordinator of Sebastian Health Center. Diabetes can be controlled if detected. Diabetes symptoms

include frequent urination, feeling very thirsty, feeling very hungry even though you are eating, blurring vision, and a few others. The only way to know if one has diabetes can be determined by different tests depending on the person’s symptoms. The numbers of glucose levels help determine whether or not one’s levels are normal or if one has pre-diabetes and then the actual chronic disease. If proper treatment steps are not taken when diabetes is

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ple that are pre-diabetic which means that their numbers aren’t quite there to call them diabetic, but they’re knocking on the door,” Phillips said. Many of the people who participated in the two-mile walk have family members who suffer from diabetes. “My brother in law [was] diagnosed about four years [ago] and it’s because of diet and lack of exercise…now, he’s on medication,” said Jacques Pierre, an energy control engineer. Some students at A&T have

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engagement. “We value free speech and we don’t believe any student will face” reprimands, Vincent said. “I understand that there will be a counter-protest and we fully support our students for this. And we hope that this will help this group (the Young Conservatives) see how distasteful this event is and how much their group is the marginalized minority.” One counter-protest took place on Monday, with a few dozen students affiliated with the University Leadership Initiative, a student group that advocates for undocumented students, gathering on a lawn next to the Student Activity Center. The organization planned to meet Tuesday evening to make additional plans. The Young Conservatives’ plan for a mock immigrant sting also prompted responses from Democratic and Republican circles. Garcia, the chairman of the Young Conservatives’ UT chapter, was a paid field representative for Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign but left six to eight weeks ago, according to a campaign spokesman. Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa nonetheless seized on the connection. “Greg Abbott owes Texas Dream Act scholars an apology, and he must come out and immediately denounce Wednesday’s event. This style of hatred and fear is not the type of leadership Texas deserves,” Hinojosa said.

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Christians get little support from new Egyptian government Nancy a. yousef MTC Campus

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AS ERICA MENDEZ, 24, a mother of two, was enjoying her first trip to a thrift store, her son David Quintana, 4, found what he wanted in the store’s Halloween section, October 21, 2013. Mendez said she usually shops at Ross or Nordstrom Rack but was amazed at the low prices of used clotting at Savers thrift store in Anaheim.

First planned Palestinian city is under construction in the West Bank Joel greenberg MTC Campus

RAWABI, West Bank — A Palestinian state may still seem a long way off, but in the rocky hills of the West Bank, construction of the first planned Palestinian city is in full swing, a model for many here of the potential for independence. With Palestinian flags sprouting from cranes among the rising apartment buildings, and a giant Palestinian banner on a commanding lookout point, the emerging city is both a symbol and a physical expression of nation-building. Located a few miles north of Ramallah, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, it’s called Rawabi, or “hills” in Arabic. “The Palestinian state is a reality in the making, and this state had better be a firstclass state, not second-rate, or it would be better not to have it,” said Bashar Masri, the American-educated entrepreneur who’s behind the project, speaking in a prefab complex that serves as his on-site office. “We need to prove to ourselves and have the self-assurance that we are able to build, despite the occupation. Without it, wait and see what we can do.” The project, the largest private-sector Palestinian enterprise ever, has injected a ray of hope for many Palestinians into an otherwise bleak landscape of

expanding Israeli settlements, military checkpoints and diplomatic deadlock despite a recent resumption of negotiations with Israel. Intended to house up to 40,000 residents, Rawabi has all the trappings of modern community planning, with recreation and public areas, a high-speed fiber optic network for phones and Internet, a central gas supply, solar-powered water heating, and wastewater treatment and recycling for the irrigation of public parks. Plans call for a pedestrianonly commercial center, with shops, restaurants, a five-star hotel and spa, movie theaters, office towers, a cultural center and convention hall. There also will be a complex of schools, as well as an outdoor amphitheater and soccer stadium. The development, intended to attract professionals and young families, would produce the first Palestinian city that was planned from start to finish, a stark contrast to existing Palestinian cities _ urban sprawls built around ancient cores and plagued by spotty public services. The developer of Rawabi is the Bayti Real Estate Investment Co., a joint venture of Masri’s development company, Massar International, and Diar, a Qatari government-owned real estate investment company. At a state-of-the-art showroom on a hill high over the

project, prospective buyers can view a 3-D film and models simulating what the town is expected to look like. A row of bank branches provides loans and generous mortgages, and a second-floor exhibit shows interior design options, including imported tiles and sample kitchens. The view below, beyond the rows of apartment buildings clad in locally quarried stone, stretches to the Israeli coastal plain, with panoramic signs for visitors noting Israeli cities, including the towers of Tel Aviv. Masri said that despite calls for boycotts of Israel in the Palestinian community, he had no problem working with Israeli companies, from which he bought building materials and other supplies, though he won’t do business with suppliers based in Jewish settlements. The Israeli authorities in the West Bank, for their part, have posted green Israeli road signs in Hebrew, Arabic and English pointing to the new city. But the continued Israeli control of some 60 percent of the West Bank, known as “area C,” has created problems for the Rawabi project, which is in the Palestinian-controlled zone. Masri said construction was delayed for two years while waiting for Israeli authorities to approve an access road that cut through area C. The existing road is only two lanes, hardly sufficient for a planned commu-

