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For the first time in history, the University of North Carolina’s president has chosen N.C. A&T to host the inauguration. Tom Ross will officially be sworn in as the 17th president of the UNC system in his hometown of Greensboro on Thursday. The ceremony will take place at Corbett Sports Center. “This is a Ross first for us,” said Deborah Callaway, chair of the university planning committee for the inauguration. “He could have chosen any school in the 17 campuses, and he selected A&T.” In January, Ross began his duties as president after taking over for former UNC system president Erskine Bowles. Like Ross, Bowles is also from Greensboro and held his inauguration in the Gate City five years ago. Already nine months on the job, Ross has been kept busy trying to operate the country’s oldest public institution under harsh economic times. This summer alone he had to combat lawmakers when they cut state funding by $414 million for the system’s campuses. A&T alone had to manage a 15 percent budget cut which resulted in a reduction in faculty and staff positions, and the elimination of low-performing academic programs. Despite tough times, Ross has remained optimistic and has continued to stress the importance of the UNC system. “I think every one of our campuses has a very important role to play in the community in which they are located,” said Ross during a visit to A&T in the spring. “This university [A&T] employs 700 faculty and that’s a lot of jobs. If you break down a place like this it’s going to have a huge impact on the community.” Over 2,000 people are expected to ﬂood A&T’s streets for this inaugural event. Starting at 9:30 a.m., guests will be met by sounds of the Blue & Gold Marching Machine which will lead a parade from the New Academic Building down to Corbett Sports Center. “This is going to be a very beautiful event for us,” said Callaway. “It’s an honor for us to have this opportunity to do this for the president and not only that, but to showcase A&T.”

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very nine seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or beaten. “Domestic violence touches the lives of Americans of all ages, leaving a devastating impact on women, men, and children of every background and circumstance,” said President Barack Obama while making October the National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 2009. Domestic violence can be described as a dark shadow that looms over America. Although the issue has been openly addressed, too many of its victims walk around silent never telling anyone what happened. Many of those guilty of it are walking the streets unscathed and free. Based on reports from 10 countries, between 55 and 95 percent of women physically abused by their partners’ never contacted non-governmental organizations, shelters, or the police for help.

Many think domestic violence is limited to only a man and woman in a romantic relationship. In reality, it is broadly defined when partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends, or cohabitation act violently toward each other. Violence can be defined in various ways including physical aggression, sexual abuse and even emotional abuse. Whether we realize it or not victims of domestic abuse do surround us. Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. They are our mothers, sisters, cousins, and nieces. Aggieland is no exception. Plenty classmates, professors, co-workers, and friends are victims of these terrible acts but for a number of reasons decide not to share or seek help. Today two brave women are breaking their silence. Why? In hopes that others like them will follow suit and seek the assistance they need to heal fully and know that they are not alone.

me to him. Daisha Windham He told me to come into a room. I began to cry because I “It’s just the coldest feeling knew what was going to hapever. It makes winter feel hot. pen. It’s like your dying inside.” He said, ‘you know what to On the surface Daisha do’ so I took the position of layWindham is a bubbly, colorful, ing on my stomach and he mo21-year-old JOMC major from lested me.” Wilmington, N.C. However for At the age of five Windham most of her life, Daisha has kept didn’t really understand what a dark secret. While living with was going on. “I thought it was her aunt, at the age of 5 Daisha a form of punishment, like a was sexually abused by her spanking or beating. I thought aunt’s significant other. it happened to everyone when Windham recalls one par- they did something wrong.” ticular time when what started To Windham’s knowledge as an argument between her she was the only one who he was molesting. She was the youngest one in It’s just the coldest feeling the house and the least likely to tell or know any better. ever. It makes winter feel hot. The abuse didn’t stop until she moved at age six. “I moved to Norfolk to live It’s like your dying inside. with my grandparents. Then -Windham when my father got married I went to live with him in another North Carolina town.” She didn’t tell anyone what and her sister led to abuse. “Me happened for a long time. One and my sister used to play fight time while watching a Lifetime a lot. movie with her stepmom about One time it got really seri- a man who was molesting his ous and my sister, who was family members, a door of older than me, went to tell on communication was opened on

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the topic. “She told me that if anyone had done anything like that to me it was molestation and that was wrong. I still didn’t share with her right then though.” It wasn’t until Windham was in the 10th grade that she told her. She had a nightmare that night about her abuser and woke up crying. She then ran into her step mom’s room and told her everything. Even though she opened up to her step mom and a few other family members, she still decided against telling others. “I really didn’t want to tell my whole family because it was a secret that could tear up my family. I also don’t tell a lot of people because I never wanted anyone to judge me or pity me.” Windham admits that the abuse had other lasting effects. “I used to despise God, because why me. It took me a lot of time rebuild that relationship, myself esteem. I didn’t love me.” “I wasn’t very social. I kept to myself so it definitely affected me emotionally. I still have a hard time talking about how I  See Abuse on Page 2

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ross From page 1 Ross will take his oath following the parade at 10 a.m. where he will also give a speech that will highlight his goals for the system. There are 17 campuses and 220,000 students within the campuses. Callaway and her committee of about 40 individuals have been rigorously planning this event for over two months. She stresses that her committee has done an outstanding job and hopes that not only the professors come out, but also the students. “This is history,” she said. “We have this president, who is from Greensboro, that is being

inaugurated at A&T. Students need to see it, and be apart of history.” Over 300 distinguished guests are scheduled to attend as well including Governor Bev Perdue. Following the program will be a reception in the University Alumni-Foundation Event Center. It is free and open to the public. “We’ve seen Corbett set up in so many different ways, so many different activities,” said Callaway. “But on Thursday there is a different feeling. We want our students to come out and feel what we’re feeling. It’s a proud day for us.” -kcmccrae@ncat.edu and follow her on Twitter @Kelcie_McCrae

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abuse From page 1 feel to this day. It kind of caused me to have low self-esteem until college as well. It’s also still hard for me to sleep on my stomach.” Recently, she ran into her molester who now lives in North Carolina. “I feel like it’s too late to press charges. I just leave his fate up to God. I can’t even look him in the face to be real. I’d feel like I was five years old all over again.” Windham understands that she is not alone and that there are many others out there who went through and or are going through some kind of domestic abuse. “If I could give any advice to others who are being abused, I would tell them to speak up. The reason I didn’t is because at the time, I didn’t know anything was wrong about it. I didn’t know any better. So if awareness can be raised, more people can be made aware so they know what to look out for. I would also say don’t leave your child with just anyone.” Jamea Reynolds “It was my brother and I cannot change anything.” Jamea Reynolds is an 18-yearold accounting sophomore from Charlotte, N.C. Between her eighth and nineth grade years, her mother allowed her brother who was 18 at this time to come live with them in Charlotte. Their relationship started off like any normal brother and sister: playing games, fighting and laughing together.

