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After two big victories against conference opponents, the N.C. A&T Aggies (4-2, 3-0) continued their winning streak against the Delaware State Hornets (2-5, 0-3) defeating them 42-24 on Oct. 15.

The win marks the first A&T homecoming game victory in seven seasons and keeps the Aggies tied with Norfolk State University (6-1 4-0) for the number one ranking in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) standings.

“I’m proud of our whole football operations this week,” said head coach Rod Broadway.

After a Travis Tarpley return on the opening kickoff to the 22-yard line, the DSU offense was forced to punt after a quick three-and-out.

After a drive that included a 23-yard run by 2010 First Team All-MEAC running back Mike Mayhew, and a timely third and long catch for 24-yards by wide receiver Wallace Miles, the Aggies found themselves at the DSU 1-yard line.

Mayhew would score a touchdown three plays later on a 1-yard run up the middle, a successful extra point by Jose Garcia-Camacho gave the Ag-

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DSU’s next possession ended when Hornets’ quarterback Nick Elko attempted to force a pass over the middle on third and four and was intercepted by Aggie linebacker D’vonte Grant.

Grant put the A&T offense in great field position, returning the Elko interception 28-yards to the DSU 14-yard line.

The A&T offense capitalized off of the Grant interception by posting a touchdown three plays later when Aggie quarterback Lewis Kindle connected with slot receiver Larry Raper on an 18-yard touchdown pass.

A successful extra point gave the Aggies a 14-0 lead.

DSU’s next drive would result in another quick three-and-out, and touchback on a 44-yard punt by DSU’s Marko Kano placed the Aggies at their own 20-yard line.

The DSU defense forced a punt on a three-andout offensive possession by the Aggies.

After an unsuccessful punt catch resulting in a fumble, A&T’s Tevin Williams recovered and returned the ball at the DSU 19-yard line.  See gAme on Page 2

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JAmeSToWN, N.C. — President Barack Obama appealed anew Tuesday for Americans to put pressure on Republican members of Congress to support his jobs legislation, declaring that “we are in this together.”

And Obama said he hit the road to take his case directly to the people for a simple reason: “I’m the president.”On the second-day of a three-day tour to continue pushing his ideas for creating jobs, Obama acknowledged he’s been asked

why he is taking time to ride a bus through small-town North Carolina, a traditionally Republican state that he won in 2008 and hopes to win again.

“I’m not the Democratic president or the Republican president,” Obama said at a community college in Jamestown, N.C. “ ... I don’t care if you’re a Republican or a Democrat because we’re all Americans.”

Although Republicans blocked his $447 billion jobs plan in the Senate, Obama is continuing an aggressive effort to rally public support for his

ideas and to portray Republicans as the ones standing in the way of creating jobs at a time of high unemployment.

“We don’t need a Republican jobs act or a Democratic jobs act. We need a jobs act,” the president said. “We need to put people back to work right now.” He has said that lawmakers will break up the bill and vote on its individual components.

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game From page 1 The Aggies scored a touchdown on the second play of the drive, a 19-yard run by Mayhew.

The Aggies led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Midway through the second quarter, A&T took a commanding 28-0 lead on an 11-yard Mayhew touchdown run.

The 84-yard drive included a 19-yard run on third and short

by Aggie running back Dominique Drake and a 20-yard pass from wide receiver/quarterback Ricky Lewis to Raper connection.

After a 14-play, 55-yard drive, the Hornets scored their only points of the first half on a successful 25-yard Mitchell Ward field goal as time expired.

The Aggies held a 28-3 lead at halftime.

After receiving the ball to begin the second half of play, A&T offense was forced to punt after a dropped pass by Larry Raper on third and six.

DSU responded on the next drive by posting a touchdown on a 12-play, 68-yard drive.

Elko and the Hornet offense used balance between the run and pass to keep the A&T defense guessing on each play.

A successful fourth down conversion at the A&T 8-yard line placed the Hornets oneyard from the end zone.

DSU running back Josh Bailey scored two plays later on a run up the middle.

The DSU touchdown cut the A&T lead to 28-10.

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The Hornets’ special teams unit caught the Aggie’s kick return unit off guard with surprise on side kick and recovery, giving the Hornets possession at their own 41-yard line.

A 42-yard touchdown pass from Elko to wide receiver Tarpley on the fifth play of the drive cut the Aggie lead to 2817, shifting momentum to the Hornets.

On the next drive, Kindle and the A&T offense responded with a quick 68-yard touchdown drive.

The drive ended when the Aggie offense successfully exposed a favorable coverage match up as Kindle was able to loft a 42-yard deep spiral into the hands of Raper for a touchdown.

The touchdown drive gave the Aggies a 35-17 lead.

The A&T defense forced a three and out on the Hornets’ next drive.

The Aggie offense scored their last points of the game when Kindle found Larry Raper on a 9-yard pass and catch, his third receiving touchdown of the game.

On the play, Raper showcased a soft pair of hands as he was flattened by a Hornet defender after catching the ball.

The Hornet’s Jaashawn Jones scored a one-yard touchdown on the following possession, making the final score 42-24.

The Aggie’s offense performed well, gaining 440 total yards and scoring six touchdowns against the Hornet’s defense.

Possibly the most important

statistic of the game, the Aggies offensive line did not allow one sack of Aggie quarterback Kindle.