nity of 40,000. Other planned access routes bisect area C, and they’ll require negotiation for Israeli permits, as well. Water, supplied by the Israelis, is also insufficient for residents’ needs, Masri said, adding that a shortage recently forced a halt in pouring cement for construction. The initial group of 600 apartments has been sold, with the first residents expected to move in by next fall. The project has generated several thousand jobs, including 4,000 on-site, and Masri said he hoped it would become a business hub attracting information technology companies, as well as communications and advertising firms, much like neighboring Ramallah. Palestinian planners, architects and engineers, some of whom have returned from abroad, have been involved in the Rawabi project, which Masri calls both a business venture and national enterprise in what remains an unstable environment. “There is a risk involved in such a development, but if we don’t do such projects in Palestine, who’s going to do it?” he said. “We can’t wait for handouts from other nations. Palestinians have been successful all over the world and have a lot to offer a prospective Palestinian state. This is our home, and we need to make it happen, despite all the challenges.”

BKERDASA, Egypt— Nearly three months after nearby residents looted and burned the Archangel Michael Church, Rida Gaballah, 49, one of the six people who tried to stave off thousands of attackers, stood among the ruins. Utterly dismayed by the missing pews, the charred paintings of Jesus and the cross ripped off from the front door, he simply kept repeating: “This scene is horrible. This scene is horrible.” The Egyptian government vowed to rebuild the church, one of 74 destroyed in the first three months after the military ousted Mohammed Morsi from the presidency July 3. But work has yet to begin here, leaving the church as a monument to the violence brought by Morsi’s Islamist supporters _ and to the government’s failure to protect historic Egyptian institutions. But Gaballah, like other Christians, is reluctant to criticize. “Of course they are doing enough,” Gaballah said when asked about the government’s efforts, even as the scene around him proved otherwise, just 16 miles from the capital. The unprecedented wave of attacks on churches sparked outrage in the weeks immediately after Morsi’s ouster. But now, for both Christians and Muslim Egyptians alike, that anger has been replaced by a cacophonous silence, even though attacks continue. The 74 best-documented cases of attacks on churches came between June 30 and Sept. 30; there have been others since, though how many is uncertain. Christians, who make up an estimated 10 percent of Egypt’s 92 million population, have never had an easy time existing in Egypt, caught precariously for 80 years between a generally secular Egyptian state and Islamists who see Christians as heretics who threaten their vision of an Islamic Egypt.

The government historically has done little to protect Christians from the occasional outbreak of Islamist violence. No one has ever been convicted in Egypt for destroying churches, going back to 1972, when the first one was burned. There has been, at best, a single arrest in the most recent orgy of church burnings. Yet Christians are loath to criticize the militarily imposed government, fearing, analysts say, inflaming hostility with a new regime that at least has not engaged in the anti-Christian rhetoric that characterized the yearlong rule of Morsi, an Islamist who rose to prominence through the secretive Muslim Brotherhood. Clerics preaching that Christians were the reason for Morsi’s demise triggered much of the anti-Christian violence that followed Morsi’s ouster, though when Morsi was in power, violence against Christians was rare. Still, many Christians are drawing from Morsi’s rule, and what it portended for religious tolerance, the lesson that an authoritarian government imposed by the military is better than the alternative. Christians “are looking at their ability to live. They see it as better to live under a strong regime than a democracy that elects Islamists,” said Ishak Ibrahim, a Christian who is the freedom of religion and belief officer for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, an advocacy group here. “The choice before people is freedom or the right to live. The people chose life.” It is the kind of analysis repeated over and over among Egyptians, a fear that pushing back against an increasingly authoritarian government could somehow lead to something they believe is worse: A return of the Islamists. “There was a national solidarity unifying Christians and Muslims against the horrible damage inflicted by the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi,” said Youssef Sidhom, the editor-in-chief of Watani, Egypt’s biggest Christian newspaper, which his father founded. Now, he said, using the shorthand for the Coptic Christians who dominate the religion here, “Copts are terrified to speak.”

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TEPALCATEPEC, Mexico — Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles dons a white lab coat and attends to patients at a clinic during the day. But during off hours, he has a second calling: chief of a ragtag band of armed vigilantes who are trying to keep gangsters out of the small city of Tepalcatepec. After living a decade in Modesto, Calif., Mireles, 55, returned to this corner of Mexico’s Michoacan state in 2007, bringing his family with him. His return was not easy. Drug-trafficking gangsters marauded across the land, and his hometown had grown unrecognizably violent. “We used to have seven or eight executions every week,” Mireles said, and nearly every business and ranch was paying extortion fees to the dominant drug-trafficking crime gang, known as the Knights Templar. So on Feb. 24, Mireles and a cabal of other disgruntled