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But, as time went on, he became very awkward. One day everything took a turn, “he got on top of me saying do you feel that then pulls out his penis and starts touching me, he went too far.” At the time, Reynolds was very confused on what to do in order for it to stop. She couldn’t deal with being the reason her brother would go to jail. It has been over five years now and he still interacts with her as if nothing even happened. The molestation had some lasting affects. For example, its the reason why it is now harder for

“It was my brother and I cannot change anything.” -Reynolds her to trust any man that comes into her life. There is no such thing as a guy coming to her room to “chill” or being alone with someone she just met. These are some cautious measures Reynolds has taken to feel comfortable around men. No one in her family knows what happened five years ago except her close friends. Reynolds wants to encourage others who have been abused to speak up because it may help another person who is in the same position. Although she feels there is nothing that can be done in her

own situation, she feels it has only made her stronger and gives her the confidence to speak out against domestic violence in particular molestation within the family. Life goes on The moral to both of these stories is that there is life after abuse. Women don’t have to let a bad past affect their future. “I let my past be my motivation today,” said Windham. The young woman is only a few semesters away from obtaining her bachelor’s degree. She remains active on campus in organizations such as PRSSA, NABJ, and I AM Music Media. She is also a part of I Am Queen, a non-profit organization dealing with teenage girl issues. Windham is also a talented dancer and has been a member of dance groups such as Blue Reign and E. Gynn Dancers. After graduation, she plans on moving to LA and attending art school while also freelancing in Public Relations. Reynolds is no different. She is actively a part of Collegiate 100 Black Women, an organization that helps her to be a strong and business savvy woman. She has maintained a 3.2 GPA as of her sophomore year at A&T. After undergrad, Reynolds would like to come back to A&T to receive her masters in accounting. Hopefully by earning these two degrees, she will land in one of the leading top accounting firms in the future.

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Help? Many people are not informed that counseling services are available to help with any matters other than depression. Half of the women around campus have their own abuse story whether it dealt with a boyfriend, friend, father or even a stranger. Things have to change in order for people to learn how and when to get out. A&T has private counseling sessions located in Murphy room 109 where students can discuss anything from being a victim of domestic violence to a witness. Students will later be directed to Family Services Piedmont for more information on 315 E. Washington Street, Greensboro, N.C. 27401. Also there will be a Domestic Violence Awareness Forum today from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium. -jnmcmill@ncat.edu, smobell@ ncat.edu and follow on Twitter @ AT_Register

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The SPHE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) taught their fellow Aggies a lot about Hispanic culture as well as their organization at their event, the Hispanic Heritage Celebration. As an attempt to gain more members, SPHE shared with the audience all the great things they have done for the community such as building houses for the unfortunate and mentoring students through their journey from high school to becoming an Aggie. SPHE, the only Hispanic organization on campus, has achieved great things. They were the chapter of the month in

2007 and 2010. Sophomore Courtney Boston admits that she did not know SPHE existed however, after all the interesting facts they shared about their organization, “she is eager to get involved, especially with community service part.” The Hispanic culture was displayed through the variety of foods they served for dinner including platanos (fried plantains), frijoles beans, stuffed hot peppers and more, which the guests seemed to enjoy because it was all gone by the end. The aroma of the ethnic food brought people who were passing by. After dinner the hosts moved on to talk about statistics dealing with the Hispanic race. By

2050, Hispanics will be a part of the U.S “majority.” Multicultural events like this bring Aggies and people from the community together and it allows students to learn about cultures other than their own. “As an international student this even sparked my interest because the cultural diversity, it makes me feel welcomed knowing there are people from other countries on campus also,” said graduate student Dane Gibson. For entertainment the SPHE invited Mexican Folk dancers which added more spice to the event. They arrived sporting their cultural costumes performing traditional dances to Hispanic music. The sound of

excitement attracted even more people. The dancers encouraged the audience to get up and move. Hispanic culture was defined by Ashley Williams, a member of SPHE, as, “when Hispanics from different cultures come together as one, embracing their culture.” With displays around the room from different Hispanic countries that is definitely what SPHE did. The Hispanic Heritage Celebration was a big success. It was a night of eating, learning, and entertainment. — rdavis12@aggies.ncat.edu and follow on Twitter @ATRegister

Student union makeover in works Erik veal & Dashawn fleminng Register Staff

Nearly 45 years after it’s opening, the “living room of the university” is on the path of being revamped. The Memorial Student Union is slated for renovations to begin within the next the two years and scheduled to completed within a fouryear span. “It is time to do something with the student union,” said executive director of MSU Carl Baker. “It is almost 45 years old and it has issues with HVAC systems, not really open and inviting to visitors.” Baker has been frontrunner for operation of the union regarding budgeting, marketing and strategic planning and he says the union is in need of a new look. He also adds that with new students coming in, it is time for a more modern student center that will help with recruiting and attracting students.

Since last year, the renovation of the student union has been a big issue when representatives had students fill out surveys about what they want in the union in order to improve it’s look and purpose on campus. “We wanted to get feedback from the students with having focus groups, meetings and basically get the students involved with this project,” said Baker. Baker hopes the new union will be a contender in looks such as the one at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. UNCC’s student union cost close to $80 million. Thus far, A&T has budgeted for development and plans. The renovation proposal will build a new center in the same footprint as the current union, but it will be expanded towards Cooper Hall. One challenge the designers have faced is that the union is currently land-locked, with very few points of access. Also, permissions are needed for expansion. As the development is under-

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campus. While excited about the proposed changes, many are somewhat disheartened that they won’t be around to see the new union. “It’s sad by the time it will be completed, I’ll be leaving but it’s good that the union will expand to be at the same level as other universities,” said electrical engineer major, Cameron Ward. Other students feel that the union is used to just get something to eat and leave and not for students to lounge and relax. Students will have a more interactive presence in not only events, but recreational purposes because of the new facility on campus. “We are very excited that we will have a student center that is bigger and better and will create that hub for the campus,” said Baker.