Kindle, who was 13 for 20 for 173 yards and three touchdown passes, summarized the transformation of the A&T football program by saying, “We’re tired of losing.”

When asked about Kindle’s performance, head coach Broadway said, “Lewis is getting better, he’s smart, and he throws a beautiful ball.”

A&T running back Mike Mayhew gained 128 yards from 24 carries and scored three touchdowns. He has posted 100-yards in his last three games.

Slot receiver Raper proved to be quarterback Kindle’s goto-guy as he caught five passes for a total of 109-yards and three touchdowns.

“My goal is to get better each week,” said Raper after being asked about his improving performance the past few weeks.

The A&T defense also performed well holding Delaware State’s offense to 39-yards rushing and 319 passing yards from 50 pass attempts.

The Aggies(4-2 3-0) will travel to Washington, D.C., where they will attempt to continue their winning streak against the Howard University Bison (3-4 2-2) in their homecoming game on Oct..22.

The Howard Bison lost to the Georgetown Hoyas 21-3 last weekend.

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obama From page 1 it different this time other than that I proposed it,” he asked.

Obama’s ride for this trip through winding mountain roads isn’t his usual mode of transportation, the modified aircraft known as Air Force Once.

Rather, it’s a sleek, milliondollar Secret Service-approved bus that’s giving the president a chance to sit back, admire the colorful fall foliage and bask in some small-town Southern hospitality.

“Saw the mountains, saw some lakes, saw all the wonderful people in this part of the country,” Obama said Monday during a speech in rural Millers Creek.

“Even the folks who don’t vote for me are nice,” he added.

At the heart of Obama’s three-day bus trip through North Carolina and Virginia is the sales pitch for elements of the jobs bill.

But the president is also selling himself, an incumbent running for re-election, trying to re-energize voters whose enthusiasm may have waned.

That’s particularly important in North Carolina, a state Obama wrested from Republicans in 2008, but which could slip out of his grasp next November.

To try to recapture some of his electoral appeal, Obama turned to campaign staples: barbecue, babies and barrels of

candy.

Obama spent more than four hours Monday driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains, which were bright with red and orange fall leaves. He stopped off in Marion, population 8,075, for lunch at Countryside Barbeque. He ordered at the counter — the barbecue platter and sweet tea — then spent more than half an hour shaking hands and having his picture taken with the lunchtime crowd.

The tech-savvy president even helped one woman figure out how to take a photo on her smartphone.

Obama had a close encounter with one baby boy: “I think you got some biscuit on me,” he said as he handed the child back to his mother.

And he made personal appeals for his economic policies, telling one table of local businessmen about his call for $50 billion more in new infrastructure spending. He said, “We’re going to have to do it eventually, so why not do it now?”

Obama’s unscheduled stops aren’t wholly impromptu. White House staffers typically scope out areas in advance and Secret Service officers arrive well ahead of the president.

But they’re about as spontaneous as it gets for the president, and afford him the freedom of personal, retail politics that’s often missing in the highly scripted White House.

Obama’s bus, as well as the

staff and press vans that followed behind, passed crowds of people lined up on the sidewalks of small towns and residents sitting on lawn chairs in their front yards.

A group of schoolchildren gathered outside their classrooms, waving small American flags.

A man pulled his car over to the side of the road and saluted as the commander in chief sped by.

One woman held a sign reading “We believe.

We voted. Now What?” That message underscored the challenge Obama faces as he seeks to rally his supporters ahead of the 2012 election.

Key to Obama’s 2008 success in North Carolina was his campaign’s ability to boost voter turnout among young people.

And there were plenty of them in Boone, home to Appalachian State University, when Obama stopped Monday at Mast General Store.

The store was filled with barrels of candy, which Obama started grabbing by the handful — to help the White House prepare for Halloween, he said.

“On Halloween, the first lady doesn’t mind,” Obama said of his health-conscious wife.

Day two of Obama’s bus trip was ending in Hampton, Va., with hours of drive time in between to give Obama plenty more chances for unscheduled stops.

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The “LMAO Comedy Tour,” headlined by Aries Spears came to Corbett Sports Center for homecoming.

The comedy show was the second homecoming event to take place in Corbett following the MaryMary concert.

And just like the concert, the comedy show was sold out.

But unlike some of the other homecoming events, the comedy show was on schedule.

“I’m surprised that it actually started on time,” said Christian Ford, engineering major from Chester, Va. “I was expecting at least an hour delay,” Ford continued jokingly.

Along with Spears, Lil Duval and Gary Owens came to A&T to give the crowd some laughs.

All three comedians covered everything from and kept the crowd entertained the entire night.

Owens opened the show by joking about his family, having biracial children, his college experiences, and he even called out junior class president Brittni Browne and made jokes about her.

Lil Duval was the second act in the show and later on Spears did his famous celebrity impersonations of JayZ, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, and Denzel Washington, and other famous voices in Hollywood.

He also went on to joke about some of the audience members, such as people who were walking around

and even some couples that stood out in the audience.

“My first time at A&T was pretty good,” Spears said.

“The crowd was very energetic. I really enjoyed it.”

Local comedian Demar “Osama Bin Drankin” Rankin hosted the show and kept the crowd laughing with jokes of own while DJ Red October worked the turntables.