citizens took up arms, set up sandbag bunkers at the four entrances to the city and hung banners that said the Knights Templar gangsters would face the armed wrath of residents if they entered city limits. “For eight months now, we’ve had no murders, no extortions, no rapes, no turf taxes, nothing,” Mireles said. Mireles is now famous in these parts, known simply as “the doctor,” instantly recognizable with his shock of wavy graying hair, a bushy moustache, movie-star good looks and deep, resonant voice. He’s also a hero to many of the 400 families of Tepalcatepec migrants living in the Modesto area of California’s fertile Central Valley. “He’s got the support of 100 percent of the community here,” Salvador Andrade Mendoza, the head of the Casa Michoacan Federation in Modesto, said in a telephone interview. Mireles said his self-defense group, part of a network of armed citizen groups that over

the past weekend captured the seventh of Michoacan’s 113 townships, wasn’t looking for war with the Knights Templar. Rather, the groups just want to keep the gang away. Mireles said Article 10 of Mexico’s Constitution permitted citizens to carry weapons “for their protection and legitimate defense,” even though some of the assault rifles the self-defense groups carry are restricted to use by police and soldiers. Since local police operate in tandem with organized crime, and state law agents are often in collusion as well, Mireles said the group had no option. “It is a legitimate and legal movement,” he said. “We are not criminals. What we need is justice. We need to restore the rule of law to Michoacan.” On a recent day, Mireles let a journalist accompany him to meetings with leaders of other municipal self-defense groups. While Mireles himself didn’t seem to carry a gun, many escorts carried weapons in a caravan of some 10 pickups

and SUVs that sped along with blinking flashers. Some didn’t have license plates. But all carried placards on doors saying they were part of the self-defense forces. The caravan sailed quickly through army checkpoints, indicating military tolerance, if not support, for the citizen groups. Mireles couldn’t work in his profession when he took his family to the United States because his Mexican medical certificate isn’t valid there. So he took odd jobs, everything from breaking rocks to canning boneless chicken, making auto rims to harvesting almonds. In his free time, he and a daughter volunteered as translators for the Modesto branch of the American Red Cross, later translating first aid booklets and other Red Cross materials for the Michoacan migrants in the region. In 2007, Mireles brought his family back home, partly so that his eldest son, Jose Mireles Valencia, who’s now 26, could attend medical school, as well.

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SANTA ANA, Calif.— Maria Garcia’s front yard sale held no theme. Shoes, wrenches, blender, a Darth Vader mask all were on the driveway in front of her one-story Garden Grove home. A child’s shirt? Five bucks. The blender? Fifteen. Garcia, 31, began holding monthly garage sales three years ago to earn pocket money for her father who had been forced out of the workforce by illness. Times were tough in Orange County then and unemployment was at its peak. These days, the economy has improved. Local unemployment is 6.2 percent, slightly better than the national average. Home prices are going up. Still, for people like Garcia, the lessons about thriftiness learned during the dark times haven’t gone away. Garcia works full time. But she also does what she can to save cash, buying cheaper clothes for her kids and shopping at thrift stores for herself. Garcia says she and her sister once were big mall shoppers. She also says she hasn’t been to a mall in years. With people like Garcia taking on new habits, and rappers bragging about 99 cent sheets, and entrepreneurs looking to franchise garage sales, one thing seems clear: Thrift is chic. “One man’s trash, that’s another man’s come-up ...” From “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Thrift stores are the Chia Pet of industries. Local and national experts say thrift store sales grew during the last recession and they’ve continued to grow during the supposed recovery of the past three years. And thrift stores are just part of a bigger trend. The Association of Resale Professionals reports that national sales in all quarters of the so-called secondhand industry including retail categories ranging from thrift shops to high-end consignment stores grew more than 7 percent in each of the past two years. And that number, they add, gives only a glimpse of a hard-to-measure market. Economists who calculate gross domestic product count the value of goods only one time, the first time they’re sold. So it’s hard to gauge the true volume of America’s thrift economy. But one industry used cars offers a clue about the relative popularity of used versus new. And in Orange County, Ca-

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lif., used has been hot. Sales of new cars in Orange County fell hard in 2008, the peak year of the recession, and didn’t return to prerecession levels until last year. But during that same period, used car sales grew consistently, according to the state Board of Equalization. It’s Finance 101. When consumers have less to spend, they look for ways to get more for their money, said Esmael Adibi, an economist at Chapman University. “A higher unemployment rate, a loss of income, means that people are going to choose things that nobody would have touched (a few years ago),” Adibi said. But that trend is playing out even as those basic factors jobs and income seem to be improving. Matthew Zabala, front supervisor for the Savers thrift store in Anaheim, Calif., said both gross sales and the number of customers walking into the store have jumped by about 20 percent in 2012. During that same period, un-