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Growing numbers of college students are in school part time, and they face increasingly long odds of ever graduating, according to a report released Tuesday. The report, Time is the Enemy, by the nonprofit group Complete College America, includes data on full- and parttime students at public colleges and universities in 33 states, including California. It was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation and others. “There is a new generation of students who are poorer, more likely to be a minority, working and with families,” said Stan Jones, the organization’s president. “The graduation rates are very low, so that even though more people are going to col-

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lege looking to better themselves and better their economic circumstances, those goals are not being realized because the system is failing them.” Among the report’s key findings: — There is a new majority on U.S. college campuses, with 75 percent of students balancing jobs and schools and commuting to class. Only one-quarter of students attend full-time, live on campus and have few work obligations. — Part-time students rarely graduate: Only one-quarter of them complete a degree, even when taking twice as long as the traditional four years. — Minority students and those who are poor or older are attending college in greater numbers, but fewer than one in five earn a bachelor’s degree within six years. — In California, 14.8 percent of full-time and 6.1 percent Williams Café-Communicating Threats-Closed/Leads Exhausted 8:25 p.m. Morrison Hall-Fraud-Closed/ Arrest 11:06 p.m. Cooper Hall-Burglary-Further Investigation

of part-time students seeking bachelor’s degrees finished in four years. After eight years, about 60 percent of full-time and 41.6 percent of part-time students had earned a degree. The report, however, includes data only from the California State University system and not from the University of California or the state’s community colleges. That information may be included in an updated study next year, officials said. A Cal State spokesman said the school system is trying to address the issues raised in the report. “The data in this report is nothing shocking to us; it identifies our specific student demographic of part-time, underserved students needing remediation,” spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said. “There are a host of programs we’ve initiated and are going to initiate more. We’re trying to fix it.” Larceny- Further Investigation 5 p.m. Aggie Village- Communicat ing Threats-Closed/Prosecu tion Declined 5:47 p.m. Williams Café PVA-Disorderly Conduct/Vandalism-Closed/ Arrested

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Knox’s murder conviction overturned KIM MURPHY

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SEATTLE — It has surely been a long four years for Amanda Knox as she sought exoneration in the murder of her college roommate in Italy. But it has also been a long haul for friends and family in Seattle who knew the former University of Washington student and local coffee barrista before she became an international celebrity depicted in the Italian media as “Foxy Knoxy,” the “she-devil” who had supposedly helped stab 21-year-old Meredith Kercher to death. Local rock bands performed at the popular Showbox music club downtown to raise legal defense money for Knox. There was a “Bowling for Amanda” event in West Seattle, where her schoolteacher mother raised her in a modest home. Local authors started blogs and wrote books about the legal marathon that ended for the moment as a jury Monday overturned Knox’s murder conviction and news came that she wanted to head home. Two dozen friends and supporters had gathered in a hotel suite Sunday night to watch the trial’s conclusion.

After a sleepless night as the verdict was read, they raised clenched hands together and swooped cheering to their feet. Some clutched their cheeks, weeping. A few huddled for a quick prayer. “We heard ‘murder overturned.’ And the one next to me on my right, and the supporter on my left, it was like the electricity went right through us, and it was like, did they really say that? She’s free! She’s free!” said Margaret Ralph, an old friend of Knox’s mother. Said Kellanne Henry, another family friend: “I feel like passing out. I mean, I’m just so overwhelmed. It’s amazing. I can’t remember a time in my life when I felt more relieved. I just keep thinking of her mother ... and the relief of knowing that your daughter is going to be safe for the ﬁrst time in four years tonight. “Now I just want to see that plane touch down on American soil,” she said. Knox maintained a close clutch of friends from the Jesuit high school she attended, Seattle Preparatory School, where she played soccer and joined school theater productions.

She was also a popular student at the University of Washington, where she majored in German and Italian studies before leaving, at the age of 19, to study in Perugia, Italy. People who knew her in Seattle kept saying Knox bore no resemblance to the ﬂirtatious, hard-partying girl portrayed in Italy during the trial. “We knew there was no way she could have done this,” said John Lange, Knox’s drama teacher at Seattle Prep. “She was sweet. She never did anything to harm anybody else. She was not conniving. She was not mean-spirited.” His voice breaking, he pulled off his glasses and wiped back tears. Supporters kept nervously switching back and forth between Fox News and CNN before the verdict. They murmured and shouted approval as Knox addressed the court at 1 a.m. Seattle time. “We felt she did a tremendous job. So courageous, in poise and eloquence. It was just beautifully said, and all Amanda,” said Tom Wright, a screenwriter whose daughter was friends in high school with Knox. He coordinated the group

Group launches N.C. bid to get gay marriage rights TOM BREEN

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A gay rights group launched a campaign Monday in Asheville that seeks to go beyond opposition to a May referendum question on constitutionally barring samesex marriage by targeting current state law that already forbids such unions. The Campaign for Southern Equality kicked off its “We Do” effort by having three same-sex couples unsuccessfully attempt to obtain marriage licenses from the Buncombe County Register of Deeds. Organizers and participants know they’ll be denied the licenses, since North Carolina state law already forbids samesex couples from marrying. The point, they say, is to draw attention to the human consequences of the law and, as with the civil rights movement, create a situation where the federal government intervenes to change state laws. “What we’re calling for is full federal equality and we’re sending a very consistent mes-

sage that these laws are on the books right now and they’re immoral,” said Jasmine BeachFerrara, executive director of the group, which plans to expand their efforts across North Carolina and the South in 2012. The Asheville campaign includes plans for over a dozen couples to repeatedly apply for marriage licenses until Oct. 14, accompanied in trips to the register of deeds by politicians, members of the clergy and other supporters. “We can’t go to our state legislature right now because our legislators are very hostile to LGBT rights,” Beach-Ferrara said, using a common abbreviation for “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.” State courts are similarly unlikely to support their aims, she said. “We don’t have much recourse besides planned actions designed to resist these laws,” she said. Beach-Ferrara said the campaign has been in the planning stages since long before the current debate over a constitutional amendment, but the debate provides a charged backdrop for the “We Do” efforts.

Last month, the General Assembly voted to put a question on the May primary ballot that would prohibit same-sex marriage in the North Carolina Constitution, which would make it the last such state in the Southeast to adopt such a provision. Those on both sides of the question are preparing for a hard-fought campaign in the run-up to the vote. Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the North Carolina Values Coalition, supports the referendum question and called the “We Do” campaign “a strategic mistake” on the part of those who support gay marriage. Fitzgerald thinks the effort might help secure the amendment’s passage by convincing undecided voters that the possibility of same-sex marriage in North Carolina is real despite current state law prohibiting it. “I think it makes our case why we need an amendment,” she said. “When people see that, they’re going to be concerned and they’re going to take it as a sign of aggression on the part of people who advocate for samesex marriage.”

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AMANDA KNOX is taken out of court after her conviction was overturned in Perugia, Italy, Monday, October 3, 2011. An Italian court cleared 24 year-old American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 and set them free on Monday after nearly four years in prison for a crime they always denied committing.