The bleachers and floor seats were almost filled to capacity as alumni, faculty, and students from Bennett College, Winston-Salem State, and UNCG came to watch the comedians.

“I liked Gary Owens,” said Tyran Turman, a sophomore industrial engineering major from Atlanta. “I thought he was definitely the funniest. Aries Spears was pretty funny too, but I think last year’s show was better.”

“We chose Lil Duval because of his success … and originally we actually wanted to invite Kevin Hart again but due to scheduling conflicts it was impossible,” said Chris Wade, vice president of external affairs, as he explained why the Student Government Association decided to bring Spears to A&T for homecoming.

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MIgeul and Wale perform flower boom at the homecoming concert.

Concert goes on without headliner Jonathen veal Online Editor

The homecoming concert took a big hit Saturday night when headliner Rick Ross had to cancel his performance after suffering two seizures the day before.

According to WGHP Fox 8, spokesman Andrew Brown said the Coliseum received word of the cancellation around 6:45 p.m. The concert was set to begin at 7:30 p.m.

Homecoming ended with the ‘Self Made’ tour featuring Wale, Marsha Ambrosius, Miguel, Ace Hood and Meek Mill. Though two unexpected seizures prevented headliner Rick Ross from attending, there was still a large

turnout.

Ace Hood opened the show with snippets of songs the crowd was familiar with. Some of the songs were “Cash Flow” and “I’m On One.” He also performed his latest single, “Body to Body.”

Next to the stage was Maybach music artist, Wale. He performed a variety of his hit singles including “Nike Boots,” “Pretty Girls,” and an acapella of “Chainmusic” featured on his new mixtape, “The Eleven One Eleven Theory.”

Wale’s performance was very interactive as he jumped off stage and ran through the coliseum to get up close and personal with the crowd. He finished by performing a verse from Waka

Flocka’s “No Hands.”

Students were excited to see the rapper and enjoyed his performance from start to finish.

“Every song he performed, I was reciting every word. I’m a huge Wale fan,” said senior business marketing major Farod Morales of Brooklyn, N.Y. The next performer was Miguel, whose set included a live band.

This being his first time at A&T, Miguel was eager to see where this performance would land him with the university in future years. “Hopefully this will be the first of many visits for me,” he said.

He performed songs from his debut album, such as “Sure Thing,” “My Piece,” and hit-sin-

gle “Quickie.”

“A&T showed so much love and especially when “Quickie” came on everyone was singing all the lyrics. It was pure love,” said Miguel. He is currently touring with Marsha Ambrosius and said they will be touring the UK for a month before he starts working on his next album.

As the only woman in the lineup, Ambrosius brought a sensual feel to the coliseum. She sang many hits from her debut album, “Late Nights and Early Mornings,” such as “Far Away,” “Hope She Cheats On You,” and “Late Nights and Early Mornings.”

Throughout her performance Ambrosius mixed in renditions of songs the crowd was familiar

with.

“For me it is one giant party anyway. I do have sensual songs, but I do have a playful, fun side that people never see too often so I wanted to keep it real and have fun,” said Ambrosius.

This also being her first time at an A&T homecoming, she talked about the love she received from the students and said her Twitter account was full of tweets from followers and fans who attended the show.

“I really got the #GHOE experience,” she said.

Ambrosisus said she has been very excited by the outcome of her shows and crowd participation while touring. She said that people know the words to her music compared to when the al-

bum was first released.

“Giving back to the crowd what people have been living with and I feel on stage is a sense of empowerment,” she said. She said she too will be working on a second album when her tour ends.

The concert ended with Meek Mill. He performed Rick Ross singles and his own, “Imma Boss.” DJ Khaled was on the list to perform with Meek Mill but did not attend the concert.

Overall the concert was a success. The performers felt welcomed to A&T and students were able to party with their favorite artists.

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North Carolina A&T State University homecoming was an action-packed week of events. Campus filled with students, alumni, friends and celebrities as the week progressed. The comedy show sold out and the pep rally filled Moore Gym to capacity. Eight of the divine nine were represented at the step show. The seven year curse was broken with a 42-24 win over Delaware State University during the football game. Though headliner Rick Ross had to cancel, the concert went on.

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Politics As Usual A long American tradition Possible new N.C. abortion law KELCIE C. MCCRAE Editor-in-Chief

Having an abortion was one of the hardest things one of my closest friends has ever done, and to imagine looking at the ultrasound moments before the procedure, according to her, would have been unbearable.

For the thousands of women in North Carolina who consider having an abortion, a new law may require them to see the fetus prior to terminating their pregnancy, even if they do not wish to see the image.

A judge in Greensboro heard arguments Monday led by prochoice advocates including the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Planned Parenthood Health Systems, Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups have filed a lawsuit against this new measure, claiming, “the new law violates the rights of health care providers and women seeking abortions.”

If passed, medical professionals will be required to describe to the mother the dimensions of the fetus and the presence of hands, feet and internal organs, if viewable, four hours before having their abortion.

The women would also have to listen to the heartbeat of the fetus, measures that are could be deemed unconstitutional and used as a way to guilt-trip women in changing their mind.

Making the decision to terminate one’s pregnancy cannot be an easy pill to swallow. For

women like my close friend, it was a decision that took heavy contemplation, and it will be a memory that will be with her forever. Although a tough decision, at 19 years old she knew she was not ready to take on the responsibility having a child.