employment in Orange County fell from 8.8 percent to 7.6 percent. Officials at Goodwill of Orange County have seen something similar, saying sales at their retail outlets in Orange County have grown steadily since 2008, even as economic conditions have improved. And the Lutheran High Thrift Shop in Orange, which helps provide scholarships for a private high school, has seen double digit sales increases in each of the past three years. Still, it’s possible the fundamentals aren’t as rosy as the economic statistics suggest. And boom times at thrift stores might be a sign that some of the jobs created in the past few years don’t pay enough to send consumers back to the malls. Or, for shoppers like Yvonne Varela, the jobs might not be consistent enough to keep them away from the discount rack. Varela, 35, was laid off in 2010. Before that, she says, she wouldn’t have considered shopping in a thrift store. “A lot of my girlfriends are single moms, too, and at first

we were like ‘Oh, secondhand? That’s kinda gross,’” Varela said. But since 2010 Varela has had a hard time finding consistent, full-time work. And, on a recent Wednesday, she was looking sifting through jeans for her 10-year-old daughter at Lutheran High Thrift. The stigma of shopping secondhand, she said, has evaporated. “We are addicted,” Varela said. “... I call that getting tricked by a business...” A couple of years ago, a friend of Yazen Haddad complained to him about the hassles of holding a garage sale. An idea was born. Today, Haddad runs Garage Hunters, an Irvine-based company that pairs consignment store owners with homeowners wishing to thin out. Haddad, who also sells real estate, said decluttering is earning big bucks, and that a typical garage auction Orange County churns out about $1,500. What’s more, his buyers – consignment store owners _ are ea-

ger for product. “I see a lot of new buyers,” Haddad said. “It’s definitely a new market.” There’s even a new twist in the thrift business. In May, Goodwill of Orange County expanded, debuting its first boutique store, based in Tustin. The goal is to offer high-end donations to shoppers looking for high-end (but secondhand) product. “I think we realized people are hooked,” said Corrine Allen, vice president of Goodwill of Orange County retail operations. “... I wear your grandad’s clothes. I look incredible ...” And that might be a sign that something deeper than economics is at work _ fashion. Between the racks at Lutheran High Thrift, not everyone is struggling to get by. “I think a lot of people if they don’t need to shop here, they still come here,” said the store’s manager, Suzanne Sotelo. Without being prompted, Barbara Rose, from Orange, said her whole outfit was sec-

ondhand, down to the $2 pink wedges. Rose said she’s been a “thrifter” her whole life. But, recently, she’s been copied by well-off friends. Thrift store parking lots are full, she said, sometimes with Mercedes and other high-end rides. “It’s just a big social change, where people are very much inviting that idea to recycle,” said Savers’ front manager Zabala. “It’s really amazing when you have customers come in, and they completely love the thrift store. They come three to four times a week and spend $40 to $50 each week.” Savers’ shopper Lauren Zakich agreed, saying even her boyfriend _ who once had to be dragged to a thrift store _ has become an eager customer. “Even though I have some friends who (still) say thrifting is gross, I think it has become a fad to wear things that were (previously) in style,” the 22year-old said. “Maybe that’s because my generation is struggling to earn money, even when we graduate from college.”

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WASHINGTON — Need to refinance your mortgage? Just put it on your shopping list next time you visit Costco, alongside the jumbo paper towels and the 6-gallon bucket of cat kibble. Big-box retail stores today offer a growing number of financial services, from check cashing and reloadable pre-paid cards to small business loans and life insurance. The products appeal to consumers attracted to the convenience of one-stop shopping and fed up with the overdraft fees, tight credit and minimum balances at banks. But retailers aren’t subject to the same federal oversight as banks, and they might not always provide the same consumer protections. Ten million American households _ 1 in 12 _ don’t have any checking or savings accounts, according to a 2011 survey by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Twenty-four million households _ 1 in 5 _ have accounts but also rely on alternative financial services such as non-bank money orders, check cashing, payday loans, tax re-

fund loans and pawnshops. Major retailers are developing an ever-expanding menu of financial products aimed at this underserved population, a market that generates more than $78 billion annually in fee and interest revenue. In addition to mortgages, for example, Costco advertises identity protection, boat and RV loans, as well as auto, home and health insurance. At Home Depot, customers may get home improvement loans for up to $40,000. Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, offers tax preparation, check cashing, in-store bill paying, money transfers, and prepaid cards that function as debit and checking alternatives. Through a partnership with American Express, Wal-Mart’s reloadable Bluebird card allows direct deposits and preauthorized check writing; has no monthly, annual or overdraft fees; and may carry a balance of up to $100,000. Last month, Wal-Mart announced that Bluebird accounts would be eligible for FDIC insurance, enabling deposits of government payments such as Social Security, military pay and tax refunds. “We know many of our cus-

tomers either don’t have a bank account or are poorly served by banks given the costs and service issues they find with them,” Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sarah Spencer said in an email. “They continue to seek alternatives that improve both the convenience and cost of everyday money services.” Wal-Mart’s latest experiment is insurance. About 200 Wal-Mart stores in Georgia and South Carolina are testing sales of life insurance policies. Customers at participating stores may purchase prepaid cards at the stores that may be used to pay for one-year terms. The customers then activate the policies by calling a toll-free number and speaking with licensed MetLife agents. Retailers’ interest in financial products isn’t new, dating back decades to store credit and, later, branded credit cards. Wal-Mart even sought a special charter to establish its own bank, but the company withdrew its application in 2007 after facing resistance from the banking industry and lawmakers. Spencer told McClatchy that Wal-Mart no longer wants to become a bank, and it doesn’t