Friends of Amanda. “She just absolutely rocked,” Lange said. After the cheers and shouting quieted down, several supporters brieﬂy circled for a prayer. It was, they said, for Kercher.

“We prayed for Meredith because only she knew _ only she knew _ and she can’t talk to us,” said Ralph. Many, she said, felt that Kercher’s spirit spoke to the jury. “It’s like, we’re banking on

you, you’re no longer in any pain. The biggest gift you can give for your life is to give back Amanda _ and she did it,” Ralph said. “That’s pretty amazing. She did it.

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Law school’s expenses seen more as a career risk Jenna Ross

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MINNEAPOLIS — The swell of students applying to law school _ despite growing debt and contracting job prospects _ has slowed. Prospective students have read the bad news, are asking tougher questions and, more often, are declining to apply. Admissions officers say that’s not a bad thing: The students starting this fall are more “focused.” “Frankly, for many years, there were many students who went to law school because they didn’t know what to do,” said Cari Haaland, assistant dean of admissions for the University of St. Thomas School of Law. “Now, prospective students are thinking more critically about the decision.” There’s evidence demand will shrink further. New data show a dramatic 18.7 percent decline in the number of students who took the Law School Admission Test this summer compared to the same time last year. The job market for law school graduates is the worst it’s been since the mid-1990s. Both the employment rate and the starting salary fell dramatically for

the class of 2010, new reports by the National Association for Law Placement show. Meanwhile, debt rises. The average amount run up while at one of Minnesota’s four law schools now exceeds $90,000. “In the aggregate, this class is going to have a harder time paying down its debt than classes before it,” said James Leipold, the national association’s executive director. New law students say they’re aware of the data, but are sure of their abilities and hopeful the market will have improved by the time they graduate. Several said that their goal has never been to nab a high-paying job at one of the big law firms, which perhaps have been hardest hit by the recession. Still, “it is discouraging,” said Cassie Benson, 25, a “1L” at William Mitchell College of Law. “Everything on the Internet is ‘Don’t go to law school.’ But I have to be confident that this is right for me, and that there are lots of people and alumni who want to help.” During the recession, more people applied to law school, according to the Law School Admission Council. But then for fall 2011, the number of ap-

plications nationwide dropped 9.9 percent, according to the Law School Admission Council, to the lowest total number in at least nine years. The number of people taking the LSAT took a dive. “It is possible that many people took the LSAT then to see if law school would be a reasonable way to wait out the recession,” said Wendy Margolis, the council’s spokeswoman. “But as news about the declining job market for law school graduates spread, fewer people did that.” “The ones that do apply really want to be there,” said Nick Wallace, the University of Minnesota admissions director. “They’re not just applying on a whim or as an escape route from the real world.” But the size of an applicant pool doesn’t always translate to the size of an incoming class. Even with fewer applicants, St. Thomas enrolled three more students than it did last year. About 3,500 people applied to be a part of the University of Minnesota’s class starting this fall, compared to 2,700 in 2006, yet the school enrolled fewer students than it did then. On legal blogs, law school grads are calling on schools to

pull back their numbers, so that their graduates don’t glut the job market. Minnesota schools say they’re admitting only students they expect to succeed. “We haven’t changed our standards,” said Dave Jarzyna, assistant dean for marketing and recruitment at Hamline University School of Law. “We’ve never taken in a larger class to inflate our tuition revenue.” The schools are responding to prospective students’ worry about the job market by publishing deeper post-school employment data, matching more students with mentors and presenting career services earlier in the process. “We’ve always had a strong presence at admissions events,” said Nancy Lochner, director of career services for Hamline Law School, “but there’s maybe a more receptive audience.” This summer, before firstyear classes even began, the University of St. Thomas offered a workshop for admitted students called, “What can I do with a law degree?” Students drew a lesser-known profession or area of law, quickly researched it and presented it to their classmates.

About 87.6 percent of the class of 2010 had a job _ any job _ nine months after graduation, according to a June report by the National Association for Law Placement. That’s a 15year low. “But you have to remember that students 15 years ago didn’t have the same debt,” Leipold said. “A lot of students have six-figure debt coming out of law school now ... so the picture is even bleaker.” Yet even that 15-year low “conceals a number of negative trends in the job market,” the report says. Only 68.4 of graduates who reported their employment had a job for which they had to pass the bar exam _ “the lowest percentage ... ever measured.” About 11 percent of those who reported being employed were working part time. Big-firm jobs “just dried up,” Leipold said. That also contributed to a 13 percent fall in the median pay for recent grads. The national median salary for those who reported working full time was $63,000 for the class of 2010, compared to $72,000 for the class before it. In part because there are fewer large firms here, new graduates in Minnesota make

less than the national median. Minnesota’s median salary for the class of 2010 was $58,500. Wallace said it’s good for students to weigh those numbers: “In addition to students, they’re also consumers, and they’re making an amazingly important investment.” Terran Chambers, 21, is in the midst of the constant reading and outlining that is the life of a first-year law student: “It’s a whole new level of exhaustion.” She has long wanted to go to law school; “Erin Brockovich” was one of her favorite movies as a kid. “I would love to make big changes,” she said. “I will have the power to do that with a law degree.” Although she was accepted at Harvard Law School, the Bemidji, Minn., native picked the University of Minnesota, partly because the U offered her a scholarship. “Harvard would have given me a lot of great opportunities, but the costs were so substantial and so out of reach,” she said. “I didn’t want to go to a school where I was so strapped with debt that I would be forced to work at a big firm in New York or L.A. because I couldn’t afford to work anywhere else.”

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UC Berkeley’s racist bake sale Ask a Black Guy It is saddening to know that nearly 50 years after the beginning of the Civil Rights movement the same things Americans fought for are the same issues that we face today. So why did the College Republican’s at University of California, Berkeley hold a blatantly racist “Increase Diversity Bake Sale”? When I saw this all I could think is why in the world does race still matter? At this point it should clearly be understood that every race is equal in capacity and is able to do anything that another race can do—man or woman. However, surprisingly, it was a reasonable cause. This group of students attempt-

ed to satirically criticize California’s Senate Bill 185, which would allow universities in the University of California system to use DASHAWN a f f i r m a t i v e FLEMING action in its admissions process. The bake sale was a one-day event that lasted from 10 am to 2 pm, and sold baked goods to patrons at varying prices depending on their race and gender. White men were charged $2, Asian men $1.50, Latino men