While at the clinic, the doctor administering the abortion asked if she wanted to see the ultrasound, and because she had the option not to, she did not view the image. After the Roe v. Wade court decision women were constitutionally protected in choosing to have an abortion or not.

By making this choice — for whatever reason — they should have the option to proceed with the abortion without seeing the fetus if they so choose.

Other states including Florida and Texas have passed similar ultrasound laws. In Florida, they have included an opt-out provision by allowing women to skip the description or viewing of the ultrasound by signing a form. Despite that, ultrasounds are still required, whether they are medically necessary or not.

Women should still be given the option of refusing images of the fetus prior to an abortion. Only the woman on that table knows why she chose to have an abortion, and no outside force should guilt-trip her with images and sounds to try to change her mind.

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The racial divide for blacks MCT CAMPUS Contributor

Does racism against blacks still exist in the United States?

Yes. Is it still an institutionalized evil that holds back African-Americans? Depends on where you look and what you see. There is a sizable black middle class, more blacks go to college than ever before and yes, you know what’s coming a black man is president of the United States, as is his leading campaign opponent, at the moment.

On the other hand, by almost every statistical index of wellbeing, blacks fare worse than whites.

The percentage of AfricanAmericans mired in poverty is nearly three times the percentage of whites in poverty. Blacks make less money generally and have higher unemployment levels. A study published this month by the National Education Policy Center says that, nationwide, African-American students in grades K-12 are suspended three times as often as white students for nonviolent infractions of school rules.

What all these statistics mean about how and why AfricanAmericans continue to lag behind is a complicated topic. And perhaps that’s what Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain should have said Sunday in a CNN interview when asked about race. Instead, he said: “I don’t believe there is racism in this country today that holds anybody back in a big way.”

Cain, who is black, is the former

chief executive of the Godfather’s Pizza chain.

Academics and politicians have been arguing over the root causes of those continuing disparities for decades. As Cain noted in the interview, one reason for the continuing gap in employment statistics is education.

But advocates for underserved minority students contend that one reason for the gap in academic achievement between blacks and whites is that blacks, overall, have less access to higher-quality elementary and high schools.

And there are other disturbing statistics that suggest a less than level playing field. According to a 2010 report part of the Economic Mobility Project sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts among children of black middle-class parents who remain married, the percentage who grow up to earn incomes exceeding those of their parents is significantly less than among white children from similar families (62 percent versus 86 percent).

Many economists and sociologists do not believe that opportunities are equal for all.

Even Cain qualified his remarks by saying that a level playing field existed for “many” African-Americans, not all.

It’s probably wiser for all of us, particularly those who want to be president, to characterize the availability of opportunity in the United States, as Austin Nichols, an Urban Institute economist, does: “The playing field is still slanted.”

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The only thing really surprising about the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it didn’t happen sooner. The United States has a long history of friction over policies that enable an elite to thrive at the expense of ordinary people.

The earliest tensions emerged soon after the Revolutionary War, when Jeffersonians raised alarms about the “moneycrats” and their counter-revolutionary intrigues. They were referring to Alexander Hamilton and his confederates, who favored a British-style system of merchant capitalism that the Jeffersonians feared would undo the democratic and egalitarian promise of the Revolution. The fissure opened by that post-Revolutionary confrontation has never been entirely repaired.

In the first half of the 19th century, followers of Andrew Jackson inveighed against the Second Bank of the United States, otherwise known as “the monster bank.” They feared the bank was part of a systematic monopolizing of financial resources by a politically privileged elite.

That tradition was embraced again just after the Civil War, when the Farmer-Labor and Greenback political parties were formed out of a determination to break the stranglehold on credit exercised by the big banks back East.

Later in the 19th century, Populists decried the overweening power of the Wall Street “devil fish.” The tentacles of finance, they insisted, not only reached into every part

of the economy but also corrupted churches, the press and institutions of higher learning, destroying the family and suborning public officials from the president on down.

When Democratic Party candidate William Jennings Bryan vowed during his campaign for the presidency in 1896 that mankind would not be “crucified on a cross of gold,” the Populist-inspired “Boy Orator of the Platte” was taking aim at Wall Street, and everyone knew it.

Around the turn of the 20th century, the antitrust movement captured the imagination of small businessmen, consumers and working people in towns and cities across America. The trust they worried most about was “the money trust.” Captained by J.P. Morgan, “the financial Gorgon,” the money trust was skewered in court and in print by future Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, subjected to withering congressional investigations, excoriated in the exposes of “muckraking” journalists and depicted by cartoonists as a cabal of prehensile Visigoths in death-heads.

As the new century began, condemnation of the money trust came from disparate groups that included reformers in statehouses and city halls, socialists in industrial cities, strikebound workers from coast to coast, working-class feminists and antiwar activists. Financial interests were blamed for turning the whole country into a closely held system of financial pillage and labor exploitation while practicing imperial adventuring abroad.

As the movements made clear, everyone but Wall Street was

suffering the consequences of a system of proliferating abuses perpetrated by “the Street.”

The long tradition of protest that the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators have tapped into had perhaps its finest hour during the Depression. Then as now, there was no question in the minds of the “99 percent” that Wall Street was principally to blame for the country’s crisis.