have plans to provide mortgages, although Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart, does offer small business loans up to $25,000. Clearly, the lack of charters isn’t stopping Wal-Mart or other retailers from providing many of the same services traditionally found at neighborhood bank branches. Often, they simply partner with third-party credit card companies, lenders or insurance agents to make the products available to shoppers in stores or online. Home Depot’s loans, for example, are backed by a consortium of mid-tier banks. The customer applies in the store, then the application goes to a financial provider that “operates a little like a LendingTree,” said Brandon Hayes, the director of financial services at Home Depot. “They have a series of banks behind them that set up the loans. ... It’s still a Home Depot product, but we’re not the one doing the direct lending. The risks sit with the banks behind us.” Hayes said Home Depot didn’t see itself as a financial services company. “We are a retailer that uses financial services to facilitate a sale,” he said.

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JFK anniversary spotlights his presidency MCT Campus

Doyle McManus

Fifty years after the death of John F. Kennedy, there’s no mystery about why his brief presidency remains an object of fascination: It was glamorous, photogenic, and cut short by an assassination that still seems an insoluble puzzle. Compared to the full-color images of Kennedy and his wife on our television screens this month, other figures of his era seem gray. Still, it’s remarkable that Kennedy’s iconic stature in the eyes of most Americans has weathered half a century of assaults, some of them from his own archives, as the less savory side of Camelot has slowly come to light. We’ve learned the details of his relentless womanizing, which extended to plying a 19-year-old White House intern with daiquiris and then having sex with her. We’ve learned more about

the perilous health of a man who in 1960 declared himself “the healthiest candidate for president,” including that he had Addison’s disease, a serious disorder of the adrenal gland, and that he relied on cocktails of painkillers injected by his physicians. And we’ve learned that historians don’t think Kennedy was such a great president. As early as 1973, Harvard’s Richard Neustadt, who was not only a Kennedy fan but an occasional adviser, concluded sadly that JFK’s tenure had been undistinguished. “I don’t think history will leave much space for John Kennedy,” Neustadt said then. “History is unkind to transition figures.... He will be just a flicker.” A 1988 survey of historians named Kennedy the most overrated figure in American history. Since then, the verdict hasn’t improved much. “Most historians think of him as an average or even

SEX AND ‘THE T’

Are you single because of the “thirst trap” ?

In the November issue of Cosmopolitian magazine, one of the feature stories “Working the Ratio” listed the best and worst places to meet eligible guys to date. Surprisingly out of the top ten worst cities to meet a guy in the United States, Greensboro placed seventh. Majority of guys in college between the ages of 18-23 are not looking for their potential wife. I partially agree. I think it MEAGAN is a cliché that people use to excuse their JORDAN behavior. I believe one of the reasons a lot of females, including myself are single is because we are trained to be “independent.” We feel as if we do not need guys because we have our own jobs. We are active on campus and pursuing our careers. We are the best independent women that we can be while still being an undergrad. The Beyonce phenomenon of being a single independent women has become problematic in the female population. The same “independent” women are the same bitter ones holding on to anger from past relationships.These women put up barriers and miscontrue protecting their heart to “thinking like a man.” Do we set the bar too high for ourselves and men knowing what they cannot provide? Some females who need attention will broadcast that they would like to cuddle, but the rest of us would not dare be caught looking vulnerable. Kudos to us ladies, but have you ever thought that some of us are so accustomed to being our own man. We can neither recognize nor think about talking to a genuinely nice guy. We are so accustomed to the modern day guy. At times, we confuse chivalry for what is known as “thirst.” Ladies, how can you expect for guys to even want to approach you when every time someone says “hi,” the first thing out of your mouth is “I have a boyfriend,” or you frown, as if you are too good to speak back? I am not saying to entertain everyone that approaches you, but you cannot perfect yourself being rude to others. Having a conversation with a guy who can look in your face instead of your cleavage does not take away the fact you are pursuing your career. It is perfecting your character, and shows you can indulge in conversation without intimacy. Every guy who speaks to you or holds the door for you is not thirsty. It means he has manners. I too had to learn the hard way. I made fun of a guy who was always nice to me and it got back to him. He brought up valid points that most guys he hung around would say mean things to me and about me, and that he genuinely was just a nice person. It made me feel bad because when I thought about it, he did not do anything to me besides try to have a conversation, and here I was putting him in the “thirst” category. Books like Steve Harvey’s “Act like a Lady, Think like a Man” motivate women. The concept is good, but we must use good judgment and common sense. A lot of females misconstrue the phrase. Thinking like a man does not mean to be a “man-eater” or try to have “no feelings.” Men are very emotional. In some instances, they are more emotional than females. Majority of the time, females have to express their feelings. We hold nothing back, whether we are talking, screaming, crying or ignoring you. Guys can have relations with girls and not get caught up with their feelings. They are natural hunters at heart, but for the most part, girls get caught up. So when a guy does really like a girl and she hurts him, his world collapses, he loses his mind, and shuts down emotionally. When it comes to feelings, men are cowards. They will have a female questioning if he ever cared at all based on how well he can ignore her. This is not a trait to be proud of, and women should not want to adopt these tendencies. I am not saying females should be overly emotional because it is expected. What I am saying is you cannot expect to find a great man, if the greatest man you know is yourself. All men are not “thirsty” dogs, some just happen to have good manners. Having manners does not mean someone wants you. Ladies lets act like ladies and think as ladies should, without being naiive to reality. —Email Meagan at msjordan@aggies.ncat.edu and follow her on Twitter @itsme_agannn