$1, Black men 75 cents and Native American men 50 cents; all women received 25 cents off. The reasoning behind the different prices was supposedly to show that preferential treatment should not be accepted and that no race is above any other. In a perfect world this would deﬁnitely be correct. But unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world and our morals and beliefs lead us to side on this rationale. When it comes to minorities in our society we are often underprivileged and are put on the back burner for the majority in many situations (i.e education, employment, etc.). Preferential treatment is rare-

ly considered for minorities and the advantages are limited. Good try College Republican’s of UC Berkley but it would simply be unrealistic not to have afﬁrmative action at universities such as your own (PWIs). Without afﬁrmative action, some of the brightest minority students would not be able to attend school at Ivy Leagues. This action gives minorities a chance because we will always be looked at as undeserving and will more likely than not have our race regarded in many instances. -theatregister@gmail.com And follow us on Twitter: @ATRegister

Will technology fix our education? ALLISON BAILEY & J. PUCKETT MCT Campus

As U.S. educators and policymakers seek ways to boost student achievement, perhaps it’s time to consider a new model, harnessing the power and popularity of technology. In most classrooms today, cell phones, iPads and other electronic devices are considered distractions. Their use is discouraged, if not forbidden. That’s too bad, because technology may be the best way to reach and teach our kids, rather than the textbooks, chalkboards and projection screens previous generations preferred. Technology has succeeded in reshaping other industries, including banking and travel. Even the book-publishing industry is being transformed, as devices such as Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook drive sales of e-books. Technology can transform education as well. But it can’t be used willynilly. If we want to realize technology’s full potential it needs to be used in a “closed-loop” system that uses technology at every level to provide continuous improvement in instruction and outcomes, with real-time feedback and one-on-one inter-

vention, where necessary. So why has education been left out of the technology revolution? One explanation is the misallocation of education dollars. In most school districts technology spending accounts for only a tiny fraction of the budget. Gartner Inc. estimates that in 2010 U.S. primary and secondary schools spent some $9.2 billion on IT, just 1.6 percent of total spending. Comparable industries, such as professional services and health care, spent 4 percent to 6 percent on technology. If U.S. school systems invested in technology at the same level as other knowledge industries, the total investment would be $25 billion to $30 billion annually. An even more critical factor is the fact that schools typically use technology to automate and support existing practices, rather than to transform learning. Computers and interactive “whiteboards” have been placed in classrooms and have been plugged into the Internet, but little has been done to use the new technology to reshape the school day, the classroom, the curriculum, or the ways in which students and teachers interact. The chief opportunity for innovation in education doesn’t

center on automating the status quo, but redesigning the process. Change is coming. And driving such change is the sheer number of companies now in the education IT business, most of which didn’t exist five years ago. Several providers, such as K12 and Connections Academy, offer a full range of products, including digital curricula, lesson plans, instructional tools, and teacher training. School systems can take advantage of these resources at greatly reduced costs, rather than go it alone. In California, the Riverside Unified School District has a pilot program in which students access digital content using either a personal device, such as an iPod Touch, or a unit provided by the school. Officials estimate the new approach could save as much as 30 percent over traditional textbooks. Rocketship Education, a charter school network near San Francisco, with national expansion plans, is reinventing how learning takes place in the classroom, asking its students to spend 25 percent of each day in a “learning lab,” where they work on customized, computerdelivered material. During this time the students are supervised

by monitors, rather than teachers, saving significantly on costs. More than half the states already have virtual high schools. Florida Virtual School, the first and largest state-run online school in the country, offers more than 100 courses to students throughout the United States and more than 40 foreign countries. One study estimates the school has saved Florida taxpayers some $38 million over the past four years. The classroom that does not embrace technology is becoming progressively out of touch with the way America’s children learn and interact at home and away from school. Of course, we can’t let technology become the distraction many educators fear. We don’t want kids texting or engaging with friends on Facebook when they’re supposed to be studying. There need to be guardrails. Still, there’s no legitimate reason education can’t adapt to the modern era. When it does we’ll see students who are more engaged, more proficient, and more likely to graduate and succeed as adults. Technology can help educators get the job done: better, faster and at a lower cost.

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How do you feel about the lack of black male teachers? Guy #1- As an education major, I hate it because I wish there were more people in my field that I could relate to. It is already bad enough that there are very few men in education. So now that there are a select few black men, I feel like I cannot relate to anyone. Of course I like the fact that there is not going to be much competition in terms of my field, but at the same time I realize the importance of black male teachers. We establish dominance in every setting we are in. So we need more black male teachers, but unfortunately we don’t have enough. Guy #2- I think there is only like 10 percent of black teachers in our school system. So imagine how little bit of that number is males. I wish we had more black male teachers but right now I think we need to focus on keeping blacks in school. I think if we can first focus on keeping black people in school, then we can focus on making them educators. There is no point in jumping the gun and wanting everything before we hardly have anything. Guy #3- The same way I feel about the lack of black male doctors. The same way I feel about the lack of black male reporters. The same way I feel about the lack of black male businessmen. The same way I feel about the lack of black male engineers. The same way I feel about black male lawyers. The same way I feel about black male college students. The same way I feel about black male everything. I think black males never see their full potential so we rarely have a surplus; we always have a lack. Do you think the N-word has a place in our society? Guy #1- I think every word has a place in our society. Even the dirty words. However, when it comes to the N-word I think it is important to keep this word in society because it shows us the good and bad of our society. Yes, it was a word that was intended to make blacks feel inferior, but we have done nothing but flip it and we now use it as a joke. So in a sense we are kind of laughing at the people who tried to bring us down. Anybody who still feels sensitive to this word needs to lighten up. My grandfather was called that word and now he can see that it has no power over him. So why should I feel inferior when my friends call me that in a friendly manner? Guy #2- I think the word is

bad but people are always going to use it. I don’t feel like it has much of a place, but at the same time a word is a word. You can’t “ban” a word, especially that word. That word is so deeply engrained in our society that it is nearly impossible to get rid of. Black people and white people use it. The word is historical. It’s as American as apple pie. Maybe not the nice America we think of when we hear America the Beautiful, but it shows the America that forced us to sing We Shall Overcome. Guy #3- I think the word has no place in any society. I really wish people would stop using it. I hate to hear it because people seem to be so ignorant by trying to defend such a terrible word. I think if people actually cared about the things they were saying then the word would be a thing of our past. All I know is I refuse to be that word because I am so much more than that. That word does nothing but bring us down and show us how bad and dirty people can treat each other. So why try and glorify it? Just let the word die. It is not that hard to stop using it. I stopped years ago, and my vocabulary is just ﬁne without it. What are your feelings about UC Berkeley bake sale? Guy #1- I honestly found it funny more than offensive. It was a dumb decision, but it still made me chuckle when I researched it. I think race issues are funny more than offensive in this day and age. We as black people have overcome so much that it would be stupid to let something like this offend me. Guy #2- I haven’t really heard much about it. But from what you have told me, I think the situation is ignorant. I don’t understand why they thought that was okay but if I were there I would have told them that was a bad idea. I think I need to look up more information about it before I can give you full feedback though. Guy #3- The bake sale was a poor decision. I think the attempt to draw awareness was a weak attempt. If they planned on getting publicity, they surely won that war. But if they planned on having a positive reaction I’m sure they wish they would have thought again. I think for them to even try and use race issues in a “post racial” society was perhaps the dumbest thing a business could do. And if they were trying to do that, they could have at least done it without trying to make it so public.