In addition to rallies and marches of the unemployed, there were hundreds of sitdown strikes of workers inside industrial plants, foreclosures forestalled by infuriated neighbors and occupations even seizures of private property. There was a pervasive sense that the old order needed to be buried.

In response, the New Deal was launched, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his determination to unseat “economic royalists” who were growing rich off “other people’s money” while the country suffered its worst trauma since the Civil War. In recent years, protest by ordinary people against the culture of wealth accumulation and the powerful financial institutions Marx referred to as “the Vatican of capitalism” had largely died off. We had grown fearful of using nasty phrases like “class warfare,” “plutocracy,” “robber baron” and “ruling class” to identify the sources of economic exploitation and oppression.

Now that spirit of protest is back, and just in time. Never before has “the Vatican of capitalism” captured quite so perfectly the specific nature of the oligarchy that has run the country for a generation and has now

run it into the ground.

At a march I recently attended, the signs spoke to a reemerging willingness to combat the economic divide.

“The Middle Class is Too Big To Fail,” one proclaimed. “Eat the Rich, Feed the Poor,” read another. During the march, a pervasive chant “We are the 99 Percent” resoundingly reminded the Wall Street titans just how isolated and vulnerable they might become.

It would be foolish to predict how lasting this Occupy Wall Street moment will be and just where (if anywhere) it’s heading.

Some observers have worried that the movement is too diffuse, that it doesn’t have a clear-cut set of demands and that its anger is unfocused. It is far too soon to conclude that, with the protests on Wall Street, our pitiful age of acquiescence has ended.

Still, it would be equally foolish to dismiss the powerful American tradition the demonstrators of this moment have tapped into. In the past, Wall Street has functioned as an icon of revulsion, inciting anger, stoking up energies and summoning visions of a new world that might save the New World.

It could play that role again today. In 1932, three years into the Depression, most Americans were more demoralized than mobilized.

A few years later, all that had changed and the political class had to scurry to keep up.

Occupy Wall Street may indeed prove the opening act in an unfolding drama of renewed resistance to and rebellion against “the Vatican of capitalism.”

The religious views of our political leaders LANE FILLER

MCT Campus

So let me get this straight. If you believe God spoke to people and angels walked the Earth thousands of years ago, you’re in a religion. If you believe God spoke to people and angels walked the Earth hundreds of years ago, you’re in a cult.

And if you believe God spoke to people and angels walked the Earth on Thursday, you’re in a mental institution.

Just what is and is not a cult became a hot topic last week when Texas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, at a gathering of evangelical conservatives to introduce Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, said frontrunner Mitt Romney is not a Christian and his religion, Mormonism, is a cult. Evangelicals are often suspicious of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, preferring earlier-day saintliness. They say the New Testament of the Bible is the last word. Mormons say

the Book of Mormon, delivered unto them by the Angel Moroni in the 1820s in western New York State, counts too.

From the Jeffress hullabaloo has sprung an outcry that describing the faith of a responsible and respectable group of Americans as a cult is practically slanderous, and certainly unacceptable. This is true.

But discussion of beliefs?

That needs to happen. Consider that it is almost a prerequisite of a presidential run that a candidate profess a “deep and abiding faith” in God (those with shallow, intermittent faiths need not apply) and declare it a cornerstone of their lives. But that means various things to each candidate. To some it means, “My advisers say I need to profess a deep and abiding faith in God, so here goes.” To others it might mean, “The Bible is the literal truth, and holds all the answers to how our nation should be run.” Big, important difference.

If candidates say the first thing they ask themselves when

faced with a tough decision is “What would Jesus do?” it could signify almost anything, except for “Wear a yarmulke, keep kosher, and observe the Sabbath on Saturday,” which is what Jesus would actually do.

Do they mean, “Love all, judge none, seek peace” or “Teach creationism, bar Muslims from high office and make the United States a nation of Christian soldiers?”

Voting without knowing could be like picking paint blindfolded: only a good idea if you’re never going to take off the blindfold.

When it came out that President Barack Obama’s longtime pastor had said God should damn America, it was reasonable to ask if Obama agreed.

A voter ought to know. There are no Jews, Muslims, Hindus or Buddhists mounting major campaigns for president this year, but if there were, they too would need to explain how their faiths would affect their governing.

Much of our reticence about

questioning a candidate’s religious beliefs springs from the accusation, when soon-to-be President John F. Kennedy was running, that he would take his orders from the Vatican.

That’s wasn’t a discussion of faith, though. It was a baseless charge of treason.

Just because we can’t accuse someone of planning to sabotage the nation doesn’t mean we can’t ask if they believe in miracles and if they’ll rely on them in lieu of smart policy decisions.

Dividing the supernatural, faith-based belief of the candidates into religions and cults based on whether their last revelation came millennia ago or centuries ago is like exchanging angry rhetoric over whether the Harry Potter movies rock harder than the Star Wars saga (even though they totally, totally do).

But we must evaluate those beliefs, if we’re going to decide which one deserves to occupy the mental institution that is the White House.

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AGGIES RUNDOWN

Aggies break homecoming curse

football TEAM North Carolina A&T Hampton South Carolina State Delaware State Howard Norfolk State North Carolina Central Morgan State Savannah State Bethune-Cookman Florida A&M

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THIS WEEK’S GAME: Saturday vs. Howard Greene Stadium 1 p.m.

NEXT WEEK’S GAME: Saturday vs. Norfolk State William “Dick” Price Stadium 2 p.m.