below-average president,” said Robert Dallek, author of a widely praised (and largely admiring) JFK biography, “An Unfinished Life,” and a subsequent book on Kennedy’s Cabinet, “Camelot’s Court.” “He never got any of his legislative initiatives passed. He was the architect of a failed policy in Cuba. It’s possible to look at his record and see it as a real misery.” But that’s not how most Americans see it. In a succession of Gallup polls, Kennedy is regularly ranked alongside Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in the pantheon of great presidents _ joined in recent years by Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Part of Kennedy’s outsized stature can be attributed to his having been photogenic and witty, undeniable virtues in a chief executive. But the public also seems to give JFK credit for accomplishments that weren’t actually his,

such as the civil rights laws that Lyndon B. Johnson got passed. At the same time, he is not held responsible for the failures of his successor in Vietnam, even though he laid the foundation for an increased U.S. role in Southeast Asia. “(Kennedy) himself didn’t know what he would do” in Vietnam, Dallek told me. “He might have tried bombing.” There’s at least one important issue on which Kennedy may deserve more credit than the public gives him: He helped remove nuclear weapons from the military options that presidents consider using. He took the first steps toward mutual arms reduction with the Soviet Union at a time when a nuclear war seemed plausible and arms control was politically risky. As Dallek has written, the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Kennedy’s day routinely included nuclear bombs in their recommendations to presidents in conflicts including Korea, Laos,

Vietnam and Cuba. Kennedy’s resistance to his generals’ pressure for escalation, especially in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and his decision in 1963 to negotiate a test ban treaty _ the first significant arms control agreement with the Soviet Union _ should be remembered as his most enduring legacy. But that’s not what most Americans remember about JFK; the Cold War, all-consuming at the time, seems like ancient history now. Instead, Kennedy is revered for his image and his ability to deploy stirring language of destiny and determination. Look at those other names alongside Kennedy’s atop the Gallup poll’s list of mostadmired recent presidents: Reagan and Clinton. What do they have in common? Not much, except that they cast their presidencies in terms of hope, not retrenchment. (Indeed, Reagan and Clinton consciously borrowed

from JFK’s rhetoric.) And in a sense, they all got lucky: Their successors didn’t fare as well. When we evaluate past presidents, we reconstruct our opinions retroactively. Kennedy wasn’t universally popular when he was in office, Reagan and Clinton even less so. “Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because of what came after,” Dallek noted: “Johnson and Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate.” When we mourn Kennedy, we mourn the lost promise of the early 1960s, when the American economy delivered a good middle-class living to many and when American power believed itself capable of pacifying the world. Kennedy’s tenure turned out to be the hinge between an age of optimism and an age of chaos. “And it didn’t hurt that he was assassinated,” Dallek said. “He’s frozen in our minds at the age of 46.”

High school treatment unecessary for college students College students are being monitored, as if our parents monitoring us from the other end of the cell phone are not enough. Students’ grades get docked if they SHAINA are late or miss class, but stuBODRICK dents should be graded based on the scores they make and their academic performance. To be told that if I miss more than six classes I will be removed from the class and automatically given an “F” is completely juvenile. Who is to say that students will not retain just as much knowledge from attending fewer classes than students who attends them all? One of the great things about college is the opportunity for

young adults to be free to make mistakes. We are supposed to be allowed full control of our own education. It seems that professors are more concerned about what students are doing with their time outside of the classroom. It is not their job to watch or babysit students while they are away from home. Making sure students attend class should be left to the student’s parents who should have enforced these rules while their child was in grade school. College students are expected to make conscious decisions as young adults. I do not understand how one’s classroom attendance revokes that right. Contrary to what has been said, yes, it is important to be knowledgeable of the Financial Aid department’s rules and regulations. A student’s

attendance in class determines whether or not they will keep their financial aid. The Financial Aid department requires professors to submit a report that shows a student is making progress in class. If they are not making progress, the instructor may be required to drop them from the class at mid-term. This report usually requires the last date of attendance in the class. However, financial aid or no financial aid, any attendance requirements based on the impression of any commitments to tuition-lenders should be between the student and the financer. Aside from the attendance issue, I have had an experience that involved my cell phone. My professor carried around a basket for students who take out their cell phones during class. He asked that students place their phones in the basket even if the phone

is sitting on their desk. Come on, this is college. Students should be allowed to bring any form of technology to class, whether it’s a lap top, iPad or cell phone. Who is to say that the student is not expecting an important phone call or text message? We are so tech savvy these days that you would think professors would be okay with the use of phones. Instead, they get offended and assume that we are not paying them any attention if we are looking at our computer or cell phone screen. It is a totally different issue, however, when a student’s cell phone rings out loud in class. I think that if it is not a distraction to the professor or other students then it should be allowed. —Email Shaina at theatregister@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @theatregister