Selling our souls to Facebook MCT CAMPUS Contributor

When Mark Zuckerberg stood on stage last week to introduce Facebook’s upgrades, the social media mogul essentially offered this deal to his 750 million users: Hand over your data, your life, your ... soul. Since 2004, many of us have been happily paying for this free network with the bits and bytes of our lives. Our reward: An instant source of thumbs-up afﬁrmation of every status update we post. Rolling out now, a new “Timeline” format promises to document our lives, or as much of it as we’re willing to share and we generally share too much. The look of Facebook is about to change. “It’s your life,” proclaimed Zuckerberg from the stage of Facebook’s annual f8 developers conference, where

he ﬂashed tantalizing details of his own life. The Timeline will likely appeal to the narcissist in most of us, but it’s another new feature that marks the real sobering crossroads. As you provide all of your Timeline life data, new “Open Graph” apps, Zuckerberg said, will expand the notion of sharing for a “frictionless user experience.” It means that in the very near future, much of what you do online will be available directly through Facebook. One-stop shopping. That’s convenient. But Facebook, mostly through your “likes” and with its growing list of partners will track all of your shopping, listening and viewing and identify patterns so that it can suggest more things to buy, listen to or view. Then, because this is a social network, all of your shopping, listening and viewing will be

announced immediately to your friends. The “frictionless” part means that you’ll contribute to those valuable market-research patterns without even noticing. And so “it’s your life” more blatantly than ever becomes “it’s your life for Facebook to exploit.” Market research is nothing new. The concentration of data in the hands of one company is, though. The data provided by his 750 million users is marketing gold that will be parlayed into enormous ﬁnancial gain for Facebook and its partners. Swept up by the feel-good effects of “friends” and “like” buttons, 750 million of us have unwittingly allowed a business model that relies on our giving away information and then celebrating the “free” access we have to it. Shouldn’t Mark Zuckerberg be paying us?

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Aggies give the Bears bad news kalyn hoyle Contributor

The Aggies defeated the Morgan State Bears 24-3 in their first conference game of the year in BaltimoreOct. 1. . The Aggies (2-2) record marks improvement from last season’s (1-10) overall record. “Our players got to experience the sweet taste of victory,” said A&T head coach Rod Broadway. The Aggies defense proved that they were capable of getting stops and creating turnovers and the offense certainly got the job done as they posted 24 points against a tenacious defense. Early in the game the Aggies began to dig themselves into a hole with a Lewis Kindle interception on the first play of the game. Following the interception, the Bears scored their only points of the game on a 43-yard Ervin Gonzalez field goal, giving them a 3-0 lead. The Aggies and Bears struggled to produce any significant yardage in the next few drives. The Aggies last drive of the first quarter was capped when a sharp cut at the line of scrimmage allowed running back Mike Mayhew to use his speed to gain 78-yards on his way to the end zone. Aggies held a 7-3 lead at the end of the first quarter. An early second quarter Bear’s fourth down attempt proved to be unwise as the Aggies’ Chris Neal stopped running back Brian Mann in his tracks for no gain. A 28-yard pass from Kindle to wide-receiver Larry Raper on the following drive set up a Jose Garcia-Camacho field goal for the Aggies. Safety Justin Ferrell and cornerback Terrance Webb displayed great speed and anticipation as they both blocked first half field goal attempts by the Bear’s Gonza-

lez. Later in the quarter, a tight Kindle to Raper spiral resulted in a 47-yard touchdown. Ferrell once again blocked a desperate 50-yard end of half field goal attempt by the Bears’ Gonzalez. The Aggies held a solid 17-3 lead at the half. The aggressive defensive play continued into the fourth when linebacker Brandon Hoover displayed soft hands and downhill speed as he intercepted and returned a Seth Higgins pass to the Bear’s 3-yard line. After the Aggies offense stalled on fourth down at the Morgan State 12-yard line, Higgins’ day only got worse when safety Ferrell forced another turnover with a timely interception. The scoring ended when the Aggies capitalized with a 26-yard catch by Ricky Lewis on the next Aggie drive, setting up a short touchdown run for Kindle. The Aggie defensive unit caused havoc for the Bears offense holding them to a mere 202 total yards. The Aggies sacked freshman quarterback Higgins three times and baited him into two costly interceptions. The Aggies run defense proved the Bear’s running game non-existent as they compiled only 33 total rushing yards. “The defensive line held their own and the linebackers stepped up this week,” said Ferrell. Offensively the Aggies relied heavily upon the 2010 First Team All-MEAC running back Mike Mayhew. Gaining a career-high, 233 rushing yards, Mayhew was able to create more yardage on the ground than the Bears total offense and recorded his first touchdown of the season. Mayhew displayed an amazing arsenal of evasive juke moves and powerful runs. After a slow start, Kindle finished the game with 10 of 21 passing, with an inter-

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The cross country team competed at the HBCU cross country challenge Oct. 1. Six out of ten A&T runners placed in the Top 25, among them was Janessa Benn who placed 3rd out of 106 runners in the 5K run with a time of 19:14.0. When asking a fatigued Benn how she felt about her performance and the meet overall she said, “Today I ran this race for three people God, Myself and my God Mother. My God Mother is a third time breast cancer survivor, and I couldn’t make it to her walk today so instead I ran my hardest. I was determined to win; the girls did an excellent job we got four medals and Roshel pulled her weight. Because everyone pulled through we know what we are capable of.” Competitive HBCUs Hampton University, Winston Salem State and Norfolk State University were in attendance, prepped for a good race. The invitational started with the 8K run. After a long journey, A&T’s Paris Simmons finished 18th out of 101 male runners, with a time of 27:37.7 and freshman Christian Harrison was not far behind placing 23rd running 28:01.5. Freshman Marvin Lambert, seniors Steve Liggins and Danzeto Cephas, held their weight in the race placing in the top 60. Overall A&T placed sixth out of sixteen teams with a total of 162 points and a total time of 2:25:09.61. Harrison, a new face and a major asset to the Aggies’