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THIS WEEK’S GAME: Sunday vs. Coppin State Corbett Sports Center 1 p.m.

NEXT WEEK’S GAME: Sunday vs. NCCU Corbett Sports Center 12 p.m.

AROUND SPORTS LOS ANGELES—Maybe someone soon will blink in the NBA’s lockout of players.

If there is a settlement, some contend that the season could be extended and playoffs perhaps stretched into July to accommodate a full 82-game schedule.

Finding a place to play, however, might be more difficult.

“I’ve heard talk that the players and owners would look to add games past the drop-dead date of the NBA Finals, June 21. I know they are tinkering with that,” said Lee Zeidman, general manager of Staples Center, home to the Lakers and Clippers.

The lack of scheduling flexibility in some arenas may make the need to achieve labor piece that much more time-sensitive if there is any hope for a full season.

Privately, players have speculated Stern won’t allow the season to be scrapped.

An NBA arena official unauthorized to speak publicly on the matter because of the threat of substantial league fines said players have told the official that scrapping the season’s first two weeks was “just David being David,” speculating a labor deal is near.

If that’s the case, the players hypothesized, a full season could be saved.

But Madison Square Garden in New York has dedicated summer months to a billion-dollar renovation project. Other arenas have scheduling conflicts, according to an NBA executive familiar with scheduling issues. . And some NBA players will be required to gather for USA Basketball training camp in early July, with the 2012 Olympics in London scheduled to begin July 27.

He said when he heard talk of extending the season after receiving memos from the Lakers and Clippers requesting Staples’ full 2012 schedule, his mind flashed to his schedule commitments.

An NBA spokesman declined to discuss the hypothetical scenario of extending the season.

“We fulfilled our contract, adhered to the dates the league set for us in March,” Zeidman said.

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larry raper runs for a touchdown after retrieving the ball.

They did it. They finally did

A team of mostly walk-ons with less than 35 scholarship players broke the curse that haunted Aggie Stadium for seven years.

They won the homecoming game.

“It’s wonderful,” said Bob Johnson, an A&T fan and 20year season ticket holder.

For the seniors, this will be their only homecoming victory.

“I’m really excited for our players for them to have had an opportunity to taste some success and win their first homecoming game,” said A&T head coach Rod Broadway.

During the game, fans cheered and had a good time yelling the ever-famous Aggie Pride chant and doing the wave across the stands.

“During those seven years that they lost homecoming I was a little dismayed, but now that they’ve won, I think that I will be at more activities and contribute more,” said Ervin Hodge, a 1970 A&T graduate.

Although attendance seemed

low, 8,942 tickets were sold which generated $311, 580 that passed the projected $250,090.

Last season, only 7,307 homecoming game tickets were sold.

While most fans were ecstatic about the homecoming win, some people were still more concerned about the new Game Zone policy, which requires all people including those who just tailgate to have a game ticket.

A&T graduate Terry Burns was one of them.

“I don’t want to have to pay $35 to come out here and fellowship with my people…I never go to games.”

But some of the crowd’s negativity didn’t stop the excitement of the other A&T fans.

“It was a great week to be an Aggie this homecoming,” said Melanie Thompson, a sophomore elementary education major from Richmond, Virginia. “It has been years since we have won a homecoming…

I hope this is the beginning of great homecomings.”

Wide receiver Larry Raper had a little more motivation coming into the homecoming game. For him, it was more than homecoming. It was the first time his mother saw him

play in his college career.

“Yesterday before the game I told my mom I was going to give her three touchdowns for her last night.”

That is exactly what he did.

Raper’s three-touchdown performance helped the Aggies claim the homecoming victory.

Atiba Wright, 1999 A&T graduate who played free safety for the Aggies under head coach Bill Hayes, was also in attendance to watch his alma mater win the big game.

“This win was long overdue,” said Wright. “I’m not surprised that they won today though because they’ve been winning the last couple weeks.”

The Aggies who are now (30) in the MEAC, are currently tied for No. 1 with the Norfolk State Spartans.

After being doubted by many, the A&T football team is slowly showing what it means to have pride despite the fact that all odds were against them.

“They’ve brought back a lot of the school spirit. Aggie Pride has kind of been restored,” said Wright.

-klrobin2@ncat.edu and follow her on Twitter @KayRob_

Bowling team gets ready for first tournament meagan Jordan Contributor

After winning the MEAC Championship for four consecutive years (2000-2003), the A&T bowling team is working their way back up to championship status with the help of the additional coaching staff and players.

After last year’s powerhouse Sarah Taylor graduated, April Terry has taken the position of leading the team.

“We have two new assistant coaches this year who are really improving our knowledge and the game and our skill level…We have been working harder this year than we have in the past three years and we have high expectations,” said Terry, senior journalism and mass communications major and native of Greensboro.

With an enormous amount of talent, Terry not only is a leader from a physical stand-

point but a leader of positive attitude.

“I expect her to lead this team not only in the bowling alley but outside of it as well, I believe that she can (lead) because she has a real desire for the team to succeed.” said head coach James Williams.

“I don’t believe that the bowling team gets the same respect as the other sports, the most common question the team hears from other students are ‘We have a bowling team?’ said Williams.

“Because bowling is accessible to everyone, it is thought of as a game instead of a sport. I don’t think students or faculty realize the amount of work these athletes put in.”