College students behaving as highschool students College students complain about their professors treating them like high school students, but sometimes they KEENE-ANN behave like JAMES high school students. When did disrespecting teachers become okay? How many times have you blatantly had your cell phone out in class? Do we even try to “sneak” to use our cell phones anymore? Let us not forget the students who talk throughout the entire class period. This behavior has become the norm in some classes, leaving some to think that this behavior is “okay.” There are three main forms of disrespectful behavior in high school. Cell phone users, rude students, and the outrageous talkers. The cell phone users are not the usual “send

a quick response and put your phone away” type of people. These individuals have their phones on their desk the entire class period. They are openly texting, or liking pictures on Instagram. Some people get offended when professors ask them to put their phone away when it should not have been out in the first place. The professor should be the person offended in this situation. This indicates that the individual does not care about what he or she is trying to teach. How would you feel if you were speaking to someone and they are glued to their phone screen during the entire conversation? Secondly, there are rude students. They are usually disrespectful for unknown reasons. Why take your frustration out on a professor who simply asked you a question? Everyone has problems, but people should not be subjected to your issues. Finally, there are the outrageous talkers. These are the students that talk throughout the class period and disturb the

class. The professor constantly has to interrupt the class to address this person. Most people are guilty of doing something that they should not be doing in class. However, the problem is when it becomes “okay.” Going to college is not only a place to learn academics but to prepare for the work force. Would you text during a meeting at a job? Would you be rude to your manager because you do not understand something they said? Would you talk to someone else while your boss is speaking to you? Unfortunately these are examples of extremes that students experience in class on a daily basis. Although we complain about these behaviors, how many times have you been “that person?” Professors may treat students like they are in high school, but their behavior is deemed necessary to deal with the extreme behaviors of students. In college, students are afforded the opportunity to make choices. Would you attend a

school that has no behavioral standards? Would you attend a college where professors were “okay” with people talking through class, sending text messages and laughing out loud during a lecture? No, most students would feel like their money has been wasted because the professor could not control the class because of inconsiderate students. The classroom is a learning environment, and should be treated as such. College students should behave on a collegiate level. As adults, the respect that is practiced everyday should also be used in the classroom. Students should behave like they want to be treated. It’s simple. If you want to be treated like an adult, behave like one. How can teachers do their job if we do not allow them to? —Email Keene-Ann at theatregister@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @theatregister

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King of the Hardwood:

Senior Tracy King leads the Lady Aggies on and off the court

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Tracy King is confronted by a double team after receiving a post entry pass. (Left) King drives past a defender on her way to the basket. (Middle) Tracy King takes a high arcing shot in the paint.

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Tracy King, the Aggies’ women’s basketball standout, is no stranger to hard work and lots of practice. King, a 5’10” senior from Alexandria, Va. with a major in graphic communications, has been playing sports since age five. Her parents, Stan and Nardos King, introduced her to all types of sports, but basketball was her favorite. “Basketball was for me because I got to travel and play year round.” King averaged 14 points per game during her years at Mount Vernon High School, though she was plagued by injuries. “I tore my ACL my junior year in high school and all my recruits fell off. I missed out on playing during my senior year.” Fortunately her injuries did not stop her from becoming a Lady Aggie. “As an athlete in college, I was much more mobile.” King also suffered a second injury during college. Her sophomore year, she tore her meniscus and missed half a season. In spite of injuries, Tracy remained a determined athlete. “I try to do right on and off the court,” she said. King hopes to carry basketball into her professional career. “This summer I interned with NIKE working in the field of marketing. I somehow hope to

join together marketing, graphic design and my passion for sports,” said King. King will be graduating in May of 2014 and she has her eyes set on a career with ESPN upon graduation. She hopes to use her degree as a graphic designer and her experience as an intern with NIKE to land the job. King loves to mentor younger student athletes on her team so aspirations of being a women’s basketball coach are also very evident in her future. King is able to mentor younger athletes because of her position on the team. “My position on the team is vocal leader. I am the most vocal as far as communicating and helping some of the younger girls on the team.” King says that being a senior on the team carries weight because you have the most experience. “I am able to tell them what is expected from them as Division 1 athletes.” King earned the team’s Most Improved Award after her freshman season. She plays both the small forward and guard positions. Though, she has been given the team’s Most Improved Award, she still feels as though she has not yet reached her greatest potential. “We have not won a championship since I have been here. I’m going to give my best this season to make sure we do,” King said. King is definitely a player who pushes herself on