cross country team stated “Top 25 this week, top 15 next week, superb performance at MEAC’s.” Norfolk State won the males HBCU cross country challenge with a time of 2:08:36.00. “It was a challenging course, three of my ladies finished in top twenty five; we are just now prepping for the MEAC championship.” Stated Head Coach of Norfolk State University Ronda Berard. The girls showed up and showed out placing fourth out of seventeen teams. Junior Janessa Benn placed 3rd out of 106 females with a time of 19:14.0. Juniors Arianna Betts, Kristin Rushand, and Samira Johnson, placed in top 25 receiving a medal. Sophomore Roshel Bygrave placed in top 60 helping the Lady Aggies claim fourth place overall. As a team they ran 1:44:34.56. Overall Hampton University won the Female HBCU challenge with a time of 1:37:17.10. Like North Carolina A&T, Norfolk State University is a wellknown school in the MEAC Conference. “Overall we ran really well, everyone dropped their times tremendously showing that our training program is going really well, I am looking forward to the MEAC’s Championship,” said a satisfied Coach James Daniels. At the beginning of the season, Daniels explained that the HBCU challenge was the meet he was looking forward to the most. The next meet will take place this weekend in Durham. -msjordan@ncat.edu and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

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AGGIES RUNDOWN 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. Bethune-Cookman Agggie Stadium 1:30 p.m. NEXT WEEK’S HOMECOMING GAME: Saturday vs. Delaware State Aggie Stadium 1:30 p.m.

volleyball 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 MD Eastern Shore Coppin State

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A&T’s Mike Mayhew runs for 78 yards to score his first touchdown of the season.

ception and a touchdown. Surprisingly, Kindle did not connect with his leading receiver Wallace Miles during the game. Head coach Rod Broadway commented on the performance of Wallace Miles by saying, “he [Miles] is one of those guys who doesn’t have to have the ball in his hands to make plays, he contributes in a lot of ways.” Kindle’s game management and lead-

ership skills helped the Aggies get their second win of the season. The North Carolina A&T Aggies (2-2) will attempt to get their second straight conference win against Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (2-2) on Saturday, Oct. 8 at Aggie Stadium. -kdhoyle@ncat.edu and follow us on Twitter @ ATRegister

A&T’s cross country continues to improve meagan jordan

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THIS WEEK’S GAMES: Tuesday vs. Radford University Radford, Va. 6 p.m. Friday vs. Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. Sunday vs. Florida A&M Tallahassee, Fla.

AROUND SPORTS BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A relief fund has been set up to help LSU running back Alfred Blue whose family lost their home and all their belongings in a fire last month. No one was home when the Sept. 27 fire occurred in Boutte. Blue, a sophomore, has three younger siblings ranging in age from 4 to 15. His grandmother also lived with them and his mother. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

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A&T WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY team runs side by side with competing schools at Hagan Stone Park in Cary, NC

Aggies and Wildcats to face off Aggie Football: On to the Next

vs. karmen robinson Sports Editor

The N.C. A&T Aggies (2-2) will host the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (2-2) in their third home game of the season this Saturday, Oct.8. The Wildcats will be limping into Aggie Stadium from a 45-14 loss to the Miami Hurricanes. A&T quarterback Lewis Kindle and the rest of the Aggie offense will face the No. 2 defense in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. With running back Mike Mayhew, recently selected as the MEAC offensive player of the week, the Aggies will try to continue to keep his running game up after coming off as well as attempt to get wide receiver, Wallace Miles, will try to get back in his groove after going the entire Morgan State game with no receptions. While the offense will try to work through the defense of the Wildcat The Aggie defense, led by defensive back Justin

Ferrell and linebacker D’Vonte Grant, will in turn attempt to stop the No. 1 offense in the MEAC. What could be beneficial to the Aggies is the absence of Bethune-Cookman’s primary quarterback, Jamarr Robinson. Robinson, a University of Maryland transfer, has been out after sustaining a leg injury in a controversial 35-31 win against Hampton two weeks ago. He did not play in last Saturday’s game versus the Hurricanes. The Aggies have lost to the Wildcats in their last seven meetings, including last season’s 67-17 loss. Both teams currently have a 1-0 in the conference and are looking to give each other a first conference loss. If A&T defeats Bethune-Cookman, it will be the first time in seven years that the Aggies come out on top, and it would be A&T’s . Kickoff is at 1:30 p.m. -klrobin2@ncat.edu and follow her on Twitter @KayRob_

The university says those interested in helping the Blues can contribute to the Relief-4Blue fund established by the Tiger Athletic Foundation by visiting www.lsutaf.org . All contributions must go through the fund, per NCAA rules. Donations are not tax deductible. Blue rushed for a team-high 72 yards and one touchdown in LSU’s 35-7 win over Kentucky. NEW YORK (AP)— Commissioner David Stern floated it as an idea more than a firm proposal: a 50-50 revenue split. Even so, the union’s reply was unequivocal. “They said, ‘We can’t do it.’” according to Stern. And with that, the remainder of the preseason was lost and the first two weeks of the regular season moved to the brink of cancellation. “We were not able to make the progress that we hoped we could make and we were not able to continue the negotiations,” Stern said after nearly fours of talks between owners and players ended without gaining ground on a new deal. The only numbers that matter now, however, are the millions that stand to be lost when arenas go dark. “The damage will be enormous,” Silver said. Twenty-two of its 30 teams lost money last season. “Right now, we had our committees, we gave it a really good run, and it didn’t work,” Stern said. And many players will have to decide if they want to explore playing overseas. “It wasn’t to be, and we don’t have any plans right now,” Stern said.

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WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO WATCH vs. WHAT YOU SHOULD WATCH Why we’re watching this show: Who said no one liked constant drama, girl ﬁghts, and jealousy? The ratings of “Basketball Wives Miami” allowed the new season of “Basketball Wives L.A.” to air. Some of L.A.’s top ladies in the new season include Gloria Govan, Laura Govan, Kimesha Artest, Imani Showalter, Malaysia Pargo, Jackie Christie, and Draya Michele, who all brought in 3 million viewers on the Aug. 29 premiere. Monday nights will never be the same when watching the ladies of Basketball Wives L.A. on VH1 at 8 p.m. This show has nothing but petty drama and jealous grown women who all try to portray themselves as successful and career driven. If you haven’t watched an episode then don’t be alarmed when you see the show is following a past stripper (Draya), who is trying to defend her name and show that she is a changed woman. It seems like the other girls do nothing but hate on Draya and the fact that she is an attractive, conﬁdent and young woman. The other women are aged, have had a few kids and some would call them washed up trying to make themselves relevant with this show. Is there a difference between this series and the Miami series? No, only the location is different, but the same old petty highschool drama is still the main focus which brings in the millions of viewers.