These lady Aggies have been training hard this preseason by arranging practices without coaches, two a days, and they have also been practicing on weekends not only in preparation for upcoming

‘Betcha’ didn’t know...

matches but for the entire season.

Williams described the ladies work ethics as “there is a different hunger in the eyes of the returning members and the new members are pushing the old members, something we didn’t have last year.”

Sophomores Shameka Williams, Cherise Poole and Kiera Griffin are the younger members of the team but they put in the same amount of work.

Poole is the only one out of the three that is a returning member of the team, contributes to the team in a different aspect because she has more experience.

Poole’s candid conversations with the coaching staff have been instrumental in the positive changes for the team this year.

Williams and Griffin are both new members of the team, and are still trying to find their niche within the

Jose Garcia-Camacho was named the MEAC’s Special Teams Player of the Week The cross country team will be competing in the MEAC championships Oct. 28-29.

appearances in the top 20 and MD-Eastern Shore.

The landscape has changed over the years with the MEAC championships making it a power conference in bowling.

“Additions to the coaching staff this year are making huge differences not only in techniques but in positive attitudes and preparation. We are working hard and I honestly believe that this season is the first season to getting back on the right track.” Coach Williams added.

The Bowling team’s first tournament of the season will be the Hampton Roads Collegiate Bowling Invitational in Hampton Roads, Va. on Oct. 21.

-msjordan@ncat.edu and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

Aggies look to bury the Bison

The volleyball team won its first match of the season Oct. 16.

The volleyball team, which only had six players at the beginning of the season, now has nine players.

team, but they are a major asset to the team’s progress.

“Kiera is more like a quiet assassin she doesn’t talk much but she gets the job done.

Shameeka is a ball of energy I can really see her being that extra spark that the team needs when the time comes.” explained Coach Williams The team is working hard to dominate in divisions.

With Norfolk State University and Florida A&M ranking top 20 last season in nationals they must compete at a higher level.

“We have to establish the mindset that we are the best in our division before we can even look at conferences, and that is no easy task.” explained Williams.

Once they accomplish their goal they will be looking forward to competing with the northern division against schools such as Delaware State, Morgan State and Hampton all who had made

Aggie Football: On to the Next kalyn hoyle

Register Reporter

The Aggies (4-2 3-0) will travel to Washington, D.C., to take on the Howard Bison (3-4 1-2) in their homecoming on Oct. 22.

After three straight blowout victories against MEAC conference opponents, the Aggies will look to continue their unforeseen success against a developing Howard University football team.

The Howard Bison are led by first-year head coach Gary Harrell. Harrell, a Howard graduate, is the team’s all-time leader in receptions and was a deadly punt returner during his playing career. Harrell has had previous coaching tenures at Howard (2002-2004), Texas Southern (2004-2006), Florida A&M (2006-2008), and Morgan State (2008-2009).

In their most recent conference game, the Bison pulled out a 29-28 victory against the Florida A&M University Rattlers on Oct. 8. The Bison showed great resilience as they

overcame a 21-0 halftime deficit by scoring 29 points in the final quarter of the game.

Howard uses a 3-4 base defense that creates pressure from several angles. The Bison defense played well holding the FAMU offense to 185 total yards including 27-yards on the ground.

The Bison defense was also able to create timely turnovers, with an interception and four fumble recoveries.

But the Bison will have to figure out a way to stop A&T running back Mike Mayhew who has dominated the ground game against MEAC opponents, compiling 478 yards and five touchdowns in only three conference games.

Sophomore running back Dominique Drake has emerged as a productive complementary back in the past few weeks as well.

Slot receiver Larry Raper will attempt to continue his success against Howard, after posting 109 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions against Delaware State

last week.

Expect to see Bison quarterback Greg McGhee utilize the triple option and speed option to gain yardage on the ground.

Linebackers D’vonte Grant, Ben Binder, and Brandon Hover will look to stop the Bison’s inside running game.

Howard wide receiver Willie Carter has compiled 477 receiving yards on 44 catches and has five receiving touchdowns.

Aggie defensive backs Justin Ferrell, Terrence Webb, Isaiah Martin, and Travis Crosby will look to stop the outside run and also maintain depth in their coverage assignments to defend the short and playaction passes that the Howard offense uses.

If the Aggie offense can produce some early points and protect the ball, it will be hard for the Bison to stay competitive. The Aggies are highly motivated to spoil the Bison’s homecoming game.

-kdhoyle@ncat.edu and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

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This movie should draw the loyal fans who love the previous movies of the series.

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Lucky # 7 for Sigmas Managing Editor

The Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma made history when they won their seventh straight victory at this year’s homecoming step show.

The ladies of the Alpha Phi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., also took back the first place title beating out the other sororities, including last year’s winners, the ladies of the Alpha Mu chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The show took place at the Greensboro Coliseum on Oct..

14. Eight of the nine National Pan-Hellenic Council Greek organizations were represented in the show, though not all competed. The Mu Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and the Sigma Gamma Rho’s performed in exhibition.

Mu Psi opened the show, and Sigma Gamma Rho performed while the judges added up the scores.

“We did our best even though we were only exhibition. We do it for A&T, we do it for Omega Psi Phi,” said Torel Daniels, senior animal science major.