the court. “Yes, we have made history but I’m not content with just making history.” King will indeed do whatever she can to ensure the Lady Aggies have their best shot at a championship this season. DeAndra Davis, a senior journalism and mass communication student from Seffner, Fla., and a team captain says “Tracy is a great leader, not only does she lead on the court but off the court as well.” King is proud of being able to get a full college experience while being a student athlete. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. “Joining the sorority was one of my overall greatest accomplishments” said King. King feels as though many things are missing from women’s basketball. When asked if she could change anything about women’s basketball what it would be, King said, “I would change the fan support. There is truly not enough fan support in women’s basketball.” King currently has no female basketball players that she looks up to. Instead, she said “I do like certain male players like LeBron James.” “Tracy is a strong level headed person who leads by example” said teammate Adriana Nazario a junior from Charleston, W.Va. majoring in Psychology. “She’s the type of person who will not accept anything but the best and

will help you get to that point.” King has managed to maintain a 4.0 grade point average and she is one of six Lady Aggies carrying a 4.0 GPA. “This year will be nothing short of great” said King, who has high expectations for an undefeated season. King excitedly suggested, “This season I hope that we win the MEAC tournament and then advance to the NCAA tournament.” She has had many great games throughout her years of playing basketball, but she says that the best game she has ever played was when the team participated in the preseason WNIT Tournament. “We were the first HBCU to win 2 out of 3 games back to back.” King and the Lady Aggies basketball team prepared for the season by hitting the gym and concentrating on conditioning. “We began preparing early this summer.” The team wanted to ensure that they could overcome any obstacle thrown at them this year. “We were made to meet challenges this year,” King said. The summer’s training included a challenge to run 7-minute miles and most of them did it in less than 7 minutes. King says that playing on the college level has not just been about her. “It’s bigger than you. You’re playing for you, your family, teammates and the university you represent.”

The North Carolina A&T Aggies (6-4, 3-4) will play their final game of the season against arched rival North Carolina Central University (5-6, 3-4) this Saturday in Aggie Stadium. The A&T-Central rivalry dates back to 1924. The Aggies own the advantage in the series 48-31-5. Last year, the AggieEagle Classic ended in a nailbiting 22-16 overtime victory for the Aggies. Last week, the Aggies defeated the Savannah State Tigers (1-11, 0-8) 41-14. The Aggies offense scored five unanswered touchdowns in the first half. The opening drive was capped with a 1-yard touchdwon by senior running back Dominique Drake. Greensboro native Ricky Lewis cashed in with a touchdown run on the ensuing drive. Lewis finished with 18 carries for 72 yards and two touchdowns. Tarik Cohen, who has accounted for 31 percent of the Aggies offense this season, is the first freshman and the seventh A&T running back all-time to rush for over one thousand yards in a single season. Cohen finished with 10 carries for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Lewis Kindle had one incompletion, completing 14 of 15 passes for 234 yards and one touchdown. Savannah State’s defense lacked an answer for A&T, surrendering 464 yards of total offense to the Aggies who average 310.5 yards per game. Senior linebacker D’vonte Grant totaled 11 tackles. The Eagles of Central defeated the Norfolk State Spartans 2413 in their seventh conference game of the season. Late in the first quarter, Eagles senior quarterback Jordan Reid concluded a 12 play 70-yard drive with a 1-yard rushing touchdown. Norfolk State found the end zone with a 42-yard run to end the first quarter in a 7-7 tie. In the second , NSU re-gained the momentum, finding the end zone on a 4-yard touchdown pass. NCCU would strike back.

With 1:25 to go before half time, 230-pound running back Andre Clarke rumbled into the end zone with a 3-yard run, advancing the score to 14-13 in favor of the Eagles. A successful Central field goal and a blocked field goal by the Eagles, was returned for a touchdown to seal the victory. Saturday could be a very emotional game for the A&T coaches and players for many reasons. Head coach Rod Broadway coached at Central as a defensive line coach from 20012002 and as the head coach from 2003-2006. Assistant coaches Trei Oliver, Shawn Gibbs and Courtney Coard are former Eagle assistant coaches under Broadway at NCCU. Trei Oliver is a former defensive back and punter. Running backs coach, Shawn Gibbs is a former star running back. Defensive line coach Courtney Coard is a former defensive lineman. “This is the last game for the seniors. Winning this game would be a great way to end our college football careers,” said A&T linebacker Brian Houston. To win the Aggie Eagle Classic, the Aggies will have to stop the Eagle’s offensive attack. Quarterback Reid and running back Idreis Augustus have combined for 721 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground this season. Reid has completed half of his passes with under 1500 yards and 4 touchdown passes. Receiver Adrian Wilkins leads the Eagles with 34 receptions for 405 yards and two touchdowns. The offensive line for the Aggies will have to tame NCCU ball hawk linebacker Tazmon Foster. Foster leads the team with 135 total tackles. For A&T, Kindle will have to have an efficent game against the NCCU defense. Defensive back Michael Jones leads the Eagles with four interceptions. Expect for the game to be determined by the best coaching. The team that plays the hardest for 60 minutes will come out with the victory when the clock hits zero.

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