Why we’re watching this show: Over time, people began to welcome the mothers of “Teen Mom” into their homes every Tuesday night at 10 p.m. MTV has shown the difﬁcult yet loving times about having a child at a young age. In 2009, Maci Bookout, Farrah Abraham, Catelynn Lowell, and Amber Portwood brought MTV’s camera into their households and the cameras still have not left. This season, viewers have seen the updated lives of these young moms. We watched Maci and her boyfriend Kyle battle with her ex and baby’s dad Ryan over the custody of little Bentley. We also watched Amber and Gary keep arguing infront of their little girl, and we also watched the custody battle within this family. This season was nothing but a recap of where we last saw the families and how they deal with their lives with a toddler or missing their child like Kaitlyn and Tyler. Even though this season was nothing we hadn’t seen before, “Teen Mom” receives 3.838 million viewers and is the number one show in Tuesday’s Nielsen ratings

Why we should watch this show: Would you get tired of seeing females cause drama and are not really wives of basketball stars except for two. La La Anthony, wife of New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has taken the starting spot and is showing what it is like to really be a basketball wife. The television personality has welcomed the world into her life starting off the season with the trade of Carmelo from Denver to New York. Moving back to New York, La La is faced with the “golddiggers” of her family and friends who want tickets and V.I.P. status now that she is back in NYC. Along with the attention from her family, the media is trying to stir up controversy with her and the ladies of the basketball wives franchise and the rumor is that Carmelo has another child in New York. Watch as La La deals with the media, social scene and trying to keep her insanity with all the chaos. LaLa is a real basketball wife that is handling her business in the world rather than living off her husbands expenses. You think Monday nights is about the “Basketball Wives L.A.”?

Why we should watch this show: Unlike the other reality shows, Tia Tamera is a reality show that is uplifting, encouraging, loving and funny. The twin sisters that we have loved from the tender ages of them being on “Sister to Sister”, have grown up to beautiful women. Tia, who had reunited with the sitcom world in “The Game” showed she could still act and nothing about her loving personality had changed. We didn’t know what Tamera had been up to since the sitcom besides rumors, but with this reality show it is good to know that the twins have not fallen victim to Hollywood. In this reality show which is on Style network, we see the two sisters going through two monumental moments in their lives; Tia getting married and preparing for her ﬁrst child and Tamera planning her wedding to long-time boyfriend. The show has bought in the highest ratings for the network since the network has been on television. Support black love, black success and black women with watching our favorite twins and their new reality show

Why we’re watching this show: The cast of the “Jersey Shore” this season has taken their ignorance to Italy. Snooki, The Situation, and the rest of the cast continue their drunken charades while fist pumping. The usual gym, tan and laundry is on the back burner as the group is destroying the Italy nightlife as days continue. Italians were highly offended when the first season of the show was aired, given off a bad perspective of Italians in Jersey, now with the group in Italy, I wonder have they been harassed for bringing their drama with them. This show has been on for a while and each season has gotten worse. From Sam and Ron’s fighting, Deena’s lesbian affairs, to Mike running his head into a wall, this show is filled with drama. Their stupidity draws viewers in and they can’t stop watching, but they all should. We are putting money in their pockets, while they are making us lose brain cells.

Why we’re watching this show: Reality TV has taken it to the next level in embarrassing the general public. Instead of seeing a cast gym, tan and laundry, viewers can now watch people get their cars repossessed. “Operation Repo” is True TV’s latest creation. This show lets viewers experience a day in the life of a repossession company. They are beaten, shot at, verbally abused, and go through other abnormal situations. Women fake pregnancies, men tear up the cars before giving them away, and almost everyone ends up getting tasered. The show has It shows viewers the lengths people will go to keep their cars. Even though this show is embarrassing and sad to watch, audiences will still keep laughing, anticipating the next situation.

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Why we should watch this show: This family sitcom has been welcomed to dying world of sitcom television and has so far prevailed. This show is no play on words with the title being exactly what you get from the show. Instead of getting the typical family dynamic like we’re used to getting from sitcoms, we get the visuals of the modern families of today’s reality. The show follows three families of which are all connected. We see the dynamic of a older man being with a younger sexy latina played by Sofia Vergara, whom also has an adolscent son. In this dynamic the son is the comic highlight with his smart remarks and sharp personality, you can count on nothing but laughs from this outrageous family. We also see the relationship of a homosexual couple who are complete opposites and how they deal with one another and the inner workings of the relationship. This causes laughs because of their arguments and how they seem to hate each other, but the evident love is what keeps them together and somewhat happy. The only “normal” family we see is that of the mom and dad who have three children, and the dad is still trying to fight for the father-in-law’s approval. This season we see appearances from the hilarious Kevin Hart, and if that isn’t reason enough to watch, this show has shown its genius with winning many awards at numerous award shows. Watch this guaranteed laugh every Wednesday at 9 p.m. Why we should watch this show: This show is about a young guy, Mike, who is the apprentice to hot shot Harvey grad lawyer, Harvey Spector. Mike and Harvey have a secret. Mike isn’t really qualified to be a lawyer, he didn’t go to law school, he didn’t even finish college! But what saves him is the fact that he has a remarkable memory and took the LSAT for many people, so he knows the “books” inside and out. The guys go through season one with Mike building a great reputation for himself as an up and comer whose trying to keep their dirty little secret...A secret. Season 1 ends with the possibility of their secret being exposed due to an act of betrayal. The show touches on education, morality, seduction, friendship and loyalty. This is a good new addition to prime-time television and the sitcom world. Don’t skip over this channel, catch up with season 1 on and look for the new episodes next summer on USA.

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QUESTIONS

1. So ya’ll ready for GHOE? 2. How many of ya’ll still riding dirty with no parking pass? 3. You have three tickets yet? 4. Is the parking police taking GHOE week off also? 5. Did you know it was Greek switch day Friday? 6. Does that excuse the Iotas for wearing Pink and Green? 7. Did ya’ll know the football team won another game? 8. Does that mean we can’t go in on them anymore? 9. Is it safe to be an Aggie fan at the homecoming game now? 10. Or is it safe to say we’re really just fans of the Blue and Gold Marching Machine? 11. Are you ready for midterms next week? 12. Or are you more prepared for GHOE? 13. Is GHOE an excused absence for missing class now? 14. Shouldn’t fall break be called ‘The Hangover’? 15. Are you part of the wolfpack? 16. Are you still singing “Bye Bye Bye”? 17. Are you surprised Carver didn’t catch ﬁre after the “Greek or Gang?” program? 18. Did the Greeks go to defend themselves against that stereotype, or were they all at step practice? 19. Did members of the Bloods and Crips go to defend themselves against the Greeks? 20. So is it GHOE yet?

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