The Zeta Alpha chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., performed after the Omegas with a “Final Destination” theme. The theme involved other sororities like Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta being killed off and going missing. Their performance included a stunt with chairs.

“I think we did a great job.

We put in a lot of practice.

We’ve been practicing since the summer time,” said Tiera

Stackey, junior elementary education major.

Next up was the Beta Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. They used Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence’s movie “Life” as their theme. They re-made the beginning of the movie and performed wearing striped jail suits.

“I feel like we did a great job,” said their step master Tim Campbell-Allen.

Allen also said he believes lots of practice and dedicated steppers are key in having a good performance.

The first place winners, Alphi Phi, had one of the most current themes using the popular reality show “Born to Dance.”

Their video had them emulating the show. Chapter member Melanie Hampton played Lauri Ann Gibson while the steppers acted as contestants on the show. Their costumes were 80’s inspired including fish net stockings, denim vests, and crimped hair.

The performance also included more of a dancing and stepping mix than others.

“Its important to incorporate things like dance and videos into the step performance because not everyone is into stepping and you want to appeal to them as well,” said Alpha Phi step master Synnaman Bingham.

Clearly the ladies stepped their game up this year in order to bring home the first place trophy. “We looked at what we did wrong last year and tried to improve those things as well as appeal to our audience better,” said Bingham.

The Zeta chapter of Iota

Phi Theta Fraternity Inc., used singer Chris Brown’s recent legal problems as the theme for their show. All sprayed their hair yellow to match his then blonde colored hair, and wore orange jumpsuits as if they were in prison.

“We know he didn’t really go to jail we just decided to play on the fact that he had to do community service,” said step master Justin Small.

He added that the idea was a collaboration between him and fellow chapter member Austin James.

Celebrity and A&T Alum Terrence J surprised the crowd by coming out to introduce the ladies of Alpha Mu. They had a chinese theme entitled “Delta Dynasty.” They were dressed in all black, with red sashes as belts. Audience members also seemed surprised to see that they managed to have experienced step-show producer Kevin Wilson do their video. Wilson did several step-show videos throughout his time at A&T but graduated last May and now lives in New York.

Step masters Jamia Tucker and Rayven Dulin explained the difficulty of being the defending champs back stage.

“It’s harder because you have to do better than last time. We have to reset the bar,” said Tucker.

They said for their performance this year they tried to think outside the box.

The Sigmas also knows the pressure of defending a title all too well. “It’s a lot of pressure,” said junior biology

major Donavon Dunn. “We had a lot of sleepless nights.”

They were the final competitors to perform and used popular movie “The Hangover” as their theme.

They also had the stunt of the night when they blindfolded themselves for a difficult portion of their performance that involved them kicking over each other’s heads.

“We practice so much without the blindfolds on that the execution of the stunt doesn’t really affect us once we put them on,” said Dunn.

The Sigmas performance not only won over the judges but the crowd as well.

“The Sigmas were my favorites of the night. Their performance, stunts, theme, everything was really good,” said freshman Kari Henderson.

Sophomore Deshawn Gilmore also agreed with everyone else. “The Sigma’s performance was clean and on point,” he said.

After continuing to captivate the crowd an array of step show judges for seven years one must wonder, what’s the Sigma’s secret?

“We just go by the score sheet. We ask ourselves ‘ok do we have this, are we lacking in this?’ We also try to think about what the crowd wants.

Oh and a lot of prayer,” said Dunn.

-smobell@ncat.edu and follow her on Twitter @Yngblkandfancy

1. Did GHOE live up to the hype? 2. Who were the winners before the Sigmas started taking over the step show? 3. Was your daddy on that line? 4. Was the Delta Dynasty over even before it began? 5. Did Terrance J say the Deltas helped pay his dues? 6.

Has he paid those Deltas back? 7. Did you understand the Iotas theme? 8. Did Gary Owens ever find the Junior Class President?

9. Do you think Rick Ross heard our complaints about him coming to the concert? 10. Were you brave enough to step on the plots to get a plate? 11. Were you surprised our team won the homecoming game? 12. Did you think you were in heaven when you saw the painted ceiling at George K’s? 13. Did you even know it was painted? 14. Were you still partying when the speaker at Greene Street caught on fire? Was the day party that hot? 15. Did you lose any friends to GHOE? 16. Did you lose your boyfriend or girlfriend to GHOE? 17. Were you that friend who was left out because you didn’t buy your Nxlevel ticket on time? 18. Are you still recovering from GHOE? 19. Was fall break not long enough for you? 20. Are you ready for GHOE 2012?

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While we wait for the long awaited new Drake album, he continues to give us hot music to make the wait a little less painful. He recently just dropped his new single with Nicki Minaj another good collaboration with the two chart topping artists. It’s a different sound from the more mellow songs he’s recently released, but it is a good head-nodding song that will create a balance for the album.

on stage North Carolina’s state fair is back for everyone to enjoy! The fair is located at 1025 Blue Ridge Road Raleigh, N.C. In case you didn’t go this past weekend the gates are open from 8a.m. to midnight (weather permitting). You can buy tickets online or at the gates.

Prices are as follows: Adults (13-24) $8, child (6-12) $3, children 6 and below are free, as well as the senior citizens.

Tickets are $1 per ticket which makes it easy for you to enjoy all the rides and games while you’re at the fair.

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